The Last Spell News

Heroes of the Night!

As we announced last week, a new major update is coming on March 14! And to celebrate the release, we will be hosting a livestream on Twitch & Steam.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1105670/view/3133947359545519519
[h2]Developer Livestream
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On Tuesday, March 15 at 16:00 CET, Thomas & Robin, Game Designers on the game, will be playing The Last Spell on the new update. You'll get to see Gildenberg, an early map of 7 Nights!

Watch us live either on Steam or Twitch:

• On our Steam page
  
• On our Twitch channel
  

In the meantime, feel free to join the community on Discord!

Hello everyone, a new major update is coming to The Last Spell on your PC:



This major update includes:

• Two early maps: Tutorial + Gildenberg
  
• Perks rework (40 -> 75 Perks)
  
• Trap rework

[h3]TWO EARLY MAPS
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The two new maps are named Swampfurt and Gildenberg. Swampfurt is a tutorial map only visible to new players, and here to help them learn the game. Gildenberg is a 7 Nights map right after the tutorial, and placed before Lakeburg (12 Nights map). We advise players to take a look at Gildenberg starting March 14, especially if you started on Lakeburg recently!



The Maps order being: Swampfurt -> Gildenberg -> Lakeburg -> Glenwald.

With this two maps addition we intend to make it more user friendly for new players coming to The Last Spell and its dreadful Nights, but we are absolutely keeping the hard game aspect we cherish so much.

[h3]PERKS & TRAPS REWORKS
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This major update is also adding the Perks (40 -> 75 Perks) and Traps reworks, which have been tested for weeks by the players on the Beta branch. With the Traps rework, you won't need to craft a new trap each time it's used now, a little repair with your Materials and you'll be good to go!

You will find more details in the blogpost below:

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1105670/view/3127189423514304020

Do not hesitate to join our Discord to chat with other players about your new tactics!

Warriors and music enjoyers!

You've had the pleasure to hear the music composed by Rémi "The Algorithm" Gallego while playing The Last Spell, electrifying your heart at Night and leaving you space to breathe at Day.

Today, meet our composer in this exclusive interview by The Arcade Crew, and learn more about the music of your (we hope!) favourite tactical-RPG:

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We are honoured and extremely happy to have Remi Gallego as composer on The Last Spell. And according to your feedback, it is a shared feeling!

English subtitles are available on the video, have a good watch!

May your Nights be short and your mana bar be full.

[h3]BUG FIXES[/h3]

• Fix Flexibility perk that was not working as intended
  
• Fix the perk Overload and Runic Gift that were giving no bonuses if the hero had 0 trinket slot or bag slot
  
• Fix the perk Overload and Runic Gift that were causing some issue on save's reload
  
• The resistance reduction from magic damage attacks doesn't apply anymore if the target has a negative resistance
  

[h3]BALANCING[/h3]

BOOM!

• Range (condition): Melee -> 3
  

ORGANIC ARMOR

• Health bonus conversion rate: 100% -> 75%
  

DUELIST

• Bonus per kill when using Physical Damage: +4% -> +6%
  
• Bonus per kill when using another Damage type: +4%
  
• Max total bonus value: None -> 60%
  

BLOOD MAGIC

• Daily Health Regen bonus conversion rate: 100% -> 50%
  

AVID LEARNER

• +15% XP Gain -> +25% XP Gain
  

QUICK RELOAD

• Tier 4 -> 1
  

MANA SHIELD

• Tier 1 -> 4
  
• Conversion 50% -> 100%
  
• Buff duration (turns): 2 -> 3
  

SPRINT

• Health cost (skill): 6 -> 10
  

BLINK

• Mana cost (skill): 2 -> 3
  

CONTAGION ALTERATION

• Transfer of the stun alteration with contagion can now be missed (target's stun resistance is now taken into account)
  

French and chinese are now available in the Beta.

Hello warriors!

We have updated the Open Beta with a new patch to fix the issues you've been reporting to us. Thank you again for your continued support & help!

Do not forget to update your game to get this patch.

[h3]BUG FIXES
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• Uses from the skill "Quick Reload" are now restored every day
  
• Blink skill can now be used on tile with a trap
  
• Fix of a regen in health/mana that was happening when loading a save
  
• Fix the heroes generation in the inn: some attributes were generated with values too high
  
• Poisonous perk cannot affect enemies inside the fog anymore
  
• Fix highlight of duelist perk that would not be triggered if targeting a tile with a trap
  
• Fix BOOM! perk that was not triggered on tile with a trap
  
• The display of catapults uses is now also displayed on hover even with a hero selected
  
• Fix of blue tinted enemies caused by misty elite enemies
  
• Poisons duration of the perk Poisonous is now affected by the perk Potent Toxin
  
• Fix of thrifty and explosive atoms perk that were still highlighted when blood magic was active
  
• Fix of production gauge from destroyed building appearing when the boss spawns
  

[h3]BALANCING[/h3]

HARVESTER

• Daily Mana Regen bonus: +1 every 6 enemies killed -> +2 every 8 enemies killed.
  

EXPLOSIVE ATOMS

• Tier: 2 -> 4.
  
• Critical bonus: +10% -> None.
  
• Critical Power bonus: None -> +50%.
  

THRIFTY

• Action Points to spend: 10 -> 8.
  

CRITICAL RUNES

• Tier: 4 -> 2.
  
• Critical Power bonus: +15% for each 10% of missing Mana. -> None.
  
• Critical bonus: None -> +4% for each 10% of missing Mana.
  

THIRD EYE

• Condition: every 4 enemies killed -> every 2 enemies hit.
  

SEPTIC SHOCK

• Stun Chance: 40% -> 35%.
  

TOXIC LEECH

• Range: 6 -> 5.
  

CONTAMINATION (REWORK)

• “When targeting an enemy with a single-target skill, the attack gets: Contagion (1 Turn)” -> “When applying Debuff to a unit: Also apply Contagion (1 Turn)”.
  

CONTAGION STATUS

• Contagion cannot apply its effect to a unit already affected by Contagion anymore.
  

HEALTH RESTORATION

• Restoration modified value (because of Healing Received) is now rounded down.
  

This thread is a tutorial on how to switch branch to access different/older versions of the game. This can be useful if you want to give a try to the beta or if an update makes your save obsolete and you want to finish your run before going on the new update. To access the open beta, you need to change the branch on Steam. However, before you change branch, we VERY STRONGLY advise you to put your saves somewhere safe! Even though they’ll be in different folders, you’re never too careful with saves!
So, before you do anything, you should get your save folders %Appdata%/../LocalLow/Ishtar Games/The Last Spell/Save and copy them on your desktop if you want!

• Go to your game library on Steam
  
• Right click on The Last Spell
  
• Click on “Properties”
  
• Go to the “Betas” tab
  
• Now you can select the update you want to go with the dropdown
  
• Select “open_beta"
  
• If you want to switch back to the latest version, you have to click on “None” in the dropdown