Arcane Showdown News

Greeting Mages,


It’s with heavy hearts we’re announcing the doors to the Citadel will be closing.
Service for Arcane Showdown will be terminated on May 31st, 2021.

We began this journey with the goal of creating a deep, Real-Time Strategy game for mobile and we are so proud of how it evolved over time thanks to your support. We saw a Community that loved this game as much as we did, even before our official launch. We saw players who could not get enough of the Citadel, even creating their own competitive tournaments. During our run, you’ve helped us to navigate everything from bugs to balance and to create an environment that we were eager to build on. However, a game cannot run on ambition alone and we are unable to continue with this project.

For more information about our decision, please read our Reddit post here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ArcaneShowdown/comments/mfotdl/announcement_from_big_huge_games/

Thank you for taking this journey with us and for supporting the Citadel to the very end. We hope to see you again in our future.

v1.4.0 brings some Quality of Life changes and much anticipated bug fixes. Stay tuned for additional content coming in our next Season Update!

Randomize Deck Button

• Try out different deck combinations with the Randomize Deck button, you may just find your new favorite card combination! You can copy a randomly rolled deck to your Current Deck or any of the numbered deck slots.
  

Additional Deck Collection Sorting

• You can now sort your deck by School of Magic
  

Bug Fixes and Improvements

• Friendly Map Cycle now follows the same cycle as 1v1 matches
  
• Fixed an issue where Elder Rune Chest was not granting 100 essence
  
• Fixed an issue where Rune Chest was not granting 30 essence
  
• Chest Speed Up Boost is now correctly displayed in Trophy Road
  
• Fixed several quest bugs
  

[h3]New Features[/h3]

Chest Inventory Changes

• Mages can now store up to 10 chests (increased from 4)
  
• The interface for unlocking and opening chests has been updated
  
• Chests now reflect the Mage’s current floor, regardless of the floor they were earned on
  

More Leaderboards

• The Guild Leaderboard ranks top guilds by guild score
  
• Mages now have access to Local 1v1 and 2v2 Trophy leaderboards as well as total trophy leaderboards (the sum of 1v1 and 2v2 trophies)
  

Daily Guild Rewards

• Mages in Guilds can claim a new Guild Chest every day for bonus Coins
  
• The level of the chest depends on how many guild members claimed it the day before
  
• The highest three levels also contain an Epic, Legendary, or Guardian card respectively
  

Friend Codes

• Mages can now easily add friends via Friend Codes
  
• Each Mage has a friend code formatted as follows: Archmage#AB12
  
• This works between all platforms and can be found inside the Friends tab of the Social menu
  

[h3]Content Changes[/h3]

New Floors
The Citadel is getting 5 additional floors, increasing from 15 to 20! These new floors have more rewards to collect and some existing cards have moved to these floors:



Additional Floor Changes


Additional Card Changes

Archmage’s Order

• Mages will now enter the Archmage's Order at 7,500 trophies (increased from 4,000)
  
• The Archmage’s Order will now give you rewards for each trophy milestone reached during a season, instead of a single chest at the end
  
• Mages will also earn a 12-hour Chest Speedup each time they reach a new rank
  

Schools of Magic
Greenkin

• Card level requirement increased by one for chapters 2 to 4 and 6 to 9
  

Order

• Card level requirement increased by one for chapter 5
  

Technology

• Card level requirement decreased by one for chapter 5
  

Guilds

• Guilds can now have 60 members
  

Leaderboards

• Minimum medal requirements for the 1-vs-1 and 2-vs-2 global leaderboards are now 7,500 (increased from 4,000)
  

Mystery Chest Changes

• Mystery Chests now have a chance to reward Essence, as well as a chance to reward Common cards
  

Locksmith

• The Locksmith has retired and is now called the 2nd Chest Slot (no change to functionality)
  
• The cost has been reduced to 600 Gems
  

Bug Fixes and Improvements

• Fixed an issue where Guardians could not be activated by tapping
  
• Trophy counts for 2v2 duels appears correctly for both players in the Activity Log
  
• Mages can now make progress on quests that require them to fully enchant structures if their teammate contributes to the full enchant during a 2v2 duel
  
• Steam client frames per second no longer cap at 60 frames per second
  
• Improvements have been made to the account linking flow on Steam
  
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Don’t get caught in its path, beware the Scorching Ray!

Scorching Ray is a laser from the sky that automatically moves towards the nearest enemy it sees. It may be narrow but it is mighty! This high damage, single-target spell gives players precise control over their targets while moving dynamically with the flow of battle.

Riffing a bit on Evil Eye, Scorching Ray plays on classical fantasy lore about a powerful eye in the sky that ominously hunts down its prey. Adding this spell card to your deck is a surefire way to strike fear into the heart of your opponent by quickly disrupting their offense.

Because we wanted to ensure just the right amount of power, Scorching Ray changed more than any other card during development. We tried every variation of size, damage, speed, and even the number of beams that are spawned when played. There was some tension between wanting it to travel between multiple enemy minions and not dealing too much damage.

Scorching Ray is the perfect answer to ranged units that are attacking from a safe distance, but it’s best to wait until the units are grouped up to ensure Scorching Ray always has a target to move towards. Try using it to cut through ranged minions that are in the back line. Unlike some other spells, you don’t have to worry as much about aiming it just right, since it will chase down enemy minions on its own!



Keep an eye out for this new Corruption Spell which will be officially released later this month and featured in some of our upcoming events!

[h3]Content Changes[/h3]
Special New Emote
We're releasing a new special Archmage emote to players who get involved with the Arcane Showdown Community! This emote is not given, but earned through interactions with streams, contests, player communities, content creation, and more! Keep a look out for these special community badges of honor in the future!



Schools of Magic

• Completing Chapters 2 and 7 of each book now grants Rune Essence Chests.
  
• Completing Chapter 4 of each book now grants a specific Faction Chest.
  

Bug Fixes, Improvements, and Minor Changes

• Thoughtsteal now steals cards with rune levels appropriately.
  
• Mages are now informed of the season end time when activating the Arcane Pass during the last week of a season.
  
• Resolved some cases where Mages would disconnect from the game.