Backpack Battles News

[h3]Hi everyone,[/h3]

Last week we added some new items to Backpack Battles. Thank you for the positive feedback, it was great to hear you enjoy the update! It’s time for another round of adjustments, mostly with the goal of bringing some underutilized items up a bit.

[h2]Awesome new bundle with Potion Craft![/h2]
The Backpack Full of Potions Bundle is now available! The bundle has 10% discount, and additionally, Potion Craft is on a 55% discount right now - so you can save a lot with the bundle!



In Potion Craft, you step into the role of an alchemist, experimenting with a variety of ingredients to craft optimal, high-quality brews and establish yourself as the town's master alchemist.

Potion Craft was one of our main inspirations for the art style and the tactile mechanics in Backpack Battles. We love this game and we're very hyped they bundled up with us!


[h2]Changelog for 0.9.9[/h2]

[h3]Balancing[/h3]
Neutral

• Serpent Staff: Damage +2
  
• Critwood Staff: Damage +1
  
• Spiked Staff: Damage +2
  
• Thornbloom: Empower chance 30% -> 35%
  
• King Crown: Mana cost 12 -> 10
  
• King Goobert: Mana cost 6 -> 5
  
• Pandamonium: Added 1 star slot
  
• Ruby Egg / Ruby Whelp: Start of battle Heat 3 -> 4
  
• Vampiric Potion: Lifesteal 15 -> 17
  
• Stone Helm: Block 20 -> 25
  

Pyromancer

• Burning Banner: Cooldown 3.2s -> 3.4s
  
• Draconic Orb: Cooldown 3.5s -> 3.8s
  
• Staff of Fire: Damage +2
  
• Burning Blade: Damage +1
  

Berserker

• Shaman Mask: Cooldown 3.2s -> 3.4s
  
• Wolf Emblem: Crit chance per pet 10% -> 12%
  
• Double Axe: Cooldown 2s -> 1.8s
  

Ranger

• Hedgehog: Block 10 -> 15
  
• Rat: Poison chance 70% -> 75%
  
• Piercing Arrow: Critical damage bonus 35% ->40%
  
• Bow and Arrow: Cost 8g -> 7g
  
• Belladonna’s Whisper: Damage to inflict Poison 8 -> 7
  

Reaper

• Miss Fortune: Cooldown 2.3s -> 2.1s
  
• Snake: Health per pet: 30 -> 40
  
• Demonic Flask: Cost 8g -> 7g
  
• Cauldron: Heal 17 -> 20
  

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed a bug with cloud saves for started runs
  
• Lump of Coal (armor) now benefits from King Crown / King Goobert
  
• Platinum Customer Card is now affected by Piggy Bank and activates at the start of battle
  

[h3]Other[/h3]

• Some wording improvements
  
• Added an animation when Sun Shield deals damage
  

[h3]Hey everyone,[/h3]

today we have a huge content update! The biggest one since we launched into Early Access two months ago. We want to thank everyone who tested the patch on the beta branch and reported issues 🙏

[h2]New Items[/h2]

This patch comes with 5 new craftable items:



[h3]King Crown[/h3]
Protects buffs and makes gems socketed inside more effective.

[h3]King Goobert[/h3]
A royal species of Goobert that heals, protects buffs, and makes gemstones socketed inside stronger.

[h3]Serpent Staff[/h3]
Neutral Magic Staff upgrade that applies ramping Poison.

[h3]Spiked Staff[/h3]
Berserker finally has her own staff! This one generates Empower.

[h3]Thornbloom[/h3]
Weapon that generates Spikes and Empower and increases your health when you gain Empower stacks.

[h2]New Pyromancer Outfit[/h2]

This outfit is inspired by the Obsidian dragon and now available to unlock in the wardrobe!




[h2]Item Info Panel[/h2]

In the item library, you can now find a new panel that shows information for every item such as

• Its gold cost
  
• Which classes can buy or craft it
  
• How often you found the item, how often you bought it in the shop
  
• Your top win counter and your best rank when surviving with the item in your backpack
  
• Flavor text (currently not all items have their own text yet, we're working on it!)
  
• Its crafting ingredients and/or gate item
  

Your stats will be recorded from 0.9.8 onward. We will add more information to the panel based on your feedback!

To switch between the filters and this info panel, click the tabs on the top right or press arrow keys/trigger buttons on your controller.

You can also earn stars now! Every item can have a Bronze, Silver or Gold star, or a Diamond, depending on how far you made it with it in your backpack. In the item library, press Alt to show the medals directly on the items.

With the new items we make some balance adjustments, there will probably be more changes next week when we can judge the impact the new items have on the meta.

[h2]Full changelog for 0.9.8[/h2]

[h3]New Content[/h3]

• Added Serpent Staff
  
• Added Spiked Staff
  
• Added Thornbloom
  
• Added King Crown
  
• Added King Goobert
  
• Added item info panel
  
• Added item records at the end of a run
  
• Added new outfit for Pyromancer
  

[h3]Balancing & Item Changes[/h3]
Neutral

• Platinum Customer Card: Now also gives 10% chance to protect your buffs from removal
  
• Stone: Cooldown 2.7s -> 2.5s
  
• Stone Helm: Stun resist chance 25% -> 30%
  
• Divine Potion: Cost 9g -> 8g
  
• Vampiric Potion: Lifesteal 14 -> 15
  
• Ruby Egg/Whelp: Heat 2 -> 3
  
• Skull Badge: Cooldown 2.5s -> 2.0s
  
• Wolf Badge: Speed increase 15% -> 20%
  
• Blood Harvester: Cost 10g -> 9g
  

Pyromancer

• Burning Blade: Damage +1
  
• Dragon Nest: Now guarantees to find a Dragon egg after buying
  
• Frozen Flame: Now guarantees to find an Ice item after buying
  

Berserker

• Dragonscale Armor: Damage reduction 13% -> 10%
  
• Spiked Collar: Cost 5g -> 6g
  
• Anvil: Removed 1 star slot
  
• Shaman Mask: Now guarantees to find Rune after buying
  
• Wolf Emblem: Bow guarantees to find a Wolf Puppy after buying
  

Ranger

• Piercing Arrow: Luck chance 45% -> 50%
  
• Belladonna’s Shade: Maximum damage +2
  
• Tusk Piercer: Bonus damage 8 -> 9
  
• Big Bowl of Treats: Now guarantees to find a Friend of the forest after buying
  

Reaper

• Nocturnal Lock Lifter: Vampiric item bonus lifesteal: 9% -> 10%, base lifesteal: 20% -> 25%
  
• Miss Fortune: Cooldown 2.5s -> 2.3s
  
• Snake: Added a star slot
  
• Strong Demonic Flask: Damage 0.40 -> 0.45
  
• Strong Vampiric Potion: Lifesteal 30% -> 35%, duration 5s -> 6s
  
• Mr. Struggles: Now guarantees to find a Plushie after buying
  

[h3]Fixes:[/h3]

• Fixed multiple Badger Runes (Armor) not stacking
  
• (Strong) Demonic Potion can now crit
  

[h3]Other Changes:[/h3]

• Added Burning Coal and Burning Torch to the recipe book
  

[h2]Hi everyone,[/h2]

The beta branch is up now!

We added 5 new recipes, please test them and let us know when you find any bugs with them.

Also, please check out the item info tab in the item library, and related to this, the record popup shown after a game in the bottom left. You can now gain medals for winning with items in your backpack.

The changes will go to the main branch when everything is cleaned up and all translations are done, which we expect to be around Friday next week - but we will see how things go.
There are no balance changes applied to the beta branch, these will be done when the patch goes live.

Instructions on how to join the beta are on our Discord server.
Please report any bugs you encounter there so we can finish version 0.9.8 and bring it to the main branch soon!

[h2]0.9.8 BETA Patch Notes:[/h2]
[h3]New Content[/h3]

• Added Serpent Staff
  
• Added Spiked Staff
  
• Added Thornbloom
  
• Added King Crown
  
• Added King Goobert
  
• Added item info panel
  
• Added item medals/records
  
• Added new outfit for Pyromancer
  

[h3]Fixes:[/h3]

• Fixed multiple Badger Runes (Armor) not stacking
  
• (Strong) Demonic Potion can now crit
  

[h3]Other:[/h3]

• Platinum Customer Card: Now also gives 10% chance to protect your buffs from removal
  
• Added Burning Coal and Burning Torch to the recipe book
  

[h3]Hot Bundles:[/h3]

Also, we are excited to offer you two awesome bundles with a 10% discount!
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[h2]Hi everyone![/h2]

As we already teased, the time has come to reduce the frequency of balance patches. So there will be no balance patch this week. We will still make changes pretty regularly, just not every single week.

We think the game is at a point where the meta needs more time to settle, and players could use more time to experiment with things as they are. That being said, after we add new content, we will be quick with adjustments if necessary.

This will also give us more time to work on new things, like those we are about to show you!

[h2]Coming Up: Crafted Item Set[/h2]



We are working on more items, and this is the next set that is coming up! It will come to the beta branch soon. Join our Discord server to find out how to join the beta.

[h2]Coming Soon: Item Info Panel[/h2]

We are also working on an item statistics panel that tracks information about the items you have acquired! We often get asked when Steam achievements will be added, and the answer is: With the 1.0 release. But this might scratch the same itch for some of you! It will be accessible from the item library and look like this:

[h2]Hi everyone,[/h2]

It's patch day! We have some balancing adjustments for you today, and a new outfit for the Berserker. You can unlock it with trophies in the Wardrobe.



Backpack Battles is on sale from now until May 5th! If you have not picked the game up yet, now is the perfect time to get it with a 10% discount.

Also, Steam has finally verified Backpack Battles for the Steam Deck! You can play using the touchscreen or simply with controller.

Did you find a bug or do you want to talk about the game? Join our Discord server!

[h2]Patch Notes for 0.9.7[/h2]

• Added new outfit for the Berserker
  

[h3]Balancing Changes:[/h3]
[h3]Neutral[/h3]

• Leaf Badge: Cooldown 3s -> 2.5s
  
• Skull Badge: Cooldown 2.5s -> 2.2s
  
• Flame Badge: Heat 3 -> 4
  
• Blood Harvester: Cost 11g -> 10g
  
• VIllain Sword: 11g -> 10g
  
• Stone: Cooldown 3s -> 2.7s
  
• Falcon Blade: Cooldown 1.8s -> 1.7s
  
• Fancy Fencing Rapier: Cooldown 1.3s -> 1.4s
  
• Impractically Large Greatsword: Empowered Cooldown / Stamina Cost 2.2 -> 2.0
  
• Lightsaber: Blind 7 -> 8
  
• Divine Potion: Cleanse threshold 20 -> 10 debuffs
  
• Ruby Egg: Now also gains 2 Heat start of battle
  
• Stone Armor: Health-based Block 30% -> 35%
  

[h3]Pyromancer[/h3]

• Burning Banner: Cooldown 3s -> 3.2s
  
• Phoenix: Health cost 12 -> 11
  
• Dark Lantern: Debuffs per Dark item 8 -> 9
  
• Frozen Flame: Heat threshold for Cold 7 -> 6
  

[h3]Berserker[/h3]

• Brass Knuckles: Cooldown 2.5s -> 2.6s
  
• Shaman Mask: Cooldown 3s -> 3.2s
  
• Chain Whip: Cooldown 2.3s -> 2.4s
  
• Busted Blade: Cooldown and stamina cost during Battle Rage 2.8 -> 3.0
  
• Dragonscale Armor: Damage reduction 15% -> 13%
  
• Deerwood Guardian: Battle Rage bonus duration 0.6s -> 0.8s
  
• Anvil: Increased number of
• slots by 1
  

[h3]Ranger[/h3]

• Yggdrasil Leaf: Reduced number of
• slots by 1
  
• Piercing Arrow: Luck gain chance 40% -> 45%
  
• Big Bowl of Treats: Food speed increase 15% -> 20%
  
• Carrot: Empower chance 50% -> 55%
  
• Belladonna’s Shade: Maximum damage +3
  

[h3]Reaper[/h3]

• Snake: Cooldown 2.5s -> 2.4s
  
• Miss Fortune: Cooldown 3s -> 2.5s
  
• Nocturnal Lock Lifter: Lifesteal Bonus 8% -> 9%
  
• Cauldron: Heal 15 -> 17
  
• Strong Divine Potion: Cleanse threshold 20 -> 10, Cleanse amount 13 -> 10
  
• Strong Vampiric Potion: Lifesteal 20% -> 30%
  
• Ruby Chonk: Damage +1
  

[h3]Fixes:[/h3]

• Fixed a bug where a Unique item could appear in shop despite being at Unique limit