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Volothamp "Volo" Geddarm is a flamboyant world traveler, self-proclaimed expert, and author of such works as Volo’s Guide to Monsters. Known for his bombastic personality and flair for storytelling, Volo has a knack for turning facts into tall tales. Though he’s quick to avoid personal danger, he’s fiercely loyal to his friends — just don’t expect him to cover the tab.

Volo is a Support Champion whose encyclopedic knowledge empowers his allies despite his tendency to overestimate his own expertise. His buffs grow stronger as you complete more collection and guide quests, while his quick thinking ensures the party can regroup when danger strikes.

For more information about Volo, read on...

[h2]Volothamp "Volo" Geddarm[/h2]
Patron Eligibility: Mirt, Strahd, Elminster (until March 5th, 2028)

[h2]Abilities[/h2]
[h3]Basic Attack[/h3]

• Volo's Guide to Malicious Mockery(magic) -Volo writes a scathing note, dealing a deep magical cut to the nearest enemy.

[h3]Passive Abilities[/h3]

• Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast - Volo can be used in any Grand Tour of the Sword Coast campaign adventure or variant, even if he would not normally be available to be used due to variant or patron restrictions.
  

[h3]Formation Abilities[/h3]

• Volo's Guide to Combat - Volo increases the damage of all Champions in the two columns in front of him by 100%.
  
• Volo's Guide to Questing - Volo increases the effect of Volo's Guide to Combat by 10% for each Guide and/or Collection Quest completed, stacking multiplicatively.
  
• Volo's Guide to Monsters - Volo counts each type of enemy encountered in the current adventure. Volo increases the effect of Volo's Guide to Combat by 100% for each enemy type encountered, stacking multiplicatively.
  
• Volo's Guide to Rapid Retreats - If a Champion in the column in front of Volo is defeated, the formation immediately retreats to the previous area. Upon returning to the area of their near defeat, the effect of Volo's Guide to Combat is increased by 1000% in that area.
  

[h3]Specializations[/h3]

• Volo's Guide to Spirits and Specters - Volo gains the Hunter role and Undead become his Favored Foe. The effect of Volo's Guide to Combat is increased by 100% for each Champion in the formation with the Hunter role, stacking multiplicatively.
  
• Volo's Guide to Brain-Eating Tadpoles - The effect of Volo's Guide to Combat is increased by 100% for each Ceremorphosis stack the formation has, stacking multiplicatively.
  
• Volo's Guide to All Things Magical - The effect of Volo's Guide to Combat is increased by 100% for each Champion in the formation with a Magic base attack, stacking multiplicatively.
  

[h3]Ultimate Ability[/h3]

• Volo's Guide to Writing Wrongs -Volo takes out a book and quill and writes for 15 seconds, causing his buffed allies to deal additional BUD-based damage for the duration.

[h3]Equipment[/h3]



[h3]Feats[/h3]
Uncommon

• Selflessness
  Increases the damage of all Champions by 10%.
  
• Volo's Constructive Consultation
  Increases the effect of Volo's Volo's Guide to Combat ability by 20%.
  
• Volo's Helpful Hints
  Increases the effect of Volo's Volo's Guide to Questing ability by 20%.
  
• Volo's Grasping Guesswork
  Increases the effect of Volo's Volo's Guide to Monsters ability by 20%.
  

Rare

• Inspiring Leader
  Increases the damage of all Champions by 25%.
  
• Volo's Discerning Details
  Increases the effect of Volo's Volo's Guide to Combat ability by 40%.
  
• Volo's Inspirational Intimations
  Increases the effect of Volo's Volo's Guide to Questing ability by 40%.
  
• Volo's Fantastic Findings
  Increases the effect of Volo's Volo's Guide to Monsters ability by 40%.
  
• Volo's Justified Jaunt
  Increases the effect of Volo's Volo's Guide to Rapid Retreats ability by 40%.
  
• Volo's Adaptable Approach
  Increases the effect of Volo's Volo's Guide to Spirits and Specters, Volo's Guide to Brain-Eating Tadpoles, and Volo's Guide to All Things Magical specializations by 20%
  
• Athlete
  Increases the Strength score of Volo by 1.
  Unlockable as an Event Reward

Epic

• Volo's Expanded Expertise
  Increases the number of columns buffed by Volo's Guide to Combat by +1.
  Available in the Privateer Volo Theme Pack
• Volo's Boundless Brilliance
  Increases the effect of Volo's Volo's Guide to Questing ability by 80%.
  Unlockable as an Event Reward

[h2]Champion Feedback[/h2]

What do you think of Volo? Would you let him perform amateur surgery on your eye? We want to know!

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Yarrr, welcome to the March Event Augment Preview!

Our next event be launchin' on Wednesday, March 5th, with a mix of new and returnin' augments. For more info, ye need to read on!

[h2]Fleetswake Year 8 Event Augments[/h2]

• Augment 1: Free Rerolls (New Augment)
  
  Description: You gain five free rerolls to use on each set of your Weekly Offers during this event!
  

• Augment 2: Golden Offers (New Augment)
  
  Description: One of your weekly offers will be Golden during this event. Golden offers provide an additional 10% discount! The Golden tag persists when an offer is rerolled.

• Augment 3: Empowered Rewards (Returning Augment)
  
  Description: Tier 2 and higher event variants award Corrupted Gems in addition to their normal rewards.
  

• Augment 4: Worth The Wait (Returning Augment)
  
  Description: New Champion Sheila will unlock at the start of week two of this event, and completing her tier 2+ variants awards double chests!

Note: Similar to our rollouts in January and February, the spotlight blogs for the two Featured Champions next month will also be spread out, with Volo tomorrow, February 28th, and Sheila's releasing next Friday, March 7th.

[h2]Augment Feedback[/h2]

What do you think? 'Yarrr' or 'nay'?

Tell us about your experiences with Augments in Idle Champions. The best way for us to hear your feedback would be for you to join our community on an officially-supported platform:

The hunt for pieces of the Rod of Seven Parts continues.

On the world of Krynn, in the Northern Dargaard Mountains of Solamnia, a giant corrupted tree holds the next clue.

Note: You will need to have completed the previous two Vecna: Eve of Ruin adventures, Death House and Sacrifice, in order to access these new adventures.

[h2]Campaign: Vecna: Eve of Ruin[/h2]


[h3]The Peylon Tree[/h3]
Investigate the peylon tree in search of the next piece of the rod.

• Complete area 800

[h3]Variant: Return of the Lone Wolf Party[/h3]
Investigate the peylon tree with a lone werewolf and Champions that are just as lonely.

• You may only use Champions that don't belong to an affiliation.
  
• Riffel (in werewolf form) joins the formation as an escort.
  
• Champions next to Riffel take damage equal to 5% of their total health every second due to his werewolf-y nature.
  
• Complete Area 850
  

[h3]Three Moons Vault[/h3]
Enter Three Moons Vault to claim the next rod piece from an evil archmage.

• Complete area 850

[h3]Variant: The Old Ways[/h3]
Enter Three Moons Vault while facing Lord Soth with your older Champions.

• You may only use Champions that are 100 years old or older.
  
• In each Boss Area, Lord Soth spawns as an additional boss that must be defeated to progress.
  
• Complete Area 900
  

[h2]Vecna: Eve of Ruin Tier 3 Blessings[/h2]

• Measured Assault - Local: Decrease the base attack cooldown of all non-Chaotic Champions by 0.1s
  
• Stick Together - Local: Increase the damage of all Champions by 100% for each adjacent formation slot, stacking additively
  
• Allies in Death - Local: Increase the damage of all Champions by 100% for each Undead Champion in the formation, stacking additively
  
• Legendary Heroes - Global: Increases the damage of all Champions by 2% for every piece of equipment of Legendary rarity across all Champions, stacking multiplicatively.

[h2]New Champion Roles![/h2]
With this update we'll be introducing 3 new Champion Roles. Check out the new roles below:

• Breaker - Champions with the Breaker role are ones with effects or mechanics that cause enemies with hits-based or armor-based health to take extra damage from some or all attacks.
  
• Control - Control Champions are ones who affect the enemies in a non-damaging way, such as stunning, slowing, or reducing the damage they do.
  
• Hunter - Hunter Champions are ones who have one or more favored foes and deal extra damage or grant extra effects against those enemies.

[h2]Opening the Vault[/h2]
The Vault is open! What wondrous creatures lie within?

Access to a special vault has been granted for a limited time. Click the notification or check the Shop to learn more.

[h2]Campaign Feedback[/h2]
Are you enjoing the campaign? We want to know!
The best way for us to hear your feedback would be for you to join our community on an officially-supported platform:

• The Official Idle Champions Discord.
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Ishi Snaggletooth hails from a warren of Kobolds living in the sewers under Baldur's Gate. Always the type to be more curious than careful, she accidentally stowed away on a ship headed to Port Nyanzaru. There, she met her dear friend, the Firbolg Littlefox. Often shunned by humans, Ishi hopes to prove herself as a true hero however she can. Ishi's biggest claim to fame is the defeat of the known swordsman, Hershel Von Saberburg, and since that day, she's touted herself as a renowned duelist to anyone who'll listen to her.

It's been a long time since Ishi joined Idle Champions, and on February 12th, 2025, she will be the lucky recipient of a new Rework set to make her a powerful component of non-human formations.

For more info about the new Ishi Rework, read on!

[h2] Ishi Snaggletooth[/h2]
Patron Eligibility: Mirt, Vajra, Zariel, Elminster (until February 12th, 2028)


[h3]Abilities[/h3]
[h3]Basic Attack[/h3]

• Quick Strike (melee) - Ishi attacks the front-most enemy.
  

[h3]Passive Abilities[/h3]

• Me First! - Ishi always attacks 0.25 seconds faster than the fastest member of the formation, or every 6 seconds if nobody else is in the formation.
  

[h3]Formation Abilities[/h3]

• Monsters Are People Too! - Ishi's damage is increased by 100% for each non-human in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
  
• Let's Find Some Treasure - Ishi increases the party's gold find by 100% for each non-human Champion, stacking multiplicatively.
  
• Treasure Hunter - Ishi increases the effect of Let's Find Some Treasure by 100% for every 4 seconds it has been since Ishi attacked but did not kill an enemy, stacking multiplicatively up to 15 times.
  
• Faster, Harder, Stronger - Ishi keeps track of the number of attacks she has made in the last minute. She increases her damage by 100% for each attack, stacking multiplicatively.
  
• Winner Take All - Every day, Ishi gains 5 Duel To The Death stacks. When Ishi has an available Duel To The Death stack and gets the killing blow on a boss that drops a loot sack, there is a 5% chance that she will consume a Duel To The Death stack and claim a piece of that boss's equipment as her own, granting 6 item levels to a piece of her equipment at random. Ishi can store up to 50 Duel To The Death stacks at once.
  

[h3]Specializations[/h3]

• Friend to the Familiar - Ishi's damage is increased by 125% for each Aasimar, Dwarf, Elf, Gnome, Halfling, and Half-Elf Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
  
• Friend to the Feared - Ishi's damage is increased by 150% for each Dragonborn, Goliath, Orc, Tiefling, and Half-Orc Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
  
• Friend to the Exceptional - Ishi's damage is increased by 100% for each Champion in the formation that is not a Standard species, stacking multiplicatively. Standard species are Aasimar, Dragonborn, Dwarf, Elf, Gnome, Goliath, Halfling, Human, Orc, Tiefling, Half-Orc, and Half-Elf.
  

[h3]Ultimate Ability[/h3]

• Confidence Boost - For 30 seconds, Ishi's damage is increased by 100% for each non-human in the formation, stacking multiplicatively. The duration extends when Ishi lands the killing blow on a boss.

[h3]Equipment[/h3]

[h3]Feats[/h3]
Uncommon

• Frugal
  Increases all Gold found by 10%.
  
• Something to Prove
  Increases the effect of Ishi's Monsters Are People Too! ability by 20%.
  
• Detritus Diving
  Increases the effect of Ishi's Let's Find Some Treasure ability by 20%.
  

Rare

• Well Rounded
  Increases the effect of Ishi's Monsters Are People Too! ability by 40%.
  
• Finders Keepers
  Increases the effect of Ishi's Let's Find Some Treasure ability by 40%.
  
• Counting Lesson
  Increases the effect of Ishi's Faster, Harder, Stronger ability by 40%.
  
• Kobold Camaraderie
  Increases the effect of Friend to the Familiar, Friend to the Feared, and Friend to the Exceptional by 40%.
  
• Keen Mind
  Increases the Intelligence score of Ishi by 1.
  Unlockable as an Event Reward

Epic

• Creature Squad
  Increases the effect of Ishi's Monsters Are People Too! ability by 80%.
  
• Multiversal Allies
  Increases the damage of all Champions by 20% for each unique species in the formation, stacking additively.
  
• Ardent Allies
  Increases the effect of Friend to the Familiar, Friend to the Feared, and Friend to the Exceptional by 80%.
  Unlockable as an Event Reward

[h2]Ishi Feedback Requested[/h2]
The Ishi Rework is here! What do you think? Will she make non-human formations popular? We want to know!

The best way for us to hear your feedback would be for you to join our community on an officially-supported platform:

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It's time for another day of dancing in Chult!

Grand Revel runs until February 26th. Featured Champions for this year's event include a new Thri-Kreen Ranger and a returning Kobold Fighter - and together, they seek to empower non-human formations like never before!

In the Forgotten Realms, Grand Revel is a day of dancing, music, and the eating of sweet treats of all sorts, from chocolate to red "firemint" candies. But even during such an unparalleled day of joy, there are quests to be done and adventures to be had. One such adventure revolves around a missing caravan on Chult -- and the Templar of the Order of the Gauntlet who desperately wants it found...


[h2]Featured Champions[/h2]
[h3]Kalix[/h3]

By wood, river, cavern, and vale, nomads of the Shaar spread the tale of Kalix the Exile. Gifted in combat from a young age, this thri-kreen warrior amassed a collection of trophies, garnering acclaim from the others of his tribe—the Krakk't. However, the hunter was never satisfied. He dreamed of quarry none would dare. At the Hill of Memories, during the yearly gathering, Kalix attacked the emissaries of the other tribes. None could deny his prowess. For this act, he was banished and forced to wander the world, searching for purpose. Now Kalix offers his services to all who promise a worthy hunt and woe unto any foe he marks as his prey.

Kalix is a Support Champion who excels in formations featuring unorthodox species. This Thri-kreen harnesses his telepathic abilities to boost the damage of Champions that aren't next to him, and he's skilled at tracking down his favored foe: humanoids. Kalix also increases the damage of your active party when he is positioned in the front column of a formation, making him an invaluable resource once you have access to multiple adventuring parties.

Learn more about Kalix in his Champion Spotlight.

[h3]Ishi[/h3]

Ishi Snaggletooth hails from a warren of Kobolds living in the sewers under Baldur's Gate. Always the type to be more curious than careful, she accidentally stowed away on a ship headed to Port Nyanzaru. There, she met her dear friend, the Firbolg Littlefox. Often shunned by humans, Ishi hopes to prove herself as a true hero however she can. Ishi's biggest claim to fame is the defeat of the known swordsman, Hershel Von Saberburg, and since that day she's touted herself as a renowned duelist to anyone that'll listen to her.

It's been a long time since Ishi joined Idle Champions, and on February 12, 2025, she will be the lucky recipient of a new Rework set to make her a powerful component of non-human formations.

Learn more about Ishi in her Champion Spotlight coming this Friday, February 7th!

[h2]Flex Champions[/h2]
Flex Slots allow players to unlock additional Champions and earn chests during
events, choosing from a pool of retired Champions associated with the event.
This collection of retired Champions includes the Champions from previous years of the
event as well as some Champions whose events have been retired.
This event's Flex Slot pool includes:



[h2]Event Augments[/h2]

• Augment 1: Boon Enhancements (Returning Augment)
  Description: An additional boon buff at each level increases gems dropped from bosses.

• Augment 2: Auto-Equip (Returning Augment)
  Description: Event Champions whose recruitment adventure or variants you complete gain common rarity equipment in all slots if they don't already have better.

• Augment 3: Auto Blacksmith (Returning Augment)
  Description: Every tier two or higher event variant completed automatically applies 100 Tiny Blacksmithing Contracts to the variant's Champion's equipment for free!
  

• Augment 4: Worth The Wait (Returning Augment)
  Description: Rebalanced Champion Ishi will unlock at the start of week two of this event, and completing her tier 2+ variants awards double chests!

[h2]Elegant Spring Celebration[/h2]
It's finally time for our Elegant Spring Celebration! Players will be able to unlock daily curated rewards along with exciting participation rewards that include the new Myrkul's Chosen Skin and a Taunt feat for the Nightwarden Minthara. The Elegant Spring Celebration comes to a close next Wednesday, February 12th.

[h2]Grand Revel Feedback Wanted[/h2]
We want to hear about your experiences in Idle Champions! What do you think about Kalix? Are you excited to learn more about Ishi's rework on Friday?

Your feedback is important to us, and we would love to have you join our community on one of our official platforms:

• The Official Idle Champions Discord.
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