Stormbound News

Hello Stormbounders! A new version of Stormbound is coming early September, bringing new common cards, general game improvements, and a lot of generous offers to celebrate Stormbound’s 5th anniversary! On top of that there is a new beginning ahead of us.

1. Announcement
   
2. Balance changes
   
3. New cards
   
4. Anniversary Gifts
   
5. Cheapened Brawl
   
6. Exclusive offers
   
7. New Brawls
   
8. Demote in ranked mode
   
9. Peak Leaderboard
   
10. FAQ
    

ANNOUNCEMENT

Many of you have probably recently noticed a small but definitely big change in our game: the Sheepyard logo has been replaced with a new logo, from Stormbound Games. We can finally proudly announce the reason: our game is moving to a dedicated company managed by the original creators, Paladin Studios.

After two years of great cooperation between both companies, it has been decided that it would be best to form a new partnership: a fusion of the entire Stormbound team who worked on the game for the past two years and Paladin Studios, the original creators of our beloved title. We would like to extend our gratitude towards Sheepyard for reviving Stormbound two years ago and supporting its growth ever since. Without their support, we wouldn't have been able to add so many amazing features to the game.

What does that mean for Stormbound? The team remains unchanged (even expanding), but many new opportunities are available now, thanks to the renewed cooperation with Paladin Studios. Now more than ever, Stormbound is our biggest priority as this is the only project we will continue working on.

We could not think of a better time to share this news than on the game’s 5th anniversary. We believe Stormbound has a bright future ahead, and we wish for another amazing 5 years with you Stormbounders!

BALANCE CHANGES

For the very first time since Sheepyard took over the game over 2.5 years ago, the next update will not introduce any balance changes. Between the aforementioned studio change and the summer holidays, we did not find enough time to assess, introduce and test balance tweaks. Next ones in October!

NEW CARDS

Two new cat-themed cards will be introduced in September: a cat structure and a cat spell.

CHATEAU DE CARDBOARD (Structure)

At the start of your turn, confuse the most forward enemy unit

Mana: 4
Str: 4/5/6/7/8

Catnip's Charm (Spell)

Confuse a target unit and give X strength to the weakest friendly feline

Mana: 2
Ability X: 1/2/3/4/5

As usual, there will be $9.99 exclusive packs for every new card to get 10 copies as well as 750 coins and 5 fusion stones.

ANNIVERSARY GIFTS

To celebrate this special event, anyone logging into the game between September 15th to September 25th will receive the following bundle: 500 coins, 50 rubies, 5 fusion stones and 1 legendary card.

On top of that, all coin gains will be doubled between during that time period, except for quests. The coin cap will also be doubled, reaching 800 coins for all players, and 1,400 coins for Premium Pass holders.

Last but not least, all books will contain more cards during that timeframe. Books normally holding 3 cards will be contain 4, and books usually containing 6 cards (Mythic, Heroic and Classic) will yield 8!

CHEAPENED BRAWL

Similar to previous events, the Brawl starting on September 15th and the one starting on September 22nd are going to be cheaper. All fights will be 50% off. Owners of the Premium Pass will also have their usual discount applied, leading to a 60% reduction.

EXCLUSIVE OFFERS

For those of you willing to put a few bucks into the game and supporting the creators, this anniversary event will introduce 4 special in-app purchases. They will all be available for 10 days from September 15th.

The $4.99 pack will yield:

• New Avatar
  
• 1 Mythic Tome
  
• 100 coins
  

The $19.99 pack will yield:

• New Avatar
  
• 4 Mythic Tomes
  
• 4 Heroic Tomes
  
• 500 coins
  

The $49.99 pack will yield:

• New Avatar
  
• 10 Mythic Tomes
  
• 10 Heroic Tomes
  
• 10 Classic Tomes
  
• 1,500 coins
  

The $99.99 pack will yield:

New Avatar

• 20 Mythic Tomes
  
• 20 Heroic Tomes
  
• 20 Classic Tomes
  
• 5,000 coins
  
• 50 fusion stones
  

On top of that, every Ruby bundle will yield double the original amount of rubies. This is not time-bound, and effectively lasts forever until every bundle has been bought once.

NEW BRAWLS

Similar to what we did in the last months — we will introduce 2 new Brawl modifiers for the 2 new cards. We think it’s a good way for you to be able to try, play with and enjoy newly added cards before you start collecting them.

Like last time, a 0-mana level 1 (unless owned and leveled) copy of the new card will be added to everyone’s deck (thus causing all decks to have 13 cards).

• The Warrior Brawl starting on the September 15th will be for Catnip’s Charm.
  
• The Warrior Brawl starting on the September 22nd will be for Chateau de Cardboard.
  

DEMOTE IN RANKED MODE

We would like to introduce a new feature for Ranked Mode which allows you to lower your league if you feel like you don’t belong to your current league.

This will be offered if you happen to lose three battles in a row while having 0 stars at the lowest possible division of your current league. For instance, if you have 0 stars at Silver 5, you will be offered to demote down to Bronze — division 3 with 0 stars, bang on in the middle.

Note that this does not influence the chest you will get at the end of the season. In other words, you get the chest associated to the highest league you’ve reached during the season, regardless of whether you‘ve demoted or not.

PEAK LEADERBOARD

Screenshot of the Heroes League leaderboard featuring a “Peak” column showcasing the highest rank every player has ever reached in Heroes League.
This second feature is targeted towards our end-game players in Heroes League, who often were demotivated to play at the highest level for fear of falling down the ladder.

The new Heroes League “Peak” system will save players’ highest achieved rank, which will be deciding their place on the current Heroes League board.

FAQ

When is the update going to be released?

The new Ranked Mode features will be added to the game on September 12th. The 2 cards will be introduced on September 15th for Catnip’s Charm and September 22nd for Chateau de Cardboard.

Hello Stormbounders! A new version of Stormbound is coming early August, bringing balance tweaks, 2 new legendary cards, exclusive offers and some information about the new login beta!

1. Disclaimer
   
2. Balance Changes
   
3. New cards
   
4. New Brawls
   
5. Heroes League queueing
   
6. New login beta
   
7. FAQ
   

DISCLAIMER

We’re right in the middle of the summer, so most of our team members are currently on holiday. This leaves us with limited capacity to build new features, but we should be able to speed up the pace in September. Thank you for understanding!

BALANCE CHANGES

This release, just like any other, will bring some balance changes.

• Eloth the Ignited now costs 4 mana (down from 5), but his strength is now 3/4/5/6/7 (down from 5/6/7/8/10) and its ability deals 2/3/4/5/6 damage (down from 3/4/5/6/7).
  
• Visions of the Grove now cost 6 mana (down from 8) and have one movement (up from 0), but their strength is now 6/7/8/9/10 (down from 8/10/12/15/18). Finally, their ability is linearized across all levels, converting every 3 mana point remaining into 1 damage.
  
• Flaming Stream now costs 4 mana (down from 5) but its ability deals 3/4/5/6/7 damage (down from 4/5/6/7/8).
  
• Soap Cleanse now gives (instead of restoring) 1/2/3/4/5 strength (down from 3/4/5/6/7) to friendly poisoned units.
  
• Snake Eyes now costs 4 mana (down from 5) but their strength is 4/5/6/7/9 (down from 6/7/8/10/12).
  

NEW CARDS

Two new neutral legendary cards coming this month!

VA’VEL THE LOOPER (DRAGON ANCIENT HERO)

Before moving, teleport to the first empty tile behind

Mana:3
Str: 5/6/7/8/9
Mov: 1/1/1/1/1

GUARDI THE LIGHTBRINGER (ANCIENT HERO)

Before moving, if there are no enemy units in front, create a 0 cost level X single‑use non‑common Temple card and add it to your deck

Mana:3
Ability: 1/2/3/4/5
Str: 6/7/8/10/12
Mov: 0/0/0/0/0

As usual, there will be $9.99 exclusive packs for both cards to get 1 copy as well as 750 coins and 5 fusion stones.

NEW BRAWLS

A brand new Brawl is introduced to the game: Focused Energy. In this mode, all units benefit from an additional movement. Think of it as if there was a Temple of Focus behind them. This causes Ancient units to trigger their ability twice.

Additionally — similar to what we did in the last months — we will introduce 2 new Brawl modifiers for the 2 new cards. We think it’s a good way for you to be able to try, play with and enjoy newly added cards before you start collecting them.

Like last time, a 0-mana level 1 (unless owned and leveled) copy of the new card will be added to everyone’s deck (thus causing all decks to have 13 cards).

The Warrior Brawl starting on the August 18th will be for Va’vel the Looper.
The Warrior Brawl starting on the August 25th will be for Guardi the Lightbringer.

HEROES LEAGUE QUEUEING

Over the last few weeks, our backend engineers worked hard to optimize the queueing time in the Heroes League. From approximately mid-August onwards, you should no longer have to wait long to find opponents to challenge!

NEW LOGIN BETA

As announced last month, we have started beta-testing the new login system. The iOS beta ended with great results. We will start the Android beta during the first week of August.

In the meantime we’re still waiting for some work to be done from Kongregate’s side to make login work perfectly via Steam, so we can’t really give a date about Steam’s login beta yet.

FAQ

When is the update going to be released?

The balance changes will be deployed with the season reset as usual. The 2 cards will be introduced on August 12th for Va’vel and August 19th for Guardi.

Hello Stormbounders! A new version of Stormbound is coming early July, bringing balance tweaks, 2 new cards, exclusive offers and the new login beta!

Balance Changes
New cards
New Brawls
New login beta
FAQ

BALANCE CHANGES

This release, just like any other, will bring some balance changes.

• Chilled Stonedames’ strength is now 5/6/7/8/9 (up from 4/5/6/7/8).
  
• Bounded Daemons’ strength is now 4/5/5/6/7 (up from 3/4/4/5/6).
  
• Olf the Hammer’s strength is now 7/8/9/11/13 (up from 6/7/8/10/12).
  
• Excited Mousers’ ability is now board-wide instead of surrounding only.
  
• Rockworkers’ movement is now 1 (up from 0) and their strength is now 3/4/5/6/7 (down from 4/5/6/7/8).
  
• Midwinter Chaos’ ability now targets units with 5/6/7/8/9 strength (up from 4/5/6/7/8).
  
• Temple of Space’s strength is now 4/5/6/7/8 (up from 3/4/5/6/7).
  

NEW CARDS

Two new cards coming this month, one of them dedicated to Reckless Rush, the popular community member who made waves for being an aggressive rush player reaching high leagues with low-level cards. If you haven’t read Reckless’ guide, be sure to do so!

RECKLESS RUSHERS (Undead)

Before attacking, deal 1 damage to your base

Mana: 1
Str: 1/2/3/4/5
Mov: 3

AWAKENING OF THE WILL (Spell)

Give strength to X random friendly unit with no ability equal to their mana cost, then give them additional strength up to Y of their mana cost

Mana: 2
Ability X: 1/1/2/2/3
Ability Y: 1/2/2/3/5

As usual, there will be $9.99 exclusive packs for every new card to get 10 and 3 copies respectively as well as 750 coins and 5 fusion stones.

NEW BRAWLS

A brand new Brawl is introduced to the game: Godspeed. In this mode, Ancient units will have 2 movement, regardless of their initial movement. Note that this doesn’t cause their ability to proc twice — still only once per movement phase. This Brawl will premiere on July 21st in all Brawl difficulties.

Additionally — similar to what we did in the last months — we will introduce 2 new Brawl modifiers for the 2 new cards. We think it’s a good way for you to be able to try, play with and enjoy newly added cards before you start collecting them.

Like last time, a 0-mana level 1 (unless owned and leveled) copy of the new card will be added to everyone’s deck (thus causing all decks to have 13 cards).

• The Warrior Brawl starting on the July 14th will be for Reckless Rushers.
  
• The Warrior Brawl starting on the June 28th will be for Awakening of the Will.

NEW LOGIN BETA

The new login is finally just around the corner and we are going to start an open beta very soon! This gives you the opportunity to sign up and be one of the first players to try the new system and earn ruby 50 rubies!

If you are interested in participating, here is what you need to do. Send an email to [email protected] with the following information:

• Your Stormbound player ID (e.g. 102390249)
  
• Your Discord name + tag (e.g. Kitty#1909)
  
• Your country of residency (e.g. United States of America)
  
• The platform you play on (i.e. Apple, Android or Steam)
  
• The email you will be using to sign in with Google or Apple
  

It is important the subject of the email you send matches this very format: login. For instance, Kitty#1909 1002216742 Android login.

From there, a handful of players will be chosen and invited to a private Discord channel mid-July to participate in the beta. All instructions will be given in due time.

FAQ

When is the update going to be released?

The balance changes will be deployed with the season reset as usual. The 2 cards will be introduced on July 10th for Reckless Rushers and July 24th for Awakening of the Will.

Hello Stormbounders! A new version of Stormbound is coming early June, bringing balance tweaks, 3 new cards, exclusive offers and some info about the new login system!

1. Balance Changes
   
2. New cards
   
3. New Brawls
   
4. New login
   
5. FAQ
   

Balance Changes

This release, just like any other, will bring some balance changes.

• Rain of Frogs now costs 3 mana (up from 2).
  
• Boomstick Officers’ ability now deals 5/6/7/8/10 (up from 4/5/6/7/8).
  
• Goldgrubbers now replace 2 non-Pirate cards at level 4 and 5 (up from 1).
  
• Northsea Dog’s ability now grant 6/7/8/10/12 (up from 5/6/7/8/10).
  
• Call for Aid now spawns units with 4/5/6/7/8 strength (up from 3/4/5/6/7).
  

As usual, some compensation in the form of coins and fusion stones will be provided to owners of Rain of Frogs, proportional to the level and rarity of the card. Find below the compensation values for each rarity and level.

Epic card: 15 coins and 2 fusion stones at level 2, 40 coins and 5 fusion stones at level 3, 120 coins and 10 fusion stones at level 4, 250 coins and 20 fusion stones at level 5.

New cards

Three new neutral spells will be introduced, two of them common, one rare.

FINAL SACRIFICE (Spell)

Trigger the ability of a friendly non‑legendary unit with up to X strength, then destroy that unit

Mana: 4
Ability: 3/4/5/6/7

QUAKEFALL OF THE SKIES (Spell)

Deal X damage to non‑temple structures, then spread the amount received among surrounding enemy units and structures

Mana: 2
Ability: 1/2/3/4/5

STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Destroy a target friendly Ancient unit and play a random level X non‑Ancient unit on the same tile

Mana: 3
Ability: 1/2/3/4/5

As usual, there will be $9.99 exclusive packs for every new card to get 3 copies as well as 750 coins and 5 fusion stones.

New Brawls

Similar to what we did in the last months, we will introduce 3 new Brawl modifiers for the 3 new cards. We think it’s a good way for you to be able to try, play with and enjoy newly added cards before you start collecting them.

Like last time, a 0-mana level 1 (unless owned and leveled) copy of the new card will be added to everyone’s deck (thus causing all decks to have 13 cards).

• The Warrior Brawl starting on the June 16th will be for Final Sacrifice.
  
• The Warrior Brawl starting on the June 23rd will be for Quakefall of the Skies.
  
• The Warrior Brawl starting on the June 30th will be for Stream of Consciousness.
  

New login

A bit of an update about the new login system. First things first: it’s not exactly ready, but it’s almost there. Our team has put a massive amount of effort into it lately and we’re making some good progress. It really is a technical milestone that might as well dwarf the complexity of the Draft mode. But I digress.

The new login system will let players create or move their current account (which uses Kongregate under the hood) to Google Play or Apple Game Center. This ensures their progress doesn’t get lost, and is more consistent with players’ experience on their usual operating system.

To move the account, one can:

• Log in with Kongregate, then follow the dedicated process in the options popup to create a new account with the current progress.
  
• Create a new account, then follow the dedicated process in the options popup to merge both accounts. This will overwrite all the data from the new account with the one from the Kongregate account.
  

About usernames:

• When moving the account to the new system, players will be able to change their username (provided it remains unique). Doing so will free the old nickname for other players to use.
  
• Existing usernames will be preemptively reserved on the new system so that people can transfer their account without having to rename.
  
• Furthermore, players will be able to update their username more conveniently using the new accounts.
  

To encourage everyone to move to the new platform, we will be rewarding players with in-game resources once the transfer has been successfully done.

FAQ

When is the update going to be released?

The balance changes will be deployed with the season reset as usual. The 3 cards will be introduced on June 12th, June 19th and June 26th respectively. The new login does not have a specific release date yet but we hope to wrap it up soon.

How does Stream of Consciousness work?

First of all, Stream of Consciousness spawns a random non-Ancient unit from the game, not from your hand or your deck. That means you could get anything from Lawless Herd to Chillbeards—this is a gamble. The spawn is not limited to your faction either, so you could unlock some interesting combos.

We crunched the numbers: the average mana value in the game for non-Ancient units is 4.56. Playing Stream of Consciousness means spending 3 mana, losing a friendly unit (which should have at least 1 or 2 mana worth of value left), so on paper this is balanced at the mana cost.

Hello Stormbounders! A new version of Stormbound is coming early May bringing balance changes, 3 new cards and some exclusive offers!

1. Balance changes
   
2. New cards
   
3. New Brawls
   
4. FAQ
   

BALANCE CHANGES

This release, just like any other, will bring some balance changes.

• Demotivating Strike now costs 3 mana (down from 4) and its ability deals 2/3/4/5/6 (down from 3/4/5/6/7).
  
• Underground Spring’s ability now grants 1/1-2/2/2-3/3 (up from 1/1-2/1-2/2/2).
  
• Blessed with Brawn now costs 5 mana (down from 6) and its ability grants 6/8/10/12/15 (down from 8/10/12/15/18).
  
• Emerald Towers’ ability now grants 2/2/3/4/5 (up from 2/2/3/3/4).
  
• Broodmother Qordia’s strength is now 4/5/6/7/9 (down from 5/6/7/8/10) and her dragonlings’ strength is 2/3/4/5/6 (down from 3/4/5/6/7).
  

NERF COMPENSATION

As usual, some compensation in the form of coins and fusion stones will be provided to owners of Broodmother Qordia, proportional to the level and rarity of the card. Find below the compensation values for each rarity and level.

Legendary card: 1 fusion stone at level 1, 20 coins and 5 fusion stones at level 2, 50 coins and 10 fusion stones at level 3, 150 coins and 20 fusion stones at level 4, 300 coins and 50 fusion stones at level 5.

NEW CARDS

Three new Epic Ancients will join the Neutral pack during the month of May.

BIG SISTERS OF GROWTH (ANCIENT)

Before moving, vitalize itself then give x strength to weaker friendly units

Mana: 4
Str: 4/5/6/7/8
Mov: 0/0/0/0/0
Ability: 1/2/2/3/3


AGILE WARRIORS (ANCIENT)

Before moving, deal x damage to a random bordering enemy unit for each friendly unit. If that unit dies, move towards its tile instead

Mana: 4
Str: 2/3/4/5/6
Mov: 1/1/1/1/1
Ability: 1/1/1/2/2


TIMBER ALCHEMISTS (ANCIENT)

Before moving, steal all status effects from all friendly units and gain x strength for each unique status effect received

Mana: 2
Str: 1/1/2/2/3
Mov: 1/1/1/1/1
Ability: 1/2/2/3/3


As usual, there will be $9.99 exclusive packs for every new card to get 3 copies as well as 750 coins and 5 fusion stones.

NEW BRAWLS

Similar to what we did in the last months, we will introduce 3 new Brawl modifiers for the 3 new cards. We think it’s a good way for you to be able to try, play with and enjoy newly added cards before you start collecting them.

Like last time, a 0-mana level 1 (unless owned and leveled) copy of the new card will be added to everyone’s deck (thus causing all decks to have 13 cards).

• The Warrior Brawl starting on the May 19th will be for Big Sisters of Growth.
  
• The Warrior Brawl starting on the May 26th will be for Agile Warriors.
  
• The Warrior Brawl starting on the June 2nd will be for Timber Alchemists.
  

FAQ

When is the update going to be released?

The balance changes will be deployed with the season reset as usual. The 3 cards will be introduced on May 15th, May 22nd and May 29th respectively.

How do Timber Alchemists work?

The status effects Timber Alchemists steal are vitalized, poisoned, confused, frozen and silenced. Note that they steal statuses in regular order (top-to-bottom, left-to-right), which matters when stealing both vitality and poison.