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Genre: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie

Shades of Heroes

Returning: Claire Celebration

See the return of the series of event campaigns and gain the chance to unlock the exclusive cards and portraits!

Claire is the goddess of love and beauty. Astrid wants to visit a nearby town which currently holds a festival to her name. But something seems amiss, a bunch of unexpected guests have taken over the scene and it is up to you to save the day!


  • 1 New adventure available for limited time!
  • 6 New event battles
  • Play the adventure in Epic mode and earn chocolates to spend on Claire's Shop!

    • The Epic mode is unlocked after completing the adventure. It resets and can be played everyday

  • Earn special limited time portraits and cards through Claire's Shop


All Valentine Event adventures, loot and shops will be available for all until 24th of February

Happy Valentine's Day!

Returning: A Valkyrian Christmas

See the return of the series of event campaigns and gain the chance to unlock the exclusive cards and portraits!

Santa’s sled has been found deserted on the mountains. Astrid, the Valkyrie of Honour, together with Elisia, the Valkyrie of the Wind are about to investigate. Join them in this adventure, while they explore various places. Seek the aid of their sisters and overcome epic and legendary creatures in a battle to save Christmas.


  • 4 New adventures available for limited time!
  • 15 New event battles
  • Overcome brand new boss mechanics and outwit their cunningness

    • Swap lines to avoid damage
    • Dispel the frost
    • Protect your cookies!
    • Explode the fire bombs on time!

  • Interactive battles

    • The valkyries fight by your side during combat

  • Explore new abilities

    • New line effects
    • Swap line effect
    • New hide ability

  • New winter scenes. Enjoy the city covered in snow!
  • Play the adventures in Valkyrian or Epic mode and earn increased presents to spend on the Christmas shop!

    • The Valkyrian and Epic modes are unlocked after completing the adventures. They reset and can be played everyday

  • Earn special limited time portraits and cards through the Christmas shop in the Docks


All Christmas Event adventures, loot and shops will be available for all until 7th of January

Happy holidays!

Returning: The Long Halloween

We all know about Halloween night: Candy, pumpkins, spooky scary skeletons. But what happens when the night isn't so predictable? Queen Catherine went to a nearby town where there was a Halloween festival, but she's gone missing, and ever since weird happenings have occurred. Perhaps you would like to investigate, and don't worry you'll have friends by your side. And lots of candy.


  • 1 New adventure available for limited time!
  • 12 New event battles
  • Find new ways to overcome enemies

    • Protect your allies from afar with spells
    • Keep your backline full and prevent your frontline from being pushed back
    • Defend against waves of enemies by protecting your units and managing their health
    • Break through the enemy's barrier by cutting off their source of repairs
    • Manage your defense as you focus on the enemy's main target
    • Rescue a great ally and turn the tide of battle

  • Interactive battles

    • Meet characters that will accompany you and fight alongside you in battle

  • Explore new abilities

    • Entangle enemies and leave them unable to attack and only able to retaliate
    • Redirect enemy attacks back to their own units
    • Instantly kill units that have a certain amount of hp left
    • Combo ability that increases damage after every use and even stuns after a while
    • Chances to evade spells and effects and resistance to them
    • Hex enemies and turn them intro frogs temporarily or until you hit them
    • Fly as a frontline unit and evade melee attacks whilst damaging the enemy backline
    • Use multiple abilities per round on a single card
    • Charm enemies and take control of their attacks for a brief time
    • Utilize the improved Hide ability once again to avoid attacks and deliver devastating attacks

  • New spooky scenes. Enjoy the the login screen and the city in its spookiest form!
  • Play the adventure in Epic mode and earn candy to spend on the Halloween Shop!

    • The Epic mode is unlocked after completing the adventure. It resets and can be played everyday
    • You may also earn candy from Fortune Teller and Treasure Hunter fights, as well as unlocking event and normal chests

  • Earn special limited time portraits and cards through the Halloween Shop

    • 14 New Halloween themed cards
    • 9 New Halloween themed portraits



All Halloween Event adventures, loot and shops will be available for all until 11th of November

Happy Halloween!

Last Days of Summer Starlight

It's been a long summer, and the Valkyries have finally chosen to go on vacation. But in order to enjoy the end-of-summer breeze, the Lighthouse of Stars must light up. Take part in the gathering of Stardust, the construction of the Mirror and the flourishing of the Star Tree, and ascend to the summit of the Starreach Cliff. However, be mindful of shadow figures, for when there is light, there is also darkness.


  • 1 New adventure available for a limited time
  • 9 New event battles
  • Overcome new challenges, bosses and puzzles

    • Use special spell cards to "dye" and then gather
    • Gather and craft mid-combat and survive the assault
    • Protect a card and help it grow by overhealing it
    • Swap positions and lanes to avoid damage
    • Protect your allies from afar with spells

  • Explore new abilities

    • Augment your summonings with increased stats
    • Block attacks for the card directly in the back
    • Retrigger a card's on deploy or on death effects while it's still deployed
    • Spells that trigger a card's different hidden abilities
    • Health abilities that trigger under or over a specific HP threshold or when near death
    • Swap positions from left to right
    • Swap Lanes from Frontline to Backline and vice versa
    • Utilize the improved Hide ability once again to avoid attacks and deliver devastating attacks
    • Fly as a frontline unit and evade melee attacks whilst damaging the enemy backline
    • Entangle enemies and leave them unable to attack and only able to retaliate
    • Redirect enemy attacks back to their own units

  • Play the adventure in Epic mode and earn special Stardust currency

    • The Epic mode is unlocked after completing the adventure. It resets and can be played everyday
    • You may also earn Stardust from Fortune Teller and Treasure Hunter fights, as well as unlocking event and normal chests

  • New summer scenery in the login and main menus
  • Earn special limited time portraits and cards through the Starlight Shop in the Docks with the Stardust

    • 13 New Summer themed cards
    • 17 New Summer themed portraits


All Summer Starlight Event adventures, loot and shops will be available for all until 9th of September

Happy end of summer!

Returning: A Valkyrian Christmas

See the return of the series of event campaigns and gain the chance to unlock the exclusive cards and portraits!

Santa’s sled has been found deserted on the mountains. Astrid, the Valkyrie of Honour, together with Elisia, the Valkyrie of the Wind are about to investigate. Join them in this adventure, while they explore various places. Seek the aid of their sisters and overcome epic and legendary creatures in a battle to save Christmas.


  • 4 New adventures available for limited time!
  • 15 New event battles
  • Overcome brand new boss mechanics and outwit their cunningness

    • Swap lines to avoid damage
    • Dispel the frost
    • Protect your cookies!
    • Explode the fire bombs on time!

  • Interactive battles

    • The valkyries fight by your side during combat

  • Explore new abilities

    • New line effects
    • Swap line effect
    • New hide ability

  • New winter scenes. Enjoy the city covered in snow!
  • Play the adventures in Valkyrian or Epic mode and earn increased presents to spend on the Christmas shop!

    • The Valkyrian and Epic modes are unlocked after completing the adventures. They reset and can be played everyday

  • Earn special limited time portraits and cards through the Festive shop in the Docks


All Christmas Event adventures, loot and shops will be available for all until 7th of January

Happy holidays!

The Long Halloween

It's never too late for candy and spooks. We all know about Halloween night: Candy, pumpkins, spooky scary skeletons. But what happens when the night isn't so predictable? Queen Catherine went to a nearby town where there was a Halloween festival, but she's gone missing, and ever since weird happenings have occurred. Perhaps you would like to investigate, and don't worry you'll have friends by your side. And lots of candy.


  • 1 New adventure available for limited time!
  • 12 New event battles
  • Find new ways to overcome enemies

    • Protect your allies from afar with spells
    • Keep your backline full and prevent your frontline from being pushed back
    • Defend against waves of enemies by protecting your units and managing their health
    • Break through the enemy's barrier by cutting off their source of repairs
    • Manage your defense as you focus on the enemy's main target
    • Rescue a great ally and turn the tide of battle

  • Interactive battles

    • Meet characters that will accompany you and fight alongside you in battle

  • Explore new abilities

    • Entangle enemies and leave them unable to attack and only able to retaliate
    • Redirect enemy attacks back to their own units
    • Instantly kill units that have a certain amount of hp left
    • Combo ability that increases damage after every use and even stuns after a while
    • Chances to evade spells and effects and resistance to them
    • Hex enemies and turn them intro frogs temporarily or until you hit them
    • Fly as a frontline unit and evade melee attacks whilst damaging the enemy backline
    • Use multiple abilities per round on a single card
    • Charm enemies and take control of their attacks for a brief time
    • Utilise the improved Hide ability once again to avoid attacks and deliver devastating attacks

  • New spooky scenes. Enjoy the the login screen and the city in its spookiest form!
  • Play the adventure in Epic mode and earn candy to spend on the Candy Shop!

    • The Epic mode is unlocked after completing the adventure. It resets and can be played everyday
    • You may also earn candy from Fortune Teller and Treasure Hunter fights

  • Earn special limited time portraits and cards through the Candy Shop

    • 12 New Halloween themed cards
    • 7 New Halloween themed portraits
    • Unlock new recipes from the shop and collect new items from chests to use in their crafting



All Halloween Event adventures, loot and shops will be available for all until 15th of November

Happy Halloween!

Changelog for Versions 0.75.6 - 0.75.7.5 Alpha

Hello all, it's been a while since the last patch notes. While updates were released, they were a bit sneakier this time. We've taken the time to compile a list of changes that happened during this absence of patch notes, as well as the current version.

So here's a changelog of the newest update and previous updates that were not announced



Current Version 0.75.7.5 Alpha



  • Added a tooltip in Forge that would display if a card for crafting is currently in a deck
  • Improved Chat response rate
  • Disabled the Guild Button in Chat
  • Made visibility improvements in Forge text
  • Made UI improvements in Forge new card crafted
  • Fixed a few text errors in two items
  • Fixed a bug in Forge that would show the wrong amount of cards available for to use for crafting
  • Fixed a bug in Forge where the recipe amount number always showed 1
  • Fixed a bug in Forge that would not immediately show newly crafted cards in deckbuilding


Previous Version 0.75.7.3-4 Alpha



  • Fixed a bug with the Wins in a Row achievements constantly resetting and giving no rewards
  • Fixed a bug in Commander Quests where teleporting in a quest sometimes caused the wrong image to appear
  • Fixed a bug in Commander Quests that would sometimes show wrong rewards to appear after a quest resolution
  • Fixed a bug in Commander Quests that would cause the game to freeze when there are duplicate quests ready


Previous Version 0.75.7.1-2 Alpha



  • Clicking in a player's portrait in Chat opens a friend request submenu
  • UI improvements in the arena Chat menu
  • UI improvements in Forge
  • UI improvements in Forge card text
  • UI improvements in Fortune Teller
  • Added an animation in Locksmith when Gold and Diamonds increase and decrease
  • Fixed a bug in Locksmith where the lock boxes and lockpick cost was not shown on the first chest
  • Fixed a bug where having the PVP Queue open prevented players from using class/portrait skills in PVG
  • Fixed a bug where new cards will not immediately appear in deckbuilding to add on a deck
  • Fixed a bug where some players would not get cards from the Commander Trials card pack rewards
  • Fixed a bug where opening the Swamp Shark fight in Treasure Hunter would cause the main hub menu to pop up


Previous Version 0.75.7 Alpha



  • Generals no longer reset from being primary whenever the game is reset, and can be unset from primary
  • Lockpick Diamond cost is now shown in Locksmith when lockpicks are not enough
  • Set a character limit for the Username/Nickname input fields
  • UI improvements in General Quests
  • UI improvements in Recipe Merchant menu
  • Tottoa Noble card now shows the right layout (Neutral Layout)
  • Fixed a bug in the Chat menu where the text will overflow from its frame
  • Fixed a bug where diamonds could not be spent after a general quest was resolved
  • Fixed a bug in Locksmith where buying lockpicks didn't immediately update the number count
  • Fixed a few text errors in the choose a faction text and login rewards text


Previous Version 0.75.6 Alpha



  • Avado High Cleric card now does Ranged damage (0 -> 40)
  • Avado Cleric card now does Ranged damage (0-> 30)
  • Added a new icon for the Divine and Shadow Runes and the Range Weapon items
  • General Quests now have a reset quests button, this gives new quests to take on and resets the current pool (but not the quests already in progress)
  • In the Combat Report, successfully defending against an enemy now rewards the player and the general when visited. Unclaimed rewards from successful repels are indicated with a "!" from main hub
  • Card Pack card rarity chances may now be viewed by clicking the (?) button next to the pack
  • UI improvements in the main hub
  • UI improvements in Buy Card Packs
  • UI improvements on General Quests
  • UI improvements in Chat and overhaul (now with different chat rooms, and the ability to share decks)
  • Moved the Chat button from the Messages menu out in the main hub
  • Updated the Options button UI and moved it to the lower left corner
  • Updated the Options button UI in the arena and added the Chat button (chat now also accessible in battle)
  • Various visual particle fixes
  • Swamp Shark card now shows the right layout (Neutral Layout)
  • Changed the name of Novice Mage card to Novice Cleric
  • Fixed a bug where the Enchanted Arrows card didn't work properly on Frontline cards
  • Fixed a bug where the Love Story Bard ability didn't work properly
  • Fixed a bug that caused Merman Warrior card to cause 0 damage when attacking first
  • Fixed a bug that caused lockpicks to show the wrong amount earned
  • Fixed a bug where Snow Wolves' On Deploy ability will last for more turns
  • Fixed a bug where some summon cards will summon themselves as well
  • Fixed a bug where sometimes the enemy could lay traps on their own field
  • Fixed a bug with the Queen Catherine Card Recipe
  • Fixed a bug with the Lady Dianna Swanheart where Trap Evasion would not work
  • Fixed a bug with Ritual of Healing acquisition and 0 Resource Cost
  • Fixed a bug with the choose a deck menu in the tutorial
  • Fixed an error with the Totem cards description text
  • Fixed an error in Tournament rewards text


There have been a number of exciting new things that are being worked on that we think the community will enjoy. Let's name a few.


  • Extended Class Trees
  • Battlegrounds
  • Clans/Guilds
  • Commander Quests visual update & giving items to Generals on quests
  • Next Commander Trial
  • New Cards


Thank you for reading, stay tuned for more.