Dear players, I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival! I hope you all can have a nice family gathering and taste some new-flavored moon cakes!
Meanwhile, the SHMUP event has many games, like Spellbook Demonslayers, on sale. Visit the event page for more demos and announcements.
Liya from Erabit :)
DreamHack Beyond - mini announcement
Psst. SBDS is in the Dreamhack Beyond Summer Showcase. Check the header to find many mint games.
TRADING CARDS are now available!🥳
There are a total of 10 cards you need to unlock a badge, but each card will drop for 20 minutes played. So just 1 run will bring you a card. Let's see who has played the longest!
New Bundle with X Invider🤗
My friend from Allaf Studio just released the Bullet Heaven game. It is like the Hades, but you hack the evil corporation's server. Also, you are the cat. This lovely game is -10% off in the bundle with Spellbook Demonslayers, and with the launch week discount, that will be a whole 15% off.
Spellbook Demonslayers is planning to add more languages, but we would need your support. If you see something that was translated wrong, or could have better interpretation — tell us on Discord !
Furthermore, there will be a juicy update in September.
Stay tuned! Liya from Erabit
Demons Unleashed Discount & Trading Cards preview
Spellbook Demonslayers is participating in Demons Unleashed event
You will get extra 20% off from the game. There are also many other demonic games at sale and in preview.
After sale Trading Cards will be added to add more benefits for you for playing the game. Also a bit of a heads-up, there will be a bundle with Soul Stalker that is releasing on August 5.
Stay tuned! Liya from Erabit
NEW Features & BIG Balance Changes! [July 17]
NEW Features & BIG Balance Changes!
New Permanent Upgrades / Enemy Spawn Change
The Expel mechanic changes how you interact with demon spawns. Instead of taking a hit because a demon spawned too close to you, now you will be rewarded with bonus experience.
Permanent Upgrade: Expulsion This upgrade causes demons to be Expelled when you touch their spawn notification, teleporting them away and dropping an Experience gem.
Strong enemies now have larger and differently colored spawn notifications.
You can now also purchase two points of +13% Demon Spawn Warning Duration in the upgrades menu.
Astrid's Time Dilation passive now grants +50% Demon Spawn Warning Duration
Spawn notifications now have a different animation instead of flashing.
You might want to turn off Damage Numbers if you are focusing on Expel a lot, to make it easier to see.
Ultimatum
You can now earn greater rewards using the Ultimatum system. Increasing the Ultimatum amount at a Corrupted Shrine will Spawn another shrine with increased rewards and difficulty, but enemy damage is permanently multiplied by +7% and yours by -7%.
Each step in an Ultimatum is harder & longer than the previous, and new Corrupted Shrines that spawn during it will become a part of your current Ultimatum. The Ultimatum ends when you choose an Arcane Upgrade.
Ultimatums will reward you with Charms, Demons, Astral Flowers, and Upgrade Chests, as well as a large amount of recovery orbs. The rewards are weighted towards Charms and Demon Chests.
Illegal Spell Selection
You can now choose what spell you want to replace when taking an Illegal Spell at the Smuggler's Shrine.
Treasure Upgrade Auto-Confirm
You can now enable an option that automatically skips treasure chest upgrade interfaces. A notification will be shown below your spells instead.
Rampage
Rampage is a new effect that grants +1.3% damage and +0.7% Movement Speed per stack (Max: 100). Drains rapidly if you haven't gained any Rampage recently.
The time it takes before Rampage begins draining is extended if you gain multiple stacks at once.
Changes & Fixes
De-Yandere'd a bunch of the stat calculation code.
Damage values over 1 million on stat displays are now shortened like "584.23m".
More spell info is now shown on the pause screen.
The Demon Summoning screen has been reorganized.
The description for spell ugprades above level 10 has been changed to "Base Damage +10%" instead of "Spell Damage Multiplier +10%". This is only a text change, the mechanic itself has not been changed.
Breaking the spell limit with Overlevel now shows the over-limit spell on the HUD.
The Overlevel button now displays the Overlevel tooltip.
Fixed an issue where Vella would only be unlocked if the spell you had 4 copies of had one of its copies in the first spell slot.
Fixed an issue where Time Splicer's damage bonus was only applying in increments of 100%.
Fixed an issue where Elite demon armor scaling was not working properly.
Fixed an issue where Goblin's demon equip bonuses were not being applied.
Fixed an issue where spawn notifications could spawn very far offscreen.
Fixed an issue where Sigma Stance's description said 33% instead of 30% (this is only a text change, the effect itself has not been changed).
Fixed an issue where Corrupted Shrines would sometimes not display the required amount of kills.
New In-Run Upgrades
Illegal: Unencumbered Rage
The inverse of your Armor is also applied to: Max Rampage.
Illegal: Mana Storm
Each Rampage stack also grants: Mana Recharge Speed +0.7%.
Aura & Effect Changes
Mending
Now has "+1% HP Regenerated per second" instead of "Regeneration +1.0".
Samsara
Now has Max HP +13% instead of Max HP -13%.
Mutation: Life In Death now also has "For each used and remaining Revive: Max HP +13."
Nightshade
Now has "Critical Multiplier +25%" instead of "Critical Chance +7%".
Unbinding cap increased from 7 to 9.
Tailwind
Mutation: Rat Race now also has "When you Expel a demon, reset the duration of all demon spawn warnings."
Revengeance
Now has "When you Expel a Demon: Trigger Revengeance." instead of "Revengeance also triggers when you Dodge.
Now also has "When you trigger Revengeance: Gain 1 Rampage.
Unbinding cap increased from 7 to 9.
Velocity
Mutation: Fission now also has "When you break an enemy projectile: Rampage Gained: +7".
Deathbound
Now has "Demon Spawn Notification Rate +7%" instead of "Enemy Damage +7%".
Deadly Aim
Mutation's "Critical Chance added as Base Damage" increased from 10% to 13%.
Acrobatics
Mutation: Silent Assassin now Expels demons instead of killing them.
Mutation: Silent Assassin's 7% HP reduction against elites that you dodge now only activates while Dashing.
Unbinding cap reduced from 2 to 1. This Aura was contributing too much towards reaching the Dodge cap, but the individual levels do not need to be reduced in power. This makes room for more of this stat in other places.
Fortification
Unbinding cap reduced from 2 to 1. This Aura was contributing too much towards reaching the Damage Reduction cap, but the individual levels do not need to be reduced in power. This makes room for more of this stat in other places.
Cybernetics
Unbinding cap increased from 7 to 9.
Juggernaut
Unbinding cap increased from 7 to 9.
Brutality
Unbinding cap increased from 7 to 9.
Shrine Maiden
Unbinding cap increased from 7 to 9.
Volition
Unbinding cap increased from 7 to 9.
Demon Feast
Unbinding cap increased from 7 to 9.
Illegal: Wide Load
Now has "Regeneration Multiplier -999%" instead of "Your Regeneration is always 0".
Illegal: Smooth Sailing
Now also has "Demon Spawn Notification Rate +35%"
Illegal: Shield Crush
No longer has "Base damage of spells is modified by triple your Armor. Armor no longer affects damage taken."
Now has: Your Armor amount is inverted. Demon Armor amount is inverted. The inverse of your Armor is also applied to Base Damage.
Illegal: Time Compression
Now spawns 2 treasure chests per destroyed spell slot instead of 1.
Illegal: Lethargy
Now also has "Demon Spawn Warning Duration +13%".
Arcane: Rend
Demon Armor loss is now equal to your armor instead of double, to be more in line with current Armor values.
Arcane: Mind Expansion
Now has "+7 Base damage per Max Mana" instead of "Damage +60%".
Spell Changes
Ground Effects
Most burning ground now lasts half as long, but deals its damage twice as fast.
Shocked ground now triggers its lightning bolt twice as fast.
Illegal: Eyepopper
Level 6 bonus is now " Max Rampage +7. When an Elite demon dies: Rampage Gained: +13. (Global Bonus)"
Shadow Mine & Reaper Mine
Now triggers the oldest mine when a large amount of mines are placed, instead of deleting it.
Monsoon
Now has "Movement Speed applied to Base Damage: +100%" instead of "Launches 2 additional balls".
Ball Damage increased from 30% of base to 100% of base.
Overcast Sigil
Multi-Projectile Delay increased from 0.3 to 0.4
Secondary Projectile damage increased from 50% to 75%.
Indra's Sigil
Multi-Projectile Delay increased from 0.3 to 0.4
Secondary Projectile damage increased from 50% to 75%.
Bonus per 50% Critical Chance is now +1 Pierce instead of +1 Secondary Projectile.
Magma Axis
Base Damage increased from 15 to 20
Knockback increased from 50 to 120
Base Damage bonuses from levelups increased.
Multi-Projectile Delay changed from 0.15 to 0.4
Burning Ground from this skill is now larger and stronger
Burning Ground spawn cooldown changed from 0.5 to 1.0
Fire of Sinai
Base Damage increased from 15 to 30
Knockback increased from 50 to 120
Base Damage bonuses from levelups increased.
Multi-Projectile Delay increased from 0.15 to 0.4
Burning Ground from this skill is now larger and stronger
Burning Ground spawn cooldown changed from 0.5 to 1.0
Domination
Applied Choker effect reduced to 13% from 20%.
Phantom Reap
Multi-Projectile Delay increased from 0.13 to 0.25.
Regen on hit increased from 0.13 to 0.2.
Base Damage increased from 7 to 13.
Regen speed increased from 1.3s to 0.7s.
Base Damage bonuses from levelups increased.
Organ Harvest
Multi-Projectile Delay increased from 0.13 to 0.25.
Regen on hit increased from 0.13 to 0.2.
Regen speed increased from 1.3s to 0.7s.
Base Damage increased from 7 to 13.
Madame Death
Multi-Projectile Delay increased from 0.13 to 0.25.
Improvements to Charms, and Corrupted & Smuggler's Shrines! [July 12 Update]
July 12 Update
Charms
Charm chests now let you choose between 2 charms, instead of giving you a random one.
Charms now drop more often, and the drop rate difference between the 3 maps is now less severe.
Gamble Changes
Gambling at the Smuggler Shrine no longer gives a chance to gain Astral Flowers. It now always drops a random kind of reward, and between 7 and 13 recovery orbs. It no longer costs Astral Flowers.
Possible Rewards:
Upgrade Chest
Demon Chest
Charm Chest
7 Flower Chest
Spawn this wave's Elites again (Drops items, works with +Elite Amount)
The "Illegal Spell Multiplier +15%" effect of Sly's Smuggle passive has been changed to "The Smuggler's Gamble option is replaced with the option to gain Illegal Spell Multiplier +30%." (still drops resource orbs as well)
Corrupted Shrines
There are now 5 different types of Corrupted Shrines:
Spell Slinger: Fires projectiles at the player.
Chilling: Reduces how fast you can move (does not affect actual stats).
Recovery Jammer: Reduced HP / Shield / Mana Recovery (does not affect actual stats).
Horde: Greatly increases Demon Spawn Rate.
Ambush: All demons spawn from spawn warnings.
Other Changes and Fixes
The default dash distance on enemies has been reduced by 20%.
Hellhound's Stasis effect is now +77% Move Speed instead of +77% Move Speed Multiplier.
Reduced the player's maximum controllable movement speed (does not affect stats)
Fixed an issue where some descriptions that were displaying localization tags instead of text.
Fixed an issue where Bounty Hunter's mutation was showing the description of Acrobatics' mutation.
Quality of Life Improvements, and Buffs! [July 11 Update]
July 11 Update
Quality of Life Improvements
Global bonuses from spells are now shown in gold to make them easier to notice. NOTE: Global bonuses are kept for the rest of the run, even if the spell is replaced or lost.
You can now access the Demon Summoning menu from the Compendium, including during a run (but you can't modify demons during a run).
Tooltips now work in menus, and some missing tooltips have been added.
Keyword tooltips have been added for Recovery Orb, Demon Summoning, Demonic Choker, Global Bonus, and Extra Stat.
There is now a compendium section for Keywords.
Spell Changes
Illegal spells now gain 1 bonus level when learned. NOTE: Remember that you always keep Global Bonuses. When Illegal spells are auto-levelled on learning them, it includes their level 6 Global Bonuses. This means you can get them more than once by switching an illegal spell back and forth, or build up a variety of bonuses by transforming across many diferrent spells.
Meltdown's armor reduction aura boosted from -2 to -7.
Meltdown's level effect now grants a global bonus of -7 Armor to demons within your Light Radius, instead of setting the armor reduction aura to -13.
Throne of Darkness level 6 bonus changed from "Demons in Spell Area are Slowed" to "Effect against demons in your Light Radius: Movement speed -13 (Global Bonus)".
Blood Spark now grants "Recovery Orb Drop Rate +25% (Global Bonus)" at level 6.
Toxic Blizzard now grants "Illegal Spell Damage Multiplier +25% (Global Bonus)" at level 6.
Shrinkage now grants "Damage Reduction applied to Freeze Duration: +50% (Global Bonus)" at level 6
Indra's Sigil now gains 1 secondary projectile per 50% Crit instead of per 100%.
Thunderswarm's Base Damage per Chain increased from 3 to 5.
Thunderswarm's Global Base Damage per Projectile at level 10 increased from +1 to +2.
Other Changes and fixes
Strong Hellhounds (the ones that dash) are now slowed more when Frozen. The description of Freeze has been changed to be more accurate to how it actually works (it is a slow that can hit 100%, not a binary can/can't move).
Fixed a crash and performance hit caused by too many treasure chests being onscreen at once.
Pickup Range and Knockback have had their positions corrected on the stat display
New achievements for the recent added content will be coming in a future update!
Pierce demons with an electric wave. Calls a mighty Lightning Bolt whenever it chains or finishes travelling, dealing 200% damage.
Evolution: Arc Rift
Evolved Volt Surge. Creates shocked areas that slow demons and reduce their Armor by -3. Shocked areas trigger Lightning Bolts when they expire. Level 10: All shrines also grant: Damage +5%
Spell Changes:
- Chaos Orb and Dimension Bringer have had their base damage increased, and travel speed reduced. - Chaos Orb and Dimension Bringer now change their direction to match your aiming direction when they teleport after going offscreen. - Dimension Bringer now periodically Freezes all demons inside of it. - Fixed an issue where Dimension Bringer's inner orb had a much smaller hitbox than intended.
Other Changes:
- The Oblivion modifiers that slow down Banishing and Rerolling have been changed to -30% exp loss per point instead of -40%. - A new song by Valeriy Baryshev has been created for the game. It plays second in the combat playlist. More original music will be coming in the future!
A ton of you have been checking out the Hell Slayers bundle with Halls of Torment, thank you for all the support!
The Spellbook Enigma is now available, along with some new spells and upgrades:
Enigma
Starting Stats: Light Radius +20%, Max Mana +1
Passive 1: Elden Gaze
Demons in your Light Radius lose 1 Armor per character level. Reduces the Freeze resistance of strong demons.
Passive 2: Phase Cast
Gain +1 Pierce per Max Mana.
Starting Spell: Chaos Orb
Launches a single slow orb with an attached Shrine area that damages demons. Demons in the area trigger random elemental effects on death.
Evolution: Dimension Bringer
Evolved Chaos Orb. Projectiles from other spells have a chance to fire from the orb's location instead, adding +1 Chain for each active Dimension Bringer. Level 10: Demons in your Light Radius trigger random elemental effects on death.
Meteor
Call a rain of meteors that create patches of burning ground.
Evolution: Starfall
Evolved Meteor. Projectile amount is increased by double your Max Mana. Level 10: Demons on Burning Ground have +20% chance to Explode on death.
Today's update brings a HUGE amount of new features and improvements - There's a lot to cover with this one, so let's just jump right into it!
New Spellbook - Vella
Vella
"I'll eat you alive!" Unlock Requirement: Finish a run with 4 copies of the same spell at level 10.
Starting Spell: Domination Carves up nearby demons. Elites that have been hit with Domination are summoned on death, boosting your power. 20% of Choker effects apply to demons summoned this way. Evolves into Apex Predator.
Starting Bonus: Orb Recovery Effect +20%, Damage Multiplier vs Elites +7% (See Health & Mana Orbs section further in the update)
Passive 1: Berserk - You deal 1.5x damage. Max Spell Limit -2. Passive 2: Madness - When Elite demons are spawned, spawn an additional one.
The final spellbook Enigma will be coming in the next update, along with a bunch of new spells!
Demon Summoning
Summon demons, trapping them inside of a Shrine to massively boost your power!
Upgrades > Unlock "Corruption"
Win a run with at least 7 Corruption to unlock Demon Summoning! Reaching 46 Corruption will get you 7 demons at a time. You don't need to maintain a Corruption level to keep the unlocked Demon slots
Find Red Demon Chests to unlock more Demons Mainly drops during overtime
Level up demons to increase passive stats and summon duration Level up demons using Astral Flowers, or by summoning them if you successfully finish a run.
Find Demonic Equipment Equipment such as Demonic Chokers can be equipped into demon slots.
Find Overdrive Chips to limit break demons beyond level 100!
Drop rates are higher in the main game than they were in Beta.
Corruption Difficulty Scaling
Complete a game with Max Corruption to increase the Corruption limit
Each Corruption grants enemies +1% Damage, +2% Protection, -1% Knockback
Each Corruption level also increases the Score Multiplier by 5%.
Corruption increases the Demon Chest drop rate
Oblivion Modifiers and Charms
Oblivion difficulty options are unlocked after surviving for 20 minutes with 77 Malice
This is a new set of advanced difficulty options that massively increases the available challenge.
Increasing Oblivion allows higher rarity Charms to drop. You can equip 3 Charms.
To get Voidslayer rarity charms, you need to stack Malice and Oblivion.
Dashing Enemies
Certain enemies will now dash towards you to close the gap. The overall difficulty of enemy projectiles has been toned down to make room for more types of enemy behavior.
The "Hasted" elite modifier has been renamed to "Drifter", and now also allows the buffed elite demon to dash at you. Demons can shoot you while they're dashing, so make sure you watch out for dangerous combinations!
Enemy Spawn Notifications
Enemies can now also spawn directly onto the map, instead of only from offscreen. A quick warning will show you where enemies are going to appear.
Increasing your Light Radius will make demons spawn further away from you.
Health & Mana Orb Drops
Stronger enemies now drop orbs that refill your Health and Mana! This recovery is instant and is not considered Regeneration.
Spellbook Passive Buffs
Most spellbooks have been buffed in ways that allow them to scale further into endgame, or reach it more reliably.
Tammy
ːsteamthisː Passive 1: Adds a +7% Critical Multiplier bonus onto every Shrine, which improves with Buff Effect. Particularly good with String of Ears! ːsteamthisː Passive 2: Now also adds a 13% chance to get 3 upgrades from treasure chests. There is also a summonable demon that allows you to spawn treasure chests, working nicely with this effect.
Speare
ːsteamthisː Speare is stronger than you'd think on first glance, but is missing a bit of juice and early game. Her starter bonus has been upgraded to also have Spell Projectile Amount +1.
Wolfe
ːsteamthisː Passive 2: Now also reduces Aura Evolution level requirement by 25%.
Jeane
ːsteamthisː Passive 1: Now grants a 7% HP bonus per revive instead of flat +7 HP. ːsteamthisː Passive 2: Now also adds a 50% chance to duplicate buffs stolen from Elites.
Astrid
ːsteamthisː Passive 1: This passive gives +3% damage for each Astral Flower gained. This has been indirectly buffed because you gain Astral Flowers at a much faster pace in this update.
Berry
ːsteamthisː Passive 1: Chance to remain at the same level on levelup increased from 10% to 13%. ːsteamthisː Passive 2: Buff effect per collected treasure chest increased from 2% to 3%. It is also now possible to spawn more treasure chests than before due to Demon Summoning.
Sly
ːsteamthisː Passive 1: Now also converts 50% of Movement Speed into Critical Chance.
Eden
ːsteamthisː Starter Spell: Fixed a bug where Shadow Mine and Reaper Mine were not being affected by any damage bonuses.
Level 10 Spell Effects
Spells now grant additional global bonuses at level 10, giving you more ways to scale your build.
Overload
4% Of energy shield added as base damage. (All Spells) Grants +7 Energy Shield at level 7 and 8
Spectre Shot
Projectile Pierce Amount +1 (All Spells)
Prime Bolt
Spell Projectile Amount +1 (All Spells)
Cataclysm Sigil
Chance to Duplicate Elite Buffs +13%
Nova Cleave
Energy Shield +7 Energy Shield +13%
Winter Sigil
Damaging Area Damage Frequency +20% (All Spells)
Breach Sentinel
Base Damage per Armor +1. (All Spells) Grants +1 Armor at level 6 and 8.
Reaper Mine
+13% of Regeneration added as Base Damage. (All Spells)
Blood Barrage
Regeneration Multiplier +13%
Thunder Swarm
+1 Base Damage per Projectile (All Spells)
Inferno
Chance for Additional Chain +66.6% (All Spells)
Monsoon
Knockback +20% (All Spells)
Freezing Rain
Base Damage per Pierced Demon +2 (All Spells)
Blitzkrieg
Critical Chance +20% (All Spells)
Timmy & Tommy
Armor Effectiveness +35%
Madame Death
Regeneration per Spell Level +0.13 (All Spells)
Fire of Sinai
+4% of Max HP added as Base Damage (All Spells)
Airavata's Arrival
+2 Base Damage per Max Mana (All Spells)
Ardor
Projectile Size +20% (All Spells)
Frost Shear
Freeze Chance +7% (All Spells)
Indra's Sigil
Damage Multiplier against Elite Demons +20% (All Spells)
Hunter Vortex
Chance to deal Triple Damage +13% (All Spells)
Frostfire Mine
Freeze Duration +20% (All Spells)
The Compendium
You can now view spell info in the compendium! Accessible from the title screen, level select screen, or during a run. Spells now also display their full descriptions on the Pause Screen.
Buffed & New Illegal Upgrades
New Illegal Upgrades have been added, and some existing ones buffed.
New: Backdraft
+35% Chance of enemy projectiles backfiring. -13% Critical Chance.
New: Bursting Flesh
Max HP +77. +35% of damage taken bypasses Energy Shield.
Ashes of Jordan
All Spells gain +1 Level, Experience Gain +13%. New: Also grants Health Reservation -13%. This is a NEGATIVE health reservation value: It can undo existing reservation or increase your recovery limit beyond 100%, letting you overfill your HP.
Petrified Blood
Old: When you lose HP, the amount is reduced by % equal to your Reserved HP, to a max of -50%. New: When you lose HP, the amount is reduced by % equal to your Reserved HP, to a max of -75%.
Old: Energy Shield Recharge is not interrupted by damage, but cannot recharge Energy Shield above 70%. New: Energy Shield Recharge is not interrupted by damage, but cannot recharge Energy Shield above 80%.
Bare Skin
Energy Shield Recharge instead applies to HP, based on your Max HP. Old: Regeneration Multiplier -50%. New: Regeneration Multiplier -40%.
Chained Projectile Buff
Most projectiles can now naturally chain off of the air, allowing chain to be used more easily alongside pierce. Chained hits travel further if they chain off a demon instead of the air.
Spells affected:
Icicle / Frost Shear / Shrinkage (Shards AND Orb)
Dynamo / Overload
Organ Harvest / Madame Death / Phantom Reap
Tornado / Monsoon (Balls ONLY)
Double Tap / Prime Bolt / Flame Lance
Energy Cleave / Nova Cleave / Venom Cleave (Sparks ONLY)
Dew Sigil / Winter Sigil
Spirit Shield / Timmy & Tommy
Magma Axis / Fire of Sinai
Assault / Breach / Soul Eater Sentinel
Blood Blitz / Blood Barrage / Smoke Barrage
Lightning Crawlers / Thunderswarm / Bloodspark
Lead Sprinkler / Inferno / Acid Breath
Hailstorm / Freezing Rain / Toxic Blizzard
Tome Dust / Blitzkrieg / Eyepopper
Incinerate / Ardor / Meltdown
Overcast Sigil / Indra's Sigil
Glacier Mine / Frostfire Mine
New Music & Audio
Some new music by Valeriy Baryshev has been created for the game!
Coral Sunset - Victory Theme
Crimson Dawn - 25 Oblivion victory Theme
Drifters - Gameplay Theme
- A sound is now played when mana is refilled. - Increased volume of the sound effect for taking damage.
Game Settings
- Overall performance has been improved. - Physis Rate can now be set between 50% and 100% to adjust performance. - Player Blood and Enemy Blood can now be toggled off.
More collabs, more content, and more fun events! Follow Spellbook Demonslayers on Twitter or Join Discord !
The next update HAS BEEN COMPLETED and will be live soon!. It will bring collectible Demon Essences, chokers, charms, as well as new Custom Difficulty Modifiers, Demon Summoning, and Memory Fragments that will shed more light on Spellbook Demonslayers universe. You can play part of this content right now in the beta!
