Hello Stormbounders! A new version of Stormbound is coming early November, bringing new cards, balance changes, another beta for the new login system, and some spooky Halloween offers as well as Black Friday deals!
Balance changes
New cards
New Brawls
Holiday Events
New login beta
Drawing Mechanics
New VS animation
FAQ
BALANCE CHANGES
Recently, we have changed CPU levels in Ranked Mode to be higher based on players’ league.
Level 2 for Silver League
Level 3 for Gold League
Level 4 for Platinum League
Level 5 for Diamond League
We believe this change will give players a better experience from playing Ranked matches, even though it’s now a bit tougher. This release will also fix the bug with CPU having 1 level cards in friendly matches in Heroes League.
Furthermore, this release, just like any other, will bring some balance changes.
Chaotic Pupil now deals 4/5/6/7/8 damage (up from 3/4/5/6/7) and which is spread randomly among bordering units (changed from a single target).
Fortification Tonic now grants 3/4/5/6/7 strength (up from 2/3/4/5/6).
Aged Duskbringers’ strength is now 6/7/8/9/11 (up from 5/6/7/8/10).
Trekking Aldermen’s ability now deals as much as damage as received (changed from 3/3/4/4/5).
Va’vel the Looper’s strength is now 1/2/3/3/4 (down from 2/3/4/4/5).
Prime Oracle Bragda’s ability now targets up to 2/3/3/4/4 units (changed from all).
NEW CARDS Two new cards will be introduced in November: a new Swarm structure, and another Ironclad construct.
Cursed Cemetery (Structure)
At the start of your turn, spawn X strength Undead on both sides
Mana: 4 Str: 3/4/5/6/7 Ability: 1/2/2/3/3
Frontline Engineers (Construct)
On play, gain X strength for each surrounding friendly structure
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.
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 November 10th will be for Cursed Cemetery.
The Warrior Brawl starting on November 17th will be for Frontline Engineers.
Moreover, as a part of the Halloween Event, we will introduce a special Brawl for this occasion: Spooky Pumpkin.
During this brawl, every dead enemy will spawn a Spooky Pumpkin structure that explodes under special conditions. The structure has 3/5/7 strength, depending on the Brawl difficulty.
The following Brawls will be spooky:
The Casual Brawl starting on October 27th.
The Warrior Brawl starting on November 3rd.
The Ultimate Brawl starting on November 10th.
Players can get special a Halloween avatar (in the 6th milestone) in each Brawl difficulty, from silly to terrifying.
Spooky Pumpkin (Structure)
At the start of your turn, if there are at least 3 friendly pumpkins, destroy them and deal 1 damage for each to the enemy base
HOLIDAY EVENTS
Halloween (Oct 27 – Nov 6) To celebrate Halloween, there will be 3 premium bundles and a small gift of 20 rubies for anyone logging into the game between October 27th and November 6th.
13 Scary Stories Bundle ($9.99):
Witch cat avatar
3 Books of Magic
3 Books of Elders
coin 300 coins
ruby 30 rubies
Trick or Treat Bundle ($29.99):
Cute pumpkin avatar
6 Mythic Tomes
6 Heroic Tomes
6 Classic Tomes
13 Scary Stories Bundle ($79.99):
Frankenstein’s monster avatar
13 Books of Legends
5,000 coins
500 rubies
50 fusion stones
There will also be some special weekly and monthly vanishing packs available throughout the month of November, just like last year.
Finally, the Brawl starting on November 3rd (and only that one) is 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.
Black Friday (Nov 24 – Nov 28) There will be some one-time only special offers for people willing to put some money into the game. The Black Friday exclusive packs will be available from November 24th until November 28th (8AM CET) so be sure to jump on them!
Raining Cats bundle ($9.99):
Pirate cat avatar
Guaranteed 3 copies of each of the 6 rare and epic felines
3 Classic Tomes
Edrik’s Army bundle ($19.99):
Hipster avatar
2 copies of Edrik the Fierce
18 cards amongst the most played across the last 3 months globally
Emblem of Heroism bundle ($49.99):
Afro avatar
35 Heroic Tomes
The Greatest Treasure bundle ($99.99):
Cyclops avatar
30 cards from each rarity
1,000 rubies
5,000 coins
On top of that, all books (including Noble) will yield an extra card until the end of the event. Similarly, the paid bundles yielding coins and rubies will grant between +10% and +30% more coins, and between +10% and +60% more rubies for the duration of the Black Friday event.
Moreover, all coin gains will be doubled between that time period, except for quests. The coin cap will also be doubled.
Finally, the Brawl starting on November 14th (and only that one) is 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.
NEW VS ANIMATION The upcoming update will also introduce a new animated “Versus” animation. It will appear in the middle of the screen and will include a “VS” text with spinning white lines.
As soon as the text with spinning lines starts to fade, the following elements will appear on the screen: players name, kingdom name and league emblem with number.
From now on, it will also be possible to click on the opponent’s details to expand information presented on a VS screen.
NEW LOGIN BETA The new login system is nearly ready for release on both Android and iOS. All we need are some additional tests to ensure that everything works as expected. This gives you the opportunity to sign up and be one of the first players to try the new system and earn 50 rubies!
If you are interested in participating, here is what you need to do. Send an email to new.login.beta@stormboundgames.com 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. iOS or Android)
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.
DRAWING MECHANICS Players have frequently reported that there might be a problem with the drawing mechanics, that makes getting back cards that were just played too often. After thorough testing, we’ve found out that this mechanic is working as expected.
For clarity: a card can be played more than once within the same turn, albeit rather rare. When a card is played, it goes back into the deck with a “weight” of 1. Another draw will cause a reweighing of the deck, which makes the card’s weight non null. From there, a subsequent draw (through card ability or cycling) can cause the card to be drawn (and played) again, even though the odds are not in favor.
Playing a few cards (and additionally cycling a card) in a turn causes a few draws at the end of the turn, therefore, with every draw, all cards in a deck are shuffled with new weights. Collector Mirz for example, creates a card with a weight of 1.
Note that cards generated by Guardi the Lightbringer used their own custom weighted draw algorithm. It will now be tuned down with the Balance Changes update on 2nd of November.
The logic of drawing mechanics goes more or less like this:
The deck is initially shuffled. This is to make sure the weights do not match the card order (lowest weight on cheaper cards, and higher weights on more expensive ones).
The first card of the shuffled deck is assigned a weight of 1.
Every card is then assigned a weight based on the weight of the previous card following the formula: weight × 1.6 + 100. As a result, the second card has a weight of 101.6 (1 × 1.6 + 100) and the third card of 262.56 (101.6 × 1.6 + 100) and so on and so forth.
From there, 4 cards are drawn with the weighted random to compose the initial hand. That means the cards with the highest weights are most likely to be drawn, but that’s not a guarantee.
FAQ When is the update going to be released?
The balance changes will be released with the season reset as usual, although on November 2nd due to the holiday. The 2 cards will be introduced on November 4th for Cursed Cemetery and November 11th for Frontline Engineers.
The Halloween event will extend from October 27th to November 6th (8AM CET) and the Black Friday event will extend from November 24th to November 28th (8AM CET).
How does the Spooky Pumpkin ability work?
In that Brawl-only, friendly Spooky Pumpkin spawn as enemy units die.
At the start of a turn, the first friendly Spooky Pumpkin on the board checks if there are at least 3 of them, and if there are, trigger its explosive ability.
Because all friendly Spooky Pumpkins end up being destroyed to deal damage to the enemy base, only the first one can use its ability. When it activates, all the others are destroyed.
What’s worth pointing out is that it possible to deal more than 3 damage to the base. Killing many units in one turn, and therefore spawning as many pumpkins, may result in explosive damage!
Update 10-22
Hello Stormbounders! A new version of Stormbound is coming early October, bringing new cards, balance changes, Heroes League adjustments and a new daily calendar.
Compensation
Balance changes
New cards
New Brawls
Heroes League
Daily Calendar
FAQ
COMPENSATION
As some of you may know, there was an issue with the Anniversary Event ending a day too early. It was supposed to last until end of day September 25th, and ended early in that day instead.
This is unfortunate and something that should not have happened. We would like to extend our apologies to everyone impacted and intend to make up for this inconvenience with some compensation.
We have already returned the difference in coins you would have saved on Sunday’s Brawls. Additionally, everyone who bought books on Sunday received the missing free cards. Furthermore, this Sunday only (October 2nd), books containing more cards will be available in the shop, and all coins gained will be doubled throughout the day.
Once again, we apologize for the inconvenience. We’ll do everything to prevent situations like this to ever happen again.
BALANCE CHANGES
We are back with our monthly balance changes:
Wolfcloaks now cost 7 mana (up from 6).
Draconic Roamers now spawn dragons with 2/2/3/3/4 strength (up from 1/1/2/2/3).
Aged Duskbringers’ ability now grants 5/6/7/8/10 strength (up from 4/5/6/7/9).
Temple Guardians’ ability now triggers when playing bordering any Temple Structure or base (instead of in front or sides of a friendly Temple Structure or base).
NEW CARDS
Two new cards will be introduced in October: a new Shadowfen structure, and another Ironclad rodent.
CHEESY LURERS (RODENT)
On play, pull the first enemy in front and deal X damage to it
At the start of your turn, drain strength from the strongest enemy unit
Mana: 3 Str: 2/3/4/5/6 Ability: 1/1/2/2/3
As usual, there will be $9.99 exclusive packs for every new card to get 10 copies as well as coin 750 coins and fusion stone 5 fusion stones.
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 October 6th will be for Cheesy Lurers.
The Warrior Brawl starting on October 13th will be for Obelisk of Souls.
HEROES LEAGUE
Top 500
The Heroes League is now limited to 500 players at any given time. To get into that league, players need to reach a higher peak score than the other players, or be one of the first 500 persons to reach the league.
If a player reaches all ranks and stars in the Diamond League, there are two scenarios that can happen:
If there are less 500 players in the Heroes League, the player automatically gets in.
Otherwise, the player stays in the Diamond League. From that point onward, they will see information about their current and peak scores and how high they need to reach to get in the Heroes League.
Rewards in Heroes League
The Heroes League rewards (seasonal chest and special rewards based on the Hero score) are given differently than rewards in other leagues.
Avatar: The top player in the Heroes League gets a unique avatar (just as before).
Heroes Chest: The Heroes chest is given to all 500 members of the league, no matter which position they end the season at. However, players who were kicked out of the Heroes League cannot claim the Heroes chest; they get the Diamond chest.
Books & Fusion Stones: The rewards in each Top List are given to all Heroes League members who end the season in this top list or higher. For instance, a player ending the season #96 collects additional rewards from the Top 100 and also from the Top 250.
The top 250 players at the end of the season will receive additional fusion stones (remember these are cumulative):
Top 1: 100 Fusion Stones
Top 10: 50 Fusion Stones
Top 100: 30 Fusion Stones
Top 250: 20 Fusion Stones
The top 250 players at the end of the season will also receive additional books, just like it happens right now. What changes is that the type of book will be randomized. For instance, the top player will get either a Mythic Tome, a Book of Archdragons or a Book of Legends, at random. Then in the next season, it will be one of the other 3, and so on and so forth. For the other Top 250 players, all specialized books are available (similarly random and rotating).
DAILY CALENDAR
The daily calendar which has been around for well over a year now will be revamped to add new mechanics.
Instead of one reward per day, the new calendar will have 15 gifts in total (regardless of which month). Collecting a reward unlocks the next one, but there is a 24-hour cooldown period between collects. That means you don’t have to collect a certain reward on a specific day per se — you will be able to collect it whenever, provided you are not within your 24 hours cooldown period.
Premium Pass holders will still get an additional reward with every gift (collected at once like before). Buying a Premium Pass throughout the month will automatically grant the additional reward for all previously collected gifts, so nothing is lost.
Additionally, and perhaps more importantly, the Premium Pass is now a 30-days buy that’s not tied to the current calendar month. This means if one buys the Premium Pass on the 12th at 1pm, they will be a holder for exactly 30 days (ending at 1pm).
FAQ
When is the update going to be released?
The balance changes will be released with the season reset as usual. The 2 cards will be introduced on October 7th for Cheesy Lurers and October 14th for Obelisk of Souls. The Heroes League update will be effective as of October 1st.
Update 09-22
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.
Announcement
Balance changes
New cards
Anniversary Gifts
Cheapened Brawl
Exclusive offers
New Brawls
Demote in ranked mode
Peak Leaderboard
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.
Update 08-22
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!
Disclaimer
Balance Changes
New cards
New Brawls
Heroes League queueing
New login beta
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
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.
