Update 09-2022

By  Kitty · Official · 09/2022Back to releases

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

Many of you have probably recently noticed a small but definitely big change in our game — the logo of Sheepyard has been changed to a new logo of Stormbound Games. We can finally proudly announce the reason: Stormbound Games is now a game studio managed by the Stormbound team and funded by its original creators — Paladin Studios.

Official Paladin Studio’s business announcement:
Paladin announces a new studio “Stormbound Games” in Poland, focusing on the development of the strategic card game Stormbound.

After two years of partnership with Sheepyard, Stormbound is now under the management of the new studio “Stormbound Games Sp. z.o.o.” in Poland, owned by Paladin and the Stormbound team.

Stormbound was launched 5 years ago and is still going strong. It started as a game published by Kongregate, and later found its way to Sheepyard in Poland. Now, as a strategic step for the game and its team, we decided that it would be best to create a separate studio focused on making Stormbound the best it can be. The newly created studio, called “Stormbound Games”, consists of the whole Stormbound team that worked on the game in the past two years.

The new studio is headquartered in Gdansk. They will focus on developing and operating Stormbound, as well as exploring new avenues for the Stormbound IP. Stormbound will be published by “Stormbound B.V.”, a Dutch subsidiary of Paladin Holding B.V.

For further inquiries, please get in touch with Stormbound Games’ General Manager Wojciech Stachowiak, or Paladin Holding’s Chairman Derk de Geus.

Stormbound Game’s official announcement for Stormbound’s Community:
After two years of partnership with Sheepyard, we decided that it would be best for Stormbound to continue as a separate game studio focused on making the game the best it can be. The newly created studio consists of the whole Stormbound team that worked on the game in the past two years.

We would like to extend our gratitude towards Sheepyard for reviving Stormbound two years ago. Without this initial support, we wouldn't have been able to add so many amazing features to the game.

As a new studio, we have renewed our commitment to the game. This is currently the only game we are working on, so our focus is now 100% on making Stormbound the best it can be. The Stormbound team will expand so stay tuned for updates.

Last but not least, we want to extend our gratitude and appreciation for you, the Stormbound community. Without you, this game would be long gone, and your enthusiasm and support continue to give us a clear view of the strength and future potential for Stormbound. We hope you will appreciate the updates that are coming!

We could not think of a better time to share this news than our 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.

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Chateau de Cardboard
Chateau de Cardboard

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

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Level 1
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Chateau de Cardboard
Chateau de Cardboard

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

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Level 2
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Chateau de Cardboard
Chateau de Cardboard

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

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Level 3
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Chateau de Cardboard
Chateau de Cardboard

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

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Level 4
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Chateau de Cardboard
Chateau de Cardboard

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

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Level 5
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Catnip’s Charm
Catnip’s Charm

Confuse a target unit and give 1 strength to the weakest friendly feline

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Catnip’s Charm
Catnip’s Charm

Confuse a target unit and give 2 strength to the weakest friendly feline

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Catnip’s Charm
Catnip’s Charm

Confuse a target unit and give 3 strength to the weakest friendly feline

commonLevel 3
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Catnip’s Charm
Catnip’s Charm

Confuse a target unit and give 4 strength to the weakest friendly feline

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Catnip’s Charm
Catnip’s Charm

Confuse a target unit and give 5 strength to the weakest friendly feline

commonLevel 5

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.

Anniversary Gifts

To celebrate this special event, anyone logging into the game between September 15th to September 25th will receive the following bundle: coin 500 coinsruby 50 rubiesfusion stone 5 fusion stones and legendary card 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 coin 800 coins for all players, and coin 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.

Here are the adjusted values for every milestone:

Required crownsCost per matchReward once reached
crown 7 crownscoin 0 coins (0)coin 10 coins
crown 20 crownscoin 5 coins (0)1 Humble Book
crown 35 crownscoin 5 coins (-5)ruby 5 rubies
crown 50 crownscoin 10 coins (-10)fusion stone 1 fusion stone
crown 70 crownscoin 15 coins (-15)ruby 15 rubies
crown 95 crownscoin 20 coins (-20)rare card 1 rare card
crown 125 crownscoin 25 coins (-25)fusion stone 7 fusion stones
crown 160 crownscoin 35 coins (-30)ruby 60 rubies
crown 200 crownscoin 40 coins (-40)rare card 5 rare cards
crown 250 crownscoin 50 coins (-50)ruby 200 rubies
Brawl calculator

To calculate how far you can go with a given amount of coins, or how much it will cost you to reach a certain milestone, be sure to use the Brawl calculator. It makes it possible to define a certain Brawl discount as well.

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.

Unboosted tomes

Please note that the books granted by the following offers will yield the normal amount of cards, and no more. Extra cards in tomes will be exclusive to those that are bought with in-game resources.

For $4.99: 1 Mythic Tome + 100 Coins; For $19.99: 4 Mythic Tome + 4 Heroic Tomes + 500 coins; For $49.99: 10 Mythic Tomes + 10 Heroic Tomes + 10 Classic Tomes + 1500 coins; For $99.99: 20 Mythic Tomes + 20 Heroic Tomes + 20 Classic Tomes + 5000 coins + 50 fusion stones

The $4.99 pack will yield:

  • 1 Mythic Tome
  • coin 100 coins

The $19.99 pack will yield:

  • 4 Mythic Tomes
  • 4 Heroic Tomes
  • coin 500 coins

The $49.99 pack will yield:

  • 10 Mythic Tomes
  • 10 Heroic Tomes
  • 10 Classic Tomes
  • coin 1,500 coins

The $99.99 pack will yield:

  • 20 Mythic Tomes
  • 20 Heroic Tomes
  • 20 Classic Tomes
  • coin 5,000 coins
  • fusion stone 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).

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.

Screenshot of the prompt appearing after 3 consecutive losses at the lowest division of a league to offer the ability to relegate to the previous league.

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 16th for Catnip’s Charm and September 23rd for Chateau de Cardboard.