Update 6.0.0

Patch notes v6.0.0 July 27, 2026 Update 6.0.0 Balance changes ↓ Season 6 - Guts and Glory Duration: 53 days Launch Date: July 30th Theme: The crowd roars and the arena awaits! Season 6 takes Backpack Brawl underground, into the fighting pits where legends are made. Earn your stripes, kit out your champion, and forge the perfect run. Note: To count for the leaderboards, your hero will have to play and complete at least one run from this season. New features New Hero : Skara Skara is a kobold pit fighter who lives for the roar of the crowd! Bleed for the show, climb the gladiator ranks, and fight beside her dragon kin. Skara is initially available exclusively in the Gold Pass, and will be available in the Subscribers weekly rotation in week 3, and free rotation in week 4. After week 4 she becomes available for general purchase for gems and normal purchases. Skara Mechanics: Blood Sport Skara isn’t afraid to bleed for the crowd. Her signature Bloody Backpack has a chance on weapon and pet hits to inflict on both players , converting the carnage into . The Gladiator’s Arsenal Upgrade a humble Pugio into a Gladius, a Bloodsport Spatha, and ultimately the Crowdpleaser’s Crusher. Dragon Heritage Craft Dragon Bone into brutal maces, armor up with Dragon Scale, and raise Dragon Whelplings in a variety of colors to fight at your side. Build-defining Unique items round out the kit: Bookie’s Coin Purse, Champion’s Laurels, Retiarius Net, and Sponsor’s Banner. General mechanics Hero Store Tab Heroes now have a dedicated tab in the store - browse, compare, and unlock heroes in one place. Special Shops A new type of shop that breaks the normal rules - Special Shops can sell hero-specific and even crafted items. You can encounter two Special Shops over a run, each offering a choice of three specialists out of 16 - like the Toolmaker, the Fishmonger, and the Arcanist. Inventory Skins A new cosmetic category that customizes the look of your inventory itself. The first Inventory Skin debuts as a Gold Pass reward. Legendary Hero Skins A new top tier of hero skins with more going on than ever - including custom voice-over lines. Skara’s legendary skin headlines the Season 6 Gold Pass. Loyalty Badges Special badges for time played and for membership. Your badge tracks the highest milestone you’ve ever hit - loyalty never regresses. Gameplay mechanics Accuracy can now never go below 5%. Baseline on items and from levels has been reduced by half and now scale with diminishing returns; they still cancel each other one-for-one, and direct + effects are unchanged Relics now sell for 10 Shop sale discount when buying reduced from 50% to 33% off (discounted prices round up); sales appear just as often, and selling items back is unchanged Adjusted the gold value of 250+ crafted items to match the sum value of the items in their recipe New items added 10 new Shared items added (all heroes) New items for Enoch (1) Nymphedora (1) Pepper (1) Hob Gang (4, a heist) Boons Ten brand-new seasonal Boons for Season 6, all steeped in pit-fight flavor - including Performance Bonus and Let the Crowd Decide Wild Garden Zahir Sunshine Boost charges 5 → 10% faster Skara Skara joins the Wild Garden as an assignable hero Quality of Life Owned hero skins can also be equipped as the avatar Improved the flow of opening multiple enchanted chests Share links for recruitment codes Relic mining: Max no longer triggers the breadcrumb Health bars now show a tick line every 100 health, with a bigger line every 500 Significant performance optimizations to memory and CPU use Dragging an item now highlights the slot where an absorber can receive it Hammers, Clubs, Maces and Bonkers are now one searchable weapon family Conceding a ranked round now counts as a loss in your player statistics Tapping the reward breadcrumb in the Season Pass or Hero Road now scrolls straight to the claimable reward Claim All in the Season Pass now includes enchanted chests and handles big claims without stuttering Oversized items now scale to fit their slot in the shop The back button now works in more popups Season Pass Skip multiple steps at a time in the Season Pass for gems Capstones, see upcoming special rewards New Gold Pass cosmetic rewards New Gold Pass perk: Gold Name Style while the gold pass is active Fixes Hungering Ward effect no longer triggers when critically hit Dendromancy Rod no longer gains + based on Apophian Saif and God-King Khopesh are now searchable as standard absorbers Partial Invisibility Cloak is no longer fully invisible Tactical Blowgun now correctly fires its ammo Wooden Spoon now interacts correctly with Food Hand Crossbow no longer ends up weaker when its temporary bonus is applied to its bolts Fixed the achievement target for discovering the Rats Item Collection filters are no longer cleared after discovering a new Relic This update ships with balance changes — see the full 6.0.0 balance breakdown . Balance changes Mechanics - Baseline moved from 100% → 50%. Hero and Item Levels have also been adjusted. & - +/- 3% → +/- 2% . Diminishing returns for additional stacks. - Can no longer go below 5% - All shields can block now, regardless of rarity. - Adjusted the gold value of 250+ crafted items to match the sum value of the items in the recipe Relics All relic sale prices have increased from 3 to 10 Boons Sticky Fingers When buying items: % chance to steal 1 → 2 (Max 3 times per shop) Shared 10 new items added Leather Belt Now also available in the shop Leather Boots Size: 2x2 → 3 cells (L) Wizard Robe Size: 2x3 → 2x2 Rarity: Rare → Epic : 0 → 2 Start of : Gain 4 , 8 and 30 → 35 Every 4.1 seconds: Gain 3 → 2 Gain 3 → Gain 2 and 1 per item Start of : Gain 0.5 , 0.5 , and 0 → 0.3 per level Platemail Renamed from Scalemail Now has a shared recipe as well Still available in the shop Odd Cod Absorb Gain 0.5 and (3 → inflict 1 ) Unfortunate Tuna Absorb Gain 3 and (6 → inflict 1 ) Ratomelon On hit: Cleanse 1 per → Gain 1 per → Level Bonus On hit: % chance to cleanse 1 and gain 0 → 1 Lucky Ratomelon On hit: Gain 1 , 1 , and 1 per → Level Bonus On hit: % chance to gain 1 → 3 Hag’s Cauldron : 4.0 → 4.6 Blood Siphon Potion Health below 50% or 5 on opponent: Steal 30 → 40 and 5 from opponent Level Bonus When consumed: % chance to steal 8 → 10 per second for 5 seconds Throwing Hatchet Level Bonus On hit: % chance to inflict 1 → 3 Wooden Buckler When hit ( → Add ): 30% chance to block 3 Spiked Shield When hit ( → Add ): 30% chance to block 5 Stunbreaker When hit ( → Add ): 50% chance to block 8 Heater Shield New recipe Rarity: Rare → Epic Start of : Gain 25 → 35 Armor. When hit ( ): 40% → 50% chance to block 8 → 12 Level Bonus When blocking : % chance to block another 8 → 14 Reinforced Shield Recipe: Heater Shield + (Iron Bar → Steel Bar) Rarity: Epic → Legendary Start of : Gain 35 → 60 When hit ( ): 50% chance to block 12 → 16 Level Bonus When blocking : % chance to block another 12 → 20 Gothic Shield Start of : Gain 60 → 100 When hit ( ): 50% chance to block 20 → 35 Level Bonus When blocking : % chance to block another 20 → 45 Frost Barrier Recipe: Reinforced Shield + 2x → 1x Frost Emblem Start of : Gain 50 → 70 When hit ( ): 50% chance to block 16 → 24 Every 3 seconds: Cleanse 4 → 8 Level Bonus When blocking : % chance to block another 16 → 30 Vampire’s Scepter On attack: Use 8 to steal 8 → 32 On hit: Increase steal by 16 → 8 Discordant Harp : 3.9 → 3.3s Celestial Teapot : 1 → 4 Start of : gains +0% → +20% Every 3.2 seconds: This and items gain 2 → 0 Discharge (10 → 0 ): Cleanse 15 → 0 Level Bonus Every 3.2 seconds: % chance to use 1 to gain 2 → 3 Cleansing Crown Every 3.9 seconds: Cleanse 5 → 6 Level Bonus Every 3.9 seconds: % chance to gain 3 → 6 and heal for 15 Succulent Cheese Every 4.4 seconds: Cleanse 2 → 3 Level Bonus Every 4.4 seconds: % chance to heal for (5 per → flat 15) and cleanse 2 → 3 Blue Chilly Cheese Every 4.6 seconds: Cleanse 2 → 4 Level Bonus Every 4.6 seconds: % chance to inflict 2 and cleanse 2 → 4 Holy Libram Every 5 seconds: Use 8 to: Cleanse 3 → 12 Level Bonus Every 5 seconds → When this uses : % chance to heal for 24 → 48 and cleanse 3 → 12 Staff of Wisdom Size: 1x4 Recipe: Rod of Memories + Magic Essence : 4.0 → 3.3 : 6-10 → 32-43 : 1.5 → 2.0 On attack: Use 6 → 4 to: Gain 8 → 3 Cleanse 0 → 3 On hit: Gain 4 → 0 and 0 → 3 Cleanse 0 → 3 Level Bonus On hit: % chance to gain 3 → 3 Nebula Jelly Depth: Abyssal → Deep Per on opponent: Reduce taken by 1% → 0% Night Angler Every 3.3 seconds: Inflict 1 → 3 Level Bonus On hit: % chance to inflict 1 → 3 Buzz Goliathfly : 22-34 → 42-67 Buzzing Bouquet Every 3.3 seconds → During : Bees, Flies, and Butterflies gain +5 → +15% faster attacks Wildflower Symphony Every 3.3 seconds → During : Bees, Flies, and Butterflies gain +5% → +25% faster attacks Every 3.3 seconds: 50% → 100% chance to cleanse 6 → 5 50% → 100% chance to inflict 4 → 3 Gain 20 , 6 , 4 → 5 , 3 , 2 Level Bonus Every 3.3 seconds: % chance to gain 0 → 25 and 8 → 10 Honey Bee Level Bonus On hit: % chance to an enemy item for 0.5 → 0.75 seconds Worker Bee Level Bonus On hit: % chance to an enemy item for 0.5 → 0.75 seconds Champion Bee On hit: 20% → 25% chance to an enemy item for 1.5 seconds Level Bonus On hit: % chance to an enemy item for 0.5 → 0.75 seconds Queen Bee On hit: 25% → 35% chance to an enemy item for 1.5 seconds Level Bonus On hit: % chance to an enemy item for 0.5 → 0.75 seconds Bumble Rat On hit: 0 → 25% chance to an enemy item for 0 → 1.5 seconds Level Bonus On hit: % chance to an enemy item for 0.5 → 0.75 seconds Spiked Whip Level Bonuses: moved back from general item levels to weapon levels : 12-19 → 38-62 : 1.6 → 3.2 On hit: Gain 2 per Bramble → Gain 4 Steal 6 per Bramble Inflict 1 per → Inflict 4 per Bramble On critical hit: Deal 0 → 5 per Level Bonus On hit: % chance to gain 3 → inflict 5 Bag of Maggots On shop entered: Per empty bag slot: 50% → 100% chance to gain 1 Arcanefly Celeste Elementium Bulwark Recipe: Elementium Ore + (Reinforced Shield → Heater Shield) Stormbound Tranquility Every 4.2 → 3.0 seconds: Gain 1 and 3 items gain 4 When time of day changes: Gain 1 → 0 and 3 → 0 items gain 4 → 0 Thunderstorm Spear On hit: Gain 4 → 6 and +7 max Gain 1 → 0 per items gain 0 → 3 Zap Rat Discharge (12 ): gain +2 max → Gain 2 Electrobat Recipe: Bat + (Electrostatic Scroll → Zap Rat) Discharge (17 ): Steal 20 → 15 Gain 0 → 2 Chana Frost Tome On hit: 25% chance to inflict 2 → 0 Every 4.0 → 4.6 seconds: Use 2 → 3 to inflict 2 → inflict 1 per item Level Bonus When this item activates: % chance to inflict 2 → inflict 1 per item Iceburn Scepter : 2.9 → 2.7 : 0.9 → 0.65 Fire Vortex : 2.6 → 3.0 Kelvin’s Tome : 4.6 → 4.0 Wand of Backdraft : 3.7 → 3.2 : 1.4 → 0.8 Wildfire Essence Per on opponent: items are 1% → 0% faster Per 10 → 6 inflicted by items: Gain 3 This requires 0 → 1 more Dorf Danger Candle Level Bonus Every 12 seconds → After 12 seconds: % chance to explode a second time Boom Barrel Level Bonus Every 12 seconds → After 12 seconds: % chance to explode a second time Gem-Studded Forgeplate Recipe: Platemail + (Adamantite Bar → Adamantite Ore) + Ruby + Sapphire Darkvision Faceguard Every 3.8 seconds: Cleanse 3 → 5 Quartz Sprite Level Bonus On hit: % chance to cleanse 1 → 2 Heart of the Mountain Every 5.5 → 5.0 seconds: Gain 4 , 3 , 2 , 1 → 2 On Quartz Sprite hit → hit: Inflict 1 Molten Core Creeper : 12-16 → 46-64 Price: 11 → 16 On hit: Cleanse 0 → 2 per Lava Rock When hit ( ): 20% → 40% chance to inflict 2 → 1 Level Bonus On hit: % chance to inflict 2 → 3 Blast Furnace Bellows Per on opponent: Gain +1% → 0% faster activations Level Bonus Every 3.8 seconds: % chance to inflict 2 → 0 per Lumps of Coal or Lava Rock % chance to gain +0% → +10% faster activations Grandma’s Dusty Blast Box On Bomb inflicting → On Bomb explodes: Inflict 7 and 3 Enoch Cemetery Sweeper added Recipe: Broom + Graveyard Soil Scarecrow Recipe: Jack-o-Lantern + Cemetery Sweeper Flying Broomstick New Recipe : 1.1 → 1.7 : 7-15 → 16-18 On hit: Gain 2 Inflict 1 and 1 On critical hit: Use 5 to: Gain +4 and +10% faster attacks Gain 5 Per on you: Gain +2% Crowbane Recipe: Scarecrow + (Cat-o-Lantern → Black Cat) New Alternate Recipe Every 3.8 seconds: Gain 6 and steal 25 → 20 and 4 → 3 during Inflict 4 → 3 , 4 → 3 , 4 → 3 during Reaper’s Judgment Recipe: Soulharvester + (Black Cat → Werewolf Paw) : 0% → 15% : 36-44 → 46-54 On hit: Trap 1 Steal 20 and 2 → 0 Inflict 3 → 4 On critical hit: Trap 2 → 3 Fern Oakheart Sapling Every 9 seconds: Cleanse 3 → 2 per On 3 → 4 shops entered: Turn into Young Oakheart Young Oakheart On 4 → 5 shops entered: Turn into Mature Oakheart Mature Oakheart Every 9 seconds: Cleanse 3 → 4 per When time of day changes → On shop entered: This heals 3% → 10% more permanently (Currently: +0% more ) Arboreal Defender While this blooms: Increase block by 6 → 8 Level Bonus When blocking : % chance to block another 15 → 18 Regrowth Barrier While this blooms: Increase block by 8 → 12 When hit ( ): 40% chance to block 14 → 16 Level Bonus When blocking : % chance to block another 18 → 22 Hob Gang Sticky Stuff Absorb Inflict 1 → 1-2 and steal 1 → 0 Improvised Smokebomb After 12 seconds: Inflict 1 per second for 10 → 12 seconds Inflict 2 per second for 5 → 4 seconds Level Bonus Every 12 seconds → After 12 seconds: % chance to explode a second time Premeditated Stinkbomb After 12 seconds: Inflict 2 → 2 and 1 per second for 10 → 12 seconds Inflict 2 → 3 per second for 5 → 4 seconds Level Bonus Every 12 seconds → After 12 seconds: % chance to explode a second time Trangoblizer Dart On hit: Remove 1 or 1 per second for 6 seconds This is now “smart” and won’t try to remove a at 0 Gobliterator Dart On hit: Remove 1 or 1 per second for 6 seconds This is now “smart” and won’t try to remove a at 0 Partial Invisibility Cloak When time of day changes → When hit 5 times: 100% → 50% chance to steal 1 per item from another hero Subtle Distractor Shield : 0 → 4.5s Start of : Increase block by 2 per item from another hero This now applies to the level bonus as well When hit ( ): 50% chance to: Inflict 1 → 0 or 1 → 0 Every 4.5 seconds: 30% chance to inflict for 0 → 0.5 seconds Hypnodisc Deflector : 0 → 4.5s Start of : Increase block by 3 per item from another hero This now applies to the level bonus as well When hit ( ): 50% chance to: Inflict 2 → 0 , 2 → 0 , or 2 Every 4.5 seconds: 50% chance to inflict for 0 → 0.6 seconds EZ-Share Gas Mask Level Bonus Every 3.8 seconds: % chance to inflict 1 → 2 per item Bright Vision Goggles (redesigned) : 0 → 4 During : have +30% and +30% During : have -5% and -10% Every 5 or inflicted on you: Cleanse 1 or Level Bonus On critical hit: % chance to remove 3 Morrow Whispering Conch Every 3.5 seconds: Gain 8 → 12 Level Bonus Every 3.5 seconds: Gain 12 → 16 and 1 The Voidcaller : 32-64 → 64-128 Arcane Starcharter : 7 → 6 Briny Fish Basket On shop entered: Simplified to 50/50 chance of Guppy vs Length of Rope Nymphedora 1 new item added Hunting Knife Price: 4 → 3 On hit: Gain 1 → 0 On critical hit → On hit: Inflict 1 Elven Blade New recipe Start of : Gain 10% → 0% per Dragonleaf On hit: Gain 1 → Gain 1 per Dragonleaf Inflict 1 → 2 Stalker’s Shiv Start of : Gain +11% → 0% per Dragonleaf On hit: Cleanse 1-2 → 2 Gain 2 → Gain 1 per Dragonleaf Inflict 2 → 3 Dragonfang Start of : Gain +12% and +20% per Dragonleaf → Gain +30% and +50% On hit: Gain 2 → Gain 1 per Dragonleaf Inflict 1 per Dragonleaf → Inflict 4 Pepper 1 new item added Line Cook’s Apron Size: 2x3 → 2x2 Wooden Spoon On activation → Every 3.6 seconds: Use 1 to gain 1 → per Level Bonus Every 4.3 → 3.6 seconds: % chance to heal for 5 Koneko Steel Knife New recipe : 0% → 10% On hit: Skip 1.2 → 1.5 seconds on Head Chef’s Skewer : 20-28 → 31-42 : 2.0 → 2.1 Croissant Absorb Gain 4 and 1 → 2 Croissant Crossbow Per 30 gained → Per 100 you have: This gains +2 → +3 Charcuterie Shield When hit ( ): 50% chance to block 16 → 24 Level Bonus When blocking : % chance to block another 16 → 30 Ronan Knight’s Aegis When hit ( → Add ): 50% chance to block 6 Level Bonus When blocking : % chance to block another 6 → 9 Defender’s Shield When hit ( → Add ): 50% chance to block 12 and gain 6 Thornwall When hit ( → Add ): 30% chance to block 14 , gain 1 Unbreakable Wall When hit ( ): 50% chance to block 24 → 30 and gain 10 Level Bonus When blocking : % chance to block another 24 → 50 Twinmaw On hit: Inflict 3 → 4 Rhongomiant : 16-40 → 24-48 Start of : Gain +4 → +6 and +10% per Cactus Excalibur On hit: Steal 4 → 5 Inflict 4 → 5 On 40 → 50 stolen: Gain 30 and 30 Level Bonus On hit: % chance to steal 2 → 3 Sage All Bolts now have 100% . Hand Crossbow : 4-7 → 5-8 When this shoots a Bolt or Dart: That shot gets +4 → +3 Ironwood Boltcaster : 9-13 → 7-11 When this shoots a Bolt or Dart: That shot gets +6 → +4 Use 2 → 1 to double that bonus Titanwood Repeater When this shoots a Bolt or Dart: That shot gets +9 → +6 Use 3 → 2 to double that bonus Level Bonus On hit: % chance to inflict 1 → 2 Arcane Bolt Blaster When this shoots a Bolt or Dart: That shot gets +12 → +8 and +15% → +10% Use 5 → 4 to double that bonus Iron Bolt Quantity: 2 → 3 Razor Bolt Quantity: 2 → 3 Toxic Bolt Quantity: 2 → 3 Flame Bolt Quantity: 2 → 3 Midori Bolt Quantity: 2 → 3 Soul Piercer Quantity: 2 → 3 Serpent Deathbolt Quantity: 3 → 4 Midori Smokebomb Level Bonus Every 12 seconds → After 12 seconds: % chance to explode a second time Tink Regenerating Shield Price: 11 → 5 Recipe: Wooden Buckler + (Gear + Bolts) → (2x Scrap Metal) Start of : Gain 1 → 0 Gain 0 → 14 Every 2.8 seconds: Gain 9 Robo Rat 2.0 Recipe: Rat + (Clockwork → Bolts + Spring + Scrap Metal) Boomer Recipe: Clockwork + (Superior Bolts → Spring + Scrap Metal) After 12 seconds: Deal 30 → 31 Inflict 12 → 13 Level Bonus Every 12 seconds → After 12 seconds: % chance to explode a second time Ice Age Boomer After 12 seconds: Deal 64 → 61 Inflict 46 → 37 and 19 Level Bonus Every 12 seconds → After 12 seconds: % chance to explode a second time Mana Recycler Recipe: Arcane Core + (Clockwork + Superior Spring → Cleansomatic) : 14-18 → 22-30 On hit: Cleanse 0 → 4 Gain 6 Every 3.1 seconds → Every 8 used: Use 3 → 0 to cleanse 2 → 1 of each Use 3 → 0 to gain 0 → 1 , 2 , 2 → 0 , 2 Increase the required by 1 Level Bonus On hit: % chance to cleanse 0 → 2 and gain 2 Welding Torch Level Bonus On hit: % chance to inflict 1 → 2 and 1 Forest Mower On critical hit: Gain 40% faster attacks for 0 → 2 seconds Per on opponent: Gain +1% → 0% faster attacks Zahir Silver Sand Every 4.2 seconds: Inflict 3 → 2 for 3 → 4 seconds Golden Gravel Every 4.1 seconds: Inflict 3 → 2 for 3 → 4 seconds Diamond Dust Every 3.2 seconds: Inflict 4 → 3 for 3 → 4 seconds Apophian Saif : 2.7 → 3.1 : 1.75 → 2.0 : 23-30 → 36-46 Twilight Scarab On this and critical hit: This and gain +6% → +4% faster attacks Magic Carpet On hit: 50% chance to gain 5 for 4 → 3 seconds Mysterious Lamp Start of : Gain 10 → 50 and 5 On shop entered → On 1 shops entered (1 left): Wish for 1 item of same type as This requires 1 more shops entered Level Bonus Start of : % chance to gain 10 → 100 and 5 → 10