# Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms changelog > Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms is a Dungeons & Dragons strategy management game uniting Champions from throughout the D&D… - Vendor: Codename Entertainment Inc. - Category: Games - Official site: http://www.idlechampions.com - Tracked by: What's New (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/idle-champions-of-the-forgotten-realms) - Harvested from: Steam (app 627690) - Entries below: 5 (newest first) What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. ## Releases ### Introducing Mastery Variants! - Date: 2026-07-22 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/627690/view/675127185664639157 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/idle-champions-of-the-forgotten-realms/releases/steam-675127185664639157 - **added** — Introduce Mastery Variants as a fourth variant tier available for the first adventures of nearly every campaign - **added** — Introduce Mastery Medallions as a new currency earned by completing Mastery Variants - **added** — Add a Mastery Shop where Mastery Medallions unlock Legendary Feats - **added** — Add Patron Mastery Medallions that unlock Chromatic Skins in Patron Shops - **added** — Add Legendary Feats that each Champion can equip in a dedicated feat slot, upgradeable with Scales of Tiamat - **added** — Add Legendary Feats for Drizzt, Wulfgar, and Pwent unlockable through gameplay using Mastery Medallions - **added** — Add Legendary Feat for Lae'zel included in a new DLC Pack along with 6 DPS Pigments - **added** — Add Chromatic Skins for Jarlaxle and Hew Maan, each with five dragon-inspired color variants based on Chromatic Dragons - **added** — Add new Mastery Variants monthly at the end of each event - **added** — Expand Mastery and Patron Shops every three months with new Legendary Feats and Chromatic Skins _Adventures in Idle Champions have always offered up to three Variants to test your mettle... until now! Today, we're introducing **Mastery Variants**, a new **fourth Variant tier** available now for the first adventures of nearly every campaign. These variants are not for the faint of heart (or low ilevels). Expect daunting restrictions, objectives beginning at **area 1,425**, and even tougher Patron versions. Completing them is the ultimate test of formation mastery and your path to fantastic new play rewards! ##### With Mastery Comes Rewards: Mastery Variants introduce Medallions, new currencies earned by completing these difficult Variants. Mastery Medallions can be used to unlock Legendary Feats in the new Mastery Shop, and Patron Mastery Medallions unlock Chromatic Skins in the Patron Shops. Choose Carefully! You won't be able to earn every reward released today from the first batch of Mastery Variants. New Mastery Variants will arrive every month at the end of each event, bringing additional Medallions to earn. Every three months, we'll expand the Mastery and Patron Shops with new Legendary Feats and Chromatic Skins, giving you even more rewards to collect through play! - **Legendary Feats: **Spend Mastery Medallions to unlock powerful Legendary Feats in the new Mastery Shop tab! - Each Champion can equip one Legendary Feat in its own dedicated feat slot, and Legendary Feats can be upgraded with Scales of Tiamat to increase their power. - Four Legendary Feats are available today: Drizzt, Wulfgar, and Pwent have Legendary Feats unlockable through gameplay using Mastery Medallions. Lae'zel's Legendary Feat is included in a new DLC Pack, along with 6 DPS Pigments. - **Chromatic Skins: **Complete Patron Mastery Variants to earn Patron Mastery Medallions, then spend them on Chromatic Skins in Patron Shops. - Today, Jarlaxle & Hew Maan each receive a new Chromatic Skin, with five dragon-inspired color variants based on the Chromatic Dragons. Are you ready to take on the challenge? Read on to learn more! _ ##### Mastery Variants Today's inaugural batch of Mastery Variants is connected to the first adventures in each of the first 8 campaigns (all campaigns except for Vecna & Tales). In order to see the Mastery Variants, you need to: - 1. Have all 10 Campaigns unlocked. - 2. Have completed all three variants of the base adventure ##### A Grand Tour of the Sword Coast: Beast Intentions ##### Variant: Mastery - Basic Buzzing Horrible beasts are carrying off villagers and must be stopped primarily by non-event Champions - You may only use three Champions who are not Core or Evergreen Champions. If you have more than three Champions who are not Core or Evergreen in your formation, the damage of all Champions is set to 0. - Champions of the same species can not be placed next to each other. If they are, the damage of all Champions is set to 0. - In each area a fly spawns alongside the first wave of enemies. An additional fly spawns for every 25 areas completed, up to a maximum of 50 flies. Flies do not drop gold or count toward quest progress. - Other enemies can not be damaged until all of the flies in an area have been dealt with. - Fire breath potions can't be used during the adventure, and click damage has no effect after area 100. - Complete Area 1,425 ##### Tomb of Annihilation- The Ring of Regeneration ##### Variant: Mastery - No Good Deed Explore a strange temple while trying to save a dying noble and your damage dealers. - Every time an area's quest is completed your BUD-setting Champion is instantly killed. - Your BUD-setting Champion can not be removed or swapped out of the formation. - Each time a Champion is killed, their DPS is reduced by 50% permanently for the rest of the adventure, stacking multiplicatively. - The two Treasure Hunters from the third variant join the formation again. They refuse to travel with anyone smarter than them, so only Champions with an INT score of 12 or lower are allowed _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/627690/view/675127185664639157]_ ### Scheduled Server Maintenance: Thursday, July 16th - Date: 2026-07-13 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/627690/view/717910295817750279 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/idle-champions-of-the-forgotten-realms/releases/steam-717910295817750279 Hey All, The Idle Champions servers will undergo scheduled maintenance starting on Thursday, July 16, 2026, at 10:00 AM. During the maintenance window, the game will be unavailable. We expect the downtime to last approximately 2 hours. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience and understanding. ~ The Idle Champions Team ### Founders' Day 2026 Event! - Date: 2026-07-01 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/627690/view/711153447479543637 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/idle-champions-of-the-forgotten-realms/releases/steam-711153447479543637 - **added** — Recruit legendary monster hunter Rudolph van Richten as a new champion - **added** — Rebalance three Flex Champions (Nahara, Strongheart, and Walnut) instead of a single reworked champion - **changed** — Nahara's To Amuse or Avenge ability now uses multiplicative damage instead of additive and benefits from feats and equipment buffing the pre-stack value - **changed** — Nahara's Strong Society affiliation synergy now benefits from Ultimate Cooldown equipment for larger damage boost in full Black Dice Society formations - **changed** — Strongheart's Justice Needs Champions base buff has been increased - **changed** — Strongheart's three specialization choices now benefit from feats and equipment as pre-stack buffs instead of post-stack - **changed** — Walnut's Documancer ability now removes only half stacks when changing areas instead of resetting completely, with feats and equipment buffing the pre-stack value - **changed** — Walnut's Job's Done ability magnitude and duration have been increased - **changed** — Walnut's Wolfnut temporary hit point shield magnitude has been increased and base health has been bumped up - **changed** — Walnut's Pen-Paws ability changed from additive to multiplicative stacking for significantly greater impact at high stacks - **changed** — Walnut's Co-Signer specialization base effect has been doubled for more impact in formations with multiple C-Team Champions - **changed** — Walnut's Temporary Alliance specialization changed from additive to multiplicative for better synergy in unaffiliated formations - **changed** — Walnut gains a health-boosting equipment piece replacing her Ultimate Damage equipment - **added** — Golden Offers event augment provides one weekly offer with an additional 10% discount that persists when rerolled - **added** — Auto-Blacksmith event augment grants event champions common rarity equipment in all slots and applies 100 Tiny Blacksmithing Contracts to equipment for completing tier two or higher variants - **added** — New dread-domain skins and familiars available throughout the Founders' Day event month Founders' Day has arrived! Recruit the legendary monster hunter **Rudolph van Richten**, and rediscover Flex Champions **Nahara**, **Strongheart**, and **Walnut** with their fresh rebalances, available today! Complete your gothic looks with eerie new dread-domain skins and familiars released throughout the month! _Celebrations are underway to commemorate the founding of the Free City of Waterdeep. Founders Day attracts huge crowds to the Field of Triumph, where audiences watch illusory shows about Waterdeep's history and martial exhibitions by notable Champions and the renown city guard._ _Festivities have also brought an ancient power from Avernus, first layer of the Nine Hells. A fallen angel has arrived to collect souls for the Blood War..._ ##### Event Updates This update includes an exciting change to our event structure, with an expansion of featured updates for Champions. Instead of a single reworked Champion this month, THREE of this event's Champions have had targeted rebalances, pumping up their numbers to make them more effective in your formations. You'll find updates to **Nahara, Strongheart, and Walnut** available for flex slots now! _ ##### Featured Champions ##### Van Richten Learn more about Van Richten in his [Champion Spotlight](https://codenameentertainment.com/?page=idle_champions&post_id=1923#blog). ##### Flex Champions Flex Slots allow players to unlock additional Champions and earn chests duringevents, choosing from a pool of retired Champions associated with the event.This collection of retired Champions includes the Champions from previous years of theevent as well as some Champions whose events have been retired.This event's Flex Slot pool includes the following Champions, three of which have been rebalanced: [table noborder=1 equalcells=1] Deekin **SEAT 1** Nahara - REBALANCED **SEAT 3** Xander **SEAT 5** Sgt. Knox **SEAT 6** Freely **SEAT 7** Umberto **SEAT 7** Vin Ursa **SEAT 7** Tess **SEAT 8** Walnut - REBALANCED **SEAT 8** Aeon **SEAT 10** Strongheart - REBALANCED **SEAT 11** ##### Nahara Rebalance - **To Amuse or Avenge** is an interesting speed and damage combo ability. We're happy with the speed effect, but have adjusted the damage from additive to multiplicative so that it's much more effective at boosting Nahara's damage at low stacks. We've also made it so that feats and equipment buffing this ability will affect the pre-stack value, providing more oomph if she's well-equipped. - **Strong Society** is Nahara's affiliation synergy and was her featured pre-stack ability. Unfortunately, it was only buffed by a single specialization choice. To fix this, we've swapped her Ultimate Cooldown equipment over to buff this ability, which should provide for a much larger damage boost if you're running a full Black Dice Society formation with decent equipment levels. - In addition to the above changes, we have redone Nahara's upgrades to align with his kit updates. ##### Strongheart Rebalance - **Justice Needs Champions** is Strongheart's base buff, and has been bumped up a touch given as he's in a higher bench seat. - Our main change to Strongheart is to adjust all three of his specialization choices to be buffed pre-stack by feats and equipment, rather than post-stack. This will be especially powerful for people who run his A Righteous Event specialization at high stacks. - In addition to the above changes, we have redone Strongheart's upgrades to align with his kit updates. ##### Walnut Rebalance - **Documancer** was a bit of a NOMBO for Walnut. Since you start each area with zero stacks and must kill enemies to get stacks, it is very ineffective when you reach your wall. We've opted to adjust how the stacks reset, removing only half of them when changing areas instead of resetting them. Additionally, feats and equipment that buff this ability will now apply to the pre-stack value, rather than post-stack. - **Job's Done** intenti _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/627690/view/711153447479543637]_ ### Idle Champions: Tales of the Champions Finale! - Date: 2026-06-24 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/627690/view/705523312980136786 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/idle-champions-of-the-forgotten-realms/releases/steam-705523312980136786 - **added** — Two new simultaneous adventures concluding Tales of the Champions campaign featuring all 18 Champions - **added** — Variant 1: Small Solutions for Big Problems restricting Champion types to Small Champions after area 35 - **added** — Variant 2: Story Mode featuring Laeral Silverhand joining the formation with reverse taunt ability - **added** — Variant 3: Relentless Resolve with undead enemies that respawn after defeat - **added** — Variant 1: Race to Save Waterdeep with 60-minute completion timer and restrictions on fire breath potions and click damage - **added** — Variant 2: Story Mode Too featuring Vajra Safahr joining the formation with reverse taunt ability - **added** — Variant 3: Quick and the Squished where Champions are randomly removed from formation every 120 seconds - **added** — Hunter's Legacy Feat for Ezmerelda increasing Specializations by 80% - **added** — Wings of Platinum Feat for Strongheart increasing Specializations effect by 80% - **added** — Duty Above All Feat for Duke Ravengard increasing Critical Teamwork ability effect by 80% - **added** — Tales of the Champions Gold Chests as rewards for completing adventures and variants At last, the pieces are in place. The Chardalyn Titan is ready to awake. Today, we’re thrilled to unveil the epic conclusion to Tales of the Champions: two adventures unfolding simultaneously as all 18 Champions featured throughout Tales unite to confront an ultimate threat and decide the fate of Faerûn itself! Take on these climactic adventures and variants to earn Tales of the Champions Gold Chests, packed with gear for the 18 Champions that were unlockable in the Tales of the Champions campaign. Variant rewards also include exclusive feats for Ezmerelda (Ez) d'Avenir, Strongheart, Duke Ravengard, and Birdsong! The final chapter begins now. Read on to learn more! ##### The Sleeper Awakens The Champions must fight to save Waterdeep from the machinations of a hateful foe. - Complete Area 600 - **Rewards:** 2 Tales of the Champions Gold Chests ##### Variant 1: Small Solutions for Big Problems The Champions must fight to save Waterdeep from the machinations of a hateful foe and their red wizards allies! - After area 35, you may only use Small Champions due to the tight spaces. Small Champions are fairy, gnome, goblin, halfling, kender, kobold, and plasmoid Champions. - 1-2 Red Wizards spawn with each wave. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress. - Complete Area 1200 - **Rewards**: 4 Tales of the Champions Gold Chests and 250 Corrupted Gems ##### Variant 2: Story Mode The Champions must fight to save Waterdeep from the machinations of a hateful foe with Laeral Silverhand! **Requirement**: Must have completed a Tier 2 Variant in an Event & have the following Champions unlocked: Ezmerelda, Lae'zel, Dynaheir, Shadowheart, Catti-brie, Tess, Nordom, Havilar, & Strongheart. - Nine Champions start in the formation: Ezmerelda, Lae'zel, Dynaheir, Shadowheart, Catti-brie, Tess, Nordom, Havilar, and Strongheart. They can be moved, but not removed. - In Patron versions of this variant, if a Champion is not normally available for your current patron, that Champion deals 0 damage, and Champions adjacent to them deal 50% less damage, stacking additively. - Laeral Silverhand joins the formation. She has health equal to the health of the Champion in the same column. In addition, she has a Reverse Taunt that makes monsters attack the main tank. - After area 1200, Laeral leaves the formation and you may use an additional Champion of your choice for the rest of the adventure. - Complete Area 1400 - **Rewards:** Ezmerelda's **Hunter's Legacy Feat**, which increases the Ezmerelda's Specializations by 80%, and 250 Corrupted Gems ##### Variant 3: Relentless Resolve The Champions must fight to save Waterdeep from the machinations of a hateful foe and their relentless undead army. **Requirement**: Must have completed a Tier 3 Variant in an Event. - 1-2 Relentless Undead spawn with each wave. When they are defeated, Relentless Undead don't disappear. Instead, after 5 seconds, they get back up and start attacking again. - Each time you encounter the Area 50 boss, they respawn after they are killed (area/150) times before being counted as defeated. Each time they respawn, they gain 100% health, 100% damage, and their attack speed is reduced by 20%. - Complete Area 1600 - **Rewards:** Strongheart's **Wings of Platinum Feat**, which increases the effect of Strongheart's Specializations by 80%, and 250 Corrupted Gems ##### The Tale of the Titan's Fall The Champions must fight to save Waterdeep from an ancient terror reforged. - Complete Area 600 - **Rewards:** 2 Tales of the Champions Gold Chests ##### Variant 1: Race to Save Waterdeep The Champions must fight to save Waterdeep from an ancient terror reforged as fast as they can! - You must complete area 1200 within 60 minutes of starting the objective. - Fire breath potions can't be used during the adventure, and click damage has no effect after area 5. - Complete Area 1200 - **Rewards:** 4 Tales of the Champions Gold Chests and 250 Corrupted Gems ##### Variant 2 _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/627690/view/705523312980136786]_ ### Dragondown Event & Summer Queen Celebration! - Date: 2026-06-03 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/627690/view/696514845224206597 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/idle-champions-of-the-forgotten-realms/releases/steam-696514845224206597 - **added** — Trixie the Pixie joins as a new Featured Champion - **added** — Brother Uriah joins as a Featured Champion with significant updates - **added** — Court of the Summer Queen Celebration event with daily login rewards including Lazaapz, Gold Lazaapz Chests, Summer Court Skin, and Epic Feat - **added** — Golden Offers augment providing an additional 10% discount on one weekly offer - **added** — Empowered Rewards augment granting Corrupted Gems from Tier 2 and higher event variants - **added** — Mastery Challenge starting on the third week of the event - **changed** — Global Damage Boon supercharged to grant 2,000,000% additional damage per level instead of 200% _It's the Summer Solstice in Faerûn, which means it is time for Dragondown and the Court of the Summer Queen Celebration! While the City of Waterdeep celebrates Dragondown by burning dragon effigies to symbolize the city's victories over invading dragons, some smaller celebrations focus on ceremonial bonfires and charms, with mock-spells and chanted prayers performed as the sun sets. But something has gone wrong in Luskan this year, where locals have drawn the ire of a Bronze Dragon and its kin..._ **Trixie the Pixie**, a long-time antagonist to the Champions, often appearing astride a charmed creature and always up to some mischief, finally chooses the winning side and joins the Champions in today's Dragondown Event! Our second Featured Champion, **Brother Uriah**, will be receiving a significant update, with a new Champion Update blog coming on Friday, June 5th, before his launch next Wednesday, June 10th. For details on Dragondown Year 9, and the Court of the Summer Queen Celebration, read on! _ ##### Featured Champions ##### Trixie _Trixie the Pixie has been a forgettable nuisance for the Champions for a long time, often appearing astride some charmed creature and always up to some mischief. Ambitious and daring, Trixie desperately grasps at a life larger than she's been given, and blames the Champions for their constant meddling in her affairs. Driven to desperation by her many failed attempts at seizing power and influence, Trixie sets out to try a new scheme. She's seen firsthand that the Champions are always hiring. If she can't beat them, she'll join them!_ Learn more about Trixie in her [Champion Spotlight](https://codenameentertainment.com/?page=idle_champions&post_id=1933#blog). ##### Brother Uriah _Brother Uriah Macawber is a native of Ravenloft, born in the dread domain of Darkon under the iron rule of Azalin Rex. After a horrifying childhood encounter at the Carnival with the demonic entity known as The Caller, Uriah would embrace the worship of the goddess Ezra, Lady of the Mists, offering protection from the forces of darkness to all those in need. Upon joining with the other future members of The Black Dice Society at the infamous House of Lament, Uriah would go on to find true love with his teammate, the undead Aasimar, Nahara... and would eventually discover the dark truth of both the nature of his deity and his mysterious connection to his former liege, the lich-king Azalin Rex._ Learn more about Brother Uriah when his Champion Spotlight comes out on June 5th! ##### Flex Champions Flex Slots allow players to unlock additional Champions and earn chests during events, choosing from a pool of retired Champions associated with the event. This collection of retired Champions includes the Champions from previous years of the event as well as some Champions whose events have been retired. This event's Flex Slot pool includes: [table noborder=1 equalcells=1] Hank **SEAT 1** Korth **SEAT 2** Merilwen **SEAT 2** BBEG **SEAT 3** Binwin **SEAT 3** Antrius **SEAT 4** Dungeon Master **SEAT 6** Duke Ravengard **SEAT 8** Shaka **SEAT 9** Nova **SEAT 11** Selise **SEAT 12** ##### Court of the Summer Queen Celebration You've been invited to the most exclusive event at the most extravagant palace across creation: a Summer Solstice Dinner with Titania, the Summer Queen, in the Seelie Court. Guests are expected to present themselves before the Queen of Light, and to participate in all manner of activities, from a masquerade ball to displays of martial prowess. Take special care not to cause offense, as the Faerie Queen has been known to use Geas on those who cause her displeasure... - Log in over the next week to claim free daily rewards during the Court of the Summer Queen Celebration! Collect any four of seven daily reward Chests to unlock Lazaapz (Seat 9), 3 Gold Lazaapz Chests, and two exclusives: her Summer Court Skin and a powerful Epic Feat! ##### _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/627690/view/696514845224206597]_