# Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms Introducing Mastery Variants! - Product: Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/idle-champions-of-the-forgotten-realms) - Vendor: Codename Entertainment Inc. - 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/2026-07-22-introducing-mastery-variants 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. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **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]_