# IdleOn THE TRENCH [major update] - Product: IdleOn (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/idleon) - Vendor: Lavaflame2 - Date: 2026-02-20 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1476970/view/537753449305999260 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/idleon/releases/2026-02-20-the-trench-major-update 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** — Seven new maps in the Murky Trenches area to explore with new monsters and content - **added** — Skill #20 Research, which allows players to study observations throughout IdleOn's worlds to unlock new and existing content - **added** — Depth Charge game with Mr. Minehead on the 2nd map of Murky Trenches featuring opponent progression and powerful rest-of-game bonuses including new Atoms - **added** — Transcendent Artifact tier - **added** — Eclectic Sigil tier unlocked through Spelunking Ethereal sigils - **added** — Sticker Depot farming gameplay system where players grow Megacrops and earn stickers for bonuses - **added** — King Rat of Olde gaming import item with associated King Tokens and Gaming Bit Multis rewards - **added** — New Superbits page in Gaming - **added** — New Refinery tab producing three new Salts - **added** — New Cog Board slots for Tiny Cogs - **added** — Tiny Cog type collectible with daily rewards - **added** — Glimbo's Swap Meet on the 3rd map of Murky Trenches offering permanent Max Level boosts for Upgrade Vault upgrades - **added** — Scoutpost new Spelunking tunnel with Lore Boss and Spelunking master bonus - **added** — Twenty new crop types grown through Medal Seed - **added** — Five new coin types with 100 of one type converting to 1 of the next - **added** — Grand Tournament competitive event where players register pet collections to compete in single-elimination bracket with cosmetic champion pet rewards - **added** — Pet Mart to purchase pets directly without RNG with daily rotation and tradeable pets - **added** — New damage symbols M for million and T for Trillion in Crystal Damage display with 999,999T maximum - **changed** — DB's Charred Bones and WW's Aethermoons now held-down to use one at a time like AC's Arcane Rock - **changed** — AFK-Gains display for Ores/Logs Per HR and QTY of Drops now shows cleaner formatting with abbreviations like M for millions - **changed** — Breeding creatures renamed from generic name to Mobs throughout all game content ##### **The treacherous maps of the MURKY TRENCHES are now accessible!** • 7 new maps to explore, full of new content to discover and monsters to defeat! **• Skill #20 has been added - RESEARCH!** • Find and study observations hidden throughout IdleOn's worlds, leveling up your skill and earning points to to unlock new content both new AND old! That's right, as much as there's new things to do, theres even MORE new "old" things to do! 📋C_lipboards signify content that is unlocked via Research_ 📋 Mr. Minehead is now accepting challengers for his game Depth Charge, over on the 2nd map of the new Murky Trenches area! Take on a series of opponents as you upgrade your way to the win -- each win gives you a powerful "rest of the game" IdleOn bonus, like a brand new ATOM for example! 📋 New Artifact Tier - TRANSCENDENT! Good luck getting these... 📋 New Sigil Tier - ECLECTIC! You need to get Ethereal sigils first from Spelunking though! 📋 New Farming gameplay system - STICKER DEPOT! Grow Megacrops, and earn stickers for your troubles, each one giving powerful bonuses! 📋 New Import Item in Gaming - the KING RAT of OLDE! He used to rule the garden, but his kindom was overthrown and his crowns scattered far and wide. You must help him reclaim his crowns and achieve his former glory, while collecting King Tokens and MASSIVE new Gaming Bit Multi's as a reward! 📋 New Superbits Page! I had 'em all laughin' with Superbits, saw 'em all flauntin' they stuff with them Duperbits, but yall ain't ready for this new one... 📋 New Refinery tab, producing 3 new Salts! 📋 New Cog Board slots which ONLY fit "Tiny" Cogs... wait... 📋 New Cog Type: Tiny Cogs! Collect them daily in the hopes of finding the legendary T10... Ah cmon now, don't cry little gamer, T1 is still something! 📋 Glimbo's Swap Meet is open for business, located on the 3rd map in the new Murky Trenches area in World 7! Trade in valuable resources in exchange for permanent boosts in Max Level for various Upgrade Vault upgrades! ##### Ok, back to **NEW CONTENT** unrelated to Research! • New Spelunking Tunnel - the SCOUTPOST! Delve deep into the snowy outpost of a science lab gone wrong, and defeat the new Lore Boss to earn a new bonus fit for a Spelunking master! • 20 new Crop Types added, grown through the Medal Seed! • 5 New Coin Types! As always, 100 of a coin turns into 1 of the next coin type... can you get 99 of the new endgame coin?? • TONS of old bonues that were "coming soon" are HERE! 2 from the Gambit Cavern in w5 village, 2 from Duperbits upgrades in Gaming (MSA and Slab related), 1 from the Tome Epilogue upgraded in the Coral Reef, and 1 from the final Artifact in Sailing, oh and 1 from Zenith Market! • 1 new Mob Territory and Spice to go after in Breeding! Yea, they're called Mobs now, the things you breed in Breeding. Not joking, every single mention of them is Mob. They are Mobs now and forever. • 3 new Cooking Meals to unlock and upgrade! • 1 new Palette Colour bonus added - Magenta now has it's bonus! All hail the Rat King and his many tokens! • 6 New Deathnote killcounts for the new W7 mobs! • 6 New Teal Opponents in Summoning! • 1 new Jade Emporium purchase, the Science Chalk! **• THE GRAND TOURNAMENT is here, find it in your Codex ⬆️** • Every single day, a massive game-wide competition will take place between ALL players of IdleOn to answer one simple question... who has the best Pet Collection! [NOTE: Duplicate pets dont count, only 1 of each]. Hit the **Register** button to register your entire pet collection, and see how many opponents you can beat before you lose 3 lives! You fight for GLORY, not for bonus stats, as **rewards are purely cosmetic!** • Lose all 3 lives, and you're out... but the final 1024 surviving players live on and make THE BRACKET, where they face off in Single-Elimination matches that the **entire playerbase can watch in REAL TIME** until there is but a single Champion! The Champ will win a **CHAMPION PET** _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1476970/view/537753449305999260]_