# Slay the Spire 2 Hotfix Patch Notes - v0.98.1

- Product: Slay the Spire 2 (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/slay-the-spire-2)
- Vendor: Mega Crit
- Date: 2026-03-06
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2868840/view/519740319207522938
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/slay-the-spire-2/releases/2026-03-06-hotfix-patch-notes-v0.98.1

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- **fixed** — Fixed an issue where playing your first run in multiplayer and disconnecting after defeating the Act 1 boss would prevent starting a new run or entering the Timeline screen
- **fixed** — Fixed crash from fast card play when card play is cancelled during targeting
- **fixed** — Fixed crash when displaying untranslated text for languages with complex plural rules
- **fixed** — Fixed intermittent crash with non-English languages
- **fixed** — Fixed localization-related crash in Japanese Knife Trap translation referencing non-existent Damage variable
- **fixed** — Fixed unsupported Steam languages showing all text as W's instead of falling back to English

Happy Slay the Spire 2 launch day everyone! We have a day 1 hotfix for various issues and softlocks that players have reported. Thank you all for your feedback! For those who don't know, you can submit feedback in-game by pressing F2 or through the settings menu.

##### BUG FIXES:

- Fixed an issue where, if you played your first run in multiplayer and disconnected after defeating the Act 1 boss, you would be unable to start a new run or enter the Timeline screen

- Fixed crash from fast card play when card play is cancelled during targeting

- Fixed crash when displaying untranslated text for languages with complex plural rules

- Fixed intermittent crash with non-English languages

- Fixed localization-related crash in Japanese **Knife Trap** translation referencing non-existent Damage variable

- Fixed unsupported Steam languages showing all text as W's instead of falling back to English