# Slay the Spire 2 Beta Patch Notes - v0.99

- Product: Slay the Spire 2 (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/slay-the-spire-2)
- Vendor: Mega Crit
- Date: 2026-03-13
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2868840/view/502852451136700758
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/slay-the-spire-2/releases/2026-03-13-beta-patch-notes-v0.99

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- **changed** — Players, enemies, and pets can no longer have their HP increased above 999,999,999
- **added** — Add icon for Murderous run modifier
- **added** — Added portrait art for Feeding Frenzy card
- **added** — Added portrait art for Sloth card
- **added** — Added portrait art for Waste Away card
- **fixed** — Pressing B on controller while focused on a dropdown menu no longer also closes the settings screen
- **fixed** — Fixed crash when interacting with potions during combat transitions
- **fixed** — Fixed crash when syncing cloud saves on Windows
- **fixed** — Fixed rare save data loss on Windows when power is lost during a save
- **fixed** — Fixed crash when quickly navigating away from menus
- **fixed** — Fixed dev console failing to match commands on non-English system locales
- **fixed** — Fixed potential softlock when auto-played cards trigger grid or card selection
- **fixed** — Fixed state divergence related to discarding potions too soon after combat ends
- **fixed** — Fixed being able to peek in card screens outside of combat
- **fixed** — Fixed closing the settings menu while a dropdown is open not also closing the dropdown
- **fixed** — Fixed navigating down the dropdown items causing the settings to scroll down
- **fixed** — Fixed softlock when auto-played cards triggered card selection
- **fixed** — Fixed Hellraiser power playing Strikes if there are no valid targets
- **fixed** — Fixed Fairy in a Bottle and Lizard Tail relics not healing you when your Max HP is 1
- **fixed** — Fixed Massive Scroll relic description saying that it can only give you Colorless multiplayer cards

Hey, Slayers! Happy 1-week-since-launch day! Today's patch mostly contains a lot of bug fixes, but it also contains a few art additions and a new limit to max HP values.

Heads up that this patch will at first be exclusive to the **newly released public-beta branch** for players who want to try out the newest updates and ensure they're stable before they're pushed to the main branch. You can access it by right-clicking on _Slay the Spire 2_ in your Steam Library, then clicking Properties > Game Versions & Betas > public-beta.

##### BALANCE:

- Players, enemies, and pets can no longer have their HP increased above 999,999,999

##### ART:

- Add icon for Murderous run modifier

- Added portrait art for the following cards:

- Feeding Frenzy

- Sloth

- Waste Away

##### BUG FIXES:

**General:**

- Pressing B on controller while focused on a dropdown menu no longer also closes the settings screen

- Fixed crash when interacting with potions during combat transitions

- Fixed crash when syncing cloud saves on Windows

- Fixed rare save data loss on Windows when power is lost during a save

- Fixed crash when quickly navigating away from menus

- Fixed dev console failing to match commands on non-English system locales

- Fixed potential softlock when auto-played cards trigger grid or card selection

- Fixed state divergence related to discarding potions too soon after combat ends

- Fixed being able to "peek" in card screens outside of combat

- Fixed closing the settings menu while a dropdown is open not also closing the dropdown

- Fixed navigating down the dropdown items causing the settings to scroll down

- Fixed softlock when auto-played cards triggered card selection

**Ironclad:**

- Fixed **Hellraiser** power playing Strikes if there are no valid targets

**Potions & Relics**:

- Fixed **Fairy in a Bottle** and **Lizard Tail** relics not healing you when your Max HP is 1

- Fixed **Massive Scroll** relic description saying that it can only give you Colorless multiplayer cards

- Fixed softlock if you proc **Lasting Candy** relic from the fixed tutorial card rewards

- Fixed **Hand Drill** relic applying Vulnerable to the player if **Burn** card breaks their block

**Enemies:**

- Fixed missing **Kaiser Crab** boss death VFX

- Fixed **Kaiser Crab** face animation not looping after a claw takes damage

- Fixed the word "Stunned" not appearing when **Rock Bowlbug** does its stunned move

**Ancients:**

- Fixed Tezcatara's **Brightest Flame** card being able to decrease your Max HP to less than 1

**Events:**

- Fixed softlock when dying in the **Jungle Maze Adventure** event

- Fixed softlock if you die in the **Room Full of Cheese** event

**Multiplayer:**

- Fixed softlock when any player has **Potion Belt** and **Alchemical Coffer** relics

- Fixed being unable to navigate via controller if you unready yourself in lobby

- Fixed players being unable to end their turn when they die while the **Whispering Earring** relic autoplays their cards

- Fixed **Doormaker**'s Door HP not scaling correctly after the Doormaker escapes

- Fixed softlock when queueing a potion to be thrown after the enemy would die

- Fixed crash when returning to the map after loading a multiplayer save

- Fixed host and client sometimes generating different maps from the same seed

- Fixed map changing after reconnect with the **Big Game Hunter** modifier or **Treasure Map** and **Golden Compass** relics

- Fixed softlock caused by a player dying with cards in their hand

- Fixed state divergence related to playing Huddle Up during another player's card selection

- Fixed timing-related state divergence occurring at the end of a combat

- Fixed rare instances of getting stuck at an empty chest

**Localization:**

- Fixed crash when selecting Ironclad on Turkish locale systems

- Fixed Russian card descriptions showing raw template text for **Call of the Void**, **Coolheaded**, **Fuel**, and **Ice Lance** cards

- Fixed an issue when viewing run hist

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