# Slay the Spire 2 May Bug Fixes

- Product: Slay the Spire 2 (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/slay-the-spire-2)
- Vendor: Mega Crit
- Date: 2026-05-29
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2868840/view/668366713382766475
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/slay-the-spire-2/releases/2026-05-29-may-bug-fixes

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- **fixed** — Improved the reliability of saving your settings on startup
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash when applying powers to dying creatures
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash when opening the card pile screen while targeting an enemy on controller
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash on Linux during combat when UI elements were removed mid-frame
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash on Linux when ICU libraries are unavailable
- **fixed** — Fixed audio staying muted after pressing the volume keys or alt-tabbing on Linux
- **changed** — Restored the default rendering backend to D3D12 for Intel 620 GPUs
- **fixed** — Fixed number keys not selecting cards when your mouse cursor was too low on the screen
- **fixed** — Fixed being able to open the card inspection screen and toggle View Upgrades with the same button press
- **fixed** — Fixed being unable to use the View Upgrades hotkey in the card inspection screen
- **fixed** — Fixed the card inspection button blocking the accept hotkey on the Pandora's Box card view screen
- **fixed** — Fixed playing the Wish card on controller immediately selecting a card in the grid on the same button press
- **fixed** — Fixed broken controller navigation from your relics to the reward screen after clearing the top reward option
- **fixed** — Fixed the game rapidly switching between Controller Detected and Mouse Detected while playing on a controller
- **fixed** — Fixed being able to target dead enemies on controller
- **fixed** — Fixed being unable to navigate off of the top bar in the shop
- **fixed** — Fixed controller navigation in the shop after buying out all relics and colorless cards
- **fixed** — Fixed being unable to navigate rest site options on controller when you have two rows of relics
- **fixed** — Fixed being able to start a single-player run on controller while the Ascension tutorial was open
- **fixed** — Fixed errors in the input settings for new keybindings added after your settings were saved

Hey Slayers! Today we are pushing out a bugfix patch that brings tons of bugfixes from the beta branch over to main.

##### BUG FIXES:

**General:**

- Improved the reliability of saving your settings on startup

- Fixed a crash when applying powers to dying creatures

- Fixed a crash when opening the card pile screen while targeting an enemy on controller

- Fixed a crash on Linux during combat when UI elements were removed mid-frame

- Fixed a crash on Linux when ICU libraries are unavailable

- Fixed audio staying muted after pressing the volume keys or alt-tabbing on Linux

- Restored the default rendering backend to D3D12 for Intel 620 GPUs

- Fixed number keys not selecting cards when your mouse cursor was too low on the screen

- Fixed being able to open the card inspection screen and toggle View Upgrades with the same button press

- Fixed being unable to use the View Upgrades hotkey in the card inspection screen

- Fixed the card inspection button blocking the "accept" hotkey on the **Pandora's Box** card view screen

- Fixed playing the **Wish** card on controller immediately selecting a card in the grid on the same button press

- Fixed broken controller navigation from your relics to the reward screen after clearing the top reward option

- Fixed the game rapidly switching between "Controller Detected" and "Mouse Detected" while playing on a controller

- Fixed being able to target dead enemies on controller

- Fixed being unable to navigate off of the top bar in the shop

- Fixed controller navigation in the shop after buying out all relics and colorless cards

- Fixed being unable to navigate rest site options on controller when you have two rows of relics

- Fixed being able to start a single-player run on controller while the Ascension tutorial was open

- Fixed errors in the input settings for new keybindings added after your settings were saved

- Fixed an error when unfocusing a potion slot during potion removal

- Fixed an error caused by an offscreen epoch indicator on the Timeline screen

- Fixed separator lines appearing on the Daily Leaderboard screen when no scores had been submitted, or while scores were still loading or had failed to load

- Fixed replayed cards not displaying the correct damage when powers wore off between replays

- Fixed the **Night Terrors** modifier being able to kill you

- Fixed loading a save file with a deprecated boss being able to roll the same boss twice in a double-boss fight

- Fixed not removing all **Spoils Map** cards when you complete the quest and somehow have more than one

- Fixed a rare softlock related to writing debug files

- Fixed an issue where your odds of receiving another potion reward could sometimes increase instead of decrease after winning an elite combat and receiving a potion

**Ironclad:**

- Fixed being able to select an already-upgraded card with **Armaments** when it was added to your hand by **Largesse+**

**Silent:**

- Fixed being able to skip the **Survivor** card's discard selection using the peek button

**Defect:**

- Fixed the **Scrape** card discarding cards that cost zero Energy but have a Star cost

- Fixed a spacing issue in the **Consuming Shadow** power's hovertip

**Regent:**

- Fixed the **Summon Forth** card so it now puts your existing **Sovereign Blades** into your hand before Forging instead of after

**Potions & Relics:**

- Fixed **The Boot** dealing 5 damage instead of 1 to you from the **Bad Luck** curse while you have Intangible

- Fixed the **Self-Forming Clay** relic being triggered by the **Terminal** modifier's max HP loss

- Fixed the **Whispering Earring** relic replaying **Stardust** for 0 Stars instead of the correct amount

**Enemies:**

- Fixed **Lagavulin Matriarch's** "zzz" sleep particles not going away in the bestiary when she is no longer sleeping

- Fixed a VFX glitch when **Snapping Jaxfruit** dies to the **Reflect** power

- Fixed the **Zapbot's** **High Voltage** power hovertip to correctly state it g

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