# Slay the Spire Patch V2.0: The Watcher - Product: Slay the Spire (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/slay-the-spire) - Vendor: Mega Crit - Date: 2020-01-14 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/646570/view/1708485147042638403 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/slay-the-spire/releases/2020-01-14-patch-v2.0-the-watcher 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** — Added The Watcher, a 4th playable character with unique cards, relics, and potions - **added** — Added Potion Lab to the Compendium section to view all potions and their rarities - **added** — Added support for 4:3 aspect ratio - **added** — Added Bigger Text mode in Settings to increase font size - **added** — Added Fatal keyword for cards with effects upon killing non-Minion enemies - **added** — Added SFX for Spit Web attack by Louse enemy - **added** — Added multiple Watcher-exclusive relics: Pure Water, Damaru, Duality, Teardrop Locket, Cloak Clasp, Golden Eye, Holy Water, Violet Lotus, and Melange - **added** — Added multiple relics available to all characters: Akabeko, Ceramic Fish, Horn Cleat, Ink Bottle, Strike Dummy, Tungsten Rod, Captain's Wheel, Sacred Bark, and Slaver's Collar - **added** — Added multiple character-specific potions: Elixir for Ironclad, Heart of Iron for Ironclad, Cunning Potion for Silent, Potion of Capacity for Defect, Essence of Darkness for Defect - **added** — Added Watcher-exclusive potions: Bottled Miracle, Stance Potion, and Ambrosia - **added** — Added common potions: Blessing of the Forge and Colorless Potion - **added** — Added uncommon potions: Distilled Chaos, Duplication Potion, and Liquid Memories - **added** — Added rare potion: Cultist Potion - **added** — Added Amethyst and Amethyst+ completion achievements for The Watcher - **added** — Added localization support for Brazilian Portuguese - **changed** — Reworked Calling Bell, Hovering Kite, and Tiny Chest relics - **changed** — Reduced Shop rarity relics base price from 200 to 150 - **changed** — Reworked Fire Breathing and Reprogram cards - **changed** — Changed Eternal Feather relic rarity from Boss to Uncommon - **changed** — Changed Lizard Tail relic rarity from Boss to Rare - **changed** — Changed Meal Ticket relic rarity from Shop to Common - **changed** — Changed Orrery relic rarity from Boss to Shop - **changed** — Changed Toy Ornithopter relic rarity from Shop to Common - **changed** — Changed White Beast Statue relic rarity from Boss to Uncommon - **changed** — Buffed Black Blood relic healing from 10 to 12 - **changed** — Buffed Toolbox relic to allow choosing 1 of 3 Colorless cards instead of obtaining a random one - **changed** — Buffed Wrist Blade relic additional damage from 3 to 4 - **changed** — Buffed Sever Soul+ card damage from 20 to 22 - **changed** — Increased Well-Laid Plans card cost from 0 to 1 - **changed** — Changed powers that gain Block at end of turn to activate before cards like Burn play themselves - **changed** — Decreased Common potion droprate from 70% to 65% - **changed** — Increased Rare potion droprate from 5% to 10% - **changed** — Reworked Snecko Oil - **changed** — Buffed Blood Potion healing from 10% to 20% - **changed** — Changed Blood Potion rarity from Uncommon to Common - **changed** — Buffed Fairy in the Bottle healing from 10% to 30% HP - **changed** — Changed Focus Potion rarity from Uncommon to Common - **changed** — Changed Ghost in a Jar rarity from Uncommon to Rare - **changed** — Made Poison Potion Silent only - **changed** — Made Face Trader event unable to appear past Act 2 - **changed** — Made Neow Colorless card choices allow the player to choose 1 of 3 colorless cards - **changed** — Changed Plated Armor power to cap at 999 - **changed** — Updated Custom Mode to account for The Watcher - **changed** — Made Eternal One achievement require Amethyst and Amethyst+ achievements - **changed** — Made Card preview tips allow viewing cards such as Dazed when viewing Reckless Charge - **changed** — Updated Cards, powers, and potions that generate Upgraded Cards to describe them with a + in their name - **changed** — Made Champ boss recognize if you have his belt - **fixed** — Fixed Amethyst achievement now unlocking if achieved via opening Stats screen - **fixed** — Fixed Amethyst+ achievement unlocking Amethyst simultaneously - **security** — Added back old ExhaustAction constructors for backwards mod compatibility - **added** — Added getColor() helper method for CardHelper Hey everyone, Patch 2.0 is finally here, hooray! This patch brings new cards, relics, potions, balance changes, reworks, bug fixes, performance improvements, and a 4th character. The previous version of the game can still be played by selecting "v1.1 - 2019-17-07" found in the BETAS tab within Steam. ##### The 4th Character The Watcher has arrived to evaluate the Spire. She brings her training in the divine stances and a seeing staff to cast judgment upon the wicked Spire spawn. Like the other characters, the Watcher comes with her own set of cards and a handful of unique relics. A huge thanks to all the players who helped test the 4th character on the beta branch. All of your feedback, data, and reading various discussions really helped us test out new ideas and tweak the character rapidly! ##### Potion Lab We added many potions this time around so we also created a screen that allows you to view all the potions! This can be found in the Compendium section of the main menu as the Potion Lab. You can even look up the rarities of all the new and existing potions. ##### Modding This patch brings many changes to the main game along with some improvements for modding support. Mods compatible with V1.1 will likely need to be updated to continue working for V2.0. Update those mods! If you need assistance with updating or want to get into modding yourself, come visit the #modding channel at the [Slay the Spire Discord Server](https://discord.gg/slaythespire)! ##### Community Fan Art Art is all around us. But there's also some fan art here, too! _This reimagining of the Defect by [Alexander Coadou](https://www.artstation.com/coadou)_ _The Silent by [/u/AzoryKeron ](https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?url=https://www.reddit.com/user/AzoryKeron/)_ **Patch Notes** ##### Hotfix(1/15/2020) - GAMEPLAY: Amethyst achievement now unlocks if you achieved Amethyst+ via opening Stats screen. - GAMEPLAY: If AMETHYST+ achievement is unlocked, Amethyst is now also unlocked simultaneously. - MODDABILITY: Adding back old ExhaustAction constructors (backwards mod compatibility). - MODDABILITY: Adding getColor() helper method for CardHelper. - LOC: Adding localization support for Brazilian Portuguese. ##### Content In addition to a new character, many new relics and potions were added as well. - Lots of Watcher cards. - Watcher only, Starter Relic: Pure Water - Watcher only, Common Relic: Damaru - Watcher only, Uncommon Relic: Duality - Watcher only, Uncommon Relic: Teardrop Locket - Watcher only, Rare Relic: Cloak Clasp - Watcher only, Rare: Relic Golden Eye - Watcher only, Boss Relic: Holy Water - Watcher only, Boss Relic: Violet Lotus - Watcher only, Shop Relic: Melange - Common Relic: Akabeko - Common Relic: Ceramic Fish - Uncommon Relic: Horn Cleat - Uncommon Relic: Ink Bottle - Uncommon Relic: Strike Dummy - Rare Relic: Tungsten Rod - Rare Relic: Captain's Wheel - Boss Relic: Sacred Bark - Boss Relic: Slaver's Collar - Ironclad only, Uncommon Potion: Elixir - Ironclad only, Rare Potion: Heart of Iron - Silent only, Uncommon Potion: Cunning Potion - Defect only, Uncommon Potion: Potion of Capacity - Defect only, Rare Potion: Essence of Darkness - Watcher only, Common Potion: Bottled Miracle - Watcher only, Uncommon Potion: Stance Potion - Watcher only, Rare Potion: Ambrosia - Common Potion: Blessing of the Forge - Common Potion: Colorless Potion - Uncommon Potion: Distilled Chaos - Uncommon Potion: Duplication Potion - Uncommon Potion: Liquid Memories - Rare Potion: Cultist Potion - Watcher completion achievements: Amethyst and Amethyst+ ##### Balance Rarity changes, number tweaks, and overhauls! - Calling Bell relic reworked. - Hovering Kite relic reworked. - Tiny Chest relic reworked. - Shop rarity relics base price reduced from 200 -> 150. - Black Blood relic buffed. Heal incrased from 10 -> 12. - Eternal Feather relic rarity changed from Boss -> Uncommon. - Lizard Tail relic r _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/646570/view/1708485147042638403]_