October is the first month where we’ve diverged from our usual new Rival card release for the battlepass. However instead of new cards this month, we have two big additions coming to the game to get excited about – a brand new mode called Dungeoneers and tons of new Puzzle Challenges.
Read on for a preview of what’s coming later this month to Creatures of Aether, as well as a quick look at the top of the ladder from September’s season.
Shop Rotation
As there’s no new Rival this month, the shop has rotated back to our very first Rival card and features Zetterburn. Since Zetterburn originally came out in beta, this means October is the first time that he has an accompanying Rival Pass, complete with his own dungeon and emote.
Season 15 Ladder Recap
We hope you enjoyed blowing up the ladder with Mollo last month. Here’s a peek at the top players and their decks from last season if you’d like to try them out yourself:
New Mode – Dungeoneers
Dungeoneers is a brand new game mode coming to Creatures of Aether! This mode is a single-player deckbuilding mode with abilities that combine and scale as you play. We showed off multiple playthroughs of it with developers Dan and Tom last week. If you missed it you can check out the full gameplay video on twitch. For those wanting the short version, here’s the basics:
At the start of a Dungeoneers run, you can pick one Rival from a group of 4. Each Rival has a unique rune that grants them special benefits. These are usually tied to their element as well, with each focusing on a particular strength.
You’ll enter a battle with your chosen Rival and add more cards to your deck as you go. After each match, you can purchase new cards for your deck at the shop. You earn currency for the shop by winning matches or selling cards, and can even upgrade the shop to have a larger selection and more powerful cards.
If you see a card you like but can’t purchase, you can freeze the cards and they’ll stay until you come back from your next match. You can also see your CPU opponent’s progress before the match on this screen to size them up. Even though this is a single player mode, the bots will use decks that real players built and played in their previous runs. So you might recognize some names and decks as you battle.
You can upgrade a card by getting it to level 4 or using the forge. The forge is a special area you find 3 times throughout the run. You can either instantly upgrade a card there, or obtain an additional powerful rune. Upgraded cards have more powerful abilities and shop spells.
That’s the basics of dungeoneering! To start delving yourself keep an eye out for the release later this month.
New Additions – Puzzle Challenges
Some challenging puzzles are in the works outside of the standard character and gameplay mechanic categories. Fifteen new puzzles are coming later this month and should be some fun brain teasers for players who want to ponder.
These puzzles will also grant more rewards when completed for the first time. We’re also excited to share that many of the boards were designed or co-designed by our own community members.
A new puzzle board designed by community tester Ridlay.
Additionally Slade, Guadua, and Mollo all have their Rival challenges and challenge matches added to the game. Now these are complete for every Rival!
That wraps up the patch preview for October. We’ve also got a few standard bugfixes and small QoL changes coming. These will be released with the first half of the content update in October, beginning with the updates to Puzzle Challenges with Dungeoneers following afterward.
