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Community Update - February 2025


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Greetings Skylords!

A new month; a new Community Update! It's time to bring you up to speed with everything going on in Skylords Reborn!

image.png Feedback Survey
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We'd like to start this community update with a big thank you for providing your feedback through our Yearly Feedback Survey. Over 1.400 Skylords took the time to share their thoughts with us, which is much appreciated! 

Just like last year, we have gathered all the responses and condensed them into a brief presentation. While this presentation mostly focused on graphs and general data, rest assured we read your personal comments and will take your feedback from open-questions into account as well. 

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 An update on Gate of Akylos
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Exactly a year ago, we announced the exciting new Lost Souls card Gate of Akylos. Sadly, we ran into technical limitations and underestimated the amount of work this card would take to implement. The card was put aside in favor of focusing on other content. We recently picked the card up again, and figured out a way to make the card work as intended. We are currently testing out this iteration, and things are looking hopeful for its release sometime in the future. 
 
Gate of Akylos is a powerful tier 3 shrine, making use of our hybrid orb to allow deck diversity among Lost Soul decks looking to play it. You can check out the original card reveal here. We are excited to bring this new card to the faction, and want to thank you for your patience!
 
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 New Card Reveal - Treasure Wagon
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Today we have a very unique new card to reveal. Treasure Wagon gives you control of one of the wagons from the legendary Treasure Fleet. How will you use this card to your advantage? Let's break down the card!

Please note: We are still working on the card. While we are generally happy with it, art, numbers and effects might still change before release. 

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image.pngFool's Gold
When the unit is destroyed, 2 Thugs will spawn out of its remains.

image.pngRelentless Stomp
Tramples small and medium units. Additionally, Treasure Wagon cannot be slowed by unit collision.

image.pngResilient
This unit takes 50% less damage.

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This unit has Slow movement.


image.pngAvarice - Mode-Change 20p
The lure of immense wealth attracts the attention of every hostile unit within a 20m radius around Treasure Wagon. Affected enemy units within this aura will then be forced to only attack the caster and cannot be controlled any more. Reusable every 3 seconds.


Design notes:

Treasure Wagons are an icon part of the campaign and we wanted to find a way to put them in the player's hands. While legendary cards are already hard to design, Treasure Wagon suffers from the additional issue that it has no attack. This required us to get creative to develop a viable unit design for a non-attacking XL-unit in T2. Taking inspiration from the lore, we gave it a taunt, Avarice, which allows Treasure Wagon to function as a tank unit, drawing fire away from the player's offensive units. Taking more inspiration from the lore, we made it spawn 2 Thugs on death, as the Wagons were used to hide Fire units during the Treasure Fleet campaign mission.

Treasure Wagon will release in an upcoming content patch, date to be announced. 

 

 Team changes
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Our team is constantly evolving. As new Skylords join the team, old ones move on to other projects or life responsibilities. We would like to thank Hirooo (card implementation/faction designer), Runeseeker (marketing), Linkz (moderator) and Pierakor (tool development) for their contributions during their time with us. 

With our team spanning members across the globe, developments in the world, such as the war in Israel, have sadly also impacted our team. While we do not know if something has happened, or if he is simply focused on other priorities, after a year of radio silence we unfortunately have to accept that Tweeto has left the team. Tweeto has been with us since Community Update #1 and was responsible for the artwork of many Rebirth-edition cards, such as Coat of Protection, Burning Spears, and most cards from the Amii faction. He also inspired and supported our other artist SpiritAlpha, offering advice and encouragement. We are extremely grateful for his work on the game, and hope we will hear from him again. Thank you for everything Tweeto, we all hope you are safe.  

In happier news, we are happy to welcome RainZy as our new outreach coordinator / brand manager. He will focus on reaching new players to grow our playerbase. Meanwhile, Prof_Amezy will take over our social media, working together to inform our current playerbase and grow our channels. 

A warm welcome to both of you! 

 

 Contribute to Skylords Reborn
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Skylords Reborn is a community-driven project fueled by the passion and dedication of over 50 volunteers. We are always on the lookout for like-minded individuals. If you have a passion for gaming, programming, design, or marketing, we invite you to have a look at our open positions!
 

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Don't have time to formally join the staff, but still would like to help out? Please check out this guide on how to support Skylords Reborn as a community member.
 

 Events
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In between our monthly Community Updates, we host various events and tournaments, so be sure to keep a close eye on the in-game event tab and the forum calendar to stay informed and not miss out on any exciting events!
 

Current events:

image.pngLAST DAY - Save Christmas - Until February 2nd
While Christmas is over, our event is not. Complete the 3 Christmas-themed community maps to earn yourself a promo Frost Mage. Be sure to do so before the 2nd of February, or you will have to wait till the holidays of 2025 to have another shot.  

 

spell_spawnzone.jpg FINISHED PvP AI programming contest - Final Showdown
We have a winner! Find out which Bot won in our most recent PVP tournament that featured community-made bots facing off for glory. You can rewatch the stream, which had co-host Toggy make a special guest appearance. More information.

 

• Please fill in our short PvP-bots Feedback survey
We would like to ask you all to answer a short feedback survey about the PvP-bots-contest. Please, also fill it out even if you did not submit a bot for the final showdown. We want to learn what we could have improved! Take the survey here
 

• Host your own tournament / event
Want to host a tournament or event? Please reach out to our Event Organizer @Metagross31. We can help you out with various topics and are glad to discuss potential ideas. We can also sponsor the prize pool for your event. If you have a cool idea for a PvE event, or want to host a PvP tournament, please don't hesitate to reach out to us, we will gladly assist you.

 

 In Conclusion
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That's all for this Community Update! We appreciate you taking the time to read through it.

As is tradition, we're including a scratch code as a small token of our appreciation for your support.
The code will reward you with a general booster:
LOOT-SHIP-GRAB-GOLD

This code is valid until March 1st, when we will bring you another Community Update.

We're always looking for ways to improve and value your feedback. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please don't hesitate to share them with us. We'll be back next month with more updates on our ongoing projects and upcoming features.

You can also sign-up to our e-mail newsletter here.
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Archive
Skylords Reborn Documents (Deep Dives, Behind the Scenes, PvP Guide)  
Overview Community Updates
Community Update January 2024

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Great job to the team! 
 

Wish those who have decided to step down all the best on future endeavors and congratulations to the new additions! 
 

It’s looking like a great year already for Skylords.

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