Community Update - April 2026

**Bini Inibitor** · April 1

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!

Several things to unpack here!

Our third season - Whispers of the Void is in full swing and today a new set of challenges unlocks. We will go over them in this Community Update.
Additionally, there has been a change in the Community Manager role and some critical developments in the audio department.
And of course, you will also get a glimpse of things to come!

• A change in the Community Manager role

Due to time constraints, R4bitF00t has decided to step down from the role as Community Manager. Although his reign was a short affair, we thank him for his time and contribution as such. However, he will not disappear and remains as a map maker within the team.

This does not mean that there will be a power vacuum left to fill, because the role got occupied by another resident within the team succeeding him already. It's none other than me, Bini_Inibitor!

• About me

Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Bini_Inibitor. Some may already know me within the community. I started as a regular member and got hands-on experience with the open stress test. Over time, I was asked to contribute to card designs as a PvE Taskforce member. This extended to map testing later down the line up until I became a Map Testing Coordinator alongside Gam3over to improve the map testing process for everyone involved.
Now we're here, and I take on the mantle of Community Manager with additional responsibilities. Those who know me already know this is a bad idea, and it's all downhill from here.

I like seals. A lot. This is Tsuki from the Tokkari Center in Japan. Tsuki is Japanese for moon. So here you have Japanese Moon as Ymian Moon.

To celebrate this terrible choice, I have brought a code for a Mini Booster:
SIIS-SAAS-SUUS-SOOS
This code is valid until May 1st.
But enough of me, let's get to the juice tank!

• The Residents of Nyn have undergone surgery for their vocal cords

Skylords Reborn has been playable for years at this point. Over time, we have received feedback that, while hearing voice lines of units are cool and all, they have become stale for some.

We have taken this feedback to heart and decided to work on a solution. We have consulted with several of the most proficient Shamans all across Nyn to perform surgeries on the vocal cords of all living beings. Today, we have equipped all units with new voice lines, so you can hear your favourite cards in new glory.

The procedures weren't all smooth sailing, however. You may experience, that some may have different voice pitches, and it seems like they tend to refer to themselves as other people. Must be the wind.

New seasonal challenges

With a new month upon us, a new set of seasonal challenges unlocks.
Let's take a closer look at them.

ls_challenge 31.png 3.1 - Win different campaign maps or featured community maps on advanced difficulty or higher.
All units must be melee units. Only Shadow or Lost Souls cards are allowed. These restrictions apply to all team members.

ls_challenge 32.png 3.2 - Win the 2-player featured community maps Lyrish Uprising and *The Conquest* on advanced difficulty or higher.
Only Shadow, Lost Souls, or Frost cards are allowed. All units T2 and above must be Lost Souls units. These restrictions apply to all team members.

ls_challenge 33.png 3.3 - Win random PvE scenarios of difficulty adv++ (6) in under 15 minutes.
Only Shadow or Lost Souls cards are allowed. These restrictions apply to all team members.

ls_challenge 34.png 3.4 - Win the 1-player scenarios The Siege of Hope and The Treasure Fleet on standard difficulty or higher.
Only 2 cards from each tier are allowed. Only Shadow, Lost Souls, or Neutral cards are allowed. These restrictions apply to all team members.

ls_challenge 35.png 3.5 - Win the 2-player scenario Nightmare's End and the 2-player featured community map An Expedition South on advanced difficulty or higher.
Only Shadow, Lost Souls, or Neutral cards are allowed. These restrictions apply to all team members.

ls_challenge 36.png 3.6 - Win the 1-player scenario Defending Hope on standard difficulty or higher. No more than 1 hostile structure may be destroyed.
Walls may not be built. Only Shadow or Lost Souls cards are allowed. No spell cards are allowed.

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We are also closely monitoring your feedback about the current season and will make adjustments as needed. Particularly, Shadow as a faction proves to be more difficult to handle for players, due to its inherent complexity and self harm potential. As a result of this we have recently released a change for Dark Maiden, which should make her more comfortable to play with. Her high power ceiling has been flattened by lowering the trigger threshold of her ability so she can trigger her healing more often. In addition to this, once triggered, she will keep a portion of her healing capabilities as a permanent lingering effect.

Read more about this change here.

Also, while seasons introduced challenges with specific card restrictions in the past, we realized that we unintentionally put the ones that make deck building particularly challenging for some players within the first batch of challenges. We apologize for the sour taste it may have left for you in trying to experience this season.

• New card reveal: Stone Age

What wouldn't be a juicy Community Update without a card reveal? Just because our third season is in full swing doesn't mean we aren't full at work. A general request is for players to be able to play out thematically fitting cards within their respective factions, and Stonekin could certainly use a new toy to play with. So let's introduce you to one of our upcoming cards: Stone Age!

Please note: The card is still in development and subject to change. The information shown here can change until its release.

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Mass Takeover

Grants permanent control over all enemy buildings within a 15m radius. Controlled buildings are designated as Stonekin buildings. Immediately removes all debuffs, and the controlled building is immune to all major debuffs for 15 seconds. The controlled building does not grant ground presence to play out cards or claim structures next to it. Reusable every 30 / 30 / 30 / 25 seconds.

Design Notes:

Stone Age is a T4 Stonekin spell, allowing you to permanently take over enemy buildings within a 15m radius. When taken over, buildings will have all debuffs removed and be immune to debuffs for 15 seconds. Additionally, all buildings taken over by this spell will receive a buff that treats them as Stonekin buildings. The controlled buildings do not grant ground presence to play out cards or claim buildings next to them.

When Tectonic Shift was first designed back in 2022, it behaved differently. Originally, it only worked on Stonekin buildings and was supposed to work on buildings claimed through Matter Mastery. However, we encountered technical difficulties when implementing the card - namely, guaranteed crashes when teleporting buildings with Multishot, which was a problem considering you could use it on Bandit Wizard Tower. So that aspect was scrapped for the time being, and we expanded its utility to Nature and Frost buildings while we worked on a solution. Fortunately, we managed to implement a fix, which you can already experience with Woodland Watch not causing crashes.

After a fix was implemented, we wanted to explore the possibility of teleporting captured buildings again, while giving Stonekin a new card to cement them as the masters of stone. The result is Stone Age, which should combine very well with cards like Tectonic Shift and Earthen Gift.
Another thing Stonekin was lacking as one of the slower factions in the game was a way to deal with buildings in later stages of a match efficiently that is both thematically fitting and not just a typical damage spell.

Stone Age will release in a future content patch, date to be announced.

• Art spotlight: Stone Age

The Stone Age Artwork was created by our artist Elkondo.

Exploration and sketching

Initial concept: Wide landscapes