Founders' Day is noted on city calendars as the first day of Flamerule and commemorates the Free City of Waterdeep's founding. The Field of Triumph is the site of illusory shows of the history of the city as well as martial exhibitions by the guard and other noted warriors of the city. The Champions have joined in the celebration, but Archduke Zariel of Avernus has set a plan in motion to harvest souls for the Blood War during the festivities!

Will our Champions be able to stop her in time?

Founders' Day 6 introduces Strongheart, the Human Paladin from the Dungeons & Dragon Cartoon Show (as well as the Wild Beyond the Witchlight Campaign!), and brings back Nahara, the aasimar warlock/bard from The Black Dice Society, and Sergeant Knox, the human fighter from Neverwinter.

New Champion: Strongheart

Strongheart is a fearless seeker of justice, risking his life to ensure that good triumphs over evil. He is thoughtful, kind, and seldom rash, yet never hesitant to punish those who spit in the face of law and order.

Strongheart is a support and healing Champion who helps you complete your quests, literally, as he doubles the quest progress of his adventuring party. He heals his nearby companions to make sure those quests can be completed, and he's always willing to lend a hand to those in need. Once unlocked, you can find this human paladin in Slot 11 (Jamilah).

For more information on Strongheart and his abilities, check out his Champion Spotlight!

Year Six Variants

Oath of Justice: Save Waterdeep from the chaos of a Founders' Day gone awry with Strongheart! Strongheart starts in the formation (Slot 5) and can be moved, but not removed. Only Strongheart and Champions next to him can deal damage.

Reach Area 75.

Oath of Valor: Save Waterdeep from the chaos of a Founders' Day gone awry with good heroes. Strongheart starts in the formation (Slot 5) and can be moved, but not removed. Only Strongheart and Good champions can deal damage.

Reach Area 125.

Oath of Friendship: Save Waterdeep from the chaos of a Founders' Day gone awry with Strongheart's new friends. Strongheart starts in the formation (Slot 5) and can be moved, but not removed. Only Strongheart and Champions from the affiliation with the most members in the formation can deal damage.

Reach Area 175.

Much more detail and information can be found in the game! Enjoy!

“Justice needs champions. I count myself as one.”

This resolute paladin is committed to destroying evil wherever it can be found, and is ready to sacrifice himself to help those in need. Strongheart is a formidable warrior surrounded by righteous people, and is always looking out for like-minded individuals who also believe that good must triumph over evil.

I. Strongheart

Strongheart is a fearless seeker of justice, risking his life to ensure that good triumphs over evil. He is thoughtful, kind, and seldom rash, yet never hesitant to punish those who spit in the face of law and order.

Strongheart is a support and healing Champion who helps you complete your quests, literally, as he doubles the quest progress of his adventuring party. He heals his nearby companions, and is always willing to lend a hand to those in need. Once unlocked, you can find this human paladin in Slot 11 opposite Jamilah.

II. Strongheart's Stats

Race: Human	Alignment: Lawful Good
Gender: Male	Pronouns: He/Him
Age: 39	Class: Paladin

STR: 15	DEX: 12	CON: 13
INT: 12	WIS: 13	CHA: 17

Role: Support, Healing

Eligible for Patrons: Mirt, Zariel, Strahd (with feat) Vajra (with feat)

Slot: 11 (Jamilah)

III. Strongheart's Design

The noble adventuring party known as Valor's Call was founded by Strongheart, and he alone determines who can become a member of this prestigious group. They have a long history in Dungeons and Dragons lore, with the most recent appearance in The Wild Beyond the Witchlight helping the party battle against the League of Malevolence. This epic paladin doesn’t worship any deity, but instead devotes himself to the ideal that the world can be spared from evil by those who have enough courage to stand against it.

Strongheart may be the leader of Valor's Call, but that doesn't mean he takes the spotlight. He is fully committed to supporting his companions whenever he can. Any Champion adjacent to him will benefit from his healing, as well as have their damage boosted. He has an increased chance to score a Critical Hit, and when it lands, he'll improve his boost he gives to companions' damage and healing! Whenever there is an active Season, Strongheart increases the rate his formation adds to any season quest progress.

Part of being a good leader is the ability to work with a variety of people, and his Specializations buff his main damage boost depending on the type of Champion in your formation. If you have a team filled with good aligned Champions, pick Valor's Call. When a Season is active choose A Just Quest to increase his support according to your Season Level. Or Strongheart can temporarily join the most populous affiliation in the formation and boost their power by becoming an Honorary Member. Sometimes the best way to support the team is to leap into action, and with the sentient longsword Steel at his side, Strongheart will fearlessly attack the closest foe. If a powerful enemy approaches, he will cast his favorite spell to Command: Yield! This will stun that evildoer so all attacks can do additional damage!

Strongheart is prepared to sacrifice himself for the greatest good, but with his help everyone will survive and triumph over any encounter!

IV. Strongheart's Abilities

Basic Attack

• Steel - Strongheart attacks the closest enemy with his sword, Steel, dealing one hit.

Passive Abilities

• Critical Hit - Strongheart's base chance to Critical Hit is 20%.

Formation Abilities

• Justice Needs Champions - Strongheart increases the damage of all adjacent Champions by 100%.

• Seasoned Knight - Season Quest progress made by Strongheart's party is increased by 100%.

• Courage to Stand - Heal champions affected by Justice Needs Champions for 2 health per second.

• Righteous Might - Whenever Strongheart lands a critical hit, for the next 20 seconds he:
  • Increases the damage of Justice Needs Champions by 400%.
  • Increases the healing amount of Courage to Stand by 100%.
  • Reduces the base attack speed cooldown of himself and Champions affected by Justice Needs Champions by 0.5 seconds.
  This ability can trigger multiple times, with the damage bonus and healing stacking multiplicatively and the cooldown stacking additively.

Specializations

• Valor's Call - Strongheart increases the damage bonus of Justice Needs Champions by 100% for each good Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.

• A Just Quest - Strongheart increases the damage bonus of Justice Needs Champions by 12.5% for each Season Level you have gained in the current Season, stacking multiplicatively.

• Honorary Member - Strongheart gains the affiliation(s) of the most populous affiliation(s) in the formation, and increases the damage bonus of Justice Needs Champions by 150% for each Champion from the affiliation(s) (including himself, now), stacking multiplicatively. If two affiliations have the same number of members in the formation, then he gains both affiliations and counts both affiliations for the buff.

Ultimate Ability

• Command: Yield! - Strongheart moves forward and Commands the enemy with the most health to Yield, stunning it for 6 seconds. While it is stunned, all attacks against the enemy deal additional 15 seconds worth of BUD.

V. Strongheart's Epic Equipment

Slot 1: Global DPS	Slot 2: Justice Needs Champions	Slot 3: Courage to Stand
Slot 4: Righteous Might	Slot 5: Specializations	Slot 6: Ultimate Cooldown

VI. Conclusion

Are you prepared to stand and fight with this legendary hero? Let us know how much Strongheart is helping you achieve your season goals in a Community Q&A or Champion feedback post on the Idle Champions Subreddit, on the Steam forums, or on the Official Idle Champions Discord!

Gotta find 'em all!

A new selection of critters are now available to be your companions!

Those weirdly random abandoned eggs scattered all over Bushwhackia have been switched up and all new pets are ready to hatch when you accept the "Find an Egg" quest from Misty. She will also have all the Generation 16 eggs available to purchase for Bush Bucks during the "Find an Egg" quest.

Other changes to Misty and Hank for Generation 16:

• Misty will no longer let players abandon Gen 15 pet eggs that they are hatching (they're now too rare). Only current generation pet eggs can be abandoned during hatching. Please note that if you're in the middle of hatching a pet, then that egg will still hatch into whatever pet it would have been before.


• Generation 15 pet eggs can now be found in Quester's Satchels (with the same limitations as the Generation 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 eggs, which will still be available in satchels as well.)


• Hank now sells a random assortment of hatched level 1 Generation 16 pets (instead of Generation 15) for Bush Bucks in his pet store.


• Hank the Farmhand's pet treat chat options show how many of each treat you have. Eg. Level 5 Pet Treat (10), if you have ten level 5 pet treats

PAGAS changes for Generation 16:

• Generation 16 pet eggs are available to buy with DNA in the PAGAS store, once you have hatched at least five Generation 16 pets. This include 10 unique variations of the new pets.


• The Pet Progress dialog now includes Generation 16 pets. Another 18 new pets that all players can unlock!


• Added 1000 unique pet collection reward: Builder of the Flood Ark title & 10k Nutritious Training Kibble


• Added "Type A-Z", "Owned", and "Unowned" sorting filters to the PAGAS Pet Progress dialog and Clint's Mount Collection dialog

And now, without further ado, the information you've all been waiting for:

Generation 16 Pets:

• Red Robin
• Scarab Beetle
• Cockroach
• Lizard
• Insect Swarm
• Cockatoo
• Cocker Spaniel
• Mohawk Bear
• Potato
• Siamese Cat

Comment on the new additions on the forum!

Read the change log

Generation 16 Pets (June 23, 2023)

- 10 new pets are now in rotation for Misty’s pet raising quests!

- Added 8 new unique variations of the gen 16 pets to the PAGAS egg store

- Added 1000 unique pet collection reward: Builder of the Flood Ark title & 10k Nutritious Training Kibble

- Hank the Farmhand's pet treat chat options show how many of each treat you have. Eg. Level 5 Pet Treat (10), if you have ten level 5 pet treats

- Added "Type A-Z", "Owned", and "Unowned" sorting filters to the PAGAS Pet Progress dialog and Clint's Mount Collection dialog

- Cenote Site daily quests Rooting Around and Hooked on Rings now require the Cenote Site be the active quest hub for the day. Catching a Cactus no longer has this requirement.

- Slightly reduced odds to find past generation pet eggs in Quester's Satchels

- Re-ran Nate's Father's Day limited-time quests for the 2nd time with a new ranch reward for returning players (June 16th)

- Fixed being unable to turn-in large amounts of BBQ meat at one time

- Condensed Celebration Tokens goobers from Fireworks and BBQ station turn-ins into one goober

- Fixed some premium package deals not adding the included runes if you are at the maximum rune inventory

- Can no longer increase crafting quantity of runes past remaining inventory limit on rune crafting dialog

- Fixed Nation Knicknacks and Citizen Styles achievements having the same graphics (June 22)

- Fixed being unable to claim the People's Quester achievement when doing the Flying Flags sequel quest instead of the constitution quests (June 22)

- Fixed Nate and Nathan sticking around in the Commons if you failed to complete the last Father's Day quest (June 22)

Season 4: Legends of the Mithral Hall has begun! And to celebrate we have ten new adventure variants across our five active campaigns to put your Champions to the test! Read on to learn more about what these adventures are and where to find them!

Adventure Variants

This week's update brings 10 new adventure variants for our 5 active campaigns.

Grand Tour of the Sword Coast Adventure Variants

• Meepo's Quest Variant 3: Calcryx Tricks
Split the party and reveal the kobold threat with a white dragon!
• Only Event Champions can be used on this adventure.
• Meepo's "pet" dragon Calcryx joins the formation.
• Champions next to Calcryx start each area at 25% of their max health due to her "help".
• Champions' damage is reduced by 25% (additively) for each champion in the formation that is not a kobold or a goblin.
• Complete area 375.



• Lost in the Goblin Halls Variant 3: Goblin Halls: the Next Generation
Search through the citadel to find the Twilight Grove with your youngest champions!
• You may only use champions that are 25 years old or younger.
• Complete area 425.

Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus Adventure Variants

• The Wandering Emporium Variant 3: Bazaar Companions
Call in a favor from Mahadi with a shopping montage.
• You may only use Champions that have the Gold Find role.
• 5 Wagon escorts join the formation. After every 100 areas, one of the wagons rolls away and frees up the formation slot.
• Complete area 500.



• Tiamat's Army Variant 3: Bahamut's Army
Deal with an abyssal mutiny with your most honorable champions!
• You may only use Lawful Good champions.
• Complete area 525.

Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden Adventure Variants

• Cold as Ice Variant 2: Willing to Sacrifice
Continue to hunt for the clues of the Rite of the Arcane Octad with those that are cold as ice.
• Only Chaotic Evil champions can deal damage.
• After every 50 areas, a random active non-(Chaotic Evil) Champion is permanently removed from the formation.
• Once a Champion is added to the formation they can not be removed.
• Complete area 650.



• Friends & Foes Variant 2: Devilishly Cold
As the factions within Ythryn close in around the Champions, your Tieflings take center stage!
• You may only use Tiefling Champions..
• It's snowing in each area. Brr!
• Complete area 675.

Wild Beyond the Witchlight Adventure Variants

• The Minions of Endelyn Moongrave Variant 2: Tiny Treaty
Negotiate a peace between the Korreds and Brigganocks of Yon from their point of view.
• You may only use dwarf, goblin, halfling, or kobold champions.
• Twice as many monsters spawn with each wave, but quest requirements for each area are doubled.
• Complete area 850.



• Love Unsoiled Variant 2: All The World's A Stage
  
Gain Endelyn's allegiance with the bardiest bards that ever barded!
• You may only use Bard Champions.
• All dialogs start with a random interjection.
• Complete area 900.

Light of Xaryxis Adventure Variants

• Who Lurks Below? Variant 2: The Champion's Guide to Wildspace
Set sail into Wildspace but don't forget your towel.
• A Plasmoid that just had its home planet destroyed joins the formation. (Slot 3) They constantly ask questions so adjacent champions deal no damage due to the distraction.
• Complete area 400.


• Xanathaaaaaaar! Variant 2: Not That Type of Helm!
  
Investigate a trading post nestled in an asteroid while you try to secure some new fancy headwear!
• You may only use fighter or paladins.
• All familiars are wearing fancy hats.
• Complete area 450.

See the in-game Change Log for more information!

Tell us all how Season 4: Legends of Mithral Hall is going on the Idle Champions Subreddit, on the Steam forums, or on the Official Idle Champions Discord!

Summer looks a little different this year in Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms - introducing The Summer of Legends!

Summer of Legends

The Summer of Legends begins Wednesday June 14th at 12pm Pacific! Log in to Idle Champions for seven days of in-game rewards you will get just for playing the game!

Daily Rewards

Every day during the Summer of Legends you can log in and open a new Summer Chest, but each chest is only available for 24 hours! Every chest contains five awesome items, hand-picked by the team here at Codename Entertainment to help you in your adventures. Once you have claimed at least four daily Summer Chests, you unlock the bonus prize: King Bruenor! This bonus includes an epic new skin for Bruenor, a new Feat, and 5 Gold Bruenor Chests!

Twitch Streams

We're celebrating not just in-game, but on our Twitch channel! Our streaming schedule is filled with fantastic shows, including some talks about the upcoming Season - Legends of the Mithral Hall - you won't want to miss! Tune in, enjoy the streams, and pick up a code to unlock Catti-brie and some awesome in-game items!

Season 4: Legends of Mithral Hall Preview

Today starts the preview of Idle Champions Season 4: Legends of Mithral Hall. For those that don't know, every new Season in Idle Champions we update some or all of the mechanics for Champions connected to the Season. And the week before the Season starts we release those updates for that Seasons Champions. You can check out our Blog Post for more information about these changes - and what to expect when Season 4 starts next week!



A lot is going on in Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms - and LOTS to look forward to! But as one last reminder:

In order to get all of the free rewards during Summer of Legends you will need to log in each day and Claim Your Rewards!

Enjoy the Summer of Legends right now in-game and be sure to check out Season 4: Legends of the Mithral Hall starting Next Wednesday, June 21st at Noon Pacific!

If you have feedback, let us know in a Community Q&A or Champion feedback post on the Idle Champions Subreddit, on the Steam forums, or on the Official Idle Champions Discord!

A National Celebration!

It's party time in the Commons! Come join in the fun as the Bushwhackian natives celebrate Canada Day and Independence Day with a big extravagant barbecue and endless displays of fireworks!

Collect hot dogs, hamburgers, chickens, ribs and the rare steak to grill up for Patriot tokens and bonus energy! Find the green, red, yellow, blue and rare purple fireworks from the bushes for Fiona to put on awesome displays!

A Questing Nation

Help assorted party guests with their quests to make their celebration even more fun! Some are one part while others are multi-part that will unlock as the event goes on so check back daily for all the excitement!

Global History

Help Scoutmaster Sam find Globes today, so that she can see the glorious world of Bushwhackia in its entirety. And don't forget to pick up Leopold's quest to collect many books for the Bushwhackia Political History Encyclopedia!

Veggies Daily

The Grill Master is looking to provide some vegetarian options. Keep him stocked up by completing his daily quests to collect vegetarian grillables and ingredients.

New for 2023

This year's update includes:

- 6 tiers of VIP rewards!
- new costume items in the store!
- new ranch items in the store!
- new sequel quests to the Constitution quest line of increasing difficulty!
- new pet packs!
- new mount packs!
- new 2023 holiday 100% reward!

Holiday Rubber Duckies

If you can complete the event, you'll earn this awesome 100% reward: The Patriot Rubber Ducky! Collect them all to fill out the holiday duck pond, released later this year!

National Flags

If you've completed the Constitution quests in past years you'll have new quests available in this year's event! There will be three new quests of increasing difficulty which reward you with flag ranch items of various nations!

Achievements

-- POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT There are a total of 24 possible achievements to earn in this year's Patriot Event.

Returning Achievements

Fine Dining - Cook 5 kinds of food during the event.*
Iron Chef - Cook 300 pieces of food during the event.
Colorful Booms - Fire off 6 types of fireworks during the event. **
Many Booms - You've set of 600 fireworks during the Patriot event.
The Tyrant - You overthrew Nate's illegitimate kingdom.
The People's Quester - Complete all of the Patriot event side quests. (Updated with this year's quest)
Patriot Fireworks Launcher - You crafted a Fireworks Launcher!
Patriot Fireworks Launcher Rare - You found a Rare addition for your Fireworks Launcher!
Patriot Fireworks Launcher All Rares - You found all the Rare additions for your Fireworks Launcher!
Sesquicentennial - Help Connie the Canadian and make full use of a Free Parks Pass.
Political History Hunter - You found all the History Books for Leopold!
Vegetarian Options - You completed each of the vegetarian BBQ daily quests!

*If you are having trouble finding the Steak, you can buy it for Celebration tokens from an NPC in the Commons.

**The 6th firework for the quest is the one you help an NPC build later in the event. As well, if you are having trouble finding the Purple firework, you can buy it for Celebration tokens from an NPC in the event area.

New Achievements

Wordly Wares - You bought all the 2023 Patriot event items!***

Retired Achievements

We also have 11 achievements from previous years which may be earnable by spending Bush Bucks if you missed getting them the first time around.

Citizen Styles - You bought all the 2021 Patriot event items!
Nation Knicknacks - You bought all the 2020 Patriot event items!
Fancy Fanfare - You bought all the 2019 Patriot event items!
Free Trade - You bought all the 2018 Patriot event items!
National Acquirer - You bought all the 2017 Patriot event items!
Patriotic Purchases - You bought all the 2016 Patriot event items!
Celebratory Splurge - You bought all the 2015 Patriot event items!
Freedom's Price - Purchase all of the 2014 Patriot custom items.
Freedom of Purchases - Purchase all of the 2013 Patriot event items.
Dressed for Freedom - Buy all 6 player items from the 2012 Patriot event.
A Patriotic Pad - Buy all 7 house items from the 2012 Patriot event.

***The Patriot event mini-golf piece is not required for the Wordly Wares achievement.

A Proud Companion!

Mount Packs

To kick off the event, we're having a sale! Get 30% more on purchase of 50 Bush Bucks or more! Plus, all new mounts are available this weekend, from June 9th to 12th!

The Mishipeshu mount comes free with your first purchase of 100 Bush Bucks or more!

The Balanced Mishupeshu and Malevolent Mishipeshu are in packs containing 100 Bush Bucks, 10 Pristine Feed Vouchers, and a VIP Voucher! These two mounts produce their own unique sparkly particles when you ride them!

Pet Packs

Three new pets can be picked up June 16th to 19th in Pet Packs bursting with goodies! Want them all? Grab them all for less in the bundle! From left-to-right they are the Bunyip, Colt Pixie, and Fei Lian!

A Global Network

Post your green thumb adventures and questions on the forum!

Read the Change Log

The event will run until Friday June 23rd at Noon PDT!

Frequently Asked Questions

• When will the last quest unlock?
  All quests will be unlocked by the 10th day of the event.


• Where can I see how much meat and fireworks I've done for the achievements?
  Click on the inventory icon and then click on the Achievements list (gold star). Find Many Booms and Iron Chef to see your progress.


• Where can I buy Last Year's items?
  There are two vendors. The one near the entrance of the Event Zone has this year's items. The other is under the American balloon arch and will have all previous year items for Bush Bucks.


• What contributes to my 100% progress?
  Turning in the meats and fireworks as well as quests for the folks in the event area.


• Why do I want to ask friends for help?
  It increases the amount of progress you get from doing a turn-in.


• Do I have to do the achievements?
  No. Completing the goals for the achievements is totally optional. You get either a large energy pack or a title for your character from them, no event progress.


• Where can I see all the achievements available and how to get them?
  Either on the holiday dialog, the achievements dialog, or on the blog.

Patriot Event 2023 Update (June 9th, 2023)

- Updated Patriot Event
- Added new customization and ranch items
- Added new ribbons and 100% reward
- Added 6 tiers of VIP event rewards
- Added a sequel to the Constitution quest that's 3 quests of increasing difficulty which reward you with flag ranch items of various nations
- Added new event mounts in Bush Bucks sale and mount packs, available the first weekend of the event
- Added 3 new pets available the second weekend of the event
- Rebalanced turn-in progress. You can get 100% by completing all the quests and turning in station items found while whacking a minimum of 3 energy bars worth of bushes

- Renamed the French Flagpole ranch item to Flag of France for consistency with other flag ranch items

- Lambert House charity drive (June 5-11)

- Summer Pet & Mount Sale (June 2-7)

- Added new Lava Brick and Sandstone Brick ranch items to Casino store

- Added new Orb Coral to Amicus Island Token store

- Renamed Rocking Chair ranch item to Old Rocking Chair

- Added Haystack, Rainbow Flower Box, and Old Rocking Chair to ranch store once unlocked

- Basic pet eggs in your inventory now say what generation they're from when you mouse over them - Fixed the same 2 quest hub dailies always being available

Season 4 focuses on five famous and infamous Champions from the history of Mithral Hall: Regis (Seat 2), Artemis (Seat 3), Pwent (Seat 5), Catti-brie (Seat 7), and Wulfgar (Seat 10).

The focus of Season 4 is to add synergy with the new Critical Hit system:

All Champions and monsters now have a chance to critically hit with their attacks, dealing 100% additional damage when they score a Critical Hit. The base chance for a Critical Hit for all Champions & enemies is 2.5%, with some Champions gaining base abilities and/or feats to increase that chance further. Some Champions have formation abilities that trigger when they or other Champions score a Critical Hit. Some Champions have abilities that trigger when an enemy scores a Critical Hit on a Champion.

In addition to the core Season Champions (Regis, Artemis, Pwent, Catti-brie, and Wulfgar), Bruenor, Drizzt, and Jarlaxle received some minor updates to align with the changes. Read below to learn more about these Champions and the details you need to know about Season 4!

The changes outlined below will roll out on Wednesday, June 14th, along with the preview for Season 4: Legends of Mithral Hall. Season 4 officially begins on June 21st, 2023.

Table of Contents

• Champion Overview
• Adjacent Champion Overview
• Key Season Rewards
• Keywords & Key Abilities
• Key Enemies

Champion Overview

Regis (Seat 2)

Regis' Ruby Encouragement ability allows him to buff the damage of those in the column ahead or behind him. His Bounty of the Hall ability adds Mithral Hall Stacks to your shared formation pool. It also increases your gold find bonus for each Mithral Hall Stack you have, stacking multiplicatively. His Ruby Healing ability allows Regis to heal the formation whenever he scores a Critical Hit, increasing the heal amount for each Mithral Hall Stack you have.

Ruby Amplification increases the effect of Ruby Encouragement each time Regis scores a Critical Hit. The effect can stack up to 10 times (multiplicatively) and resets when changing areas. Ruby Invigoration stores a charge whenever an enemy scores a Critical Hit against a Champion. This charge increases Regis' chance to score a Critical Hit on his next attack!

Specializations:

• Ruby Encouragement: Choose which column's Champions get their damage increased (ahead or behind Regis)
• Ruby Weakness: Choose which damage type deals increased damage to enemies (Melee, Ranged, Magic)

Artemis (Seat 3)

Artemis is already a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield. His entry in Season 5 allows him to gain new critical hit feats to further increase his damage!

Artemis' key ability is Observance. He observes and copies the positional formation abilities applied to other DPS Champions in the formation and gains a copy of those abilities on himself at an increased effect, even if he's already receiving that effect! His Jeweled Power ability allows his damage to be increased by 100% (multiplicatively) whenever Artemis kills an enemy. With each trigger of this ability, there's also a 10% chance that Artemis' next attack deals 300% more damage!

Specializations:

• Observance: Friend: Observance's effect is increased by 10% for each positional formation observed and copied from Champions adjacent to Artemis
• Observance: Foe: Observance's effect is increased 25% for each positional formation ability observed and copied from Drizzt Do'Urden or Catti-brie.

Pwent (Seat 5)

Pwent has a new passive ability that is always active: Bleed. When Pwent attacks, he causes all enemies he damages to bleed, taking a half second of BUD damage every second for the next 20 seconds. While an enemy is bleeding, attacks that target them have a 20% higher chance to critically hit! Can You SMELL That? increases the damage of Champions not adjacent to Pwent. His Battlerager ability grants a chance to reset his attack cooldown when he attacks an enemy already affected by his bleed effect. Gutbuster Recruits increases the effect of Can You SMELL That? each time a Champion adjacent to Pwent scores a Critical Hit. Bruenor, Me King! grants one Mithral Hall Stack to your shared formation pool, and increases the damage bonus of Can You SMELL That? for each Mithral Hall Stack you have.

Combining all of this with Pwent's Round 'Em Up! Ultimate, where he stuns, damages and causes a bleed effect against multiple enemies will make Pwent a potent support for you Season 4 adventures!

Specializations:

• Recruiting Drive: Gutbuster Recruits is now triggered when non-adjacent Champions score Critical Hits instead of adjacent Champions.
• Scents of Mithral Hall: Increases the effect of Can You SMELL That? by 200% for each Dwarf Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively and including himself.
• Critical Wound: Attacks targeting enemies that Pwent has caused to bleed have a 40% additive chance to be a Critical Hit, up from 20%.

Catti-brie (Seat 7)

Catti-brie's Powerful Draw ability deals additional damage to enemies the farther away they are from the formation. Mark for Death causes enemies hit by Catti-brie's arrows to take additional damage equal to Catti-brie's critical hit damage bonus. Grievous Wounds causes enemies that are marked by Mark for Death to be stunned and take even more damage when a Champion hits them with a Critical Hit. Push Forward increases the damage of herself and all Champions in front of her whenever she scores a Critical Hit. Mark of the Hall grants one Mithral Hall Stack to your shared formation pool and increases the damage bonus of Mark for Death for each Mithral Hall Stack you have.

Specializations:

• Piercing Arrow: Catti-brie's damage is increased by 400% and her arrows hit all enemies on their way to their target. Each enemy hit has a separate chance of being a Critical Hit.
• Big Push: Increases the base effect of Push Forward to 60% per stack and Catti-brie only loses half of her existing stacks when changing areas instead of all of them.
• Critical Family: Additively increases the critical hit chance of all Companions of the Hall Champions by 20%.

Wulfgar (Seat 10)

Wulfgar has a new passive ability that is always active: He can be used in any Icewind Dale campaign adventure or variant, even if the restrictions would not normally allow him.

King of the Elk Tribe increases the Health of all other Champions by 25% of Wulfgar's Max Health. Clangeddin's Will increases the damage of all Champions in the formation whenever an enemy is stunned. Dumathoin's Will allows Wulfgar to gain Temporary Hit Points based on the boss's remaining health whenever he stuns that boss. Hammer of the Hall grants one Mithral Hall Stack to your shared formation pool. Wulfgar increases the damage bonus of Clangeddin's Will for each Mithral Hall Stack you have. Wulfgar's Smash 'n Grab ability allows the party to increase their damage up to 5 times in an area whenever Wulfgar attacks an armor-based enemy but doesn't remove a piece of the armor.

Specializations:

• Heavy Blows: Additively increases all Champions' critical hit chances by 10%.
• Flag Bearer: Increases the effect of Clangeddin's Will by 100%, and only 50% of the stacks are lost on area change.
• Moradin's Will: Increases the damage of Companions of the Hall Champions by 100%, and all of the Companions of the Hall are available to be used if Icewind Dale is the current campaign, even if they do not currently qualify based on variant or patron restrictions.

Adjacent Champion Overview

Bruenor (Seat 1)

Jarlaxle (Seat 4)

Drizzt (Seat 9)

Key Season Rewards

This season includes a significant change to the rewards track. The goal is to simplify the process and respond to feedback on the past reward system. There is no longer Season Currency. Instead, Season rewards are unlocked simply by reaching the required season level. At each level (up to level 60), there is a reward for all players and an additional reward for players who have purchased the Season Pass.

There is an additional track of rewards after completion of level 60, with EVEN MORE rewards!

This season introduces a Click Damage skin in the form of Guenhwyvar's Paw, a new Guenwhyvar familiar, DPS Pigments, Epic, and Rare feats for all the Season Champions, exclusive skins for those Champions, AND MORE! Check out the Rewards track in-game for more detail.

Available to All Players

• Click Damage Skin: Guenhwyvar's Paw
• Golden Epic: Pwent Slot 4
• Rare Feats to increase Mithral Hall Stacks:
  • Regis
  • Pwent
  • Catti-brie
  • Wulfgar
• Rare Feat to increase chance to critical hit:
  • Artemis

Available to Passholders

• Familiar: Mythic Guenhwyvar
• DPS Pigment: +400% damage
• Epic Feats to increase Mithral Hall Stacks:
  • Regis
  • Pwent
  • Catti-brie
  • Wulfgar
• Epic Vicious Damage Feat:
  • Artemis
• Mythic Skins for all 5 Season 4 Champions

Keywords and Key Abilities

Throughout the season, various quests may reference certain keywords and abilities. Here is a quick reminder on some of those!

BUD-setting: BUD stands for Base Ultimate Damage. Your 'BUD' is based on the DPS of the highest hit that any Champion has recently achieved against a single enemy. Bud-setting Champion, means the Champion who has most recently done the most damage.

• On PC UI, this is visible by mousing over the DPS number on the upper left UI, or the lightning bolt banner to the left of your Ultimate Attack buttons.
• On Console UI, this is visible by looking to the right of your ultimate bar, on the graphic labeled with 'Ult DPS'.

Critical Hit: All Champions and monsters now have a chance to critically hit with their attacks, dealing 100% additional damage on a crit. The base chance for a Critical Hit is 2.5%. Critical Hits are visualized as a color change from red damage numbers to yellow with a burst symbol on each side of the number. Some Champions have formation abilities that trigger when they or other Champions score a Critical Hit. Some Champions have abilities that trigger when an enemy scores a Critical Hit on a Champion.

Companions of the Hall: The Companions of the Hall is an affiliation within Idle Champions comprising the core group of characters from R. A. Salvatore's Legend of Drizzt book series: Bruenor Battlehammer (Seat 1), Regis (Seat 2), Catti-brie (Seat 7), Drizzt Do'Urden (Seat 9), and Wulfgar (Seat 10).

Distractions: Distractions are the birds, bugs, rats, snakes, and other pests which often appear in the background of any adventure. You can earn gold for clicking on distractions while they are on screen.

Drizzt Do'Urden: The Champion Drizzt Do'Urden is a Companions of the Hall member and is available to unlock in Idle Champions! You can unlock Drizzt through play by completing the first variant of the Underdeep Cartography adventure (Overdue Rendezvous) on the Waterdeep node of the Grand Tour of the Sword Coast campaign.

Mithral Hall Stacks: Mithral Hall Stacks are gained by having Companions of the Hall Champions in the formation. You can increase those stacks further by equipping their specialized feats. Mithral Hall Stacks are a shared formation pool referenced in multiple Companions of the Hall Champion abilities.

Patron Challenges: The Patron system allows you to re-play adventures and variants with additional restrictions, resulting in influence and currency that you can spend in a Patron's given shop. Once you have unlocked a Patron, they will provide you with ten challenges that refresh every Monday at Noon Pacific Time.

• On PC UI, Patrons are accessible through a button on the upper left UI.
• On Console UI, Patrons are accessible in the UI buttons above the Champion seats.

Time Gate Adventures: A Time Gate allows you to unlock Champions from previous events you may have missed and/or gear them up for free. You need 6 Time Gate Pieces to open a Time Gate for a Champion, though they open naturally every 2-3 weekends.

• On PC UI, Time Gates are accessible through a button on the upper left UI.
• On Console UI, Time Gates are accessible in the UI buttons above the Champion seats.

Key Enemies

Throughout the season, various quests may reference certain types of enemies. Here is a quick reminder on where to find some of those!

Armor-based Enemies: Bosses with armored health (segmented chunks that will flash a shield over the health chunk when a Champion doesn't deal enough damage to it) are available on many different adventures. In Week 7, you can encounter an armor-based monster in area 50 of the Midsummer Adventure: The Missing Lord and its variants. When Midsummer isn't active, you can access The Missing Lord by opening a Time Gate to Shandie, Xander, Beadle & Grimm, Ellywick, or Valentine. Note: Armor-based monsters are also available on various other adventures; this is just an example.

Arvaiss the Red: Arvaiss the Red is the Red Dragon boss in area 50 of the Midsummer Adventure: The Missing Lord and its variants. When Midsummer isn't active, you can access The Missing Lord by opening a Time Gate to Shandie, Xander Cesso, Beadle & Grimm, Ellywick Tumblestrum, or Valentine.

Beasts: Beast monsters can be encountered in most adventures. If you are looking for a good target to encounter beasts, try The Cursed Farmer - the first (non-tutorial) adventure in the Grand Tour of the Sword Coast Campaign.

Dinosaur: Dinosaur enemies can be found throughout the Tomb of Annihilation campaign once you get to the peninsula of Chult.

Eye of Gruumsh: The Eye of Gruumsh is the boss in area 50 of the Ahghairon's Day adventure: Reclaiming the Past and its variants. When Ahghairon's Day isn't active, you can access Reclaiming the Past by opening a Time Gate to Ishi Snaggletooth, Jim Darkmagic, Omin Dran, Prudence, or Voronika.

Fiends: Fiend monsters are available in many different adventures. If you are looking for a good target to encounter Fiends, you can find Imps in The Mad Wizard - the second adventure in the Grand Tour of the Sword Coast Campaign.

Flying or Floating Bosses: Flying or Floating bosses are bosses who don't touch the ground. If you are looking for a good target to encounter flying creatures, try The Cursed Farmer - the first (non-tutorial) adventure in the Grand Tour of the Sword Coast Campaign.

Gnoll: Gnolls can be found in the Midsummer Adventure: The Missing Lord and its variants. When Midsummer isn't active, you can access The Missing Lord by opening a Time Gate to Shandie, Xander Cesso, Beadle & Grimm, Ellywick Tumblestrum, or Valentine. Note: gnolls are also available on various other adventures; this is just an example.

Humanoids: Humanoid monsters can be encountered in many adventures. If you are looking for a good target to encounter humanoids, try A Mysterious Summons - the first adventure in the Waterdeep: Dragon Heist Campaign.

Lycanthrope:Lycanthropes come in many forms (werewolf, wererat, werebear, etc.) and can be encountered in many adventures. If you are looking for a good target to encounter lycanthrope bosses, try Beast Intentions - the third non-tutorial adventure in the Grand Tour of the Sword Coast campaign.

Minotaur Skeleton: If you are looking for a good target to encounter the fearsome Minotaur Skeleton, try Underdeep Cartography - the second adventure on the Waterdeep node in the Grand Tour of the Sword Coast campaign.

Resurrected Hero of the Vale: If you are looking for a good target to encounter the Resurrected Hero of the Vale, try the Highharvestide adventure: The Bandit's Harvest or the Feast of the Moon adventure: The Crypt of Legends. You can access The Bandit's Harvest by opening a Time Gate to Stoki, Farideh, Pwent, Torogar, D'hani, or Egbert. You can access The Crypt of Legends by opening a Time Gate to Gromma, Sentry, Penelope, Widdle, or Virgil.

Undead: Undead monsters are available in many different adventures. If you are looking for a good target to encounter undead, you can find Zombies in Terror in the Dark - the fourth adventure in the Grand Tour of the Sword Coast Campaign.

Zariel: In week 2, you can encounter this armor-based boss monster in area 50 of the Founders' Day adventure: Party Crashers and its variants. When Founders' Day isn't active, you can access Party Crashers by opening a Time Gate to Deekin, Walnut, Freely, Sgt. Knox, or Nahara.

At the mouth of the River Mirar in the northwest of the Sword Coast lies the port city of Luskan, also known as the City of Sails. Officially governed by the five High Captains, Luskan is actually secretly run by Jarlaxle Baenre and the Bregan D'aerthe.

And they need your help.

While celebrating the Summer Solstice with a smaller scale version of Waterdeep's Dragondown festival, Luskan has managed to draw the attention - and the wrath - of a Bronze Dragon and their kin...

Dragondown 6 introduces BBEG, the Drow Necromancer villain from Deerstalker Picture's 1 for All, and brings back Merilwen, the Wood Elf Ranger from Oxventurers Guild and Selise Astorio, Human Paladin of the Rivals of Waterdeep. Players have until Monday, June 19th at 12PM Pacific to complete their Dragondown 6 unlocks and objectives.

New Champion: BBEG

BBEG is the Big Bad Evil Guy, a Drow necromancer who believes immaculate planning will always lead to success. Unfortunately, his constant failures contradict this conviction. BBEG likes to monologue and taunt his opponents, leaving his summoned zombies to engage directly in combat.

BBEG is a support and speed Champion that chews the scenery so much he breaks through the 4th wall. As the Big Bad Evil Guy of the Awful Ones campaign, this necromancer stands back and lets his less intelligent zombie minions do the hard work. His strength lies in being able to railroad the Champions through to more exciting parts of the adventure. Once unlocked, you can find this Drow necromancer in Slot 3 opposite Nayeli.

For more information on BBEG and his abilities, check out his Champion Spotlight!

Year Six Variants

Roll For INT-ish-a-tive!: Attempt to calm down a very angry bronze dragon with a very angry BBEG. BBEG starts in the formation (Slot 5) and can be moved, but not removed. You may only use BBEG and/or Champions with an Intelligence of 12 or lower.

Reach Area 75.

Herding Cats: Attempt to calm down a very angry bronze dragon and a bunch of cats. BBEG starts in the formation (Slot 5) and can be moved, but not removed. Every second, a cat spawns and moves toward a random champion. When the cat reaches the champion, they are stunned for 3 seconds because of overwhelming cuteness. The cats can't be attacked. Stunned Champions cannot attack, but their formation abilities remain enabled.

Reach Area 125.

It Was Me All Along!: Attempt to calm down a very angry bronze dragon with BBEG's favorite meat shields! BBEG starts in the formation (Slot 5) and can be moved, but not removed. You may only use Lawful Champions, Evil Champions, or Champions with a total ability score of 78 or less.

Reach Area 175.

Much more detail and information can be found in the game! Enjoy!