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January 28th

Idle Champions: Tales of the Champions, Part 6

Tags: idle champions, idle, champions, new content, update, tales.

Well met!

It's time for the first Adventure Update of 2026, and we're back with the next installment of Tales of the Champions! These two Champions could not be more different: one Champion is a hero of and for the people of Baldur's Gate, dedicated to a life of service -- while the other Champion only lived for 11 days...

For the next two Tales adventures, Duke Ulder Ravengard goes to extreme lengths to protect what matters to him most, while Spurt the Kobold endeavors to become the next Pirate King...

Completing the base adventures will unlock Duke Ravengard (Seat 8) and Spurt (Seat 3), while completing the new variants will unlock Feats, Corrupted Gems, Gold Champion Chests, and two exclusive Skins!

Are you ready to take on the challenge? Read on to learn more!

Legacy

Duke Ravengard would go to any lengths to protect that which matters most. With divine aid, he descends into Avernus once again to make things right, but a wrathful heart is not so easily swayed, and a devil's taste for dominion is never truly satisfied.

Complete Area 150
Rewards: Duke Ravengard Unlock

Variant 1: Rise of a Legacy

Duke Ravengard and a select group of allies embark on a hellish rescue mission.

Duke Ravengard starts in the formation. He can be moved, but not removed.
You may only use Champions with a Melee base attack.
After you complete area 50 for the first time, you can't remove Champions from the formation.
When you complete this variant, any Champions in the formation will be unavailable in the Burden of Legacy or End of a Legacy variants. Each Patron variant has its own list of unavailable Champions.
Fire breath potions can't be used during the adventure, and click damage has no effect after area 100.
Getting to Know Idle Champions: A Champion's attack is categorized as a Melee, Ranged, and/or a Magic attack. Some Variants and Champion abilities require a Champion to have a specific type of attack!
Complete Area 350
Rewards: 4 Duke Ravengard Gold Chests and 250 Corrupted Gems

Variant 2: Burden of Legacy

Duke Ravengard and a dwindling supply of allies embark on a hellish rescue mission.
Must have completed a Tier 2 variant in an Event and have completed Variant 1: Rise of a Legacy.

Duke Ravengard starts in the formation. He can be moved, but not removed.
You may only use Champions with a Melee base attack. You also can't use any Champions that you used to finish variant 1 other than Duke Ravengard.
After area 10, all enemies spawn with an extra 10 armored hit points which must be destroyed before their regular hit points appear. When an enemy is knocked back, these armored hit points are immediately removed, revealing its normal health bar.
After you complete area 50 for the first time, you can't remove Champions from the formation.
When you complete this variant, any Champions in the formation will be unavailable in the End of a Legacy variant. Each Patron variant has its own list of unavailable Champions.
Fire breath potions can't be used during the adventure, and click damage has no effect after area 100.
Complete Area 800
Rewards: Duke Ravengard No Compromises Feat, which Changes his Alignment to Lawful Good, and 250 Corrupted Gems

Variant 3: End of a Legacy

Duke Ravengard and a pitiful handful of allies embark on a hellish rescue mission. Must have completed a Tier 3 Variant in an Event and have completed Variant 2: Burden of Legacy.

Duke Ravengard starts in the formation. He can be moved, but not removed.
You may only use Champions with a Melee base attack. You also can't use any Champions that you used to finish variant 1 and 2 other than Duke Ravengard.
After area 10, enemies spawn with a special shield which must be destroyed before their regular hit points appear. To destroy a special shield, an enemy must be hit with a critical hit.
Complete Area 1400
Fire breath potions can't be used during the adventure, and click damage has no effect after area 100.
Rewards: Blood War Duke Ravengard Skin and 250 Corrupted Gems

The Ultimate Treasure

Join Spurt the kobold on his latest misadventure, as a proud pirate! Azaka, Dragonbait, Halsin, and Stoki must help their hapless little friend live out this dream however they can, and perhaps discover the greatest treasure of all.

Complete Area 150
Rewards: Spurt Unlock

Variant 1: Kobold Without a Cause

Spurt wants to be a pirate, and he's making it a problem for anyone that isn't already part of a crew.

Spurt starts in the formation. He can be moved, but not removed.
Only Champions that aren't part of an affiliation can be used.
Getting to Know Idle Champions: An Affiliation is a small group of Champions that often have mechanics that encourage using them together. Unaffiliated Champions often have flexible abilities that can be used in many different formations.
Complete Area 350
Rewards: 4 Gold Spurt Chests and 250 Corrupted Gems

Variant 2: The Fast and the Flattened

Spurt wants to be a pirate, and he's quickly making it everyone's problem.
Must have completed a Tier 2 variant in an Event

Spurt starts in the formation. He can be moved, but not removed.
You may only use Champions that have a base attack cooldown of 4 seconds or less.
All Enemies move 100% faster and their base attack cooldowns are reduced by 50%
Complete Area 800
Rewards: Spurt's Free Agent Feat, which Increases the damage of all Champions by 20% for each Unaffiliated Champion in the formation, and 250 Corrupted Gems

Variant 3: Wasps and the Kobold that Loves Them

Spurt wants to be a pirate, and he keeps droning on about it.
Must have completed a Tier 3 variant in an Event

Spurt starts in the formation. He can be moved, but not removed.
You may only use Champions with both a Dexterity and Charisma of 13 or higher.
Two Hellwasps join the formation. They just get in the way.
Complete Area 1400
Rewards: Pirate King Spurt Skin and 250 Corrupted Gems

Campaign Feedback

What do you think about Tales of the Champions so far? Did you enjoy the Adventures? The themes? Rewards?

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January 21st

Wintershield Mastery Challenges!

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Posted in Idle Champions.

Tags: idle champions, idle, champions, augment, event, card sleeves, mastery, challenge.

You've unlocked Anson, recruited the rebalanced Binwin, and pushed your limits across multiple Wintershield variants. Now it's time to put your skills to the test with WINTERSHIELD MASTERY!

Welcome to the second run of this exciting Event augment! You can learn more about how Mastery Challenges work in last month's Introduction blog. Today, however, we're here to talk about the specifics for this month's challenging restrictions as we all push to get Dragonsoul Card Sleeves for ~~Artemis~~ the Wintershield Event Champions!

Wintershield Mastery Challenges

Base Restriction: Fellowship of the Fallbacks

You may only use Humans, Elves, Dwarves, Halflings, and members of The Fallbacks affiliation.

Restriction A: Slow Going
- Enemies gain 5% more health in each area, stacking multiplicatively.
- You may only use Champions with a base attack cooldown of 5 seconds or higher.

Restriction B: Shadow VIPs
- Enemies gain 5% more health in each area, stacking multiplicatively.
- Two Formation Slots in the formation are taken up by Shadow Imp Escorts.

Restriction C: Attack Pattern
- Enemies gain 5% more health in each area, stacking multiplicatively.
- If a Champion is adjacent to another Champion with the same base attack type (ie. melee, ranged, magic), all Champions have their damage set to 0.

Restriction D: Building Shadow
- Enemies gain 5% more health in each area, stacking multiplicatively.
- In non-boss areas after area 10, an invulnerable Shadow enemy has a 100% chance to spawn alongside each enemy. This chance is reduced by 10% for each unique alignment in your formation. Subsequent enemies spawn with 100% more health for each Shadow enemy in the current area, stacking multiplicatively.

Champion Shop Improvements

With today's update, we also began implementing quality-of-life improvements to the Champions section of the Shop. These updates will roll out gradually over the coming months.

We also noticed during Chest Vaults last year that players enjoyed having access to every Champion's chest. We decided to make that a feature moving forward, accessible through the updated Champions section of the Shop.

Mastery Challenges & Card Sleeve Feedback

Are you excited to test your Wintershield Mastery and collect Card Sleeves for your Wintershield Event Champions? Which Champion are you looking forward to decking out first? Your feedback is important to us, and we would love to have you join our community on one of our official platforms to share your thoughts:

The Official Idle Champions Discord.
The Official Idle Champions Subreddit.
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January 9th

Champion Update: Binwin

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Posted in Idle Champions.

Tags: idle champions, idle, champions, new content, update, champion spotlight, binwin, dragondown.

Binwin Bronzebottom was a member of a rather infamous adventuring group/company, until he left to spend more time with his family. A grumpy and headstrong dwarf with a penchant for springing traps rather than disarming them, if he's not the first into battle then he's disappointed. There's nary a door, tankard, or acid pit that hasn't felt the wrath of Binwin Bronzebottom at one time or another. These days, when he's not adventuring with the likes of Drizzt and Minsc, Binwin leads a small group of incompetent and eminently replaceable minions through perilous adventures.

It has been a long time since Binwin Bronzebottom received a major update, but we hope you'll find these changes worth the wait!

Binwin has been diligently reworked to fit better into the modern Idle Champions sandbox, and he is now ready to take the lead in a full Dwarf formation... any day now.

To learn more, read on!

Binwin

name

seat

20%

crit chance

100%

crit damage

Male

gender

age

Lawful Good

alignment

overwhelm

Dwarf (Mountain)

species

Fighter / Barbarian

class

DPS / Breaker

roles

None

affiliation

str

dex

con

int

wis

cha

tot

Patron Eligibility: Mirt, Vajra, Zariel, Elminster (until January 14th, 2029)

Abilities

Basic Attack

Twin Axes (melee) - Binwin attacks the front-most enemy with his twin axes, Rook and Ruin.

Passive Abilities

I've Got the Crits - Binwin's base chance to Critical Hit is 20%.

Formation Abilities

Extra Attacks - Binwin gains a Bonus Hit when an adjacent Champion attacks. The next time he attacks, he consumes his Bonus Hits to deal additional hits to the enemy he attacks. If his target dies and Binwin still has Bonus Hits, he'll jump to a new enemy if possible. Unused Bonus Hits are lost when his attack ends. Caps at 10 stacks.
Extra Damage - Each subsequent hit Binwin does during the same attack deals 100% more damage, stacking multiplicatively.
Lingering Damage - While Binwin is your BUD-setting Champion and he attacks but does not kill an enemy, the enemy takes 100% of the damage it took over the next 5 seconds.
Critical Combo - When Binwin scores a critical hit, he gains an additional Bonus Hit for his current attack. This can occur up to 5 times per attack.
Crash and Smash - Binwin deals double hits against enemies or objects with hits-based or armored hits-based health. If Binwin attacks an armored enemy and doesn't break any armor, he gains a Resolve stack. Binwin deals 100% additional damage for each Resolve stack, stacking multiplicatively up to 10 times, resetting when changing areas.

Specializations

Overkill - When Binwin defeats an enemy, he gains stacks of Overkill based on how many orders of magnitude more damage he did compared to the enemy's remaining health. Binwin's damage is increased by 1% for each Overkill stack, stacking additively. Overkill stacks persist until the adventure resets.
Tallest in Faerûn - Binwin's damage is increased by 200% for each Dwarf, Kobold, Halfling, Gnome, or Goblin in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
Dwarven Encouragement - Binwin encourages the Champions adjacent to him to attack more frequently, reducing their base attack cooldowns by 2 seconds and increasing his own damage by 100%.

Ultimate Ability

Barrel Roll (melee) - Binwin hops onto a sturdy wooden barrel and rides toward a single enemy, dealing damage along the way. When he reaches the targeted enemy, the barrel explodes, dealing ultimate area damage and slowing all affected enemies.

Equipment

Champion DPS Buff

slot 1

Champion DPS Buff

slot 2

Extra Damage Buff

slot 3

Lingering Damage Buff

slot 4

Buffs all Specializations

slot 5

Ultimate Cooldown

slot 6

Feats

Uncommon

Tavern Brawler
Increases the damage of Binwin by 30%
Tactical Prowess
Additively increases the Crit Chance of Binwin by 5%
Extra Assistance
Increases the effect of Binwin's specializations by 20%
Small Allegiance
Increases the effect of Binwin's Lingering Damage ability by 20%

Rare

Battle Expertise
Additively increases the Crit Chance of Binwin by 10%
Cataclysmic Strike
Increases the Crit Damage of Binwin by 60%
Actor
Increases the Charisma score of Binwin by 1
Cleaver Fever
Increases the effect of Binwin's Extra Damage ability by 40%
Extra Effort
Increases the effect of Binwin's specializations by 40%
Dwarven Alliance
Increases the effect of Binwin's Lingering Damage ability by 40%

Epic

Catchphrase
Increases the effect of Binwin's Extra Damage ability by 80%
Available in the Cold Brew Binwin Theme Pack
Company of Kobolds
Increases the effect of Binwin's Lingering Damage ability by 80%

Bronzebottom Feedback

What do you think of Binwin's update?

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January 7th

Idle Champions: Wintershield 9

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Posted in Idle Champions.

Tags: idle, champions, event, new content, update, anson, binwin, wintershield.

In preparation for Wintershield, our heroes have bought an old map from a street vendor in Waterdeep. Then it started talking. I guess we'd better see where it leads.

Wintershield 9 is here with Featured Champions Anson Iro, the human fighter from The Fallbacks, and a much-needed update for Binwin Bronzebottom, whom you may recognize from Binwin's Minions!

Learn all about the first event of 2026 as you read on!

Featured Champions

Anson

Learn more about Anson in his Champion Spotlight.

Binwin

Learn more about Binwin in his Champion Spotlight when it launches this Friday, January 9th!

Flex Champions

Flex Slots allow players to unlock additional Champions and earn chests during events, choosing from a pool of retired Champions associated with the event. This collection of retired Champions includes the Champions from previous years of the event as well as some Champions whose events have been retired. This event's Flex Slot pool includes:

Artemis

seat 3

Baeloth

seat 4

Eric

seat 4

Viconia

seat 5

Gazrick

seat 7

Môrgæn

seat 9

Barrowin

seat 10

Imoen

seat 11

Rust

seat 11

Nerys

seat 12

Wyll

seat 12

Event Augments

Augment 1: Golden Weekly Offers (Returning Augment)
Description: One of your weekly offers will be Golden during this event. Golden offers provide an additional 10% discount! The Golden tag persists when an offer is rerolled.

Augment 2: Auto-Blacksmith (Returning Augment)
Description: Event Champions whose recruitment adventure or variants you complete gain common rarity equipment in all slots if they don't already have better. Every tier two or higher event variant completed automatically applies 100 Tiny Blacksmithing Contracts to the variant's Champion's equipment for free!

Augment 3: Challenge Week (Returning Augment)
Description: A Mastery Challenge will start on the third week of the event, providing opportunities to prove your formation-building skills and earn unique rewards.

Augment 4: Boon Enhancements (Returning Augment)
Description: An additional boon buff at each level increases global damage based on the number Humans, Elves, Dwarves, and Halflings in your formation, stacking additively!

Wintershield Feedback Wanted

It's our first event of 2026! What do you think?

The best way for us to hear your feedback would be for you to join our community on an officially-supported platform:

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January 2nd

New Champion: Anson

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Tags: idle champions, idle, champions, new content, update, champion spotlight, anson, the fallbacks, wintershield.

Anson has known his share of hardship in his life. Orphaned at a young age, he and his younger brother were forced to live on the streets, doing what they had to do to keep from starving. But while that experience taught his brother to fear and mistrust the world, it had the opposite effect on Anson. Beaten, battered, or bruised, the fighter refuses to stay down, and he doesn’t believe in giving up, on anyone or anything. No person is too broken, no cause too lost. It’s a philosophy that makes him fiercely loyal to his companions, but sometimes it also results in him charging in recklessly when he should stop and think.

Anson is a Support, Control, and Tanking Champion whose unshakable resolve bolsters the allies behind him. With him is Uggie, the Fallbacks’ slobbering otyugh companion who drives enemies berserk. When the battle grows dire, Anson unleashes the storm within his blade, unleashing devastating power at great personal cost.

To learn everything there is to know about the final Fallbacks Champion, read on...

Anson

name

seat

2.5%

crit chance

100%

crit damage

Male

gender

age

Neutral Good

alignment

overwhelm

Human

species

Fighter

class

Support / Tanking / Control

roles

The Fallbacks

affiliation

str

dex

con

int

wis

cha

tot

Patron Eligibility: Mirt, Vajra, Elminster (until January 7th, 2029)

Abilities

Basic Attack

Broken Blade (melee) - Anson attacks the closest enemy and deals one hit.

Passive Abilities

Uggie! - Uggie joins the party, starting next to Anson unless she's already in the formation next to another Fallbacks Champion. Uggie increases the damage of all non-adjacent Champions by 100%.

Formation Abilities

Unshakable - Anson increases the damage of all Champions in the columns behind him by 100%.
Unbreakable Uggie - Uggie's buff is increased by 400% when Anson is in the formation.
Biting Style - When Uggie is with Anson, Uggie attacks the closest enemy whenever Anson attacks. Uggie's damage deals 1 second of BUD-based damage and drives the enemy berserk. Berserk enemies move 50% faster and attack twice as often, but deal 90% less damage.
Combat Trance - Each time Anson is attacked or takes damage in an area, he gains a Meditation stack. Each Meditation stack increases the effect of Unshakable by 50%, stacking multiplicatively. Anson can have a maximum of 75 Meditation stacks, and they reset when changing areas.
Erratic Energy - When Anson uses his Storm Crash ultimate ability, Anson's sword ignites in lightning for 45 seconds. For the duration, Anson's attacks deal an additional 5 seconds of BUD-based damage, damage him for damage equal to 1% of his Maximum Health, and increase the maximum stacks of Combat Trance's Meditation by 1, up to a maximum of 25 additional maximum stacks. The increase to the maximum stacks resets when changing areas.
Got Your Back - Anson increases the health of all other Champions by 25% of his max health, and healing effects on all Champions are increased by 25%.

Specializations

Pure of Heart - Anson increases the effect of Unshakable by 100% for each Good Champion or Fallbacks Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
Found Family - Anson increases the effect of Unshakable by 125% for each unaffiliated Champion or Fallbacks Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
Never Surrender - Anson increases the effect of Unshakable by 200% for each formation slot blocked by an escort or Fallbacks Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.

Ultimate Ability

Storm Crash (magic) - Anson attacks the toughest enemy with his sword, while blasting all nearby foes with deadly lightning.

Equipment

Unshakable Buff

slot 1

Unbreakable Uggie Buff

slot 2

Combat Trance Buff

slot 3

Buffs all Specializations

slot 4

Health Increase

slot 5

Ultimate Cooldown

slot 6

Feats

Uncommon

Selflessness Increases the damage of all Champions by 10%
Tough Increases the health of Anson by 15%
Defensive Duelist Anson takes 5 more Enemies attacking to get overwhelmed
Unflappable Increases the effect of Anson's Unshakable ability by 20%

Rare

Inspiring Leader Increases the damage of all Champions by 25%
Resilient Increases the health of Anson by 30%
Calm Under Pressure Anson takes 10 more Enemies attacking to get overwhelmed
Unmovable Increases the effect of Anson's Unshakable ability by 40%
Anson Friend Increases the effect of Anson's Unbreakable Uggie ability by 40%
Battle Meditation Increases the effect of Anson's Combat Trance ability by 40%
Team Player Increases the effect of Anson's specializations by 20%
Actor Increases the Charisma score of Anson by 1 Unlockable as an Event Reward

Epic

Right Hand Increases the effect of Anson's specializations by 40% Available in the Wintershield Knight Anson Theme Pack
Scholar Increases the Intelligence score of Anson by 2 Unlockable as an Event Reward
Get Behind Me! Anson's attacks have a 50% chance to taunt enemies. When he successfully taunts an enemy, he increases his max Meditation stacks by 1 until changing areas, up to a max of 25. Unlockable as an Event Reward

Final Fallbacks Feedback

What do you think about Anson? Are you excited to bring the frontline tank of the Fallbacks into your formations? We want to know!

The best way for us to hear your feedback would be for you to join our community on an officially-supported platform:

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January 1st

Idle Champions: January Augments Preview

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Posted in Idle Champions.

Tags: idle champions, idle, champions, new content, update, champion spotlight, anson, the fallbacks, wintershield.

Welcome to the Event Augment preview for Wintershield!

Wintershield returns on Wednesday, January 7th. The fifth event of Year 9 and the first of 2026 introduces the final addition to The Fallbacks, Anson, a long awaited update to Binwin! Check out the returning augments below:

Wintershield 9 Event Augments

Augment 1: Golden Weekly Offers (Returning Augment)
Description: One of your weekly offers will be Golden during this event. Golden offers provide an additional 10% discount! The Golden tag persists when an offer is rerolled.

Augment 2: Auto-Blacksmith (Returning Augment)
Description: Event Champions whose recruitment adventure or variants you complete gain common rarity equipment in all slots if they don't already have better. Every tier two or higher event variant completed automatically applies 100 Tiny Blacksmithing Contracts to the variant's Champion's equipment for free!

Augment 3: Challenge Week (Returning Augment)
Description: A Mastery Challenge will start on the third week of the event, providing opportunities to prove your formation-building skills and earn unique rewards.

Augment 4: Boon Enhancements (Returning Augment)
Description: An additional boon buff at each level increases global damage based on the number Humans, Elves, Dwarves, and Halflings in your formation, stacking additively!

Augment Feedback

This will be our second test of the Challenge Week Augment, and we're excited to see what you think as we move into month 2 of this Augment!

Tell us about your experiences with Augments in Idle Champions. The best way for us to hear your feedback would be for you to join our community on an officially-supported platform:

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December 30th, 2025

Idle Champions: December 2025 Variants

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Posted in Idle Champions.

Tags: idle, champions, new content, update, variants, grand tour, xaryxis, fortune's wheel, vecna.

As winter descends fully upon the Sword Coast, those caught out in the wild find themselves stalked by Winter Beasts...

Today's update brings 12 Winter Beast-themed variants across the Grand Tour of the Sword Coast, Light of Xaryxis, Turn of Fortune's Wheel, and Vecna: Eve of Ruin campaigns!

A Grand Tour of the Sword Coast

The Dread Domain of Tovag

Variant: Foolish Doesn't Mean Clueless

Race across the dread domain with Champions that don't focus on Wisdom!

You can't use Champions that have WIS as their highest ability score, including ties.
A Fool joins the formation. Champions adjacent to the fool are distracted and have their base attack cooldown increased by 2 seconds.
Complete Area 525

The Castle of a Thousand Vecnas

Variant: Boring Doesn't Mean Useless

Join the troops of Kas with Champions that don't focus on Charisma!

You can't use Champions that have CHA as their highest ability score, including ties.
A Chicken joins the formation. Champions adjacent to the chicken are distracted and have their base attack cooldown increased by 2 seconds.
Complete Area 525

The Sanctum of the Sword

Variant: You Better Watch Out

Fight your way across Tovag to recover the Sword of Kas as the dreaded cold tries to stop you!

The weather is snowing in all areas.
You can only use Champions with a base attack cooldown of 5 or less seconds.
Attack cooldowns are doubled due to the cold.
1-2 Winter Wolves spawn with each wave. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
Complete Area 600

Light of Xaryxis

Rocky Reception

Variant: Snow and Steady

Search for Commodore Krux while staying warm.

The weather is snowing in all areas
You may only use Champions with a Constitution score of 15 or higher.
1-2 Hares spawn with each wave. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
Each time a Beast is defeated, all enemies for the rest of the area get a +100% boost in speed and damage, stacking additively and capping at 10.
Complete Area 650

Rock and Roll

Variant: Wyld Stallyns

Escape the rock before you need to give your history report.

You may only use Core Champions and Champions released in the first 2 years.
1-2 Skeletal Horses spawn with every wave. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
Complete Area 700

Flight of the Kindori Pod

Variant: Not Entirely Stable

Join Krux's crew, and navigate a shaky asteroid field.

You may only use Chaotic Champions.
The ground quakes every 30 seconds. The quakes cause a screenshake and debris to hit the Champions, subjecting each Champion to a DEX save. On a failure, they take damage equal to 75% of their max health and are Stunned for 15 seconds
Complete Area 750

Topolah's Tower

Variant: Parting Giff

Visit Krux's friend to collect a Wildspace navigation tool while under attack by a menagerie of monsters.
Must have completed a Variant 2: Animated Giff

Krux starts in the formation. He can be moved, but not removed.
Each wave, 1-2 additional enemies with a random monster type spawns. They drop no gold nor count towards quest progress.
Each time an enemy that is NOT any Champion's favored foe is defeated, the enemies gain an Unfavored stack. Enemy speed and damage are increased by 100% for each Unfavored stack, stacking additively. Unfavored stacks cap at 10 and are reset when changing areas.
Complete Area 800

Turn of Fortune's Wheel

The Beginning is the End

Variant: Tomb of Champions III: Zany Zephyr Zip

Return to the Tomb of Annihilation to stop Acererak from assembling a villainous super team as fast as possible!

You must complete area 450 and reset the adventure within 30 minutes of starting the objective.
Fire breath potions can't be used during the adventure, and click damage has no effect after area 5.
Complete Area 450

Soul's Mirage

Variant: Frozen Dessert in the Desert

Get lost in the frozen dessert, and encounter some interesting dreams from your past.

The weather is snowing in all areas.
You may only use Neutral Champions (on the good/evil axis).
Every 5 seconds, a scoop of ice cream hits a random Champion, stunning them for 10 seconds.
1-2 Polar Bears spawn with each wave. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
Complete Area 900

Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Isle of Serpents

Variant: Frosty Reception

Travel to Oerth and slither along with Champions that are agile enough to not get stepped on.

The weather is snowing in all areas.
You may only use Champions with a Dexterity of 15 or higher.
1-2 Frosty Giant Rats spawn with each wave. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
A Frost Giant joins the formation.
Complete Area 1000

Tomb of Wayward Souls

Variant: Specter of Death

Explore a disorienting dungeon under the specter of death.

You may not use Lawful Champions unless they are Undead.
A Specter joins the formation. Every second, the Specter drains the life of adjacent Champions equal to 10% of their maximum health. Undead Champions are immune to this damage.
Complete Area 1050

Hellbound

Variant: Infernal Inferno

Travel to Avernus in search of the final rod piece in blazing hot conditions.

You may not use Good Champions unless they are Tieflings.
A Fire Elemental joins the formation. Every second, the Fire Elemental deals damage to adjacent Champions equal to 10% of their maximum health. Tiefling Champions are immune to this damage.
Complete Area 1100

Tales of the Champions: Tier 3 Blessings

Additionally, last week we released the Tier 3 Blessings for The Red Knight as part of our Tales of the Champions 5 release - don't forget to check them out!

Local: Restless Wanderers - Increase the damage of all Human, Tabaxi, or Githyanki Champions by 100%
Local: Intelligence Test - Increases the damage of all Champions by 20% for each unique INT score in the formation
Local: The Strongest Survive Longer - Increase the maximum health of Tanking Champions by 10% for each STR point over 13, stacking multiplicatively
Global: Tales of Tales - Increase the damage of all Champions by 5% for each Tales of the Champions Blessing you have unlocked, stacking additively

Variant Feedback

What do you think about today's Winter Beast-themed variants update?

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December 23rd, 2025

Tales of the Champions, Part 5 & Emergence!

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Tags: idle champions, idle, champions, new content, update, tales.

Well met!

We are thrilled to close out 2025 with the fifth Tales of the Champions update, with two new adventures and six new challenging variants that will take you to from the Shadowfell to the Outlands!

On our next adventures, Kas the Vampire seeks purpose in unlife with a little help from his allies, while Nordom the Modron and his friends investigate a curious case about vanishing modrons...

Completing the base adventures will unlock Kas (Seat 6) and Nordom (Seat 9) while completing the new variants will unlock Feats, Corrupted Gems, Modron Component Chests, and an exclusive Skin!

Are you ready to take on the challenge? Read on to learn more!

Ashes of the Past

Kas the Destroyer has grown tired of his eternal crusade against Vecna. It's up to Astarion, Windfall, and Blooshi to help the Darklord of Tovag learn what he really wants, and how to let go.

Complete Area 150
Rewards: Kas Unlock

Variant 1: Uneclipsed

Kas seeks new purpose in unlife, with a little help from his supporting friends.

Kas joins the formation. He can be moved, but not removed.
You may not use any other Champions that have the DPS role.
One of Kas's soldiers joins the formation. Only Evil Champions next to the soldier can deal damage with their base attacks.
Getting to Know Idle Champions: Champions with the DPS role are your main damage dealers. Choose and position your Champions well to make the most out of your party's main damage dealer!
Complete Area 350
Rewards: 4 Gold Kas Chests and 250 Corrupted Gems

Variant 2: Who's the Boss?

Kas seeks new purpose in unlife, while facing some additional bosses.
Must have completed a Tier 2 variant in an Event

Kas joins the formation. He can be moved, but not removed.
Boss health, damage, and speed are increased by 100%.
A boss enemy spawns at the start of the first wave of each non-boss area. These extra bosses do not drop gold or loot bags, or count toward quest progress.
Two of Kas's soldiers join the formation. Only Evil Champions next to the soldiers can deal damage with their base attacks.
Complete Area 800
Rewards: Kas Epic Feat: Resolute (Stun Immunity) and 250 Corrupted Gems

Variant 3: No Rest for the Wicked

Kas seeks new purpose in unlife, with a little help from his restless friends.
Must have completed a Tier 3 variant in an Event

Kas joins the formation. He can be moved, but not removed.
Champions don't recover health when moving to a new area.
Champions resurrect at half health when changing areas instead of full health..
At the start of each area, Champions take damage equal to 30% of their max health.
Three of Kas's soldiers join the formation. Only Evil Champions next to the soldiers can deal damage with their base attacks.
Complete Area 1400
Rewards: Oerth Kas Skin and 250 Corrupted Gems

Case File #9717

When a roaming friend gets caught in the middle of a conspiracy of missing modrons, it's up to Nordom to crack the case. Travel to Automata in the Outlands in search of clues, explore a strange factory, and uncover the truth.

Complete Area 150
Rewards: Nordom Unlock

Variant 1: Gone Missing

Nordom and friends investigate a curious case of vanishing modrons and vanishing Champions.

Nordom joins the formation. He can be moved, but not removed.
Click damage only deals damage for the first 25 areas.
Fire breath potions can't be used during the adventure.
Once a Champion is placed in the formation they can not be swapped or removed
Every 50 areas, 20% of the Champions are removed and locked for the remainder of the adventure. Nordom is immune to this effect.
Getting to Know Idle Champions: Once you've unlocked at least two Champions in each bench slot, you can attempt to unlock a second party and run two sets of Champions at the same time! This variant gives you a little practice on how to Split the Party.
Complete Area 350
Rewards: 4 Nordom Gold Chests and 250 Corrupted Gems

Variant 2: Clockwork Clash

Nordom and friends investigate a curious case of aggressive and armored modrons. Must have completed a Tier 2 variant in an Event

Nordom joins the formation. He can be moved, but not removed.
Only one Champion of each species can be included in the formation at any time. Champions with multiple species count for all of their species.
Non-boss Construct enemies without segmented health have 4 segmented health instead of their normal health
1-2 Modrons spawn with each wave. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
Complete Area 800
Rewards: Nordom Epic Feat: Explosive Bolts (Nordom gains the Control role and his base attacks explode in a small radius, dealing 1 hit to all enemies in the area and knocking them back a short distance.) and 250 Corrupted Gems

Variant 3: All Roads Lead to R04M

Nordom, R04M, and friends investigate a curious case of vanishing modrons. Must have completed a Tier 3 variant in an Event

Nordom joins the formation. He can be moved, but not removed.
You may only use Champions with a total ability score of 82 or higher.
R04M starts in the formation. Champions next to R04M have a +2 bonus to all ability scores, but it's too late to help with the variant restriction.
Complete Area 1400

Winter Beast Emergence

As winter descends fully upon the Sword Coast, those caught out in the wild find themselves stalked by Winter Beasts... The Winter Beast Emergence brings Golden Epics for Blooshi, Lark, and Windfall, Feats for Beadle, Calliope, Halsin, Minthara, Skylla, Warduke, and Windfall, and the new Cozy Calliope Skin!

New Items Added to the Thayan Enclave!

Golden Epics - 20,000 Corrupted Gems Each
- Blooshi Slot 1 - Staff of the Reanimated (Global Damage Buff)
- Lark Slot 2 - Pendant of Brilliance (Uptempo Uggie Buff)
- Windfall Slot 1 - Queen's Blade (Global Damage Buff)
Feats - 10,000 Corrupted Gems Each
- Beadle - Prodigal Leader (Global Damage Buff)
- Calliope - Scholar (INT +2)
- Halsin - Multiversal Allies (Global Damage Buff for each species)
- Minthara - Vengeful Composure (Piercing component of Oath of Vengeance only requires 1 Soul Branding stack
- Skylla - Keen Athlete (STR +1, INT +1)
- Warduke - Blazing Blade (A Trained Killer Buff)
- Windfall - Drifter (Long Game Buff)
Skins - 10,000 Corrupted Gems Each
- Cozy Calliope
Chests
- Unlimited Winter Beast Emergence Emergence Chests - 2,500 Corrupted Gems each
  - Contains gear for Beadle, Blooshi, Calliope, Halsin, Lark, Minthara, Skylla, Warduke, Windfall

Campaign Feedback

We're now halfway through the Tales of the Champions Campaign. What do you think so far? What Champions do you hope we feature in the back half? We'd love your feedback!

Join our community on one of our official platforms and let us know what you think!

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December 17th, 2025

Introducing: Mastery Challenges

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Tags: idle champions, idle, champions, augment, event, card sleeves, mastery, challenge.

Well met, Champions!

Today, we have a brand-new Event Augment. We're really excited for this Augment to shake up the final week of our Simril Event, allowing players to put their formation strategy skills to the test and push as far as they can go to show their true Mastery!

As you set up your best possible formations in the Challenge Adventure, you can collect Mastery Gems. This new currency is used to purchase a new type of prestige cosmetic that you can collect for Event Champions: Card Sleeves!

To learn more, read on...

Welcome to Mastery Challenges

The Simril Mastery Challenge will go live at Noon PT today. It will be active until the end of the Simril Event (12/24 at Noon PT). It is accessed from the new notification at the top of the game, either in an Adventure or from the campaign map.

This Mastery Challenge uses the Simril Spoilsport Adventure, with Lark's formation. At first, only the Base Restriction ("Center of Attention") is available. However, there are four Optional Restrictions that you can eventually add to your Challenge Adventure. These Optional Restrictions increase the Adventure's difficulty and are necessary to collect Mastery Gems

Base Reward: Event Token Rewards

You'll earn 10 Event Tokens for every area completed in this Mastery Challenge, up to area 2,500. You'll only earn the Event Tokens per completed area once during this Mastery Challenge, so if you complete area 2,000 with the Base Restriction enabled and collect the Event Tokens for completing areas 1-2,000, you won't start earning additional Event Tokens in this Mastery Challenge until you complete area 2,001+ on later runs.

Unlocking Optional Restriction Slots

Your first step in the Mastery Challenge is to run the Simril Spoilsport Adventure with the Base Restriction to unlock your Optional Restriction Slots.

For every 500 areas you complete in a Mastery Challenge (with any restriction active), you'll unlock one of a total of 4 Option Restriction Slots. Those Slots allow you to toggle on Optional Restrictions for future Mastery Challenge runs. Note: When a Mastery Challenge is active in the future, Optional Restriction Slots that have already been unlocked in previous Mastery Challenges will remain unlocked.

Mastery Reward: Mastery Gems

After you complete your initial Challenge Adventure and unlock one or more Optional Restriction Slots, you can start adding those Optional Restrictions to your Challenge Adventures to collect Mastery Gems!

You can earn up to 1 Mastery Gem for each area completed, based on the number of Optional Restrictions enabled. It doesn't matter which Optional Restriction is enabled, just that you have completed an area with X or more enabled.

For example: If you complete area 1,000 with 1 Optional Restriction enabled, you'll collect 1,000 Mastery Gems when you reset that Adventure. If you complete area 1,500 with 2 Optional Restrictions enabled on a future run, you'll collect a total of 2,000 Mastery Gems (1,500 Mastery Gems for 2+ Optional Restrictions enabled, PLUS an additional 500 Mastery Gems because you've now completed up to area 1,500 with 1+ Optional Restrictions enabled as well).

Spending Your Mastery Gems: Card Sleeves!

With this Mastery Challenge, we are introducing a new prestige cosmetic that you can use to bling out the Equipment cards of Event Champions: Dragonsoul Card Sleeves!

Dragonsoul Card Sleeves are currently available for each Simril Event Champion in the Event Shop Tab, for a total of 2,000 Mastery Gems each. That means by proving your Mastery of Simril, you can purchase Card Sleeves for up to 5 of the following Champions: Dhadius, Halsin, Krull, Lark, Lucius, Nordom, Regis, Shadowheart, Talin, Warden, Warduke, and Yorven.

Once purchased, the Dragonsoul Card Sleeve is automatically equipped, but it can be toggled off or on via the Champion Page near where you equip Skins. Once equipped, Card Sleeves can be seen in the following locations:

When you open Chests and collect equipment for that Champion.

When you view the Champion's equipment on the bench, or on the Champion Page

You can collect up to 2,500 Mastery Gems for each number of Optional Restrictions enabled. Reaching 2,500 is a top-tier goal, and isn't something we expect most players to achieve - after all, this is a Mastery Challenge.

Every milestone you reach is meaningful progress. If you don't quite make it to the next milestone, any Mastery Gems you've earned will remain in your inventory and help jump-start your progress in the next Mastery Challenge. Every run makes you stronger, and every Mastery Gem earned puts you one step closer to your next Card Sleeve when this augment returns!

FAQ

What are Mastery Challenges?

Mastery Challenges are a limited-time system where you can run Challenge Adventures to earn rewards by building efficient and powerful formations. By enabling Optional Restrictions, you can also earn Mastery Gems, which can be spent on a brand new prestige cosmetic type to deck out the equipment cards of various Champions: Card Sleeves!

What can I earn from Mastery Challenges?

What are Optional Restrictions

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What are Mastery Gems?

Mastery Gems are a new type of currency only collectable through a Mastery Challenge. They can be spent on a brand new cosmetic type to deck out the equipment cards of Champions you love: Card Sleeves!

What are Card Sleeves and how do they work?

Card Sleeves are a new card border that you can collect for certain Champions during the Mastery Challenge. This new cosmetic will accent the look of the equipment cards that Champion has! You can equip or remove them from the Champion Page, near where you equip Skins. You can only purchase Card Sleeves for Champions from the current Event.

Do I have to purchase the Card Sleeves during the Mastery Challenge? Can I wait a few weeks?

Card Sleeves are available on the Event tab of the Shop, and you can purchase Card Sleeves for any current Event Champions. They are currently available for purchase only while the Mastery Challenge is active.

Do Mastery Gems go away at the end of the Mastery Challenge?

No! Just like the Optional Challenge Restriction Slots that you can unlock during this Mastery Challenge, the Mastery Gems you earn are yours. You can spend them on Card Sleeves during this Mastery Challenge, or you can hold onto them for another Mastery Challenge to get sleeves for other Champions! If you have any Mastery Gems remaining, they will remain in your inventory.

When is the next Mastery Challenge Scheduled?

At this time, the Mastery Challenge is an Event Augment. As with all Augments, we plan to review player feedback before determining when Mastery Challenges will next appear!

Mastery Challenges & Card Sleeve Feedback

We're excited to hear what the community thinks about the Mastery Challenge Augment and the new Card Sleeve cosmetic! Your feedback is important to us, and we would love to have you join our community on one of our official platforms to share your thoughts:

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December 5th, 2025

Champion Update: Nordom

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Tags: idle champions, idle, champions, new content, update, champion spotlight, nordom, the great modron march.

Modrons are the embodiment of law and order, marching in lockstep through the planes. But when Nordom Whistlklik was separated from his fellow modrons, the essence of chaos infected this rogue quadrone. Now with his crossbow-shaped gear spirits in hand, he works to fit his complex new outlook into his logical—if quirky—understanding of the planes.

Nordom the Modron has received some much-needed attention with his rework, improving his utility across formations and reinforcing his link to the Modron Core system. These changes will go live at the beginning of the second week of Simril 9 on Wednesday, December 10.

Let's talk about Nordom's rework!

Nordom

name

seat

2.5%

crit chance

100%

crit damage

Nonbinary

gender

122

age

Lawful Neutral

alignment

overwhelm

Modron

species

Fighter

class

Support

roles

None

affiliation

str

dex

con

int

wis

cha

tot

Patron Eligibility: Vajra, Strahd, Elminster (until December 10th, 2028)

Abilities

Basic Attack

Gear Spirits (ranged) - Two gear spirits have taken the form of crossbows, which Nordom fires simultaneously at the closest two enemies. If only one enemy remains, he'll instead hit it twice.

Formation Abilities

Form Orderly Ranks - Nordom increases the damage of all Champions in the one column ahead of him by 100%.
Core Programming - Nordom increases the effect of Form Orderly Ranks and potentially augments his own abilities depending on which Modron Core you have assigned to the current adventuring party. Buffs stack multiplicatively.

Core Buffs:

Modest Core: 100% for each unique species in the formation.
Strong Core: 100% for each Champion with a total ability score of 78 or higher in the formation.
Fast Core: 100% for each Speed Champion in the formation.
Magic Core: 100% for each Champion with a magic base attack in the formation, and Nordom's crossbows count as Ranged/Magic attacks.
Aerois Core: 300% for each Heroes of Aerois Champion in the formation, and Nordom gains the Heroes of Aerois affiliation.
Unaffiliated Core: 100% for each unaffiliated Champion in the formation.
Lawful Core or No Core: 100% for each Lawful Champion in the formation.

The Great Modron Puzzle - Nordom gains Pipe Puzzle stacks based on the status of the outputs in all active Modron Cores you have equipped across all parties. The effect of Form Orderly Ranks is increased by 25% for each Pipe Puzzle stack, stacking multiplicatively.

You gain Pipe Puzzle stacks for having:

Powered Outputs
Epic Powered Outputs
Supercharged Outputs

Specializations

BASIC Functionality - Nordom increases the effect of Form Orderly Ranks by 33% for each BASE adventure you have completed in the Grand Tour campaign, stacking multiplicatively.
Modron Core Toolbox - Nordom increases the amount of experience gained on the Modron Core attached to his adventuring party when completing new areas by 20%
Core Competency - Nordom gains Core Competency stacks based on the total level of all of your modron cores. The effect of Form Orderly Ranks is increased by 25% for each Core Competency stack, stacking multiplicatively.

Ultimate Ability

The Frequent Modron March (melee) - A multitude of modrons march from left to right over 15 seconds, pushing all enemies back a short distance and dealing ongoing massive damage as they pass by.

Equipment

Global DPS Buff

slot 1

Core Programming Buff

slot 2

Form Orderly Ranks Buff

slot 3

Buffs all Specializations

slot 4

The Great Modron Puzzle Buff

slot 5

Ultimate Cooldown

slot 6

Feats

Uncommon

Selflessness Increases the damage of all Champions by 10%
Single-Minded Goal Increases the effect of Nordom's Form Orderly Ranks ability by 20%.
Core Values Increases the effect of Nordom's The Great Modron Puzzle ability by 20%
Binary Input Increases the effect of Nordom's Specializations by 20%

Rare

Inspiring Leader Increases the damage of all Champions by 25%.
Prepare to March Increases the effect of Nordom's Form Orderly Ranks ability by 40%.
Processing... Increases the effect of Nordom's Core Programming ability by 40%
Pipe Expertise Increases the effect of Nordom's The Great Modron Puzzle ability by 40%
New Speech Pattern Increases the effect of Nordom's Specializations by 40%

Epic

Piercing Bolts Nordom gains the Debuff role and enemies hit by his base attacks take 400% more damage. Does not stack Unlockable as an Event Reward
Plumbing Wizardry Increases the effect of Nordom's The Great Modron Puzzle ability by 80% Available in the Cozy Nordom Vanguard Pack
Modron Sensibilities Increases the effect of Nordom's Core Programming ability by 80%
Within 5% Tolerance Increases the effect of Nordom's Specializations by 80%
Prodigal Leader Increases the damage of all Champions by 50%.
Greater Order Increases the effect of Nordom's Form Orderly Ranks ability by 80%.

Nordom the Modron Feedback

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