It's the day before Shieldmeet and the Open Lord of Waterdeep has gone missing. Nobody has seen Laeral Silverhand in days, and it is imperative that she be found before the meeting with the Masked Lords begins.

At the behest of the Blackstaff, the Champions are sent to discover what happened...

Midsummer 6 introduces Vin Ursa, a Plasmoid Fighter/Rogue Bounty Hunter - and CNE Original! It also brings back Valentine, the Reborn Half-Elf Sorcerer from The Black Dice Society, and Ellywick Tumblestrum, the Gnome Planeswalker and Greatest Bard in the Multiverse. Players have until Monday, August 7th at 12PM PDT to complete their event unlocks and objectives.

New Champion: Vin Ursa

Vin Ursa is one of the deadliest bounty hunters in Wildspace. Raised by a community of Autognome thieves and trained by a former Xaryxian assassin, Vin is an expert at completing dangerous jobs. To keep her skills honed, she spends much of her off time in the Arena of Blood. If there's one thing you should hope for in Wildspace, it's to avoid ending up on the wrong side of her L.A.S.E.R. sight.

Vin Ursa is a Support and Gold Find Champion who builds up a ledger of Favored Foes as you progress through an adventure. She supports the formation in capturing her Favored Foes and makes sure the extra reward is worth it. Once unlocked, her skills can be hired into slot 7 opposite Minsc.

For more information on Vin Ursa and all of her mental powers, check out her Champion Spotlight!

Year Six Variants

• A New Hope - Search for the absent Open Lord of Waterdeep with Vin Ursa!
  
  • Vin Ursa starts in the formation (Slot 4). She can be moved, but not removed.
• Only Champions in the front two columns can deal damage.
• Complete Area 75.

• The Menagerie - Search for the absent Open Lord of Waterdeep against foes of every type.
  
  • Vin Ursa starts in the formation (Slot 5) with her Bounty Hunter and ultimate abilities unlocked. She can be moved, but not removed.
• Each wave, an extra monster with a random monster type spawns. It drops no gold nor does it count towards quest progress.
• Every 10 areas, all monster health is increased by an additional 100%, stacking multiplicatively.
• Complete Area 125.

• Journey's End - Search for the absent Open Lord of Waterdeep with the Good, the Bad, or the Neutral.
  
  • Vin Ursa starts in the formation (Slot 5). She can be moved, but not removed.
• Only Champions from the most represented alignment(s) on the good/evil axis can deal damage.
• Complete Area 175.

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See in-game for more information!

It's the day before Shieldmeet and the Open Lord of Waterdeep has gone missing. Nobody has seen Laeral Silverhand in days, and it is imperative that she be found before the meeting with the Masked Lords begins.

At the behest of the Blackstaff, the Champions are sent to discover what happened...

Midsummer 5 introduces Valentine, the Reborn Half-Elf Sorcerer from The Black Dice Society, and brings back Ellywick Tumblestrum, the Gnome Planeswalker and Greatest Bard in the Multiverse, and Beadle & Grimm, the purveyors of the Pandemonium Warehouse and owners of the Giant's Bane Tavern. Players have until Monday, August 1st at 12PM PDT to complete their event unlocks and objectives.

I. New Champion: Valentine

Valentine was once a social butterfly, nightlife connoisseur, and princess of a shady family business until her life ended in sudden tragedy. Through the mysterious will of Bluetspur, Valentine was given a second chance at life, though no miracle comes without consequence. Now she wanders the domains of dread with her companion Tatyana, in search of purpose and power.

Valentine is a Support and Gold Find Champion who takes hold of any incoming positional formation abilities, and uses her telepathic powers to broadcast and boost them, making those abilities more deadly! When you want to add her to your formation, you can swap her with Calliope in slot 5.

For more information on Valentine and all of her mental powers, check out her Champion Spotlight!

Year Five Variants

• Tregrum's Day Out - Search for the absent Open Lord of Waterdeep with Tregrum, a perfectly normal black cat. Champions might be a bit distracted by this absolutely normal cat.
  • Complete Area 75.

• Stunning Teamwork - Valentine joins the search for the missing Open Lord of Waterdeep, helping keep monsters stunned so the Champions can push forward!
  
  • Monsters take 99% less damage when they are not stunned, but stun effects last twice as long.
  • Complete Area 125.

• Positional Play Valentine insists on being the center of attention while the search for the absent Open of Lord Waterdeep continues!
  
  • Non-positional formation abilities, other than Valentine's abilities, are disabled.
  • Complete Area 175.

See in-game for more information!

It's the day before Shieldmeet and the Open Lord of Waterdeep has gone missing. Nobody has seen Laeral Silverhand in days and it is imperative that she be found before the meeting with the Masked Lords begins.

At the behest of the Blackstaff, the Champions are sent to discover what happened...

Midsummer 4 introduces Ellywick Tumblestrum, Gnome Bard, legendary Planeswalker, and the Greatest Bard in the Multiverse, and brings back, Beadle & Grimm, the purveyors of the Pandemonium Warehouse and owners of the Giant's Bane Tavern, and the speedy hero of Baldur's Gate, Shandie Freefoot. Players have until Monday, August 2nd at 12PM PDT to complete their event unlocks and objectives.

For more information about Year 4 Events and how they work, please check out our Year 4 Events Dev Blog.

I. New Champion: Ellywick Tumblestrum

Thanks to a lucky draw from the notorious Deck of Many Things, Ellywick Tumblestrum is now the Greatest Bard in the Multiverse! Her magnificent music has dazzled beings across many planes, including royalty from the Feywild. The Summer Queen and the Queen of Air and Darkness were so moved by her performance that they gifted the bard her exquisite instrument, the beautiful lute Morningmist. She tells tales of her amazing adventures at the Witchlight Carnival, aided by her frog companion Groak.

Ellywick is a Support, Gold Find, and Healing Champion who uses the Deck of Many Things to augment her abilities. When you want to add her to your formation you can swap her with Tyril (Slot 10).

II. Ellywick's Stats

Race: Gnome	Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Class: Bard	Gender: Female
Age: 125

STR: 12	DEX: 17	CON: 14
INT: 13	WIS: 12	CHA: 20

Role: Support, Gold Find, Healing
Eligible for Patrons: Vajra, Strahd, Zariel
Slot: 10 (Tyril)

III. Ellywick's Design

Ellywick Tumblestrum is not only a featured Planeswalker in the latest Magic: The Gathering release: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, she is also a character you may encounter in the upcoming D&D TRPG Adventure: The Wild Beyond The Witchlight. We are so excited to continue the fun that Magic started with Ellywick's debut, and get everyone up to speed on her before you run into her on your next D&D campaign!

When we started to design Ellywick, we had the benefit of learning her backstory from The Wild Beyond Witchlight, but also what her Planeswalker Card would bring to the table. It allowed us to take inspiration from both brands' representations of Ellywick to create our own!

Ellywick is a Support, Gold Find, and Healing Champion who you'll find in Slot 10 (Tyril). Ellywick Tumblestrum is a Gnome Bard, legendary Planeswalker, and the Greatest Bard in the Multiverse. She won that title of 'Greatest Bard in the Multiverse' from a lucky pull from the Deck of Many Things, and her interaction with that iconic Dungeons & Dragons magic item is integral to her Idle Champions design.

Her Specializations allow you to increase the power of one of her abilities and increase the chance of drawing more beneficial cards, while her Ultimate Call Of The Feywild takes direct inspiration from her Planeswalker card, bringing 6 fey creatures forth to heal her allies and harm her enemies.

For more information on Ellywick and her abilities, check out her Champion Spotlight!

Year Four Variants

• Pixie Trickery - One slot is taken up in the formation by a Pixie riding an intellect devourer, who is along to watch Ellywick do her thing.Each time a boss arrives on screen, all Champions are stunned for 5 seconds. If Ellywick is in the formation, the stun does not take effect.
  Reach Area 75.


• Fey Harmonies — Ellywick starts in your formation. She can be moved. Every area, two Satyrs arrive to harmonize. While any Satyrs are on screen, all enemies can only be damaged by bards. Only Champions with CHA 14 or higher can be used.
  Reach Area 125.


• Draconic Dissonance — Every area five chromatic Dragon Wyrmlings spawn with the second wave. Each type of Dragon buffs the Dragons on screen in a unique way:
  • White - When a Dragon attacks, it heals 20% of its health.
  • Blue - Increase the normal attack cooldown of Champions by .5 seconds.
  • Black - When a non-boss Dragon dies, there's a 25% chance that it immediately respawns.
  • Red - Dragons move 100% faster.
  • Green - Dragons deal 100% additional damage.

If Ellywick is in the formation, one fewer Wyrmling spawns in each area.
Reach Area 175.

See the in-game FAQ for more information!

We are proud to partner with Take This, Parker Games, & Beadle & Grimms to offer these Psychomancer Beadle & Grimm skins, available by donating to the Boxed-In: The Enclosure Experience!"

Content Creator, Gamer, Influencer and Disney XD star Parker Coppins a.k.a. ParkerGames, has set the goal to raise $1,000,000 and vital awareness in an effort to highlight COVID’s impact on mental health.

“By raising awareness of mental health, depression and isolation – how it affects many in the gaming community, my goal will be to reinforce to those who are currently dealing with these issues, that they are not alone” said ParkerGames. “Covid has taken a toll on everyone’s mental health. I felt it was necessary to not only raise much need funds for a great cause, but in my own way help reduce the stigma about seeking support.

From April 19, 2021 to April 29, 2021, Parker will be completely isolated (under professional supervision) inside a 12’ x 9’ plexi-box located in his studio in Harlingen, TX. Each day Parker will provide his fans and over 1M followers updates by live-streaming his experiences, playing video games and encouraging those who can to donate funds to help him reach his goal. Proceeds will benefit Take This a 501(c)(3) non-profit mental health organization providing comprehensive resources and support that is tailored for the unique needs of gamers and the game development community.

• Players and supporters can donate $10+ receive a code to unlock the exclusive Beadle & Grimms Champion and Limited Edition Psychomancer skin (limit one code per unique qualifying donor).
  
• Codes will be sent to donors via email after April 28th at the conclusion of Boxed-In: The Enclosure Experience.


• Parker will also be playing in a D&D game segment featuring Matthew Lillard from Beadle & Grimms, and Dr B from Take This as the Dungeon Master. The game starts on Monday, April 19 at 4:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM CT and ends around 7:30 PM PT / 9:30 PM CT.


• Please be sure to add support@parkerboxedin.com to your contacts, address book, and safe senders list to help prevent your message from ending up in spam.


• Parker will be playing Idle Champions every morning from 6:30 AM PT / 8:30 AM CT to start his day throughout the 10-days.

The entire event will be multi-cast across Parker's YouTube and Twitch channels.

Today's update includes eight new Tier 5 Objectives in the Grimm's Idle Tales campaign! Power up and tell yourself a tale as old as time...

Grimm's Idle Tales Tier 5 Objective Updates

Not in Kansas Anymore

• Most changes from Tier 4 remain in effect.
  • New for Tier 5:
  • All boss areas now have 4 waves of monsters before the boss, and the Bossing Around talent is disabled.
  • All bosses are replaced by the Silver Slipper boss monster.
  • All companions start in the formation in area 1 and rearrange every 50 areas.
  • Areas get harder much more quickly.
  • Note: This will require having cleared the objective To Infinity and Beyond on Ghostbeard's Greed to complete.
• Beat area 525.
• Awards 625 rubies.

What Big Teeth You Have

• Most changes from Tier 4 remain in effect.
  • New for Tier 5:
  • All Crusaders except those with the Magical tag can be used.
  • Gold find is disabled for longer after a wolf is killed.
  • Areas get harder much more quickly.
  • Note: This will require having cleared the objective To Infinity and Beyond on Ghostbeard's Greed to complete.
• Beat area 525.
• Awards 625 rubies.

Sleeping Beauty

• Most changes from Tier 4 remain in effect.
  • New for Tier 5:
  • Starting at area 26, 12 of the first 36 bench seats are put to sleep.
  • Sleeping bench seats now change every 50 areas.
  • Monsters move quicker towards the formation.
  • Areas get harder much more quickly.
  • Note: This will require having cleared the objective To Infinity and Beyond on Ghostbeard's Greed to complete.
• Beat area 525.
• Awards 625 rubies.

Down the Rabbit Hole

• Most changes from Tier 4 remain in effect.
  • New for Tier 5:
  • The White Rabbit and Mad Hatter now change spots every 50 areas.
  • The Mad Hatter supports the Queen of Shades and will disable the upgrades of adjacent Crusaders for every 15 Card monsters killed.
  • Areas get harder much more quickly.
  • Note: This will require having cleared the objective To Infinity and Beyond on Ghostbeard's Greed to complete.
• Beat area 575.
• Awards 675 rubies.

Let It Go

• Most changes from Tier 4 remain in effect.
  • New for Tier 5:
  • The Snow Queen's heart is even colder now.
  • Areas get harder much more quickly.
  • Note: This will require having cleared the objective To Infinity and Beyond on Ghostbeard's Greed to complete.
• Beat area 575.
• Awards 675 rubies.

I Like Potatoes

• All changes from Tier 4 remain in effect.
  • New for Tier 5:
  • All Crusaders except those with a Dragon tag can be used.
• Reach Area 575.
• Awards 625 rubies.

The Lion King

• All changes from Tier 4 remain in effect.
  • New for Tier 5:
  • Only Crusaders affected by Artaxes Roar! can do DPS.
  • Areas get harder much more quickly.
  • Note: This will require having cleared the objective To Infinity and Beyond on Ghostbeard's Greed to complete.
• Beat area 575.
• Awards 675 rubies.

Holiday Hoopla

• Most changes from Tier 4 remain in effect.
  • New for Tier 5:
  • The Grinch now moves every 50 areas
  • In addition to Bush Whacker and Nate Dragon, only Tier 2 and Tier 3 event Crusaders can be used.
  • Areas get harder much more quickly.
  • Note: This will require having cleared the objective To Infinity and Beyond on Ghostbeard's Greed to complete.
• Beat area 575.
• Awards 675 rubies.

Enjoy these new challenges!

It's time for the latest Champion Spotlight or should we say Spotlights? It's two-in-one with Beadle & Grimm making their debut in Midsummer 3!

Read on to find out how this dynamic duo swaps in and out to tag team crush their enemies...

I. Beadle & Grimm

Beadle and Grimm have been best friends & adventuring partners their entire lives. Together, they have faced the most dangerous foes their realm had to offer and built a respite alongside the frozen north's harsh realities: The Giant's Bane Tavern.

Beadle & Grimm are Support and DPS Champions able to swap places in the formation on demand. The longer that one is in the formation, the more powerful the other becomes when swapped in. When you want to add Beadle & Grimm to your formation, you can swap them with Delina (Slot 8).

II. Beadle & Grimm's Stats

Beadle

Race: Dwarf	Alignment: True Neutral
Class: Rogue/Wizard	Gender: Male
Age: 91	Affiliation: none

STR: 13	DEX: 17	CON: 12
INT: 16	WIS: 10	CHA: 8

Role: Support, Gold

Grimm

Race: Human	Alignment: Chaotic Good
Class: Barbarian	Gender: Male
Age: 26	Affiliation: none

STR: 18	DEX: 12	CON: 16
INT: 12	WIS: 9	CHA: 14

Role: DPS, Support

Eligible for Patrons: Mirt the Moneylender, Vajra Safahr, Strahd von Zarovich. Read on to understand how!

III. Beadle & Grimm's Design

We were elated to collaborate with Matthew Lillard and Bill Rehor on bringing Beadle and Grimm to Idle Champions. We've interacted with the crew from Beadle & Grimm's at multiple D&D events, and we fell in love with the story that their company was named after their home group's D&D Characters!

When we reached out to them to discuss their characters a bit more, we learned about many of their past exploits, including the tavern they created together: The Giant's Bane Tavern. At some point during the discussion, we decided to challenge ourselves with the design of this pair: what would it mean to have a tag-team set of Champions in one Champion slot?

We started with the idea that their shared Ultimate Attack, Tag Team, would swap Beadle for Grimm and vice versa. That ability (and its name), gave us a north star to look to during design. In every aspect of their character (where possible), they are working together.

Beadle & Grimm have all the advantages of two sets of stats and alignments, but none of the disadvantages, which is why their Inseparable ability allows both of them to be eligible for an adventure, variant, or Patron even if only one of them qualifies!

We are very excited to see what opportunities this opens up for players...

IV. Beadle & Grimm's Abilities

Basic Attack

Their normal attack changes based on who is currently in play.

• Magic Wand (Beadle) — Beadle bonks a random enemy with a wand (dealing half damage). This unleashes two magic missiles that fly out and hit two other random enemies for full damage.

• Giant's Bane (Grimm) — Grimm cleaves through the nearest enemies with his two enormous greatswords.

Formation Abilities

• Get Buff — Beadle and Grimm increase the damage of themselves or the Champions around them.
  • Beadle Increase the damage of Champions within 2 slots of himself by 100%.
  • Grimm Increase the damage of Grimm by 100% for each Barbarian in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.

• Special Order — Beadle and Grimm provide a utility to help the party.
  • Beadle Whenever Beadle damages an enemy that is not at full health, that enemy will drop 25% more gold when it is killed. Does not stack.
  • Grimm Enemies damaged by Grimm take 25% more damage until they are killed (except from ultimates). Can stack additively up to 10 times on a single enemy.

• Long Rest — While Beadle is active, Grimm's buff increases by 1 stack every 10 seconds. While Grimm is active, Beadle's buff increases by 1 stack every 10 seconds. When a Champion swaps out using their Tag Team ultimate, their stacks are reset, and while they're in-play their stacks reduce by 1 every 10 seconds. Stacks are additive.
  • Beadle — Increase the effect of Beadle's Get Buff by 10% per stack.
  • Grimm — Increase the effect of Grimm's Special Order by 10% per stack.

• Inseparable — Beadle and Grimm are so inseparable that if either one qualifies for an adventure restriction based on their tags, ages, ability scores, then both can be used.

Beadle's Specializations

• As Quick As Me — Increase the effect of Beadle's Get Buff by 100% for each Champion with a DEX score of 17 or higher, stacking multiplicatively and then applying to Get Buff multiplicatively

• As Clever As Me — Increase the effect of Beadle's Get Buff by 100% for each Champion with an INT score of 16 or higher, stacking multiplicatively and then applying to Get Buff multiplicatively.

Grimm's Specializations

• Chip Away — Increases the effect of Grimm's Special Order by 100% (up to 50% per stack)

• Strongman Contest — Grimm's Get Buff now also adds a stack for any Champion with a STR score of 18 or higher.

Ultimate Ability

• Tag Team — Their ultimate attack changes based on who is currently in-play.
  • Beadle — Grimm leaps into the fray, smashing a random enemy and all nearby enemies before leaping back into the formation while Beadle teleports into the shadows to recover.
  • Grimm — Beadle teleports into the center of the battle and explodes with arcane magic, damaging and stunning all enemies. He then slips quietly back into the formation as Beadle leaps away for a brief rest.

V. Beadle & Grimm's Equipment

Slot 1: Self DPS buff	Slot 2: Global DPS buff	Slot 3: Get Buff buff
Slot 4: Special Order buff	Slot 5: Long Rest buff	Slot 6: Ultimate Damage buff

VI. Conclusion

What do you think about Beadle & Grimm? 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!

Challenging new Grimm's Idle Tales objectives have appeared! Will they become part of your story? Use these buffs to help out!



The following Crusaders will get a buff this weekend starting from today until Noon PST on Monday, January 8th.

• Jim the Lumberjack - Sharpen Party ability +200%
• Kyle the Party Bro - Mosh Pit ability +200%
• Natalie Dragon - All Gold Found +200%
• Pete the Carney - Bad Joke ability +200%
• Xander, the Xmas Dragon - Friendly Fire ability +200%

Check out these limited-time Grimm Chests that contain equipment for just the five Crusaders above!

(Only for previously-unlocked Crusaders)

Today's update includes eight new ultra-challenging tier 4 objectives in the Grimm's Idle Tales campaign!

These new objectives add additional potholes to the already-treacherous tier 3 objectives, forcing you to go even further as well! To help you out with the dastardly adventures is this weekend's promo, A Grimm Adventure, which buffs five Crusaders and has a unique chest available. Good luck!

Grimm's Idle Tales Tier 4 Objectives

Not in Kansas Anymore

• A wicked witch attacks the formation at random with different abilities.
• Reach area 800

What Big Teeth You Have

• Whenever a wolf is spawned, your gold find is reduced to 0 (and for a few seconds afterwards).
• Reach area 850

Sleeping Beauty

• A hunky prince attacks your formation, automatically killing any Crusader he reaches with his death kiss.
• Reach area 850

Down the Rabbit Hole

• The Card Minions are even more dastardly.
• Reach area 900

Let It Go

• The freezing cold slowly kills your formation over time.
• Reach area 900

I Like Potatoes

• Idols don't award bonus DPS or Gold Find, and Talents have no effect – only equipment remains.
• Reach area 300

The Lion King

• Several lion tamers spawn attempting to tame Artaxes, but he cannot be tamed.
• Reach area 950

Holiday Hoopla

• Jealous original Crusaders attack your formation with various annoying abilities.
• Reach area 950