Version 22.17 Release Notes – Puzzle Breakers

Game Update 22.17 is here and, boy, it brings something very exciting!

Pets can now learn Tricks! A new upgrade tree is available, providing your pets with unique battle bonuses
Gelvan's Special Skill has been improved, and a special talisman is now available for this Hero
A huge Black Friday sale is starting on November 23. Don't miss out on this perfect opportunity to get resources for pet upgrades, shards of powerful Heroes, equipment, and much more!

Now, on to the new game mechanics!

A new constellation appeared above the Mysterious Archipelago today, awakening dormant skills in all Heroes' pets!

RESOURCES REQUIRED TO LEARN TRICKS

The following resources are required to learn Tricks: Star Shards and three types of Cosmic Cards (Vigor, Fury, and Wisdom). You can obtain these resources during the Black Friday sale, and later they will become available in various game modes, events, and special offers.

HOW TO LEARN A TRICK

Just like pets themselves, Tricks can be classified as Attack or Defense types, and they will activate in the Attacking or Defending Team, respectively.

To begin learning Tricks, open the main window for any pet and tap this icon:

An upgrade tree will appear. You will need to learn some intermediate skills before reaching the available Tricks.
Star Shards are the main resource used for learning:

Intermediate skills increase a pet's Attack, Defense and Health.

After all necessary intermediate skills are learned, Tricks and their Aspects finally become available.
Cosmic Cards are the main resource used for learning:

Tricks

Right now, there are three Attack Tricks and three Defense Tricks available, each with various Aspects.
- Tricks activate passively at the start of the pet owner's turn
- Each Trick has an activation chance
- Activation chance increases with Trick and Aspect upgrades
- If a pet knows multiple Tricks, the one that activates at the start of the pet owner's turn is chosen randomly

Aspects

Every Trick has four types of Aspects, each boosting the Trick in a specific way.

NOTE!
Aspects can be changed at any time to fine-tune your Hero team's capabilities and battle potential.
Changing Aspects is free.

At the following learning stage, you can choose a fourth Aspect for one of the Tricks.
This balanced Aspect allows you to boost one of the already learned Tricks, focusing on your favorite Trick to make it even more powerful.

NOTE!
Learning every Trick and Aspect is no small feat, but if you reach this point, be patient — more upgrades will become available in future updates!

ATTACK TRICKS

Trick I Magic Arrow	Deals damage to a random opponent.
Aspect I	There is a chance to launch an extra arrow.
Aspect II	Arrow applies an effect that absorbs incoming healing for several rounds This effect cannot be removed
Aspect III	Arrow deals damage to all enemies in a 3x3 area
Aspect IV	Arrow has a chance to stun the enemy
Trick II Enchanted Rune	Enchants 1 rune of the pet owner's element When matched, this rune deals additional pure damage
Aspect I	There is a chance to enchant one additional rune
Aspect II	Enchanted Rune grants additional mana
Aspect III	Enchanted Rune doesn't grant mana to the enemy and burns some mana from them
Aspect IV	Enchanted Rune is matched automatically after appearing This match does not end the current round
Trick III Missile Launcher	Turns 1 random rune into a missile When activated, launches all runes in a single line or column depending on the missile direction
Aspect I	There is a chance to spawn a double missile that launches all runes in both directions, line and column
Aspect II	All runes launched by the missile deal additional damage
Aspect III	There is a chance that activating the missile will launch additional projectiles towards random obstacles on the battlefield
Aspect IV	Doubles the number of runes launched by a missile These extra runes deal damage to enemies and obstacles, but do not provide any mana

DEFENSE TRICKS

Trick I Healing Ray	Restores Health to the pet owner.
Aspect I	Healing Ray removes all negative effects and provides a chance to dodge enemy Special Skills for several rounds
Aspect II	Healing Ray restores additional Health for several rounds
Aspect III	There is a chance that the Healing Ray will apply an invulnerability effect to the pet owner for several rounds
Aspect IV	There is a chance that the Healing Ray will activate for all allies standing in the same line with the pet owner
Trick II Unearthly Rage	Infuses a tile on the battlefield with rage. Heroes standing in this tile receive an attack bonus Unearthly Rage lasts for several rounds
Aspect I	Heroes standing in the rage-infused tile receive additional damage to standard attacks
Aspect II	Special Skills used by Heroes standing in the rage-infused tile ignore a portion of the enemies' defense
Aspect III	There is a chance to create additional rage-infused tiles
Aspect IV	Decreases Heroes' turn count: they begin to move and attack more frequently
Trick III Absorbing Crystal	Summons an Absorbing Crystal on the battlefield Absorbing Crystal can be damaged only by runes Runes that hit the crystal do not grant any mana
Aspect I	Every round Absorbing Crystal is repaired for certain amount of Health
Aspect II	Every round, Absorbing Crystal deals damage to a random enemy and blocks this enemy from gaining mana for several rounds
Aspect III	Every time an Absorbing Crystal is damaged, it restores some Health to allied Heroes in a 3x3 area around itself
Aspect IV	Absorbing Crystal has more Health

Wound applied by Gelvan's Special Skill can now also be applied in the Defending Team
A unique talisman is now available:

Pendant of Suffering

There is a chance that the applied Wound effect will deal 5 times more damage

Talismans are now shown in the Equipment tab
Fixed a bug that was sometimes causing the special passive skills upgrade window to show negative values of the player's resources
Fixed a visual bug that caused duplicating of Hero icons in the catalogue after applying filters

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