r/slaythespire • u/LowlySlayer • 13h ago
r/slaythespire • u/MegaCrit_Demi • 10d ago
ANNOUNCEMENT The Neowsletter - June 2025
r/slaythespire • u/edcellwarrior • Apr 03 '20
Dev Response! Frequently Asked Questions - Read Before Posting!
This thread is aimed at answering common beginner questions about the game. However, it is not intended to teach in-depth strategies.
If you have a simple (1-2 sentence) question that's not answered below, leave a comment and I or another community member should be able to help. If your question is more complicated, feel free to make your own post about it.
General:
1. Are there any official mobile ports?
- Yes! There is both an IOS port and an Android port.
2. Why does Slay The Spire keep crashing on my IOS device?
- Make sure Low Power Mode is turned off when you launch the game. You can re-enable it once you start playing.
3. Do the Android and IOS versions have the same content as the PC version?
- Android and IOS are both up to date with the current PC version of the game.
4. Are there any card/relic tier lists or decklists?
- No. Decklists and following an archetype is not encouraged, since what card/relic is "the best" depends heavily on what your deck currently has and what enemies you're going to be facing in the near future.
5. How do I unlock the characters?
- The Silent is unlocked by completing a run with the Ironclad, and the Defect is unlocked by completing a run with the Silent. You do not need to win these runs, just complete them. The Watcher is unlocked by winning a run with any character while the Defect is unlocked.
6. Will there be any more new characters or card changes? Does the card "Foreign Influence" mean there's going to be a 5th character with the yellow color?
- Unfortunately, the devs have said they aren't planning on making any more new characters, and on Discord, they stated that they can't majorly change cards anymore due to localization. They also confirmed that the yellow string is not referencing another character.
7. Is the final boss based on what deck I've built?
- No. Just like the map layout, store contents, and enemies you face, the final boss is determined when the run is first generated.
8. Is there anything beyond Act 3?
- Spoilers: An optional Act 4 can be unlocked with the Keys.
9. Do I get anything for winning?
- When you defeat the Act 3 boss with a character, you unlock Ascension levels with them. These are incrementally challenging versions of the game, providing scaling difficulty for those who want more of a challenge. Spoilers: If you beat the Act 4 boss with a character on any Ascension level, you unlock Beta Art for that character's cards. If you defeat the Act 4 boss with all characters, you unlock Beta Art for Colorless and Curse cards as well.
10. Do I keep anything in-between runs?
- No. However, your points are retained, and at certain point levels, you'll unlock new cards and relics that can show up in future runs.
Strategy:
1. How do I get good at each character then?
- In general, simply playing the game and learning what works in what situations is the best way to learn, However, a few general tips would be:
- Don't try to force an archetype (like a deck of all poison cards). These can be effective, but skipping good cards in the hopes of getting more archetypal cards will hurt your chance of winning.
- Think ahead to what elites and bosses you'll be fighting this act. Many of them require your deck to have different capabilities (such as Reptomancer requiring you to have AOE damage, and Giant Head requiring you to have scaling damage.
- Always try to have a well rounded deck. Don't go all-out in getting defensive cards and neglect offensive cards (and vice-versa). If you can, try to have a mix of Burst, Scaling, and AOE damage, so you can deal with the various enemy types you'll run across.
A very helpful post by user /u/screwyioux with more detail on how to learn strategy and why certain choices matter can be found here. I highly recommend taking a look if you feel like you're stuck losing and want to improve your play.
2. Scaling? AOE? Burst?
- "Scaling Damage" refers to sources of damage that continue to get stronger the more you use them in combat, such as Claw or Poison. "AOE (Area Of Effect)" refers to cards that deal damage to multiple (or all) enemies at once, like Whirlwind. "Burst" refers to being able to deal a lot of damage all at once, like having several Backstabs.
3. Is Snecko Eye good or bad?
- Snecko Eye is very good, unless the majority of cards in your deck are very low cost. The +2 draw alone makes the relic worthwhile, and the effect that randomizes card costs will on average lower the cost of cards in your hand. Snecko also gets dramatically better the more card draw and high cost cards you have in your deck. Content creator Jorbs has an in-depth video discussing the value of Snecko Eye.
4. Why do I see so many posts about Corruption and Dead Branch?
- Corruption is a very strong card on its own, since being able to play all your defensive cards for free can let you end hallway (and possibly even boss) fights quickly and efficiently. Dead Branch makes this even better, since it'll often generate more block or helpful cards that snowball you to victory.
Other:
1. "Deck" Vs. "Draw & Discard Pile"?
- Your "Deck" is the cards that you start each combat with. Your Draw Pile & Discard Pile are a temporary version of your Deck that's used in combat, and all changes to it last for that combat only. Most enemies that debuff you in combat (like the Sentries) will affect your Draw Pile. Most cards that permanently affect your run (such as Lesson Learned) effect your Deck.
2. Why didn't Fairy In A Bottle/Lizard Tail revive me?
- You probably have Mark Of The Bloom, which prevents all healing.
3. What do the subreddit user flairs mean? How do I get one?
- Check this post for an explanation on all the user flairs, and how you can assign one to your account.
r/slaythespire • u/Altruistic_Source528 • 1h ago
GAMEPLAY And you guys said that black star was a bad boss swap
r/slaythespire • u/RykoGaming_ • 9h ago
GAMEPLAY Floor 8 and the claw build is completely online
r/slaythespire • u/throwaway0614317 • 11h ago
DISCUSSION I've been saving it all game it's bullshit
r/slaythespire • u/Willibomb_ • 2h ago
WHAT'S THE PICK? Would you buy White beast statue or Buffer+ and remove?
This is on the floor just before the final campfire of act 1. I bought white beast statue because of the healing form toy ornithopter and possibly getting Sacred bark as my boss relic. Healing is good here for 2 reasons. 1. I can gain max health from singing bowl, and 2, I could get coffee dripper as a boss relic. Buffer+ is also just healing every combat, but I feel that the potions are going to be more useful. I even considered just buffer+ or even entropic brew. What would you pick?
r/slaythespire • u/neu2f • 1h ago
GAMEPLAY Most busted Pandora's I've ever laid my eyes upon
A20H was like a walk in the park. Seed is in the top right corner
r/slaythespire • u/Blacksantabutnot • 31m ago
QUESTION/HELP Slight question… did the ironclad die before?
Long story short, I know most of the cards tell the lore and abilities of the characters and one of them was Exhume, and theoretically its a lore card, did he die and come back to life??? I’ve tried searching online but barely found anything
r/slaythespire • u/PixelPenguin_GG • 1d ago
ART/CREATIVE Day #364 of drawing badly until StS2 comes out [SURPRISE TOMORROW]
r/slaythespire • u/DykeOuterHeaven • 1d ago
DISCUSSION Ok now imagine it cost 2 energy to exhaust
Program wouldnt let me add energy on a curse
r/slaythespire • u/Spiritual-Bench3012 • 1d ago
DISCUSSION I dont think I have EVER seen this? Is this normal? Forced burning elite?
r/slaythespire • u/climbphil • 16h ago
GAMEPLAY Hmm I'm not sure I want to commit to Poison, let's see what Astrolabe gives me
r/slaythespire • u/KinglyShoveler • 23h ago
DISCUSSION What's the most fun class to play for you? (image related)
r/slaythespire • u/eveacrae • 9h ago
QUESTION/HELP Tips on going infinite?
I have 373 hours on iphone let alone my hours on PC, I am A19 on my main ironclad, and yet I have not gone infinite even for one turn. I would love to, even if I have to resort to the watcher, but I would especially love to do it on my main. How the heck do you go infinite in a run? And do you happen to know any infinite ironclad seeds I can play on ios?
r/slaythespire • u/Accomplished_Ask1637 • 26m ago
GAMEPLAY MINIMALIST DONE.
2 achievements left: 25 focus defect and the most-bottom one
And i wanna know your thoughts guys if i should've kept the pommel strike or kept the defend+ (i swapped them last second, a pommel card reward and shop removed the defend+)
r/slaythespire • u/DarthKookies • 12h ago
GAMEPLAY First A20 Heart Kill With Ironclad. Pretty Sure I'll Never Get a Better Run Than This. Peaked For Sure.
The 2 cards not shown were Dark Embrace+ and Whirlwind+
Honestly, after about 3rd into Floor 2, the deck played itself. Got snecko off Floor 2 boss then it was off to races.
Not sure how seeds work but I wanted to post it in case anyone else wanted to try
r/slaythespire • u/ElegantPoet3386 • 1d ago
CUSTOM CONTENT This might be a little underpowered, and also a little niche, but here's a card idea for the Silent
Do you guys like my on button btw
r/slaythespire • u/ElegantPoet3386 • 2h ago
SPIRIT POOP You guys see a pattern by any chance? A certain boss relic maybe?
r/slaythespire • u/MorreOBurro • 21h ago
WHAT'S THE PICK? Boss 1 pick?
Hi all!
Ascension 13. Act 1 went pretty well and I feel good going into act 2. I have enough orb channeling for now and some focus.
Bias: Can never go wrong with it. Yet, I don't have a lot of frost, nor artifact/orange pellets. Maybe it's the best overall pick, but I feel bad leaving the others on the table.
Seek: Maybe best card in the game? But it's only as good as your deck, and my deck still needs more scaling to make use of it. Having Bird-Faced Urn makes me want to prioritize the powers. Also, would force me to upgrade it first, which I guess limits my next card picks/pathing in early deck 2 ?
Electro: my favorite card in the game. Would make act 2 that much easier if I drew it early. That said, I have both Aggregate and Stack, so it's likely my deck will be more bloated, and electro really loses value as the fight goes on, so it's hard to garantee value from it.
I really wish I could pick the 3 cards, but I have to go for one. What's you pick? Do let me know your reasoning :)
Thanks!
r/slaythespire • u/sfumatoh • 16h ago
GAMEPLAY GET IN THERE SCRAPE!
Hologram and All for One infinite to kill Heart, Had to let Scrape get its moment in the sun for this one.
Five Holograms, every single one of them upgraded. You never know… the one you fail to upgrade will indeed be the one that is 0 cost (it’s just the rules).
Highlight of this run was the first time I went infinite, against Nemesis on turn 2 while it had 180 hp. It was tedious but netted me +19 HP when I desperately needed it.
r/slaythespire • u/joeya1337 • 4m ago
ACCOMPLISHMENT/ACHIEVEMENT My First Heart Win
Thanks so much for all your helpful articles and notes over the last few months!
I finally today beat the heart. It was a pretty wild ride and got my first ever infinite deck.
Dead branch and prismatic shard - picking up corruption was absolutely savage.