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Formation Builder Idle Playtest
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v0.5.0: Frostpetal Summit
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v0.5.0: Frostpetal Summit
Formation Builder Idle Playtest
· published
4 Sep 2026, 16:54 UTC
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New Features
Journey into World 20, Frostpetal Summit, with six new stages and the heroes Riven and Sylra.
Earn 10 Otherworldly Essence for completing stage 20-3.
Unlock six late-game mounts in the Beast Bazaar after reaching 500 campaign stars.
Preview the real outcome of mount campaign and Tower battles, including whether your team wins and how much health remains.
Use 5x and 10x prestige warps when you have enough tokens.
Advance through new late-game damage, gold, and hero-level talents.
Open a full mount stat and ability breakdown from Beast Bazaar portraits.
Use the new combat keyword glossary in Critter Corner.
View your user ID in the Options account tab.
Browse the new player API documentation site.
Performance Improvements
Late-game progression now uses smoother talent scaling and more sustainable prestige pacing.
Mount combat cooldowns remain stable at late-game speeds.
Bug Fixes
Fixed inventory balances not refreshing after offline progress and stage achievement rewards.
Fixed stale hero purchase responses rolling back newer Buy Max levels.
Fixed Beast Bazaar purchase results, locked prices, numeric costs, and layouts for long ability text.
Fixed gear rows, cost previews, attunement metadata, and world essence selections.
Fixed mining input costs, tooltip ordering, time cap displays, and Xylok chest-stack credit.
Fixed mission hero labels so pet success bonuses and favorite heroes display correctly.
Fixed tooltips extending below or beyond the game window.
Fixed malformed API responses causing client errors.
Corrected talent descriptions, Seer help text, and mount combat terminology.
Quality of Life
The Town menu now links directly to the Tower of Domination.
Mine reward details automatically select an available reward.
Hero gear values now show three decimal places.
Critter Corner ability details now scroll when their text is long.
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