What changed in Artifact in 2018

New keyword added to reduce cooldown on activated abilities.

Tracks overall experience and allows unlocking of level icons, tickets, and packs.

Gold cost changed from 7 to 5; new equip effect added.

Independent skill ratings for constructed and draft games introduced.

Resolved issues with some words being underlined on ability tooltips.

Fixed instances where combat target arrows were not showing after spawning.

Fixed a number of other minor bugs and issues.

Ability now includes 'Quicken' to reduce cooldown.

New keyword added to trigger effects immediately upon equipping items.

Complete deck list now visible for opponents in Call To Arms gauntlet matches.

Base stats changed from 4/6 to 4/7.

Base stats changed from 7/6 to 7/7; Blood Rage mana cost changed from 5 to 4.

Base stats changed from 7/2/11 to 6/2/10.

Mana cost changed from 5 to 4; text updated to reflect new functionality.

Ability now affects Timbersaw's attackers' armor.

Gust now silences an enemy hero and its allied neighbors instead of just enemy heroes.

New automated tournaments have been introduced for players.

A damage-focused mono blue deck has been added.

Players can now communicate during and after games through a new chat feature.

A new chat wheel feature has been added to enhance social interactions.

Leaderboards have been added to the Call to Arms gauntlet.

An all-aggro mono black deck has been introduced.

A variety of bug fixes have been implemented in this update.

Players can issue open challenges to any group they're a member of through Steam Group Chats.

UI movies now play from memory instead of disk.

Resolved crashes occurring at very high (>4k) screen resolutions.

Players can create and manage tournaments with various structures, including single-elimination and league formats.

Resolved a crash that occurred when hovering over cards or towers after a game concluded.

Fixed a crash issue on Mac OS when running the game in high resolutions.

Fixed inaccuracies in the Market prices displayed in the client.

Resolved an issue that caused the game to crash when it lost focus.

Resolved display issues related to the effects of Remote Detonation and imps.

Resolved issues encountered in the deck editor when playing through multiple draft gauntlets in one session.

Artifact is officially launched along with its first set, Call to Arms.

Fixed bugs with the forced surrender warnings firing too frequently and under the wrong conditions.

Fixed the allied Radiant towers covering damage preview numbers.

A second comic called Call to Arms will be released on launch day.

Added the ability to inspect the current deck lists during play using F2 and F3.

Launch of the first in a new series of Artifact comics, called Prelude.

Pressing ESC to cancel an unrecommended action no longer causes the card to become unresponsive.

Resolved an issue where the opponent's Deck Tracker was completely filled at game start.

Fixed the text not fitting in some dialog boxes.

Improved timing on for Lux and Nox to make them less active.

Updated gauntlet rewards sounds.

Fixed the reward ticket image sometimes being black.

A new feature allowing players to view comics within the client.

When trying to recycle >1000 cards, the dialog box will be clearer about why you can’t.

Fixes for several crashes.

Updated the localization files.

Improved the voice-over quality for Jolixia, Meepo, and Kanna.

Added new high-resolution menu backgrounds for players in 4K.

Fixed Pick Off panning back to the previous lane too quickly after the spell's damage resolved.

Added additional sounds and effects to the draft screen.

You can no longer restart the tutorial while opening a pack, or while matchmaking, or while in a private lobby.

Fixed an issue where closing the draft screen wouldn't always take you back to the correct dashboard page.

Updated the textures for pathing cards.

Fixed an issue that would cause debris to persist in strange places when improvements are destroyed.

Fixed an issue where dragging an unowned hero into a deck would remove the existing hero.

An AI difficulty selector has been added.

You can now play bot matches and Call to Arms without claiming your starting package.

Pushing Find Next Match after a Gauntlet game will now take you to the correct Gauntlet page.

Fixed a Card Collection crash on MacOS 10.14.1.

Hotfix for game input bug after leaving ESC Menu.

Fixed a crash that would happen while in the settings menu or the credits.

Leaving the deck editor by pressing the Artifact logo will now prompt to save changes.

Improved the effects for Crippling Blow, Trebuchets, and Lucent Beam.

Significant improvements to general UI performance and responsiveness.

Brightened the visibility of the heroes in the fountain display on the HUD.

Fixed issues related to losing connection to the Artifact Network while drafting.

Fixed some display issues when inspecting cards in a 16x10 aspect ratio.

Shared decks are now shown at the top of a deck loader's listings.

Added new effects to claiming rewards from an event.

Fixed a crash that would happen when you disconnect from a game while hovering a card.

Added a display for the number of unopened packs remaining to the pack opening screen.

Updated the localization files.

Fixed an issue that would sometimes result in visual corruption of card and tower stats in non-standard resolutions.

You can now abandon a draft gauntlet before you register a deck.

Fixed a missing sound during board destruction.

Fixed the Global Matchmaking deck loader not showing the most recently-used deck on game launch.

Fixed issues and improved performance when summoning over 300 units at a time.

You can now recycle cards into event tickets at a rate of 20 cards to 1 ticket.

Fixed an issue where players with many Steam friends would experience massive performance degradation.

Added a new cursor and cursor size settings control.

Fixed some crashes and bad behavior that would happen when mashing the keyboard in various parts of the UI.

Improved visibility of the matchmaking cancel button.

Added some premade decks to the bot's deck selection options.

A Casual Phantom Draft gauntlet will be available for practice without spending an event ticket.

A system to recycle extra, unwanted cards into event tickets will be added before the end of the beta period.

Players can now select Call To Arms Phantom Draft in any user-created tournament.

A new piece of equipment that can destroy an opponent’s lane improvement, adding conditional value to gameplay.

The shop consists of three panels: consumables, equipment, and a secret shop with random items.

A card that reduces the cost of items in the secret shop, allowing for strategic financial advantages.

Players can now collect gold to purchase items that upgrade their heroes during gameplay.

The secret shop offers random items that can be better than those in the player's deck, adding strategic depth.

Event Tickets are used to enter Gauntlets that can reward prizes, with 5 included in the initial purchase.

Your purchase includes 10 card packs, 5 event tickets, and two complete starter decks: Red/Green Brawler and Blue/Black Control.

Gauntlets challenge players to win a number of online matches before being knocked out, with various types available at launch.

Players can host tournaments with customizable formats, durations, and structures.

Casual and Expert Gauntlets introduced, including Call to Arms Preconstructed, Casual Constructed, Expert Constructed, Phantom Draft, and Keeper Draft.

In draft play, players build a deck by picking cards from a series of packs, testing their evaluation skills.

Game modes categorized into Social, Casual, and Expert, including user-organized tournaments and private lobbies.

A launch event where players build the longest win streak using one of six powerful preconstructed decks.

Supports direct retrieval of all images and text for all cards as they are released.

Facilitates sharing of deck codes, allowing players to paste valid codes directly into the client or view them online.

A tournament featuring 128 players competing for a $10,000 prize pool on November 10-11.

An in-client tournament system will be available for everyone to use on launch day, November 28th.