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2026-04-27

The climb deepens

The Spire Heart — Act 3 final boss
The Spire Heart — Act 3's final fight.

A lot has shipped since early-access. Pyrekin now has three full acts, a final boss, three playable classes, a daily challenge, achievements, a real audio rework, and a polish pass that finally makes combat feel decent on a phone.

Three acts. One Spire.

Beating an act-1 boss now opens act 2; beating that opens act 3 and the final fight against The Spire Heart. Each act draws from a separate enemy pool and rolls a different boss every climb — three bosses per act, so a full run takes a different shape every time.

Act 3 narrative splash
The Act 3 splash that fires when the second boss falls.

Mage and Rogue

The Warrior used to be alone. They aren't. Mage and Rogue both have their own starting decks, signature relics, and class-flavoured events that only their class can resolve. There are also class-locked uncommon relics — Mageblood Ink, Cloaked Edge, Warlord's Brand — rolled into the loot pool only for the matching class.

Daily challenge

A new button on the class-select screen drops you into a daily seed — same dungeon for everyone, resets at 00:00 UTC. Daily wins land on a per-day leaderboard tab, separate from the seasonal one. Share your final score with the new in-game share button (uses the native share sheet on mobile, copies to clipboard on desktop).

Achievements

Ten achievements, from First Climb (clear act 1) to The Summit (kill the Spire Heart) to a hidden Unbroken for taking no damage in a fight. They show up on the profile page as you earn them, with a toast pop when one unlocks.

Polish, not features

  • Combat got a mobile layout: a compact top strip on phones with HP / energy / potions / relics inline, and a horizontal-scroll hand so cards don't wrap behind the End Turn button.
  • Game over now plays a count-up on your final score, shows your path through the dungeon, and pops a "New personal best" badge when you crack your record for that class.
  • Audio rebuilt from scratch — layered noise + oscillator + filter instead of a bare beep, with a low ambient drone in combat.
  • Inspect mode: right-click (or long-press on mobile) any card, relic, potion, or enemy for a centred detail view.
  • A new tutorial walks first-time players through the basics, with a Replay tutorial button in Settings if you want to see it again.

What's next

Server-side replay validation for the leaderboards, more events, potential Russian localisation, and bespoke art for the alternate act 2 / 3 bosses. If you've been climbing — thanks. The Spire is listening.