2026

Splinterlands Release Notes

2026-01-20

General Updates

• The Updates tab on the main lobby has been updated to display as a carousel with all 3 updates, instead of just the top 2.

  
• Added the daily quest progress bar to the Victory screen in ranked battle results, to make it clearer when you have completed a quest.

• Added the profanity filter to the names in the battle result screen.

• The top filters will now stick to the top of the screen on the market.

• Fixed the Exemplar cards not showing proper stats when hovered over on the battle history page, if your opponent surrendered the match.

• Fixed the display of card foil types on the rotating card display of the recent draw winners.

• Fixed the bonuses button on battle history not working properly on mobile sized screens. It was only working on desktop by hovering over it with the mouse, but will now also display when pressed on mobile.

• Added back an on-hover display of bonuses to the VS button on the match history.

• Fixed an intermittent issue with Shades of Grey causing a display error in Frontier mode team creation.

• Fixed a delay before the battle started displaying when the skip battle intro option is selected.

• Added a button to skip the rest of the Campaign and proceed to Frontier mode, if you had initially selected to do the Campaign when presented with the option after registering a new account, but changed your mind.

• The Exemplar colors will now show up more reliably in Tournaments where they are allowed.

• Cleaned up the display of more tooltips on mobile sized devices, where previously they were partially off the screen.

• Added some clarifying text on the Credits tooltip instructing you to press the + button to get them.

2026-01-13

Frontier Jackpots!

• Four new Foundations cards have been added to the game! When claiming a daily reward, you have a 1.5% chance of finding one of these new cards. You can find the details on these new cards in the post about this update here.

Gameplay Updates

• Fixed an issue where a Spite attack could stun an attacker, and if that attacker had multiple attacks their remaining attacks would trigger even though they were stunned.

• Fixed a couple of issues with Wingbreak. Ranged units with Wingbreak will now attack flying units from the first position. Melee units with Wingbreak will no longer attack as if they had charge when no flying units remain on the opposing team.

General Updates

• Fixed the display of rarity and foil of the Exemplar card based on its level on numerous screens.

• Fixed filtering by rarity during team create for the Exemplar card.

• Fixed an ear skin color mismatch issue with Orc Avatars when using certain earring settings.

• The Extra edition reward cards have been added to the variant history for ranked rewards. The new Frontier Jackpot card variants will also appear on the Frontier variant history.

• The Skip Battle Intro setting will now do something again, and skip the Avatar display at the start of battles if enabled.

• Added slightly more animation to the end of battle Avatars display.

• The Buy More button leading you to the reward shop in order to buy additional entries will no longer appear if you have not bought a pass for the current draw.

• The Match History page now has a breakdown of wins, losses, and draws.

• A handful of new tooltips were added for new players. You may see these the next time you login.

• Some mobile display updates for various tooltips, to fit better on small screens.

• Some additional Campaign UI refinement.

• The Terms of Service for Tournaments has been updated with clearer language.

• The Lodge guild building tooltips have been updated for better accuracy.

Items Hotfixed into the Game Prior to the Release

• Fixed the description of the Fire Beetle Skin in the non-card market.

• Updated the Tower Mage Avatar icon in the non-card market to show the new outfit image.

2026-01-06

Happy New Year!

• As Winterfest winds down, the holiday shop tab and Avatar items will no longer appear in the shop. The gift boxes are, of course, still able to be opened and remember to double check your inventory to ensure that you didn’t miss any gifts!

Gameplay Updates

• A new ruleset, Brute Force, has been added to the game. Under this modifier Units with the highest (individual) attack power attack first.

  
• Rulesets are now more easily restricted from specific formats, and the number of modifiers appearing in Frontier mode has been reduced.

• Stampede should no longer appear with Death Has No Power.

• Fixed a rare issue where Spite could incorrectly trigger twice when triggered off a blast from an execute attack.

General Updates

• Premium Avatar Backgrounds and Frames have been added to the Avatar shop page.

  
• A new chapter has been added to the Campaign prologue covering Avatar creation.

• If you have not previously created an Avatar, you will now be initially shown the select Bloodline display instead of showing the default human male.

• Fixed some mismatched naming on human avatar complexion options.

• The match up with opponent display has been updated with a new brief scene of opposing avatars.

  
• A new outro display has been added to the end of matches.

• A new setting has been added to skip the new avatar match displays.

• A red dot indicator has been added to the Updates tab in the main lobby. It appears if there are new posts since the last time you visited that tab. This is saved locally in the browser, and may reappear across different devices or if the cache is cleared.

• Added a button linking to the Reward shop from the weekly draw section of the lobby, in case you wish to purchase additional entries with Glint.

• Fixed the display of avatars shown for the past weekly draw winners. Previously it was just showing the default model for everyone.

• Added an up arrow to the top of the footer on smaller screens, mainly for mobile devices, that will scroll back to the top of the screen when pressed.

• A confirmation display has been added to the land resource trade hub, clearly indicating the region you are swapping resources to and from.

• The bloodline of cards is now shown on the initial Manage worksite display.

• A filter has been added to the Tournaments page to show only tournaments where the Exemplar card is playable.

• Fixed a display issue when trying to transfer, or lock, plots when you had selected them across multiple regions.

• Fixed some issues where duplicate buffs would show up on some Units in battle - which was just a display issue and units didn’t actually have duplicate buffs.

• Added Gladius Cases to the all packs shop page, which will redirect to the Guild Shop if you are in a guild or the guilds page if you are not currently in one.

• Fixed some sizing issues where the Choose Your Path choice for new players, i.e. to do the Campaign or not, was not fitting properly on some smaller displays.

• A number of minor graphical and text improvements were made to some chapters of the Campaign.