In this month’s challenge, you will be choosing from one of the 6 factions in GWENT: The Witcher Card Game. Faction whose supporters complete the most quests during the challenge will claim victory, granting benefits to all players for a limited time:
+40% bonus XP when playing as the winning faction
+30% bonus XP when playing the second place faction
+25% bonus XP when playing the 3rd to 6th place faction
The Challenge will last until Wednesday, September 25th, 12 PM (noon) CEST.
Select the faction you wish to support via the Faction Challenge popup or the Quests tab.
Play games* and complete special quests to earn rewards: Faction Kegs and Reward Points.
* Games played or won before committing to a specific team will not count toward your challenge progress.
* Only games played in Seasonal and Classic modes will count toward you challenge progress – you will not be able to complete quests via friend challenges or in the Arena.
Eight of the best GWENT players faced off in Warsaw this weekend for the final Challenger tournament of this GWENT Masters series... and it was Magpie131 who left the city victorious! Even though it was his first appearance in an official GWENT tournament, he managed to emerge victorious after a 3:2 series with Freddybabes in the first match of Day 1. During Day 2, he defeated two of the tournament’s favourites – kolemoen in the semifinal, and Damorquis in the final.
The North is on the rise and Radovid is back to bring justice to his enemies. Stand by his side or defy royal authority — whichever you choose, get ready for some of the fiercest battles in GWENT’s history.
Our animators are still working on Iron Judgment cardback to bring its central piece to life with beautiful animations, but we wanted to share it with you this work in progress preview.
Iron Judgment Pre-Order pack will be available for purchase only until expansion release on October 2nd. Don’t miss the opportunity to get it while the offer lasts!
NEW WAYS TO WAGE WAR
Utilize new tactics to get an advantage on the battlefield, reinforce your decks with elite warriors from all 6 factions, including 21 neutral cards. Iron Judgment adds over 80 new cards to GWENT as new (and returning!) mechanics:
Armor
Protects a unit from damage. This value doesn't count towards your score and/or the unit’s power
Many units from Iron Judgment expansion have armor, so finding a weak spot in enemies’ defenses can be a challenge. That’s when Stunning Blow comes in handy!
Stunning Blow
Exposed
Trigger this ability whenever this unit loses its Armor
When units lose their Armor unpredictable things can happen - sometimes it will make them stronger (or angrier), but sometimes that would be their utter doom, like in the case of Greater Brothers.
Greater Brothers
Barricade
Trigger this ability if a unit has Armor
Armoring up your units not only increases their life expectancy, but can bring additional benefits. That is if the unit with Armor has Barricade keyword. For instance, as long as Dwarf Berserker has any Armor, he will relentlessly attack enemy units.
Dwarf Berserker
Defender
Units with defender protect other units on a given row and need to be targeted first by your opponent.
Heroes always arise in times of war and strife to protect the innocents (or valuable engines). Units with Defender ability always ready to take the beating protecting more vulnerable allies on the same row.
Cave Troll
We will be revealing more Iron Judgment cards every day until the release of the expansion on October 2nd, you can check out the reveals here.
Recently we’ve decided that bundles will mostly be purchasable for real money both on PC, consoles and later in the future on iOS.
This change will help us grow the game more and create really sweet vanities in the future. Some ornaments will still be purchasable with meteorite powder.
With update 4.0 our in-game shop description of meteorite powder will read: Meteorite powder can be used to transmute standard cards into their animated, premium version. It's also used to purchase some of the ornaments - available in different shop sections.
Truly sorry to disappoint, but syncing progress of PS4 and Xbox One with PC/iOS isn't entirely within our control. There is a dependency on 3rd parties, which seriously limits our options here.
Tune in to our official Twitch.tv, YouTube or Mixer channels this weekend (Saturday and Sunday, starting at 4PM CEST on both days) for some GWENT action!
GWENT’s finest will compete for a share of the 100.000 USD prize pool, Challenger’s winner title and ring, and a spot in the GWENT World Masters tournament.
As always, their efforts will be live commentated and analyzed by a wonderful broadcast team:
Rumour has it even Eredin’s back in town… so don’t miss it!
GWENT on iOS combines the full feature set of the PC version with controls reimagined for the touch interface. Progress and purchases are shared between iOS and PC (using GOG account), so players can easily switch platforms anytime. Note that while iOS players can still play against PC, Xbox One and PS4 opponents, progress and purchases cannot be shared between console accounts and iOS - this is beyond our control.
Supported devices include iPhone 6S or newer (including iPhone 11), iPad Mini 4 and newer, iPad 5th generation and newer, iPad Air 2 and newer and all iPad Pro devices. Additionally, on the most powerful iOS devices, GWENT has built-in 4K textures.
More details about the iOS version of GWENT will be shared this weekend during GWENT Challenger! Watch it on the official CD PROJEKT RED channel on Twitch on the 14th and 15th of September, starting at 4PM CEST (both days).
Why should we invite you? Adding a social media link or GOG/Discord nickname is welcome.
There will be drinks, pizza and a lot of gwenty discussions! Challenger #5 is taking place in the GWENT studio in our HQ, so you will also be able to meet the players, broadcast team and CDPR staff! In order to participate we need everyone to sign an NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) with us.
GWENT Observer is the official extension for streamers of GWENT: The Witcher Card Game, allowing viewers to hover over cards on the battlefield and see their abilities!
You can check out all the details regarding observer by heading to our official website!
Update 3.2 is now available for PC, PS4 and Xbox One! With this update we started rolling out leader ability branding, introduced GWENT Observer our first Twitch extension for streamers, and made some changes to existing factions!
Full list of changes is available here.
If you want to check out our patch overview be sure to watch the video below!
Livin' free in harmony! A new season has begun! In this month’s seasonal mode on turn end friendly odd value units are damaged by 1 friendly even value units are boosted by 1.
Season of the Dryad will last until Wednesday, October 2nd, 10am CEST.
Its pretty near the end of the month, can you let us know when an update might be coming? I for one am very curious about how the updating and reworking of the other 4 factions will be handled, if their going to get the NR treatment or if they will more just be tuned up to be a bit more competitive, but remain largely the same.
I feel like theirs a few archetypes that could use work like Monsters '"If you have fewer unit's then your opponent then X happens/the side with more units has X happen to it" which frankly has never really been all that good and could use a second pass or just a straight up reworking into something else. Plus Poison which feels like its got enough going on that it SHOULD be a thing, but is not really supported enough to actually be a thing.
Anyway I am sure whatever your all up to will be wonderful... Just would be good to have an idea when the rest of us might hear about it.
Check out the full list of changes coming to GWENT with Patch 3.2! For those wanting to hear some background on the decisions you can check out our Developer patch Overview.
General changes:
Fee abilities that target other cards can now be used without the need to re-click the card with Fee for each use, provided sufficient Coins are available.
Improved first-time user experience.
The Ranked Progression deselection option will be available starting at rank 7 and above.
Following a successful test earlier in August, the standard Arena will be changed so that picking the Arena leader is possible before building an Arena deck.
Twitch streamers will now be able to share in-game information with their viewers using the newly introduced GWENT Observer overlay.
Rework of 14 cards which will have full mill value for 4 days:
Hemdall
Svalblod Cultist
Gremist
Corrupted Flaminica
Tuirseach Bearmaster
Restore
Cerys an Craite
Waylay
Panther
Half-Elf Hunter
Weeping Willow
Bruxa
Garkain
Nekurat
New Features:
Fee, Order, and Deploy cards will provide the Player with better visual feedback upon card selection and before use confirmation.
Added a variety of interactions to the Game Boards.
Added dedicated audio on-use effects to each Leader ability.
Added dedicated icons that will be shown in matches to each Leader ability.
Leader ability icons will now be shown on the redraw screen, which eliminates the need to hide the redraw screen in order to check Leader abilities.
The deck selection has been redesigned in order to display the Leader ability and provide additional information in case a deck is not valid.
Added additional gamepad vibration for navigating menus and for events happening during matches.
An option has been added in settings to set player names to always collapse or expand during a match. For new players, player names are expanded by default.
Gameplay
Neutral:
Dandelion: Poet provision cost changed from 14 to 12.
Korathi Heatwave provision cost changed from 12 to 10.
Musicians of Blaviken ability changed to: Deploy: Gain randomly Shield, Doomed, Resilience or Poison.
Musicians of Blaviken power changed from 4 to 6.
Sangreal provision cost changed from 7 to 6.
Scorch provision cost changed from 14 to 13.
Triss: Telekinesis power changed from 2 to 4.
Villentretenmerth power changed from 5 to 6.
Monsters:
Dettlaff van der Eretein ability changed to: Order: Give an enemy unit Bleeding for 3 turns. Charge: 3 When all Charges are used, Spawn Ekimmara on random allied row.
Abaya power changed from 3 to 4.
Barbegazi power changed from 5 to 6.
Bruxa ability changed to: Thrive. Deploy: Give an enemy unit Bleeding for 2 turns.
Crimson Curse provision cost changed from 11 to 9.
Gael ability changed to: Deploy (Melee): Damage an enemy unit by 1. If it's Bleeding deal 3 damage instead. Deathblow: Boost self by destroyed unit base power.
Garkain ability changed to: Every allied turn, on turn end, boost self by 1 if there is a Bleeding enemy.
Keltullis power changed from 6 to 9.
Keltullis provision cost changed from 10 to 11.
Miruna ability changed to: Deathwish: Seize an enemy unit with 4 or less power.
Nekurat ability changed to:Zeal. Order (Melee): Give an enemy unit Bleeding for 2 turns. Cooldown: 2.Whenever you play a Vampire card, reduce this unit's Cooldown by 1.
Old Speartip provision cost changed from 15 to 14.
Skellige:
Eist Tuirseach ability changed to Order: Play a Skellige unit from your graveyard.
An Craite Armorsmith Power changed to 2
An Craite Armorsmith ability changed to: Deploy: Boost an allied unit by 2. If it's damaged, boost it by 4 instead.
An Craite Longship ability changed to: Melee: Whenever your opponent plays a unit, damage it by 1.
An Craite Marauder power changed from 3 to 2.
An Craite Marauder ability changed to: Deploy (Melee): Split 3 damage randomly between all enemy units.
An Craite Warrior provision cost changed from 5 to 4.
An Craite Warrior ability changed to: Deploy: Damage an enemy unit by 1. If played from the graveyard, damage it by 3 instead.
Berserk definition has been changed to: Trigger this ability whenever base power is equal or lower to specified amount.
Cerys An Craite ability changed to: Deploy (Melee): Summon a Drummond Shieldmaiden from your deck on this row. Deploy (Ranged): Summon a Drummon Queensguard from your deck on this row.
Corrupted Flaminica power changed from 5 to 4.
Corrupted Flaminica provision cost changed from 6 to 7.
Corrupted Flaminica ability changed to: Deploy: Boost self by 1 for each Beast in your graveyard.
Disgraced Brawler ability changed to: Deploy, Bloodthirst: 3: Lock self.
Berserk 3: Destroy self.
Donar an Hindar power changed from 4 to 5.
Donar an Hindar ability changed to: Deploy: Damage an enemy unit by 2. Bloodthirst 2: Damage an enemy unit by 4 instead.
Drummond Queensguard provision changed from 6 to 5.
Drummond Queensguard ability changed to: Order, Berserk 3: Spawn a base copy of self and Summon it on the same row.
Freya's Blessing provision cost changed from 7 to 6.
Freya's Blessing Alchemy category added.
Freya's Blessing ability changed to: Play a Skellige bronze unit from your graveyard.
Gremist power changed from 3 to 6.
Gremist provision cost changed from 6 to 7.
Gremist ability changed to: Zeal. Order (Ranged): Purify a unit. Refresh this ability whenever you play an Alchemy card.
Hemdall power changed from 5 to 8.
Hemdall provision cost changed from 9 to 12
Hemdall ability changed to: Deploy: Deal 1 damage to a random enemy unit on a row, for each unit on that row.
Raging Bear ability changed to: Deploy: Damage an allied unit on this row by 2. If there are no targets, damage self by 2.
Restore has now the Alchemy category.
Restore ability changed to: Heal an allied unit, then boost it by the amount it was healed.
Sigrdrifa's Rite has now the Alchemy category.
Sigrdrifa's Rite ability changed to: Summon a Skellige unit from your graveyard to an allied row.
Sigvald ability changed to: Order (Melee): Damage a unit by 1. Cooldown: 1.
Berserk 4: Damage a unit by 2 instead.
Svalblod Cultist power changed from 3 to 4.
Svalblod Cultist ability changed to: At the end of your turn, heal the unit to the left by 1 and damage unit to the right by 1.
Svalblod Fanatic ability changed to: Berserk 2: Transform into Bear Abomination.
Tuirseach Bearmaster power changed from 1 to 4.
Tuirseach Bearmaster provision cost changed from 6 to 4.
Tuirseach Bearmaster has now the Warrior category.
Tuirseach Bearmaster ability changed to: Deploy: Give an allied Beast Vitality for 3 turns.
Bonded: Give an allied unit Vitality for 3 turns instead.
Tuirseach Veteran ability changed to: Deploy: Damage self by 3. Berserk 2: Heal self.
Vildkaarl ability changed to: Berserk 2: Transform into Champion of Svalblod.
Northern Realms:
King Foltest ability changed to: Order: Boost an allied Northern Realms unit by 1 and give it Zeal. Charge: 3
Queen Calanthe provision bonus changed from 16 to 15.
Bloody Baron power changed from 7 to 6.
Draug ability changed to: Deploy: Transform all allied Humans on own row, into Kaedweni Revenants, without changing their power.
Keira Metz power changed from 7 to 5.
Princess Pavetta provision cost changed from 7 to 8.
Roche: Merciless power changed from 5 to 4.
Roche: Merciless provision cost changed from 11 to 12.
Scoia'tael:
Dana Meadbh provision bonus changed from 15 to 16.
Francesca Findabair provision bonus changed from 13 to 15.
Francesca Findabair ability changed to: Order: Play a Scoia'tael special card from your graveyard.
Call of the Forest ability changed to: Play Scoia'tael unit from your deck and boost it by 2.
Call of the Forest provision cost changed from 9 to 10.
Dol Blathanna Bomber ability changed to: Deploy: Damage 2 random enemy units by 2.
Dryad's Caress ability changed to: Purify an allied unit and boost it by 3. If you control a Dryad, also give it Vitality for 3 turns.
Dwarven Mercenary power changed from 4 to 3.
Dwarven Mercenary provision cost changed from 5 to 4.
Half-Elf Hunter ability changed to:Harmony. Deploy: Spawn an Elven Deadeye to own row.
Hawker Smuggler provision cost changed from 7 to 6.
Ida Emean aep Sivney provision changed to 8 to 7
Ida Emean aep Sivney power changed from 4 to 5
Ida Emean aep Sivney ability changed to: Deploy (Melee): Purify a unit. Deploy (Ranged): Give an allied unit vitality for 4 turns
Mahakam Marauder ability changed to: Deploy: Gain Vitality for 2 turns. Bonded: Gain Vitality for 4 turns.
Mahakam Marauder provision cost changed from 7 to 4.
Morenn provision cost changed from 8 to 7.
Panther ability changed to: Deploy (Melee): Damage an enemy unit by 2. Deploy (Ranged): Give an enemy unit Bleeding for 4 turns.
Pavko Gale ability changed to: Order (Ranged): Damage a unit by 1. Cooldown: 1. If you control only Scoia'tael units, damage a unit by 2 instead.
Sirssa power changed from 3 to 4.
Treant Boar provision cost changed from 8 to 7.
Water of Brokilon ability changed to : Spawn 2 Dryad Fledglings on the row.
Waylay ability changed to: Damage enemy unit by 3. Deathblow: Spawn Elven Deadeye on random row.
Weeping Willow ability changed to: Harmony. Deploy (Melee): Gain Shield. Deploy (Ranged): Poison enemy unit.
Nilfgaard:
Anna Henrietta provision cost changed from 15 to 16.
Emissary ability changed to: Spying. Deploy: Boost an allied unit by 7.
Fire Scorpion power changed from 4 to 3.
Serrit ability changed to: Deploy: Damage an enemy unit by 2. If Auckes is in your hand, damage that unit by 4 instead.
Serrit provision cost changed from 9 to 8.
Stefan Skellen ability changed to: Order: Spawn and play copy of last Tactic card you have played this round.
Yennefer's Invocation ability changed to: Place enemy unit or artifact at the top of your deck.
Syndicate:
New legendary card added to Syndicate faction - Walter Veritas. Deploy: Create and play a bronze Syndicate faction card.
Bounty ability changed to: Whenever a unit with Bounty is destroyed, the player who does not control it gains Coins equal to its base power. When Bounty is placed on a unit, remove Bounties from other units on that side of the board.
Cleaver ability changed to: Order: Play a Syndicate special card from your deck. If its provision cost is 10 or less, gain 2 Coins.
Dijkstra ability changed to: Order: Gain 1 Coin. Charge: 5. Gain 1 Coin whenever you play a Crime.
Eavesdrop provision cost changed from 5 to 6.
Fisstech ability changed to: Profit 4. Poison a unit.
Flying Redanian power changed from 4 to 3.
Flying Redanian provision cost changed from 10 to 9.
Igor the Hook ability changed to: Insanity. Fee 5: Spawn a base copy of a bronze allied unit and Summon it to Igor's row. Cooldown: 1.
Swindle ability changed to: Profit a random amount between 3 and 5.
Game Fixes:
Fixed an issue whereby using a unit's Fee or Order abilities with a gamepad would result in ability selection being lost.
Fixed an issue whereby input with arrow keys (keyboard) was not recognised.
