Official patch notes // version 1.2.0

New Trainer! Smuggler Update (v1.2.0)

September 30, 2026Official Steam announcementSteam build 25600878

BatoForge analysis // Features and balance

What this update means for your run

The Smuggler update opens cross-region shopping and reduces several Jinto growth effects. Petrirex loses Damage gain from knockouts, while Emburn stops gaining Burn from enemy knockouts. Recheck which Knockouts still grant Damage or Burn before reusing the team.

  • Chemist starts with more Poison and Redhead gives more Burn per victory. Gamer’s Mythical can be inspected from the start, making its later support easier to plan.
  • Zenith Stone stops boosting percentage bonuses such as Metal Bat and Metronome. Recalculate builds that used those combinations.

Before using an older guide

Check the current growth bonuses before carrying an older Jinto core forward. The update also fixes simultaneous knockouts, Protect, transformation typing, and live inspection.

BatoForge analysis of the announcement below. Read the official Steam source ↗

added · trainer

Smuggler ↗

New trainer added: the Smuggler brings Batomon from other regions into your shop.

buff · trainer

Chemist ↗

Toxic starting Poison increased from +1 to +3.

buff · trainer

Redhead ↗

Burn per win applied to Fire monsters increased from +2 to +3.

buff · trainer

Gamer ↗

Now reveals which Mythical it will give from the start of the run, inspectable from the trainer panel.

nerf

Petrirex ↗

Per ally knocked out changed from 30/60/90 Shield and Damage to 20/40/60 Shield only, and cooldown raised from 5.5 to 7 seconds.

nerf

Opalion ↗

Cooldown raised from 8 to 9 seconds while Shield increased from 84 to 90.

nerf

Nekoffin ↗

Damage reduced from 250/500/750 to 200/400/600.

nerf

Vengrieve ↗

Cooldown raised from 6/3/2 to 7.5/3.75/2.5 seconds.

nerf

Cairnage ↗

Shield-to-Damage multiplier reduced from x1/2/3 to x0.8/1.6/2.4.

nerf

Ninflora ↗

Cooldown Speed on victory reduced from 12/24/36% to 10/20/30%.

nerf

Cawnushi ↗

Damage per knockout reduced from 70/140/210 to 60/120/180.

nerf

Shrinell ↗

Cost raised from 50 to 55.

nerf

Shikitsune ↗

Cooldown Speed per revive reduced from 20/40/60% to 15/30/45%.

nerf

Emburn

Burn per knockout reduced from 4/8/12 to 3/6/9, and it now only gains Burn from its own and its allies' knockouts, not the enemy's.

nerf

Bonshell ↗

Damage and Shield per cast reduced from 100/200/300 to 80/160/240.

nerf

Steamscuttle ↗

Cooldown raised from 2.5 to 3 seconds.

buff

Cinnabark ↗

Reverts the 1.1.0 nerf: cooldown reduced from 5 back to 4 seconds.

buff

Drumire ↗

Reverts the 1.1.0 nerf: cost reduced from 50 back to 45.

buff

Thorntail ↗

Damage per Poison applied increased from 6/12/18 to 8/16/24.

buff

Noxnimbus ↗

Poison applied to adjacent Toxic allies increased from 2/4/6 to 3/6/9.

buff

Cinderfly ↗

Cost reduced from 30 to 25, and Burn increased from 6 to 7.

added

Cordycant ↗

Can now be offered by the traveling merchant's foreign Batomon option, with a usable ability.

added

Sproach ↗

Can now be offered by the traveling merchant's foreign Batomon option, with a usable ability.

nerf · trinket

Zenith Stone ↗

No longer boosts percentage bonuses, such as Metal Bat and Metronome.

buff · item

Crimson Ticket ↗

Cost reduced from 50 to 30.

Batomon mentioned in this post

From the announcement

Some mentions are fixes or explanations rather than balance changes. Read the full announcement for context.

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Aviarab ↗

Fixed a transformed monster hiding an armed charge it still carries, like Aviarab's multicast buff.
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Bonshell ↗

Bonshell Damage and Shield per cast: 100/200/300 → 80/160/240
Values as written100/200/30080/160/240
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Cairnage ↗

Cairnage Shield-to-Damage multiplier: x1/2/3 → x0.8/1.6/2.4
Values as written1/2/30.8/1.6/2.4
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Cawnushi ↗

Cawnushi Damage per knockout: 70/140/210 → 60/120/180
Values as written70/140/21060/120/180
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Cherubble ↗

Fixed Cherubble's Protect arriving too late to save an ally that knocks itself out, like Electranade, when the two share a cooldown.
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Cinderfly ↗

Cinderfly Cost: 30 → 25 Burn: 6 → 7
Values as written302567
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Cinnabark ↗

Cinnabark Reverted last patch's nerf. It was a little overzealous Cooldown: 5 → 4
Values as written54
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Cordycant ↗

The traveling merchant can now offer Cordycant and Sproach for the foreign Batomon option.
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Dirgefin ↗

Fixed Shiny Dirgefin only gaining Damage from Tier 1 knockouts it landed itself, and gaining it from knockouts that Protect blocked.
Values as written1
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Dragon Egg ↗

Dragon Egg can now hatch Ouroblaze, Tsunamere and Stellagon.
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Drumire ↗

Drumire Same as above Cost: 50 → 45
Values as written5045
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Electranade ↗

Fixed Cherubble's Protect arriving too late to save an ally that knocks itself out, like Electranade, when the two share a cooldown.
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Fernfowl ↗

Fixed Sproutquill and Fernfowl's evolution progress not counting the current fight's damage when inspected during a battle.
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Miasmaw ↗

Fixed Miasmaw gaining nothing from reaching level 4.
Values as written4
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Nekoffin ↗

Nekoffin Damage: 250/500/750 → 200/400/600
Values as written250/500/750200/400/600
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Ninflora ↗

Ninflora Cooldown Speed on victory: 12/24/36% → 10/20/30%
Values as written12/24/36%10/20/30%
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Noxnimbus ↗

Noxnimbus Poison to adjacent Toxic allies: 2/4/6 → 3/6/9
Values as written2/4/63/6/9
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Opalion ↗

Opalion Cooldown: 8 → 9 Shield: 84 → 90
Values as written898490
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Ouroblaze ↗

Dragon Egg can now hatch Ouroblaze, Tsunamere and Stellagon.
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Petrirex ↗

Petrirex Per ally knocked out: 30/60/90 Shield and Damage → 20/40/60 Shield only Cooldown: 5.5 → 7
Values as written30/60/9020/40/605.57
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Petrirex ↗

Fixed Shikitsune failing to revive an ally knocked out at the same moment it cast, such as by a Petrirex with the same cooldown.
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Rattleghast ↗

Fixed Coffee so it highlights Rattleghast, since it does repeat its ability.
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Rigalord ↗

Fixed Run History not showing the monsters a Rigalord devoured.
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Shikitsune ↗

Shikitsune Cooldown Speed per revive: 20/40/60% → 15/30/45%
Values as written20/40/60%15/30/45%
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Shikitsune ↗

Fixed Shikitsune failing to revive an ally knocked out at the same moment it cast, such as by a Petrirex with the same cooldown.
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Shrinell ↗

Shrinell Cost: 50 → 55
Values as written5055
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Sproach ↗

The traveling merchant can now offer Cordycant and Sproach for the foreign Batomon option.
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Sproutquill ↗

Fixed Sproutquill and Fernfowl's evolution progress not counting the current fight's damage when inspected during a battle.
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Steamscuttle ↗

Steamscuttle Cooldown: 2.5 → 3
Values as written2.53
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Stellagon ↗

Dragon Egg can now hatch Ouroblaze, Tsunamere and Stellagon.
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Thorntail ↗

Thorntail Damage per Poison applied: 6/12/18 → 8/16/24
Values as written6/12/188/16/24
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Tsunamere ↗

Dragon Egg can now hatch Ouroblaze, Tsunamere and Stellagon.
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Vengrieve ↗

Vengrieve Cooldown: 6/3/2 → 7.5/3.75/2.5
Values as written6/3/27.5/3.75/2.5
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Vipair ↗

Vipair now shows the On Trinket Gained keyword.
Read the original official announcement

Official Steam source ↗ · Published September 30, 2026

New

Added the Smuggler trainer, who brings Batomon from the other regions into your shop.

QoL

Hiding the end-screen panel now brings back both trainer badges, so you can check who you just fought without watching the replay.

The game now drops to 30 FPS while tabbed out on desktop, so it no longer slows down the rest of your computer.

The post-battle stats now count how many times a monster triggered, instead of counting every Multicast cast separately.

Vipair now shows the On Trinket Gained keyword.

Twins now says its copy starts with a sell value of 0.

Some French localization were updated after review from a native speaking player.

Balance Changes

Jinto Batomon

After last patch's Jinto nerfs, Jinto teams' median DPS is still around 1.5x higher than Pantra teams at day 10+. So I'm doing another balance pass on Jinto to tone down the more powerful Batomon.

Petrirex Per ally knocked out: 30/60/90 Shield and Damage → 20/40/60 Shield only Cooldown: 5.5 → 7

Opalion Cooldown: 8 → 9 Shield: 84 → 90

Nekoffin Damage: 250/500/750 → 200/400/600

Vengrieve Cooldown: 6/3/2 → 7.5/3.75/2.5

Cairnage Shield-to-Damage multiplier: x1/2/3 → x0.8/1.6/2.4

Ninflora Cooldown Speed on victory: 12/24/36% → 10/20/30%

Cawnushi Damage per knockout: 70/140/210 → 60/120/180

Shrinell Cost: 50 → 55

Shikitsune Cooldown Speed per revive: 20/40/60% → 15/30/45%

Emburn Now only gains Burn from its own and its allies' knockouts, not the enemy's Burn per knockout: 4/8/12 → 3/6/9

Bonshell Damage and Shield per cast: 100/200/300 → 80/160/240

Steamscuttle Cooldown: 2.5 → 3

Cinnabark Reverted last patch's nerf. It was a little overzealous Cooldown: 5 → 4

Drumire Same as above Cost: 50 → 45

Pantra Batomon

Buffing up some of the underperforming and less played Batomon in Pantra to slowly inch closer to Jinto's power level.

Thorntail Damage per Poison applied: 6/12/18 → 8/16/24

Noxnimbus Poison to adjacent Toxic allies: 2/4/6 → 3/6/9

Cinderfly Cost: 30 → 25 Burn: 6 → 7

Trainers

Chemist Pretty decent trainer overall, but underperforms for higher mmr players. Toxic starting Poison: +1 → +3

Redhead Same as above Burn per win to Fire monsters: +2 → +3

Gamer now tells you which Mythical it will give you from the start of the run, and you can inspect it from the trainer panel. Small buff to help players plan their run now that you can see which Mythical you will get right away.

Events

The traveling merchant can now offer Cordycant and Sproach for the foreign Batomon option. After last patch's change to also have the Batomon enter the shop pool, these two now have abilities that are actually useable now.

Dragon Egg can now hatch Ouroblaze, Tsunamere and Stellagon. Letting it hatch any Legendary dragon is more true to the description and leads to more interesting runs.

Trinkets

Zenith Stone This was already one of the strongest trinket, but letting it double dip on multipliers and additive bonuses is too much No longer boosts % bonuses, such as Metal Bat and Metronome

Items

Crimson Ticket Too expensive for what it does Cost: 50 → 30

Bugfixes

Fixed Shikitsune failing to revive an ally knocked out at the same moment it cast, such as by a Petrirex with the same cooldown.

Fixed Cherubble's Protect arriving too late to save an ally that knocks itself out, like Electranade, when the two share a cooldown.

Fixed Earth Crest and Sea Crest skipping monsters that start the battle with 0 Shield or Heal.

Fixed Alpha Crown leaving a monster below the rest of the team when it lost a Club bonus mid-fight, and setting a monster's Damage to 0 in Extended Mode once it was stacked extremely high.

Fixed Shiny Dirgefin only gaining Damage from Tier 1 knockouts it landed itself, and gaining it from knockouts that Protect blocked.

Fixed a type granted by an event, like Dryad Statue's Grass, no longer counting after the monster transformed.

Fixed a transformed monster hiding an armed charge it still carries, like Aviarab's multicast buff.

Fixed Miasmaw gaining nothing from reaching level 4.

Fixed the monster inspect sheet opened during a battle showing pre-battle numbers instead of the live ones.

Fixed Sproutquill and Fernfowl's evolution progress not counting the current fight's damage when inspected during a battle.

Fixed cooldowns showing 0.0 sec when they are actually at the 0.1 sec minimum.

Fixed Run History not showing the monsters a Rigalord devoured.

Fixed monsters and trinkets near the top of the run summary screen not responding to hover.

Fixed the post-battle stats not scrolling with a controller, so the bottom enemy row couldn't be reached.

Fixed long loading and stuttering at the start of battle with a very large trinket bag in Extended Mode.

Fixed some text staying in the old language after changing language in Settings, including the Batopedia's filter button, its Trophy, Medal and Star descriptions, and the shop screen on Android.

Fixed the Collection window flickering wider when showing the Supporter Pack hint.

Fixed a finished run being lost on Steam when Steam failed to confirm your sign-in. The game now keeps playing offline and syncs the run later.

Fixed Android sign-in getting stuck when the browser finished signing in but never returned you to the game.

Fixed the title screen on mobile showing an outdated rank after switching back to the app.

Fixed Coffee so it highlights Rattleghast, since it does repeat its ability.