Slay the Spire 2 1.0 release: Sep 2027Not announced: our best guess from Mega Crit's 1 to 2 year Early Access plan.
Best guessMega Crit's Early Access FAQ on Steam says it will stay in Early Access "Until the game feels great! Last time we thought it would be about a year and it took about 1.5 years. So perhaps in the same 1 - 2 year range." We count 18 months from the Mar 5, 2026 Early Access launch, as the first game took, to the first Thursday of Sep 2027 (Mega Crit ships on Thursdays) at 10 AM Pacific, the hour of the Early Access launch. Steam

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Events

Slay the Spire 2 has 57 events in OP.GG's v0.111.0 beta data, plus 8 Ancients, met in ? rooms: shared events that can appear in several acts, and events tied to the Overgrowth, Underdocks, Hive or Glory. Each offers two or more choices, such as the Symbiote's Corrupted enchantment or Transform, and the Lantern Key that leads to an Act 3 reward.

Slay the Spire 2 has 57 events in OP.GG's event list (game data of the v0.111.0 public beta, Aug 14, 2026), plus the 8 Ancients, which OP.GG files as events too. You meet events in ? rooms on the map: a ? room is most often an event but can turn out to be another kind of room, per TheGamer's event guide (Mar 15, 2026). Some events are shared between acts; the rest belong to one area: the Overgrowth or the Underdocks in Act 1, the Hive in Act 2 or Glory in Act 3. Mega Crit said before launch that its events are "balanced to provide difficult decisions" (June 2025 Neowsletter), and each one below is listed with every choice and what it gives. The game is in Early Access, so events and their numbers still change.

Quick facts

Events 57 in OP.GG's beta v0.111.0 data, plus 8 Ancients
Groups Shared (17), Overgrowth (13), Underdocks (9), Hive (10), Glory (7), plus The Merchant???
Where ? rooms on the map; no dedicated event room
Quest events The Lantern Key (Hive) leads to War Historian, Repy (Glory)
Gold and HP Many amounts vary from run to run
Choice statistics Published by Mega Crit in its April 2026 Neowsletter
Co-op Each player gets their own options

Sources: OP.GG: Slay the Spire 2 Events (v0.111.0); TheGamer: Every Event And The Best Choice; Mega Crit: The Neowsletter - April 2026; PC Gamer: How co-op works. The group counts are this page's count of OP.GG's list.

How events work

An event shows full-screen art, a short story and two or more buttons, each naming what it costs and what it gives. Mega Crit made event art "take up the whole screen" in the sequel, per its June 2025 Neowsletter. Some choices are locked until you meet a condition, such as having enough Gold, HP or a card of the right kind.

Gold and HP amounts in many events change from run to run. TheGamer saw This or That? give 48 Gold and The Sunken Statue 115 Gold, where Destructoid (Mar 10, 2026) saw 66 and 113 and OP.GG lists 111. The numbers in the tables are OP.GG's, read Oct 26, 2026, unless a patch note gives a range.

Shared events

These events can appear in more than one act.

Event Choices and outcomes
Brain Leech Share Knowledge: choose 1 of 5 random cards to add to your Deck. Rip the Leech Off: lose 5 HP, gain a Colorless card reward
Crystal Sphere Uncover Future: pay 50 Gold, Divine 3 times. Payment Plan: gain a Debt (a curse that costs 10 Gold if it is in your Hand at the end of turn), Divine 6 times
Doll Room Pick at Random: a random Doll Relic. Take Some Time: lose 5 HP, choose 1 of 2. Examine Each: lose 15 HP, choose 1 of 3. The dolls are Bing Bong, Daughter of the Wind and Mr. Struggles
Potion Courier Grab Potions: procure 3 Foul Potions. Ransack: procure 1 random Uncommon Potion
Ranwid the Elder Give Gold or a Potion for a random Relic, or give a Relic for 2 random Relics
Relic Trader Trade one of your relics (top, middle or bottom) for a new one
Room Full of Cheese Gorge: choose 2 of 8 random Common cards. Search: lose 14 HP, obtain The Chosen Cheese (+1 Max HP after each combat)
Self-Help Book Read the Back: Sharp 2 on an Attack. Read a Random Passage: Nimble 2 on a Skill. Read the Entire Book: Swift 2 on a Power
Slippery Bridge Overcome: remove the named card from your Deck. Hold On: lose HP and the bridge names a different card
Stone of All Time Drink and Lift: lose a random Potion, gain 10 Max HP. Push: lose 6 HP, Enchant an Attack with Vigorous 8
Symbiote Approach: Enchant an Attack with Corrupted. Kill with Fire: choose a card to Transform
Tea Master Bone Tea (50 Gold): Upgrade your next starting hand. Ember Tea (150 Gold): 2 Strength for the next 5 combats. Tea of Discourtesy (free): 2 Dazed next combat
The Future of Potions? Insert a Potion to obtain an Upgraded card of a matching rarity and type
The Legends Were True Nab the Map: receive the Spoils Map. Slowly Find an Exit: lose 8 HP, procure 1 random Potion
This or That? This: lose 6 HP, gain Gold. That: add Clumsy to your Deck, obtain a random Relic
War Historian, Repy Needs the Lantern Key: see the Glory table
Welcome to Wongo's Bargain Bin: 100 Gold for a random Common Relic. Featured Item: 200 Gold for a featured relic. Mystery Box: 300 Gold for 3 random Relics after 5 combats. Leave: a random card is downgraded

Source: OP.GG event pages (list, v0.111.0), read Oct 26, 2026; Self-Help Book and The Future of Potions? also from Destructoid.

The Symbiote, one of the most searched events, trades a card for a run-long enchantment. "Approach" puts Corrupted on one of your Attacks, and "Kill with Fire" lets you Transform a card instead. TheGamer suggests the Transform when you are struggling for HP, and Corrupted for experienced players or builds that want it. Enchantments are explained on Enchantments and Afflictions.

A dark tangle of tendrils with many small red and orange eyes around one big yellow eye. Beside it the title Symbiote and the text: along your travels, you stumble upon a dark, amorphous polyp; you can sense that it is very old, and very evil. Two buttons: Approach, enchant an Attack with Corrupted; Kill with Fire, choose a card to Transform. The top bar shows 5 of 72 HP and 314 gold.
The Symbiote event: "a dark, amorphous polyp" with one choice to Enchant an Attack with Corrupted and another to Transform a card. Mega Crit

The Spoils Map from The Legends Were True is a Quest card: it marks a site in the next act worth 600 Gold per copy (v0.104.0, Apr 24, 2026). Since v0.107.0, on the main branch since Jun 19, the first floor of Act 2 can no longer be a ? room instead of a fight while you carry it. Slippery Bridge no longer offers the same card twice until it has offered every other card, since v0.104.0 (Major Update #2). Gold-generating relics cannot be Wongo's featured relic since v0.101.0.

Overgrowth events (Act 1)

Event Choices and outcomes
Aroma of Chaos Let Go: Transform a card. Maintain Control: Upgrade a card
Byrdonis Nest Eat the Egg: gain 7 Max HP. Take the Egg: add the Byrdonis Egg, a Quest card hatched at a Rest Site
Dense Vegetation Trudge On: lose 8 HP, gain 61-99 Gold. Rest: heal, then fight some enemies
Jungle Maze Adventure Join Forces: gain 50 Gold. Solo Quest: gain 150 Gold, lose 18 HP
Luminous Choir Offer Tribute: pay 149 Gold, obtain a random Relic. Reach into the Flesh: remove 2 cards, add Spore Mind to your Deck
Morphic Grove Group: lose ALL of your Gold, Transform 2 cards. Loner: gain 5 Max HP
Sapphire Seed Consume: heal 9 HP, Upgrade a card. Plant and Nourish: Enchant a card with Sown
Tablet of Truth Decipher: lose 3 Max HP per step for a random Upgrade, up to "Lose Everything", which Upgrades ALL cards. Smash: heal 20 HP
The Sunken Statue Grab the Sword: obtain the Sword of Stone. Dive into the Water: gain 111 Gold, lose 7 HP
Unrest Site Kill the Trees: lose 8 Max HP, obtain a random Relic. Rest Anyways: heal to full HP, receive Poor Sleep
Wellspring Bottle: procure 1 random Potion. Bathe: remove 1 card, add 1 Guilty (removed after 5 combats)
Whispering Hollow Exchange Gold: lose 35 Gold, procure 2 random Potions. Hug the Tree: lose 9 HP, Transform a card
Wood Carvings Bird: Transform a starter card into Peck (2 damage 3 times). Snake: Enchant a card with Slither. Torus: Transform a starter card into Toric Toughness (5 Block now and the next 2 turns)

Source: OP.GG event pages (list, v0.111.0), read Oct 26, 2026; Dense Vegetation's Gold from Mega Crit's v0.100.0 notes (Mar 20, 2026).

The Sunken Statue is listed by OP.GG under both the Overgrowth and the Underdocks; Destructoid puts it in the Overgrowth and Mobalytics in the Underdocks. Its Sword of Stone "transforms into a powerful Relic after defeating 5 Elites" (OP.GG). Dense Vegetation's heal also varies: TheGamer saw 19 HP and Destructoid 25 HP. Whispering Hollow's Gold price fell from 50 to 35 in v0.102.0.

The Byrdonis Egg hatches at a Rest Site into Byrd Swoop, a 0-cost Attack dealing 14 damage, per PCGamesN (Mar 9, 2026). TheGamer advises taking the egg early in a run and the Max HP late, when no Rest Sites are left. Mega Crit's April 2026 Neowsletter said players split almost evenly in the first month: 51% took the egg and 49% ate it.

Underdocks events (Act 1)

Event Choices and outcomes
Abyssal Baths Immerse, then Linger: gain 2 Max HP and take 3 damage, repeatedly. Abstain: heal 10 HP. Exit Baths
Doors of Light and Dark Dark Door: remove 1 card. Light Door: Upgrade 2 random cards
Drowning Beacon Bottle: procure the Glowwater Potion. Climb: obtain Fresnel Lens, lose 13 Max HP
Endless Conveyor Dishes at 40 Gold each: Caviar (+4 Max HP), Clam Roll (heal 10), Fried Eel (a Colorless card), Jelly Liver (Transform), Seapunk Salad (Feeding Frenzy), Spicy Snappy (Upgrade), Suspicious Condiment (a Potion); the Golden Fysh wins 75 Gold. Needs 120 Gold to appear
Punch Off I Can Take Them: fight two Punch Constructs for greater rewards. Nab: add Injury to your Deck, obtain a random Relic
Spiraling Whirlpool Observe: Enchant a Basic Strike or Defend with Spiral. Drink: heal. Reach In: obtain a random Relic, add Writhe
Sunken Treasury First Chest: gain 60 Gold. Second Chest: gain 333 Gold, receive Greed (Unplayable, Eternal)
Trash Heap Dive In: lose 8 HP, obtain a forgotten Relic (Darkstone Periapt, Dream Catcher, Hand Drill, Maw Bank or The Boot). Grab Random Junk: gain 100 Gold and a forgotten card (Caltrops, Clash, Distraction, Dual Wield, Entrench, Hello World, Outmaneuver, Rebound, Rip and Tear or Stack)
Waterlogged Scriptorium Bloody Ink: gain 6 Max HP. Tentacle Quill: pay 55 Gold, Enchant a card with Steady. Prickly Sponge: pay 99 Gold, Enchant 2 cards with Steady

Source: OP.GG event pages (list, v0.111.0), read Oct 26, 2026; Endless Conveyor's Gold condition from v0.100.0; Waterlogged Scriptorium's prices, cut from 65 and 155 Gold, from v0.102.0.

OP.GG calls the Trash Heap's cards and relics "forgotten". Spiral (Replay 1) and Steady (Retain) are enchantments, per Mobalytics.

Hive events (Act 2)

Event Choices and outcomes
Amalgamator Combine Strikes: remove 2 Strikes, add Ultimate Strike (14 damage). Combine Defends: remove 2 Defends, add Ultimate Defend (11 Block)
Bugslayer Add Exterminate (3 damage to ALL enemies 4 times) or Squash (10 damage, 2 Vulnerable)
Colorful Philosophers Pick a color for 3 cards of that character (Red Ironclad, Green Silent, Orange Regent, Pink Necrobinder, Blue Defect), or Equality for a Prismatic Shard
Colossal Flower Extract Nectar for 35, 75 or 135 Gold at each stage, or reach deeper for 5, 6 and 7 HP to obtain the Pollinous Core
Field of Man-Sized Holes Enter Your Hole: Enchant a card with Perfect Fit. Resist: remove 2 cards, add Normality (a curse that limits you to 3 cards that turn)
Infested Automaton Study: obtain a random Power. Touch the Core: obtain a random 0 cost card
Spirit Grafter Let It In: heal 25 HP, add Metamorphosis. Rejection: lose 10 HP, Upgrade a card
The Lantern Key Keep the Key: fight the Mysterious Knight to obtain the Lantern Key. Return the Key: gain 100 Gold
The Lost Wisp Capture the Wisp: add Decay, obtain the Lost Wisp (8 damage to ALL enemies per Power played). Search the Nearby Area: gain 60 Gold
Zen Weaver Breathing Techniques: 50 Gold, 2 Enlightenment. Emotional Awareness: 125 Gold, remove 1 card. Arachnid Acupuncture: 250 Gold, remove 2 cards

Source: OP.GG event pages (list, v0.111.0), read Oct 26, 2026; Colossal Flower also from PCGamesN (Mar 10, 2026).

The Lantern Key is a quest. Keeping it means beating the Mysterious Knight, a 101 HP Flail Knight in OP.GG's data (see Elites); the key is an Unplayable Quest card that "Unlocks a special event in the next Act", War Historian, Repy in Glory. Mega Crit's April 2026 Neowsletter said 56% of players returned the key for Gold in the game's first month and 44% fought for it.

TheGamer prefers Combine Strikes at the Amalgamator, since you would remove Strikes anyway and get a stronger card back. Colorful Philosophers does not appear if a player has only the Ironclad unlocked (v0.103.1, Apr 16, 2026).

Glory events (Act 3)

Event Choices and outcomes
Battleworn Dummy Setting 1: procure 1 random Potion. Setting 2: Upgrade 2 random cards. Setting 3: obtain a random Relic. Defeat the dummy (75, 150 or 300 HP) in 3 turns
Grave of the Forgotten Accept: obtain Forgotten Soul. Confront with Truth: add Decay, Enchant a card that Exhausts with Soul's Power
Hungry for Mushrooms Choose Big Mushroom (+20 Max HP, draw 2 fewer cards each combat) or Fragrant Mushroom (lose 15 HP, Upgrade 2 random cards)
Reflections snoitcelfeR Shatter: duplicate your Deck, receive Bad Luck (lose 13 HP if it is in hand at end of turn; Eternal). Touch a Mirror: downgrade 2 random cards, Upgrade 4 random cards
The Round Tea Party Enjoy Your Tea: obtain Royal Poison (lose 4 HP each combat), heal to full HP. Pick a Fight: lose 11 HP, obtain a random Relic
The Trial As the Decider you judge a merchant (Guilty: Regret and 2 Relics; Innocent: Shame and 2 Upgrades), a noble (Guilty: heal 10; Innocent: Regret and 300 Gold) or a woman (Doubt plus 2 card rewards or 2 Transforms). "You are not allowed to Reject."
Tinker Time Build a custom card, the Mad Science card, as a Weapon, Gadget or Protector with chosen properties such as Chaos, Choking, Energized, Sapping, Violence or Wisdom
War Historian, Repy Needs the Lantern Key. Unlock the Cage: lose the key, obtain History Course. Unlock the Chest: lose the key, procure 2 random Potions, obtain 2 random Relics

Source: OP.GG event pages (list, v0.111.0), read Oct 26, 2026; Battle Friend HP from OP.GG.

Most players free Repy: Mega Crit's April 2026 Neowsletter counted 88% for the cage and History Course against 12% for the chest. History Course plays a copy of your last played Attack or Skill at the start of your turn; on the public beta since v0.109.0 (Jul 17, 2026) it copies Attacks only. Holding more than one Lantern Key makes "something special" happen at Repy in single player (v0.105.0). OP.GG files Repy with the shared events.

The Merchant???

The 57th event in OP.GG's list is "The Merchant???", the Fake Merchant. Throwing a Foul Potion (from the Potion Courier) at him starts a fight; TheGamer (Mar 17, 2026) says he has 165 HP, and beating him gives his whole relic stock of "???" copies, his rug and 300 Gold. See Merchant and Rest Sites.

Event choice statistics

Mega Crit published how players chose in four events, from the game's first month, in its April 2026 Neowsletter (Apr 17, 2026):

Event Choice Share
Room Full of Cheese Gorge (2 of 8 Common cards) 63%
Room Full of Cheese Search (The Chosen Cheese) 37%
Byrdonis Nest Take the Egg 51%
Byrdonis Nest Eat the Egg 49%
The Lantern Key Return the Key (100 Gold) 56%
The Lantern Key Keep the Key (fight) 44%
War Historian, Repy Unlock the Cage (History Course) 88%
War Historian, Repy Unlock the Chest (Potions and Relics) 12%

Best event choices

The best choice depends on your deck, HP and Gold, and the guides that rank choices are opinions. TheGamer's event guide (Sanyam Jain, Mar 15, 2026, a work in progress) gives these picks:

Event TheGamer's advice
Amalgamator Combine Strikes: you want Strikes gone anyway
Byrdonis Nest Take the Egg early in a run; take the Max HP late, with no Rest Sites ahead
Room Full of Cheese Search for The Chosen Cheese early if you can spare the HP; otherwise pick the cards
Slippery Bridge Overcome to remove the card; Hold On rerolls the card if you can afford the HP
Symbiote Transform if HP is a problem; Corrupted for experienced players or builds that want it
Tablet of Truth Decipher for a random Upgrade unless your HP is very low

Events in co-op

In Co-op Multiplayer, each player gets their own event options, per PC Gamer (Mar 24, 2026). Some events check every player before they appear: Dense Vegetation cannot appear if any player has 8 HP or less (Mega Crit, May 29, 2026), The Round Tea Party needs 12 HP per player and Morphic Grove two transformable cards per player (v0.100.0), and Colorful Philosophers is blocked while any player has only the Ironclad unlocked.

Ancients

The 8 Ancients (Neow, Orobas, Pael, Tezcatara, Nonupeipe, Tanx, Vakuu and Darv) are event rooms at the start of each act that offer relic blessings. They are on Neow and the Ancients, and their relics on Relics.

Frequently asked questions

How many events are in Slay the Spire 2? OP.GG lists 57 events in Slay the Spire 2's v0.111.0 public-beta data, plus 8 Ancients. Mega Crit said in June 2025 there were "50+ events" so far.

What does the Symbiote event do in Slay the Spire 2? Slay the Spire 2's Symbiote event offers Approach, which Enchants an Attack with Corrupted, or Kill with Fire, which lets you Transform a card, per OP.GG. TheGamer suggests the Transform if your HP is low.

What does the Lantern Key do in Slay the Spire 2? The Lantern Key, from Slay the Spire 2's Hive event, is a Quest card that unlocks War Historian, Repy in Act 3, where you trade it for History Course or 2 Potions and 2 Relics, per OP.GG. To keep it you must beat the Mysterious Knight; returning it pays 100 Gold.

Should you free Repy or open the chest in Slay the Spire 2? In Slay the Spire 2, 88% of players freed Repy for History Course in the first month, per Mega Crit; 12% took the chest's 2 Potions and 2 Relics.

Should I take the Byrdonis Egg in Slay the Spire 2? TheGamer says take Slay the Spire 2's Byrdonis Egg early, since it hatches at a Rest Site into Byrd Swoop (14 damage for 0 Energy), and eat it for 7 Max HP late in a run.

Do event rewards change between runs in Slay the Spire 2? Yes: many Slay the Spire 2 events roll their Gold and HP each run. The Sunken Statue gave 115 Gold to TheGamer and 113 to Destructoid.

How do you fight the Merchant in Slay the Spire 2? In Slay the Spire 2, throw a Foul Potion from the Potion Courier event at the Merchant to fight "The Merchant???", per TheGamer. He has 165 HP and drops his relics, his rug and 300 Gold.

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  3. The Lantern Key is a quest. Keeping it means beating the Mysterious Knight, a 101 HP Flail Knight in OP.GG's data (see…
  4. Most players free Repy: Mega Crit's April 2026 Neowsletter counted 88% for the cage and History Course against 12% for…
  5. The best choice depends on your deck, HP and Gold, and the guides that rank choices are opinions. TheGamer's event…

Photos

A dark tangle of tendrils with many small red and orange eyes around one big yellow eye. Beside it the title Symbiote and the text: along your travels, you stumble upon a dark, amorphous polyp; you can sense that it is very old, and very evil. Two buttons: Approach, enchant an Attack with Corrupted; Kill with Fire, choose a card to Transform. The top bar shows 5 of 72 HP and 314 gold.

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