- v1.8.1 Event Update - 13 September 2026
9/13 v1.8.1.11052 Events New universal event added："Prismriver Sisters: Disturbing Nighttime Performances"A New events for Acts 2 & 3 added："Nareko Michigami: The World's Unsolved Mysteries", "Nue Houjuu: Virtual UFO". The event "Nazrin: Lost Treasure" is now exclusive to Act 2. (Previously appeared in Acts 2 & 3) The event "Narumi: Whimsical Worship" is now exclusive to Act 3. (Previously appeared in Acts 2 & 3) New cards & Collaboration With Touhou Witch's Night Market Devour History's single-use trait is now a keyword: Vanish Added a cycle of Vanish cards："Modern Duper", "Yukari's Spiriting Away", "Queen of Midnight", "Butterfly Dream Pill", "Shoplift". Shoplift in particular is available through the Touhou Witch's Night Market Pack. Earlier this year we released the （Touhou Lost Branch of Night Market Bundle）. We're sorry this update was delayed for so long. Quality of Life Updates…
- v1.8.0 Mod Launcher & Gamepad Support - 3 October 2025
10/3 v1.8.0.10792 Overview To access this beta update, right click the game on the Library and go to Properties->Betas->select "beta" under Beta Participation. This update focuses mainly non-gameplay content such as the Mod Launcher, full gamepad support, and a Unity engine update. Story Mode is mostly complete, and we're currently waiting the implementation of certain character portraits before updating it. We will continue to refine gameplay-related content in subsequent minor updates and optimize features based on community feedback. Mod Launcher & Gamepad Support There have always been many enthusiastic players creating mods for LBoL, they are generally published onThunderstore. However, many players still hoped for Steam Workshop support, so we implemented Mod Launcher in this update. We also extend our deepest gratitude to all mod developers in the community, though the mods would…
- v1.7.2 UI Update - 1 May 2025
4/30 v1.7.2.10590 This update is for the Beta Branch only. To access the beta, right click the game on the Library and go to Properties->Betas->Beta version. Gameplay Changes The Removal Price Cap introduced in v1.3.11 has been removed. With the addition of Prepare in v.1.6.1, removals have become more frequent, no longer less so than other deckbuilders. As Dream Catcher's current effect is satisfactory for now, we'll introduce new exhibit with its previous effect of fixing the Removal price if needed. Unleashed Potential and Philosophy of the Despised no longer apply the Exile keyword on their affected cards. Unconscious Amnesia now correctly causes a discarded Peak Perfection to draw cards. If Closed Heart's intent concealment is dispelled, the revealed intent now properly displays its name. Reworded Reflection and Static Charge to state they trigger specifically from attacks (the sta…
- v1.7.1 字体更新 - 9 April 2025
v1.7.1 Font Update 4/10 v1.7.1.10410 This update is for the Beta Branch only. To access the beta, right click the game on the Library and go to Properties->Betas->Beta version. Font & Localization Updates We're adjusting font substitutions when changing languages. This may break text strings on select languages, so we're putting this on the Beta Branch alongside a minor update. Other Updates In most scenarios, cards that ask the player to select multiple cards will display the order of resolution for the chosen cards. Mainly useful for cards like Philosophy of the Despised. Cards sent to the discard pile from Scry effects aren't sortable and thus Water Blanket Upgraded cost loosened: 1U→1U/2. Tanuki Suwako's Frog now displays the card it was transformed from as a related card. Card tooltips now note both colors of two-colored cards, as well as card colors for character cards. Fixed dark…
- Koishi Officially Sets Outs for the Incident! - 24 March 2025
Koishi Officialy Sets Outs for the Incident! The fifth playable character, Koishi Komeiji, is now available in the main branch! Koishi can switch between three different Mental States to her advantage, as well as unleash heart-shaped danmaku of love on her enemies with Follow-Up Attacks! Koishi is unlockable by reaching Unlock Level 8. The final act has been reworked to feature a unique background, cutscene and music. The sixth playable character, Alice, is currently being worked in the background. The other characters were also tweaked, Reimu and Sakuya more so. The game version has been updated from v1.5.1 to v1.7.0 Read the previous changelogs for more details. Future Plans 1. Story Mode 2. Alice Margatroid, the sixth Playable Character 3. Steam Trading Cards etc. Listed in no particular order. We cannot provide a specific release date for each feature at this time. One of our longti…
- v1.7.0 Final Act Update - 23 March 2025
3/24 v1.7.0.10300 Version v1.7.0 has been updated to the Beta branch. We'll wait feedback for a couple of days, fixing any possible issues and releasing it to the main branch as soon as we can. Right-click the game on the Steam Library page → Properties → Beta → Select Beta Branch to get an early taste of this update. A new Stable branch has been added for v1.6.1. General Added theme songs for Act 4, game loss, game victory and Alice's boss battle. The 6th playable character, Alice, is currently being worked on in the background. Implemented animations for the Moon Rabbit Duo. Combat info optimizations： Status effects are highlighted when they're relevant, e.g. Crow Tengu's Apex Speedster. Exhibits that are currently active or are about to be triggered are highlighted, e.g.Parasol of Gaps,Dream Diary. Inactive exhibits that don't have further effects or no effect in combat are greyed ou…
- v1.6.1 Gameplay Update - 22 January 2025
1/22 v1.6.1.10113 General Added a new option after bosses: "Prepare". Allows a non-Basic, non-Misfortune card to be removed. This can be used to remove cards that for example, work well enough in Acts 1 & 2 but falter against the Act 3 Bosses. 5 new achievements have been added. Cards in the Collection can now be sorted by Illustator and Seen/Unseen status, and filters can be adjusted by Ascending or Descending order. When sorting cards based on Seen status, added a tooltip stating that seeing a card in-game is enough for it to count as seen, regardless if it's selected or purchased. This is only a reminder, not a change to an existing mechhanic. Thanks to the community's contributions, the following two languages are up to date: Added Ukrainan translation. Major update to the Russsian translation. Cards Maximum Life Cards: Only one copy of Shapeshift Academy can increase maximum life p…
- v1.6.0 Koishi Sets Out For The Incident! - 15 November 2024
v1.6.0 Koishi Sets Out For The Incident! 11/15 v1.6.0.9971 The 5th Playable Character: Koishi Komeiji Koishi Komeiji has gone out to resolve the incident! She can switch between three different Mental States, each with a distinct advantage, as well as attack her enemies with Follow-Up Attacks. She's available on Unlock Level 8. Right click the game on the Library and go to Properties->Betas->Beta version to try Koishi out early. As she's currently on the the Beta Branch, her attacks and design are subject to change. In the meantime, we will continue to optimize her perfomance. The game has been updated to ver. 1.6.0.9971 . Changes in the last number of the version number will not result in ongoing runs to be discarded. General Added Koishi's boss theme：随心。 Added theme songs for the Act 3 Elites. Implemented animations for Kappas, Ghost Girls (Sick/Drowned/Lovesick Girl) and Wolf Tengus.…
- v1.5.1 Gameplay Update - 17 July 2024
7/17 v1.5.1 Gameplay Update General Added theme songs for the Act 2 Elites. Implemented animations for Fox Youkai and Poisonous Dolls. Exhibits New Shining Exhibit added: Rainbow Lotus Roukanken is now a Rare Shop Exhibit, no longer provides mana at the first turn of combat. Philosopher's Stone Reworked: now keeps Philospher's Mana between turns. The previous effect was moved to the Donation Box. Spare Throwing Knives Reworked: Now adds a non-Upgraded Throwing Knife to the draw pile at the start of combat and after a shuffle. Cards New Keyword added: Overflow. Provides mana the first time this card is drawn each turn. Final Spark now has Overflow:P，Upgraded damage decreased: 32→30. Quicken Time now has Overflow:C，Upgraded cost loosened: G→1. Best Friend now has Overflow:G/GG，cost increased: 0→1. True Full Moon now has Overflow:B，no longer has Retain. New Reimu Red Card added: "Fantasy S…
- v.1.5.0 Main Branch Update - 20 June 2024
With the new updates to card art, v.1.5.0 has been moved to the main branch. For more details on the update itself, click here to view the full patch notes. A minor gameplay update patch, v.1.5.1, will be released in the next few days. Afterwards, we will release the fifth playable character, Koishi Komeiji. We hope she will be released in the main branch before the Early Access Anniversary on August 18th.
- v1.5.0 Hybrid Costs, Cirno Rework, New Cards - 20 May 2024
5/21 v1.5.0 Hybrid Costs, Cirno Rework, New Cards General Added theme songs for the Act 1 Elites. Themes for the later act Elites will be added in future updates. Implemented animations for Crow Tengus. Fully completed animations for Hata no Kokoro, masks will now rotated around her. Upgraded to Spine ver.4.2 and updated character animations. New Card Art: Evil-Sealing Circle, Binding Border, Hakurei's Evilest Orbs, Three Gods of Sumiyoshi, Time Magic, Apotheosis, Necromancy, Eviction Order. Updated Card Art: Gift of Nature, Mana Freeze, Frog. Hybrid Mana Costs Lost Branch of Legend has always had a problem with the context of two-colored cards with odd numbered costs, especially 1-cost two-colors that always end up with a generic cost. Our solution to that problem is introducing Hybrid Mana Costs. It's worth noting that while MtG has cards with multiple types of Hybrid Mana on their ca…
- v1.4.2 Regular Update - 29 March 2024
General Added cut-ins for Hata no Kokoro, Junko, and Sanae Kochiya. Implemented animations for Clownpiece, Keystones and Bats. Added a 3D rotation effect to hovering cards. Fixed issues with certain graphical effects producing black squares. Cards New Card Art: "Disintegrating Winds","Lunatic Dream","Orrery's Sun","Short Break","Hourai's Sea of Trees","Dubious Tea Party","Lunacy","Letty, Winter Embodied","Three Gods of Sumiyoshi". Finished Card Art: "Clock Corpse","Meiling, Neglectful Gatekeeper","Star, Showering Starlight" ,"Lunar Rabbit Incense". New Alternate Card Art: "The Falling Moon-Rabbit","The Reclusive Sage","True Full Moon","The Immortal Flame","Tale of the Bamboo Cutter","Filthless World". New Art (Community Contributions): "Spring is Here!","Silver Elegance". Added a new White Neutral Card:"Devour History"。 Added a new Red Neutral Card:"And Then Will There Be None?"。 Revive…
- 1/8 v1.4.1 Colorless Update - 8 January 2024
General Implemented animations for Doremy Sweet. Implemented graphical effects for Remilia's Scarlet Fate. New Content Added a new Colorless Shining Exhibit : "Old Lunar Sake" Added new Colorless Neutral cards :"Sea of Tranquility","Disintegrating Winds". More Colorless cards are to be added in future updates. Added a new Off-Color Reimu Card:"Receive Guidance". Added a new Off-Color Sakuya Card:"Meiling, Neglectful Gatekeeper". Added new Neutral Cards ："Early Bird"(White/Green),"Last Stand Formation"(Blue/Black),"Fantastical Storm"(Red/Green). Fixes & Adjustments True Full Moon & Event Horizon's instant loss effects are now Debuffs instead of Special, and can now be countered by sources of Amulet (e.g.Hakurei Amulet) Patchouli, Elemental Alchemist's 1st Active Skill Power gain reduced:5/6→3/5。 Life Game cost reduced:1UG→UG，now Exiles adjacent Status/Misfortune cards. Fixed an issue whe…
- 12/2 v1.4.0 Enemy Major Update: Intro - 2 December 2023
General Turbo Mode animation speed increased from x1.6 to x2, and there's now an on screen indicator for Turbo Mode being on. Added support for Portuguese language New cards added: "Wall of Bhaavaagra"、"Patchouli, Elemental Alchemist". Finished card art for "Eternal and Instantaneous". Card Visuals and Quality of Life Cards being moved or added to the hand will now appear 3D. Optimized the resolution of cards in combat to make them appear more natural. All card piles can now be viewed in actual order (excluding the draw pile normally). Also added the option to be able to see the numerical order of cards in a given pile, and the top and bottom cards of the draw and discard piles. This can also be toggled with the "Display Enemy Order" key. Major Enemy Update From V.1.4 onward, there will be changes to enemies both minor and major. Reimu Hakurei Rebalance:： Yin-Yang Orbs will now be summo…
- v1.3.18 Extra Turn Update - 7 November 2023
11/7 v1.3.18 Extra Turn Update General New event added："Kosuzu Motoori: Rental Bookstore Suzunaan"。 Added 4 new exhibits related to the event. New card art: "Bewitched Silver Knife" Great Tengu's Decree damage increased by 1 Frantic Falling Leaves Graze increased:1→2，Temporary Firepower decreased:2/3→1/2。 Gensokyo, Past and Present is now Uncommon. Adjusted in-game texts. Adjusted achievement unlock requirements Extra Turn Card Rework New Three-Colored Neutral Card："Century's Doppelgangers" This card "inserts" an immediate extra turn when played. Yutopia designed this card well, but it caused problems with extra turn cards with other effects. Such cards' extra turns were meant to have drawbacks like being unable to deal damage, draw cards etc. It's now possible to have such multiple such extra turns at once, and they will resolve the order they were played, starting from the first. Thes…
- v1.3.17 Spell Card Update - 27 October 2023
10/27 v1.3.17 Spell Card Update General New Card Art: "Navigation Star" , "Dazzling Dash" Improved the mechanism for cards that change cost under certain condition, this allows for Fleeting Fantasy's effect to affect Attack cards with this kind of effect. Shikigami Protection cost reduced: 1WU→1WU/WU, choose 3/5→4/5 random uncommon cards. Difficulty Adjustments Removed Request: Old Battery Returned Request "Bitter Medicine" to two separate Requests: "Bitter Medicine" and "Last Stand" Adjusted the order of Requests. Character Spell Card Adjustment Sakuya's Spell card, Illusion World "The World" no longer ends the Player's turn immediately and can be used multiple times in a single turn. Its Power cost is increased to 120 (By default the maximum power is 240) This adjustment is for ensuring its synergy with "Zener Cards" and "Sutra of Dharmatic Power". Before Public Release, all effects t…
- v1.3.16 Minor Update - 18 October 2023
10/18 v1.3.16 Minor Update Added a new event:"Toyosatomimi no Miko: Make Spell Cards Great Again". The Spell Card button and its effects have been redesigned to go along the event. Fixed issues with some achievements' unlock conditions. Dark Dancer cost reduced: 2BG→BG。 Updated card art. Updated the text on some cards.
- v1.3.15 Achievement Updat - 25 September 2023
9/25 v1.3.15 Achievement Update Achievements are now avilable! Achievements are tied to save files, of which you can have 3 at a time. Meaning it's possible to start a new save file and unlock the achievements all over again from that file. Unlocking an achievement in-game will also unlock it in your Steam profile. About achievements on existing save files： Upon starting the game or selecting a file, achievements tied to beating the game with a certain character will be automatically unlocked if the conditions were fulfilled. Other achievements will have to be unlocked manually, as it's impossible to check the specifics of those retroactively. Note:Due to the way Steam Achievements are ordered, we've set some hidden achievements tied to characters not currently available. All achievements that can be currently unlocked in the current version can be seen in the in-game Achievements page.…
- v1.3.14 Shining Exhibits Update - 29 August 2023
8/29 v1.3.14 Shining Exhibits Update New Card Art: "My Knife's Recursions" New Card Art: "Sharp Knife Express" Added support for Traditional Chinese. New option for Act 1 boss selection: Can have the boss selected randomly, gaining 30 Power as a result. Hakurei Purification Rod now provides 1 Barrier at the start of combat. Fairy's Green Branch now adds a Midsummer Flowers to the hand whenever a Teammate is summoned by being played. Midsummer Flowers now has Ethereal by default, damage growth reduced: 4/6→3/4。 Beauties of Nature's upgrade now reduces its cost to 1G instead of producing a Midsummer Flowers, removed mention of said cards gaining Ethereal. Zener Cards' life loss on spell use reduced: 2→1。 Stone of Aja now only provides 2 Firepower and adds 2 Refracted Sunlights to the discard pile at the start of combat. Doll of Announcing Spring removed, replaced with a new green Shining…
- v1.3.13 Minor Update - 20 August 2023
8/20 v1.3.13 Minor Update Implemented animations for Youmu Konpaku. Tree-Ocean of Hourai damage decreased: 9/10→8/9. Lunatic Dream damage increased: 5/7→6/9. Broken Timeline no longer affects mana given on the next turn via card effects, e.g. from Summer Ice. Letty, Winter Embodied, while under the effects of Mental Energy Injection, can apply Cold multiple times even with only 1 Unity remaining. Some cards now have details explained on the box on the upper right, right above the keywords. This is to prevent card text from becoming too lengthy, and to explain details that couldn't be included otherwise. Examples： Shikigami Protection cannot produce cards with a total cost of 6 or more，Yukari, Boundary of Fantasy cannot produce itself from its Ultimate Skill. New Jade Box option : Full Power. Start with both of the character's starting Exhibits, and the fifth mana in the mana base is cha…
