UPDATE: Spooky World!

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Alpe (Head of Content at RoyaleAPI)

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A small update for a spooky season!

The update is scheduled to be released this next Monday, October 21st, and today we get to share everything about it. It's a small update that seems more focused on seasonal content than game features, which is great to keep the game fresh while development of more relevant features continues.

Page contents:

• Spooky World
• Spooky World Sneak Peek
• New Characters
  • Poco
  • Frank
  • Colonel Ruffs
• New Monsters
• New Maps
• New Mods
  • Loot Machines
  • Megaboss Showdown
• Balance Changes
  • Troops
  • Monsters
  • Mods
  • Gameplay
• Chest Sizes Rework
• QoL Changes
• Future Modes

Spooky World

Spooky World will be the 7th world of Squad Busters, and it will be placed after Lava World: from Journey Level 150 to 180.

The length of this new world will be exactly the same as Lava World. 35K Portal Energy is expected to take players between 10 and 30 days to complete, depending on how much you play.

Levels	Portal Energy	Total PE	Progression Share
1 to 15	2,340	2,340	2%
15 to 35	6,090	8,430	4%
35 to 60	14,600	23,030	10%
60 to 90	25,150	48,180	17%
90 to 120	30,950	79,130	21%
120 to 150	35,160	114,290	24%
150 to 180	35,160	149,450	24%

Aggregate Spooky World rewards

In aggregate, by completing these 30 new levels you'll receive the following rewards:

Reward	Amount
Coins	60,000
Common Chest	2
Rare Chest	4
Epic Chest	3
x2 Multiplier	6
x3 Multiplier	2
x4 Multiplier	2
Star Tokens	130
Emote	4
Style Tickets	100
Hammers	150

Full list of Spooky World rewards

Level	Reward	Amount
150	Spooky World	-
151	Coins	20000
152	Emote	1
153	Epic Chest	1
154	Rare Chest	1
155	x4 Multiplier	1
156	Hammers	100
157	Coins	3000
158	Rare Chest	1
159	Style Tickets	100
160	Star Tokens	30
161	Epic Chest	1
162	Coins	10000
163	Rare Chest	1
164	Emote	1
165	x2 Multiplier	3
166	Common Chest	1
167	Hammers	50
168	Coins	12000
169	Emote	1
170	Rare Chest	1
171	Epic Chest	1
172	Coins	5000
173	Common Chest	1
174	x2 Multiplier	3
175	x3 Multiplier	2
176	x4 Multiplier	1
177	Emote	1
178	Coins	10000
179	Star Tokens	100
180	Squad League	-

As any new world, Spooky World also brings new characters (3) and game modifiers (2) that we'll cover later.

Sneak Peek Event

As soon as the update drops this Monday, you'll join the Spooky World Sneak Peek event.

This event is similar to other world releases: collect a special currency to open chests and unlock characters. This time you'll need to find Pumpkins, which appear randomly around the map, with Carrots and with Trees.

To complete the entire event, you'll need to collect 4,780 Pumpkins. The reward highlights are:

Pumpkins	Progression	Reward
630	13%	Poco Unlock
2,350	49%	Frank Unlock
3,480	73%	Colonel Ruffs Unlock
4,780	100%	Poco Lantern Skin

Note that these are simply chests that guarantee each of these characters, to ensure you unlock all of them if you complete the event. There are also many unlabelled Spooky Chests, those will give you any of the 3 randomly.

Spooky World Event Chest Details

Collect Pumpkins to unlock these rewards:

Chest	Type	Price	Total	Progression
1	Spooky Chest	100	100	2.1%
2	Common Chest	30	130	2.7%
3	Spooky Chest	150	280	5.9%
4	Rare Chest	60	340	7.1%
5	Epic Chest	90	430	9.0%
6	Spooky Chest (Poco)	200	630	13.2%
7	Rare Chest	60	690	14.4%
8	Epic Chest	90	780	16.3%
9	Spooky Chest	250	1030	21.5%
10	Common Chest	30	1060	22.2%
11	Spooky Chest	300	1360	28.5%
12	Epic Chest	90	1450	30.3%
13	Spooky Chest	350	1800	37.7%
14	Rare Chest	60	1860	38.9%
15	Epic Chest	90	1950	40.8%
16	Spooky Chest (Frank)	400	2350	49.2%
17	Rare Chest	60	2410	50.4%
18	Spooky Chest	450	2860	59.8%
19	Common Chest	30	2890	60.5%
20	Epic Chest	90	2980	62.3%
21	Spooky Chest (Colonel Ruffs)	500	3480	72.8%
22	Rare Chest	60	3540	74.1%
23	Spooky Chest	550	4090	85.6%
24	Epic Chest	90	4180	87.4%
25	Poco Lantern Skin	600	4780	100.0%

New Characters

Spooky World brings 3 new characters, 1 for each rarity:

• Poco: Common
• Frank: Rare
• Colonel Ruffs: Epic

Poco

Poco and his guitar can heal your Squad while battling enemies.

Poco is a ranged unit with very low DPS and single-target damage. His Super Attack and healing ability make him a bit more versatile, but not enough for a smooth start in early-game, which is where the Common rarity places him at.

Poco Basic Stats

Stat	Value
Name	Poco
IP	Brawl Stars
Rarity	Common
Class	Healer
Position	Back
Range	Ranged (4,000)
Health	1,500 HP
Hit Time	0.85 s
Hit Speed	1.18 hits/s
Damage	80 HP
DPS	94 HP/s

The usual Fusion Multipliers are applied for this troop, doubling the DPS and tripling the HP.

	Normal	Multiplier	Fusion
Health	1,500	x3.00	4,500
Damage	80	x2.00	160
DPS	94	x2.00	188

Poco Evolutions

⭐🌑🌑🌑 Baby

Heals the Squad after busting a foe

With each kill, all the troops in your Squad heal 150 HP with normal Poco, and 375 HP with Fusion Poco.

⭐⭐🌑🌑 Classic

Plays a Power Chord attack after 7 attacks

Power Chord is Poco's Super Attack. Although the animation for this attack shows multiple projectiles, in practice it behaves like area damage. This also means it doesn't just damage the frontline, and reaches all the troops that are up to 4 tiles away.

The attack is covers an angle of 40 degrees for normal Poco, and grows to 60 degrees for Fusion Poco.

The DPS of Power Chord (113) is very similar to the DPS of the normal attack (94), which means that this won't make a big difference against single targets; but will help against swarms of units.

⭐⭐⭐🌑 Super

Heals the Squad greatly when playing Power Chord

The Super Attack heals troops in your Squad 300 HP with normal Poco, and 750 HP with Fusion Poco.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ultra

Plays Power Chords much more often

The Super Attack counter is reduced from 7 to 5. Overall this means the Super Attack will be activated 33% more often.

Frank

Frank is tough as nails and can shock entire groups with his hammer.

Frank Basic Stats

Stat	Value
Name	Frank
IP	Brawl Stars
Rarity	Rare
Class	Defender
Position	Defender
Range	Melee (1,800)
Health	3,200 HP
Hit Time	1.35 s
Hit Speed	0.74 hits/s
Damage	104 HP
DPS	77 HP/s

The usual Fusion Multipliers are applied for this troop, doubling the DPS and tripling the HP.

	Normal	Multiplier	Fusion
Health	3,200	x3.00	9,600
Damage	104	x2.00	208
DPS	77	x2.00	154

Frank Evolutions

⭐🌑🌑🌑 Baby

Slams Shockwaves with his heavy hammer

Although Frank's attack is displayed as 3 separate shockwaves, it behaves as area damage that can only damage each troop once.

As normal Baby, these shockwaves have a range of 2 tiles. This range is increased for Fusion Baby to 2.5 tiles.

⭐⭐🌑🌑 Classic

_Shockwaves are stronger and travel

The Damage per Hit increases from 104 HP to 124 HP, which is a 19% extra damage. The Hit Time doesn't change, so the DPS changes by the same amount.

Additionally, the shockwave travels faster (+20%) and reaches further.

	Baby	Classic
Normal Damage	104	124
Normal DPS	77	92
Normal Range	2.0	2.5
Normal Angle	40	50
Fusion Damage	208	247
Fusion DPS	154	183
Fusion Range	2.5	3.0
Fusion Angle	40	50

⭐⭐⭐🌑 Super

Charges up more damage after taking damage

Although this ability uses the same UI as Super Attacks, it's actually a Super Charge that is always spent whenever Frank attacks. This counter can accumulate up to 6 hits.

Each counter spent gives 16 extra damage with normal Frank and 32 with Fusion Frank.

Counters	Normal	Fusion
0	124	248
1	140	280
2	156	312
3	172	344
4	188	376
5	204	408
6	220	440

This means the Damage per Hit can increase up to +77%. In normal battles this won't usually happen, so you can simply expect Frank to spend 1-2 counters with each attack, which is a decent 13-26% DPS boost.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ultra

Slams a Super Shockwave when fully charged

If you manage to reach 6 counters with Ultra Frank, this will trigger his Super Attack: Super Shockwave.

Super Shockwave is even more powerful than the attack with 6 counters; it deal 301 damage as Normal Frank and 602 damage as Fusion Frank. On top of this, the shockwave has pushback stuns enemy troops for 0.25 seconds.

The Super Shockwave also has a wider angle (60 degrees) and slightly more range: 3.0 tiles for Normal and 3.5 tiles for Fusion Frank.

This ability gives you a bigger incentive to reach all 6 counters. It may be a good strategy to intentionally take small damage while you keep moving to later surprise your enemies with a powerful stun. Note that taking damage from the growing vines will also count as damage hits, so stepping there for a few seconds will be enough to activate the Super Attack.

Colonel Ruffs

Colonel Ruffs upgrades your Squad with Fusions, and can even help you get more Lucky Finds.

Ruffs is a ranged unit that shoots 2 projectiles at a time. His DPS is very similar to Penny, and despite also having an Attacker Class, he shines by boosting the strength of your Squad with his abilities.

Colonel Ruffs Basic Stats

Stat	Value
Name	Colonel Ruffs
IP	Brawl Stars
Rarity	Epic
Class	Attacker
Position	Back
Range	Ranged (4,500)
Health	1,700 HP
Hit Time	0.95 s
Hit Speed	1.05 hits/s
Damage	212 HP
DPS	223 HP/s

The usual Fusion Multipliers are applied for this troop, doubling the DPS and tripling the HP.

	Normal	Multiplier	Fusion
Health	1,700	x3.00	5,100
Damage	212	x2.00	424
DPS	223	x2.00	446

Colonel Ruffs Evolutions

⭐🌑🌑🌑 Baby

Upgrades a Squad member into a Fusion

Ruffs can upgrade into Fusion any of the troops in your Squad. If you start a battle with Ruffs, he will fuse himself.

This can also lead to awkward situations if you try to fuse him intentionally. For example, if you already have 1 Normal Ruffs in your Squad and get another, you can end with 1 Fusion Ruffs and 1 Normal Ruffs.

⭐⭐🌑🌑 Classic

Increases the Health of your Fusions

The HP of your Fusions increases by 1,200 HP. Having more Ruffs in your Squad will increase this HP slightly, but it's far from accumulative.

Ruffs Amount	Fusion HP Bonus
1	+1,200
2	+1,300
3 (1 Fusion)	+1,500
4	+1,600
5	+1,700
6 (2 Fusions)	+1,900
7	+2,100
8	+2,200
9+ (3 Fusions)	+2,300

Having 2 Ruffs gives you a total increase of 1,300 HP, and a Fusion Ruff 1,500 HP.

For reference, Battle Healer gives 400 HP for all your troops, and 950 HP as a Fusion. Ruffs gives a much better HP bonus at first, but the smaller increase means that having 5+ Battle Healers is better than 5+ Ruffs. And of course, Battle Healer also helps non-Fusions, which are much more fragile units.

⭐⭐⭐🌑 Super

Guarantees a Lucky Find after opening 6 Chests

The Super Attack counter is used to count how many chests you have opened since Ruffs joined your Squad, after opening 6, the 7th chest is a Lucky Find.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ultra

Increases the Damage of your Fusions

Similar to the Super ability, the effect is significant for the first Ruffs in your Squad, but having more has reduced benefit.

Ruffs Amount	Fusion Damage Bonus
1	+12%
2	+15%
3 (1 Fusion)	+20%
4	+22%
5	+24%
6 (2 Fusions)	+27%
7	+28%
8	+29%
9+ (3 Fusions)	+30%

For reference, the basic buff of Archer Queen to ranged units is +23%, so this Damage buff ability is about half as strong.

New Monsters

Spooky World has new monsters that you'll be able to find in the new maps. There are 9 new entries for the Book of Achievements.

	Troop	HP	DPS
	VS Zombie Kaiju	45,000	113
	VS Skeleton King	37,500	60
	Zombie Kaiju	10,000	75
	Skeleton King	7,000	40
	Pharaoh Bot	6,000	25
	Skeleton Dragon	5,000	85
	Robo Frank	2,500	90
	Executioner	1,200	33
	VS Skeleton King Minion	750	74
	Robo Mortis	600	50
	Robo Emz	400	35
	Bat Bot	300	20

New Maps

Midnight Mortuary

Boiler Room

New Mods

Spooky World arrives with 2 new Modifiers:

• Loot Machines

• Megaboss Showdown

Loot Machines

Vending machines with big prizes are popping up on Chest platforms! Loot Machines offer valuable prizes for Coins, but don't get too greedy and forget to build your Squad. Loot Machines cost more Coins and contain better prizes as the Battle goes on, so spend wisely!

The rewards available from Vending Machines change as the battle progresses. When a Vending Machine spawns instead of a chest, it has assigned a price and a loot label. This assigned reward is random, but you'll be able to see it before you buy it.

During the first 2 minutes of the battle, Vending Machines spawn with a price of 10 coins.

Stage 1 Vending Machine Loot

Item	Amount	Probability
Gems	15	10%
Gems	20	20%
Gems	25	13%
Gem Ring	1	3%
Blue Turbo Boots	3	13%
Blue Turbo Boots	4	7%
Golden Turbo Boots	1	13%
Chest Keys	2	8%
Chest Keys	3	5%
Spells	3	7%

During the 3rd minute of the battle, Vending Machines spawn with a price of 20 coins.

Stage 2 Vending Machine Loot

Item	Amount	Probability
Gems	25	10%
Gems	30	20%
Gems	35	13%
Gem Ring	1	5%
Blue Turbo Boots	4	10%
Blue Turbo Boots	5	5%
Golden Turbo Boots	1	8%
Golden Turbo Boots	2	3%
Chest Keys	2	8%
Chest Keys	3	5%
Spells	4	7%
Hearts	4	5%

During the last minute of the battle, Vending Machines spawn with a price of 40 coins.

Stage 3 Vending Machine Loot

Item	Amount	Probability
Gems	50	10%
Gems	60	20%
Gems	70	13%
Gem Ring	1	10%
Blue Turbo Boots	8	10%
Golden Turbo Boots	2	12%
Chest Keys	3	13%
Spells	5	7%
Hearts	6	5%

Megaboss Showdown

Prepare for absolute chaos as a Mega-sized Skeleton King and Zombie Kaiju have an epic showdown in the center of the Map! Brave Squads can snatch up the many Gems dropped by their Battle, but beware getting caught in the crossfire.

These two colossal monsters have even more HP than Unicron, from the Transformers event.

	Troop	HP	DPS
	VS Zombie Kaiju	45,000	113
	VS Skeleton King	37,500	60
	Unicron	35,000	100

Balance Changes

As usual with balance changes, improve the user experience rather than shape a balanced meta. We can see this due to the continuous efforts to improve underwhelming situations.

Troop Balance

Following this goal, troop balance aims to boost unpopular picks rather than nerfing the strongest ones.

[Buff] El Primo

Classic El Primo starts with his Flying Elbow Drop fully charged, to be a better starting pick

Another buff to El Primo, who struggles to stand against very versatile Common troops like Shelly and Barbarian.

[Buff] Medic

Medic has slightly more Health, to help boost relevancy

This change wasn't implemented in our testing environment, so we don't have details yet.

[Buff] Goblin

Ultra Goblin drops more Coins to be more worth the upgrade

The amount od Coins increases from 10 to 12.

[Buff] Dynamike

Ultimate Dynamike’s Barrel Bomb Spell can blow up Trees and Carrots like normal Bomb Spells

The damage and everything else isn't changing, it's just this feature.

[Buff] Pam

Fusion Pam again builds a larger and more powerful Fusion Healing Station

[Buff] Bandit

Fusion Bandit drops a portion of additional Gems, to better reward Fusion

For Baby Bandit, the amount of gems given by the 3rd Bandit increases from 7 to 10. For Super Bandit, it increases from 15 to 20.

[Buff] Penny

Fusion Penny drops an additional Treasure Map, to better reward Fusion

This means that the 3rd Penny to join your Squad drops 1 Map, and becomes a Fusion, and drops an extra Map.

[Rework] Leon

Leon has bugs fixed with his Invisibility Spell:

• Dealing damage with Cannons and other things outside the Squad no longer deactivates Invisibility

• Active Invisibility is semi-transparent instead of fully transparent

• Deactivated Invisibility is opaque instead of semi-transparent

Overall this rework seems like a nerf that will reduce Leon's ability to completely surprise opponents.

Monster Balance

Big NPCs Respawn Speed

Kaiju, Rainmaker and Lava Hound respawn faster

Strong Small NPCs Loot

Stronger small Monsters (Dart Goblin, Bomber, Rifleman, etc.) drop more Coins

Average Coins increase from 1.50 to 2.07.

Minion Loot

Average Coins decrease from 1.50 to 1.00.

Modifier Balance

• In Crystal Trees, trees can be destroyed by Bomb and Barrel Bomb Spells, but drop reduced loot.

• In Doppelgangers, drops are limited to 3 Fusions. This affects troops like Jessie, Penny and Bandit.

• In Hatchling Herder, Fused Hatchlings no longer increase chest costs.

• Several Modifiers are more likely to appear as Bonus Mods.

Gameplay Balance

• Lucky Finds are less likely if you have a strong Squad or high rank, and more likely in the Final Stretch.

• Loot from enemies spawns closer to the busted target.

• Hearts spawn more often.

Chest Sizes Rework

The probabilities for Chest Taps are changing significantly with this update:

• Empty taps are less likely
• Taps with 1 Baby are more likely
• Taps with 4-6 Babies are less likely
• Taps now have a chance to give 7-9 Babies

This is how each of the size probabilities are changing:

Tap Size	Old	New
0	40.0%	30.0%
1	46.8%	57.4%
2	4.2%	4.2%
3	4.2%	4.2%
4	1.8%	0.7%
5	1.8%	0.7%
6	1.2%	0.7%
7	0.0%	0.7%
8	0.0%	0.7%
9	0.0%	0.7%

Overall, the average size per tap is increasing from 0.912 to 1.057; this may not seem much, but it translates to 16% more Babies from chests!

QoL Changes

Tool Indicators

If you had trouble finding Bee Hives and Tanks, this change will make it easier to find them by adding indicators like the ones you already see with Penny's maps.

Future Modes

And lastly, it's worth mentioning a brief teaser that was shared in Saturday's Squad UPdate. We don't have any details to share other than what you can see in the image.

Our best guess is is a game mode selection screen, where you can choose to play normal battles or something else.

One of the modes seems to be team-based; it could be Duos or something closer to China's 5v5 mode.

The last option seems a new version of Squad League or ranked mode; the icon makes it clear that only serious Squads are allowed there.

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