Slay the Spire 2 Beta Patch v0.102.0 Starts Building Its Badges and Scoring Layer

A current hot post on r/Games points directly to Mega Crit’s official Steam announcement for Slay the Spire 2 beta patch v0.102.0. The headline feature is groundwork for a new system called Badges. According to the developer, Badges appear at the end of a run and mark distinctive moments like beating a boss without losing HP, finishing quickly, spotting specific easter eggs, or even forgetting to spend your gold before the run ends.

That sounds small on paper, but the explanation around it is the real story. Mega Crit says these markers will eventually move into run history and the stats screen, which means the studio is building a more explicit scoring and identity layer for each run. In a deckbuilder where players constantly compare decisions, outcomes, and build paths, clearer post-run feedback can be just as important as adding new cards or enemies.

What Changed In v0.102.0

Ascension 6 was reworked from Gloom, which reduced rest sites, into Inflation, which makes card removal at the Merchant much more expensive.

Major content changes hit cards like Blade of Ink and Borrowed Time, while enemy behavior adjustments targeted fights such as Doormaker.

The patch also adds new card portraits, new VFX for afflictions, controller navigation improvements, multiplayer stability work, localization updates, and a long list of crash and softlock fixes.

What makes this update notable is that it is not trying to win attention with a flashy reveal. Instead, it is tightening the invisible parts of the game. Replacing a map-generation-style Ascension penalty with a clearer economic penalty makes difficulty easier to understand. Adding Badges gives runs more texture and makes feedback easier for both the player and the developer to interpret.

That is exactly the kind of work an early access game needs if it wants later balance patches to mean something. Mega Crit is not just tuning numbers here. It is building a framework for how runs will be remembered, scored, and compared, which should make future content updates easier to evaluate. v0.102.0 looks small beside a new character reveal, but structurally it may end up being one of the more important Slay the Spire 2 beta patches yet.