February 2025 Patch Notes!

Winter is officially over in Squad Busters and we’re kicking things off with a new mode that introduces a new flavor of mayhem! Say hello to Hatchling Run, a limited-time game mode where you’re tasked with rescuing little Hatchlings on a Hay Day Farm! Bring them to the Hutch in the middle and fend off waves of dastardly Monsters for as long as you can. Don’t lose focus and you’ll reap the rewards of your work by spending your hard earned Hatchlings in the new Event Shop!

Also in this update: we are making several changes to Star Chests! Things will no longer be fully random as Star Chests now let you pick from up to four different characters, enabling you to better steer where your collection is going. This also applies to Ultras and Ultimates you receive from Star Chests! New characters will no longer be unlocked via Star Chests and the feature itself will become available at Journey Level 50.

Finally, there are also many gameplay balance changes, new Showdown Maps, Skins, fixes and improvements baked into the update. Check out the full details below!

• Alternate between rescuing Hatchlings and defending the Hutch in the middle against the Monster onslaught

• Bust Monster waves quickly and you’ll earn bonus time for rescuing Hatchlings!

• Watch out! The battle will end if the Hutch is destroyed!

• Receive 1 Hatchling Currency as a reward for each Hatchling rescued

• Spend Hatchling Currency on Rewards in the Hatchling Shop, which can be found in the Plaza

• Mega Potions have been adjusted to be less predictable

• Mega Potions in Showdown no longer spawn on regular intervals, and instead can spawn faster or slower by random chance.

• This chance increases as Mega Potion platforms get covered in vines.

• Mega Potions no longer spawn if a player is standing directly on the spawning platform, to discourage camping.

• Mega Potions no longer heal.

• Loot Surge Modifier has been adjusted to have slightly less loot to help with device performance.

• New Showdown Maps have been added to the rotation:

  • Beach World: Frontline Reef.

  • Ice World: Thunder Glacier.

  • Lava World: The Lavadrome.

  • Spooky World: Brambled Shallows.

• Barbarian King Super Rage is no longer stronger than normal Rage Spells, but lasts slightly longer.

• Nita’s basic attack's lack of homing has been fixed, and it now travels farther to connect more often.

• Royale King now summons more Royal Recruits at lower levels, but the maximum number remains the same.

• Witch Elite Skeletons now have much higher Health and Damage, making their Evolution more valuable and balancing out their short lifespan.

• Barbarian Ultimate Elite Baby Barbarian has slightly reduced HP to bring it more in line with the power of other Ultimates.

• Hog Rider’s Turbo boost now lasts for a shorter time after leaving Grass, making Turbo more impactful at higher Evolution levels.

• Dr. T has buffed his Mega Crab's capabilities when Boosted (Boosting is triggered by collecting 10 Coins while the Crab is up.)

  • Mega Crab is immune to slowdown and faster when Boosted.

  • Each Evolution now greatly increases Mega Crab’s Boosted speed.

• Star Chests now let the player choose out of up to four Characters to ensure better value.

• Refreshed Game Modes can now be claimed for a small number of Gems.

• Missing Chest Taps can now always be bought with Coins to enable players to get the most out of Battle Chests and their Chest Multipliers.

• Your finishing position at the end of each battle now gets called out separately in the end of battle sequence.

• Forest Set : Archer Queen, Goblin, Archer, Witch.

• Veggie Set: Colt, Greg, Bea, Trader.

• Easter Set: Mavis, Colonel Ruffs, Chicken, Dynamike, Poco.

Star Chest changes:

• Star Chests now unlock at World Journey Level 50 for new players, but will remain unlocked for all players who had already earned access to them.

• Unlocking Star Chests now also gives 100 Star Tokens.

• Star Chest no longer has cheaper initial Chests: opening a Star Chest always costs 500 Star Tokens. This also applies to players who have previously unlocked Star Chests, but haven’t yet claimed the cheaper initial Chests.

• Star Chests no longer contain new Characters and always give either Supers, Ultras or Ultimates.

• World Journey rewards leading to Level 50 have been adjusted:

  • Star Token rewards have been replaced with other rewards.

  • Last node of Green World now unlocks Barbarian King (used to come from Star Chests.)

Showdown changes:

You can now earn more Gems from Showdown based on the finishing position.

• Winning in Showdown now means placing in Top 3 instead of Top 2.

• Daily Win Rewards are now unlocked immediately after the first battle for new players.

• Chests are now less likely to contain maxed-out Characters, increasing the chances of getting ones that still need upgrades.

• Coin rewards for Beginner Quests have been reduced:

  • Day 1: 20K → 10K

  • Day 4: 10K → 5K

  • Day 6: 10K → 5K

• Vines now take longer to appear at the start of battle in extreme cases, giving more time to choose the first Character.

• When there’s nothing to claim, Chain Offers now automatically scroll to the first unpurchased item.

• Fixed bug where replays would crash due to devices running out of memory.

• Fixed bug in Duo Gem Hunt where the rankings were out of order.

• Fixed bug with Timeout Modifier where players would get to keep the 200 Gems from the Bomb Clock in cases where they die from sources other than the Bomb Clock itself.

• Pathfinding and collision system improvements for better performance.

Matchmaking changes:

• Reduced World restrictions from matchmaking: you can now sometimes matchmake into Worlds that you haven’t unlocked yet.

• Squad League matchmaking can now pair players with higher-ranked opponents to improve top-level match quality.

• Star Chest information tooltip now includes a link to the support article about chest chances (Shop & Super Pass Chest Reward Chances | Supercell Support Portal)