Grail Updates Hub

Grail shipped on Steam on 1 September 2026 after a public demo and a 1.0 candidate the week before. This hub is the patch map. Strategy pages on the wiki assume 1.0 text. If a YouTube video still shows Ratagnan-only, it is demo footage — still useful for pips, not for roster advice.

Read these two first

• Version 1.0 — remade tutorial, over-heal, trait tab, Mabel/Zappy cards, Insulated, Antifragile, matching note, Iconics from 0.39.
• Launch day — price, platforms, languages, peak concurrent, what carried from the demo, where to buy.

Timeline worth remembering

• 14 April 2026 — demo and announcement trailer window.
• 9 July 2026 — release date set to 1 September; Mabel and Zappy confirmed as trophy unlocks.
• 13 August 2026 — 0.39, likely last big pre-launch drop: day-10 boss, Iconic rarity, new cards, secret events, cardopedia filters.
• 28 August 2026 — 1.0 candidate so launch week would not be a bug hunt.
• 1 September 2026 — full release, 20% intro price.

What players felt between demo and 1.0

Demo reviews liked the loop and complained about trophy grind and a thin tutorial. 1.0 answers the tutorial. Trophy gates still exist (Mabel at 200, chests at 40). Matching was adjusted so you are less often thrown at a snapshot that continued past your day. Cards in the opponent’s deck no longer unlock in your cardopedia — you have to earn names.

If your favourite streamer is still on demo UI, trust how to play for the rules and this hub for the roster. Characters did not exist as a three-hero problem in the demo.

How we fold patches into guides

When a number changes (Bayonet’s +50%, canal’s 50/75/100/125), it should show up on Ratagnan, the card tier list, and status effects together. If two pages disagree, this hub plus the Steam news post wins. Do not keep demo Bayonet doubling in a 1.0 build.

What we will not do

We will not invent patch notes. If Sokpop has not named it, it is not here. We will not treat cosmetics seasons as balance. We will not hide that 1.0 launched with a still-growing review count — launch week is noisy.

For play advice after you read notes, go back to getting started or the tier list hub. For store links, the links hub.

If you only have time for one patch paragraph: the tutorial was remade, over-heal exists, Mabel and Zappy are trophy heroes, Iconics are a new rarity, Bayonet no longer doubles, and matching is less likely to throw you at a continued run. Everything else is flavour around those sentences. Play one Ratagnan six-win attempt on the new numbers before you spend 200 trophies.