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🎭 Event Guide

Complete guide to all Slay the Spire events with optimal choices.

🎭 Big Fish

Act 1

3 choices

Banana is usually safest. Box is worth it if you have curse removal.

🎭 The Cleric

Act 1

3 choices

Card removal is almost always the best use of gold here.

🎭 Golden Idol

Act 1

2 choices

Golden Idol is one of the best relics. The HP cost is usually worth it.

🎭 Wing Statue

Act 1

2 choices

Free card removal for just 7 HP is excellent value.

🎭 World of Goop

Act 1

2 choices

75 gold is significant. Take it unless you're at critical HP.

🎭 Living Wall

Act 1

3 choices

Removal > Transform > Upgrade in most cases.

🎭 Scrap Ooze

Act 1

2 choices

High HP cost for uncertain reward. Usually skip.

🎭 Shining Light

Act 1

2 choices

Two upgrades for some HP is usually a good deal.

🎭 Mushrooms

Act 1

2 choices

The fight is easy and the relic (Odd Mushroom) is decent. Usually take it.

🎭 The Ssssserpent

Act 1

2 choices

150 gold is a lot. Take it if you have or will get curse removal.

🎭 Dead Adventurer

Act 1Act 2

2 choices

Risky event. Only search if your deck can handle a random elite.

🎭 Hypnotizing Colored Mushrooms

Act 1

2 choices

Random effects can be great or terrible.

🎭 Ancient Writing

Act 2

2 choices

Card removal is usually better. Simplicity only if you have many basics left.

🎭 Augmenter

Act 2

3 choices

Transform is high variance. J.A.X. is OK if you don't mind curses.

🎭 The Colosseum

Act 2

2 choices

Amazing rewards but two back-to-back fights. Only take if deck is ready.

🎭 The Library

Act 2

2 choices

Read is usually better. Huge card pool means you'll find something useful.

🎭 The Joust

Act 2

2 choices

Owner is safer with positive expected value. Challenger is a gamble.

🎭 Forgotten Altar

Act 2

3 choices

If you have Golden Idol, this upgrades it to Bloody Idol (healing on gold gain).

🎭 The Woman in Blue

Act 2

2 choices

20 gold per potion is very cheap. Buy if you have empty slots.

🎭 The Mausoleum

Act 2

2 choices

50/50 for a free relic. Usually worth it.

🎭 Masked Bandits

Act 2

2 choices

Usually better to fight than lose all gold. Fight is manageable.

🎭 Knowing Skull

Act 2

4 choices

Take one or two options at most. HP cost increases each time.

🎭 Back to Basics

Act 2

2 choices

Removing all basics is amazing deck thinning.

🎭 Council of Ghosts

Act 2

2 choices

Apparitions are incredibly powerful. Almost always accept.

🎭 Vampires

Act 2

2 choices

Bites are better than Strikes and heal you. Great deal unless few Strikes remain.

🎭 Nest

Act 2

2 choices

Leave for a rare relic is usually better than 99 gold.

🎭 The Moai Head

Act 2

3 choices

Best if you have Golden Idol for the upgrade.

🎭 Falling

Act 3

3 choices

Forced card loss. Pick whichever category has a card you don't need.

🎭 Mysterious Sphere

Act 3

2 choices

Hard fight but guaranteed relic. Take if your deck is strong.

🎭 Mind Bloom

Act 3

3 choices

War is usually best. Rich is good if near the end. Never pick Awake.

🎭 Secret Portal

Act 3

2 choices

Skip to boss if you're already strong. Stay if you need more upgrades.

🎭 Tomb of Lord Red Mask

Act 3

3 choices

Great if you're low on gold—getting a rare relic for nothing.

🎭 Winding Halls

Act 3

3 choices

Madness is powerful in the right deck. Otherwise take the HP loss.

🎭 Stairway to Heaven

Act 3

1 choice

Depends on available options. Usually good outcomes.

🎭 Sensory Stone

Act 3

1 choice

Better in later acts. Colorless cards can be very powerful.

🎭 Upgrade Shrine

Act 1Act 2Act 3

1 choice

Free upgrade. Always take it.

🎭 Purifier

Act 1Act 2Act 3

1 choice

Free card removal. One of the best events.

🎭 Transmogrifier

Act 1Act 2Act 3

1 choice

Transform a bad card. Can sometimes get amazing results.

🎭 Match and Keep

Act 1

1 choice

Free cards. Try to remember positions and match the good ones.

🎭 Wheel of Change

Act 1Act 2Act 3

1 choice

Forced event. Outcomes are random—some great, some bad.

🎭 We Meet Again

Act 2

3 choices

Giving a card is essentially free removal + gold. Usually best.

🎭 Bonfire Spirits

Act 1Act 2Act 3

1 choice

Offering a common card gives a small bonus. Rare gives bigger reward.

🎭 Designer In-Spire

Act 2

3 choices

Premium card services. Full Service is great if you can afford it.

🎭 Duplicator

Act 1Act 2Act 3

1 choice

Duplicate your strongest card. Amazing with powerful rares.

🎭 Golden Shrine

Act 1Act 2Act 3

2 choices

Free gold. Desecrate gives more but may have consequences.

🎭 Note For Yourself

Act 1Act 2Act 3

1 choice

Lets you transfer cards between runs. Situational value.

🎭 Neow's Lament

Act 1

1 choice

Trading max HP for rare relics or rare cards is usually optimal.

🎭 Face Trader

Act 1

2 choices

The relic you get depends on your current HP. Usually worth it.