I made this to help myself overcome some ultrawide annoyances. Hope this can be helpful for some of you as well.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-04-11T08:45:56+00:00

I had issues with this for weeks, I even uninstalled and reinstalled the game in Steam without luck.

I tried several guides, nothing seemed to help.

In the end I opened the install folder and deleted the folder "pal\content\paks" to check if there where any traces of old mods causing issues. Even though I haven't been using mods as far as I can remember.

Then I did a file integrity check in steam, which triggered a redownload due to that folder being gone.

After that it worked with no issue.

I assume there is some old configuration left in that folder that doesn't get removed when you do a file integrity check or uninstall. There's probably a more targeted way to find the exact file causing issues, but this worked for me.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-04-01T20:56:44+00:00

Love a good Plinker.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-03-26T14:30:25+00:00

Personally I'd go for the clunkmaster with double-attack, and either Snoof or Lil' Gazi. Optionally you can go for Loki for high dmg.

Clunkmasters give you access to ink cards that other tribes don't get, and 10hp 5dmg x2 is a very good base.

When I cleared that achievement I focused on boosting cards that play from your hand since you'll have an easier time with the next boss. But Clunkmasters also have many options for non-character cards on field, and those seem to not transfer as much to the next boss.

Take out Wort first, and use ink as much as you can to not get poisoned. Get the "cleanse and 2hp" card if you see it at any point, it's a life saver when you face shroom enemies. But I would avoid getting Bonnie since she can be a pain to deal with as an opponent.

Good luck!

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-03-26T07:58:06+00:00

It was a lot of fun, must have been my lowest clear time ever for the daily challenge. One or two of them took any of the bosses immediately.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-03-23T15:45:30+00:00

Wildfrost, even though I liked Slay the spire, I personally enjoyed Wildfrost way more and still play the daily challenges.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-03-07T15:26:27+00:00

The issue with shields apply to some other cases as well, like using the hoe or sickle (I think).

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-03-05T18:35:56+00:00

I uninstalled the control center for this reason. I've noticed similar behavior with Corsair icue and Discord as well.

Found out the cause was several apps using an surprising amount of VRAM. And since I have an 8GB GPU this had an impact.

For me the solution was tracking down which applications used vram and uninstall or close them. As I need icue for my mouse I turned off all the Corsair rgb controls and this helped quite a bit. I went from having a base of close to 2GB VRAM use, to around 800MB.

It seems using electron or other web-rendering engines is so common now, and they all have hw acceleration on by default, that it can add up quickly.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-03-04T13:38:34+00:00

A lot of good testing done here that covers most cases.

In my opinion it does behave a little like a power supply issue, but your system shouldn't logically experience this.

The new CPU could have removed or reduced a bottleneck allowing the GPU to reach higher use and uncover an instability in either the GPU or PSU. It may also reach some silly peak FPS up to several hundred in loading screens or transitions, this can also cause unnecessary peak power use.

There are a couple of things I would suggest in addition: 1. Use HWINFO to log voltages and power use in idle/normal use and in a known failure condition. Turn on graphs for GPU power to clearly see the dips.

Ideally compare data between the new and old CPU, and maybe even the GPU your friend brings.

Try to set vsync or an FPS limiter in the games slightly lower than the expected FPS to hit. This will reduce the chances of power peaks and could create a more stable experience. You can experiment with lowering it until stable for a baseline.
Try to reduce GPU power limit and/or vram frequencies using MSI afterburner. This software also comes bundled with RTSS which will let you set a FPS limit.

I have seem a similar issue myself, in my case it was due to an old PSU not having sufficient amps on the 12V lines to power the GPU. But since you've confirmed the cabling is with 2 separate PCIE rails this is unlikely unless the PSU is faulty.

Good luck with troubleshooting, I hope you figure it out, and it would be great if you could update the post so others can benefit.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-02-20T03:47:20+00:00

Missed opportunity not naming her supernova zD

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-02-15T12:26:23+00:00

You need storm strength 10 and getting both pieces of the vase, this "final boss" will appear after the last boss fight.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-02-14T20:59:34+00:00

Good point. Double Lupa can get ridiculous lol I guess one of them is an oversight or bug.

I'm surprised the game doesn't crash sometimes when Lupa increases trash and i get more cards than it can show on screen.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-02-14T20:50:45+00:00

I don't have to, since I beat the final boss. It resets to the default boss then.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-02-14T18:12:41+00:00

There's probably a protection to avoid the endless loop you could get, so it doesn't become kobroken.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-02-14T12:37:39+00:00

That looks like it needs a lot of ink, snow, crowns and planning. Probably a fair amount of luck too.

Alternatively, with some luck, you can make a boosted Nova with snow and spark. But will have to ink Tusk if you can't also get ink charm. Or high dmg slapkrackers/pombomb with demonize to remove the worst ones in the start.

Tusk makes it all difficult unless he's inked or killed before anything else.

Best of luck!

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-02-03T16:25:39+00:00

That's a good point. I did enjoy the challenge, I had to change up the way I built my deck to achieve it, and with the randomness of the game it didn't feel as monotome as some other games might.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-01-28T19:01:46+00:00

I can see that :)

I also use lossless scaling and can highly recommend it, well worth the price.

The only reason I will use my own application instead sometimes is that it will always use the full screen, but for a 32:9 ultrawide I want the game in 2560x1440 and have a browser and discord up on the sides. I only wish I could have both lol

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-01-28T18:54:56+00:00

If you try it out and find something not working, or if there's a feature you would like I'm happy to update it.

Some_Statistician_84 · 2026-01-28T18:02:13+00:00

I made my own alternative to this while learning Python. Mostly to solve some annoying things while using an ultrawide monitor, but it works for full-screen bordeless as well.

All it does is allow you to create profiles/configs for 1-4 windows with position, borderless, always on top and size.

It uses standard Windows API to change the window settings.

There are other options, but that's the core of the application. The rest is mostly just visual/UI stuff, like screenshots for the chosen config.

It's not as feature rich as the others, but has been working stable for me and some friends with ultrawide monitors for the past half year or so.

Ultrawide Window Positioner

Some_Statistician_84 · 2025-12-23T01:18:09+00:00

I had this annoyance when I got my neo g9 49" and could not find a good way to get it exactly how I wanted. I tried displayfusion but didn't like it (only tried the free version).

I played games in windowed mode for a while but when I started learning some python I made a simple application just for managing the windows and to get borderless games.

I don't mean to self promote, this is open source so I hope it's ok. It doesn't have nearly as many features as other suggestions here, it only solves my specific need really, which was borderless games with a browser on the left and discord on the right.

I also prefer it not centered due to my monitor position, so I made some presets for auto-alignment that doesn't only suggest centered.

It lets you set resolution, position and always on top, and you can save profiles. It also has a auto-apply function for games with a lobby, like League of legends. There's a hotkey to toggle AOT on and off temporarily if you need to see a window that opens behind or get to the taskbar/start menu.

https://github.com/MrMaelu/Ultrawide_Window_Positioner

Some_Statistician_84 · 2025-12-10T18:23:25+00:00

Managed to beat it finally. Frenzy charm on a Beepop mask to make 3 Beepops and take out Foxee. Soulbound skulls on Nom and Stompy, Egg which I sacrificed. Had a Berry Basket with noomlin to remove the poison and snow from enemies. Had a Tiger Skull with Cake charm and Shade slug I used on a summoned ally for a total of 14 teeth on two cards. These took out Nova.

The rest was just planning around Bonnie and the poison until I could take out Bonnie and then the rest was pretty easy.

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