Slay the Spire 2 Reveals the Regent — Star-Powered Heir Joins the Roster

Published 2025-12-13Updated 2026-09-194 min read

The December 2025 newsletter unveiled the Regent: heir to the Throne of Stars, a haughty cosmic prince whose second resource, Stars, powers his spells while minions do the fighting.

StS2 guide illustration
StS2 guide illustration

December 2025's monthly newsletter delivered the sequel's second new character: the Regent, heir to the Throne of Stars — a haughty cosmic prince from a distant world who wandered to the spire chasing stimulation, and found plenty of creatures to conquer and treasures to plunder.

The character notes set the tone: an imperious royal who draws power from the cosmos and delegates the actual labor to long-suffering minions. Mechanically, that splits into the two pillars that defined him at launch:

  • Stars — the Regent's second card resource, generated alongside (and convertible with) regular energy. Stars persist between turns and pay for his cosmic spellbook; the economy of banking and spending them became his whole playstyle.
  • Minions and the Sovereign Blade — his signature summon, a sword he Forges bigger over a fight while summoned helpers soak and swing.

The reveal completed the launch roster's picture: three returning classes plus the Necrobinder and now the Regent — the "two new, three returning" split that the marketing had promised since TGA. Players promptly ranked him the middle child of the difficulty ladder: stronger than his slow Act 1 suggests, and a monster once the Stars align. See the Regent class guide and his star-engine builds for how the prince actually plays.

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