Batomon Showdown Update — v1.2.0 Smuggler Patch Notes

The current Batomon Showdown update is v1.2.0, titled New Trainer Smuggler Update, and it was posted to the official Steam Community hub on September 30. It is a substantial patch rather than a hotfix: it adds a trainer, rebalances two creature regions, adjusts events, trinkets and items, and ships a long list of bug fixes. The developer commentary attached to the notes is unusually specific about intent, which makes the patch a useful read for anyone tracking the meta.

The Latest Patch: v1.2.0 Smuggler

The headline addition is the Smuggler trainer, which the note describes as bringing Batomon from the other regions into your shop. That matters because region access is normally restricted, so the Smuggler is effectively a pool-expansion tool.

Patch section	What changed
New	Smuggler trainer added, importing other-region Batomon into the shop
Quality of life	End-screen trainer badges restored, background frame rate capped at 30 FPS, post-battle stats now count triggers
Balance	Jinto group nerfed, Pantra group buffed, trainers adjusted
Events	Traveling merchant stock and Dragon Egg outcomes expanded
Trinkets and items	Zenith Stone and Crimson Ticket adjusted
Bug fixes	A long list of interaction and UI fixes

Balance Changes at a Glance

The developer explains the reasoning directly in the notes: after the previous patch Jinto teams still had roughly 1.5 times the median damage of Pantra teams at day 10 and beyond, so v1.2.0 applies another pass on Jinto and buffs underperforming Pantra creatures.

Creature	Official change in v1.2.0
Petrirex	Per ally knocked out, shield and damage 30/60/90 changed to 20/40/60 shield only, cooldown 5.5 to 7
Opalion	Cooldown 8 to 9, shield 84 to 90
Nekoffin	Damage 250/500/750 to 200/400/600
Cairnage	Shield-to-damage multiplier x1/2/3 to x0.8/1.6/2.4
Shikitsune	Cooldown speed per revive 20/40/60 per cent to 15/30/45 per cent
Bonshell	Damage and shield per cast 100/200/300 to 80/160/240
Steamscuttle	Cooldown 2.5 to 3
Thorntail	Damage per poison applied 6/12/18 to 8/16/24
Noxnimbus	Poison to adjacent Toxic allies 2/4/6 to 3/6/9
Cinderfly	Cost 30 to 25, burn 6 to 7

Trainers were touched too: the Chemist toxic starting poison went from 1 to 3, the Redhead burn per win to Fire monsters went from 2 to 3, and the Gamer now reveals which Mythical it will grant from the start of the run.

Bug Fixes and Quality of Life

The v1.2.0 notes include a long fix list, and a few entries are worth highlighting because they describe systems rather than cosmetics.

• Shikitsune failing to revive an ally knocked out at the same moment it cast was fixed.
• Shiny Dirgefin gaining damage from knockouts that Protect blocked was fixed.
• Miasmaw gaining nothing from reaching Level 4 was fixed, confirming the Level 4 tier.
• Cooldowns showing 0.0 seconds when actually at the 0.1 second minimum were fixed.
• Monster inspect sheets opened during battle showing pre-battle numbers were fixed.

On the quality-of-life side, hiding the end-screen panel now restores both trainer badges, the desktop build drops to 30 FPS when tabbed out, and post-battle stats count monster triggers rather than every multicast cast separately.

• Official patch notes live on the Steam Community hub.
• Development logs live on the official itch.io page.
• A third-party tracker mirrors live build numbers but is not an official source.

How Updates Are Published

Official patch notes appear on the Batomon Showdown Steam Community hub, where the developer posts notes with per-change commentary. Development logs also appear on the official itch.io page, which lists entries such as New Trainers and Public demo out on Steam in April 2026.

A third-party tracker records the live build as version 1.2.0 at Balance 24 with Steam build 25600878, which is a useful cross-check but not an official statement. Patch notes are the authoritative source for what changed, and this page should be re-checked after each future patch since balance passes have already reshaped both regions more than once.