Stray228 reached out to Valve, upset about the 2025 Compendium

Oleg “Stray228” Bocharov addressed Gabe Newell, expressing his outrage at the absence of arcanes for Queen of Pain and Earthshaker. The content creator noted that all the rewards are completely useless to him.

The streamer made the corresponding statement on Twitch.

“I have a question for GabeN. Why are there no arcanes for Queen of Pain and Earthshaker here? Why are there all these arcanes that I absolutely don't need?”

According to Oleg “Stray228” Bocharov, players cannot sell items they receive as rewards, which makes them completely useless, since it is the ability to sell them that gives them their value. The content creator believes that there are no useful rewards in the free version of the Compendium, and that the developers will try to monetize the valuable Arcana giveaway.

“Arcana of your choice.” The item cannot be transferred, sold, etc. Essentially, it's useless.

For me, an arcane has value in that I can sell it at any time and get my money back. And this is just for visual appeal.

There isn't a single useful arcane here. As I understand it, Gaben wants to make money on these Arcana. He will add Arcana to Queen of Pain and Earthshaker in the next chests, as he did with the Arcana on Wraith King, to make money.“

Let us remind you that earlier, Oleg “Stray228” Bocharov announced a serious problem in the current Dota 2 meta.