It has come to my attention that there are not enough essences floating around in the ecosystem. Here's a temporary fix for that - an enemy you can beat on! The squishy fella doesn't do so much in the way of fighting back, but if you use your elemental skills on him, you'll surely beat the essence-stuffing right out of him! Each element caps out at 5 hits for maximum effectiveness, but each battle can only run for ~10 turns before his barrier gives out.
Each victory rewards 2 Essence of Life and 2 Essence of Magick, plus up to 5 conditional elemental essences dependent on how many times he's been struck with that element before the battle ends. This effectively marks the first time Thunderous, Midnight, and Daylight essences can be obtained and stockpiled for later.

I originally planned to hold this update back until some more stuff was finished, but the bug with the old Halloween event needed to be addressed immediately. Full notes below.

The next update may take a while longer to release. For more pre-release insight, join us on Discord @ https://discord.gg/Ur4GdaKxPD and make sure to select the CoA role on your way in!


6.8.1.1 [Build #179, Release Date: May 13, 2025]
Event:
- A new event is running in the Veil until June - The Essence of Essences! Challenge this enemy as many times as you like and beat the essences out of it!
Fixes:
- Fixed the boss encounter in the 2021 Halloween event which did not properly trigger. It is unknown how long this bug existed as it was never reported.
Updates & Changes:
- "Elite" enemies now reference the 2nd generation character sheets, but have +5 to all stats and give 2x "group" exp. "Boss" enemies now reference 2nd gen sheets, but have +10 to all stats and give 2x "single" exp. This only affects future changes and new creations and is not applied retroactively.
- Snowdrift Village DLC enemies have been scaled down to level 20, from 20-45. It should now be possible to collect the Frostslayer class during the events of the Orc War.
- Snowdrift Village, both DLC and non, now exits to the "Snowdrift Area". Access to Snowdrift Village requires travel through the Snowdrift Area.
- Adjusted the way Halloween event 2020 and 2021 process victories and escapes, hopefully leading to less double encounters from the same visible field unit.
Skill & Mastery Effects:
- Halloween event skills now require 10 uses to level up consistent through all 10 levels.
Notes, Known Issues & Other:
- Removed leftover Battlefront maps from the game files.
- Removed 67 "Timelost Zone" map files from the game data that were originally noted in patch 6.6 on Jan 2, 2025. Any remaining transfers to these defunct zones will cause game crashes - please report them immediately!
- Removed 7 additional unused maps.