BALANCE CHANGES

Gourd Horde Legend Returns

• Gourd Horde Legend can Execute Cast Members with a new Finisher Animation!

• Players can once again play as the Gourd Legend, transforming into a standard Gourd and commanding up to 4 AI-controlled Gourds.

• Maximum Gourd Charged Attack reduced from 35 to 25.

• Removed Stamina Damage

• Maximum charge time reduced from 3s to 2s.

• AI Gourds now follow the player when in line of sight.

• Killing a Cast Member converts them into a Gourd.

• AI Gourd spawn rate increased to 1 every 10s, up from every 20s.

• Matriarch Fail Timer reduced from 660s to 30s.

Psycho Phil

• No longer consumes stamina while running, though he can still take stamina damage and become exhausted.

• Recovers 100% health upon exiting downstate.

• Gravity increased from 1.1 to 1.8, resulting in heavier movement and reduced knockback.

• Must now be downed 4 times before being permanently killed, instead of 3.

• Can no longer slide while in downstate.

• Crossbow stamina damage reduced from 10 to 0.

• Invincibility time after recovering from downstate increased from 15s to 30s.

• Cast members killed by Psycho Phil now spawn as a Corey Minion.

Radu

• Dagger hitbox range increased from 0.25 to 0.3.

• Invincibility time after recovering from downstate increased from 15s to 30s.

• Can no longer slide while in downstate.

Subspecies

Minion Player

• Knockback removed from Seize Pounce.

AI Subspecies

• Pointing distance increased from 2.5m to 3m.

• Fear per second while pointing reduced from 3 to 2.

Punkie (Human)

• Invincibility time after recovering from downstate increased from 15s to 30s.

• Can no longer slide while in downstate.

Werewolf

• Invincibility time after recovering from downstate increased from 15s to 30s.

• Can no longer slide while in downstate.

• Frenzy Charge damage reduced from 35 to 30.

• Now gains +1 stamina per second while running, compared to +7 per second while standing still.

• Stamina recovery rate while crouched increased from 6 to 7.

• Stamina recovery rate while idle increased from 10 to 15.

• Run-jump stamina cost reduced from 30 to 27.

• The 3s stamina regeneration delay when stamina is not empty has been removed.

• The stamina regeneration delay when stamina is empty has been reduced from 15s to 5s.

Punkie (Objective)

• Tracking Gourd Spit fear damage reduced from 75 to 30 per second.

• Jack-O-Lantern Objective adjustments:

  • Destruction time reduced from 23s to 18s.

  • Fear radius increased from 3 to 20.

  • Punkie Rhyme radius increased from 3 to 20.

  • Fear per second reduced from 18 to 7.

Edith

• Rage Sprint speed reduced from 12 to 10.

• Gravity increased from 0.2 to 1.1.

• Jump height increased from 5.5 to 10.

• A slow effect has been added when cast members look at Edith, with the radius increased from 9m to 15m.

• Hair Drain no longer deals fear damage.

• Hair Drain now inflicts 1 stamina damage per hit.

Corey

• "Dollmode" has been renamed to Mischief.

• Corey’s primary attack now launches her forward, knocking cast members off ledges and disarming their firearms.

• While crouched, Corey enters Doll Mode, allowing her to hide among decoys and avoid detection.

• Corey Minions no longer carry knives and are only equipped with Mischief.

• Mischief knockback drag reduced from 10 to 6.

• Matriarch Fail Timer reduced from 660s to 30s.

Cast (General)

• Gravity increased from 1.6 to 2.0.

• Sprint jumping now costs 20 stamina.

• Regular jumping now costs 1 stamina.

• Jumping without stamina now results in reduced jump height, from 8.5 to 8.

• Initial walk speed reduced to 1, taking 1 second to reach the maximum speed of 3.7.

• Stamina recovery rates increased: standing from 3.6 to 4, crouching from 4.9 to 5.1.

• Base flashlight spot angle increased from 50° to 70°.

• Nana Charmed flashlight spot angle increased from 60° to 80°.

• Proxy chat has been fixed.

Ryan Steel

• Destruction Spell cooldown reduced from 40s to 15s.

• Restoration Spell healing rate increased from 1 to 2.5 health per second.

Kimmy Green

• Starting number of Beaker: Freeze – Slow increased from 3 to 10.

• Starting number of Beaker: Stink Bomb – Reveal increased from 3 to 10.

• Beakers no longer spawn in the environment.

Stun Gun

• Single-shot firing removed; the weapon now discharges the entire clip when fired.

• Clip size reduced from 50 to 25.

• Fires only 1 shot if it does not hit a player.

• Fixed an issue where the stun gun sound would loop if the player was downed while using it.

• Audio design and impact effects have been reworked.

Fear System Recalibration

Cast Members

• Angela Crass, Kimmy Green, Nick Scab, Rick Mannings, and Stevie Lint gain a bonus of -1 fear/sec radius.

• Ryan Steel gains a bonus of -3 fear/sec radius.

• Sheriff Russell and Security Shawn gain a bonus of -5 fear/sec radius.

Legends

• Killer Keith, Punkie (Human), and Radu only apply fear radius when looked at, causing +7 fear/sec.

• Gourd and Corey have no fear radius.

• Subspecies cause +5 fear/sec, even when not looked at.

• Punkie and Werewolf cause +10 fear/sec while being looked at.

• Psycho Phil causes +15 fear/sec while being looked at.

• Edith and Decoys cause +20 fear/sec while being looked at.

HUD

• Minor improvements to readability.

• Reduced overall clutter.

Cast Bot AI

• Shooting angle variance increased from 20 to 30.

• Chance to help conjure Escape Spell increased from 50% to 65%.

• Chance to reevaluate behavior after taking damage increased from 25% to 50%.

• Chance to loot reduced from 70% to 20%.

• Bot names updated.

Spectral Ghost Returns

• Players killed by Killer Keith, Edith, or the Werewolf now return as neutral Spectral Ghosts.

• Spectral Ghosts are invisible to both Legends and Cast but can interact with the environment.

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