CONTENT

• Added the second chapter of the main storyline along with its associated expeditions and a new City Upgrade: Forge. Read more in its dedicated post here.
  

GAMEPLAY

• Revamped every sprouter enemy with new themed abilities and visuals.
  
• Characters hitboxes slightly increased.
  
• Global loot drop quality slightly increased.
  
• Fighting the Sprouter Queen should now feel more consistent.
  

EXPEDITIONS

• Reward system revamped:
  Quality of rewarded items is now tied to current progress percentage (before, it was based on the number of completed objectives) and added a currency reward option. Failed expeditions can still be turned-in for said currency reward.
  
• Long expeditions now always feature a guaranteed Well and Treasure Chest event encounters.
  
• The position of leader-type encounters is now always shown in the expedition map.
  

ITEMS

• Dodge Rating attribute lowered on items by roughtly 25%.
  
• Firestarter Rod (Relic) removed and replaced by a new item: Pyromantic Syllabarium (Relic).
  

ABILITIES

• Ambush removed and replaced by a new ability: Shadow Strike.
  
• Wildfire removed and replaced by a new ability: Fiery Verse.
  
• Evasive Leap (Signature):
  Now grants immunity to attacks and negative effects for the duration.
  
• Bloodthirst:
  Max charges increased from 2 to 3.
  Recovery rate reduced from 0.50 to 0.40.
  No longer adds bonus Leech damage to melee attacks but they now heals for a fixed amount instead (based on Rank).
  
• Cauterize:
  Max charges increased from 2 to 3.
  Recovery rate reduced from 0.50 to 0.40.
  
• Cure Wounds:
  Max charges increased from 2 to 3.
  Recovery rate reduced from 0.65 to 0.50.
  
• Displacer Mantle:
  Max charges increased from 2 to 4.
  Recovery rate reduced from 0.50 to 0.35.
  
• Magic Missile:
  Max charges increased from 4 to 5.
  Recovery rate reduced from 0.75 to 0.65.
  
• Mirror Images:
  Max charges increased from 2 to 3.
  
• Shuriken Toss:
  Max charges increased from 3 to 4.
  Base damage reduced by 1.
  Targets hit by each projectile reduced from 3 to 2.
  
• Spiritual Lantern:
  Recovery rate reduced from 0.35 to 0.30.
  
• Sticks to Snakes:
  Max charges increased from 2 to 3.
  Recovery rate reduced from 0.35 to 0.30.
  Summoned Snakes now hunt in pack.
  
• Summon Efreeti:
  Max charges increased to 2.
  Duration changed from permanent to 60 seconds.
  

USER INTERFACE

• Interface for Waypoints has been revamped and expanded.
  
• Equipment Audit added:
  In an attempt to help players gearing up, the games will now try to hightlight and warn about suboptimal equipment choices and/or suggest changes.
  Please note that this is an experimental feature.
  
• Tooltip for Armor attribute now also shows damage reduction percentage.
  

AMBIENT

• It is now less dark at night and inside outdoors biomes (such as caves).
  
• Added a light fog effect.