Mind Over Magic

Sparkypants · Klei Publishing

Released: Feb 12, 2025
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Last updated: 13 Sep 2026, 01:21 GMT

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19 Sep 2025Developer post
Mind Over Magic plushies! Available now!
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03 Sep 2025Developer post
The Capstone Update
The Capstone Update Hey Mages, This update wraps up the improvements that we planned post-1.0. Today's release focuses on improving performance, UI tweaks and fixes, and a lot of small improvements that make everyday play smoother. Capstone Update Highlights Performance and stabi
The Capstone Update
Hey Mages,
This update wraps up the improvements that we planned post-1.0. Today's release focuses on improving performance, UI tweaks and fixes, and a lot of small improvements that make everyday play smoother.
Capstone Update Highlights

Performance and stability. Reduced framerate stutter tied to large stockpiles, fewer ways for tasks to deadlock, and cleaner edge cases around rifts and pathfinding.
Clearer signals when something’s wrong. A new icon flags doors that can’t be used because they aren’t on a floor or foundation, alerts appear when a mage is at death’s door and you don’t have any usable medical beds, and bed “unreachable” warnings are easier to understand.
Pathing and room logic. Better detection for Private rooms (even with stairs through corners), a new Public Room keyword, and fixes for rare cases where Underschool rooms could end up blocked.
Readability and guidance. The Codex text is larger, search is more reliable, ritual entries and costs are corrected, hover links behave like links, potion selection always fits on screen, and XP hovers show exact progress.
A few world touches. Heat Wave is back, Croa now leave corpses if they can’t reach their nests, along with some other UI adjustments and Creative Mode fixes.
We set out to improve onboarding, performance, and quality of life—plus add options like Creative and new settings. The Capstone Update completes that plan, and we’re proud of where the game has landed. We’ll continue to keep an eye on feedback from new and returning players. As always, thank you for being part of our community, for the thoughtful feedback, and for helping shape Mind Over Magic!
With magic and love,
Sparkypants
Update Details

Improvements to framerate stuttering related to stored items.
New alert icon that appears on doors that cannot be used because they are not on a Floor or Foundation.
Fixes for drag selection when clicking in front of a Support Column or Stair.
Fix for rare cases where Underschool Rooms end up with blocked pathing due to the order placing items.
New alerts that appear when Mages are At Death's Door and there are no Medical Beds or existing Medical Beds are not allowed to be used by the downed Mages.
Fix for situations where resources reserved for Construction or Assembly could be used for crafting.
Fix for the Spice Rack not appearing in Inventory.
If a Croa cannot reach its nest or the back of the land, it will die and leave behind a corpse instead of simply disappearing.
Heat Wave event now occurs again. It was disabled pre-1.0, but it is back now.
Improved detection of Private rooms in cases where stairs cut through corners. This will not impact existing saves.
Fix for Chopping the Jade Eggplant creating three Jade Dragon Eggs in Creative Mode.
Tutorial goals for building a Chest and crop Plots now appear and immediately complete if you have already built them. This makes it apparent that you completed a goal and prevents the goal from possibly appearing later in the game.
Added Public Room Keyword. This replaces "Must Not Be Private" as a condition on Room Types.
Fixes to the Magic Mirror so that customizations are not sometimes lost when hiring or apprenticing.
If a Dragon Egg Incubator is shrunk, it will now keep its Task for putting an egg inside when enlarged.
Fix for links to Job Types in selection action button hover text so that they look like links.
Fix for Ritual entries in the Codex that were showing invalid costs.
Updated Repel Fog and Hire rituals in the Codex to better describe them.
Potion selection UI no longer scales with the UI Scaling option so that it always fits on screen.
Enlarged all the text in the Codex.
Removed Wand Tier 4 as a possible selection in the Groups UI.
When hovering Skill XP bars, the hover text now shows the exact progress.
Updated text to help clarify that Broken furniture must be repaired before Disintegrating to recover all the resources.
Updated Fractal Mold description to help clarify that it can only be harvested at night.
Fix for search in the Codex not always finding entries by name.
Fix for combat icons sometimes showing up with incorrect icons or stack amounts.
Fix for hover text on the Relic slots on the Mage Sheet to show the Affinity information from the perspective of a mage, not a relic.
Update Tanning Rack description to not say it is required to build an Atelier.
Only show item dimension once when hovering on the Research UI.
The Dance Party ritual now counts toward the Dancing Queen Trial.
Eliminated some ways in which Rifts could appear in very small, unconnected spaces.
Improved the clarity of the Unreachable alert on a bed by making it show in the way whether the bed is assigned or just allowed for one Mage.
Added an icon to the Ritual selection button that shows when the Ritual is not allowed due to having an X Task Priority.
Showing at least a minimum cost for the Summon rituals rather than no cost when no wands are selected.
Fix for situations where two Mages/Helpers could get stuck with both trying to take the same item from storage.
Better handling of Staff sitting and libations AI when Staff outnumber available seating.
Fix Dormitory and Bedroom incorrectly counting Cots with Plain Beds.
Stop current task if Founder Relic is removed from attuned Mage who is not standing on solid ground.
Fix Cram Session achievement to account for time spent as a Student.
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22 Jul 2025Developer post
Headmaster's Guide to Survival
A common request we hear from new players is that they want a tutorial that provides more guidance. Now we have one! Our goal was to make a system that reacts to your play, rather than force you to do exact steps before you can make your own choices. For example, if you start sum
A common request we hear from new players is that they want a tutorial that provides more guidance. Now we have one!
Our goal was to make a system that reacts to your play, rather than force you to do exact steps before you can make your own choices. For example, if you start summoning students before that goal appears, you'll never see it. We tried to find a balance between delivering easily understood guidance and maintaining a feeling that you can do whatever you want, no matter what the goals say.
The tutorial is only active for new games and can be disabled in settings at any time.
As always, we snuck in some QoL. There's now a School History button at the Book of Rituals where you can see every Mage that has left your school. We added plenty of other bug fixes and improvements as well, which you can see in the build notes below!
Features

New tutorial system and UI!
New tabs at the basement book (now called School History) that shows all former students and staff, how they left, and what they looked like.
Gameplay and Balance

The gruel pot is now a little faster to research.
Fixed skill cap allocation for new students so that all magic skills have an equal chance at being a secondary skill.
Fixes and Improvements

Fixed a problem where the Build menu could get stuck closed by holding control and right-clicking while placing furniture.
Added a keybinding for showing the Codex (Y).
No longer show Ember Dragon in Sources lists since they show up for about everything.
Updated the Sources order so that quilted are at the end.
Use 24h time in the two places we weren't (log display and hud clock mouseover)
Fix not being able to place furniture when using search while the Shrinks tab is selected.
On unreachable bed alert, show individuals who can't reach a bed for sleeping instead of the groups that are allowed. This prevents one blocked-off mage from triggering an alert that says 'all staff, all students' can't reach a bed.
Performance improvements for Mages putting lots of things in storage in complex schools.
Don't show Possible Break Risk unless Mage is in the Bad Mood Conviction zone (which is 7.5 hours before a break is possible).
Fix for count of incorrect rules when displaying room type checklist
Added the Loud Room keyword to help make the Silent keyword easier to understand.
Fix small arch support research being unlocked at game start.
Fix for debug trailer camera mode so that it can be properly closed.
School start screen uses proper faction icons now if you allow all factions.
Fix for popups at the start of game not processing properly if there are multiple.
Don't show dragon need alert when need can't be satisfied because a quest is active.
Fix for visuals on top of hallway block when stacked directly on top of other hallway block.
Make sure as students become apprentices and eventually staff, any allowed groups they were set that are now illegal get cleaned up.
Fix missing range calculation in ghost spellcasting so that ghosts no longer sometimes have infinite range.
Fix possible exception in rare case of spell targeting failing.
Fix for recreation need status being improperly shown on status page
Fixes for typos and language support throughout.
Fix a rare situation where a Mage thinks they can't reach a position to cast, but actually can.
Disable the Begin Ritual for Student Summoning if no wand is selected.
Don't show Captured creatures in the Resources/New lists until you have actually captured one.
When using the pathing filter with something selected that allows Assignments like a bed, show the pathing relative to the assigned Mage, not the selected object.
Fix new school UI to properly show shuffled keywords after editing in the Customize UI.
Fix for DoUntilX crafting for paintings/sculptures not showing the proper amounts.
When changing the difficulty level during gameplay, the Architecture Style (room keywords) no longer change automatically. You can still change the Architecture Style directly if you want to.
Fix for situation where battles that ended with a Mage taking lethal damage while using the Move action would soft lock. Schools stuck in this state will now exit combat when loaded.
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12 May 2025Developer post
Creative Mode Update - Fixes and Improvements
5/15/2025 Fix for Jade Dragon not growing in Creative Mode. Fix rare exception due to blocking object forced to change position. 5/12/2025 Fix for Withered Jade Eggplant sometimes failing to spawn correctly. Fix for issue where relics could become unusable when selecting them for
5/15/2025

Fix for Jade Dragon not growing in Creative Mode.
Fix rare exception due to blocking object forced to change position.
5/12/2025

Fix for Withered Jade Eggplant sometimes failing to spawn correctly.
Fix for issue where relics could become unusable when selecting them for rituals and then cancelling the ritual.
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09 May 2025Developer post
Creative Mode Update
One of the most common topics for feedback we receive is, "I want to be able to just build whatever!" That's what Creative Mode is all about. You don't need to research or worry about the Fog or resources in order to construct the perfect school and furnish it. For some, this wil
One of the most common topics for feedback we receive is, "I want to be able to just build whatever!" That's what Creative Mode is all about. You don't need to research or worry about the Fog or resources in order to construct the perfect school and furnish it. For some, this will be a practice mode to try out different ideas for their next Relentless run. For others, this is is the mode they've been wanting to play in all the time. We're looking forward to see what you do with it!
There are also some frequently requested QoL and balance changes in this update, like shorter quest and construct times and the ability to queue up new Initiate Summons.
We've also heard from many players that combat can get repetitive when you're not playing on Relentless mode. We've now enabled Advanced Battle Strategy by default on Standard difficulty and show that as a top-level checkbox when creating a new game. This is not about making the game harder, but about letting the full depth of the combat systems show through in the standard game. Like other difficulty settings, you can disable it at any time to simplify things!
We have two more updates planned. The next one will add more guidance to the beginning of the game to help new players get started and explore ways to add more replayability to the game. After that, we'll be focused on QoL, especially for commonly requested UI and planning improvements.
We hope you enjoy the update. Thanks for playing Mind Over Magic!
Build notes below...
Creative Mode

All research is unlocked.
Construct and Assemble Tasks cost no resources and require just one cast to complete.
No events trigger.
Resource quantities and harvest/gather/mine amounts are tripled.
Freeform room keywords let you freely build whatever room you'd like.
Gameplay

Added Emergency Priority to Fog Incarnate and Bramblespawn. This causes all Mages with the Hunt Jobtype set above Never to attack. They return to normal behavior afterward.
Construct times for Roof, Wall, and Floor blocks reduced.
Renamed Advanced Battle Difficulty to Advanced Battle Strategy.
New games on Standard difficulty default to Advanced Battle Strategy on. This is now visible outside of Custom settings.
Quest durations have been reduced by half.
QoL

Summon Queueing
Queue up multiple Summons at once so you don't have to keep coming back to the Summoner.
Show the reason why right-click staff to Lecture is not allowed. (Not scheduled, etc.)
When no Mage/Helper is selected, the Pathing filter now shows regions only connected by Brooms as different colors to visualize the connections better.
Show Conviction value for Staff on the Hire Ritual.
Hovering a Wand recipe now shows all of the same information as other recipes.
Added feed alerts for Terror, Insomnia, and Melancholy statuses.
Fixes and Improvements

Fix for Relics getting destroyed if selected for multiple rituals.
Fix for Fog Aegis from older saves not functioning as intended.
Newly placed Small and Large Arch Support visuals no longer partially block doors.
Fix for quilted still being crafted showing up in groups.
Fix for wording when right-clicking on a Relic to attune it.
Fix some cases where Jade Dragon care value showed 100%, but players did not receive achievement.
Removed errant mention of Wand Crafting from descriptions of Sal Alembroth and Sal Oblivium.
Removed inaccurate text from Wand Upgrade ritual and now showing all information in the Effects section.
Fix so that Golden Berries event fully negates Ate Gutberries penalty.
Repositioned tier roman numerals on research to avoid overlapping progress bars and text.
No longer showing alert for being tired while having an Emergency Job if the Mage has Insomnia.
No longer triggering the Runaway event if number of runaways will put player over the population cap.
Added mention of ladders to Private rooms tutorial.
Fixed rare case where trying to place an entity in the world results in the entity being 'lost' and never usable.
Protect against mages consumed by Fog advancement when being teleported into Corrupted Mana Lantern rooms.
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14 Mar 2025Developer post
Hills + QoL Update - Fixes and Improvements
Fixes & Improvements - 3/14/25 Fix exception if delivery is interrupted by another delivery, and item being carried is stacked with same ingredient nearby. Fix problem where Relic on Relic Plinth cannot be removed and is not granting its power.
Fixes & Improvements - 3/14/25

Fix exception if delivery is interrupted by another delivery, and item being carried is stacked with same ingredient nearby.
Fix problem where Relic on Relic Plinth cannot be removed and is not granting its power.
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11 Mar 2025Developer post
Hills + QoL Update
Hey everyone! It's been really exciting to see the influx of new players and feedback since the 1.0 launch. We read everything and appreciate hearing all the compliments and critiques. This is the first of multiple updates you can expect over the next few months. By popular deman
Hey everyone! It's been really exciting to see the influx of new players and feedback since the 1.0 launch. We read everything and appreciate hearing all the compliments and critiques.
This is the first of multiple updates you can expect over the next few months. By popular demand, you can now play on a totally flat world or challenge yourself with more hills to deal with. There are numerous bug fixes, QoL improvements, and perf improvements in this update as well. Thanks for playing, and keep the feedback coming!
The next update will have improvements for new players and lots more QoL. More info as we get closer!
Build notes below...
Gameplay

Start new games with the Hilly or Flat setting.
Starting with 1.0, the MAGE score contribution from harvested reagents was too high. This could cause events to trigger too early. You'll see lower MAGE scores in all games now.
QoL

When hovering a link for a placeable item, the dimensions are now shown.
It is now possible to repair walls behind hallway runners inside hallways.
Updated how Relic drops are rolled. The Affinity is still always an Affinity that the Manifesting Mage has a slot for, but is now always the least rolled out of the last 40 Relics. Previously it was the Affinity that you have the least of currently.
Auto-assign checkbox on beds is now included when copying / building a copy.
When hovering an Unreachable Alert, it now shows what Task is triggering the alert.
Added credits for very early Beta testers.
Fixes and Improvements

Added additional hover text about delivering meals to Starving Mages that are At Death's Door.
No longer allow pathing through Underschool rooms with Nexus Gateways and a Corrupted Mana Lantern.
Some mods are breaking the game by setting stack sizes to 0. The game now repairs these when loading a save.
The Dispel Seal Ritual button now shows when you do not have enough Seal Keys.
Right-click harvest on plants now shows that when a plant is not fully grown, it can't be harvested.
No longer showing the alert for Mages being unable to sleep while they are on a quest.
Fix for small chance that Mages would Break immediately after being revived. Their Conviction is now at 65 instead of 25 after the Break ends.
Fix for Boss Achievements that could fail to trigger if you killed them with Poison.
No longer showing the No Arcane Secretary Alert if you have completed all research.
Removed Minimum Room Size data that was not accurate.
Fix for haulers who get stuck because they want to use a higher priority storage that is blocked by new furniture.
Added a tip about how to train staff who have 0 in a Skill. (They can teach!)
Using the unlock all research debug cheat no longer removes fog from the game.
Changes to the Room Type Goals UI to help make the Must NOT Have section more clear.
Layout improvements to the Tutorial Codex entries.
Fix for auto-scrolling to the selected mage on the Mage Sheet not working properly at all screen resolutions.
Fix Task Type Priority UI so that the Reset button doesn't overlap other controls.
Fixed Founder's Grave visuals to show that it occupies two cells.
Fixed a problem where Haulers trying to move items to higher priority storage would get stuck if a Relic in storage is set to be Pulverized.
Fix for Arch Support visuals blocking doors.
Fix for Z-fighting on final boss door.
Fix for Dragon Wok FX when rotating.
Added more Ember Dragon idle animations.
Improved perf when many errands that only the Founder can reach exist in the school.
Fix rare issue that could cause ingredients to be unavailable after Founder changes deliveries while carrying an ingredient.
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19 Feb 2025Developer post
Big Thanks and Post-Launch Plans
Welcome to all the new players who have jumped in over the last week. It’s been great seeing all the new discussions and feedback! We read everything and are always looking at how to keep improving the game. Thanks once again to everyone for supporting us and playing Mind Over Ma
Welcome to all the new players who have jumped in over the last week. It’s been great seeing all the new discussions and feedback! We read everything and are always looking at how to keep improving the game.
Thanks once again to everyone for supporting us and playing Mind Over Magic. If you’re not there already, we invite you to join us on the Mind Over Magic Discord.
Now that we’ve hit 1.0, updates will slow down from the aggressive pace of Early Access. You can expect lots of work on Quality of Life features, performance improvements, and bug fixes. We’ve dropped several batches of fixes already and plan on multiple larger QoL releases over the next six months.
Some things we anticipate hitting soon include:

Ability to choose a flat or hilly world to play on.
Improvements to some key UI screens, like Relics, Combat Prep, and Rituals.
Presets for Battle Parties
Ability to select school colors
Improvements to help with learning the game
We’ll have more details on the next update as soon as we have something ready for you.
Thanks for playing Mind Over Magic!
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13 Feb 2025Developer post
Endgame + 1.0 Update - Fixes and Improvements
Fixes & Improvements - 2/21/25 Fix for some Infinite Halls battles that are broken. If you are currently experiencing a problem with Infinite Halls, you may need to wait for the current Halls to close for this issue to be fully fixed. Fix for rare crash when Hunt creature is
Fixes & Improvements - 2/21/25

Fix for some Infinite Halls battles that are broken. If you are currently experiencing a problem with Infinite Halls, you may need to wait for the current Halls to close for this issue to be fully fixed.
Fix for rare crash when Hunt creature is completed.
Fixes & Improvements - 2/20/25

Fix for Mana Font visuals after Curse is lifted
Fix for Fog location after Curse is lifted.
Fix for rare crash while using debug destroy command.
Fixes & Improvements - 2/18/25

Making it more clear when Revive ritual cannot start due to Hunger level.
Fixed a performance issue with Task Type Priority UI.
Fix for issue where very unlucky timing could cause Mages to get trapped in the underschool.
Fix for pre-1.0 saves that might have Infinite Halls that didn't fully clear out properly.
Fix for search bar on the Storage UI not searching the current translation.
Fix for some broken links in some tranlsations.
Fix for an issue where selection could be broken on furnishings after moving them between room types.
Fixes & Improvements - 2/14/25

Allow right-click orders to override storage access restrictions.
When opening the Mage sheet, adjust the selection bar to show the selected Mage portrait.
Fix fallback font for cyrillic text to use the more proper one.
Adjust audio when building a spiral staircase to be not extra loud.
Move tooltip location for apprentice wheel to not cover the numbers.
Fix for bad formatting of a tag in Knocked Out alert messaging
Fix for some text not being localized in the codex for rituals.
Fixes for some rare crashes.
Fixes & Improvements - 2/13/25

Potential fixes for rare crashes.
Added final art for ritual pages on the Codex.
Removed some outdated entries from the Codex and better organizing others.
Adjusted Croa audio attenuation.
Improved visuals for the Nexus Boss and minions.
Fix for Nexus Boss not randomizing its battles properly.
Improvements to Nexus environments.
Translation updates.
Fix for cases where the Founder could be too transparent after loading a game.
Fix for Mages stuck in Idle if they were in a Medical Bed when loaded from a pre-1.0 save.
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13 Feb 2025PCGamesN
Rimworld style strategy game Mind over Magic celebrates 1.0 Steam launch
Running a magical school seems tough. Even our regular, mundane education establishments are foundries of chaos; imagine throwing the arcane into the mix. Bringing together the management and strategy game framework of colony sims like Rimworld, the exploratory, party-driven, tur
12 Feb 2025Developer post
Endgame Update + 1.0 Launch
Class is in session! Mind Over Magic is now officially 1.0! Since Early Access began we have worked to add a bunch of new content and features. Your great feedback helped us improve and refine the game in ways we never imagined. We've added to and deepened just about every aspect
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Class is in session! Mind Over Magic is now officially 1.0!
Since Early Access began we have worked to add a bunch of new content and features. Your great feedback helped us improve and refine the game in ways we never imagined.
We've added to and deepened just about every aspect of the game. From student progression to Underschool exploration and better combat. Balance refinements, deeper gameplay, tons of quality-of-life improvements, and frankly just about more of everything.
For more information on the roadmap and everything we did during early access, you can start with our Early Access Roadmap or check out our updates on Steam.
Thanks once again to all of the enthusiastic players who helped shape Mind Over Magic.
Our update today brings the ending encounter in the Underschool. Are your students ready to break the curse?
Update Highlights

Break the curse on your school in the final Underschool battle.
Trade with the Ember Dragon and embark on new quests.
Dig into The Codex and learn about everything in the game.
82 Achievements to earn!
Next up, we’ll spend a little bit of time addressing feedback from this update and release hotfixes for any of the issues that we find. We’re also working on an additional QoL update featuring many of the great suggestions from our player community!
We’ll release more information about our upcoming plans as soon as it’s ready!
Full release notes below:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1270580/Mind_Over_Magic/
Endgame + 1.0 Update Release Notes
Break the Curse

The Nexus gets even deeper and more dangerous.
Fight past what guards the source of the Curse, find a way through the seals, and end it forever!
The Ember Dragon

You can now rescue the Ember Dragon in the Underschool.
New Faction Quests for the Shattered and Raven Cultists.
The Ember Dragon will now accept your Mystic Motes in trade for reagents.
They will also happily disintegrate unwanted reagents into Motes for you.
The Codex + Tooltip Changes

Nearly everything in the game is now described in the Codex.
Tutorials have been updated with many new entries and others broken up into more digestible pieces. These are all now part of the Codex.
Tooltips that link to other information now work in a new way. After hovering for a brief moment, tooltips freeze in place so that you can hover links within them. This allowed us to solve "wall of tooltip" problems and make a lot of text much shorter.
Steam Achievements

82 Achievements to show off your completionist and challenge crushing accomplishments.
Population Cap

Instead of continuing to use ramping costs and times for summoning and hiring that somewhat hide what you can actually do in the game, we added a new mechanic.
There is now a hard cap of 3 Staff of each Wand Skill to start the game.
There is also now a global hard cap on all Mages. The global cap is the sum of all Skill caps.
You can increase the cap in each Skill by leveling up Skill Affinity Relics and putting them on display.
The maximum Mage pop cap is 6 in each Skill.
Quality of Life

You can now graduate multiple mages at once. IMPORTANT
This only works on newly built Ritual Sigils because we needed to reserve more space for the extra participants.
You can now upgrade the Wands of multiple Mages at once at the Wand Transfigurators.
Show the relic level on relic level-up alerts.
Performance improvements to the Relics UI.
Gameplay and Balance

Corrupted Mana Lanterns now come in three variants that affect different Wand Tiers and have different Resistances in battle.
The Burrower Spitter has arrived in the Underschool. It's a Boss Battle that was previously a random Battle. If you've already cleared this room, you can still fight the Burrower Spitter using the Rematch Effigy.
The Fog Aegis mechanics have been simplified for clarity. When filled with Dark Magic, one Fog Aegis will always repel the fog when it advances. It must be refilled in order to stop the Fog again the next night. It now takes longer to fill the Fog Aegis so that Dark Skill matters a little. (30 casts for Skill 1, 4 casts for Skill 8).
Made Breathstealer events trigger half as often.
Removed Founder Ghost from door access rules.
Fine Kitchen Cooking rate bonus increased from 200% to 300%.
Relic Legacy balance changes:
Invigorated now regens more mana per hour at all tiers, and also increases mana gained by Passing in combat.
Tinkerer also increases Paint speed.
Strongman also increases Carve speed.
The X-Wreathed legacies all apply to a much wider pool of tasks now, and the mood bonus at higher levels was increased by 5.
Fixes and Improvements

Fix for auto-pause for quest completion not working.
Fixed Job Type descriptions for Alchemy and Augury to properly describe Abjuration and Scouting.
Can no longer place hallway runners floating in space.
Defaulting to Medium quality if gpu has less than 4 GiB of VRAM.
In combat, the action UI is now hidden if enemies take their turn first.
Fix for battle scouting not always showing the proper options.
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06 Feb 2025Developer post
Mind Over Magic 1.0 Update and Launch February 12th!
We're ringing the bell—it's time to get back to class! Just over a year ago, we launched Mind Over Magic into Early Access. Since then, we’ve heard your suggestions and feedback and worked to improved the game with new systems, experiences, and content. It’s truly been an amazing
We're ringing the bell—it's time to get back to class!
Just over a year ago, we launched Mind Over Magic into Early Access. Since then, we’ve heard your suggestions and feedback and worked to improved the game with new systems, experiences, and content. It’s truly been an amazing experience for us.
If you’re new to Mind Over Magic, you might enjoy looking back at what has been added during Early Access. Check out our roadmap here.
With our roadmap nearly complete, we're thrilled to announce the next big step! On February 12th, we'll be releasing our 1.0 Endgame Update.
Update Highlights

Break the curse on your school in the final Underschool battle.
Trade with the Ember Dragon and embark on new quests.
Dig into The Codex and learn about everything in the game.
82 Achievements to earn!
We want to extend another huge thank you to all our Early Access players! It's been an absolute joy to connect with you. Your feedback, support, and kind words fueled the magic in MOM.
Play Now!
Get a head start now and prepare your school for greatness! Sharpen your schedules, train your students, and ensure your school is the envy of the magical world by launch day.
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24 Dec 2024Developer post
Roadmap Update and Dev Notes
It’s been an amazing year working on Mind Over Magic with you all. So many people sent us thoughtful feedback and detailed bug reports, and we loved seeing Discord, Steam, and Reddit debate the nuances of the game. All of that was critical to understanding how players felt about
20 Dec 2024Developer post
Enter the Nexus: Balance, Improvements, and Fixes
Fixes and Improvements - 1/3/25 Mages who refill Mana during an Emergency-level errand will fully refill their Mana before returning to their errand Fix some rare exceptions Fixes and Improvements - 12/23/24 Fix Dark Ultimate sounds for some Mages Fix for gaining Potion Slots on
Fixes and Improvements - 1/3/25

Mages who refill Mana during an Emergency-level errand will fully refill their Mana before returning to their errand
Fix some rare exceptions

Fixes and Improvements - 12/23/24

Fix Dark Ultimate sounds for some Mages
Fix for gaining Potion Slots on Human Sidequests
Fix Staff Lounge in Book of Rooms text overflowing in some languages
Nexus visual improvements
Potion Up a Sleeve, Potion Up Another Sleeve, Pain Resistant, Pain Tolerant, and Pain Immune statuses all fixed to be kept on a Mage when they are Hired.

Enter the Nexus Fixes - 12/20/24

Fix a crash related to using the infinite Nexus hall and repairing saves broken in this way.
Fix for a Cultist body not being customizable.
Shortened Volatile Sentry death animation.
Fixes and improvements for visuals in the Nexus combat space.
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19 Dec 2024Developer post
Enter the Nexus: The Underschool grows deeper!
Enter the Nexus Battle new enemies in the Nexus. Reroll Trials, Mages' Relic Affinities, and Relic Powers at the Altar of Fate. Reality is tenuous in the Nexus. Your Mages must reconstitute the crumbling bits. Nexus Gateways connect key points in the Underschool. We've made many
Enter the Nexus
Battle new enemies in the Nexus.
Reroll Trials, Mages' Relic Affinities, and Relic Powers at the Altar of Fate.
Reality is tenuous in the Nexus. Your Mages must reconstitute the crumbling bits.
Nexus Gateways connect key points in the Underschool.
We've made many other fixes, balance, and QoL changes in this update. Cheers to everyone who entered the Nexus to test it in Beta/Prerelease.
Up Next
Endgame

You can expect a new introduction to the game and improved help to learn the game.
The Nexus will grow even further to reveal who or what created the curse afflicting the school.
Tons of bug fixes and QoL.
You may notice some deviations from the roadmap in this release. We'll post a roadmap update along with dev notes discussing our choices in the next few days. Have fun in the Nexus!
Full build notes below. Happy Holidays!
The Nexus

New Underschool rooms to explore in the Nexus zone.
Infinite Hallways give endless rooms to battle for Mages of all Levels.
The Altar of Fate allows customization of Relic Slots, Relic Legacies, and Uncompleted Trials.
Nexus Gateways allow traveling directly to key points in the Underschool.
Three new enemies to battle.
The Nexus will grow even more in the Endgame update.
New Quests / Jade Dragon

Complete quests in the Human and Vivified lands at the Jade Dragon. Mages can gain extra potion slots and immunity to pain!
Blooming, Hatching, and raising a Jade Dragon takes a little less grinding now.
Blooming does not require planting any plants nearby, but now requires Apprentices.
The baby and juvenile stages require 3 days instead of 4 to grow.
The Affection Need now fills in 2.5 hours of work instead of 6.
Seasonal

It's Holiday Season!
Quality of Life

Plots and Planters now have a Harvest (or Chop) Limit that can be set. When you have more than the limit of a Reagent, Mages will not Harvest that plot or planter.
Plots and Planters no longer display a Harvest icon when growing or waiting for Harvest. Instead they show a Disabled icon when harvest has been disabled by pressing Cancel Harvest. This was both a visual and performance improvement.
Mages should now much less frequently get stuck behind furnishings when Assembling.
Gameplay and Balance

Dragon Wok recipes that require Crabbage, Meat, Jumping Nuts, or Rock Candy output two meals per cook instead of one.
Fine Kitchens now allow a Gruel Pot so that you do not need a lower tier kitchen as well.
Standard Difficulty will no longer get multiple Invasion, Breathstealer, or Bramblespawn events on the same day.
Slightly nerfed enemies in higher level parties that appear from Corrupted Mana Lanterns because they were a bit harder than intended.
Made the deepest Corrupted Mana Lanterns wait a little longer before appearing.
Attuning is now about 75% faster than before.
Staff can now use the Statue Carvery and Easel.
Fixes and Improvements

Adding text to Mage Needs regarding whether they pause/change during sleep.
Statues and paintings of founder ghost should look like the ghost looked at time of painting/sculpting, not like the original dead mage looked like.
Don't allow Shapeshifting setup when having a Break.
Turn off Idle changes being logged in the Logbook to avoid some spam.
AIs not controlled by the player (ie, croa) will ignore Never player priorities on entities/errands.
Changed "Enemy Level" text for battle start UI to say "Recommended Mage Level" to more accurately describe what that means.
Added a multiple effect icon for Job Type Priority buttons to handle the case where several effects are active and not just a Love or Hate.
Red feed alerts now all share the same sound to make it more clear when an important event is occurring.
Audio mix improvements across all sounds.
Founder ghost now properly changes faction when using the Magic Mirror.
Mages will now properly do Low Priority Tasks before filling Mana. If they are below 50% Mana and Idle, they will still fill Mana. Thanks, @Ugly.
Updated visuals for Crystal Prophecy and Crystal Portent.
Perf improvements related to shadows that help large schools.
Remove debug recipes that could appear on the Meals UI.
Fix the Quest UI sometimes overflowing.
Fix for Messy Meddlers missing their status icon in Advanced Combat.
Fix for hover text link explosion on Periodical Kiosk.
Fix for Wolfkin using some incorrect animations (Hunt, for example.)
Fix for Mana Lantern sometimes looking like it's empty, but still allowing a charge.
Fix for issue where sometimes Shrinks could not be stored after cancelling an Un-Shrink.
Fix Disable World Camera Shake not being saved between sessions.
Added linked text to Attuned, Painter, and Sculptor Trials to make it more clear where to accomplish them.
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02 Dec 2024Developer post
Magic Mirror Update: Balance, Improvements, and Fixes
Magic Mirror Fixes - 12/2/24 Fix games where objects in storage got set to NeverUse priority, which was locking up certain Haul tasks. Attempt to fix hardware/driver specific bug where the fog on the left half of the world is inverted. Fix AI lockup when starting a low-pri task w
Magic Mirror Fixes - 12/2/24

Fix games where objects in storage got set to NeverUse priority, which was locking up certain Haul tasks.
Attempt to fix hardware/driver specific bug where the fog on the left half of the world is inverted.
Fix AI lockup when starting a low-pri task will cause a high-pri task to be momentarily available, which then becomes unavailable when the low-pri task is cancelled.
Solemn Brazier can now change colors.
Fix for missing cultist outfit variants.
Fix for memory leak when repeatedly loading games.
Original post
27 Nov 2024Developer post
Magic Mirror Update: Mage Customization + Staff Lounge Room + QoL
Magic Mirror Update Build a Magic Mirror and change the look of your Mages however you'd like. Clothing, hair, colors, it's all within the power of the mirror! Once your staff are dressed to impress, they’ll head to the Staff Lounge to sip, relax, and recharge. They'll boost Recr
Magic Mirror Update
Build a Magic Mirror and change the look of your Mages however you'd like. Clothing, hair, colors, it's all within the power of the mirror!
Once your staff are dressed to impress, they’ll head to the Staff Lounge to sip, relax, and recharge. They'll boost Recreation and gain Conviction while they unwind in style!
We got excited about customizing Mages, so now you can also customize the color of lights in your school. Just select a Torch, Brazier, or Candelabra and select the color you'd like.
Make sure and check out the new screenshot mode that we used to get these shots! Look for it on the bottom center time panel.
As usual, there's also a ton of other fixes, balance, and QoL in this update. We're so very thankful for everyone who helped us test the Magic Mirror.
Up Next

The Nexus - The Underschool will expand!
Endgame - ??????
Full build notes below!
Customization & New Visuals

Customize the look of your Mages and Founder at the Magic Mirror.
Change the color of Torches, Braziers, and Candelabras with a click instead of building separate types.
New color options for Torches, Braziers, and Candelabras.
New Window types that are 3-wide to help out all you symmetry-lovers.
New Mage Visuals!
The Staff Lounge

The Staff Lounge is a new Room Type where Staff can sit and Recreate with a Libation.
Staff gain Conviction and Recreation from using the Staff Lounge.
Libations are crafted at the Libation Fountain using Spices.
Spices can be refined at the Midden Jelly, Lavalina Sty, Crone Bug, and Weaver Bird using Seeds.
Spices can also be crafted at the Gruel Pot using reagents other than Seeds.
Paintings and Statues

The Easel and Statue Carvery are now available earlier and their room types have fewer requirements.
If Paintings and Statues are crafted in their room types, you can select a the Mage you want to paint or carve.
The Luxury value of the art work now depends on the Skill of the creator.
New artworks now give Luxury types instead of Basic Luxury and higher Luxury value.
The type of Luxury depends on the Wand Skill and Apprentice Skill of the subject.
Alchemistry Lab and Decoction Apparatus

Alchemy finally gets its very own room.
The Alchemistry Lab requires a Decoction Apparatus.
The Decoction Apparatus is used for advanced potions, including the Sal Oblivium reagent for Scouting and other top tier potions that have moved from the Alchemist's station.
Look for new potions in future updates.
Divinatorium

This new room that requires a Crystal Ball for Augury makes that job type much faster.
Screenshot Mode

Look for the button on the bottom center time control (or shift-c) and take your perfect shots!
Conviction/Doubts Changes

Doubts have been reworked in theme and in how they are applied.
They are now called Weight of Malice in preparation for more lore coming in the Nexus and Endgame Updates.
Base Conviction is now 25 instead of 60.
Weight of Malice statuses start off at +40 Conviction at the beginning of the game. Their Conviction boost decreases with MAGE score in smaller, linear chunks, as opposed to the larger jumps that Doubts had.
Understaffed Conviction penalties have been removed.
QoL Improvements

Broom Rack access now separated into departures vs arrivals.
Broom Racks can be built using Copy with Settings.
Storage chests now allow access rules for deposits and withdrawals.
Separate out shrinks for paintings and sculptures in the build palette so you can hover and see the specific luxury.
New Initiate/Apprentice Trials

Obliterator: X kills in a single battle
Defender: Fight X Battles Above Ground
Ritual Participant: Attend N Rituals
Nurturer: X Tends
Warder: X Wards
Pain Avoider: No In Pain for X days
Insightful: Do double damage to an enemy via a Terrain effect or Weakness
Attuned: Attune N Relics
Hunter: Hunt X Captured Creatures (Apprentice Only)
Sculptor: Make X Statues (Apprentice Only)
Painter: Make X Paintings (Apprentice Only)
Re-balanced Student/Apprentice Trials
Reduced the number of repetitions for:

Neatnik
Charger
Pyromania
Commons Designer
Commons Sleeper
Changed to time-based instead of repetition based:

Creature Comforter
Dancing Queen
No longer granted:

Enemy Soloist
Rested Fighter
Full Fighter
Fixes & Improvements

Add a scroll when required for right click orders.
When assigning relics for display, if there is another of that type, display a warning.
Shrinks for paintings / sculptures displays the subject and lux of the art inside when selected.
Don't show 'not repairing' icon when damage hasn't reach auto-repair threshold.
Recreation description now includes the target's display name if appropriate.
For the Founder school Relics display, separate out the duplicate inactives that are equal or lower level to the same display effect.
Fix for Upwell not being target-able in combat setup for some boss fights.
Adjust ritual/combat setup camera for lower ratio resolutions to keep things on screen.
Don't show decimals for trial progress on small combat icons.
Fix painting/sculpture durability.
Back compat: Set all old statues to full durability.
Fix a rare issue with pathing for queued construction that could result in no path being found.
Fix giving food to knocked out Mage when there's only one meal available.
Lower relative Task Type Priority of Mana refilling so Mages will use more of their Mana when working low priority tasks.
Students hired as staff will start with All Staff group priorities if using advanced mode, but staff are set to ignore group priorities.
Changed 'Any' on Easel/Statue Carvery UI to be more clear: 'Any Mage' and 'Any Luxury Type'
Replaced 'On Underschool Run' with 'Heading to Battle' to cover above ground battle prep
Update Fog tendril visuals when a Gloom event starts or stops.
Improved Painting visuals.
Fix monsters not starting battle at proper hp in some cases.
Don't teleport hallway runners when hallway/door is built or destroyed. Hallway runner must be disassembled if wall will replace hallway/door.
Fixes for shrink visual effects being left on.
Fix Harvest alert positions when plants are teleported due to construction changes.
Remove player priority from objects that are only battle starters. Priority has no purpose for these objects.
Show resist before weakness in statuses UI for combat.
Corrosion no longer damages mages with the Stoneskin effect
Prevent status-based damage when DamageImmune effect is present in battle related contexts.
Fix battle start button sometimes not being clickable without a reload.
Fix Bramblespawn issue where Bramblespawn spore is sometimes not able to take root in targeted room.
Original post
28 Oct 2024Developer post
Ultimates Update: Balance, Improvements, and Fixes
Ultimates Fixes - 11/19/24 Fix for invisible Mages after leaving battle with Stoneskin. Fix Burrower Larva battle if dark ultimate is cast on Burrower Larva spawns. Fix for a crash when some firewalls deny access. Ultimates Balance and Fixes - 11/11/24 Fixes and Improvements Impr
Ultimates Fixes - 11/19/24

Fix for invisible Mages after leaving battle with Stoneskin.
Fix Burrower Larva battle if dark ultimate is cast on Burrower Larva spawns.
Fix for a crash when some firewalls deny access.
Ultimates Balance and Fixes - 11/11/24
Fixes and Improvements

Improved Pustulant Carcass attack visuals.
Fixes for un-translateable text.
Made the seasonal visuals setting visual, but disabled, while in game.
Visual improvements to the Dark, Earth, Lightning, Nature, and Water Ultimates.
Lightning strikes visually show that there are different damage levels.
Lightning strikes show where they will hit with sparkling FX before the strike actually hits.
Unique FX for when Lighting hits a Lightning Rod.
Audio improvements to Lightning Ultimate.
Fixes for some full-screen FX during events. e.g. Cold Snap, Heatwave, Gloom
Fix for poison visuals so that the FX last as long as they should, even if the target dies.
Ultimates Balance and Fixes - 11/6/24
Fixes and Improvements

Fix for schools that had an unfinished construction block that was broken, and then cancelled.
Fix cast animation not playing when one mage needs to run multiple counter attack visualizations in a row.
Fix for error when dragging the queue and rightclicking simultaneously on the Research UI.
Fixed an error where the music would revert to main game play music from combat music after entering a ritual window.
Fix potential loss of input when entering combat while placing.
Adjust default camera field of view for lower ratio screens in combat to avoid overlaps.
Added ability to use custom resolutions.
Better adjusting Combat Log height based on screen ratio.
Combat Log now can scroll.
Ultimates Balance and Fixes - 11/5/24
Fixes

Fix for Mages sometimes gaining improper extra statuses for upgraded Wand needs. (Victory, etc.)
Ultimates Balance and Fixes - 11/4/24
Critical Fixes
Fix for issues where sometimes Mages could not deliver everything needed.
Gameplay Changes
Fixes for Doubt changes that happen when a Mage is on a broom.

Setting to enable and disable seasonal graphics while on the main menu. Forever halloween!

Updated Nature Ultimate audio.

Updated FX for Crystal Ball.

Updated Sal Reagents.

Fixes for Staff animations.

Fixes for Twitch client stability.
Ultimates Balance and Fixes - 11/3/24

Fix error when dragging a crafting item and right-clicking.
Tighter fit on the right side for rituals for a better fit and to avoid the Start Ritual button being off screen.
Add scrolling for rewards on post-combat UI as needed.
Also aware of some issues with deliveries before construction. A proper fix will probably be tomorrow (Monday).
Ultimates Balance and Fixes - 11/1/24
Critical Fixes

Fix for some more older saves (pre-Apprentice release) that would load properly, then crash when hiring Students. Apologies to @HLLT and others!
Gameplay Changes

In advanced combat, Hallowed One and Torch Snuffer now only drain mana on hits.
The founder will now sometimes cast while floating inside of blocked areas if it's the only way to reach their target.
Changes to ensure that adjusting low priority Storage will trigger evaluating Tasks on higher priority storage also.
Ultimates Balance and Fixes - 10/31/24 (Boo!)
Gameplay Changes

Corrupted Mana Lanterns will now appear in the wings closest to the surface before pushing deeper.
Sustaining Terrain now works for enemies.
Fixes and Improvements

Improvements to Torrent spell targeting.
Show info to explain that you need a meal when both in a starving state and At Death's Door in the alert message and hover.
Removed Augury Job Type from students who gained it due to a bug.
Fix incorrect and extra statuses showing up for battle setup related to boon/wane events.
Improved simulation performance when looking at the Tasks UI with many tasks.
Improved Ultimate animations.
Fixes for audio stinger balance and other audio issues.
Fix issue where haulers were frozen due to an out-of-date 'move from storage to storage' task.
Improvements to the Ritual UI to not overflow when there are many attendees. Especially helps in some non-English translations.
Updated Counterattack description to clarify which spell it will use and that it costs Mana.
Ultimates Balance and Fixes - 10/30/24
Gameplay Changes

Standard Difficulty starts with 3 Mages instead of 2.
Added new difficulty setting to allow healing slowly while sleeping in a regular bed.
Relaxed difficulty now lets Mages heal slowly while sleeping in a regular bed.
Added new difficulty setting for Advanced Wand Needs to select between an easier and harder mode.
Relaxed difficulty now uses an easier version of the Advanced Wand Needs.
Fixes and Improvements

Fix for issue where hired students could end up with an extra Scar.
Make sure 'move between storage' tasks are updated properly if low priority storage gets a higher priority.
Fix issue where haulers would lock-up when considering tasks to move objects from one storage to another.
On the in-world UI for starting a battle, show the reason for battle not starting like we do for the alert hover.
Fix duplicate apprentice status showing up in combat setup.
Fix for incorrect wand need parameters if you changed difficulty during the game.
Unknown Scar Effects are now properly labeled that instead of Unknown Quirk.
Adjusted Book of Rooms to fit 4:3 screens.
Improved audio for Dark Ultimate.
Ultimates Balance and Fixes - 10/29/24
Gameplay Changes

Mages will no longer go start battles if they do not have their requested Potion.
Fixes and Improvements

Added alerts for Battles and Rituals not starting due to lack of resources or unreachable resources.
Performance improvements for schools with many haulers, but not much storage available.
Dark Ultimate can now be targeted on enemies.
Added a Feed Alert for Spectral Croa appearance.
Added more information to explain that Spectral Croa can appear from Croa Corpses in storage on Spectral Croa description.
Improved Fire, Dark, and Water Ultimate visuals.
Added more information on Research UI and an Alert to show when the Research is not possible because the tier requirements(Skill/Room) are not met.
Fix for allied statuses not being detected properly for some spell cost modifiers, e.g. With Shadow Cloak, Tentacle Sweep II cost was not being reduced.
Early Rain events without lightning strikes are now just called Rain and not Storms in their alerts.
Rampage no longer targets furniture in fog or in Invaded rooms.
Now showing battle-related statuses in Combat Setup, like those from Bane events.
Now showing Blood Magic (Raven Cult Bane) costs in the Combat UI.
Updated Flow II and Flow III descriptions to have all the information that Flow I does.
Fix for Mana being over Mana Max when losing Dauntless from high Conviction.
Fix for L8-L10 Ember Golem text to correctly link Counterattack instead of Retaliate.
Now linking Blood Magic in Combat Log when it applies damage to Mages.
Fix for main menu music sometimes not fading our properly when loading a save while in combat.
Fixes for Crystal Ball icon.
Tweaked the Book of Rooms to make it more clear that you can scroll to see more.
Ultimates Balance and Fixes - 10/28
Balance Changes

Relaxed mode has starting research again. Applies to new games and existing saves from Ultimates.
Slightly nerfed enemy parties with Scythes in them. They now have advantaged terrain for the player, worse terrain for enemies, and weaker or fewer sidekicks for the Scythes.
Adjusted pacing of early-game events so that they don't hit quite as early.
Relaxed difficulty enemies how have lower HP.
Added more low Enemy HP custom difficulty options.
Tentacle Sweep HP cost lowered from 25% of Max HP to 20% of Max HP.
Introversion/Extroversion Needs no longer consider Quilted Helpers.
Doubled Victory gain from doing combat damage and killing enemies.
2.5x Victory gain from winning a battle.
Fixes and Improvements

Fixes for Founder Ghost sometimes getting stuck doing deliveries.
Updating Chinese translation with fixes.
Improvements to Room Requirements display.
Fix for enemy UI in combat being visible when it shouldn't be.
Fix for several descriptions not being updated properly for Ultimates.
Fix for a combat soft-lock when knocked out by exiting a lava terrain.
Fixed bug where dragon incubator tend window would spam UI sound
Fix deliveries by mages who don't have any skill in air. Among other issues, this could cause failure to perform rituals.
Fix for situations where Room Types might not be applied after a change to doors or halways.
Fix for some old savegames(pre-April) being loaded improperly and then crashing when hiring a staff. Reload your original save to fix if you have this situation.
Fix for Detachment 2 hover text.
Fix status icons not showing up in some cases during combat on the side displays.
Gaining Dauntless from high Conviction will now preserve the current mana fill %.
Original post
28 Oct 2024Developer post
Ultimates Build and Dev Notes
Dev Notes We’ve received feedback that you’d like to continue receiving full change notes with the Steam updates, so those are below! We also wanted to say a little about our intent with some of these changes. Our goal is to make MoM the best game it can be and to use Early Acces
Dev Notes
We’ve received feedback that you’d like to continue receiving full change notes with the Steam updates, so those are below! We also wanted to say a little about our intent with some of these changes.
Our goal is to make MoM the best game it can be and to use Early Access to its fullest. That means change, and sometimes aggressive change. With the Ultimates update, we are aiming to deliver interesting combat systems with a variety of strategic options and some subtlety that takes time to master. That has meant shaking up the combat meta. Based on feedback so far, we’re much closer to having every Magic Skill be powerful in the right moment, but we will keep monitoring all the posts on Steam, Discord, and Reddit and make adjustments as necessary.
The Difficulty changes we’ve made streamline the way you start a new game. Instead of making multiple choices about difficulty, you now just choose between three levels. Based on feedback, we realized that players were sometimes choosing a middle level that was harder or easier than they thought they would get, so we simplified the process while keeping the ability to completely customize the experience.
Standard difficulty should now represent what we expect from MOM. It has interesting choices with consequences, both positive and negative. It may be harder than some players expect based on their past experience with the game. Relaxed difficulty is intended to be the mode where you can always recover from problems and you can play at your own pace. We’ve gotten a lot of useful feedback on difficulty already and are making some adjustments, especially for Relaxed and Standard modes.
If the game is too hard, keep in mind that you can change your difficulty level at any time during the game and even customize exactly which aspects are harder and easier from the settings menu.
Looking forward, this is likely the last time we’ll really shake up core game play so deeply. On our path to a 1.0 release, we’ll be adding to and enriching the Underschool, extending the lore of the game, adding new quests, and endgame goals. As always, we’ll continually mix in QoL and other improvements. Thanks for all the play, feedback, and help as we strive to make MOM into the game we’d all like to play.
Combat
Level 8 Spells

Mages at Skill 8 now get access to Ultimate spells. These are ultra powerful, expensive spells to turn the tide of even the hardest battles.
Ultimates can only be cast a limited number of times per day. Each Mage intrinsically has one Ultimate Cast every 24 hours; even if they have two Ultimates, they will only be able to cast one each day.
Mages with high Conviction will have +1 Ultimate Cast per day.
Mages that Apprentice in the same Skill as their Wand (aka Mancers) will gain +1 Ultimate Cast per day. (See Apprentice Specializations section below.)
All Ultimates cost 150 mana to cast. Mages who have a D grade or better in Mana will be able to afford to cast at least one Ultimate by level 18.
The Ultimates

Tornado Trap (Air): Attacks an enemy five times. Adds Shield 3 to the caster.
Lance (Fire): Deals heavy damage to a front row enemy. Has a 50% chance to crit, and pierces all shields, armor, and resistance effects. Any overkill damage is dealt to the enemy behind the target.
Tsunami (Water): Damages all enemies. Each ally is healed for 25% of the total damage dealt.
Polarize (Lightning): Summons a Thundercloud over a targeted enemy. The Thundercloud strikes the target, then a random enemy, then repeats that pattern for up to 8 total hits. Each time an enemy dies, an ally regains 75 mana. 50% Power and 50% Speed contributes to damage.
Stoneskin (Earth): Adds Taunt 4 to the caster, and the caster is Damage Immune until the end of the next round.
Waves of Death (Dark): Attacks the front-most row of enemies 3 times. Any enemies killed leave behind a Pustulant Carcass after the Waves finish. The carcass explodes for 40 damage at the end of the round, or immediately after being hit.
Wither (Nature): Inflicts the Wither debuff on all enemies. Wither deals 30 damage at the end of the round, then the damage increases by 30. Whenever an enemy afflicted by Wither dies, the most hurt ally is healed for the Wither amount.
Potion Changes

Mages can no longer access a communal pool of Potions. Instead, Potions function more like Relics; they are equipped from the Mage Sheet, and each individual Mage will only be able to use their own equipped Potions.
Mages will automatically refill their Potion slot with available Potions.
Currently all Mages have one Potion slot.
Combat Terrain
Terrain has been added to combat. Different combat slots on either side of the battle can potentially have Terrain that affect combat in various ways. Different biomes will have different Terrain showing up.
Terrain Types
Generic terrain (Can occur anywhere, including in The Spine)

Cover: Occupants dodge AOE attacks and debuffs
only attacks and debuffs that specifically target the Cover Terrain affect occupants. Occupants take 100% extra damage from Earth attacks (except AOE Earth attacks), and then Cover goes away.
Mana Vein: Spells cast from Mana Vein terrain cost 50% less Mana. Only occurs on the Mages’ side of the battle.
Stone Ruins terrain

Shadow Cloak: Permanently Shadow Cloaked, granting 3a3% dodge chance.
Cleansing: Occupants can’t gain any status effects, positive or negative. Occupants take 100% extra damage from Dark attacks, but then Sanctified goes away.
Conductive: Occupants' Lightning attacks do 2x damage. Occupants take 100% extra damage from Lightning attacks, but then Conductive goes away.
Fungal Cavern terrain

Thorns: Permanent Thorns. Occupants take 10% of their Max HP as damage upon moving into or ending their turn in Thorns.
Entangling: Occupants cannot move or be moved out of Entangling Terrain, including by forced movement spells. Occupants also cannot be Hasted. Occupants take 100% extra damage from Fire attacks, but then Entangling goes away.
Sustaining: Occupants at >1HP survive any fatal attacks at 1HP. Occupants take 100% extra damage from Nature attacks, but then Sustaining goes away (occupant will survive the Nature attack at 1HP).
Lava Mine terrain

Lava: Occupants take 20% of their Max HP as damage upon moving into or ending their turn in Lava. (a stronger version of Thorns). Occupants take 100% extra damage from Water attacks, but then the Lava goes away.
Gravel: Occupants are Slowed (act at the end of each round regardless of speed
multiple Slowed characters act in Speed order). Occupants cannot be Hasted. Occupants take 100% extra damage from Air attacks, but then the Gravel goes away.
Weakness/Resistances

Enemies now have weaknesses and resistances. Weakness to a Skill will result in attack spells of that Skill dealing 2x damage, while resistance will result in 0.5x damage.
Early game enemies have many weaknesses and few resistances, while later game enemies have the inverse.
Combat Scouting & Abjuration

You can now change the battlefield before fighting battles.
Before each battle, you can select from two options for modifying terrain and enemies.
Scouting

Scouting requires spending Crystallized Visions, and allows you to modify combat terrain to your advantage.
Crystallized Visions are new reagents that can be crafted at a new Crystal Ball crafting station via Augury, a new Lightning errand.
Scouting Options
Recon

Costs 2 Crystal Portent
The player will be able to swap the Terrain of two combat slots on the same side of the battlefield.
Advantaged Position

Costs 6 Crystal Portent
The player will be able to swap the Terrain of two combat slots on opposite sides of the battlefield (that is, swap one friendly slot with one enemy slot).
Upwelling

Costs 12 Crystal Portent
The player can select one friendly combat slot to become a Mana Vein terrain slot instead of whatever Terrain it was previously.
Hazardous Terrain

Costs 4 Crystal Prophecy and 4 Crystal Portent
All enemy terrain will be replaced with Thorns.
Greater Upwelling

Costs 8 Crystal Prophecy and 4 Crystal Portent
All allied terrain will be replaced with Mana Vein terrain.
Abjuration

Abjuration requires spending reagents including Alchemical Salts, and allows you to modify enemy Weaknesses and Resistances to your advantage.
Alchemical Salts are new reagents that can be crafted at the Alchemist’s Station via Alchemy.
Abjuration Options
Expose Weakness

Costs 2 Sal Alembroth
Choose an enemy and a neutral Skill on that enemy. That neutral Skill becomes a Weakness.
Invert Resistance

Costs 6 Sal Alembroth
Choose an enemy. All their Weaknesses become Resistances and all their Resistances become Weaknesses.
Wash Out

Costs 12 Sal Alembroth
All resistances on all enemies are removed, and are neutral instead.
Greater Expose Weakness

Costs 4 Sal Oblivium and 4 Sal Alembroth
Choose a Skill for all enemies to become Weak to. This can overwrite Resistances.
Nowhere To Hide

Costs 8 Sal Oblivium and 4 Sal Alembroth
All enemies gain Weakness to every Skill they are not Resistant to.
Apprentice Specializations
Depending on which Skill on the Apprentice Wheel a Mage becomes an Apprentice in, they will gain specific powers.
Mancers
Mages who Apprentice in the same Skill as their Wand will become a Mancer (Pyromancer, Necromancer, etc.). They will get +1 daily use of their Ultimate Spell.
Conjurers
Mages who Apprentice in an adjacent Skill to their Wand will become a Conjurer. They will gain more Skill Cap than usual, and not have any lowered Skill caps. (This is unchanged from release, but now has a name.)
Arcanists
Mages who Apprentice in a Skill two away from their Wand will become an Arcanist. They will gain a Relic Slot of their Apprentice Skill. If they already have a Relic Slot of that Skill, they will gain a rare Relic Slot instead. This can result in a mage with up to 5 Relic Slots if the Mage is also Gifted.
Sorcerers
Mages who Apprentice in a Skill three away from their Wand will become a Sorcerer. They will gain a special combat passive ability. Each combination has a different combat passive, intended to help create new and exciting combat builds.

Earth / Water: Whenever the Mage casts an Attack spell, they gain Armor equal to the Mana spent.
Earth / Air: When below 50% HP, the character deals 33% more damage.
Nature / Lightning: When the Mage receives a Buff from a spell or potion, a random Mage that does not have the Buff also receives it.
Nature / Air: All duration-based effects this Mage creates last for an additional combat round.
Fire / Dark: Has +25% Dodge. Regains HP equal to 10% of their maximum whenever they kill an enemy.
Fire / Water: Torrent and Flow gain 50% Critical Hit chance, and Critical Hits deal triple damage.
Dark / Lightning: Whenever this Mage casts a non-Attack spell, a random enemy becomes Doomed, causing them to take 1.5x damage from the next Attack spell that hits them.
Enemy Scaling

The default Enemy HP and Power Scalers on Relentless reduced from 1.5 to 1.25.
However, Difficulty Options still allow players to scale Enemy HP and Power up further to 1.5 or 2.
All enemy base hp and healing effects increased by 50%.
All enemies up to level 8 had their base damage and damage related effects reduced by 50%.
All enemies above level 8 had their base damage and damage related effects reduced by 25%.
Combat Balance Changes

Furry Mites hit all enemies for 4 damage rather than hitting the front row for 8.
Fernlings hit in a line rather than the front row.
Strigoi, Drowned One, Wraith: Their stacking debuffs no longer need to deal damage to apply, just score a hit. This means armored / shielded characters will still be afflicted with the debuff. All three debuff types now need to get up to 5 stacks (from 3) in order to inflict the permanent (but treatable) major debuff.
Messy Meddler: Corrosion now applies on hit rather on dealing damage.
Batkin: Grant themselves a Power buff every 3 turns. The buff lasts for 3 turns.
Advanced Enemy Abilities (Relentless Difficulty)

Belcher: Deals Critical damage to Mages with Armor.
Lantern Keeper: Power buff and debuff go from +/- 5 to +/- 20.
Hallowed One: Mana Drain effect added to their attack.
Furry Mite: Base spell damage increases to 8.
Strigoi, Drowned One, Wraith: Stacking debuffs persist outside of combat, inflicting a conviction penalty. Over time the penalties decay into lesser forms before finally going away when the last one times out.
Boulderjaw: Replaces Terrain with Gravel at the target’s position rather than inflicting a Speed debuff.
Batkin: Power buff duration increased to 4 rounds from 3. Multiple stacked Power buffs will upgrade.
Ember Golem: On death, replaces the terrain at their killer’s location with Lava.
Fernling: Their line attack swaps the positions of the two Mages it hits.
Hellmaw: Has a 50% chance to chain to the Mage behind the front row target.
Chest Smasher: Deals Critical damage to Mages below 50% hp.
Burrower Larva: Now summons an Ember Golem and a Belcher into the front row when it Dives into the lava (new enemies coming soon).
Corrupted Mana Lantern: Starts with 1 shield per tier of the event (1/2/3).
Messy Meddler: Corrosion debuff does triple damage to Mages with Armor.
Scythe: Their attacks pierce Armor and Shields.
Torch Snuffer: Mages hit by the torch snuffer can only cast damaging spells for 2 rounds.
Skill Changes
Earth

Smash (L1) Remove FullHP bonus damage condition. Damage from 5 to 15.
Smash 2 (L3) Mana Cost from 10 to 20. Remove full hp condition. Damage from 10 to 30.
Smash 3 (L6) Mana Cost from 10 to 30. Remove full hp condition. Damage from 20 to 45.
Armor 1 (L2) Mana Cost from 20 to 40. Now grants Armor equal to 20% of MaxHP
Armor 2 (L4) Mana Cost from 20 to 60. Now grants Armor equal to 30% of MaxHP. Moved to L5.
Quake 1 (L5) Mana Cost from 30 to 45. Removed full hp condition. Damage from 15 to 40. Swaps positions of enemies in the row. Moved to L4.
Quake 2 (L7) Mana Cost from 30 to 90. Removed full hp condition. Damage from 30 to 80. Swaps positions of enemies in the row.
Air

Multistrike 1 (L1) Mana cost from 10 to 15.
Multistrike 2 (L3) Mana cost from 10 to 30. Move to L5
Shield 1 (L2) Shields 2 hits instead of 1. Mana cost from 30 to 60. Can only self-cast.
Shield 2 (L5) Mana cost from 30 to 60. No longer replaces Shield 1; this is now Mass Shield 1. Move to L4.
Shield 3 (L7) Mana cost from 30 to 120. This is now Mass Shield 2.
Haste 1 (L4) Move to L3.
Haste 2 (L6) Mana from 60 to 120.
Fire

Fireball 1 (L1) Mana cost from 20 to 14.
Fireball 2 (L3) Mana cost from 20 to 23.
Fireball 3 (L6) Move to L6. Damage from 30 to 50. Mana cost from 20 to 30.
Vengeance 1 (L2) Counterattack now replaces Retaliate. Now only targets one Mage. When attacked, Mages with Counterattack will attempt to cast their most basic combat spell.
Vengeance 2 (L6) Move to L5. Applies Counterattack to an allied row. Mana cost from 40 to 60.
Flame Lash 1 (L4) Used to convert 50% of the Mage’s current mana into damage at 2 damage per mana spent. Now converts 75% of the Mage’s current mana at 1 damage per mana spent.
Flame Lash 2 (L7) Removed and replaced with Vengeance 3. Same Mana cost and targeting as Vengeance 2, but Counterattack lasts 3 rounds instead of two.
Nature

Growth 1 (L1) Change Thorns ground effect to deal 10% of max HP as damage to targets.
Growth 2 (L3) Mana cost from 14 to 33. Move to L7. Increase base damage. Applies Thorns to the slot behind the target.
Strength 1 (L2) Mana cost from 40 to 30.
Strength 2 (L4) Mana cost from 40 to 60.
Strength 3 (L6) Mana cost from 40 to 90.
Lash 1 (L5) Move to L3. (Keep 30 mana cost, 25 base damage)
Lash 2 (L7) Move to L5. Mana cost from 30 to 60. Keep 50 base damage.
Dark

Lash 1 (L1) No longer deals +20 damage when cast from Cloak. Mana cost to 0, 25% damages the caster, cost is reduced by 10% when the caster has a Cloak anywhere on the allied side. 80 base damage.
Lash 2 (L3) No longer deals +40 damage when cast from Cloak. Mana cost to 0, 25% damages the caster, cost is reduced by 10% when the caster has a Cloak anywhere on the allied side. 120 base damage. Move to L4.
Lash 3 (L7) No longer deals +60 damage when cast from Cloak. Mana cost to 0, 25% damages the caster, cost is reduced by 10% when the caster has a Cloak anywhere on the allied side. 200 base damage.
Cloak 1 (L2) Dodge chance to 33%.
Cloak 2 (L5) Mana Cost from 20 to 30. Dodge chance to 33%.
Miasma 1 (L4) Mana cost from 25 to 0. Base damage from 10 to 20. Spell receives half contribution from power. 33% damages the caster. Move to L3
Miasma 2 (L6) Mana cost from 25 to 0. Base damage from 20 to 60. Spell receives half contribution from power. 33% damages the caster.
Water

Torrent 1 (L1) Hits the two spots in front of it. Allies gain 15 flat Armor, enemies take damage.
Torrent 2 (L3) Hits two spots in front of it. Allies gain 35 flat armor, enemies take damage. Mana cost from 10 to 25. Move to L5.
Soak 1 (L2) Rename to Flow. Mana cost from 40 to 30. Caster gains a temporary buff granting 7 Power / Speed (same amt the enemy is debuffed) for 3 rounds.
Soak 2 (L5) Now Flow 2. Mana cost from 40 to 60. Move to L4. Caster gains 15 Power / Speed.
Soak 3 (L7) Now Flow 3. Mana cost from 40 to 105. Move to L6. Caster gains 30 Power / Speed.
Consecrating Drops 1 (L4) Armor granted from a flat value to a 15% of caster’s Current HP. 15% damages the caster. Move to L3. Still targets row.
Consecrating Drops 2 (L6) Mana cost from 60 to 90. Armor granted from a flat value to 15% of caster’s Current HP. 15% damages the caster. Move to L7. Targets all allies.
Lightning

Bolt 1 (L1) Base damage to 5. Damage contribution is 50% Power / 50% speed.
Bolt 2 (L3) Base damage to 25. Damage contribution is 50% Power / 50% speed. Move to L4.
Bolt 3 (L5) Base damage to 45. Damage contribution is 50% Power / 50% speed. Move to L6
Recharge 1 (L2) Changes from a flat cost / restore to a 15% Max Mana based cost/restore. Remove speed bonus.
Recharge 2 (L6) Changes from a flat cost / restore to a 25% Max Mana based cost/restore. Remove speed bonus. Move to L5.
Stunstrike 1 (L4) Renamed to Inspiration. Move to L3. Changes to grant an ally +30 Speed and a guaranteed 2x Crit on next attack. Mana cost to 80.
Stunstrike 2 (L7) Changes to grant an ally +30 Speed and a guaranteed 2x Crit on next attack. Mana cost to 40.
Other Combat

Shattered now get 100% max hp as armor on battle start, rather than a flat 40 Armor.
All Relics that boost Power now grant half as much Power.
Non-Combat Gameplay
Research Tiers and Research Room Changes

Research now has Tiers. As you get higher on the tech tree, you must perform research in more powerful Crafting Rooms and with Mages that have higher and higher Lightning Skill.
Tier I Research may be performed at any Arcane Secretarry with Mages of Lightning Skill 1 or greater.
Tier II Research must be performed in at least a Mage’s Study with Mages of Lightning Skill 3 or greater.
Tier III Research must be performed in at least a Mage’s Tower with Mages of Lightning Skill 4 or greater.
Tier IV Research must be performed in a Mage’s Hermitage with Mages of Lightning Skill 6 or greater.
Mage’s Hermitages have changed from requiring Isolated to requiring Private + no Doors or Hallways (i.e., you may only use a Broom Station to access them).
Mage’s Hermitages that were already Private now require being Towered.
Trapdoor Vine Planter moved from This Stuff is Scary to A Natural Throne.
Large Arched Window moved to a new I Can See It All Tier II tech, between The Cronebug! and Getting Posh.
Moved Easel and Easel recipes to Lighten Things Up and removed from Patron of the Arts.
Patron of the Arts renamed to Under Lock and Key.
Lighten Things Up moved to having The Bird Is the Word as its precursor tech.
Potion of Recharging recipe moved to Boil and Bubble.
Carve it Up to 4000 work and moved to Tier III, after Solid As a Rock.
A Majestic Creature changed to 6000 work.
A Whole Lotta Support changed to 10000 work.
Under Cover Sleeping changed to 11000 work.
Exotic Reagents moved to between I Can See It All and Getting Posh. Cost increased to 6000, moved to Tier III.
A Whole Lotta Support moved to after Exotic Reagents.
A Majestic Creature moved to after Carve It Up, renamed to Green with Envy.
Emerald Statue crafting recipe moved to Green with Envy.
If you had any changed Research already completed, you will still have access to those items in save games.
Event Changes and Multi Events

Pushed existing Breathstealer events up to Mage Score of >16800.
At Mage scores of >21600, Multi events will start occurring. They only start to occur at an Intensity >.49, but curve up to be twice as frequent as their normal room battle event counterparts at an intensity of 1.
All Invasion/Bramblespawn events at >14400 Mage Score, including the new Multi Invasions/Multi Bramblespawns, are now smarter about what rooms they will try to attack. They'll pick criteria and go after rooms with the most of important furniture items/types, rather than empty rooms.
Multi events are events that cause more than one threat to the school to appear at once.
Multi Events

Hour of the Invaders: Two invasion creatures spawn and take over rooms.
Hour of the Bramblespawn: Two Bramblespawn Spore spawn and take over rooms. Only happens if Bramblespawn events are unlocked via the Jade Dragon project.
Hour of the Breathstealers: Two Breathstealers show up targeting different Mages.
Hour of the Smashers / Hour of the Snuffers / Hour of the Meddlers / Hour of the Poltergeists: Varied combinations of Chest Smasher, Torch Snuffer, and Messy Meddler Rifts will spawn in the school.
Difficulty Selection Changes

There are no longer separate Pressure and Challenge choices. Instead, you just choose a single difficulty level. All customization options remain the same as before.
Standard difficulty will see the most difficult events and the easiest events depending on how well you are playing, unlike before where the Balanced Pressure level excluded the very easiest and the very hardest.
Quirk Changes and Wand Needs

Mages no longer gain Negative Quirks when upgrading wands. These are now “Scar Effects” that are added when Mages gain a Scar.
Mages no longer gain Positive Quirks when upgrading wands, either. They will receive new Needs instead.
Depending on the Skill of the wand they have equipped, Mages will receive a new Need when equipping a Tier II Wand. At Tier III, the Mage’s Need will intensify, causing it to drain faster and require more upkeep.
New Needs

Dark--Moonlight Need: Dark mages want to be in Moonlight frequently.
Nature--Sunlight Need: Nature mages want to be in Sunlight frequently.
Air--Kinetophile Need: Air mages want to go up and down lots of stairs and ladders, and fly on brooms.
Earth--Terra Firma Need: Earth mages want to be on the ground or fully supported blocks.
Lightning--Introversion Need: Lightning mages want to be alone.
Water--Extroversion Need: Water mages want to be around other mages.
Fire--Victory Need: Fire mages wants to hunt or kill enemies in battle.
Mage Hunger & Starvation Damage Updates
Mages that have a Hunger status that causes them to take damage (Famished, Ravenous, Near Starving, or Starving) cannot be Revived if they are At Death’s Door. They will need to be fed a meal first.
Mages who are Aiding a Mage who is At Death’s Door will bring them a meal first, before bringing them to a Hospital Bed.
Nearly Starving and Starving prevent HP recovery.
New difficulty option for enabling/disabling HP loss from hunger. Defaults to enabled for Standard and Relentless and disabled for Relaxed.
Fixed a bug causing Third Degree Burns (and other 'block healing' statuses) to make Revive ritual Revive a mage at 0 HP, causing them to immediately go back to At Death’s Door.
Fixed a bug causing First, Second, and Third Degree Burns (and other 'block healing' statuses) to block above-ground HP *loss.* They now correctly only block healing.
In Pain status now activates at 80% HP rather than 100% HP.
Backcompat: Mages loading into Combat release will have extreme low Hunger values raised to at the beginning of Famished, to give players time to react to the above changes.
Lightning Changes

Lightning Storms no longer destroy Roof tiles. Instead, Roofs and all other Construction Blocks and furnishings can be struck. They take durability damage when struck and anything nearby may take AoE damage.
When Construction Blocks are Broken, they can no longer form rooms, resulting in rooms going away. They can be Repaired to restore the Room.
Lightning Rods now protect a larger area, but take Durability damage when hit by lightning strikes.
Other rooftop decorations now protect roofs as well, though they protect a smaller area relative to Lightning Rods. They will take Durability damage when hit as well.
High Conviction Bonuses

Mages get a boost to their combat stat growth when at high Conviction, e.g. B → B+. This bonus is retroactive as the growth value changes.
Mages get +1 Ultimate Cast when at high Conviction.
General Gameplay

No longer allow difficulty changes during combat.
Certain Rituals now require Mages to expend all of their Mana as part of the Ritual.
Discordance penalty for too many Staff is gone.
Doubts now affect Conviction in schools based on MAGE score, but to a much lesser degree than Discordance. Higher difficulties will result in larger Conviction penalties by default, but can be managed in the Difficulty Settings.
New difficulty option for controlling Doubts.
Time and resource costs for Staff Hiring ramp forever now, instead of being static after a certain point.
Dragon Quests no longer grant Quirks as rewards.
When you change the priority on Storage, Mages will shift the contents between Storages to reflect that priority.
Added Basic Architectural Style, a new style that removes some of the more advanced keywords.
L25 relics have been reimplemented more robustly.
Vivified now cannot feel pain. They are immune to the In Pain status normally added when below 80% HP; both its Conviction malus and the Misfire chance will not apply.
Croa Corpses can now be stored in chests, but will still spawn Spectral Croa from within the chest. Spectral Croa spawned from Chests or inside a room will have their Hunt errand enabled automatically.
Dungeon rooms no longer 'lock' on the way to boss battles.
Removed starting research from Relaxed.
A Chest Smasher Rift or a Torch Snuffer Rift are now the first combat event, rather than Invasions, to alleviate the pain of early Invasions. In addition, Invasion Events in the early game will no longer invade Grounded rooms.
Relics that grant combat stat boosts will no longer drop with Skill Affinities (Fire, Water, etc.), to alleviate how much combat stat stacking you can do. Some additional related rebalance as to which Legacies drop with which Affinities.
Balanced MAGE contribution better across Research (which was contributing relatively too much to MAGE) and Mage Skill/Construction/Assemble progress (which was contributing relatively too little).
Slowed down initial MAGE event unlocks slightly to compensate for Mage Skill contribution to MAGE being higher.
Save Scum Protection: Many places in game now have their own RNG, so that it is more difficult to get different outcomes by saving and reloading, even if you let the game run in between attempts.
Dragon Statue is now craftable at the Statue Carvery, rather than being directly assembled.
Fixes and Improvements

Fix for Standard difficulty using Relaxed-level battles for Invasions and Bramblespawn events.
Some significant perf improvements, most evident in larger schools.
Fix conflicting Combat Spell Hotkeys.
Fix battle button mouseover that wasn't showing correct 'waiting for' text.
Combat speed control allows x6 speed now.
Combat idles now always play at 1x speed, even when adjusting combat speed.
Add Mana Bursts to combat log.
Fix bug where the turn UI on combat start would sometimes incorrectly look as if the first combatant gets two turns.
Hide the turn indicator during turn animations.
Fix some Trial XP values having rounding errors due to display bonuses.
Show excluded statuses on ritual setup so that Not Gifted is more clear.
Twitch Integration

Added the ability in the Twitch App to randomly shuffle the naming queue.
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The Ultimates Update
The Ultimates Update The Ultimates Update brings more strategic depth to Mind Over Magic combat, adding new ways to power up your Mages, and adding tough new challenges on higher difficulty levels. There are also tons of QoL features and improvements to balance throughout the gam
The Ultimates Update
The Ultimates Update brings more strategic depth to Mind Over Magic combat, adding new ways to power up your Mages, and adding tough new challenges on higher difficulty levels.
There are also tons of QoL features and improvements to balance throughout the game. Highlights of all the changes can be found below.
Huge thanks to everyone who did advance playtesting on this update! We couldn’t do it without you!
New Combat Features

Ultimate spells for every Magic Skill. They’re so powerful that they can only be cast once a day.
Terrain in combat that creates positional tactics.
Weaknesses and Resistances for enemies, adding a new strategic layer.
Scouting and Abjuration, new abilities which allow players to transform battles before you fight them.
A full rebalance of combat spells and Relic combat powers.
Combat Changes

Potions are now equipped by Mages. Each Mage can carry 1 potion into battle.
On the highest difficulty level, enemies scale up in HP and Damage less, but gain new combat abilities.
Gameplay and Balance

An overhaul of our difficulty modes, presenting players with three options that line up with the most common ways to play.
Apprentices gain a new title (e.g. Conjurer, Arcanist) based on the Skill Wheel position of their Wand and Apprentice Skills. This grants them new upgrades.
Research is now divided into tiers. Each tier requires a higher level of Lightning Skill and a better Research Room to work on Research in that tier.
New events that impact larger schools at higher difficulty levels, including getting multiple Fog Incarnates, Breathstealers, or Bramblespawn at the same time.
Mages now gain bonuses when they have high Conviction.
Instead of positive and negative Quirks, Mages now gain a new Need when they upgrade their wand.
Lightning storms have changed to be less punishing in the early game. Lightning rods and other roof decor are now more effective at blocking the more more powerful storms later, but require Repair.
New Basic Architecture Style, requiring fewer keywords for Rooms for a simpler school building experience.
There’s so much more, too! The complete set of changes is listed in-game and on Discord. As always, your old save games are valid to keep on playing with.
Up Next

The Magic Mirror - This release will let you do more Mage customization, will add new Mage visuals, and will have new Recreation options.
The Nexus - The Underschool will expand!
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Updates & announcements

Mind Over Magic Wolfkin Student plushes are available for order now!

The Capstone Update

Capstone Update Highlights

Update Details

Features

Gameplay and Balance

Fixes and Improvements

5/15/2025

5/12/2025

Creative Mode

Gameplay

QoL

Fixes and Improvements

Fixes & Improvements - 3/14/25

Gameplay

QoL

Fixes and Improvements

Thanks for playing Mind Over Magic!

Fixes & Improvements - 2/21/25

Fixes & Improvements - 2/20/25

Fixes & Improvements - 2/18/25

Fixes & Improvements - 2/14/25

Fixes & Improvements - 2/13/25

Update Highlights

Endgame + 1.0 Update Release Notes

Break the Curse

The Ember Dragon

The Codex + Tooltip Changes

Steam Achievements

Population Cap

Quality of Life

Gameplay and Balance

Fixes and Improvements

Update Highlights

Play Now!

Fixes and Improvements - 1/3/25

Mages who refill Mana during an Emergency-level errand will fully refill their Mana before returning to their errand Fix some rare exceptions

Fixes and Improvements - 12/23/24

Enter the Nexus Fixes - 12/20/24

Enter the Nexus

Battle new enemies in the Nexus.

Reroll Trials, Mages' Relic Affinities, and Relic Powers at the Altar of Fate.

Reality is tenuous in the Nexus. Your Mages must reconstitute the crumbling bits.

Nexus Gateways connect key points in the Underschool.

We've made many other fixes, balance, and QoL changes in this update. Cheers to everyone who entered the Nexus to test it in Beta/Prerelease.

Up Next

Endgame

You may notice some deviations from the roadmap in this release. We'll post a roadmap update along with dev notes discussing our choices in the next few days. Have fun in the Nexus!

Full build notes below. Happy Holidays!

The Nexus

New Quests / Jade Dragon

Seasonal

Quality of Life

Gameplay and Balance

Fixes and Improvements

Magic Mirror Fixes - 12/2/24

Magic Mirror Update

Build a Magic Mirror and change the look of your Mages however you'd like. Clothing, hair, colors, it's all within the power of the mirror!

Once your staff are dressed to impress, they’ll head to the Staff Lounge to sip, relax, and recharge. They'll boost Recreation and gain Conviction while they unwind in style!

We got excited about customizing Mages, so now you can also customize the color of lights in your school. Just select a Torch, Brazier, or Candelabra and select the color you'd like.

Make sure and check out the new screenshot mode that we used to get these shots! Look for it on the bottom center time panel.

As usual, there's also a ton of other fixes, balance, and QoL in this update. We're so very thankful for everyone who helped us test the Magic Mirror.

Up Next

Full build notes below!

Customization & New Visuals

The Staff Lounge

Paintings and Statues

Alchemistry Lab and Decoction Apparatus

Divinatorium

Screenshot Mode

Conviction/Doubts Changes

QoL Improvements

New Initiate/Apprentice Trials

Re-balanced Student/Apprentice Trials

Reduced the number of repetitions for:

Changed to time-based instead of repetition based:

No longer granted:

Fixes & Improvements

Ultimates Fixes - 11/19/24

Mages who refill Mana during an Emergency-level errand will fully refill their Mana before returning to their errand
Fix some rare exceptions