- Reduced the area in which melee attacks bounce off walls and floors by 40%. Terrain will now interfere with attacks less often, without affecting attack range against enemies.
- Added a clearer weakness hint to the Demon Bear battle. Once the Demon Bear’s HP reaches 3% or lower, the hint will remain visible until the battle ends.
- Buffed the Knight Gem: while shield blocking is available, blockable attacks from any direction will now be blocked 100% of the time.
- Buffed the Counter Gem: damage dealt by all shockwaves generated by the Counter Gem has been increased by 40%.
- Reduced the stamina cost of throwing weapons by 30%, except for the Throwing Dagger, which has been separately adjusted to cost 0.45 stamina.
- Reduced the delay before stamina begins recovering after throwing a weapon or dashing from 2 seconds to 1 second.
- Adjusted the Throwing Dagger:
- When thrown, it now redirects toward the nearest living enemy within a certain range in front of the player.
- It will not target enemies behind the player. If no valid target is available, it will continue flying straight ahead.
- Flight speed has been doubled, and a new afterimage effect has been added.
- Base attack power has been reduced by 30%.
- Buffed the Exorcism Cross: its special damage multiplier against Corpses, Corpse Birds, Leeches/Parasites, Necromancers, and Skeleton Warriors has been increased from 200% to 300%.
- Reduced the difficulty of the Necromancer battle on Nightmare difficulty:
- The damage interval of each Corpse Bird feather remaining on the battlefield has been increased from 0.35 seconds to 1 second.
- The Necromancer will no longer cast Corpse Bird Bomb while feathers are still present on the battlefield, preventing excessive feather buildup.
### System Improvements
- After clearing the game, New Game Plus inheritance is now available across all difficulties. On non-Nightmare difficulties, players can choose whether to inherit their equipment and gold. Nightmare difficulty will continue to apply this inheritance automatically. H-Crystals, Monster Encyclopedia entries, and unlocked HCG Gallery progress will continue to carry over regardless of this choice.
- The HCG Gallery will now clearly display an “All HCG Unlocked” status once every HCG has been unlocked.
### Bug Fixes
- Fixed the hit detection of the slime orbs summoned by the Slime Hammer’s skill. The orbs will now correctly deal damage based on actual contact with enemies. When continuously touching the same enemy, they can reliably trigger four hits per orbit, resulting in a higher effective attack frequency.
