Primarch

Released: Mar 17, 2026
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Last updated: 13 Sep 2026, 10:27 GMT

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15 Sep 2026Developer post
Achievements and Glory - Beta v0.4.4
Hey all. This patch introduces achievements! There are 29 currently, but at least 9 more will be added with each future hero. In addition, 29 new talents are now unlocked during play. When defeating a boss or completing an achievement, you gain "Glory". For every 3 Glory you gain
Hey all.
This patch introduces achievements! There are 29 currently, but at least 9 more will be added with each future hero.
In addition, 29 new talents are now unlocked during play. When defeating a boss or completing an achievement, you gain "Glory". For every 3 Glory you gain, a new talent is unlocked. Your current Glory and remaining unlockable talents are shown on the run selection screen. All boss kills before the patch will award Glory retroactively.
The Compendium has also had an overhaul, with Run History and Statistics being added as well. Your last 20 runs are viewable, including any before this patch.
The stage is now set to begin adding additional heroes, which will be the focus of the next several patches.
Beta v0.4.4:
General
29 Achievements introduced. These are viewable in the Compendium and on the run selection screen (and of course through Steam).
29 New talents, unlocked by defeating bosses and completing achievements.
Run History and Statistics added to Compendium. The Compendium now has a base page to select the category easier.
Trinkets now show their upgrade progress after combat.
The primal orb now reveals its tentacles whenever you are at a boss or below 501 primal to help signify when you are at risk of losing. Your HP bar now also shows how much you can lose before combat is ended when in primal mode.
There's a new visual and sound effect for primal mode activating.
When you see a boss skill in a draft, it now has an aura.
Gaining a new tribe bonus now has an animation.
There's a new subtle effect while the background is dimmed.
Damage text not caused by a skill hit now fades out much quicker, reducing visual congestion significantly with certain effects.
Skill Changes
Power Whip, Grenade Parade, Frozen Nova, and Chaos Torrent have gained Spread.
Improved icons for Vile Purge, Skull Crash, Zapper, and Storm Keeper.
Talent Changes
Magnification and Lifesteal now only require 1 of the matching energy to gain the full benefit of the effect.
Barbs now deals 3 damage per hit, up from 2.
The talent mutation which reduces energy generated by 1 now reduces every third energy instead.
Bug Fixes
A crash when viewing combat log trinket damage from an enemy duplicate. (Hotfixed)
An issue with Boss skill draft elements not changing on reroll. (Hotfixed)
A crash caused by a duplicate combined with certain skills. (Hotfixed)
A visual glitch when 2 skills are removed at the same time. (Hotfixed)
The Magnification and Lifesteal talents activating based on the skill element, not the energy spent. (Hotfixed)
The prompt when adding skills going in the wrong spot sometimes.
An issue with Volt Loop static not behaving correctly if it spawns on top of an enemy.
Talents and trinkets which show a specific amount of damage in their tooltip weren't adjusting according to your Mind (visual issue only).
An issue with Spirit Form hitting on an odd timing.
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23 Aug 2026Developer post
Trinket Rate Up - Beta v0.4.3
Hey all. This patch introduces a new 'rate up' feature while drafting so you get more skills which synergize with your trinkets. This is also intended to help new players, since it acts as a recommended pick. You only get a small amount of these offered per trinket. I also wanted
Hey all.
This patch introduces a new 'rate up' feature while drafting so you get more skills which synergize with your trinkets. This is also intended to help new players, since it acts as a recommended pick. You only get a small amount of these offered per trinket.
I also wanted to iron out the way the Turning Timepiece duplicate works to be as fun and versatile as possible, because it's a mechanic we will see more of in the future.
One last significant thing was a revision of the Wild Tempest event. This event offers 2 skills, each with a random fusion. The random part made it very unlikely to be useful, so I spent time going through every skill and hand picking a set fusion they appear with in this event. This process also resulted in some bonus skill changes. There is likely some synergies you hadn't considered previously lurking in this event now.
Beta v0.4.3:
General
All skill drafts now have access to a limited 'rate up' pool of skills which synergize with your trinkets.
Skill drafts are now a selection from 2 skills instead of 3. The skill pools have been thinned to compensate.
You now start with 2 Providence (rerolls), and you gain 2 from Elite and Boss battles. Previously, Providence was only gained from combat challenges.
Providence now appears in the loot window.
The skills at the Wild Tempest event now have pre-set synergistic fusions instead of random ones. These skills can now be fused instead of only added. This event no longer has 2 free skill removals.
The boss exclusive skills are now more rare.
The cost of removing skills at the merchant now scales up slower and starts lower.
There is now an icon for each remaining skill slot when editing skills.
Vernan tribe bonus decreased: 2/4/6 > 1/2/3 Area. The Range bonus is still 2/4/6.
Astarath tribe bonus increased: 4/8/12 > 5/10/15 less damage from each Hit.
Skill Changes
There are some new fusions to help increase Area more easily:
Pepper Shot's secondary effect has been replaced with: Spend 1. Gain 3 Area. (it previously pushed away enemies on each hit)
Hurricane's secondary effect has been replaced with: The Area of this skill increases by 10% of your Mind. (it previously pushed away enemies that weren't your target)
Shadow Claw's secondary effect has been replaced with: This skill gains 1 Range and Area on each use. (it previously had a Spend that healed you)
Celestial Gust's secondary effect has been replaced with: The Area of this skill increases by 10% of your Spirit. (it previously granted Vigor and converted a curse)
Ambush has gained Celestial Gust's old secondary effect. (it previously reduced Max HP equal to the damage dealt)
Slightly increased the damage of the Spend X skills: Wind Weave, Tree Spear, Lava Plume, Bombard, and Sky Cannon.
Slightly increased most forms of shielding.
Reload Station, Rage Totem, Earth Totem, and Zeal Totem now 'affect their area'. This allows fusions like Exhume or Grenade Parade to make use of their high base area.
Trick Shot's secondary damage reduced from 3 per hit to 2. This brings it in line with the new Tree Spear (secondary) for scaling damage based on the number of hits. For those curious on the math, Trick Shot still out performs Tree Spear up until 8 hits, and then overtakes it again at 18 hits. Getting both on the same skill is always an option though!
Trick Shot's primary damage has been slightly increased to compensate. It now also affects the area when ricocheting and always ricochets toward the nearest enemy.
The Fire Claw secondary now triggers after hits are fully resolved, allowing it to detonate wildfire it creates under more circumstances.
The Sacred Flame secondary now heals 15 HP per summon, up from 10.
Nature's Pulse secondary Spend 3>2.
Exhume now has Spread.
Skull Crash now deals more damage.
Void Pact now increases the summoned Voidling's HP by 50 and Mind by 10 for each energy spent, instead of Body, Mind, and Spirit by 10.
Glimmer Glide's secondary now heals at the end of the skill, so any Blessings gained during the skill can be counted.
Mind Drain now deals more damage and reduces more Time if you meet the Mind requirement.
Moon Guard now heals you for 50% of the shield when it expires, instead of only while it is decaying.
The Warrior starting skill Charge now generates 2 energy instead of 1.
Trinket Changes
All stats other than HP have been increased on all trinkets.
Oni's Club now deals 2%/3%/4% damage per fury, up from 2%/2.5%/3%.
Tilted Timekeeper and Turning Timepiece now display an icon when editing skills to show which one they are affecting. This makes it more obvious when their target changes while drafting.
The duplicate from Turning Timepiece now links more effects to its master. In addition to Blessings and Shields being redirected to you, the duplicate now also:
Generates and spends its master's energy instead of its own. Effects which scale on energy are also based on its master's energy.
Redirects heals to its master.
Appears where you were standing when you started the skill you just used, instead of where you are now.
Applies skill buffs like Fire Claw, Crystal Coffin, and Dark Matter to its master. Skill buffs which only apply while the skill is actively being used are not shared; such as Astral Advance, Eruption (secondary), and Bone Shield (secondary).
Talent Changes
Preparation now gives 2 Energy instead of 3.
Bug Fixes
Wicked Cleave duplicate having primal if you have an item which increases it. (Hotfixed)
Duplicates running from off screen if the target moved out of range. (Hotfixed)
Skills with Consume skipping the last skill if they are 2nd last. (Hotfixed)
A freeze when you and an enemy duplicate both have Absorption Cube. (Hotfixed)
Combat not ending if duplicates remain alive. (Hotfixed)
Skills with consume not working with Turning Timepiece.
An issue if the skill you are using gets removed unexpectedly.
An issue with Bomba when triggered by another entity.
Siphon dealing its damage over 1 hit instead of 3.
An issue with Wild River's tooltip.
Reflecting Pool not separating skills obtained from Wild Tempest correctly.
Shadow Market skill drafts not always having the correct tribe.
Being able to interact with skill removal methods with only 1 skill.
An issue where corrupted talents can repeat if the previous talent wasn't taken.
The map becoming unresponsive if you resume the game after a skill reroll at an event.
An issue where you could be offered talents you already have.
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03 Aug 2026Developer post
Early Game Rework - Beta v0.4.2
Hey all. This patch aims to refine early game, making it easier to digest and providing more of a sense of progression throughout the run. The hero will no longer start with regular skills; they now start with 4 new basic skills which have unique secondary effects related to that
Hey all.
This patch aims to refine early game, making it easier to digest and providing more of a sense of progression throughout the run.
The hero will no longer start with regular skills; they now start with 4 new basic skills which have unique secondary effects related to that hero.
The next patch will also make some changes in this area.
Beta v0.4.2:
General
The hero now starts with 4 unique Origin skills.
The Juggernaut's landing effect now pulls enemies to you, instead of creating wildfire.
The merchant now removes skills for less Aether, but increases the price for each one.
The max number of skills is now 12, down from 16. Injuries can still put you above this cap.
The Originator talent now grants -20% Time instead of -15%. (its previous effect of reducing any skills of the same name is no longer applicable)
Bug Fixes
A visual issue with Mind Drain.
A very rare bug where you can win the run early if you and a boss die at the same time.
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30 Jul 2026Developer post
Final Boss Powerup - Beta v0.4.1
Hey all. Now that all the skills are in the game, Abbadon has had the skills of all 4 of his fighting styles reworked to provide more of a final challenge. As outlined in the tutorial, some details about the fighting style he will use can be previewed above the scroll bar on the
Hey all.
Now that all the skills are in the game, Abbadon has had the skills of all 4 of his fighting styles reworked to provide more of a final challenge. As outlined in the tutorial, some details about the fighting style he will use can be previewed above the scroll bar on the map.
Beta v0.4.1:
General
The bottom hp bar now highlights the amount you heal.
Abbadon now has far stronger skill combinations.
The Adaptive talent now also reduces the Time of your Injuries by 15%.
Skill Changes
Arrow Rain now additionally gains 1 Area for every 2 yards it travels.
Arrow Rain's secondary effect now deals less damage per Range and Area, but increases for every 1 Range and Area instead of every 2, resulting in 50% more damage than before.
Bomba now additionally gains 3 Area when exploding early.
Flame Breath now affects a line equal to the Range, increasing the overall affected Area substantially. (fun fact: this animation gets larger the more Mind you have!)
Fungal Growth now additionally grants 2 Intellect.
Bug Fixes
A crash involving status effects being copied to a duplicate. (hotfixed)
A crash when viewing a particular type of damage from a duplicate in the combat log. (hotfixed)
A visual bug when pushing a duplicate very soon after it's created. (hotfixed)
A crash when loading an old run. (hotfixed)
An issue where Brawler wasn't dealing landing damage. (hotfixed)
A crash when changing to a tab with the Suraga tribe bonus outside combat.
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25 Jul 2026Developer post
New Skills and Tribes - Beta v0.4.0
Hey all. Thanks for your patience on this huge patch. The final 4 tribes and last 2 skill elements have been added. We can look forward to more regular patches now. Beta v0.4.0: New 4 new tribes added: Growkin (Nature/Death) Suraga (Cold/Void) Astarath (Void/Nature) Exiled (All e
Hey all.
Thanks for your patience on this huge patch. The final 4 tribes and last 2 skill elements have been added. We can look forward to more regular patches now.
Beta v0.4.0:
New
4 new tribes added:
Growkin (Nature/Death)
Suraga (Cold/Void)
Astarath (Void/Nature)
Exiled (All elements)
Exiled enemies are much stronger than other tribes, but there are far less of them in an encounter. All Exiled enemies are the larger elite/boss size.
New skill element: Nature (16 new skills).
New skill element: Void (16 new skills).
1 new Physical skill obtained from the Exiled Avatar.
1 new Cold skill obtained from the Suraga Avatar.
General
Spirit now heals enemies with low Max HP for less (early high Spirit enemies were too strong). This does not affect summons/structures.
The 2nd elite encounter no longer has an ally.
The Nekrul Avatar now has a more consistent difficulty. It was previously too weak late game.
There's a new keyword added to some skills called "Multi" to highlight a niche mechanic. Skills like 'Hex' target all enemies in Range, meaning if those enemies are in each other's Area, each of those Hits will be shared. Most skills only create Hits originating from a set target or area and don't scale with the number of enemies in your proximity.
None of these skills have actually been changed. Some of the new skills have this keyword, but the previous skills gaining the keyword are: Deadeye, Last Stand, Crystal Coffin (secondary), Wild River (secondary), Spirit Form (secondary), Hex, and Doom Vortex (secondary). These can also now be filtered in the compendium.
Skill Changes
Ravage (secondary) now grants 2 Intellect per energy generated instead of 1.
Blast Jump damage increases by 10% for every yard traveled instead of 5%. It now also grants 3 Area to your next skill.
Bug Fixes
An issue related to shields on structures.
Skills which apply multiple types of ground effects weren't working correctly in some circumstances.
Spirit Form wasn't applying Stasis properly.
A visual issue with Trick Shot.
An issue where the Area gained during Blast Jump wasn't reset.
Prevented Avatar exclusive skills showing up in events.
The 'damage taken' log was displaying with a Vernan tribe bonus if the player had one.
An issue where injuries weren't added to the right position if the target was idle.
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21 Jun 2026Developer post
Skill Adjustments and Fixes - Beta v0.3.94
Hey all. These changes were going to come alongside the upcoming content patch, but there were some bugs to squash, so I figured why wait. The content patch is likely to be ready early next month and will feature 4 new tribes and 2 new skill elements. Beta v0.3.94: General Frost
Hey all.
These changes were going to come alongside the upcoming content patch, but there were some bugs to squash, so I figured why wait. The content patch is likely to be ready early next month and will feature 4 new tribes and 2 new skill elements.
Beta v0.3.94:
General
Frost now reduces by 20% stacks per skill use, instead of always 3.
The Vigor blessing now reduces Time on skills by 2% per stack instead of 3%.
Skill Changes
Deadeye's secondary effect Energy cost reduced to 2, down from 3.
Crystal Coffin now increases damage by 10% per energy, up from 5%.
Creeping Cold's primary effect now also duplicates an Injury.
Creeping Cold's secondary effect now adds Frost based on Range instead of Area.
Flash Freeze now applies Permafrost when the enemy is affected instead of at the end.
Thunderclap now grants Vigor instead of Shroud.
Death Surge's secondary effect now heals 10 HP for each Hit, up from 5.
Skull Crash's secondary effect now gives Bulk based on the highest number of hits the skill deals, instead of only the hits dealt to the target. This means if the skill kills your target early, the effect is less likely to be wasted.
Bug Fixes
The last trinket slot was not activating correctly.
An issue with Absorption Cube missing a sprite. (Hotfixed)
Previous map tiles showing the skip rewards dialogue if clicked. (Hotfixed)
A crash involving tooltips.
Summons/Structures not having their Shield reduced alongside their Max HP.
The Dyad talent tooltip was showing incorrect values.
The compendium prompt during Soaring Vista didn't display the correct skills.
Fixed the tundra ground effect reducing your move speed permanently if you enter it on its last tick.
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23 May 2026Developer post
Select a starting trinket! - Beta v0.3.9
Hey all. There's 2 new features coming with this update. The 1st is a new HP display for the hero during combat. It is much more prominent than the standard HP bar, making it easier to view. The 2nd new feature is the ability to select any trinket to start with (as long as you ha
Hey all. There's 2 new features coming with this update.
The 1st is a new HP display for the hero during combat. It is much more prominent than the standard HP bar, making it easier to view.
The 2nd new feature is the ability to select any trinket to start with (as long as you have seen it before). This is done in the 'start run' window before playing, and replaces the initial trinket draft. To encourage variance, in the future there will be achievements for completing a task with each trinket.
This update also simplifies the 'mastery effect' by converting it to a 2nd trinket you start with. All of the effects are still the same, but they now come with a bonus upgrade objective like any other trinket.
Beta v0.3.9:
General
There is a new HP display for the hero during combat.
You can now choose a trinket to start with from the 'start run' window.
The 'mastery effect' has been converted to a trinket you always start with, and now has an upgrade objective.
Hero masteries can now be viewed in the compendium.
The tutorial has been adjusted.
The Dyad talent now increases the HP of the summoned ally, as well as granting a shield.
Bug Fixes
The Dyad talent was previously not triggering if you summon multiple allies at once. It now correctly applies to one of the allies if you had none previously.
Fixed a display issue with shields.
The next planned update will introduce new skills and tribes, but the wait will be a little longer than typical patches. Thanks for your patience.
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12 May 2026Developer post
Combat Log - Patch Notes - Beta v0.3.7
Beta v0.3.7: Hey all. This patch introduces the long awaited combat log. It can be accessed using the new tabs on the right of the screen during a run. Tab 1: The default information about the hero. Nothing new here. Tab 2: Displays your damage, shielding, and healing during your
Beta v0.3.7:
Hey all. This patch introduces the long awaited combat log. It can be accessed using the new tabs on the right of the screen during a run.
Tab 1: The default information about the hero. Nothing new here.
Tab 2: Displays your damage, shielding, and healing during your last (or current) combat.
Tab 3: Displays the damage dealt to you during your last (or current) combat.
Tab 4: Displays a snapshot of Tab 1 at the end of your last combat. This allows you to check what your remaining HP was or what effects you had active.
When combat starts, Tab 1 will automatically be swapped to, and when combat ends, Tab 2 will be swapped to. This behaviour can be changed in the settings.
Thanks everyone for waiting on this important feature. I have 1 more planned patch before the additional 4 tribes are added.
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue with the Soaring Vista event.
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Appended changes (v0.3.8)
Fixed an issue with the damage log not always updating while the tab is open.
Fixed a crash in a unique circumstance with the damage log.
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28 Apr 2026Developer post
Patch Notes - Beta v0.3.6
Hey all. Just fixing some small things before the damage log update - expect that coming up next. Beta v0.3.6: General The map events which draft from a selected keyword now have a refined pool that is more accurate to that keyword - eg. 'Summons ally' won't include Shackle, whic
Hey all. Just fixing some small things before the damage log update - expect that coming up next.
Beta v0.3.6:
General
The map events which draft from a selected keyword now have a refined pool that is more accurate to that keyword - eg. 'Summons ally' won't include Shackle, which mentions summons but doesn't actually create any.
The compendium now has additional options to filter within each keyword. This is intended to help locate specific things, like which skills have energy gain on their secondary effect.
A backup save has been implemented in case a save file ever becomes damaged.
Bug Fixes
Fixed getting stuck on a black screen if you change a setting on the end of run screen.
Several prompts now change to match a new key binding.
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22 Apr 2026Developer post
Patch Notes - Beta v0.3.5
Hey all. Beta v0.3.5: General Bleed now reduces in stacks by 20% each tick, with a minimum of 1 (was previously always 1). Lakari tribe bonus reduced from - 8% Time per level to - 6% Time. The Hoarder talent has had the HP granted reduced by 50%. Certain fusion effects which acti
Hey all.
Beta v0.3.5:
General
Bleed now reduces in stacks by 20% each tick, with a minimum of 1 (was previously always 1).
Lakari tribe bonus reduced from -8% Time per level to -6% Time.
The Hoarder talent has had the HP granted reduced by 50%.
Certain fusion effects which activate at the end of a skill now resolve in a more beneficial order.
Added a trim to the bottom of map encounter flags to visually indicate the secondary element of a tribe, and updated the Vernan tribe color to match their element.
Enemies
Encounter difficulty was peaking very early and then falling off. These changes aim to flip that. The final boss will receive changes in a future patch.
The base HP of normal and elite enemies has been reduced, but will now scale much more sharply.
Normal and Elite encounters have more enemies after the first area.
The tribe Avatar boss which appears in the last area has a stronger skill set.
Many enemies have had minor changes to their skills.
Bug Fixes
Fixed a crash involving the Union combat challenge and void damage.
Fixed a crash involving actions after combat ends.
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10 Apr 2026Developer post
Summons & Structures Rework - Patch Notes - Beta v0.3.4
Hey all. Another chunky patch. Ticking off a bunch of 'to do's as well as a rework of Summons and Structures. I've delayed any enemy rebalancing to the next patch. Implementing the combat log will soon become my main focus, then it will be rolling out all the additional content a
Hey all. Another chunky patch.
Ticking off a bunch of 'to do's as well as a rework of Summons and Structures. I've delayed any enemy rebalancing to the next patch. Implementing the combat log will soon become my main focus, then it will be rolling out all the additional content after that.
Beta v0.3.4:
General
There's a new subtle animation on the skill tray when spending energy.
A new display shows the current combat challenge (if any) after starting combat, so it can always be checked.
Damage text now overlaps less.
Tribe skill drafts now consistently have 2 skills from their primary element, and 1 from their secondary element, including when rerolled.
The Brawler has had the damage required to gain 1 Fury reduced from 60 > 40. The damage dealt by their landing has been reduced from 125 > 100.
A new talent has been added called Adaptive which limits Injuries inflicted on you to 4. This new talent has replaced Battle Hardened on all bosses.
Skills
The skills Reinforce, Elemental Fury, and Capacitor have reduced Time and their Structures have +50 HP. The skills now also grant an immediate effect similar to what the Structure's skill is:
Reinforce effect added: You and allies in Range heal 50 HP and gain 3 Bulk.
Elemental Fury effect added: You and allies in Range gain 3 Inflame and 2 Vigor.
Capacitor effect added: You and allies in Range gain 2 Haste and 2 Elusive.
The shield increase granted by the Reinforce skill's secondary effect now takes place at the end of the skill, so it will apply to any shield the skill creates.
The Fire Claw secondary effect which consumes Wildfire now deals Piercing Damage, but is no longer considered Fire Damage.
The Sacred Flame skill now creates Wildfire surrounding affected enemies instead of in the affected Area.
The Storm Keeper skill now applies Elusive to all Shimmer Crows on each use, instead of them gaining it only when they are summoned. The energy cost of the secondary effect has been reduced from 2 > 1.
Doubled the damage of the Zapper skill.
The Zapper skill's secondary effect now grants Vigor to Structures in Range at the end of the skill, instead of to Structures in the affected Area.
The Static Shock skill no longer has Spread and requires 1 additional Hit to apply an Injury.
The Phylactery skill now deals damage to increase the HP of the Blood Vessel.
Summons & Structures
Every Summon and Structure now gain a status effect called Protection when they are created. Protection reduces damage taken by 80% for 2 seconds. Protection is not considered a Blessing.
Talents and Trinkets which trigger from dealing Hits now activate when your allies deal a Hit (Zen, Antique Scope, Heavy Weight, Beating Heart).
All effects which increase your skill damage now apply to allies created by a skill (eg. The Brawler mastery and talents like Savagery, Marksman, or Devotion).
All skill effects which refer to you in the effect will now continue to reference you even if it's an ally dealing the damage. Here's some examples:
If Bone Spur is fused to a summoning skill, the summons will force enemies to attack you, keeping themselves safe.
If Last Stand or Siphon is fused to a summoning skill, you will gain the Shield and not the summon.
If Bombard is fused to a summoning skill, you will gain the Blessing and not the summon.
If Blight is fused to a summoning skill, the effect references your distance from the target, not the summon.
If Wild River or Flame Breath is fused to a summoning skill, your current energy or Speed is referenced, not the summon.
Death Damage dealt by allies now heals their master instead of themselves.
Additional text has been added to verify the Blood Vessel Structure taking damage for you ignores Protection.
The damage dealt by the Undead summon has been increased by 50%.
The Undead summon will no longer be targeted while their talent keeps them alive.
2 new trinkets have been added to strengthen Summon and Structure builds: Umbral Beacon and Crafting Lenses.

Bug Fixes
Fixed Hollow Crystal appearing multiple times in the same set of rewards and the merchant.
Fixed the Zephyr mutation being able to appear on skills that already have Speedcast.
Fixed Bone Spur working during the Martyr combat challenge, making the invulnerable enemy your target.
Fixed the talent mutation which reduces how many skills you draft from combat being ignored when rerolling.
Fixed text on the Siphon skill. The shield from the secondary effect is granted immediately, not at the end of the skill.
Fixed the Siphon skill creating multiple shields instead of adding to the same one.
Added a prevention for the display of items being lost during drafting.
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31 Mar 2026Developer post
Patch Notes - Beta v0.3.3
Hey all. Beta v0.3.3: General Reworked some hero animations, including a new run animation. Reworked the end screen visual. Summons and Structures now inherit the current Body, Mind, and Spirit of their master in addition to any other increases. The Momentum talent now stays acti
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Beta v0.3.3:
General
Reworked some hero animations, including a new run animation.
Reworked the end screen visual.
Summons and Structures now inherit the current Body, Mind, and Spirit of their master in addition to any other increases.
The Momentum talent now stays active during the entire skill which triggered it, instead of only while moving.
Enemies
Only 1 enemy which can create Summons or Structures will now appear per wave.
Bosses on Corruption 2 and up now have the Battle Hardened talent to offer minor protection against Injuries.
The tribe boss of area 1 now has 400 less hp on all difficulties.
The tribe bosses of area 2 and 3 now have bonus attributes on all difficulties.
The Vernan boss has been given weaker talents (Corruption 2).
Trinkets
I performed benchmarks with trinkets under their ideal usage and have made some adjustments to even out their power level.
The Antique Scope trinket has changed:
From: Your skill Hits always deal at least 40/50/60 damage.
To: Your skill Hits always deal at least 25/30/35 damage.
The Heavy Weight trinket has changed:
From: The first Hit of your skills deals 20%/30%/40% additional damage. Your landing effect at the start of combat expands 3 yards.
To: The first Hit of your skills deals 50%/60%/70% additional damage. Your landing effect at the start of combat expands 3 yards.
The Molten Greaves trinket has changed:
From: For every 12/9/6 Fury you lose, deal Fire Damage equal to 4% of your Max HP to all enemies within 5 yards.
To: For every 6 Fury you lose, deal Fire Damage equal to 4%/5%/6% of your Max HP to all enemies within 5 yards.
The Volt Loop trinket is now limited to 4 activations per skill (previously no limit).
The Turning Timepiece trinket now includes fusions when copying a skill.
The Ascension Boots trinket now has a grace period making it much easier to build up Speed, and the Speed reduces much more slowly.
Several trinkets have had the stats they give adjusted.
Battlefield Blossom, Ascension Boots, and Stone Goblet are now neutral trinkets (this has no bearing on gameplay yet).
Bug Fixes
Fixed tooltips continuing to show when using the skill tray hotkey.
Fixed skills with Speedcast not always updating when needed, particularly with Ascension Boots.
Text error on Frost description, it does not reduce Speed.
Fixed Javelin and Genesis not detecting elites being pushed to the edge of the battlefield.
Fixed a crash when selecting your hero.
I'll be investigating the balance of regular tribe battles for next patch (particularly Vernan), and I have more changes on the way for Summons/Structures.
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28 Mar 2026Developer post
Patch Notes - Beta v0.3.2
Hey all. Beta v0.3.2: The Mind stat now grants additional Shield instead of elemental resistance. The Spirit stat now grants additional healing instead of reduction on Curses. Increases to Shields and healing now update values in tooltips. The text prompt when drafting has been m
Hey all.
Beta v0.3.2:
The Mind stat now grants additional Shield instead of elemental resistance.
The Spirit stat now grants additional healing instead of reduction on Curses.
Increases to Shields and healing now update values in tooltips.
The text prompt when drafting has been moved to a more central location.
The Juggernaut's landing effect has been expanded by 1 yard.
Enemies which had the Deflect talent have had it replaced by Energize.
Lakari Shieldbearer HP reduced.
Bug fixes:
Fixed becoming inactive in combat if you teleport while being moved by force.
Fixed a crash when borderless mode can't get the dimensions of your monitor.
Fixed becoming stuck if you and all enemies are on the top row.
Various performance improvements.
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26 Mar 2026Developer post
Patch Notes - Beta v0.3.1
Hey all. Beta v0.3.1: Settings menu restructured. Vsync setting added. It is enabled by default. Borderless mode custom monitor setting added. The name of a skill appears in combat when you use it. This can be toggled off. Text positions on various screen sizes have been refined.
Hey all.
Beta v0.3.1:
Settings menu restructured.
Vsync setting added. It is enabled by default.
Borderless mode custom monitor setting added.
The name of a skill appears in combat when you use it. This can be toggled off.
Text positions on various screen sizes have been refined.
The Turning Timepiece and Tilted Timekeeper trinkets now require you to have at least 4 skills.
The Corruption 8 effect now happens before combat starts, instead of when combat starts. This is relevant for some interactions.
Bug fixes:
Fixed the volume not being saved when being changed in the main menu then resuming a run.
Fixed the 'always show tooltips' setting not showing helpers correctly when drafting.
The stat bonus display was missing when drafting a single skill from an event.
Turning Timepiece and Tilted Timekeeper now update during combat if a skill they were affecting was consumed (and now if your overall number of skills change).
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24 Mar 2026Developer post
Primal Rework and More! - Beta v0.3.0
Hey all. Today I'm excited to share a big patch. A common frustration I have seen is that losing is often very sudden, with no time being given to recover and adjust. That is why loss of Primal will now cap at 500 in non-boss encounters. If you reach this point, a new animation w
Hey all. Today I'm excited to share a big patch.
A common frustration I have seen is that losing is often very sudden, with no time being given to recover and adjust. That is why loss of Primal will now cap at 500 in non-boss encounters. If you reach this point, a new animation will play and the enemy will be instantly slain. This gives an opportunity to learn and continue on, while still receiving some punishment.
Beta v0.3.0:
Primal Rework
Primal loss is now capped at 500 in non-boss combats, at which point it will trigger a victory.
In light of the new feature, starting Primal has been reduced from 2000 > 1500.
The primal orb now has an aura when you are protected, and a new skull face will change its mood.
Primal lost in combat is now shown on the rewards screen.
The tutorial has been adjusted to mention the new Primal mechanic.
General
There is now a max number of skills: 16 (not including Injuries). The new max is displayed when the skill tray is open.
The global damage increase in combat will now take place 15 seconds later, now at 30/40/50 seconds.
The minimum Time on a skill has been increased from 0.1s > 0.2s.
The base HP of several enemies in the Vernan tribe have been lowered.
The damage increase the Oni Mastery grants when spending Energy: 1% > 2% per Fury.
The Vile Purge secondary skill effect has changed:
From: Affected enemies increase all their Curses by 2 stacks and take an additional 20 Death Damage for each different Curse they have.
To: Affected enemies increase all their Curses by 2 stacks and take an additional 4 Death Damage for each stack they have.
Trinkets
Damage from talents and trinkets now scale with Mind. Body already reduced this damage and their tooltips have been updated to no longer specify 'skill damage'.
Minor changes to the tasks required to upgrade some trinkets.
Trinkets that are specific to the Warrior are now a different color to signify that.
There's a new animation when trinkets upgrade to make it more noticeable.
The Beating Heart trinket has changed:
From: When your HP would be reduced to 0, become immune to damage for 3s/4s/5s. While immune, heal 10 HP when you are Hit and when you Hit enemies.
To: When your HP would be reduced to 0, become immune to damage for 5s/6s/7s. While immune, heal 30 HP when you Hit enemies.
The Stone Goblet trinket has changed:
From: When you gain a Blessing, gain 1/2/3 additional stack(s). For each different Blessing you have, reduce skill damage taken by 3%.
To: When you gain a Blessing, gain 1/2/3 additional stack(s). For each stack you have, reduce skill damage taken by 0.5% and gain 2 Spirit.
The Heatwave trinket has changed:
From: All enemies on the battlefield gain 1 Burn every 8s/7s/6s.
To: All enemies on the battlefield gain 1 Burn every 8s/7s/6s. Deal 75/100/125 Fire Damage to enemies when they use an Injury.
The War Shield trinket has changed:
From: For every 100 Shield you gain, also gain 2/4/6 Fury. Shields you create are strengthened by 15%.
To: For every 100 Shield you gain, also gain 2/4/6 Fury. Shields you create are strengthened by 15%/30%/45%.
Bug fixes:
Minor text fixes.
Minor visual issue when restarting the game with combat paused.
Minor visual issue when swapping between full screen and borderless mode.
Fixed the Ancient Forge from Shadow Market not cancelling correctly.
Fixed Beating Heart not always triggering correctly.
Fixed Molten Greaves doing more damage than intended in some circumstances.
A crash when certain talents are combined with a certain mutation.
A rare crash related to shields being damaged.
A rare crash involving Arctic Echo.
A freeze involving Shoulder Tackle and Pepper Shot.
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18 Mar 2026Developer post
Patch Notes - Beta v0.2.1
Hey all. A huge thanks to everyone who decided to check out the game. Just a quick patch to fix some issues. Beta v0.2.1: Altered the Jorvyr Protector's skills to not have 2 shielding effects. This was hard to handle early. The Jorvyr Channeler can no longer appear in the first c
Hey all. A huge thanks to everyone who decided to check out the game.
Just a quick patch to fix some issues.
Beta v0.2.1:
Altered the Jorvyr Protector's skills to not have 2 shielding effects. This was hard to handle early.
The Jorvyr Channeler can no longer appear in the first combat.
Elusive granted by Spirit Form is now 3, down from 5.
Bug fixes:
Fixed an issue where the game wouldn't be responsive if a controller was plugged in.
Fixed a crash when adding the Ice Claw fusion to Frost Caller.
Fixed a crash involving the Harmony talent.
Fixed a rare issue around missile type skills not detecting where they are.
Appended: Fixed a memory leak when restarting a run.
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17 Mar 2026Developer post
Early Access & Patch Notes - Beta v0.2.0
Hey all. Welcome to Early Access! Beta v0.2.0: The final boss, Abbadon, has been added. He has 4 variations he can appear in. Two new masteries for Warrior have been added, which are unlocked when beating a run with the previous mastery. Masteries have a different base mechanic,
Hey all. Welcome to Early Access!
Beta v0.2.0:
The final boss, Abbadon, has been added. He has 4 variations he can appear in.
Two new masteries for Warrior have been added, which are unlocked when beating a run with the previous mastery. Masteries have a different base mechanic, stats, and starting skills.
Corruption levels have been added, which are unlocked when beating a run at the previous Corruption. There is currently 8.
Be advised that any individual run that was started during the demo will be automatically ended to ensure compatibility with the new features.
Many enemies have been adjusted who were too strong after the summon and structure improvements.
You now start with twice as much Primal.
Future plans:
I have this detailed on the Early Access section of the store page, but I'll add it here as well. I won't be providing an exact roadmap, because as a solo dev, timelines can vary wildly. What I can say is Early Access is planned to last 1 year or less, which is something I achieved with my previous game.
The major pieces of content that will be added in that time:
4 additional tribes and 2 elements (which are almost done).
7 additional heroes, each with 3 masteries and exclusive trinkets.
Corruption levels up to 20.
Achievements.
Obviously there's lots of smaller features which will be slipped in when time allows, like a battle log and controller support.
My hearty thanks if you decide to join us for Early Access.
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14 Mar 2026Developer post
Patch Notes - Alpha v0.1.8
Hey all. This will likely be the last update before Early Access. Just a reminder that the demo will be taken down when Early Access launches on the 17th. Alpha v0.1.8: Added a brief line about mutations to the tutorial. Mechanical Shell's secondary effect now takes place at the
Hey all.
This will likely be the last update before Early Access. Just a reminder that the demo will be taken down when Early Access launches on the 17th.
Alpha v0.1.8:
Added a brief line about mutations to the tutorial.
Mechanical Shell's secondary effect now takes place at the end of the skill, so it can affect any Structures the skill creates.
Vile Purge's secondary effect now adds an additional stack to all Curses.
Consume is no longer activated if your only other skills are Injuries.
The Tilted Timekeeper and Turning Timepiece trinkets can no longer target Injuries.
I've made some changes to make Summons/Structures more playable. A trinket to encourage a more dedicated build for each will be added when time allows.
Scatter's secondary now summons a Drill Bot behind the target, or as close as the Range allows, instead of directly in front of you.
Sacred Flame now summons surrounding behind your target at a distance, or as close as the Range allows.
Frost Caller now summons either side of your target, instead of in front.
Storm Keeper now summons behind your target, or as close as the Range allows.
All Structures now appear 3 yards away from you, instead of directly behind you.
Bug fixes:
Fixed the energy generated by Stampede not being available to spend on the same skill it's attached to.
Fixed Elite enemies rarely ending up partially out of bounds when using movement skills.
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11 Mar 2026Developer post
Patch Notes - Alpha v0.1.7
Hey all. Alpha v0.1.7: Tutorial added. Activates automatically at the start of a run. Some mechanics around the final boss are mentioned, which are not available in the demo. Doubled the tribe bonus from Nekrul. (Your effects from elemental damage occur 30%/60%/90% faster.) Hero
Hey all.
Alpha v0.1.7:
Tutorial added. Activates automatically at the start of a run. Some mechanics around the final boss are mentioned, which are not available in the demo.
Doubled the tribe bonus from Nekrul. (Your effects from elemental damage occur 30%/60%/90% faster.)
Hero masteries now give stats on the same level as trinkets. This is half the previous value, meaning the Brawler mastery lost 15 Body and 150 HP.
Bug fixes:
Fixed a really fast skill from disabling your hero under some circumstances.
Fixed Frozen Nova not following the target if it reaches them and they move.
A crash involving Magnet Axe.
Fixed the area boss showing on the map before a choice had been made.
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06 Mar 2026Developer post
Patch Notes - Alpha v0.1.6
Hey all. Alpha v0.1.6: Tooltip helpers are now hidden by default and are shown temporarily with Shift (rebind-able). There is a new prompt to mention there are helpers to show. The new prompt can be hidden in the settings, and you can also toggle 'always show helpers' in the sett
Hey all.
Alpha v0.1.6:
Tooltip helpers are now hidden by default and are shown temporarily with Shift (rebind-able). There is a new prompt to mention there are helpers to show. The new prompt can be hidden in the settings, and you can also toggle 'always show helpers' in the settings.
Changed the Disciple talent from requiring 3 skill uses to 2. (For every 2 skills from a predetermined element you use, gain 3 Spirit.)
The Raging combat challenge is now the 3rd difficulty (red). (Enemies continue fighting for 3s when slain.)
Bug fixes:
A crash involving a scroll bar.
Injuries causing skills to go out of sync and potentially crash.
The tribe clash can no longer be hovered while another screen is on top.
Several minor cosmetic issues.
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