Chronicon

Released: Aug 21, 2020
Platforms: WindowsLinux
Last updated: 05 Sep 2026, 05:27 GMT

Updates & announcements

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26 Nov 2025Developer post
Steam Trading Cards now available!
Hey everyone! After many requests, we have (finally) added Steam Trading Cards, along with a nice badge, and emoticons and backgrounds. Have fun collecting them! - Squarebit
24 Nov 2025Developer post
Update 1.54.1 - fixes!
Hey everyone, Thanks for the reports! Here's a bugfix update to take care of the issues found over the weekend. Let me know if any issues persist or if more arise, and I will do my best to get it sorted ASAP - as always! Thanks, and here are the full notes: 1.54.1: FIXES: Fixed A
Hey everyone, Thanks for the reports! Here's a bugfix update to take care of the issues found over the weekend. Let me know if any issues persist or if more arise, and I will do my best to get it sorted ASAP - as always! Thanks, and here are the full notes:
1.54.1:
FIXES:

Fixed Arena of Death not spawning enemies.
Fixed the Ice Cave tileset producing invisible walls in some Anomaly layouts.
Fixed the Catacombs tileset producing holes in the floor where special flooring/paths were expected.
Fixed Lava Cave tilesets sometimes producing disconnected clumps of walls.
Fixed crash triggered from Stalagmites if they appeared underneath breakable objects.
Fixed the new Health and Mana Potions having missing values while in Injectors and the Device slotting interface.
Fixed the new Potions restoring incorrect amounts when used from a Potion Injector.
Fixed the healing over time portion of Healing Potions not being correctly affected by Potion Effect and Injector bonuses.
Fixed the Mixology Perk not considering potion effect and not working properly in Injectors either (does this guy even test things?).
Fixed it so you can drink Transcendent Restoration Potions even while full on Health (since they restore both Health & Mana).
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20 Nov 2025Developer post
Major Update 1.54: Isolation & Anomalies
Hey everyone! This update is a larger one - featuring a brand new Isolation mode (SSF) and many changes, improvements, and additions to Anomalies, among many other things! I also took a look at improving controller support further so do please let me know if you experience any we
Hey everyone! This update is a larger one - featuring a brand new Isolation mode (SSF) and many changes, improvements, and additions to Anomalies, among many other things! I also took a look at improving controller support further so do please let me know if you experience any weirdness with PS4/5 controllers, and controls on the Steam Deck. Speaking of Steam Deck, I recommend swithing to the Proton version of the game as we still haven't been able to maintain the native Linux build. (The Proton build is the exact same as Windows, so it also has better cross-save support and such) Other than that there's a lot of QoL stuff, changes based on player feedback/suggestions, and of course bug fixes. So what's next? Next for Chronicon is an endgame DLC! That will pretty much be our entire focus for the game going forwards, so until that's done, there won't be any updates - other than the usual small bugfix and such that typically follow larger updates like this one. We're aiming to release the DLC around Q2 next year. And if you are following our Survivors game, a massive revamp update is coming before the end of the year - so keep your eyes peeled for that! (Yes, I'm dead set on making the game worthy of the Chronicon universe) As always, thanks for the reports and suggestions! Here are the full notes:
1.54.0:

NEW FEATURE: ISOLATION

Added Isolation mode. This completely isolates a character from global progression, shared currencies, stash, etc.
To play Isolation mode, simply make a new character and tick the new "Isolation" box on the Hero Create screen.
Note: You cannot play Isolation in multiplayer, nor can a character ever exit Isolation. Like Hardcore, it's permanent.
Speaking of Hardcore, you can mix Isolation and Hardcore, if you want.
AREAS:
STORY:
CHANGED:

Fortress of Hatred: Removed a lot of single walls and small pillars that you could get caught on easily.
The Lost City: Widened corridors and doorways throughout the entire area for easier traversal.

ANOMALIES:
INFO:

To make sense of the changes, here's a brief on how anomaly randomization works:

A Tileset is first rolled, which is the floor and wall visuals used, such as Cave, Temple, Desert - etc.
Then depending on Tileset, a Layout is rolled from a pool of good fits, and this Layout defines how the Anomaly is built - be it a big open area, a tiny cave, etc.
Tilesets and Layouts are mixed quite generously in Anomalies, so for example a Forest Tileset may be used with a Desert Layout, creating a very open forest clearing type area.
We had 60 possible Tileset/Layout combinations before and we now have 92 possible combinations!

CHANGED:

Hellfort Layouts: Removed a lot of single walls and small pillars that you could get caught on easily.
Increased the number of Layouts/Tileset mixes using previously existing sets.
Improved most large Layouts to create areas requiring as little looping and backtracking as possible while still retaining some identity.
Improved several older Tilesets with additional walls and paths to be used with a wider array of Layouts.
REMOVED:

Bone Pits Layouts: Removed these entirely. The Bone Pits Tileset is still in use for better Layouts.
ADDED:

Added "Wormgut" tileset (based on Act 4 final boss) for both new and old Layouts, as well as new unique detail objects/breakables for this tileset.
Some of the new Wormgut details will also be scattered across other anomaly tilesets for further variation.
Added a new long corridor Layout without dead-ends, available for most building tilesets (castle, temple, etc)
Added a spiral Layout (Worm) for the new Wormgut tileset, and it'll also appear for some Cave and Forest tilesets.
Added a large open Layout (Big Gut) for Wormgut and Forest tilesets.
Added a smaller variant of the "Lost City" Layout from the story, fitting multiple Tilesets.

TINKA'S DOMAIN:

Bramley has started remodeling his corner. We'll see what he comes up with.
BOOKS OF LORE:

Interacting with a Book of Lore now opens the default dialogue box, showing the lore as if speaking to an NPC.
The Books can now also be re-opened after being collected, in case you were interrupted. However they will stop spawning in future visists of the area once they've been collected.
They are now revealed on the map when entering an area.
CODEX:

Added Trove info on Area entries in the Codex.
COMBAT:

Applying a DoT effect on an enemy now ticks a damage tick after a few frames, rather than waiting the full tick time (usually a second) before making the first damage tick.
SKILLS & ITEMS:
ALL:

Greatly increased radius of Spike Orb satellites. Also removed LOS requirements.
Jotunhelm now Augments to 50/100%, up from 30/60%. (and now Augments in 3% intervals, up from 1%).
Meteorite Ring now Greater Augments to 100%, up from 75%. (and now Augments in 2% intervals, up from 1%).
Ring of Horror has a new power: Deal increased damage to enemies who are fleeing.
Hoarfrost has a new power: Deal increased damage to Chilled enemies.
Ring of Thunder has a new power: Lightning skill may Stun foes on hit.
POTIONS:

Added 4 new potions:

Transcendent Health Potion: Restores 15% of Max Health instantly.
Transcendent Mana Potion: Restores 15% of Max Mana instantly.
Transcendent Restoration Potion: Restores 10% of Max Health and Mana instantly.
Transcendent Temporal Potion: Removes 15% of Staggered Damage Held.
All these are affected by Potion Effectiveness.
These are dropped by enemies on Level 100 or bought from Sarek.

MECHANIST:

Mechalord 2p bonus now makes the Killbot last forever.
WARDEN:

Lesser Rune of Norla's Gale:
Increased the damage boost to 30%, from 10%, due to fixing a bug that was making it stronger than intended.

Spore Rain:

Should now interact with powers/runes/skills/masteries affecting the Spores passive, including Fungimancer's Loop.
Now plants Shrooms based on which passive skills area learned (explosive, gas, hallucination).
Now drops the spores one at a time rapidly rather than all at once.

WARLOCK:

Robe of Corruption now Augments to 4/5%, down from 5/8%.
LOOT DROPS:

Tuned the early game loot with the goal of making the initial looting experience less overwhelming and more interesting:

Rebalanced the amount of loot dropped throughout the leveling process, so that it slowly creeps up to the previous levels of loot, rather than being high from the get-go. Level 100 loot is unchanged.
Rebalanced rates of Enchanted and Rare drops, so that you'll see slightly less of these on lower levels and low difficulties, making them more interesting finds during the early leveling progress. Endgame/Level 100 remains unaffected here as well.
Bags now drop more frequently.

MISC:

Offering Coins at the Altar in Upper Temple Halls is now much more likely to yield usable items (for players in this part of the story).
PS5/4 Gamepads now properly support the touchpad thingy.
UI:

Added big healthbars for bosses.
Added smooth menu transitions, and added new menu backgrounds depending on type of menu.
Also added a checkbox to Settings -> Interface -> General Settings to disable the animations and transitions, if you prefer it instant and snappy.
Added a new menu for creating new characters.
Improved Keybinds menu, especially for gamepads (now uses button icons, imagine that).
Added experimental support for gamepad type detection which should change the button images used to reflect the type of gamepad (such as PS, Steam Deck).
Potion item cards now reflect your Potion Effect stat.
Added a button Main Menu -> More -> See All Our Games! which takes you to our Steam Store Page for our games & DLC.
The Radial Loot opacity setting now allows more fine tuning and goes down to near invisible.
The difficulty select menu now keeps the text of the selected difficulty on-screen when moving away the cursor.
MUSIC:

Added a low pass filter for music while the game is paused.
PERFORMANCE:

Loading times have been sped up significantly.
Improved texture & memory handling.
Improved performance of most nova/radius passive procs.
Improved performance of Zombie Puke especially (Warlock companion Use effect).
Lowering Particle Intensity to 0 now gives slightly better performance than before.
Improved performance of lights.
FIXES:

Fixed pressing B (on keyboard) while in stash going to a pseudo beast/stash page that would crash the game.. oops.
Fixed offsets of beast skins in the Wardrobe being wrong so they got placed slightly outside the box.
Fixed a bug with loot drops where both Epic and Enchanted items had a 10x high drop rate than intended.. which in turn had removed all "Common" (white) quality items from the loot pool, which gave a weird initial experience.
Fixed a bug where the Satchel (bag) couldn't drop, and it would instead automatically always drop the bag one tier up.
Fixed a bug where Books of Lore would disappear when returning to a previously visited area (they weren't included in the save data - oops).
Fixed The Lost City not spawning Shrines and Books of Lore properly.
Fixed Lesser Rune of Norla's Gale adding too much damage and also getting the Tornado count wrong.
Fixed several older Tilesets having some weird things going on in rare cases.
Fixed several UI issues when hotswapping gamepad and keyboard.
Fixed some buttons not being recognized on gamepads for hotswapping.
Fixed Accept button on keybinds menu being off center.
Fixed Codex Lore entries carrying over between Hardcore and regular characters if played in the same session.
Fixed PS4 and PS5 touchpads not being recognized as buttons.
Fixed problems with toggling auto cast for players 2-4 in local co-op.
Fixed issue where all maps would put a portal icon in the top left (visible when using Fin'Ley's Magical Map).
Fixed Echerberon The Matriarch (Dog Boss in Act 5) not being targetable by some skills, such as Rock Pound. Also fixed pathing issues for companions here.
Fixed crash related to Internal Haemorrhage applications (Berserker).
Fixed the Mythic Axe crafting recipe not being unlocked properly.
Fixed the DLC menu button appearing on non-Steam platforms and directing to Steam when clicked.
Fixed terrible performance when generating loads of explosions very quickly with certain builds.
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29 Aug 2025Developer post
Update 1.53.1 - Fixes
Hey everyone! Thanks for the reports! Here's a small update with some fixes for recently reported issues. Do let me know if you experience any other issues, or if something persists. Have a good weekend! -Squarebit 1.53.1: FIXES: Fixed crash when using "force move" with Click To
Hey everyone! Thanks for the reports!
Here's a small update with some fixes for recently reported issues.
Do let me know if you experience any other issues, or if something persists.
Have a good weekend!
-Squarebit

1.53.1:

FIXES:
Fixed crash when using "force move" with Click To Move.
Fixed crash that could happen if an enemy affected by Vine Shot died just as it dealt damage to attached enemies.
Fixed the Mechanist's Power Bots not working properly.
Fixed the Continue button sometimes displaying your character's name in all lower case.
Fixed scaling & Zoom issue with gamepads and the Expedition Map UI.
Fixed several issues with the controller/keyboard hotswap where some UI elements would not properly swap, and sometimes it would swap back to keyboard unprompted.
Fixed Endless Random Anomalies granting double rewards.
The Endgame Waypoint will now remember if you were repeating an Endless Random Anomaly, rather than always putting the slider at max (or most recent Tier +1).
Added back the Rename button to the Hero Load menu. I don't know why I removed it.
Added back the in-game changelogs (forgot this was a thing!)
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27 Aug 2025Developer post
Update 1.53.0 is live!
Hey everyone! It's been amazing to see so many being hyped about new content! Here's the first of several updates, touching a little on most areas of the game. I've mostly been going over feedback from the last few years, fixing issues, adding some popular suggestions, rounding o
Hey everyone! It's been amazing to see so many being hyped about new content! Here's the first of several updates, touching a little on most areas of the game. I've mostly been going over feedback from the last few years, fixing issues, adding some popular suggestions, rounding out a few builds, that kind of stuff - just to get into the rhythm again! The plan is to deliver as many updates as I can, while also working on some bigger things in the meantime.
If there's anything particular you want to see in these updates, please make a post in the re-opened Suggestion Box forum, or the Suggestion-Box channel on our Discord. I am very open to suggestions and feedback, and would love to hear from you! Also on our Discord, right now you can vote in a poll on what you'd be most interested in seeing in the future of Chronicon... So do check that out!
Official Discord Anyway, without further ado, here's the full notes for our first new update!

Chronicon Revival 1.53.0:

IMPORTANT NOTES:
WINDOWS 7 is no longer supported by the game engine.
If you are still using Windows 7, I have created a separate branch for you so you can still play the game as it was with "The Final Update" 1.52.0, but you will not be able to receive this or any other future updates or other content.
Here is how to access this branch to still play the game (it's very simple!): [dynamiclink href="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3556872623"][/dynamiclink]
If you are playing on LINUX or STEAM DECK I would recommend switching to the Proton version, as I am currently not able to update the native Linux build due to technical problems.
Bonus: The controller issues are not present when running via Proton. :-)

NEW STUFF:
BOOKS OF LORE:
Added floating Books of Lore throughout the game world. Find and collect them to learn about the game lore!
Note: Prologue lore books are based on Act progression. And The Mechanist lore books require you to play as the Mechanist to spawn. These all Spawn in The Chronicon.
Added a new tab to the Codex with collectible Lore entries listed.
AUTOCAST:
You can now tick "Auto" from the Skill Bind menu in the skill tree.
If a skill is ticked to "Auto", pressing the key/button of the slot it's assigned to will toggle Auto Cast on and off.
They can be toggled on/off at any time.
A Checkmark is applied to skill slots on the skill bar with Auto Cast toggled on.
Also note that all Error speech gets muted while auto casting, for your sanity.
WARDROBE:
The Wardrobe now has a second page in which you can change the appearance of your Ancient Beast to look like the Lesser or Hatchling stages even when fully grown.
This is cosmetic only so it does not affect inventory space, artifact setups, etc.
CONTROLLER HOTSWAP:
Added a hotswap between controller and mouse and keyboard which can be toggled by pressing any button on either keyboard/mouse/controller.
This now allows you to for example use the mouse to manage your inventory even if you prefer playing with a controller.
NOTE: Only works when playing singleplayer.

CLASSES & ITEMS:
ALL:
Companions now always use max rank of their skills where possible. If your Companion Skill itself is beyond max Rank, any bonus Ranks will also be applied to the skills they use.
Stormchasers: increased the radius to 6 meters (was 5).
Lusombra's Path is no longer Templar only.
Added 117 lines of flavor texts and lore on all class set items and a few misc items.
TEMPLAR:
Contra (TL Shield) now also increases the damage of Phantom Shield (passive).
Molten Steel (passive linked to Molten Shield, Exploding Shield, and Pyre) now deals direct damage based off the linked skill's damage, in a radius around the Templar, on cast. Previously it stated that it dealt static indirect damage around foes hit, but in reality it actually didn't do anything because I forgot to actually add it. Several years ago. Oops.
BERSERKER:
The Health Regen effect added to Embershield from Flamebound Armor is now also affected by the Flamebound Mastery Perk (20% increased effect of Embershield).
Molten Medallion is now based on HEALTH Regeneration instead of MANA Regeneration.
Rimeheart increased the damage bonus to 30/40/50/100/200/500%, up from 30/40/50/70/100/300%. Now also triggers Frost Winds on tick.
Skysoul Set changes:
2) Damage buffed to 200%, up from 150%. Duration increased to 7 seconds, from 5.
3) The Dragon Soul now deals an aoe damage burst based on the total damage of the damaging debuff (DOT) applied on its target.
WARDEN:
Wolf Tooth Necklace now rolls +Bleed Damage%, and the Bleed effect applied by the Wolves now take all of the Warden's +Bleed Damage% into account.
WARLOCK:
Staff of Screaming Skulls now also makes the bouncing skull deal 50% of the total remaning damage if it cannot make all the bounces.
MECHANIST:
Improved Ammo rune now also affects the Rocketman power if you have both equipped.
Engineer's Signet now also adds ranks to Killbot.
QOL:
When a Dungeon Anomaly boss room door is locked, the entire entry area is now made impassable so that bosses with teleportation spells 100% cannot go through the doors anymore, and any companions shouldn't be able to lock themselves out.
Endless Random Anomalies now present two portals, one to advance to the next tier, and another to repeat the current tier, to make farming smoother.
Added a slight cooldown to interacting with portals after entering a new Anomaly, so you don't accidentally leave it immediately.
Added a keyboard shortcut for the Beast Inventory (default "B"), and for the Stats page (default "T").
Chantelle the Ancient Enchantress and your Stashes are now present in the Hellforge.
Radial loot now only attempts to loot items once if you don't have any room in the inventory, rather than endlessly juggling them.
Radial loot can now also loot stuff that is mid-air before it has fallen to the ground.
Pickups, materials, etc can now also be looted mid-air.
You can now remove your current Ancient Beast via the Ø button in the Beast Swap menu in the Incubator, if you prefer to go alone, or accidentally select one.
Holiday Gifts can now be spam opened without any cooldown.

VISUALS:
Updated lighting system and spell effects system to produce better, less over-saturated, light blending.
Entirely disabled the base level Bloom effect in snow areas to be (slightly) less blinding. Some stuff still kinda disappears though.
MISC/UI:
Added icons with keyboard shortcuts for inventory, skills, etc to the HUD display when playing with mouse & keyboard.
Loading screen images are no longer stretched to fit any aspect ratio, and will now just add black borders to maintain the original 16:9 aspect ratio.

FIXES:
Fixed being able to obtain the quest "Hungry Hungry Gluttons" before unlocking the related zone.
Fixed Elementium Point (Warden) making the affected skills not work with all linked skills (ie Quickdraw should still work with Razor Wind now rather than exclusively Archery skills).
Fixed Leaking Containers + Gas Salvage (Mechanist passive/mastery) not working as intended.
Fixed Poison Munitions (Mechanist passive) not affecting Gas Bomb, Acid Blast, and Poison Mine.
Fixed Stinger (Mechanist skill) not being considered a Turret for powers that used the number of Turrets to determine effects.
Fixed Meat Grinder (Mechanist TL Axe) not increasing range of Axe skills.
Fixed Profanation (Warlock Shadow Mastery) not increasing the effect of Masochism.
Fixed Wolfmother (Warden Frost Mastery) working without any wolves.
Fixed missing hotkey for final tab of the Shared Stash (can now press 8 to open it).
Fixed several rounding errors in tooltip displays.
Fixed the Enchant Index in the enchanting view showing Ammo enchants for non-Mechanists (visual only, as these would not roll anyway).
Fixed some UI-related crashes in local co-op (let me know if you still get any, these are very obscure and hard to pin-point).
Possible fix for the rare "Medella casting blood bolts forever on death" visual bug.
Fixed some Ultimate ability visual effects such as wings rendering in front of characters when moving upwards, rather than behind them on their backs.
Fixed the Master's Command set incorrectly forcing healthbars on player companions and Ancient Beasts to be rendered.
Fixed similar issue where Master's Command would also remove companion nametags despite being enabled in the options.
Fixed issue where Ancient Beasts would have healthbars rendered when Overhead Healthbars was enabled, despite being non-combat and invulnerable.
Fixed Mechanist set items being in the wrong order in the Codex. (Weapon and Offhand were swapped)
Fixed some missing characters for Chinese.
Fixed some missing strings for several languages that defaulted to English.
Should now be able to swap audio devices (such as a BT headset) without restarting the game.
Added missing icon for the "Random Lesser Rune" transmutation recipe.
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21 Aug 2025Developer post
Chronicon 5th release anniversary & Revival
Hey everyone! Today marks the 5th anniversary of Chronicon 1.0, and a little over 10 years since we first hit Steam Early Access. I can't believe it's been so long! It's also been about 2½ years since I released The Final Update and the Complete Edition... which I guess should so
27 Dec 2024Developer post
Into 2025 and beyond!
Hey Everyone! Thank you for another great year in the Chronicon community! This year has been very exciting as we announced two new games in the Chronicon universe, and then immediately released one of them ! We also welcomed a lot of new members to our Discord , now totaling nea
21 Aug 2024Developer post
New Games!
Hello everyone! It's been a while. And we've been busy. Today marks the release anniversary of Chronicon 1.0. I can't believe it's been 4 years already! And to celebrate, we're releasing a small game. Right now! As we were making good progress on our next game, we moved out of pr
28 Dec 2023Developer post
What's Next
Hey everyone! It's been a while. We'd like to thank everyone for another great year of Chronicon, and also give you a little hint of what's coming next. We've been working hard with a brand new game, which we'll be announcing properly sometime in the next year. Though for now, we
02 Mar 2023Developer post
Update 1.52.0 is live - The Final Update
Hey everyone! We are finally here. A little over a month ago we reached the end of our Post-Release Roadmap . Since then we have been working on various bugfixes, balance and QoL improvements, and looking at your suggestions - old and new - for things we want in the final version
Hey everyone! We are finally here. A little over a month ago we reached the end of our Post-Release Roadmap. Since then we have been working on various bugfixes, balance and QoL improvements, and looking at your suggestions - old and new - for things we want in the final version. This update is the last planned update, and with which the game is considered "done". There may be more updates further down the road, with fixes or minor tweaks. But as far as big content updates and DLC goes, we're done! This has been an incredible journey, which has spanned almost exactly 9 years from first prototype to where we are today! We are very grateful for all the comments, suggestions, bug reports, and support over the years. This community has turned out so great, and we are incredibly happy to have shared this journey with all of you. Thank you everyone. We hope you will enjoy this update. ...And we hope to see you on our next adventure! (We'll let you know when it begins!)
1.52.0:
Complete Edition:

Owning both DLC's will now unlock the new UI Theme for "Chronicon Complete".
QoL:

Rather than fixing the bug which lets you autocast skills by hitting Esc while binding the key, it has been extended to also work with gamepads. Enjoy :-)
Buff display has been extended so that you can now see up to 30 buffs on the HUD. Debuffs were moved to be displayed underneath buffs (instead of above) because it made more sense.
Buff durations are now fully paused during area transitions.
Companions now have portraits on the UI displaying a counter for how many are alive and any timers (if they have a non-permanent duration). These portraits only show up when playing solo due to interface space constraints.
Added a new entry to the Help Index with information on the Mechanist and her unique mechanics.
Added a new entry to the Help Index with information on all enemy Affixes.
Larger damage numbers should now display on top of smaller numbers.
Items:

Lucilla's Vision (TL Helm) buffed to using 100% of overhealing, up from 10%.
Berserker:

Frostwyrm set 3p bonus now increases the maximum amount of Frost Winds by 10, up from 5.
Mechanist:
Runes:

Lesser Rune of Loaded Bombs now Greater Augments to 100% increased damage per Ammo, up from 50%.
Lesser Rune of T-342 now removes the cooldown of MOAB entirely (was halved before).
Lesser Rune of Rocketeer Bots now works with Entity's Inclination (Artifact that applies Weakness stacks on Satellite hits).
Drone Pilot (Set)

Now counts all Drones, including Turrets with the Drone tag (from the 2p set effect) for the 4p set effect.
Mechalord's Legacy (Set)

Mechalord's Legacy damage stacking effect is now displayed on your buffs, so they are easier to track.
Skills:

Added small visuals for Mechanist Ultimate abilities.
Improved Mechanist's Whirl skills so that they are less likely to get stuck when struck by Knockback or Pull effects.
Leaking Containers (passive):

Now adds Parry for each Drone of the linked skill, not for all Drones of any type.
Now have 3 ranks instead of 2, and as such grants +3% Parry per drone (up from 2%).
The related Gas Salvage mastery perk now grants 4% Poison Resistance and Poison Damage per Drone, up from 3%.

Templar:

Templar Valkyrie 3p set bonus now also makes Sharp Steel deal damage in a radius on each tick.
Warden:

Snowy Fur (Mastery Perk) no longer has any cooldown.
Improved the logic of Lesser Rune of Norla's Gale so it does not replace Tornados too soon, and will empower more effeciently.
Misc:

Slightly improved performance of damage numbers.
Improved performance when resurrecting friends in local co-op.
Further tightened collision checks for teleporting enemies to reduce chances of them going through locked doors at odd angles.
Dead enemies no longer draw Auras and shadows beneath them. (helps performance and makes for less visual clutter in hectic combat)
Fixes:

Fixed issue where the game window would open off-center while in windowed mode.
Fixed damage numbers getting buggy after hitting 9.9Qi.
Fixed "Shoulder-Mounted RPG" (Mechanist Synergy skill) triggering regardless of rank or proc rate as long as you had Rocketeer allocated.
Fixed several Mechanist Passives and Masteries that could trigger even with 0 points spent.
Fixed weird behaviour with "Machine Guard" Mechanist Pasive and interactions with Companion Passive & Use effect.
Fixed some cases where the Drone Pilot set (Mechanist) would need 3 pieces instead of 2 to properly count Turrets as Drones, and where it would consider normal Satellites as Drones.
Fixed issue where Mightcap (Legendary Helm) allowed binding the same skill to two slots.
Fixed quest "Infestation" granting legacy Elixirs - will now grant 10x Fire Vials on start.
Fixed a crash that could occur if a Shrine rolled to spawn monsters, but failed to spawn any due to space constraints.
Fixed issue where some monster affixes that modify elements of base attacks (like "Poisonous") wouldn't actually do that until re-entering a zone, so most of the time these affixes did nothing (lol).
Fixed issue where unique monster kills would be added to the codex as random other monsters.
Fixed the auto-attacking Dummy in Tinka's Domain not properly triggering some on hurt/parry/evade etc effects on players.
Fixed some weirdness with Gravity (TL amulet) and satellite indexing that *may* solve the random double satellite bug. Maybe.
Fixed a secret thing that didn't do the secret thing. (Secretly)
Fixed Battlemaster's Cape not showing the buff/counter for nearby enemies.
Fixed issue with Lesser Rune of The Storm Killer not working correctly with Norla's Gale.
Fixed Element of Surprise artifact not working properly with Killbot.
Fixed issue where the Mythic Axe recipe might still be hidden for some players.
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03 Feb 2023Developer post
Update 1.51.0 is live with fixes, tweaks, and some QoL improvements
Hey everyone! Thanks for the reports & feedback! This update should fix most of the recent issues, and also reflects on some of the recent suggestions & feedback. For the next update, I'm taking another pass at some Mechanist stuff, as well as looking at making some UI im
Hey everyone! Thanks for the reports & feedback! This update should fix most of the recent issues, and also reflects on some of the recent suggestions & feedback. For the next update, I'm taking another pass at some Mechanist stuff, as well as looking at making some UI improvements based on recent (and some long-time) suggestions. Keep the bug reports, feedback, and suggestions coming! I very much appreciate all your engagement :) Thank you, and have a good weekend! Here are the full notes:
1.51.0:
QoL:

You can now right-click Bramley to go directly to the Expedition Tree.
Stackable items are now marked as favorite if either the source or target stack is marked as favorite when transferring to or from the Stash.
Runestone renamed "Blank Runestone" to further emphasize on the difference between the Dungeon and Elite Dungeon Anomaly rewards.
Improved text display on the Anomaly Waypoint interface (mostly noticable for non-Latin fonts), and several other UI panels.
Mechanist:

Improved targeting of Rip Blade and Seeker Swarm, reducing the chances of it not hitting anything. (Keep in mind that if it goes off screen too far it will still disappear, so try and point it towards closer groups)
Updated visuals of Bomb Bots explosion.
Updated visuals of Misfire.
Fixes:

Fixed issue where Machine March (Mechanist TL Axe) would snapshot and count companions twice.
Fixed issue where Magic Mags (Mechanist Mastery Perk) would trigger on the Drone Pilot 3p bonus, and then cause the Drone Pilot 3p bonus to immediately trigger again, consuming all ammo, effectively not making any difference.
Fixed Drone Controller (Mechanist TL item) not granting an extra Drone when using Bomb Bots, and updates its description to be more clear.
Fixed issue where Gunner's Toolbox and Lesser Rune of Pandora's Turret could both spawn the extra Turret(s) in the wrong location.
Fixed Light Lance (Mechanist Holy Passive) always triggering regardless of listed proc rate or points spent on the skill.
Fixed Restorative Tech (Mechanist Mastery Perk) not working.
Fixed Dragon Leap (Berserker Fire skill) not being able to hit targets the player landed on, if landing on the exact same spot as the target.
Fixed Ammo Find stat (Mechanist) not properly being affected by effects that increase all Minor stat, depsite being a Minor stat.
Fixed being able to roll Ammo enchants on non-Mechanist characters while Enchanting.
Fixed issue where when swapping from one Mechanist character to another, the Mastery tree would not reset properly and some points would transfer.
Fixed the Fire and Physical Specialization expedition nodes for Mechanist being swapped (Fire increased phys skill damage, and vice versa).
Fixed the Physical Specialization expedition nodes for Templar having the Sword Hurl and Shield Boomerang improvements switched.
Fixed some tooltip issues when opening the Wardrobe or the Codex when using a gamepad.
Fixed the Mythical Axe crafting recipe not having the correct icon and missing its name.
Fixed crash from opening the Device Slotter and some other UI windows after having browsed page 2 or higher in the Shared Stash using a controller.
Fixed issue where you couldn't send your beast to sell Unique items sometimes when clicking the sell button (overlapped with the stat page buttons).
Fixed similar issue with some buy row buttons of the Shared Stash. (this could also in some cases lead to a crash!)
Fixed issue where you had to enable hit numbers AND indirect damage numbers to be able to see indirect numbers (now you can disabled "Player Hit Numbers" if you only want the indirect numbers).
Fixed rare crash on entering Hidden Canyon.
Fixed issue where you could get softlocked when dying in the Eazima fight just as she changes phase - she will now politely make sure you are alive before vomiting you up.
Fixed several issues with the Eazima fight and mobility skills causing you to fly away during phase changes (and other weird issues).
Fixed DLC Beast Materials dropping from story areas.
Fixed some skill typos.
Fixed several "Missing Text" in the German translation.
Fixed several localization issues and incorrect translations.
Fixed problems syncing saves between PC/Linux/Steam Deck. Hopefully.
Original post
26 Jan 2023Developer post
Update 1.50.7 live with fixes!
Hey everyone! How are you enjoying The Mechanist? A few issues popped up and this update will take care of some of the more immediate ones, such as the Laser Drone crashing on boss death cutscenes. I am also working on another update to squash the rest of the bugs, and fix some w
Hey everyone! How are you enjoying The Mechanist? A few issues popped up and this update will take care of some of the more immediate ones, such as the Laser Drone crashing on boss death cutscenes. I am also working on another update to squash the rest of the bugs, and fix some weird skill behavior and such. I also expect to be doing a balance/tweak pass over the next few weeks, so if you have any feedback regarding balance and builds, please let me know! (I would also recommend joining our Discord and theorycraft and bounce ideas with the community! This is also the place where I am most active myself. Here is a link: https://discord.gg/nSKhPEA ) Anyway, I hope you're having a good time! Thank you!
1.50.7

Lowered volume of the M3D1C companion.
Fixed Flame Zag adding ammo instead of consuming it.
Fixed "+x Max Ammo" enchants not being translated.
Fixed Power Bots not granting any Holy Damage when activated.
Fixed bad offsets and some cutoff on tooltips in some languages (like French).
Fixed Laser Drones causing a crash.
Fixed The Mechanist having a Templar Holy Mastery node instead of her own Holy Mastery node.
Fixed some set bonus typos.
Fixed issue where any newly created character wouldn't show up on the Load Hero screen until the game was restarted.
Fixed Lancer (Legendary gun) dropping earlier than its other element counterparts (was 5, is now 15).
Original post
25 Jan 2023Developer post
The Mechanist DLC is now available!
Hey everyone! The Mechanist is now available! We hope you will enjoy playing it as much as we did making it. Thank you for your support!
24 Jan 2023Developer post
Update 1.50.5 live with fixes
Hey everyone! Another small update as we are prepping to release The Mechanist . Which we will be doing... tomorrow! Thanks for your reports, and please let us know if you find any more issues. Thank you! Here are the full notes: 1.50.5 Prepared for Mechanist release... Added mor
Hey everyone! Another small update as we are prepping to release The Mechanist. Which we will be doing... tomorrow! Thanks for your reports, and please let us know if you find any more issues. Thank you! Here are the full notes:
1.50.5

Prepared for Mechanist release...
Added more stash tab icons (right click stash tab icons to cycle the image) - these additions may have shuffled your currently selected ones.
Skills "Poison Arrow" and "Vine Shot" (Warden) are now Archery skills rather than Nature.
Fixed several thrown skills not breaking breakable objects they pass through.
Fixed some skills that can change behaviour with an item/power (like Screaming Skulls) not breaking breakable objects properly when changed.
Fixed Gargoylantuan (boss) not being localized in the cutscene.
Fixed several misc localization issues (including bad developer grammar and typos).
Fixed issue with copying hardcore characters to the test builds.
Fixed issue where the skill in the leftmost slot would require "force attack" to be held when using click to move.
Fixed UI related crash that could occur when sending the Beast to sell items.
Fixed crash on verifying older hardcore character save files.
Original post
13 Jan 2023Developer post
Update 1.50.3 is out to fix the launch problem (for real this time)
Hey everyone! Thanks for being patient with us. We have finally got a fix for the launching issue introduced with update 1.50.0! This update runs on a BETA build of the game engine so there may be some unexpected behavior - please let us know if you encounter anything weird. We w
Hey everyone! Thanks for being patient with us. We have finally got a fix for the launching issue introduced with update 1.50.0! This update runs on a BETA build of the game engine so there may be some unexpected behavior - please let us know if you encounter anything weird. We will be updating another time around the DLC release (still planned for later this month) on a stable engine release, so if there are any weird issues we are expecting to have them resolved by then. Also included in this update is another Shared Stash tab :) Thanks again - we look forward to releasing the Mechanist! Here are the full notes:
1.50.3:

Added an additional stash tab for everyone.
Fixed the game not launching issue.
Fixed some bad tooltips and misc typos.
Fixed several issues with localization where a game restart was needed to fully update the changed language.
Fixed several instances of overlapping or bad padding in tooltips and UI elements.
Original post
22 Dec 2022Developer post
The Mechanist Arrives in January!
Hey everyone! We're launching the Mechanist DLC next month! We planned to do it before christmas but unfortunately we've had some last minute problems with the DLC, and as you may be aware the game itself is a bit finnicky with starting right now. So we're working on that and try
16 Dec 2022Developer post
Update 1.50.1 is out to fix the launching problem
Hey everyone! There was an issue in the previous update which made it so the game sometimes wouldn't launch - this issue should now be fixed. Please let us know if you're still seeing this problem! We also fixed a few other things while we were at it. Thanks! 1.50.1 Added more sh
Hey everyone! There was an issue in the previous update which made it so the game sometimes wouldn't launch - this issue should now be fixed. Please let us know if you're still seeing this problem! We also fixed a few other things while we were at it. Thanks!
1.50.1

Added more shorthands for really large numbers.
Items no longer roll enchants/stats that are exclusive to a class that isn't being played, ie no longer getting random Shadow Damage when not playing a Warlock or Ammo enchants when not playing Mechanist.
Fixed some missing text in localizations.
Fix for game not starting properly on Steam sometimes.
Original post
08 Dec 2022Developer post
Update 1.50.0 is live!
Hey everyone! This update is mostly about preparing for the next DLC - The Mechanist. We have also added full support for German, and there are quite a few tweaks, fixes, and other improvements as well! We now also support cross-platform cloud saving, so you can take your PC char
Hey everyone! This update is mostly about preparing for the next DLC - The Mechanist. We have also added full support for German, and there are quite a few tweaks, fixes, and other improvements as well! We now also support cross-platform cloud saving, so you can take your PC characters to your Steam Deck, for example! Here are the full notes. Stay tuned for more!
1.50.0:
Notes:

This update prepares the base game for the next DLC: The Mechanist.
There are also some tweaks, QoL additions, and fixes for the base game.
New Language:

German.
Controls:

Added support for mouse side buttons.
Events:

Seasonal Events (Christmas, Halloween) are now repeatable each year on the same character.
The Christmas event now runs from Dec 1st to Dec 30th (Was 15th-31st).
Enemies & Combat:

Slightly increased collision boundaries for Goblins so they are less likely to warp through doors.
This also affects the Anomaly Bosses which are Goblins.
Multiplied Dummy health by 100 since you guys keep killing them.
Items & Loot:

Beast Foods drops no longer play the crafting material sound.
Tarot no longer gives you legacy items.
Injectors and launchers now drop from level 50 and up and on Heroic or higher difficulty, where most rare special items & materials start dropping.
Injectors and Launchers now also require you to have access to the Device Slotter (endgame area) before dropping.
Masochist Set (Warlock) weakness stacking is now multiplicative with other sources of weakness, rather than additive.
Interface:

Monster health% display on the endgame interface gets converted to shortened numbers when it starts to get silly.
Same for Largest Damage Dealt in statistics.
Damage and Mana now also shorten to M,B, etc on the quick stat reference in the inventory rather than overlapping when you get high amounts.
Added Ancient Forest loading screen to western expeditions.
Added new DLC button to the menu.
Updated Credits.
Performance:

Some rare stuttering issues should now be fixed.
Audio-related performance issues have been improved.
Combat performance should also be slightly improved in hectic situations.
Skills:

Masteries which increase proc rates multiplicatively should now properly go beyond 100% with Crown of Innate Possibilities, since this makes sense.
Seeds (Warden synergy passive) now bases damage off Razor Tips as the tooltip suggests.
Sound:

Sounds that play super frequently should now lower their volume a bit in the most chaotic instances.
Stats:

Added a new "Parry" stat which works like Evasion. This stat is currently reserved for the upcoming new Class :)
Fixes:

Fixed some text errors in English and French.
Fixed Elixir of Movement Speed giving half the listed amount.
Fixed some starter items being flagged as Legacy items.
Fixed some skills and satellites using incorrect targeting, and targeting things out of range (and therefore being unable to attack them).
Fixed expedition passive "Prowler" not affecting the berserker "Chilled" weaken passive.
Fixed Warlock not being able to roll bleed damage% on Spellbooks.
Fixed Death Knight (Warlock Ultimate) giving 20% instead of 25% Bane skill damage.
Fixed rare crash that could happen when using Shattering Blow as you enter a portal as Berserker.
Fixed crash when using a controller and pausing to exit Korem's final quest end speech.
Fixed Finder's Keep artifact not revealing chests after re-entering a zone.
Fixed issue where Expedition and Artifact progress could snapshot and carry over between HC and SC characters.
Fixed Anomaly League progression also being able to carry over between SC and HC in some circumstances.
Fixed some errors in the base English text which may have lead to older versions of texts being loaded in.
Fixed issue where Storm Fists (Berserker) were only hitting once per second for a quarter damage, rather than 4 times per second.
Possible fix for rare crash from dialogue navigation with controllers.
Possible fix for companions sometimes forgetting special abilities after changing areas.
Original post
07 Dec 2022Developer post
NEW DLC: The Mechanist!
Hey everyone! The Mechanist, our 5th class and 2nd DLC for Chronicon, is now up on the store for wishlisting, and will be released soon! Head on over and check it out and put it on your wishlist so you're notified when it's available! We will also release an update for the base g
25 Oct 2022Developer post
Halloween Event now live!
Hey everyone! The in-game yearly Halloween event is now running! Featuring... Spooky event area Themed quests and unique event rewards and loot Town/hub and other areas are spooked up with Halloween decorations Have fun! ...and stay tuned for something else...

Updates & announcements

1.54.1:

1.54.0:

NEW FEATURE: ISOLATION

1.53.1:

FIXES:

Chronicon Revival 1.53.0:

IMPORTANT NOTES:

NEW STUFF:

CLASSES & ITEMS:

QOL:

VISUALS:

MISC/UI:

FIXES:

But what of the next game?

1.52.0:

1.51.0:

1.50.7

1.50.5

1.50.3:

1.50.1

1.50.0: