⚒️ Update v2.1 - Season 5 is about to start!
Season 5 will arrive in early August, bringing a massive wave of new content, reworks, balance changes, and quality-of-life improvements.
🏆 Season 5 & New Challenge
The leaderboards will be reset and a brand-new challenge leaderboard, Conquest V, will become available. Conquest V changes up the rules of the game with thougher encounters and unavoidable boss battles - The ultimate challenge for experienced players!
Whether you're chasing world records or just looking to test new builds, this season introduces more strategic depth than ever before.
🔮 10 New Runes & 10 Reforged Runes
Clan costumization is getting a huge boost with 10 brand-new Runes, such as Damnation, Inner Piece, Elemental Equilibrium, Flow of Chi and many more.
Additionally, 10 existing runes have been reworked to fill a better niche, including Multishot, Parabellum, Conductor, Frostfire, Way of the Fist, Martial Arts and Ephemeral Echo, opening up entirely new playstyles.
⚔️ Massive Build Diversity Expansion
One of the primary goals of Update 2.1 is to increase meaningful build variety.
Many Artifacts have been redesigned, defensive rune options have been expanded, elemental interactions have been strengthened, and dozens of abilities have received adjustments or reworks.
Whether you enjoy Archers, Mages, Beastmasters, Warlocks, Cannoneers, or unarmed fighters, there are new combinations to discover throughout the entire game.
🐗🏹Beastmaster and Archer Improvements
Dwarven Archers had a hard time aiming at the oncoming Orc onslaught. With the upcoming changes, this should improve significantly.
Also, the Beastmaster has received some special attention:
New inherent Block chance that opens up better Knight Rune synergies
Additional off-hand passive options (including Holy and Dark element)
Claw (off-hand) can now also be reforged with 2 matching elements
🔥 Major Battlerune Upgrades
While Battlerunes were cool to look at, they did not have as much impact as their time and build requirements would suggest. Therefore, all Battlerunes will be substantially improved:
Celestial Arrows now fires twice as many arrows
Cataclysm has greatly increased damage and projectile count
Inferno now deals damage faster and starts immediately
🛠️ Forge & Item Changes
Forging will become less tedious towards the late-game with Mythic+ crafting always rolling maximum modifier values.
Multiple Artifacts have been redesigned or improved and all Artifacts will provide level-up growth benefits. This should address the problem of having to swap Artifacts around before every level up.
Additionally, 7 brand new Artifacts will be added to the item pool!
📊 Better Leaderboards & UI
Ever wondered what clan setup the top players were using for their runs? Well, soon you will get some insights! Several community-requested features will be available in Season 5:
Expanded leaderboard information
Clan details visible directly from leaderboard entries
Steam usernames can now be changed at any time
Supporter Pack owners can customize their username through the Wyvern Hatchling
✨ Quality of Life Everywhere
Update 2.1 contains a huge number of QoL improvements, including:
Better loot handling in Eternal: Off
Improved battle reports with MVP medals and amount-of-debuffs-applied statistics
Protection against accidental progress loss in Loot Mode
Improved 'Deserted Battle' detection
Easier Artifact management via drag & drop
Additional visual, audio, and interface improvements
🐛 Tons of Fixes
This update will also include a long list of bug fixes affecting abilities, runes, leaderboards, items, formations, companions, battle reports, progression systems, and more. Detailed Patch Notes will be released when the Update goes live.
Season 5 is our biggest balance and build-diversity update yet. With new Runes, new Artifacts, reworked systems, and countless improvements across the game, we're excited to see what crazy new strategies the community will discover.
In early August, we march for Glory, Death and Loot!