Patch 0.2.4: The Rise of the Cult

The Cult strikes back. This patch massively rebalances enemy damage values and brings some new music, as well!

These adjustments are aimed at making Acts 2 and 3 tougher to beat at the beginning of the game, while keeping the difficulty as-is for the game's initial Journeys.

New Features

• A new song for the Ephemerality combat challenge - Transfixion;

• A new song for the Heartbeat combat challenge - Effusion;

Game Improvements

• Slightly improved the Ephemeral Blade's primary attack's animation;

Balance Adjustments

• The Player now must spend at least 6 seconds in Death's Door before recovering. For this duration, they remain invincible and cannot pickup Blood Orbs;

• The Cryptbreaker's damage increased to 30 (was 25);

• The Doll's damage increased to 25 (was 10);

• The Doll's max Blood increased to 16 (was 10);

• The Hyperoptic's damage increased to 40 (was 20);

• All Shades' max Blood increased to 24 (was 14);

• The Revolver Shade's damage increased to 12 (was 6);

• The Dragon Shade's damage increased to 20 (was 10);

• The Cannon Shade's damage increased to 25 (was 16);

• The Umbra's Crossdash damage increased to 30 (was 25);

• The Skullbearer's max Blood increased to 50 (was 40);

• Odyle's Bite damage increased to 30 (was 15);

• Odyle's Charge damage increased to 25 (was 20);

• The Witch's Bomb damage increased to 12 (was 8);

• The Bibliosoph's Magic Circle damage increased to 8 (was 5);

• The Bibliosoph's Bookbird damage increased to 10 (was 5);

• Cassius' Dash damage during his rematch increased to 45 (was 25);

• Cassius' Bat damage during his rematch increased to 30 (was 15);

Fixes

• Fixed Weaponmaster Talent not triggering when it should;

• Fixed weird SFX effect when a Witchbomb explodes;

• Fixed some dialog text that didn't appear properly (especially in Spanish and French);

• Fixed Inventory text when no Blessings are yet activated;

• Fixed accidentally entering an arena during the Shade ambush scene in Act 3;

• Fixed rare crash when fighting the Guardiansoul;

• Fixed locked Talents appearing in the Inventory Talent window;

Thanks for all the support, everyone, and please leave a Steam review if you can!

Have a nice day!

-Dan