New Weapon: Great Guillotine

New Content: New Weapon - Great Guillotine

The fourth weapon, Great Guillotine, has been added. Imbued with the sacred power of Oguan, the Warden of Fear, Great Guillotine uses its own resource, Scream. Cut down enemies with the Common Attack, “Guillotine Arts,” and the Tactical Attack, “Guillotine Charge,” to collect Scream, then use the Special Attack, “Execution,” to consume all stored Scream at once and slam down in front. The more Scream you consume, the greater the damage and damage range become, so choosing when to unleash Execution is the key to using Great Guillotine well.

The Tactical Attack, “Guillotine Charge,” uses the massive guillotine blade as a shield, charging forward to strike 3 times and destroy most hostile projectiles along the way. The Awaken, “Great Guillotine Unleashed,” resets weapon skill cooldowns and fully restores stamina. During Awaken, damage, critical hit chance, and weapon attack speed are increased.

12 Great Guillotine-exclusive Weapon Chimes and 5 Weapon Attunement options have also been added, and can be selected at the Weapon Altar in the Seal Shrine. Unlocking Great Guillotine grants an achievement.

Change: Forced Movement Rework

The way knockback and pull effects are handled has been rebuilt. Previously, forced movement was bundled together with status changes, so targets locked in place by effects such as Stun, Groggy, or Freeze could sometimes remain still even when they should have been pushed back. Forced movement is now separated from status effects, so enemies affected by status effects are pushed back more naturally.

Knockback now also accumulates when enemies are hit multiple times in succession, making multi-hit attacks feel stronger. Trail dust effects now play when enemies are pushed or pulled.

Change: Ultimate Skill Effects Improved

Dedicated camera direction has been added to Awaken ultimates. The camera now closes in on the character during ultimate use, and returns properly even if the sequence is canceled. Ultimate effects for all four weapons, Shaman Blade, Horn Bow, Bladent, and Great Guillotine, have been improved overall. The screen-edge effect shown during Awaken has also been reduced, giving you a wider field of view.

Quality of Life

• Category tags are now displayed on Artifacts, weapon skills, and Weapon Chimes. You can check icons to see how an ability works, such as Projectile, Summon, or Bind, and hover over each tag to view its description.

• Tooltips now appear when hovering over Artifact and skill icons on the HUD.

• Weapon Attunement information can now be checked from the Awaken information screen.

• During Artifact reward selection, Artifacts currently sold in the shop now display a guide marker.

• The Door to Aksun and Aksun Chest now use long-press interactions, with a progress gauge displayed. This helps prevent accidental entry.

• The starting altar has been moved to the entrance of the bridge leading to Aksun. You cannot cross the bridge before selecting an altar.

• The dash icon on the HUD has been changed to a stamina display.

• The Artifact Engraving tutorial text has been improved.

Combat and Controls

• The time before enemies appear has been shortened, and enemies are invincible while appearing.

• Fixed an issue where dashing immediately after a Special Attack could trigger cooldowns and Artifact effects even though the attack itself did not activate.

• When using Bladent’s Tactical Attack and Special Attack, the character now turns toward the target.

• Bladent’s first Common Attack hit and Horn Bow’s third hit no longer continue following aim direction during casting.

• When Shaman Blade’s afterimage Weapon Chime creates multiple afterimages, each afterimage now appears with a 0.15-second delay.

• Shaman Blade’s Common Attack can no longer remove hostile projectiles.

• The activation direction of Wailing Pestle has been improved.

• The Spell animation has been replaced.

Scenario and Presentation

• When defeated by a Boss, each Boss now leaves a unique line suited to the situation.

• Fiend dialogue related to Great Guillotine has been added.

• Mandala rotation and guide text in sealed scenarios have been improved.

• The terrain of Jisil’s map has been replaced.

• Dedicated effects have been added to some Normal Artifacts that previously had no effects.

Bug Fixes

Combat

• Fixed an issue where god animations did not respond to pause during ultimate use.

• Fixed an issue where the animation speeds of the god and protagonist could desync during ultimate sequences.

• Fixed an issue where the protagonist could move to an incorrect position immediately after entering a combat map.

• Fixed an issue where an error message could appear when entering a stage.

Weapon Skills

• Fixed an issue where Bladent could sink into the ground while idle.

• Fixed an issue where a weapon’s idle animation was not applied to interaction animations when the weapon was equipped.

• Fixed an issue where weapons could appear awkwardly while the protagonist performed shared animations.

Artifacts

• Fixed an issue where Artifacts sold in the shop did not appear in the Artifact reward list.

• Fixed an issue where the narrative for Rings of Nongae played incorrectly.

UI and Text

• Fixed an issue where the Awaken slot icon did not update.

• Fixed an error that occurred when switching from gamepad controls to mouse controls on the Artifact Engraving screen.

• Fixed an issue where Seal Level experience could display beyond its cap.

• Cleaned up changed ability descriptions and keyword notation.

Other

• Reviewed and fixed cases where scenario and reward objects were facing the wrong direction.

• Fixed issues where effects could remain on screen or accumulate when used repeatedly.

• Fixed many other exceptions and crash causes.

The Demo Is Reopening!

For players meeting Aksun for the first time, the demo is reopening. The demo contains the opening portion of the main Early Access build and covers progress through the first chapter using only Shaman Blade. Records made in the demo will carry over to the main game.

The demo build will not follow later Early Access updates and will remain in this state, with one more update planned for full release.