Hello, this is NEMO STUDIO, developers of VOID DIVER: Escape from the Abyss.
Thank you to every Manager diving toward the depths of the abyss today. This update focused on simplifying the chest reward structure and refining material acquisition and overall balance.
Key Improvements
Chest Reward Overhaul
We stripped out as much clutter as possible and simplified the reward structure, so you can find what you need in chests more easily. The 'Sealed Weapon Case' and 'Sealed Accessory Case' no longer require keys and have been renamed.
The main item categories per chest are as follows:
Chest | Main Items |
|---|---|
Tool Box | Weapon materials, accessory materials |
Medical Box | Potions, potion materials |
Briefcase | Weapon blueprints, accessory blueprints, secret keys |
Safe | Valuables, artifacts, Otherworldly Coins |
Weapon Case | Weapon blueprints, finished weapons |
Accessory Case | Accessory blueprints, finished accessories |
Ritual Box | Weapon materials, Elite+ accessory materials |
Cabinet | Junk, materials, trait materials, throwables, valuables |
Electrical Equipment Case | Weapon materials, accessory materials |
Vending Machine | Recovery drinks, sedative ampoules, food |
Suspicious Crevice | Trait materials |
Cursed Ward Case | Finished weapons, finished accessories |
Junk Box | Junk, materials, trait materials, throwables, valuables |
Combat & Balance Changes
Monster Adjustments
Reduced the movement speed of 'Kkamong' and 'Doll Mask'.
'Red Mask' now appears in the City Outskirts instead of Downtown.
Lowered the excessively high reward drop rates for 'Hollow Rifleman' and 'Hollow Shotgunner'.
Reduced the knockback duration of some 'Breacher' patterns.
Foe Rewards
All foes now drop at least one trait material.
Significantly adjusted the drop locations of trait materials.
Map Balance
Significantly revised the field drop lists set for Downtown landmarks.
Fixed an issue where high-tier reward chests spawned excessively in the 'Corrupted Aerial Garden'.
Changed the spawn location of the quest objective 'Suspicious Crevice' from the 'Nameless Vacant Lot' (City Outskirts) to the 'Twisted Corridor' (Residential Area).
Difficulty Adjustments
Increased the spawn interval of shadow monsters on Insane difficulty.
Equipment & Artifacts
Reduced equipment durability loss.
The 'Ring of Perseverance' now displays its duration in the text, and its duration has been increased.
Eased the defense reduction of the Paradox 'Glass Cannon' from -20% to -15%.
Economy & Shops
Interior
To ease the Otherworldly Coin hurdle, the currency for interior item purchases (excluding functional fixtures) has been changed from Otherworldly Coins to Money.
Consumables
Consumable blueprints no longer drop.
Lucas's 'New Product Contract' trait no longer adds consumables to the sales list; instead, consumable blueprints are added to the sales list.
Ether Battery Blueprint
Lucas's 'New Product Contract II' trait now adds the Ether Battery blueprint to the sales list.
The crafting materials have been changed to Used Battery (Normal), Parts Pile (Rare), and Refined Mana Powder (Elite).
WoAng Shop
Prices of items for sale have generally increased (2x), and their appearance rate in the sales list has decreased.
Chapter 1 WoAng now sells the 'Worn Whetstone'.
Now sells up to 3 quest items. (Previously 1)
Traits
Reduced the Otherworldly Coin requirement for acquiring some traits.
Bug Fixes
Character
Fixed an issue where Mio's back-attack judgment applied even when using the 'Go Away!' skill while facing away from a monster.
Co-op
Fixed an issue where leaving the lounge at the moment a vote began made progress impossible.
Fixed an issue where toggling the host's continuous basic attack ON/OFF also applied the setting to guests.
Interface
Fixed an issue where equipment registered in the disassembly slot displayed durability as 100/100.
Fixed an issue where Shift-key stash switching was possible while using a shop inside a campaign dungeon.
Fixed an issue where, after registering some coins at the ATM, more than the held amount was displayed.
Fixed an issue where some item descriptions listed disassembly results that differed from the actual results.
Map & Environment
Fixed an issue where 'Hachishakusama' could be attacked with ranged attacks from outside the map.
Fixed an issue where characters became invisible upon entering some areas of the Residential Area.
Fixed an issue where certain areas in the lounge made dropped items impossible to pick up.
Sound
Fixed an issue where BGM stopped upon entering certain map areas and restarted upon leaving the sector.
Fixed an issue where some record discs dropped from a foe other than the one whose BGM they play.
Fixed an issue where the lounge default BGM volume was lower than other BGM.
Misc
Fixed numerous other bugs to provide a smoother diving experience.
Some content related to basic materials (the Mana Powder line) was missing from this patch, and will be fixed in tomorrow's update along with crafting and disassembly. We'll continue refining economy-related matters so they don't disrupt gameplay.
Your valuable feedback is the greatest force in making the world of the abyss deeper and more solid. We'll keep refining it.
We hope you return safely today. Thank you!
See you again in the abyss.
NEMO STUDIO