In the halls of the Colosseum, a new rift has appeared! Journey through to take part in Cross of Auria's first seasonal themed event and earn exclusive loot! The new Trinket Collector in the Colosseum will trade for Sweet and Sour candies in exchange for new weapons and accessories for the team. Additionally, the two major bosses have a chance to drop a special item which will teach Ruby or Alex an upgraded version of Arcane Shock!
Once the event is finished, the party will earn 5000 experience and another rift will appear in the basement of the Colosseum. This rift is permanent and will be where you can challenge the final boss of the Halloween event repeatedly. If you miss the Guide to Arcane Shock in the event, fear not! For this boss will continue to have it on his loot table well after the event has ended. However, the vendor stock for the Trinket Collector will eventually change, so it's best to get what you want sooner rather than later.
The projected close date for the rift is November 15th, 2020. Players with a save point inside the portal will be able to continue until the event is complete. However, if you leave via teleport pad at will after this date, the rift will be gone. Until then, Ruby and company may come and go as they please with no penalty. Progress inside the rift will not be lost.
If you discover any oddities, bugs, or anything else you'd like to mention about this event - the fastest way to contact me is on Discord (link here: https://discord.gg/bMS9ktw).
Additionally to this event, a new questline is in development which has been redeemed by a twitch viewer and volunteer artist for the game - Fuzzystingray! Expect to see his quest drop in game in the next update. He and I also came together to create a special new friend in Auria who has a chance each fight to drop the Liquefier+ for Ruby. Find him and issue a challenge! This fight can be done multiple times, so there is no need to reset.
Now, onto the rest of the patch which has been far too long in the making. Thanks for making it this far!
4.1.4 [Build #91, Release Date: October 24, 2020]
Removals:
- Deprecated Arcane Shock has been removed from the game. The skill in its place has been set to an Enemy Skill type. Until the debug is triggered at the Delivery Boy, it will not be possible to use Arcane Shock for either Ruby or Alex. New save files will not experience this issue.
New:
- Both versions of the pit now extend to level 20. Starting on the 11th floor, Pit Coins may drop after battles in the normal version only. Pit Coins may be exchanged with the vendor just outside the Pit warp for armor from the new 275-point defensive Challenger’s Battleguard set. Floors 11-19 have two different encounter possibilities per floor with one more heavily weighted than the other.
- Both versions of the Pit now use the new design introduced in 4.1.3.
- A new NPC has arrived in Auria/Castle Grounds West. Appropriately leveled players may challenge him for a chance at the Liquefier+, a water elemental sword for Ruby.
Fixes:
- End of turn bleed damage now displays as a hit effect instead of poison.
- Added a debug for the Basilisk Fang at the Delivery Boy. As part of the skill movements in between 4.1.0 – 4.1.3, “Infect” was moved down the back-end list and its place taken by Watershot III. Since weapons and armor do not automatically update given skills in a patch, they must be removed from the character completely then given back to have their new properties. This is the case with any weapon or ability that ends up debugged at the Delivery Boy.
- Fixed a despawning issue with Orcs in Frost Forest.
- Grapes now cure all variable and turn-based poisons.
- Apples now cure all variable and turn-based bleeds.
Changes:
- Sterling weapons now apply v-psn at a rate of 25%. Tooltips for these weapons have been updated to reflect the change.
- Smoke Bomb, Smoke Blast, Suppressor Bomb, Suppressor Blast are all now Physical damage element instead of Normal Attack. During testing, it did not make sense for these bombs to not do damage to poison enemies when Miles had a poison weapon on, so we’re reverting this change.
- Frostbrood Titan is now immune to all poison DoT effects.
- The Pit version of the Hive Mind is now immune to all poison DoT effects.
Known Issues:
- It is possible to have candy created from an attack even if the attack misses.
- Some field mobs have a chance to initiate a second battle even if they have despawned.