While we said our prior patch would [i]likely[/i] be our last before our [b]v1.0[/b] launch, as the Fates would have it, there is indeed this one more, which includes further improvements, balance adjustments, and fixes based on your feedback and what we've observed. Thank you for playing in [b]Early Access[/b]! [b]Note:[/b] ???? indicates changes inspired by community feedback!

General Gameplay

· [b]Notice:[/b] In preparation for our [b]v1.0[/b] launch and forthcoming story sequences surrounding the True Ending, please note that any [b]Zodiac Sand[/b] or [b]Void Lens[/b] resources you have when you load your save progress at that time will automatically be converted to [b]Prestige[/b]. For now, you may continue earning these if you wish.

Nocturnal Arms & Abilities

· [b]Umbral Flames[/b]: increased Special projectile size and orbit speed · [b]Moonstone Axe[/b]: increased damage of Attack sequence · [b]Black Coat[/b]: improved responsiveness of blocking while channeling Omega Attack

Aspects of the Nocturnal Arms

· [b]Sister Blades (Artemis)[/b]: reduced recharge time for Riposte effect, so it can be used more frequently · [b]Umbral Flames (Melinoë)[/b]: increased Critical damage chance · [b]Umbral Flames (Eos)[/b]: using Special no longer cancels other Special projectiles; improved target tracking of Daybreaker projectile · [b]Moonstone Axe (Thanatos)[/b]: increased Critical chance ramp-up and upper limit · [spoiler]Witch's Staff (Anubis)[/spoiler]: increased Magick cost of Omega Special · [spoiler]Umbral Flames (Supay)[/spoiler]: reworked Special creates a second projectile; reworked Attack timings and Omega Attack; shots no longer stagger foes; reduced Rush Boon damage bonus; breaks Urns more easily · [spoiler]Black Coat (Shiva)[/spoiler]: reworked Omega Special bounces several times in the target area; reduced Destructive damage bonus to compensate

Boons & Blessings

· [b]Storm Ring (Zeus)[/b]: increased damage · [b]Arc Flash (Zeus)[/b]: increased damage · [b]Tidal Ring (Poseidon)[/b]: reduced damage · [b]High Surf (Poseidon)[/b]: reduced area of effect · [b]Solar Ring (Apollo)[/b]: increased damage · [b]Hephaestus[/b]: increased damage of Blast effects, such as [b]Smithy Rush[/b]; increased Glow bonus from Rarity · [b]Tough Gain (Hephaestus)[/b]: effect now activates even if you are protected by [b]Paid Dues (Hermes)[/b] · [b]Molten Touch (Hephaestus)[/b]: increased damage to Armor, increased bonus from [b]Poms of Power[/b] · [b]Heat Rush (Hestia)[/b]: slightly reduced duration of damage trail · [b]Ares[/b]: Plasma can no longer provide a speed bonus greater than • 100%, which caused various issues · [b]Golden Rule (Hera x Poseidon)[/b]: cut from game; replaced with... · [b]Ripple Effect (Hera x Poseidon)[/b]: [b]new![/b] Your effects from [b]Fine Line (Hera)[/b] and [b]Ocean Swell (Poseidon)[/b] have a chance to fire twice · [b]Seismic Hammer (Poseidon x Hephaestus)[/b]: cut from game; replaced with... · [b]Seismic Servo (Poseidon x Hephaestus)[/b]: [b]new![/b] Any Boon effects that recharge over time recharge faster · [b]Room Temperature (Demeter x Hephaestus)[/b]: cut from game; replaced with... · [b]Cryo Pounder (Demeter x Hephaestus)[/b]: [b]new![/b] Your blasts from Hephaestus deal more damage to Freeze-afflicted foes · [b]Rude Awakening (Apollo x Hephaestus)[/b]: increased bonus damage · [b]Chain Reaction (Hephaestus x Hestia)[/b]: increased timing window of Double Blast effect · [b]Travel Deal (Hermes)[/b]: reduced Gold discount · [b]Harm for the Afflicted (Medea)[/b]: increased how frequently this can deal damage · [b]Suffering on Sight (Medea)[/b]: increased average damage · [b]Old Herbal Remedy (Circe)[/b]: fixed an issue causing this effect to not be reduced by [b]Vow of Scars (Oath)[/b] · [b]Protective Coating (Icarus)[/b]: increased Armor · [b]Volatile Coating (Icarus)[/b]: increased Armor and blast damage

Daedalus Hammer Upgrades

· [b]Inverted Spark (Flames)[/b]: improved compatibility with more Aspects · [spoiler]Helheim Charge (Skull)[/spoiler]: now fires your Omega Attack an additional time in succession · [spoiler]Chakra Collider (Skull)[/spoiler]: increased Power Shot timing window · [spoiler]Awakened Rockets (Coat)[/spoiler]: increased Magick cost

Hexes & Path of Stars

???? Reduced start-up time of most Hexes, making them faster to use ???? [b]Godsent[/b] upgrades now can appear on subsequent uses of the Path of Stars, if you meet the required Olympian after prior uses · [b]Confluence (Night Bloom)[/b]: now makes your raised servants appear in your Casts, not after you Sprint ???? Improved menu navigation of the Path of Stars while using gamepad controls

Keepsakes

???? Olympian Keepsakes such as [b]Cloud Bangle (Zeus)[/b] activate more reliably in [b]Thessaly[/b] · [b]Ghost Onion[/b]: restorative effect is no longer reduced by [b]Vow of Scars (Oath)[/b] · [b]Crystal Figurine[/b]: now activates an additional random Arcana Card

Animal Familiars

· [b]Toula the Cat[/b]: improved bonuses from Familiar Bonds, and innate movement speed, pounce accuracy, and active time between naps; she is also less prone to getting stuck on obstacles · Removed [b]Attending a Faithful Beast (Cauldron)[/b] , along with associated bonuses from Resting your Familiars

Foes & Dangers

· Encounters on [b]Olympus[/b] now have slightly fewer foes · Encounters with [b]Icarus[/b] have slightly fewer foes at the same time · Encounters on the [b]Summit[/b] now have slightly fewer foes; some smaller foes have slightly increased Life · Foes from [b]Moon Monuments[/b] now have more Armor in later Regions · [spoiler]Typhon[/spoiler]: reduced speed and damage of main eye blast; reduced duration of some projectiles; reduced frequency of cyclone attacks in second phase · [b]Prometheus[/b]: reduced tracking speed of uppercut · [spoiler]Unrivaled Cerberus[/spoiler]: no longer also drops magma on top of his attacks · [spoiler]Unrivaled Scylla[/spoiler]: the guest artist fires fewer projectiles than before · [spoiler]Unrivaled Hecate[/spoiler]: fixed an issue causing the real [spoiler]Hecate[/spoiler] to be easier to distinguish from the other two, unlike in the standard Encounter · [spoiler]Master-Slicer (Erebus)[/spoiler]: reduced Life · [b]Lurker (Oceanus)[/b]: attacks can be blocked more reliably using the [b]Black Coat[/b] · [b]Shellback (Oceanus)[/b]: Elite now shoots a larger bouncing projectile instead of a triple-shot · [b]Holeheart (Fields)[/b]: thrown bomb no longer deals direct damage; Elite no longer throws multiples at once · [b]Brush-Stalker (Fields)[/b]: reduced maximum targeting distance for ranged attack · [b]Lycaon (Fields)[/b]: pounce attack now is slower to start · [b]Goldwraith (Tartarus)[/b]: slightly reduced appearance rate · [b]Tempus (Tartarus)[/b]: slightly reduced appearance rate · [b]Sandskull (Tartarus)[/b]: slightly reduced appearance rate · [b]Satyr Hoplite (Olympus)[/b] : Elite throws fewer projectiles at once · [b]Satyr Vierophant (Tartarus)[/b]: adjusted summoning behavior; reduced duration of fireball and its damage trail · [b]Shambler[/b]: all varieties have reduced tracking speed · [b]Bronzebeak (Ephyra)[/b]: adjusted attack behavior · [b]Lubber (Ephyra)[/b]: fixed an issue causing their flames to sometimes destroy your projectiles · [b]Eidolon (Ephyra)[/b]: Elite no longer throws multiple projectiles at once · [b]Droplet (Thessaly)[/b] : reduced move speed · [b]Stickler (Thessaly)[/b] : reduced projectile speed · [b]Boozer (Thessaly)[/b] : reduced lunge-attack distance and accuracy · [b]Harpy Talon (Thessaly)[/b] : removed cyclone attack · [b]Auto-Seeker (Olympus)[/b] : removed self-destruct attack; reduced number of shots but increased damage · [b]Auto-Forcer (Olympus)[/b] : reduced move speed during whirlwind attack; increased recovery time · [b]Sky-Dracon (Olympus)[/b] : removed flame-breath attack · [b]Mega-Dracon (Olympus)[/b] : updated flame-breath attack · [b]Satyr Goldpike (Olympus)[/b] : Elite throws fewer projectiles at once · [b]Satyr Sapper (Olympus)[/b] : reduced speed and range of rocket attack; Elite fires fewer rockets

Level Design & Environments

· Several Locations on [b]Olympus[/b] now have more places to take cover against enemy fire · Improved pathing and collision in several Locations

Book of Shadows

???? Improved sorting of Path of Stars upgrades for [b]Selene[/b] after the Incantation [b]Insight Into Offerings[/b]

Art & Visual FX

· Further adjustments to visual FX of various strikes and abilities to improve visual clarity in combat · Other minor fixes and improvements

Voice & Narrative

· Updated voiceover for [b]Athena[/b]

Music & SFX

· Improved audio feedback for Power Shot effects · Updated sound effects for [spoiler]Umbral Flames (Supay)[/spoiler] · Other minor improvements

Miscellaneous

???? You can no longer lose all your Life in the brief time it takes [b]Athena[/b] to arrive once she is on her way ???? You can no longer lose all your Life between clearing a Chaos Trial and being sent back by [b]Chaos[/b] ???? Your raised servants now show damage numbers when their strikes connect ???? You can no longer Deflect raised [b]Tempii[/b] attempting to heal you in the Encounter against [spoiler]Chronos[/spoiler] ???? Improved feedback on some Boons or items whose Life restoration is reduced by [b]Vow of Scars[/b] · Clarified that [b]Gift Gift Gift (Echo)[/b] requires switching Keepsakes to take effect · Updated [b]Credits[/b] with additional contributors · Updates and fixes to translations in some languages

Bug Fixes

· Fixed an issue causing the Rush Boon bonus from [spoiler]Umbral Flames (Supay)[/spoiler] to affect indirect Boons such as [b]Beach Ball (Poseidon x Apollo)[/b] · Fixed an issue causing Blast effects from [b]Hephaestus[/b] to gain 'strike foes from behind' bonuses ???? Fixed [b]Ionic Gain (Zeus)[/b] Aether Fonts appearing in unreachable places in the [spoiler]Unrivaled Eris[/spoiler] Encounter ???? Fixed [b]Blinding Rush (Apollo)[/b] or other Daze effects not affecting [spoiler]Typhon[/spoiler] ???? Fixed interaction with various Aspects and [b]Exceptional Talent (Apollo)[/b] ???? Fixed [b]Buried Treasure (Poseidon)[/b] or [b]Quick Buck (Hermes)[/b] items sometimes being out of reach ???? Fixed [b]Whispered Prayer (Artemis)[/b] not improving with Rarity ???? Fixed interactions with [spoiler]Witch's Staff (Anubis)[/spoiler] and [b]Wave Strike (Poseidon)[/b] or [b]Cardio Gain (Hestia)[/b] ???? Fixed [b]Purification (Phase Shift)[/b] destroying your projectiles from [spoiler]Black Coat (Shiva)[/spoiler] · Fixed [b]Gigaros Dash (Hades)[/b] amplifying damage other than Attack and Special ???? Fixed [spoiler]Full Service (Icarus)[/spoiler] not improving [b]Rapid Slash (Daedalus - Axe)[/b] ???? Fixed [b]Mega Blaze (Daedalus - Flames)[/b] not affecting Omega Attack as described ???? Fixed [spoiler]Garmr Gaze (Daedalus - Skull)[/spoiler] reducing range unexpectedly ???? Fixed [b]Ambition (Sky Fall)[/b] not working against Guardians as described ???? Fixed a rare case where [spoiler]Typhon[/spoiler] could remain impervious indefinitely... ???? Fixed [spoiler]Unrivaled Scylla[/spoiler] sometimes stage-diving into the walls and getting stuck... ???? Fixed [spoiler]Chronos[/spoiler] sometimes speaking over the Pause Menu even while absent in the [spoiler]Typhon[/spoiler] Encounter · Fixed various issues with foes summoned by [spoiler]Typhon[/spoiler] · Fixed several cases where Olympian effects could appear on impervious foes · Fixed [b]Voice of Truth[/b] Prophecy missing a requirement for [b]Gold Gold Gold (Echo)[/b] · Fixed text not fading out as expected during the narrated [b]Homer[/b] outcomes after a successful clear ???? Fixed various voice lines and story events playing unexpectedly or not playing when expected ???? Fixed occasional visual issues with Magick Indicator while using [b]Black Coat (Nyx)[/b] ???? Fixed several text errors · Other minor fixes

Quote of the Patch

[i]'Thirsty for water, \[Narcissus\] started to drink, but soon grew thirsty for something else. His being was suddenly overwhelmed by a vision of beauty. He fell in love with an empty hope, a shadow mistaken for substance.'[/i] [b]~Metamorphoses[/b] (Ovid; D. Raeburn translation)

News Liste Hades II

General Gameplay

Nocturnal Arms & Abilities

Aspects of the Nocturnal Arms

Boons & Blessings

Daedalus Hammer Upgrades

Hexes & Path of Stars

Keepsakes

Animal Familiars

Foes & Dangers

Level Design & Environments

Book of Shadows

Art & Visual FX

Voice & Narrative

Music & SFX

Miscellaneous

Bug Fixes

Quote of the Patch

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News Liste Hades II

General Gameplay

Nocturnal Arms & Abilities

Aspects of the Nocturnal Arms

Boons & Blessings

Daedalus Hammer Upgrades

Hexes & Path of Stars

Keepsakes

Animal Familiars

Foes & Dangers

Level Design & Environments

Book of Shadows

Art & Visual FX

Voice & Narrative

Music & SFX

Miscellaneous

Bug Fixes

Quote of the Patch

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