NEW FEATURES

• News system: A News system has been added, allowing players to stay up to date with the latest events and updates directly in-game.
• Spectator Mode (After Death): After dying, players can now spectate their teammates’ perspectives and freely switch between them.
• Move While Leveling Up: Players can now move while selecting level up upgrades, allowing them to remain active during combat.
• Discord Messages Toggle: You can now hide Discord messages while streaming or sharing your screen.
• Directional Seals: Added a directional visual hint to Invocation seals to help players understand the direction Creatures will follow after being summoned.

NEW CONTENT

SPELLCASTERS

• Technomancer: Straight from Telossa, the Technomancer enters the Arena, wielding thunder and ensouled steel. Encased in a ritualized machine-shell, he channels electricity to empower his creations and support his allies, driven by one belief: mortals bow to no one.
• Dev Comment: We are super happy to introduce the first Spellcaster since the initial cast. The Technomancer introduces a wide range of new tools, offering players multiple ways to approach battles. We’re excited to see how you will make use of these new possibilities.

CREATURES

• War Drummer: Support unit that boosts allies’ speed and shares its element boost when infused.
• Dev Comment: This Creature allows you to boost your army, even if they are already infused with an element. Your Earth Golem isn’t resistant enough? You think Rhino Riders are too slow? The War Drummer opens new possibilities. Let’s see your craziest combos!

SPELLS

• Black Hole: Void sphere that pulls enemies in and deals increasing damage.
• Dev Comment: This Rank III Spell offers a new tool to handle swarms of Creatures, as well as the first damaging AoE for the Astral School of Magic. It can also be used to deal with larger Creatures thanks to its controlling effect.

SPELLS

• Trap: Invisible trap that explodes on contact.
• Dev Comment: This new Building can slow and surprise enemies, which makes it a good option to slow down armies and big Creatures. We are pleased to release this Building along with the Technomancer, as we expect it to be a fitting Incantation for him.

ARENA

• Mausoleum - Night variant: The Mausoleum Arena now also comes with a new theme: “Night and Fire”.
• Neutral Creatures and Astral Towers are already infused with Fire.
• New packs of Creatures on the Altars and Camps.
• The map features a permanently destroyed bridge from the start of the match.
• Items dropped in Chests are different from Mausoleum - Day variant.
• The Boss is now a Fire-infused Catapult that drops a defensive buff when killed.
• Dev Comment: As we introduce this new map variant, we have taken a different approach to Level Design. First, we have set a theme that defines the types of Creatures you can encounter. Then we added gameplay or Level Twist. The goal was to encourage players to rethink/re-invent their deck, as the layer they are used to playing on has changed. On Mausoleum by Night, for example, we want to test some asymmetrical changes by removing one of the bridges. One team will have an early-game advantage, while the other will be stronger in the late game. Expect more and more changes of that style over time, as we have a lot of ideas we want to share with you!

GAMEPLAY

GAME RULES CHANGES

• Cast Stone: Reduced the maximum ammo granted when the Incantation is already owned (Rank I & II).
• Respawn time slightly increased.
• Dev Comment: Mid-game respawn times were becoming too short, reducing the overall tactical impact of killing Spellcasters.
• Fixed an issue where upgrades & some bonuses were multiplied instead of being added. This correction reduces unintended extreme damage scaling and removes part of the previous high-end Titan damage cap (Now reduces by 50% any damage exceeding 15,000).

BALANCING

• Spider Queen: Now spawns Ruin Spiders on death (13 Spiders), following a community vote.
• Dev Comment: The community has spoken. The Spider Queen’s fate has been decided by your vote, and the tapestry now reflects this choice.
• Boss Creatures: All Boss Creatures now have a damage cap, making them more resistant against high damage Spells.

• Elemental Explosion: (When a Creature is affected by Poison or Fire and is exposed to the other element, an explosion is triggered)

Damage has been reworked to include flat and max HP-based scaling instead of flat values only:

• Rank I : 30 + 1% max HP.
• Rank II : 60 + 2% max HP.
• Rank III : 90 + 2.5% max HP.
• Rank IV : 120 + 5% max HP.

IMPROVEMENTS

• Added key rebinding support for the 5th Incantation in Keybind Settings.
• A new short introduction video has been added to Tutorial, introducing the match and its core gameplay elements.
• Buildings: Improved texture render quality for all Buildings you can summon.
• Textures Optimizations for better performances.
• Improved Spellcaster animation transitions to make them visually smoother.
• Improved locomotion animation for various Creatures.
• Various VFXs have been optimized to decrease GPU and CPU load. (Infusion, Spells and Incantations, Projectiles, Environment props and Buildings).
• Particle count has been reduced on multiple VFXs to lower visual clutter.
• Update spatial audio tech for reverbs and ambient sounds (caves in Kamazad).
• New UI sound effects for the deckbuilding menu and shop.

BUG FIXES

• Fixed an issue where Conqueror Spellcasters’ last damage upgrade value was higher than expected (40% → 30%).
• Fixed an issue where Spellcasters could not collect Soul orbs while being invincible after respawning.
• Fixed an issue where Sheep would sometimes become invisible when using Metamorphosis.
• Fixed an issue where Titans could be resurrected on a destroyed bridge on the Mausoleum map, briefly appearing before disappearing with persistent summoning VFX.
• Fixed an issue where the Swamp Witch’s Dark Ascension (Ultimate) was dealing lower damage than expected against Spellcasters.
• Fixed an issue where Spells with auto-aim projectiles (e.g. Astral Shot and other multi-projectile Spells) could miss their target on the first few shots.
• Fixed an issue where Valkyrie’s Infused Attack did not apply pushback to Rank I creatures and failed to deal damage to neutral units.
• Fixed an issue where Skeleton Warriors Infused Attacks dealt no damage.
• Fixed an issue where the Wyvern’s Breath Infused ability would not consistently hit targets.
• Fixed an issue where all Incantations and abilities would recharge slower when only 5 minutes remained in the match.
• Fixed an issue where Ruin Spider’s HP & Damage Upgrades also affected Ruin Spiders spawned by Spider Queen.
• Fixed an issue where Spider Queen’s Damage Upgrades didn’t affect the Ruin Spiders it spawned.
• Fixed an issue where Dryad’s infused attacks failed to deal damage.
• Fixed an issue where quickly switching between Spellcasters in the pre-match lobby could result in the wrong Spellcaster being displayed in-game.
• Fixed an issue where the Stone Behemoth obtained from Chests wasn’t correctly spawning on Mausoleum.
• Fixed an exploit with Cast Stones stacks.
• Reduced instances where Titans could get stuck or behave inconsistently across maps.
• Fixed various issues causing Catalysts and weapons to not properly attach to hands.
• Fixed animation glitches on some Creatures, causing them to go suddenly from one state to another.
• Fixed slidings happening during Creatures' locomotion.
• Fixed Creatures shaking and flickering during some animations.
• Fixed an issue where the Stone Shaman enchantment glyph would appear twice on Buildings.
• Fixed an issue where the Iron Sorcerer’s passive aura indicator was visible during tutorial cutscenes.
• Fixed an issue where Altars could display incorrect colors in Training Mode.
• Fixed an issue where Siren’s scream effect appeared red for allied players.
• Fixed an issue where the invisibility start VFX would incorrectly play during Creature spawns.
• Fixed some issues where FX could appear at incorrect positions or behave incorrectly.
• Fixed an issue where purchased items in the secondary store were not properly indicated.
• Fixed an issue where Incantations details showed “Stat Name :30” instead of the correct information after using Training Mode.
• Fixed an issue where the main menu’s music didn’t play after skipping the tutorial.
• Various CPU and GPU performance optimizations.
• Various crash fixes and stability improvements.
• Fixed various localization issues.