Changes

• Controllers - new control option 'Lock Mode' (Always Locked, Lock While Attack Held, Free Cursor)
  
• Most controllers now use the 'Always Locked' mode by default; to restore the previous behavior switch to 'Lock While Attack Held' under Controls -> Lock Mode
  
• Active live streams can now be hidden from the main menu by clicking the [Live Twitch Streams] text
  
• Dust overworld map icon now glows when a nearby blacksmith or jeweler may be able to help complete an unfinished set in the player's inventory
  
• Renamed Skill Mastery to Skill Power
  
• Bonus Content is now available only in custom mode (not in randomized normal/hard loadouts) (GET DOWN)
  
• Fixed a bug that caused occasional crashes and slowdowns
  

Changes

• Added 'Nightmare' mode (dust a mountain along the edge of the god plane to access the portal; bosses and minibosses gain the skipped god's blessing in nightmare mode; new set items are available from blacksmiths and jewelers in the nightmare world)
  
• Added 'Nightmare Daily' (another hard daily that continues through nightmare mode)
  
• Controls - players can now activate skills while performing movement-based attacks (whirlwind, unyielding charge, stampede)
  
• Musket - reworked knockback: proc chance increased from 15/30/45 to 25/35/45; bonus damage improved from (always 0/10/20) to (only-on-proc 40/70/100); procs now stun for a longer duration and do not push the target away; proc percentage now continually builds while not attacking allowing the player to guarantee a stun after charging an attack
  
• Grenades - reworked to a single grenade per attack to reduce visual spam
  
• Meteor - added mini-stun on impact
  
• Hook - increased damage amplification duration from 1.5 to 3 seconds
  
• Fan of Knives - tightened knife arc
  
• Crossbow - improved Marksman bonus damage from 0/10/20 to 0/15/30
  
• Turret - reduced damage by 33%
  
• Spirit Walk - weakened cooldown scaling from 6/4.5/3 to 6/5/4
  
• Updated overworld map hover text to provide additional information
  
• Updated most character and biome art
  
• Players can now path through "ghost" enemies (soul collectors, some bosses)
  
• Fixed several minor bugs
  
• Live twitch streams now appear on the main menu
  

Changes

• Dagger - increased attack damage multiplier from 1.0 to 1.2; decreased attack speed multiplier from 1.2 to 1.1; improved backstab damage bonus from 40/80/120% to 50/100/150%
  
• Spear - increased attack damage multiplier from 1.0 to 1.3; decreased attack speed multiplier from 1.0 to 0.8; improved throw charge time from 2/1.5/1.0 to 2/1.4/0.8
  
• Melee attack range is no longer reduced for smaller-than-human characters (Faerie, Halfling, Dwarf)
  
• Reduced the price of the Arrowfell Shield, Silkfang Spinneret, Apparition Stone, and Feather of Sepicles from 75 to 60
  
• Increased the root duration for Silkfang Spinneret from 3 to 4 seconds
  
• Vacuum Grenade - improved area of effect from 150/190/230 to 170/200/230
  
• Dust of Appearance overworld map icon now glows when the player is within range of a bazaar or spyglassed treasure mountain to suggest usage
  
• Bonus Content - new overpowered race "Mysterious Challenger" spoofing Hearthstone's card of the same name
  
• Fixed a bug affecting Windows 10 users with DPI scaling
  

Changes

• Improved 'Custom Mode' to allow players to gain spirit and complete achievements
  
• Added 'Story' to the main menu allowing players to rewatch unlocked cutscenes
  
• Increased the visibility of warning shadows in meteor shower hazards
  
• Improved loadout variety in normal (pick-3) mode
  
• Fixed a few visual, performance, controller, and crash bugs
  

Gameplay Adjustments

• Reordered god plane unlock order to better reflect perceived difficulty (Necrus/Sepicles/Halarin/Furere/Proctus -> Sepicles/Furere/Halarin/Necrus/Proctus)
  
• Feather of Sepicles now only effects enemies (not the player and allies)
  
• Followers now path correctly even when very close to the player
  
• Players now have the option to retry with the current hero configuration upon death
  

Visual Adjustments

• Shadowform Wrappings now tints squires, turrets, and ethereal projections for visual clarity
  
• Miniboss icons on the overworld map no longer render a hazard triangle underneath
  
• Enemy cast animations no longer erroneously play after movement-dependent skill invocations have been interrupted by root effects
  
• Players now see a brief overview of stats from the current run upon death
  

Bug Fixes

• Various minor bug fixes
  

Full Controller Support

• Full support for XBox, Playstation, Steam, and most other controllers
  
• Fully configurable and rebindable under Menu -> Controls
  

New Weapons

• Spear - Medium range melee weapon. When not in use, charges for a thrown attack. Thrown spears root and amplify damage.
  
• Shield - Captain America style thrown ranged/defensive weapon. When held, blocks attacks to build lightning charges.
  
• Cluster Grenades - Long range area of effect weapon.
  

New Race

• Zombie - Convert enemies to allies and chew your way through even the most powerful foes. The bite is mightier than the sword.
  

New Item Type - Activated

• Apparition Stone - Instantly teleport to a target location.
  
• Arrowfell Shield - A wave of energy pulses outward destroying nearby projectiles.
  
• Feather of Sepicles - Winds sweep every creature, including you, in a target direction.
  
• Severed Hand of the Lich - Resets the cooldown of your last activated skill.
  
• Silkfang Spinneret - Fire a bundle of silk that roots enemies in place.
  

Daily Challenge Improvements

• You can now view results from past dailies alongside current leaderboards
  
• Added a hard mode daily
  

Keyboard Only Control Mode

• Press J to activate keyboard-only mode, perfect for laptops, traveling, etc
  

Skill Changes

• Follower health is now based on hits and no longer scales with skill mastery.
  
• Physical skills now scale half as effectively with skill mastery (still scale fully with attack damage), ex: as your skill mastery increases from 100% to 200%, Whirlwind previously dealt 2.0x damage, now deals 1.5x damage.
  
• Damage Amplification no longer scales with skill mastery (previously scaled very slowly).
  
• Stun Durations no longer scale with skill mastery (previously scaled very slowly).
  
• Cyclone - damage -10%
  
• Displacement Bolt - added extremely brief invulnerability after activation
  
• Ethereal Projection - ~10% less initial damage; max upgrade damage unchanged; 10% faster projectile speed
  
• Flame Wave - damage +5%
  
• Hook - initial damage reduced by 50%; damage amp from 20/40/60 to 25/50/75; damage amp duration after hook ends from 2 to 1.5
  
• Rocket - damage +5%
  
• Shadow Strike - damage from 120/210/300% to 140/245/350%
  
• Shockwave - damage amp from 20/40/60 to 25/50/75
  
• Skeleton Mines - tooltip now shows "total damage" instead of forcing you to calculate
  
• Spirit Walk - max upgrade damage increased by 20% (initial damage unchanged)
  
• Telekinesis - now deals damage upon initial grip in addition to collisions
  
• Turret - damage increased by 33%; no longer pierces; health no longer scales with skill mastery
  
• Unyielding Charge - cooldown no longer changes with skill level
  
• Vacuum Grenade - increased throw speed, area of effect, and damage
  
• Whirlwind - damage from 70/123/175% to 80/140/200%
  
• Elf Strangling Vines - area of effect now increases with skill level; damage amp from 20/40/60 to 25/50/75
  
• Halfling Sneak Attack - bonus damage from 70/123/175% to 80/140/200%
  
• Human Squire - corpses can no longer be consumed by flesheaters or raised by necromancers; health no longer scales with skill mastery
  
• Orc Blood Ritual - health cost reduced from 30/20/10 to 15/15/15
  

Item Changes

• Sales - items now have a 1/6 chance to spawn "on sale" at ~35% reduced price
  
• Town stat item gold cost increased from 75 to 90
  
• Town overworld item gold cost increased from 30 to 35
  
• Blacksmith/Jeweler set component item gold cost reduced from 100 to 80; stats and completion effects reworked for all sets
  
• Activated items now appear in the town and bazaar item pools
  
• Special overworld items now appear in the town item pool
  
• Normal fights no longer drop overworld items
  
• Dusting towns now reveals only an additional overworld item choice (not an additional stat item choice)
  

Weapon Changes

• Crossbow - damage multiplier increased from 0.9 to 1.0
  
• Dagger - movement speed bonus now increases with skill upgrades (10/15/20)
  
• Flaming Staff - fixed a bug that resulted in damage calculations above the stated values
  
• Musket - damage now increases with skill upgrades (0/10/20)
  
• Stone Sword - damage increase with skill upgrade reduced from (0/25/50) to (0/15/30)
  

God Changes

• Furere (Boss) - increased health
  
• Proctus (Boss) - protector respawn is now indicated by a visible timer; protectors now respawn with less health each time a protector is killed
  
• Sepicles (Boss) - increased health
  
• Halarin (Enemy Buff) - regeneration rate in god plane and temple fights now decreases by 10% every 10 seconds
  
• Halarin (Player Buff) - now provides stacking attack damage and skill mastery for each battle the player ends at full health
  
• Necrus (Player Buff) - now summons 1/2/3 followers depending on favor
  
• Proctus (Player Buff) - tooltip updated to reflect the fact that followers benefit too
  
• Sepicles (Player Buff) - tooltip updated to reflect the fact that followers benefit too
  

Fixes & Misc

• Custom Mode now allows difficulty selection
  
• While the player is under the protection of proctus getting hit sometimes did not trigger temporary invulnerability
  
• Summoner/Necromancer spawned Whirler attacks would sometimes not trigger temporary invulnerability
  
• Temple hover and god favor text updated to make it more clear that only your highest-favor god will grant a blessing
  
• Improved control rebinding UI
  
• Alchemist's Amulet now correctly grants bonus gold for minigame clears
  
• Hovered items now glow in shops
  
• New death cinematic images for the phoenix and god fights
  
• Treasure Defense - small goblins are no longer targeted by lightning bolts from furere's blessing
  
• Hazard hover now informs the player that there is a guaranteed overworld item drop
  
• Minibosses now take damage from hazards
  
• Tutorial now informs new players that you can swap skill hotkey ordering in the pause menu
  
• Fixed visual bug: timer shows :60 instead of 1:00 in bottom right
  
• Fixed area of effect indicator on furere lightning (previously too small)
  
• Fixed area of effect indicator on grenades and firespark explosions (previously too small)
  
• Fixed a bug that could occasionally prevent the player from activating multiple skills simultaneously while attacking
  
• Lots of minor bug fixes and adjustments based on player feedback