Godless

Changes

Balance

• [Score]
  
  
  
  • ▲ Increased experience gained from the majority of sources stated on the score screen by ~5%.
    

• [Enemies]
  
  
  
  • Final Boss (Act 4)
    
    
    
    • ▲ Increased attack gain per level by ~10%.
      
    • ▲ Increased Plague Boars' health on all difficulty levels from 20 to 24.
      
  
  
  • Tor'Blan (Act 3 boss)
    
    
    
    • ▼ Decreased summoned enemies' stats on Easy and Normal difficulties by ~5%.
      
  
  
  • Orion (Act 1 boss)
    
    
    
    • ▼ Decreased health gain per level by ~2%.
      

• [Consequences]
  
  
  
  • Sworn Enemy (Act 3)
    
    
    
    • ☄️ ▲ Increased the boss' stats by ~20%.
      
    • ▼ Decreased the boss’ stats by ~15% when you obtain this consequence in Act 1 or Act 2 due to the Parallel Reality effect.
      

• [Scrolls]
  
  
  
  • Stasis
    
    
    
    • ▲ Increased health buff valeu from 4 to 5.
      

• [Skills]
  
  
  
  • Nomad (fire unit)
    
    
    
    • ▲ Increased attack from 1 to 2.
      
  
  
  • Dragonkin Sorcerer (fire unit)
    
    
    
    • ▲ Increased ability damage from 3 to 4.
      
  
  
  • Furious Brute (fire unit)
    
    
    
    • ▼ Decreased attack from 5 to 4.
      

• [Fates]
  
  
  
  • ▼ Decreased rerolling cost from 8 to 7 ether.
    

• [Anomalies]
  
  
  
  • Dimension Shift
    
    
    
    • ▼ Decreased the chance to appear among the anomalies by ~8%,
      
  
  
  • Harbingers of War
    
    
    
    • ▲ Increased summoned enemies' health by 1.
      
  
  
  • Restored Relics
    
    
    
    • ▲ Increased Cleansed Seals' buff values from +1/+3 to +2/+3.
      

Other

Performance

• ☄️ The game now keeps max FPS as close to the 60-80 range as possible to prevent stutters and GPU overheating.
  
• Increased FPS in the main menu by ~2%.
  

Tutorial

• Certain anomalies now cannot appear during the first 3 runs to ensure smoother experience for new players.
  

Fixes

• ☄️ Fixed certain auxiliary skills not deducting mana (happened under specific circumstances).
  
• ☄️ Fixed the Grove Keeper's abiltiy causing a softlock (happened under specific circumstances).
  
• Fixed the Ascension not happening despite having enough points (happened under specific circumstances).
  
• Fixed the Grove Keeper, Sacred Grove and God of Earth triggering the Mystic Shrine's basic ability.
  

Changes

Content

• Added new Skills:
  
  
  
  • Ether Slime (neutral unit)
    
  • Refreshing Spring (nature tile)
    

• Added new Anomalies:
  
  
  
  • Hidden Paths
    
  • Harbingers of War
    
  • Celestial Jewel
    

Visuals and Audio

• Added SFX for new content
  
• Added VFX for new content
  

Balance Changes

• [Skills]
  
  
  
  • Cursed Chasm (death tile)
    
    
    
    • ▼ Decreased damage from 9 to 8
      

• [Ascension Talents]
  
  
  
  • Supreme God of Rot
    
    
    
    • ▼ Decreased attack debuff value from 2 to 1.
      
    • ▲ Increased number of of applied poison stacks from 4 to 5.
      

• [Boons]
  
  
  
  • Divine Inspiration
    
    
    
    • ▼ Decreased experience cost on all levels from 1000/1800/2600 to 900/1700/2500.
      

• [Consequences]
  
  
  
  • Sworn Enemy (Act 3)
    
    
    
    • ▲ Increased the boss' stats by ~15%.
      

• [Enemy modifiers]
  
  
  
  • Judgement
    
    
    
    • ▲ Increased bonus damage from 5/8/11/11 to 5/8/12/12 (each number represents its respective act)
      
  
  
  
  • Heavy armor
    
    
    
    • ▲ Increased attack damage limit from 11/12/13/14 to 11/13/14/15 (each number represents its respective act)
      

• [Fates]
  
  
  
  • Exile
    
    
    
    • ▼ Decreased attack bonus in all acts from 3/4/4 to 2/3/3
      

• [Enemies]
  
  
  
  • ☄️ ▼ Decreased Act 2 enemies' base health by 3%-5%.
    
  • ▲ Increased Act 2 and Act 3 bosses health gain per level by 1%-2%.
    
  • Final Boss (Act 4)
    
    
    
    • ▲ Increased base health from 227 to 230
      
    • ▲ Increased Celestial Gates' stats by ~4%
      
  
  
  • Orion (Act 1 boss)
    
    
    
    • ▼ Decreased base attack from 5 to 4
      
    • ▼ Decreased base health from 92 to 89
      
    • ▼ Decreased Dire Wolves' stats from 3/10 to 2/9
      
  
  
  • Talvius (Act 1 boss)
    
    
    
    • ▼ Decreased base attack from 7 to 6
      
    • ▼ Decreased base health from 65 to 64
      
  
  
  • Battle Sorceress (Act 1)
    
    
    
    • ▼ Decreased base attack from 5 to 4
      
    • ▲ Increased attack gain per level by ~15%
      
  
  
  • Enslaved Ogre (Act 1)
    
    
    
    • ▼ Decreased base attack from 4 to 3
      
    • ▲ Increased attack gain per level by ~10%
      
  
  
  • Demonologist (Act 2)
    
    
    
    • ▼ Decreased base attack from 6 to 5
      
    • ▲ Increased attack gain per level by ~15%
      
  
  
  • Crystal Ogre (Act 3)
    
    
    
    • ▲ Increased attack gain per level by ~10%
      

Other

• [UI/UX]
  
  
  
  • The default battle speed is down from 250% to 230%.
    
  • The max battle speed is up from 600% to 700%.
    
  • The roadmap is now displayed on the loading screen.
    
  • ☄️ The yellow VFX highlighting the effect that is being used is now more prominent.
    
  • ☄️ Certain talents' usage is now fully cancellable on left-click (Volcanic Swords, Unholy Land etc.)
    

• [Tutorial]
  
  
  
  • ☄️ The tutorial boss fight has become significantly easier.
    
  • ☄️ The tutorial run is finished after the boss, even you manage to defeat it.
    
  • Changed the composition of enemy squads on some continents during the tutorial.
    
  • Rebalanced enemies' stats in the tutorial matches.
    
  • The Crossroads location is unlocked on the second match if the player manages to get past continent 4.
    

• [Performance/Optimization]
  
  
  
  • Decreased the game's size on the hard drive by ~60%.
    
  • Increased FPS in battles by ~15%.
    
  • Increased FPS in the main menu by ~5%.
    
  • Increased FPS on the world map by ~5%.
    
  • Decreased loading time of the world map by ~3%.
    
  • Decreased certain tiles' impact on performance by ~8% (Lava Fields, Acid Lakes etc.)
    

• [Texts]
  
  
  
  • Edited some localised descriptions for consistency.
    

Fixes

• Fixed anomalies not being added/rerolled correctly on the match preparation screen (happened under specific circumstances).
  
• ☄️ Fixed the battle getting stuck upon defeating the last enemy of a wave with a Fate (happened under specific circumstances).
  
• ☄️ Fixed the Azure Curse not dealing damage when an enemy is teleported to a Catacomb.
  
• ☄️ Fixed the animation of some effects being too slow (Hydromancers' ability, Planned Assault talent etc.)
  
• ☄️ Fixed the Dwarf Warrior attacking a dead unit infinitely, which was leading to a softlbock.
  
• ☄️ Fixed the tutorial getting stuck on the chest screen (happened under specific circumstances).
  
• ☄️ Fixed the Arcane Poison removing all buff icons when applied to a poisoned unit.
  
• Fixed the Forbidden Magic prompting to summon a Crimson Tentacle to a hex taken by a unit.
  
• Fixed units considering Northern Cities' utility incorrectly after this tile being copied.
  
• Fixed the prediction and pathfinding getting broken when the game fails to find a suitable hex next to an enemy.
  
• Fixed the New Age not summoning the Elite Guard with the Shatter in use (happened under specific circumstances).
  
• Fixed units in the final boss fight walking over non-existent hexes (happened under specific circumstances).
  
• ☄️ Fixed various effects treating non-existent hexes in the final boss battle as valid targets (happened under specific circumstances).
  

Changes

Balance

• [Skills]
  
  
  
  • Plant Magician (nature unit)
    
    
    
    • ▲ Increased stats from 3/7 to 3/9.
      

• [Gems]
  
  
  
  • Soul Shard
    
    
    
    • ▲ Increased death upgrade's stats of resurrected units from 2/2 to 3/2.
      

• [Shrines]
  
  
  
  • Magma Shrine
    
    
    
    • ☄️ ▲ Increased starting health from 35 to 40.
      

• [Enemies]
  
  
  
  • ☄️ ▼ Decreased base health of the most enemies in Act 1 by 3%-5%.
    
  • ▲ Increased attack gain per level of the most enemies in Act 3 by 5%-7%.
    
  • Narmer (Act 2 boss)
    
    
    
    • ▲ Increased all Pyramids' health by 5%-7%.
      
  
  
  • Orion (Act 1 boss)
    
    
    
    • ▼ Decreased Orion's base health from 94 to 92.
      

• [Score]
  
  
  
  • ☄️ ▲ Increased experience gain per destroyed continent from 75 to 95.
    

• [Basic Tiles]
  
  
  
  • Swamp (Act 1)
    
    
    
    • ▼ Decreased basic number of Swamps on Normal and Hard difficulty levels by 20%-30%.
      
      
      

• [Boons]
  
  
  
  • Visual Customization
    
    
    
    • ▼ Decreased experience cost from 800/1100 to 600/900.
      

Other

Tutorial

• Tweaked certain enemies' stats in the first two tutorial battles.
  
• Eruption creates less Volcanoes in Act 1 during the tutorial matches.
  
• Increased the amount of experience the player gets upon finishing the tutorial match.
  

Fixes

• ☄️ Fixed enemies considering hexes next to Mountains as a bit too dangerous.
  
• ☄️ Fixed the back button on the match preparation screen leading to a softblock right after the tutorial match.
  
• ☄️ Fixed the Shadow Mirror and Great Sacrifice detecting units' mana cost incorrectly with the Unexpected Allies in use.
  
• Fixed additional experience not being granted for each defeated boss upon finishing the match.
  
• Fixed additional experience being granted for the Eternal Monument score upon finishing the match even if the required conditions are not met.
  
• Fixed the Sacred Grove leading to a softblock upon killing a unit by triggering its poison stacks (happened under specific circumstances).
  

Changes

Balance

• [Enemies]
  
  
  
  • ☄️ On average, enemy waves will now spawn a bit farther from the Shrine.
    
  • Final Boss (Act 4)
    
    
    
    • ▲ Increased Final Boss' base health from 224 to 227.
      
    • ☄️ ▼ Decreased Orc Warlord's stats from 10/55 to 9/52.
      
    • ☄️ ▼ Decreased Elementalist's health from 51 to 49.
      
  
  
  • Gorethon Valorian (Act 3 boss)
    
    
    
    • ▲ Increased Gorethon's base health from 368 to 375.
      
    • ▲ Increased Gorethon's health gain per level from 8.1% to 8.8%.
      
  
  
  • Tor'Blan (Act 3 boss)
    
    
    
    • ▲ Increased Tor'Blan's base health from 187 to 192.
      
    • ▲ Increased Walls' health on all difficulty levels by ~4%.
      
  
  
  • Sons of Elements (Act 2 boss)
    
    
    
    • ▲ Increased Galant's base health from 71 to 73.
      
    • ▲ Increased Galant's attack gain per level from 0.26 to 0.34 points.
      
  
  
  • Narmer (Act 2 boss)
    
    
    
    • ▲ Increased Narmer's base health from 109 to 115.
      
  
  
  • Orion (Act 1 boss)
    
    
    
    • ▼ Decreased Orion's health gain per level from 13.8% to 13.6%.
      

• [Anomalies]
  
  
  
  • Restored Relics
    
    
    
    • ▼ Decreased Cleansed Seal's buff values from +1/+4 to +1/+3.
      

• [Natural Disasters]
  
  
  
  • Starfall
    
    
    
    • ▼ Decreased the probability of Star Shards to create impassable tiles from 10% to 7%.
      
      
      

Other

Performance

• ☄️ The game's loading time is reduced by ~5%.
  
• ☄️ The loading time of battles, the world map and various locations across the game is reduced by ~5%.
  
• ☄️ Decreased workload to the GPU by ~7% in Act 4.
  

AI

• ☄️ While choosing a hex to summon a unit on, the game will now display the first action it will perform next turn. Please note: if you've already finished the tutorial, the feature will be disabled by default and you will need to enable it in the Options.
  

Audio

• ☄️ The background music in regular battles is now looped smoother.
  

Tutorial

• Tweaked certain enemies' stats in the first two tutorial battles.
  

Fixes

• ☄️ Fixed the Death Knight's mana cost not being reset to 7 (happened under specific circumstances).
  
• ☄️ Fixed enemies in the final boss battle spawning next to the Shrine while there are other free hexes on the battlefied.
  
• ☄️ Fixed Shrines infinitely teleporting between Broken and Cleansed Seals.
  
• ☄️ Fixed Sandstorms causing a softblock (happened under specific circumstances).
  
• ☄️ Fixed Charge causing a softblock (happened under specific circumstances).
  
• ☄️ Fixed tiles created by the final boss triggering the Deadly Flow.
  
• Fixed Cleansed Seals being copied as Northern Cities (happened under specific circumstances).
  
• Fixed the turn order of units getting messed up upon using the Transfer Soul fate (happened under specific circumstances).
  
• Fixed certain tiles' models being displayed incorrectly in Act 4 with the active Dimension Shift.
  
• Fixed certain modifiers' values being set incorrectly in Act 4 with the active Dimension Shift.
  
• Fixed Star Shards creating tiles on empty spaces with no hexes in Act 4.
  
• Fixed Gales not pushing units off the continent (happened under specific circumstances).
  
• Fixed certain RU descriptions/names being displayed incorrectly.
  

Changes

Balance

• [Talents]
  
  
  
  • God of Knowledge
    
    
    
    • ▼ Decreased extra ether from the basic and upgraded version from 5 to 4.
      

• [Shrines]
  
  
  
  • Neutral Perks
    
    
    
    • Ether Energy
      
      
      
      • ☄️ ▼ Decreased percentage per level from 8% to 7%.
        
      • ☄️ ▼ Capped max added ether at 999.
        
  
  
  • Shadow Shrine
    
    
    
    • ▼ Decreased starting health from 50 to 45.
      
    
    
    • Shatter
      
      
      
      • ▼ Decreased chance of appearing in the Sanctuary by 20%.
        

• [Enemies]
  
  
  
  • Hermit (Act 3)
    
    
    
    • ▼ Increased buff values from +4/+9 to +5/+9.
      

Other

Performance

• ☄️ The game now syncs the frame rate to the refresh rate of the monitor.
  
• ☄️ Decreased workload to the GPU by ~4%-8% in battle, especially in Act 2 and Act 3.
  

UI/UX

• Edited some ability descriptions for clarity.
  

AI

• Allies now better detect Northern Cities and Fortresses as dangerous or beneficial depending on who they are captured by.
  

Fixes

• ☄️ Fixed the game being stuck when starting the battle with the Shatter perk and 9000+ Shrine health.
  
• ☄️ Fixed the Crossroads not displaying all 3 options in Act 4 (happened under specific circumstances).
  
• ☄️ Fixed Arena not activating its ability after a unit is teleported on it.
  
• ☄️ Fixed first wave enemies' tooltips displaying wrong stats in Act 3.
  
• Fixed skills and scrolls being usable while the Rituals options are displayed (happened under specific circumstances).
  
• Fixed the Rituals and Fates screens overlapping each other (happened under specific circumstances).
  
• Fixed the World and End Turn buttons overlapping each other (happened under specific circumstances).
  

• Act 4: Rise to the Challenge! Ascend the World Peak and confront the source of the gods' demise.
  
• Embrace the Chaos with Anomalies! Warp your runs with customizable passive effects – bigger continents? Why not? Mixed acts? Let's get weird! Random skills? Embrace the madness!
  
• A Bounty of New Content! New skills, talents, fearsome foes, mysterious shrines... the world of Godless keeps expanding!
  
• Rebalanced for Maximum Thrills! Skills and enemy modifiers get a makeover – we're ditching the purposeful counter strategies and doubling down on exciting challenges.
  
• ...And a whole lot more!