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Relics of Chaos Game Mode

Quality of Life Changes

• You are now able to take back recently assigned skill points!
  
• Savefile management allows you to finally delete or copy saves!
  
• You can celebrate your team by being able to rewatch the final cutscene multiple times and with an option to take a team photo!
  
• An icon shows you which of your monsters are fed and which are still hungry!
  
• The maps shows how much you have already explored in %!
  
• ... and more QoL features - see the patch notes below!
  

Note from the creator of Monster Sanctuary

Patch Notes

New Content and Features

• 1 new game mode: Relics of Chaos
  
• 39 new equipment items "Relics" exclusive to the game mode
  
• 5 new skills
  
• % of explored area in the map
  
• Option to take back recently assigned skill points (until you exit the game or the monster participates in a fight)
  
• Added savefile management options (delete and copy)
  
• Button to use Smoke Bomb directly in the skill selection menu in combat
  
• Option to remove flashes added
  
• Possible to inspect own monsters now incl. crit chance and crit damage
  
• New NPC to the left of the PvP arena after defeating the final boss that allows you to rewatch the final cutscene multiple times and take a team photo together with your monsters
  
• Increased monster gold gain formula
  
• Option to name the 3 starting monsters in Bravery mode
  
• Light and Dark shifts alternate for all monsters in the wild now
  
• Double explore ability for Goblin Miner: Light + Crush
  
• Visual indicator if a monster has been fed or not
  
• Legendary Keeper encounters also grant a small amount of gold now (both on normal and re-fights)
  
• If an attack is dodged, the text now says "Dodge" instead of "Miss"
  
• Added a Merchant in the Infinity Arena that will sell Reward box items for coupons attainable through the arena (you earn 1 Arena Coupons every 12 levels, not counting the levels you started on).
  
• Option added to open all boxes of a selected version
  
• Game will no longer accept mouse input if another program is in front of it
  
• Windows only: the icon in the taskbar will blink when a PvP match has been found
  

New Skills

• Static Strike - First hit never misses. Its base damage is also increased by {50%} of attack/magic if it isn't critical. ({30%} for Mass Attacks)
  
• Riposte - Counter Attack with 300% Defense and triples the chance to trigger on hit effects
  
• Shock Support - Non damaging actions apply shock to two random enemies
  
• Heavy Hitter - Monster gains 1% crit damage for every 20 Defense
  
• Healing Echo - When using a single target healing action, also heal another ally with the lowest health by 40% that ability's total healing amount
  

Monster Changes

• Tengu: gains ‘Static Strike’
  
• Promethean: gains ‘Static Strike’
  
• Kame: gains ‘Static Strike’
  
• Sizzle Knight: gains ‘Riposte’, ‘Electrify’, ‘Kindle’, ‘Cascade’, 'Heavy Hitter', loses ‘Shield Aura’, ‘Mana Plus’, ‘Shocking Current’, ‘Burning Heat’, 'Crit Damage Plus'
  
• Elderjel: Light shift +1 base mana
  
• Manticorb: Light shift +1 base mana
  
• Glowfly: gains ‘Shock Support’, ‘Healing Echo’
  
• Qillin: gains ‘Shock Support’
  
• Shockhopper: gains ‘Shock Support’
  
• Raduga: gains 'Critical Mass', loses 'Critical Boon'. Dark shift +1 base magic, +1 base mana, light shift -1 Health
  
• Crackle Knight: gains ‘Heavy Hitter’, loses ‘Mana Plus’
  
• Diavola: gains ‘Heavy Hitter’
  
• Imori: gains ‘Heavy Hitter’, loses ‘Crit Damage Plus’
  
• Thanatos: gains ‘First Impact’, 'Vicious,' 'Shared Glory', 'Giantsbane', loses ‘Health Plus’ and 'Duality'. Both shifts gain +1 attack & magic.
  
• Monk: gains ‘Healing Echo’
  
• Sycophantom: gains ‘Healing Echo’
  
• Molebear: gains ‘Critical Boon’, 'Tenacious Barrier'
  
• Megataur: gains ‘Combo Initiator’, 'Crit Chance+', loses ‘Situational Support’, 'Protector' and -1 Base Defense. Light shift loses -1 Max Health
  
• Dracozul: both shifts gain +1 attack, +1 magic & +1 Mana
  
• Draconoir, Draconov, Dracomer: both shifts gain +1 attack & +1 magic
  
• Lava Blob: gains 'Death Blow'
  
• Ice Blob: gains 'Disarming Shielding'
  
• Rainbow Blob: gains 'Phoenix Affinity', 'Strike Mastery', 'Armor Bypass' +1 Base Mana, loses 'Life Stability', 'Health Plus', 'Crit Damage+'.
  
• Beetloid: gains 'Chain Reaction'
  
• Mogwai: Both shifts gain +1 attack & +1 magic
  
• Nautilid: gains 'Shock Support', 'Miracle', 'Spell Mastery'. Loses 'Psychokinesis'. Light shift changed to Mass Mystify.
  
• Tanuki: gains 'Auto Restore', 'Buffing Heal', 'Auto Restore', 'Critical Healing', 'Improved Assault', loses 'Shield Aura', 'Meditation', 'Potion Mastery', 'Defense Focus', 'Improved Glory'
  
• Bard: light shift -1 Health
  
• Terradrile: gains 'Heavy Hitter', loses 'Tenacious Barrier'
  
• Frosty: gains 'Jolly Spirit'
  
• Spectral Toad: gains 'Tenacious Barrier', light shift +1 Max Health, dark shift +1 Max Health, +1 Attack, +1 Magic
  
• Spectral Lion: gains 'Glorious Spark'
  
• Glowfly: +Healing Echo (shock support position changed)
  
• Krakaturtle: gains 'Static Mass'
  
• Polterofen: Light Shift -1 Base Defense
  
• Crystal Snail: Light Shift -1 Base Health
  
• Targoat: Light Shift -1 Base Health
  
• Goblin Brute: Both shifts gain +1 Base Mana
  
• Vertraag: gains Sorcerous Boost. Positions of Void Flare and Healing Wave swapped in the skill tree.
  
• Aurumtail: Both shifts gain +1 Base Mana and +1 Base Health
  

Skill Changes

• 'Duality' cannot trigger 'shared' buff skills anymore and vise versa
  
• 'Curse Resistance' is an unique aura now that gives 25% chance to resist debuff/negative stacks application
  
• 'Tenacious Barrier' now reduces Debuff effects by 10% per stack (instead of resisting them)
  
• 'Path to Ascension', 'Path to Knowledge' and 'Path to Valhalla' skills are unique now
  
• 'Wonder Potion' has all its values reduced by 1 (was 4&4 / 2&2 for multi. Now is 3&3 / 1&1)
  
• 'Burning Desire' reduced to 3% (previously 4%)
  
• 'Volatile Shield' deals 150% damage now (previously 175%)
  
• 'Spark' values increased to 45 def, 30 Mana Regen and 60% chance to apply burn (on highest upgrade level)
  
• 'Mana Donor' increased to 30% (previously 25%)
  
• 'Mana Focus' increased to 30% (previously 25%)
  
• 'Occult Control' increased to 3,5% (previously 3%)
  
• ‘Support Chord’ the random buff can no longer trigger any additional sharing skills
  
• ‘Minnesang’ reduced the heal count by 1 on every level, but increase the attack scaling a bit to 30% (previously 25%)
  
• ‘Glitter’ Increased to 6% (previously 5%)
  
• ‘Worm Troop’ Increased heal and mana regen value to 20% (previously 10%)
  
• ‘Mass Mystify’ Increased chance to 70% (previously 60%) and make it apply a random buff to a random ally
  
• ‘Icy Fists’ Increased chance to 50% (previously 25%)
  
• ‘Spirit Strength’ Increased to 20% (previously 15%)
  
• ‘Trickster’ Increased shielding to 4% (previously 3%)
  
• 'Smoke Screen' applies to all enemies now
  
• 'Jolly Spirit' additionally grants a random buff
  
• 'Channeling Balance' increased to 7.5% (from 6%)
  
• 'Curse Transfusion' increased to 5% (from 4%)
  
• 'Backstab' Increased damage to 35% (from 30%) and reduce threshold to 70% (from 75%)
  
• 'Spectral Cannon' lvl 2: Damage increased to 475%
  
• 'Snowball Toss' damage increased on all levels (570% on highest level instead of 540%)
  
• 'Magic Penetration' increased to 20% (from 15%)
  
• 'Shield Crush' reduced to 20% (from 25%)
  
• 'Necromancy' increased heal value to 25% (from 20%)
  
• 'Debuff Variety' increased to 3% (from 2.5%)
  
• 'Piercing Lightning' reduced Armor Penetration down to 20%, base damage increased to 450% (on highest level)
  
• 'Frostbite' chance increased to 50% (from 40%)
  
• 'Blood Magic' chance and bleed damage changed to 40% (from 35%)
  
• 'Combo Initiator' damage increase and hit changed to 30% (from 25%)
  
• 'Blood Drive' chance reduced to 70% (from 75%)
  
• When reviving a monster in PvP, that monster cannot use revive or ultimates for that turn
  
• ‘Slow Burn’ now triggers passives as if all charges were consumed
  

Equipment Changes

• 'Grey Pearl' Attack, Magic & Defense increased to 100 (from 90), Max Health increased to 1000 (from 900)
  
• 'Abyssal Sword' Increased Attack & Magic values to 250 (from 240) and trigger chance to 100% (from 80%) on max level.
  
• 'Bandana', 'Needle' and 'Ribbon' have +5 Max Mana (on highest upgrade level)
  
• 'Brooch' +1% Crit Chance
  
• 'Sun Pendant' Shielding increased to 175 (previously 150)
  
• 'Hexing Rod' All tiers now apply only 1 Debuff, but Attack & Magic increased slightly (160 + 245 at +5)
  

Bug Fixes

• Will(NPC) no longer suggests monsters don't die in permadeath mode
  
• ‘Maneki’, 'Breaking Support', 'Icy Fists Debuffs', ‘Venomous Fangs’, ‘Acid Spit’ and ‘Toxic Support’ now stacks with themselves itself (when multiple monsters have it)
  
• ‘Terradrile’ can't use ancient conjunction regardless of level in the randomizer anymore
  
• You can't skip Double jump boots if you have "large rock" in the Blue cave anymore
  
• Updated Skin Colors on the Explorer outfit
  
• Fixed ‘Catzerker’ being seen as a "champion monster" at the donation army
  
• Removed the ability to be able to teleport on top of Goblin fort when jumping in blob form into small spaces of the ceiling
  
• ‘Healing Shield’ no longer has a shield preview when previewing a potion
  
• ‘Sorcerous boost’ shielding now properly scales with Magic rather than Attack
  
• Fixed ‘Amberlgna’ spore ability not disappearing when triggering a cutscene while affected
  
• You now teleport to Mountain Path instead of Stronghold when using a crystal shard before fighting ‘Steam Golem’
  
• Bex won't call the Skorch replacement monster wrongly in the randomizer anymore when bravery mode is activated
  
• Zosimos in the Sun temple now has a shifted monster in randomizer again
  
• ‘Imitate’ and ‘counterfeit’ don’t bypass protect anymore if you imitate a skill that ko'ed a monster
  
• You can’t get a swimming monster through rewards boxes pre sun palace anymore
  
• You can’t fight the ‘Steam Golem’ Champion fight from the wrong side anymore
  
• ‘Infernal roar’ now works with critical healing
  
• Removed the ability to move the camera with your mouse when placing markers on the map
  
• Monster Tamer outfit now specifies 111 monster rather than 101 when its not unlocked
  
• The room you find Mozzy in can not be clipped inside anymore
  
• ‘Warhorn’ no longer heals the highest health monster rather than the lowest health
  
• ‘Shockhopper’ can now be donated in NG+ after talking to the Cryomancer
  
• Cryomancer will no longer ask for unattainable monster eggs
  
• You can now use ‘Dual Mobility’ regardless if you were swimming or standing on the ground (improved flight outside of the water after swimming)
  
• Fixed some seed not able to generate (examples: 72790 and 85512)
  
• Fixed certain fights softlocking in Randomizer mode
  
• Extra hits from equipments now show properly in the preview
  
• ‘Shock’ now properly interacts with ‘Supercharged’
  
• ‘hourglass’ and ‘cauldron’ Now work again
  
• ‘Combo Initiator’ Fixed to only work if you’re going first
  
• Using ‘Poison Eater’ alongside ‘Bolster’ now grants two buffs to the user rather than allies
  
• Imitating or Counterfeiting ‘Cataclysm’ on an ‘Elemental shift’ monster will no longer mess up its Resistance and Weakness “view”
  
• Infinity Arena Monsters no longer use Revive Ultimates
  
• Fixed the bug that on some seeds you start with different monsters sometimes
  
• When using a savegame with permadead monsters for NG+, those monsters are revived now
  
• Trading a monster in Bravery to the Cryomancer no longer lets you still use its follower ability
  
• Ballistics now preview their miss chance
  
• After hatching your first monster, the dialogue with the familiar is back
  
• Fixed a potential out of sync in PvP caused by 'Phoenix Affinity'
  
• Buff info view no longer stays on screen permanently when open while PvP timer runs out
  
• Monsters fall down cliffs in randomizer only very rarely now
  

List of all Relics

• Ancient Clock (accessory, Ancients only)
  
• Arch Bow (weapon)
  
• Assisting Bow (weapon)
  
• Cursed Drum (accessory), Instrument)
  
• Devonian Medal (accessory, Insects only)
  
• Dragon Saddle (accessory, Dragons only)
  
• Droid Sphere (weapon, Constructs only)
  
• Dwarven Crown (accessory)
  
• Earth Symbol (accessory)
  
• Eclipse Sword (weapon)
  
• Fire Symbol (accessory)
  
• Fishing Pole (weapon)
  
• Goblin Garment (accessory, Goblins only)
  
• Gold Feather (accessory, Birds only)
  
• Grey Stone (accessory)
  
• Grim Ripper (weapon)
  
• Heavy Greaves (accessory)
  
• Holy Necklace (accessory)
  
• Infinity Blaze (accessory, Spectral Familiars only)
  
• Lion Fang (accessory, Beasts only)
  
• Moon Ring (accessory)
  
• Nimble Wings (accessory, Aerial only)
  
• Omni Sword (weapon)
  
• One Punch Fist (weapon)
  
• Pandora's Chest (accessory)
  
• Projectile Sphere (weapon)
  
• Pure Leaf (accessory, Nature only)
  
• Reptilian Idol (accessory)
  
• Sharp Fin (accessory, Aquatic only)
  
• Slimy Ball (accessory)
  
• Spirit Blaze (accessory, Spirits only)
  
• Staff of Doom (weapon, Occult only)
  
• Static Loop (accessory)
  
• Sun Ring (accessory)
  
• Tiny Pin (weapon)
  
• Toxic Pot (accessory)
  
• Warlock Hat (accessory, Mages only)
  
• Water Symbol (accessory)
  
• Wind Symbol (accessory)
  

• New Game Mode: Relics of Chaos! Experience the game again, this time with new, powerful items. When enabled, each zone will have a randomly selected treasure chest which possesses a Relic of Chaos hidden inside!
  
  
• A plethora of balance changes! We've made tweaks to certain strategies which needed some curtailing, and buffed monsters which could use a little push toward the right direction. Look forward to playing with 5 new passive skills!
  
  
• Having trouble finishing that Wanderlust achievement? The updated map will indicate percentage of each zone explored, so you know where to look for those last few hidden areas!
  
  
• Always forgetting to feed your monsters? We've implemented an icon in the menu to show who is hungry. Make Old Buran proud!
  
  
• Improved functionality on skillpoint allocation, with the ability to change your mind until you either start a battle or exit the game.
  
  
• More control over your save files by adding in the capability to copy or delete them in the menu.
  
  
• A new merchant at the Infinity Arena who can sell you Reward Box items in exchange for special coupons obtained from playing Arena and PvP!
  
  
• Various bugfixes....and More!
  

Keepers, we have such exciting news today, I can barely type correctly!

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