Hello! Hope you鈥檙e having a nice week. These are the new updates for today:
Yggdrasil has grown!
The Yggdrasil tree has expanded its branches introducing new combat upgrades that will allow you to better customize your survivors.
You will now be able to upgrade your movement speed, status effect chance, crit chance and more!
We have also unlocked 25 new leaves that can be obtained with seeds.
New Relics!
Today we introduce 9 new passive relics! We will be adding more and more in future updates.
Endless
We are continuously working on game performance, and we will keep doing it this way until Endless mode feels all right. We really want to thank you for your endless feedback too 馃槈 With this update you will notice that the game runs better and smoother. We know that there can still be lag issues when having many relics and we are working to fix that too.
Apart from this, we have reduced boss and elite monster鈥檚 health. We want them to be fun and not that tanky. We have also added a new feature to Endless enemies, they will now be faster and faster on each cycle to makes it more challenging.
Due to these changes, we will reset the Endless rankings.
Gn枚ki鈥檚 shop
Gn枚ki hired a few builders and then added some home decor to his shop. He has a very particular style, and will make you like it too, I mean, *hope* you like it too.
Changes and improvements:
We have reworked the Poison Bomb Growth Ascension to the new Cluster Explosion Ascension. The previous ascension created major performance issues in the game.
Optimized the performance of the Poison Bomb.
Optimized the performance of Axeldor's Brann.
Optimized the performance of Astrid's Orb.
You can now see the amount of times you have left to revive when collecting the Valknut Goblet.
G.L.I.T.C.H. visual appearance has been changed.
The Glitch Explosion Ascension did not scale with the Relic area.
The damage awarded by the Last Breath Relic has been increased to a 100%.
R.E.S.E.T. is now only applied once per ascended weapon up to a maximum of 3 weapons.
Discount Coupon鈥檚 discount is only applied to the first product sold in each pillar.
You can now skip the animation when picking up a chest.
The stats of Experience Collection Range and Status Effects Duration Increase are now shown as percentages.
Talkor's Orbs now apply both stats. We have changed the value and stats to make this ability more even.
We know many people felt Jotunheim 1st boss, Bothild was too fast. We hope that with the new Yggdrasil Mov. Speed box things improve.
Jotunheim鈥檚 2nd boss, Snaer, was too fast with his skill casting. We have updated it, giving the player more time to react.
Weapons bought from a survivor at Gn枚ki鈥檚 shop will only be able to be ascended once, so choose carefully which ascension you prefer!
Next week鈥檚 update!
In one week, we will all be able to play with the new character. Here鈥檚 a sneak peek!
If you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us: 馃敻 Discord. 馃敻 Steam Community.
On today鈥檚 update we bring some new and cool features! Thanks Vukory for providing this beautiful illustration, hope you all enjoy it as much as we do!
Apart from the new content, we are still working on game performance, and we are making great progress. We have already improved the performance of weapons and abilities.
We have also updated the UI in some panels:
Regarding the chest鈥檚 upgrades, you will now be able to see what the current value of each item is and its upgraded value.
The game mode selection is better displayed.
The selected character icon is now displayed in the map selection panel. You can press the TAB key (on the keyboard) or SELECT (on the controller) to change character here too.
Olga's Blessing
Strange rocks will appear on shrines and in Gn枚ki's store. Find the 3 pieces and repair Olga鈥檚 statue! But who is Olga? That's a very good question... Olga's Blessing is a permanent upgrade. It allows you to offer Olga a Relic you no longer need, in exchange for rewards. Find this option in the character鈥檚 constellation panel after you鈥檝e unlocked it.
An Unexpected Visit
Reach Gn枚ki鈥檚 Realm in Jotunheim to unlock a new tent where someone special will offer you their most powerful Relics.
Note that they will only sell you one Relic each time you meet them.
Improvements and Fixes
After obtaining all the available Relics on Endless Mode, the Altars were no longer being displayed. Now they will grant Runes.
There were places where Ymir's Attacks didn't reach you.
Talk么r has been visually updated (almost unnoticeable).
General performance has been improved.
If you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us: 馃敻 Discord. 馃敻 Steam Community.
Today we bring you a really cool (no pun intended, maybe yes) update with the release of a new Realm and a new Game Mode!
Jotunheim Realm!
Welcome to the frozen depths of Jotunheim, home to giants and monstrous (for some people adorable) creatures. This new Realm comes with a new mechanic, Curses, effects that will last the entire run. Specifically, Jotunheim comes with the Frost Curse that will reduce your stat speed over time. But don't worry, warm yourself up around a bonfire to reduce the freezing and you will be good to go. You may find a more detailed info about the Freezing Curse in the pause panel.
Endless Mode!
Once you have completed any Realm on Expert mode, you will be able to access Endless Mode. A never ending run where you can test your best build and see how far you can go. Each time you complete a cycle the enemies will get stronger.
New Relics!
Wanna wield Orglo鈥檚 staff? Or maybe wear Halvard鈥檚 crown to summon burning rocks that fall from the sky?
Fixes
Fixed a bug that caused bosses to stop moving.
Time begun to run before starting a game.
Changes
UI information about how much damage mobs/boss inflict is better displayed. This UI position is adjusted when the Wave bar is hidden.
Ragnarok final bosses and some enemies HP has been increased.
In Endless Mode you will have the option to Surrender at any time in the pause panel.
Game performance has been improved. Players who were experiencing low fps should now see an improvement. We are still working on performance to provide the best experience possible.
Now setting the effect visibility to minimum value will make projectiles and their related effects to be fully transparent.
Leaderboards will reset with this update.
We would like to thank all the people who have helped us during the Beta. Thank you very much for supporting us!!
If you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us: 馃敻 Discord. 馃敻 Steam Community.
Hello!! First of all, a warm welcome to our new players and a big thank you to all our supporters for these 3 months together since the EA release! Ready for Jotunheim Beta? Grab your favorite scarf and maybe a beanie or two, cause this update will be a freezing experience! You may find all the info about how to join the beta here: PLEASE READ ALL THE INFO
Remember you don鈥檛 have to join the beta if you prefer to wait till next week and play the finished content 馃槈
Beta New Content!
Jotunheim Realm
Endless Mode
Freezing curse
Rage mode is implemented again. You鈥檒l be able to try it on Expert and Ragnarok Modes
Some fixes and improvements
Ragnarok Final Boss and some enemies HP has been increased
Infection Relic now has a 5% instead a 35% of poison spread
Time begun to count before starting a game
How to access the Beta?
REMEMBER: To play the beta, you will need to have purchased Nordic Ashes previously.
Open the Steam application.
Go to the Steam library and select Nordic Ashes.
Right click on it and select Properties.
A panel will open, select the Beta option.
Enter the following code: NordicAshesBeta
Click the button to verify that it is correct.
If everything is OK, you will have the Beta option in the drop-down menu. Select it and the game will be updated.
Beta Information
Thank you very much for helping us improve the game. You are an amazing community 馃槃 First of all, we鈥檇 like to share the following disclaimer (don鈥檛 forget to read #9)
Keep in mind that this is a Beta and therefore it may contain bugs and balancing issues.
The purpose of the Beta is that you have access to an early version of the game, so you can help us to fix bugs, balance the game and give suggestions.
The Betas last for a certain period of time. We will release them as new updates are released. This particular one will be open for 1 week.
There is a specific discussion for beta feedback in Steam.
The Beta progress will be saved in your actual account.
You can unlock the Steam achievements already published, but the new ones that will be released will not be available. However, once the Beta version is released, you will receive all achievements you have already earned.
You may upload or stream Beta content if you wish. However, please add a disclaimer to your videos/streams to announce that it is the Beta you are playing, not the public version of the game.
IMPORTANT: To avoid any loss of your progress please follow the next steps: a. Create a backup of your saving files just in case. There should be no issues but just to be safe please do. You may find them here: i. windows: %USERPROFILE%/AppData/LocalLow/Noxfall Studios/Nordic Ashes/Backup ii. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/com.NoxfallStudios.NordicAshes/Backup iii. linux: ~/.config/unity3d/Noxfall Studios/Nordic Ashes/Backup b. After playing the Beta, if you wish to return to the main version of the game and deactivate the Beta, please notice that your Beta progress will be lost.
DISCLAIMER It is possible that you find bugs or content that has yet to be implemented, such as sounds. We thank you for notifying us of any bug or issue through our discord or steam discussions, in the specific Beta section. This way we can access all the information and fix any issues. Thank you so much!
If you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us: 馃敻 Discord. 馃敻 Steam Community.
Greetings survivors! Many cool updates: Alfheim Ragnarok in da house, a new way to earn leaves, Talk么r rework and bestiary available!
Alfheim Ragnarok
You will be able to face Ragnarok levels in Alfheim! Bosses and elites now have new abilities too! Who will make it to the top 10???
Talk么r
Talk么r had what we considered to be an exponential profit curve. The more gold he had, the more his strength and survivability increased. When we created Talk么r, we wanted him to be strongly linked to gold, but not that once he reached a certain amount, he would be practically invincible and then runs became no fun. To solve this and make him more balanced, we have adjusted several things:
The infinite gold bag time has been reduced from 2 to 1.75.
The chance that enemies affected by the gold status will give a gold coin when dying has been reduced from 25% to 5%.
The maximum damage that can be obtained by Greed has been limited to 100 gold coins.
Orbs have been limited to a maximum of 100 gold coins.
Boss Rage
Bosses will now have to be defeated in a certain amount of time. This time is set according to the difficulty (don't worry, there is enough time for you to defeat them). If the boss is not defeated in time, it will enter Rage mode and the next hit you receive will be lethal (you鈥檒l still be able to fight and defeat it in this mode, it鈥檚 not an automatic one-shot bye bye). You can see the time left above the life bar.
Why did we make this change? Some characters (like Talk么r) became really unbalanced compared to others when they took advantage of endless time to farm gold while dodging the boss.
That being said, we have reversed a change we made some time ago, where boxes stopped dropping gold when a boss appeared. They will now drop gold, potions, and artifacts once again. Let us know what you think!
藧NA_Leaf藧 Yggdrasil Leaves 藧NA_Leaf藧
We want to make it easier to earn leaves, especially for new players who have many to unlock. Therefore, we have done the following:
Enemies will now grant leaves when defeated a number of times, whether they are common enemies or Elites.
The base seed drop probability has been increased.
Earned leaves are now displayed on the end game panel.
Bestiary
The Bestiary is now available on the Glossary! In this section you will see all the enemies you have defeated. It will show how many times you have defeated an enemy and how many times it has defeated you.
Fixes and improvements:
The information on how to earn Yggdrasil leaves now shows how many leaves you have obtained by defeating common and elite enemies.
Fixed a bug that caused certain boss animations to freeze when affected by status effects.
Fixed text bugs.
Reducing the alpha of the visual effects now applies correctly to Helga's relics.
Improved performance with poison visual effects that could generate a lot of lag.
Performance improved on the Repulsion Charm artifact.
Jotunheim beta
Next Thursday the Jotunheim Beta will be available for anyone who wishes to give it a try 藧NA_Gnoki藧
If you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us: 馃敻 Discord. 馃敻 Steam Community.
Hello! After a few balancing patches, today we bring you some hot news about the following updates!
Alfheim Ragnarok Mode
Yes! The time has come! Next week, March 9th Alfheim鈥檚 Ragnarok will finally be released! Get ready to kick some mushrooms!
Jotunheim Beta + release date
We鈥檇 really love you to join our new Jotunheim Beta on March 16th so we can all enjoy the new realm, enemies and mechanics (and possibly break the game)! That way, we鈥檒l be able to polish everything for the official release on March 23rd. We鈥檒l post the beta password when it鈥檚 ready.
New game mode
We also have a cool new game mode planned, more details in future posts, but we really believe you鈥檒l love it!
Thanks again for all your suggestions, even though we don鈥檛 answer all your requests, be sure that we read them all and take them into account.
That鈥檚 all for today, hope you have an amazing weekend!
