Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok

New bundle arrived!

Improvements

• If you touch the Gnöki Exchange Shrine (the one in the shop, that exchanges xp for gold) once and then step away, it will exchange xp for gold 1 time. But if you stay close, it will exchange xp for gold multiple times, faster each time.
  
• If you already have the maximum gold, it won’t keep exchanging xp for nothing even if you stay close.
  
• This exchange shrine will also appear in the room before the final boss.
  
• Changed the color of the timer that appears on the bottom center of the screen during runs so you can see it better.
  
• You can now hide the UI during runs in case you want to take a screenshot pressing F9 or the left joystick.
  
• Manual aim (mouse): we’ve slightly changed how it works and we hope it is now more intuitive. It will aim at you enemies while you keep it pressed.
  
• Green hearts will now appear always in last position. This way you will lose them first when you get hit, as they grant you xp when they break.
  

Alruna balancing

• To make unlocking her more intuitive, it will now be on Niflheim Realm. As ice potions are unlocked in this realm, it will make things more straight forward.
  
• And speaking of Ice Potions. We’ve also changed the probability of them appearing on the shop, so they are easier to obtain. Before, red potions were Common and the others were Rare. Now they all have the same % of appearing.
  
• Her weapon Selenite Wand, has now manual aim too.
  
• If your character has earned penetration stats, Selenite Wand will have them too.
  
• Alruna’s Ultimate ability: she will summon one extra Gunborg every 5 summons on her global stats.
  
• The Mandrake’s cry area is now larger.
  
• Splintered Bones have now a larger area. Their initial duration has been changed from 2 to 3.
  
• Splintered Bones caused bleeding, but it was not specified in their description. Now it is.
  
• Updated Alruna’s minions descriptions.
  

Hansi balancing

• Crimson Dagger had a random target. It now targets nearby enemies.
  
• Deep Crystal now starts with 2 projectiles instead of 1 and the area of effect is larger. It also targets enemies more efficiently.
  
• Shadow Crossbow has now faster projectiles but they last less and have less attack speed. It now targets the closest enemies.
  
• Shadow Warrior also targets now the closest enemies.
  

Effects visibility tutorial

Fixes

• There was a know bug that made some bosses or enemies immortal. This should now be fixed.
  
• Alruna’s Splintered Bones relic was not aiming correctly.
  
• Sometimes, Alruna’s stats regarding her innate ability were not being added correctly when you leveled up.
  

We invite you to nominate Nordic Ashes to the Steam Awards!

Autumn Sale

New survivor: Alruna

Relics

Minions from the underworld

Fixes

• We read your countless comments, and our dear Muspelheim Phoenix boss has been nerfed, so we hope it's now more balanced.
  
• For some reason, baby Ase and Eir's wings were from their older versions. Now their sprites are correct.
  
• Healing Shrine works correctly once again.
  
• When resetting, souls at the Sacrifice Shrine stopped moving.
  

Muspelheim

Floor is Lava

Burning Heart

New Dragon Egg Shrine

Fire Relics

Niflheim Soundtrack

Fixes and improvements

• Helheim elite Red Cranium's health was bugged when it divided.
  
• Ice balls, Burning Projectiles and Poison Projectiles where aiming into wrong directions.
  
• Elites stopped appearing in high Ragnarok levels.
  
• Final Boss Jord anims have been slightly modified.
  
• Final Boss Hel's pillars shouldn't have that much HP now.
  
• Minor fixes related to bosses behavior.
  

New character next week

20% off to celebrate Muspelheim realm!

We’re almost there!

Muspelheim Beta

Thanks for joining!

How to access the Beta?

1. Open the Steam application.
   
2. Go to the Steam library and select Nordic Ashes.
   
3. Right click on it and select Properties.
   
4. A panel will open, select the Beta option.
   
5. Enter the following code: NordicAshesBeta
   
6. Click the button to verify that it is correct.
   
7. 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

1. Keep in mind that this is a Beta and therefore it may contain bugs and balancing issues.
   
2. 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.
   
3. 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.
   
4. There is a specific discussion for beta feedback in Steam.
   
5. The Beta progress will be saved in your actual account.
   
6. 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.
   
7. 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.
   
8. 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.
   

Beta tomorrow

Human Blud

New Ragnarok levels

Fixes and improvements

• You could move while the run was loading.
  
• Vanaheim statue lasers no longer attack you just right after the run begins.
  
• Thyra’s arrows movement was different depending on your framerate.
  
• Most Polish translations are updated.
  

Nightmare Mode

Helheim OST

Spooky season

Fixes and improvements

• Soul Charger relic was too powerful regarding Rare relics. It will now become an Epic relic instead of a Rare. And the 1% probability of earning half a blue heart will now be 0.25%. However, the relic will still be pretty strong.
  
• There was a bug on the “Yesterday’s Challenge” where 500 seed reward was shown instead of 250.
  
• Some shrines were blocked by props on Svartalfheim.
  
• Some stats were showing decimals incorrectly.
  

Thyra Improvements

• Thyras Final Shot arrow ascension now has autoaim and will search for the closest enemy. There will be as many giant arrows as projectiles Thyra has.
  
• Thyra’s Shooter relic now adds 1 extra global projectile instead of just adding it to her relics.
  
• The Mighty Daggers have a higher probability of shooting more daggers each time.
  

Blud Improvements

• Blud’s ultimate ability Area has been increased from 1.5 to 2.5
  
• Blud could lose all his red health with his passive if he had blue health
  
• Blud will now be able to unlock 4 new relics so all characters can enjoy them!
  
  

Daily Challenge

We’ve changed how manual aim input works

Fixes:

• Items could be sold twice to Olga in some cases.
  
• Olga’s was enabled on Innate skills too.
  
• If you sell a relic that granted you heart containers, you will now lose them (this wasn’t working properly).
  
• Regarding Potion restrictions, when potions “appear” in Gnöki’s realm, they will now show up as “sold” instead of appearing.
  

Sneak peek

Innate Skills

• We’ve added to the character’s constellation new information, called “Innate skills”. These are the unique abilities of each of the characters. This way, you will be able to check the information any time while you are playing, instead of just finding it on the Character Selection screen.
  
• Thyra and Hafgrim have now their own innate skils.
  
• Catrina Amaranth’s ultimate ability was lacking its Halloween skin.
  
• Translations improved.
  

Muspelheim Sneak Peek

Roadmap

• October 19th: New relics, fixes, improvements and suggestions.
  
• October 26th : Nightmare Mode in more realms.
  
• November 2nd : End of Spooky Season. Muspelheim Beta. Ragnarok in more Realms.
  
• November 9th : New Realm: Muspelheim!
  
• November 16th : New character!
  
• November 23rd : Fixes, improvements and suggestions.
  
• December 1st : Winter Season begins, including one character themed skin, winter themed relics and festive decoration in one of the realms!