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New content and improvements included in the "Duel Behind the Scenes" Update

Worlds:

• New world available: "Port of Venitia"
  
  Area 1: City of Canals
  Area 2: Opera House
• Changed the number of enemies in the world "Eclipse Citadel" to adjust the difficulty curve
  
• Now after beating a difficulty level, the player will receive an extra seed from the next level as a reward
  

Gameplay:

• Set the maximum number of worlds in a seed to 3, regardless of the number of worlds available in the game (currently 4)
  
• New "Battle Challenge" type key rooms have been included in the world "Port of Venitia"
  
• Added "Debilitating" status effect which reduces the damage done by the affected target by 50%
  

Seeds:

• New world seed available: "Port of Venitia"
  

Enemies:

• New and unique enemies available:
  
  Halberdier Defender
  Guard of La Donna
  Nimbus Statue
  Vinci Discobolus
  Gunnery Sergeant
  Helix Bombard
  Cherub
  
  

Bosses:

• New boss available: "Genova, Maiden of Puppets"
  
  Any city that dares to betray the King of Darkness will be reduced to ashes, but "Port of Venitia" is a very particular enclave... His majesty will make an exception and meet with Genova, the governor of the City of Canals, to persuade her to return to the right path, for the good of the people... and the crown
  
  

NPCs:

• New collection system:
  
  Now you can use against "Dummytama" any type of weapon and gem that you have acquired during your adventures, that is, those that do not have the exclamation mark icon. You can choose the weapon and the gems you want to have embedded. Make good combinations and show no mercy!
  
  
• New NPC available: "Kiromozu, Wise but Lethal"
  
  A warrior skilled in the art of the wind, native to a distant land beyond the Eastern Meadows. Perhaps his sense of humor may sound familiar to you if you have played "Aeterna Noctis". For now, he'll only help you level up one of your sharpest weapons, but he'll have more tasks for the King of Darkness soon...
  
  

Game Progress:

• New upgrades available in the Tree of Eternity:
  
  New world upgrade available "Blacksmith King"
  
  - Unlocks the "Royal Forges" room (Max Level 1)New world upgrade available "Secured Destiny"
  
  - You have 1 additional replacement roll per level on the initial choice of weapon (Max Level 2)New world upgrade available "Consumerism"
  
  - The starting room of each area offers a selector of 2 consumables (Max Level 1)
  

Weapons:

• Updated "Jade Katana" Sword (Ascension available)
  
  SUMMUM:
  - Recharge: With the dealt damage
  - Effect: When activated, you will be able to break through your enemies in the chosen direction dealing 200% of your damage + 50% of damage per rarity level
  
  
• Updated "Hawk" Sword (Ascension available)
  
  SUMMUM:
  - Recharge: On damage with "Hunter Mark"
  - Efecto: Invokes a falcon that will fight by your side, marking enemies every 5s - 0.5s per rarity level with the "Hunter Mark", causing the next hit they take to deal 200% of your damage. When activated, the falcon will attack the nearest marked enemy
  
  
• Updated "Hangman Spirit" Scythe (Ascension Available)
  
  SUMMUM:
  - Recharge: When "Execute" enemies
  - Effect: Drastically increases your weapon's damage area and critical damage by 180% + 20% per rarity level for 10s + 2s per rarity level
  
  
• Updated "Withering" Scythe (Ascension Available)
  
  SUMMUM:
  - Recharge: On dealing poison damage
  - Effect: When activated, it will create 1 "Withering" flower at your position every second for up to 5, which will cause a random status ailment around it
  
  
• Updated "Leech" Pistol (Ascension available)
  
  SUMMUM:
  - Reload: When dealing damage with secondary fire
  - Efecto: Throw an egg that deals the same damage as the secondary projectile and upon impact releases 2 "Leeches" + 1 per rarity level that will attack nearby enemies healing you 5% of your health + 3% per rarity level on hit
  
  
• Updated "Gunpowder" Pistol (Ascension available)
  
  SUMMUM:
  - Recharge: On killing enemies
  - Effect: Throw 1 grenade per rarity that will explode after a delay or on impact with enemies, dealing 40% damage from your weapon
  
  
• Fixed a bug where the "Touch of the Death" scythe would recharge too quickly at summum level
  
• Improved the Summum visual effect of the "Touch of the Death" scythe
  
• "The Plague" scythe base damage reduction changed from 75% to 50%
  
• "Gunpowder" pistol has been modified, now its critical chance does not depend on the distance to the target, but its chance per rarity level has been reduced from 10% to 5%
  

Genes:

• New structural gene "Double Reward" (Available on difficulty 1 skull)
  
  Increases your damage by 0.1% for each open chest (Max level 10)
• New structural gene "Forger" (Available in difficulty 3 skulls)
  
  The world contains a room type "Royal Forge" for each area (Max Level 1)
• New lethal gene "Thief" (Available on difficulty 4 skulls)
  
  Lose 1% of your gold when hit by an enemy (Max Level 5)
• New lethal gene "Toll" (Available on difficulty 7 skulls)
  
  You lose 25% amount of gold when changing areas (Max Level 4)
• The number of enemies in worlds with the "Horde" gene has been adjusted and their maximum level has been increased by 1
  

Housing:

• The King of Darkness holiday mansion is now available in Famished City, although it's now a bit empty of decorations, you can improve it with each new adventure and, in addition, it is ideal for taking a break after a couple of germinated seeds
  

Various improvements:

• 5 new armor skins
  
• New and hilarious conversations with "the Deathness"
  
• The sell order (Difficulty from highest to lowest) of the seed seller has been reversed
  
• The "Event Notice" has been modified to improve its visibility
  
• Fixed a bug where the King's death animation would not appear correctly when he was affected by "Frozen"
  
• Fixed a bug where the curse of taking damage from "Dash" was not working properly in boss battles
  
• Fixed a bug where the flying enemy from the second world would hit the player without actually attacking
  
• Fixed a bug where "Count Xander" would not correctly take "Execute" damage from the scythe when he moved
  
• Fixed a bug where the "Chest" indicator icon would sometimes not appear in rooms that had more than one
  
• Fixed a bug where some "Summum" would download after pausing the game
  
• Fixed a bug where the King's death animation would sometimes not work properly when he was frozen
  
• Fixed a bug where the spears Grim Horde boss "Ledasios, High Inquisitor" could deal damage before being thrown
  
• Fixed a bug where some prompts were not updating correctly when changing controllers/keyboards
  
• Fixed a bug where the player would sometimes receive the "Starting Gold" bonus multiple times on the same seed
  
• Fixed a bug where the "Blindness" curse was not correctly covering some items
  
• Fixed a bug where on-screen damage indicators would still be visible on death
  
• Fixed a bug where in the battle against "Count Xander" the chalice would always heal him even if it was destroyed early
  
• Fixed a bug where a room next to the King's position would sometimes activate before entering it
  
• Fixed a bug where some enemies would sometimes go through walls after being hit by the "Stomp"
  
• Fixed a bug where sometimes some of the King's animations would change correctly
  
• Fixed a bug where the SFX in the "Shrine of Idalith" rooms would sometimes trigger when entering them having previously obtained the reward
  

New content and improvements included in the "Will of the Kings" Update

Gameplay:

• New game mode available: "Will of the Kings"
  
  After obtaining the "Vial of the Kings" we can fill it with chaos to infuse the seeds with the "Will of the Kings". This mode will eliminate all the options for obtaining a weapon in that world except for the initial choice, in addition, the stores and weapon selections will be transformed into a new type of room: "Royal Forges", in which we can improve our weapon both in level as in rarity and even ascend it to "Summum" level
  
  
• "Stomp" can now be canceled with Boost or Double Jump
  

Crafting:

• New item type available: Crafting Blueprints
  
  New blueprints available: "Aspects": Through these plans, it will be possible to customize the outfit of the King of Darkness
  New blueprints available: "Weapons": Through these plans, it will be possible to unlock new weapons allowing them to appear in the shops and elections of the worlds
  New blueprints available: "Summums": Through these plans, it will be possible to ascend the weapons to the Summum level, unleashing all their power and endowing the king with powerful unique abilities.
  
  
• A new currency has been included: "Skull"
  
  Skulls are obtained as a final reward by completing all the Bosses of a seed without being defeated or in seeds / special events
  
  

Enemies:

• Fixed a bug where sometimes the enemy "Killer Bandit" would not attack properly
  
• Base damage done by "Giant Skeleton" reduced from 100 to 60
  
• Removed "Electric Slug" body damage
  
• Improved the collision calculation of the enemy "Bat" when attacking
  

Minibosses:

• New member of the Grim Horde available: "Djaderas, Master of the Forbidden Arts"
  
  Loyal servant of the Demons' Mother, and one of the greatest experts on arcane forces to have served under Idalith. During the Purge War, Djaderas commanded the Grim Horde on the Eastern Front, where he achieved several decisive victories thanks to his knowledge. His track was lost shortly after the fall of the infernal lady... But he has returned to the rest of his brothers in arms.
  
  

Bosses:

• Umehara's "Rest" time between combos has been increased from 4 to 6 seconds on Normal difficulty and from 3 to 5 seconds on Hard difficulty
  
• Added a warning notice when Umehara's "Rest" time between combos is about to expire
  
• Fixed a bug where sometimes Umehara's "Tornado" attack would not advance properly
  
• Fixed a bug where leeches in battles against "Count Xander" would sometimes not die with him
  
• Fixed a bug where "Count Xander" would incorrectly clear his status ailments and curses when changing his position
  
• Improved "Count Xander" battle room performance
  

Weapons:

• New weapon rarity available: Relic
  
  Only weapons ascended to "Summum" can reach the Relic rarity level
  
  
• New Scythe Available: Will of Idalith (Ascension available)
  
  - Invokes vengeful spirits (Chase the closest enemy until they hit them for 40% of your attack damage, if the hit kills the enemy, it will invoke 1 + 1 per rarity additional vengeful spirits at their position)
  - Hitting an enemy has a 10% + 15% chance per rarity level to invoke a vengeful spirit
  - If an enemy is killed by the "Execute" ability it will invoke 1 + 1 per rarity level Vengeful Spirits at their position
  
  
  SUMMUM:
  - Recharge: When spirits hit enemies
  - Effect: Invokes waves of "Vengeful Spirits" around the King for 4s + 0.5s per rarity level
  
  
• New Sword Available: Corrupted Bloodline (Ascension Available)
  
  - Hitting an enemy will bleed you for 10% of weapon damage + 2% per rarity level
  - Passive Skill: +10% Critical Hit Chance
  - Increases critical hit damage by 10% + 15% per rarity level
  
  
  SUMMUM:
  - Recharge: With bleed damage done
  - Effect: Invokes the spirit of the legendary champion of light "Markus Garibaldi" which will serve you for 12s + 2s per rarity level, attacking enemies for you and dealing the same damage as you.
  
  
• New pistol available: Double Long Colt (Ascension available)
  
  - Light shots deal 50% more damage. Does not have a secondary fire
  - Light shots consume 2 ammo rounds
  - Light shots explode on impact with an enemy, the explosion radius is 2 units + 1 per rarity level and deals 100% weapon damage to all enemies in the area
  - Explosions created by light shots burn enemies for 20% + 5% per rarity level of weapon damage
  
  
  SUMMUM:
  - Recharge: With fire damage dealt
  - Effect: For 3s + 0.5s per rarity level, ammo is infinite and attack speed is doubled
  
  
• Updated "Touch of the Death" scythe (Ascension available)
  
  Changed the bonus boss damage calculation of his "Execute" ability to deal damage equal to 1% of his total health + 0.5% per rarity level + 1% per curse charge
  Reduced "Execute" cooldown on "Touch of the Death" scythe from 16 seconds to 12 seconds
  
  
  SUMMUM:
  - Recharge: When executing or instantly killing an enemy
  - Effect: When activated, it will instantly kill all enemies in the current room. Will deal damage to bosses equal to 12% of their total health + 3% per rarity level
  
  
• Updated sword "Executor" (Ascension available)
  
  SUMMUM:
  - Recharge: When killing an enemy with a critical hit
  - Effect: For 4s + 0.5s per rarity level, your critical hit damage and attack speed are doubled
  
  
• Updated "Taser" pistol (Ascension available)
  
  SUMMUM:
  - Recharge: Hitting enemies
  - Effect: Create a sphere of lightning around you that will continuously attack enemies in its area of effect, duration 4s + 0.5s per rarity level
  
  
• The following weapons will no longer be in the initial player game and will need to be forged to appear in worlds:
  
  
  Touch of the Death
  Mantis Claw
  Jade Katana
  Falcon
  Taser
  Devastator
  
  
  
• The damage of the "Healer Reaper" scythe has been half reduced
  
• Players with saves prior to version 0.4.000 will get these weapons directly into their inventories as crafted and will still be able to enjoy them without the necessary progression.
  

Seeds:

• New type of seed available: Exotic Seed
  
  "Exotic" type seeds open portals to unique worlds affected by exclusive genes called "Exotic Genes".
  
  
• New "Exotic" seed available: Temple of the Mother
  
  All the world has heard the stories... The atrocities that the Shadow Host committed in the Temples of the Great Mothers are excessive even for the King of Darkness. Great dangers, but also bountiful rewards await behind his walls... You are free to enter, but you must fight to emerge victorious.
  
  
• The Idalith seed will be able to appear as a reward after completing the "Shrines of Idalith" challenges.
  
• Adjusted seed level calculation when doing fusions and mutations so that it never drops below the current level
  

Rooms and events:

• New room available: "Royal Forge"
  
• New starting rooms have been designed for all worlds
  
• Modified the enemies in some of the "Dojo" chest rooms to more accurately fit the difficulty curve
  
• Added new conversations with "Su Muertísima"
  

Fountain of the two Crowns:

• New King Upgrade: "Enlarged Belt"
  
  Grants an additional consumable slot (Max Level 1)
  
  
• New King upgrade: "Shadow Dodge"
  
  When germinating a seed, you will start with a 100% chance to dodge attacks, 1 charge per level (Does not work against spike traps) (Max level 3)
  
  
• New King upgrade: "Exploitation"
  
  Consumables have a 2% chance per level not to be destroyed on use, granting one additional use (Max Level 5)
  
  

Consumables:

• Armored Fruit:
  
  Grants unbreakable defense (You only take 1 damage per hit and are immune to knockback) for 3s + 1s per rarity level. It will also activate automatically when hit, but its duration is halved.
  
  
• Gift of Eternity:
  
  Randomly remove a Death jinx
  
  
• Lament Fruit:
  
  Removes all status ailments and grants 30 seconds of immunity against them, regenerates 5% health every 5 seconds for the duration
  
  

Genes:

• New lethal gene available: "Trickster" (Available on difficulty 3 skulls)
  
  The world contains extra traps
  
  
• New lethal gene available: "Charon" (Available on difficulty 6 skulls)
  
  You will need to pay a gem to open the random area change portal
  
  
• New lethal gene available: "Resistant" (Available on difficulty 1 skull)
  
  Status ailments last 15% less per gene level (Max Level 5)
  
  
• New Structural Gene Available: "Chaos Damage" (Available on Difficulty 2 skulls)
  
  Your damage increases by 0.2% per gen level each time your chaos level increases (Max level 5)
  
  
• New Structural Gene Available: "Chaotic Health" (Available on Difficulty 2 skulls)
  
  Your life increases by 0.2% per gen level each time your chaos level increases (Max level 5)
  
  
• New Structural Gene Available: "Chaotic Luck" (Available on Difficulty 2 skulls)
  
  Your luck increases by 5 points per gen level every time your chaos level increases (Max level 5)
  
  

Player Progression:

• This patch includes a reset of all game progress menus, spent resources will be returned to players so they can redistribute them as they wish
  
• The unlock cost of the starting weapons has been reduced and the cost of both has been equalized to help starting players find a style of play that suits them sooner
  
• Changed upgrade costs for the "Two Crown Fountain" to better align with the difficulty curve
  
• Changed the costs of weapon upgrades in the forge to better align with the difficulty curve
  
• Changed the upgrade costs for the "Tree of Eternity" and reordered groups to better fit the difficulty curve
  
• "Initial dogmas" buff on "Tree of Eternity" increased from 500 to 750 per upgrade level
  
• Changed the order of "Tree of Eternity" upgrades to better match the difficulty curve
  
• Scythe level 2 buff changed from 0.5s to 1s per hit
  
• The level 5 scythe upgrade has been completely redesigned:
  
  The scythe has a 100% chance to do a second hit that deals 25% damage from the first and also applies a curse
• The level 5 sword upgrade has been completely redesigned:
  
  Sword has a wind aura when thrown, it's another collider and applies 25% of the weapon's damage, if it applies altered status, it turns off when hitting a wall and turns on again when returning
• Changed the Chaos level scaling algorithm to align with the new mechanics and prevent it from scaling excessively early in a world
  
• The luck algorithm has been modified to adjust it to the new mechanics and better adapt it to the difficulty curve
  
• Changed the enemy health scaling algorithm to better match the difficulty curve
  
• New Difficulty Added: 7 Skulls (Seed Level 70 to 79)
  
• Changed the unlock order by difficulty for the following options:
  
  Death gene "Tyrant" moved from 6 to 7 skulls
• Modified game currency drop to better adjust the progress curve
  

User interface:

• A Slot selection menu has been included when to equip a consumable if it is purchased, since it is now possible to equip more than one at the same time
  
• Keyboard movement controls can now be customized
  
• The position of the currency to be sold in the central bank indicator has been modified to make the exchange more visible
  
• Added a single hit kill indicator to the life bar, this will appear when a curse or seed gene causes that state
  
• Added quick access to our Discord server support channel in the main menu to make it easy for players to provide feedback
  
• Added a "Dodge" prompt when the Dark King evades an attack of any type
  
• Added a "You can't heal yourself" prompt when a curse or status ailment reduces healing received to 100%
  
• Now on the minimap the "Sprout" and "Trees" of eternity have a different icon to facilitate their location
  
• Map legend has been resized to include the new room types
  
• Added an indicator of the currencies obtained as a reward when opening any type of chest
  
• Added Show/Hide Seed Info option during an adventure
  

Various improvements:

• Now the fruits of the tree of eternity reflect their healing percentage in their description taking into account the negative and positive bonuses
  
• Now the fruit of maximum life indicates the amount obtained through a pop-up
  
• Fixed a bug where currency amounts were not correctly indicated when the figure was very large
  
• Fixed a bug where the double jump would sometimes reset incorrectly after firing pistols low to the ground
  
• Fixed a bug where some pistols could hit enemies off-screen at long range
  
• Fixed a bug where the low health indicator would sometimes not turn off properly when recovering health
  
• Fixed a bug where status ailments were not being placed correctly on the health bars of giant enemies
  
• Fixed a bug where status ailments damage indicators would sometimes not disappear correctly
  
• Fixed a bug where tents and event rooms would not allow you to interact when teleporting until you left their detection zone
  
• After beating the last boss of a seed the reward selection will no longer appear as it is not possible to advance further in that world
  
• Fixed a bug where the King would sometimes not return to a safe position after falling into a chasm in "Dark Castle"
  
• The effect of the "Enhanced Speed" gem has been doubled
  
• Increased the spread radius of the "Epidemic" gem from 5 to 7 base and from 1 to 2 per rarity level
  
• Gems that granted "Dodge" abilities have been removed from stores
  

New content and improvements included in the "Blood Moon" Update

Worlds:

• New world available: "Dark Castle"
  
  Area 1: Cursed City
  Area 2: Dark Castle
  
  

Gameplay:

• Changed the effect of status ailments on the King:
  
  The "Poisoned" status will now deal a low amount of damage over time and slow movement by 50% for the duration of its effect
  The "Bleed Out" status will now deal a medium amount of damage over time and reduce healing by 50% for the duration of its effect
  The "Burn" status will now deal a high amount of damage in a reduced amount of time
• The "Stomp" attack will now kill enemies with max health below a threshold in one hit
  
• The animation cancel window on pistol attacks has been extended to improve the King's reaction to attacks
  

Enemies:

• New enemies available:
  
  Skeleton Archer
  Skeleton Giant
  Lich
  Rabid Bat
  Rear Soldier
  Steel Fighter
  Steel Mutilator
  Dark Wizard
  Assassin Bandit
• The impact calculation against the platforms of the projectile of the enemy "Ax throwing warrior" has been improved
  
• Fixed a bug where enemies would sometimes not die when the "True Cure" gem was equipped
  
• Fixed a bug where the "Electric Slug" enemy would not unfreeze when it exploded
  

Bosses:

• New boss available: Count Xander
  
  The death of several soldiers under the orders of the King of Darkness makes the cursed monarch go to the Dark Castle to meet with a former lackey and thus discover the mystery behind these crimes.
• Improved the rarity of items received as rewards from final bosses
• Fixed a bug where the figure puzzle in the battle against "Dantilus" would sometimes appear green even though the pieces did not match
  

Minibosses:

• Improved the rarity of items awarded as rewards in "Shrines of Idalith" rooms, and added a chance for "Battle Flowers" to appear
  
• Fixed a bug where the alchemist miniboss grenades would sometimes not explode properly against the ground
  
• Fixed a bug where "Ledasios" would sometimes exit the battle room when performing his charge attack
  
• Fixed a bug where "Ledasios" would sometimes get paralyzed while performing his spear-throwing attacks
  
• The skills of "Ledasios" have been adjusted to balance it more correctly to the difficulty curve
  

Weapons:

• Changed the minimum and maximum distance that the projectile of the "Taser" gun reaches
  
• Scythe "Execute" ability cast time reduced from 1 to 0.75 seconds
  
• Reduced the opacity of the shot effects of the "Clipped" pistol to improve its visibility
  
• Fixed a bug where multiple status ailments were applied in one hit when the "Status Wheel" gem was equipped on the "Quadra Cannon" weapon
  
• Fixed a bug where the King could sometimes fire pistols while frozen
  
• Reduced the life time of the projectiles of the pistols when leaving the King's vision range
  

Gems:

• New Gem Type: Unique Rarity
  
  Unique rarity gems cannot be upgraded
• Instant kill percentage of "Coup de Grace" gem is reduced from 3% base + 2% per rarity to 3% base + 1% per rarity
  
• Increased the percentage of health recovered from the "Accurate Heal" gem from 0.5% to 1% per rarity level
  
• Changed the seed creation algorithm to group their genes and adjust them to the difficulty curve
  

Seeds:

• New World Seed: Dark Castle
  
• Area 1 of the "Harunokaze Village" world has been expanded with 10 new rooms
  
• Area 2 of the "Harunokaze Village" world has been expanded with 25 new rooms
  
• Changed the seed creation algorithm to group their genes and adjust them to the difficulty curve
  

Genes:

• New lethal gene "Armored"
  
  Enemies are now protected by armour which will make them immune to damage, effects and status ailments until destroyed (duration 1 hit per gen level)
• New lethal gene "Glacial"
  
  Enemies now cause the "Freeze" status ailment when hitting the King with their attacks (Duration 2 seconds + 1 second per gen level)
• New lethal gene "Bleeding"
  
  Enemies now cause the "Bleed Out" status ailment when hitting the King with their attacks (2% of enemy hit damage per second + 2% damage per level, duration 6 seconds, effect of heals will be reduced by 50% while effect lasts)
• New lethal gene "Burning"
  
  Enemies now cause the "Burn" status effect when hitting the king with his attacks (7% of enemy hit damage per second + 7% damage per level, duration 4 seconds)
• New lethal gene "Toxic"
  
  Enemies now cause the "Poison" status effect when hitting the king with their attacks (1% enemy hit damage per second + 1% damage per level, duration 8 seconds, movement speed will be reduced by 50% for the duration of the effect)
• New structural gene "Cartographer"
  
  Now the special rooms have their location revealed on the map
• New structural gene "Malefic"
  World contains +1 additional Idalith Room per Area
  
  

NPCs:

• New NPC "Usnar Ali"
  
  Our friend Usnar the "Banker" will allow you to exchange currencies with a fair deal most of the time, plus, every time you come back from your adventures he will have great offers that you won't be able to miss. Keep in mind that the Bank's opening hours are always during the day
• Changed mechanics of "Rasen Lupine":
  
  Now it will offer you a packet of seeds for each level of difficulty unlocked, each packet will contain seeds adapted to the level of that difficulty
  
  

Jinxes:

• Now the Death has brand new jinxes:
  
  New jinx "Invisibility": If you could choose a superpower... What would it be? This jinx is perfect for literally finding yourself...
  New jinx: "Slippery": What if you got oil on the soles of your boots? You're going to have a good time with this jinx...
• New dialogues with the "Deathness" available, don't stop talking to her...
  

New gems:

• New Gem "Antifreeze"
  
  The King is immune to the "Freeze" status ailment
• New Gem "Fireproof"
  
  The King is immune to the "Burn" status ailment
• New Gem "Antidote"
  
  The King is immune to the "Poison" status ailment
• New Gem "Coagulant"
  
  The King is immune to the "Bleed Out" status ailment
  
  

Game progress:

• New difficulty progression system:
  
  Players will now need to beat all bosses of a certain seed of a certain level and difficulty to unlock the next one
  By accessing a new difficulty level, the maximum level of seed that the player can access will be increased and in addition, new genes, NPCs, characteristics and seeds will be unlocked, increasing the content available.
  The difficulty of a seed is determined by its level and the number of "Skulls" it has. The more "Skulls" you own, the more difficult the world you generate
  The final reward obtained after completing or being defeated in a seed will increase 10% for each "Skull" difficulty
  
  

User interface:

• Changed enemy health bar colors to improve visibility
  
• The last sort filter applied to the "Merger" and "Germinator" menus of the Botanist is now saved
  
• Reduced the size of HUD ability indicators by 20%
  
• An indicator now appears on the map and mini-map around the room you are currently in
  
• Added a new indicator to select the destination room in the "Teleport" mode of the map
  
• Changed tertiary weapon action button from "Circle / B" to "R1 / RB" to align with future mechanics
  
• Changed the glow of the "Low Health" indicator so that it only appears once and not on every hit the King takes
  
• The "Leave" option in the game menu has been blocked when you are out of a world
  
• Fixed a bug where the number of "Guardian Angel" gauges would sometimes not display correctly
  
• Fixed a bug where some menu movement sounds were sometimes not playing correctly
  
• Fixed a bug where, under certain circumstances, the last action could sometimes be opened in an already visited weapon or gem shop after exiting it
  

Medley:

• Now the King will make an introduction of the reason that has led him to each of the worlds he visits
  
• Fixed a bug with seed sort filters where the applied filter did not match the displayed one
  
• Fixed a bug where the room indicators on the minimap would not animate correctly after taking on a "Shrine of Idalith" challenge
  
• Fixed a bug with the king's cloak animation when the king was frozen in mid-air
  
• Fixed a bug where off-screen cheat prompts were displayed incorrectly
  

Worlds:

• New world available: "Dark Castle"
  
  Area 1: Cursed City
  Area 2: Dark Castle
  
  

Gameplay:

• Changed the effect of status ailments on the King:
  
  The "Poisoned" status will now deal a low amount of damage over time and slow movement by 50% for the duration of its effect
  The "Bleed Out" status will now deal a medium amount of damage over time and reduce healing by 50% for the duration of its effect
  The "Burn" status will now deal a high amount of damage in a reduced amount of time
• The "Stomp" attack will now kill enemies with max health below a threshold in one hit
  
• The animation cancel window on pistol attacks has been extended to improve the King's reaction to attacks
  

Enemies:

• New enemies available:
  
  Skeleton Archer
  Skeleton Giant
  Lich
  Rabid Bat
  Rear Soldier
  Steel Fighter
  Steel Mutilator
  Dark Wizard
  Assassin Bandit
• The impact calculation against the platforms of the projectile of the enemy "Ax throwing warrior" has been improved
  
• Fixed a bug where enemies would sometimes not die when the "True Cure" gem was equipped
  
• Fixed a bug where the "Electric Slug" enemy would not unfreeze when it exploded
  

Bosses:

• New boss available: Count Xander
  
  The death of several soldiers under the orders of the King of Darkness makes the cursed monarch go to the Dark Castle to meet with a former lackey and thus discover the mystery behind these crimes.
  Improved the rarity of items received as rewards from final bosses
• Fixed a bug where the figure puzzle in the battle against "Dantilus" would sometimes appear green even though the pieces did not match
  

Minibosses:

• Improved the rarity of items awarded as rewards in "Shrines of Idalith" rooms, and added a chance for "Battle Flowers" to appear
  
• Fixed a bug where the alchemist miniboss grenades would sometimes not explode properly against the ground
  
• Fixed a bug where "Ledasios" would sometimes exit the battle room when performing his charge attack
  
• Fixed a bug where "Ledasios" would sometimes get paralyzed while performing his spear-throwing attacks
  
• The skills of "Ledasios" have been adjusted to balance it more correctly to the difficulty curve
  

Weapons:

• Changed the minimum and maximum distance that the projectile of the "Taser" gun reaches
  
• Scythe "Execute" ability cast time reduced from 1 to 0.75 seconds
  
• Reduced the opacity of the shot effects of the "Clipped" pistol to improve its visibility
  
• Fixed a bug where multiple status ailments were applied in one hit when the "Status Wheel" gem was equipped on the "Quadra Cannon" weapon
  
• Fixed a bug where the King could sometimes fire pistols while frozen
  
• Reduced the life time of the projectiles of the pistols when leaving the King's vision range
  

Gems:

• New Gem Type: Unique Rarity
  
  Unique rarity gems cannot be upgraded
• Instant kill percentage of "Coup de Grace" gem is reduced from 3% base + 2% per rarity to 3% base + 1% per rarity
  
• Increased the percentage of health recovered from the "Accurate Heal" gem from 0.5% to 1% per rarity level
  
• Changed the seed creation algorithm to group their genes and adjust them to the difficulty curve
  

Seeds:

• New World Seed: Dark Castle
  
• Area 1 of the "Harunokaze Village" world has been expanded with 10 new rooms
  
• Area 2 of the "Harunokaze Village" world has been expanded with 25 new rooms
  
• Changed the seed creation algorithm to group their genes and adjust them to the difficulty curve
  

Genes:

• New lethal gene "Armored"
  
  Enemies are now protected by armour which will make them immune to damage, effects and status ailments until destroyed (duration 1 hit per gen level)
• New lethal gene "Glacial"
  
  Enemies now cause the "Freeze" status ailment when hitting the King with their attacks (Duration 2 seconds + 1 second per gen level)
• New lethal gene "Bleeding"
  
  Enemies now cause the "Bleed Out" status ailment when hitting the King with their attacks (2% of enemy hit damage per second + 2% damage per level, duration 6 seconds, effect of heals will be reduced by 50% while effect lasts)
• New lethal gene "Burning"
  
  Enemies now cause the "Burn" status effect when hitting the king with his attacks (7% of enemy hit damage per second + 7% damage per level, duration 4 seconds)
• New lethal gene "Toxic"
  
  Enemies now cause the "Poison" status effect when hitting the king with their attacks (1% enemy hit damage per second + 1% damage per level, duration 8 seconds, movement speed will be reduced by 50% for the duration The effect)
• New structural gene "Cartographer"
  
  Now the special rooms have their location revealed on the map
• New structural gene "Malefic"
  World contains +1 additional Idalith Room per Area
  
  

NPCs:

• New NPC "Usnar Ali"
  
  Our friend Usnar the "Banker" will allow you to exchange currencies with a fair deal most of the time, plus, every time you come back from your adventures he will have great offers that you won't be able to miss. Keep in mind that the Bank's opening hours are always during the day
• Changed mechanics of "Rasen Lupine":
  
  Now it will offer you a packet of seeds for each level of difficulty unlocked, each packet will contain seeds adapted to the level of that difficulty
  
  

Jinxes:

• Now the Death has brand new jinxes:
  
  New jinx "Invisibility": If you could choose a superpower... What would it be? This jinx is perfect for literally finding yourself...
  New jinx: "Slippery": What if you got oil on the soles of your boots? You're going to have a good time with this jinx...
• New dialogues with the "Deathness" available, don't stop talking to her...
  

New gems:

• New Gem "Antifreeze"
  
  The King is immune to the "Freeze" status ailment
• New Gem "Fireproof"
  
  The King is immune to the "Burn" status ailment
• New Gem "Antidote"
  
  The King is immune to the "Poison" status ailment
• New Gem "Coagulant"
  
  The King is immune to the "Bleed Out" status ailment
  
  

Game progress:

• New difficulty progression system:
  
  Players will now need to beat all bosses of a certain seed of a certain level and difficulty to unlock the next one
  By accessing a new difficulty level, the maximum level of seed that the player can access will be increased and in addition, new genes, NPCs, characteristics and seeds will be unlocked, increasing the content available.
  The difficulty of a seed is determined by its level and the number of "Skulls" it has. The more "Skulls" you own, the more difficult the world you generate
  The final reward obtained after completing or being defeated in a seed will increase 10% for each "Skull" difficulty
  
  

User interface:

• Changed enemy health bar colors to improve visibility
  
• The last sort filter applied to the "Merger" and "Germinator" menus of the Botanist is now saved
  
• Reduced the size of HUD ability indicators by 20%
  
• An indicator now appears on the map and mini-map around the room you are currently in
  
• Added a new indicator to select the destination room in the "Teleport" mode of the map
  
• Changed tertiary weapon action button from "Circle / B" to "R1 / RB" to align with future mechanics
  
• Changed the glow of the "Low Health" indicator so that it only appears once and not on every hit the King takes
  
• The "Leave" option in the game menu has been blocked when you are out of a world
  
• Fixed a bug where the number of "Guardian Angel" gauges would sometimes not display correctly
  
• Fixed a bug where some menu movement sounds were sometimes not playing correctly
  
• Fixed a bug where, under certain circumstances, the last action could sometimes be opened in an already visited weapon or gem shop after exiting it
  

Medley:

• Now the King will make an introduction of the reason that has led him to each of the worlds he visits
  
• Fixed a bug with seed sort filters where the applied filter did not match the displayed one
  
• Fixed a bug where the room indicators on the minimap would not animate correctly after taking on a "Shirne of Idalith" challenge
  
• Fixed a bug with the king's cloak animation when the king was frozen in mid-air
  
• Fixed a bug where off-screen cheat prompts were displayed incorrectly
  

New content and improvements included in "Demons' Mother" Update

Gameplay:

• Changed the radius and improved the visual effect of the "Unleashed Plague" upgrade on the scythe
  
• Added a visual effect on enemies and the King when affected by status ailments
  
• The "Frozen" ailment can now also affect the King
  
  Suffering from this state will prevent the King from moving and he will be vulnerable to attacks. He will be able to regain mobility by repeatedly pressing the attack button, receiving an enemy hit or passing the certain freezing time
• Dash's "Cooldown Time" has been reduced to improve its response on the ground
  

Rooms and events:

• New challenge room: "Shrine of Idalith"
  
  The rooms in honor of the one known as "Mother of Demons" contain a special treasure called "Offering to Idalith", to obtain it you must defeat a random member of the "Grim Horde".
• 3 minibosses: The minions of Idalith protect the treasures of their infernal lady (currently 3 minibosses available)
  "Valatuk, Lord of War"
  "Samnidas, Plaguebearer"
  "Ledasios, Grand Inquisitor"
  

Seeds:

• New seed type: "World Seed"
  
  They will create a new adventure setting the initial world with the one associated with this seed
• New World Seed: "Eclipse Citadel"
  
• New World Seed: "Harunokaze Village"
  
• Current seeds have been transformed into "World Seeds" of type "Eclipse Citadel"
  
• The maximum number of seeds the King can carry has been increased from 40 to 999
  
• It is now possible to sort seeds by level, rarity and drop
  
• Added a "skulls" marker in the seed info to indicate their difficulty
  

Worlds:

• Eclipse Citadel world area 1 has been expanded with 20 new rooms
  
• Eclipse Citadel world area 2 has been expanded with 25 new rooms
  
• Reduced the size of world area 1 "Harunokaze Village" to shorten its duration
  

Genes:

• New lethal gene: "Assassination"
  
  Increased damage and health of bosses (Available on seeds level 40 or higher)
• New lethal gene: "Tyrant"
  
  Bosses are more difficult. The reward obtained after defeating a boss under the influence of this gene will be doubled (Available in seeds of level 45 or higher)
• New Structural Gene: "Survival": Adds a "Guardian Angel" charge to the King
  
• Changed the "Gold" structural gene to give a percentage of current Dogmas instead of a flat amount when discovering new rooms
  

NPCs:

• "Dummytama, Test Subject"
  
  You will be able to test basic weapons of any kind against him without leaving Famished City and this is just the beginning...
• "Rasen Lupine, Knight and Thief"
  
  Trades in items of dubious origin in Famished City, allowing the King to quickly obtain seeds of different types and levels for a "fair" price. He will only appear when the streets are deserted, he likes to keep his merchandise out of the reach of prying eyes...
  
  

Gems:

• New Gem: "Epidemic"
  
  When an enemy affected by status ailments dies, it will transfer those statuses to nearby enemies (Rarity upgrade: +1 to contagion distance)
• New Gem: "Static Bow"
  
  Hitting an enemy will create a lightning bolt that will damage the nearest enemy for 50% of your damage (Will not damage the same enemy more than once) (Rarity upgrade: +1 enemy, +5% to damage)
  
  

Weapons:

• New sword "Jade Katana":
  
  Increase your attack speed by 5% for 2 seconds for each hit to the enemy (Max 5 charges) (Rarity upgrade: 1% attack speed)
• New scythe "Mantis Claw":
  
  Increases your attack speed by 5%. On cast, double the buff for 2 seconds for each enemy killed (Buff Rarity: 5% Attack Speed)
• New gun "Taser":
  
  Hitting an enemy will trigger a lightning bolt that will strike a nearby target for 25% of the initial damage. The effect will repeat 1 time (Rarity Boost: +5% to damage and +1 target)
• The buff duration of the "Spirit of the Executioner" scythe has been changed from 1 to 2 seconds per executed enemy
  
• Changed the health recovery gained by the "Healing Grim Reaper" scythe from +0.5% to +0.2% per rarity level to balance it with the other weapons
  
• The attack speed calculation on the swords has been modified to balance them with the other weapons
  
• Fixed King sword attack animations bugs when attack speed was increased
  
• Now the projectiles of the pistol "Quadcannon" have auto-aiming
  
• Improved the visual effect of swords when they are thrown
  
• Fixed a bug where scythe curse charges would sometimes not stack correctly
  
• Pistol projectiles will now be destroyed when leaving the King's view range to avoid hitting off-screen enemies
  
• Plague Scythe curse damage increased from 20% to 25% per rarity to balance it with other weapons
  
• Increased the healing received from the heavy projectiles of the "Bloodsucker" pistol from 3% to 5% base and from 1% to 3% per rarity level to balance it with the other weapons
  

Game Progress:

• New improvements available in the "Tree of Eternity" in Famished City:
  
  "Demonic Cult": Unlocks the spawn of the "Shrine of Idalith" room in the worlds
  "Wholesaler": It is now possible to change a shop's items randomly in exchange for several Dogmas
  "Foolish": It is now possible to make an extra roll for each Wheel of Death in exchange for several Dogmas
• New upgrades available in the "Two Crowns Fountain" in Famished City:
  
  "Empowered Curse": Increases your damage by 5% when cursed (Upgrade per level: Increases damage by 5%)
  "Adamite Seeker": Enemies now have a chance to drop ingots on death (Upgrade per level: Increases chance)
  "Sapiens": Enemies now have a chance to drop sap on death (Upgrade per level: Increases chance)

User interface:

• Patch notes have been included in the main menu
  
• The following options have been added to the "Game" menu:
  
  Auto-Aim Guns: On / Off
  Weapon Auto-Spin: Always On / Only On Ground / Off
• The "Rooms not yet discovered" marker has been modified to improve its visibility
  
• Added scroll to the "Hexes" list
  
• The design of the enemies' life bar has been modified
  
• The design of the "Guardian Angel" indicator has been modified
  
• Decreased the update speed of the life bar when the King is hit to make it easier to see
  
• Options menu UI graphics changed
  

Bosses:

• Dantilus: New difficulty added (Hard)
  
• Umehara: New difficulty added (Hard)
  
• Danger warnings have been added to the projectiles fired by "Umehara" when they are out of the King's vision
  
• Fixed a bug where damage from bosses was not calculated correctly when starting the game directly in their lobby
  
• Fixed a bug where the "Freeze" ailment would sometimes disable Umehara's melee damage
  

Various:

• It is not always daytime in "Famine City" now sometimes it will be dark
  
• Fixed a bug where some Chest Rooms would not change their "Completed" icon on the map and minimap
  
• Fixed a visual bug in the Weapon Upgrade Popup when using Tree of Eternity flowers
  
• Fixed a bug where damage was displayed incorrectly in shops when "Master Sword" was equipped with its enchantment active
  
• Fixed a bug where enemies would rotate incorrectly when falling from a platform
  
• Fixed a bug where status gems on weapons would sometimes not equip correctly
  
• The calculation of luck to adjust more correctly to the difficulty curve
  
• Fixed a bug where the "Frog-Eye" enemy would sometimes jump too high
  
• Fixed a bug where the "Frog-Eye" enemy would sometimes get stuck in the room exit doors
  
• Fixed a bug where sometimes freezing the enemy would keep their movement inertia
  
• Fixed a bug where the "Low Vision" curse was not displayed correctly in battle vs "Dantilus"
  
• Fixed a bug where the weapon level would sometimes not be calculated correctly if a game was loaded into a boss room
  
• Fixed a bug where menu controls would sometimes hang when playing with the keyboard
  
• Fixed a bug where sometimes the "Dash" would restart incorrectly
  
• Fixed a bug where enemies would sometimes "Revive" after loading a started game
  
• Fixed a bug where enemy health was calculated incorrectly after loading a started game
  
• The algorithm for the relationship between the positive and negative values of death hexes has been modified
  
• Fixed a bug where the correct rewards would sometimes not appear after the battle with "Dantilus" after loading a started game
  
• The calculation of the damage done by the enemies based on the seed level has been modified to better adjust to the difficulty curve
  
• Fixed a bug where the double jump would not execute correctly when used in the air with a trap under the King
  
• The visual effects of the "Monks" attacks have been modified to improve their visibility
  
• Added a warning before fire traps are activated to improve their visibility
  
• The conversations with the Death have been expanded. Don't forget to chat with her!