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IRONMACE · IRONMACE
Jun 21, 2024 · 23mo ago

Early Access Hotfix #54

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Early Access Hotfix #54 focuses on stability, bug fixes for spell scaling, and balance adjustments to the Barbarian, Warlock, and Druid, alongside armor penetration buffs for ranged and piercing weapons.

Buffs14

  • BarbarianSavage Roar:Savage Roar now penalizes physical damage less, increasing overall effectiveness.-40%-30% %
  • Warlock
    • Blood Pact:Warlocks can now use weapons while transformed into demons via Bloodpact.Added
    • Dark Offering:Dark Offering cooldown significantly reduced, allowing for much more frequent use.60s28s s
    • Life Drain:Life Drain now scales twice as effectively with attributes.50%100% %
  • DruidLightning Strike:Fixed an issue where Lightning Strike damage did not scale properly with attributes.
  • Bows and Crossbows
    • Windlass Crossbow:Increased armor penetration to improve effectiveness against plate armor.25%40% %
    • Crossbow:Increased armor penetration to improve effectiveness against plate armor.20%30% %
    • Longbow:Increased armor penetration to improve effectiveness against plate armor.5%20% %
    • Recurve Bow:Increased armor penetration to improve effectiveness against plate armor.0%10% %
    • Survival Bow:Increased armor penetration to improve effectiveness against plate armor.0%5% %
  • Daggers
    • Rondel Dagger:Increased armor penetration to improve effectiveness against plate armor.0%10% %
    • Stiletto Dagger:Increased armor penetration to improve effectiveness against plate armor.0%10% %
  • General
    • Clarity Potion:Clarity Potions can now be crafted to increase memory recovery rate when resting.Added
    • Starting Items:Healing items have been added as starting equipment for most classes.Added

Nerfs4

  • BarbarianRage:Rage now provides a slightly lower movement speed bonus.12%9% %
  • WarlockBlood Pact:The health drain while using Blood Pact has been increased.-1%-1.5% %/s
  • Druid
    • Rat Form:Druids now take a full penalty to Physical and Magic Damage Reduction while in Rat form.-100% %
    • Thorn Barrier:The duration of Thorn Barrier has been slightly reduced.10s8s s

Other changes2

  • General
    • Treasures no longer provide Adventure Points.Treasures give APRemoved
    • Basecamp:VoIP enabled in basecamp as a test for future social area conversion.DisabledEnabled

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Dark and Darker · Jun 21, 2024
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Patch history

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  1. Early Access Hotfix #114
    Apr 30, 2026 · 3w
    +62
  2. Hotfix #102-1
    Dec 10, 2025 · 5mo
    +11
  3. Early Access Hotfix #87-1
    Jun 10, 2025 · 11mo
    +1
  4. Early Access Hotfix #55-1
    Jul 5, 2024 · 22mo
    2

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