v1.0.3 - Balance Update

✦AI summary1d

v1.0.3 focuses on reducing early-game tedium for Agromancy and Rituals, adjusting attribute scaling to prevent spam, and introducing the 'Rally' mechanic for Zeal.

▲Buffs20

Agromancy
- All Plants:Growth times for all plants are roughly halved, significantly reducing early-game tedium.2m→1m m
- All Nodes:Weaving times for all nodes have been cut down to approximately one-third of their previous duration.1→1/3
- Empty Plot:Reduced recovery time for empty plots from 60s to 40s.60s→40s s
- Druidry Levels:Slightly reduced the weave cost multiplier for Druidry levels.x5.25→x5
Rituals
- Zeal:Introduced 'Rally', which increases Zeal generation by 5x up to a certain value starting at 20.→Added
- Active Rituals:Reduced the penalty to Zeal capacity while rituals are active.-10%→-5% %
- Shine:Reduced the Zeal cost of the Shine ritual.60→40
- Restoration:Lowered the upgrade and activation cost requirements for Restoration by 1e3.→-1e3
Research
- General:Significantly improved research times across the board (e.g., Tech reduced from 60s to 20s).60s→20s s
- Improved Casting:Increased the Cantrip Power multiplier provided by Improved Casting research.x1.40→x1.50
- Weave Mastery:Increased the weave speed bonus from Weave Mastery.+25%→+40% %
Achievements
- Orbular Growth:Increased the Mana Gained reward from Orbular Growth.x1.04→x1.05
- Spellslinger:Increased the Cantrip Power reward from Spellslinger.x1.08→x1.12
- Spellslinger:Spellslinger now also provides a bonus to Cantrip Cooldown Speed.→x1.08
Consumables
- Fruit Consumables:Reduced the penalty for missing percent per minute on all fruit consumables.120%→40% %
- Fruit Consumables:Fruit consumables now provide a +60% Total Gain Rate for their respective resource type.→+60% %
- Threads of Growth:Significantly increased the speed bonus provided by Threads of Growth.+150%→+250% %
Artifacts
- Growth Shard:Changed Growth Shard from a multiplier to a flat +80% Total Growth Speed bonus.x1.25→+80% %
- Growth Shard:Changed Growth Shard from a multiplier to a flat +40% Total Recovery Speed bonus.x1.20→+40% %
UI & BugfixesSuper Metabolism:Fixed an issue where Super Metabolism was not working properly.Broken→Fixed

▼Nerfs2

General
- Resource Splash no longer affects resource rarity, preventing exponential returns when targeting single resources.
- Attribute ranks now increase the cost of the attribute by 1.1x per rank to discourage attribute spamming.→x1.1 / rank

✚Bug fixes1

UI & BugfixesUpdated the saving process to be more resilient against crashes.→Crash-proof

◆Other changes3

GeneralTweaked discovery RNG to reduce forced future choices and prefer options the player can actually use.
AgromancyVoid Moss:Replaced 'Extract' with 'Destroy' to reduce player confusion.Extract→Destroy
UI & BugfixesResearches are now always visible in tech-tree tooltips after the first world reset.→Always Visible