Patch 033

Early Access Patch 033 - December 6, 2019 (Happy Birthday, HADES!)

This patch builds on our recent Welcome to Hell Update with new balance changes, additional story content, and for the first time... multi-language support!! It's a lovely time of year in the Underworld!

Highlights

 * Localization: added first-pass text translations in French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, and Simplified Chinese!! We also have Polish coming soon.
 * Additional details:
 * To set the game's language, go to Options > Languages in the Main Menu.
 * We are just beginning to localize this game! Not all translations are fully up to date.
 * Stay tuned for more information about how you can contribute to localization as part of Early Access.

Infernal Arms, Aspects, & Abilities

 * Stygian Blade (Nemesis): reduced critical chance; adjusted scaling per rank
 * Heart-Seeking Bow (Zagreus): increased critical chance
 * Heart-Seeking Bow (Chiron): reduced max shots per Special

Boons & Blessings

 * Heaven's Vengeance (Zeus): normalized damage (to be generally greater than before)
 * Typhoon's Fury (Poseidon): increased power level; adjusted power scaling from improved rarity
 * Poseidon's Aid: increased damage
 * Blinding Flash (Athena): reduced power scaling from improved rarity
 * Dying Lament (Aphrodite): increased damage
 * Curse of Vengeance (Ares): increased damage; adjusted power scaling from improved rarity
 * After Party (Dionysus): increased healing effect
 * Premium Vintage (Dionysus): drops upgraded Nectar if you have the right Contractor Renovation
 * Black Out (Dionysus): fixed an issue preventing its damage bonus from applying reliably
 * Merciful End (Athena x Ares): no longer upgradeable using Poms
 * Roiling (Chaos): now only affects standard encounters (it no longer adds foes to mini-boss encounters)

Daedalus Hammer Upgrades

 * Relentless Barrage (Bow): now adds a flat bonus of additional shots (instead of a percent increase)
 * Charged Shot (Shield): increased damage

Foes & Encounters

 * Survival encounters can no longer have both elite foes and standard foes of the same type
 * Splitter: Deflect effects now work correctly against their split-up projectiles
 * Bone Hydra: improved target tracking for its wave-shooting heads
 * Soul-Catcher (Elite): reduced number added by Middle Management (Pact)
 * The Minotaur: updated some attack timings under the effects of Extreme Measures (Pact)...
 * Temple of Styx: Daedalus Hammers no longer offered as rewards for the clearing mini-boss chambers
 * Final Boss: improved pathfinding in some corners of the environment

Keepsakes & Items

 * Pierced Butterfly (Thanatos): slightly reduced damage scaling
 * Cyclops Jerky (Well): increased power level; reduced cost
 * Cyclops Jerky Select (Fallen Hero): slightly increased power level

Pact of Punishment

 * Middle Management: increased Heat
 * Extreme Measures: increased Heat for ranks 2 and 3
 * Tight Deadline: countdown now pauses during Thanatos encounters (DEADline, get it??)

Level Design & Environments

 * Minor fixes and improvements to some chambers

Art & Visual FX

 * Added a unique icon for the Boon effect while using God Mode
 * Updated textures for the Wretched Thug (this was in the previous patch but not previously noted)
 * Other minor improvements

Menus & UI

 * You can use the Interact command as a shortcut to proceed through the Pact screen

Voice & Narrative

 * Added several new narrative events, mostly for Achilles
 * Added 100+ more contextual voice lines in a variety of contexts related to our latest updated
 * Added an Inspect Point to a chamber in the Temple of Styx
 * Updated several older narrative events with Lord Hades, Achilles, Nyx, and Skelly
 * Minor fixes and improvements to some narrative events and contextual voice lines

Miscellaneous

 * Asphodel transit barges no longer appear at entrance points you did not use
 * Added last-hit presentation to The Minotaur and Final Boss encounters
 * Spectators in the final chamber in Elysium no longer emote as vigorously
 * Added some missing subtitles for Thanatos
 * Minor text changes

Bug Fixes

 * Fixed a rare crash caused by Charon responding to some voice lines
 * Fixed some narrative events not displaying correctly vs. the Fury Sisters using Extreme Measures (Pact)
 * Fixed music sometimes stopping unexpectedly in the Temple of Styx
 * Fixed several issues with toggling God Mode
 * Fixed Theseus not gaining his shield effects correctly under Extreme Measures (Pact)
 * Fixed Legendary Keepsake inactive presentation occurring in the House of Hades
 * Fixed Chaos Gates not appearing in a certain Asphodel chamber despite using Light of Ixion (Well)
 * Fixed some issues with the clear conditions for Chthonic Colleagues (Fated List)
 * Fixed some Chaos Boons not showing Fated List Prophecy hints in the choice menu
 * Fixed a minor UI issue that could occur from the effects of Boiling Blood (Mirror)
 * Fixed a presentation issue in the first chamber of Elysium
 * Fixed various minor visual issues in some chambers
 * Other minor fixes

Quote of the Patch
"Some writers identify three of [the Erinyes], whom they name Alecto, Tisiphone, and Megaera, but they are usually neither named nor counted. They were described by Aeschylus as frighteningly hideous, but were seldom shown so in art."

- Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology (E. Tripp)

Note: You should see v0.23759 in-game once you have the update.