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Patch Notes

Current version: Patch 8

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Early Access Patch 8 - February 26th, 2025

We appreciate all the feedback following last week's Warsong Update! This patch includes fixes and targeted adjustments for a smoother play experience as you battle toward the final confrontation. We're now shifting focus to our third Major Update outlined in our Roadmap. Until then, thank you for playing!

Note: indicates changes inspired by community feedback!

Nocturnal Arms & Abilities

  • Sister Blades: slightly increased speed of the first two strikes in the Attack sequence
  • Argent Skull: increased starting number of Shells; reduced Attack recovery time

Boons & Blessings

  • Heinous Affront (Zeus x Ares): significantly increased how frequently this can affect foes
  • Premium Service (Hephaestus): increased power level while using Black Coat (MelinoĆ«)
  • Success Rate (Hermes): removed Fig Leaf (Dionysus) as an offering requirement for this

Foes & Dangers

  • Typhon: reduced damage and frequency of some attacks; adjusted Life and Armor of some minions; improved camera motion between phases
  • Spawn of Typhon: reduced damage of some attacks; reduced range and speed of headbutt attack
  • Prometheus: reduced damage of some attacks; other minor changes
  • Aetos: slightly increased damage of fly-up attack
  • Satyr Sapper: reduced damage of ranged attack
  • Auto-Watcher: slightly reduced damage
  • Auto-Seeker: reduced damage of ranged attack
  • Blasket: reduced damage

Miscellaneous

  • Improved feedback when gathering Blood Drops from Ares
  • Increased appearance rate of Poppy Seeds in Tartarus
  • Updates and fixes to translations in some languages

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed certain effects not increasing Moonstone Axe Omega Special channeling speed as expected
  • Fixed Black Coat Omega Attack having unintentionally reduced range in the previous patch
  • Fixed Extended Family (Hera) not being affected by Boons from Artemis, Athena, or Dionysus
  • Fixed Nova Flourish (Apollo) not increasing the area of the Moonstone Axe Omega Special
  • Fixed Steady Growth (Demeter) sometimes not working correctly
  • Fixed Mint Condition (Hephaestus) not functioning in the newest Warden encounter in Thessaly
  • Fixed Gorgon Amulet (Athena) sometimes summoning multiple Athenas in the Mourning Fields
  • Fixed Fig Leaf (Dionysus) not functioning in the newest Warden encounter in Thessaly
  • Fixed Hermes sometimes unexpectedly showing up as the first Olympian on the surface over and over after reaching the final confrontation
  • Fixed several narrative events related to the final confrontation playing or not playing when expected
  • Fixed visual issues with the Altar of Ashes in ultrawide resolutions
  • Fixed a visual issue with the numbering on the Death Arcana in the Altar of Ashes
  • Other minor fixes

Quote of the Patch

ā€œ 'Zeus now cast his new weapon, pale and blinding, through the fabric of the sky, ripping it end to end; then he hurled another, stronger, at his father: it fell like a white-hot sword thrust with inexorable force.' ā€ž
~ Greek Myths: A New Retelling (C. Higgins)


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