Patch 011

Early Access Patch 011: The GOOD TIMES Update - Feb. 12, 2019

Our second Major Update is here, featuring a mighty new Olympian and weapon, and much more. We'll likely post several smaller patches after this, then shift focus to next month's big update!

Highlights

• Dionysus: the god of wine offers his intoxicating blessings! Seek his aid and encouragement during your escape attempts
• Exagryph, the Adamant Rail: this legendary forebear of firearms presents an all-new playstyle! Own all four other weapons to reveal it
• Fated Authority: new Mirror upgrade lets you alter the rewards you'll earn in each chamber (to whatever the Fates decide...)
• Infernal Gates: seasoned players may earn greater rewards within (provided they use the Pact of Punishment, and can clear the challenges inside)
• New Story Events: expect new narrative plus new contextual gameplay quips, with hundreds of newly recorded voice lines
• Roadmap: press the Next Major Update button on the Main Menu to learn more about what else we're working on

General Gameplay

• 'Perfect Clear' encounters no longer occur in random Chambers; now occur when you enter the new Infernal Gates
• Centaur Hearts no longer a reward option in the first chamber
• Codex unlock requirements reduced in most cases
• Improvements to auto-aim selection in various contexts
• Added Superior-quality Chamber Reward variants (for Infernal Gates)
• Wretched Broker deals offer better value (sometimes...)
• Infernal Troves retain their full value longer before decay-over-time

Balance - Weapons & Powers

• Adamant Rail: added to the game, with its own Daedalus Upgrades
• Stygian Blade: Thrust recovery time slightly reduced; Special recovery can be reduced by attacking
• Heart-Seeking Bow: Special recovery time slightly reduced
• Eternal Spear: Special damage and range slightly increased; returns slightly faster; improved input buffering
• Shield of Chaos: Attack recovery slightly faster; improved input buffering; now can block petrifying projectiles
• Cast: improved input buffering when linking shots

Balance - Boons & Upgrades

• Thunder Dash (Zeus): reduced max. damage
• Ocean's Bounty (Poseidon): no longer affects shop items
• Titan Toppler (Athena): no longer interrupted by Spike Traps
• Hungry Blades (Ares): reduced duration scaling; scales with rarity
• Deadly Strike (Artemis): reworked; adds bonus damage and a fixed +15% chance of a Critical hit
• Deadly Flourish (Artemis): reworked; adds bonus damage and a fixed +20% chance of a Critical hit
• Hunter Dash (Artemis): reduced power level; various fixes
• Burst Shot (Artemis): now scales with rarity
• Fully Loaded (Artemis): now scales with rarity
• Dying Lament (Aphrodite): increased power level
• Wave of Despair (Aphrodite): increased power level
• Unhealthy Fixation (Aphrodite): increased effect chance
• Empty Inside (Aphrodite): now scales with rarity
• Remedy (Chaos): cut from game; Soul (Life Gain) still offered;
• Grasp (Chaos): now scales with rarity
• Atrophic (Chaos): increased negative effect
• Pom of Power: upgrades can now have improved rarity

Balance - Daedalus Hammer

• Cruel Thrust (Sword): added to the game
• Sudden Sunder (Sword): faster recovery time
• Piercing Shot (Bow): replaced with Piercing Barrage
• Point-Blank Shot (Bow): replaced with Twin Shot
• Triple Shot (Bow): widened attack arc
• Rapid Shot (Bow): removed damage penalty
• Dread Flight (Shield): hits more targets before returning
• Voracious Flight (Shield): replaced with Mirage Flight
• Assault Flight (Shield): reworked; now faster and fully automatic
• Minotaur Rush (Shield): reduced charge-time penalty
• Trick Toss (Spear): replaced with Flurry Jab
• Impact Blast (Spear): replaced with Exploding Launcher
• Cruel Skewer (Spear): replaced with Vicious Skewer
• Multi Skewer (Spear): bounces between more targets, including foes
• Quick Spin (Spear): now charges much faster

Balance - Foes & Encounters

• Pest: now flings mines; mines eventually expire; reduced Elite armor
• Thug: no longer turns during attack; reduced Elite armor
• Numbskull: no longer spawn one-by-one in some encounters
• Skullomat: reduced Elite armor; reduced spawn cap
• Megaera: reinforcement spawns no longer yield unlimited money
• Slam-Dancer: no longer immune to knockback while leaping
• Gorgon: attack expires slightly sooner
• Skull-Crusher: reduced health, size, and spawn cap; Elite rises faster
• Megagorgon: now immune to stun and knockback;
• Hydra: no longer slows you with its slam attack; improved feedback on some of its attacks; other minor changes
• Asphodel Lava Puddles take longer to damage you (like other lava)
• Brimstones can now appear in the Asphodel 'river crossing' encounter
• Area attacks (such as the Skull-Crusher's) now briefly stun other foes
• Various other minor fixes and improvements

Balance - Mirror of Night

• Fated Authority: added to the game
• Death Defiance: healing now scales with Life Total

Balance - Keepsakes & Items

• Overflowing Cup (Dionysus): added to the game
• Chthonic Coin Purse (Hypnos): reworked; gives a fixed money amount
• Light of Ixion (Well): no longer loses charges in ineligible chambers
• Trove Tracker (Well): no longer loses charges in ineligible chambers
• Olympian Keepsake effects won't expire before you take their boon

Balance - Pact of Punishment

• Whipped Frenzy (NEW!): raises foe movement speed and attack speed
• Convenience Fee (NEW!): raises item costs
• Pain Tolerance: reduced effect at max rank
• Increased Darkness bonus when using the Pact
• Adjusted Skeleton Key costs for some unlocks

Level Design & Environments

• Added chamber for when you dare enter the new Infernal Gates...
• Charon's Shop in Tartarus has a new look
• House of Hades: the Wretched Broker has a new location
• Several chambers in Tartarus now have multiple exits
• Art and collision fixes in some chambers

Art & Visual FX

• Improved art for Chaos Gates (formerly called Blood Gates)
• Improved art for Asphodel pillar
• Improved visual FX for Asphodel smoke traps
• Olympian portraits now have some animated visual FX
• New visual FX for new Superior-quality Chamber Rewards
• New art for Superior-quality healing items
• Updated visual FX for Poseidon effects
• New art for Enshrouded (Chaos) Chamber Reward previews
• Gorgon petrification projectile easier to see
• Move animations now sped up proportionally with upgrades
• Charge-up animations now sped up proportionally with upgrades
• Improved spawn-in animations for some foes
• Various other graphical improvements

Menus & UI

• Death Defiance and similar effects now represented distinctly in the UI
• In the Mirror and Pact, you can press-and-hold to quickly modify stats
• Formatting improvements in the Mirror and Pact
• Added visual timer for Cast ammo auto-returning to you
• Tenebrous Veil (Pact) now shows you removed choices
• Death Insurance (Pact) now has improved feedback on foes
• Boon Info command now shows how many chambers deep you are
• Added support for wrapping in many menus using gamepad
• You can close the Codex using the command to open it
• Main Menu selection improvements with gamepad
• Visual distinction between 'resource' and 'upgrade' Reward previews
• Layout changes in Controls screen
• Improvements to Victory Screen
• Improvements to interact text presentation
• Various other minor improvements

Music & SFX

• A certain court musician may now be persuaded to sing another tune...
• Keepsakes now have unique sounds when equipped
• Added audio cue for when Chaos Gates unlock
• Added various new ambient sounds
• Various minor SFX changes and improvements

Voice & Narrative

• Added Zagreus voice events for various gameplay contexts
• Added new narrative events with various characters
• Added new Storyteller lines for successfully clearing runs
• Added Codex entries for Dionysus and Exagryph
• Voiceover timing improvements and minor fixes

Miscellaneous

• Improved consistency across various boon and upgrade descriptions
• You can Dash into the House Bedchambers more reliably
• Added interaction if you can get all Pact unlockables in the Courtyard
• Credits: Dionysus added to Voice Cast

Bug Fixes

• You sometimes took damage blocking with the Shield unexpectedly
• Hunter Dash (Artemis) no longer a prerequisite for Critical boons
• The Spear Special did not benefit from Boiling Blood (Mirror)
• The Shield Bull Rush could sometimes deal damage while petrified
• Asphodel foes sometimes appeared in the first chamber unexpectedly
• Vicious Torment (Pact) boosted Deflect damage unexpectedly
• Pain Tolerance (Pact) was not applying the stated values
• 'Last Kill' presentation was not occurring in 'Perfect Clear' encounters
• Your Life Total appeared incorrectly when choosing Chaos boons

Quote of the Patch

“	[W]hen the crude grapes which Dionysus gave to men -- a joy and a sorrow both -- begin to colour, in that season they fought and loud rose the clamour. ~Shield of Heracles	„
	~ Hesiod; H. Evelyn-White translation

You should see V0.14026 In-Game once you have the update