Merchants, Far and Wide (v0.11)

Lets start with the merchant changes and then get into the rest!

Merchant Changes:

• Rather than spawning random merchants in every level, each level now has its own pool of merchants that can spawn there

• Added merchants to the minimap

• All existing merchants have had their inventories extended and will carry more, varied items

• Uncommon, rare, and epic items from merchants now include affixes on the items they sell

• Added a "Quick Sell" feature to merchant windows that auto-sells all your Common items (with a preview/confirmation of what will sell)

• Some merchants will now hang out in the area for a while instead of strictly only passing through

• The "Press [E] to trade" tooltip above merchants now also includes their name

• Merchants now have a very rare chance to be carrying any random Crucible mold you haven't found yet

• Redesigned the merchant window

New Merchants:

• The Intrepid Explorer sells tickets to other levels, even those you haven't unlocked! Buy one and he'll guide you there immediately for the rest of your run

• The Collector holds onto the items you sell him, and may stiill have them still for sale if you run into him in other runs

• The Cursed Wanderer sells very powerful weapons.. that may be cursed

• The Apothecary sells consumable items (health potions, adrenaline potions, etc) which are immediately used on purchase

• The Graverobber sells items that look suspiciously identical to the items you've died with in previous runs

• The Genie sells a random assortment of items you've ever wished for

• Squirt will sell you some really cool, rare items -- just trust him and pay before you see them

• Grove Tender is roaming the Forest and sells all kinds of nature items

• The Elementalist sells a variety of elemental-bonus tiaras

• The Silky Stylist is trapped in the Brood Den, but will sell you items at a discount if you save her!

• The Traveling Salesman sells truly random items every time you encounter him

There are also 5 new merchants who trade in Essence rather than Gold:

• The Hexweaver sells magical armour, weapons, and curiosities

• The Reliquary Keeper sells sacred armour and holy relics

• The Wyrm-Charm Peddler strings teeth, talons, and lucky coins into beast-charms

• Ash-Tongue sells things that have burned.. ashes, embers, and cursed shards

• The Moonwell Adept trades in frostbound and arcane curios

...And also added 21 other merchants that you'll just have to find to meet!

New Characters:

• Anna, a traveling merchant who throws coins at nearby enemies (unlock: collect 25 gold)

• Finch, a quick thief with a dagger and an eye for finding gold (unlock: survive 10 minutes in Trading Post)

• Midas, a greedy god that can't help but find overwhelming amounts of gold (unlock: collect 100 gold)

• Mamba, a snake who literally can't stop running from what lies behind (unlock: defeat 100 Sand Cobras)

• Frog, an honorable amphibian sworn to protect the forest (unlock: survive 10 minutes in Forest)

• Grog, he's a little drunk and doesn't expect to survive -- completely unrelated (unlock: destroy 50 Feast Tables)

• Oculus, a true agent of chaos that can automatically teleport away when hit (unlock: survive 30 minutes in Char Wasteland)

• Kimbo, a dirt-lot duelist who only carries two weapons but makes every hit count double (unlock: defeat 1,000 Bandits)

• Krieg, a battlefield scavenger who can carry up to three extra weapons (unlock: defeat 500,000 enemies)

New Interactable: The Bounty Board

• You'll now find bounty boards while adventuring in any level.

• Accepting a bounty will start spawning that enemy into your level, even if they wouldn't otherwise spawn there.

• You can have one bounty active at a time.

• Return to any Bounty Board after completing your task to collect your reward.

New Level: Trading Post

• A small village full of merchants needs your help defending at night

• Unlocked by surviving 30 minutes in any level

New Level: Black Market

• A perpetual-night alley full of unsavory trades and company

• Unlocked by surviving 10 minutes in Trading Post

New Level: Bandit Camp

• You don't belong here.. and the bandits will make sure you know it

• Includes a new Bandit Leader boss at minute 25

• Unlocked by killing 1,000 Bandits in any level

Gameplay Changes:

• You can now choose +3 gold as a reward when leveling up instead of a new weapon/upgrade

• Added Treasure Goblin enemies which drop a handful of coins on death.. if you can catch them

• Added many dozens more base items to find from enemy loot, merchants, bloody chests, etc

• The Crystal Resonator now requires 1 gold per use

• At the Jeweler's Bench, crafted rings are more likely to have elemental damage as an affix, and crafted amulets are more likely to have elemental resistance as an affix

• Added a new "Armor Piercing" affix that can appear on your items that ignores some percentage of enemy armor when calculating damage

• Items are now slightly smaller when dropped from enemies

• Renamed the "Ice" element on items (ice damage, ice resistance, etc) to "Water"

Enemy Changes:

• Some enemies now have Armor, which will reduce the damage you deal to them

• Some enemies now have armor-piercing attacks that ignore some percentage of your armor

  • Ghosts, Calcified Miners, Razorwings, and Zealous Mercenaries ignore 10% of your armor

  • The Butcher ignores 50% of your armor

  • Bees ignore 100% of your armor

• Enemy sprites have a more consistent pixel density and color tone

Codex Changes:

• Enemies now list which levels they can spawn in

• Weapons now list which characters start with them

Settings Changes:

• You can now rebind your input buttons in the Settings menu

• Added a Vsync toggle in the Display tab

• Added control rebinding in the Controls tab

• Added a Reduce Motion toggle in the Accessibility tab

• Redesigned the settings page

Bugfixes:

• It's no longer possible to have two of the same upgrade on the same weapon offered while leveling up; you'll always have three unique choices

• Fixed a bug where the next item in your inventory's tooltip didn't automatically show after selling an item

• Fixed a bug that prevented newly-unlocked levels from being shown on the death screen next to your other unlocked content

• Fixed a bug where some kinds of weapons stopped firing when there were no enemies nearby to fire at