Update 6: Caustic Calamity

Full Changelist

(Patch 0.11.0) [v.476822]

Origin Selection & Unlocks

• Instead of being a single screen, origin selection, modifier unlocks, and descensions are now three separate screens

• Unlock progression restructured for both the Votive and Guild to work with the new unlock screen

• Unlocks can no longer be toggled unless they're specifically alternate configurations

• [New]"Advanced Ranger"

• [New]"Experimental Lantern"

• [New]"Guild Armaments: S-Type"

• Cards previously locked behind "Lantern: Lightning" are now locked behind "Experimental Lantern"

• "Smith Mastery" unlock condition changed

• "Arbalist Mastery" unlock condition changed

Descensions

• Maximum Descension Level has been increased from 18 to 20

• Mainline descensions ("Descension X") have been renamed "Mutation X"

• Mutation κ (Descension IX) moved to later in the progression

• [New] Mutation ι, which decreases Scavengers on each expedition but grants an additional Expedition Force

• [New] Stand As One, which afflicts Dread for sending lone units (effect separated out from a mainline descension)

• [New] Market Shortage, replacing Market Depletion

• Wasteland moved to earlier in the progression

• Dire Afflictions moved to later in the progression

Scavenging & Cycles

• Supplies can no longer be found as rewards, you get other rewards instead

• You get one set of Supplies at the start of the game; it can be used once per Depth

• Supplies can now be used only during the Scouting cycle instead of the Resting Cycle

• Scavenger cost increased from 2/4/6 to 3/5/7 for Basic/Rare/Mythic loot drops respectively (3/6/9 with the descension modifier enabled)

• Forget ("Dream Fruit") rewards are moved from a rare loot drop to a basic one

• Significantly reduced the chance that multiple of the same reward are offered in most ruins

• Healing rewards are offered less consistently

• Base copper reward yields slightly more copper

• Failing a scavenge check for resources yields a percentage of resources based on 50% of your success rate rather than a flat 50%

• Lantern card draft rewards are significantly more common for the Votive

• Unit card draft rewards are significantly more common for the Guild

• City cards now indicate which Cycle they're able to be played in with an icon

City & Events

• Powered Forge now grants an immediate reward

• Powered Research now grants an immediate reward, and refines Lantern instead of upgrading them

• Rebuild Workshop favor reduced from 3 to 1

• Market Plaza has a new option for turning in Supplies once Fatigued is enabled

• Innkeeper options when turning in Supplies modified once Fatigued is enabled

• Reliquary options when turning in Contaminated items no longer offers the delayed option if you're in the final depth; cleansed items are also immediately returned to your hand

• Artisan options for applying Empower or Overbarrier now trigger a cooldown on the location

• "Descending Beyond" (Victory event after defeating a boss) now features new art

• "End of the Line" (Victory event at the end of Depth 3) has more lore-friendly text

• Fixed an issue where you could get softlocked at AVA's Mercy when turning in Envoys for a revival (the option was not meant to exist, the location gives out automatic revivals instead since Update 5)

• Fixed an issue where you could get softlocked if you skipped the first cycle during the tutorial

Cards

• Seeker Beam slightly reworked

• Hyper Beam+ slightly reworked

• Divine Authority slightly reworked (Divine Authority+ unchanged)

• Burst Lightning bonus effect reworked

• Overflow bonus effect reworked, now locked behind new unlock "Experimental Lantern"

• [New] Under Pressure, uses Dredge art (Overseer / Divesuit)

• Can no longer learn Preparation

• Pressure Release reworked and upshifted to Rare

• Dredge, Packed Bags art swapped out

• Fusion Strike slightly reworked

• Wither slightly reworked

• Exosuit health reduced

• [New] Reinforcement (Exosuit)

• Power Link art swapped out

• Orbwheel health reduced from 20 to 15

• Orbwheel auto-action in the Guard Zone changed from applying Flurry to applying Fleeting Flurry (only lasts this turn; if used during auto-combat, it applies for next turn)

• Orbwheel can now learn Wild Volley

• Powerslide cost increased from 0 to 1 and no longer has Quickdraw; Powerslide+ has Quickdraw

• Revved Up favor cost increased from 0 to 1

• Rechamber rune gain increased from 1 to 2 and Flurry stacks increased from 1 to 1(2)

• [New] Concussive Shell (Ranger advanced)

• [New] Rallying Cry (Ranger advanced)

• Pointblank Shot now requires Advanced Ranger unlock, and has adjusted art

• Lead Shot, Tracer Round, and Shock Round changed to Guard Zone bonus

• Lead Shot damage buffed, Lead Shot+ command gain buffed

• Take Aim slightly reworked

• Examine rarity upshifted

• Detain reworked

• Helping Hand reworked

• [New] Brutalize (Knight)

• Knight can no longer learn Clobber

• [New] Pulverize (Custodian)

• Custodian can no longer learn Chop

• Fine Tuning slightly reworked

• Packed Bags draw increased from 2 to 3

• Live Current flow gain increased from 2 to 3

• Psionic Disruption feeble increased from 3(5) to 4(6)

• Stasis Ward reworked

• Wayfinder can now learn Stasis Ward

• Navigator can no longer learn Brainstorm; but can learn Fluid Mind (which was changed to neutral) and Reality Tear (which was already neutral)

• Shocker reworked

• Ascetic and Herald have new descriptions

• Fury Bash and Five Point Strike have new art

• [New] Static Force (Electrocannon)

• Electrocannon can no longer learn Improvise

• Fixed an issue where Belted Ammunition didn't discount offense cards properly

Perks

• Bleeding Edge perk renamed Impaler

• [New] Bleeding Edge (Surgeon alt starter perk)

• [New] Overflowing Surge (Herald alt starter perk)

• [New] Microbiology (Docent alt starter perk)

• Fixed an obscure issue where Lanterns could sometimes have perks that they aren't supposed to have

Techs

• [New] Synthetic Logic Node (Guild)

• Fixed Targeting Scanner's Target Command buff so it's more visible in general, and especially on Lantern and Murks

Enemies & Afflictions

• [New] Caustic Command (Depth 3 boss)

• Molter Matriarch gains slightly more attack power when using "Promote" after the Molter King has died

• Molter King has slightly more health and stagger resist during the Molter Matriarch boss fight

• Nemesis health boost for "No Rest for the Wicked" slightly increased

• Nemesis weakpoint health slightly increased

• Mesmer splash attack and anti-lantern attack have higher base power

• Murk Lancer withered stacks reduced to 2(3)

• (Mutation κ) Behemoth also gains barrier when using "Magnitude Rising"

• Dread art has been changed

Localization

• The Japanese localization will be incomplete for the new content, but will get patched in as soon as it's available

• Fixed a few typos in the English copy

• Fixed a few translation errors in various languages

• Fixed an issue where the error message (when trying to play invalid cards) would contain glyphs that were unavailable in Ukrainian and other languages; it uses a different font now

Fixes

• Adjusted the deck/discard overviews a bit to reduce the amount they get overlapped with other UI elements

• Fixed a soft-lock issue where a player could get stuck when they had too many cards on a cycle where a mandatory Break the Siege was not drawn

Steam Achievements

• [New] Descend 15

• [New] Descend 20

• [New] Basic Chemistry

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