Astral Ascent
Steam News 26 August 20258mo ago

Update 2.2 is live now!

Poetic Pandemonium update! We hope your summer is going great, on our side we are back with a new major update! ːzagplsː Take a look to the full Patch Notes below - [dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/news…

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Full Astral Ascent update

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  • Gameplay
  • Balance
addedPoetic Pandemonium update!We hope your summer is going great, on our side we are back with a new major update! ːzagplsː Take a look to the full Patch Notes below - [dynamiclink href=" https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1280930/view/523100258247377423 "]
addedHub CustomizationA new NPC appeared in The Garden, The Yalee Builder! We hesitated for a long time to call this NPC "Leonardo Da Yalee" but thought it may not be fitting very well with the rest of the game, but at least you know it now haha
addedHub CustomizationYou will have many places where you can add new assets, this feature was voted a lot by our Discord community about how to handle the extra Sun Pieces in late game!
addedHub Customization(We also noted other suggestions for later! ːtaurusSmirkː) But while making this new system it appeared to us that a Sun Piece payment for these changes was not the best option because :
addedHub CustomizationNew players could favorize Decorations over meta progression making them weaker for chosing this
addedHub CustomizationFor these reasons it made much more sense to us to attach thse new decorations to challenges so you will often unlock new ones and have several to choose from. Also, no worries, if you are far into the progression you should unlock most of the rewards directly. But we will find ways to spend the Sun Pieces for late game players no worries! There is 7 Decorations families

Poetic Pandemonium update!

We hope your summer is going great, on our side we are back with a new major update! ːzagplsː Take a look to the full Patch Notes below - [dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1280930/view/523100258247377423"]

Hub Customization

A new NPC appeared in The Garden, The Yalee Builder! We hesitated for a long time to call this NPC "Leonardo Da Yalee" but thought it may not be fitting very well with the rest of the game, but at least you know it now haha

You will have many places where you can add new assets, this feature was voted a lot by our Discord community about how to handle the extra Sun Pieces in late game!

(We also noted other suggestions for later! ːtaurusSmirkː) But while making this new system it appeared to us that a Sun Piece payment for these changes was not the best option because :

  • New players could favorize Decorations over meta progression making them weaker for chosing this

  • It will unbalance the overall meta progression

  • People would only buy a few elements they really want and not have many elements to choose from

  • People with a lot of sun pieces would still exhaust the options very very fast and still be super rich

For these reasons it made much more sense to us to attach thse new decorations to challenges so you will often unlock new ones and have several to choose from. Also, no worries, if you are far into the progression you should unlock most of the rewards directly. But we will find ways to spend the Sun Pieces for late game players no worries! There is 7 Decorations families

Under the Moon
Inside the Reef
Deep in the Dune
Beyond Soft Melancholia
In the Observatory
Near the Pinnacle
Behind Parnassus

Here are a few examples -

That's just 6 examples out of a total of 84 beautiful assets to unlock and select to customize your hub!

13 new spells -

Ayla, Kiran, Calie & Octave are getting 2 new spells and many of you asked for Yamat to get more spells as she had a bit less than the others so we gave her 5 new spells instead of 2 ːtaffyː

Ayla Spells

  • N360 Death Lotus

  • N1000 Thousand Cuts

Kiran Spells

  • Crater Maker

  • Kiran Comet!

Calie Spells

  • CosmeticKuzite ScytheQuake
  • Opulent Waltz

Octave Spells

  • Osculum Vale

  • Infinitus

Yamat Spells

  • Raging Bull

  • Starburst

  • Serpentine Strike

  • Feeding Frenzy

  • Fowl Plumage

In 2.2, all spells were reviewed to ensure an accurate display of average damage and hits. These updates do not impact the way the spells function, only the displayed information on the spell. In addition to the informational updates, many spells received additional changes. 2 and 3 cost spells were the focus of these changes as they were not providing enough damage for their cost when compared to 1 cost spells.

A large number of spells received rebalancing to ensure that no matter what you enjoy using, it will be effective.

N°539 FREEDOM FIGHTER

TWIN DRAGON UPPERCUT

PERFORATIO

AZURITE FALCHIONS - PIERCE

STERN PRESENCE

COMMON SPELLS

ZODIAC SPELLS

We have collaborated with players with hundreds of hours on the game to

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Steam News / 26 August 2025

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