Steam News 19 January 20264mo ago

Patch Notes - January 2026 - 2.5.2

⭐ Changes inspired by our community! Major Features Increased the number of Prowess choices from 3 to 4 New Special Room: Added a new type of Special Room: the Hourglass of Dreams, featuring characters from the Ravenswa…

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Full Astral Ascent update

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9 fixes7 additions1 change0 removals

Gameplay
Security
Balance
UI and audio
Events

changedMajor FeaturesIncreased the number of Prowess choices from 3 to 4

addedMajor FeaturesNew Special Room: Added a new type of Special Room: the Hourglass of Dreams, featuring characters from the Ravenswatch Universe. The Sandman provides the player with the ability to upgrade the Gambits on their Spells using Quartz.

addedMajor FeaturesNew Echo Tier: Vengeful Echoes: 5 New Echoes can be found in the Hourglass of Dreams room, the player can recruit one of these powerful Echoes in exchange for one of the Echoes they have. Scarlet: Applies Vulnerability and Pacification to enemies The Pied Piper: Applies Poison to enemies Beowulf: Applies Burn to enemies The Snow Queen: Applies Freeze to enemies Merlin: Applies Electrify to enemies

addedBalancingOnboarding: The following changes were done to improve the experience of new players, reducing the amount of mechanics presented at the start and unlocking them slowly for more digestibility: - Added a restriction to the Prowess Statues, the player must now defeat 3 Zodiacs (any) of each world to access the Prowess selection at the start of that world. - Adjusted the appearance of Imprint rooms and Blueprint loots in the early game, now they will only appear once the player has successfully reached the final boss at least once. - Adjusted the appearance chance of Star Guardians (Void Room) to reduce the difficulty of the early game. New players have to beat 2 World 1 Zodiacs (any) to unlock the Void room. - The 6 regular Star Guardians have been separated into 3 difficulty levels, new players will have to beat the first two to unlock the second two, and beat these two to find the last two.

fixedBalancingMana Steal gambits are not able to be evolved into astral rarity anymore, as it is too powerful. - Adjusted the prices for Gambit upgrades from The Sandman 75, 150, 400 => 100, 200, 400 - ☄️ hotfix 2.5.1

fixedBalancingSome of the character Signature Spell Prowesses were incorrectly tagged in the Loot Affinity System, causing lower drop rates than intended - ☄️ hotfix 2.5.2

Increased the number of Prowess choices3 to 4

⭐ Changes inspired by our community!

Major Features

Increased the number of Prowess choices from 3 to 4
New Special RoomAdded a new type of Special Room: the Hourglass of Dreams, featuring characters from the Ravenswatch Universe. The Sandman provides the player with the ability to upgrade the Gambits on their Spells using Quartz.
New Echo Tier: Vengeful Echoes: 5 New Echoes can be found in the Hourglass of Dreams room, the player can recruit one of these powerful Echoes in exchange for one of the Echoes they have.
Scarlet: Applies Vulnerability and Pacification to enemies The Pied Piper: Applies Poison to enemies Beowulf: Applies Burn to enemies The Snow Queen: Applies Freeze to enemies Merlin: Applies Electrify to enemies

Balancing

Onboarding: The following changes were done to improve the experience of new players, reducing the amount of mechanics presented at the start and unlocking them slowly for more digestibility:
- Added a restriction to the Prowess Statues, the player must now defeat 3 Zodiacs (any) of each world to access the Prowess selection at the start of that world.
- Adjusted the appearance of Imprint rooms and Blueprint loots in the early game, now they will only appear once the player has successfully reached the final boss at least once.
- Adjusted the appearance chance of Star Guardians (Void Room) to reduce the difficulty of the early game. New players have to beat 2 World 1 Zodiacs (any) to unlock the Void room.
- The 6 regular Star Guardians have been separated into 3 difficulty levels, new players will have to beat the first two to unlock the second two, and beat these two to find the last two.
- Mana Steal gambits are not able to be evolved into astral rarity anymore, as it is too powerful. - Adjusted the prices for Gambit upgrades from The Sandman 75, 150, 400 => 100, 200, 400 - ☄️ hotfix 2.5.1
Some of the character Signature Spell Prowesses were incorrectly tagged in the Loot Affinity System, causing lower drop rates than intended - ☄️ hotfix 2.5.2

Interface

CosmeticTutorial Improvements:Added hints for the first time the player levels up - Added hint to the tutorial regarding the dash cooldown reset when hitting the enemy
Added tips regarding room rewards (Gambits, Quartz, Keys...etc.) when selecting the next room
Added the option to turn off room reward tips (on by default)

Visuals

Leo and Libra's portrait animations were playing in reverse - ☄️ hotfix 2.5.2
New Seasonal DecorsLunar New Year decorations will appear in the hub for a limited time - ☄️ hotfix 2.5.2

Narrative Design

CosmeticRussian translation has been completed☄️ hotfix 2.5.1
New Echoes description was the same for all echoes in Spanish - ☄️ hotfix 2.5.1

Miscellaneous

Negative Gambits now have their own icons.

Bug Fixes

The Main Menu social icons would interact weirdly with mouse and produce a lot of noise by playing the SFX repeatedly
One Andromeda challenge had visible background on the left - ☄️ hotfix 2.5.1
CosmeticThe Cursed Telescope new hint wasn't displayed☄️ hotfix 2.5.1
Auras Magic Weapon III and Warchief Bracers unique effects would conflict if the player had both auras equipped - ☄️ hotfix 2.5.1
Auras that trigger effects ""on enemies with full life"" were

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Steam News / 19 January 2026

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