Plagued Warden

Balancing

• Adjusted the early-game stamina gain curve. Mid to late-game stamina remains unchanged.

• Slightly increased starting stamina.

• Reduced the stamina cost of heavy weapon melee attacks.

• Increased the penalty for spamming the block input during perfect block timing.

Changes

• Added a new mini-boss to Blok6147: the Plagued Warden.

  • Requires the "Plagued Blood" item to initiate the fight.

  • Recommended level: 20+

  • Recommended gear: Mk. 4+

• Konrad the Traitor is now skippable.

  • The key to skip him can be found in his arena.

• Added a new shield.

• Improved various melee attack animations.

• A new button mapping tutorial will appear on the left side of the screen until Konrad is defeated or the Monastery is left.

• Reduced lock-on camera sway.

Fixes

• Fixed the drop rate of the Ring of Power.

• Fixed an issue where keyboard keybinds would reset to default on restart for some players.

• Fixed unused perk points being lost in NG++.

• Fixed Debuff Mastery Perk benefits for Lacerate stacks.

• Fixed FPS issues in Deluge for some players.

• Fixed Plagued Revenant not spawning for some players on lower-end machines.

• Fixed Technomancy Projectiles not leeching properly.

• Fixed the homunculus in Vermillion Fields getting stuck on the second floor after a restart.