Community Update #10 - Blood Magic Spells & Leaderboards

Hi everyone,

We're back with another update :) Two new spells and global Mortis Mastery Level ranking!

New Spell: Blood Lance (+ 7 Synergies)

A crimson lance hurled at the nearest enemy. Instead of firing volleys like Bone Spear, it pierces straight through targets - the more you upgrade it, the deeper it drills through hordes.

• Animated projectile with a blood drip trail

• 7 synergies across Blood Magic, Soul Magic and Curses

• Bone Armor synergy - each active orb grants an extra level of pierce

New Spell: Hemobolt (+ 7 Synergies)

A heavy blood clot hurled slowly at a random enemy. On impact it bursts like living tissue, spawning smaller bolts that fly out to other enemies nearby - a true clot cascade. Works on walls too - crashing into the environment still detonates the burst.

• Base 5 child bolts per burst (upgradeable to 7+)

• Shatter effect on impact - same sprite fragmentation used by dying enemies

• Animated pulsing projectiles with blood drip trail and 3 dedicated sound effects

• Bone Armor synergy adds extra child bolts

• Elemental synergies (Soul Burn / Hemorrhage / Weaken / Slow / Terror / Confusion) add +1 child bolt each and apply their status on hit

Beginner's Fate Expansion

The random spell pool has been expanded to 9 - Blood Lance and Hemobolt are now possible rolls from the start.

Global Mortis Mastery Leaderboards

A global Mortis Mastery Level ranking powered by Steam Leaderboards is now live.

• New "Leaderboards" screen accessible from the Character Hub (4th button next to Achievements)

• Three tabs: Global Top 50, Around You (+/- 12 positions), Friends

• Displays Steam player names and avatars

• Your row highlighted in orange with your nickname

• Score automatically synced to Steam when purchasing a Mortis Mastery Level

• Existing Mortis Level uploaded to the leaderboard on game start for players who played before the ranking was added

• Your global rank displayed in the Paragon Menu header ("Global Rank: #X")

• Fully localized across all 28 supported languages

Thank you for playing CODEX MORTIS. More updates are on the way.

• CRUNCHFEST & GROLAF