Patch #12 - Woodland update, backpack, weapon modifications

This patch has been a long time coming, we just could not stop adding stuff to it. The wait until the next patch, which will focus on adding mouse only & keyboard only controls, will not be as long.

Woodland update

We've given woodland a visual update, making all biomes more distinguishable as well as assigning a featured event to the 3 regular biomes where Merchants only spawn in the Rocky Plains, golems only spawn in Flower Fields and cauldrons only spawn in Pine Barrens. All rare events also got their own biomes making them stand out more.

Backpack

Players have been asking for a backpack since forever but we've been hesitant, making tough decisions with your limited inventory space is a core mechanic of the game which we like. We don't want players hoarding every item but we also understand it can feel bad to constantly throw away items.

This patch adds 1 non-combat backpack slot (2 if you upgrade it with the Shepherd event!). This still keeps most of the hard prioritization intact while adding an avenue for future planning. The slot can be used to store a rare item from a merchant you intend to use later, temporarily swap out an item countered by the next boss or simply store components for golem or cauldron.

Weapon Modifications

A new weapon type that is acquired like an itemset. Each modification has two different weapons as their components and are unlocked by equipping the weapons one after the other, in any order. So to get Weapon Mod C you could equip:

Weapon A -> Weapon B = Weapon Mod C

Weapon B -> Weapon A = Weapon Mod C

Patch #12 Changelog

• 3 new weapons - Iron Flail, Conductor's Baton, Golem Scepter

• 2 new items - Oakheart Shield, Caustic Rose

• 1 new itemset - Agaric Armor

• Added 8 weapon modifications (Boom Spear, Brittlebark Blade, Perfect Iceblade, Spear of the hero, Pacifist Trident, Liferoot Dagger, Stonesnake Sword, Bloodlord's Whip, Galestrike Rapier)

• 4 removed items - Clearspring rose, Blackbriar armor, Featherweight greaves, Granite crown

Events:

• New woodland event: Lost Child - Help her to get a mythic item

• New swampland event: Golden Pig - Catch him to get a gold boon

• New woodland & swampland event: Beekeeper - Sells honey items

• New woodland & swampland event: Hammer Smith - Sells more banishes

• Reworked woodland & swampland event: Wishing well - Now it grants upgrades to other events for the rest of the run

• New event for all areas: Shepherd - Upgrades your backpack

• New kingmaker event: Doomsayer - Lets you reroll a non-champion opponent

Misc:

• Increased the odds of finding rare events in the crystal ball

• Previously 1 woodland miniboss was present during each run, now all 3 are spawned in

• Items can be freely moved to any itemslot (including empty ones)

• Removed broken bridges

• Muscle potion moved to Swampland Red kingmaker bundle

• Sangune morphosis + Vampires tooth triggers correctly

• Clearspring spirit very hard item changed from sinful mirror to clearspring opal

• Woodland Abomination 0 base attack -> 2 base attack

• Changed Blackrock Battlefields target event from Weapon Pile to Forge in Kingmaker

• Scrying pools gives 2 options instead of 1

• Cursor snaps to events in map mode

• Map mode control is a toggle instead of hold

• Waypoint display biome names

• Weapon piles now only gives rare or heroic weapons

• Potions and their elixir upgrades are considered the same item. Meaning duplicates of non-common versions cannot drop and both versions works for fullfilling set bonuses

• Stuns gotten in between strikes now apply directly instead of buffering until next turn

• Added anvils & racoons to junksmith biome in kingmaker

• Using an anvil after adding a second edge with junksmith only replaces the previous anvil edge, the junksmith edge stays intact

• Swapped the rewards in the bosslist for beating a boss on hard & very hard. Hard now gives the lore and very hard gives amount of wins. Both now require 1 victory against that boss on that difficulty to unlock

• Removed brittlebark bow from brittle bark blessing set

Items changes:

• Blackbriar Blade - Base attack 2 -> Base attack 1

• Lemontree Branch - Base speed 4 -> Base speed 3

• Blackbriar Bow - Base attack 4 -> Base attack 3

• Swiftstrike Cloak - Base speed 0 -> Base speed 2

• Boom Stick - Base attack 2 -> Base attack 1

• Boom Stick - On Hit: Deal 1 damage -> On Hit: Deal 2 damage

• Broken Winebottle - Wounded: On your next turn, keep striking the enemy until they're wounded -> Wounded: Restore 4 health and gain 4 additional strikes

• Leather Waterskin - Exposed: Gain 2 purity for each equipped water item -> Exposed: Gain 1 purity for each equipped water item

• Frying Pan - Exposed: Gain 2 additional strikes -> Exposed: Gain 3 additional strikes

• Featherweight Helmet - 0 base speed 0 base attack -> 3 base speed 1 base attack

• Featherweight Helmet - Battle start: Spend 2 armor to gain 3 speed and 1 attack -> Battle start: Lose 3 armor

• Featherweight Helmet - Featherweight Helmet -> Featherweight Greaves

• Featherweight Armor - Turn Start: If you have more speed than the enemy, spend 1 speed to temporarily gain 3 attack until the end of the turn -> Battle Start & Exposed & Wounded: Spend 1 speed to gain 5 armor

• Blood rune - Added sanguine tag

• Sinful mirror - Added water tag

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