Patch notes for version 97

New Features

• Magic Furnace - New dungeon mechanic that lets you craft items during your run.

• Item Gambler - New dungeon mechanic that lets you stake items for a random new one.

• Companions - Acquire a companion that helps you collect gold and ore.

• New drinks - Caustic Touch, Markhams Moonshine, Primal Fury and The Hairy Magus.

• New statue - "Daran" the red priest, (requires Pyramid of Prophecy).

Gameplay Adjustments and Balance

General

• Reworked Watcher boss fight.

• Tweaked player NG+ scaling of Armor/Resistance.

• Increased boss health scaling in NG+.

• Retired Gladiator - Upgrades to Armor and Resistance only gives you +0.5 instead of +1.

• Path of the Magician - Changed from 20% to 25%.

• Path of the Warrior - Changed from 20% to 25%.

• Path of the Defender - Changed from 20% to 15%.

Classes

• Paladin - Health per level lowered from 10 to 8. Armor per level lowered from 0.7 to 0.6.

• Charge - Increased width of the charge so its easier to hit enemies. Increased mana cost from 10/12/14/16/18/20 to 10/13/16/19/22/25.

• Powershot - Now fires 2 additional projectiles.

• Smoke Bomb - Now obscures vision for most ranged enemies. Increased mana cost from 30/35/40 to 30/40/50. Increased cooldown from 5s to 7s.

• Soul Dagger - Increased width and range of the attack. Lowered movement speed penalty while attacking.

• Soul Cleaver - Enemies killed while under the effect of Soul Consumption have a chance to apply Soul Consumption to nearby enemies. Increased range slightly.

• Holy Light - Increased healing.

Items

• Medusa’s Charm - Enemies affected by the gaze now also have their armor reduced by 50%. Lowered the slow from 66% to 50%.

• Duke's Signet Ring - Increased healing from 3% to 7.5%.

• Greaves of the Barbarian - Now always triggers movement speed buff when killing an enemy.

• Mail of Thorns - Now also gives +2 Armor.

• Great Helm - Increased Armor from +5 to +7.

• Boots of Freedom - Changed to Epic.

• Greater Sphere of Regen - Changed to +50% Health Regen and +75% Mana Regen.

• Markham's Mastery - Moved first set bonus from 3 to 4 items.

• Kings Regalia - Set bonus changed from 33%/66% to 25%/50%.

Various Changes and Fixes

• Added more chest room variations.

• Added Monoliths used stat and accomplishment.

• Fixed an issue where you could get stuck outside the bridges in Upper Pyramid.

• Fixed pasting not being supported in chat (and all other text input widgets).

• Enemies can now be killed by poison.

• Ghosts now drain a percentage of your mana instead of a flat amount.

• You can now change the menu theme in options.

• Fixed music not starting when loading a save.

• Fixed a problem with fountain effects saving in town rather than in run.

• Fixed dungeon settings not using the host's highest NG+ level.

• Added an effect for Medusas Charm.

• Added effect and sound for gaining a potion charge with the Apothecary Set.

• New art for Apothecary's Sphere.

• Performance improvements.

• Crash fixes.