Hardmode Update

Hardmode

• Hardmode can now be unlocked as a reward for surviving 45 minutes

• Once unlocked, Hardmode can be selected by clicking on the bottom-right corner of the card in the Portal menu

Balancing

• Reworked monsters' health increases per bell ring

• Reworked bosses' health and damage increases per bell ring

• Balanced XP and gold gain in multiplayer to match singleplayer progression

• Decreased run max duration from 1h to 45min

• Decreased elite spawn rate

• Decreased number of chests given upon bosses' death from 3 to 2

• Monsters now grant less gold and experience

• Leveling up now requires more experience

• Eruption radius is now a rare stat

• Eruption radius now goes from 4.5m to 6m

• Eruption damage decreased from 15 to 10 per level

• Blaze of Glory blessing damages increased from 25 to 100 per level

• Goatmen are now less numerous

• Decreased damage character stat increase per level (from 1% to .5%)

• Capped damage character stat from 100% to 50%

• Decreased Permafrost initial radius from 6m to 5m

• Decreased Permafrost radius increase per level from 4m to 3m

• Increased Chilling Call initial radius from 2.5m to 4m

• Increased Chilling Call radius increase per level from 1m to 3m

• Increased Arcane Burst initial damage from 50 to 75

• Increased Arcane Burst damage increase per level from 10 to 15

• Increased Arcane Burst initial duration from 3s to 4s

• Increased Arcane Burst duration increase per level from 0.5s to 1.5s

Challenges & Unlocks

• Shrine of Horde can now be unlocked after killing 10'000 monsters in a single run (vs. 100'000 previously)

• Reapers can now be unlocked after killing 5 bosses (vs. 10 previously)

UI & Tweaks & Fixes & Optimization

• Added a warning sound effect and prompt when only 1 minute is remaining

• Added a sound effect and flashing effect upon buying a challenge reward

• Double Swords bonus is now displayed above a player's head instead of rotating around them

• Fixed Double Swords "DAMAGE +100%" text always being displayed on the local player in multiplayer

• Shrine prompts upon activation are now more explicit on the shrine effect

• Improved font clarity

• Fixed clock becoming unsynchronized between client and server in multiplayer

• Fixed gold not being correctly updated client-side

• Reworked Eruption VFX for better optimization

• Fixed spells' icon offset in the spell bar

• Added a sound effect upon Storm Bolt impact

• Fixed in-game prompts being incorrectly shown above menus

• Added centering on prompts

• Fixed Shrines being invisible on rare occasions

• Increased the duration of Shrine text prompts