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Steam News17 August 202510mo ago

Version 1.1 is Live: New Tower, Skin Shop (Honor), New Season, New Fusions

Version 1.1 Wings of Chaos The 9th tower has arrived: Chaos Reaper A ferocious close-range powerhouse that shreds clustered enemies and breaks barriers.

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What changed

6 fixes9 additions16 changes1 removal
  • Gameplay
  • Store
  • Events
  • UI and audio
  • Balance
  • Maps
addedWings of ChaosThe 9th tower has arrived: Chaos Reaper A ferocious close-range powerhouse that shreds clustered enemies and breaks barriers. Comes with fresh Fusions and new synergies to explore:
addedNew / ChangesNEW Tower (+4 Fusions)
addedNew / ChangesNEW Skin Shop (no real money – Honor only)
addedNew / ChangesNEW Season (including new leaderboards)
addedNew / ChangesNEW Fusions (two more are coming soon; for now there will be only one banner choice in two spots)
addedNew / ChangesNEW Spells
share of original spell damage70%80%share of original spell damage increased, buffSkyfall Arrows: +20%+50%Skyfall Arrows: + increased, buffGlacial Nova:510%Glacial Nova: increased, buffSlow amount reduced:7%5%Slow amount reduced: decreased, nerf

Nordhold changes

addedThe 9th tower has arrived: Chaos Reaper A ferocious close-range powerhouse that shreds clustered enemies and breaks barriers. Comes with fresh Fusions and new synergies to explore:
addedNEW Tower (+4 Fusions)
addedNEW Skin Shop (no real money – Honor only)
addedNEW Season (including new leaderboards)
addedNEW Fusions (two more are coming soon; for now there will be only one banner choice in two spots)

Version 1.1

Wings of Chaos

The 9th tower has arrived: Chaos Reaper A ferocious close-range powerhouse that shreds clustered enemies and breaks barriers. Comes with fresh Fusions and new synergies to explore:

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New / Changes

  • NEW Tower (+4 Fusions)

  • NEW Skin Shop (no real money – Honor only)

  • NEW Season (including new leaderboards)

  • NEW Fusions (two more are coming soon; for now there will be only one banner choice in two spots)

  • NEW Spells

  • NEW Relics

  • 2 replaced Oracle paths

  • 2 replaced starter bonuses

  • 1 replaced and 1 new hero attribute

  • Overhauled UI

Adjustments

  • Arrow Tower range: 3 → 4

  • Bosses can no longer perform the same boss skill multiple times in Meta Mode or Ascensions

  • Honor is now awarded after Wave 40 in addition to Elite/Boss kills

  • Wave 50barrier health reduced

Relic Changes

  • Coinfall: 2 → 4

  • Magic Contract: 10% → 15%

  • Scope Lens: 15 → 25

  • Necrotic Curse: 80% → 75%

  • Golden Incentive: 3 → 5

  • Timber Stockpile: waves 10 → 20

  • Elixir of Aleboost: 20% → 30%

  • Burden Cart: 3 → 2 affected Outposts

  • Distant Wing: -0.8 → -0.6

  • Fractured Arrow: 3% → 5%

  • Frost Cube: 120 → 125%

  • Galdra Earrings: 10% → 15%

  • Rikur’s Axe: 10% → 15%

Building Changes

  • University – Best Selection: 10× → 6×

  • Hero Tower Specializationsshare of original spell damage increased 70% → 80%

Banner Changes

  • Ring of Death now executes enemies under 15% (was 10%) health

  • Darkness: 3/4/7% → 6/8/14%

  • Doom Scattering – Base: 160 → 250%; Upgrades: 18/23/42 → 45/60/105%

  • Skyfall Arrows: +20% → +50% arrow damage

  • Glacial Nova: 5 → 10% chance

  • Bloody Chain (Arrow x Arc Fusion): Base 15 → 10%; Upgrades 5/7/11 → 3/4/7%

Meta+ Nodes

  • Small extra-shot (Arrow) nodes: 1% → 2%

  • Mortar Meta+ AoE: 1% → 2%

  • Slow amount reduced: 7% → 5%

Hero Changes

  • Resources on map: 10% → 15%

  • Spell damage upgrades: +20% → +50% spell damage

  • Beer productivity: 10% → 25%

  • Stone/Wood/Gold per worker (respective buildings): +2/2/1 → +4/4/2

  • Gold per worker per wave: 1 → 4

  • Rare banner chance: 7% → 10%

  • Power Spike (Spell): +4% → +3% spell damage

Fixes

  • Fixed Tornado “Endless Enemy Defense” bug (now interacts correctly with barriers)

  • Fixed a bug that could skip waves

  • Fixed excessive bonus from Plate Crusher (Rare Relic) when combined with Basic Training (University)

  • Weakness is now applied correctly during Jumps in Endless Mode

  • Fixed slow calculation on higher waves (enemies could exceed the intended slow cap)

Improvements

  • Fixed UI glitch in Discoveries when displaying perks

  • Better price refresh rates for tower unlock costs

  • Minor scaling optimizations for higher Endless waves

  • Higher Bleed stack amounts now possible (previously stacks could disappear at very high values)

Season 3 starts

NEW SEASON: A new season has begun and the following badges are awarded for the previous season:

Roadmap Update: v1.1 Delivered

Version 1.1 is out, which means the roadmap beats shown in the image are now shipped: Q1 Launch ✔️ Q2 Core Expansion ✔️ Q3 Major Update 1.1 ✔️ Looking Ahead: we’ll continue with steady, incremental updates as they make sense; shaped by your feedback and our still-not-empty backlog. 😄

Thank you for all the incredible feedback across Discord, Steam reviews, YouTube, and the forums! We read every message, and the beta feedback in particular was invaluable.

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Source

Steam News / 17 August 2025

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