Sea of Serpents 0.8.2 Update - Out Now!

Happy New Year Spirits! If you are wondering what's up - we're still here and going strong for the release point of Oaken 1.0!

In the meantime, here's the biggest update yet for you:

Sea of Serpents 0.8.2

+ a HUGE visual update! 🍪

IMPORTANT: As this patch has some substantial changes, it will clear your current run - not the whole player profile, just the run. If you have a run in progress, we recommend downloading the patch after finishing it.

↓ Complete patch notes ↓

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Oaken version 0.8.2 detailed patch notes:

MAIN CHANGES:

• CosmeticSeas of Serpents/a new world for Chapter 2 with a new boss, elites and events

• VFX visuals for most spells, skills and abilities were reinvented

• Multiple objects, cards and units were improved or has been recreated from scratch (finally shrines too!)

• Objectives were completely reworked and should work and display more accurately

• Spell targeting was completely reworked and should now allow for more precise spell range indicators

• A large general balance/rework pass was also performed, with all guides, talents, trinkets, spells, wisps, etc that needed a buff/nerf receiving one

• Bosses and elites that leave the board for a turn now cannot move or attack after returning, but they now cast those spells only after finishing their turn

• Refuge node now restores all Exhausted cards to the player, no matter which option they choose

• Regen/Degen now activate at the end of a unit's turn, not the start and it is much easier to anticipate its damage

• More events are now shared between worlds in the same chapter for an increased variety

• Obstacles are now interactive and can be destroyed

• Node distribution was changed to allow for more varied outcomes

• Elder and hollow units are now easier to differentiate from their basic versions

• New trinkets were added (16)

• New Wisps were added (16)

• And, as always, a ton of bugfixes

  SPELLS:

• wade can now also push units onto occupied hexes

• impale can now be cast on allies

• decompose has been redesigned a bit

• decomposeA+ and flowB+ also make the caster swap rotation with the target (this was inconsistent between spells)

• flow now costs 1 less Lumi

• flowB+ now moves the targets forward instead of giving strengthened targets strength

• Cosmeticsurge now costs 1 more Lumi/it overperforms by a lot for it's cost and should still be competitive at 3 Lumi

• allureC+ can now affect allies

• repel can now target enemies

• addle can now target allies

• debilitateB+ now inflicts Exposure based on the amount of allied hexes adjacent to the target

• recycleC+ now deals additional damage if the target is ensnared, not weakened

• launch now can be cast onto the hero in its basic version

• launch A+ now restores health to the target after a collision occurs

• launch C+ now gives the target Growth

• shift now doesn't prevent attacking and can be cast onto any nearby hex, but doesn't have reach shift A, B and C+ have been changed

• protect was fixed to include Strength, but now only affects nearby hexes

• recycle now spawns niblets rotated in the same direction as the target

• sprout now spawns niblets rotated in the direction of the spell

  SKILLS:

• Aya's skill can now target allies if the player for some reason wants to do it

• upgraded Aya's skill now deals additional damage if the target is not adjacent instead of hitting more targets

• upgraded Enju's skill now makes the target a Defender

• Kusta's skill now only affects a single enemy in your LoS

• Kusta's upgraded