「Luck and Destiny」v1.2 Update

Thank you for always exploring the world of dreams with Shape of Dreams. Thanks to your feedback and passion, the dream world continues to evolve and expand.

In this March update, we have introduced new challenges, systems, and a large-scale balance adjustment aimed at expanding build diversity. Face new threats and rewards within the Rapids, and create your own unique builds in more ways than before.

Below are the major highlights of this update.

Year of the Red Horse Commemorative Rewards

To celebrate the Year of the Red Horse, limited commemorative souvenirs will be distributed throughout the year. Log in to the game and claim your rewards!

Omen of Pain, Corrupted Chaos

The Mist of Pain is covering the Rapids.

Battles within the mist will be more difficult, but you will be able to obtain a special reward called Corrupted Chaos. Acquire unique stats and effects that cannot be obtained from normal Chaos.

Luck and Destiny

Two new shrines have been added to help you complete the build you want.

At the Remnants of Luck, you can spend gold to increase the number of reward options.

The Remnants of Destiny allows you to sacrifice the quality of Essences you currently possess in exchange for different Essences.

Both shrines can be discovered while traveling through the Rapids.

New Secrets Within the Rapids

A Hungry Maw born from ruin awaits unfortunate souls.

In addition, multiple new secrets have been added that you may encounter while exploring the Rapids.

Traveler Costumes

Due to many player requests, outfits that allow you to change the Traveler’s appearance have been added as a way to thank you for your continued support.

Show off your status as a seasoned Traveler!

Major Balance Adjustments

Many changes have been made to adjust overly dominant builds that created repetitive gameplay experiences, revive previously underused Memories and Essences, and ultimately increase the variety of viable builds.

For example:

Some Memories now include bonus health scaling, making maximum health builds stronger.

Certain concentration-type Memories, such as Static Discharge and Distorted Mind, can now use dodge abilities during casting.

You can review all changes below.

Additional Content

The following new content has been added in this update.

Expanded Constellations

3 new Common Life Stars

• Confidence

• Layered Scales

• Anchor of Reality

3 new Common Destruction Stars

• Split Blossom

• Bestification

• Phantom Breaker

2 new Common Imagination Stars

• Liminal Expansion

• Glass Pockets

1 new Memory

• Phase Shift

3 new Essences

• Essence of Apathy

• Essence of Epiphany

• Essence of Mortality

2 new Mini-Boss Modifiers

• Blood Thorn

• Aura of Cold

2 new Souvenirs

• Mini Aurena

• Mini Bismuth

4 new Emotes

• Lacerta — “Oh no…”

• Mist — “Dejected”

• Yubar — “Keep Your Composure.”

• Vesper — “Salvation”

Game Balance

The difficulty of co-op gameplay has increased.

Monster spawn count, health, and damage scaling based on the number of players now increase more steeply.

Land of Pyrana

• All Fire Soul's damage is reduced by 15%

• The delayed explosion radius of Fire Soul's laser attack is now more clearly indicated

• Fire Soul's Lava field attack radius reduced by 15%

• All Hellfire Spiders' damage reduced by 15%

• Hellfire Spider's melee attacks no longer apply burn

• Scorching Wolf attack recovery after basic attack increased 1s → 1.25s

• Scorching Wolf's movement speed is reduced by 15%

Whispering Lotus Plateau

Soul Swordsman's melee attack damage is reduced by 20%

Event-Ambush

• No longer appears in the first world

Event-Burning Fores t

• No longer appears too close to the starting area

Lucid Dream-Prudent Jellyfish

• Cooldown reduction penalty increased from 40% → 50%

Curse-Dream Affiction: Dissociative(Control inversion)

• Removed

Memory & Essence Balance

Common Memories

Ice Claw

• First hit damage

  • 140% Ability Power → 130% Ability Power + 5% Bonus Health

• Second hit damage

  • 264% Ability Power → 240% Ability Power + 10% Bonus Health

Glacial Stomp

• Damage

  • 230% Ability Power → 210% Ability Power + 8% Bonus Health

• Shield

  • 60% Ability Power → 40% Ability Power + 2% Bonus Health

Bone Crusher

• Shockwave damage

  • 420%Ability Power → 420% Ability Power + 22% Bonus Health

Glacial Hammer

• Damage

  • 220% Ability Power → 200% Ability Power + 8% Bonus Health

Great Frost Sword

• Cooldown

  • 11s → 9s

• Damage

  • 250% Ability Power → 240% Ability Power + 12% Bonus Health

Immolation

• Damage per second

  • 165% Ability Power → 150% Ability Power + 9% Bonus Health

Pew

• Dodge abilities can now be used during casting.

Flame Jet

• Dodge abilities can now be used during casting.

Static Discharge

• Dodge abilities can now be used during casting.

Shadow Volley

• Dodge abilities can now be used during casting.

Stygian Rush

• Casting direction can now be changed quickly

• Dodge abilities can be used during casting

• Movement speed penalty while charging is reduced 50% → 15%

• Maximum damage increased by 20%

• Hitting enemies now grants a shield scaling with Attack Damage for 3 seconds

Anti-Gravity

• The effect radius increased by 20%

• Cast time reduced by 75%

• Movement is now possible during casting

Dark Bolt

• Damage increased by 40%

Backstep

• Movement speed increased by 20% (+5%) for 3 seconds after casting

Final Explosion

• Damage

  • 850% Ability Power → 850% Ability Power + 100% Bonus Health

• Now grants 75 (+15) Armor during casting

Dark Spear

• Damage increased by 10%

• Cast time reduced by 50%

• Shield damage increased by 100%

Spectral Bullet

• Post-cast delay 0s → 0.1s

Common Essences

Essence of Shatter

• Cooldown 10s → 8s

Essence of Talc

• Cooldown 10s → 8s

Essence of Responsibility

• Cooldown 10s → 8s

Essence of Regeneration

• Total healing increased by 25%

• Healing speed increased by 40%

Essence of Celestial

• Cooldown 10s → 8s

Essence of Vengeance

• Damage

  • 102% Ability Power → 93% Ability Power + 4% Bonus Health

Essence of Aftershock

• Damage

  • 200% Ability Power → 200% Ability Power + 20% Bonus Health

Essence of Reflex

• Damage

  • 120% Ability Power → 100% Ability Power + 4% Bonus Health

Essence of Direness

• HP threshold to reach maximum cooldown reduction

  • 30% → 50%

Essence of Blades

• Damage increased by 20%

Essence of Insensitivity

• Duration 3s → 4s

Essence of Giant

• Health gained 260 → 270

• Health required for 1% damage increase 50 → 70

Perfection

• Granted, stat values are reduced by 10%

Essence of Predation

• Bonus damage to Bosses and Trackers

  • 60% → 40%

• Now grants 1 Attack Power, 1 Spell Power, or 5 Max Health randomly when obtaining a Power Orb

Divine Faith

• Memory damage per stack 0.5% → 0.4%

Lacerta

• Salamander Powder Now grants 15% Attack Speed, and the Attack Speed bonus increases by 5% each time a Memory is enhanced.

• Precision Shot Now ignores the target's Armor.

Mist

• Memory – Lunge Mist now enters a dodge state while dashing, allowing the attack to avoid enemy attacks during the dash. If the attack hits an enemy, the cooldown of Swift Step is reduced by 60%.

• Memory – Unbreakable Determination Dodge abilities can now be used during casting.

Yubar

• Supernova The growth speed of the star increases proportionally with Memory Haste.

• Cataclysm Meteor damage radius increased by 15%.

• Exotic Matter Damage per stack: 125% Ability Power → 110% Ability Power

  Maximum stacks: 4 → 3

  Casting the Ultimate immediately fills the maximum stacks.

  Each enhancement increases the explosion radius by 5%, up to 50%.

• New Star: Flexible Star – Galactic Shower

  The number of meteors that can be dropped by Cataclysm increases by 1 for each additional Light Memory Yubar possesses.

Vesper

• Cruel Sun Minimum damage: 150% Ability Power → 125% Ability Power

  Maximum damage: 450% Ability Power → 380% Ability Power + 17% Bonus Health

• El's Sanctuary The effect radius increased by 10%.

• Baptism of the Sun Now, only up to 6 stacks can be maintained simultaneously.

• Flexible – Pride Flare Dodge abilities can now be used while casting Cruel Sun.

Bismuth

• Pure Soul Damage reduced by 10%. Enhancement requirement to reach the maximum projectile count: 9 → 12.

• Valiant Heart Damage reduced by 20%.

• Distorted Mind Dodge abilities can now be used during casting.

• Destruction – Enlightenment If Bismuth does not possess multiple identical Traveler Memories, the Attack Speed gained increases by 50%.

• Destruction – Arrow of the Mind If Bismuth does not possess multiple identical Traveler Memories, Max Health will not decrease.

• Survival – Light Footsteps If Bismuth does not possess multiple identical Traveler Memories, the Movement Speed increase is boosted by 30%.

• Imagination – Book of Knowledge If Bismuth does not possess multiple identical Traveler Memories, the amount of stats gained increases by 50%.

• Flexible – Say Hello to My Little Friends! Cooldown penalty: 1s → 2s

  If Bismuth does not possess multiple identical Traveler Memories, the cooldown will not increase.

• Flexible – Steadfast Heart Shield gained: 40% of damage → 30% of damage

  If Bismuth does not possess multiple identical Traveler Memories, the shield gained increases by 100%.

Shell

• Laceration

  The cooldown of Blue Form is reduced by 15% per enemy hit, up to 60%.

  Dodge abilities can now be used while casting Blue Form.

  Blue Form damage increased by 15%.

  Blue Form cast time and invulnerability duration: 0.45s → 0.6s

• Annihilation Stance While affected by Annihilation Stance: Dodge ability Memory Acceleration increases by 30 (+6)

  The maximum charge count increases by 2

  Base Attack Power increase: 30% → 35%

  Sword Energy damage reduced by 15%.

• Flexible – Rapid Draw The short movement speed penalty applied after casting Blue Form has been removed.

• Flexible – Controlled Madness If this Star is equipped, the newly added Dodge Memory Haste and maximum charge increase effects from Annihilation Stance will not apply.

Minor Changes

• Armor can now appear as a Chaotic option.

• Opening Recollections is available from the Lobby and in-game pause menu.

• Chaos-granted stats can now be checked via status icons above the HP bar.

• The stat window can now be locked when using a controller.

• Fixed a bug where important objects occasionally appeared on top of campfires.

• Improved lobby list usability when using controllers.

• Multiplayer settings can now be changed from the pause menu when using controllers.

• The Distant Memory event now grants Corrupted Chaos instead of Common Chaos.

• Removed controller/PC input conflict messages based on player feedback.

• The Inversion Sigil event no longer converts distributed damage from Essence of Flexibility into elemental damage.

• Adjusted overly echoing audio effects in Forest of Turbulence and Eroded Isle of Despair.

• General performance improvements and optimization.

• Localization improvements in several regions.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the True Support achievement could not be completed in some situations.

• Fixed an issue where Memory cooldowns appeared longer in certain shop and shrine tooltips.

• Fixed a bug where the game could freeze when Mist used Essence of Abyss.

• Fixed an issue where Rifts could remain permanently closed when loading saves in Hunter-occupied rooms.

• Fixed an issue where Rifts could remain permanently closed when loading saves with the Marsh of Destiny lucid dream active.

• Fixed an issue where players could become permanently trapped in the Otherworld after defeating a hidden boss and loading a save.

• Fixed a bug where some star effects disappeared when Vesper’s Discipline or Aurena’s Dangerous Theory transformed due to an Apple of Discord.

• Fixed mismatched reward levels between the tooltip and the actual reward.

• Fixed an issue where Shell would occasionally stand still and swing when using MOBA controls after removing Sword Energy from Annihilation Stance.

• Fixed fake Rifts that appeared but could not actually be entered.

• Fixed an issue where achievement completion text appeared in English in some languages.

• Fixed an issue where Shell’s Gunpowder Propelled Leap star did not increase Flash Step cooldown.

• Fixed text overlap issues in some star descriptions.

• Fixed an issue where souvenirs equipped by other players were sometimes not visible in co-op.

Your feedback always helps Shape of Dreams grow.

We hope this update makes your journey more exciting and diverse. The dream world will continue to expand. New adventures await you. See you in your dreams.

Thank you. Lizard Smoothie 💫