✦ TALES OF MIRAVIA — UPDATE 1.11 ✦

OFFICIAL PATCH NOTES

🌤️ ENVIRONMENT & PRESENTATION

A new dynamic cloud system has been implemented in outdoor maps, improving visual depth, environmental atmosphere, and overall immersion during exploration.

✔ Added new environmental interactions across multiple areas of the world ✔ Improved visual ambience in outdoor maps ✔ Increased immersion without compromising overall performance

These changes are part of a broader visual improvement initiative aimed at making Miravia feel more alive, reactive, and atmospheric.

⚔️ COMBAT SYSTEM — COMPLETE REWORK

The combat system has been completely redesigned, replacing the previous random encounter structure with a much more player-driven experience.

New overworld encounter system

• Random encounters have been fully removed

• Enemies now appear directly in the world as visible entities

• Each enemy is represented by a star displaying its identity

• Combat only begins through direct player interaction

• Players are now free to decide whether to engage in combat or avoid it entirely

Respawn & progression flow

✔ Enemies now respawn after leaving and re-entering a map

This allows for:

• Controlled farming

• Strategic encounter selection

• Repeatable fights

• Greater progression freedom

Design philosophy

This redesign focuses on giving players greater control over the pacing of the game.

Two main playstyles are now clearly supported:

• Combat-focused progression and optimization

• Story-focused progression and exploration

✔ Removes frustration caused by unfavorable random encounters ✔ Improves player control over risk and progression pacing

Future content

✔ 7 new enemies are currently planned for future updates, specifically designed around the new combat system.

📈 PROGRESSION & BALANCE

✔ Passive experience gain has been completely removed

Progression now depends entirely on active combat participation.

This change improves:

• Combat relevance

• Risk and reward consistency

• Player-controlled progression pacing

🧪 STATUS EFFECTS — MAJOR REWORK & REBALANCE

A large-scale overhaul has been performed on the status effect system, improving balance, clarity, thematic identity, and tactical depth.

Major adjustments

✔ Steel Wall +30% Defense and Resistance -30% Speed

✔ Venomous Decay Damage per turn now scales with maximum HP → 8% max HP + 15 damage per turn

✔ Abyssal Obfuscation Accuracy reduction increased to 70%

✔ Eternal Silence Blocks all abilities, including magical items

✔ Combat Psychosis Causes random attacks against allies or enemies

✔ Inverted Devotion Target attacks allies exclusively

✔ Eternal Sleep Immobilizes targets until receiving physical or light damage

✔ Ice Prison Fully immobilizes targets and increases incoming ice damage

✔ Paralyzing Vertigo Prevents all actions

✔ Corpse Rigidity Chance to lose turn increased to 25%

✔ Internal Combustion Damage per turn improved to: MAT × 1.2 + 20

✔ Internal Hemorrhage Damage increased to 20% max HP per turn

✔ Human Shield Protects allies below 30% HP

✔ Neural Overload 20% chance to interrupt actions

✔ Indomitable Mind Complete immunity to mental status effects

✔ Arcane Mirror Reflects 80% of magical damage received

✔ Umbral Contagion Dark damage over time and increased darkness vulnerability

✔ Defensive Fracture Total paralysis until receiving damage

✔ Chromatic Symphony 10% stackable elemental damage increase

✔ Acid Erosion Reduces Defense and Resistance by 15% per turn

✔ Spiritual Drain Consumes 15% of maximum PT per turn

✔ Spectral Mist 70% physical evasion

General status system improvements

✔ Improved scaling for damage-over-time effects during long fights ✔ Improved clarity across descriptions and mechanics ✔ Multiple status effects renamed for stronger thematic consistency ✔ Better distinction between offensive, defensive, and control states

🧩 CRITICAL FIXES & STABILITY

✔ Fixed a critical progression issue in the Aurea menu that could break early-game progression

✔ Added a proper exit option to the Aurea menu

✔ Fixed the incorrect TAB key description in the controls menu → TAB now correctly references the map function

✔ Fixed a visual bug during Reginald’s piano event

✔ Fixed multiple early-game dialogue issues affecting narrative clarity

✔ Fixed inconsistencies in style descriptions

✔ Improved Normal and Hardcore difficulty explanations

✔ Fixed a critical invisible wall issue caused by an invisible Kuro entity before the final battle

✔ Fixed progression issues involving Zephyra recruitment and map transitions

✔ Fixed a critical mine progression issue related to accessing Mirden Forest

🧙 NPC SYSTEM — ALTORIOS

The system related to Altorios has been redesigned and simplified.

✔ The Bestiary now unlocks through a single payment ✔ Removed unnecessary fragmented unlock progression ✔ Improved accessibility and system clarity

👤 CHARACTERS — ZEPHYRA

✔ Zephyra’s recruitment system has been unified with the rest of the playable characters

✔ Zephyra now joins the party immediately after being defeated

✔ Added new combat abilities to her skill repertoire

⚙️ UI & QUALITY OF LIFE

Multiple visual and accessibility improvements have been implemented throughout the game.

✔ Improved overall menu design

✔ Improved window visuals and UI consistency for better readability

✔ Improved the photosensitivity warning screen shown at startup

✔ Increased text size across multiple UI areas

✔ Optimized the pacing of the game’s opening sequence

✔ Improved descriptions for systems, items, and mechanics

✔ Added new world interactions

✔ Improved title screen visuals

✔ Added useful information and branding to the main screen

✔ The on-screen clock HUD is now hidden by default → It can still be re-enabled in the options menu

✔ Removed obsolete random encounter frequency options due to the new combat system

🗡️ ITEMS & EQUIPMENT

✔ Removed unnecessary weapons and items

✔ General cleanup of redundant consumables

✔ Rabbit Meat has been improved → Now restores 10% max HP to the entire party

✔ General balance adjustments for items and consumables

🎁 REWARD SYSTEMS & MINIGAMES

✔ Adjusted item acquisition probabilities

✔ Improved reward consistency

✔ Added new obtainable items across multiple systems and minigames

✔ Improved the treasure hunting system

✔ Corrected and improved texts related to the gacha system

🎰 SYSTEM — WISHING FOUNTAIN

✔ The Wishing Fountain has been temporarily disabled

A new gacha-style system is currently in development.

Important clarification:

✔ The system will use only in-game currency (Draken) ✔ Draken is earned entirely through gameplay ✔ There will be no microtransactions or real-money purchases

🏆 ACHIEVEMENT SYSTEM

✔ Notifications now remain on screen for 3 seconds instead of 4

✔ Multiple achievements can now appear simultaneously

✔ Added a new stacked visual notification system

🔊 OPTIMIZATION & INTERNAL CLEANUP

✔ Lossless compression has been applied to all in-game audio files

✔ Overall game size has been reduced by approximately 20%

This improves:

• Loading times

• Memory usage

• Overall performance

✔ A large-scale internal cleanup and optimization pass has also been performed throughout the project

🏁 TITLE SCREEN & VISUAL IDENTITY

✔ Improved the visual quality of the title screen artwork

✔ Reinforced the game’s visual and artistic identity

✔ Improved overall startup presentation and first impression

✦ FINAL NOTES

Update 1.11 represents a major structural evolution for Tales of Miravia.

This update focuses on:

• Greater player freedom

• More controlled and strategic combat

• Improved progression clarity

• Stronger visual and gameplay identity

• Cleaner and more consistent systems

The foundations introduced in this version will continue expanding in future updates.

💬 Miravia no longer forces players into battle. Now, every encounter is a decision. ⚔️✨