Patch 1.5 Release Notes

Darkest greetings Underlord, We’ve arrived at last to our next major iteration of War for the Overworld. Patch 1.5: Trial by Fire! We’re extremely pleased with how the new features in this patch have turned out, and with the content offered by the free Crucible DLC there are a huge number of changes to consider. In terms of brand new features we don’t think we’ve ever brought something quite this significant to bear before! No doubt you want to get stuck right in and you will be able to do so immediately via Steam! But if you want to find out more about the patch you can of course read our release post, or have a browse through the full release notes below.

Patch 1.5: Trial by Fire

New Game Mode: Crucible

Endless Waves of Enemies

• With waves divided into sets of five, each set heralds its own diverse theme, but all are unified in the solitary goal of your destruction.

• Face off against devastating bosses in the final wave of each set - kill them quick enough and earn a reward!

• Up to 100 pre-determined waves will appear before you based on the selected challenge; if you somehow survive those you’ll be forced to face off against random sets of enemies.

Discover new realms on which to make your mark

• Six all-new Crucible levels have been added to the game, each of which has a unique layout and design to push your survival skills to breaking point.

• Each realm has a set of three lanes and in many cases each lane will have its own twist to make your defence that little bit tougher.

All-new survival mechanics make you step outside your comfort zone

• Each map has three sets of Goldstones, all new shrines that gift you gold for every second they remain intact. Naturally if your foes get their way that won’t be for long.

• Feel like turning up the heat? The Advanced challenge will push you to the brink and beyond, so demonstrate your mastery of the game in this mode.

• New challenges will be added at a later date.

Call upon three powerful Lifeline abilities

• While playing the Crucible mode you have access to three powerful abilities to help you last “just a few more rounds” in exchange for a modest sum of gold. But be warned: each cast increases the cost of the Lifeline exponentially.

• Apocalypse destroys all enemies, except for a few particularly strong examples, within a hair's breadth of your Dungeon Core and Goldstones.

• Safeguard will protect your Goldstones from damage for a short while, giving you time to think.

• Need some time to breathe? Respite will delay the next wave so you can shore up your defences.

Make your mark and win fabulous prizes

• Each level and challenge combination features its own Steam leaderboard. Think you can take down the devs at their own game? Want to prove you’re the very best? Well now you can!

• New unlockable Worker skins are available to those stalwart Underlords that survive 25, 50, and 75 waves.

Mutators

Through our new mutators we’re going to be putting the power in your hands: tweak gameplay mechanics through dozens of intricate sliders or simply ban units or Aspects from the game entirely. The choice is yours!

• Mutators are now available in Skirmish, Sandbox, and Multiplayer modes.

• There are 28 Gameplay Mutators to