• Fixed various visual issues with a bunch of different Mounts.
  
• Slightly optimized Rain of Flames performance
  
• Resolved an issue that was causing Earthquake to stay on the battlefield after defeating Archeon.
  
• Elysia can no longer be pushed off the map.
  
• Removed spear related item from Archery Underrealm rewards.
  
• Prime Trux the Imp will now properly display the warning indication of all 3 lasers.
  
• Fixed _"Gain 0.02% damage reduction for every 100..."_ to work with Highest stat.
  
• Added description about Experience Stones to Shadow stones.
  
• Fixed an issue where Sword's bracers would give double crit damage.
  
• Resolved an issue in Mardoth Bridge that was preventing enemies from spawning.

• Gravedigger key recipe will now unlock before Elysia key recipe.
  
• Slightly reduced damage dealt by Shadowreaper boss and Prime Tombshade tornado attack.
  
• Health regeneration bonus from Quartz reward card increased to 10%.

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• Optimized Mistress of Archeon VFX performance
  
• Improved collision in Min Lodhur, which should prevent players from getting stuck outside Boss Arena.
  
• Added controller support for Inventory Filter
  
• Fixed a calculation in Arcane apocalypse's Blackhole modifier. It should now deal the correct amount of damage.
  
• Resolved a navigation issue in The Hour Glass encounter that was preventing Apexious' minions from attacking the player.
  
• Removed an exploitable point in Mardoth Bridge that was causing enemies to become stuck.
  
• Fixed an issue with Archeon reward chest that was causing some items to be invisible.
  
• Reduced Prime Cavernous Ravager's rock attack damage.

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• A major change has been made to the Character Save&Backup system which should prevent players from losing their character when abruptly disconnecting or closing the game.
  
• Resolved an issue that was causing Arcane Apocalypse to leave shadows behind even after the skill ended.
  
• Optimized performance of gaining Blood stacks.
  
• Fixed an issue where the player could go back to the arena after killing the boss in infused Dhim Tharim.
  
• Removed several exploitable spots in Ethereal Garden Temple rupture.

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• Resolved an issue that was causing Boss encounters to be instantly defeated upon spawning.
  
• Fixed a bug that was causing elite enemies to spawn on elevated grounds.
  
• Removed an invisible, blocking wall in The Hour Glass encounter.
  
• Fixed the issue causing rewards and enemies to spawn out of bounds in Mardoth Bridge
  
• "Increased mount speed by 80%" now working correctly
  
• Resolved the issue that was causing players to get stuck in the air during Skorch encounter.
  
• Fixed the issue making some Fists weapons to be held weird.
  
• Fixed the issue causing some skins to become twisted when using fists weapons.
  
• Made slight performance optimizations to Arcane Apocalypse and Fiery Totems.

*For changes made during the pre-season Chaos Week, visit the Chaos Week Patch Notes Thread.

• Fixed a visual issue causing players to still hold weapons while mounted.
  
• Resolved a physics issue so that it's no longer possible to push bosses out of the arena.
  
• Fixed an issue causing Time Tears visuals to persist in rupture even after killing their summoned elite.
  
• Corrected the problem that was causing Exploding Seeds to not deal any damage.
  
• Fixed enemies spawning location in the Grave Digger's Cove
  
• Smoothened the dissolve visual effect of containers

• Archeon Mistress's damage reduced.
  
• Kaotika (Bridge of the Demigods) damage reduced.
  
• Attack speed nodes now give % instead of flat attack speed.

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• Fixed a rendering issue that was causing the Racial Trait tooltip to stick out of the screen.
  
• Corrected Fist weapon visuals.
  
• Fixed a bug that was causing players to get stuck running in a certain direction.
  
• Resolved the Lightning Beam flicker.
  
• Fixed the bug that was causing auto-attack to become disabled after dashing.
  
• Kraken Seed "Run over kraken seeds to shoot projectiles" now correctly gives Projectile Affinity.
  
• Correct a calculation that was causing armor pieces to not receive the intended amount of Armor.
  
• Slightly increased amount of items that can be dropped by enemies inside ruptures.
  
• Elites spawning from Time Tear can now properly spawn as Prime.

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• Resolved additional navigation issues causing enemies to spawn in the ground or out of bounds.
  
• Fixed a bug that was causing Spears special ability (dash) icon to not disappear after changing stance
  
• Corrected an issue that was causing Spark's Plasma sphere to fly off into the horizon.
  
• Corrected various Typos
  
• Reduced life-steal's sound effect volume
  
• Fixed an issue where only parts of a boss enemy would light up on hit indication
  
• Made performance optimizations to DeathClaws and Empowered DeathClaws

• Added Luck stat nodes to skill tree
  
• Slightly reduced enemy health growth algorithm
  
• Fists:
  • Juggernaut Manifest's critical damage augmentation has been reduced to 50% (down form 100%)
    
  • Slightly reduced chance to gain an Excitement stack on critical Hit
    
  • Removed Combo points scaling based on stance Mastery.
    
  • Combo points now augment secondary ability damage instead of adding to it.
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  Monday, March 17th Patch Notes:
  
  
  Bug Fixes:
• Fixed an issue that was preventing containers from spawning properly in Infused ruptures.
  
• Corrected an issue with Energy Spheres damage calculation
  
• Removed bottom shadow from environment messages box
  
• Resolved the issue causing some Legendary items to roll with double stats.
  
• Fixed the issue causing Spirit shade Nightshade to spawn their walls in the air
  
• Prime variant of *Trux The Imp* will now spawn an additional laser.
  
• Fixed an issue that was preventing Offhands from working properly in the loot area of Bridge of the Demigods.
  
• Juggernaut Manifest will now correctly increase melee auto attack range by 25% for the duration.
  
  
  Gameplay:
• Juggernaut Manifest is now available as a monogram on the Helmet slot.
  
• 'Gain 25% health Regeneration but potions do not heal you' Monogram has been increased to give 100% health regeneration.
  
• Added Elemental Type description to offhand tooltip
  
  
  Fists - Major Changes:
• Fists proficiency Mastery will now increase the bonus damage gained from combo points.
  
• Soul Strike has been revamped, and will no longer causes players to be immobilized, and does not apply 15% damage reduction.
  
• Ground Pound: Damage modifier increased by 20%, Range increased by 30%.
  
• Deathly Revolver: Damage modifier reduced by 10%.
  
• Fervent Punch's attack speed speed has been significantly increased, Damage modifier reduced by 20%.
  
• Juggernaut Manifest Critical Chance bonus reduced to 25% (100% ->25%), and now doubles the Critical Damage bonus for the duration.
  
  
  Offhand Abilities:
  • Arcane Orbs: Chaos Orbs modifier will now provide Explosion affinity
    
    
  • Chain Lightning:
    • Additional Damage with each link modifier now gives +20% Damage per additional link (up from 10%).
      
    • Jump two Additional times Modifier now adds Area affinity
  • Ferocity of Wolves: "One of your Wolves turns into a Bat" Modifier no longer provides Sky affinity.
    
    
  • Eye Of the Storm no longer has Orbit affinity by default.
    
    
  • Lightning Beam stays longer modifier:
    • Duration increased by 0.5 seconds. (1s -> 1.5s)
      
    • Damage increased by 10% (10% -> 20%)
      
    • Now applies Momentum affinity
  • Delusions of Zelkore
    • Lava Spike modifier: Reduced time to spawn spikes in order to improve viability on moving targets.
  • Arcane Apocalypse
    • Slightly reduced delay between spawn and explosion in order to improve viability on moving targets.
  • Arcane Totem now has Ground affinity by default
    
    
  • Spark now has Sky affinity by Default.
    
    • Plasma Sphere modifier has undergone major changes:
      • Plasma Sphere no longer spawns spark on enemies.
        
      • Plasma sphere will now explodes when it despawns, dealing 100% damage.
        
      • Sparks can now jump onto Plasma Sphere, and be consumed in favor of extra damage.
        
      • Chance to spawn plasma reduced to 15%. (was 20%)
        
      • Increased time between ticks by 65%, amount of Ticks has been doubled.
        
      • Damage bonus and chance to spawn Plasma sphere now properly stacks.
        
      • Plasma Sphere modifier now grants Explosion affinity.
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  Sunday, March 16th Patch Notes:
  Gameplay
• Legendary (purple) Items will now drop the same Stat for flat and percent bonus.
  
• All Health regeneration nodes on the skill tree have been increase by x10
  
• Fist's blessing abilities (Blinding Rage, Zen Meditation) now apply Augmentation instead of Percent.
  Augmentation enhances or reduces an attribute by applying a direct scaling effect to its total value.
  
• Prime Elites now correctly give double Essence, additional experience, and will always grant a reward container when killed.
  
  
  Bug Fixes
• Resolved a lot of Navigation issues that were causing Enemies and Containers to spawn out of bounds.
  
• Excitement now gives correct Attack speed bonus.
  
• Resolved an issue that was causing items to disappear in the Workbench.
  
• Fixed the calculation for "Gain 1% health per potion" monogram.
  
• Skill tree nodes for "Hazard' Affinity now gives the correct bonus.
  
• Damage in Character sheet UI now shows total damage, including all % bonuses.
  
• Fixed an issue where players would pick up more potions than they can carry.
  
• Resolved an issue that was hiding the used abilities in Fists stance from Leaderboard.
  
• Added Fist Weapons and Items to all boss drops it was missing from.
  
• Corrected Underrrealm icons and texts for Fists stance.
  
• Removed a small invisible wall in the Home Fort.
  
• Resolved an issue that was causing some bosses to teleport out of bounds.
  
• Fixed an exploit that was allowing players to loot containers an infinite amount times.
  
• Corrected an issue that was preventing Prime Elites from spawning when an elite spawns through the Monogram bonus.
  
• Fixed a wrong calculation that was causing Fervent Punch to sometimes deal negative damage.
  
• Resolved an issue that was enabling Juggernaut Manifest bonus to work while not using Fist weapons.
  
  
  

Hey Adventurers! We've got an exciting update packed with new features, balance changes, and bugfixes.
Check out what's new in Season 3.5 of Dwarven Realms - Awakening:

Unleash your inner brawler with our brand-new FISTS class!
This powerful new combat style lets you pummel enemies with devastating close-range attacks.
Wield new specialized Fist Weapons with unique aesthetics.
Master an exciting combo system that rewards skillful play. Chain attacks to build combo points, then unleash devastating finishers.

• Customize your character with race-specific clothing and appearance options
  
• Unlock racial traits that boost certain combat styles as you progress. (Applies to Humans as well)
  
• Crush Everything with a new playable race - The Orcs! and harness their natural strength and resilience in battle.

Face the ultimate challenge with our new Prime Elite mechanics: Elite enemies have a chance to spawn as a significantly more powerful 'Prime' variant of themselves.

• Encounter unique and enhanced attack patterns from Prime Elites
  
• Prime Elites have a lot more health and deal more damage
  
• Prime Elites feature spectacular visual effects to distinguish them

• Improved Cave Crasher's Rock Trail effects.
  
• Added tooltips to Essence Turn-in.
  
• Renamed Charging affinity to Momentum.
  
• Introduced a new affinity: Hazard - to allow for better distribution of affinities across offhands.
  
• Health Regeneration% stat now increases the player's base health regeneration - instead of adding a % of health as flat regeneration.
  
• Default Rupture Containers no longer drop equipment.
  
• Experience gained through Research Table (Scrolls, Tablets, and Books) has been reduced.
  
• Experience bonus gained from upgrading the Research Table significantly increased.
  
• Flat Damage can now only appear as a base affix for Weapons.
  
• Reduced the number of items that drop in Ruptures.
  
• Increased Qhik'zichar mount drop rate.

• We've updated the formulas for enemy health scaling and player damage calculation to improve balance and progression.
  Enemy health now scales more dynamically based on difficulty, while player damage calculations have been refined to ensure smoother power growth across levels.
  
  
• As part of the effort to get more diverse playstyles, we've disconnected the hard link between specific stats and stances. Basically allowing players to combine any stance with any stat distribution.
  
  • Removed the stat scaling bonuses from Stance Proficiency
    
  • Legendary (purple) items can now roll with any of the 7 stat attributes.
  
  
• As with every season, we've made updates to Offhand Abilities and Monograms. Also Stance Attacks have undergone a refinement of Damage and Energy costs. You can review the full details below

• Potions will now only be collected if the player an empty potion slot
  
• Celestial forge can no longer be closed unexpectedly
  
• Improved visuals for epic antler weapon containers
  
• Fixed an issue where lightning beam was not attached to the player

• Added equipment slot-type filtering
  
• Limited loot popup on lower right of screen to 10 rows maximum
  
• "Unlearn" option in skill tree only appears after using at least one skill point
  
• Added Infused rupture selector overlay
  
• Added search box to mounts, pets and skins lists

• Arcane Apocalypse:
  • Damage multiplier increased (0.84 → 0.93).
    
  • Buff mod: Chance to gain buff increased by 10% (15% → 25%). Buff now grants 150% Arcane Damage.
    
  • Explode Twice mod: Chance to trigger increased by 10% (10% → 20%).
• Arcane Orb:
  • Chaos Orbs mod: Damage bonus increased to 25% (20% → 25%).
    
  • Burst mod: Now gains +10% damage per extra orb.
• Electric Dragons:
  • Meteor mod: Chance to trigger increased to 20% (10% → 20%).
    
  • Meteor mod: Damage increased to 80% (40% → 80%).
    
  • Extra Dragon & Range mod: Now grants Area affinity.
• Ferocity of Wolves:
  
  • Leap mod: Bonus damage per leap reduced to 35% (50% → 35%).
• Fiery Totem:
  
  • Damage bonus mod: Now grants 10% increased damage per totem (previously 5%).
    
  • Ember Ghosts mod (Explode on Overlap): Now stacks, dealing +50% damage per stack (previously did not stack).
• Carnage of Fire:
  
  • Lava Spike mod: Damage bonus increased to 50% (30% → 50%).
• Burning Shield:
  
  • Fire Swords mod: Damage increased to 25% (10% → 25%).
• Blood Dragons:
  
  • Chance to explode mod: Increased to 15% (10% → 15%).
• Arcane Totem:
  
  • Explosion mod: Chance to explode increased to 15% (10% → 15%).
    
  • Explosion mod: Damage increased to 150% (130% → 150%).
• Kraken Seed:
  
  • Projectile mod: Damage increased to 40% (20% → 40%).
    
  • Running over Kraken Seed: Fixed a bug where the two different modifiers for running over Kraken Seed did not work together.
• Toxicity:
  
  • Chance to spawn a projectile mod: Increased to 15% (10% → 15%).
• Vortex:
  
  • Gain 10% damage for every other Vortex: Fixed a bug where damage was not applied correctly.
    
  • Mini vortexes now benefit from the damage bonus as well, by 5% (half of a large vortex).
• Starblades:
  
  • Gain an additional blade - damage of additional blade is reduced to 75%. (100% → 70%)
    
  • Damage bonus for additional blades reduced to 70%. (100% → 70%)
    
  • Chance to strike twice increased to 25%. (20% → 25%)
    
    • Now grants Momentum Affinity.

• New Ring Monogram: While in Berserker Fury, gain 5% Elemental Damage for every 40 points of your highest stat.
  
• Unholy Void Adjustment: Gain 2 base Health/Damage for every 20 stat increased to 25.
  • Moved to ring slot.
• Stat Boost: Gain 50 stat — Added missing Dexterity, Luck, Strength, and Stamina.
  
• Damage Scaling: Gain 10 Damage for every 150 points of your highest stat - Damage increased to 15, required points reduced to 100.
  
• Critical Elemental Synergy: Gain 3% Elemental Damage for every Critical Strike chance above 100% - increased to 5%.
  
• Elemental Pulse Expansion: Every 4 seconds, your character pulses with Elemental Damage—max stacks increased from 30 → 100.
  
• Gain 150 damage: But suffer Extremely slow movement / Have no Energy / Getting hit deals 75% HP as Damage -- Bonus damage increased to 300.
  
• Amadora’s Blessing Enhancement: Now deals 50% more damage (previously 20%).
  
• Offhand Stat Adjustment: Gain 500 of a single stat if no offhands are equipped reduced to 250.
  
• Armor-Critical Scaling: Gain 1% Critical Damage for every 250 Armor - Armor required increased to 400.
  
• Phasing Trance Potency: Gain 10% Potency bonus per 50 of your highest stat - increased to 100 stat.
  
• BossDamage/MaxHP/Dmg% Scaling: Gain Bonus per 25 stat - increased to 40 stat.
  
• Potion Max HP : Gain 2.5% MaxHP per potion slot reduced to 1%..
  
• Potion Scaling: Gain 1 additional potion for every 50 stat increased to 75.

• Swords
  
  • Bloody Strike: Damage Modifier 190% → 180%
    
  • Tornado Wave: Damage Modifier 190% → 175%
    
  • Thousand Cuts: Damage Modifier 200% → 190%
    
  • Shattering Swipe: Energy Cost 31 → 26, Damage Modifier 195% → 160%
    
  • Shadow Slice: Energy Cost 26 → 21, Damage Modifier 190% → 170%
• Spears
  
  • Piercing Fire: Damage Modifier180% → 160%
    
  • Wind Blast: Damage Modifier195% → 160%
    
  • Magical Lance: Damage Modifier190% → 140%
    
  • Piercing Army: Damage Modifier200% → 180%
    
  • Blood Swirl: Energy Cost 16 → 21, Damage Modifier 190% → 180%
    
  • Corrupted Spears: Energy Cost 21 → 26, Damage Modifier 195% → 190%
• Bows
  
  • Magic Arrows: Damage Modifier180% → 190%
    
  • Blade Kick: Damage Modifier150% → 170%
    
  • Exploding Seeds: Damage Modifier160% → 180%
    
  • Infused Arrow: Damage Modifier195% → 190%
    
  • Cyclone Frenzy: Damage Modifier190% → 180%
    
  • Rain of Arrows: Energy Cost 21 → 31, Damage Modifier 195% → 180%
• Axes
  
  • Holy Quake: Damage Modifier180% → 160%
    
  • Spiral Onslaught: Damage Modifier180% → 170%
    
  • Demonic Strike: Damage Modifier190% → 175%
    
  • Gods Wrath: Damage Modifier210% → 200%
    
  • Whirlwind: Damage Modifier200% → 175%
• Mauls
  
  • Magical Air Dance: Damage Modifier190% → 175%
    
  • Mystic Maulquake: Damage Modifier 190% → 180%
    
  • Ethereal Strike: Damage Modifier 195% → 175%
    
  • Blood Frenzy: Damage Modifier 200% → 190%
    
  • Hurricane Havoc: Damage Modifier 200% → 190%
    
  • Blazing Earthshaker: Energy Cost 21 → 26, Damage Modifier 160% → 180%
• Magery
  
  • Starfall Strike: Damage Modifier 160% → 170%
    
  • Death Claws: Damage Modifier 190% → 180%
    
  • Ground Blast: Damage Modifier 200% → 180%
    
  • Chaos Mine: Damage Modifier 195% → 175%
    
  • Discharge: Damage Modifier 200% → 175%
    
  • Energy Spheres: Energy Cost 21 → 31, Damage Modifier 180% → 200%

The gates will open at 1PM EST and Season 3.5 will begin.
Jump in and start your seasonal journey! See you in the game!

In Season 3.5: The Awakening, warriors old and new must rise to meet the challenge.

The Juggernauts rise to defend the realms against the forces of Archeon. Adapt your combat like never before, utilizing fist weapons and inner peace to wreak destruction on your enemies, unlocking devastating new techniques of absolute raw power.
As the forces of evil stir up Dwarven Realms, Ancient races long thought to be forgotten have resurfaced. The relentless Orc race steps onto the Dwarven battlefields, wielding their own unique strengths.
Stronger, faster, and deadlier than before. These enhanced foes possess greater health, increased damage, and intensified abilities, forcing you to rethink your strategy.

There is no rest for the wicked balance - here are some changes that are going live with Season 3:

- Boss damage bonus from Wisdom reduced to be +0.5% per 10 points.
- Abilities:

• Dragon Flame:
  - Damage multiplier increased by 11%
  - Cooldown reduced by 0.2 seconds
  
• Chain Lightning:
  - Damage multiplier Increased by 18%
  
• Ferocity of Wolves:
  - Damage multiplier reduced by 5%
  - Cooldown Increased by 0.2 seconds
  
• Static Charge:
  - Damage multiplier increased by 10%
  - Cooldown reduced by 0.2 seconds
  
• Starblades:
  - Damage multiplier reduced by 10%
  - Cooldown Increased by 0.2 seconds
  
• Electric Dragons:
  - Damage multiplier increased by 14%
  - Cooldown reduced by 0.3 seconds
  
• Blood Dragon:
  - Damage multiplier increased by 18%
  - Cooldown reduced by 0.2 seconds
  
• Fire Totems:
  - Damage multiplier increased by 24%
  - Cooldown reduced by 0.2 seconds
  

In the midst of Chaos, there is also opportunity
~ Sun Tzu, Chinese general and strategist.

Chaos week's first (and hopefully last) reset is upon us!
Patch will be live soon, and the gates will be closed for one hour as usual.
Here, read some patch notes in the mean time.

• Golden Qhickzichar now has a chance to drop a special mount chest with one of the new Qhickzichar mounts!

• Fixed missing Skorch Icon on the Leaderboards
  
• Fixed Bloodlust description on Spear Proficiency

• Fixed an issue where players would not gain additional damage from Blood stacks per highest stat.
  
• Monogram station will now show an error when players are lacking resources
  
• Fixed Fire damage bonus for Berserker Elemental Fury

• Starblades:
  
  • Gain damage for every extra blade modifier has been reduced bonus for each extra blade from 150% to 100%
    
• Vortex:
  
  • When Vortices collide they spawn thunderstorm modifier - Thunderstorm damage has been changed to deal 150% damage over 1.5s.
    
  • Damage Multiplier increased from 61% to 67% (+6%).
    
• Lightning Totems
  
  • Totems cast additional Bolt: Reduced the damage of additional bolts from 100% to 75%.
    
• Spark performance optimization - We've revamped the behavior of Spark to drastically improve performance.
  
  • Damage Multiplier increased from 32% to 40% (+8%).
    
  • Cooldown reduced by 0.2s
    
• Monogram: Gain 1% damage for every 20 stat increased to be every 25 stat.
  
• Corrected Toxicity mod that adds Projectile affinity

Drastically improved performance of the following areas.

• Rain of Flames
  
• Discharge
  
• Skill tree
  
• Chain Lightning
  
• Spark
  
• Magery Auto Attack
  
• Vortex

We hope you're having fun playing Season 3 Chaos week!
Thanks to your commitment, we've already identified several large - game breaking - issues.
The Fix patch is now live, patch notes in list below.
As expected from Chaos week, this means we will likely have another reset coming within the next few days.
The good news is, everyone participating in Chaos week will also receive an additional cosmetics reward!

• Removed a miscalculation in the new Empowered Attacks system that was causing all players in all scenarios to deal double damage. - Ya'll didn't notice the game was easy as pie?
  
• Resolved an issue where Empowered Cyclone Frenzy was not dealing damage behind the player.
  
• Fixed a bug that was causing Empowered Blood Swirl to not receive the correct radius increase bonus.
  
• Resolved an issue that was causing some Empowered attacks to deal damage to players.

• Fixed various typo's in skill tree node descriptions.
  
• Fixed the issue where players were not consuming gold when unlearning nodes in skill tree.
  
• Fixed 'Taste My Lightning' node to give correct lightning bonus damage.
  
• Fixed an issue where players would gain _Charged Defense Blessing_ without spending skill points.
  
• Fixed an issue where players would keep _Infuriated Health Blessing_ after unlearning the node.
  
• Fixed Blood Boil nodes to give the correct amount of critical damage bonus.
  
• Fixed the issue that was causing Blood Rage nodes to give Critical Chance instead of Critical Damage.
  
• Fixed description of Stance bonuses in selection nodes.
  
• Added Luck as an option to stat selection nodes.

• Fixed the issue where Gain additional Potion Slot for per highest stat Monogram was not working properly.
  
• Fixed the issue where Gain 2 additional Potion Slots Monogram was not working.
  
• Fixed the Phasing trance effects increase by 10% Monogram to work as intended.
  
• Fixed the issue where Gain 0.05% Health per highest stat Monogram was not working as intended.
  
• Fixed the issue where Gain 1% Armor per Bloodlust stack Monogram was not working as intended.
  
• Fixed the Monogram granting Max Health for Elemental Damage to correctly calculate bonus health.

We've Identified and resolved several issues with the way Fire Orbs calculates damage, especially with it's Ability Modifiers:

• Fire Orbs: Cooldown increased by 0.2s
  
• Fire Orbs: Reduced Increasing intensity multiplier from 5% to 3%
  
• Modifier - Mini Orbs: Damage multiplier reduced to 20% of total Fire Orbs damage
  
• Modifier - Explode: Reduced explosion damage to be 65% of total Fire Orbs damage.
  
• Modifier - Explode: Fixed an issue where bonus damage for extra ticks was not scaling correctly.

• Fixed issue where Hurricane Havoc was not triggering Offhands correctly.
  
• Removed Mastery Scaling for early game Spears stance proficiency .
  
• Corrected the description of Bloodlust in Spears stance proficiency.
  
• Fixed an issue that was causing Sky Swords to collide with objects and not hit the ground.
  
• Resolved the problem with Empowered Magical Slash not hitting some enemies.

• Fixed the issue that was causing enemies to spawn underground in new Harmonian maps.
  
• Added missing Ghauxst to new Infused Harmonian maps.
  
• Fixed an issue where enemies would stop attacking player in Massadin maps.
  
• Fixed an issue that was causing tooltips to display +0% bonuses.
  
• Added a scroll bar to the rewards shown in the Essence Turn-in station at the end of Ruptures.
  
• Resolved a sound issue that was causing Sword attacks to play wrong sounds.
  
• Tweaked opacity of Chaos Mine animation to reduce visual clutter.
  
• Resolved an issue that was preventing offline characters from Re:Specing.
  
• Cleared up incorrect text on Axe proficiency nodes.
  
• Updated Luck & Attack Speed Quartz card reward to give 15 Luck, in alignment with all other stats.
  
• Resolved an issue that was causing Dexterity to unintentionally increase player movement speed.
  
• Fixed sound effect blending for Phantasm Archers.
  
• Fixed the scenario where picking up fossil gems with a full inventory would cause players to lose gems.

Jump in and start your Season 3 journey! See you in game!



Welcome to our biggest system overhaul yet! This update introduces fundamental changes to character progression and combat mechanics, offering unprecedented build diversity and strategic depth.

We've reimagined our skill tree from the ground up, creating a more dynamic and flexible progression system:
Massive Expansion: The skill tree now features more than triple the number of nodes compared to the previous version, offering vastly more build possibilities
New Selection Nodes: Special stat nodes that let you choose which specific stat to acquire, giving you more control over your character's development
Advanced Node Types: Introducing several new nodes:

• Affinity nodes for specialized damage types
  
• Stance nodes for unique combat positions
  
• Skill enhancement nodes
  
• Build-defining nodes

Introducing a deep new layer of customization with Offhand Affinities - special properties that can be modified through offhand equipment mods.
Each affinity can be enhanced through bonuses, allowing players to specialize their builds and unlock powerful synergies. Mix and match affinities to discover powerful new combinations and create builds never seen before!


Transform your combat style with our new Empowered Attacks:

• All stance-based skills can now be enhanced through specialized skill tree modifications
  
• Unlock powerful variations of your favorite stance abilities

We've completely rebuilt the Harmonian maps from scratch, offering a fresh experience for all players:

• Redesigned layouts and environments
  
• Enhanced visual elements and atmosphere

We've expanded the monogram system to offer more flexibility and customization options:

• Players can now purchase any monograms
  
• No more waiting for random unlocks to get your desired monogram

Player can now change monograms on flawless items that already have one at a set price

All monogram that were tied to a specific stat now work based on your highest stat.

We've streamlined the inventory system for better organization and item management:

• Inventory now features materials and keys tabs for better item organization
  
• Improved inventory navigation and management

• New item locking mechanism to protect valuable gear
  
• Prevent accidental item deletion or modification

We've reworked all normal monsters you'll face in Ruptures:

• Redesigned attack patterns and combat behaviors
  
• Adjusted movement and attack speeds
  
• More dynamic and challenging encounters

• Certain stats will be hidden from stats sheet for better clarity if they are at 0%
  
• Added new relevant stats to better reflect character progression
  
• All base attributes now provide a single, focused bonus

All masteries now provide a focused set of combat bonuses:

• Stance Damage
  
• Critical Strike Damage
  
• Max Health
  
• Armor

• Added recipe: Trade 5 Bridge Keys for 1 Archeon Key (requires level 165)
  
• New "Elite" Target Dummy available in Home Fort
  
• Introduced Free Daily Character Respec
  
• Expanded Monogram collection with new options

In addition to all the changed above, we made more changes during the Pre-season Chaos week:
Pre-Season 3 Launch Balance Patch notes
Season 3 Chaos Week - Fixes Patch
Season 3: Frostborn Legacies, Chaos Week 28th of January - Patch and Reset

Dwarven Realms: Season 2 - Depths of the Forsaken

Zul, the Forger of Worlds, has fallen. Victory was within our grasp—or so we thought. In the aftermath of his defeat, a new threat emerges, hidden within a dark and forsaken path that leads deep beneath the realms.

What awaits in the depths?
Explore the uncharted underground labyrinth, uncover unparalleled treasures, and wield powerful new abilities. But beware—what lies below is not for the faint of heart.

Season 2 Highlights:

New Endgame System: The Forsaken Path
Venture deeper into the abyss with new procedural challenges, deadly bosses, and unique mechanics that push your skills to the limit.

New Items & Builds:
Discover powerful relics, legendary weapons, and exclusive crafting materials designed to create game-changing builds.

Expanded Skill Tree:
Customize your hero further with an enhanced skill tree, offering more paths to mastery and new abilities.

Exclusive Seasonal Rewards:
Unlock rare pets, unique cosmetic skins, and exclusive titles for those brave enough to conquer the depths.

Dynamic Challenges:
Each delve offers increasing difficulty and greater rewards, introducing enemies and mechanics you've never faced before.

Seasonal Leaderboards:
Prove your worth and earn eternal glory. Only the strongest will dominate the Season 2 leaderboards.

New Bosses:
Face off against terrifying new adversaries, each more fearsome and relentless than the last.

Prepare to descend deeper than ever before. Treasures await—but so does death.


Detailed Notes:
The Underrealm

• Venture into a challenging new endgame system where you forge your own path to greater rewards.
  
• Unlock Requirement: Complete Rupture Level 70
  
• Entry Cost: Underrealm Key (obtainable from Infused Ruptures)
  
• Key Features:
  
• Choose your own path through the Underrealm
  
• Target specific rewards by planning your route

The Vault

• A high-stakes gambling system within the Underrealm
  
• Wager gold for exceptional rewards
  
• Higher stakes yield greater potential rewards

New Endgame Boss: Skorch the Ash Weaver

• The most formidable foe yet emerges from the depths of the Underrealm!
  
• Surpasses Zul in difficulty and complexity
  
• Features intricate new combat mechanics

New Weapon Tier

• Obtain exclusively from defeating Skorch the Ash Weaver
  
• Represents the pinnacle of weapon progression

New Catacombs Zone - Unlocks at Catacombs Level 125
Features two new crafting stations:
#### Celestial Forge
Add crafting specifications to Unique or Flawless items
Cost: 1 Celestial Dust (obtained from defeating Zul)
#### Hell Forge
Transfer affixes from Unique or Flawless items to Epic items
Cost: 5 Forger Dust
Defeating extremely strong bosses such as Zul or Skortch now have a chance to drop a new rare resources - The Forager or Celestial Dust.


NEW OFFHAND MODIFIERS

• Dragon Flame: Increased dragon flame breath, +10% damage per stack
  
• Carnage of Fire:
  
• Spawns flaming spike (+10% damage)
  
• Scorching effect (20% damage/0.33s, 1s duration)
  
• Fire Beam: Creates fire rings (+10% damage, +10% per stack)
  
• Blood Dragons: 10% chance for Dragon Burst (200% damage), +10% per stack. Scales with dragon size
  
• Arcane Orbs: Transform to Chaos Orbs (+20% damage per orb, +10% Arcane Blast chance)
  
• Delusion of Zelkors: Mage explosions spawn fire spikes (20% damage per mage, +5% per stack)
  
• Spinning Blades: Shoots shurikens (10% damage each)
  
• Spark: 50% chance for plasma sphere on collision (50% damage/0.3s)
  
• Lightning Totems: 25% explosion chance on strike (base damage), +25% per stack
  
• Electric Dragons: Spawns electric meteors (10% damage/0.5s)
  
• Chain Lightning: Adds sky strike on link connection (matches Chain Lightning damage)
  
• Ferocity of Wolves: Wolf transforms into electric bat (+20% base damage)
  
• Rain of Flames: Lava rain from portals (0.5s duration, matching damage)
  
• Arcane Totems: 10% explosion chance on despawn (130% damage)
  
• Eye of the Storm: Spawns additional matching-damage cloud
  
• Burning Shield: Spawns raging bull (25% damage + 150% explosion), +25% radius per stack
  
• Star Blades: Summons 3 electric kunai (20% damage each)
  
• Arcane Apocalypse: 10% chance for aftermath explosion (+10% chance per stack)
  
• Static Charge: +20% damage radius
  
• Kraken Seed:
  
• Shoots 4 tentacle darts (20% damage each)
  
• Walking projectiles explode for matching damage
  
• Toxicity:
  
• 10% chance for chemical splash (50% bonus damage)
  
• 10% chance to spawn additional toxicity
  
• Vortex: Spawns 2 small vortexes (50% of main damage)
  
• Fire Orbs: Launches 2 mini-orbs (50% damage), additional orbs per stack
  
• Death Blades: Emits arcane spike on circle completion (30% damage, +10% per stack)
  
• Fiery Totems:
  
• Creates damage-dealing fire wall (10% damage, 3x/second)
  
• Adds fire vortex to activated totems (10% damage, 3x/second)
  
• Lightning Beam (Reworked):
  
• Fires additional beam
  
• +1 second duration and +10% damage per stack

SKILL TREE CHANGES

• Base Node Adjustments
  
• Vitality: 3% → 1% HP
  
• Attack Damage: 2% → 1%
  
• Armor: 5% → 2%
  
• Overwhelm: 0.5% → 1% critical damage
  
• Boss Hunter: 3% → 1% boss damage
  
• Inventory: 6 → 3 slots per node
  
• Elemental Changes
  
• Small nodes: 3% → 1%
  
• Medium nodes: 10% → 5%
  
• Large nodes: 25% → 10%
  
• Major Node Adjustments
  
• Defiance: Removed elemental bonus, armor reduced 50% → 10%
  
• Ancestral Barrier: Armor 50% → 10%, regeneration 10 → 5
  
• Heightened Sense: Critical damage 25% → 10%
  
• Carrier Has Arrived: 20 → 10 inventory slots
  
• Warstrike: Base damage 30 → 10
  
• Beast Mode: Critical damage 15% → 10%

Status Effect Reworks

• Now provide constant bonuses instead of stacks:
  
• Arcane Fury: 20% elemental damage
  
• Fire Starter: 20% elemental damage
  
• Taste My Lightning: 20% elemental damage
  
• Elementalist: 10% elemental damage

Node Replacements

• Soul of the Prophet → 5% Wisdom (Foresight nodes: 2% wisdom)
  
• Invigorating Gust → Vigor (5% Stamina, 10 Max Health, Fortitude nodes: 2% stamina)
  
• Strength and Honor → Ambidextrous (5% Dexterity, Precision nodes: 2% dexterity)

Additional Adjustments

• Colossal Force: Changed to 5% + 10 armor
  
• Infinite Wind: Energy regen reduced to 10
  
• Phantom Strike: Critical chance 5%, base damage 10
  
• Tolerance: Regeneration 2%, endurance 5%
  
• Slice n Dice: Agility reduced to 5%
  
• STANCE TREE CHANGES
  
• General Balance
  
• All stances have been rebalanced
  
• Made adjustments to fit current game meta

MONOGRAM SYSTEM CHANGES
Bracer Modifications

• New Bloodlust effect: Kills/boss hits grant blood stacks (1% damage per stack, max 100)
  
• Unholy Void: 1 base damage per 20 stats
  
• Adjusted ratio: Per 20 stats gain 1% damage
  
• New effect: Every 100 stat grants +100% damage to Charged R ability

Ring Modifications

• All stat ratios increased to per 20 stat
  
• New: Per 20 Strength grants 1% damage
  
• Added: +100% damage to Charged ability
  
• Added: R ability charges twice as fast

Helmet Modifications

• All stat ratios increased to per 20 stat
  
• New: Per 20 Strength grants 1 Base Damage
  
• Unholy Void: 2 base HP per 5 STAT
  
• Critical chance mods moved to boots (adjusted to per 50 stat)

Amulet Modifications

• All stat ratios increased to per 20 stat
  
• New: Per 20 dexterity grants % health
  
• R charged attack: 50% more damage, double energy cost
  
• Removed Features:
  
• Charged glyph stacking buff
  
• 500 dexterity trade-off
  
• Long-range double damage

Boot Modifications

• Inherited critical chance mods from helmet (now per 50 stat)
  
• Received "5% bonus per max potion slot" from Relic
  
• Removed Features:
  
• All energy regeneration (2/4/6)
  
• All max energy bonuses (4/8)
  
• All movement speed bonuses (5%/10%/15%)

Relic Modifications

• New Unholy Void effect: Triggers R ability when charged
  
• "5% bonus per max potion slot" moved to Boots

Balance Adjustments

• Close range damage modifier reduced from double damage to 50% bonus

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