Magic/Casting skills have been reworked into Sorcery, Mysticism and Thaumaturgy skills, adding around 80 new spells
Associated stats for double stat increases are Sorcery/Mysticism – INT, Thaumaturgy – CHR
Displayed Spell PWR on the character sheet now shows your current PWR for the school of the current equipped spell
Sorcery benefits from INT + INT, Mysticism INT + CHR, Thaumaturgy INT + CON
If no spell has been equipped, a default PWR using 1x INT is shown
All magic skills now provide bonus PWR from relevant stats to their spells when beyond skill level 60
Added new Tablet items, a single-use consumable to learn spells alongside existing Spellbooks
Spellbook versions of new spells are currently planned, but not yet available
Added a new Touch casting mechanic for some of the new spells, targeting either objects, creatures, walls and floors
After casting the spell, a targeting reticle appears at a distance based on your player view and the spell’s Touch Distance
On keyboard, pressing Attack throws the spell, or pressing Cast will dismiss the spell
On gamepad, pressing Cast or Attack throws the spell, and pressing B will dismiss the spell
For spells that target entities, holding the button down to throw the spell will keep the current target locked-on and will cast when releasing the button
While the reticle is active, you are able to defend / interact with the world as normal
Spells now display the skill name and tier on the Spell List tooltips and spellbook / tablet item tooltips
Spell List UI now contains a filter button in the top-left to highlight spells within the current magic school
Spells now display a ‘+’ inventory icon if they are eligible to increase your associated spell school
Spells now only have a fizzle chance when below 20 skill, reduced from 40 skill
Spells still have chance to expend extra MP when below 40 skill
Players now have a third person casting animation
Spells now have variable cast time per-spell, and is independent of mana cost
Skillsheet display for spell skills now highlights which spells you have learned that can increase your skill level
Touch spell distance is improved by PWR and PER stat
Spell casting speed is improved by PWR and DEX stat
Summon spells award spell skill increases rather than Leadership on kill
Levelling Magic Mechanics:
Learning a spell for the first time still provides +1 skill increase in the relevant school
The INT stat still provides a bonus to learning higher-level spells outside of your current skill level, but now applies for all schools (e.g 50 skill +10 INT provides access to 60 skill requirement spells as before)
Spells now broadly provide skill increases when the effect lands successfully instead of on-cast (e.g hit an enemy with slow, unlock a door, damage an enemy, heal lost HP)
Spells now only provide skill increases up to the spell’s Tier + 20. E.g Tier III (skill level 40) provides skill increases up to skill level 60
Offensive spells do not grant skill increases on allies or other players
Sustained spells now provide level increase chances when a certain number of events occur e.g:
Light spell requires moving the light ball a certain distance
Levitation requires moving over pits a certain distance
Invisibility requires attacking while invisible or being within enemy sight but undetectable
Magicstaff spells now only provide increases up to 20 skill
Skill increases become more difficult as your skill level increases
Skill 0 is 1/4, Skill 20 is 1/5 etc up to Skill 80 is 1/8 chance
Previously all Magic/Casting skill increases were 1/6 and 1/7 chance
All spells now require a minimum amount of mana spent per level to increase within each spell’s school:
Spells require minimum 5 MP at Skill 0, up to 25 MP at 100 Skill
Spending a multiple of MP without obtaining a skill up increases your chances to level, up to 1/2 chance
Thresholds are 20 MP at Skill 0, up to 40 MP at 100 Skill
At skill 0, every 20 MP spent increases the 1/4 chance to 1/3, 1/2 etc
At skill 80, every 35 MP spent increases the 1/8 chance to 1/7, 1/6 etc
Upon failing to increase your skill with non-sustained spells, an extra 5-10 MP will be added to your spent pool for the next roll, increasing chances to level up
Upon levelling a skill, your MP spend counters are reset
If you spend more than 4x the threshold, either by using expensive spells or spells that can’t advance your skill level, you keep some of the MP spend counter beyond 4x
E.g spending 120 MP at skill 0, you will keep (120 – 4 x 20) = 40 MP for the next level up
Sustained spells have an additional spend threshold of 5 MP at Skill 0, up to 25 MP at 100 Skill before levelling can occur
This is counted separately from non-sustained spells:
e.g Spending 5 MP sustaining Light can start levelling up Thaumaturgy at a fixed 1/4 chance
Then, spending 20 MP on the Healing spell improves the chance for both Light and Healing levelling Thaumaturgy by 1 stage
Sorcery/Mysticism spells do not benefit from the MP spent in Thaumaturgy spells
In summary:
Spending more MP makes levelling up more frequent
Spells that are below your magic skills still provide progression towards level ups for higher level spells
Appraisal Changes:
Appraisal skill has been renamed into the Lore skill
Appraisal times have been rescaled into Slow and Fast times
Minimum appraisal time is 10 seconds (“Fast Time”)
Slow Time gold value thresholds:
0G to 49G: 15 Seconds
50G to 99G: 30 Seconds
100G to 249G: 1 Minute
250G to 499G: 2 Minutes
500G to 999G: 3 Minutes
1000G to 2999G: 6 Minutes
3000G+: 12 Minutes
Lore skill and gold value that can be appraised has been rescaled:
0 Skill – Fast up to 5G, Slow up to 30G
5 Skill – Fast up to 15G, Slow up to 65G
10 Skill – Fast up to 20G, Slow up to 100G
15 Skill – Fast up to 35G, Slow up to 150G
20 Skill – Fast up to 50G, Slow up to 200G
25 Skill – Fast up to 70G, Slow up to 260G
30 Skill – Fast up to 100G, Slow up to 320G
35 Skill – Fast up to 150G, Slow up to 425G
40 Skill – Fast up to 225G, Slow up to 1500G
50 Skill – Fast up to 300G, Slow up to any gold value
PER stat now provides +3 Lore per point for calculating appraisal, previously +5
Selecting a new appraisal target will remember the appraisal progress of previous items while they persist inside your inventory
Note that items exiting your inventory or various effects that modify items may recreate the item and not be counted as previously appraised
Appraisal times on item tooltips now display in time remaining (mm:ss) format
Appraising a stack of items now rerolls skill increases for each item until 1 increase is achieved (previously would only roll once for entire stack)
Excludes quiver items
Other Skill Changes:
Swimming skill has been removed
Stealth skill can now only be increased once per enemy
Alchemy is now linked to the PER stat for bonus level ups
HP/MP Changes:
HP and MP increases for players on level up are now affected by the stats gained on level and character class
Previously every class gained +5 HP/MP on level up
Now every class has their own base gain HP value from +2 to +4, and MP value from +1 to +5 on level up
Improving STR on level provides +1 HP, and DEX/CON provides +2 HP. CHR provides +1 MP, and INT/PER +2 MP
On level up, your current HP/MP now restores by the amount you increased your maximum HP/MP + CHR
E.g gaining +3 max HP with 7 CHR restores +10 HP
On descending a floor while alive, your current HP/MP now is restored by your CHR up to 50% maximum
E.g descending a floor with 10 CHR restores +10 HP/MP, or +8 HP/MP if at 42/100 HP/MP
HP and MP regen have also been reworked, and now improve with your character
HP and MP Regen is now calculated by a factor determined by character class, multiplied by your character LVL
HP regen is now also minorly improved by DEX (highest contribution) and STR
MP regen is now also minorly improved by CHR (highest contribution) and PER
Base HP and MP regen is now 1/12s (previous MP regen started at 1/6s)
Obtaining a source of HP or MP regeneration through items or effects now uniformly doubles the current rate (e.g 1/12s becomes 1/6s) instead of predetermined intervals
Notes
Automaton MP regen is unaffected by these changes, remaining unchanged at 1/6s
Skeletons now improve their poor starting regen passively without items
Previous mechanic of INT x Spellcasting skill improving MP regen has been removed
Some instances of bonus HP / MP regeneration (Tinned food, Punisher Hood procs) have had their durations increased to compensate for these changes
Class Changes:
Barbarian:
CON and CHR growth swapped, now STR/DEX/CON/INT/PER/CHR ratio is (6,5,5,2,4,2) from (6,5,2,2,4,5)
No longer has 25 Swimming skill
Healer:
Now starts with 50 Thaumaturgy and 25 Mysticism skill
No longer has 50 Spellcasting, 25 Magic, 25 Swimming skill
Wanderer:
No longer has 50 Swimming skill
Cleric:
Now starts with 40 Thaumaturgy skill
No longer has 25 Spellcasting, 25 Magic, 25 Swimming skill
Wizard:
Now starts with 50 Sorcery and 15 Thaumaturgy skill
No longer has 50 Spellcasting and 50 Magic skill
Arcanist:
Now starts with 30 Sorcery, 20 Mysticism skill
Now starts with a new Sorcery spell ‘Windgate’
Touch spell that enchants a wall with gusts of wind, pushing creatures and redirecting ranged/magic projectiles along its path
Projectiles passing through the gusts have increased damage
No longer has 50 Spellcasting and 25 Magic skill
No longer starts with a Spellbook of Light
Joker:
Now starts with 25 Mysticism skill
No longer has 25 Spellcasting and 25 Magic skill
Sexton:
Now starts with 40 Mysticism skill
No longer has 40 Spellcasting and 40 Magic skill
Ninja:
Stat growths changed, now STR/DEX/CON/INT/PER/CHR ratio is (4,6,3,2,4,1) from (5,5,3,2,2,1)
Starting MP reduced from 30 MP to 20 MP
Monk:
Now starts with 25 Thaumaturgy skill
No longer has 20 Spellcasting, 10 Magic, 10 Swimming skill
Conjurer:
Now starts with 40 Mysticism skill
No longer has 40 Spellcasting, 40 Magic skill
Accursed:
Starting INT reduced from +10 to +5
Now starts with 60 Sorcery skill
No longer has 40 Spellcasting, 70 Magic skill
Mesmer:
Now starts with 60 Mysticism skill
No longer has 40 Spellcasting, 60 Magic skill
Shaman:
Now starts with 40 Mysticism skill
No longer has 40 Spellcasting, 40 Magic skill
Punisher:
Now starts with 20 Sorcery and 20 Mysticism skill
No longer has 40 Spellcasting, 20 Magic skill
Hunter:
No longer has 10 Spellcasting, 50 Swimming skill
New HP / MP / HP Regen / MP Regen average values at LVL 50: (Previously values were around 280 HP / MP, 1/12s HP, 1/6s MP without modifiers)
Base EXP gain per kill is 10-19 EXP as before, but now less EXP is gained as your LVL becomes higher than the enemy
If you are more than 5 LVLs higher than the enemy, upper EXP range is reduced by 1 for every LVL
e.g 7 LVLs above is 10-17 EXP
If you are more than 20 LVLs higher than the enemy, lower EXP range is reduced by 1 for every 4 LVLs
e.g 28 LVLs above is 8-9 EXP
Multiplayer EXP share rescaled:
2 player is now 90% EXP, 3 player 80% EXP, 4 player 70% EXP (previously was 100%/50%/33%)
EXP share is now constant, regardless of the number of players alive (does not increase to 100% if all but 1 player is dead)
Slimes no longer have an EXP penalty, reward the same as other monsters
Killing ally NPCs no longer awards EXP
Magic/Damage Resistance:
All resistances now stack reductively (previously resistances were a mix of both), while damage increases are still additive
All damage resistance is now unified into a percent system
All Magic Resistance items are now +30% RES
Previously provided +1 Magic Resistance, which resulted in 50%/66%/75%/80% RES
Now, 2 instances of 30% resistance is (1.0 – (1 – 0.3) x (1 – 0.3)) = 51%
INT now provides +1% RES per point
Melee/Ranged Changes:
STR/DEX now provides percent damage per point rather than flat +1 ATK per point for melee and ranged combat respectively
Stronger weapons/blessings provide more damage based on STR/DEX, and weaker weapons provide less damage per stat point
Holding a +10 ATK weapon provides the same 1:1 damage/stat ratio as previously
Damage at 0 STR/DEX stats is the same as previously
Unarmed damage includes ATK from rings and unarmed gloves before STR percent calculation
Ranged Combat Changes:
Arrow Pierce chance on shot improved, now is (1 x PER) instead of (0.5 x PER)
Arrow Pierce now also causes arrows to travel through enemies and can hit multiple targets (Also applies to Piercing Ammo)
Arrow Pierce now also adds (1 x PER%) damage on hit
Quiver ATK is added before DEX percent calculation, increasing damage per DEX
Stats (Summarized from previous sections):
STR now provides HP regen and melee damage percent bonus
DEX now provides HP regen, cast speed and ranged damage percent bonus
CON now provides Thaumaturgy PWR
INT now provides Magic Resistance
PER now provides MP regen and Touch spell distance
CHR now provides MP regen, Mysticism PWR and HP/MP restoration on level up / descending floors
Maps:
Treasure Rooms / Locked rooms
Contain special loot, requiring keys that are procedurally placed within breakables, chests or on tables on the current map.
2 Treasure rooms per biome will attempt to spawn, starting on floor 2 of The Mines
Less likely to spawn on floors with a Minotaur active or secret level exit
Rooms are sealed with iron doors that are damage immune and must be unlocked using a nearby key lock
Rooms may require an iron, bronze, silver, or gold key
Rooms may contain multiple locks with individual treasures, but only 1 key will spawn per map
Lower tier key locks may be lockpicked with certain Tinkering skill requirements, and walls surrounding may not be diggable for higher tier rooms
New interactable Wall Buttons may be seen in updated maps
When pressed, may temporarily send power or stay depressed
Can be hit with arrows and thrown projectiles
Green/Red/Blue orbs have been moved outside of secret levels
Now are found in standard biome floors in specific rooms under lock and key
Hamlet
Shopkeepers no longer have chance for a tinkering kit / alembic
Reduced quantity of healing and mana restoration potions
Trading skill can only be leveled up 7 times per Shopkeeper within Hamlet
Caves/Citadel
New rooms have been added
Sanctum
Increased summoned enemy Automaton HP/CON by +50/+2, now scale up in multiplayer by +50/+2 per player
Options:
Added Controls option for analogue stick deadzones for controllers
Keyboard hotkey ‘Expand Item Tooltip’ (default ‘X’) can now be used to start appraising items when an item tooltip is active as an alternative to the right-click menu
Autosort Inventory now groups items of the same type when sorting, after grouping by category
Added Controls option for keyboard “Hotbar Keys Update Selection”, disabling the active hotbar slot changing focus/highlight when using a hotkey to access the hotbar
Spells:
General changes for existing spells:
All spells have been moved to the new magic skills of Sorcery/Mysticism/Thaumaturgy
Some skill requirements/cast times/MP costs have been modified, this list does not capture all changes
Spells now grant chances to level up when their effects happen, some unique level up methods will be listed
Steal Weapon now cannot steal from Shadows or Shopkeepers
Dominate now may be found in the world instead of being learned by reaching the Magic Legendary capstone
Now has a base limit of 1 creature at a time, increased with higher PWR
Dominating a creature clears existing Charm flags, enabling further targets to be Charmed
Lightning spell damage reduced, now inflicts Static status effect up to 3 instances
Static: Increases lightning-elemental damage per effect instance
Effect also is inflicted by and applied to Thunderstorm potions
Dash spell can now burst through breakables at 200% PWR
Increase skill chance on cast and damaging objects
Amplify magic projectile damage rescaled, now scales with higher PWR instead of secondary spell damage being fixed to 50% base spell damage
Light spell improved travelling speed, now follows in-front of the caster
Increase skill chance based on distance travelled
Imp Form now provides INT and CHR stat increase chance weights (3 INT / 6 CHR) instead of INT / PER (6 INT / 3 PER)
Increase skill chance on level up while in form
Rat/Spider/Troll Form
Increase skill chance on level up while in form
Healing / Extra Healing now doesn’t scale with PWR after having reduced effects by consuming HP for the spell cost
Increase skill chance when health is restored
Magic Mapping now reveals a circular radius of 8 tiles, scaling with PWR
Increase skill chance based on map tiles revealed
Power Strike now properly deals unarmed damage if cast outside of Troll Form
Forcebolt now only scales using half of PWR
Levitation
Increase skill chance based on distance travelled over pits
Invisibility
Increase skill chance by attacking while invisible, staying within enemy sight but undetectable while invisible, and travelling while invisible
Conjure Skeleton
Increase skill chance on allies dealing damage and when killing enemies
No longer awards Leadership skill on kill
Vampiric Aura
Increase skill chance when dealing damage and lifestealing
Arcane Mark
Increase skill chance when applying effect or when the target dies under the effect
Inner Demon
Increase skill chance on effect and when dealing retaliation damage
Allies / Friendly Fire:
Disabling the Friendly Fire game flag now only applies to the player’s outgoing damage
When off, you cannot hurt other players or allies with your attacks, but allied NPCs may still hurt you and other allied NPCs
When off, ranged and spell projectiles go through other players and allies
When off, enemy monsters can still attack and infight with each other
Ally NPCs can now path through players when trying to attack a target (avoiding taking a scenic detour around hallways)
Ally NPCs can now path through players in hallways
Ally NPCs can now shoot ranged weaponry through allies if the predicted path of the projectile won’t hit them (as player allies have smaller hitboxes for friendly fire)
Dummybots no longer provide weapon skill increases past 20 on kill (Previous behavior was already preventing skill increases above 20 when dealing non-lethal damage)
Ranged/Thrown attacks no longer provide weapon skill increases past 20 on allies (Matching previous melee behavior)
Bleed/Poison/Burn damage by Ally NPCs now displays damage numbers and HP bar updates
Furniture/Breakable damage by Ally NPCs now displays damage numbers and HP bar updates
Enemy Behavior:
Successive attacks by enemies now increase Ranged / Magic accuracy on moving targets
Higher accuracy shoots closer to the predicted targets position when the projectile lands
Accuracy increases last until the monster loses their aggression
Enemies on deeper dungeon floors increase accuracy faster
Items:
Items now display ?/??/??? when unidentified instead of a nominal gold value
New item: Amulet of Burning Resistance, cures burning status effect
Hood of Whispers increase Stealth increase chance from 10% to 25%
Circlet has now been changed into 3 items, Circlet of Sorcery/Mysticism/Thaumaturgy, providing a +5 bonus to the skill
Circlet of Wisdom no longer provides a skill bonus
Spellbooks/Tablets now generate based on dungeon floor
At dungeon floors 0-5, Tier I (skill 0) and Tier II (skill 20) can be found
At dungeon floors 6-10, Tier II (skill 20), Tier III (skill 40) can be found
At dungeon floors 11-15, Tier III (skill 40), Tier IV (skill 60) can be found
At dungeon floors 16-20, Tier IV (skill 60), Tier V (skill 80) can be found
At dungeon floors 21+, Tier IV and beyond can be found
Shops and chests may generate higher Tier spells, and rarely lower Tier for later game areas
Amulet of Poison Resistance now has a 12.5% chance to degrade on proc
Scrolls of Magic Mapping now reveals a circular radius of 16 tiles + 8 per blessing
Scrolls of Enchant Weapon/Armor now have an additional gold cost, starting at 75G to enchant a +0 item and doubling each blessing thereafter
Maximum gold cost is 10000G
Leaderboard Scores Files:
Previous scores.dat and scores_multiplayer.dat files have been updated to a new .json format
New file location is savegames/scores.json and savegames/scores_multiplayer.json
On launch, existing leaderboard .dat files should automatically be migrated to the new .json format
If errors occur or data looks corrupted or incorrect, there may be corrupted data in the old .dat files that we couldn’t visualise before, so may require deletion of the old .dat files and starting anew
Gameplay / Misc:
Mimic chests spawn rate reduced from 10% to 5% of chests
Sinks now heal 2-3 HP and 1-2 MP instead of only 1 HP per healing instance
Destroying breakables/furniture now has a 5% chance to increase your weapon skill below skill level 20
Evasion chances for players now use escalating RNG to prevent extended streaks without evasion occuring
Secret level entrance rooms now exclude regular floor exits spawning within the room
Confuse now awards XP to the inflicter if the confused unit kills an enemy, now has a visible particle effect
Knockback now updates enemy HP when knocking them into objects
Knocking enemies into breakables now also deals damage as doors do
Thrown potions now leave colored splats and gib particles on smashing
Blindness status effect now also reduces melee/ranged hit chance by 75%
Players can now teleport over pits if levitating
Improved speed of scrolling the spell list when using gamepads
Burning effects have an updated sprite animation
Players/items now create a splash particle effect in water
Smite damage now includes Shadows
Doorways now try to slide players towards the center to avoid getting stuck when traversing
Players can now trade with confused Shopkeepers if they are marked as Wanted using normal Aim Assist selection
Slight performance improvements in the Citadel biome
Status effects now have a value 0-255 rather than true/false to embed additional data or effect strengths
Console Command /mapseed now only displays the relevant numeric game seed for replaying a dungeon instead of 3 values
Console Command /spawndummy and /spawndummyhuman now display DPS numbers on the dummy every 5 seconds
Bugfixes:
Fixed Ranged/Thrown/Spell projectiles clipping through gates/doors
Fixed Humans followers not being able to pick up items on the ground passively due to being named on recruit
Fixed duplicate message when reading Destroy Armor scroll
Fixed Cockatrice not displaying correctly when invisible
Fixed Arachnophobia setting not being applied to Tutorial levels
Fixed infinite XP bug when killing an automaton and getting stuck in death animation
Fixed Underworld exit spawning in an unreachable location surrounded by walls
Fixed monsters being unable to move with a STR stat of -10
Fixed monster death gibs not creating smoke puffs on death for clients
Fixed Automatons incorrectly picking up Deathboxes
Fixed partially charged melee attacks displaying orange damage text when not landing Critical Hit damage
The new Assist Shrine is the perfect way for you, and any new Barony adventurers, to get their feet wet in the dungeons, especially if you’re having a hard time! Offering several new ways to ease the game’s difficulty, the Assist Shrine may be just what you need to finally be the hero that Hamlet deserves.
Each player’s candle is lit at the shrine when they claim an Assist Item. One at a time please!
In the starting floor there is a now a new Assist Shrine interactable. Now you can have per-player handicaps with more options to lower the game difficulty, great for introducing new players to your party.
Accessing Assist Items
The old “+1 Life” game flag is now replaced with the new “Assist Items” game flag.
Enabling / Disabling
If the host of a game wants everyone to play without Assist Items, they can be Disabled / Enabled in the Lobby Settings and Game Settings menus.
Assist Shrine UI Tabs
Items Tab:
If “Assist Items” are enabled for the lobby, you can claim up to 4 items which can be blessed to improve their effects further
Every item has a Assistance Point cost and reduces your leaderboard score by 10% per point (maximum of 95% reduction). Blessing/Cursing incurs higher costs.
Claiming 10 or more Assistance Points will disable achievements/online leaderboards
Items aren’t shared, everyone can claim their own copy of the items so 16 total for a 4 player game
In multiplayer the score penalties are based on the sum of everyone’s points, so everyone shares the same score penalties.
A full kit of Assist Items makes the game substantially easier, but still exposes you to all the game’s mechanics. Perfect for learning!
Assist Items Available
Cloak of the Guardian [5 AP / +4 AP per blessing]
– Provides 25% combat damage resistance and 50% trap damage resistance
(up to 75%/75% at +2)
Ring of Resolve [3 AP / +2 AP per blessing]
– Increases your Max HP/MP while worn by +10/10 (up to +30/30 at +2)
Marigold [3 AP / +2 AP per blessing]
– Restores 5 HP over 30 seconds when eating food (up to 11 HP at +2)
Amulet of Lifesaving [4 AP / +2 AP per blessing]
– Effect has been changed for all lifesaving amulets in the game, revival now
restores +50HP (up to +150HP at +2) instead of full HP
With the Assist Items and their blessing status customizable for each player, you’ll have more control than ever over how difficult of an experience you want to have. You can even curse items in case you’re playing an Incubus or Succubus!
Item Assist Point costs are designed specifically to make sure that you can take a few combos of items without necessarily disabling achievements, especially useful if there’s a particular aspect of the game you struggle with.
Race / Class Tabs
We’ve used the Assist Shrine to provide a long requested feature for players who want to change Race or Class without having to start a new lobby. Here you can change your character with the respective Class / Race tabs. Changes apply when the game is next restarted.
Note, this does not require Assist Items game flag for this function to be usable!
Now you can experiment with different playstyles and party makeups with your friends, without the need to disband!
Ruins have been invaded by new Bugbear and Gnome Thief enemy types, as well as a new Bell dungeon feature to interact with
Slimes now appear in 5 different color variants
Slimes attack with melee and new magical spray attacks depending on the type
Slimes now scale with dungeon level
Certain variants can walk on water/lava, and have set ambush spawns on map generation when an enemy walks nearby
Breakables are now scattered throughout each biome, containing items, gold and monsters
Daedalus Shrines now appear on Minotaur levels (This replaces what was formerly a second standard exit)
Daedalus Shrines will appear in a different quadrant of the map from the standard exit
Dark maps now spawn groups of bats hiding on the ceiling
Several new achievements have been added to complement the new features of this update
The Compendium
The Compendium has been added, listing monsters, items, and game mechanics that can be researched using Lore Points, a currency awarded from unlocking Achievements
Most entries start hidden and are revealed by interacting with the world, killing enemies, and identifying items
Research entries to reveal tips, monster stats, item tooltips, and records
New Records within every researched Compendium entry track thousands of game events to look back on
A list of all Achievements is now located inside the Compendium with categories and filtering options
Hotkey “P” is default to quickly access the Com[P]endium
Researched items show their tooltip for quick reference
Preview the blessing/status changes of any item using the arrow keys while hovered
Viewing item tooltips in-game will reflect your character’s stats when held; otherwise, on the Main Menu, it will assume a character with 0 in every stat
Viewing the Compendium in-game with Hardcore mode enabled will show the relevant stat changes for monster entries
Maps
Added a new dedicated exit room preceding the Hell bossfight
Caves base map size has been reduced to improve performance
Removed kobolds from the Citadel spawn pool
Blocking Skill Changes
Shield items are now more durable, only rolling to degrade after a certain number of hits rather than on each hit taken
Higher quality shield materials/blessings increase the hits that can be taken before checking to degrade
Blocking now can only be increased by one skill point per enemy
Non-shields (Torches, Lanterns, etc) now only benefit from Blocking +AC up to skill level 40, but now can be used to level up beyond skill level 40
Arrows can now degrade armor, but also can provide Blocking skill ups when being hit as melee attacks do
Blocking now has the following bonus chances to level up:
Performing “block, attack” combos 3 times in a row (“Rhythm of the Knight” Achievement) awards 80% chance to level skill
Blocking an attack within a short time of raising your shield awards a bonus chance to level Blocking
Blocking an enemy hit and having ally players/NPCs kill the enemy (“Thank the Tank” Achievement) awards a bonus chance to level Blocking
Spellbook-Casting Durability Changes
Casting from an equipped spellbook now only has a chance to degrade your book after a certain number number of casts
Higher Casting Skill and blessings increase the number of casts before checking to degrade
Torn blessed books will now lose a blessing point instead of being destroyed upon degradation
Sustained Spell Leveling Changes
Sustained spells (light, levitation, etc) now only level Magic/Casting skills if a certain amount of MP has been used on sustained spells prior
10 MP is required to be spent with Casting skill above 20, or 5 MP when below 20 Casting
Chance to level up is only checked when casting a sustained spell
Example, casting Light for 1 MP, leaving it sustained for 9 MP. Recasting Light will now check for a skill increase as 10 MP has been spent
MP consumed while spells are sustained and when fizzling casts counts towards the total
Gameplay
Maximum character level is now 255, stats are capped to 248 to prevent desyncs in multiplayer
“Leveling up” beyond level 255 still grants stat rolls and +HP/MP
The Minotaur now spawns after 3.5 minutes in the Mines and Labyrinth levels (Previously 2.5 minutes)
Enchant Weapon/Armor scrolls are now targetable
Same targeting rules apply as previous updates, Weapon can target any item that can be held in the main-hand, Armor can target off-hand and other equipment apart from rings/amulets
Merchant class increased starting Remove Curse scrolls from 1 to 3, now also starts with 2 Identify scrolls
Slowed hunger tick rate in the starting floor before the Mines
TIP: Hunger is already slowed in Hamlet, biome transition floors and boss stages
HP Regeneration effects (Ring of Regeneration, Troll’s Blood, etc) now work when Hunger is disabled in the Game Settings
Regeneration rates are a bit slower than when Hunger is enabled
Starvation now deals 5% MAXHP damage per tick, instead of a static 4 damage, less punishing for early game and not irrelevant by end game
Starvation now also pauses HP Regeneration
Insectoid maximum Energy has been increased from 50 to 100
Food replenishment is still percent based to a maximum of 50 EN, so food doesn’t provide any more energy than previously
Increased damage dealt to breakable walls
Human NPCs can now spawn with Maces
Greasy status effect now drops items when attempting to use/swing them rather than dropping randomly
Greasy status effect can now drop shields when attempting to defend
NPCs wielding Arbalests now attack 50% slower instead of default fast speed for crossbows
Hazard Goggles now protect against the secondary effects of Slime sprays
Baphomet
Removed monster drops from Baphomet minions
Minions award 0 XP after 25 have spawned
Legacy leaderboard entries which utilized Baphomet farming will be de-ranked, removing them from the top-200 scores to improve leaderboard competition
Audio
Audio engine performance improved to remove many stuttering issues
May remove the need for Preload Music Files audio setting if your system had issues in previous updates
Reduced frequency of idle monster cries
Reduced frequency of liquid sound effects, improved sounds overlapping to reduce overall volume
Ambient noises now loop rather than repeatedly play to improve performance
Added sound effect when setting tinkered trap items
Added sound effect for Fear status effect on monsters
UI / Visuals
Added transparency effect to invisible players and HUD models
Lobby visibility is now displayed in a floating banner for the server during online multiplayer character creation
Gold animates when dropped
Skillsheet and weapon tooltips now properly display the attack penalty % calculation from your current skill level
Added HUD text in splitscreen to notify when all characters are dead
Improved network speed for item tooltips to populate for ground items in multiplayer
Improved network speed for character models loading in on level change in multiplayer
Translations
Fixed “XP” text in the EXP bar to support longer translation strings
Fixed item tooltips cutting off text in the top icon area for long strings
Controls
Added command /player_can_move_in_gui true/false, set this to false to prevent character movement when the inventory is open if your keybind configuration requires
Added Quick Turn speed settings in Controls
Bugfixes
Fixed multiplayer stats overflowing to negative beyond 128
Fixed starvation not processing correctly in 3/4 person multiplayer
Fixed ATK tooltip calculation on the character sheet being slightly incorrect due to rounding
Fixed holding space while opening inventory randomly causing items to be used
Fixed seed events requiring insectoid not displaying insectoid text correctly
Fixed rebinding left click to “use” closing sign GUIs on activation
Fixed slimes spawning inside walls from sinks
Fixed monsters being stuck in door frames when the walls next to them have been broken
Fixed client status effects HUD icons showing wrong icons for some of the newer status effects added in the last update
Fixed Accursed spellbook chest being overridden by a mimic
Fixed Salvage spell being able to target invisible/hidden map items
Fixed Appraisal skill not being synced to the server and sometimes resetting for clients
Fixed “Secret Weapon” achievement triggering when using Elemental Focus enhanced spells
Fixed local hiscores not being created after the host has closed the lobby before client has left
Fixed “I Want It All” achievement checking for all playable classes rather than just DLC classes
Fixed softlock in the Mystic Library with sleep spell wielding enemy
Fixed lich death sounds playing multiple times in splitscreen rather than once
Bounty Hunter hat no longer targets neutral tinkering bots on maps
Fixed depleted sinks not playing the depleted sound effect when using empty bottles
Added sound effect when breaking sex change amulet on use
Fixed crossplay logging in notification getting stuck at “logging in” after failure
Fixed achievement notification vertical text alignment
Fixed “DLC required” prompt crash at character creation in splitscreen
Fixed +HP amounts when using healing spells not showing for clients in multiplayer
Fixed some crashes for player names using % signs
Fixed minotaur warning not showing up on dungeon level 7 in the Swamps after exiting the Underworld
Fixed ally NPCs rotating incorrectly when backing up with ranged weapons
The first feature that inspired the title of the latest update to Barony, hats and masks further expand your character’s loadout. The team has added over items to the game which you can find during your quest or purchase from a hat shop.
Every hat or mask you equip comes with special themed game effects, so these fashionable new accessories are much more than cosmetics. Full helmets have been broken up into two pieces to ensure that that impressive eye patch you found isn’t covered up by an iron mask. A musketeer tried it once. It didn’t go well.
Mimics
The time has come. Mimics have long been in the works for Barony, and they’ve finally brought their voracious appetites to bear on the darkest parts of the dungeon. These vicious foes are impossible to distinguish from a regular chest until you open it. Once unleashed, they’ll pursue you relentlessly, causing serious damage to your adventurer while eating any armor you have equipped. Consider yourself warned!
Run for your life once a mimic sets its hungry sights on you.
Game Seeds
Custom Seeds
The addition of Custom Seeds in Barony fulfills another of our Kickstarter promises! Each seed ensures that you’ll get the same dungeon layout every time you play. Seeds are perfect for speedruns or practicing strategies on a familiar map.
Set Custom Seeds from the Lobby Settings Menu
Redesigned Icons
Starting with Eat My Hat, game icons have been completely redesigned! We now have wonderfully rendered, fully 2D, pixel art renditions of every item in Barony. Matthew Griebner has outdone himself once again with these subtle but highly effective icons.
Everything from your inventory to stores look gorgeous with the new icons
Swamp Trees
We’re always striving to make Barony bigger, badder, and more beautiful, and just like our overhauls of the Labyrinths, Underworld, and Hell, the Swamps have gotten a little love.
A Swamp Tree in all of its swampy goodness
Starting with Eat My Hat, Swamp Trees will begin to spawn in the second realm you visit. These new trees stand apart from the rest of the obstacles on these floors of the dungeon and go a long way toward improving the look of one of Barony’s existing biomes.
General
New hats and masks added to the game, spawning in a range of locations throughout the world. New items will appear in Shopkeeper stock, chests, floor items and miniboss inventories
As part of this overhaul, some starting class hoods have been replaced with new effect variants for the Rogue, Wanderer, Arcanist, Ninja, Conjurer, and Mesmer
All full face headgear such as the Steel Helmet is now split into the helmet and mask portions for customizability
Custom Seeds are now supported in the lobby game settings – All map generation objects are now tied to the current map seed and will generate identically when reloading the same savefile:
This includes generation objects previously not tied to the map seed such as Shopkeeper stock, chest loot, Minotaur / Zap Brigade spawning, miniboss spawning, spell/arrow trap projectiles
Skills can now be modified by certain new items, check modifications to your skill levels in the Skill Sheet:
The colored sidebar numbers in the Skill Sheet will display your total of base + modified skill
The center area will show the breakdown of your base + modified values in the form of (X + 10) or (X – 10) when applicable
Modifying your skill levels grants all benefits displayed, including Legendary unlocks
The maximum total is still 100, exceeding this through modifications will not have any effect
Skills may still be levelled as normal while your base skill is below 100 but the total has been modified to 100
Mask slot items can now degrade on hit if they provide +AC
Destroy armor scroll now works on mask slot items
Khryselakatos attack speed improved from 0.9x to 0.75x (matching Compound Bow speed)
Crossbow and Arbalest now benefit from Swift ammunition and Draw Speed modifiers
Removed Alembic from the Tinkering Kit crafting menu and replaced with a new item
Chests now show health bars when hitting for 0 damage with projectiles
“Wanted” status effect is now also tied to your character sex in addition to race, providing another way to mask your identity
Slightly reduced frequency of follower idle noises
Added support for alternate sound setups, including surround 5.1/7.1.
Change the sound output type in the Audio Settings tab. Restart the game to apply
Fixed a bug where Steam Workshop item images were not displaying properly on some platforms
Fixed a bug with Surround Sound where front and rear orientation was flipped
Bug Fixes
Fixed multiplayer clients not receiving current enemy status effects on top of their health bars
Fixed Goblin melee skill increase notification playing after reaching max skill levels
Fixed polymorph not working correctly when playing as a monster with Disable Abilities checked
Fixed tinker trap placement on chests not positioning correctly
Fixed Parashu proc message incorrectly playing when shapeshifted
No patch notes available yet. This update brings the following to the game:
Co-Op Ghosts!
After you die in a multiplayer game and you’re viewing your gravestone, you’ll have the option to spawn immediately as a Ghost! Ghosts don’t fight in the normal sense, but that’s not to say they can’t have a meaningful impact for the team! While haunting your party, ghosts can wander freely and use a few key abilities to offer utility in exploration and even some combat strategy.
Callouts
Whether you’re on a mouse & keyboard, or a gamepad, our new co-op callouts system puts context sensitive commands at your fingertips. With just a couple of clicks, you can provide very specific messages that empower more team interactions. These callouts point to the indicated subject in-world, ping it on the map, and provide accompanying chat messages with a high degree of specificity. So even if you have a keyboard or are on Discord, callouts make it easier to convey precise information quickly. Perfect for experienced teams, or pickup groups. With plenty of real-time surprises to adapt to, we wanted the callouts feature to be very accessible with a minimum of clicks to use. Just pick your target and then choose from a handful of callout ideas: Spot, Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down, Help and Move.
Let the party know that you’re hungry or starving to death!
Point out that a certain item might be good for a teammate.
Warn your team of a looming trap you spotted.
Ask for help with a locked chest.
Beg your party to flee from an especially threatening foe!
Ask for a party member to pull a lever for you.
Let your Goatman buddy know about the fountain you found.
Fixed crash when pressing follower commands while reading a sign
Blindfold of telepathy now skips the status effect animation for blindness/telepathy
Fixed controls preferences not applying correctly in multiplayer games where you are player 2/3/4 (Now you only need to edit the controls preferences look inversion/mouse speed etc for Player 1 – Player 2/3/4 controls are for splitscreen only).
Fixed unbound controls reappearing on next game launch
Fixed rare crash when commanding a follower to interact with an item
Fixed followers being blocked in the Crystal Caves entrance failing to pathfind around stalactites
Fixed hovering over the spell list slider and closing inventory causing the cursor to get stuck
How to download updates for Barony for the Nintendo Switch?
To download the updates for Barony, you have three options:
let the console do its thing if you have automatic downloads activated, and didn’t completely turn it off
If not…
try to launch the game from the Home Menu while being connected to the internet. You should get a prompt when doing so: simply follow the instructions on screen;
OR
select the game > press either + or – to go to the Options page > select Software update > select Via the Internet.
To check that you have the latest version installed, simply select the game on the Home Menu, and press – or + to go to the Options: the version number is displayed just below the game title.
