Dream Tactics (Switch): all the updates (latest: Ver. 1.2.2 – Nightmare Update)

On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various updates for Dream Tactics on Nintendo Switch.

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Dream Tactics – Ver. 1.2.2 (Nightmare Update)

• Release date: December 13th/14th 2024
• Patch notes:

General

Added a new Nightmare difficulty level

• Nightmare difficulty now replaces Hardcore difficulty.
• Nightmare is substantially harder, and is meant for players who found Hard too easy.
• Existing save files can switch to Nightmare difficulty in the Options menu.

Added a Standard or Hardcore game mode selection

• Standard: Units will respawn after being defeated in combat.
• Hardcore: Units cannot be used again after being defeated in combat (aka. perma-death).
• Previous saves made on the old Hardcore difficulty will now use the new Hardcore game mode.
• Saves made on the new Hardcore mode will have a purple heart on their save file.
• Standard or Hardcore modes can only be selected when making a New Game, and cannot be changed later.

Misc

• Winning certain battles that loot all unopened chests will now centre the camera on those chests before opening them.
• Inflicting Poison on an already poisoned enemy now retains the highest poison damage value.
• Added a new “Saving Your Game” tutorial after the first fight in the Dew Meadows.
• Improved the “Trap Gauntlet” tutorial description to inform players that traps deal increased damage on higher difficulties.

Balance

Enemies

• Reduced enemy difficulty in the third fight of the Dew Meadows.
• Increased the chest time in the fight to the right of the town in the Dew Meadows.
• Increased the chest time in the secret fight in the Coral Oasis.
• Increased the chest time in the fight above the maze in the Kingdom of Grandia.
• Moved a Bomb Pillow in the first Colosseum fight.

Equipment

Added three new items to the Tier 5 shop:

• Bottled Fairy
• Spiked Sallet
• Mirror Shield

Check them out in-game to see what they do!

• Heart Bracelet
  • Now applies Stim to enemies that already have Charm.
  • Reduced MP gained from 2 to 1.
    
• Spotter’s Scope
  • Increased INT and DEX scaling to 100.
  • Now sets Snipe to always have 5 range.
• Retaliator
  • Now always activates when dodging an attack.
  • Reduced DEX scaling from 150 to 140.
• Glass Platemail
  • Reduced HP gained from 50% to 40%.
• Miniature Coffin
  • No longer inflicts all debuffs to adjacent enemies when detonating a Pillow.
  • Instead, it now provides 40% more damage per debuff type on the Pillow.

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Cards

• Detonate Pillow
  • No longer increases in damage per debuff type on the Pillow by default.
  • This effect has been moved to Miniature Coffin.
• Cascading Frost
  • Increased INT scaling from 120 to 140.
  • Reduced Area of Effect from 3 to 2 tiles.
• Fire Trap
  • Increased duration from 3 to 5 turns.
• Ice Trap
  • Increased duration from 3 to 5 turns.

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Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where enemy damage forecasting was incorrect on Easy and Medium difficulties.
• Fixed a bug where Retaliator did not attack friendly units when used with Friendly Fire.
• Fixed a translation error with Shadow’s Blindfold in Simplified Chinese (thanks vtxtune!)
• Fixed a misplaced Dark Flame trap in the Ashguard lava room trap gauntlet.
• Fixed an audio bug when moving back towards the door in the second Willow-only fight (thanks beebee!)

• Additional notes: none
• Source: Spectra Entertainment

Dream Tactics – Ver. 1.1.3

• Release date: September 20th 2024 (North America, Europe) / September 21st 2024 (Japan)
• Patch notes:

Dream Tactics – Ver. 1.1.1 (Epilogue Update)

• Release date: June 14th 2024 (North America, Europe) / June 15th 2024 (Japan)
• Patch notes:

General

• Added a new epilogue cutscene after defeating Dream Eater.
• Completing an area will now mark all missed chests and barrels on the map.
• The map can now be used in the ‘Endless Sands’ region of the Coral Oasis.
• Chest completion for the Empire of Ashguard will now exclude chests that are not yet obtainable.
• Barricades in the Empire of Ashguard will now be automatically removed when finishing a fight.
• Minor adjustments to the wording around stat scaling.
• Added Japanese Localization to the credits.
• Polished Japanese localization. Updated the publisher’s splash and name in the credits.

Balance

• Reduced difficulty of Dream Eater, specifically:
  • Lowered his final phase HP by 20%.
  • Increased the stack count of Doom from 6 to 9.
  • Adjusted the variety of enemies and their stats in certain phases.
• Reduced the HP scaling of one of the Coral Oasis bosses by 20%.
• Slightly reduced the difficulty of enemy spawns near the end of the Crystal Caves boss fight.
• Slightly increased enemy difficulty in the first few fights of the Dew Meadows.
• Lowered the damage of the Dark Flame traps in the Empire of Ashguard by 33%.

Equipment

• Arcane Rifle
  • Lowered Red EP cost from 7 to 6.
• Barrier Key
  • Now gives +2 DEF and RES.
• Sandals of Time
  • Increased Blue EP cost from 1 to 4.
• Marked Cards
  • Reduced Redraw Points per kill from 2 to 1.
  • Reduced Blue EP cost from 4 to 3.
• Lucky Star
  • Reduced the LUK scaling of Star Slam from 100% to 80%.

Cards

• Cheat
  • No longer draws 1 card on discard.
• Dagger Throw
  • Now scales with 60 STR and DEX.
• Shuriken
  • Now scales with 50 DEX and AGI.
• Head Shot
  • Now gives +3% CRIT per Rose stack, instead of modifying the card’s base critical hit chance.
• Melee (Summon Nightmare)
  • Increased STR scaling from 80 to 100.
• Assassinate
  • Decreased LUK scaling from 100 to 80.
• Clone
  • Decoy now increases damage taken by 100% (from 50%).

Art Improvements

• Polished a variety of pillow profiles.
• Fixed collision issues on various levels that previously caused players to get stuck.
• Improved the sorting behaviour of players underneath roofs in the Crystal Caves.
• Improved the train’s placement in the Crystal Caves.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a variety of crashes when loading in-combat saves.
• Fixed a crash caused by Grenade Pillow using Flashbang in certain situations.
• Fixed a crash when trying to unequip a Dream Fragment while playing the game in Japanese.
• Fixed a bug where units with Phasing could get removed from combat when traps triggered underneath them.
• Fixed a bug where the incorrect amount of EXP was being awarded.
  • All existing save files will be automatically updated to the correct EXP & Level values.
  • Completing all of the fights will now bring units to level 50.
• Prevented a crash when using Flint Axe or Fire-starter Suit in complex scenarios.
• Fixed a rare crash that could occur when opening the Cards UI.
• Fixed a rare crash when playing cards in certain situations.
• Fixed a bad interaction with large enemies and traps that would sometimes cause players to become unselectable.
• Fixed a bug where Boss enemies affected by Freeze could not be damaged.
• Fixed a bug where it was possible to skip the boss fight in the Kingdom of Grandia.
• Fixed a bug where it was possible to progress without collecting the bomb in the Crystal Caves.
• Cascading Frost no longer shows that it will hit allies.
• Fixed a crash when using Axe Pillow’s attack card directly on himself.
• Fixed a softlock in Dream Eater’s fight when loading an in-combat save.
• Fixed a bug where Thermometer and Friendly Fire did not affect the damage of Reignite or Wild Fire.
• Fixed a bug where teleporting the party in combat could overwrite units that were there previously.
• Fixed a bug where Temporal Bracers did not apply when refreshing status effects with a 1 turn duration.
• Fixed a bug where duplicate controls were present when inspecting cards while fielding units.
• Fixed rounding errors in stat scaling when using Heartwood Bow.
• Fixed a potential crash when using Cold Snap.
• Fixed a potential crash when failing a fight.
• Fixed a rare crash caused by pressing the left/right bumpers while selecting a target.

• Additional notes: none
• Source: Spectra Entertainment (Steam)

How to download updates for Dream Tactics for the Nintendo Switch?

To download the updates for Dream Tactics, 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.