Ember Knights (Switch): all the updates (latest: Ver. 1.0.4)

12 December 202316 December 2023 Lite_Agent Doom Turtle, Ember Knights, Twin Sails Interactive

On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various updates for Ember Knights on Nintendo Switch (originally released in July 2023 in North America and Europe)!

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Ember Knights – Ver. 1.0.4

Release date: December 12th 2023 (North America, Europe)
Patch notes:

Ver. 1.2.0 (Knights Reforged Update)

New Content and Features

Weapon Mods

Overhauled the entire mod system

Added a new Ultimate Mod for each weapon

Ember Blade

Honed – No change

Spark – No change

Stagger (NEW)

Your first weapon hit on an enemy has a chance to stun

Flurry (NEW)

Gain a charge attack where you unleash a flurry of rapid attacks

Whirlwind – No change

Lunge – No change

Momentum – No change

Smite (NEW)

Whenever you stun an enemy, your next attack will unleash a lightning bolt

Pyrostrike (NEW)

Whenever you crit an enemy, you also burn that enemy

Spin Attack [Ultimate] (NEW)

Your 3rd attack is a spin attack

Guardian Bow

Rapid Shot – No change

Spread Shot – No change

Opportunist (NEW)

Your charge attack deals bonus damage to enemies afflicted by status ailments

Ricochet (NEW)

Your charge attacks will ricochet to additional enemies

Volley – No change

Perfectionist (NEW)

Chaining perfect charge attacks adds additional arrows

Marked Shot – No change

Explosive Arrows – No change

Invigorate (NEW)

Whenever you defeat an enemy, increase your attack speed

Empowered Arrows [Ultimate] (NEW)

Perfect weapon attacks empower your next chain attacks

Nexal Staff

Luminescence – No change

Overflow (NEW)

Your charge attack damages in a circle instead of a cone

Magic Orbs (NEW)

Shoot 2 seeking orbs when a skill gains a charge

Spell Siphon (NEW)

Defeating enemies with your charge attack increases the skill damage of your next skill use

Focus (NEW)

The refresh count of your skills is lowered

Auto Orbs – No change

Imbuement (NEW)

Whenever you use a skill, your weapon gains temporary skill damage

Wisdom – No change

Clairvoyance – No change

Arcane Mastery [Ultimate] (NEW)

Upgrades Arcane Orbs to Quasar Orbs

Rift Hammer

Heavy Blow (NEW)

Your first weapon hit on an enemy deals a percentage of your max HP as damage

Defensive Stance (NEW)

You gain damage reduction while charging

Knock Out – No change

Unstable Rift – No change

Combat Slam (NEW)

When charged, your 3rd attack becomes a leap attack

Volcanic Rift (NEW)

Your 3rd charge attack leaves a trail of fire

Safeguard – No change

Battle Rhythm (NEW)

Killing an enemy grants an orbiting hammer. Your 3rd attack launches the hammers forward

Detonate – No change

Overcharge [Ultimate] (NEW)

Adds overcharge to all attacks

Razor Wind

Dual Strike (NEW)

Your 3rd attack hits twice

Live Wire – No change

Hefty – No change

Proficiency – No change

Persistence (NEW)

Your 3rd attack leaves a projectile

Precision (NEW)

Your charge attack tipper hits twice

Empowered – No change

Serrated – No change

Sharpened (NEW)

Your charge attack tipper has an extra chance to crit

Burgeoning [Ultimate] (NEW)

Whenever your charge attack hits an enemy, its size increases temporarily

Reaper’s Toll

Lacerate (NEW)

Slashed enemies take bonus damage from weapon attacks

Summoner – No change

Hidden Blade (NEW)

Start with Cloak and Dagger skill

Shroud – No change

Necromancy (NEW)

Whenever you defeat a slashed enemy, summon a Wisp

Piercing Slash (NEW)

Slash projectiles pierce through enemies

Refill – No change

Split Slash (NEW)

Cast multiple slash projectiles simultaneously

Phantasm (NEW)

Your slash projectiles conjure ghosts when fired

Reserve [Ultimate] (NEW)

Gain an additional ammo

Ember Tree

Added a new sequence and legendary relic reward for completing the Ember Tree

Overhauled the entire Ember Tree

Slot 1 – Health

Thick Skin (Updated)

Adjusted values

Regeneration (Updated)

You heal after entering any room

Earned Vitality (Updated)

Gain max HP after defeating a Boss or half after defeating a Miniboss

Slot 2 – Damage Modifiers

Slayer (Updated)

Adjusted values

Giant Slayer (Updated)

Adjusted values

Earned Power (Updated)

Adjusted values

Slot 3 – Gold

Pocket Change (Updated)

Adjusted values

Easy Money – No change

Dividend (Updated)

Gain bonus gold when you enter a room until you make a Shop purchase

Slot 4 – Situational Damage

Warm Welcome (NEW)

You gain bonus damage for the first number of rooms of a new world

Confidence – No change

Fury – No change

Slot 5 – Revive

Soul Link (Updated)

Adjusted to be unique revives per person

Second Wind – No change

Guardian Angel (NEW)

Once per world, if you would die, gain a protective shield that prevents damage and heals

Slot 6 – Relics

Relic Dice – No change

Treasure Hunter (NEW)

Epic and legendary relics have a greater chance to appear

Keen Eye (NEW)

Bosses have an increased chance to drop a relic

Slot 7 – Skills

Skill Dice (Updated)

Adjusted values

Deep Knowledge (NEW)

Your first skill chosen gains an additional charge

Expertise (NEW)

Perfect skills deal bonus damage

Slot 8 – Stats

Bonus Gems (NEW)

Bosses and minibosses have a chance to drop a bonus gem

Refinery (NEW)

Your first stat gem in each world gives double gems

Perfection (NEW)

Defeating a boss without taking damage drops a bonus large stat gem

Slot 9 – Wildcard (Options)

Expansion (Updated)

Renamed Expanded Relic Selector

Fortunate (NEW)

Stat selectors have a chance to have a double gem

Lucky Offering (NEW)

Offering Pits have a chance to give a bonus item

Slot 10 – Wildcard (Super)

Bonus Relic (Updated)

Renamed Extra Starting Relic

Super Reroll (NEW)

You gain a super reroll that can reroll and restock any selector and adds an additional option

Ultembera (NEW)

When you are at full HP, your weapon attacks also shoot a short range energy projectile

New Relics

Added 17 new relics

Eye of the Storm

[DEMONS Mode Community Contest Relic] – Your 3rd attack unleashes the power of the Razor Wind

Ember Seed

Whenever your HP drops below a certain amount, root all enemies dealing damage over time and healing you for each enemy rooted

Creature’s Bond

Whenever you use a skill, increase Wisp damage

Confined Fury

Your Wisps deal more damage

Warlock’s Grip

Gain bonus damage for each Wisp you have

Frost Pact

Whenever you defeat a frozen enemy, summon a Frost Wisp

Charged Trinket

Whenever you conjure a lightning bolt, you have a chance to summon a Lightning Wisp

Pristine Band

Whenever you perfectly complete a room, increase your max HP

Flawless Brace

Whenever you perfectly complete a room, gain damage in the next combat room

Absolute Ambition

Whenever you perfectly complete a room, permanently increase skill damage

Spark Ring

Lightning damage increased

Shocking Revelation

Whenever you refresh a skill, conjure a lightning bolt

Recovery Ring

Whenever you enter a new room, you heal

Black Ice

Freeze damage increased

Lethal Venom

Poison damage increased

Impure Pestilence

Enemies can be afflicted with an additional stack of poison

Cryo Freeze

Enemies are frozen longer

Nexus Boss Trophies

When you defeat a boss, you’ll find a special new monument to that victory in the Nexus

Beat the boss without taking damage to achieve a perfect victory version

Interact with the trophy for a world-specific effect

Wightsbury Updating

Wights

Added a new type of ghostly trap that may appear

Rare Chests

Added a new chest type to increase rewards

Enemy behaviors

Updated behaviors for all enemies

Pox Rat

Changed cone attack to lobbing poison projectiles

When festering (turning purple), it fires 3 poison projectiles and gains increased move speed, attack speed and max HP, and leaves a poison puddle upon dying

Craven

No longer remains stuck in the ground and explodes when contacting the player

Adjusted attack anticipation for the dive attack

Condemned

Daggers no longer remain stuck in the ground after the downward strike attack

Condemned Elite

Daggers no longer remain stuck in the ground after the downward strike attack

Adjusted attack anticipation for the dagger throwing attack. *Daggers now debuff the player, increasing damage taken by 25% for 5s

Throws a whirlwind of daggers when HP drops below 20%

Weald Wolf

Updated to jump across pits

Swipe attack has a 25% chance to attack again in the opposite direction

New chase attack that targeted player is rushed with 50% increased move speed. *Will jump to its target, if needed

Will become enraged and stun is removed when HP drops below 80%. *While enraged, it gains 50% move speed, 25% attack speed, and 25% damage

The Forlorn

Can now teleport across pits

The Forlorn Elite

Can now teleport across pits

Removed invincibility from the floating laser attack

Secret Interactable

For those who wished, we added a new interactable

Anville Updating

Relic Refinement

A new shop and item for upgrading relics

Player Buff

Added a new interactable that buffs the player by summoning lightning bolts on subsequent weapon and skill attacks

Trap Rework

Replaced the existing supercharge trap with a new one. No more electrical lines between traps!

Enemy behaviors

Updated behaviors for the following enemies

Supercharge Buff

New visuals to better indicate the enemy is supercharged

Supercharged enemies no longer spawn Voltes upon death

Supercharged enemies gain 50% move speed, 25% damage, and 25% HP

Welder

Added attack indicator for its melee slam attack

Defense Bot

Added slight tracking to the projectile

Updated to support movement during the seeking projectile attack

Scrap Chief Mack (and variants)

Added attack indicator for the charging phase of the electric chase attack

Overlord Mack

Overhauled the boss fight with new gear and new attacks

Visual Improvements

Updated the tilemap to improve visual clarity

Offering Pit Healing

Removed healing items from the Offering Pit

Balancing & Fixes

In addition to the new content and features, we’ve also made the following changes and fixes:

Relics

Adjusted/reworked 14 relics

Added an internal cooldown feature to some relics

Spell in a Bottle

Changed rarity to common

Changed to, whenever a skill refreshes fully, shoot a seeking missile that does base damage and skill damage

Archangel’s Scythe

Changed rarity to common

Changed to flat damage

Magic Tome

Changed rarity to common

Changed to skill damage

Wizard’s Fleece

Max armor + 5

Gain 3% skill damage for each armor

Toxic Bangle

Changed rarity to epic

Infernal Scale

Changed to show the constant amount instead of a %

Decayed Scepter

Added skill damage

Kindleblade

Changed from spawning a random Wisp to a Fire Wisp

Doom Shell

Changed functionality to, when the player rolls, they turn into a spinning shell and deal AOE damage along their travel path

Bonus damage for each armor

Added internal cooldown

Glacial Necklace

Changed rarity to common

Max owned 4

Added internal cooldown

Shock Troop

Changed to, whenever you defeat an enemy with lightning, summon a Lightning Wisp

Added internal cooldown

Call to Arms

Changed from first use in a room to casting a perfect skill

Added internal cooldown

Bruma’s Ring

Changed from first kill to every kill

Added internal cooldown

Barrier Pendant

Added internal cooldown

Misc

Separated champion enemies from their champion rooms so they can now appear anywhere

Updated skill damage numbers (cast, charged, perfect) to be displayed in all instances where skills are referenced

Added the concept of Perfect Rooms and Perfect Bosses; rooms cleared without taking any damage

Updated the player HUD to show the Knight color and armor

Various localization improvements

Fixed a bug that was interrupting the Netherra music with room-specific tracks

Ver. 1.2.1

Adjustments

Adjusted various Ember Tree upgrade costs

Updated a few enemy values for endless looping

Loop 1

Enemy Health – 400% (was 200%)

Loop 2

Enemy Health – 800% (was 400%)

Loops 3+

Enemy Health – continues to double on every loop

Enemy Damage – continues to double on every loop

Note: No change to scaling on enemy attack speed, move speed, or spawning

Fixes

Fixed a bug with the Ember Blade where attacks couldn’t be canceled by rolling

Fixed a bug with Doppleganger’s seeking projectiles that prevented them from spawning

Fixed a bug with Cleanup Crew that was causing voltage traps to be destroyed when one of the minibosses is defeated

Fixed a bug with Praxis where he could dash or teleport out of bounds

Fixed a bug where the revive prompt wasn’t clearing after being revived by defeating a miniboss or boss

Fixed a bug with Super Rerolls where it was causing the game to lock when used in the Relic Refinement selectors and shops

Fixed a bug with Absolute Ambition where it was multiplying its skill damage increase

Fixed a bug with Steward’s Gift where it wasn’t spawning the Steward properly

Fixed a bug with the Ember Tree’s Bonus Gems upgrade where it was showing the wrong icon when locked

Fixed some visual issues with overlapping elements in the Ember Tree

Fixed a bug that was preventing costs from showing in the swap menu of the Ember Tree

Fixed a bug that was causing the Perfect Room and Perfect Boss banners to stop animating when the game is paused or the player inventory is viewed

Fixed a multiplayer bug where Perfect Rooms and Perfect Bosses were desyncing between the host and clients

Fixed some minor localization issues

Fixed a bug where players were unable to revive in online multiplayer games

Fixed a bug with Overlord Mack where he was getting stuck and locking players from progressing

Fixed a bug where Guardian Bow’s Perfectionist charge attack was registering as a third attack

Fixed a bug that was preventing duplicate projectiles from Eye of the Storm being destroyed

Additional notes: none
Source: Twin Sails Interactive (Twitter) / Twin Sails Interactive (Steam) / Twin Sails Interactive (Steam)

Ember Knights – Ver. 1.0.3

Release date: October 25th 2023 (North America, Europe)
Patch notes:

No patch notes available.

Additional notes: none
Source: Twin Sails Interactive (Twitter)

Ember Knights – Ver. 1.0.2

Release date: September 12th 2023 (North America, Europe)
Patch notes:

No patch notes available. This update brings the following to the game:

includes a bunch of optimizations specifically for the Switch

adds the content currently available on PC

brings fixes currently available on PC

Additional notes: none
Source: Twin Sails Interactive (Steam)

How to download updates for Ember Knights for the Nintendo Switch?

To download the updates for Ember Knights, 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;

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.