Castle Of Alchemists news & patch notes

We are very happy to announce that Castle of Alchemists will be coming to PS5 and Nintendo Switch with the support of our amazing publishing partner, Game Source Entertainment (GSE)!

We aim to release console versions at Q4 of 2026. Stay tuned for further updates!

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Here are the patch notes for our 1.05 patch:

Bug Fixes

We have finally managed to track down and fix the infamous "Freeze Bug" on Old Mines and Crossroads.

A certain enemy type (Stone Knight) was the culprit.

If the situation continues please feel free to report to us.

Level Balancing

Old Mines

• Starting Resource is increased to 600 and reward for waves increased to 400 at minimum.

Crossroads

• Starting Resource is increased to 1200 and reward for waves increased to 800 at minimum.

• Points for the level are increased from 35 to 40.

Enemy Balancing

Arboreal Shaman

• Hp is increased from 550 to 650.

• Rock Summon damage is increased from 175 to 225.

• Poison Flower summon's active duration is decreased from 6 seconds to 2.5 seconds.

• Poison Flower summon's radius is decreased from 2.5 to 2.

Stone Knight

• Hp is reduced from 2500 to 2250.

• Stone Knight takes 250% damage from melee attacks (previously it was 200%).

Royal Guard

• Hp is reduced from 400 to 350.

• Resistance to melee attacks reduced from 25% to 0%.

• Resistance to explosion attacks increased from 50% to 75%.

Brass Golem

• Hp is reduced from 1000 to 500.

• Armor is increased from 1250 to 2000.

Wolf Rider

• Move speed is decreased from 7 to 6.

Wolf Banner Rider

• Move speed is decreased from 7 to 6.

Lantern Magus

• Lantern summon's life time in Normal Difficulty is reduced from 45 seconds to 12 seconds.

• Lantern summon's life time in Challenging Difficulty is reduced from 45 seconds to 24 seconds.

Trap & Tower Balancing

Ballista Tower

• Damage is increased from 175 to 200.

• Damage hit radius is decreased from 2 to 1.5.

Carpet Tower

• Damage per carpet bomb is changed from 325-375 to 275-400.

Barrel Trap - Explosive

• Damage is increased from 150-250 to 225-300.

Barrel Trap - Chill

• Explosion radius is increased from 3 to 4.25.

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• Respec cost has been reduced from 50/15/10 to 35/0/0.
• Arboreal Shaman now only summon Poison Flower when they see you.
• Poision Flower active and primed durations reduced from 10/20 to 6/12.
• Lantern Magus now only summon Lanterns when they see you.
• Spider-Mine Clockworks now explode after 5 seconds if they cannot reach their target.
• Earth Spirits now blow up if they cannot reach within a lifetime (20 for regular, 12 for Boss summons).
• Lecture Room Booby Trap challenge number has been fixed.
• Some missing descriptions have been fixed.
• Potential fix deployed for Royal Guard invincibility bug.

Here comes the great 1.0 update to finalize Castle of Alchemists Early Access period!! Thank you people for sticking with us through this 6-month-planned-actually-took-22-months-23-days journey! Here are the patch note:

CASTLE OF ALCHEMISTS 1.0 PATCH NOTES

TECHNICAL

Cloud Saves

NEW ENEMY FACTION : DRUIDS!

NEW BOSSES : BALOR & YMIR!

NEW LEVELS

• Crystal Mines, populated by Druids.
• South Warehouse, populated by Druids and Arctics.
• Old Mines, populated by Druids.
• Crossroads, populated by all the factions coming at once, final doorstep before Ymir!

ENEMY POWERUP: DEBUFFS

• Impairment : Heavily reduces vision of Bellator.
• Weakness : Reduces weapon damage of Bellator by 50%.
• Blaze : Burns and deals 20 damage per second to Bellator, bypassing absorption.
• Frostbite : Reduces movement speed and increases stamina consumption by 50%.
• Curse : Increases the damage Bellator takes by 50%.

XP & SKILL REVAMPS

Revamped Skills

• Eyes Mutation : Reduces the effects and duration of Impairment on Bellator by 50 percent.
• Bones : Grants 4 damage absorption per level.
• Bones Mutation : Reduces the effects and duration of Frostbite on Bellator by 50 percent.
• Lung Capacity : Increases Stamina by 10 percent per level.
• Lung Capacity Mutation : Reduces the effects and duration of Weakness on Bellator by 50 percent.
• Reflexes : Increases Dodge chance by 8 percent per level.
• Reflexes Mutation : Reduces the duration of Blaze on Bellator by 50 percent.
• Muscle Density Mutation : Reducing your weight increases your Melee Damage, up 50 percent at half weight.

• Vial Training : Reduces cooldown 7 percent per level.
• Clockwork Training : Increases duration 10 percent per level.
• Turret Training : Increases radius by 10 percent per level.
• Booby Trap Training : Increases damage by 10 percent per level.
• Booby Trap Advanced Training : You longer play an animation while deploying booby traps.
• Alchemical Training : Increases elemental damage of weapons by 10 percent per level.
• Alchemical Advanced Training : Dealing elemental damage with weapon grants 1 charge. At 10 charge, an elemental explosion occurs on the enemy same as the weapon element.
• Mechanical Training : Increases physical damage of weapons by 10 percent per level.
• Mechanical Advanced Training : Reduces your active cooldowns by 0.5 second per critical strike.
• Melee Weapon Training : Reduces stamina cost of the melee weapons by 10 percent per rank.
• Melee Weapon Advanced Training : Killing enemies in melee increases melee damage by 5 percent, stacks up to 5 times seperately.
• Ranged Weapon Training : Increases crit chance of the ranged weapons by flat 2 percent per rank.

We are about to bring full pain to invaders with upcoming 1.0 release of Castle of Alchemists at April 10th!

• Support for cloud saves!
• Brand new levels with revamped level progression
• A whole new faction with 13 new enemies
• 2 new bosses
• Revamped Skill Trees
• New abilities for enemies to debuff Bellator
• A long list of balance changes
• A closure to the events at the castle.

Get ready to rumble!

Quality of Life Updates

• Trap Selection section of the Workshop now displays what the trap does with a video when you hover over type selection for the trap.
• You can now skip tutorials indivually at main base. You still need to play the movement tutorials and introduction level at the beginning. We are working on a way that you can skip whole tutorials when you start a new save file.
• Win Screen at the end of the level now shows how many Dual Mix, Triad and Elemental Flux combos you got. Hovering over the combo symbols now shows a small description for what you need to do to achieve these combo types.
• Hovering over Victory Skulls at the Win Screen now displays a small information screen right below, showing what needs to be done for Flawless Victory and your score compared to that.

Bug Fixes

• Bug where you cannot sell traps after building a tower; unless you right click, has been fixed.
• Bug where Bird Clockwork - Electric does not apply conditions have been fixed.
• Bug where Acid Tower's range is not shown correctly through ground layers have been fixed.
• Some localization has been fixed for items.

• Ironworks Storage wave balance has been adjusted. It no longer has Lantern Magus (lantern summoning mages), instead Veiled Magus (fire ball throwing mage).
• Iron grates on the ground that are present in the levels (Warehouse Floors, West Warehouse, Blacksmith Wings and Magma Reserves) now conduct electiricity.
• A bug where the new levels do not count towards finished levels for 2nd scroll has been fixed.
• Main menu visuals have been updated.

NEW BOSS : GRINNING SULTAN

NEW ENEMIES

Ice Faction Enemies

• Added a new enemy, Arctic Jotun Warlord. Armored version of the Jotun with a devastating area of effect ice attack.

NEW LEVELS

• Added a new level to the 2nd scroll, Iron Mines, as a branch for Blacksmith Wings.
• Added a new level to the 2nd scroll, Magma Chambers, as the arena of the new boss.

NEW TRAPS

Trap Bases

• Brand new trap type, Impaler Trap, has been added to the game. Hits a single enemy for massive damage, if it kills a non-heavy unit, its corpse is impaled on the trap. After a brief moment, it fills the corpse with chemicals and primes itself. Default version explodes the corpse dealing massive damage around with pieces of it.
• Brand new trap type, Peg Top Trap, has been added to the game. It is a ceiling trap, releasing a giant peg top, which can bounce off the walls. Default version releases a knocking peg top, which pushes enemies back with each hit and can bounce more than other versions.

Variant Traps

• Impaler - Poison, variant for Impaler trap. Fills the corpse with toxic fumes, when primed explodes the corpse, releasing poisonous gasses.
• Impaler - Marking, variant for Impaler trap. Fills the corpse with fluids which increases the blood viscosity, when primed explodes the corpse, applying Marked condition in a large area.
• Peg Top Trap - Blades, variant for Peg Top trap. Giant peg top applies bleed as it passes through enemies.
• Peg Top Trap - Dynamo, variant for Peg Top trap. Giant peg top that gains electri charge as it gains momentum, and shocks nearby enemies.
• Cannon Shooter, variant for Shooter Trap. A giant cannon with a trigger area further from the trap. Bombards the area when triggered.
• Iron Fist, variant for Mechanical Ceiling Trap. A giant iron fist, pounds the ground with extreme force, dealing massive damage directly below and applies Slow condition to enemies in large area.
• Cyro Bellows, variant for Furnace Trap. Instead of burning enemies, it applies heavy chill to them.

NEW CANNONS & CONSUMABLES

• Added a new shoulder cannon, Gatherer Shot. Gathers enemies in front of you and stuns them.
• Added a new shoulder cannon, Toxic Blast. A heavy blast that deals acid damage, leaves acid puddles and poison clouds behind.
• Added a new consumable, Focus Pellets. Consuming one allows you to crit every ranged hit for 8 seconds.
• Added a new consumable, Iron Skin Syringe. Using one grants damage reduction, fast healing and immunity to poise break for 20 seconds.

ITEM REWORKS

Alchemical Greatsword

• Alchemical Greatsword Poison, has been reworked to apply Poison all the time for 2 seconds. When charge is activated, it applies Poison for 8 seconds and leaves behind small poison clouds with each swing.
• Alchemical Greatsword Corrade, has been reworked to apply Corrade all the time for 2 seconds. When charge is activated, it applies Corrade for 8 seconds and leaves behind small acid puddles with each swing.
• Alchemical Greatsword Frost, has been reworked to apply Chill all the time for 2 seconds. When charge is activated, it applies Chill for 8 seconds.
• Alchemical Greatsword Marking, has been reworked into Slayer Sword. It has now very strong physical stats with an increased weight. When charge is activated, it drains health by 35 per second but increases the damage it deals by 50%.

Spider Clockwork

• Spider Clockwork Acid has been rework to work like shooter turret. It targets the furthest enemy within range. While it travels towards to target, it deals acid damage around. When it reaches target and explodes, applies Corrade to enemies.
• Spider Clockwork Oil has been rework to work like shooter turret. It targets the furthest enemy within range. While it travels towards to target, it applies Oiled to enemies. When it reaches target and explodes, leaves behind an oil puddle.

Shooter Turret

• Shooter Turret Piercing has been reworked into Shooting Turret Saws. Now it sends out saws that travels on the ground till it hits a wall. See the saw rework below.

Core Hammer

• Furnace Hammer's final hit while its charge is active now sends out flames that deals damage and can ignite flammables.

Shoulder Cannons

• Heavy Blast cooldown has been reduced from 90 seconds to 60 seconds.
• Freezing Blast cooldown has been reduced from 60 seconds to 45 seconds.

SKILL REWORKS

• Tough Skin's level 5 mutation has been reworked. Previously it granted damage reduction on certain conditions. Now it directly increases the number of consumables you can use by 2.

CONDITON REWORKS

• Poison condition now doubles the effects of bleed.
• Bleed condition now deals damage according to movespeed of the enemy, while they move. You can apply multiple stacks of Bleed, up to 5. Applying Bleed refreshes the duration for all stacks.
• Saws that travel on the ground now apply Bleed condition. This works for Saw Shooter Trap, Shooter Turret Saws & Mechanical Trap Saws. It does not work for Saw Trap and its variants.
• Marked condition now effects turrets too.
• Wet condition now amplifies the applied Chill by 100 percent rather than immediately freezing chilled enemies.
• Caltrops no longer applies Bleed, only Slow.

QoL OPTIONS

• We have added a new option to both main menu and pause menu, Aimed Camera. You can now toggle between the current aim system where the camera moves towards your aim in combat mode, or a static one where the camera is fixed to keep Bellator at the center. This has been request to reduce the amount of motion sickness. We are still working on that.

New Melee Weapon - Power Gauntlets

• Power Gauntlets - Quake Alternative hits pounds the ground, dealing damage in a large radius. Each hit requires 25% charge, and can be alternated withouth breaking your attack combo.
• Power Gauntlets - Smash Alternative hits smashes the ground, slowing enemies in a large radius for 10 seconds at 50% charge, stunning them at 100% charge.
• Power Gauntlets - Haymaker At 100% charge, alternative hit kills the first non-heavy enemy it connects, sending its corpse flying back damaging any enemy it hits for 350 physical damage.

Quality of Life Updates

• All Crank Gun versions now go into reload when you hold down the attack button and have no steam pressure (ammo) left. Meaning, you can hold down the attack button and you will attack-reload without interruption.

Bug Fixes

• Frozen Kills not registering properly has been fixed.
• Team Machiavelli intro video sound now is tied to Music Volume slider.
• On Hop Cluster bombs not working for Repeater Crossbow has been fixed.

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Power Gauntlets - Quake

Power Gauntlets - Smashing

Power Gauntlets - Haymaker

New Traps

• Ceiling Acid Trap has been renamed to Ceiling Liquid Trap - Acid. It is now a 2x2 instead of 3x2 placement, and it's damage has been reduced from 1800 acid damage over 3 seconds to 1600 acid damage in 4 seconds.
• New variant for the Ceiling Liquid Trap, Water Jet - Deals 100 physical damage per second, and wets enemies underneath, lasting 6 seconds. While hitting, it is conductive and travels electricity.
• New variant for the Ceiling Liquid Trap, Burning Oil - Applies oiled condition to enemeis and immediately ignites them. It can also ignite other ignitables.

Balance Changes

• Crank gunk reload system has been changed from constantly increasing to an instant increase at the end of animation. A full animation fills 1/5 of the full charge (1/2 for the Bolt Gun). This fastens reload system roughly by 50% (almost double for Bolt Gun).
• Maximum number of shots at full charge for Bolt Gun has been increased from 10 to 15 at base.
• Bolt Gun no longer shoots immediately at the beginning of shooting animation.

• Mechanical Booby Trap - Caltrop has been reworked into Mechanical Booby Trap - Gatherer. It now sends out chains and pulls them back, gathering enemies on itself in the process.

Quality of Life Updates

• Ceiling traps now become transparent when Bellator is underneath or when you move the cursor around them while in the combat phase. They also become transparent when you move cursor directly on them while in placement phase.

Bug Fixes

• A bug where Lanterns can still shoot and kill you after you win the game has been fixed.
• Numerous wrong texts for English Localization has been fixed, including infamous text for Health Burst ability on weapons.

New Visual Effects

• Wolf Banner Rider
• Slave Giant
• Armored Slave Giant

Updated "On Trigger" Properties

• On "Trigger" Flame Explosion area is increased by 200%.
• On "Trigger" Flame Explosion damage is increased from 100-120 to 300-360.
• On "Trigger" Chill Explosion area is increased by 200%.
• On "Trigger" Cluster Bombs' damage per bomb increased from 75-85 to 175-275.
• On "Trigger" Cluster Bombs' number of bombs are increased from 4 to 6.
• On "Trigger" Cluster Bombs area increased by 40%.

New Challenges

• Over 20 new challenges has been added.
• Difficulty Mode challenges has been adjusted. Now you can do Regular Mode and Difficulty Mode challenges seperately, meaning there are more ways to farm resources.

Balance Changes for Levels

• Central Chamber starting resource is increased from 650 to 750.
• Central Chamber minimum resource per wave increased from 300 to 375, maximum resource per wave increased from 480 to 600.

• Fixed a bug which prevents continuing after Endless Wave Break at endless levels

UPDATED PAUSE MENU

• Pause menu now includes your equipment. You can check the stats on them by simply hovering over them.
• Pause menu now includes options for Music Volume, SFX Volume, Shake Amount, Windowed Mode, and CRT effects.
• Pause menu now includes the Challenges for the given map.

BALANCE CHANGES

• Deadly Blow effect reduced from "25% of Current Health as damage" to "2.5% of Current Health as damage" for bosses only.
• Culling Blow deals flat +500 unrestricted damage to bosses instead of instantly killing them if they are below 35% of maximum hit points.

BUG FIXES

• Fixed a minor bug where the boss gets stuck in an animation after killing the main character.
• Fixed a couple of minor visual bugs in the UI.
• Fixed the tileset of Ironworks level.
• Fixed the wave info for Ironworks level.

BOSS BATTLE

DIFFICULTY MOD

NEW MAPS & CHANGED PROGRESSION

New Levels

• Added First Lecture Hall, as the 3rd main progression map to the first scroll. This level consists of Ice Faction enemies.
• Added a new endless level, variant of First Lecture Hall. Unlocks after First Lecture Hall.
• Added Mines' Entrance, as a branch map to the Snake Bridge. This level consists of Flame Faction enemies for now, will be updated with new faction in time.
• Added Inner Gate, as the final map and the special arena for the first Boss, Gate Keeper Golem.

Updated Progression

• Workshop now comes unlocked as you start the game instead of Armamentarium.
• Frozen Corner now unlocks Armamentarium, both crafting and levelling up at the same time.
• Lava Passage no longer unlocks Workshop.
• Lecture room is now a branch level for First Lecture Hall, rather than being the 3rd map for progression.
• North Warehouse no longer finishes the first scroll, instead unlocks Inner Gate as final level of the first scroll.
• Various unlocks has been changed for levels to give more options at the beginning of the game, such as Saw Trap and Explosive Barrel.
• Tutorials have been updated to reflect these changes. In the future, we are gonna reduce the word count of tutorials and revamp them for a faster progression.

NEW TRAPS

• Added a new trap type, Shooter Trap. Its default version is "Shooter Trap - Saws", which shoots saws that will travel through enemies till they hit a wall.
• Added a new trap type, Mechanical Ceiling Trap. Its default version is "Mechanical Ceiling Trap - Pendulum", which is a swinging huge morning star that deals heavy physical damage and stagger enemies.
• Added a new trap type, Barrel Dispenser Trap. Its default version is "Barrel Dispenser - Explosive", which drops barrel on a periodic time. You can explode the barrels via explosion or send them flying with melee attacks.
• added a new trap version, Barrel Dispenser - Chilling. Works same as Explosive version, but applies heavy chill instead of explosion.

NEW ENEMIES

Flame Faction Enemies

• Added a new enemy, Slave Giant. Breathes flames when Bellator is near, and makes enemies around it immune to chill.
• Added a new enemy, Armored Slave Giant. Same as Slave Giant (for now), but stronger stats.
• Added a new enemy, Lantern Magus. Summons lanterns near Bellator, which can shoot fireballs and can be destroyed as a regular breakable object. Also summons flames when Bellator is near.
• Added a new enemy, Oriental Halberdier. A halberd wielding variant of the basic footman of Flame Faction.

Ice Faction Enemies

• Added a new enemy, Arctic Warlord. Deals heavy physical damage with combo attacks and buff nearby allies after it attacks.
• Added a new enemy, Arctic Wolf Rider. A fast runner with a strong combo attack.
• Added a new enemy, Arctic Wolf Rider Bannerman. A fast running Bannerman, making nearby enemies immune to slow. Does not attack Bellator.

Gate Keeper Golem

Important Note

First things first: "Difficulty Mode"!

Secondly, new enemies to spice things up.

Last but not least, new traps!

Warroom Updates

• 2 new buttons added in Warroom to go directly into Workshop or Armamentarium.
• Updated enemy info in the Warroom. Now you can see the upcoming enemies of the selected level with a revamped Enemy info screen.

In Game Enemy Info Updates

• Updated the visuals for Enemy Info in maps to match it Warroom version and support large number of enemies.

Craft Menu Updates

• In Craft Menu, crafting materials is auto selected if you have enough materials.
• In Craft Menu, type and selected materials are no longer reset to default after crafting the item.

TOWERS

New Towers

• Flame Tower : Shoots a dispenser siege bolt filled with oil, dealing fire damage the area for 4 seconds. Tries to target most crowded area within range.
• Acid Tower : Shoots a dispenser siege bolt filled with acid, dealing acid damage in the area for 4 seconds. Tries to target most crowded area within range.
• Carpet Tower : Carpet bombs a large area. Shorter Range than Mortar Tower. Tries to target most crowded area within range.

Changes to Towers

Zap Tower

• Has been removed from the game. It was the alternate version of Electric Tower.

Ballista Tower

• Its visuals are updated.
• No longer needs to reload after 5 shots.
• Attack speed is increased by 35%.
• Price reduced to 110.

Mortar Tower

• Range is increased from 12 units to 18 units.
• Wait between attacks increased from 4 seconds to 6 seconds
• Tries target most crowded area within range.
• Damage is increased from 325 to 525. Damage dealt is maximum for 1 unit from the center, reduced to 2/3 between 1 unit and 2.5 units from the center, reduced to 1/3 between 2.5 units and 4 units from the center.
• Price reduced to 200.

MAP CHANGES

• Following maps have tower placement added to them:
  • Lava Passage
  • River Flow
  • Frozen Canals (Extra tower place added)
  • Library
• Tower placement location is adjusted for Magma Reserves.
• Tile set for Blacksmiths' Wing and Magma Reserves have been updated similar to Lava Passage.
• We have added minor visual changes to almost all maps, especially near enemy entrances.

NEW TUTORIAL AREA

• We have managed to replicate the bug where players are stuck at "Win" or "Wave Finished" screens. We deployed a fix. If the problem still continues please let us know.
• We have added a new effect for Rage. Now entering a rage pushes enemies back with a new visual.

• Bug where you cannot click on first and last hotkey for traps has been fixed.
• Bug where life-steal for rage still stays after the effect ends has been fixed.
• A small visual effect added for heal effects. Side of the screen slightly flashes green when you heal, similar to when you take damage.

REWORKS

• Poison Clouds

  Now coloured green. Explodes when contacted with fire.

• Heavy Poison

  Works exactly like Poison. We kept this in the game for prevent corrupted save files. Will be removed in future updates.

• Explosive Gas

  Increased its damage to distinguish from poison clouds.

• Acid Puddles

  Now deals acid damage to enemies passing. Hitting an acid puddle with electricity releases a 3x3 Poison Cloud.

• Hydro Puddles

  No longer applies wet, still conducts electricity. When hit by chill, freezes and no longer conducts but slows enemies instead.

• Sprinkler Trap

  No longer slows. Instead applies a condition to enemies within radius for its active duration (10 seconds) and leaves a 3x3 puddle on the ground. Variants as follows
  • Default : Sprinkler Trap - Oil => Applies Oiled to enemies and leaves an Oil Puddle.
  • Upgrade 1: Sprinkler Trap - Hydro => Applies Wet to enemies and leaves a Hydro Puddle.
  • Upgrade 2: Sprinkler Trap - Acid => Applies Acid to enemies and leaves an Acid Puddle.

• Rage

  A new buff type for main character. Rage allows you to ignore stamina cost, take half damage and have 20 percent life steal on melee attacks for its duration.

• Adrenal Pump Mutation

  Now enters you in a Rage for 15 seconds when you kill 10 enemies with a melee weapon within 3 seconds.

• Shoulder Cannon

  Shoulder Cannon now works with a cooldown rather than being once per wave.

CRAFT UPDATES

Life Steal

Heals you for a percentage of the damage you are dealing. Hitting multiple enemies do not increase the life steal amount.

Deadly Blow

Deals damage equal to 25 percent of enemy's current health on given chance.

Culling Blow

Directly kills enemies who are below 35 percent of their total health on a given chance.

Absorption

Blocks a given flat amount from each physical attack after reductions.

Triggers for several abilities

• On Charge

  Triggers when you activate your melee weapon's charge.

• On Reload

  Triggers when you reload your ranged weapon. For Crank Gun, you need to fully reload your weapon to trigger.

• On Dodge

  Triggers on landing after a dodge.

• On Hoop

  Triggers when you initiate a hoop back.

• On Acrobatics

  Triggers on landing after an acrobatic (climbing up & down, jumping across gaps).

• Guaranteed Crit

  Your next attack within 5 seconds is a guaranteed critical hit.

• Melee Buff

  Melee damage is increased by 35%

• Ranged Buff

  Range damage is increased by 35%

• Fire Explosion

  Releases a small fire explosion dealing 200 fire damage which can ignite.

• Chill Explosion

  Releases a small chill explosion that applies Chill which can freeze.

• Release Oil/Acid/Hydro Puddle

  Releases an oil/acid/hydro puddle sized at 3x3, which can interact with other abilities.

• Shield

  Blocks a certain amount of damage, for 10 seconds or till depleted.

• Release Bomb

  Releases an explosive bomb on the spot.

• Release Cluster Bombs

  Releases small cluster bombs near the spot.

New Consumable and Shoulder Cannon

Freezing Blast Cannon

Rage Pellets

UI/UX CHANGES

• New cooldown icons have been added for each of the buffs you can get via items or skills above your skill bar.
• New cooldown icons have been added for the new ability triggers mentioned above.
• Visual effects on the main character has been added for the buffs.
• When you heal from a source aside from Life Steal, now your HP bar briefly flashes.
• When you enter an effect that allows you to ignore stamina, your Stamina bar freezes visually.
• When you get a Shield buff, a shield buffer appears on your HP bar.
• Your character flashes white when you are hit while having shield.
• Visuals of the puddles have been updated.
• Armored Arctic Swordsman has been given a visual uplift.
• New sound effects added for Crushing Blow, Deadly Blow and Culling Blow.