Chained Echoes news & patch notes

Hi everyone! Thank you for playing ASHES OF ELRANT. I have some patch notes to share with you.

For non-Steam players reading this: This patch will be rolled out for GOG, Xbox and Playstation tomorrow (11th August).

Please note that the Nintendo Switch game is still on an old version. Nintendo needs a few days to release a patch. Which means that we have to wait for Nintendo to release a previous patch in order to push the last 2 patches together.

v. 1.345

Fixed: Hero’s Belief functionality

Fixed: Fishing UI errors for Japanese/Korean/Chinese

Fixed: Cutscene after dog battle not starting

Fixed: The overdrive bar would behave like if the Ultra Move Specialist party talent was always active

Fixed: Vibration setting not working when fishing

Fixed: Sky Armors missing when loading NG+ save file under certain circumstances

Fixed: Passive skill “Switcher” overlap between White Wolf’s skill and Class Emblem

Fixed: Minor bugs and translation errors

previous patch notes:

v. 1.344

Fixed: Using shops in certain places causing a freeze

Fixed: Egyl's and Ba'Thraz' weapons switched in premade save

Fixed: Loading a True King difficulty save into the DLC

Fixed: Chinese, Japanese and Korean words display in the fishing minigame

Fixed: Translation errors

Fixed: Triggering a battle against a dog enemy

Cheers!

Greetings Travelers of Valandis,

Or... should we say, Travelers of Elrant? The wait is over. Ashes of Elrant, the official DLC for Chained Echoes is out now on Steam. Offering you more of what you fell in love with - all set in a new, uhm, well, how to describe it? Let's call it a new land. You'll soon understand.

With the White Wolf you can also find a new companion who'll join your party. A loyal member who... ah, sorry, again, we're touching spoiler territory here. Let us phrase it like that: His name will be revealed within the new adventure. You'll understand why we've kept it a secret so far.

Also, in case you haven't played Chained Echoes just yet, now is a good time as we also created a bundle which contains both, the Main Game and the DLC (it's a completionist set, so if you already own the game you can use the bundle to save a few more cents, too).

With the DLC out, Eddie has also created a fully fleshed out new Soundtrack. The soundtrack by this insane mastermind is now available on Steam and on all your favorite streaming platforms. And while we're talking about music here, we'd also take the time to give a shoutout to the amazing folks from Defy The Laws of Tradition. If you are into fishing,... you'll soon understand.

And there's more. If you love plushies, if you love Sienna, we might have something for you. In cooperation with Makership you can now get yourself a Sienna Plushie. We also would like to apologize to Makership here as they approached us over a year ago and we had to delay the campaign multiple times as we decided that the release of the DLC would be a good spot for Sienna. Oh well. But it's finally happening.

And if you still want more from Chained Echoes, we want to use the time to also give a shoutout to Infinite Alliance, a free upcoming JRPG by the creator of the 8-Bit Adventures series featuring cameos and characters from various indie JRPGs. It's a work of love and we can't wait to get our hands on it ourselves.

And now, enjoy the game.

Thank you. Without all of you this journey wouldn't have been possible.

Dear members of the Crimson Wings!

We know, we know. We've said that Ashes of Elrant would release in Q2 when we announced the DLC. Well, Q2 ended already, right? And the DLC isn't here yet. Game development is complicated. And while the DLC itself was ready to release by the end of Q2, translations were not. And we still wanted to give it some proper testing to iron out the last small issues. And we decided to wait till we knew the exact date.

And we now have a date. Mark it in your calendars: Ashes of Elrant will release 7th of August on all systems. And yes, the official soundtrack for the DLC will release the very same day.

Wandering Sword

Eastward

Chained Echoes

• Fixed: Changing Sky Armor mode manually during certain frames in the Game Over menu
• Fixed: a bug that might have locked progress at the Farnsport tutorial crystal under certain circumstances
• Fixed: Overtime now working with agility buff
• Fixed: Incobyn-Berries removed from inventory when starting NG+ with the keep inventory function
• Fixed: Money subtracted for first weapon upgrade
• Fixed: The game locking when leaving the Aurora with Glenn in a SA under certain conditions
• Fixed: Translation errors
• Fixed: Other minor errors
• Changed: Ailment Trap’s poison damage output

Changelog:

• Added: Chinese language support
• Fixed: Quickstep not working properly
• Fixed: Kylian’s double Atk passive skill (finally)
• Fixed: Tiger skills ignoring physical barriers
• Fixed: invading a certain camp and causing area layering problems
• Fixed: a rare saving issue caused by last patch
• Fixed: Extender RAM
• Fixed: Changing resolution while in battle causing the CTB bar to change position
• Fixed: Translation errors
• Fixed: Other minor errors

• Added: New Game + option in the start menu when cleared save file is present
• Added: New way of obtaining crystals *
• Added: Crystal gather chains **
• Added: Option to lower running speed
• Added: More Stat Boosts and Passive Skills for Kylian for NG+
• Changed: Removing crystals from equipment yields the proper former crystal ***
• Changed: Selling equipment auto-removes the crystal
• Changed: Lowered chance of getting big crystals
• Changed: Crystals with a purity of 0 can’t drop
• Changed: Smoother crafting menu navigation
• Changed: A few enemy stats
• Changed: Lowered bonus from agility passive and class emblem bonus
• Changed: Double Steps & Drunken Master don’t stack.
• Fixed: bug regarding the Shaved Head boss
• Fixed: other minor bugs and collision errors

• Added: Japanese language support
• Added: Option to re-read tutorials in the menu
• Fixed a bug where Mage Warrior’s Fire and Water attack wouldn’t trigger oil and dry properly
• Fixed other minor bugs and collision errors
• Adjusted Phoenix Rise, Dragonfang, Elemental Pact
• Adjusted some Sky Armor stats

• Fixed reload bug in Frydolin’s home
• Fixed a bug making it possible to skip the Assassin Girl battle
• Removed marker from north east Rohlan Fields map
• Fixed a bug that could cause the player to be locked on an island in a certain person’s mind
• Fixed table colliders in an inn
• Fixed Randomage not getting added to the bestiary in rare cases
• Fixed a few collider issues in south west Perpetua
• Fixed a bug that locked the game when the player killed a certain end game boss while he was using Counter Stance
• Fixed a bug that led to a black screen when corrupted save files were present in the save directory
• Fixed a bug regarding the Shaved Head
• Fixed respawn of a certain boss in the final area
• Fixed error in price calculations with Zellor’s ability
• Fixed crystal size display bug in inventory
• Fixed some missing translations
• Fixed a bug that could occur when selling equipped skill RAM
• Fixed a bug where the Fire Attack passive would always trigger
• Fixed a bug that allowed taking actions during certain loading screens in cutscenes
• Fixed other minor bugs and collision errors

• Fixed a bug regarding saving between boss fights in Phyon Oasis
• Fixed amount of crystals displayed in the craft menu
• Fixed a bug that prevented some crystals from dropping
• Fixed Terror Terrier Amok skill
• Fixed an AI bug on the Titan Elemental
• Fixed a bug allowing to teleport out of Raphael’s cave
• Fixed two Raphaels appearing in a certain cutscene
• Fixed certain ultra move buff effects to appear in wrong color
• Fixed Recruit Tehlla not appearing on Hermit’s Isle
• Fixed being able to open Reward Board during credits
• Fixed a progression bug after gathering info about Daimbert
• Fixed a bug regarding the Tadeye in the middle of Ograne Grottos
• Fixed other minor bugs
• Changed: Crit Up crystals now have the same chance to drop as other stat crystals

Patches & Updates

Additional Languages

Future Content Plans

• Fixed a bug that prevented Glenn from learning a certain skill leaving him with 1 GS at the end of the game
• Fixed getting the item reward for avoiding optional battles in Phyon Oasis
• Fixed a bug where enemies were unable to take a turn once a character reached a certain speed
• Fixed a bug in the boss battle in Raminas Tower
• Fixed a display bug in the crystal inventory when throwing away crystals
• Fixed inventory not showing all crystals
• Fixed Mikah’s Ultra Move killing an enemy over and over
• Fixed a bug regarding HP on level up (characters now have a bit more HP)
• Fixed some strings missing a translation
• Fixed a save load position issue in the quest Into The Maelstrom
• Fixed Crit Damage Up
• Fixed other minor issues
• Changed: Agility stat raised by equipment and passive now clamps at 50 (raising agi in battle can get past this limit. This change needs more testing but this should fix a few problems for the moment)
• Changed: Agi Up stats
• Changed: Agi Up crystals have the same chance to drop like other stat up crystals
• Changed: Glenn now learns TP Cost Down instead of Chemistry

• Fixed an enemy freezing the game upon its death in late game
• Fixed Sienna breaking sequence in Farnsport
• Fixed a few save reload issues
• Fixed an issue with a cutscene in the Phyon Oasis where A. joins
• Added a method to reset the pillar puzzle in the last area of the ruins
• Fixed discarding crystals before finishing the tutorial
• Fixed Petal Storm + and Pressure Point
• Fixed zoning errors
• Fixed Class Skills having too much of an effect on the overdrive under certain conditions
• Fixed a late game boss respawning
• Removed an unnecessary Unity Analysis library
• Removed the ability to teleport while in the “Into the Maelstrom” quest (If you are outside, walk to the back of Magnolia’s room ro re-enter)
• Removed ability to sell Sky Armor color palettes
• Fixed other small issues

• It contains the whole main story. This equals roughly 30 - 40 hours of content (But we'd like to hear how long it did take you, maybe we have to adjust the numbers)
• Sidequests and optional areas are not included
• Lack of polish in all areas (Lots and lots of missing assets, you will notice what isn't finished just yet)
• Everything pertaining to airships is not in the alpha
• Cutscenes are all done, but lack polish (i.e., some animations and lots of sound effects and lots of assets)
• Most battle animations are missing (makes the battles quicker though!)
• Game difficulty / balancing is all over the place (we'd like to hear feedback from you!)
• There will be bugs (of course!), but hopefully nothing game breaking!

• There is no progression system in the demo. The skills are not upgradeable. The weapons aren't either. The system is, more or less, in place already but for the demo we had to cut it out and change the balancing.
• The Combat System is not yet fully finished. You will still have fun (at least we hope so) but especially the Overdrive system will be way more complex in the final game, offering multiple stages of Overdrive and Overheat.
• The dialogues were written exclusively for the Demo. There are no story spoilers in the Demo. And there aren't that many dialogues just yet. And not many options. The GUI for these, also when exploring the world, is just placeholder stuff.
• There are no real options in the Demo. And the Dualshock layout has not yet been implemented.
• The Menus are not finished
• Everything you see may change. We tease quite a few features but do not really show them off. Again: Keep in mind this is very much pre-alpha.