Dungeon Team news & patch notes

✨ New Features

• Second shelf added to the Shop - total items available increased from 7 to 14
• Shop now tracks and displays which items have been sold out

⚔️ Gameplay & Balance Changes

• Lowered Shop prices for most items - more accessible gear for all adventurers
• Added small chance for Caverns drops and PvP reward items to be very high quality
• Poison Weapon ability can no longer target enemies without weapons (because that would be silly)

🤖 Battle AI

• AI now considers Adrenaline & Mystic Focus when determining whether an ability can be used
• Fixed a bug causing Fumigate not to be used in certain situations when it should

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed several Edit Hero screen bugs
• Fixed Vampiric weapon proccing when target dies

🎮 Quality of Life

• Ability Point Refunds - Downgrade abilities and reclaim your precious ability points to experiment with new builds
• Attribute Point Refunds - Respec your hero's core attributes and redistribute points as needed
• Duplicate Hero Builds - Quickly copy existing character builds to save time when creating similar heroes
• Version Check System - Client now notifies you when updates are available so you never miss new features

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed item duplication and disappearance exploits when equipping bags to inventory slots
• Fixed crashes that could occur when rendering certain combat conditions

⚡ Performance & Stability Update

🎮 Quality of Life

• Increased font sizes and improved text readability throughout the game - easier on the eyes for those long dungeon runs!
• Re-enabled newsletter signup (for 100 free Pixie Dust!) with improved email service - check the Pixie Dust modal or "World" modal in the header

⚔️ Battle AI & Gameplay

• Fixed a critical bug causing Ranged DPS units to skip turns in combat
• Fixed battle log sometimes not recording entries for battles that just ended

🐛 Bug Fixes & Performance

• Fixed Caverns rendering crashes, especially when tabbing out and back into the game
• Fixed battle view display issues when switching windows
• Fixed duplicate Inn tournament membership for the same submode (this was causing rank inconsistencies)
• Inn: Fixed players getting stuck in embattled state
• Fixed Inn tournament rewards claiming
• Fixed and optimized Inn tournament state updater for better performance
• Fixed several UI memory leaks and other bugs when closing UI screens

⚡ Performance Overhaul & Caverns Polish

⚡ Performance Improvements

• Fixed multiple critical memory leaks in Caverns - including display objects, AI pathfinding, unit conditions, battle log entries, and visual objects
• Switched to bitmap fonts for floating text (reduced CPU usage)
• Smoothed out UI transitions when returning to surface from Caverns
• Fixed memory leaks from improper cleanup of visual objects

✨ New Features

• Shop restock timer and animation - now you'll know exactly when new items arrive!
• Button to show/hide battle logs in the Caverns for a cleaner interface
• Equipment slots now display backgrounds and tooltips when empty, indicating what type of gear belongs in each slot

🎮 Quality of Life

• Hero stat bars in Caverns now animate when losing HP or spending AP/MP
• Temple gold sacrifice slider now caps at maximum effective amount (no more overspending!)
• Inn battle logs now indicate whether battles were attacks or defenses
• Active XP potion tooltips now show time remaining instead of total duration
• Improved Caverns battle log by batching "inspired" and heal messages for better readability
• Caverns Battle Log now stops when party is defeated
• Added Russian translations for all devlog entries and announcements

⚔️ Gameplay & Balance Changes

• Nerfed Flying Jellies (they were a bit too spicy)
• Players who maintain maximum tier (10) in Inn Tournaments now receive upgrade rewards
• Caverns rooms now generate with at least 20 additional tiles beyond the number of players' units
• Improved AI decision-making for AoE abilities to avoid harming allies

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed XP potion display showing incorrectly when the potion had expired
• Fixed XP potion tooltip timer display
• Fixed Caverns mob spawning and tile occupation tracking issues
• Fixed Caverns operations that could incorrectly occur during travel or surfacing
• Fixed missing Caverns run data handling to prevent errors
• Fixed Caverns battle events not processing when the game tab was hidden
• Fixed Caverns Battle Log not processing events when browser tab was hidden
• Fixed scrolling issues in Battle Log Modal and Inn Logs Modal
• Fixed several bugs related to tearing down Caverns room views
• Fixed Battle Logs / Inn Logs not updating correctly when claiming items
• Candles now properly expire when logging in or leaving battle screens
• Fixed expired candles being rendered in the Temple
• Fixed several Temple candle/prayer rendering bugs

Welcome back, dungeon teamers!

🏰 Gameplay updates/fixes

• Persistent caverns run data - You will no longer lose caverns run data due to network issues or client restarts. Clicking "Return to Surface" is literally the only thing that can end your run now.
• Caverns travel - Room transitions are now seamless
• AI targeting - Fixed targeting bugs that affected enemy missile and melee range calculations
• XP boost fix - Hero XP boosts now work correctly when activating from a full hero bag

⚡ Performance & Stability

• Memory optimizations - Fixed numerous memory leaks that could cause slowdowns during extended play sessions
• Smoother battles - Optimized battle rendering engine for better frame rates / less CPU

🎨 Visual & UI Polish

• Fixed visual effects - Devil Mask, Inspired buff, and other ability animations tweaked
• Border rendering fixes - Cleaned up tile masking and some UI element borders
• Leaderboard stability - Fixed a crash that can happen when viewing leaderboards
• Peanuts - Optimized everyone's favorite peanuts animation

📊 Technical Foundation

• Moved the whole backend to a different cloud services provider
• Better support for backend scaling
• Enhanced database performance
• Upgraded development, build, and deploy pipelines for faster updates
• Integrated AI coding agents into dev't workflow
• Began codebase migrations to TypeScript, Prisma, and GraphQL, for fewer bugs and faster dev't moving forward

🙏 Thank You!

• Fixed a bug causing Armor Break to have no effect
• Armor Break potency decreased: 15 + L*(St/7 + De/10) --> 10 + L*(St/12 + De/15)
• Updated the AI decision making on when to use Armor Break.
• Fixed a bug calculating damage mods from affinities.
• Enemy targeting AI now takes stances & affinities into account when calculating lowest effective health, not just armor.

• You can now discard unwanted loot in the Caverns.
• Auto-explore is now available in the Caverns. Set a target depth and let your parties roam! (You just can't auto-descend past your deepest level reached.)
• Burning Hands damage increased: 65 + L*(Le/3 + Ma/5 + De/7) --> 65 + L*(Le/2 + Ma/4 + De/6)
• (And a bunch of bug fixes.)

• Balance
  • Devil Mask
    • AP cost: 10 --> 40
    • MP cost: 30 + L*3 --> 30 + L*5
    • Effect range: 1 + L/5 --> 2
  • Poison Weapon potency: 20 + L*(Le/15) --> 20 + L*(Le/5)
  • Burning Hands damage scaling: 65 + L*(Le/5 + Ma/7 + De/10) --> 65 + L*(Le/3 + Ma/5 + De/7)
• AI
  • Fixed a bug where Devil Mask could be cast with no enemies in range
  • For healing, heroes will now only target heroes in PvP
  • For buffs, units will now start with the closest unbuffed allies
  • Similarly, Suture will now target the closest ally who needs it
  • Units will no longer use Leap/Teleport while feared
• Options on poppets can now deal damage

• You heard that right. Heroes now get not 1 but 2 ability points per level.
• Suture potency increased: 20 + L*(Le/6 + De/4) --> 20 + L*(Le + De)
• Poison Weapon AP cost decreased: 50 - L --> 30 - L
• When traveling in Caverns, any friendly dwarves in play will now start out in front.
• Fixed several Caverns battle log bugs, like null/undefined unit names, and keeping your position while scrolling.
• Limited the number of initial caverns mobs to 1~5, to avoid overwhelming heroes before they've had a chance to buff/summon.

• Lightning AP/MP costs adjusted
  • AP Cost: 25 --> 40 - L
  • MP Cost: 50 + L*4 --> 30 + L*3
• Summon Dwarf/Elf/Faerie MP cost adjusted: 100 + L*40 --> 150 + L*25
• Holy force AP cost increased: 10 --> 40 - L
• Dwarves: removed Shield Block and added Slam
• Slam knockback reduced: 2 + L*( St/80 ) --> 1 + L*( St/120 )

• Fixed a bug causing units sometimes to act before the result of the previous ability was calculated (e.g. shooting arrows at dead targets, double-casting CC).
• Fixed several bugs causing units sometimes to run back & forth aimlessly
• In PvP, the Interference tree now only targets enemy heroes
• Only in Caverns will DoT abilities be spread around evenly. In PvP they'll now focus down one hero target.
• Archers should no longer melee attack adjacent enemies when they have the opportunity to step back & shoot
• Tanks will no longer target stunned enemies with Taunt
• Increased the chances for DPS Close units to use Sky Hammer and Slam
• Support units now consider groups of 2+ allies (from 3) as a "cluster" for AoE heals
• Units will no longer use Adrenaline while feared

• Balance
  • Nerfed Adrenaline
    • MP Cost: 75 - L --> 150 - L*3
    • AP Gain: 25 + L*( St/12 ) --> 10 + L*( St/12 )
  • Boosted Layers of Protection potency: L*1.5 --> L*5
  • Increased Healing Prayer AP cost: 20 --> 45
  • Nerfed Sanctuary
    • AP Cost: 25 --> 65
    • MP Cost: 30 + L*5 --> 40 + L*6
    • Effect Range: 3 --> 2
  • Nerfed Infect Mind
    • AP Cost: 10 --> 30
    • MP Cost: 20 + L*2 --> 20 + L*5
  • Adusted summoning spells' MP Cost scaling: L*50 --> 100+L*40
• AI
  • Units should no longer perform actions before the results of the previous action are calculated (e.g. shooting arrows at dead enemies).
  • Units should no longer do Roundhouse when there aren't enemies in range.
  • Changed the way "best melee target" is calculated. Units should no longer break away from nearby enemies to go after a distant enemy with low HP. Also fixes the wasting-a-turn-running-back-and-forth bug.
  • Units should no longer pass turns with full AP
  • Units should now stack Armor Break appropriately
  • Units should now use Mortal Strike on slowed targets
  • CC abilities should no longer be duplicated
  • Units should now use Stance Dancing appropriately (defensive for tanks, offensive for DPS)
  • Ranged DPS should now use a variety of equipped abilities (including Fumigate and Lightning)
  • Improved the targeting for DoT abilities
• ... aaaand ... drastically improved Caverns CPU performance

• Reduced the scaling of Fire/Ice/Thunder/Weeping/Venomous weapon procs
• Fire damage: 30 + L*6 --> 50 + L*4
• Ice jumps: L/5 --> L/7
• Lightning damage: 30 + L*4 --> 50 + L*2
• Weeping/Venomous potency: 10 + L --> 5 + L/2.5
  • Reduced the MP cost scaling of Summon Dwarf/Elf/Faerie from L*100 to L*50
  • Increased Healing Prayer MP cost scaling from 10 + L*4 to 5 + L*10
  • Increased Send Mana AP cost scaling from 25 to 45
• Reduced the Shopkeeper's restock interval from 3hrs to 30mins
• Increased amount of PD sold for real-world currency
• Fixed Armor Spikes
• Fixed the math on XP needed to for Levels 50+ (sorry, Mr. Gentle)
• Fixed a ton of UI layout issues, esp. for smaller resolutions
• Fixed a memory leak in the Blessed rendering, a couple other Caverns leaks, an Armory leak, and a huge leak for anyone on the web hitting the Refresh button.

• Armor Class now works as a % damage reduction, not flat
• Removed the Pixie Dust cost for resetting abilities & attributes
• Caverns info panel: added loot items to the legend, blurb about auto-pickup
• Nerfed Multi-shot damage
• Reduced gold rewards for Inn battles
• Fixed a bug resizing the game window from the Shop
• (And, as usual, several other bug fixes not worth mentioning.)

Balance

• Boosted Suture bleed reduction potency: (20 + Level*(Le/8 + De/12)) --> (20 + Level*(Le/4 + De/8))
• Increased Sanctuary effect range from 2 -> 3
• Rebalanced Mystic focus to cost less AP
• Nerfed the "of Terror" weapon suffix to proc less & have shorter duration
• Increased the stat bonuses of medium & light armor pieces; increased shield AC
• Dwarf/elf/faerie and poppets summons have been limited to 2~5, scaling with ability level
• XP calculation also has been overhauled - leveling up is muuuuuch faster now

Shop

• Added a "Sell All" button to the shop
• Fixed a bug unlocking bag slots from the Shop
• Fixed a bug making players unable to sell their starting bags

Caverns

• When traveling thru doors, heroes will enter in order of Armor Class (tanks in front)
• Heroes now start each run grouped together
• The Caverns view is now pannable by click+dragging
• Fixed a bug allowing players to skip Caverns levels by spam clicking the stairs
• Increased the minimum breadth of hallways

Inn

• Resizing the window from the Inn screen no longer breaks the universe

Arena

• The Arena turn timer stops at zero now
• Now no rewards will be granted for battles aborted in under 2 minutes

General

• Player names can now have characters from any language
• You can now move around bags with items in them.
• Fixed a bug calculating teams' HP remaining bars in the Inn/Arena
• Added a tutorial for new players
• Restricted areas of the game for beginners, starting out in Caverns and progressively unlocking other
• Added new weapon prefix "Gladiator's" - 20% chance to stun.
• Added mod commands to silence misbehaving players; deputized Mr. Gentle, Trevor, Draquonis2019, and Meisterlampe as mods.
• Audio will now be muted when tabbing out / minimizing the game.
• Pixie Dust store appeal for wishlists is now an appeal for reviews
• Added Russian language support
• Fixed many Ability Tooltips

AI

• Fixed AI lockups caused by Enraged conditions
• Fixed several other AI bugs causing infinite loops in Caverns
• Fixed AI bugs preventing the Support tree from using Send Mana and Sanctuary
• Fixed a bug causing ranged units to charge in for melee attacks
• When surrounded, toons will look to melee attack an adjacent mob rather than pass turn

Performance

• Dead body debris now disappears after 60 seconds
• Fixed a (bad) memory leak on the Edit Hero screen
• Did an optimization to the peanuts animation
• Fixed a caverns memory leak
• Did an optimization to the blessed rendering
• Reduced number of particles rendered for Blessed condition and Molotov explosion