Phoenix Point news & patch notes

• Fixed an issue where equipping certain mounts would set soldier stamina to 0 when returning to the Geoscape.

• Fixed a bug where a soldier having a body part disabled would set their stamina to 0 when returning to the Geoscape.

• Fixed an issue preventing Priest Body and Leg armor from being manufactured.

• Fixed a bug where the Technician Repair ability would fail to recognize valid targets.

• Fixed a bug where exploring POIs would sometimes not generate an encounter.

• Fixed the Myrmidon torso being immune to bleed damage (wings remain immune).

• Fixed an issue where the Scrap Item function in the Manufacturing screen did not work correctly for ammunition.

• Fixed the “+ ammo” button not working and destroying ammo when equipping from a hidden inventory slot.

• Fixed a bug where the class select/deselect UI in the Manufacturing screen did not update, despite the filter working correctly.

• Fixed a bug where the “!” notification on the Manufacturing button could not be cleared after a new ammo type was added.

• Added an “All Classes” filter button to the Equipment Manufacturing list.

• Fixed a bug where the joystick could select invisible items in the Research Queue.

• Made the red “X” buttons in the Manufacturing Queue consistent with those in the Research Queue.

• Fixed an issue where units in the first two aircraft slots could not be selected directly from the Aircraft Panel.

• Removed empty module slots from aircraft in the Aircraft Panel.

• Faction buttons in the Aircraft Panel now cycle through all aircraft on the globe when pressed repeatedly.

• Aircraft can now be directly selected on the Geoscape when playing with a controller.

• Reduced Factions’ research required time by 20%.

• Fixed an issue where enemies could sometimes spawn next to neutral soldiers in Rescue Soldier missions.

• Fixed a bug where enemies could spawn inside rocks in a specific Ancient Protean Mutane map.

• Fixed an issue where Lairs would sometimes fail to generate a tactical mission.

• Fixed an issue where a deployed vehicle could be unable to reach an exit in Lair missions.

• Fixed an issue where the Armadillo and Kaos Buggy could take poison damage.

• Fixed a bug where the Kaos Buggy with Spiked Armor would lose its turn after taking DoT or Overwatch damage.

• Second attempt to fix a bug where actors could move into walls in certain Alien Base maps.

• Fixed a bug where a soldier could get trapped inside a specific Synedrion column if standing on top of it when the walkable surface beneath was destroyed.

• Fixed a bug where the Behemoth would stop patrolling and remain stationary until submerged.

• Corruption of the Mind mission rewards are now consistent with Infested Haven missions (Behemoth Disruption Points included).

• Added exit zones for aliens in Alien Plot missions.

Phoenix Point arrived on Steam five years ago, and it truly warms our hearts to see a steady flow of new players still discovering it - as well as many veterans returning after a long break. This anniversary felt like the perfect moment to celebrate, and we wanted to show our appreciation by bringing you a new free update, along with a 60% discount for newcomers.

Below you’ll find the areas we focused on for this update, followed by the full patch notes. But before diving in, we owe a major shoutout to the Terror From The Void mod and all of its contributors.

For more than three years, the TFTV team has been tirelessly updating and refining their vision of Phoenix Point - polishing existing systems, rebalancing missions and classes, adding brand-new mechanics, and creating great additional tools. With TFTV you can find a huge range of optional gameplay adjustments, UI enhancements like a screen showing every available haven recruit, redesigned missions and classes, the terrifying Revenants (nightmarish replicas of your fallen soldiers), and countless other improvements.

In fact, many of the changes in this update were inspired by TFTV. If you enjoyed Phoenix Point, we highly recommend trying the mod.

Since large updates can easily break large mods, we worked closely with the TFTV team throughout development. The result is full compatibility, even for ongoing TFTV campaigns.

If you’re playing with mods - such as Terror From The Void or the Officer Class Mod - please make sure you have the latest versions installed.

If your mods don’t update automatically, simply exit and restart Steam.

The Firebird Update - What We Set Out to Improve

Campaign Pacing and Player Progression

One of the main issues we identified is that the campaign - especially in the mid and late game - can start to drag, feeling repetitive and overstretched. Phoenix Point is packed with content, but sometimes that content extended the campaign more than it enriched it.

Because the research system controls so much of your progression, we wanted to help players advance more smoothly without cutting content. To that end:

• All research times have been reduced by 20%.

• Construction time for the major faction-ending project buildings has been reduced by 50%.

These changes help the campaign reach its more interesting decision points sooner, without rushing players or removing depth.

Resource Pressure and Economy Adjustments

A common frustration for players - especially newcomers - was ending up with just slightly fewer resources than needed to restock basic ammo. This created tedious loops instead of meaningful strategic choices. To ease this unnecessary pressure and help players focus on the broader game, we’ve made the following adjustments:

• Reduced ammo production costs by 20%.

• Reduced facility construction costs by 20%

This should ease early-game pressure and allow players to invest in their bases and squads more freely.

Haven Defense – Fairer, Less Repetitive, More Optional

Haven Defense missions are an important part of the game: they’re a way to earn resources, diplomacy, and reveal Pandoran bases. However, the sheer frequency of them - combined with the inconsistency of their difficulty - often made them feel repetitive rather than rewarding.

Instead of reducing their number (which would break multiple progression loops), we made targeted systemic improvements:

• Threat level is now calculated not only from the attackers’ strength, but also from the difference between attacker strength and Haven Defense strength, leading to more logical and fair battles.

• Training and Elite Training Centers now grant improved defensive structures, making havens more capable of defending themselves.

All this means Haven Defense missions now feel more optional, giving you breathing room to focus on higher-priority objectives.

Geoscape Quality of Life Improvements

We also wanted the strategic layer to be smoother and more intuitive.

Manufacturing Clarity

The manufacturing screen is now far easier to read and manage:

• Ammo is displayed directly on the same row as its associated weapon, reducing clutter dramatically.

• A new button has been added to reorder items in the manufacturing queue more easily.

Partial Magazine Visibility

For years, players wondered what happened to partially used magazines after missions. Previously, these were hidden until they combined into a full stack - which caused confusion.

Now:

Partial magazines are displayed clearly, with a proper interface designed specifically for them.

Simplifying the Pandoran Evolution Loop

We’ve removed one of the hidden sources of late-game enemy scaling:

• Pandorans no longer receive evolution points when their bases are destroyed or when they lose battles to you.

This keeps the long-term difficulty curve fairer and more predictable.

Tactical Layer Improvements

Rescue Soldier Missions

These missions often felt too unforgiving. We wanted to preserve the tension, but reduce the randomness of instant soldier deaths.

Changes include:

• Deployment points are now weighted toward reinforcements rather than initial deployment.

• Buffer zones have been added between the rescued soldier and nearby aliens.

The rescued soldier is now more likely to survive long enough for you to reach them - but extraction will require more planning.

Ambush Missions

A long-standing issue caused ambush missions to become extremely rare after loading a save. This has now been fixed, so expect to encounter more of them.

To make ambushes more rewarding and strategic:

• Some maps now include loot crates containing valuable items - if you’re willing to take the risk.

• Surviving an ambush now grants Skill Points, which you can distribute among your squad.

DLC Improvements

Blood and Titanium

Cybernetics repairs were often prohibitively expensive. To encourage players to actually use these systems:

• Repair costs have been reduced by 50%.

Legacy of the Ancients

The ancient weapon progression was atmospheric, but too long and too complex, often slowing down campaigns significantly.

To streamline it:

• You no longer need to control processing sites to use ancient resources.

• Processing sites have been removed from the Geoscape (existing saves will still show them, but inactive).

• Processing site maps have been merged into regular resource site missions.

• Excavation of ancient sites no longer costs resources or time - missions can begin immediately.

Umbra Adjustments

Umbra enemies also received a round of adjustments aimed at smoothing out difficulty spikes while keeping their encounters tense and memorable.

• Arthron Umbras now deal slightly less damage.

• Triton Umbras have been reworked to heal on hit and move even more fluidly, but their attack cost has been increased from 1 AP to 2 AP to keep them in check.

• All Umbras now die instantly when they come into contact with fire, regardless of remaining HP.

Festering Skies

Festering Skies has always introduced a unique tension with the Behemoth - a threat so large that players often felt they had little control over its destructive path. One of our biggest goals for this update was to give you more meaningful ways to interact with, disrupt, and counter the Behemoth’s behaviour.

One of the biggest steps was refining how and why the Behemoth attacks havens. Previously, these attacks could feel sudden or inevitable. Now, the Behemoth only targets havens if a Pandoran flyer has visited them and successfully returned. This creates a clear strategic window: if you intercept the flyer before it makes it back, the haven remains safe.

To reinforce this sense of influence, we broadened the systems that generate disturbance for the Behemoth.

You’ll now gain disturbance not just from air battles, but also:

• When destroying Pandoran bases

• When havens defend themselves during Behemoth attacks

These additional sources make the Behemoth cycle feel more dynamic. Even if it moves into a region you cannot reach immediately, the world still pushes back, and your actions elsewhere still matter.

To support all this, we improved the UI for the air game. It’s now much easier to track enemy aircraft and inspect their weapon loadouts - a crucial part of preparing your own aircraft to counter specific threats.

Myrmidon Adjustments

The Myrmidon has also received a significant redesign to make its behaviour more interesting and more consistent with the theme of the DLC. Ground movement has been reduced while flight range improved, leading to encounters where they take to the air far more often. This changes overwatch possibilities and limits their follow-up attacks, shifting the overall dynamics of these encounters.

Their base stats have been unified across all three variants, with the body receiving increased durability - and disabling it now results in the immediate death of the Myrmidon. The wings remain fragile, giving you the option to ground them by disabling flight and further crippling their movement even when you can’t eliminate them outright. Myrmidons are now also fully capturable, allowing you to gain the vivisection damage bonus if you choose to research one, and to process them into food or mutagens depending on your needs.

Corrupted Horizons

Our main focus here was improving the Acherons.

They were originally designed as support units that complicated the battlefield with strange abilities and disruptive effects. But in practice, they often dominated encounters by repeatedly summoning reinforcements or resurrecting corpses - quickly overwhelming squads and forcing a “kill this immediately or lose” situation. We wanted to preserve their identity while reducing this oppressive behaviour.

The first step was making them easier to bring down: their husk armor has been reduced significantly. But the more important change was separating their signature abilities so that no single variant can do everything at once.

• Call Reinforcements is now exclusive to Asclepius and Asclepius Champion

• Resurrect Corpses is now exclusive to Achlys and Achlys Champion

Both abilities now also have increased AP and WP costs, which prevents them from spamming these actions endlessly. They can still disrupt your plans, but they no longer take over the entire mission.

To keep them dangerous and interesting, we expanded their basic attack options with effects like mist, poison, and acid, and reshuffled their supporting abilities to create more variation between encounters. Acherons should now feel like a tactical puzzle again - unsettling and unpredictable, but fair and beatable.

And Much More…

This isn’t everything. The full list of bugfixes and adjustments can be seen here:

We would love to hear how the game feels now and what future improvements you’d like to see.

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Quality of Life Changes

• Partially full magazines are now displayed in base storage.

• Updated hover information for ammo stored in base storage.

• In Manufacturing, ammo is now placed in the same row as its corresponding weapon to reduce clutter.

• Direct rearrangement of items in the manufacturing and research queues is now allowed.

• Remaining exact ammo for NPCs is now displayed in Tactical.

• New UI for Aircraft and Flying Pandorans that makes their weapon information easily accessible.

• No need to open Haven Info to trigger a “Steal Aircraft” mission.

Geoscape Changes

• Pandorans no longer gain bonus research points for losing bases or battles.

• Threat level on Haven Defence missions now depends on attacking vs. defending force strength.

• Increased Haven Defense strength bonuses from:

  • Training Zone: 4 → 6

  • Elite Training Zone: 6 → 8

  • TW Fortress: 6 → 8

• Faction-vs-Faction haven attack frequency (during war) reduced.

• All Phoenix research times reduced by ~20%.

• Ammo costs reduced by ~20%.

• Base building costs reduced by ~20%.

• Factions’ Final Building time reduced by 50%.

• All grenade production times set to instant.

• Manticore and Masked Manticore range increased 2500 → 2600

• Cybernetics repair cost reduced by 50%.

• Removed the requirement to control a Processing Site in order to use gathered Ancient Resources.

• Removed Processing Site POIs from the Geoscape.

• Removed excavation time and resource cost for excavating Ancient Sites.

• The Behemoth now attacks Havens only if one of its flyers has visited and returned to it.

• Additional Behemoth disruption points awarded for:

  • Destroyed Nest: +1

  • Destroyed Lair: +2

  • Destroyed Citadel: +3

  • Behemoth attacks a haven: +1

  • Behemoth corrupts a haven: +1

  • Behemoth destroys a haven: +2

• Berith weapon count reduced to 3.

• Abaddon weapon count reduced to 4, HP reduced to 1100.

Tactical Changes General

• Rescue Soldier Mission adjusted to prevent rescued soldiers from being immediately wiped out mid/late game.

• Ambush missions now give 120 SP and include several loot crates.

• Goo Duration: 3 → 2 turns.

• Danchev MG: now applies 3 shred per bullet and range increased 9 → 17.

• Umbras now instantly die from fire weapons.

• Ancient Processing tactical maps merged into Ancient Mining map pool.

• Acheron default target point adjusted to be around the husk instead of the head.

• Resurrect Corpses no longer spawns Pandorans hosting Umbras.

• Medkits can now remove Bleed, Poison, and Paralysis from Mutoids.

Pandorans Balancing Changes 

Chiron’s Blast Abdomen

• Range 40→28

Chiron’s Crystal Abdomen

• HP 800→600

• Range 40→28

Scylla’s Sonic Blast

• AP 1→2

• WP 2→10 

General Umbra Rules

• Umbras now instantly die from fire weapons

Arthron Umbra 

• Damage 90→70

• Piercing 20→10

• Speed 26→25

Triton Umbra 

• Damage 90→Syphon 70

• Piercing 20→0

• Speed 26→29

• AP 1→2

Myrmidon (all types)

• Total HP 180, WP 18

• Speed 8 (12 with intact wings)

• Perception 20→30

• Torso: HP 180, Armor 10; no stat bonuses

• Wings: HP 65, Armor 10; +2 Speed per wing; proper flight-loss indicators

• Abilities : Take Flight range 20→23

• Other: Myrmidons are now capturable

Acid Myrmidon

• Acid damage 50→20

• Death explosion 50→20

• Gains Acid Immunity

Poison Myrmidon

• Gains Poison Immunity

Acheron (Base)

• Removed Call Reinforcements

• Husk: Confusion Cloud; HP +40; Armor 10→0

• Corruptive Spray: Range 15→30, +Acid 10, mist cone, 2/turn

• Leap: 1/turn

Acheron Prime

• Total HP 900→870

• Removed Call Reinforcements

• Husk: Confusion Cloud; Removed Armor Restore; HP +40, Armor 10→0  

• Arms: Corruptive Spray +Acid 20, range 30, mist, 2/turn

• Leap: 1/turn

Acheron Achlys

• Total HP 900→970

• Removed Call Reinforcements

• Husk: Pepper Cloud; Removed Corruptive Cloud

• Resurrect Corpses: AP 2→3, WP 10→12,  

• Husk HP 600→720, Armor 20→0,  

• Arms changed to Goo Spray: Damage 10→30, Goo 10→1, +Acid 10, +Poison 20, 3/turn, HP 150→200 

Acheron Achlys Champion

• Total HP 900→870

• Removed Call Reinforcements

• Head: HP 1200→1180 

• Husk: Pepper Cloud; Removed Corruptive Cloud;

• Resurrect Corpses: AP 2→3, WP 10→12

• Husk HP 750→870, Armor 20→0

• Arms (Goo Spray): Damage 10→30, Goo 10→1, +Poison 30, 3/turn

Acheron Asclepius

• Total HP 900→910

• Call Reinforcements: AP 1→2, WP 5→12

• Husk: Removed Resurrect Corpses; HP 600→720, Armor 20→0

Acheron Asclepius Champion

• Total HP 1200→1120

• Call Reinforcements: AP 1→2, WP 5→12, Endurance 13→12

• Husk: Removed Resurrect Corpses + Corruptive Cloud; HP 750→870, Armor 20→0

• Torso Endurance 15→14

• Arms swapped to Neurotoxic Spray: WP requirement 2→0, 3/turn, HP 200→150, Armor 20→0

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug preventing players from using character skills and causing enemies to skip turns when loading a tactical save.

• Fixed auto-loss bug when defending a Phoenix Base from a faction attack.

• Fixed a bug where players were unable to extract a vehicle during a specific Rescue Soldier mission

• Fixed characters taking excessive damage when moving vertically in fire (jumping/falling through flames).

• Fixed bug making Ambushes extremely rare after loading a save.

• Fixed a bug where actors could move into walls in certain Alien Base maps

• Fixed missing exit zones in a Disciples of Anu Elite Training haven defense mission and in the “Second Initiation”.

• Fixed bases not automatically powering on after repairing a damaged Energy Generator.

• Fixed a bug where Instil Frenzy played the wrong sound on activation 

• Fixed Cyclops freezing on death.

• Fixed Legacy of the Ancients final cinematic not playing.

• Fixed Umbra sometimes spawning even when its host dies from fire.

• Fixed Umbra Triton inventory icon and description.

• Fixed all Acheron types unlocking at the same time instead of progressively during the campaign.

• Fixed incorrect % value in Confusion Cloud description.

• Fixed Corrosive Cloud affecting Acheron allies.

• Fixed Corrosive Cloud applying corruption incorrectly.

• Fixed Corruption Cloud not applying corruption.

Mod Features

Mod Vision

Links

PLAYER CHOICE AND CAMPAIGN PROGRESSION

INCREASED STRATEGIC OPTIONS

• Corrected an issue with autosaves.
• Fixed the Change Resolution field not showing the setting correctly.
• Fixed names on some cinematics in the cinematics library.
• Fixed a texture on the new Pandoran Technician skin.

• The early adopters that believed in the vision Julian and the team had for our game, your support meant everything!
• Our Community Council members who helped guide and shape the various features and content!
• The streamers and content creators across the globe that shared their campaigns through thick or thin!
• And all of our players and fans or anyone that gave us a try and told a friend to play. We’re here because of you and hope to continue to delight you with new experiences in the future!

• Tactical Difficulty: Players can now make the tactical game easier or harder, separate from the global Geoscape difficulty.
• Mission Threat Level: Missions that leverage threat levels can be made more or less difficult
• Human Population Census (HPC) AKA the Doomsday Clock: If the timer makes you nervous, you can set up the game so that the population drops slower or turn it off altogether, giving you more time to ready your assaults. Or, for an added challenge, you can speed it up!
• Manufacture Speed: This allows the ability to produce items faster, slower, or instantly.
• No Ammo: Choose to remove ammunition clips, effectively allowing all weapons to infinitely reload, which we expect may change the game pretty dramatically.

Azathoth V1.14.5

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a major issue with save files where destroyed Pandoran aircraft could lead to a corrupted save file with active DLC3.
• Fixed an issue where the Masked Manticore special mission disabled the current active one at an explored site, if the Masked Manticore was on it.

Azathoth Bugfix- v1.14.4

Bug fixes

• Fixed the Aspida and Armadillo AI not using weapons properly.
• Fixed several issues with Achievements - All the Live Ones, Master Scientist, Scientific Rigor should now complete correctly.
• Fixed an issue with XP distribution on completed missions if a Vehicle is in the squad.
• Fixed a rare stuck where playing missions might trigger DLC1 encounters when DLC1 content is disabled.
• Fixed an issue where the Acheron Resurrection animation of Pandoran units did not play correctly in certain LoS cases (DLC4)
• Fixed an issue where the Mutog Enraged status did not apply buffs to speed and damage correctly
• Fixed an issue where Tired and Exhausted statuses did not apply debuffs correctly after mission restarts.
• Fixed an issue where the Recover ability could not be used inside Vehicles
• Fixed an issue where Faction Aircraft did not repair when idle on their Faction Havens. (DLC3)
• Fixed an issue where the Repair button on buildings could not be clicked properly

Azathoth Bugfix- v1.14.3

Important

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing the game to become stuck when loading a Haven Defence mission.
• Fixed an issue causing the game to become stuck when opening the inventory in Tactical next to a turret, spider mine, mutog or an allied guardian.
• Fixed an issue where after an update to the latest version the Aspida had no weapons and no abilities. The issue will still be present in old tactical saves, but it will be resolved after returning to the geoscape.
• Fixed an issue where the priest head mutations were not available on the Mutations screen.
• Fixed an issue with the edit unit button in Personnel screen.
• Fixed an issue with the deployment cost of the Mutogs.
• Fixed a deployment issue in "Byzantium" mission.
• Fixed several localisation issues.

Azathoth v1.14 Patch Notes

• Increased material and research rewards from Geoscape exploration and encounters events by approximately 25%.
• Increased material rewards from research by 25%.
• Changes to diplomatic rewards/penalties for some story missions from the base game, as well as Blood and Titanium, Legacy of the Ancients, and Festering Skies.
• (DLC 3) Festering Skies’ Haven Defense mission now occurs with 75% the rate of the base game (used to be 66%).

• We didn’t want Mutogs to go unnoticed, so we’re reducing their deployment cost to 2 (from 3).
• Also, Will Points for Mutogs with Venomous Head increased to 40
• Some Siren evolutions receive a slight increase in Will Points (Instigator +4 Will Points, Hellion +2 Will Points, Banshee +2 Will Points
• Fixed a bug where when manually targeting Siren Armis hands, the text wrongly indicated that they do 6 viral damage

Phoenix Point: Kaos Engines Key Features:

• New Vehicle: Test drive the Kaos Buggy, a makeshift vehicle that sports two different weapons alongside its innate ability to hit the gas when things get too hairy!
• New Missions: Engage in four new missions from the Kaos Syndicate or use their access to scavenged goods to purchase unique weapons and vehicular technology to use in the main campaign.
• New Vehicle Customizations: Upgrade any vehicle with new engines, hull modules, or weaponry, mix and match their components and paint them how you want them to appear.
• New Weapons: Wield five new Kaos Tech guns which offer more power for your soldiers, but may devastatingly malfunction at a critical time!

Year in Review (2021)

• Behemoth Edition Gen Upgrade Released - December 2021 - PS5 and Xbox Series X improvements
• Hypnos Update for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One - November 2021 - Improved stability, performance, and more!
• Hypnos 1.13 Update - October 2021 - Revised Diplomacy Updates and QoL Features
• Behemoth Editon for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One - October 2021
• Corrupted Horizons DLC Release - October 2021 - New Enemy, Soldier Type and Campaign
• Ambrose 1.12 Update - July 2021 - Mid-Late Game Balance Updates and Mutations, Bionics and Weapon Adjustments
• Behemoth 1.11.1 Update - June 2021 - Festering Skies Balance Adjustments and Bug Fixes
• Behemoth 1.11 Update - May 2021 - QoL Update for Perception and Supportive Factions, Re-Balance of some Abilities and Weapons
• Festering Skies DLC Release - May 2021 - New enemies, Interception mini-game, mission types, and more!
• Orryx 1.10.1 Update - March 2021 - Free Aim adjustment and Alerted Defenders, Reworked Diplomacy Rewards vs. Pandoran Colonies
• Orryx 1.10 Update - February 2021 - New Animation Speed Options, Game System Update to Paralysis and Panic
• Polaris 1.9.3 Update - January 2021 - Bug Fixes and Corrections
• Phoenix Point Year One Edition - Now Available

Hypnos Bugfix- v1.13.2

• Fixed an issue where the main music did not play on Geoscape in several cases.
• Fixed an issue where pressing "Y" and "B" together during a Pandoran alien report on the geoscape would corrupt the UI.
• Fixed an issue where satellite uplinks did not reveal havens from supportive factions.
• Fixed data tracking for some mutoid abilities.
• Fixed the description of the cure spray ability of the Mutoid, because it should not heal 50HP.
• Fixed an issue where mind-controlled Pandoran units counted as haven defenders at the end of a mission.

• Fixed an issue where the game gets stuck during loading when a Technician has both Mech Arms in the inventory and attached to the armor/mounted slot.
• Fixed a stuck issue where a prompt was letting the player activate a console with a second soldier during a steal research mission.
• Fixed an issue where the game gets stuck in tactical after a paralyzed triton is killed.
• Fixed a stuck issue when the last allied unit evacuates with jet jump or dash with no AP left.
• Fixed an issue where Neurotoxic spray disables the usage of any 1 or 2 handed items if applied on any limb(arm/leg).
• Fixed an issue with missing strings for some body parts for Hoplite and Guardians (DLC2).
• Fixed an issue with corrupted files when entering a map that has a technician while DLC4 is not available and/or enabled.
• Fixed the description of the dynamic resistance ability of the Acheron to exclude some damage types (DLC4).

• Game instability or frequent crashing
• Delayed controller input or unresponsive controls

• NEW Story Missions and Cinematics, with New Research and Equipment
• NEW Enemy and Game Mechanic “Corruption”
• NEW Soldier Type

Hypnos v1.13

• Revealed Havens within the sphere of influence of a Pandoran Base will now give diplomatic bonuses or penalties, based on how long the Pandoran Base has been active after being revealed.
• Attacking a Faction will now increase the Alert level of that Faction towards Phoenix. At High Alert, Phoenix Point can no longer attack that Faction and will have to wait a cooldown time for Alert level to go down. After an attack, the Threat level of missions against that Faction also increases by 1 level for a period of time.
• Rebalanced diplomatic penalties - players will receive higher diplomatic penalties when attacking Factions in which they have better relationships.
• Shared faction research rewards with Phoenix are now spread at different levels instead of being awarded at 50 diplomatic points. The shared research will be at 50% progress and will have to be completed by the player.
• The research reward for completing a Steal Research mission is now shown on the Haven info panel. Players need to visit a Haven to find out what the reward will be.
• After a successful Haven Defense, surviving soldiers from the defending Faction may decide to join Phoenix if they have a positive relationship. The higher the difficulty setting, the lower the chance that a soldier might join.
• (DLC2) Each Archaeology Lab will provide 1 resource of passive income each day for every resource gathering site in control of that type.

• Players will have to use the new Hack ability in order to complete the Steal Research mission objectives, which makes a soldier busy for 2 turns (unable to take action) until the Hack is complete.
• Disabling an eye of the Yuggothian entity will remove a Mark of the Void from a random soldier. A hint to support the mechanic will appear if hints are enabled.

• Added Cinematics library on the main menu to rewatch cinematics available during the game. Players will need to unlock these cinematics after this update for them to appear.
• Improvements to HUD UI when certain Tutorial hints are showing
• Revised the UI design in the Recruits tab
• Better trigger conditions for the Jet Jump tutorial step in the 2nd tutorial mission
• Main objectives on Geoscape that lead to campaign completion now have a unique icon
• Several hints added to Geoscape to better explain the Augmentation (DLC1) and Mutation mechanics
• New pause/unpause settings in game options for Aircraft movement

• Fixed a gameplay issue where Action Points would not count correctly after a unit stops its movement animation after spotting an enemy on the map.
• Fixed a rare issue where a living spider drone could cause the game to hang if it tries to move right when a mission is completed.
• Fixed an issue where a mind-controlled soldier by the Pandorans can see and shoot hidden player infiltrator soldiers
• Fixed several issues where Geoscape events could appear in the wrong order after player input
• Fixed the description of the Breathe Mist ability for the Synedrion armor
• (DLC2) Fixed a game stuck when a Hoplite would try to use a shield after its head is disabled
• (DLC2) Fixed texts with missing keys for Hoplite and Guardian enemies
• (DLC3) Fixed several cases where the Myrmidon would clip through collisions after using its Fly ability.
• (DLC3) Fixed a rare game hang after killing a poisonous Myrmidon.
• (DLC3) Fixed a hang during loading screen after completing an Interception Battle with 2 or more Phoenix Point aircrafts present at the location.

• To help speed up income generation around ancient site resources in Legacy of the Ancients, these sites can generate passive income, earning resources for each working Archaeology lab. For example, having 1 Archaeology Lab and 2 Living Crystal Quarries will generate 2 Crystals each day. Having 2 Archaeology Labs generates 4 Crystals per day.
• Now within the game settings, you can select whether you want aircraft to auto unpause (set by default), never auto unpause for more control, auto unpause only when one aircraft is in control, or auto unpause only when all aircraft are traveling.
• A new cinematic library is available via the main menu so players can rewatch any unlocked cinematics and never miss a chance to view their favorite moments.
• A balance adjustment where players can remove Mark of the Void by disabling the eyes of the Yuggothian Entity. If you don’t know what this means, don’t worry about it… yet!

• The Acheron was a creature from Snapshot's archives that was inspired by the War of the Worlds' "harvesters." Originally, it was supposed to be a protector of the citadel but has since evolved into its own unit.

• The Acheron (along with the ) is one of those things that appear in the chaos after the Pandorans appear. While the big factions (Phoenix, New Jericho, Synedrion, and the Disciples of Anu) aim to restore the world and save humanity in their own way, there are a lot of smaller factions with other motives. The Pure and the creators of the Acheron are examples of such factions, and the Acheron is an example of what happens when things go wrong.

• “Call reinforcements, because there can never be enough Pandorans on a mission.”
• “Resurrect Corpses. Not only does it add more enemies, similarly to Call Reinforcements, but it also has an element of continuity - what units die in the mission and where exactly is now a valid concern.”

• Stay tuned as we share more info about DLC 4 in the lead-up to its release!

Ambrose- v1.12

• The cost of late-game faction research is lowered by approximately 35%.
• The build time of story haven zones is lowered by 50%.
• The rate of Pandoran evolution is slowed down with approximately 20% on Rookie, Veteran, and Hero difficulty.
• The rate at which the Pandoran bases conduct their attacks is reduced.
• Increased the rewards for scavenging and haven defence missions by approximately 20%.
• Increased the number of total food, training, elite training, and factory zones in Havens
• The Neutral weapons and armors are now available for manufacturing to the player from the start of the game.

• Increased the maximum strength for the player's soldier to 35.
• Increased the starting strength of the soldier for Rookie, Veteran, and Hero difficulty with 2.
• Increased the strength of all human characters by 2.
• Reduced the amount of damage “Bash” does.
• Increased the number of enemies in the beginning of the game for Hero and Legend difficulty.
• Increased the chance of enemies dropping items on death.

• Venom Torso - damage increased to 55, Shoot Spike cost reduced to 1AP, 10 stealth and 2 speed added, maximum range of projectile removed, effective range reduced to 22 , ammo reduced to 16.
• Tentacle Torso - Paralysis value increased to 24, stealth penalty removed, perception bonus increased to 6, 1 speed bonus added.
• Screaming Head - Psychic Scream cost reduced to 1AP and 4 WP, but is restricted to one use per turn, 4 WP bonus added.
• Judgement Head - WP bonus increased to 8.
• Shadow Legs - shock damage of Electric Kick increased to 200.
• Propeller Legs - Rocket Leap distance increased to 9 tiles.
• Juggernaut Torso - Demolition State cost reduced to 2WP.
• Scion of Sharur - viral damage increased to 15.
• Destiny III - damage reduced to 70, ammo capacity reduced to 12, manufacturing and ammo cost reduced.
• Nergal's Wrath - effective range increased to 14.
• VVA-2 Arms - ammo capacity reduced to 5.
• Ragnarok - ammo cost is reduced to 16 tech and 49 materials.
• Autocannon - weight reduced to 4.
• Praetorian 2 Body Armor - armor reduced to 18.
• Guardian XA Helmet - armor reduced to 26.
• Guardian XA Leg Armor - armor reduced to 29.

• Venomous Head damage increased to 60.
• Ramming Head damage increased to 150.
• Slasher Tail damage increased to 70.
• Basher Tail damage increased to 60 and shock damage increased to 200.
• Paw Strike damage increased to 80.

• Damage of the Evolved Organic Machine Gun reduced to 45 per shot.
• Siren Injector Arms viral damage increased to 6 (per hand).
• Arthron Shieldbearer gets 2 additional speed.
• Scylla Thureus, Scylla Imperator, Scylla Hegemon, Scylla Regina, Scylla Smaragdos, Chiron Smaragdus, Siren Armis have now evolved 50% virus resistance.

• Excavation time of Ancient Sites reduced to 8 hours
• Manufacture time for archaeology probes was reduced by approximately 40%.
• Lowering the requirement for Triton Umbra and Scylla Smaragdus to be researched by the aliens.

• Few minor bugs were fixed.