Patch 0.1.2 - Balance Changes, Quality of Life & Fixes

Hey Jotunnslayers! Today we are bringing you slightly bigger Patch 0.1.2 - Balance Changes, Quality of Life & Fixes . This update addresses several key issues, bug fixes, and visual tweaks. We've also made adjustments to skills and gameplay for a smoother, more balanced experience. Check out the full patch notes below for all the details!

Skills Rebalance ⚖️

General Changes:

Reset Skill Cooldown Additional Functionality: The chance to reset a skill is now calculated based on how much cooldown time is left. The formula is: Chance to reset = 100% - (2 x remaining cooldown time). For example: Local Ragnarok with 25s of missing cooldown has a chance 50% (100 - (2 x 25)) to be Reset

Flame Sister Changes:

Blazing Soul (Class Trait): Burning duration reduced from 5s to 3s.
Dasher (Class Trait): Fixed bug where Evasion wasn’t applied (+20%).
Dance of Daggers (Auto-cast): Projectiles now pass through enemies.
Shrapnel Pot (Auto-cast): Delay reduced to 1s, added 30% Poison chance, cooldown improved to 5/4.5/4s.
Shrapnel Pot Evolve: Delay reduced to 1s, added 30% Poison chance, cooldown improved to 3s.
Flaming Ray (Auto-cast): Rotation speed doubled, replaced Cripple with 20% Burn chance, cooldown reduced to 6/5/4s.
Flaming Ray Evolve: Increased rotation speed by 50%, replaced Cripple with 10% Burn chance, cooldown reduced to 4s.
Fire Dart (Auto-cast): Damage reduced to 14, more missiles (3/5/7), Explosion chance reduced to 20%, cooldown adjusted to 3/2.6/2.3s.
Fire Trail (Passive): Burn chance increased to 35%, reworked to a Burn effect with 3s duration.
Fiery Touch (Passive): Added +35% Inferno damage.
Incineration (Passive): Reworked to a Burn effect with 3s duration.
Master Assassin (Passive): Slay chance increased to 15%, trigger changed to Critical Hit, added 5 HP heal with 20% chance on Critical Hit, cooldown: 0.3s.
Iron Fan (Passive): Reduced cooldown to 0.6s for trigger.
Kindling (Passive): Removed cooldown.
Fire Cloak (Weapon Skill): Reworked to a Burn effect with 3s duration.

Berserker Changes:

Axe Throw (Auto-cast): Cooldown increased to 1.5/1.125/0.75s (from 1/0.75/0.5s).
Open Wounds (Passive): Fixed bug where Bleed wasn’t applied. Added +12/24% Critical Damage.
Troll Scion (Subclass): Healing Power reduced from +50% to 35%.

Seeress Changes:

Essence Expansion (Passive): Added +15% damage to class skills.
Spiteful Pace (Passive): Movement speed increased to +2% per enemy with a debuff (from +1%).
Healing Ward: Added +25/50/75 Maximum Health.
Soul Collector (Subclass): Fixed bug with XP crystals not dealing damage when there were more than 0 Wards. Added +30% collection range. XP Crystal Damage increased from 5 to 8.
Witch (Subclass): Added +30% damage reduction.

Revenant Changes:

Focus Fire (Auto-cast): Arrow count reduced to 8/12/16 (from 10/15/20).
Evolve: Arrow interval increased to 0.12s (from 0.1s).
Grappling Web (Auto-cast) Evolve: Damage increased to 15/s (from 12/s).
Skull Shot (Auto-cast) Evolve: Secondary damage increased to 26 (from 20).
Apparition (Passive): Damage increased to 12 (from 10), Freeze chance increased to 25% (from 15%).
Soul Shards: Chance to release Ethereal Arrows increased to 100% (from 20%).
Marksman (Subclass): Added +15% damage to class skills.

Thor Changes:

Thunderstorm (Auto-cast) Evolve: Delay reduced to 1s (from 2s); spawn radius decreased to 1-7m (from 3-12m).
Devastating Hit (Passive): Critical Damage reduced to +30% (from +35%).
Overwhelming Potential (Passive): Lightning Damage increased to +20/40% (from +15/30%).
Discharge (Passive): Added +8/12/16 damage.

Odin Changes:

Local Ragnarok (Auto-cast): FX now synchronized with damage area, affected by Reset Skill rework.
Huginn & Munnin (Auto-cast): Damage increased to 10 (from 6).
Evolve: Damage increased to 20 (from 14).
Gungnir (Auto-cast) Evolve: Damage increased to 35 (from 30).
Runic Boulder (Auto-cast): Damage increased to 18/24/30 (from 12/16/20), cooldown improved to 4/3.5/3s.
Runic Boulder Evolve: Damage increased to 38 (from 25).
Einherjar (Auto-cast): Cooldown reduced to 3/2.5/2s (from 3.5/3/2.5s).
Einherjar Evolve: Archer chance increased to 75% (from 25%).
Magic in Veins (Passive): Heal reduced to 7 HP (from 10 HP).

Freya Changes:

Seidr Blessing (Auto-cast): Spawn radius reduced to 1-3m (from 2.5-5m).
Golden Discs (Auto-cast): Fixed range bug.
Gambateinn (Auto-cast): Damage reduced to 20 (from 24), slashes increased to 2/3/4 (from 1/2/3).

Loki Changes:

Jormungandr (Auto-cast): Fixed targeting and damage bugs, range increased to 7 (from 5).
Jormungandr Evolve: Fixed targeting and damage bugs, range increased to 7 (from 5).
Spark (Auto-cast): Increased projectile speed, cooldown reduced to 2.5/2.25/2s (from 4.5s).
Vipers (Auto-cast): Poison chance removed (was 8/16/25%), cooldown increased to 4s (from 3s).
Vipers Evolve: Vipers damage reduced to 20 (from 25), poison chance removed, cooldown increased to 4s.
Parasite (Auto-cast): Damage interval reduced to 0.3s, cooldown reduced to 2.75/2.5/2.25s (from 5/4.5/4s).
Parasite Evolve: Damage interval reduced to 0.25s, cooldown reduced to 2s (from 3.5s).
Flammable Wall (Auto-cast): Duration reduced to 2s (from 4s), cooldown improved to 5/4.5/4s (from 9/8/7s).
Flammable Wall Evolve: Damage increased to 36/s (from 27/s), duration reduced to 2s (from 4s), cooldown reduced to 4s (from 6s).
Jotunn’s Blood (Passive): Risk chance reduced to 10% (from 15/20/25%).
Special Delivery (Passive): Trigger distance reduced to 30m (from 40m), risk chance reduced to 10% (from 15%).
Rigged Lottery (Passive): Instant Gold reward increased to 10/20/30 (from 7/10/13).

Improvements & Bug Fixes 🛠️

Improvements:

Goodbye Screen: The "Goodbye Screen" has been removed, and now the Leave Feedback and Join Discord buttons appear directly in the main menu.
Skill Shop Tweaks: Adjusted the Skill Shop interface for a better user experience.
Skill Shop Exclamation Point: Added an exclamation point indicator to highlight that you have enough gold to buy skill points.
Curse of Heat: Reworked the visual effect for a more immersive experience.
SFX Hotfix: Fixed a bug causing double rewards and unintended interactions with circle SFX.
Intro Fadeout: Improved the fadeout effect during the intro for smoother transitions.

Bug Fixes:

Boss Fight Revive Cooldown: Fixed an issue where cooldowns becoming excessively slow after using revive in a boss fight.
Portal Spawning Issue: Fixed an issue where two portals would spawn too close to each other in Insane difficulty.
Menu Interaction During Cutscene: Resolved an issue where interacting with the menu during a cutscene or pop-up caused problems.
Sound Buffering with Unfocused Window: Fixed sound buffering issues when the game window is unfocused.
[Demo] Trophy Hall Unlock Display: Fixed the issue where unlocked conditions were visible in the Trophy Hall in the demo.
Fire Tornado Persistence: Fire Tornado no longer persists after revive during the Curse of Heat.
Elite Chest Visual Bug: Fixed a visual bug with rare chests spawned by Elite enemies.
Thorns Instant Damage: Resolved an issue where Thorns spawned under the player, causing instant damage.
Crippling Axes Bug: Fixed the issue where Crippling Axes provided 10% instead of the intended 5% effect.
Explosion Area Dash Issue: Fixed the issue where explosion areas moved with the player's dash.
Skill Selection Lock After Alt+Tab: Fixed the issue where the skill selection screen became locked after alt+tabbing during the Temple Screen.
Game Behind Pause Menu After Alt-Tab: Fixed an issue where the game would run behind the "Pause Menu" screen after alt-tabbing.
Result Screen Placeholders: Fixed placeholder text and icons appearing on the result screen.
Mouse Cursor Visibility: Fixed the issue where the mouse cursor was not visible on the game paused screen during cutscenes.
Flame Sister Evasion Bonus: Fixed an issue where the evasion bonus on the Flame Sister was not working.
Level Up Tab Button Hitbox: Corrected the hitbox for the Level Up Tab button.
Skill Reset Stuck Bug: Fixed the issue where players could get stuck in the game when resetting skills while a popup was displayed.
Banished Skill Chest Reward: Banished skills will no longer show up as chest rewards.

Known issues (Work in progress)

Mouse cursor doesn't always disappear when using gamepad
Video settings are being synced over cloud
Game Freezes - game freezes for some players in Easy or Normal Niflheim, though the issue usually resolves after reinstall