Hello gang. Aesop here with the patch notes for Eternal Return update 0.40.0. That's a nice round number.
We've got a good bit of stuff in here today, new character, new systems, and a rework to the shurikens! Let us begin.
The server will be down for approximately 4 hours starting at 7pm PST on September 1st.
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[Patch Notes Changes][/h3]
[Weapon and Accessory] [Sniper Rifle] When using Ballistic Advantage (D), the camera pans forward to show the range of the shot.
If the camera is not fixed, the camera can be moved with the arrow keys or mouse after the camera pans forward.
- Camera can move freely with the arrow key and mouse.
- Holding on the space bar (Move camera to your location) will act as the same as when the camera is fixed.
[Camera fixed] 
[Camera not fixed] 
[Holding on the space bar while the camera is not fixed] 
[Pressing the space bar while the camera is not fixed] 
[Unique Passive: Primordial Hex] Patch Note Changes
- After 4s, the hex expires and deals 125 + XX % Skill Amplification as skill damage true damage.
- Weapon - Death Rune, Obsidian Jitte / Accessory - Grimoire
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Patch Notes - Quick Look[/h2]
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New Character - Daniel[/h2]
"It takes a sharp pin to attach a butterfly to a wall."The Meticulous Artist, Daniel, has arrived!
Daniel will cost 9,900 A-Coin for 2 weeks and he will be available in ranked matches starting from Monday, September 6th 11:00 PM (PT).
Recluse (Passive)Daniel thrives in the darkness. At night, his vision penalty is reduced by 20/24/28% and his out of combat movement speed is increased by 5/10/15%.
Antipathy: His attack power is increased by 5/10/15 whenever his health is below 60% (Day or Night).
Dusk Shears (Q)Daniel manifests ghastly scissors in the targeted location, dealing 50/70/90/110/130(+Attack Power 35%) damage and slowing enemies by 35% for 1.5s seconds. Hitting an enemy increases the attack speed of his next 3 basic attacks by 40/80/120/160/200% for 3 seconds.
Hitting an enemy with the middle of the blades deals 85/105/125/145/165(+Attack Power 50%) damage and reduces Daniel's cooldown of Dusk Shears and Shadow Glide by 35%.
Cooldown: : 12s
SP Cost : 80/90/100/110/120
Range : 8m
Effect Radius : Cone shape 3.5m
Inspiration (W)Daniel marks his target with Growing Inspiration for 7 seconds, granting him 2m of vision around his target, and slowing himself by 30% for 2.5 seconds.
The Growing Inspiration mark reduces the target's vision range to 4m until damaged by Daniel and stores 12/14/16/18/20% of Daniel's damage dealt to the target.
After 7 seconds, Daniel becomes Inspired by his target for up to 4 seconds. Damaging the Inspired target consumes the mark, dealing the stored damage, an additional 20/30/40/50/60(+Attack Power 30%) damage, and roots the target for 1 second. Killing an enemy with the damage from the Inspiration mark resets its cooldown.
Daniel becomes uninspired if the target moves 9m away from him.
Cooldown: : 15s
SP Cost : 80/90/100/110/120
Range : 8m
Shadow Glide (E)Daniel ducks into the shadows and dashes in the targeted direction. His next basic attack within 3 seconds has 2.5m range and teleports him behind his target, dealing 35/55/75/95/115(+Attack Power 25%) damage.
Cooldown: 18s
SP Cost : 80/90/100/110/120
Dash Range : 3.5m
Masterpiece (R)If Daniel's target is marked with Growing Inspiration, if he is Inspired by them, or if they are Rooted, Daniel can become their shadow for up to 2 seconds, silencing them for 0.5 seconds. While Daniel is shadowing his target, he deals 60/90/120(+Attack Power 35%) cellular damage up to 4 times.
Upon reaching the max duration or reactivating the skill, Daniel completes his masterpiece and leaves them behind in the targeted direction, dealing 60/120/180(+Attack Power 50%) damage, increasing up to 120/180/360(+Attack Power 100%) based on his target's missing HP.
Cooldown: : 100/80/60s
SP Cost : 80/90/100
Range : 4m
Dash range : 3.5m
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New Skins & Emotes[/h2]
Wasteland Bernice will be available for purchase.
"Don't overthink. Keep your head down. Survive."
Scarlet Corsage Jackie will be available for purchase on September 7th! (KST)
"A rose by any other name would also have thorns."
Sissela Emotes will be available for purchase!
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System[/h2]
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Replay Open Beta[/h3]
Previously tested just for partners, replays will now be open to all.The Replay feature will now be available for testing. We previously held a limited test for partners only, but we're sure that everyone can benefit from it.
The replay feature still needs a lot of development, we have at least another year of coding and tweaking before it's fully stable. (So expect bugs for now)
However, we thought that being able to use a replay system that is a bit buggy is better than not being able to use one at all - so we're going for public testing at a larger scale!
Replays for completely finished games can be accessed through the Game ID.
Some skill particles or vision may be displayed wrongly during the replay.
Special occasions such as Reconnecting or Reviving will probably cause more bugs.
Loading a replay of a game from a previous version will probably not work properly. (If the replay fails to load, please exit the game and restart the client.)
The Replay Open Beta supports Solo/Duo/Squad and works only for Normal Matches, Ranked Matches, and Custom Matches.
Although the system is far from completion, we hope to push out improvements quickly to provide a smooth experience!
For now, trust me, it's gonna be buggy.
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Craft Recommended Tab Improvements[/h3]
Wow Force Core! …Now what do I do with it?
The Craft(B) Recommended tab is improved to show craftable equipment using special/RNG materials such as Meteorite, Mithril, Force Core etc.
A new mark is displayed on the top left of special materials.
We determined that the previous Craft(B) tab was not helpful. We got rid of it.
The tab displays Equippable Weapons and Armor and will not display weapons you can't use.
Improvements towards making a freely customizable tab are planned in the future.
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Profile Icons[/h3]
NO MORE QUESTION MARKS!!!!
The question mark profile icons that appeared after the Friends feature revamp will now be displayed as your Account Icon.
Various Icons are planned to be provided via events or rewards in the future.
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Normal Matchmaking Adjustments & Returning Player Matchmaking Improvements[/h3]
Returning to the game after a long time can be stressful if you miss a lot of changes. We've adjusted the matchmaking a bit to help with that.
For returning players who have not played the game for 30+ days, normal matches will put you at a lower level.
Normal Matchmaking will become faster on some servers.
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Changes to Collection Interaction & Collection Time[/h3]
Stopping unnecessary cancellations of gathering resources like Water or Potato. It ain't much, but it's honest work. Also avoiding redundant skirmishes around Meteorites and Tree of Life.
Taking Damage when collecting (Water, Potato, Fishing, Stone, Branch, Meteorite, Tree of Life) will no longer cancel the interaction.
Crowd Control effects such as Stun, Airborne, Knockback etc. will still cancel the interaction.
Collection time for Water, Potato, Fishing, Stone, Branch: 3s → 2s
Collection time for Meteorite, Tree of Life: 7s → 8s
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Character[/h2]
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Character Price Reduction[/h3]
Prices for old characters have been reduced.
Zahir:
NP Cost 1075 → 970
A-Coin Cost 8020 → 5290
Nadine cost is set to be reduced on September 16th (KST).
Nathapon
There was no point in leveling up Panorama(E). We're fixing that a bit.
Timelapse (W)
Last Hit Damage: 60/80/100/120/140(+Attack Power 80%) → 60/85/110/135/160(+Attack Power 80%)
Panorama (E)
SP Cost 50/60/70/80/90 → 50
Cooldown: 24/23/22/21/20s → 24/22/20/18/16s
Nicky
Slightly increased Nicky's early game pursuit and increased the range of her ultimate range for more flexibility mid-game and options to use it over Fury Jab!!
Slugfest (Q)
Cooldown: 18/16/14/12/10s → 16/14.5/13/11.5/10s
Pure Rage Uppercut!! (R)
Range 5.5/6/6.5m → 5.5/6.5/7.5m
Lenox
Slightly increasing Lenox's late-game.
Whiplash (E)
Damage: 20/80/140/200/260(+Attack Power 30%) → 20/85/150/215/280(+Attack Power 30%)
Leon
Improved control and flexibility allowing you to use Duck Dive (E) exactly where you want.
Duck Dive (E)
Leon will now resurface based on where your mouse cursor is and not in the middle of the pool. If the mouse cursor is outside the pool, Leon will surface to the corner closest to the cursor of the pool .
Duck dive can be activated at a pool nearest to the cursor.
Width 1.4m → 1.2m
Range 6m → 6.5m
Rozzi
Rozzi benefited a lot from the changes in the last patch. We've lowered her skill damage so her enemies have more time to answer.
Easy Shot (Q)
Damage: 50/85/120/155/190(+Attack Power 40%) → 50/80/110/140/170(+Attack Power 40%)
Gun Vault (E)
1st Hit Damage: 50/70/90/110/130(+Attack Power 40%) → 50/70/90/110/130(+Attack Power 30%)
2nd Hit Damage: 50/70/90/110/130(+Attack Power 45%) → 50/70/90/110/130(+Attack Power 35%)
Magnus
Promoting Bike From Hell(R) to be aggressive and not for escaping - cooldown reduction when hitting wild animals has been removed.
Bike From Hell (R)
No longer reduces cooldown when hitting a Wild Animal
Cooldown Reduction on hitting a Test Subject: 20s Reduction → 40% Reduction
Barbara
Barbara's Magnetic Cyclone(E) has been adjusted so that melee opponents have the chance to respond and open up more options to use her sentry.
BT Sentry Gun Mk.II(Q)
Will now collect the Sentry gun when re-casting the skill if it is still active.
Free-Electron Laser(W)
Damage when hit by both parts of the laser : 120% → 130%
Magnetic Cyclone (E)
When inside both cyclones from Barbara and Sentry Gun during explosion: Stunned for 0.6s → 30/40/50/60/70% Slow for 1s
Silvia
The slow from Finish Line(W) made it easy for Silvia to maintain distance with her opponents. We toned that down a bit.
Attack Power per Level: 2.3 → 1.9
Finish Line (W)
Slow: 25/35/45/55/65% → 25/30/35/40/45%
Fixed an issue where Silvia will not return to her On Foot form when installing a camera during Bike form.
Adela
Reduce the cooldown of the Knight Fork (W) to allow Adela to play more tactically.
Knight Fork (W)
Cooldown: 18/16/14/12/10s →14/13/12/11/10s
Aya
Aya's defensive items, passive, and ultimate make her able to survive melee combat situations pretty easily. Aya's Justice has been slightly adjusted so her opponents fight back.
Aya's Justice (P)
Cooldown Reduction when hitting enemy: 1.5s → 1s Reduction
Isol
Isol had too much map control installing multiple MOK Operational Mines. He'll now be able to install only one mine but it will deal more damage.
MOK Operational Mine (R)
(NEW) Max Installation Limit: 1
Damage: 100/150/200(+Attack Power 30%) → 150/225/300(+Attack Power 30%)
Alex
Alex needs a little late-game boost.
Attack Power per Level: 2.4 → 2.6
Defense per Level: 2.1 → 2.4
Eleven
On Air!(E) and Calorie Cyclone(R) needed a little turn.
On Air! (E)
Damage: 110/130/150/180/210(+Attack Power 35%) → 110/135/160/185/210(+Attack Power 45%)
Calorie Cyclone (R)
Damage: 50/80/110 → 60/90/120
Emma
Emma has been overperforming a bit. We've lowered Dove Dealer(Q)'s damage and changed her cooldown reduction mechanism.
Dove Dealer (Q)
Damage: 40/80/120/160/200(+Attack Power 60%) → 30/60/90/120/150(+Attack Power 60%)
Hat Trick (W)
Cooldown Reduction on hit: 2s → 25%
Eva
Eva's debut in ranked was lackluster. We're gonna bring her back up a bit.
A-coin Price has been reduced. (9,900 → 8,020)
Using the second cast of Light Triad (Q) will no longer cause Eva to stop.
VF Eruption (R) will now follow the cursor itself rather than the target that the cursor is hovering over.
VF Eruption (R)
True Damage: 10/20/30 → 15/25/35
Extra Damage on 6th Stack: 40/70/100(+Attack Power 30%) → Extra Damage on 5th Stack: 40/70/100(+Attack Power 30%)
Minimum Vital Force Required: 24 → 20
Jackie
We enhanced Adrenaline Burst (W) to raise Jackie's combat capability and sustain in more situations. We're lowering her axe damage a bit to compensate.
Adrenaline Burst (W)
Bleeding Enemy Extra Damage: Attack Power 10/12/15/17/20% → 10/13/16/19/22%
Heal on hit: 10/15/20/25/30(+Attack Power 10%) → 10/17/24/31/38(+Attack Power 8%)
Cathy
Double Bypass turned out to be too good in both engaging and escaping so we have raised the cooldown.
Double Bypass (Q)
Cooldown: 19/18/17/16/15s → 21/20/19/18/17s
Chiara
Lowering the early game strength of Plague.
Plague (R)
HP Bonus 150/225/300 → 100/200/300
Hyejin
The Star-Crossed Shaman hurts a little too much across all tiers.
Base Attack Speed 0.09 → 0.07
Three Calamities (P)
Fear Duration: 0.7/1.1/1.5s → 0.7/1/1.3s
Five Omens (R)
Initial Damage: 120/240/360(+Attack Power 55%) → 100/200/300(+Attack Power 55%)
Hyunwoo
Sometimes Hyunwoo just… doesn't die. We're slowing that down a bit.
Defense per Level 2.2 → 1.9
Base Movement Speed 3.2 → 3.15
First Attack (E)
Cooldown: 17/16/15/14/13s → 18/17/16/15/14s
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Weapons[/h2]
Shuriken Revamp
BIG changes for the Shurikens
Caltrop (D) Improvements
Caltrops relied heavily on its user's skill kit for maximum output. If it was possible to force the target to step on multiple caltrops, the skill was too good. For characters without that luxury, it was kinda wack and clunky.
To stop the skill from being too overtuned, we moved the damage reduction calculation after Extra Skill Damage calculation, but provided a way to cancel the delay so that it feels more natural when weaving it between your combos.
Petal Torrent, Death Rune, Sudarsana
Petal Torrent was difficult to craft, but it was craftable without fighting over special materials, allowing you to slam it every game.
Shurikens crafted from special materials were not performing well, resulting in an imbalance in other shuriken builds.
Petal Torrent's recipe will now include special materials and other special material weapons will be buffed to balance it out.
Extra Skill Damage
Skill damage better suits the weapon type compared to basic attacks.
We're removing some of the Extra Basic Attack Damage options and strengthening Extra Skill Damage options that were previously tough to take advantage of due to Caltrops (D).
Shuriken's revamp is a large change so we will focus on monitoring it carefully after the update. If the results are unexpected, we have our fingers hovering over the hotfix button.
Caltrops (D)
Damage: 90/170(+Attack Power 30%) → 120/230(+Attack Power 30%)
Reduces Extra Skill Damage dealt by 30% for stepping on each additional caltrop.
The delay after using Caltrops (D) can be canceled by using another skill.
Per Weapon Mastery Level
Basic Attack Amplification 4% → 3%
Skill Amplification 2% → 2.2%
Throwing Stars
Onyx Dagger
(NEW) Extra Skill Damage +5
Extra Basic Attack Damage 10 (REMOVED)
Dart
Movement Speed 0.1 → 0.07
Plumbata
Movement Speed 0.18 → 0.1
Charm
Recipe Change: Vintage Cards + Buddhist Scripture → Vintage Cards + Chalk
Attack Power 40 → 30
Skill Amplification 10% (REMOVED)
(NEW) Extra Skill Damage +10
Apricot Flower Tag
Recipe Change: Willow Leaf Spike + Flower → Onyx Dagger + Flower
Cooldown Reduction : 10% → 5%
(NEW) Extra Skill Damage +8
Extra Basic Attack Damage 25 (REMOVED)
Willow Leaf Spike
Recipe Change: Onyx Dagger + Branch → Apricot Flower Tag + Branch
(NEW) Cooldown Reduction: +8%
(NEW) Extra Skill Damage +12
Extra Basic Attack Damage 20 (REMOVED)
Azure Dagger
Recipe Change: Onyx Dagger + Poison → Apricot Flower Tag + Poison
Extra Skill Damage 20 → 33
Extra Basic Attack Damage 33 (REMOVED)
(NEW) Cooldown Reduction: +5%
(NEW) Unique Passive: Skills Healing Reduction
Skills reduce target's healing received by 35% for 4 seconds.
Fuhma Shuriken
Recipe Change: Apricot Flower Tag + Alcohol → Willow Leaf Spike + Alcohol
Attack Power 58 → 63
(NEW) Extra Skill Damage +15
SP Regen 0.6 → 1
Extra Basic Attack Damage 35 (REMOVED)
Mystic Jade Charm
Recipe Change: Charm + Ash → Charm + Gold
Extra Skill Damage 5 → 10
Max Charges: 12 → 20
Charging Time 30s → 20s
Cards of Tyranny
Critical Strike Damage: 10% → 15%
Venom Dart
Critical Strike Damage: 20% (REMOVED)
Frost Venom Dart
Recipe Change: Venom Dart + Ice → Venom Dart + Glacial Ice
Attack Power 80 → 70
Critical Strike Damage: 25% (REMOVED)
Petal Torrent
Recipe Change: Frost Venom Dart + Stingburst → Frost Venom Dart + RDX
Attack Power 67 → 73
Extra Skill Damage 20 → 28
Critical Strike Damage: 25% (REMOVED)
Death Rune
Recipe Change: Vintage Cards + Tree of Life → Charm + Meteorite
Skill Amplification 25% (REMOVED)
(NEW) Primordial Hex (Unique Passive)
Hitting an enemy with a skill hexes them and slows by 12% for 4s.
After 4s, The hex expires and deals 125 + 250 % Skill Amplification as true damage.
Once Hexed, the target is immune to curses for 5s.
Sudarsana
Recipe Change: Razor + Force Core → Throwing Stars + Force Core
Attack Power 130 → 100
(NEW) Skill Amplification +25%
(NEW) Vision Range +2
Glove
Gauntlet
Movement Speed -0.1 → -0.05
Shatter Shell Gauntlet
Movement Speed -0.07 → -0.05
Brasil Gauntlet
Wing Knuckles
Movement Speed 0.1 → 0.05
Mark of the Phoenix
Pistol
(NEW) Derringer
Rarity : Rare
Recipe: Walther PPK + Dynamite
Stats
Attack Power 50
Movement Speed 0.1
Max Ammo: 2
(NEW) Stampede
Rarity : Epic
Recipe : Derringer + Gold
Stats
Attack Power 50
Skill Amplification per Level 1%
Movement Speed 0.1
Max Ammo: 2
Double Tap (Unique Passive)
Basic Attacks using the last bullet of your ammo deal Attack Power + Skill Amplification - 1 + 10 per Character Level as Extra Skill Damage
Devil's Marksman
Attack Speed: 20% → 30%
Last Word
Damage: Skill Amplification*1.5 + Extra Skill Damage 100% → Skill Amplification*2 + Extra Skill Damage 150%
Heal for 50% of damage dealt → Heal for 100% of damage dealt
Kelte
Attack Power 100→ 95
Movement Speed 0.2 → 0.1
Armor Penetration 16% → 12%
Magnum-Python Icon Change
Double Revolver SP Icon Change
Magnum-Anaconda Icon Change
Dagger
Cloak and Dagger (D)
Movement Speed Increase 15/25% → 10/20%
Invisible Duration: 2/3.5s → 2/3s
Axe
Maleficent Helix (D)
Damage: Attack Power 125/220%(+7% of enemy's max HP) → 125/175%(+7% of enemy's max HP)
Assault Rifle
Basic Attack Amplification per Weapon Mastery Level 1.5% → 1.3%
Agni
STG44 Icon Change
Rapier
Bat
Dual Swords
Some motions for Dual Sword Rampage's 1st cast now work properly. The skill moves the caster forward for 1.5m before dealing damage.
Two-Handed Sword
Aurora Longsword
Magnetic Midnight
(NEW) Deals 60 Cellular Damage on activation
Slow: 2s → 3s
Sniper Rifle
The camera movement when using Ballistic Advantage (D) has been improved.
When using Ballistic Advantage (D), the camera pans forward to show the range of the shot.
If the camera is not fixed, the camera can be moved with the arrow keys or mouse after the camera pans forward.
After using 'Dead to Rights,' the camera will zoom back to your character after showing the trajectory of the second bullet.
Blackfire Cannon
Lead Shell
(NEW) Deals 35 Cellular Damage when activated
99% Slow 0.46s→ 0.56s
NTW-20 Icon Change
Spear
Tonfa
Obsidian Jitte
Defense 50 → 25
(NEW) Primordial Hex (Unique Passive)
Hitting an enemy with a skill hexes them and slows by 10% for 4s.
After 4s, The hex expires and deals 125 + 150 % Skill Amplification as true damage.
Once Hexed, the target is immune to hexes for 5s.
Throw
Fireball
Extra Skill Damage per level 3.5 → 3
Astrapē
Basic Attack Range 0.75 → 1
Bow
Artemis
Attack Power 80 → 92
Max HP 250 → 275
Vision 1.5 → 2
Argyrotoxus
Failnaught
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Armor[/h2]
Arm
Sword Stopper
Defense 30 → 36
Defense from Basic Attacks 12 → 2
Healing Reduction from Basic Attacks (REMOVED)
(NEW) Thorns (Unique Passive)
When hit by a basic attack, reflect 9.5% of damage taken as true damage to the attacker.
Applies 45(Melee)/35(Ranged)% Healing Reduction.
Leg
Bucephalus
Critical Strike Chance 18% → 20%
Head
Crystal Tiara
Critical Strike Chance 22% → 20%
(NEW) Fallen Pegasus
Rarity : Legendary
Recipe : Crystal Tiara + Meteorite
Stats
Defense 28
Max SP 500
Critical Strike Chance 24%
Critical Strike Damage: 10%
Accessory
(NEW) Grimoire
Rarity : Rare
Recipe : Hardcover + Flower of Fate
(NEW) Primordial Hex (Unique Passive)
Hitting an enemy with a skill hexes them and slows by 12% for 4s.
After 4s, The hex expires and deals 125 + 150 % Skill Amplification as true damage.
Once Hexed, the target is immune to curses for 5s.
Holy Grail
Saint's Relic
White Crane Fan
Movement Speed 0.08 → 0.06
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Trap & Other[/h2]
Ingredients
(NEW) Hardcover
Rarity : Uncommon
Recipe : Paper + Leather
Trap
You can find the rest of Patch notes in the official Eternal Return Website here: https://playeternalreturn.com/patch-notes/0-40-0/
