Rune Knights News

Troll Lair has been replaced with the Temple of Fire. New enemies and Act Boss.

The following maps have brand new bosses:

• Avatar's Reach (New Act Boss)
  
• Fort Ironhold
  
• Ironhold Dungeon
  
• Ironhold Interior
  

Forest and Icewastes maps now have all new enemies.


Completing Act 2 High Arena will unlock the Infinite High Arena. This map is similar to the normal Infinite Arena with the addition of non-Act bosses being added to EVERY wave and Act Bosses on every 5th wave. New leaderboards have been added for this mode.

Arena and Infinite Arena can now spawn any non-Act Boss.

All Arenas now select enemies from a random map for each wave.


Dying during a boss fight which contains a fog door will allow you to respawn just outside the fog door when your entire party falls.

Reduced jump height by 30%.

All new elite enemies can now be spawned by Loot Crystals.

Minidungeons can now spawn any non-Act Boss.


New Cerridwen Super: Summon Cyclops

Necrosis
Added Shadow Skill Tag
Now Generates 5 Shadow Offering each time it deals damage.

Blight Arrow
Added Shadow Skill Tag
Now Generates 5 Shadow Offering each time it deals damage.


Chests now have a 10% chance to roll as 1 of 5 special reward chests with the same rewards as their minidungeon counterparts. These chests are now colored appropriately as well.

Loot Filter: New setting for Minimum Implicit Mod Tier


Troll enemies have been replaced with Cyclops that come in 3 variations: Base, Frost, and Poison

The 3 original bosses have been removed (Cannon, Spider, Rampage).


New world map art
Added a new slider for Spell Effect Notification Text Size under Gameplay Settings

• Fixed loads of jank with the horse.
  
• Fixed a bug with Wrath of Ehtiras doing $#@%loads more damage than intended.
  
• Fixed a bug where wave rewards in Infinite Arena were selecting from a small pool of legendaries instead of the normal global legendary pool.
  

• Stonefrost Warden - Icewastes Maps
  
• Terraclaw - Cave Maps
  
• Netherfiend Sorcerer - Castle Maps
  

All new bosses can spawn in Arena.

• Shadow - Skills that interact with the new Shadow Offering resource.
  
• Curse - Debuffs applied by Shadow skills.
  

[h2]Shadow Offering[/h2]
Skills that cost Shadow Offering will first draw from your accumulated Shadow Offering, any leftover cost will be collected from your Health.

[h2]Desecrated Ground[/h2]
Enemies standing on this area grant 6 Shadow Offering on Hit. Absorbs nearby Curses and applies them to all nearby enemies.

[h2]Freeze[/h2]

• All Chills applied to a target now contribute to Freeze.
  
• When the total amount of Chills applied to a target reaches 100%, the target becomes Frozen.
  
• Frozen targets immediately take 50% combined weapon damage and are stunned and unable to move for 2 seconds.
  
• Freeze can only occur on a target once.
  

[h2]CURSES[/h2]
[h3]Torment[/h3]

• Skill Tags: Spell, Projectile, Shadow, Curse
  
• Effect: Curse the target with Torment, causing it to take damage over time equal to 40% Combined Weapon Damage per active Curse on the target per second. Lasts 4 seconds.
  
• Mana Cost: 100
  
• Shadow Offering Cost: 50
  
• Cooldown: 8 seconds
  
• Range: 1,500
  

[h3]Ethereal Chains[/h3]

• Skill Tags: Spell, Projectile, Shadow, Curse
  
• Effect: Curse the target with Ethereal Chains, reducing the target's Movement Speed by 25% for 4 seconds.
  
• Mana Cost: 100
  
• Shadow Offering Cost: 50
  
• Cooldown: 8 seconds
  
• Range: 1,500
  

[h3]Vulnerability[/h3]

• Skill Tags: Spell, Projectile, Shadow, Curse
  
• Effect: Curse the target with Vulnerability, causing it to take 15% more damage from all sources for 4 seconds.
  
• Mana Cost: 100
  
• Shadow Offering Cost: 50
  
• Cooldown: 8 seconds
  
• Range: 1,500
  

[h3]Enfeeble[/h3]

• Skill Tags: Spell, Projectile, Shadow, Curse
  
• Effect: Curse the target with Enfeeble, causing it to deal 15% reduced damage for 4 seconds.
  
• Mana Cost: 80
  
• Shadow Offering Cost: 40
  
• Cooldown: 8 seconds
  
• Range: 1,500
  

[h3]Deathmark[/h3]

• Skill Tags: Spell, Projectile, Shadow, Curse
  
• Effect: Curse the target with Deathmark, causing it to die at 15% or less Health.
  
• Mana Cost: 100
  
• Shadow Offering Cost: 50
  
• Cooldown: 8 seconds
  
• Range: 1,500
  

[h2]OTHER SKILLS[/h2]
[h3]Shadowbolt[/h3]

• Skill Tags: Spell, Projectile, Shadow
  
• Requires: a Staff or Focus equipped
  
• Effect: Cast a bolt of shadow that damages a single target for 50% spell damage. Generates 10 Shadow Offering.
  
• Mana Cost: 25
  
• Cooldown: 0.3 seconds
  
• Range: 1,500
  

[h3]Hex[/h3]

• Skill Tags: Spell, Projectile, Shadow
  
• Requires: a Staff or Focus equipped
  
• Effect: Cast a bolt of shadow that damages a single target for 70% spell damage. Creates Desecrated Ground. Hitting an enemy attaches the Desecrated Ground to them for the duration.
  
• Mana Cost: 110
  
• Cooldown: 8 seconds
  
• Range: 1,500
  

[h3]Dark Grasp[/h3]

• Skill Tags: Spell, Shadow
  
• Effect: Summon shadowy hands from the abyss that reach out to all enemies within range and pull them towards you. Deals 60% Combined Weapon Damage to each target.
  
• Mana Cost: 140
  
• Shadow Offering Cost: 100
  
• Cooldown: 9 seconds
  

[h3]Desecration[/h3]

• Skill Tags: Spell, Area Effect, Shadow
  
• Effect: Create an area of Desecrated Ground beneath you for 8 seconds. Casts instantly.
  
• Mana Cost: 100
  
• Cooldown: 10 seconds
  

[h3]Abyssal Path[/h3]

• Skill Tags: Spell, Area Effect, Shadow
  
• Requires: a Staff equipped
  
• Effect: Harness the raw power of the abyss to summon a series of 3 dark eruptions in a line in front of you. Each eruption creates Desecrated Ground and deals 100% Spell Damage to nearby targets.
  
• Mana Cost: 200
  
• Shadow Offering Cost: 100
  
• Cooldown: 10 seconds
  

[h3]Void Rain[/h3]

• Skill Tags: Spell, Area Effect, Shadow
  
• Requires: a Staff or Focus equipped
  
• Effect: Conjure a cloud of void-infused energy that rains down, dealing 40% Spell Damage per second for 8 seconds and creating Desecrated Ground.
  
• Mana Cost: 150
  
• Shadow Offering Cost: 50
  
• Cooldown: 4 seconds
  

[h3]Cursed Weapon[/h3]

• Skill Tags: Shadow
  
• Requires: a Sword, Axe, Mace, or Bow equipped
  
• Effect: Your next Physical Hit within 6 seconds applies a random Curse to the target. Avoids Curses already active on the target. Instant cast.
  
• Mana Cost: 80
  
• Shadow Offering Cost: 25
  
• Cooldown: 2 seconds
  

[h3]Conjure Netherscythe[/h3]

• Skill Tags: Shadow
  
• Requires: a Focus equipped
  
• Effect: Replaces your equipped focuses with Netherscythes for 8 seconds. 25% chance per Netherscythe on Melee Hit to apply a random Curse. Replaces this skill and a skill on your equipped focus with appropriate melee skills.
  
• Mana Cost: 150
  
• Shadow Offering Cost: 200
  

[h3]Netherblood Nova[/h3]

• Skill Tags: Spell, Area Effect, Shadow
  
• Effect: Create a blood nova around you which damages all nearby enemies for 150% Combined Weapon Damage. Regain 15 Health over 5 seconds from each target.
  
• Mana Cost: 150
  
• Shadow Offering Cost: 75
  
• Cooldown: 2 seconds
  

[h3]Summon Shadow Elemental[/h3]

• Skill Tags: Minion, Summon, Shadow
  
• Requires: a Staff or Focus equipped
  
• Effect: Summon a Shadow Elemental to fight for you. The area around the Elemental is always Desecrated Ground. Hold Skill Modifier (default: Left Alt) while casting to dismiss.
  
• Mana Cost: 200
  
• Shadow Offering Cost: 50
  
• Cooldown: 8 seconds
  

[h3]Shadow Tether[/h3]

• Skill Tags: Entanglement, Shadow
  
• Effect: Entangle with an enemy, while entangled, this spell attempts to consume 35 Shadow Offering every second to deal 100% Combined Weapon Damage. Activate again to disentangle.
  
• Shadow Offering Cost: 35
  
• Cooldown: 2 seconds
  

New Tooltips: Simplified some skill descriptions and moved descriptions for common effects such as Poison into additional tooltips.

Fixed Might of the Divine not working on many enemies including Training Dummies
Fixed Minion Power not accounting for Minion Attack Speed
Potential Fix for Familiar duplicating in multiplayer

BALANCE
Bloodthief and Blood Weapon Enchants now only restore Health when hitting nearby targets.

FIXED
Fixed new Verdant Terror boss causing enemy level in arena to stop increasing

• New Boss - Verdant Terror: This new plant-themed boss will always spawn on Forest maps, and has a chance to spawn in Arena and Invasions.
  
  Dev note: This boss is very different from existing bosses and will likely need some tweaking. It utilizes large crowd control effects, area denial, poison, and a unique lash attack that pulls the target. Please send any feedback on this boss to me in Discord and good luck.
• Neutral Dodge now initiates a quick backstep with fewer i-frames and faster recovery.
  
• Improved Two-Handed Melee Heavy Attack animation timings.
  
• New Starting Weapon Loadout - Primal: Start with two Focuses that utilize the new Primal Generator and Spender skills.
  

• Primal - Skills that generate or spend Primal Charge.
  
• Transformation - Skills that transform your character or are granted by a transformation.
  

All Primal skills are either Primal Charge generators or spenders. Spender skills have no weapon requirements as these are powered by your accumulated Primal Charge. Primal Charge can only be gained while in combat and caps at 100 stacks. Generators can roll randomly on gear, but Spenders must be purchased from the Skill Merchant.


Gain "Animus Lock" for three seconds after entering a transformation: "The rush of feral instincts from your recent transformation demands you hold onto this form. Cannot change form."

Instant cast spells may be cast while transformed, as long as your normal form meets the weapon requirements for the skill. This includes most buffs, Shouts, Entanglements, Auras, Toggles like Bladecrest and Bloodrage, Blinks, Consecration, Flame Dash, Phase Shift, and probably a few more. Visiting the Skill Merchant while transformed and pressing the "Current Usable" button will show you all skills usable while transformed with your current equipment. Traps cannot be cast while transformed.


[h2]Bear Form[/h2]

Transformation, Primal
Toggle. While active, you are a bear. Gain 50% Total Damage, 30% Damage Reduction, and generate 500% more Threat, but lose the ability to Dodge. Gain Animus Lock for three seconds after casting, disabling your ability to change form again.
Cost: 30 Mana/second while in combat

[h2]Bear Form Abilities:[/h2]
[h3]Swipe[/h3]

Melee, Strike, Transformation, Primal
Swipe with your powerful claws. Hits grant 10 Primal Charge.

[h3]Maul[/h3]

Melee, Strike, Transformation, Primal
Viciously maul enemies with your claws, dealing 180% combined weapon damage and bleeding all targets for the same amount. Grants one stack of Grizzly Wrath for each target hit. Grizzly Wrath increases Total Damage by 10% per stack for 15 seconds. Additional stacks do not reset duration. All stacks are lost when exiting Bear Form.
Primal Charge Cost: 20
Stamina Cost: 150

[h3]Ursine Slam[/h3]

Area Effect, Transformation, Primal
Slam the ground with your claws, dealing 150% Combined Weapon Damage to all nearby targets.
Stamina Cost: 150
Primal Charge Cost: 25
Cooldown: 8 seconds

[h3]Ironhide[/h3]
Transformation, Primal
Gain one stack of Ironhide. While you have Ironhide, incoming attacks will consume one stack to block the attack, as with a shield. Uses your equipped shield if you have one, and otherwise reduces incoming damage by 25%. Successful blocks generate 15 Primal Charge and return 50% of the incoming damage to the attacker. All stacks are lost when exiting Bear Form, if your block is ever broken, or by attempting to Dodge Roll. Max 5 stacks.
Mana Cost: 30
Cooldown: 1 second

[h2]Wolf Form[/h2]

Transformation, Primal
Toggle. While active, you are a werewolf with increased attack speed. Gain Animus Lock for three seconds after casting, disabling your ability to change form again.
Cost: 30 Mana/second while in combat

[h2]Wolf Form Abilities:[/h2]
[h3]Swipe[/h3]

Melee, Strike, Transformation, Primal
Swipe with your powerful claws. Hits grant 10 Primal Charge.

[h3]Feral Slash[/h3]

Melee, Strike, Transformation, Primal
Swipe viciously, dealing 175% combined weapon damage. On hit, gain 30% Attack Speed for 3 seconds.
Primal Charge Cost: 50
Stamina Cost: 150

[h3]Wolf Rush[/h3]

Melee, Mobility, Transformation, Primal
Quickly dash forward. On colliding with an enemy, attack for 150% combined weapon damage. Generates 10 Primal Charge per target hit. Can interrupt current action.
Stamina Cost: 75
Cooldown: 4 seconds

[h3]Lycan Howl[/h3]
Transformation, Shout
Let forth a frightening howl, hindering all nearby enemies, reducing their attack and movement speed by 25% for 3 seconds.
Mana Cost: 125
Cooldown: 8 seconds


[h2]Sporebolt[/h2]

Spell, Projectile, Area Effect, Primal
Cast a poisonous seed pod that deals 20% Spell Damage and creates a toxic area on impact that inflicts targets with 1 stack of Poison per second. Poison deals 10% Spell Damage per second per stack. Max 20 stacks. Generates 10 Primal Charge.
Mana Cost: 75

[h2]Thornbolt[/h2]

Spell, Projectile, Primal
Cast a viciously thorned seed pod that deals 125% Spell Damage. Generates 8 Primal Charge.
Mana Cost: 50

[h2]Insect Swarm[/h2]

Spell, Projectile, Area Effect, Primal
Summon a swarm of insects upon your foes, dealing 40% combined weapon damage to all targets in its path. Generates 4 Primal Charge on cast and 2 Primal Charge per target hit.
Mana Cost: 45

[h2]Twister[/h2]

Spell, Projectile, Area Effect, Primal
Cast out a twister that deals 60% Spell Damage to all targets hit. Generates 5 Primal Charge on cast and 2 Primal Charge for each enemy hit.
Mana Cost: 100

[h2]Shillelagh[/h2]

For 6 seconds, all Melee Hits generate 4 Primal Charge. Instant cast.
Mana Cost: 150
Cooldown: 8 seconds

[h2]Storm Cyclone[/h2]

Spell, Area Effect, Primal
Call up a powerful lightning-infused cyclone for 5 seconds that chases nearby enemies and deals 120% Combined Weapon Damage to all nearby targets each second.
Primal Charge Cost: 30
Mana Cost: 150

[h2]Razorleaf Tree[/h2]

Spell, Area Effect, Primal
Conjure the dreaded Razorleaf Tree. The tree decays over 7 seconds, shedding its wicked Razorleaves and dealing 70% Combined Weapon Damage per second to all targets in a large area.
Primal Charge Cost: 40
Mana Cost: 140

[h2]Thorn Torrent[/h2]

Channeling, Spell, Projectile, Primal
Channel to continuously cast a stream of thorns that deal 40% Combined Weapon Damage each. Thorn fire rate is affected by attack and cast speed.
Primal Charge Cost: 2
Mana Cost: 20/Missile
Base Fire Rate: 5 Missiles/second

[h2]New Moon[/h2]

Spell, Projectile, Primal
Cast a beam of celestial energy that deals 120% Combined Weapon Damage and applies a 30% Chill to the target for 3 seconds. Once cast, you empower this skill to become Half Moon.
Primal Charge Cost: 10
Mana Cost: 50

[h2]Half Moon[/h2]

Spell, Projectile, Area Effect, Primal
Cast down a wide beam of celestial energy that deals 120% Combined Weapon Damage and 50% of the damage to nearby targets. Inflicts all targets with a 30% Chill for 3 seconds. Once cast, you empower this skill to become Full Moon.
Primal Charge Cost: 20
Mana Cost: 100

[h2]Full Moon[/h2]

Spell, Projectile, Area Effect, Primal
Call down the full power of the Full Moon to deal 130% Combined Weapon Damage and apply a 30% Chill for 3 seconds to all targets in a large area. This skill becomes New Moon after use.
Primal Charge Cost: 30
Mana Cost: 150

[h2]Dawnray[/h2]

Spell, Projectile, Primal
Cast a beam of solar energy that deals 175% Combined Weapon Damage and empowers this skill to become Solarflare.
Primal Charge Cost: 10
Mana Cost: 50

[h2]Solarflare[/h2]

Spell, Projectile, Area Effect, Primal
Cast down a wide beam of solar energy that deals 190% Combined Weapon Damage and 50% of the damage to nearby targets and empowers this skill to become Supernova.
Primal Charge Cost: 20
Mana Cost: 100

[h2]Supernova[/h2]

Spell, Projectile, Area Effect, Primal
Call down the full power of the Sun to deal 210% Combined Weapon Damage to all targets in a large area. This skill becomes Dawnray after use.
Primal Charge Cost: 30
Mana Cost: 150

[h2]Summon Elderwood Sentinel[/h2]

Minion, Summon, Pact, Primal
Summon an Elderwood Sentinel to fight for you. The Sentinel pulls in enemies from afar and roots them before slamming down and dealing damage to nearby targets. Hold Skill Modifier (default: Left Alt) while casting to dismiss.
[h4]Pact Effect[/h4]
Melee Hits generate 2 Primal Charge. Melee Hits from Minions contribute to their Master's Primal Charge.
[h4]Stats[/h4]
- Base Health: 325
- HP/Level: 15
- Base Damage: 70
- Base Resilience: 60
- Base Resilience Damage: 6

[h2]Summon Treant[/h2]

Minion, Summon, Primal
Summon a Treant to fight for you. Hold Skill Modifier (default: Left Alt) while casting to dismiss. Generates 15 Primal Charge.
[h4]Skill Details[/h4]
- Mana Cost: 150
- Cooldown: 5s
- Max Summons: 4
[h4]Stats[/h4]
- Base Health: 160
- HP/Level: 2.6
- Base Damage: 68.5
- Base Resilience: 28
- Base Resilience Damage: 1.275

[h2]Summon Frost Wolf[/h2]

Minion, Summon, Primal
Summon a Frost Wolf that delivers a powerful cone of cold. Hold Skill Modifier (default: Left Alt) while casting to dismiss.
[h4]Skill Details[/h4]
- Primal Charge Cost: 30
- Mana Cost: 200
- Cooldown: 8s
- Max Summons: 2
[h4]Stats[/h4]
- Base Health: 325
- HP/Level: 5.3
- Base Damage: 140
- Base Resilience: 58.5
- Base Resilience Damage: 2.6



[h2]Thorns Aura[/h2]
Primal tag added.
Now deals Resilience Damage.
Now generates 5 Primal Charge on block and 8 Primal Charge on parry.

[h2]Call Lightning Rework[/h2]
Area Effect tag removed.
Primal tag added.
Cooldown removed.
Weapon requirements removed.
Primal Charge Cost: 0 -> 35

Old
Call down lightning that deals 300% spell damage to a large area after a short delay.

New
Calls down lightning after a short delay that deals 200% combined weapon damage and chains to up to 4 total targets.

[h2]Spectral Claw Rework[/h2]
Primal tag added
Cooldown: 2s -> 0.5s
Mana Cost: 75 -> 60
Stamina Cost: 75 -> 60

Old
Cleave enemies with a Spectral Claw for 400% combined weapon damage spread among all enemies hit. Inflicts 2 Hits on each target.

New
Cleave enemies with a Spectral Claw for 110% combined weapon damage. Generates 5 Primal Charge per target hit.


[h3]Spell Effect: Rooted[/h3]
Now breaks when the target takes damage.
No longer affects bosses.

[h2]SKILLS[/h2]
[h3]Ruthless Charge[/h3]
Damage: 200% -> 150% Combined Weapon Damage

[h2]TALENTS[/h2]
[h3]Intimidating[/h3]
Damage increase: 10% -> 15%

[h3]Menace[/h3]
Damage increase: 10% -> 15%

[h3]Familiar[/h3]
Damage Multiplier: 50% -> 30%
Familiar now adapts its color based on your spells.


Your minions will now teleport to you when you become dismounted by entering combat.


Fixed Meteor not responding to volume settings.
Fixed a bug where legendary items from The Gambler could not roll with influence.
Fixed a bug where Circle of Influence would not apply to items from The Gambler.
Fixed Act 1 Boss AI glitching out.
Fixed bad spawns on Fort Ironhold (and probably every map).
Fixed E key mounting.
Fixed some collision debug visualizations being visible.
Fixed being able to mount while meditating.