Early Access Patch 039 -- v0.25138

This patch includes more localized content, balance changes, fixes, and improvements for last week's Long Winter Update, as we shift focus to our next Major Update. Until then, thank you for playing!!


• Reduced prices of Boons sold by Charon
📢 Titan Blood sold at the Wretched Broker now yields more Gemstones


• Shield of Chaos: slightly reduced Bull Rush charge-up time (to how it was before the Long Winter Update)
• Adamant Rail: increased autolock radius while using gamepad


• Reduced offering rate of 'Exchange' Boons
• Reduced offering rate for Olympian Aid Boons (in general, they should appear less early and often)
• Divine Dash (Athena): slightly increased Deflect duration (still less than before the Long Winter Update)
• Proud Bearing (Athena): improved scaling from Poms
• Holy Shield (Athena): increased duration of Deflect revenge effect
• Curse of Pain (Ares): fixed an issue causing this not to scale correctly with improved rarity
• Urge to Kill (Ares): effect now can scale with Poms
📢 Aphrodite's Call: no longer blockable by shield-bearing foes; no longer stopped by Final Boss urns
📢 Artemis' Call: no longer stopped by by Final Boss urns
📢 Crystal Beam (Demeter): increased tracking speed
• Killing Freeze (Demeter): improved scaling from rarity
• Rare Crop (Demeter): slightly reduced appearance rate
• Demeter's Aid: increased speed at which winter vortex reaches full size
📢 Blizzard Shot (Demeter x Poseidon): increased damage
• Defiance (Chaos): increased appearance rate


• Piercing Wave (Blade): increased damage
📢 Cursed Slash (Blade): increased life-steal effect
📢 Charged Volley (Bow): slightly improved charge-up time
• Charged Shot (Shield): fixed an issue causing it to stop you longer than intended
• World Smasher (Shield): slightly reduced damage; no longer fully automatic
• Cluster Bomb (Rail): staggered firing sequence; reduced damage penalty; increased area of effect


• Thanatos: reduced appearance rate (it is still significantly higher than before the Long Winter Update)
• The Fury Sisters: adjusted some of their attack timings under Extreme Measures (Pact)
• Wave-Maker: adjusted attack pattern; reduced armor; reduced appearance rate in Asphodel
• Burn-Flinger: adjusted attack pattern; reduced appearance rate in Asphodel
• Bone Hydra: reduced tracking of projectile attack
• Gigantic Vermin: Mini-boss creates fewer Poison puddles
📢 Final Boss: improved hit box on some attacks; urns no longer deal damage while being summoned


• Broken Spearpoint (Fallen Warrior): reduced cooldown


📢 Budget Cuts: no longer locked in as part of Hell Mode
• Lasting Consequences: first rank now locked in as part of Hell Mode
• Underworld Customs: increased Heat
• Forced Overtime: increased Heat; reduced number of ranks (though each rank has a greater effect)
📢 Convenience Fee: no longer raises cost of Bounty resources sold in Charon's shop in Styx


• Added new visual presentation when vanquishing bosses with Winter Harvest (Demeter)
• Improved visual presentation when slaying other foes with Winter Harvest (Demeter)
• Improved visual presentation when revealing Spear (Aspect of Guan Yu)


• Added new sound effects for Final Boss urn destruction attack
• Adjusted sound effects volume for Mistral Dash (Demeter)
• Fixed sound effects on Charged Skewer (Spear)
• Fixed Delta Chamber (Rail) always playing low-ammo sound
• Fixed victory music stinger being inaudible if a song is being performed in the House of Hades


📢 Restored post-defeat voice lines from Final Boss
📢 Added one-time voice hint about how to get to Eurydice while outside her chamber
• Added new voice lines for various Wretched Broker interactions
• Fixed two Inspect Points in the House of Hades that were not playing or appearing correctly
• Fixed voice lines sometimes not playing when confronting the Bone Hydra
• Fixes to narrative scripting to some events
• Additional fixes and tuning to various contextual voice events


📢 Added more new localized strings for content introduced in the Long Winter Update
📢 Improved text and icon distinctions between Max Life increases and