Chrono Ark News

Hello, Fellow Arkers! Chrono Ark has officially been updated with v1.7 content.

In this new update, we have added a large amount of player choices outside of battle.
This update provides many new ways to strengthen your party, and one of the main methods is our new Skill Upgrade system!
There are also many new monsters, new items, and new skills to seek out.
All system changes have been completed with this update, and all that’s left is to keep adding more content!

A huge thanks to all the beta players who reported bugs and provided valuable playtest feedback.

First of all, let’s look at what has changed since v1.63.


Field objects have been completely reworked, and there are now 42 events implemented in the game.
Not all event objects have been implemented, and there will be more to come in future updates.
Along with the massive increase in object count, there are now many new ways to obtain items as well as a variety of new items.


When obtaining lower-tier equipment, there are now many cases where you can pick between 2 displayed items.
There are also many cases where you can make a choice between 2 Relics.
Hopefully this will help you obtain items that are beneficial to your team composition.


You can now apply special effects on your teammates’ skills.

Patch Summary

• Reworked event objects.
  
• Improved UI.
  
• Added 19 Relics and 1 Equipment.
  
• Added Active Item system and 9 Active Items.
  
• Added 3 new monsters in Misty Garden and 3 new monsters in Bloody Park.
  
• Added 1 Class Skill for Joey, Pressl, Selena. Added 1 Rare Skill for Lian and Miss Chain.
  
• Reworked Lucy Draw Skills, Added 6 Lucy Rare Skills.
  
• Major improvements to Narhan’s skills.
  
• Removed identification for potions, removed stat increase potions, reworked potion effects.
  
• Added a 3 Potion limit per battle in Expert Mode.
  
• In Normal Mode, characters now start with 1 class skill, but can only learn 1 skill in the first level up.
  This is implemented so that the game forces less choices upon newer players who are unfamiliar with the game.
  
• Equipment/Relics can now be combined in the campfire.
  

For more information, check out the 1.7 Beta Patch Notes!

[h3]What has changed since 1.7 Beta 2?[/h3]

- System

• Removes event tile indicator when they can no longer be used
  
• Improved UI
  
• Skills can now be removed by clicking on a skill in the UI and selecting the forget option.
  
• Implemented images for all event objects.
  
• Implemented new sound effects
  
• Relics that are useless in the lategame no longer show up in later stages.
  
• Soul Thuribles can no longer be discarded.
  

- Narhan

• ‘Identified!’ Debuff: Reduced receiving crit. chance bonus.
  
• Plant Spite: Reduced receiving crit. chance bonus.
  
• Trojan Horse: Can no longer be used as a fixed ability.
  
• Nightmare Syndrome: Reduced bonus damage against single target.
  

- Joey

• Health-Augmenting Patch: Healing reduced.
  

- Lucy

• Change of Plans – Secondary effect (restore 1 mana/draw 1 skill) removed.
  

- Selena

• Bloody Moon – Buffed ratios on secondary effect have been toned down slightly.
  

- Elementalists

• Takes less damage from debuffs.
  

- Flame Hedgehog

• Damage increased.
  

- Ironheart

• Lv1 skill has been changed to Shield Bash in Normal Mode.
  

- Bugfixes

• Fixed bug where the player would only draw 1 skill if Pressel faints due to pain damage.
  
• Fixed freezing glitch that occurs if the player presses Esc while checking a record.
  
• Fixed bug where the fountain would give 1 Key despite fulfilling the requirements.
  
• Fixed bug where Active Item portrait would occasionally disappear.
  
• Can no longer preserve Lucy’s Necklace and Soul Thurible in Time Storage.
  
• Fixed Decrepit Forge interaction where the game would return an equipment if the player puts in an Active Item.
  
• Fixed bug where Item Cubes in Sanctuary wouldn’t spawn an indicator on the map.
  
• Azar: Veiled Sword no longer causes Illusion Sword damage to be fixed. Veiled Sword properly activates at 1 stack.
  
• Garden of Keys: Fainted Allies no longer take damage.
  
• Fixed bug where the tooltip would disappear if the player hides skills during skill selection.
  
• Fixed bug where mana upgrade status would not display properly if loading from save.
  

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Sanctuary
Elementalists

• Added a passive that the player can take advantage of to make them a little easier to kill.
  

Flame Hedgehog

• Flame Hedgehog damage increased to 5->6.
  
• Flame Hedgehog now attacks only once each time you cast a skill.
  

Narhan

• Trauma, Trojan Horse: Now draws 1 skill.
  
• Nightmare Syndrome, Mental Shock: Now critical hits when the target has Identified! debuff.
  
• Plant Spite: If the target has Identified! debuff, apply a debuff that increases receiving crit. chance by 25%.
  

In Expert difficulty, you do not start with a class skill but can now choose 2 skills on the first level up.

We are actively listening to player feedback for this beta, so please feel free to leave your own feedback!

Hello, Fellow Arkers!
Chrono Ark EA 1.7 Beta has been updated!

The keyword of this update is Choice.
We have improved the quality of individual playthroughs by adding elements of choice, so that players can grow and play in the direction they want.
No more jars randomly showing up in your playthrough now!


1.7 Beta Update Content


[h2]1. Improvements to Objects, Addition of Choices[/h2]
Various event objects have been added to the Twisted Land.
Objects that appear during your playthrough are now selectable, and the number of objects are greatly increased.
Also, there are more choices available in your playthrough than before.


Added Choices.

[h2]2. Skill Upgrades[/h2]
You can now upgrade skills throughout your playthrough.
There are 16 basic upgrades and 2 unique Synergy Upgrades per Investigator.
Mix and match upgrade effects to create your own composition!


Changelog

• Potions no longer need to be identified, and potions that give stat bonuses are replaced with potions that provide useful effects in battle.
  
• Only 3 potions can be used in a single battle.
  
• All party members start with 1 skill in their deck, and only 1 skill can be learned in the first level up.
  
• 2 new monsters, 1 new elite monster added in Misty Garden.
  
• Improvements to UI
  
• Added 1 new equipment.
  
• Added 19 new Relics.
  
• Added an Active Item system and 9 new Active Items.
  
• Added Max. Level cap on characters.
  
• You can now only learn up to 2 of the same skills on a character.
  
• A bigger variety of items are sold in the shop.
  
• Changed drop tables on monsters and bosses.
  
• You can now reforge equipment in the campfire.
  
• Changed Golden Apple’s stat bonuses when used in the campfire.
  
• Changed Fox Orb’s stats.
  
• Blunt Sword – Attack +20% -> +15%, Receiving Healing -15%-> -33%
  
• Demon Hunter – Accuracy increase removed, now gives -5% critical hit chance.
  
• Banestone – Upon reaching Black Fog, the stat bonuses of this item are disabled until the end of battle.
  
• Relic Display Stand slots increased to 3->4.
  
• Added a shining effect when a Relic is activated in battle.
  
• Transfer Scroll – Now spawns a Relic Display Stand in front of the boss.
  
• Cursed Pharos Mask – Now has a chance to not consume a key when opening chests.
  
• Purification Stone – Prevents equipment from becoming cursed in any way.
  
• Expert Mode Cursed Monsters – Stats decreased.
  
• Curse [Executioner] - Changed so that all allies below 0 Health will faint upon ending turn.
  
• Curse [Colossal] – Health decreased.
  

Lucy
6 Rare Skills Added
Effects of some Draw Skills have been improved.

Charon
Soul Stigma - Critical hit when an ally damages another ally -> Deal extra damage equal to 50% of Charon’s Attack Power

Phoenix
Can now be recruited alongside Charon.
If Phoenix is below 0 Health, he can no longer be targeted by ally-damaging skills.