Astatos News

To the Crown Mages,

The latest update for Astatos is here! This update includes Krokos’ latest skin, along with bug fixes.

The trailer for Astatos Chapter II arrives on December 16th! (PST time) A huge continuation of the story is finally ready!

This trailer will also mark the 4th anniversary of Astatos’ release into Early Access. Thank you Crown Mages for your support— we hope to deliver an experience that all of us can be proud to love.

Alongside the trailer we’ll announce further details regarding the content included in Chapter II along with the release schedule.

For the detailed list of changes implemented with Astatos v0.8.6, please read on below.

- From the team at Studio Klondike

[h2]New Content[/h2][hr][/hr]

• A new Hero Skin has been made available as the monthly reward. The previous month’s Hero Skin has been added to the in-game store.
  
• Krokos - The Final Remedy

[h2]Game Fixes[/h2][hr][/hr]

• Fixed a display issue with the profile picture associated with the skin, ‘Timaios - Gunslinger of the High Moon’
  
• Fixed a display issue with the skin ‘Aristotle: Four-Field Explorer’

To the Crown Mages,

The latest update for Astatos is here! This update includes Timaios’ latest skin, along with engine security updates.

This past month we’ve been busy at work on Chapter II. This month we completed scene scripting for 10 interlude scenes (with 1 remaining) We also completed more 1 background, and 2 CG illustrations along with some additional character expressions. Sound design is also underway for the final 1/4 of the chapter!

Some final revision work remains to update the translations and implement the new artwork, but we hope to begin bug testing the new chapter in the coming month. We hope everyone looks forward to the eventual release!

For the detailed list of changes implemented with Astatos v0.8.5, please read on below.

- From the team at Studio Klondike

[h2]New Content[/h2][hr][/hr]

• A new Hero Skin has been made available as the monthly reward. The previous month’s Hero Skin has been added to the in-game store.
  
• Timaios - Gunslinger of the High Moon

[h2]Game Fixes[/h2][hr][/hr]

• Included recent Unity engine security updates.

To the Crown Mages,

The latest update for Astatos is here! This update includes Aristotle’s latest skin, along with several optimisations and bug fixes.

This past month we’ve been busy at work on Chapter II. This month we completed scenario writing for 7 Interlude scenes, bringing the completed total to 9. (with 11 planned) We also made progress on the remaining CGs for the chapter.

Meanwhile, we made further progress on the upcoming Cascade Trial game mode. With many of the core gameplay systems functional, we’re working on content planning and outlines for the additional story writing for this mode!

For the detailed list of changes implemented with Astatos v0.8.4, please read on below.

- From the team at Studio Klondike

[h2]New Content[/h2][hr][/hr]

• A new Hero Skin has been made available as the monthly reward. The previous month’s Hero Skin has been added to the in-game store.
  
• Aristotle - Four-Field Explorer

[h2]Game Changes[/h2][hr][/hr]

• Revised some minor UI elements during Tirals.

To the Crown Mages,

The latest update for Astatos is here! This update includes Mukaki’s latest skin, along a leaderboard reset and development update.

This past month we’ve been making solid progress on Chapter II. All main scenario scripting has been finished, including Trial programming, and the addition of some extra scenes. We also completed two new CG illustrations and made progress on writing and scripting the new Interludes. For a complete overview on our progress for Chapter II, see last month’s patch notes!

Along with the Chapter II update will also be some system-level refinements to the story mode functionality and sprite animations! (e.g. A faster skip function, and improved text box responsiveness)

For the detailed list of changes implemented with Astatos v0.8.3, please read on below.

- From the team at Studio Klondike

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• Season XI of the Takeover Trial leaderboard has concluded. The top 100 players will receive a new player title sometime after the release of this patch.
  
• A new Hero Skin has been made available as the monthly reward. The previous month’s Hero Skin has been added to the in-game store.
  
• Mukaki - Spectator’s Desire

The latest update for Astatos is here! This update includes Herclaus’ latest skin, along with several optimisations and bug fixes.

Our team is currently working hard on preparing Chapter II! As everyone has been waiting for more story content, here’s some more insight to our current progress.

• All main scenario text has been written, edited, and translated. This new content adds up to at least 1.5x the length of the existing story.
  
• Chapter II is planned to contain 12 Interlude scenes. 2 of these have been completed so far. (It’s best to write these now the scenario text is ready.)
  
• Cutscene scripting progress — 18 out of 20 sub-chapters have been completed.
  
• Chapter II is planned to contain 12 CG illustrations in total. 9 CG illustrations have been completed so far. Some additional sprites and assets are also still being worked on.
  
• 7 new default illustrations have been completed for Hero Cards based on their designs in the story. (The existing artwork for these Hero Cards will remain available as a skin after the release of the Chapter II update)
  
• All necessary music and background illustrations for Chapter II have been completed.

We’ll continue to work hard to ensure the experience of Chapter II will meet everyone’s expectations!

For the detailed list of changes implemented with Astatos v0.8.2, please read on below.

- From the team at Studio Klondike

[h2]New Content[/h2][hr][/hr]

• A new Hero Skin has been made available as the monthly reward. The previous month’s Hero Skin has been added to the in-game store.
  
• Herclaus - Vita Brevis

[h2]Game Changes[/h2][hr][/hr]

• Clicking the screen now toggles which side of a Hero Card is shown in the artwork viewer.

[h2]Game Fixes[/h2][hr][/hr]

• Fixed an issue that caused Hero Cards to summon with the Ability Toggle UI visible in some rare circumstances.
  
• Improved the glow effect on Hero Cards during Ability activation.
  
• Fixed an issue where third-party license text was not visible in the settings.