Update 1.6 Patch Notes — Introducing New Game+

[p]Inquisitors,[/p][p][/p][p]It’s time to sharpen your blades, refill your potions, and prepare for a brand-new way to experience Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree. Update 1.6 is live, and with it arrives one of our most anticipated features: New Game+.[/p][p][/p][p]But Update 1.6 carries more than challenge alone. It also introduces new weapons, major quality-of-life improvements, reworked enemy encounters, smoother combat, polished visuals, and a host of bug fixes.[/p][p][/p][p]As always, thank you for walking this path with us. Your feedback continues to shape every branch of the journey, and great things are still on the horizon.[/p][p][/p][h2]New Game+ Has Arrived[/h2][p][/p][p]Brace yourself for the ultimate trial. With New Game+, you can now restart your journey using your battle-hardened Inquisitor and progress through as many NG+ cycles as you dare. Difficulty will continue to scale for the first 10, each one more punishing than the last.[/p]

• [p]Enemies grow tougher with every cycle, scaling their strength to match your power.[/p]
• [p]NG+ versions of weapons, off-hands, and rings can now be found to upgrade your arsenal.[/p]
• [p]Random empowered auras and effects will appear on enemies, offering both greater danger and greater rewards.[/p]

[p]Prefer to take it easy? You can also replay the base game at NG+0 with your fully equipped Inquisitor.[/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][h2]New Content & Features[/h2]

• [p]New Weapons Added: Aurora (Mid-game Daggers), Crimson Slicer (Late-game Daggers), and Reignbreaker (Late-game Two-Handed Mace).[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Quality of Life Updates[/h2]

• [p]Added a feature that allows players to remove Skill Upgrades and refund their cost at the Witch Altar.[/p]
• [p]Individual Talents and Nodes can now be unlearned and refunded at the Witch Altar.[/p]
• [p]Added an option to instantly learn Talents and Nodes with a single button press.[/p]
• [p]Vendor items now display a small icon to indicate if they are not yet unlocked in your Collection.[/p]
• [p]Increased Witch Stone selection radius when the Map view is zoomed out.[/p]
• [p]Added Quick Buy/Sell to the General tab of the Options window.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Gameplay Improvements[/h2][p][/p][h3]Movement & Combat[/h3]

• [p]Glide can now be activated during a later phase of the jump/fall.[/p]
• [p]Glide's auto-cancel height has been lowered to reduce events where Glide gets cancelled by unintended early landing.[/p]
• [p]Increased the time window for grabbing ledges and ladders during falls.[/p]
• [p]You can now turn around during Heavy Attack wind-up.[/p]
• [p]From now on, your Character will only let go of ledges and walls when taking heavy damage.[/p]
• [p]Sprint and Roll no longer consume Stamina in Tombstone Hollows.[/p]
• [p]Controller vibration fine-tuned across various attacks.[/p]

[p][/p][h3]Quest Adjustments[/h3]

• [p]Dark Ale has been updated with better balance, rewards, and gameplay improvements.[/p]
• [p]Increased rewards for the following secondary quests:[/p]
  • [p]A Life Left Behind[/p]
  • [p]Clayborne’s Request[/p]
  • [p]Echoes of a Distant Land[/p]
  • [p]Old Regrets[/p]
  • [p]The Talking Skull[/p]
  • [p]The Timeless Traveler[/p]
  • [p]Thief[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Inquisitor Attacks & Weapons[/h2]

• [p]Nightshade’s Shadowstep reach increased to match its particle effect.[/p]
• [p]Vanguard’s Eternal Rage Talent now activates at a consistent flat Adrenaline value (100).[/p]
• [p]Added Spirit scaling to the stagger effect of the Vindicator's Astral Guardians skill.[/p]
• [p]The damage increase from the Vanguard’s Revenge Talent now also applies to Shield Charge.[/p]
• [p]Light Attacks with Daggers now generate Adrenaline.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Bosses & Enemies[/h2]

• [p]Adjusted Sleepwalker Phase 2 difficulty and removed unavoidable damage events.[/p]
• [p]Updated Sleepwalker ability hitboxes and preparation times to improve the fight.[/p]
• [p]Tweaked a mechanic in Phase 2 of the Final Boss fight that required players to stand still to trigger the homing orbs' explosion.[/p]
• [p]Adjusted the Phase 2 beam contact damage area in the Final Boss fight to better match the visuals.[/p]
• [p]Updated Lord Auberon's Phase 2 light area visuals to better understand how to avoid taking damage.[/p]
• [p]Increased the distance between fissures created by the Entropic Forest Giant.[/p]
• [p]Slight balance adjustment to enemy placement in Lochmuir Village.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]World Changes[/h2]

• [p]A number of Small Spike Pits are now non-lethal and shallower — you can jump out![/p]
• [p]Slight adjustments and bug fixes to geometry across various levels.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Visuals & Effects[/h2]

• [p]When using Jump Pads in Entropy, your Inquisitor will now transform into their energy form for the duration of the jump.[/p]
• [p]Adjusted the facing direction when looking at NPCs.[/p]
• [p]Air Attack animations improved.[/p]
• [p]Numerous tweaks to character and cutscene animations.[/p]
• [p]Polished visual effects in:[/p]
  • [p]The Tome Mistress fight.[/p]
  • [p]The Inquisitors fight[/p]
  • [p]Attack impacts and blood splash effects.[/p]
  • [p]Weapon trail effects and enemy animations.[/p]
• [p]Added particle effects to movable boxes.[/p]
• [p]Small to medium updates to a number of enemy animations.[/p]
• [p]Added missing visual effect to Step Into the Sunlight quest.[/p]
• [p]Visual improvements to weapon trail effects.[/p]
• [p]Updated the visual effect for the Entropy Portal.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]User Interface (UI) Improvements[/h2]

• [p]Inactive Skill Set’s resource bars now appear on the HUD.[/p]
• [p]Tweaked node navigation in the Witch Lantern upgrades window at the Witch Altar.[/p]
• [p]Tweaked node navigation in the Skill Upgrade screen.[/p]
• [p]Ranks (1-3 stars) have been added to enemy unlocks in the Bestiary list.[/p]
• [p]Statistics page now shows collected Diagrams by vendor type.[/p]
• [p]Various item icons received a visual polish pass.[/p]
• [p]Adjusted margins in Character Creator for localization.[/p]
• [p]Changed a misleading Perished message when failing in the Dreamfields. In this case, the Inquisitor falls into eternal slumber.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• [p]Various crash fixes.[/p]
• [p]Fixed Weapon Oil effects incorrectly scaling with main attributes. These effects were always intended to provide a flat bonus.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where Lunge Attack could trigger certain Talents multiple times per use.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the Eruptive Brambles Talent could trigger from fall damage.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where Molten Strikes generated double combo points when used with daggers.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where Huy's Quill's Spellbook Companion would despawn if used again while already active.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where Toxic Shiv projectiles could bounce between solid surfaces.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where upgraded Astral Guardians and Fiery Rush could not be used with Freecast.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the Wyld Vines upgrade mark could incorrectly appear on breakable objects.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the Sic 'Em! Wyldwarden Talent could not properly target Ambush Arachnids.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where hitting multiple targets at once could generate multiple Combo Points.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where certain damaging effects created by the player character’s skills could deal self-damage after loading a saved game.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where Upgrade III of Shadow Shards did not push enemies back.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug affecting Thorn Dance damage calculation.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where Chaos Tentacles could incorrectly appear on top of enemies’ heads.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where Nightshade’s Shadowstep could not damage Queen of Smiles while she was attacking.[/p]
• [p]Fixed unintended Player Character death during the Marionettes fight cutscenes.[/p]
• [p]Fixed Player Camera hiccups and glitches on various levels.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a problem with breakable floor interact ranges.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug that caused a recent interact event to get stuck behind the scenes, thus preventing the Player from breaking certain floors.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where certain zones did not trigger the "New Area Discovered!" notification.[/p]
• [p]Fixed several Map Layout inconsistencies.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where Boss levels were not visible when using the Large UI Scale setting.[/p]
• [p]Fixed Map's bottom hotkey bar out-of-bounds bug in certain languages with the Large UI Scale setting.[/p]
• [p]Fixed Bestiary update notification being outside of the screen edges with the Large UI Scale setting.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where an incorrect number was shown in the statistics for the Witch Stones.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where controller vibration could get stuck if the player character died while holding Heavy Attack.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the player character could get stuck in the jump-off ladder animation when dying.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue that caused Channeling skills to remain locked in casting state when pressing a combination of buttons at the same time.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where area discovery showed 100% on the Map while the Player was on another level, even though the connecting Entropy Rift had not been cleared.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue that caused the Necromancer's door seal effect to replay when loading a saved game or visiting it again after traveling from another level.[/p]
• [p]Fixed Warg's portal incorrectly reopening after loading a saved game.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug that prevented one of the Entropic Chests and the chest of the Old Regrets quest from rewarding loot after loading a saved game. The missing loot can now be found at the corresponding chests.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a graphics material bug that could cause certain enemy models to appear covered in a white shader.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue that caused the Blood Eye model to sometimes not behave properly when killed.[/p]

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