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Jotunheim BETA

Hello!!
First of all, a warm welcome to our new players and a big thank you to all our supporters for these 3 months together since the EA release!
Ready for Jotunheim Beta? Grab your favorite scarf and maybe a beanie or two, cause this update will be a freezing experience!
You may find all the info about how to join the beta here: PLEASE READ ALL THE INFO

Remember you don’t have to join the beta if you prefer to wait till next week and play the finished content 😉

[h2]Beta New Content![/h2]

Jotunheim Realm
Endless Mode
Freezing curse
Rage mode is implemented again. You’ll be able to try it on Expert and Ragnarok Modes

[h3]Some fixes and improvements[/h3]

Enemy immunities shown in the glossary.
Immunity Destroyer is now legendary.
Improved the performance of enemy attacks that could cause lag.

[h2]How to access the Beta?[/h2]
REMEMBER: To play the beta, you will need to have purchased Nordic Ashes previously.

Open the Steam application.
Go to the Steam library and select Nordic Ashes.
Right click on it and select Properties.
A panel will open, select the Beta option.
Enter the following code: NordicAshesBeta
Click the button to verify that it is correct.
If everything is OK, you will have the Beta option in the drop-down menu. Select it and the game will be updated.

[h3]Beta Information[/h3]
Thank you very much for helping us improve the game. You are an amazing community 😄
First of all, we’d like to share the following disclaimer (don’t forget to read #9)

Keep in mind that this is a Beta and therefore it may contain bugs and balancing issues.
The purpose of the Beta is that you have access to an early version of the game, so you can help us to fix bugs, balance the game and give suggestions.
The Betas last for a certain period of time. We will release them as new updates are released. This particular one will be open for 1 week.
There is a specific discussion for beta feedback in Steam.
The Beta progress will be saved in your actual account.
You can unlock the Steam achievements already published, but the new ones that will be released will not be available. However, once the Beta version is released, you will receive all achievements you have already earned.
You may upload or stream Beta content if you wish. However, please add a disclaimer to your videos/streams to announce that it is the Beta you are playing, not the public version of the game.
IMPORTANT: To avoid any loss of your progress please follow the next steps:
a. Create a backup of your saving files just in case. There should be no issues but just to be safe please do. You may find them here:
i. windows: %USERPROFILE%/AppData/LocalLow/Noxfall Studios/Nordic Ashes/Backup
ii. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/com.NoxfallStudios.NordicAshes/Backup
iii. linux: ~/.config/unity3d/Noxfall Studios/Nordic Ashes/Backup
b. After playing the Beta, if you wish to return to the main version of the game and deactivate the Beta, please notice that your Beta progress will be lost.

DISCLAIMER
It is possible that you find bugs or content that has yet to be implemented, such as sounds. We thank you for notifying us of any bug or issue through our discord or steam discussions, in the specific Beta section. This way we can access all the information and fix any issues. Thank you so much!

If you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us:
🔸 Discord.
🔸 Steam Community.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2068280/Nordic_Ashes_Survivors_of_Ragnarok/

Update 0.8.4.1

Hi! After reading your comments we've realized the new changes were to harsh so here's a hotfix:

The Fury mechanic has been removed for now. It's a very big change and we will add it again next week on the Beta so we can all try it and discuss it.
Greed and Talkôr's Orbs will keep scaling once again.
Some Chinese characters were missing. Also, we’ve completed the translation so far.

See you on next week's update!

If you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us:
🔸 Discord.
🔸 Steam Community.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2068280/Nordic_Ashes_Survivors_of_Ragnarok/

Update 0.8.4

Greetings survivors! Many cool updates: Alfheim Ragnarok in da house, a new way to earn leaves, Talkôr rework and bestiary available!

[h2]Alfheim Ragnarok[/h2]
You will be able to face Ragnarok levels in Alfheim! Bosses and elites now have new abilities too! Who will make it to the top 10???

[h2]Talkôr[/h2]
Edit: Some changes have been reversed and updated in this post.

We have adjusted several things:

The infinite gold bag time has been increased from 2 to 2.5.
The chance that enemies affected by the gold status will give a gold coin when dying has been reduced from 25% to 10%.

[h2]Boss Rage[/h2]
Edit: The Fury mechanic has been removed in the v0.8.4.1. It's a very big change and we will add it again next week on the Beta so we can all try it and discuss it.

Bosses will now have to be defeated in a certain amount of time. This time is set according to the difficulty (don't worry, there is enough time for you to defeat them).
If the boss is not defeated in time, it will enter Rage mode and the next hit you receive will be lethal (you’ll still be able to fight and defeat it in this mode, it’s not an automatic one-shot bye bye).
You can see the time left above the life bar.

[h2]ːNA_Leafː Yggdrasil Leaves ːNA_Leafː[/h2]
We want to make it easier to earn leaves, especially for new players who have many to unlock.
Therefore, we have done the following:

Enemies will now grant leaves when defeated a number of times, whether they are common enemies or Elites.
The base seed drop probability has been increased.
Earned leaves are now displayed on the end game panel.

[h2]Bestiary[/h2]
The Bestiary is now available on the Glossary! In this section you will see all the enemies you have defeated. It will show how many times you have defeated an enemy and how many times it has defeated you.

[h2]Fixes and improvements:[/h2]

The information on how to earn Yggdrasil leaves now shows how many leaves you have obtained by defeating common and elite enemies.
Fixed a bug that caused certain boss animations to freeze when affected by status effects.
Fixed text bugs.
Reducing the alpha of the visual effects now applies correctly to Helga's relics.
Improved performance with poison visual effects that could generate a lot of lag.
Performance improved on the Repulsion Charm artifact.

[h2]Jotunheim beta[/h2]
Next Thursday the Jotunheim Beta will be available for anyone who wishes to give it a try ːNA_Gnokiː

JOTUNHEIM NEWS!

Hello! After a few balancing patches, today we bring you some hot news about the following updates!

[h2]Alfheim Ragnarok Mode[/h2]
Yes! The time has come! Next week, March 9th Alfheim’s Ragnarok will finally be released! Get ready to kick some mushrooms!

[h2]Jotunheim Beta + release date[/h2]
We’d really love you to join our new Jotunheim Beta on March 16th so we can all enjoy the new realm, enemies and mechanics (and possibly break the game)! That way, we’ll be able to polish everything for the official release on March 23rd. We’ll post the beta password when it’s ready.

[h2]New game mode[/h2]
We also have a cool new game mode planned, more details in future posts, but we really believe you’ll love it!

Thanks again for all your suggestions, even though we don’t answer all your requests, be sure that we read them all and take them into account.

That’s all for today, hope you have an amazing weekend!

🔸 Discord.
🔸 Steam Community.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2068280/Nordic_Ashes_Survivors_of_Ragnarok/

Update 0.8.3.1

Hi once again! This mini update will fix a few things you reported:

Artifacts visual bug should be finally fixed.
Talkôr's probability of finding heart-related relics has been lowered even more.
Focus relic was not working properly.
Poison Bomb fixed too.
Talkôr’s constellation links have been rearranged.
When grabbing Talkôr’s Gold Potion relic, potions already on the ground will turn into gold potions.
When grabbing Talkôr’s Infinity Bag, coins already on the ground will also start disappearing.
Infinity Bag start duration is now 2s.
When you press “Retry” in the pause menu, tooltips won’t appear anymore.
Epic Shrine tasks have now lower requirements.
Unlocked items were not showing in the end panel.
One of Ragnar’s attack in phase 1 was not working.
You can no longer one-shot Ragnar 😛