Ghoul Smash News

• Added Events with the Envoy.
  
• Added Events with Sisters of Concordance.
  

• Added a new achievement.
  

• Added save slots.
  

[h2]Damage Reduction[/h2]

• Maximum Damage Reduction is now capped at 80% baseline.
  
• Maximum Damage Reduction can be increased to a maximum of 96%.
  
• Reduced the values of Damage Reduction on Affixes.
  
• Almost every item with Damage Reduction has been adjusted.
  
• Adjusted Barricade Keystone.
  

[h2]Dodge[/h2]

• Maximum Dodge is now 80% baseline.
  
• Maximum Dodge is capped at 96%.
  
• Reduced the values of Dodge on Affixes.
  
• Almost every item with Dodge has been adjusted.
  
• Adjusted Windrunner Keystone.
  

[h2]Glancing Hits[/h2]
Dodge has very much been a live or die situation; and requires a secondary defense to even be viable. To help alleviate this issue, Glancing Hits have been added.
When you fail to Dodge an attack, the attacker's attack roll will be unluckily rolled against your Dodge Chance. If your Dodge Chance now beats the new attacker unlucky roll, damage received will be halved as a glancing hit. This will apply before Damage Reduction.
[h2]Barrier[/h2]
[h3]Barrier Regeneration[/h3]

• Base Barrier Regeneration is now 10%.
  
• Maximum Barrier Regeneration is 100%.
  
• Every 5 Intelligence grants 1% Barrier Regeneration.
  
• Adjusted Weaveborn Keystone.
  

[h2]Enemies[/h2]

• All enemies now deal 30% less Damage.
  
• All enemies have 30% more Constitution.
  

[h2]Mini Bosses[/h2]

• No longer guarantee a Rare Drop Table drop.
  
• Can now be toggled on or off after getting the upgrade.
  

[h2]Eternal Battleground[/h2]

• Enemy scaling in each tier has been reduced significantly.
  

[h2]Buff Plates[/h2]

• They now trigger when you slide over them, like boost plates.
  
• Effects have been reduced.
  
• They can only activate once per round.
  

[h2]Miscellaneous[/h2]

• Text now pops a bit more during combat
  

[h2]Urwood[/h2]

• Max Level Upgrade has been removed. This will be added back at a later point for Act 3.
  
• Character who have purchased this upgrade will retain it.
  

[h2]Aetherflux[/h2]

• The cost of Skill Points has increased SIGNIFICANTLY
  
• An in-game method has been added to help alleviate this.
  

[h2]Storage[/h2]

• Added Loadout Slots
  
• You gain an additional loadout slot every 2 upgrades.
  

[h2]Panel[/h2]

• Added the Vanity Menu to replace the transmog menu,
  

[h2]Parrying Daggers[/h2]
[h3]Parry[/h3]

• Now grants a flat +20% Dodge and -20% Damage Reduction.
  

[h3]Riposte[/h3]

• Now grants a flat +20% Dodge and -20% Damage Reduction.
  

[h3]Serrated Parry[/h3]

• Now grants a flat +20% Dodge and -20% Damage Reduction.
  

[h2]Swords[/h2]
[h3]Stab[/h3]

• On kill, you have a 25% (Previously 100%) chance to launch a slicing wave towards the nearest enemy that has a 100% chance to Wound.
  

[h3]Vampiric Stab[/h3]

• On kill, you have a 25% (Previously 100%) chance to launch a slicing wave towards the nearest enemy that has a 100% chance to Wound.
  

[h3]Fury[/h3]

• On kill, you have a 25% (Previously 100%) chance to launch a slicing wave towards the nearest enemy that has a 100% chance to Wound.
  

[h2]Lance[/h2]
[h3]Joust[/h3]

• While moving you gain a charge every 0.5 (previously 1) seconds up to 10 (Previously 5).
  
• Now Has:Gain 1 Jump Boost
  

[h3]Charge Thrust[/h3]

• Now has: Gain 1 Jump Boost
  

[h2]Mace[/h2]
[h3]Crush[/h3]

• Now deals the additional hit at the end of the launch.
  

[h3]Divine Crush[/h3]

• Now deals the additional hit at the end of the launch.
  

[h2]Affixes[/h2]

• Removed the following affixes,
  
• Hybrid Dexterity & Strength
  
• Hybrid Strength & Intelligence
  
• Hybrid Intelligence & Dexterity
  
• Hybrid Pierce & Accuracy
  
• Hybrid Damage & Critical Chance
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• } Likely a temporary change, going to keep the simplicity for now.
  
• Buffed Constitution affixes.
  
• Buffed Spirit affixes.
  
• Buffed Barrier affixes.
  
• Nerfed Pierce affixes slightly.
  
• Nerfed Accuracy affixes slightly.
  
• Nerfed Damage Reduction affixes slightly.
  
• Nerfed Dodge affixes affixes slightly.
  

Ghoul Smash is participating in the Steam Next Fest until the 17th! Feel free to play and join the discord for more information. During this time, the Combat Tutorial will reward the Next Fest Medallion, an early game trinket.


Ghoul Smash is looking for Linux users and Steam Deck owners to begin testing on that platform soon.

Ghoul Smash is looking for translators to begin translating the game to more languages. You can do so yourself by editing the localization.csv file within the game directory.


[h2]Urwood[/h2]
[h3]Upgrade Max Level[/h3]

• Added a new upgrade that increases the player's level cap to 100.
  
• This upgrade costs 2,000,000 Salvage.
  
• All experience earned at level 50 will be retroactively added once this upgrade is purchased.
  

[h2]Demo[/h2]

• Updated the Demo to the Current Beta Version.
  
• Extended the length of the demo, going all the way to the Dungeon in Act 1.
  

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed a bug where The Gamble wouldn't show up in the shop.
  

While I plan to release Ghoul Smash into early access very soon, Act 3 will not be finished in this time frame. The next planned updates are as follows:

• Save Slots
  
• New Atlas Fragment Boss
  
• More Interactions During Combat
  
• Defense Rework
  

[h2]Buff Plates[/h2]

• Buff Plates now randomly spawn during encounters. There are a total of 7 different Buff Plates, each with their own unique effect. To learn more about them, consult the guide in-game.
  
• Act 1 has had Buff Plates added to some of the encounters. Act 2 and Endgame will be visited at a later time.
  

[h2]Combat Tutorial[/h2]

• A bare-bones combat tutorial has been added to the Atlas. Offers a unique reward and a head start for the campaign.
  

[h2]
Equipment & Items[/h2]

• Added a new rare trinket to the Shop.
  

• Changed how text is displayed on Legendary items to the intended color. The old color will be used for Starlight Items.
  
• Made the Right-Click brake much more powerful during combat.
  
• While braking, the player can no longer gain Speedboosts to make it more consistent.
  

[h2]Aetherflux[/h2]

• Added a help button.
  

[h2]The Atlas[/h2]

• Added lock icons to areas that have not been completed yet instead of them just appearing.
  
• Added a help button to the Atlas Crucible.
  

• You can no longer interact in combat while a window (such as Attributes) is open.
  

[h2]Keystones[/h2]
[h3]Windrunner[/h3]

• You gain damage equal to 100% (previously 50%) of your Speed.
  

[h3]Astral Battery[/h3]

• You gain damage equal to 100% (previously 25%) of your Spirit.
  

[h2]Interslice[/h2]
[h3]Essence Forge[/h3]

• Added a help button to the window.
  
• Added some Quality of Life to the Essence Forge
  
• Added the ability to multiply the amount of rolls per action.
  
• Reduced the Chance to get items to 3% (previously 5%).
  

[h2]Crafting[/h2]

• A tooltip will now appear for the item inside the crafting slot for 3 seconds after a craft is attempted.
  

[h2]Items & Equipment[/h2]
You can get the new variants of the items by using the Confluence or similar crafting options.

• All Charms have been buffed.
  
• Tier 3 Amulets have been buffed.
  
• Healthstone has been buffed.
  
• Skull Ring has been buffed.
  
• Vitality Ring has been buffed.
  
• True Axe has been buffed.
  
• True Bow has been buffed.
  
• True Wand has been buffed.
  
• Dragon Med Helmet has been buffed.
  
• Royal Armor has been buffed.
  
• Arclight Armor has been buffed.
  
• Obsidian Armor has been buffed.
  

[h2]Skills[/h2]
[h3]Fury[/h3]

• Now has B (Previously A) Scaling.
  
• The Speed Boost applied at the end of the combo is now 0.25 (Previously 0.5).
  

[h3]Crush[/h3]

• Now has A (Previously B) Scaling.
  

[h3]Divine Crush[/h3]

• Now has A(Previously B) Scaling.
  
• The Smite now has A (Previously C) Scaling.
  

[h2]Enemies[/h2]

• Enemy Constitution per tier in the Eternal Battleground is higher.
  
• Magical Enemies are now much stronger:
  
• Magic (Blue Outline) - 2x Increased Damage and Health
  
• Rare (Yellow Outline) - 3x Increased Damage and Health
  
• Astral (Purple Outline) - 5x Increased Damage and Health
  

[h2]Loot[/h2]

• Origin Orbs are much more rare.
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed a bug not letting you refund Critical Chance in the Aetherflux.
  
• Fixed a bug not letting some nodes refund in the Aetherflux
  
• Fixed a bug where right-clicking to unequip equipment would add amounts.
  

In Preparation for the Steam NEXTFEST in June, Ghoul Smash has recieved some updates!


[h2]Linux / Steam Deck[/h2]

• The first build with Linux support has been implemented.
  

[h2]Save Backups[/h2]

• Ghoul Smash now includes a backups folder located in %appdata%/roaming/Ghoul_Smash. After each game session, a backup of your current save will be created, up to a maximum of 10 backups. The oldest backup will be automatically deleted if there are already 10 saved. Note that this folder will be removed during forced Save Wipes or upon player death in Hardcore mode.
  
• To load a backup, simply copy and paste your desired backup into the main /Ghoul_Smash/ folder and rename it to 'saveData.sav', overwriting any existing save data.
  

[h2]Guide[/h2]

• The first iteration of an in-game guide has been introduced, and it will receive continual updates.
  

[h2]Items & Equipment[/h2]
New Weapon Type: Maces

• 7 new weapons
  
• 2 new armor sets
  
• 3 new pairs of gloves
  

[h3]Atlas Fragments[/h3]
A new area, The Hollows, has been added.

[h3]Crafting Materials[/h3]

• 1 new whetstone
  
• 3 new shards, sparks, and stars
  

[h3]Enemies[/h3]

• 2 new enemy types
  
• 1 new mini-boss
  

[h2]Interface[/h2]

• Added tooltips to various elements.
  
• Reworked the Attributes Window for improved readability and added additional information.
  
• Moved the Class Changing Buttons to the Aetherflux.
  
• Right-clicking now allows for points to be refunded in the Aetherflux.
  
• Right-clicking also enables quick unequipping and equipping of items when no other window is open.
  
• Reworked the Crafting Window and streamlined the dropping of materials to make crafting quicker and less cumbersome.
  
• Skill gems now provide information about the associated skill.
  

[h2]Critical Chance[/h2]

• Critical Chance has been made harder to acquire, making the Celestial Barrage Keystone more unique.
  
• Affixes with Critical Chance have had their values halved.
  
• Most rings and equipment with Critical Chance have been reduced.
  

[h2]Keystones[/h2]
[h3]Carnage[/h3]

• You now leech 0.25% (previously 2%) of your Skill Damage as Constitution.
  

[h3]Astral Battery[/h3]

• You gain damage equal to 25% of your Spirit (previously 500% of your Spirit Cost).
  

[h2]Enemies[/h2]

• The maximum reduction in an enemy's Damage Reduction with Pierce is now capped at -10%.
  
• Enemies now have a maximum Dodge chance of 95%, ensuring a minimum 5% chance to hit them even if their Dodge chance exceeds 95%. Accuracy is still advantageous; however, to reduce their Dodge chance below 95%, a minimum of 46 Accuracy is required in the example provided.
  

[h2]Skills[/h2]
[h3]Thrust[/h3]

• All variants of Thrust have been updated to reduce the minimum enemy damage reduction to -20% and now include Pierce as a built-in feature.
  

[h3]Ball Lightning[/h3]

• Fixed a bug where Ball Lightning should have summoned a maximum of 2 Lightning Orbs; now it correctly summons up to 3 Lightning Orbs.
  

[h3]Energy Leech[/h3]

• 5% (previously 2%) of your Default Collision Damage is now leeched as Barrier.
  

[h3]Energy Siphon[/h3]

• 0.1% (previously 0.5%) of your Skill Damage is now leeched as Barrier.
  

[h3]Siegebolt[/h3]
Siegebolt outperformed many of the other T6 Weapons with no investment required. It has been adjusted.

• Reduced the base damage to 40 (previously 60) of each projectile.
  
• Reduced the base damage of the Shrapnel to 30 (previously 60).
  

[h3]Resonance[/h3]

• You now gain x0.25 (previously x0.5) Damage at the start of your turn if your Strength, Dexterity, and Intelligence are equal.
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed the Character Model appearing when in the Options Menu.
  
• Fixed the Molten Golem encounter from dropping Tier 1 Items.
  
• Fixed the Tooltip for Trident Dagger.
  
• Resolved an issue where selecting a resolution above your monitor's capabilities caused the cursor to lock, requiring manual adjustment of the resolution via systemdata.ini in %appdata%/roaming/Ghoul_Smash.
  
• Fixed a soft lock that occurred when attempting to open the Attributes Window while selecting mode at the beginning of the game.