Aotenjo: Infinite Hands News

1. Added a new batch of Artifacts:
   
   • “Porcelain Artifacts”: Porcelain Spear, Bodhi Seed, Porcelain Fish, Mysterious Scroll
     
   • “Universal Artifacts”: Diabolo, Ancient Scripture,Amethyst Amulet
     
2. Added four new ascension difficulties: Plum, Long, Board, and Axe.
   
3. New Feature - Shift Key Shortcut: Hold the Shift key to quickly view the fu (points) of all your tiles, as well as their remaining quantity in the deck.
   
4. New Tooltip:
   -When activating a pattern, the game will now display its corresponding pattern category.
   -A visual counter has been added for the Artifact "Censer".
   -All tile keywords now feature hover-over text for easier understanding.
   -The Artifact "Star Ring" now shows the description of the last completed set in its tooltip.
   

1. Winning on Goose difficulty will unlock all ascension levels up to Goose for all other decks
   
2. Artifact “Indigo Pen”: Trigger chance adjusted from 1/2 to 1/3.
3. Artifact “Observer”: Effect adjusted to “After scoring, Fu +{5} for each scoring effect triggered by this Play. ”
   
4. Artifact “Burning Pact”: Effect adjusted to gain bonuses based on the sum of points of all Tiles, rather than only the Tiles in the Wall.
   
5. Artifact “Demon Statue”: Effect adjusted to, when purifying a Corrupted Tile, turn it into a Non-Simple Tile with a chance of being turned into a Demon Tile.
   
6. Tile material “Mo”: Effect changed from discarding three tiles randomly in hand to five tiles randomly.
   
7. Artifact Kaleidoscope's rarity has been adjusted from Rare to Epic.
   
8. Artifact Copper Mirror's effect has been adjusted: Instead of +60 Fu per mirror pair, it now grants +40 Fu.
   
9. Artifact Lightning Orb's effect has been corrected: It no longer mistakenly gives enhanced tiles special colors.
   
10. The base money reward per round has been adjusted from 5 to 4.
    

1. Fixed the bug where the artifact “Ink Bottle” couldn’t increase Fu through other decolorizing methods.
   
2. Fixed the bug where “Mysterious Porcelain” tiles couldn’t be correctly seen as transformed tiles by artifacts and tiles of other materials.
   
3. Fixed an issue where the Flower Tile: Painting effect was resetting after loading a save file.
   
4. Fixed an issue where the Star Ring artifact would cause the game to freeze when recording sets modified by gadgets.
   
5. Fixed an issue where the Bloodstained Film artifact and Blue and White Porcelain tile would cause the game to freeze when used together.
   
6. Fixed an issue where the Invitation Letter artifact would cause the game to freeze when the round ended without playing any tiles.
   
7. Fixed an issue where the Mo tile interacted incorrectly with many artifacts, causing the game to freeze.
   
8. Fixed an issue where the Brush artifact would always trigger its effect on fading tiles.
   
9. Fixed an issue where the "View Tile" button would become unusually large for no apparent reason.
   
10. Fixed an issue where the game would freeze if the hand tile multiplier exceeded the maximum limit.
    
11. Fixed an issue where the "Kong" button was displayed behind the "Deck" button.
    

1. Artifact "Burning Contract": Adjusted the trigger conditions from 500/350/200/100 remaining points to 500/300/150/1.
2. Artifact "Observer": Adjusted the trigger conditions from 25/40/60 points to 25/50/80 points.
   
3. Location "Malice-Sawmill": The threshold for triggering price increases from 110/90/70 tiles has been adjusted to 120/90/70 tiles.
   

1. Fixed a bug where the SJ-6 Mahjong Tile Power Booster couldn’t be used on copper tiles that were treated as regular tiles.
   
2. Fixed a bug where the Artifact "Ghostly Blue Brush" caused tiles to be re-colored on green tiles multiple times.
   
3. Fixed a bug where the Artifact "Observer" would lose its observation data from the previous round after a save/load.
   
4. Fixed a bug where the Artifact "Dragon Slayer Codex" wouldn’t properly upgrade patterns in some cases.
   
5. Fixed a bug where the Flower Tile: Qin lost its saved effect after a save/load.
   
6. Fixed a bug where the Bone Porcelain Tile couldn’t properly display tooltip text in the English language version.
   
7. Fixed a bug where the Dream Eater Tile caused the game to freeze when paired with the Lightning Talisman artifact in certain cases.
   
8. Fixed a bug where players couldn’t unlock the Lucky Mahjong Deck under certain conditions.
   
9. Fixed a bug where the route selection panel displayed incorrectly in certain cases.
   
10. Fixed a bug where the tooltips in the game’s tips section didn’t show the correct text.
    
11. Fixed several localization text issues.
    

After the huge success of Balatro in 2024, we've seen several other adaptations of popular games into a similar roguelike format. One that speaks to my particular sensibilities is Aotenjo: Infinite Hands, a mahjong take on score-multiplying mayhem. Along with being a fun twist on the familiar game, its single-player spin makes it a good way to learn the basics of mahjong if you've always been perplexed by its ruleset. Now, a new Aotenjo update makes it an even more appealing proposition, reducing the risk of bad luck ruining your run and helping you climb the difficulty curve more gradually.

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• Flawless: The effect that halves the multiplier of hands missing a specific pattern category (Wind, Forest, Fire, Mountain) has been temporarily removed. We plan to reintroduce this challenge in higher difficulty settings where it will be a known endgame boss rather than an unexpected hurdle for newer players.
  
• Colorless: The previous effect of "all tiles fade when played" was too universally punishing. It has now been permanently removed and replaced with a new effect that provides a more strategic challenge specifically targeting red-themed builds.
  
• Heartless: Its effect has been changed from "all non-terminal pair tiles corrupt when played" to "if your pair tile is not a terminal, this play is corrupted." This adjustment allows for more strategic play without arbitrarily punishing all builds.
  

1. New Artifacts: Added "Observer," "Dragon Codex," "Travel Bag," "Indigo Pen," "Burning Pact," and more.
   
2. Stage Details Panel: Players can now view their current game progress both in and out of rounds, including upcoming boss restrictions (click the stage name to view details).
   
3. In-game Tips for New Players: Added tips in Zhou's Store to help players understand the system quicker.
   
4. Hold-to-Skip Toggle: A new setting to prevent accidental skipping or double-taps.
   
5. Stackable Artifact Counters: Artifacts that accumulate stacks now display their current count directly on their icons.
   

1. The game will now continue running when minimized.
   
2. Ultra-wide screen support added—UI and hand displays are now properly aligned.
   
3. Previously undiscovered patterns can now be viewed in the collections menu.
   
4. When owning the "Void Stele" Artifact, epic and legendary patterns successfully played will now be marked in the collections menu.
   

1. Flawless: Temporarily removed the effect that halves multipliers for missing pattern categories.
   
2. Unrest: Removed the effect that increases score targets by 40% for all subsequent rounds (Unrest can finally rest in peace).
   
3. Colorless: Removed the "all played tiles fade" effect.
   
4. Heartless: Adjusted corruption condition to only trigger if the pair tile is not a terminal.
   
5. Unyielding: Adjusted its effect from "each duplicate tile increases target score by 4%" to "each duplicate tile increases target score by 5%."
   
6. New Boss: "Unred" - Tiles containing red will now increase the target score by 6% when played.
   

1. 3D Glasses: Rarity downgraded from Rare → Common.
   
2. Copper Pocket Watch: Rarity downgraded from Rare → Common.
   
3. Demon Statue: Rarity downgraded from Epic → Rare.
   
4. Pruner: Effect changed from "permanently reduces 3 symbols each use" → "permanently reduces 2 symbols each use."
   
5. Collector's Amulet: Multiplier increased from x0.75 → x1.0.
   
6. Corrupted Crystal Ball: Bonus per Nest Tile increased from x0.05 → x0.1.
   
7. Fire Axe: New Effect - Grants an additional 80 symbols if it provides 20x or more multiplier.
   
8. Copper Dagger: Bonus per bronze item increased from 25 symbols → 30 symbols.
   
9. Brush: Recoloring chance increased from 1/13 → 1/8, now capable of restoring color to faded tiles.
   
10. Guzheng: Now removes all negative effects from previously played tiles instead of only the currently playing tile.
    
11. Pirate Chest: Now prevents further accumulation of pirate coins when full.
    
12. Agate Dagger: Bonus per agate tile increased from x0.05 → x0.1.
    
13. Tricolor Flower: Effect increased from +2x multiplier per trigger → +3x.
    
14. Kaleidoscope: Multiplier increased from x2 → x3.
    
15. Shredder: Improved rewards when deleting epic/legendary patterns.
    
16. Frog Amulet: Reworked Effect - Discarding a non-simple tile now destroys it (limit: 3 times per round).
    
17. Vermilion Bird Fan: Reworked Effect - Expended Artifacts grant a x2 multiplier to hands, and depleted non-consumable items grant a x1.2 multiplier.
    💬Dev：The original design encouraged players to discard all items early, lowering game adaptability. The new version retains the "Empty Castle" concept while fostering synergy with more Artifacts and items.
18. We have also increased the rate of finding rare Artifacts in East Wind Circle Liulang Hall.
    

1. [Buffed] All Five, All Big-Medium-Small base/bonus values: 48/36 → 64/48
   Reason: Adjusted to match other epic-level comprehensive patterns.
   
2. [Nerfed] Seven Pairs growth value: 48 → 24
   💬Dev：Reducing its overpowered mid-game performance, encouraging players to mix it with other patterns for specialized builds.
3. [Buffed] Symmetrical Tiles bonus value: 24 → 32
4. [Adjusted] All Terminals And Honors base/bonus values: 32/32 → 36/24
   Reason: Strengthened early-game performance while reducing abnormal upgrade scaling.
   
5. [Buffed] Small Four Winds base value: 108 → 128
   Reason: Adjusted to match other four-meld patterns.
   
6. [Buffed] Three Triplets bonus value: 6 → 8
   💬Dev：While triplet-based patterns shouldn’t scale as well as sequence-based ones, the previous growth rate of 6 points per level was too weak compared to other blue-tier patterns. This update compensates by improving the growth value of high-rarity triplet patterns, ensuring they remain dominant when fully built.
7. [Buffed] Four Triplets bonus value: 24 → 32
8. [Buffed] Three Kans bonus value: 24 → 32
9. [Buffed] Tile Hog+ base value: 12 → 16
10. [Buffed] Three Dragons Pairs base value: 48 → 68
11. [Buffed] Thirteen Orphans upgrade bonus: 188 → 248
    Reason: Compensating for the low base value due to its lack of synergy with other patterns.
    
12. [Buffed] Mixed/Pure Double Sequence, Short Straight, All Sequences upgrade bonus: 1.5 → 2 Reason: Strengthening the growth potential of the "Book of the Forest" pattern pack and improving mid-game curve for sequence-based builds.
13. [Adjusted] Twice Pure Double Sequence base/upgrade bonus: 48/68 → 68/48
    Reason: Preventing an excessively large jump from Lv.1 to Lv.2.
    
14. [Buffed] Pure Triple Sequences base value: 58 → 68
15. [Buffed] Three-Suited Terminal Sequences Meeting upgrade bonus: 88 → 128
    Reason: Rewarding the high-risk Twin Dragon strategy.
    
16. [Buffed] Half Flush upgrade bonus: 2 → 3
    Reason: Smoothing the mid-game transition for character/terminal flush builds.
    
17. [Buffed] Mirror Triplets base/upgrade bonus: 68/88 → 88/58
    Reason: Strengthening niche triplet-based strategies.
    
18. [Buffed] No Reds upgrade bonus: 16 → 24
    Reason: Adjusting to match standard rare patterns and reinforcing the Faded style.
    
19. [Buffed] Big Seven Stars base/upgrade bonus: 188/188 → 218/168
    Reason: Compensating for its lack of synergy with other patterns.
    
20. [Buffed] Ao no Domon base value: 48 → 68
    Reason: Adjusted to match its difficulty level.
    
21. [Nerfed] Three-Suited Character Sequences base/upgrade bonus: 68/48 → 58/38

1. [Buffed] A Pack of Tools Event: Now grants two random tools (previously three random gadgets).
   
2. [Buffed] Schemer Mahjong: Now grants 10 discard chances at East - East (Stage 1) as usual.
   
3. [Nerfed] Malice Sawmill: Increased card removal cost thresholds from 110/85/60 → 110/90/70 remaining tiles.
   Reason: Since the initial discard count per round has been increased by 5, this change balances the impact on smaller hands.
   
4. [Adjusted] Colorless Effect: -5 Fu → -3 Fu
5. [Adjusted] Corruption Effect: -0.5/-2/-4/-6 Fan → -1/-2/-6/-12 Fan
   💬Dev：Since Corruption can be easily cleansed by discarding, its penalty has been increased to balance its impact while improving the rewards from Demon Statues.
6. [Buffed] Bone Porcelain Tile: Maximum fan increase limit removed (previously capped at 20 fan).
   
7. [Buffed] Pink Porcelain Tile: Score multiplier per unique tile increased dynamically: +1 → +1/2/3/4 based on game progression.
   
8. [Buffed] Increased the chance of encountering rare gadgets in Treasure Shop.
9. [Buffed] Flower Tiles: Farming now permanently grants +10 Fu to the playing pair as well.

1. Fixed a bug where gadget usage count could go below 0.
   
2. Fixed an issue where the Marble Bag artifact could trigger incorrectly when holding duplicate circles.
   
3. Fixed a game-freezing bug caused by certain Boss interactions with Dream Eater tiles.
   
4. Fixed an issue where Dream Eater tiles interacted incorrectly with Corruption tiles, causing a freeze.
   
5. Fixed various display errors and localization mistakes.
   
6. Fixed a bug where Red Marker Pen caused display glitches when used with other gadgets.
   
7. Fixed an issue where discarding a tile under special conditions increased hand size.
8. Fixed multiple artifacts not providing real-time stat boosts as intended.
9. Fixed an issue where Frog Amulet interacted incorrectly with flower tiles.
   
10. Fixed a crash when storing more than 9 tiles in the Secret Pouch.
11. Fixed an issue where players couldn’t use the Eraser gadget with left-click after the final tile play.
12. Fixed a game-freezing bug when Flower Tile: Qin copied itself.
    
13. Fixed a bug where Firefighter Axe didn’t trigger properly after inheriting the "All Terminals" pattern.
14. Fixed a bug where players couldn’t play tiles correctly in Bamboo Mahjong under certain conditions.
15. Fixed a display issue where Tooth Extractor artifact failed to show proper values at high target scores.
16. Fixed an issue where Suppression effects continued past the Boss stage.
17. Fixed missing sound effects when Flower Tile: Fisher was played.
18. Fixed a bug where Gluttonous Tile didn’t consume correctly when paired with Silver Dog Chain artifact.
    
19. Fixed numerous localization and description errors.
    

We're likely to continue seeing more developers try mixing up classic games like Balatro did with Poker, and now we have Aotenjo: Infinite Hands aiming to do similar for Mahjong.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/mahjong-gets-the-balatro-treatment-with-aotenjo-infinite-hands/