Let's Try Something
[p]There have been a dozen or so rapid fire updates since the last post. This time, we're pushing the world state forward just a little bit to allow for Rabbit's Foot and Phoenix Ash completion, even if you've progressed into the Orc War story. [/p][p]Please note that while Captain Reynolds references meeting up in Frost Forest, this part of the questline is not yet ready and the Quest Log also makes note of this. This patch is purely for allowing access back into Auria and Lvell during the Orc War.[/p][p]Here are the notes, in order, of everything that's happened in the previous 8 game updates since the last post. These generally affect end and postgame content. Highlights: Zodiac Overwatch is finished with an achievement for each boss plus a crazy good accessory & Lvell/Auria can be opened again during the Orc War to allow Hunter Lodge achievement progress. [/p][p][/p][p]6.8.5.0 \[Build #193, Release Date: November 14, 2025][/p][p]New: - The "Rest Well Earned" quest can now be advanced by returning to Ruby's House[/p][p]Fixes:
- Fixed a passability issue on the Rabbit's Foot tileset.
- Fixed an issue where experience would be rewarded for "Standby" before other characters returned to the party.
- Pet Guide is no longer considered "consumable" and won't disappear if the pet is not in the party.
- Fixed an achievement issue with the Colosseum Anura raid.
- Talking to either of the Phoenix Ash NPCs after completing their quest chain will run the achievement check in Port Reception.[/p][p]Updates & Changes:
- Crossbolt now benefits additionally from five times the total amount of Sacrificed Electric Power in addition to its other effects.
- Adjusted the layout of the Veil Trials and fixed #1's exit point.
- Corrected the text of the Event rift Reaper in the Awoken Veil.
- Fixed terrain issues inside Ruby's House.
- Lightningstrike now hits twice.
- Bolt Cutter now hits three times.[/p][p][/p][p]6.8.5.2 \[Build #193-X, Release Date: November 14, 2025]
New:
- Functionality and achievements added for the remainder of the Zodiac Overwatch.[/p][p]Fixes:
- Zodiac Whistle now teleports Ruby to the correct instance of the Zodiac Overwatch.
- Prevented warp travel in the Zodiac Overwatch when criteria wasn't met.[/p][p]Updates & Changes:
- Zodiac Vendor will now exchange Astral Coins for Astral Tokens in the 'Other' shop.
- Zodiac Vendor will now exchange Small EXP tokens into Medium, and Medium into Large in the 'Other' shop.
- Zodiac teleporters can now warp to the entrance. The entrance can now warp to Wing 1.
- Greatly increased the drop rate of Capricorn's gear.[/p][p]6.8.5.3 \[Build #193-X, Release Date: November 15, 2025]
Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where Lightningstrike and Bolt Cutter would not hit the target the correct amount of times.[/p][p][/p][p]6.8.5.4 \[Build #193-X, Release Date: November 15, 2025]
Fixes:
- Optional boss in Scarlet Fire rift is now accessible.
- Additional achievement trigger for Bloodlust Manor added in case the first fails & reorganized the first to be more stable.
- Fixed the entry tile to Bloodlust Manor after the event is complete. [/p][p]Updates & Changes:
- The Warden no longer references unused Rifts and the remaining 3 rifts have been scrapped.
- All achievements are visible even if incomplete.
- Greatly increased drop rates from Scarlet Fire bosses.
- Scarlet Fire and Rift Anura bosses now have the passive Boss state.[/p][p][/p][p]6.8.5.5 \[Build #193-X, Release Date: November 15, 2025]
Notes:
- This update is mostly about restructuring the Disassembly Pool and Augmentation. Because each Armor and Weapon is counted as a unique item as opposed to a Stack, these changes only affect newly acquired gear. Gear acquired before this update will not reflect these changes, as their data is stored locally on your save file rather than referencing the game database.
- The data surrounding exactly what was changed will be too great and specific to document, but the overall goal is to reduce the amount of instances that a player would want to save their game, commit a series of actions, then reload if the result was bad.
- While Armor and Weapons see their disassemble pools completely revamped, the Disassembly Pool of Items will not be changed. The number of items in the game files outweighs Weapons and Armor expontentially and disassembly is only currently available on throwaway, sellable, and low value Items as it is. [/p][p]Disassembly Updates & Changes:
- Many Armor which previously had 0 Upgrade Slots now have exactly 1 and can not roll with more or less. Very few items remain with forced 0 slots.
- The NPC in the Awoken Veil who cycled Hallows Gear and sold Moderate Tool Kits no longer cycles gear and sells the Moderate Tool Kit for 50G and 1 Pit Coin, down from 1000G/0PC. They also now sell the Great, Mega, and Ultra tool kits for 250G/2PC, 500/3PC, and 1000G/4PC respectively.[/p][p]Misc Updates & Changes:
- The achievement checker NPC in the Veil has been removed. By my estimation, this NPC has existed since August 2022. The world state has changed significantly enough that if you had earned the achievements but they didn't pop on Steam via a bug in early 2022, replaying the game to earn them legitimately today is the right thing to do here in 2025.
- The Awoken Veil NPC who sold Hallows gear no longer sells ++ weapons, which are now offered via Team HH in Brandywine Forest instead.
- Found unfinished data for Zodiac weapons, finished it, then added it to the Zodiac boss loot tables. While not noted in the tooltip, each of these weapons has 12% Barrier Penetration.
- EXP Tokens now offer to use all of them rather than having to use them individually.
- The Zodiac Overwatch NPC now offers to merge EXP Tokens into larger ones at no cost via his shop.[/p][p]6.8.5.6 \[Build #193-X, Release Date: November 16, 2025]
Fixes:
- Fixed the tooltip and effects of newly acquired Corrupted Catalysts.[/p][p]Updates & Changes:
- Significantly increased the drop rate of important items from Veil Trial Boss #4.
- Removed the Challenge Level based despawn for bosses in the Veil Trials, relying on the Erase Event to function to protect players from duplicate battles. This will prevent gaming the system to skip bosses, but also allows for saving inside the Trials arenas since the Challenge Level is no longer a relevant factor in the boss despawning. It also increases the probability slightly that boss will trigger its battle a second time
- In addition to Challenge Level ascending on victories and being saved on defeats, it is also directly set to the maximum intended number upon using the exit warp even if save/reloading was used to artificially extend the CL beyond its normal maximum. Please note that achievement checks are run after the boss fights, not every time the CL increases.
- Zodiac Overwatch is no longer save restricted.
- Rift An'ura is no longer save restricted.
- Scarlet Fire is no longer save restricted.
- A new warning has been placed on the entrance rifts to areas that are no longer save restricted.[/p][p]Notes, Known Issues & Other:
- This update seeks to remove save restrictions in long gauntlet or raid style areas by changing the way progress is measured without disrupting the overall integrity of the events.
- There is a very small chance for fieldspawn battles (the ones you can see before the fight begins) to cause a second roll of the dice and subsequent battle from a single unit. There is an even smaller chance for this to happen on Player Touch boss battles, particularly in the Veil Trials. Due to how cumbersome the project file has become and the 'desire to crash' talked about in previous updates, nothing can truly be done to repair this - but it speaks volumes as to why this project needs to wrap up sooner than later.
- Saving and reloading inside a Veil Trial or Colosseum Rift will respawn all previously defeated enemies whose progress function relies on Erase Event, which is most of the non-boss enemies. With this update, I have chosen to allow the players their own discretion regarding boxing themselves into a high level area.[/p][p][/p][p]6.9.0.0 \[Build #194, Release Date: November 17, 2025]
New:
- By speaking to Captain Reynolds in Port Reception, another quest become available to increment the world state to its final version before the end of the main campaign releases. Ruby will need to acquire special powers to return Lvell and Auria to their previous states. Luckily, some of the Lvellan residents can help[/p][p]Updates & Changes:
- Herbs for Clarence can now be completed at any point as long as Ruby has access to this part of Auria.
- Stun is now removed by damage 20% of the time, down from 50%, and adds turns when reapplied instead of resetting them.
- The hidden Neko in Market Town now teaches Alex a different spell if she already knows Resurrection, and teaches a subsequent spell after that.
- Officer Rose will react to the Rabbit's Foot quest at the Lvell Soldiers Outpost, but if this is done after the Orc War world state incrementation, then a huge chunk of the dialogue is left off to keep the conversation making sense. [/p][p]Notes, Known Issues & Other:
- Once the world state is incremented via quest progression, it is not possible to visit previous versions.
- The Rabbit's Foot becomes accessible again via world state progression.
- The Phoenix Ash becomes accessible again via world state progression.
- Due to the world state progression, some incomplete quests may become inaccessible or unstable. You should report these ASAP here on the Steam forums.[/p][p][/p][p]6.9.0.1 - Emergency Fix for the Port Reception event. This build is deployed but the Info tab doesn't change from 6.9.0.0 yet. Also, the item Officer Rose gives to Ruby is in the inventory as a Hidden Item, but does not yet function as described until the next bigger update.[/p][p][/p][p]6.9.0.2 adds functionality for that item in Port Reception from Officer Rose. Any further updates beyond this will get their own post.[/p]
- Fixed a passability issue on the Rabbit's Foot tileset.
- Fixed an issue where experience would be rewarded for "Standby" before other characters returned to the party.
- Pet Guide is no longer considered "consumable" and won't disappear if the pet is not in the party.
- Fixed an achievement issue with the Colosseum Anura raid.
- Talking to either of the Phoenix Ash NPCs after completing their quest chain will run the achievement check in Port Reception.[/p][p]Updates & Changes:
- Crossbolt now benefits additionally from five times the total amount of Sacrificed Electric Power in addition to its other effects.
- Adjusted the layout of the Veil Trials and fixed #1's exit point.
- Corrected the text of the Event rift Reaper in the Awoken Veil.
- Fixed terrain issues inside Ruby's House.
- Lightningstrike now hits twice.
- Bolt Cutter now hits three times.[/p][p][/p][p]6.8.5.2 \[Build #193-X, Release Date: November 14, 2025]
New:
- Functionality and achievements added for the remainder of the Zodiac Overwatch.[/p][p]Fixes:
- Zodiac Whistle now teleports Ruby to the correct instance of the Zodiac Overwatch.
- Prevented warp travel in the Zodiac Overwatch when criteria wasn't met.[/p][p]Updates & Changes:
- Zodiac Vendor will now exchange Astral Coins for Astral Tokens in the 'Other' shop.
- Zodiac Vendor will now exchange Small EXP tokens into Medium, and Medium into Large in the 'Other' shop.
- Zodiac teleporters can now warp to the entrance. The entrance can now warp to Wing 1.
- Greatly increased the drop rate of Capricorn's gear.[/p][p]6.8.5.3 \[Build #193-X, Release Date: November 15, 2025]
Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where Lightningstrike and Bolt Cutter would not hit the target the correct amount of times.[/p][p][/p][p]6.8.5.4 \[Build #193-X, Release Date: November 15, 2025]
Fixes:
- Optional boss in Scarlet Fire rift is now accessible.
- Additional achievement trigger for Bloodlust Manor added in case the first fails & reorganized the first to be more stable.
- Fixed the entry tile to Bloodlust Manor after the event is complete. [/p][p]Updates & Changes:
- The Warden no longer references unused Rifts and the remaining 3 rifts have been scrapped.
- All achievements are visible even if incomplete.
- Greatly increased drop rates from Scarlet Fire bosses.
- Scarlet Fire and Rift Anura bosses now have the passive Boss state.[/p][p][/p][p]6.8.5.5 \[Build #193-X, Release Date: November 15, 2025]
Notes:
- This update is mostly about restructuring the Disassembly Pool and Augmentation. Because each Armor and Weapon is counted as a unique item as opposed to a Stack, these changes only affect newly acquired gear. Gear acquired before this update will not reflect these changes, as their data is stored locally on your save file rather than referencing the game database.
- The data surrounding exactly what was changed will be too great and specific to document, but the overall goal is to reduce the amount of instances that a player would want to save their game, commit a series of actions, then reload if the result was bad.
- While Armor and Weapons see their disassemble pools completely revamped, the Disassembly Pool of Items will not be changed. The number of items in the game files outweighs Weapons and Armor expontentially and disassembly is only currently available on throwaway, sellable, and low value Items as it is. [/p][p]Disassembly Updates & Changes:
- Many Armor which previously had 0 Upgrade Slots now have exactly 1 and can not roll with more or less. Very few items remain with forced 0 slots.
- The NPC in the Awoken Veil who cycled Hallows Gear and sold Moderate Tool Kits no longer cycles gear and sells the Moderate Tool Kit for 50G and 1 Pit Coin, down from 1000G/0PC. They also now sell the Great, Mega, and Ultra tool kits for 250G/2PC, 500/3PC, and 1000G/4PC respectively.[/p][p]Misc Updates & Changes:
- The achievement checker NPC in the Veil has been removed. By my estimation, this NPC has existed since August 2022. The world state has changed significantly enough that if you had earned the achievements but they didn't pop on Steam via a bug in early 2022, replaying the game to earn them legitimately today is the right thing to do here in 2025.
- The Awoken Veil NPC who sold Hallows gear no longer sells ++ weapons, which are now offered via Team HH in Brandywine Forest instead.
- Found unfinished data for Zodiac weapons, finished it, then added it to the Zodiac boss loot tables. While not noted in the tooltip, each of these weapons has 12% Barrier Penetration.
- EXP Tokens now offer to use all of them rather than having to use them individually.
- The Zodiac Overwatch NPC now offers to merge EXP Tokens into larger ones at no cost via his shop.[/p][p]6.8.5.6 \[Build #193-X, Release Date: November 16, 2025]
Fixes:
- Fixed the tooltip and effects of newly acquired Corrupted Catalysts.[/p][p]Updates & Changes:
- Significantly increased the drop rate of important items from Veil Trial Boss #4.
- Removed the Challenge Level based despawn for bosses in the Veil Trials, relying on the Erase Event to function to protect players from duplicate battles. This will prevent gaming the system to skip bosses, but also allows for saving inside the Trials arenas since the Challenge Level is no longer a relevant factor in the boss despawning. It also increases the probability slightly that boss will trigger its battle a second time
- In addition to Challenge Level ascending on victories and being saved on defeats, it is also directly set to the maximum intended number upon using the exit warp even if save/reloading was used to artificially extend the CL beyond its normal maximum. Please note that achievement checks are run after the boss fights, not every time the CL increases.
- Zodiac Overwatch is no longer save restricted.
- Rift An'ura is no longer save restricted.
- Scarlet Fire is no longer save restricted.
- A new warning has been placed on the entrance rifts to areas that are no longer save restricted.[/p][p]Notes, Known Issues & Other:
- This update seeks to remove save restrictions in long gauntlet or raid style areas by changing the way progress is measured without disrupting the overall integrity of the events.
- There is a very small chance for fieldspawn battles (the ones you can see before the fight begins) to cause a second roll of the dice and subsequent battle from a single unit. There is an even smaller chance for this to happen on Player Touch boss battles, particularly in the Veil Trials. Due to how cumbersome the project file has become and the 'desire to crash' talked about in previous updates, nothing can truly be done to repair this - but it speaks volumes as to why this project needs to wrap up sooner than later.
- Saving and reloading inside a Veil Trial or Colosseum Rift will respawn all previously defeated enemies whose progress function relies on Erase Event, which is most of the non-boss enemies. With this update, I have chosen to allow the players their own discretion regarding boxing themselves into a high level area.[/p][p][/p][p]6.9.0.0 \[Build #194, Release Date: November 17, 2025]
New:
- By speaking to Captain Reynolds in Port Reception, another quest become available to increment the world state to its final version before the end of the main campaign releases. Ruby will need to acquire special powers to return Lvell and Auria to their previous states. Luckily, some of the Lvellan residents can help[/p][p]Updates & Changes:
- Herbs for Clarence can now be completed at any point as long as Ruby has access to this part of Auria.
- Stun is now removed by damage 20% of the time, down from 50%, and adds turns when reapplied instead of resetting them.
- The hidden Neko in Market Town now teaches Alex a different spell if she already knows Resurrection, and teaches a subsequent spell after that.
- Officer Rose will react to the Rabbit's Foot quest at the Lvell Soldiers Outpost, but if this is done after the Orc War world state incrementation, then a huge chunk of the dialogue is left off to keep the conversation making sense. [/p][p]Notes, Known Issues & Other:
- Once the world state is incremented via quest progression, it is not possible to visit previous versions.
- The Rabbit's Foot becomes accessible again via world state progression.
- The Phoenix Ash becomes accessible again via world state progression.
- Due to the world state progression, some incomplete quests may become inaccessible or unstable. You should report these ASAP here on the Steam forums.[/p][p][/p][p]6.9.0.1 - Emergency Fix for the Port Reception event. This build is deployed but the Info tab doesn't change from 6.9.0.0 yet. Also, the item Officer Rose gives to Ruby is in the inventory as a Hidden Item, but does not yet function as described until the next bigger update.[/p][p][/p][p]6.9.0.2 adds functionality for that item in Port Reception from Officer Rose. Any further updates beyond this will get their own post.[/p]