Monster Sanctuary News

Hello Monster Keepers,

We're excited to bring the second content update for Monster Sanctuary to Early Access! We welcome you to relax on the sandy shores of Horizon Beach!







As shown in our preview, Horizon Beach is an area featuring sandy shores, large underwater mazes and steep cliffs. Here is a breakdown of everything added:

• A new story arc revolving around a treasure hunt, featuring a new Keeper duel and a Champion fight against an ageless guardian of the deep.
  
• Eight new Monsters to collect, most of which are water themed. However, there's also the new Dodo mount and two new aerial Monsters with the new explore ability "Improved Flight" which allows you to reach higher places. We hope that you’ll enjoy collecting all these new Monsters!
  
• There’s also some new items and rare equipment to find in Horizon Beach. They're tough to find this time - make sure to check every corner and wall!
  
• The level cap of your Monsters has now been increased to 29.
  

To enter Horizon Beach, you will need to have finished the story arc of Sun Palace (because you need the special Monster that you gain at that point). The entrance to Horizon Beach is east from the Ancient Woods, which means you also need to open the doors that are blocked by the four elemental orbs.



Immediately at the entrance to Horizon Beach, you will find the Monster Farm - a place where you can safely let your Monsters stay and show them off in the open. Unlike the Monster army, you can pick up your Monsters again at any point you like by revisiting the Monster Farm. This will make the Monster menus much more manageable, plus who doesn’t want to be able to show off their Monster’s?



We've made some slight adjustments to the Infinity Arena mode:

• There is now a limit in the Infinity Arena how often you can use Phoenix Tear per battle (5 times).
  
• You get all your consumables you used back after the run.
  
• The rewards have been changed.
  
• The pool of random Monsters now depends on the highest Monster level the player possesses.
  

There are also many smaller changes, which we have divided into "Minor feature updates", "Balancing changes" and "Bugfixes".

Minor feature updates:

• Sycophantom and Kanko have a new explore ability: "Ghostform".
  
• Magmamoth has the new "Sonic Assault" attack now.
  
• Sizzle Knight has a new passive skill: "Blinding Sunlight".
  
• There is only one kind of Level Badge now; it can be used on any Monster which is at least 2 levels below your highest Monster. All previous Level Badges got replaced with the new one.
  
• Unique equipment items now have a yellow outline.
  
  

Balancing:

• First Impact damage reduced to 30% (from 40%)
  
• All dodge chances are now calculated multiplicative with each other (two times 10% dodge chance now results in a 19% dodge chance)
  
• Blacksmithing value increased to 15% (from 10%)
  
• Eternal Heart values increased to 12% (from 10%)
  
• Mana Conflux required Mana reduced to 100 (from 120)
  
• Shadow Proc damage value increased to 60% (from 50%)
  
• Combo Potion now heals for 6x100 (instead of 5x100)
  
• Fatal Upkeep now increases the damage of Poison, Burn and Congeal by 15% (from 20% damage boost for Poison and Burn only).
  
  

Bugfixes:

• We have implemented a system that creates backup save files - for the rare cases when a save file becomes corrupted.
  

We hope you’ll enjoy exploring the new area, collecting the new Monsters and finding all the new hidden items and equipment. Oh, and finally having a home for your monsters and the ability to show them off to the world!

We are eager to hear your feedback on everything that’s been introduced with the new area, here on the Steam forums or on our Discord channel: Come say hi!

Hello Monster Keepers,

Today we bring you a special preview for an upcoming content update for Monster Sanctuary!





Welcome to Horizon Beach! The next update will add an entire new area to the game, featuring eight new Monsters, a new story arc, a new Keeper duel, and more! One of these upcoming Monsters is the Dodo - a flightless tropical bird, which is another mountable Monster. They're also great support Monsters with "Multi Sidekick" and many other heal and buff-oriented skills.



As you would guess, Horizon Beach will feature many large underwater rooms and mazes. You will face off against many new water-based enemies, introducing new water elemental attacks and many new skills. Some of these new skills utilize and improve the "Might" and "Sorcery" buffs.



Horizon Beach offers more than sandy shores and underwater caves - there are also steep cliffs to climb and explore. On these cliffs, you can find two new aerial Monsters that are capable of "Improved Flight", lifting you much higher than other flying Monsters do. You will need to get one of these new aerial Monsters to reach all the new areas.


The update is just on the horizon - watch steam and our socials for the release announcement! We hope you're excited to explore the sunny sands, deep waters and steep cliffs of Horizon Beach!

Hey Monster Keepers!

Happy Halloween!

In the festive spirit we will be spotlighting a scary looking monster that you will be able to find in-game very soon. So, get your keeper notes ready to be prepared to battle and hatch one of your own!

Don’t get caught in its icy gaze.

Nautilids are blue-blooded, have multiple hearts and may shoot clouds of ink to blind their foes. They have also developed a set of other defence mechanisms that aid them against all types of predators.

Its unnerving "face" is more like a mask: a thick, bony plate which protects its actual face. When it wants to eat, it must lift its mask.

Originally the Nautalids were bio-engineered to be foot soldiers in a bid for world domination however, these monsters are no longer thralls of their masters and can now be found in the wild.

The Nautilid is a versatile monster the has many active skills including: Acid Rain, Whirlpool, Slime Shot, Shadow Grasp, Voltage, Charge Power, Sorcery, Psychokinesis and Arcane Shield.

Here is a sneak peak of its skill tree:



To add a Nautilid to your party plus get the full bio and lore, you’ll just have to wait for the upcoming update!

Thanks for reading keepers, next week we will be revealing even more of the content that is coming soon!

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