The Great Gaias News

[p]Today marks the release of The Great Gaias: Lord of Sorcery, a full story-driven DLC expansion. Step into the role of Virgil Mythos as he embraces vengeance, forbidden magic, and the teachings of the legendary Zacharael. Witness his transformation into the Lord of Sorcery, and then return to your main party to tackle the brutal Impossible Arena Challenge.[/p][p][/p][p]Update 8/22/2025 – The Great Gaias[/p][p]We’re excited to share a major update alongside the release of our expansion, The Lord of Sorcery! This patch includes a long list of bug fixes, quality-of-life improvements, and balance changes that have been building up behind the scenes.[/p][hr][/hr][p]Bug Fixes[/p]

• [p]Corrected numerous grammatical errors across the game.[/p]
• [p]Tough Ring now displays with the proper coloring.[/p]
• [p]Stat growth items are now properly blocked once a prime attribute reaches 999.[/p]
• [p]Tsunami will now correctly reduce Dexterity instead of Willpower.[/p]
• [p]Enemy battler Cole will now properly appear as an Archer.[/p]

[hr][/hr][p]Quality of Life Improvements[/p]

• [p]Added more robust checks to prevent multiple instances of the game from running, reducing memory usage.[/p]
• [p]Quest data is now validated on every game load to prevent inconsistencies.[/p]
• [p]Optimized core code structure, significantly reducing loading screen times throughout the game.[/p]

[hr][/hr][p]Game Balance Changes[/p]

• [p]Clear Mind now removes Fear and Nightmare.[/p]
• [p]Changing Sword Forms as Valdraek now grants 10 AP (reduced from 20).[/p]
• [p]Wrath of God now requires 50 AP to use.[/p]
• [p]Certain buff states can now bypass the standard 999 stat cap, reaching up to 9,999.[/p]
• [p]Charm Bracelet now correctly protects against Burn, Blight, Overheat, and Freeze.[/p]
• [p]Mana is now capped at 999.[/p]
• [p]Hezerac's Vial now protects against all status effects.[/p]
• [p]Vaccine now also removes Zombie status.[/p]
• [p]All magic spells and physically infused magic skills now break the damage limit.[/p]
• [p]Mighty Blow can now break the damage limit.[/p]
• [p]Call Airship skill can now break the damage limit.[/p]
• [p]Raging Strike can now break the damage limit.[/p]
• [p]Kame Hame Ha can now break the damage limit.[/p]
• [p]Kame Hame Ha MP cost has been slightly increased.[/p]

[hr][/hr][p]New Content[/p]

• [p]Added new Luck-increasing food item: Century Egg.[/p]

[hr][/hr][p]This update paves the way for the launch of The Lord of Sorcery expansion, and we can’t wait to share what’s next. Thank you for continuing to support The Great Gaias, your feedback and passion help keep the world alive.[/p]

Bug Fixes
Fixed a minor pathing issue in Osiris where NPCs could walk onto one tile of the tailor shop wall.

QoL Improvements
Emanation now displays the proper icon.
States that raise or lower your Attributes now list the % in the battle status screen.

Game Balance Changes
Blessing of Tantalasia now protects against Ensnare.

A huge shoutout to Euphoniac for the extensive bug report in our discussion forum! Thanks to your detailed feedback, I was able to track down and squash some tricky, hard-to-find issues, making The Great Gaias even more polished. Your support means a lot, thank you!

Bug Fixes
Can no longer skip the Orgard camp trigger by walking south.
Can no longer skip the 2nd dialog trigger in the Celestial Realm.
Can no longer skip Lost Cove trigger by navigating mountains.
You can no longer leave the Necromancers area without collecting the Necromancers Gem.
Removed old pre-release text event in Alme.
The Orgard Teleporter inside the Sorbithian Lexicron now works as intended.
If Gerard teaches Atrius Mug it will no longer take 10,000 gold off your party.
Players should no longer be able to duplicate Pots’ Legendary gear.
Players can no longer get a duplicate of Armans’ Helm.
Tharonar will no longer appear in the Spire of Whispering Wind after the Battle of the Blighted Lands.
You can no longer escape the Azrael fight in Orgard if you approach him.
You can no longer bypass the second Valdraek fight wipe by equipping Rings of Rebirth.
You can no longer press the shift key to enter the small boat (canoe).


QoL Improvements
Added Immunity text over enemies (who are immune) when player tries to apply status ailments.
Elaenia will now remove all her equipment when selecting that option in the TGG Map.
Adelle and Laeni now have their names properly appear in the Osirian Arena if they are unlocked.
Added more landing locations for the Airship.
Optimized the Quest Journal code to reduce stuttering on longer questlines.
Cleaned up some cutscene animations when it comes to NPC fading.
Added Valdraek dialog to give a warning to players that they will be stuck in Ilbed after purchasing the Sea Chart.

Game Balance Changes
Lowered the AP cost of Full-Sunder from 100 to 60.

Bug Fixes
Fixed an instance where the players could kill Grindelwald faster than his forms could change.
Fixed a potential issue with high refresh monitors and how exp fills the victory screen gauge.
Corrected a window placement in the item screen that could cover up the 4th party members portrait.
Adjusted word wrap placement of description text in crafting window.

Bug Fixes
Fixed some typos

QoL Improvements
You can now fine tune volume control by 1% increments
Optimized memory usage