Patch Notes – Version 1.2.0.0

Echoes of Creation – Version 1.2.0.0 Patch Notes

1 General

Update 1.2.0.0 is the second major milestone in the development of Echoes of Creation. The goal of a milestone update is to significantly extend the game with new content, but also to revisit existing features to improve them on a fundamental level in order to not only evolve the game into a substantially better state, but also one that feels entirely fresh.

This update is, without a doubt, the largest that Echoes has received so far, and I am excited for all of you to re-discover the game as you jump back in!

1.1 New Realm

Update 1.2.0.0 comes with the addition of a new realm: Realm 3

A realm is the place where the entirety of your gameplay progress is contained. When deciding to play on a new realm, all progress will be reset, and everyone has the opportunity for a fresh start on equal footing. Of course, however, you can keep playing on the realm that your current progress is bound to.

Opening new realms is what allows Echoes of Creation to evolve as a game, as doing this allows for the possibility of introducing large-scale changes to the game which, for example, may make existing items unattainable for new players, or rework parts of the game to a degree that existing characters become non-functional. A new realm also comes with the opportunity of discovering the new state of the game from the beginning, and the chance of competing for your placement on a fresh leaderboard.

It is important to mention that switching to a new realm only affects gameplay progress, meaning that any purchases such as inventory space, character slots, cosmetics, etc., as well as your Soul Essence in general, will be available on all new realms as well. The intention is that nothing which is directly tied to premium currency is ever lost.

Soul Essence spent on conversion to either Arcana or Favour will be refunded in the form of Fractured Soul Essence on new realms. Fractured Soul Essence is bound to that new realm, and can only be used for conversion to Arcana or Favour.

2 Character System & Offline Rewards

Several large-scale changes have been made to both the general character system and the way offline rewards are handled. The goal is to introduce more character slots in general and to enable all characters to gather offline rewards without exception while at the same time making sure that creating a multi-character setup does not feel mandatory for progression.

Added three save slots, and fully divided Non-Hardcore and Hardcore to use their own slot systems, resulting in a total of eight independent slots for each gamemode
Removed the previous active/inactive slot system which made only a certain number of characters eligible for offline rewards. Each character can now accumulate offline rewards, with the degree of rewards earned depending on the Offline Effectiveness of the save slot that character belongs to
Characters can now be moved to different save slots
Character slots now display the level of the character which belongs to it, its name, and its current inventory capacity
Offline rewards are now calculated for all characters of the selected gamemode when entering the character selection menu
The base amount of offline rewards has been increased by approximately 25%
Endgame offline reward scaling has been tuned to more realistically account for endgame difficulty scaling, resulting in substantially more rewards at high Nexus tiers

3 Endgame Expansion & Overhaul

The endgame has both been significantly overhauled and expanded in 1.2.0.0.

3.1 General Endgame Changes and Additions

The progression of post-campaign state is now shared between all characters within the same realm and gamemode. Once a character completes the campaign, it will gain access to this shared zone progress state within the Nexus and Crucible of Creation as well as the shared Nexus Skill Tree (For existing progress in previous Realms, this shared state is based on the character with currently highest progression in the selected gamemode)
Added a new endgame zone type which can be accessed after reaching a certain Floor within the Crucible: Manifested Echoes

3.2 Endgame Rebalance

The currently existing difficulty growth within the endgame has a strong focus on scaling enemy damage, leading to a disproportionate emphasis on requiring a character with highly powerful defences in order to have a chance to progress. In 1.2, the existing difficulty scaling within the Nexus and Crucible of Creation has been overhauled significantly with the goals of creating a more natural challenge curve and enabling a wider range of character archetypes to be viable.

Fully overhauled enemy stat growth within the Nexus and Crucible of Creation, adjusting growth rates, breakpoints, and more
Shifted a significant portion of damage growth of enemies in the endgame into life/survivability
Decoupled the growth in enemy regeneration from enemy life and adjusted its scaling to be less oppressive
Adjusted all multipliers gained to different rewards in the endgame to reflect changes made to enemy difficulty
Reduced the growth of item rarity in the endgame, and increased the growth of item quantity in the endgame to compensate for the loss

3.3 Crucible of Creation

The goals of these changes are to make the Crucible of Creation more rewarding to enter and progress through, and to improve the experience beyond Floor 50.

The Crucible now provides more rewards compared to the Nexus of Creation and grants twice as much Favour on successful Floor completion
Adjusted the drop rates of Crucible Keys at every tier to account for difficulty and rewards adjustments across the endgame
From Floors 51 onward, each Crucible checkpoint now consists of a single Floor (previously five)
Added a set of new, yet familiar foes to certain Floors above Floor 51 within the Crucible which are sure to provide a challenge!

3.4 Nexus Tree Rework

The Nexus Skill Tree has been renamed to the Nexus Tablet and has been rebuilt around shared progression and with the intent of enabling both more choice as well as increased flexibility.

The Nexus Tablet now contains a set of 50 nodes, allowing full allocation of the tree once the Crucible of Creation has been completed
Transformed almost all large nodes within the Tablet into multi-choice options
Reworked many existing Nexus Tablet skills, and added a set of entirely new effects
Added a set of loadouts to the Nexus Tablet, allowing you to switch between different allocation layouts at any time. One loadout is available by default, while two others can be unlocked through the use of Soul Essence
Improved the Nexus Tablet UI

4 Soulcores

Soulcores are an entirely new equipment type obtainable in the endgame. These items can enhance Class Passives and completely transform Class Masteries, adding a new layer of character customization.

Added 12 Soulcore base types
Added 30 alternate Mastery Effects which are accessible via Soulcores

5 Advanced Item Crafting

5.1 Item Enhancement

The goal of Item Enhancement is to provide a way for steady, incremental power gain during the endgame as well as a way to min-max your otherwise perfect gear. One major issue with the existing system is that the process of enhancing lacks satisfaction due to it having no meaningful stake.

1.2 aims to make this process more enjoyable by introducing a major change to the Item Enhancement system while adjusting success chances as well as attempt costs to accommodate this change.

Failure during Item Enhancement now reduces the item’s enhancement tier by one
Significantly increased the success chances of Item Enhancement across all tiers
Increased the cost of enhancing attempts across all tiers

5.2 Crafting Reagents

Added 37 crafting Reagents which allow you to greatly modify and steer the behavior of the next crafting operation for a cost. Reagents can be found from all enemies above level 80, and affect different crafting operations in different ways.

5.3 Other Crafting Changes

The cost of Item Reforging now depends on the Item Level of the selected item (previously 2,000 Arcana for all items):
– Item Level 1–50: 2,000 Arcana
– Item Level 51–80: 3,000 Arcana
– Item Level 81+: 4,000 Arcana
Purification of Unique items now costs 500 Favour (previously 250,000 Arcana)
Modifiers that increase the maximum Mutability of an obtained non-Unique item no longer apply to its minimum Mutability
Lowered the base minimum Mutability of non-Unique items at Item Level 100 to 20 (previously 24)
Adjusted the Item Infusion formula to compensate for lower average Mutability on found non-Unique items
Substantially increased the chance for Item Infusion to upgrade at least one modifier at low Mutability values
Item Quality now increases the chance for individual modifiers of found items to roll at a higher Purity percentage, including Unique items

6 General Game Balance & Changes

Adjusted enemy stat growth per enemy level across the campaign to provide a more natural progression curve
Increased enemy damage by approximately 7% at enemy level 100
Fully overhauled enemy modifiers with the goal of providing a more consistent growth in enemy power across all modifier tags
Reduced the inherent growth in Item Quantity and Item Rarity per enemy level by approximately 15% to compensate for adjustments elsewhere, such as increased base offline rewards as well as endgame rewards scaling

7 Class Balance & Changes

Warrior
– The Warrior Mastery now grants “+150 to maximum Life” (from +100)
– The Warrior Mastery now grants “10% increased Strength” (from 15%)
Hunter
– The Hunter Mastery now grants “Recover 10% of Life on Kill” (previously “100% increased Post-Encounter Life Recovery”)
Juggernaut
– The affected Passive now grants “+4% to all Elemental Resistances” per point (from +3%)
Barbarian
– The affected Passive now grants “Recover 2% of Life on Kill” per point (previously “+45 Life on Kill”)
Champion
– The Champion Mastery now grants “Once per Stage, if you would die, recover 10% of maximum Life” (previously “Once per Stage, if you would die, your Life is set to 1 instead”)
Mercenary
– The affected Passive now grants “+4% to all Elemental Resistances” per point (from +3%)
Windrunner
– The affected Passive now grants “Gain 4 Mana on Hit” per point (previously “+45 Mana on Kill”)
Pathfinder
– The affected Passive now grants “+4% to all Elemental Resistances” per point (from +3%)
Assassin
– The affected Passive now grants “Recover 2% of Life on Kill” per point (previously “+45 Life on Kill”)
Trickster
– The affected Passive now grants “Recover 2% of Energy Shield on Kill” per point (previously “+45 Energy Shield on Kill”)
Arcanist
– The affected Passive now grants “+4% to all Elemental Resistances” per point (from +3%)
– The affected Passive now grants “12% increased Mana Regeneration” per point (from 15%)
Destroyer
– The affected Passive now grants “Recover 3% of Life on Kill” per point (previously “+60 Life on Kill”)
– The affected Passive now grants “4% increased Strength” per point (from 6%)
Berserker
– The affected Passive now grants “Leech 1% of Hit Damage from Attacks as Mana” per point (previously “+60 Mana on Kill”)
Dervish
– The Dervish Mastery now grants “During a stage, gain 6% increased Attack Critical Hit chance per non-Critical Hit dealt, up to 120%, and 2% more Attack Speed per Critical Hit dealt, up to 40%” (from 5% increased Attack Critical Hit chance up to 100%, and 2% more Attack Speed up to 30%)
Mirage
– The affected Passive now grants “4% increased Dexterity” per point (from 6%)
– The affected Passive now grants “+6% to all Elemental Resistances” per point (from +4%)
Reaper
– The affected Passive now grants “Gain 6 Energy Shield on Hit” per point (from 4)
Archmage
– The affected Passive now grants “4% increased Intelligence” per point (from 6%)
Ascendant
– The Ascendant Mastery now grants “50% of Life Recovery also applies to your Energy Shield” (previously “50% of Life Regeneration per second also applies to your Energy Shield”)
– The Ascendant Mastery now grants “Regenerate 4% of Life per second” (from 5%)
Templar
– The Templar Mastery now grants “+100% to Armour effectiveness against Chaos Damage” (from +50%)
Chieftain
– The Chieftain Mastery now grants “Take 25% of Physical Damage as Damage of a random Elemental type when Hit” (previously “Take 25% of Physical Damage as Fire Damage”)
– The Chieftain Mastery now grants “+5% to all maximum Elemental Resistances” (previously “+5% to maximum Fire Resistance”)
– The affected Passive now grants “+6% to all Elemental Resistances” per point (from +4%)

8 Ability Balance & Changes

Reave
– Now grants “Enemies left below 20% of maximum Life with Hits are executed” (from 25%)
– Now has an Attack Speed Multiplier of 90% (from 85%)
Lightning Tendrils
– The Attunement Modifier now grants up to 50% increased Shock Magnitude (previously 10% Enemy Elemental Resistance Penetration)
Ice Spear
– No longer gains +1% to Base Critical Hit Chance per 5% Effect of Chill on Enemies
– Now grants “Hits penetrate 20% of Enemy Elemental Resistances”
– Base Damage has been reduced to 11-14 (from 12-16)
– Added Damage Multiplier has been reduced to 125% (from 140%)
Earthquake
– Attack Damage Multiplier has been increased to 40% (from 37.5%)
Cataclysm
– The Attunement Modifier now grants up to 40% increased Damage (previously 40% increased Fire Damage)
Vengeant Thorns
– Attack Damage Multiplier has been increased to 100% (from 80%)
Exsanguinate
– No longer grants “50% more Bleed Duration”
– Attack Damage Multiplier has been increased to 115% (from 100%)
Ice Crash
– Glacial Shard has been renamed to Ice Crash
– No longer grants “+5% to Critical Damage Multiplier per 1% Effect of Chill applied to Enemies”
– No longer grants “50% more Chill Duration”
– Now grants “+1% Chance to deal Double Damage per 1% Effect of Chill applied to Enemies”
– The Attunement Modifier now grants up to 20% Enemy Elemental Resistance Penetration (previously 80% increased Critical Hit Chance)
Smite
– Now grants “Gains additional Base Mana Cost equal to 10% of your current Mana” (from 8%)
– Attack Damage Multiplier has been reduced to 75% (from 80%)
– The Attunement Modifier now grants up to 80% increased Critical Hit Chance (previously 20% Enemy Elemental Resistance Penetration)
Behead
– Now grants “Enemies left below 10% of maximum Life with Hits are Executed, increased by 1% per 20% Critical Damage Multiplier” (from 25% base)
– Attack Damage Multiplier has been increased to 130% (from 115%)
Noxious Strike
– Attack Damage Multiplier has been increased to 90% (from 85%)
Toxic Rain
– Now grants “Enemies take 1% increased Damage per applied Poison” (from 2%)
– Now grants “+2-4 Projectiles fired per Attack” (from 0-4)
Shockfrost Arrows
– No longer grants “Whenever you inflict Chill, also inflict an equal Shock”
– Now grants “Your Cold Damage can inflict Shock”
– Now grants “+50% chance to inflict Elemental Ailments” (previously “+50% chance to inflict Chill”)
Arcane Explosion
– No longer grants “When Arcane Explosion is cast, sacrifice 20% of your current Mana to deal 10% more Damage per 40 Mana sacrificed”
– Now grants “Gains additional Base Mana Cost equal to 20% of your current Mana”
– Now grants “Deal 10% more Damage per 40 Ability Mana Cost”
– Now grants “Cannot be Evaded if Mana Cost exceeds 500” (previously required sacrificing at least 500 Mana)
Spectral Razor
– No longer grants “Hits ignore 50% of Enemy Armour”
– No longer grants “Gain 1% more Critical Hit Chance per Hit dealt during a Stage, up to 50%”
– No longer grants “At maximum Effect, additionally gain +50% to Critical Damage Multiplier”
– Now grants “Hits ignore 4% of Enemy Armour per Hit dealt during a Stage, up to 200%”
– Now grants “Armour Ignore percentage above 100% is converted into Critical Damage Multiplier”
– Base Damage has been increased to 3-5 (from 3-4)
– Added Damage Multiplier has been increased to 40% (from 35%)
Static Lance
– No longer grants “Hits inflict Shock as though dealing 100% more Damage”
– No longer grants “When the Effect of Shock on an Enemy reaches its maximum, your next Hit deals 4% more Damage per 1% Effect of applied Shock and removes all Shock afterwards”
– Now grants “50% less Shock Magnitude”
– Now grants “Shock you inflict causes Enemies to take 2% increased Damage per 1% Effect of Shock”
– Base Damage has been increased to 10-16 (from 8-12)
– Added Damage Multiplier has been increased to 130% (from 100%)
Frost Bomb
– Base Damage has been increased to 16-20 (from 15-19)
– Added Damage Multiplier has been increased to 180% (from 170%)
Blizzard
– No longer grants “Enemies take 1% increased Damage per 1% Effect of applied Chill”
– Now grants “100% more Chill Magnitude”
– Base Mana Cost has been increased to 4 (from 3)
– Base Damage has been increased to 7-10 (from 5-8)
– Added Damage Multiplier has been increased to 85% (from 65%)
– Cast Time has been increased to 0.6 seconds (from 0.5 seconds)
Flame Blast
– Now grants “Deal 10% more Damage per 0.1 seconds of Cast Time” (from 20%)
– Base Damage has been increased to 11-14 (from 7-9)
– Added Damage Multiplier has been increased to 125% (from 80%)
Blazing Radiance
– Now grants “Take Fire Damage per second equal to 8% of your combined current Life and Energy Shield” (from 4%)
– Cast Time has been increased to 0.6 seconds (from 0.5 seconds)
Wave of Decay
– Base Mana Cost has been increased to 5 (from 3)
– Base Damage has been increased to 20-30 (from 14-18)
– Added Damage Multiplier has been increased to 250% (from 160%)
– Cast Time has been increased to 0.8 seconds (from 0.5 seconds)
Dark Pact
– Base Damage has been increased to 12-16 (from 12-15)
– Added Damage Multiplier has been increased to 140% (from 135%)

9 Item Balance & Changes

Many Unique items as well as some equipment base types have received changes in 1.2. For existing items in previous Realms, only changes to item base types will be applied while all other attributes of these items will remain as before.

9.1 Equipment Bases

The Elemental Resistance Implicit Modifiers on Armour/Energy Shield equipment and Chain Belts now grant:
– 3% at lower levels (from 4%)
– 4% at mid levels (from 6%)
– 6% at higher levels (from 8%)
The Implicit Modifiers on Carnelian Rings now grant 4% / 6% / 8% increased Life Recovery (from 6% / 9% / 12%)
The Implicit Modifiers on Armour/Evasion equipment and Leather Belts now grant:
– 4% increased Maximum Life at lower levels (previously +20 to Maximum Life)
– 6% increased Maximum Life at mid levels (previously +30 to Maximum Life)
– 8% increased Maximum Life at higher levels (previously +40 to Maximum Life)

9.2 Unique Items

Adorned Lineage
– Now grants “20-40% increased Defences” (from 20-60%)
– Now grants “+100 to Energy Shield per equipped Unique Item” (from +60)
Aetherrend
– Now grants “Adds (40-80) – (120-240) local Lightning Damage” (from (50-80) – (100-160))
– Now grants “Adds (40-80) – (120-240) local Cold Damage” (from (50-80) – (100-160))
– Now grants “+100% chance to inflict Bleeding” (from +50-100%)
Against the Darkness
– Now grants “Hits ignore 20-60% of Enemy Armour” (from 40-80%)
– Now grants “+10-30% to Chaos Resistance”
Ancestral Echo
– Base Family has been changed to Sceptre (from Wand)
– Item Level has been reduced to 35 (from 40)
– No longer grants “+10-20% to Chaos Resistance”
– Now grants “+40-120 to maximum Mana”
– Now grants “40% less Cast Speed” (from 30-50%)
– Now grants “+1-3 to the Level of all Abilities” (from +1-2)
Annihilation
– No longer grants “+40-60% chance to deal Double Damage with Spells”
– No longer grants “200% increased Attribute Requirements”
– No longer grants “Take Chaos Damage equal to 400% of Ability Cost when you cast a Spell”
– Now grants “When you cast a Spell, sacrifice 100% of your current Mana to gain 1% chance to deal Double Damage per 40 Mana sacrificed this way”
– Now grants “Chance to deal Double Damage above 100% is converted into chance to deal Triple Damage”
– Now grants “Chance to deal Triple Damage above 100% is converted into chance to deal Quadruple Damage”
– Now grants “+100-300 to maximum Mana”
– Now grants “+2-6 to the Level of all Abilities” (from +4-8)
Apotheosis
– Item Level has been reduced to 30 (from 35)
– Now grants “Adds 5-8 Local Fire Damage per 10 Strength” (previously “6% increased Attack Damage per 10 Strength”)
– Now grants “1% increased local Attack Speed per 10 Dexterity” (previously “4% increased Attack Speed per 10 Dexterity”)
– Now grants “+1% local base Critical Hit chance per 20 Intelligence” (previously “12% increased Melee Critical Hit chance per 10 Intelligence”)
Arcanima
– Now grants “50-100% increased local Defences” (from 60-90%)
Ashen Fate
– No longer grants “20-40% increased Ailment Duration”
– Now grants “30-50% increased Ignite Duration”
– Now grants “+20-40% chance to deal Double Damage with Spells” (from +10-30%)
Blackflame
– Now grants “Adds (120-180) – (400-600) local Chaos Damage” (from (120-180) – (360-540))
Blood Price
– Now grants “Recover 2-6% of Life on Kill” (from 3-5%)
Brittleguard
– No longer grants “50% chance to reduce no Damage on Block”
– Now grants “-25% to Block Power”
– Now grants “+4-12% to all Elemental Resistances” (from +8-12%)
– Now grants “120-240% increased local Block chance” (from 200-300%)
Carnage Pact
– No longer grants “Lose 200 Life per second”
– Now grants “Lose 10% of your current Life per Second”
– Now grants “Leech 4-12% of Physical Hit Damage from Attacks as Life” (from 6-9%)
– Now grants “Adds (20-30) – (60-90) Physical Damage to Attacks” (from (30-40) – (60-90))
Circling Thoughts
– Now grants “+20-60 to Energy Shield” (from +30-60)
Conflux of Flame
– Now grants “+20-50 to Strength” (from +20-40)
– Now grants “+20-50% to Fire Resistance” (from +20-40%)
Conflux of Frost
– Now grants “+20-50 to Dexterity” (from +20-40)
– Now grants “+20-50% to Cold Resistance” (from +20-40%)
Conflux of Thunder
– Now grants “+20-50 to Intelligence” (from +20-40)
– Now grants “+20-50% to Lightning Resistance” (from +20-40%)
Cowl of the Kin’Jal
– Now grants “100-200% increased local Defences” (from 120-180%)
Crest of Ascension
– No longer grants “50-80% increased local Defences”
– Now grants “+10-20 to all Attributes”
– Now grants “Gain 5-15% of Life as extra Base Energy Shield” (from 8-14%)
Crimson Visage
– Now grants “10-30% increased Life” (from 10-20%)
– Now grants “20-60% increased Critical Hit chance” (from 30-50%)
Crown of Scorn
– Now grants “100-500% increased local Defences” (from 200-400%)
Darkloom
– Now grants “Adds (160-240) – (280-420) local Chaos Damage” (from (120-180) – (240-320))
– Now grants “+40-120% to Critical Damage multiplier (local)” (from +60-120%)
Dawnbreak
– Now grants “Every 4 Seconds, regenerate 20% of Life over 1 Second” (from “Every 5 Seconds, regenerate 25% of Life over 1 Second”)
– Now grants “140-220% increased local Defences” (from 100-200%)
– Now grants “+4-8% to maximum Chaos Resistance” (from +5-10%)
Devouring Blade
– Item Level has been increased to 80 (from 55)
– Now grants “Leech 6-14% of Hit Damage from Attacks as Life” (from 6-12%)
– Now grants “140-220% increased local Physical Damage” (from 120-180%)
– Now grants “20-40% increased local Attack Speed” (from 30-50%)
Disintegration Catalyst
– Now grants “10-50% increased Critical Hit chance” (from 20-40%)
Divinarius
– No longer grants “30-50% increased Recovery from all Sources”
– Now grants “Blocking does not reduce Damage taken”
– Now grants “+1% to Block Power per 40 combined Strength, Dexterity, and Intelligence”
– Now grants “On Block, recover 1% of Life, Mana, and Energy Shield per 10% Block Power”
– Now grants “+20-60 to all Attributes” (from +30-50)
– Now grants “Adds (200-300) – (400-600) local Fire Damage” (from (160-240) – (320-480))
Dreadveil
– Now grants “+4-12% chance to Dodge” (from +6-12%)
Dusk and Dawn
– No longer grants “Counts as Dual-Wielding”
– Now grants “Convert 100% of Physical Damage to Lightning or Cold Damage on Hit”
– No longer grants “Adds (40-60) – (100-150) local Cold Damage”
– No longer grants “Adds (40-60) – (100-150) local Fire Damage”
– Now grants “140-260% increased local Physical Damage”
Echoing Conviction
– Now grants “Adds (80-120) – (400-600) local Lightning Damage” (from (80-120) – (300-500))
– Now grants “+4-8% local base Critical Hit chance” (from +5-8%)
Eluvenar
– Now grants “50-100% increased local Defences” (from 50-80%)
Enigmatic Rod
– Base Family has been changed to Wingstaff (from Battlestaff)
– No longer grants “Convert 0-100% of your Physical Damage to Lightning Damage”
– No longer grants “Convert 0-100% of your Physical Damage to Cold Damage”
– No longer grants “Convert 0-100% of your Physical Damage to Fire Damage”
– Now grants “Your Critical Hit chance is 50%”
– Now grants “Convert 100% of your Physical Damage to a random Elemental Damage Type on Hit”
– Now grants “Your chance to Block is 50%”
– Now grants “-20 to 20% to all Elemental Resistances” (from -30 to 30%)
– Now grants “100-300% increased local Physical Damage” (from 180-240%)
Entropic Grasp
– Now grants “20-60% increased Ailment Duration” (from 20-40%)
Eternal Gaze
– Now grants “10-30% increased Defences” (from 20-40%)
– Now grants “30-50% increased Chill Duration” (from 20-40%)
– Now grants “+5-15% to maximum Chill Effect” (from +5-10%)
Eternal Penance
– Now grants “Regenerate 12-24% of Life per second” (from 16-24%)
– Now grants “Take 100% increased Damage” (from 80-120%)
Exoterism
– Has been removed from the drop pool
Fated Winds
– Base Family has been changed to Bow (from Longbow)
– Item Level has been reduced to 65 (from 70)
– No longer grants “Convert 50% of your Physical Damage to Cold Damage”
– Now grants “Critical Hits do not deal extra damage”
– Now grants “Your Hits are always Critical”
– No longer grants “+600-900 to Accuracy Rating”
– No longer grants “+10-20% local base Critical Hit chance”
– Now grants “30-70% increased Accuracy Rating”
– Now grants “Gain 30-70% of Physical Damage as extra Cold Damage”
– Now grants “120-180% increased local Physical Damage” (from 140-220%)
Flashfire
– Now grants “240-360% more Ignite Damage” (from 200-300%)
– Now grants “10-30% increased Attack- and Cast Speed” (from 10-20%)
– Now grants “80% less Ignite Duration” (from 75%)
Fleshbind
– Now grants “20-60% more Life” (from 20-40%)
– Now grants “-50% to Chaos Resistance” (from -30% to -10%)
– Now grants “Regenerate 2-6% of Life per second” (from 3-5%)
Flowing Crown
– Now grants “100-300% increased local Defences” (from 120-240%)
– Now grants “Regenerate 1-5% of Energy Shield per second” (from 2-4%)
Forgeheart
– Item Level has been increased to 65 (from 60)
– Now grants “+50-80 to maximum Life” (from +80-140)
– Now grants “+40-60% to Fire Resistance” (from +20-40%)
– Now grants “Take 10-30% of Physical Damage as Fire Damage” (from 20-40%)
– Now grants “10-30% increased Life Recovery from all Sources” (previously “10-30% increased Life Recovery”)
Frostbound
– No longer grants “Your Hits inflict Chill as though dealing 100% more Damage”
– No longer grants “+40-60 to maximum Life”
– No longer grants “+3-5% to maximum Chill Effect”
– Now grants “Every 1 second, inflict 5% Chill on yourself”
– Now grants “10-20% increased Life”
– Now grants “2% increased Defences per 1% Effect of Chill applied to you”
– Now grants “+10-50% to Cold Resistance” (from +10-30%)
Frostspire
– Item Level has been increased to 70 (from 55)
– No longer grants “Enemies left below a percentage of maximum Life with Hits equal to the effect of Chill inflicted are Executed”
– No longer grants “Chill Effects you inflict have infinite Duration”
– Now grants “Enemies take 5% increased Damage per 1% Effect of applied Chill”
– Now grants “40-80% more Chill Duration”
– Now grants “50% less Chill Magnitude” (from 40-60%)
– No longer grants “+2-4 to the Level of Cold Abilities”
– Now grants “60-140% increased Spell Damage”
Fundamentality
– Now grants “+10-30% to all Resistances” (from +4-20%)
– Now grants “80% increased Damage per Uncommon Item equipped” (from 50%)
– Now grants “+200 Life per Magic Item equipped” (from +150)
– Now grants “+25 to all Attributes per Rare Item equipped” (from +30)
Galesong
– No longer grants “+40-80 to Dexterity”
– Now grants “10-30% increased Dexterity”
– Now grants “2% increased Strikes per Attack with Strike Abilities per 10 Dexterity” (from 3%)
Gift to the Stalwart
– Now grants “Recover 1-5% of Life on Block” (from 1-4%)
– Now grants “Recover 1-5% of Mana on Block” (from 1-4%)
– Now grants “Recover 1-5% of Energy Shield on Block” (from 1-4%)
Glimpse of Serenity
– Now grants “60-120% increased local Defences” (from 50-80%)
– Now grants “40-120% increased Mana Regeneration” (from 50-80%)
Glitterbind
– Now grants “-25% to Chaos Resistance” (from -30% to -10%)
– Now grants “Gain 40-120 Mana on Kill” (from 40-80)
– Now grants “10-30% increased Attack- and Cast Speed” (from 10-20%)
Gorefeast
– Item Level has been increased to 70 (from 65)
– No longer grants “Lose 20 Life on Hit”
– Now grants “Take Chaos Damage equal to 10% of your current Life on Hit”
– Now grants “Enemies left below 10-30% of maximum Life with Hits are executed” (from 20-40%)
– Now grants “Leech 4-12% of Physical Hit Damage from Attacks as Life” (from 4-6%)
– Now grants “Adds 6-9 Local Physical Damage to Attacks per 1% missing Life” (previously “Adds 4-6 Local Physical Damage to Attacks per 40 missing Life”)
Hands of the Fateweaver
– Now grants “+2-6% to Spell base Critical Hit chance” (from +3-5%)
Heart of the Protector
– Now grants “Gain 20-60 Life on Block” (from 20-40)
Heavensreach
– Now grants “Adds (200-300) – (1,000-1,500) local Lightning Damage” (from (100-150) – (1,000-1,500))
– Now grants “+6-14% local base Critical Hit chance” (from +6-12%)
Hemophage
– Item Level has been reduced to 55 (from 65)
– No longer grants “50% of your Dexterity and Intelligence is converted to Strength”
– Now grants “Recover 4-12% of Life on Kill”
– Now grants “20-60% increased Life” (from 10-50%)
Honoured Vow
– Now grants “+10-20% to Chaos Resistance” (from +10-30%)
– Now grants “Adds (20-30) – (80-120) local Lightning Damage” (from (24-32) – (80-120))
– Now grants “+10-30% chance to Block” (from +10-20%)
Indignity
– No longer grants “+20-40 to Dexterity”
– No longer grants “10-30% increased Attack- and Cast Speed”
– Now grants “40-120% increased local Defences”
– Now grants “+50% chance to avoid Ailments”
– Now grants “+4-12% chance to Dodge” (from +4-8%)
Inward Focus
– Now grants “20-40% increased Defences” (from 30-60%)
– Now grants “+10-20% to Chaos Resistance” (from +10-30%)
– Now grants “+100-200% to Armour effectiveness against Chaos Damage” (from +100%)
Ironstance
– Item Level has been increased to 35 (from 30)
– No longer grants “+20-30 to Strength”
– Now grants “10-20% increased Strength”
– Now grants “+4-12% to all Elemental Resistances” (from +8-12%)
Leyweave
– Now grants “+40-120 to Dexterity” (from +40-80)
– Now grants “+600-1,200 to Accuracy Rating” (from +500-1,000)
Lightshroud
– Now grants “85-95% less Energy Shield” (from 90-95%)
– Now grants “Take 10-30% of Physical Damage as Chaos Damage” (from 20-40%)
Lornfell
– Base Family has been changed to Boltcaster (from Arcus)
– Now grants “Adds (20-40) – (70-140) local Lightning Damage” (from (10-20) – (70-140))
– Now grants “Adds (20-40) – (70-140) local Cold Damage” (from (20-40) – (60-120))
– Now grants “Adds (20-40) – (70-140) local Fire Damage” (from (20-40) – (60-120))
Lumaris
– No longer grants “+30-50 to maximum Life”
– Now grants “10-20% increased Life”
– Now grants “Gain 4-12% of Life as extra Base Energy Shield” (from 6-12%)
Mask of the Broken
– No longer grants “40% reduced to 40% increased Damage”
– Now grants “-100 to 100 to maximum Life” (from -200 to 200)
– Now grants “-100 to 100 to maximum Mana” (from -200 to 200)
– Now grants “-30 to 30 to all Attributes” (from -40 to 40)
– Now grants “20% reduced to 20% increased Defences” (from 40% reduced to 40% increased Defences)
Mind Bulwark
– Now grants “+30-60% to Armour effectiveness against Chaos Damage” (from +30-50%)
Oscilliarm
– Now grants “+6-12% chance to deal Triple Damage with Attacks” (from +8-12%)
– Now grants “+12-24% chance to deal Double Damage with Attacks” (from +16-24%)
Palescourge
– Now grants “Recover 4-12% of Life on Kill” (from 5-10%)
Phantomstep
– Item Level has been increased to 70 (from 60)
– No longer grants “You cannot evade”
– No longer grants “10-30% increased Dexterity”
– No longer grants “+5-15% to maximum chance to Dodge”
– Now grants “+20-60 to Dexterity”
– Now grants “10-30% increased Attack- and Cast Speed”
– Now grants “Take 10-30% of Physical Damage as Chaos Damage”
Praxis
– Now grants “+6-18 to all Attributes” (from +8-12)
– Now grants “4-12% increased Attack- and Cast Speed” (from 5-8%)
– Now grants “20-40% reduced Mana Cost of Abilities” (from 30-50%)
– Now grants “4-12% increased Experience gain” (from 5-8%)
Preystride
– No longer grants “+20-40 to Dexterity”
– Now grants “10-20% increased Dexterity”
– Now grants “100-300% increased local Defences” (from 80-140%)
– Now grants “Take 25% increased Damage” (from 20-40%)
Primordial Aegis
– No longer grants “+5-10% to all maximum Elemental Resistances”
– No longer grants “+100% chance to avoid Elemental Ailments”
– Now grants “+25% to Block Power against Hits that deal Elemental Damage”
– Now grants “30-60% increased local Block chance”
– Now grants “80-140% increased local Defences” (from 40-60%)
Primordial Resonance
– Now grants “+30-50 to Energy Shield” (from +20-30)
– Now grants “+4-12% to all Elemental Resistances” (from +8-12%)
– Now grants “30-50% increased Critical Hit chance” (from 20-40%)
Prowlsight
– Now grants “Gain 100-300 Life on Kill” (from 100-200)
– Now grants “20-60% increased Critical Hit chance” (from 30-50%)
– Now grants “+4-12% chance to Dodge” (from +4-8%)
Riftshaper
– No longer grants “25% less Damage”
– Now grants “75% less Accuracy Rating”
– Now grants “30-70% increased Cast Speed” (from 20-50%)
Rimefrost
– Base Family has been changed to Mallet (from Hammer)
– Item Level has been reduced to 65 (from 70)
– No longer grants “+2% Chance to deal Double Damage with Attacks per 1% Effect of Chill applied to Enemies”
– Now grants “+5% to Critical Damage multiplier per 1% Effect of Chill applied to Enemies”
– Now grants “Adds (160-240) – (320-480) local Cold Damage” (from (80-120) – (160-240))
– Now grants “+4-12% local base Critical Hit chance” (from +8-14%)
Salvation
– No longer grants “10-20% increased Mana”
– No longer grants “20-50% increased Mana Cost of Abilities”
– Now grants “10-30% increased Life Recovery from all Sources”
– Now grants “40-120% more Mana Cost of Abilities”
– Now grants “20-60% increased Cast Speed” (from 20-50%)
Sanguine Eye
– Now grants “Leech 2-6% of Physical Hit Damage from Attacks as Life” (from 2-4%)
– Now grants “Gain 40-120 Mana on Kill” (from 50-100)
Savage Legacy
– Now grants “Recover 2-6% of Life on Kill” (from 3-5%)
– Now grants “20-50% increased Attack Critical Hit chance” (from 20-40%)
– Now grants “+4-12% chance to deal Double Damage with Attacks” (from +6-12%)
Scarlet Covenant
– Item Level has been increased to 75 (from 70)
– Now grants “50% of Chaos Damage taken is applied to your Mana first” (from 25%)
– Now grants “+100-300 to maximum Life” (from +100-200)
Sealbreaker (previously Sealing Pact)
– Item Level has been increased to 65 (from 50)
– No longer grants “You cannot deal Critical Hits”
– No longer grants “Your Hits cannot inflict Elemental Ailments”
– No longer grants “Abilities have no cost”
– Now grants “+10-30% chance to deal Double Damage with Spells”
– Now grants “100% more Mana Cost of Abilities”
– Now grants “50% increased Effect of Attunement Modifiers from Abilities”
– Now grants “+1-4 to the Level of all Abilities” (from +1-3)
Seversting
– Base Family has been changed to Greatsword (from Broadsword)
– Item Level has been reduced to 60 (from 65)
– No longer grants “20-40% increased local Attack Speed”
– Now grants “Hits ignore 20-40% of Enemy Armour” (from 50%)
– Now grants “Critical Hit chance above 100% is converted into Critical Damage multiplier”
– Now grants “4% increased Critical Hit chance per 50 Accuracy Rating”
– Now grants “+500-1,000 to Accuracy Rating” (from +600-1,200)
Shackles of Respite
– No longer grants “Hits you take cannot be critical”
– No longer grants “Take 10-20% of Physical Damage as Chaos Damage”
– Now grants “10-30% increased Defences”
– Now grants “10-30% increased Recovery from all Sources”
– Now grants “Take 25% increased Damage” (from 10-40%)
Shard of Entropy
– Now grants “100-300% increased local Physical Damage” (from 120-240%)
– Now grants “10-50% increased local Attack Speed” (from 30-60%)
Shimori Ori
– Base Family has been changed to Mallet (from Warhammer)
– Now grants “500-1,000% increased local Physical Damage” (from 500-800%)
– Now grants “50% reduced local Attack Speed” (from 40-60%)
– Now grants “300% increased Attribute Requirements (local)” (from 200%)
– Now grants “+1% chance to deal Double Damage with Attacks per 20 Strength” (previously per 10 Strength)
Shroud of Avarice
– No longer grants “Take 10% increased Damage”
– No longer grants “10-30% increased Item Rarity”
– Now grants “40% less Defences”
– Now grants “4-12% more Attack- and Cast Speed”
– Now grants “+4-12% chance to Dodge” (from +8-12%)
– Now grants “10-30% increased Item Quantity” (from 10-20%)
Siegebreaker
– Now grants “Hits penetrate 4-16% of Enemy Fire Resistance” (from 8-15%)
Skysplitter
– Item Level has been increased to 80 (from 70)
Skyward
– Item Level has been reduced to 20 (from 30)
– Now grants “+2-6% local base Critical Hit chance” (from +2-5%)
Solemn Oath
– Item Level has been increased to 60 (from 55)
– Now grants “+20-60 to all Attributes” (from +20-50)
Solspire
– Item Level has been increased to 75 (from 70)
– Now grants “+100-300 to maximum Mana” (from +100-200)
– Now grants “Recover 4-12% of Mana on Block” (from 5-10%)
Soul Rippers
– Now grants “Recover 6-12% of Mana on Kill” (from 5-8%)
– Now grants “10-20% increased Attack- and Cast Speed” (from 12-18%)
Soulpierce
– Now grants “Enemies left below 20-40% of maximum Life with Hits are executed” (from 20-30%)
– Now grants “30-50% increased Spell Damage” (from 30-60%)
Soulthirst
– Now grants “+20-60 to Energy Shield” (from +30-50)
– Now grants “Leech 2-6% of Physical Hit Damage from Attacks as Life” (from 2-4%)
Splinterrain
– Item Level has been reduced to 25 (from 30)
– No longer grants “Adds (20-30) – (40-60) local Physical Damage”
– No longer grants “Gain 10-30% of Physical Damage as extra Lightning Damage”
– Now grants “+50% chance to inflict Shock”
– Now grants “10-50% increased Shock Duration”
– Now grants “Adds 1-5 local Lightning Damage per Shock applied to Enemies”
– Now grants “50% less Accuracy Rating” (from 75%)
Steelfeather
– Item Level has been reduced to 30 (from 35)
– No longer grants “+400-700 to Accuracy Rating”
– Now grants “-100% to Critical Damage multiplier”
– Now grants “40-80% increased local Attack Speed” (from 80-140%)
– Now grants “+10-20% local base Critical Hit chance” (from +4-7%)
Supreme Bulwark
– Now grants “40-80% increased local Block chance” (from 50-80%)
Surgewrath
– No longer grants “20-40% increased Shock Effect”
– Now grants “40% less Shock Magnitude”
– Now grants “+30-50% to Lightning Resistance” (from +10-30%)
– Now grants “10-20% increased Attack- and Cast Speed” (from 12-18%)
– Now grants “+10-30% to maximum Shock Effect” (from +10-20%)
Tempest Embrace
– Now grants “100-200% increased local Defences” (from 100-180%)
The Ascetic
– Item Level has been increased to 65 (from 55)
– Now grants “+0-200 to maximum Life” (from +1-100)
– Now grants “+0-200 to maximum Mana” (from +1-100)
The Carapace
– Now grants “200-400% increased local Defences” (from 240-360%)
– Now grants “+10-20% to all Elemental Resistances” (from +8-24%)
The Confluence
– No longer grants “20-50% increased Elemental Damage”
– Now grants “Hits penetrate 10-30% of Enemy Elemental Resistances”
The Fortress
– Item Level has been reduced to 70 (from 80)
– Now grants “100-300% increased local Defences” (from 120-180%)
The Gilden Apex
– Now grants “+4-16 to all Attributes” (from +1-20)
– Now grants “+2-8% to Chaos Resistance” (from +1-10%)
– Now grants “2-8% increased Item Rarity” (from 1-10%)
– Now has a staged Enhancement path with changes to attempt cost and success change introduced at different thresholds
The Hollow Revenant
– Now grants “10-40% increased Life” (from 10-30%)
– Now grants “Take 20-40% of Physical Damage as Chaos Damage” (from 10-30%)
The Melding
– No longer grants “Regenerate 5% of maximum Life per second while you are ignited”
– No longer grants “1% more Speed per 1% Effect of Shock applied to you”
– No longer grants “3% increased Defences per 1% Effect of Chill applied to you”
– Now grants “+8-24% to all Elemental Resistances”
– Now grants “+50% chance to inflict Elemental Ailments”
– Now grants “You are unaffected by Elemental Ailments”
– Now grants “20-60% increased Ailment Duration” (from 10-30%)
The Parallax
– Now grants “Sacrifice 33% of your current Mana per Second” (from 25%)
– Now grants “+100-300 to maximum Mana” (from +100-200)
The Redblade
– No longer grants “80-120% more Bleed Damage”
– Now grants “Base Damage per second of bleeding you inflict is equal to 1% of Enemy maximum Life”
– Now grants “Gain 10-20 Life on Hit” (from 8-14)
– Now grants “10-30% increased local Attack Speed” (from 30-50%)
The Undying Flame
– No longer grants “+50-80 to maximum Life”
– Now grants “10-20% increased Life”
– Now grants “30-50% increased Ignite Duration” (from 30-60%)
– Now grants “10-30% increased Life Recovery from all Sources” (previously “10-30% increased Life Recovery”)
The Vile Conquest
– No longer grants “Lose 10% of your current Life per Second”
– No longer grants “Your Life can be recovered to up to 200% of your maximum Life”
– No longer grants “10-30% increased Life Recovery”
– Now grants “Recovery from on Kill effects can recover your Resources above their maximum”
– Now grants “+10-30% to Chaos Resistance”
– Now grants “Gain 100-300 Life on Kill”
– Now grants “+80-140 to maximum Life” (from +60-120)
Thief’s Grip
– Now grants “+4-12% chance to Dodge” (from +4-8%)
– Now grants “10-30% increased Item Rarity” (from 20-40%)
Tide of Corruption
– No longer grants “Hits penetrate 10-30% of Enemy Chaos Resistance”
– Now grants “Chaos Resistance of Enemies is equal to yours”
– Now grants “Leech 4-12% of Hit Damage from Spells as Energy Shield” (from 4-8%)
– Now grants “40-120% increased Cast Speed” (from 60-120%)
– Now grants “80-240% increased Spell Critical Hit chance” (from 60-120%)
Timeclasp
– Now grants “20-50% increased Defences” (from 20-40%)
– Now grants “20-50% increased Ailment Duration” (from 20-40%)
Titansbane
– No longer grants “+200 to Strength Requirement (local)”
– Now grants “Hits ignore 20-40% of Enemy Armour”
Titansblood
– Item Level has been increased to 80 (from 70)
– Now grants “While you have at least 500 Strength, gain +20% chance to deal Double Damage” (from 400)
– Now grants “While you have at least 500 Dexterity, gain 30% increased Speed” (from 400)
– Now grants “While you have at least 500 Intelligence, gain +60% to Critical Damage multiplier” (from 400)
Traitor’s Garb
– Now grants “40-80% increased local Defences” (from 50-80%)
– Now grants “Recover 4-12% of Life on Kill” (from 4-8%)
Tranquility
– No longer grants “Once per Stage, if you would die, sacrifice all Mana to recover Life equal to 50% of Mana sacrificed”
– Now grants “While your Life is below its maximum, sacrifice 10% of your maximum Mana per Second to recover that much Life”
– Now grants “+40-120 to maximum Life” (from +80-140)
– Now grants “+40-120 to maximum Mana” (from +80-140)
– Now grants “40-120% increased local Defences” (from 80-140%)
Twilight Eminence
– Now grants “+4-8% to maximum Chaos Resistance” (from +5-10%)
Venofrenzy
– Now grants “10-50% increased Poison Duration” (from 10-30%)
– Now grants “1% increased Attack- and Cast Speed per Poison on you” (previously “1% more Speed per Poison on you”)
Willwrought
– Now grants “+40-120 to maximum Mana” (from +50-100)
Wintermarch
– No longer grants “+30-50 to maximum Life”
– Now grants “10-20% increased Life”
Winterstorm
– Now grants “20-50% increased Critical Hit chance” (from 20-40%)
– Now grants “20-50% increased Magnitude of non-damaging Ailments” (from 20-40%)
Woe Touch
– Now grants “+2-6% to base Critical Hit chance” (from +3-5%)
– Now grants “+10-30% to Critical Damage multiplier” (from +20-40%)
Wraithguard
– No longer grants “When you would be hit while at maximum Life, your chance to Dodge is rolled twice and the better result is used”
– No longer grants “When you would be hit while below maximum Life, your chance to Dodge is rolled twice and the worse result is used”
– Now grants “Your Chance to Dodge is rolled twice”
– No longer grants “Gain 100-300 Life on Kill”
– Now grants “Gain 100-300 Energy Shield on Kill”
– Now grants “50% less chance to Dodge”
– Now grants “60-140% increased local Defences” (from 50-80%)
– Now grants “+6-18% chance to Dodge” (from +4-12%)

10 Item Synthesis

Item Synthesis has been fully reworked to make the system more intuitive while also allowing for more strategic decision-making.

Item Synthesis no longer allows the selection of a specific item base type
Item Synthesis now has a Synthesis Skill Tree, with its Nodes allowing the manipulation of the Synthesis process in different ways
The Shrine Upgrade “Essence Manipulation” now grants +3 to Synthesis Skill Points per level, up to 15 (previously 20% increased rarity of synthesized items per level)
Adjusted base Item Synthesis costs across all item levels

11 Cosmetics System

The previous outfit system has been expanded into a layered cosmetic system, allowing you to create your very own look!

Added three new cosmetics categories alongside Outfits:
– Back Attachments
– Head Attachments
– Character Effects
Introduced cosmetics variants. Different cosmetics can now have multiple variants with changes to their colour and/or other visual aspects while retaining the same theme. Owning any variant of a cosmetic applies a permanent 50% price discount on all its other variants
Added five back attachments:
– Seraph Wings (4 variants)
– Bonedragon Wings (4 variants)
– Fleshcrafted Wings (4 variants)
– Martyr Back Attachment (4 variants)
– Conflux Back Attachment (4 variants)
Added three head attachment cosmetics:
– Dark Spirit Head Attachment (4 variants)
– Bat Cat Head Attachment (3 variants)
– Puppeteer Head Attachment (4 variants)
Reworked the Demon Hunter Outfit to better adhere to Outfit specifications

12 Realm Journey

The Realm Journey is a new rewards system that consists of eight progression milestones, each of which unlocks a variety of different rewards. Any Realm Journey is directly connected to one realm, in this case Realm 3, and can only be progressed while playing within that realm.

The Realm Journey comes with both a Free Track and a Premium Track. While the Free Track is available to everyone and contains both Soul Essence and gameplay-relevant rewards such as different currencies or items, the Premium Track of a specific Realm Journey can be unlocked via a one-time purchase and contains both Soul Essence and exclusive cosmetic items. It is important to mention that the Premium Track will never contain items which directly influence power or progression apart from Soul Essence (premium currency). Instead, the goal is to provide a way for players to support the long-term development of Echoes of Creation in return for high-quality cosmetics which come with special visual effects that put them in a tier above regular ones.

Following is the list of milestones and rewards for the Realm 3 Realm Journey:

Free Track Rewards:

Complete the Whispering Forest: 10,000 Arcana
Complete the Eternal Bastion: 10 Soul Essence
Complete the Pale Valley: 2,500 Favour
Complete the Mystic Falls: 20 Soul Essence
Complete the Climb: Random high-Quality Unique Item of Item Level 80
Complete Floor 10 within the Crucible of Creation: 30 Soul Essence
Complete Floor 30 within the Crucible of Creation: 3x Perfect Essence of Mutation
Complete Floor 50 within the Crucible of Creation: 50 Soul Essence

Premium Track Rewards:

Complete the Whispering Forest: Ascension Character Effect (4 variants)
Complete the Eternal Bastion: 200 Soul Essence
Complete the Pale Valley: Divine Halo Head Attachment (4 variants)
Complete the Mystic Falls: 200 Soul Essence
Complete the Climb: Awakened Adventurer Outfit (4 variants)
Complete Floor 10 within the Crucible of Creation: 200 Soul Essence
Complete Floor 30 within the Crucible of Creation: Assimilator Back Attachment (4 variants)
Complete Floor 50 within the Crucible of Creation: 200 Soul Essence

13 Other Changes

The number of rewarded advertisements available per day that grant Soul Essence has been reduced to 3 (from 5). This change has been made for the following reasons:
– To reduce the total amount of free Soul Essence in order for monetization to enable the long-term development of Echoes of Creation
– To allow the introduction of other, new sources of free Soul Essence such as the Realm Journey
– To reduce the total number of advertisements in the game
Beyond this change, it is important to mention that no further reductions to this system will happen in the future. It remains intended for the daily Soul Essence system to allow players to unlock features such as Inventory Slots, Storage Units and Cosmetics over time, though at a rate which is more in tune with what the core monetization systems of the game allow.
Daily Soul Essence advertisement charges now reset at a fixed daily time rather than 24 hours after the player’s previous claim, preventing lost time when a reward is not claimed immediately after a charge refresh
Adjusted the difficulty and rewards of several challenges
The “Boon of Splendor” Shrine Upgrade has been renamed to “Boon of Abundance” and now grants more Item Quantity instead of more Item Rarity
The item Modifier Pool view now displays the modifier buckets associated with each modifier
Improved the wording on multiple modifiers to make their function clearer
Shock Effect and Chill Effect terminology has been standardized to Shock Magnitude and Chill Magnitude when referring to ailment strength
Improved the wording of different Item Base Type Modifier Families
Power-Saving Mode during combat now also suppresses the combat sound effects
Removed the death count display of a character during character selection
Removed the baseline Energy Shield VFX as it clashes with more deliberate cosmetic loadout combinations which are now possible
The Book of Guidance now correctly explains that the Maximum Life and Maximum Mana bonuses from Strength and Intelligence apply per 10 points of the attribute
Improved the game saving process to be faster and more reliable
The start-of-Encounter character fade-in is now quicker
Improved the speed of offline rewards calculation

14 Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where Purity calculation involving non-variable modifiers and modifiers where lower values are better could cause issues
Fixed a bug where the Evasion Rating of high-level Enemies was lower than intended
Fixed a bug where multiple item-quality bonuses described as “more” combined additively instead of multiplicatively
Fixed a bug where Enemy Life and Energy Shield regeneration depended on whether the player had a non-zero amount of the same resource
Fixed a bug which could cause overlapping main-menu and combat music
Fixed several bugs where the game save process could lead to stale or incomplete data being saved
Fixed several bugs which could lead to broken save states in rare cases
Fixed a bug where one realm’s save data could overwrite another realm’s data

15 Ending Notes

Due to the large scope of 1.2 and the time required to complete it, there are no new Unique Items immediately included within this Update. However, new Uniques are an integral part of a fresh experience and something which I want to continuously add to Echoes. I am actively working on a double-digit set of Unique Items and plan to add them within a few weeks of launch at the latest. Until then, I am certain that with 30 alternate Class Mastery Effects provided by Soul Cores, the many rebalanced as well as reworked Abilities & Unique items, as well as an entirely overhauled endgame experience, there won’t be a shortage of new paths to discover!

I am very excited for all of you to experience everything that 1.2 has to offer, and greatly appreciate your ongoing support. If you’d like to provide feedback on the update, feel free to either join our community Discord server through the following invite link (https://discord.gg/FtTKzmV4Vp), or send an email directly to echoforgegames@gmail.com. It truly matters.