Tangledeep 1.53a

The Lunar New Year event has ended. However, you can now change active special events at the wardrobe for a fee!

BUGS
Fixed bug where if a new monster was created from two parents, the new monster could potentially be deleted or overwritten due to not being assigned a unique ID
Fixed bug where going to New Game+ with a pet could cause some data issues with the pet
When abandoning or failing a quest involving appeasing a food-loving monster, that monster’s quest status should now be correctly removed
(Hopefully) Fixed the constrict/paralyze VFX getting stuck sometimes
Fixed bug where Doublebite Axe, or items with its special affix, could be “stuck” on one elemental bonus in some situations (i.e. dual wielding with the same mod), or could grant both bonuses simultaneously
Knocking out a monster in the 2nd Job Trial now counts as removing it from the map for purposes of beating the trial
Fixed bug where seasonal drops were not working at all


CONTENT/GAMEPLAY
Prep work for the Lunar New Year patch and event!


QUALITY OF LIFE
Added a new prompt if you try to switch gear, when doing so would cause you to fail a rumor.

BUGS
Fixed Steam mod download / workshop modals; they are interactable again
Ultrawide: hidden jobs now properly hidden
Fixed bug where starting New Game+ or Savage World could delete your active pet

BUGS
Fixed bug where after returning to title screen from gameplay, you could not create a new character
Fixed bug where progress was not correctly saved on a heroic or hardcore defeat, leading potentially to pets or items being lost
Fixed bug where monster letters would appear in Shara mode
Attempted bug fix for rare issue where items were not properly upgraded after completing a dream, even with full gold entered

Hello adventurers! Today's patch makes pet ownership in the world of Tangledeep easier and more fun by allowing pets to self-heal outside of combat, gain XP more easily, and inherit more abilities (among other things.) There's also a smattering of bug fixes to keep the game smooth and stable. Enjoy!

BALANCE
BIG CHANGE! Corral pets now passively regenerate health at a rate of 2.5% per turn, if they have not taken damage in 10 turns. This means that your pet can now heal to full relatively quickly between fights, hopefully making many more pet types viable, even if they don’t have self-heal abilities. Also, naturally, they will heal to 100% when in town or campfire areas.
Monster pets now gain 100% of the XP you get, instead of 50%.
When ‘something special’ happens between two pets, the newly-created monster is now *guaranteed* to get at least as many abilities as the least-skilled parent (previously, the guarantee was only 1 power)
The “Opulent” affix should no longer spend gold multiple times per turn, even if you manage to perform multiple attacks in a single turn


SWITCH BUGS
Fixed bug where Adventure mode saves were erased if you quit on the ‘character lost’ screen, or otherwise exited the app before the game saved again


BUGS
Fixed bug where corral pets could potentially need too much XP to level up
Fixed bug where two-handed weapons (aside from swords) were not spawning enough, or maybe at all…?
Effects that increased or decreased healing should no longer apply to MAX HP boosts, such as putting on gear that increases max HP
(Dawn of Dragons) Attempted fix for rare issue where some Dragon areas would not have stairs leading back to the previous zone
(Legend of Shara) Fixed various bugs with Doublebite Axe if its effect was present on a Relic
(Legend of Shara) Fixed bug where “Precision Finish” would give you permanent double gold, sometimes

BALANCE

• “Divine Protection” shield mod now has 33% chance to negate a crit (up from the *actual* previous value of 25%, but down from the previous *displayed* value of 50%)
• “Absorbing” shield mod now has 75% chance to negate a crit
• Doubled the chance that merchants in Wanderer’s Journeys will stock (one or more) Relics
• Gambler’s “Hot Streak” now costs 10 Stamina (down from 20)
• Floramancer’s “Photosynthesis” now costs 12 Stamina (down from 24)
• Soulkeeper’s “Parting Gifts” now costs 12 Stamina (down from 20)
• Floramancer’s “Thornsplosion” now deals 230% Spirit Power in damage (up from 190%)
• Brigand’s Fire Bomb now deals 175% Weapon Power as damage (down from 200%)
• Edge Thane’s “Verse of Suppression” now costs 12 Stamina (down from 15), and has a 25% chance to inflict debuffs to enemies within 3 tiles (up from 20%/2) each turn
• Skill Orb version of “Verse of Suppression” now costs 10 Stamina (down from 15) and now reduces aggro chance by 85% (up from 65%) per step
• Hunter’s “Eagle Eye” now costs 16 Energy (down from 24) and has a 16 turn cooldown (down from 20)
• HuSyn’s “Gravity Surge” now costs 16 Stamina (down from 20)
• (Legend of Shara) “Relic Hunter” passive now grants +2.5% to damage/resists per Relic gear equipped, down from +4%
• (Legend of Shara) “Polish and Shine” now costs 10 Stamina (down from 20) and has a 4 turn cooldown (down from 5)
• (Legend of Shara) “Chakra Shift” now costs 12 Energy (down from 20) and has an 8 turn cooldown (down from 10)
• (Legend of Shara) Calligrapher’s “Combat Biography” now costs 12 Energy (down from 20)

BUGS

• Using the character name “Shara” no longer creates a bad game state
• Fixed rare issue where the entrance to Riverstone Waterway could get misplaced
• Fixed terrain + powerup tutorials appearing at inopportune times
• The “Divine Protection” shield mod that granted 50% chance to negate crits was displaying the wrong value; should have been 25%; but also it has been rebalanced slightly (see above)
• Fixed broken text for some Dragon Soul abilities
• Fixed janky looking sprite on the Adventure tab of your character sheet, if you had a big pet
• Added many extra safeguards to prevent issues where an Adventure-mode character could permanently die
• (Dawn of Dragons) Fixed issues with creating an Echo of a dragon, i.e. the Echo of a Bandit Dragon could steal your food

CONTENT/GAMEPLAY

• (Dawn of Dragons) New Frogcrafting recipe: Any two relics = one relic of similar power. The target power will be the average rank of the two input relics. There is a 50% chance that the new relic may rise slightly in rank, up to a cap of rank 10. To exceed rank 10, the input relics must be 10 or higher.

BALANCE
Tornado / Hurricane champions should no longer spawn tornados near you if they cannot see you.
The price of Rose Petals is now 400g / sells for 200g (up from 100/50).
(Legend of Shara) Increased Orb of Reverie drop chance in Wanderer’s Journeys
(Dawn of Dragons) The Phasma Cannons in the final dragon fight no longer act as often, and summons should appear less frequently
(Dawn of Dragons) Whip base damage is higher now.

BUGS
Damage text missing from certain abilities like Photon Cannon should now appear again
Fixed serious bug when going from a regular save to a DLC-enabled save
(Dawn of Dragons) “Banishing” champions should no longer hit Vinelings for 50% of their health (oops)
(Dawn of Dragons) Fixed issue where mighty vines could disappear forever, making the Ancient Jungle unable to be completed
(Dawn of Dragons) Fixed Echo Dragon’s name, and incorrect coloring for Corporeal vs Ethereal forms.
(Dawn of Dragons) Fixed visual issues with the final dragon
(Dawn of Dragons) Whip damage should now properly scale with Strength and Swiftness as intended

LOCALIZATION
“Legend of Shara” is now localized into Simplified Chinese
Various German and Japanese translation updates

ENGINE
Various performance improvements and optimizations

QUALITY OF LIFE
There should be less log spam when monsters use abilities out of your line of sight.

BALANCE
The “Steadfast” shield magic mod now reduces basic attack damage from the shield’s direction by 50% (up from 33%), while damage from other angles is only increased by 10% (down from 15%).
The “Arrow-Dampening” armor magic mod now decreases ranged attack damage taken by 30% (up from 25%)
The “Phalanx” armor magic mod now decreases melee damage taken by 20% (up from 15%), while the extra damage from ranged attacks is now 5% (down from 15%)
Weapon and quiver mods that deal extra damage to certain monster families (Frog Slaying, Bandit Slaying, etc) now all deal +30% (up from +20%), with the exception of Rust-Biting, as it has an upgraded version (Chrome-Shredding)
The “Emergency” shield magic mod now reduces damage from basic attacks by 50% while under 33% health (up from 25%)
The “Toxicity” magic mod now has a 6% chance to drop acid pools, up from 5%, per step
The ice shot ability used by “Icedaggers” champions now deals less damage (110% of normal dmg, down from 135%) and has a slightly longer cooldown.
Adjusted how Resist-Piercing champions work. Rather than constantly piercing 50% of all resistances, they now add a stacking debuff when they damage their target, which lowers its resists by 10%. This can stack 4 times.
Buffed the stats of the following monsters: Mottled Sandjaw, Heated Sandjaw, Electric Jelly, Cave Lion, Guardian Corsair
Decreased the cooldown (20 -> 16t) and increased the damage (25% -> 35% attack dmg) of the toxic cloud used by Toxic champions
Increased the cooldown of Conjurer / Frogmaster summons from 13 to 16 turns
Unstable Magic (Spellshaper ability) now costs 5 Energy (down from 15) and has a cooldown of 6 turns (down from 8)
In Savage World, monster resistance to status effects now halves the duration *rounded up* instead of down.
(Legend of Shara/Dawn of Dragons) The monster ability Black Hole now lasts 5 turns, down from 7
(Legend of Shara/Dawn of Dragons) The monster ability Energy Shield now has a 16 turn cooldown (up from 14)
(Legend of Shara) In Tower of Ordeals, chance to find shopkeepers per floor is now 25% (up from 20%)
(Legend of Shara) In Wanderer’s Journeys, champion monsters now give +15% rewards per champion mod, which should make them feel more worthwhile to fight
(Legend of Shara) Adjusted difficulty curve of Tower of Ordeals. The first 20 floors now become harder more quickly (more monster power/level gained per floor), however the following 30 floors grow harder more slowly, particularly the final 20 floors. The overall end point of the dungeon is the same. This should make for a more even playthrough.
(Legend of Shara) In all Wanderer’s Journeys, there are now guaranteed Scroll of Job Change scroll spawns every 10 floors (e.g. floor 10, 20, 30…) in chests, somewhere. Gotta explore to find them!
(Dawn of Dragons) During the Ancient Jungle dungeon monster waves, monsters will no longer *only* focus on the vines. Instead, they add Vine aggro every turn, which can potentially be overridden by other sources of aggro.
(Dawn of Dragons) Ancient Jungle now has at least 2 more friendly monster crystals/eggs per map

BUGS
Fixed bug where monsters with the “Hundred Fists” abilities were dealing about twice as much damage as intended.
Fixed bug where abilities could sometimes lose their Energy or Stamina cost if a monster had the same ability
Fixed bug where Brigand’s Silver Job Emblem affecting Smoke Cloud was not affecting cooldown
Poison Evocation and Unstable Magic should now be properly processed by Spellshaping mods (including costs)
The searchbar now correctly filters by favorited items if you use “favorite” as a search term.
Monsters Letters should correctly stack more often now (they will not stack unless all the underlying info is the same, though - who caught the monster, who released it, and the skill transferred)
Sword Dancer’s gold emblem that allows you to parry skills (with 1/3 of normal chance) no longer reduces your *regular* chance to parry to 1/3 normal. Oops!
Fixed bug with Gambler’s Skill Orb version of Double Down inconsistently triggering its effects. Also, fixed Double Down not always hitting all targets
Fixed bug where toggling monster health bars via keyboard binding (“M” by default) would briefly flash them on the screen, even in fog of war
Fixed bug where monsters with the “Monster Pull / Haul” ability (e.g. Puller/Hauler champs) could use this ability on *themselves* to do instant damage. This was not intended. It should only be usable on other allied monsters.
Fixed bug that could bork pet duels. Also, added more safeguards to ensure that helpless corral pets wandering outside their pen won’t get caught in the crossfire and injured.
Fixed visual bug when Sword Dancers parry and create Flame Serpents from their Advanced innate job trait
If you try to equip an item in the dungeon, and you cannot equip it for whatever reason, you should no longer lose a turn
(Dawn of Dragons) The Frog Dragon Break ability now pans the camera while using it
(Dawn of Dragons) The final dragon dungeon event will now trigger as long as you’ve *ever* cleared the final boss on the current save slot (meta progress)
(Dawn of Dragons) Fixed Orb of Reverie + Scroll of Job Change recipe working incorrectly
(Dawn of Dragons) The “Arcane” Quiver mod now triggers 25% of the time as intended (instead of 100%...)
(Dawn of Dragons) Fixed Spectral Crab / Enemy Jelly Trooper not showing up in the Monsterpedia (note: you will have to defeat more of them starting with this patch for them to show up)
(Legend of Shara) Fixed various bugs with Glide resetting (or not resetting) its cooldown when it was not supposed to.
(Legend of Shara) Fixed bugs where, in dream versions of certain maps, you could unintentionally trigger certain events


ENGINE
Further save file size optimizations, trimmed out some garbage data

QUALITY OF LIFE
(Legend of Shara) In longer Wanderer’s Journeys, the special music tracks now play for more floors in the middle and towards the end
(Legend of Shara) Mini Dreamcasters now have a “Swap Places” option

WRITING
Minor writing adjustments in the final battle dialogue

BALANCE
During Gold job trials, you can now use 6 consumables (up from 5)

BUGS
Fixed rare save corruption bug that made the game unloadable
Fixed bug where your corral pet would become ‘disconnected’ from the corral, and you would be unable to return it (among other potential issues)
Fixed soft lock if you leveled up while returning to town at the same time of the Riverstone Grove frog callout
Bosses that can potentially spawn illusions for any reason should no longer cause script/cutscene glitches when you destroy the illusions
Friendly bombs, like the kind generated by Brigand’s advanced job trait, should now always have a green aura (indicating they will not harm you)
The minimap size will now dynamically adjust if it’s open while changing zones
Fixed bug where Medium Armor Mastery was not giving you enough Dodge (8% of Swiftness, instead of 12.5%)
(Legend of Shara) Fixed soft lock related to bringing some gear in or out of the dungeon
(Legend of Shara) Items upgraded in Mini Dreamcasters should now have correct names
(Legend of Shara) Fixed bug where some items found in Journeys could disappear when brought into Hall of Champions
(Dawn of Dragons) When using a hand wrap in your main hand, random offhands should now stop being auto-equipped
(Dawn of Dragons) A friendly Bandit Wrangler should no longer summon hostile monsters
(Dawn of Dragons) Fixed Spirit Sanctuary stair routing issues that made it impossible to get back to your Item Dream once you explored deeper in. Also fixed bug where an Item Dream portal would not appear if you were knocked out there for any reason.
(Dawn of Dragons) Fixed bugs with various crafting recipes sometimes not using all required input items.

MOD SUPPORT
Fixed potential issues in mod loading and icons on some systems

ENGINE
Various optimizations during gameplay

QUALITY OF LIFE
Pet monsters should no longer use self-buffing abilities if outside of combat.
The game now shows what DLC you have installed on the title screen
Bringing a tamed (not knocked out) bandit to the Beastlake Park quest no longer removes it

WRITING
Block, parry, and dodge descriptions on the Character screen now indicate that not all special attacks can be avoided, and that chance to dodge special attacks is halved.

BALANCE
Reduced the gold cost to use non-Lucid / non-Skill orbs by 33%
Reduced the efficacy of monster healing in NG+ and Savage World by 16/32% (this helps the player!)
(Dawn of Dragons) In NG+ and Savage World, the Vinelings in the Ancient Jungle gain increased health and substantially more defense to make up for the increased monster power.

BUGS
Fixed certain inconsistencies with attack calculations when dual-wielding weapons. For example, Sharktooth Axe in offhand was not getting an accuracy penalty, and the third Whip Mastery was triggering off both hands
(Legend of Shara) Fix to Relic loading from meta progress, which was causing serious errors w/ Hand Wraps & Whips
(Dawn of Dragons) Fixed the “1 Gem + 1 Lucid Orb = Random Lucid Orb” frogcrafting recipe, as well as “2 Gems + Accessory = Random Accessory”
(Dawn of Dragons) Offhand attacks with Hand Wraps should work again.

LOCALIZATION
(Legend of Shara) Spanish support added.

QUALITY OF LIFE
You can now search for “gem” in the searchbar of various inventory UIs to filter all your gems.

Update v1.30g:
BUGS
Fixed some game load bugs caused by last patch, sorry
(Dawn of Dragons) Verminespers should no longer be able to charm the vines in the Tyrant Dragon dungeon
(Dawn of Dragons) You should no longer see the portal reveal animation to the Spirit Sanctuary if you’ve cleared it
(Dawn of Dragons) Fixed bug in the 3rd floor of Bandit Waterworks where every switch would unlock the final gate.

ART/VISUALS
(Dawn of Dragons) Whip masteries now have unique skill icons

BALANCE
Flame Cocktail (and all higher level versions) now have an additional square of range
Guardian Lurkers now have a 5 turn cooldown on their laser ability (up from 4)
For rumors that have a limited step count, you no longer lose steps while in Item Dreams or Wanderer’s Journeys
Champions generated by the “Notorious” feat now give 15% more rewards, and have a 33% chance of dropping a useful item (such as rose petals, Orb of Reverie, a healing potion, butler bell)
(Dawn of Dragons) The “Bubble” mod now grants a shield equal to Lvl x 30, down from Lvl x 50.

BUGS
Fixed game error with Ramirel’s Dismantler if an attack was reflected back to you
Fixed mapping bugs with Xbox One controllers
Effects that reduce healing should now work correctly on monsters
Quivers should no longer grant CT when using a staff or other non-bow weapon
The Food Cart should no longer ever use Butler’s Bells as a demanded item
When completing the Beastlake Park bandit pet quest, the pet should now be permanently removed from you as intended. (Remember, you can also simply hand in a knocked out bandit. It doesn’t have to be a tamed pet.)
Porting out of a job trial on the 2nd floor no longer leaves an open portal back into the trial area!
(Legend of Shara) While in Hall of Champions or Temple of the Elements, you should no longer keep *equipped gear* found in the dungeon
(Legend of Shara) Fixed very strange bug with relic names sometimes being saved/loaded wrong.
(Dawn of Dragons) Fixed bug with “the Wolf” mod’s defense being way too high, and also sometimes triggering (or not triggering) incorrectly after dismissing summons
(Dawn of Dragons) Fixed bug where some monsters in dragon dungeons were set to 0% xp/gold/jp rewards
(Dawn of Dragons) The “explosions” mod should no longer work on regular abilities, only items
(Dawn of Dragons) The second Whip mastery should no longer trigger with non-Whip weapon types
(Legend of Shara/Dawn of Dragons) Removed some monster sprites that were not supposed to show up in Journeys
(Legend of Shara/Dawn of Dragons) Fixed issue where Shara could encounter game errors with Dawn of Dragons installed, in some areas (like Frog Bog)

CONTENT/GAMEPLAY
(Legend of Shara/Dawn of Dragons) If you own both expansions, you will now be able to find relic Whips and handwraps

ENGINE
Various small optimizations

QUALITY OF LIFE
Reorganized the Fast Travel/waypoint dialogue to show floors in a consistent order
(Dawn of Dragons) Langdon now has a dialog option reminding you where to go to continue the dragon questline.