Game update29 Oct 2025Ark's Wonder Dungeon v1.6.2General: -Added additional checks for the Evil Empress DLC. Balance Changes: -Empress' Charm now targets all foes and has a chance to apply intimidate. It can now Irate foes. -Empress' Tri-Slash can now pierce counters. Tri-Slash will now properly apply boss poison. -Empress' Fire Breath is now less effective against enemies with high defense. -Empress' Wing Sprout now has its cooldown not rese…
Coming in October, AWD will be having two major content updates in a joint release! DLC: EVIL EMPRESS Somebody new will be joining the dungeon's twisting doorways: the Everlasting Empire's one and only Evil Empress! Going through her own solo adventure in the illusionary dungeon, her gameplay focuses on being an utter demon in battle who can shift between two forms for different skills, modifie…
-Fixed Book of Wind/Earth's description typo. -Added a failsafe to PURE ARK to prevent her from freezing while shifting forms? -COME VISIT. NEW FOE! NEW ACHIEVEMENT!
Hello! This patch is a major update that reworks a few story bosses, tweaked Clown, and adds a unique series of cutscenes to the late game. Other decently big changes included, too. I guess. BOSS BUFFS CHAPTER 6: Like 1.4's patch notes predicted, some Dark Side bosses needed some tweaks (thankfully, not as many as I thought.) -Glutton's agility is upper to 8 from 5. -MOTHER no longer counters.…
Hello! This patch is both a major update to a late game area and adding a save failure recovery system. Steam Cloud has also been enabled(?) SAVE FAILURE RECOVERY SYSTEM Some people have reported minor save file failures in the Discord server. While your in-game achievements wouldn't be wiped, some other progress would seemingly be loaded into a new game state and There is now a special sequenc…
-Fixed Spell: Clown's description -Fixed the dreaded Rock Dealer "if only door is middle door, softlock the game" curse -Boost I now has a 33% chance of giving resist. -Resist 1 now has a 33% chance of giving Reinforced Wall. -Resist 2 no longer gives the entire party wall. Its cooldown is now 30 turns (down from 50) and its MP Cost is now 35% (down from 50%) CHAPTER 10 + SUPERBOSS CHANGES: -En…
Hello! This patch is a change-up to the game in order to make John B. Castin' a more viable character as an ally rather than only being a desirable party leader. Along with that, there's also some minor touch-ups to Ark's skills. MEDITATE Meditates's downsides were not worth it later in the game, so I've decided to tweak it. -Attack and defense cap of 10 removed; now halves attack and defense.…
-John's Teach was fixed to properly restore at campfires. -Acid applied by enemies will now chew through any form of Resist alongside both forms of Wall. CHAPTER 10 SPOILERS: -IMPURITY now has an infinite retry mechanic. -Booting your game up after closing it whilst having an IMPURITY save will allow you to instantly challenge him again. -IMPURITY's moves now have specific rarities rather than…
-Fixed Glove of Demise not working if bought from the Merchant's shop. -Fixed glove elemental cleanse spells. again. i hope. i'm praying. -Fixed Withered Rose Crown unlock not functioning. -Merchant portal refill potion now properly refills it instead of stealing it. -Dark bosses will no longer instantly end when Ark is dead, rather their corresponding character. how did this make it to launch.…
Hello! This patch is a change-up to the game's meta in an attempt to create a less dominant (but still applicable) playstyle! IRATE As of V1.1, the most prominent strategy for most of AWD's life has been getting high agility and stunlocking bosses with interrupting skills. This is fun, sure, but it does result in most fights having a similar "winning strategy." This update introduces a new game…
-Fixed certain dark bosses not giving their steam achievements properly. -Fixed Merchant only getting their Manufacture skills back if the supplies costed the lowest amount.
-Fixed several items/skills from the revamped 1.1.1's revamped descriptions being broken. -Added more direct instructions to unlock character 4. -Upon every new session, the Merchant will remind the player they can talk to his beloved daughter. Special thanks to HazmatVT for being the first person to stream Ark's Wonder Dungeon! Lots of these small bugs were found thanks to his stream.
Hello! This patch tinkers with several things that both should help with gameplay flow and giving more power to the player while still forcing them to move forward. STEAM OVERLAY Steam Overlay (Shift+Tab) should now work! Take as many screenshots as your heart desires. CLARITY -Almost all equipment and skill descriptions have been modified for clarity, color coding, and icons. Skills that eithe…
.6 and .7 got smashed into one build, here's the patch details: -Fixed CofCheChi talking to John in the Tar Pits when the old man wasn't there. -Changed all character's color trivia to be related to unlocking their skins instead of 500 battles to reduce grinding. -Slightly reworked Mini-Mages in a hope of them being less buggy. -Added additional pointers when trying to unlock Merchant. -Fixed s…
Contains both yesterday's v1.0.4 and today's v1.0.5 notes: v1.0.4: -Fixed the merchant having black text at the start of his bell quest. v1.0.5: -Fixed a Merchant Jr hint text typo. -Campfire curses can no longer appear if you have less than 80 rooms entered. This is to balance the primary method of unlocking the Clown. -There's currently a strange bug that wasn't present in beta testing relate…
"Bigger" patch: -Confusion's Violent Flee skill renamed to Violent Thrash -Tranquilizer typo fixed -Updated Comfy Pillow's description -Fixed Quick Hands description -Updated Chef Frog's dialogue -Stitches status curse now stays for a battle instead of whole run like originally intended -Changed Character: Merchant's description -Merchant Jr's shop text changes for Chapter 1 and Chapter 3 -Char…
Small patch again! -Messed with enemy mouse selection hitboxes: They should be far pettier now about getting selected with the mouse unlike before where some enemies blocked another. -Removed one image from the game files that was used for marketing. The OST's individual songs are now out on YouTube Music, Spotify, and Amazon Music! (Will be available on iTunes at some point in the near future.…
Very small patch: -Changed endgame boss from appearing in the Magnipedia by default. -Fixed John B. Castin's description overflowing into another textbox. -Made confirmation battle text for getting an Empty Potion via Potion-Trio. -Changed chapter 3's Merchant Jr text wording for clarification. The full OST is now uploaded onto YouTube! It will be available on music streaming services at some p…
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