Artefact UPDATE 14!

ARTEFACTS & CHESTS

• New rare multi-core chest - offering a selection of perks from all classes.
• New rare ammo unlock chest - offering a selection of ammo types.
• New rare treasure Roomba - Now drops a credits chest when destroyed.
• New rare artefact collectible - offering a selection of artefacts when 2/2 are found.
• Dropped on kills. This grants a strong bonus that stays for the whole run.
• 10 Artefacts added!
• Weapon upgrade chest changed: Now grants a damage upgrade to the current weapon.
• Improved model of mystery and credits chest.
• Credits chest no longer spawns.
• Character Stat upgrades from chests/stat kit now have sweet 3D icons.
• The first character stat upgrade has 50% more stats, but only grants a selection of two
• Quests now have a 50% chance of granting a stat upgrade.

GENERAL

• New model for God shrine.
• Increased in-game credits cap to 10000.
• Increased crit chance cap to 40%.
• Added an additional backup save file, which records each daily login.
• Mystery Package terminal cost reduced from 350 to 275..
• Injury treatment cost reduced from 500 to 350.
• Blood donation / divine offerings can no longer kill.
• Ammo drop chance increased from 1.55 to 1.65
  Chests now show on the minimap after discovery on screen.
• Terminals now show on the minimap after discovery on screen.

EXPERIENCE

• Small flying MG/Missile drone exp decreased from 100 to 40.
• Glider Shotgun exp increased from 100 to 150.
• Glider Railgun exp increased from 85 to 150.
• Disco Spider exp increased from 35 to 75.
• Missile Spider exp increased from 35 to 75.
• Boss exp increased from 500 to 1000.

LOOPING

• Beating the final boss now loops the Run, starting from the first floor again
• with higher difficulty.
• Terror level is raised by 50%, incoming damage increased by 50%, healing decreased by 75%
• Looped rooms are dark and look different and menacing.
• Looped rooms grant double the experience and 50% more credits.
• Good luck!
• Fixed final boss spawning enemies during the boss intro.
• Server room was made easier, 10% reduced fields, enemy spawn time from 6 to 7 sec
• Final boss now closes the door so no new enemies can spawn in

RECYCLING

• Credits received for recycling the follow item tiers has been increased:
• Blue - 200 to 300.
• Epic - 350 to 450.
• Legendary - 500 to 650.

WEAPONS

• New Weapon - HIGS PARTICLE CANNON (Epic)
• New Weapon - ANNIHILATOR (Legendary)
• Fixed weapon drop cooldown not saving properly. Weapon drops should now be more varied.
• Weapon (and item) extra drop chance from main menu tokens now works as expected.
• Having all attachment slots filled and using an upgrade kit now grants 3 random stat upgrades.
• Having weapon stat upgrades maxed now shows a message and grants 1% additional damage.
• Weapon perks are now split into weapon perks and variant / other perks in the menu.
• Object 29 DPS increased by 10%.
• ACR fire rate slightly reduced.
• Spas 12 damage increased by 14%.
• Boltcaster damage increased by 15% and more accurate.
• Kaida Honorary headshot damage increased by 10%.
• Last Breath headshot damage increased by 10% - Now has the “empowered last shot” Perk
• Fixed grenade launcher ammo not triggering properly - Both grenade launchers are much better.
• M79 grenades now have double explosions, max ammo reduced.
• Fixed AEK grenade perk not buffing correctly.

UI

• Questlog arrow now shows correct direction when dead.
• Fixed incorrect coop chat location.
• Best accuracy stat fixed.
• Upgrade kits no longer shown in the death statistics
• Added display for current terror level in the character menu.
• Terminal selection arrows now flash and move sideways for better visibility.
• Added notification recommending that player stands still when over 65% of shots are while moving, 90 sec cd

ITEMS

• New Item - G87 ‘Beamer’ (Common)
• New Item - Icarus (Epic)
• New Item - Redline (Legendary)
• Healing Vial removed, may come back in a different state.
• Each class has their own healing item already and we don’t want to encourage double or triple heal item setups, which we view as unfun.
• Acid grenade fixed, now applies damage correctly and range increased from 125 to 165.
• Fixed item variants with higher than 100% power not giving all stats.
  Item upgrade scaling fixed, now scales conservatively when default power is over 100%.
• Fixed upgrade kit chance for double upgrades not working.
• Methadone duration no longer scales.
• Duration, healing, and resistance all scaling was making it too powerful.
• Aimbot item buffed - Now, each kill while active grants permanently increased accuracy.
• Lightning Battery cooldown reduced from 40s to 28s.
• Sentry DMR turret rank 1+2 firerate reduced
• Elite rank changed: deals double damage with double burst and reload each 2 shots
• Hopefully fixes Divine reconstructor not saving you in some cases

CLASSES

• Module Hold Breath increases crit chance cap now.
• Fixed Drone Mod module only shooting after 16 minutes.
• Heavy crossbow starting item removed for the moment
• Stimulants regeneration nerfed
• Fixed Fortify Position not giving max ammo.

CONTROLLER

• New Restricted Look mode - You can toggle between between both modes
  by pressing the right thumb stick

FIXES

• Fixed varied issues and crashes
• Fixed freeze when no pickup / deployable position can be found

We would have liked to do more fixes for this update but we will focus more on bugs, crashes and stability in the next 1-2 weeks. Up next is the port to the v2 version of the engine, the new relay servers for multiplayer and more content as usual.

MULTIPLAYER

• Fixed one bigger issue with the ports / hole punching.
• Fixed some issues