Hey everyone! We are excited to share with you our first patch to Wartorn since we launched into Early Access last week! This patch brings new features, balance tweaks, bug fixes, and a ton of polish to enhance your journey through the perilous lands with your caravan.
Items listed with the 🏆 next to them signify that they were found or suggested by the community!
Speed Options in Overworld: Added the ability for players to increase the speed of their Caravan when moving through the Overworld. 🏆
Minimum & Maximum Range Indicators: A transparent white circle now appears under units when casting abilities, showing the minimum and maximum range for precise targeting. Perfect for planning your squad's next move!
Offscreen Enemy Indicators: New icons alert you to enemies just out of sight, ensuring you’re never caught off guard in battle. 🏆
Camera Control Options: Customize your experience with new settings for camera shake intensity and a pan speed multiplier for Gamepad/WASD/mouse edge-of-screen panning. 🏆
Developer Notes: It has been an eye opening first week and it’s been amazing to see the different strategies that have been employed and to hear about what units and family members are standing out. On the whole we are seeing some units stand out as the clear “best” units and players are not exploring some of the other units as a result. The changes below are an attempt to nerf the ones that are head and shoulders better than the others so that more units feel like viable options.
You will also notice that there are a lot more nerfs than buffs in this list. Turns out you all are very good at the game and are, honestly, not failing enough! This is leading to our story not unfolding as quickly as it should and the meta progression doesn’t get to shine because you don’t feel like you need it that much. These changes are all part of trying to get the overworld resources, battle difficulty, and challenge level where we think it will provide the most entertaining Rogue-lite experience. We welcome your feedback after you have had a chance to try out these changes. In general we are finding healing too powerful and not allowing for the levels of attrition that we want which should encourage players to try more units and bring units in “off the bench” to allow their best units a chance to heal on the journey and keep battles fresher by causing players to try different strategies while their units recover. Some of the tanks are also underperforming at their role so a few of the tanks have received HP buffs.
Health Adjustments:
Human Spearman: 165 → 173.25
Human Signifer: 261 → 273.735
Human Builder: 237 → 248.325
Human Elite Signifer: 326 → 342.195
Human Elite Builder: 296 → 310.38
Elf Student of Collective: 135 → 148.5
Elf Believer of Collective: 200 → 220
Elf Heretic of Collective: 400 → 440
Elf Elite Believer: 250 → 275
Elf Elite Heretic: 500 → 550
Human Water Brawler: 235 → 212
Human Hydro Pugilist: 374 → 336.6
Human Water Acrobat: 352 → 316.8
Human Elite Hydro Pugilist: 468 → 420.75
Human Elite Water Acrobat: 440 → 396
Goblin Angry Mob: 140 → 130
Goblin Torch: 203 → 188
Goblin Reaver: 181 → 167
Goblin Elite Torch: 253 → 234
Goblin Elite Reaver: 225 → 208
Damage Adjustments:
Demon Crone Melee: 16 → 13.6
Demon Witch Melee: 20 → 17
Demon Harbinger Melee: 23 → 19.6
Demon Elite Witch Melee: 24 → 20.4
Demon Elite Harbinger Melee: 28 → 23.8
Troll Heavy Crossbowman Ranged: 129.997 → 123.48
Troll Elite Heavy Crossbowman Ranged: 162.4 → 154.28
Healing Adjustments:
Elf Mender Heal: 0.25 → 0.2
Elf Healer Heal: 0.5 → 0.4
Elf Elite Healer Heal: 0.5 → 0.4
Ability Damage: (T1 is base ability → T5 is fully upgraded ability)
Meteor Strike T1: 100 → 80
Meteor Strike T2: 125 → 100
Meteor Strike T3: 150 → 120
Meteor Strike T4: 175 → 140
Meteor Strike T5: 200 → 160
Hydrojet T1: 50 → 60
Hydrojet T2: 75 → 75 (no change)
Hydrojet T3: 100 → 90
Hydrojet T4: 125 → 105
Hydrojet T5: 150 → 120
Specific Units:
Chakram Throw Elf Bleeders: Damage 10 → 8, Heal per bleed 0.25% → 0.5%
Rampage Berserker Troll: Damage 45 → 20
Troll Berserker: Melee attacks adjusted for better hit consistency
Reduced food upkeep for all units by 20%
Linen Bandages (Healing Taken): 50% → 25%
Efficient Preparations (Cooldown Reduction): 12.5% → 15%
Scouting Lens (Sight Range): 25% → 50%
Developer Notes:
Clucks and Voxyra have proven to be the best of the family members. So much so that players are only taking one route to get to Tabenrahzi. To start to address this and give other family members some room to shine we have removed their starting food and coin bonuses from Voxyra and Clucks, respectively. This change should also bring more value to the Community Tree upgrades since that is the only place to get them now. We also added an interval to how Clucks and Voxyra grant their resources so that there are some gaps in the income and we can essentially give fractions of coin and food per day. This change is particularly important for Voxyra as the previous method did not allow any window for a player to starve. We also added a level 2 “speed bump” to family Chord Crystal costs to encourage players to spread out their meta progression across more family members instead of rushing to the end- game level stats for a single family member after their first run. Fear not, if you are already past that point you get to keep the discount.
T2 Family Member passive upgrades cost increased: 1 → 3 Chord Crystals
Clucks:
Removed starting coin from family ability
Now grants coins every 5 days: T1=5, T2=10, T3=15, T4=20, T5=25
Nanny Voxyra:
Removed starting food from family ability
Now grants food every 10 days: T1=30, T2=50, T3=75, T4=100, T5=150
Sapinee:
Healing Per Day: 1%/2%/3%/4%/5% → 0.4%/0.8%/1.2%/1.6%/2%
Community Tree:
Healing Per Day: 0.5%/1.5%/3%/5%/8% → 0.2%/0.4%/0.5%/0.8%/1%
Everbloom Heirloom: No longer heals enemies
Pecking Stone Heirloom: Fixed upgrade limit beyond level 2
Intimidation’s Mask:
T1: 12% → 5%
T2: 14% → 7.5%
T3: 16% → 10%
T4: 18% → 12.5%
T5: 20% → 15%
Developer Notes:
As mentioned earlier, our players are too good at the game! These changes make the average and maximum difficulty harder to provide greater challenge for our stronger players without changing the game for players who are struggling.
Increased target hope lost per battle for dynamic difficulty: 4 → 7
Increased max and average battle difficulty curves
Reduced positive hope event chance at crossroads: 7.5% → 3.25%
Increased food event chance at crossroads: 12.5% → 16.75%
Reduced base squad decayed health healing per day: 2% → 1%
Prevent traveling on already-visited roads or junctions, streamlining your caravan’s journey 🏆
Fixed narrative progression inconsistencies between sessions
Added background brush to squad inspector for hero spells and trinket names
Show “No Abilities” in wagon’s squad details
Display hope lost text on defeat screen when losing from hope
Show total hope loss when abandoning squads
Added full name and trait to Pre-Battle Squad Selection tooltips
Added vertical space between spells and trinkets in squad inspector
Fixed heirloom icon not updating in homestead when swapping
Fixed squad selection deselecting on button clicks
Fixed passive ability icons using incorrect frames
Removed lock icon from family member widgets in caravan menu
Fixed UI layout issues for various resolutions in Overworld, Battle, and Homestead menus
Fixed delete button running off-screen in profile menu
Fixed spell card description overflow and unlock animation issues
New SFX for gaining/losing hope
Revised SFX and music for veterancy screen
Separate volume sliders for VO barks and story dialogue 🏆
UI notification and victory sounds can now be turned down using the UI volume slider 🏆
Improved Chakram Throw SFX
Added audio to intro splash video
Implemented VO for Torn intro cinematic, first loop, and taunts
Added missing VO when defeating Vengeance after a loop.
Fixed VO dialogue and subtitle mismatch at game start
Updated VO damage barks to trigger less frequently with improved mix 🏆
Fixed sounds playing in reverb with volume sliders down
Fixed combat audio leaking behind battle report menu and cinematics
Clucks no longer “clucks” when absent
Disabled auto-advance for non-voiced conversations
Troll Berserker now swings axe constantly in Rampage mode, even when stationary
Added curve to Troll hand for proper Rock Throw animation alignment
Improved transparency of villa objects when heroes are obscured
Improved rain visuals for Cloud Seeder heirloom without blocking battlefield view
Added customized trinket casting animations for all units
Reworded Final Stand description for clarity
Updated Persistence’s Gauntlets description
Updated Thorny Sapling ability description to match functionality
Updated Community Tree upgrade names: “Healing Taken Multiplier” → “Healing Affinity”, “Sight” → “Sight Radius”, “Cooldown” → “Ability Cooldown Reduction”
Fixed Yara and Elani squad inspector text for Basic Attack and Ability Damage upgrades
Fixed typos in overworld events 🏆
General localization improvements
Large Korean translation improvements with extensive manual Localization QA, including victory/defeat text, spell names, and more
Updated localization for seasons, days, and datetime formatting
Addressed Lumen crashes reported by players 🏆
Submit current save file with crash reports for better debugging
Fixed various units getting stuck behind obstacles
Fixed Hurlers not exiting cower state when targets move out of range 🏆
Fixed Hurlers casting abilities while cowering
Fixed Troll Berserker not destroying objects while rampaging
Fixed Treefolk interrupting basic attacks with swipe
Fixed units facing the wrong way when attacking
Fixed units interrupting attack animations when killing the last unit in a squad
Fixed Kaboom Crew projectile missing large units
Fixed summon preview flickering with obstacles in path
Lady Vengeance Map: Moved pillars and added nav modifiers to prevent units getting stuck 🏆
Fixed Vengeance’s Fire Line cast issue during enrage
Changed Vengeance’s guards to Average size for Puny Creature ability
With the change in size, the dead guards will no longer block pathing 🏆
Fixed Vengeance’s Scales preview lingering after enrage interrupt
Adjusted Torn sweep attacks to match preview decal
Fixed duplicate Rainmakers conversation on 3rd+ run 🏆
Fixed incorrect family member condition in “The Golden Drouse”
Fixed “Grisly Request” quest giving wrong Sapinee result
Fixed “Say The Magic Words” event text to avoid scrollbar issues
Fixed squads not returning to caravan after going on “Orphan’s Tears” quest 🏆
Ensured second squad (Neighbor Talmi’s Focused Rainmakers) has consistent identity
Fixed double tutorial screens and potential soft locks from UI cleanup
Fixed dialogs not reporting closure with ESC/B on no-cancel dialogs
Fixed battle rewards being skippable with keybinds 🏆
Fixed heirloom stats displaying as level 1 in homestead/overworld
Fixed Hero Weapon Unlock Progress Not Updating on Return to Homestead
Fixed Steam Achievements not tracking and granting consistently 🏆
Fixed Merchant Introduction events appearing twice
Fixed Stachelek’s Tavern not triggering merchant
Fixed Thousand Cuts permanently refunding all hero ability cooldowns
Fixed edge panning not resetting the return-to-heroes timer 🏆
Fixed Absolution’s Salve trinket animation stopping squads 🏆
Fixed enemies casting multiple abilities simultaneously
Fixed collision on Recognition Stone map to prevent units getting stuck
Fixed pathing on traversal maps and scaled down trees on traversal and Torn boss maps
Fixed rendering move feedback for invalid move orders
Made unit movement snappier while rotating
Fixed not adding Wamah to caravan on 2nd+ encounter
Turfus: Fixed wagon health healing only when gaining resources
Added triggers to gamepad controls image
We have been continuing to update our Known Issues list in the Official Discord, so please continue to refer to this list and report bugs with us as you see them! Most notably, thanks to community members, we have discovered and addressed an issue that was causing save files to bloat in size and impact performance. This has been resolved in Patch 1. In order for this fix to take affect, players will need to either complete a run or start a new run and get to the fireplace battle. Additionally, we are still working toward fixing the crashes that are affecting players using 50xx series GPUs.
Thank you for your continued support with Wartorn! This is just the beginning and we hope that this initial patch not only improves your experience, but also drives your excitement forward as we continue through Early Access. Please continue to report bugs and share your feedback with us by joining the official Discord Server!