Released date confirmed and new Major Update: "Legacy of the Arcana"

Released date confirmed

Summum Aeterna, the prequel to Aeterna Noctis, will hit all platforms simultaneously next September with its final version v1.0. The frenetic Roguelite starring his dark majesty is getting closer to ending its period in Early Access. We aim for September for the launch window, including a simultaneous release on PC and Nintendo, PlayStation and Xbox consoles.

The final release is coming up!

New content and improvements included in the "Legacy of the Arcane"

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Seeds:

• New type of influence: "Legacy of the Arcane"
  Those seeds influenced by the arcana will allow the player to get arcane cards in the germinated worlds
  The King of Darkness will find the arcane cards in the influenced worlds eliminating the dream hunters, but it will be the cards that decide for themselves when to activate

• Arcane Cards
  Each arcane card will have its own consequences and will alter the world
  The initial deck will have 3 cards, the rest are unlocked by progressing in the worlds influenced by the arcana

• Effects of the cards: "Alterations of Fate"
  Added several alterations with positive, negative and ambiguous effects. These effects will kick in once the found cards activate

• Not all card effects are the same. There are those known as "Radiant Cards", which will have much greater consequences when they wake up, but their spawn rate is very small
• Added a new influence table "Legacy of the Arcane" in the Wandering God dimension

Arcane Deck:

• 12 cards have been added to your deck:
  Death
  Devil
  Priestess
  World
  Judgment
  Hermit
  Emperor
  Wizard
  Tower
  Justice
  Force
  Fool

• Each card has a brief description of its nature, and also expands the lore of the Aeterna Universe

Genetics:

• "Royal Forge" gene has been removed from uninfluenced worlds
• The genetics system in Yado's lab has been redesigned. Now there are 3 machines that differ according to their options:
  - Germinator: germinate the seeds creating worlds
  - Seed furnace: allows the fusion of seeds and their recycling transforming the destroyed seed into runes
  - Genetic alterer: allows you to modify the genetic code of a seed

• New genetic functionalities have been added:
  
  Gene alterer now includes a host of new gene modification effects
  A specific vial is required for each mod, these vials can be found in worlds or obtained through rewards

• Added new gene types:
  
  - Dominant: prevails in the seed even if it is mutated, it is unlocked in difficulty 2
  - Coding: hides its name and description making it impossible to know its effect, it is unlocked in difficulty 4

• The "Will of the Kings" mode has become a seed influence. There are now 3 seed influences:
  Will of the Kings
  Dominion of Chaos
  Legacy of the Arcana

• Seeds can contain a maximum of 3 influences and they are all compatible with each other
• The King of Darkness can get influenced seeds in two ways:
  
  - Imbuing a seed with an influence via the genetic alterer
  - Obtain already influenced seeds as a reward or through the seed seller Rasen Lupine

Gameplay:

• New challenge system available: "Board of Champions"
  Through this system, the highest level seed completed in the shortest possible time by each competitor will be registered

• The reward for being in the top 3 places will be a gold, silver or bronze crown, which the king will wear in-game regardless of the player's skin, and as long as he stays on the podium
• There are two world ranking systems:
  Influenced seeds ranking
  Uninfluenced seeds ranking

Rooms:

• New room available "Chamber of the Arcane"
  A temporary location where the tarot reader Morgana awaits the arrival of the monarch of this cycle

NPCs:

• New NPC Available "Morgana, Dealer of Destiny"
  Your first encounter with this lady of divination will be during your adventures in the sprout worlds, but after that you can visit her whenever you want in her shop in Starving City to unlock and understand how the arcane cards work. Do not be fooled by her behavior, after all, Morgana is only an intermediary, since it is the arcana that speak of her through her voice

• Morgana will give the King of Darkness some arcane-influenced seeds after first speaking to her, so her dark majesty can experience first-hand how the cards work

Miscellany:

• The name of the "Vial of the Kings" has been changed, now it is called "Chalice of the Kings"
• The system of progression and unlocking of new elements in the game has been modified to better adjust the difficulty curve
• Fixed a bug where sometimes you couldn't properly continue the talking head quest and get its reward
• Changed the price and spawn rate of items in Chaos shops
• Fixed a bug where the Chaos compass icon was not displaying correctly on the HUD
• Fixed a bug where it would not correctly load the world level on seeds influenced by the Dominion of Chaos
• Fixed a bug where the King of Darkness would not start his dialogue the first time he visited Hyperborea
• Fixed a bug where items in shops would sometimes not match when loading a game
• Fixed a bug where key rooms in the Opera House were sometimes not distributed correctly
• Fixed a bug where the Valkyries' hammer would sometimes come off the stage
• Fixed a bug where defeating Count Xander would sometimes keep his bat particles

The new Aeterna Noctis DLC will arrive on May 22

The good news for the Aeterna Universe community does not end here! On May 22 of this year, the next DLC for our fast-paced Metroidvania will be available for free and on all platforms, adding dozens of hours of combat and exploration.

In just one month, players of Aeterna Noctis on Steam, Nintendo, PlayStation and Xbox will be able to download the DLC completely free. Among the novelties that the "Pit of the Damned" brings are two new game areas that expand the gaming experience, a new roster of enemies that the King of Darkness must face to unravel the secrets of the new areas, and time trials, an addictive multiplayer and cross-platform challenge.

Stay tuned for further updates!