Update v2.1

major update

Dwarves: Glory, Death and Loot - Supporter Pack · build 24587014 · published

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⚒️ Update V2.1.0 - Season 5

Season 5 has arrived! This update introduces new Artifacts, Runes, leaderboard improvements, balance changes, quality-of-life improvements, and a huge number of bug fixes.


🌟 New Features

Season 5

  • All leaderboards have been reset.

  • New Challenge Leaderboard: Conquest V

6 New Artifacts

  • Runner Beans (Cave, Battle 50+)

  • Marching Rations (Forge Crafting)

  • Trolltooth Necklace (Forest) (Raid Reward)

  • Trolltooth Necklace (Cave) (Raid Reward)

  • Trolltooth Necklace (Ruins) (Raid Reward)

  • Trolltooth Necklace (Glacier) (Raid Reward)

10 New Runes

  • Damnation (Ultimate, Clear-Cut, T2-T3)

  • Inner Peace (Defensive, Unique, Profession, T3)

  • Warden (Defensive, Unique, Profession, T3)

  • Elemental Equilibrium (Defensive, Unique, Clear-Cut, T3)

  • Flow of Chi (Defensive, Unique, Clear-Cut, T3)

  • Wisdom over Power (Defensive, Unique, Clear-Cut, T3)

  • Experimental Growth (Support, Clear-Cut, All Tiers)

  • Experimental Traits (Support, Clear-Cut, All Tiers)

  • Experimental Rebirth (Support, Clear-Cut, All Tiers)

  • Conquest V (Support, Unique, Clear-Cut, T3)

Leaderboard Improvements

  • Hovering leaderboard entries now shows Clan information.

  • Steam usernames can now be changed at any time.

  • Supporter Pack owners can now change their username color by selecting a Wyvern Hatchling color.

Other Additions

  • New audio option: Burp Sounds On/Off

  • Added a community wiki link to the title screen (thanks der_kney!)


⚙️ Changes & Quality of Life

General

  • Deserted Battles only increase when abandoning a battle with at least one fallen Dwarf.

  • Eternal:on growth after battle now requires progressing at least one wave.

  • Potion of Growth now drops from Spiders.

  • Potion of Rebirth now drops from Wyverns.

  • Slightly increased Potion shop appearance chance.

Battle Report Improvements

  • Kill bar replaced with debuff display.

  • Kill count remains available in tooltips.

  • Added Gold, Silver and Bronze MVP medals.

Forging

  • Mythic+ forging costs more Gold.

  • Mythic+ modifier rolls are now always maximum.

Loot Mode

  • Victory count can no longer fall below 1.

  • Deserted Battles can no longer occur.

Beastmaster

  • Now has an inherent 10% Block Chance.

  • Added Rimu Harvest, Retaliation and Epiphany as Off-Hand passives.

  • Off-Hand passives can now be reforged with matching Elements (or two Kakapo Staves).

Additional Changes

  • Orcs now have access to Runner Beans.

  • Reduced Troll and Dragon Thunder Resistance.

  • Increased card reroll cost after battle 300.

  • Increased Rare Orc Stamina after battle 1000.

  • Veteran & Recruit helmet sprites updated.

  • All items now sell for a small amount of Gold.

  • Eternal:off late-game battles now drop Mythril instead of excessive Items.

  • Added Mythril Motherlode to the Arkenstone Shop.

  • Boldness Veteran stats now match Victory 50 Veterans.


🔮 Rune Changes

General

  • Basic Defensive Runes now have Element-specific variants.

  • Fully collected Rune variants now glow brighter.

  • Updated numerous Rune descriptions.

  • Rune count displayed in Rune selection.

  • Rune variants now have unique borders.

Ephemeral Echo

  • Added Thunder, Fire and Ice variants.

  • Maximum proc chance increased from 20% → 24%.

  • Works for all basic attacks.

  • Thunder bounces reduced from 8 → 5.

Way of the Fist

  • Flurry of Fists now counts as basic attacks (cannot self-proc).

  • No effect while using a shield.

  • Minimum Flurry increased from 3 → 5.

Other Rune Changes

  • Multishot now supports Archers, Warlocks and Cannoneers.

  • Parabellum reworked into Mana Cost Reduction + Ultimate Charge.

  • Conductor now has a chance to spawn Kugelblitz.

  • Frostfire now shatters Frozen enemies for AoE damage.

  • Martial Arts now doubles Helmet & Shoulder stats but damage bonus reduced 200% → 120%.

  • Increased thresholds for Fatality Runes.


🛡️ Item Changes

General

  • All Artifacts now grant growth on level-up.

Reworked Artifacts

  • Tome of Insight

  • Amulet of Warding

  • Dragon Bacon

  • Poison Vial

  • Sanctified Amulet

  • Dice of Fate

  • Blueberries

  • Hot Coal

  • Tesla Coil

  • Frost Armor

Trolltooth Necklace

  • Added STR, DEX, INT and WIS variants.

  • Reward preview shown on Boss Card.

  • Reward depends on current biome.

  • Increased defensive stat.

  • Added total main stat increase bonus.

Additional Changes

  • Gauntlet of Swiftness jump-back scales with weight.

  • Heart of Iron damage reduction now applies before shield buff.

  • Reduced Ring of Thunder resistance.

  • Artifact unlock requirements adjusted.

  • Dark Crystal now uses the Dwarf's Element.

  • Updated Black Lotus Ring and Dragon Bacon descriptions.


⚔️ Ability Changes

Battlerune: Inferno

  • Hits 5 times instead of 4.

  • First hit now happens instantly.

Battlerune: Celestial Arrows

  • First arrow fires slightly ahead of the frontline.

  • Arrow count doubled 20 → 40.

Battlerune: Cataclysm

  • Base damage doubled.

  • Skulls doubled 10 → 20.

  • Removed Fear and Doom secondary effects.

  • Fixed Spider damage issue.

Thunderstorm

  • Repeated hits deal only 25% damage.

  • Stops when no targets remain.

  • Reduced target scaling.

Other Ability Changes

  • Chakram Throw now activates on melee hit, scales with DEX and has longer range.

  • Nightfall now scales with DEX.

  • Avatar of Fire damage reduced.

  • Command: Charge now removes movement debuffs every second.

  • Axe Throw now jumps backward before activation.

  • Spirited Veteran passive adjusted.

  • Reduced Paladin/Beastmaster charge impulse.

  • Increased Piercing Arrow range.

  • Improved Archer and Mage targeting.

  • Toxic Flask & Gas Grenade no longer bounce.


⚔️ Battle Changes

  • Dwarves now spawn with a slight delay.

  • Glacier Snowstorm now applies Chilled every 3 seconds (lasting 5 seconds).

  • Pausing battle only resets speed to 1x if battle speed was above 1x.

  • Battle tooltip now displays current Animal Companion count.


🎨 Miscellaneous

  • Champion Items cannot accidentally be sold or dismantled.

  • Correct % display for Crit Chance, Crit Damage and Ailment Chance.

  • Champion Items excluded from random reforges.

  • New "Text Only" combat text option.

  • Battlerune auto settings are now saved.

  • Artifacts can be dragged directly onto Dwarves.

  • Added green and white Supporter Pack boars.

  • Endless counter improved.

  • Updated Holy and Dark explosion effects.

  • Added Save Slot Banner sound.

  • Updated Off-Hand inventory icon.

  • Bosses now display "Enrage" text.


🐞 Bug Fixes

This update fixes 30+ bugs, including:

  • Execute damage now appears correctly.

  • Healing modifiers now affect Life Regeneration.

  • Forge Demon scaling fixed.

  • Champion Item duplication fixed.

  • Black Hole acceleration fixed.

  • Veteran pity fixes.

  • Gold bounty display fixed.

  • Black Lotus leaderboard issue fixed.

  • Quick Learner Veteran exploit fixed.

  • Artifact selection fixes.

  • Elementalist Rune now works correctly.

  • Mend now uses healing multipliers.

  • Formation loading fixed.

  • Beastmaster boar scaling fixed.

  • Damage report fixes.

  • Hotkey fixes.

  • Avalanche Ultimate placement fixed.

  • Artifact unlock timing fixed.

  • Beastmaster Off-Hand Element reforging fixed.

  • Boss enrage scaling fixed.

  • Healing Rain audio fixes.

  • Background audio fixes.

  • Unarmed Rune shield interaction fixed.

…and many additional stability and gameplay improvements.