What changed before build 24436268

Run economy and events

• Reaching a boss now grants 2 Boss Tokens instead of 1.
• Single Combat's shard reward increased from 15 to 20.
• Crest Windfall, Survivor Charm, and every class Equipment starting bonus lost their -5 starting Shards penalty.
• Item Windfall lost its -5 Shards penalty but now supplies two fewer common items.
• Stability System gives 5 fewer Shards, Shard Pouch gives 3 fewer, and Starter Bundle gives 2 fewer.

Relics and items

Heroes, specializations, and class modifiers

• Shield Power now grants 1 Attack per 8 Shields; Poisonous Eye now inflicts 30 base Poison.
• Aria: Requiem Barrage moved from 100% to 75% Magic and from 10 to 25 base damage per tick. The Harmony moved to 33% Magic and 300% Mana Regen scaling, with 10 base Shields per tick.
• Sal: The Breezy now starts at 0 Magic per Debuff trigger and still gains 1 per rank.
• Irini: The Mighty gained Stall 10.
• Kai: The Bold now gives 30 Defense and uses 400% Defense Shield scaling.
• Gustav: The Glacier gives -1 Attack Range and uses 75% Defense Shield scaling.
• Pollen: Earth's Child now gives 30 Magic.
• Ratna: The Magnanimous now grants 3 base plus 2 per rank permanent Crit on kill.
• Ming: Inner Flame gained 2 seconds of Rush and The Enlightened gained 1 second.
• Grace: Max Mana moved from 120 to 110, Starting Mana from 35 to 50, and The Radiant now grants 4 base plus 4 per rank Attack and Magic.
• Logan: The Iron gained 4 seconds of Rush.
• Reyna: The Champion gained 3 seconds of Rush; The Brawler now gains 1 Attack per 10 Shields up to 50% Max HP.
• Rip: The Brute now gains 35 Crit when acquired.

Fixes and presentation

• Loading no longer resets item scaling. Red Rift warnings, final-boss mission state, Ming's compendium ranks, Aria's chain visual, Emergency Rewind shard behavior, and Trial-fight shard accumulation were corrected.
• The Three Urns and The Well of Temptations received event art. Tutorial highlights, environment contrast, burn effects, high-speed VFX timing, difficulty selection, leaderboards, event panels, and 16:10 event images were revised.

First demo balance pass

• Rapid Growth, Pain, Decay, Single Combat, and Endurance were reduced where higher difficulties were over-punishing.
• Team Size quest relics became 5 Shards cheaper. Bossy fell from 50 to 40 Shards.
• Plague Transmission Engine's 10-second trigger was fixed. Shield Fragmentation Engine rose from 200% to 250% Shield reflection.
• Critical Absorption Prism fell from 60 to 50 Max HP stolen. Precision Nexus fell from 40 to 30 healing and from 4 to 3 Mana.
• Adaptive Sword gained 30 base Attack Speed and later start-of-combat priority.
• Poisonous Eye, Poisonous Edge, Poisonous Burst, Golden Eye, Poisonous Attacks, Sideline Empowerment, Burning Absorption, Hermit, and Stalled Heat were increased.
• Yuuna, Hoyoung, Zuri, Fiona, and Funke received targeted buffs. Kai, Gustav, Grace, Rip, Nyx, and Dragomir received fixes or high-difficulty reductions.

Quality-of-life and fixes

The selected difficulty now persists between runs. The patch added leaderboard reset timing and fixed doubled Rush counting, shop save exploitation, the missing data-collection setting, an Emergency Rewind results soft lock, Proceed-button errors, and duplicate class modifiers on S-rank offers.