December 2020

New Starter Packs
Features:

* Added new starter packs for Tiernan and Ana. Purchasing their respective packs will unlock them if you don't own them yet.

Changes:

* Starter Pack tooltips in the Promotions pane now list any included crafting materials.
* Total effect amounts now read “Current Buff” instead of “Current Bonus”, matching the “Current Debuff” for negative effects.

Fixes:

* Achievements for reaching level 25 in The Crypt and The Clocktower are now tracked separately, as they ought to have been.
	+ They have been updated retroactively.
* Reduced lag from Skeletom’s Skeleton Reaper and Crooked Crow’s Crawly Friends.
* Fixed a bug where Imani's Belt was applying to each stack of Crooked Crow's Crawly Friends instead of the total amount.

### Friday 11 December 2020

*Version: v0.271.1*

Mini Balance Pass
Changes:

* Buffed several of Momma’s Monster’s effects:
	+ Increased the Rune buff of Scientific Tinkering from 50% to 100%.
	+ Increased the base amount of Monstrous Assembly from 2.5% to 5%.
	+ Increased the maximum level of Monstrous Assembly from 5 to 7.
	+ Increased the Legendary light bulb’s buff to Monstrous Assembly from 10% per level to 20% per level.
* Buffed Crooked Crow’s Crawly Friends ability:
	+ Increased the base spawn chance from 10% to 15%.
	+ Increased the base DPS multiplier per stack from 300% to 400%.
* Crooked Crow’s trinkets gear now buffs Crawly Friends instead of Global DPS.

Fixes:

* Fixed Mogra’s Ring Leader timer decreasing too quickly, based on its number of targets.

### Wednesday 16 December 2020

*Version: v0.272*

The Nate Before Christmas, Tier 6, and New Talents!
Features:

* Updated the Nate Before Christmas event for Tier 6
* New Crusader: Odile, Snowflake Defender (slot 22)
* New Skin: Plushie skin for Xander the Xmas Dragon
* 5 New Objectives:
	+ Recruit Odile, Snowflake Defender: Reach area 600 with a crystalline heroine.
	+ Chocolate Spaghetti: Overcome workplace drudgery to reach area 650.
	+ Guardians Risen: Reach area 675 before you burn up!
	+ It's a Wonderful Life: Reach area 700 with a new outlook on life.
	+ Stygian Christmas: Reach area 725 in the face of fierce furry foes.
* New Talents:
	+ Flush with Materials (Tier 7)
	+ Formation Full Up (Tier 7)
	+ Must be Magic (Tier 7)
	+ Front Line Fire (Tier 7)
	+ Dressing for Success (Tier 7)
	+ Trinket Hoarder (Tier 7)
	+ Bounty of Idols (Tier 7)
	+ Hustle Master (Tier 8)
* Added an option to the Runes menu to display all seated Crusaders, ordered by bench seat.
* Added recruitment and gear upgrade missions for Mogra, Crooked Crow, and Momma’s Monster.
* Added a chest sale, lasting until Dec 31st.

Changes:

* All talents without a max level, with the exception of Magical Training, have been limited to level 200, and their bonuses and costs have been adjusted.
* Added 40 levels to the Lingering Buffs talent.
* Added a number of weekend chests and Golden Epic gear to the pools for flash sales and the challenge shop.
* Added the Whacking Bush skin to the skin shop.
* Weekly Runic Chests now refresh on Tuesdays, instead of Wednesdays.

### Thursday 17 December 2020

*Version: v0.273*

Bug Fixes and Holiday Dungeon Buff
Features:

* Added the Dungeoneering buff for all players, doubling all Points earned in The Dungeons until Jan 4th.

Changes:

* Crooked Crow’s Crawly Friends now spawns 1 to 3 Creepy Crawlies, instead of 1.
* Extended the duration of The Clocktower by one week, to end on January 20th.

Fixes:

* Fixed the Christmas Buddies achievement only counting RoboSanta as behind Wrena if they were also adjacent.
* Reduced lag from Drosenthes’ Slow Digestion and Endless Hunger abilities.
* Fixed Odile’s skates buffing one of her Legendary effects, instead of Hippo Snowflake Freeze.
* Fixed 43G1S’ Spatial Distortion upgrade not actually slowing monsters.
* Fixed Odile’s Hippo Snowflake Freeze not stacking when the Bossing Around talent is at max level.
* Improved the description of Odile’s Hippo Snowflake Freeze.

### Friday 18 December 2020

*Version: v0.273.1*

Bug Fixes
Fixes:

* Fixed Odile’s Hippo Snowflake Freeze causing the Golden Age talent to give infinite DPS.
* Fixed Odile’s Pristine Avalanche Sculpture not applying tags before other tag-related abilities took effect.
* Fixed Frosty’s Chilling Power reducing affected Crusaders’ DPS to 0 when buffed.
* Fixed the Holiday Spirit debuff on Odile’s recruitment objective applying when it shouldn’t.
* Updated the end time of current weekly Runic Chest store items, to reflect that they now refresh on Tuesdays.