Patch Notes/2018

## Update 28/12/2018

* New PvP and Trials events are now available.
* +100% Item Find in Raids has been added as a daily bonus for every day this week.

## Update 21/12/2018

* New PvP, Gauntlet, Invasion and Fishing events are now available.
* All familiars are 200% stronger in this weeks PvP event.
* +100% Item Find in World Bosses has been added as a daily bonus for every day this week.
* Offerwall bonus has begun! Android and IOS users will receive 2x Gems on all offers for the next 24 hours!!

## Update 14/12/2018

* New PvP and Trials events are now available.
* Holiday cheer is here! Collect free presents in town each day for the next 12 days!
* Further reduced the difficulty of the "Oblitaran" zone dungeon.

## Update 7/12/2018

* New PvP, Gauntlet and Fishing events are now available.
* Common familiars are 100% stronger in this weeks PvP event.
* Reduced the difficulty of the "Oblitaran" zone dungeon.
* New sales at a higher discount will be appearing every day!
* Countdown for the next GvG event has begun.
* Countdown for the next Invasion event has begun.

## Update 30/11/2018

* New PvP and Trials events are now available.
* All daily bonuses are doubled throughout the month of December. Happy Holidays!
* Visit Grampz in town for a special winter gift!

## Update 23/11/2018

* New PvP, Gauntlet, Fishing and Expedition events are now available.
* New Expedition: Hallowed Dimension!!

## Update 16/11/2018

* New PvP and Trials events are now available.
* Collect free gifts in town each day for the next 7 days!
* New expedition coming soon!!
* Increased the drop rate of Dewdrop’s from Mallowdale.

## Update 9/11/2018

* New PvP, Gauntlet and Fishing events are now available.

## Update 26/10/2018

* New PvP, Gauntlet and Fishing events are now available.
* Halloween is here! Trick or treat with the friendly townsfolk for some special rewards!
* The following Friday (November 2nd) will not have the normal update downtime. Events and sales will still continue as normal.
* *Note: Kongregate is joining Extra Life!! Donate for unique cosmetics!!*

## Update 19/10/2018

* New PvP and Trials events are now available.
* Reduced the difficulty of Mallowdale raid on Heroic difficulty.
* Slightly reduced the difficulty of Mallowdale raid on Hard difficulty.
* Mallowdale raid boss will now always appear in the back of the battle.
* *Note: Expedition event ("Inferno Dimension") runs from 22/10/2018 to 02/11/2018*

## Update 12/10/2018

* New PvP, Gauntlet and Fishing events are now available.
* Slightly reduced the difficulty of Mallowdale raid on Heroic difficulty.

## Update 5/10/2018

* New PvP, Trials and GvG events are now available.
* Tier 9 Set Gauntlet and Trials difficulty reduced to 500.
* Tier 9 Heroic world boss difficulty has been slightly reduced.
* Columbosim’s AOE proc damage has been slightly reduced and can no longer critically hit.
* Reduced the power and increased the agility for familiars Sprout and Sproulor.
* Reduced the damage spread for the skills of familiars Sprout and Sproulor.

## Update 28/9/2018

* New Zone: Galaran! Continue your adventure after completing Cambora.
* New Raid: Mallowdale! Collect legendary loot with friends after completing Galaran.
* New PvP, Gauntlet and Fishing events are now available.
* Reduced difficulty of World Boss Tier 8 Hard and Heroic.
* Daily bonuses have returned to their normal rotation.
* New offensive accessories are now available in the shop.
* All normal familiar fusion bonuses have been increased by 50%.
* Slightly increased the size of the familiar "Zarlock".
* Increased the deflect chance on Crypt Tunic from 2% to 3%.
* Countdown for the next GvG event has begun.
* Two new Meta Runes have been added to the game.

## Update 21/9/2018

* New PvP and Trials events are now available.
* All players will receive the Beech cosmetic pet upon logging in this week.

## Update 14/9/2018

* New PvP, Gauntlet and Fishing events are now available.
* New Zone and Raid coming soon. Prepare yourselves!
* Juppiomenz is hiring! Apply today at www.juppiomenz.com/apply
* Common and Rare familiars are 75% stronger in this weeks PvP event.
* Due to unexpected server issues earlier this week, everyone who logs in within the next 7 days will receive a Super Scroll and 100 Gems.

## Update 7/9/2018

* New PvP and Trials events are now available.

## Update 31/8/2018

* New PvP, Gauntlet, Fishing, and Invasion events are now available.
* Jelly Invasion! Work with your fellow players to defend the town from the Jelly horde!!
* Happy Kongiversary! All daily bonuses are doubled throughout the month of September. Talk with the friendly townsfolk for some special rewards!
* Equipment will now drop from Invasion battles.

## Update 24/8/2018

* New PvP and Trials events are now available.
* Prepare yourselves! Jelly Invasion is returning next week!
* Sudden death can now occur in PvP and Duel battles.
* Slightly reduced the amount of turns required for sudden death to occur.

## Update 17/8/2018

* New PvP, Gauntlet and Fishing events are now available.
* Our first Expedition has ended, but don’t worry! Most of the loot (and some new) will be available in upcoming Badge related events!

## Update 10/8/2018

* New PvP and Trials events are now available.

## Update 3/8/2018

* New PvP, Gauntlet and Fishing events are now available.
* Fixed a bug which was causing guild chat to be disable when players disabled world chat.
* Guilds can now be set to “Open” by the guild leader. This allows players to openly join your guild without needing to apply and be accepted. Newly created guild are set to open by default. Currently existing guilds are closed by default.

## Update 27/7/2018

* New PvP and Trials events are now available.

## Update 20/7/2018

* New Feature: Expeditions! A new guild only adventure awaits!!
* New PvP, Gauntlet, Fishing and Expedition events are now available.
* Guild message board has been added to the guild screen.
* Guild chat has been moved to the world chat screen.
* Increased base guild member limit from 20 to 25.
* Equipment Set bonuses will now work across different tiers.
* Increased the amount of shields generated by Engulfing Artifact.
* Fixed a bug with Nebuleye where equipping 5 or more legendary items did not correctly grant the full damage reduction bonus.

## Update 13/7/2018

* New PvP and Trials events are now available.
* +100% Item Find and Experience has been added as a daily bonus for every day this week.
* *Various backend tweaks to prepare for upcoming features.*

## Update 6/7/2018

* New PvP, Gauntlet, Fishing and GvG events are now available.
* +100% Item Find has been added as a daily bonus for every day this week.
* Loot drops are doubled during this week's GvG event.
* Summer Sale!! Free cosmetics upon logging in.
* Each day for the next two weeks will have a sale in the shop at a cheaper value than normal.
* New Guild content coming soon.

## Update 29/6/2018

* New PvP and Trials and Invasion events are now available.
* Countdown for the next GvG event has begun.
* +100% Experience has been added as a daily bonus for every day this week.
* *Various backend adjustments and bug fixes.*
* *(Dina, Melvin and Jeb cosmetic mount sale released for first 5 days.)*

## Update 22/6/2018

* New PvP, Gauntlet, Fishing and Invasion events are now available.
* +100% Item Find in Gauntlet has been added as a daily bonus for every day this week.
* Zombo invasion is back! Defend the Town!!

## Update 15/6/2018

* New PvP, Trials and GvG events are now available.
* +100% Item Find in Raids has been added as a daily bonus for every day this week.
* Offerwall bonus has begun! Android and IOS users will receive 2x Gems on all offers for the next 24 hours!!

## Update 8/6/2018

* New PvP, Gauntlet and Fishing events are now available.
* Countdown for the next GvG event has begun.
* +100% Item Find in World Bosses has been added as a daily bonus for every day this week.
* Quad Strike now adds 4 additional attacks, up from 3.
* Harvester Ancient Sword proc will no longer trigger single use abilities from Mounts and Sets.

## Update 01/6/2018

* New PvP and Trials events are now available.
* Various backend tweaks and changes to prepare for upcomming features.

## Update 25/5/2018

* New PvP, Gauntlet and Fishing events are now available.
* Various cosmetic bundles will be appearing this week to give players a second chance at acquiring them.

## Update 18/5/2018

* New PvP, Trials and GvG events are now available.
* Increased the amount of SP drained from the Chet Meta Rune.
* "Ignore Boss" and "Ignore Shrines" checkboxes have been moved to the top of the game settings.
* The first battle speed setting will no longer be affected by movement speed bonuses.
* A "Sudden Death" mode has been added to GvG battles which will cause all damage to double when the battle is going on for too long.
* Reduced the difficulty of Tier 8 Hard and Heroic Orlag Clan world boss.
* Slightly reduced the difficulty of Tier 8 Heroic Netherworld world boss.
* Quad Strike have been added to the character Info screen.

## Update 11/5/2018

* New PvP, Gauntlet and Fishing events are now available.
* This week will have a new PvP event each day!

## Update 4/5/2018

* Happy Mobileversary! This month marks 1 year of Bit Heroes on Android and IOS devices. Talk with the friendly townsfolk for some special rewards!
* Jelly Invasion! Work with your fellow players to defend the town from the Jelly horde!!
* New PvP, Trials and Invasion events are now available.
* Common familiars are 100% stronger in this weeks PvP event.
* Each day this month will have a sale in the shop at a cheaper value than normal.
* All daily bonuses are doubled throughout the month of May. Happy Mobileversary!

## Update 27/4/2018

* New PvP, Gauntlet and Fishing events are now available.
* Nebuleye Mythic Shield now also grants 1% damage reduction for every legendary item equipped.
* *Multiple bug fixes with the Harvester Ancient Sword.*
* 4 piece Agony Set bonus proc rate has been increased to 10%.
* *Various backend fixes and improvements.*
* Various new enemies have been added to the Gauntlet.

## Update 20/4/2018

* New PvP and Trials events are now available.
* Due to another unexpected downtime earlier this week, everyone who logs in within the next 7 days will receive a Major Energy Potion and 100 Gems.
* Battle animations can now be disabled in the game settings.

## Update 13/4/2018

* New PvP, Gauntlet, Fishing, and GvG events are now available.
* Defensive pets have been rotated in the shop.
* Due to unexpected downtime earlier this week, everyone who logs in within the next 7 days will receive a Major Energy Potion and 100 Gems.

## Update 7/4/2018

* *Fixed a bug which was allowing players to reroll the wrong tier 8 sets.*

## Update 6/4/2018

* New Zone: Cambora! Continue your adventure after completing Morgoroth.
* New Raid: Zol's Labyrinth! Collect legendary loot with friends after completing Cambora.
* New PvP and Trials events are now available.
* New Offensive Pets are available in the shop.
* *Fixed a bug which caused random attacks to not be used with AI.*
* Slightly reduced the difficulty of Tier 7 World Bosses.

## Update 30/3/2018

* New Zone and Raid coming soon. Prepare yourselves!
* New PvP, Gauntlet and Fishing events are now available.
* +100% Item Find has been added as a daily bonus for every day this week.

## Update 23/3/2018

* New PvP and Trials events are now available.
* When losing a battle in PvP, players will now gain a fraction of the winning points instead of losing points.
* Overall points gained from PvP has been slightly reduced to compensate for the above change.
* Shielding defensive Pets have been replaced with Healing defensive Pets in the equipment section of the shop.
* +100% Item Find in Raids has been added as a daily bonus for every day this week.

## Update 16/3/2018

* New PvP, Gauntlet and Fishing events are now available.
* A new Absorb Chance Major Rune has been added to the game.
* Fusion and Victory animations can now be disabled in the game settings.
* Increased the size of the catching bar for higher rarity fish.
* +100% Item Find in Gauntlet has been added as a daily bonus for every day this week.

## Update 9/3/2018

* New PvP, Trials and GvG events are now available.
* Reduced the difficulty on Tier 7 World Bosses.
* Reduced the difficulty of Tier 7 Set Gauntlet and Trials from 210 to 200.
* Increased the drop rate of Rom Bits in Raids, Gauntlet, Trials, and World Boss.
* +100% Item Find in World Bosses has been added as a daily bonus for every day this week.

## Update 2/3/2018

* New Feature: Fishing! Travel outside of town to a brand new fishing island to meet Ishmael's wife Grella and compete against other players in events to see who can reel in the biggest fish. Join in our release of the very first, completely free to play event and test your luck at reeling in that ultimate fish.
* Turn in your fish for seashells to use in the brand new fishing shop where you can level up your fishing gear or trade in for exclusive cosmetics.
* Everyone receives 100 bait to start fishing, and 20 bait each day after upon login.
* New PvP and Gauntlet events are now available.

## Update 23/2/2018

* New PvP, Trials, and GvG events are now available.
* New feature: Fishing! coming next week!

## Update 16/2/2018

* New PvP and Gauntlet events are now available.
* New cosmetic bundle now available in the shop for a limited time.
* Major client and server changes and optimizations have been made to prepare for upcoming content.

## Update 9/2/2018

* New PvP and Trials events are now available.
* Common and rare familiars are 75% stronger in this weeks PvP event.
* Improved the stats of the following legendary and set accessories: Baronet Edwin's Cranialoptic Regulator, Melvin Champ, Widowmaker, B.I.T. Chain, Gold Pendant, Astaroth Flag and Acropodium.
* Super Potion and Beginner Rune Bundle have been added to the "Other" tab of the shop.
* Players can now see the probability of certain rarities appearing from Eggs and Boxes in the shop by pressing the "?" at the top left of the screen when viewing the contents.

## Update 2/2/2018

* New PvP, Gauntlet, and Invasion events are now available.
* *Fixed a bug that caused mount bonuses to not be applied to your character.*
* *Fixed a bug that caused mount upgrade costs to not display correctly.*
* Banned players will no longer appear in leaderboards.
* NOTICE: We discovered some players have taken advantage of a purchasing exploit, and we have worked hard to correct the issue. Thanks for weathering it out with us! Were given 20 Mount Guts and 50 Gems to everyone who logs in this week, and we will continue to investigate the exploit. As we learn more, further action may be necessary. Just a reminder to everyone that the use of any exploits in Bit Heroes will result in an account ban. Thanks to everyone for helping us maintain a fair playing field.

## Update 12/1/2018

* Mounts have been added to the game! More information about mounts can be found in game.
* Every player who logs in this week will get free materials to trade in for your first mount!
* New PvP and Trials events are now available.
* Daily login rewards have been adjusted.
* Materials in your inventory that can be traded can now be selected to view all the tradeable options for that material.
* Min/max buttons have been added to the exchange screen when exchanging a single item.
* Battle UI has been re-organized to make room for more skills.
* Various game screens have been adjusted to make room for Mounts.
* Offensive Accessories and Defensive Pets have been rotated in the shop.
* "Show Mount" option has been added to the game settings.
* Mount has been added as an exchange filter option.
* Added new bounties that reward Mount Guts.
* *Various translation issues have been fixed.*
* NOTICE: Bit Heroes! We wanted to give a quick notice that there will be a few weeks with no major Friday updates. Events and sales will continue to rotate as normal. We just launched a big new feature with Mounts and are really excited for people to discover and interact with this. In addition, we are heads down working on some big updates due in the next month or two. Clues may be right in front of you...

## Update 5/1/2018

* New PvP, Gauntlet, and GvG events are now available.
* This week will have two Gauntlet events. The first event will last for 2 days and will be ranked on Highest Clear instead of Points. After that event ends, there will be a normal 5 day even based on Points.
* Our first set Pet and Accessory are now available in the shop. Set items have the same drop rate as legendaries in the shop.
* *Fixed a bug that sometimes caused battles to crash during a dual strike proc.*
* *Fixed a bug that sometimes caused incorrect unit positions in battle after a dual strike proc.*
* Increased the drop rate of Demon Juice and Hobbit Foot.
* Ignoring a player will now also block Friend requests from them.

## Notes

1. ↑ Invasion continued from last week's 22/6/2018 update