What changed in Hero Siege in 2023

Help Santa with his holiday tasks in the revamped Daily Quest hosted by Mayor Kukkonen.

New Xmas Questline available for players to explore seasonal content.

The Winter Event is back with festive quests and challenges in a snowy Inoya.

The Event dungeon has been redesigned with tougher enemies and new rewards.

Added various new items including Blood of Spartan, Bottle of Radogate, and many more.

Satanic Zones now gain random buffs and debuffs every time they change, affecting gameplay dynamics.

Added 2 columns of space into the inventory and removed market gold selling cap.

Increased Satanic Zone Enemy pack sizes by 2.

Increased duration and scaling for several class abilities including Viking and Pyromancer.

At level 100, players can choose one of their skills to be empowered, with the option to reset.

Challenge Dungeon chests now drop 3x boss kill with 1400% mf instead of 1x with 800% mf.

Chaos Tower is back in its old form of facing King Rakhul after clearing 10 floors. Loot can be claimed or left unclaimed for a bigger future reward!

Fixed quest items that didn't sync properly when going to town and coming back.

Nerfed Envenom AOE by 25%.

Red Bear now has 85% damage reduction but can be damaged by the player.

Added brand new questlines for both Nightmare and Hell with valuable rewards.

Quest items are now vacuumed so you only need to pick 1 and it will pick all the others around it automatically.

Players can now craft God Empowered Emblems to roll a random Augment on their weapons.

Added Temple Trapdoor dungeon and challenge with Golden Key back into the game.

Fixed issues with class skills not functioning as intended.

The Örre quest line is back with daily quests and grinding mechanics.

Runes, Gems, and Jewels can now stack to free up inventory and stash space.

Removed stop cast from the majority of damaging ranged attack skills and spell casts.

Added larger quests in Nightmare and Hell difficulties that reward players with valuable items.

Satanic Zones now provide 3 random buffs and 2 random debuffs to players.

The older Hero Siege version (Season 18) is now available in a beta branch for local play.

Introduction of new Satanic, Heroic, and Angelic items with new gimmicks.

Quest items now vacuum nearby items for easier collection.

Ongoing work on class balance based on community feedback.

Wormholes will scale harder to improve gameplay experience.

Better collision checking for smoother teleportation.

Revised stats for set items to enhance their power and utility.

Common item affixes now roll more reasonable stats for their respective categories.

New system reveals exits and entrances on the map when nearby.

Increased player base movement speed and improved jumping mechanics.

Gem drop rates and stats have been improved, introducing additive spell damage.

Sub difficulties now increase drop chances from bosses.

Temple Trapdoor dungeon has been added back into the game.

Projectiles no longer destroy when shooting through corners.

Adjusted stats to combat gold inflation and balance magic find builds.

Attack Damage % stat now calculated after all other modifiers.

Base cast rate on all skills increased by 25%.

Satanic Potions return with increased effect duration and usage.

Chaos Tower returns with randomly generated floors.

Season 2 is scheduled to launch on January 12, 2024.

Satanic dice can be used to re-roll item stats with a risk of bricking.

Resolved an issue when splitting stacks and putting them to the trade slot.

Teleport effects were significantly shorter on Gamepad compared to KB+Mouse.

Closing the UI with 'ESC' now prompts a warning as intended.

Jumping logic now more aligned with Mouse + KB.

Max length increased from 300px to 340px for better alignment with Mouse + KB.

Resolved an issue causing an infinite loading screen when disconnecting during loading.

Fixed various issues related to the Odyssey leaderboard.

Changed the inventory modifier key from Control to Alt (Option Key on Mac).

Addressed movement input issues when the 'Split Stack' UI is active.

Participate in the Ahto Run event by dying to Gurag as fast as possible.

Fixed Town entrance and exit names drawing in wrong spot.

When you get a buff from any source, it no longer overwrites the value unless the new value is stronger.

Added Toxic Flask augment for Plague Doctor.

Buffed Enemy density and zone level (150 > 350) in Ruby Gardens.

Fixed Lightning Break on Lightning Fury (also halved the scaling as it's already strong).

Changed Dark Oath strike proc in Unholy God's Flail into an aura.

Mobile version now shows satanic zones properly.

Unstable Rifts now provide 150% extra mf per kill + hell rift MS increased from 15% to 50%.

Fixed Demonform missing textures if used on another class from loaded dice etc.

Fixed Season Rewards not working correctly.

Added Commander enemy affix, Commander's minions are immune when near.

Augments are now shown in journal.

Fixed Chaos and Reaper shrines enemy rarities (no more trash mobs).

Fixed Fist of Heavens augment size scaling.

Removed a few enemy packs from Distorted Horizons floors 1 and 2 but buffed floor 3.

Satanic Zone dungeons now also have purple text indicating it's also satanic.

Added effect indicator for Whirlwind.

Added Gore back to the game, organic enemies now spill blood when killed.

Every 1000 skillpoints in mining now adds +1 to maximum possible oredrops.

Fixed a bug with force move or using the movement skill in LMB would lock into enemies.

Buffed Chaos Shrine spawn rate by 5% and top reward chances by 8%.

Removed life replenish from wormhole bosses.

Fixed a bug with Block Rating calculation giving too much block.

Buffed Spiked Shields base damage, synergy and armor scaling.

Added enemy density to sheeponia.

Fixed Damned Legion Augment not increasing shockwave size.

Added Burstshot enemy affix, ranged enemies shoot 3 projectiles and melee enemies perform 3 attacks fast.

Quest objects no longer spawn once the quest is completed.

Added Underground Garden dungeon back into the game.

Added Colossus enemy affix, tanky enemies with a 50% thorns vs physical.

Changed a few jewelcrafting recipes to use Storm Opal.

Tornado augment now releases small piercing twisters dealing a portion of the tornado's damage.

Buffed Hypothermia (Heroic Item) base damage, added Enhanced Damage, increased Additive Cold Damage min/max.

Fixed a Bug with Turret Mastery and turret attack frequency.

Halloween Event is now live! A satanic a day keeps the doctor away, or so they say.

Market open now focuses on text field by default.

Fixed Gunner Drone not benefitting from master mechanic damage.

Fixed Stacked Pain mercenary skill tooltip saying slow when it's stun.

Truck bullets go through walls now.

Fixed Hammers destroying themselves if spawned inside a wall.

Fixed Blood Surge augment second cast not proccing blood tendrils.

Buffed enemy density in underwhelming dungeons.

Increased Angelic Key sound range to same as satanics.

Modified Enraged enemy affix, now enrages at 50% life gaining more life replenish and attack speed.

SS tier satanics now also show in chat.

Removed hovering indicator from empty socket slots since it's misleading.

Key Dungeon zone text is now red instead of purple.

Miasma now gains additive damage from the initial attack as well.

You can now jump down from cliffs but not up.

Tweaked Sky Reach wormhole packs to prevent enemies from spawning in weird places.

Increased the distance at which the satanic drop sound can be heard.

Fixed Hungry Haldor quest not working.

Improved functionality of the Inventory Tab.

Fixed Minimap not showing loot on some occasions.

Fixed difficulty setting not being saved online.

Fixed Hog quest not working.

A new third level has been added to Distorted Horizons.

Removed daily hunt from bounty board as there is nothing to hunt.

Fixed Camp of Souls Spiders unlimited attacking.

Fixed potion use not playing a sound.

Increased USA, Asia and Europe 2 login region slots by a couple hundred each to reduce queue times.

Lowered costs for the black market and traveling merchant on Odyssey.

Fixed and polished Guild stash UI.

Borderless Fullscreen mode has been fixed for Windows users.

Added 4 more stash tabs and 1 more inventory tab available for purchase due to player demand.

Changed Minimap dragging to stay in dragged position.

Moved Angelic Realm portals to better spots and added an extra one at the entrance.

Fixed crash occurring during mercenary rename prompt.

Improved assets in various locations to generate better maps.

Season Rewards from previous seasons have been deployed with this patch.

Added indication for Auras that only apply for the holder in the tooltip of an item.

Charms now display in the journal.

Login optimizations to reduce long login times and potential disconnects.

Fixed Borderless Fullscreen setting not loading on game start.

Added assign talent button to PC talent screen.

Added additional safe guards to Angelic Realm to eliminate mistakes.

Fixed an issue in Angelic Realm where specific Augments were not offered on empty Chest Armor.

Fixed various crashes.

Fixed leaderboards showing wrong players on SSF/Normal.

Added a failsafe for a crash in market listing

Fixed a crash with town portal

Fixed various issues with skins missing graphics

Fixed default ingame chat position (You prolly need to re-set it if you changed it)

Fixed a crash with map screen

Small visual polish on guild UI

Fixed Seismic Slam crashing and not working correctly on viking

Fixed various crashes

Added missing content to Shop (HS+ name colors)

Locking shouldn't be an issue anymore

Fixed reroll charm working for satanic+ charms, does not work anymore.

Fixed Frozen Orb nasty sound when hitting a wall.

Buffed Eternal Battlefield, Fallen Inoya, Sheep Level and Ruby Garden zone levels.

Fixed Mercenary having some weird skills from other classes.

When Fire Enchant is active, ignite is procced from all fire damage sources now.

Fixed an error in character selection crashing the game.

Re-made Sung Lee's arena in Eternal Battlefields + added more enemy density.

Fixed Items that have All Skills (class) rolling no class to properly roll a class.

Fixed a bug in Memory of Mevius fight where Mirror of the player would tick insane damage.

Fixed quests on normal being active affecting nightmare and hell (creating quest items).

Fixed Poison Enemies applying poison on hit correctly.

Fixed an issue with on hit effects such as proc skills and life/mana steal.

Optimized some drawing code to improve performance.

Optimized hitbox size for attacks (should now always reach enemies).

Wormhole scores are wiped due to scaling not working correctly.

We have reset all mercenary talents due to an issue loading them. Should work like a charm now!

Fix Valhalla toy bear missing name. The quest can now also be returned correctly.

Spiked Shields now stack honed defenses when enemy is hit.

Added missing Heroic locations for various items in journal.

Only 'uber zones' now display ??? as the zone level.

Market Items that disappeared during migration have been returned.

Bunch of various crash fixes.

Buffed MS on justiciar boots.

Fixed AOE attacks not working.

Fixed 'mercenary' button being visible when opening Mercenary Inventory first.

Improved server stability by opening EU2 Cloud Server. Users on EU1 are urged to migrate to this server.

Buffed additive damage stats and tweaked some other stats on various weapons.

Fixed fonts on 1080p.

Justiciar set belt changed hammers to lightning fury + added eye of the storm.

Fixed Heroic drop announcements using wrong color.

Added drop locations on journal for all Heroics.

Migration is free for the weekend, accessible from the Hero selection menu.

Added Chat Announcements for Server shutdowns to inform players.

Fixed a bug with mercenary skills.

Improved Zone generation on some problematic zones.

Fixed an issue where users were not able to delete Guild Invite mails.

Double tap now acts like RMB on PC, allowing quickswap of equipped items.

Cost is now significantly lower than before.

This issue occurred when items were pulled back.

Players can now combine Potions to create higher tier ones.

Also fixed All talents stats display.

New button next to 'Sort Tab' opens mercenary inventory.

This occurred in online mode.

This also affects other servers. EU2 will be opened tomorrow.

Dynamic lighting effects have been disabled due to crashes on Linux.

Cooldowns for mercenary skills have been slightly reduced.

Shift towards a traditional ARPG combat system focusing on active talents.

Guilds are now account bound, can level up, and have shared stashes.

Items have been revamped with new tiers and unique stats.

Nearly all art has been recreated for a more streamlined and dark aesthetic.

Hero Siege 2.0 is a free update that replaces everything currently in the game.

Inventory and stash have been visually improved and now support new features.

Players can choose their login region to improve scalability and latency.

All 19 classes have been rebuilt with enhanced talents and a refined skill system.

Crafting has moved to Crafting Cubes, enhancing the crafting experience.

Game now utilizes a 720p resolution for improved visuals.

Marketplace now uses Gold as the sole currency and has a UI makeover.

Map generation has been reworked for better and smarter layouts.

New relics can be equipped for additional stats and skills, with upgrade options.

EXO becomes the 20th Hero to join the roster as DLC.

Hero Siege 2.0's Closed Beta phase has concluded, and the Open Beta stage will commence on August 11, 2023.

New account regions for online play to improve scalability and latency, with free migration for existing accounts.

The market will see an uplift in UI, making listings clearer and more user-friendly.

Runewords are now designed as strong endgame options unlocked as players level up, with reworked identities.

All 19 classes have been redesigned with new unique talents and a refined skill system focusing on active talents.

Guilds are now account-bound, have levels and a ranking system, and include a shared stash feature.

All environmental art from overworld zones to dungeons has been recreated for a more streamlined and dark art style.

A full rework of the item system, including new stats and adjustments to item discovery.

Augments replace angelic abilities, providing buffs to abilities and can be leveled up for increased effects.

The inventory has been redesigned for better usability, allowing players to see all gathered loot at once and introducing a charms system.

Set items no longer change abilities or increase damage but offer bonus stats and are not class-specific.

Combat is shifting to a more traditional ARPG style with active talents as the main focus and passive abilities supporting them.

New relics can be equipped for additional stats, passives, and active skills, with upgrade options.

Hero Siege Season 18 has begun, focusing on class balance and new gameplay strategies.

Season 18 aims to create a more fair balance between classes, builds, and items.

A free, major patch to Hero Siege is in development after Season 18.

Improvements to the in-game economy for a more robust experience.

Enhancements made to game and server stability for a better player experience.