What changed in Last Epoch in 2020

Increased base damage and added damage effectiveness by 20%. Now gains 4% increased damage per point of Dexterity.

Fixed an incorrect range on the Increased Damage While Wielding a Bow affix.

Reduced the volume of arrow hit sounds that occur close to the player.

Added a destruction animation to a type of barrel that didn’t have one.

The Memories of Eterra node now only restores mana if the totem was summoned directly.

Fixed Mourningfrost not granting added cold damage to throwing or bow attacks.

Fixed a bug where Blessing comparison tooltips could become stuck on the screen in some situations.

Added a new sound for levelling up.

Fixed the new Gladiator’s Oath unique not dropping as intended.

Updated the visuals for Healing Hands.

Fixed an issue causing bosses to sometimes spawn out of bounds in the Volcanic City Monolith of Fate layout.

Fixed or improved the consistency of the names of several affixes.

While using a Bow, Puncture now deals 5% less damage for each enemy it pierces (up to 20% less damage). The first enemy hit still takes full damage.

Jagged Arrows grants 10% crit multi (from 15%). Velocity grants 25% increased damage (from 10% more damage). Head Trauma grants 15% increased damage (from 8% more damage). Braskula's Hesitation grants 50% increased damage (from 15% more damage).

Increased the number of items dropped by Infernal Husks and Osprix Vanguards.

Fixed a bug where characters who had reached the 'Enter the Sanctum Bastille' objective were unable to enter the Sanctum Bastille.

Fixed multiple animations for the Primalist being bugged while wielding a staff.

The quest tracker now only shows 6 quests at a time to avoid text overlapping issues.

Fixed a bug where Keen Throw gave much more damage than intended to Chakrams.

Fixed causes of player movement input lag in situations with lots of minions and/or enemies.

Fixed a bug where Dark Allies could allow you to have more Shadows than intended.

Less Damage Taken from Critical Strikes can no longer roll on bows.

The current Chapter is now shown when the Menu is open.

Graceful Arena grants 25% increased damage (from 10% more damage). Rhythm grants 10% increased damage (from 5% more damage). Resolute Technique grants 15% increased damage (from 10% more damage). Windmill Ballet now grants 30% Shuriken Chance (from 25%).

Fixed a bug where Suckerpunch Arrow node did not provide any area increase. Fixed a bug where Weak Spot gave increased crit multi rather than added crit multi. Weak Spot grants 6% added crit multi (from 10% stated). Gift of the Ice grants 80% freeze rate multi (from 60%).

Reduced the number of items dropped by 6 outlier rare enemies that dropped far more items than intended.

Fixed an Osprix Lightmage in Liath’s Tower aggroing on the player immediately rather than waiting for the player to approach.

Fixed a bug where certain types of normal enemies would not drop items in level 1 to 49 areas.

Added a new sound for Shield Throw.

Daggers can no longer have Increased Void Damage and roll Added Melee Void Damage much more rarely.

Added new sounds for receiving, progressing and completing quests.

The Rogue says her 'skill on cooldown' voice line less often.

The 'basic attack DPS' entry in the character sheet is now calculated using Bow stats when you have a bow equipped.

Fixed class names not fitting on one line in the Ladder window.

Fixed a bug where Dancing Strikes’ 3rd hit could not proc any on hit effects, such as applying ailments.

Fixed various spelling mistakes.

Fixed objectives spawning out of bounds in the Volcanic City Monolith layout.

Fixed music not changing in the Tomb of Morditas.

Fixed some node connections on the Lethal Mirage tree only working in one direction.

Updated blood visuals for Blood Chimeras, Blood Scorpions and others.

Fixed the minimap in Volcanic City not matching the layout of the level.

Fixed a bug where Synchronized Strike’s Shadow Infusion node was increasing radius per Shadow consumed, rather than increasing area as intended.

Fixed graphical issues related to setting Reflections to Very Low.

Added a failsafe to prevent items getting deleted when switching a bow for another type of weapon with a full inventory.

Fixed the chance to slow on bow hit affix having an incorrect name.

Fixed a bug preventing movement across a vine bridge in The Ancient Cavern.

Several uniques added in Beta 0.8 can now be obtained. They were disabled from dropping by mistake.

Fixed a bug preventing any nodes from being taken on Snap Freeze. Players will receive a free respec for Snap Freeze due to the fix.

Fixed the animations for Moss Trolls being timed incorrectly.

Fixed a bug where Hail of Arrows could apply damaging ailments to allies in some situations.

Sundering Blows now grants 2% more damage per stack of bleed per point, with a maximum effect of 30% more damage per point.

Fixed the Rogue passive Lethal Cadence not scaling with points allocated.

Fixed a bug where the dropdowns for various graphics settings did not load properly the first time the game was started.

If you attempt to drag and equip a non-bow weapon to replace your bow when you have a bow and quiver equipped, the item may be deleted. This will be resolved in Patch 0.8c.

Resolved the issue of cosmetic pets being unavailable for the majority of players.

Resolved a bug preventing God Hunter Argentus from spawning in the Monolith of Fate.

Multiple social systems including the new chat system and leaderboards have been re-enabled.

The See Supporter Packs button in the game menu is currently not functioning correctly, opening a file explorer window instead of going to the website.

The overlay map opacity might have been adjusted for users, but changes should work as normal.

Cinematic camera movement in The Council Chambers has been removed.

Upgraded visuals in the zones adjacent to the Temple of Eterra: The Courtyard and The Outcast Camp.

Certain item types are now more common for specific classes.

Cooldown reduced to 6 seconds and base health increased.

Changes made to rare enemy health scaling and damage output.

Chat stability has been improved with new whisper and message display options.

Cooldown reduced to 3 seconds and base health increased.

Completely overhauled the 3 ruined era temple zones: The Temple of Eterra, The Lotus Halls, and The Sanctum Bastille.

Various adjustments made to skills including Aura of Decay, Bone Curse, and Hungering Souls.

46 class-specific affixes for body armour and helmets and 50 Idol affixes added.

8 new unique items and a new 3-piece set added.

Added Daggers, Bows, and Quivers as new item types.

Notification at the top of the screen whenever a new chapter starts.

Unique character model, animations, and voice acting introduced for the Rogue class.

Glancing Blow now reduces damage taken by 35% (from 50%).

17 new skills and specialization trees introduced for the Rogue class.

Reduced the implicit block effectiveness and block chance of various shields.

No cooldown and various adjustments to its mechanics.

Introducing the Rogue class, set to be released on December 4, 2020.

Selecting 'Remember Me' on the Login screen allows for easier login on subsequent sessions.

The 5th base class for Last Epoch is now available, featuring 2 mastery classes: Bladedancer and Marksman.

The Temple of Eterra is completely replaced with a visually impressive area.

An advanced graphics option to disable some shadows is added, boosting FPS by ~6.

New offhand type: Quivers with 8 bases included.

New shaders created for shadows, improving FPS by ~6 in most zones.

The chat system is completely replaced in this update.

Shadows are now shown at all setting configurations due to performance improvements.

The Bladedancer class mastery will also be available for all players.

New weapon type: Bows are being implemented with 11 bases.

Dual wielding is now available in the game.

The Rogue base class will launch with 9 skills, each with a specialization tree.

The Rogue base class will now be available for all players.

The Marksman class mastery will be available for all players.

A number of new uniques and a new set named after Spymaster Zerrick are coming.

A wealth of improvements designed to polish UI assets.

The Loot Filter is updated to support bows, daggers, and quivers.

The Marksman class mastery will launch with 4 skills, each with a specialization tree.

The Bladedancer class mastery will launch with 4 skills, each with a specialization tree.

New weapon type: Daggers are one-handed melee weapons with 11 bases.

New types of bows including recurve bows, longbows, and dreadthorn bows will be found throughout Eterra.

Players will discover new daggers designed for stealth and quick attacks, including bone and chitin variants.

New rogue idols will be introduced to empower the Bladedancer and Marksman classes, promoting unique builds.

Players can now wield bows, quivers, and daggers, enhancing gameplay options for ranged and melee combat.

Introduction of the ability to dual wield weapons in Patch 0.8.

Fixed NPCs having incorrect voice lines in Echo of a World and Gladiator’s Rest.

Fixed an oversight where Void Horrors could not spawn in endgame.

Fixed a bug where switching weapons would unsummon companions.

Fixed a bug where Rive had a fire icon displayed in the skills panel despite not being able to acquire the fire tag.

Fixed the Void Knight's Temporal Corruption node not adding Void damage.

Fixed a bug where the Sentinel specific Increased Smelters Wrath Damage affix could not roll on any items.

Clarified several Infernal Shade node tooltips.

Giant Crabs no longer appear in such large numbers in the Monolith.

Added a failsafe to allow old characters to complete the Finding Pannion quest.

Rules can now be renamed for improved clarity when placing several rules of the same type next to each other.

Fixed an oversight preventing the lowest tier of body armour being available for rules.

Fixed Thorn Shield granting 20 armour rather than the stated 40.

The Loot Filter toggle key now only disables the Loot Filter while the key is being held down.

Enemy movement speed scales up 25% more quickly, but the maximum is unchanged.

The 'revives after two seconds' mod can no longer spawn in the Arena.

The Charring, Kindling, and Inflame nodes now only apply to Firebrand, rather than globally.

Fixed several mods that could not spawn in the arena, including 'Fracturing', 'Summoning', 'Twinned', and new resistance shred mods.

Fixed an arch not fading out when it blocks the camera in Heorot’s Arena and Heorot’s Temple.

Fixed ragdoll forces being identical for all enemies of a given type, leading to less randomization.

Pack density scales up to a 17% lower maximum and scales up 20% more slowly.

Resistance Shred mods cannot spawn on magic packs that have more than 4 enemies.

Improved the Tier 6 and Tier 7 values of all non-set resistance affixes.

Improved the default names for several types of rules.

Fixed some NPCs floating above the ground in Last Archive.

The color picker now opens automatically when setting a rule to Recolor.

Fixed a bug where the Mage specific Chance To Shock On Hit With Lightning Skills affix could not roll on any items.

Fixed an oversight causing Magic/Rare enemy mod restrictions for the Arena applying to all enemies in the game.

Fixed a bug that caused a high intensity and long duration screenshake if lots of different sources of screenshake happened rapidly.

Fixed a bug where switching weapons during a combo ability would allow using a single part of the combo repeatedly.

Fixed Desert Skullen not having outlines when moused over.

Abyssal Juggernaut no longer grants elemental resistance and can have a maximum of 5 points allocated (from 6).

Introduction of custom rule names to allow users to add instructions for Loot Filters, enhancing usability.

Default names for certain rule types in Loot Filters have been updated to provide more meaningful information.

Resolved a bug causing game audio to not play and gameplay errors on macOS.

Ward gained on block now applies after damage is taken.

Fixed the formula for Armour mitigation not being shown in the Game Guide.

Fixed the town portal spawning in an incorrect location.

Dodge chances at all levels are now slightly lower and capped at 75% instead of 80%.

Fixed Frostbite dealing less damage than intended.

Fixed a bug where you could put different crafting items on top of each other in the crafting panel.

No longer applies to bosses in randomized Monolith zones or the Arena; bosses in these areas have a small health increase.

Fixed items dropping out of bounds in part of Imperial Welryn.

Fixed a bug where Lightning Blast’s Focal Blast node would cause the skill to continue dealing damage after channeling stopped.

Fixed the world map showing that Last Archive has a waypoint.

Slightly reduced how much enemy damage scales with area level.

Fixed loading screen tooltips not being updated for 0.7.10 mechanics.

Various skills that normally apply multiple stat buffs were only applying a single buff.

Fixed the Forge Guard's Battle Hardened node not giving physical resistance.

Fixed certain visual effects projecting on top of the Void Amalgamation.

Fixed Warpath's Whirling Barrier granting far more Elemental Resistance than intended.

Fixed a bug where the connection between the Sonority and Fiery Abyss nodes only worked one way.

Fixed Flame Ward's Prismatic Buffer reducing elemental damage rather than elemental damage taken.

Players can set rules to hide or prioritize items of specific rarities.

New rules for loot filters allow players to show or hide items based on various conditions.

Rules can target items based on level requirements, aiding in leveling guides.

Players can create rules targeting one or more affixes for better item management.

New rules can target equipment based on class requirements, allowing for customized item visibility.

Rules can focus on specific item types, enhancing item sorting and visibility.

A new high level Spellblade skill that can be used as a primary damage skill or as a supporting ability.

New nodes include Incineration, Illuminating Fire, Fumination, Inferno, Brand of Arcanus, Pyre, Crossfire, and Exothermic.

Dying during a boss fight resets the fight; respawn at the boss after dying.

Patch 0.7.10 includes a new set of armor models for the Acolyte class.

All Acolyte animations are being replaced.

Introduction of 'Critical Successes' and removal of Destructive Fractures.

View specialization trees of skills for locked mastery classes.

Patch 0.7.10 includes Loot Filters with an overview of functionality.

Changes to skill respecs to make them feel less punishing.

Glancing Blows repurposed, Protections replaced by Resistances.

Major updates to Chapter 2 and Chapter 3, visual updates to Chapter 6.

Replaces Cremate.

Defile, Ice Ward, Manifest Weapon, and Molten Blade removed.

Updated appearance to enhance visual quality.

Updated appearance to enhance visual quality.

Updated appearance to enhance visual quality.

Updated appearance to enhance visual quality.

Updated appearance to enhance visual quality.

A new Sentinel skill, Shield Bash, is introduced in Patch 0.7.10.

New specialization nodes for Shield Bash include Double Bash, Fusillade, Hindrance, Staggering Punch, Rebounding, Conjurer, Dazed, and Wall of Shields.

Exploring changes to the functionality of Damaging and Destructive Fractures in crafting.

Experimenting with a new feature called 'critical success' that upgrades an affix to a higher tier during crafting.

Implementing a range of quality of life improvements in the Skills window.

Icons beneath each skill represent damage types, with active types shown in color and others grayed out.

Players can view specialization trees for skills unlocked by spending points in class passives before they are unlocked.

Skills not yet unlocked will show how they are unlocked for convenience.

Despecialized skills will now scale minimum skill level with character level instead of being set to level 1.

Skills will take longer to respec for lower level characters, making it less punishing for them.

Polishing the skill respec system to address current pain points.

Rules will have color coding for easier navigation and identification.

Rules can override each other based on their listed order, affecting item visibility.

Loot filters will have names and optional descriptions for easier management.

Players can import filters created by others and export their own.

Players can drag and drop rules to change their order in the loot filter.

Rules that hide items will have a different background color than those that show items.

Players can toggle rules on and off for testing purposes.

Players will be able to create customizable loot filters to manage item visibility.

Players can create rules to show or hide items based on various criteria.

Players can duplicate loot filters to create variations for different classes.

Introduction of new 3D armor models for the Acolyte class in the upcoming patch.

New specialization nodes for Infernal Shade including Devour In Flames, Demonic Possession, and more.

Causes Infernal Shade to explode in a large area at the end of its duration or upon target's death.

Allows casting Infernal Shade on ground locations and has a chance to shred enemy fire protection.

Increases explosion critical strike chance for Infernal Shade.

Increases cooldown recovery speed for Infernal Shade.

Increases minion movement, attack, and cast speed per point.

Cremate skill replaced with Infernal Shade, dealing fire damage to targeted enemies.

Allows Infernal Shade to wait for a target if none are within range.

Allows targeting of minions with Infernal Shade.

Increases Infernal Shade's damage while unattached to a target.

Fixed the Paladin passive Prayer Aegis granting 7 health per point rather than the stated 10 health per point.

Increased base damage of Disintegrate by 17%.

Fixed a bug where many zones would drop items with much lower affix values than intended, particularly in the Monolith of Fate’s Ending the Storm timeline.

Fixed a bug causing settings for the overlay map to work inconsistently.

Fixed a bug preventing the bridge in The Precipice from being smashed by the boss.

Fixed a bug where enemy damage and health in the Arena scaled up much faster than intended.

All quest echoes now scale to a maximum of at least a 40% chance to encounter. Later quest echoes still take longer to encounter on average.

You now lose fewer Echoes Conquered after dying or leaving an Echo early.

Fixed the transition between the End of Time and Monolith of Fate being difficult to click on.

Fixed a bug where the loading screen after creating a new character would not disappear if you had no saved characters.

Fixed a bug where the 'chance to fire 6 additional projectiles' effects for Hungering Souls were rolled separately, potentially failing to fire extra projectiles despite having a combined total of 100%.

Assemble Abomination is now somewhat more likely to be targeted by enemies.

Fixed an oversight causing Formosus’ Phylactery to deal much more damage than intended.

Fixed a bug preventing the Frost Clan chief from spawning in Wengari Battleground.

Zweihander Reichweite increases area by 50% (from 35%) and requires 2 points in Reckless Combatant (from 3).

Fixed a bug where progress was not saved to the Ladder unless you leveled up or completed a wave in the Arena.

Fixed a bug where item tooltips could flicker on and off in some situations.

Fixed a bug where the overlay map would be returned to default settings when reloading the game.

Nodes that previously had the condition 'while not using a shield' now have the condition 'while using a two handed weapon'.

Fixed a bug where more monolith modifiers were removed than intended when losing progress.

Reckless Combatant now increases melee damage while spinning rather than Warpath Hit damage.

Fixed a bug where respawning in Echo of a World could cause the Fall of the Outcasts timeline to be displayed.

Fixed cases of effects on the ground projecting onto characters.

Fixed a bug where using Shield Rush without a shield used the wrong animation.

Dark Nexus now causes you to gain 7 mana every 3 seconds (from reducing channel cost by 2).

You can no longer use town portals to return to Echoes in the Monolith of Fate.

Fixed a bug causing game audio to not play and gameplay errors on macOS.

Fixed a regression affecting the game's ability to recover data after a crash.

Fixed a cause of placeholder text being displayed when Monolith modifiers are removed.

Fixed a bug where portalling out of Echo of a World and then returning would always display the Fall of the Outcasts timeline.

Fixed a bug where Lunge’s sound effect remained at the location used.

Increased mod effect modifiers for several empowered timelines.

Boss deals 12% less damage and has 7% less health. Spiral attack no longer ignites.

Fixed a bug where the reward chest was hard to click.

Updated visuals for Fireball and Tornado.

All bosses now grant significantly more XP.

Fixed missing fireball textures affecting players and several enemies.

Boss deals 15% less damage, has 6% less health, and double cone attack deals 25% less damage.

Miniboss in second Quest Echo deals 32% less damage; primary boss deals 7% less damage.

Progress in the Monolith of Fate is no longer reset upon death or leaving an Echo before completion.

Added environmental sounds to the Character Select screen.

Added new sounds for Rive.

Added new cast sounds for Tornado and Fire Tornado.

Lagon's sweeping beam attack deals 10% less damage.

Fixed a bug where the void damage per fire aura bonus was applied an additional time.

Fixed a bug where the Grand Resonance of the Sea blessing had no effect.

Boss deals 5% less damage.

Added sounds to buttons on the Login screen.

Boss deals 15% less damage.

Reduced minion reflect affix values by approximately 25%.

Fixed a bug where The Quick and the Dead could not be taken after investing two points in Consume.

Quest Echoes can now appear earlier in all timelines, with increased encounter chance.

Necrotic projectiles now deal 150% more damage at maximum range and when returning.

Fixed a bug where the minion’s animations did not line up with when damage is dealt.

Reverb sound volume is now controlled by the Sound Effects Volume slider.

Boss health increased to compensate for lower damage resistance.

No penalty to experience gain from a zone if character is higher level, as long as area level is above 53.

Fixed a bug where Devour consumed all minions in range, rather than up to 5.

Fixed various issues with node tooltips for Bone Curse, Dread Shade and Assemble Abomination.

Fixed a bug where the search bar for the gambler could not be cleared using the x button.

Fixed a bug where Consume applied to all damage, rather than just hit damage.

Made Haruspex Orian’s voice lines easier to hear in combat.

Fixed a bug where various types of Wraith and Bone Golem did not count as different types of minions.

Fixed a bug where the 30% increased damage per consumed minion effect was not working.

Reduced volume on several sound effects including Abyssal Orb’s explosions and Ice Nova.

Temporary damage resistance for bosses is now weaker and lasts shorter.

Added a potential fix for killing the Bones of the Outcasts in The Ransacked Camp not completing the quest.

Tail slam deals 25% more damage.

Fixed a bug where % reflect and flat reflect mechanics were not affected by increased/more damage taken modifiers.

The lightning dragons in Dragon’s Grotto now count as bosses, gaining temporary damage resistance.

Characters with Bone Curse specialized receive a free respec; several skill node changes implemented.

The third Quest Echo for the 'The Black Sun' timeline now appears 2 echoes earlier on average.

Fixed a bug that prevented Dragonflame Edict from creating Dragonflame Novas.

Fixed projectiles colliding with invisible objects in various locations.

Fixed a bug where Shard of the Shattered Lance and Fragments of the Shattered Lance dropped as unique items instead of set items.

Adjusted the effective health of bosses to be weighted more towards health than resistances.

Fixed a bug where using instant cast skills after casting Smite (with Descend node) would cause teleportation.

Fixed a bug where Smite’s Descend node did not add a cooldown until character reload.

Fixed a bug where characters with Mark for Death specialized before its removal could not specialize in a different skill.

Chill and slow chance mods now give enemies 40% less chill and slow chance than before.

Fixed a bug where the gold costs to reroll Echo choices in the Monolith of Fate were much higher than intended.

Improved game start-up time and performance in various zones and for loot.

Implemented a complete new set of animations for the Sentinel class.

Fixed issues with controller commands and targeting in combat.

Poison, Ignite, and Bleed damage adjustments made, including changes to the Increased Damage Over Time prefix.

The Monolith of Fate is now its own zone connected to the End of Time, featuring several islands and unique timelines.

Introduced new skills: Assemble Abomination, Bone Curse, and Dread Shade, with specialization trees.

Tier 5 affixes now drop at level 32, Tier 6 at level 55, and Tier 7 at level 90.

Quests are now shown on the world map, with improved tracking and visibility.

Various UI improvements including automatic menu closures and new crafting item indicators.

Introduced Echoes with fixed levels, Quest Echoes, and a Blessings system that grants permanent stat increases.

Dodge chance formula adjusted to be slightly lower, especially at high levels.

Exhume and Mark for Death skills have been removed from the game.

Added 17 new unique items exclusive to various Quest Echoes in the Monolith of Fate.

Characters now gain 6 maximum health per level instead of 5.

Items can now drop with Tier 6 and Tier 7 affixes, which are not available from the gambler or shop.

Introducing a new full armor set for the Primalist, including helm, body armor, gloves, and boots.

Introducing a new full armor set for the Mage, including helm, body armor, gloves, and boots.

Introduction of new boss encounters in the Monolith of Fate, including Canyon Stronghold, Dragon's Grotto, Drowned Thetima, Fall of Ledria, Rotting Hoard, and Ruins of Solarum.

Significant changes to Monolith of Fate, including no scaling with character level and empower lower level content.

Game start-up time improved for most system configurations.

UI windows associated with stash or vendor NPCs now close when moving away.

Targeting for users of controllers has been improved.

Introduced Bone Curse for Acolyte, and Assemble Abomination and Dread Shade for Necromancer.

Buy Back tabs can now be searched.

Active quests are now shown on the world map.

Exhume and Mark for Death skills removed from Acolyte class; Bone Curse replaces Mark for Death.

New affixes added, intended as long-term goals and not craftable.

End of Time zone received a visual upgrade.

All animations for the Sentinel class have been replaced.

Performance of loot has been improved.

Introduced new animations for the Sentinel class.

Zones with quests will alternate between showing whether they contain a waypoint and a quest icon.

Mousing over a tab in the world map will now display the quests active in that era.

Mousing over a zone on the world map will now display the quests active in that zone.

The abomination can utilize abilities from absorbed minions, including Stomp, Bone Nova, Devouring Souls, Double Strike, and Soul Reave.

A new skill for Necromancers that allows players to absorb minions and summon a hulking abomination with unique abilities based on absorbed minions.

Dread Shade can now be cast on enemies, affecting minions in the area while applying health degeneration to them.

Dread Shade drains health from affected minions and applies Doom Brands, causing them to explode on death.

The area of effect for Dread Shade has been increased by 100%, now buffing minions outside the area.

Dread Shade applies Damned to affected enemies and minions each second, dealing Necrotic Damage Over Time.

Dread Shade is a new spell that provides a damage buff around a minion, lasting up to 20 seconds.

Dread Shade now affects non-minion allies in addition to minions.

Mark for Death will be removed in Patch 0.7.9, with its effects available through Dread Shade's specialization tree.

New skeleton models are being developed, including the Skeletal Assassin, Skeletal Warrior, Skeletal Archer, and Skeletal Caster.

Discharge now requires 3 points in Efficacious Application (from 5).

Fixed a bug where the Character Introduction videos would fail to play on Linux.

Added a new sound for Wave of Blood.

Resolved a prevalent crash affecting Windows users with AMD video cards.

Cremate duration reduced to 1.5 seconds (from 4 seconds).

Now deal 33% less damage with Fire Spray.

Added a new sound for Necrotic Mortar.

Added vocal sounds that play when abilities are used for enemies in Chapter 2.

Fixed some icons in Reaper Form’s tree appearing as a blank image.

Added a charge up sound for Sapphiral enemies.

Added new sounds for Tempest Strike, including the base ability, Charged Stone, Northern Winds, Perfect Storm and Tempestuous.

Fixed a bug where freezing a Siege Golem would not always cancel its ballista attack.

Reduced Wave of Death's base radius by 5% (reverting the increase from 0.7.8e).

The 'of Symbiosis' Acolyte specific affix now grants 14% to 35% increased spell damage per Skeleton Mage.

Mortal Pulse reduces damage by 50% (from 25%).

Increased damage by 15%.

Added a new sound for Lightning Wave.

Tachycardia increases wave frequency by 12% (from 20%).

Fixed a bug where Torch of the Pontifex’s Cremate effect appeared as a pink circle, and improved its visuals compared to before the bug.

Fixed a bug that caused log files to be very large.

Added a looping fire sound for Flame Wraiths.

Adjusted sounds for elemental hits to fall off (become quieter) at a shorter distance.

Adjusted sounds for many enemies early in the game.

Curdled Flesh grants 2% more damage per stack (from 3%), but is still capped at 60%.

Fixed a bug where Drain Life's poison conversion node did not give it the poison tag.

Added sounds for Focus nodes that deal lightning damage.

Sky Armour grants 20 armour per point (from 10).

Fixed the Increased Shield Throw Critical Strike Chance affix granting more critical strike chance rather than increased critical strike chance.

Fixed a bug where the Increased Warpath Area stat from Idols only applied while using a shield.

Cycle of Decay grants 20% more damage (from 25%) and can have 3 points allocated (from 4).

Fixed Holy Aura’s Expedite node not granting Haste on hit.

Deals 13% more damage.

Added a node that restores mana when Tempest Strike fails to proc any sub-abilities.

Increased Smite base damage by 11% to match its added damage scaling.

Are now considered level 33 enemies, rather than level 31 enemies.

Added a visual effect for after the player is teleported during the Lagon fight.

Tempest Form also grants 1 mana on Tempest Strike use per point.

Improved sounds for Spectral and Blood Golems (Bone Golem variants).

Carrion Breath grants 35% increased area (from 40%), and can have 4 points allocated (from 5).

Doubled Cremate’s base damage and added damage effectiveness.

Improved the performance of Tempest Strike.

Added new sound effects for Bees.

Added new sounds for Revenants.

Improved the visuals for Thorn Shield (Ice Thorns node).

Fixed 'of the Parasite', 'of Shielding' and 'of the Abomination' affixes being prefixes instead of suffixes.

Enhanced ability to debug stability issues.

Resolved issue with multiple new transform related suffixes saying 'increased increased' in their names.

Resolved issue where 'of the Abomination' affix could roll on Primalist gear instead of just Acolyte gear.

Now grants up to 80 ward on potion use (previously 60), with similar increases at lower tiers. Can now roll on body armour.

Now grants 3 to 8 ward on melee hit for Huge idols (previously 4 to 10).

Fixed an error that could occur when loading saves from 0.7.7 into 0.7.8 for the first time.

Clarified Harvest’s tooltips to state that Harvest interacts with all Curses, not just Mark for Death.

Added a new Acolyte specific suffix that adds minion freeze rate multiplier.

Fixed water flickering in the Moonlit Shrine.

Removed the waypoint from the Northern Stream.

Fixed the Freeze Rate per Stack of Chill affix having a typo in its name.

The Mana Regen suffix can now roll up to 17% (from 15%).

Fixed Lightning Blast’s Insidious Conduction node stating it added a channel cost of 20. It actually adds a channel cost of 40.

Fixed some bugs with transitioning between different animations on the Mage.

Fixed a bug where deleted characters would still be shown in the list of characters until the game was restarted.

Fixed a bug where the Sentinel's Void Damage Over Time Idol affix had been accidentally deleted.

Fixed an object blocking the camera in Corrupted Lake.

Fixed a bug where the Ruined Shrine zone for the Monolith would fail to create an objective.

Fixed a bug where class requirements in comparison tooltips would incorrectly show as red.

Spirit Plague is now correctly considered a Curse.

Fixed a bug where Mage had an additional Freeze Rate per Stack of Chill affix.

Existing items with extraneous mage freeze rate per chill affix will now have the new minion freeze rate multiplier affix.

Fixed Death Seal’s Life Tap node not working.

Fixed a bug where the Reduced Health Cost Of Spells affix for Acolyte armor was increasing the health cost of spells.

Fixed the Primalist’s Ancient Call passive granting incorrect stats.

Fixed a bug where Bone Harvester and Torch of the Pontifex recast the last skill you killed an enemy with.

Fixed Smite’s tags not changing when converted to another damage type.

Fixed some zones in Chapter 8 having different music than intended.

Class incompatible items drop twice as often as before above level 50.

Fixed a bug where Urzil’s Pride was scaling incorrectly.

Clarified Mark for Death’s tooltip to say it’s a Curse.

Fixed a bug where the health bars above enemies would have inconsistent sizes, and improved their performance.

Fixed a bug where Spriggan Form’s animations acted as if you were holding a two-handed weapon.

The arena now scales up three times as fast after wave 150.

Ward retention has 50% reduced effect compared to the previous version.

Introduced new unique boots, helmet, and body armor for various classes.

The cost to respec base class nodes has been halved.

Skills gain experience faster at higher character levels, but require more experience to reach high levels.

Resolved issues with Molten Shield and Blood Feast nodes not converting damage correctly.

The 8th chapter features an encounter with Lagon, the god of storms and the moon.

Now a single cast skill that sends a series of Ice Shards while allowing movement and other skills.

You can now buy additional stash tabs with gold, customize them, and sort them into categories.

Unlocked at Acolyte level 15, a Necrotic Damage Over Time skill that spreads to other enemies.

Unlocked at Lich level 30, increases damage dealt and reduces damage taken while capping health.

Class specific items now have restricted affix pools, affecting what can roll on them.

Renamed and adjusted block effectiveness values across various nodes.

A new guide explaining key concepts and mechanics, accessible via the default keybind G.

Added 8 new base types of body armor and helmets for each class, with matching 2D and 3D art.

Ice Barrage has been redesigned and now has a specialization tree.

All animations used by the Mage class have been replaced.

The button to reset the Monolith of Fate has been moved and now triggers a confirmation dialog.

The stash is being overhauled with many more features than before.

Death Seal removes Ward and caps Health, increasing damage dealt while active.

Walking in Last Epoch now has suitable audio.

The issue preventing updates on Linux has been resolved.

Optimizing the game's install size, no content is being removed.

Many UI windows, including skill trees and the character sheet, have been overhauled.

Lightning Blast no longer crashes the game.

Improved performance of objects set to dynamically fade to avoid obscuring the character.

This patch includes the eighth chapter of story content.

A floating Ward bar can now be displayed above your character.

Spirit Plague is a Necrotic Damage Over Time skill that can spread to other enemies.

Improved the performance of displaying damage numbers.

Improved the performance of displaying the client's FPS.

All helmets and body armor now have 2D art that matches their 3D art.

Includes collapsible categories, a search bar, and links to related pages for easier navigation.

A new Game Guide feature that explains crafting instability, hits vs damage over time, and protections.

A new music track titled 'Moonlit Shrine' will be included in Patch 0.7.8.

Players can change the color of stash tabs.

Players can buy additional stash tabs using in-game gold.

Players can open a Quick View window to see which tabs are in each category.

Players can rename their stash tabs.

Players can assign stash tabs to categories.

Players can move stash tabs from one category to another.

Players can choose icons to prepend to the names of stash tabs.

The Announcements, Developer Blogs, and Patch Notes categories now display a notice that new threads can only be created by Eleventh Hour Games staff.

A link to a Dev Tracker has been added to the top of index pages.

Forum threads can now be set to automatically delete responses of a certain age, enabled only by EHG staff.

When bookmarking a thread, users can choose to receive a reminder at a time of their choosing.

Forum threads now contain navigational tools to go to later and earlier EHG posts.

Automatically loot all nearby crafting items when picking up an Affix Shard, Glyph, or Rune.

Footsteps are added to enhance immersion, with sounds varying by terrain type.

Patch 0.7.8 includes some updated Mage animations.

A variety of critters will be added to the game to enhance the liveliness of the world.

Replacing the skeletons used in Last Epoch with new models that look better and perform better due to lower poly counts.

New models for both summoned minions and enemies will improve performance when large numbers of skeletons are on screen.

A new enemy, the Meruna Siren, is introduced, a spell caster that supports Meruna Ogres in combat.

A new enemy, the Winged Fire, is introduced, a fire elemental construct used by Rahyeh's armies.

Patch 0.7.8 will add another chapter of story content to the game.

Patch 0.7.8 focuses on reducing the size of the Last Epoch install, aiming for ≤ 15 GB.

The standalone client launcher will be replaced with one that streams data, reducing free space required for updates.

Less space will be required during the patching procedure due to optimizations.

Future patches will entail smaller downloads due to optimization efforts.

EpochBot has been introduced to the Last Epoch Discord server.

Upcoming Patch 0.7.8 will include Chapter 8 of the campaign.

Screenshots of both previously visited zones and all-new zones have been shared.

Added a temporary save to a '_temp' file to prevent data loss while working on a full fix.

Enhanced stability for chat messages, addressing cases where messages would not be received.

Resolved an issue where player movement could become unresponsive due to unreachable enemies targeting the player.

Fixed the duration of Sigils of Hope to reflect the correct value of 15 seconds.

Resolved an issue where players could spawn in incorrect locations when entering a zone.

Resolved the issue with the 'clear' option for modifier items not functioning in the crafting window.

Corrected the boss fight against Zerrick to ensure grubs spawn and music changes appropriately.

Addressed a bug where modifier items could appear greyed out when applying shards.

Improved initial loading times, especially for hard drive installs.

Fixed Healing Totems affected by Thorn Totem’s tree casting thorns less frequently.

Fixed a bug where tagged leech stats did not work without untagged leech stat.

Increased base health by 67% and decreased health scaling by 17%.

Fixed a bug where the quest 'A Long Detour' could fail to complete.

Added environmental sounds to Chapter 5 and Chapter 6.

Fixed a bug causing Aura of Decay to apply ailments too frequently.

Fixed a bug where Voidwing Nests would not animate correctly.

Added an 'Increased Totem Damage' suffix for Nomad Idols.

Thorn Totems now deal 33% more damage and have 20% more health. Free respec for Thorn Totem tree.

Now grants 50% to 70% increased void damage and 50% less void damage taken on block.

Fixed sliders for Overlay Map zoom and opacity not functioning.

You can now quick-equip a 2H weapon if you only have an offhand equipped.

Fixed Swipe’s Natural Cadence node not functioning.

Summon Healing Totem and Summon Vines no longer have cooldowns. Healing Totems' mana cost and limit adjusted.

Added new call to arms sounds for many void enemies and new sounds for Bone Golems.

Fixed a likely cause of large visual artifacts in specific zones.

Fixed Giant Scorpions not having death animations.

Fixed a bug preventing some users from loading characters or creating new ones, particularly after a crash.

Several options are now saved between game sessions: Chat messages, Chat filter, Minimap zoom, Overlay map zoom and opacity.

Augury grants 10% chance to proc per point (from 5%) and can have 3 points allocated (from 5)

Reduced the health of Marsh Queen Beetles by 13%.

Reinforced Stone can have 4 points allocated (from 3)

Fixed a possible cause of players sometimes getting stuck when returning to Echo of a World.

Fixed Ucenui Sphere not specifying the cooldown for creating Water Orbs on its tooltip. The cooldown is 3 seconds.

Chat can now be enabled/disabled under the Social tab in Settings. Previously the option was only present on the side of the chat window.

Chilling Blows can have 4 points allocated (from 3)

Fixed Arcane Ascendance’s nodes that interact with its cooldown working incorrectly.

Static can have 4 points allocated (from 3)

Fixed the Reset Monolith button not working.

Fixed Shrines sometimes being inaccessible in the Burning Forest monolith layout.

Fixed Lightning Blast’s Mortal Capacitor node not working correctly.

Fixed a bug where the extra proc chance from Tempest Strike’s Charged node only applied when below 20% health rather than 35%.

Fixed a bug where blood scorpion enemies were not animating correctly.

With the Wind’s crit chance bonus now also applies to Lightning Bolt. Previously it only applied to Tempest Strike.

Winter's Chill grants 75% freeze rate multiplier (from 50%), but can have 4 points allocated (from 5)

When doublecasting, Lightning Blast has a chance to quadruple cast.

Would not start channelling if the location under your mouse was not accessible.

Node was granting 30% cooldown recovery speed per point instead of the stated 10%.

Node was not functioning as intended.

Now only grants mana on kill while in Werebear Form.

Tooltip did not state what the node does.

Caused increasing lag over time when equipped with Nourish node and opening skills window rapidly.

Base damage increased by 17%.

Delay reduced to 0.25 seconds from 0.5 seconds.

Two unique and set items will receive new 2D art in the upcoming patch 0.7.7d.

Now reduces cooldown by 1 second per point instead of 20% reduced cooldown recovery speed.

No sound played if you had the Focal Blast node.

Bug made them vastly overpowered in the Arena.

Details were hard to see if you had recently hovered over an enemy.

Display expanded into the next slot on some keybinds.

Reduced the space between paragraphs in tooltips.

Fixed Ring of Shield’s Enduring Defense node not working.

Fixed location notifications having artifacts in their backgrounds.

Fixed a cause of a large stutter while Holy Aura or Sigils of Hope is equipped.

Now allows 5 Wandering Spirits to remain active per point, and can have 3 points allocated (from 1).

Improved how the minimap reveal distance lines up with the edge of the minimap.

Fixed a bug where the Mana Strike tree changes intended for 0.7.7 were not included by mistake.

Fixed some skills showing as having a skill tree when they haven’t been implemented yet.

Improved the color and edges of buff and debuff icons.

Can have 2 points allocated (from 1).

Fixed a bug where Spirit Plague showed as being unlocked at 15 points into Acolyte. Defile is now shown, as intended.

Clarified that Lightning Blast cannot fork if you have taken Focal Blast on the relevant tooltips.

Fixed a few typos.

Fixed a bug where the entrance to the Ruined Coast for the Sapphire Tablet quest was blocked.

Fixed a bug that caused characters to not show up on the ladder.

Fixed a bug where the stats Forged Weapons (Sentinel minions) gained from your weapon was cumulative.

Fixed a bug preventing cosmetic pets from showing in the cosmetics panel.

Fixed various bugs affecting skills and their interactions.

Experience required to reach higher skill levels has been increased.

Balance changes made to several Mage skills including Elemental Nova and Focus.

Five new item sets and ten new unique items introduced.

Health potions will no longer be automatically used when at full health.

Progress-related data can now be stored via Steam Cloud.

Changes to Primalist skills including Entangling Roots and Tempest Strike.

Adjustments made to Sentinel skills including Abyssal Echoes and Judgement.

Shrines are magic constructs that spawn randomly, offering buffs or loot.

Improvements in performance, lighting, and new assets across nearly every zone.

Newly created characters will now show a voice-acted backstory video.

New specialization trees added for several skills including Anomaly and Drain Life.

New skills added for Lich and Forge Guard classes, including Drain Life and Smelter's Wrath.

Rebalanced drop rates for items from various sources.

Various adjustments made to Acolyte skills including Detonate Corpse and Soul Feast.

Players can now alter the zoom and opacity of the map.

The menu is updated to group related entries together and show keybinds for each entry.

New volume sliders have been implemented due to additional sounds in 0.7.7.

Patch 0.7.7 includes an updated action bar.

It is now possible to filter characters by base class or by type (e.g. Hardcore).

Major changes to lighting and postprocessing in many zones.

Patch 0.7.7 brings Shrines to Last Epoch with random locations and modifiers.

Acolyte gains 'Drain Life' and 'Spirit Plague'; Forge Guard gains 'Smelter's Wrath'.

Players can no longer equip Idols with unmet class requirements.

Players can now alter the zoom level of both the minimap and the overlay map.

Keybinds on skills in the action bar have been improved for better visibility.

Some zones now have new environmental sounds.

The action bar has been visually updated.

Many zones now feature new ambient sounds.

Items in a vendor's buyback tab now cost the correct amount of gold.

Many UI elements such as buttons, tabs, checkboxes, and scroll bars have been overhauled.

Improvements made on a zone-by-zone basis to reduce loading times.

Steam Cloud is now supported, allowing save data sync for non-Steam players.

New character introductions have been added for every available base class.

Enhanced garbage collection to reduce stutter in gameplay.

The opacity of the overlay map can now be adjusted.

More performant shaders have been created for most outdoor zones.

New nodes will be added, some existing nodes will be removed, and others will be updated to enhance the Lightning Blast skill.

Shrines are magical constructs that can be activated for various effects, including summoning enemies and granting buffs.

Unique Items and Idols will no longer be sold by vendors in Patch 0.7.7.

Multiple new Item Sets and Unique Items are being added to expand character gearing options.

A new portal design has been introduced to replace the existing one, featuring a visual effect for opening, particles being pulled inside, and a slimmer, vibrant look.

New ambient sounds including rivers and birds to enhance immersion in the world of Eterra.

Implementing graphical enhancements across various zones in the game.

Significantly improved performance in most outdoor zones due to shader improvements.

Improved lighting and replaced lower quality assets in various zones.

Lagon will be featured in Chapter 8 as a significant encounter.

A new area, Lagon's Temple, will be included in the upcoming Patch 0.7.7.

Acknowledgment of the positive response to the previous update, including the Idols feature.

Plans to convey underwater experience without awkward movement and combat.

Many class specific affixes have been buffed.

Unclouded Mind now grants 10% increased mana regen per point (from 25% reduced mana drain).

Miasma now grants venom nova 30% area and 30% poison chance (up from 25%).

Concoction now grants 25% poison chance (from 10%).

Fixed Arcane Ascendance’s Mark of Thunder not dealing damage and not disappearing.

Fixed an issue where Volcanic Orb could move backwards if you reduced its movement speed enough.

Fixed the descriptions of a lot of idol affixes, including cases of 'increased increased'.

Blood Poisoning is now multiplicative with other modifiers.

Rebalanced many idol affixes to improve gameplay balance.

Patient Hunters now gives 25% more damage over time per point (from 50%).

Generic health and protection suffixes have been nerfed.

Less damage taken affixes have been nerfed and no longer grant reduced damage taken.

Fixed skills bound to ` displaying as 'back quote' in the action bar.

Fixed an oversight where shared damage affixes did not roll on class specific idols.

Fixed a navigation issue in Lost Refuge.

Noxious Carapace is now multiplicative with other modifiers.

Fixed several effects from Arcane Ascendance’s skill tree triggering even if Arcane Ascendance was not active.

Class specific leech affixes have been nerfed.

Fixed an oversight where Adorned Immortal Idols could have a ward retention prefix and a ward retention suffix.

Fixed a bug where enemies in the Monolith of Fate and Arena would not take damage if the player was level 89.

Fixed cases where idol prefixes had suffix style names and idol suffixes had prefix style names.

Fixed a bug where items that used to have old glancing blow affixes could get stuck in the crafting panel and prevent that character from being loaded.

Fixed an incorrect loading screen displaying when the game is first started.

Fixed a bug where Bees summoned by Keeper’s Gloves did not expire after a duration.

Fixed some skill node tooltip errors.

Fixed “g”s being cut off by the crafting window’s search bar.

Improved the appearance of skill/passive node dropshadows.

Fixed a bug where items were misaligned in the stash.

Moved Captain Ansel in the Council Chambers to avoid quest UI becoming stuck open once camera movement happens.

Fixed a bug where minions could count towards your companion limit and prevent summoning additional companions.

Fixed a bug that caused some stash items to disappear when opening 0.7.6 for the first time.

Fixed a bug where animations would not play and class info would not update when creating the first character on a fresh install of the game.

Improved the performance of magic/rare enemies, especially those with Rampancy.

Slightly reduced the drop rate of Idols.

In the crafting panel affixes already on the item (that are not at max tier) are once again always shown at the top of the shard list.

In the crafting panel affixes that are compatible with the item are shown before incompatible affixes.

Slightly improved performance in the Gates of Solarum.

Various enhancements made to the crafting system.

Large number of improvements made to combat and character control mechanics.

New items featuring exciting stats and passives for buildcrafting and item hunt.

Adjustments made to enemy scaling for better gameplay experience.

Introducing two alternative behaviors for the left mouse button: 'Move or Break Destructible' and 'Move or Attack'.

Fixed issue where characters continued taking damage upon entering Time Rifts.

Removed stutter sources and improved performance of Ambient Occlusion and several skills/enemies.

Enhancements to mousing-over creatures for better visibility of health bars.

New type of item for fine-tuning builds with niche and class-exclusive affixes.

Added fly-out menus for accessing Runes and Glyphs in the crafting window.

Resolved issues with game detecting controllers erroneously.

No longer offers modifiers already in effect; five new modifiers added.

New zones added to the endgame content.

Players can now move through their minions.

Chest rewards from Monolith of Fate will scale with the number of enemies killed.

New feature allowing players to buy back items.

Approximately half of the skills updated for improved responsiveness.

Reducing time travel occurrences and number of enemies to improve new user experience.

Vendors will remember the last 20 items sold, allowing players to buy them back.

The follow through part of animations can be partially skipped, allowing characters to move sooner after using skills.

Adjustments to skill animations to enhance responsiveness, including changes to anticipation, impact, and follow through phases.

Ability time for some skills is being shortened to reduce the pause between skill uses.

List of skills being updated includes various abilities from Acolyte, Mage, Sorcerer, Primalist, and Sentinel classes.

Some skills will have a reduced duration of anticipation, allowing impact to occur sooner without changing total animation time.