What changed in Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem in 2019

Two difficulty modes confirmed: Story mode for casual play and Normal mode for standard difficulty.

The HUD has been completely redesigned to integrate the Apocalyptic gauge and final skill slots.

Secondary areas will be available again, featuring optional objectives and sub-bosses with special modifiers.

A new tinting system with at least 100 different dyes to loot, available in the Cosmetic inventory.

Class names and associated gameplay mechanics for the Gate of Fates have been decided.

Information on the ongoing work for the Kickstarter rewards calendar and upcoming digital rewards.

Detailed steps provided for backers to claim their Digital Soundtrack key by linking their Kickstarter email to their Official Website account.

Digital keys for the Original Soundtrack are now available for eligible Kickstarter backers on the Official Website.

Backers can link their Steam account to receive additional rewards such as badges, banners, frames, and portraits.

Corrected Mark of Impurity to reduce creatures' resistance instead of increasing it.

Spanish language file updated; will be available in the selection menu next week.

Portuguese BR is now available in the language selection.

All content is now translated for the French version.

New update for German localization provided by CoTTo.

Implementation of Portuguese Brazilian localization will be available next week.

Crafting will involve the use of gems and various quality reagents to modify item affixes.

Integration of a Cosmetic inventory for armor skin swaps and a refined tinting interface.

The third ring of the Gate of Fates will include 12 new sections and 216 nodes.

16 new skills will be added, including 4 summoning skills for Necromancer profiles.

Players can have multiple versions of the same skill with shared cooldowns but different modifiers.

Four Apocalyptic forms will be available at release, each with unique skills and ultimates.

At release, 11 tiers of armors and weapons will be available, along with at least 15 new Uniques.

All attack combos for male and female characters have been improved.

Support for Hungarian, Polish, and Spanish languages will be implemented next week, but not accessible until completion.

The Original Soundtrack is now available on Amazon, iTunes, Bandcamp, and Steam.

Includes 1h51 minutes of music (35 tracks) recorded with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.

A new Downloadable Extended Soundtrack will be released in early 2020, featuring more than 8 hours of music.

Purchasers will receive a unique badge, frame, banner, and portrait for the Wolcen Official forum.

Banners can be acquired through various actions such as logging in or linking Twitch accounts, enhancing forum profiles visually.

Tons of badges added to the forum, including Kickstarter, Alpha, and Beta badges, with future badges planned.

Changes made to the font and layout of the forums for better usability and readability.

Candidate fix for missing equipment on characters' skin.

The invulnerability phase of the Sarisel monsters is removed.

Destroying one of its clones still removes 10% of its total HP.

Fixed some ailment gameplay particles not being applied to monsters anymore (including Sacred and Shadow).

Updated German localization thanks to CoTTo.

Fixed a few missing strings in the English localization.

No longer invulnerable: it is now possible to directly deal damage to him.

HP reduced by 50%.

Doesn’t use its impale skill against solo players anymore.

Fixed several crashes.

HP reduced by 50%.

The message asking to reboot the game when switching languages has been restored in English for Russian and Simplified Chinese.

Russian localization updated with contributions from community members.

Removed old keys now unused in the game from English files.

Resolved a memory issue that led the game to crash, close, or affect other applications at launch.

Loading times improved by up to 50% on SSD with optional activation.

Enhanced CPU usage for the game.

German localization updated with contributions from the community.

Updates made by Andrey Chertkov, Tsyganova Olesya, and Evgeny Kuznetsov.

Improvements made by CoTTo.

Thanks to Wshepherd, Spendaem, and MshKai.

Restoration of Simplified Chinese localization in the game with community help.

Improved setup for animation cancel system for skills, enhancing fluidity and survivability.

Planned hotfix to improve loading times and memory issues causing game shutdowns.

Update to the German localization files provided by the community.

Fixed several crashes.

Genesis item (legacy and latest drop) now all work properly.

The mouse scroll should not be unresponsive on the details section of the Sarisel Victory screen.

The issue with Russian localization preventing players to use the Active Skills Modifiers panel properly should now be fixed.

Cursed chest should not fly and be impossible to interact with anymore.

Altars should not show a minimap icon if they’re not there anymore.

Altars’ tooltip should now appear at the correct location on 1080p monitors.

Lure Untainteds now costs the displayed price instead of costing twice that price.

Bladestorm’s responsiveness with Voknafein’s Conviction has been improved.

Sounds have been added for Area modifiers.

Fixed an issue breaking the navmesh generation in dungeons.

Fixed a bug that allowed to Lure Untainteds with only 3 Area Modifiers.

Gunslinger’s Brand and ‘Avenger’ Autoturret can now benefit from pierce effect and projectile speed.

The Nemesis VFX for the Untainted Zealot has been improved to make it more visible.

The Trading window now behaves like the other inventories.

Attacking the Zealot when he’s invincible now displays an invulnerability text.

German localization had been updated.

Zapstick Unique item now works properly.

Item comparison should now work properly when pressing shift.

Critical Chance Score bonus is increased from +20% to +50%.

While fighting an Untainted Shadowblade in solo, you should not have a warning message dedicated to Multiplayer anymore.

Russian localization has been updated and is now available.

'Avenger' Autoturret range has been reduced.

Expedition rewards should not provide white quality items anymore.

Damaskus final legendary chest reward disappeared for players connected since the update. It should not be the case anymore.

Attribute bonus is increased from 20 to 25.

Sea Tamer now indicates that you can proc lightning instead of 'cast Thunderstrike'.

All skills with less than 1 second cooldown now have a 0.1 second cooldown.

Characters should no longer be stuck after finishing the campaign.

Movement speed bonus is decreased from +100% to +70%.

Several candidate fix for various client crashes.

Life Leech bonus is decreased from +20% to +15%.

Force Shield bonus is increased from +20% to +35%.

Genesis Unique item shouldn't cast 100 spells anymore.

Shrines buff distance upon completion is increased from 25m to 35m.

Critical Damage bonus is increased from 20% to 50%.

Health bonus is increased from +20% to +25%.

Status Ailment Score bonus is increased from 20% to 50%.

The Untainted Mindsealer selection capsule has been improved to fit the creature's shape.

Some skills getting stuck until the resource is depleted are fixed.

Working on fixes for crashes that can occur during the campaign.

Fixing a bug where channeled skills could become stuck until the resource bar is emptied.

A new challenge called the Wrath of Sarisel has been added, which increases difficulty and alters loot mechanics.

Five new skills and their modifiers have been added to the game.

Addressing an issue where some spells, particularly Annihilation, sometimes stop dealing damage.

The animation cancel feature has been reintroduced, improving gameplay smoothness.

Players can now improve Expedition maps with area modifiers by interacting with Alexander Ivakin.

Trading of gold, Primordial Affinity, and items will be available with the new patch.

New affixes will affect protection or damage values on designated items instead of global character values.

All passive and active skill points, as well as attributes, will be reset.

Five out of twelve new uniques will be available upon the launch of Wrath of Sarisel.

A personal chest wipe will occur upon the launch of Wrath of Sarisel to resolve a technical issue.

Item affixes will be rerolled upon entering the game after the chest wipe.

Item tooltips have been improved for better clarity.

A global improvement of the balancing system to enhance gameplay.

Enhancements to the ailment system to make it more interesting and versatile.

New skills added to enhance gameplay variety for the warrior and ranger archetypes.

A new challenge mode focused on Multiplayer cooperation with advanced AI technology.

New enemies with complex attack patterns that scale with players' lowest Resistance score.

Completion of Sarisel dungeons leads to a victory screen with team rank and performance metrics.

Players can earn unique items and affixes only available through the Sarisel challenge.

Players can add area alterations to Expeditions, increasing difficulty and loot chances.

When a party member is killed, the enemy becomes a Nemesis, gaining health and strength.

Translations for German, French, and Russian communities have been implemented.

4 Apocalyptic forms with dedicated skills and attacks will be introduced.

A new endgame storyline tied to the campaign will be included.

Players can now level their characters up to 90.

40 skills including summoning skills, each with 12 to 16 modifiers.

Additional secondary and optional content will be available.

Character customization will include options for female characters.

Introduction of a challenging mode requiring cooperation to face Sarisel’s half breed.

21 archetypes will be available in the Gate of Fates.

A crafting system will be included in the game.

The release date for Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem is set for January 2020.

10 tiers of armors, special armors, and unique items will be available.

Players can customize game rules through area alterations.

Players can transfer and tint armor skins.

A helmet that allows projectile damage modifications to also impact melee damage, enabling new build possibilities.

Shrines will spawn a group of monsters that grant buffs upon defeat, marking the first iteration of the Altars family feature.

A preview of three unique items planned for the Wrath of Sarisel Content Patch.

A heavy armor that increases the duration of the Frozen effect and transfers Dodge score into All Resistance score.

A new pistol that allows players to launch Thunderstrike on critical damage, with some damage affecting the character.

Working on ways to override skill limitations for new build types.

Working on more visual feedback for the Force Shield status.

Skills efficiency will be improved with set values for each level of skill.

Adding implicit values to armors and weapons for more identity in gear.

Adding local affixes that apply directly to the item, enhancing item diversity.

Crafting will be available at release to enhance itemization options.

Planning at least two difficulty levels: story mode and normal mode.

Working on making random environments more interactive with optional areas and quests.

Increasing the number of waypoints and saving spots near strategic events.

Reset the ailment timer when the ailment is reapplied to allow easier stacking.

A modifier that allows players to choose more targets while using Gunslinger's Brand.

A modifier that adds an explosive touch to shots.

A new skill that increases the range of melee attacks.

A modifier that improves the reach of the Bladestorm attack.

A returning skill that allows players to target a location and cut through enemies.

A new skill that allows players to mark targets and shoot them automatically with ranged weapons.

A modifier that makes Bladestorm a channeled skill, allowing control over character direction.

A modifier that adds an additional AOE combo to the Wrath of Baäpheth skill.

New enemies such as scorpions, hornets, scarabs, and snakes have been added to populate various environments.

The female character model has been completely remade and is currently being prepared for in-game availability.

Four of the seven armor tiers have been implemented, introducing Tier 5 and Tier 6.

Community translations have been added for German, French, and Russian languages.

The team is working on the final pieces of Act II and has started on Act III.

Improvement to reduce clunkiness in gameplay with a new animation cancel system.

New skill enables players to charge through enemies with a shield equipped, featuring various modifiers for enhanced effects.

New skill allows players to drop a turret or carry it for a channeled attack, requiring a pistol, bow, or dagger.

Modifiers include additional cannon, shotgun effect for AOE damage, and automatic targeting.

Modifiers include channeled control, speed improvements, and damaging trails.

Comprehensive review and adjustments to game balance.

Various bug fixes implemented in the patch.

Introduction of new unique items in the game.

Introduction of new rules regarding player deaths in the Sarisel challenge.

Rewards based on kill count, boss ranks, and overall drop rates in the Sarisel challenge.

Updated looting mechanics for the Sarisel challenge.

Enhancements made to the ailments system for better gameplay experience.

New dungeon alteration in Soldier of Fortune game mode with unique gameplay mechanics.

Optimizations to reduce loading times in the game.

Introduction of new skills for melee and ranged characters, including Whirlwind.

First version of animation cancel to improve gameplay fluidity.

Main title music now lowers volume and remains after hitting 'play'.

Corrected a bug with the Act Boss leading him to deal 4 times the damage he should do with the nuke attack during Phase 3.

Slightly reduced damage dealt by weaklings.

Fixed post-cutscene dialogue being late and cut-off in certain areas.

Improved Vheguaadh’s fight on the script side.

Story NPC dialogue shouted echo effects and balancing on specific lines.

Summoned creatures' level is now correctly scaled in the Expeditions.

Archion's Teachings now only reduce projectile damage instead of all damage.

Fixed a synchronization/delay problem with the Svriir grotto 'wake up' scene.

The Town Portal doesn’t display a wrong area name anymore.

Svriir food pouch 'chest' now makes an appropriately disgusting opening sound.

The Expeditions' rewards have been reviewed.

Fixed many English localization issues.

Improved global dialog trigger.

Updated German localization.

Removed the loud default player damage thud sound from enemy arrow impacts and replaced with a new softer sound.

Fixed missing destructible barrel and crates sounds.

Fixed a flock of Noxious Swarmwing’s spawning being very loud and unnatural sounding.

Fixed a crash when casting Annihilation.

French localization has been added. It's just a first pass so if you see anything odd, please tell us.

The auto-attack option is now deactivated by default. You can reactivate it in the Gameplay Settings.

Fixed an issue preventing environments to appear when a party member is not in the same area than the host.

Fixed an issue preventing Edric and Yudai from shouting their dialog lines.

Soul Spawn’s charge attack now has a sound travel with the ghost effect.

Distant enemy vocals are now a little more echoic and atmospheric.

The Force Shield Regeneration granted by some passive nodes have been slightly increased.

The experience granted through Act I has been rebalanced to fit player’s challenges.

The ravaged Brotherhood camp is now bigger to allow a better narrative flow.

Improved client & server CPU performances.

Added a checkpoint in the Svriir lair to prevent players from getting stuck when they have to talk to Thunderblade Sandor.

Continuation of sound mixing for music, environment, skills, enemy, player and cutscene audio.

Fixed VFX height for Näarlog (both dialog and gameplay).

Some environmental sound volumes re-balanced, such as waterfalls.

Candidate-fix for items disappearing in stashes. Please let us know if you still encounter the issue.

Fixed and improved many dialogues delivery/timings.

Improve NPC dialog during the journey in the lower part of Stormfall.

Improved the rewards provided by the Expeditions.

Re-balanced sound volume of Staff attacks.

Fixed an issue preventing some AI to spawn in the Urhan Necropolis.

Thanks to CoTTo!

Allows playing full screen without the need to alt-tab in dual screen configurations.

Will reimplement the complete French version once it’s complete.

Thank you CoTTo!

French and German translations are available, with Russian translation in progress.

Wolcen’s Act I offers at least 4 hours of story ending with a multi-phase boss fight.

Some bugs are still present, but players can complete the game with their characters.

New modifiers for arrow skills including projectile changes and damage increases.

New modifiers for dash skill including increased damage and area effects.

New modifiers for Mark of Impurity including explosion effects and damage increase.

New modifiers for healing area including movement and increased healing rate.

New damage modifiers for skills including increased damage and elemental conversions.

New modifiers for shout skill including stun effects and increased resistance.

New modifiers for teleport skill including increased range and stasis effects.

4 new modifiers added for each skill, including minor and major modifiers.

Review of the point system and level at which Modifiers are unlocked.

New modifiers for Aether Jump including willpower gain and position swapping.

Launch of new forums with improved features and usability, allowing login via previous accounts or Steam/Twitch.

Introduction of the Passive Skill Tree, enhancing gameplay depth and classless philosophy.

Enhancements to the environment for cinematics and dynamic scenes in Act I.

Enables AOE damage in a ring shape upon landing with Wings of Ishmir.

Allows you to teleport behind your target with Slayer’s Flurry.

Wild bears and spiders will be added to populate the forest.

Changes damage type for Tear of Etheliel into fire damage.

Introduction of new active skills including Whirlwind, Bull's Eye, Turret, Charge, and Devastation.

New customization options including alternative skin colors, heads, beards, hairs, and eyes.

Characters and stashes will be wiped with Content Patch 1 to ensure a balanced experience and prepare for future game modes.

New modifiers that add challenges and rewards in random dungeons, such as all enemies being Specialists and Elites.

Introducing a new game mode designed to enhance cooperation between players with specific enemies.

Finalizing improvements on the Passive Skill Tree with all 252 node types and positions defined.

Content Patch 1 will be released on June 13, 2019.

Three new areas: Burning Camp, Coast of Wrecks, and a Random Dungeon Forest.

Three new skill modifiers: Toxic Annihilation, Shadow's Flurry, and Winter's Call.

The Cultists of the Sleeper, led by Demons of Souls, are introduced with soul magic abilities.

Lost Souls are introduced as new creatures that can freeze enemies.

The Alastor, an assassin character with stealth abilities, is added to the game.

Ring 1 talents upgraded from 15 to 24 nodes and Ring 2 from 15 to 30 nodes.

Three new skill modifiers introduced: Shadow’s Grasp, Sacred Spear, and Toxic Blades.

Content Patch 1 will allow players to experience the beginning of the game until the Act I boss, featuring 17 cutscenes.

Enhancements to the dialog system compared to the Alpha version.

Introduction of new modifiers for skills that were lacking major modifiers, including changes to skills like Bulwark of Dawn, Bleeding Edge, and Stings of Krearion.

Improved character visibility when navigating through environments, including an outline system for large creatures.

Fixed loot drop sounds spatialization.

Fixed an issue causing a potential loss of character progression.

Fixed Health Regeneration Rate so they now behave correctly, creating a legacy version of 'The Thing' unique shield.

Overhauled sound attenuation falloff for coop player melee and skill sounds, now softer compared with the player's actions.

Fixed an issue causing players to start the game with their health globe not full.

Pistol fire sound (and dual pistol) modified to reduce fatigue.

Fixed an issue causing a desynchronization in the total amount of Force Shield.

Added Archivist 'trade' enneract sound.

You can now reset your passive skills and character attributes from your character sheet window.

Fixed an issue causing ranged weapons projectiles to be misplaced.

Fixed an issue with the computation of the damage bonus given by physical resistance.

Rare items no longer duck the music volume down.

Changed item types for some uniques.

Fixed issues related to in-game chat fading.

A 'Play offline' button now appears in multiple error message windows if the game fails to connect to online mode.

Fixed certain big enemy attacks not being affected by the low health muffle effect.

Fixed visual issues when using the 'decoy' variant of Aether Jump.

Added Passive skill tree 'confirm' sound.

News panel is now displayed by default on the main menu.

Bow fire sound modified to reduce fatigue.

Pistol fire now has a distant sound.

Fixed several client & server crashes.

Heavy performance improvements regarding status ailments.

Rare and Legendary items now have distinct sounds.

Fixed the 'invalid character name' error at character creation.

Will introduce 'Wrath of Sarisel' Cooperative Game mode, World Modifiers, and player customization for male characters.

The Passive Skill Tree will be simplified for balance purposes, focusing on meaningful choices.

A temporary quick solution will be implemented to allow players to reset their Passive Skills and Characteristics.

Includes story implementation, Passive Skill Tree improvement, and new modifiers for Active Skills.

The official website is being improved with a new main page and temporary redirection of forums to Steam.

Will include Competitive Mode, Pets with loot filter, and Apocalyptic Forms.

Rebalancing the dark vs shiny mood of the game to bring back some light in the visuals.

Slight adjustments made to the visual effects of Annihilation tips.

Raised Martyrs will drop health globes like other specialists.

Resolved multiple issues causing crashes.

Addressed a problem where reviving a player who left could cause issues.

Bandit Trappers will now punch less often.

Chat fading has been disabled to fix message sending issues.

Elite monsters will always drop a health globe when under 50% health and upon death.

Chat window now opens automatically when entering the game.

Resolved an issue that could reset player chests and character progression.

The '+' sign on skills now moves correctly when icons are swapped.

The stun duration for the Devourer's belly attack has been reduced.

The Gameplay Beta for Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem is now live, marking a new era for the game.

Balancing will be closely monitored and tweaked based on player feedback.

The game now offers much better performance and polished gameplay.

The game now supports multiplayer/coop for up to 4 players.

A content patch titled 'Wrath of Sarisel' is planned for future release.

There are known bugs in the Gameplay Beta that will be addressed with regular hotfixes.

All aspects of the game’s visuals have been remade with higher quality standards.

Based on player characteristics.

Players can select a starting archetype when creating a character.

Consuming potions now requires charges, with two potion slots.

Material, Elemental, and Occult damage types added.

Chance to trigger raw damage-reduction on all hits.

Now provide Force Shield as a barrier.

Every weapon stance has new animations.

New effects can roll on items and improved distribution.

28 unique items added with various powers.

Adjusted to fit the new attributes design.

A completely new set of monsters with unique abilities.

A new selection of skills with higher quality design.

A unique tag system for adding friends separate from Steam.

Not displayed in weapon tooltips anymore.

New bounty-hunting activities across random areas.

Chat functionality for communication within parties and with friends.

Players can start public game sessions with unknown players worldwide.

Players can create or join parties with up to 3 other players.

Umbra as a damage type is now called Aether.

The Gameplay Beta is now available, marking the end of the Alpha phase.

Entirely remade with new class structure.

Explore the upper ring of the city-state of Stormfall.

Allows party invitations and private messages, importing friends from Steam.

Broadcasts important messages to live game sessions within the chat window.

New 'down but not out' stance and second wind tokens.

Improves readability in dark environments.

Fits the new Skills design.

Improves visuals, readability, and performance.

Now operates with fixed distance and direction.

Merged effects of Weakness and Frailty into one.

Every major passive node, skill, and unique item now has lore.

Umbra is now called Willpower.

Introduction of multiplayer, new environments, characters, animations, skills, items, monsters, and game modes.

Regular updates for hotfixes and content will be provided during the Gameplay Beta.

The Gameplay Beta will not include the campaign mode but will feature lore elements.

Announcement of the transition to Gameplay Beta with new features and improvements.

The price of the game will increase to 29.99€ upon the Gameplay Beta release.

Introduction of the Cabalist path focusing on affliction damage and elemental spell damage.

Introduction of the Sentinel path focusing on Agility attributes, movement speed, Health, and Force Shield.

Introduction of the Praetorian path focusing on blocking, resistance, and health regeneration.

Introduction of the Ranger path focusing on projectile improvements and critical chances.

Wolcen's original soundtrack was recorded in Prague with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.

Introduction of the Soldier path focusing on Ferocity attributes, Health, and Resistance.

Introduction of the Scholar path focusing on Wisdom attributes, Force Shield’s amount, and regeneration.

Introduction of the Warmonger path focusing on attack speed and life leech.

Introduction of the Assassin path focusing on poison specialization and attack speed.

Updates on the environments including the Brotherhood of Dawn Temple and the beginning of the Red Waste.

Presentation of the revamped Passive Skill Tree for the upcoming Beta.

Introduction of the Warlock path focusing on spell damage, Willpower replenishment, and Life Leech.

A new mode allowing players to explore Act I environments and defeat Act I creatures with various objectives and rewards.

Introduction of an improved Active Skill Tree offering more options and freedom for skills customization.

Finalization of the new Passive Skill Tree for the Beta, currently in testing.

Attributes now provide bonuses for various builds, with a removal of the efficiency gauge for a more flexible system.

Improved readability of the Character Sheet for better theorycrafting.

Introduction of 4 armor types (Mage, Rogue, Warrior, Tank) with implicit affixes to improve resistance and health.

New Force Shield mechanic that absorbs damage before health is affected, with regeneration when not hit.

Potion slots reduced from 5 to 2, now working with charges that can be replenished by defeating enemies.

Life leech can now be found on items, providing an additional survival mechanism.

Blocking damage with shields or skills now has defined chances and damage absorption percentages.

Explore the Corrupted Primordial Architecture in Act I during the Gameplay Beta.

Meet the Demon of Souls, Alpha Svriir, and Lantern Bearer during the Gameplay Beta.

The Valley of Serenity and Templar Temple will be available at the release of the game.

The PST now allows horizontal travel between sections, enhancing build possibilities.

The AST interface will allow more skill customization with new modifiers and costs.