What changed in Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem in 2023

Steam Cloud saves for Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem now allow progress and characters in Offline mode to sync across devices and provide backup for saves.

Implemented various fixes to address crashes in the game.

Resolved issues with nodes Safe From Afar, Undertaker, Academic Fieldwork, and Affix +Projectile Speed not affecting summons.

Fixed incorrect required level and drop ranges for some variants of the Unique gloves.

Various graphical optimisations have been made to improve performance.

Fixed an issue on Gamepad where the Lieutenant Harvest screen would behave incorrectly.

Tidied up a background issue in a Chapter I cinematic involving a certain sneaky demon.

Fixed an issue on Gamepad where releasing the Left Stick would interrupt Bladestorm.

Fixed an issue where the Active Skill Modifier Unstoppable Charge for Warpath would not grant Crowd Control immunity or Damage Reduction from Projectiles.

Various crash and stability fixes.

Fixed an issue where the wrong icon set would display in the Weaken/Harvest dialog box after defeating a Lieutenant on PlayStation.

Fixed a texture issue in the mission 'The Only Lead'.

Fixed an issue during Chapter IV where returning to the main menu and reloading at certain points would cause the majority of Stormfall NPCs to mysteriously disappear.

Items with tier 13 affixes now show their name and the relevant tier 13 affixes in green text on their tooltips.

Fixed an issue on XBOX where the Skull reward screen would insist on popping up, even if no Skulls had been awarded.

Fixed an issue which allowed for trading during the Prologue.

Fixed an issue where Summons' Damage type would not be converted appropriately if the player had converted their weapon damage.

Fixed an issue on gamepad where the tooltip of an item selected in the inventory would disappear after opening its context menu.

Fixed an issue on XBOX which prevented the inventory from appearing if the player accepted a trade request whilst the main menu was open.

Fixed an instance where the dialog box for Authentication messages would be stretched out.

Fixed an issue on gamepad where item tooltips would obscure other UI panels when not needed.

Fixed an issue where Average Damage display in tooltips would only account for bonuses from Physical Damage.

Items with Tier 13 affixes now have their labels displayed in green when they drop.

Resolved an issue where equipped items would appear to be missing after switching online characters due to desynchronisation.

Fixed various texture issues.

Fixed a save system related crash.

Summons will now work correctly with the Come What May and Hungry Stalactite nodes in the Gate of Fates, as well as the Projectile Pierce Strength affix.

Improved the speed and reliability of the Offline save system for PlayStation.

Fixed an issue where kicking a player from the group would also remove them from the player's friendlist.

Resolved an issue where Untainted Enemies would not spawn in the Offline version of Wrath of Sarisel.

Various crash fixes.

Fixed an issue where crafting reagents would be destroyed upon exiting the game if they were in-use in the crafting UI.

Updated several Gate of Fates node descriptions to reflect balance changes.

Fixed an issue where enemies would not play their death animations during the Cordanon sequence of Chapter II.

Improved the sound effects for the Gatling variant of the Slayer Exoskeleton enemy.

Fixed various localisation issues on Imbued Legacy of the Willbreaker.

Fixed an issue where some items upgraded through the Dark Market could attain unintendedly high stats.

Rectified an instance of a placeholder item image in the prologue.

Fixed an issue on XBOX in multiplayer which made reviving other players needlessly difficult.

Fixed an issue on PlayStation where the wrong input indicators were displayed in the Harvest/Weaken Ahriman dialogue box.

Fixed an issue on PlayStation where the wrong input indicators were displayed in the Consumables menu.

Rectified text display issues in the Infinity Difficulty information panel.

Fixed an issue where some UI windows could be unintentionally opened whilst the War Table UI is open.

Fixed an issue on gamepad where opening and closing a merchant UI would not restore the map overlay if it was previously open.

Fixed various localisation issues on Imbued Prototype: Deliverance V2.

The Diamond Mines of Morkai project can once again potentially reward Genesis Stones.

Rectified some instances of placeholder text strings.

The drop ranges of affix tiers 9 and 10 are now capped at Item Level 200.

Fixed an issue where Untainted enemies would not spawn during Wrath of Sarisel Operations in Offline Mode.

Fixed an issue in the player trading UI where the currencies shown would be impressively incorrect.

Corrected some inconsistencies in the descriptions for various Active Skill Modifiers which grant Force Shield per Enemy Hit.

Various niche crash fixes implemented.

A new affix tier has been added: tier 13, offering a +50% increase in power over tier 12 affixes.

Console Only

Console Only

Improved the gamepad input prompt bar in the Skills and Modifiers Screen.

Far fewer skulls need to be spent to reach higher difficulty levels due to adjusted scaling.

Successful Operations below 100 skulls will award bonuses of 5 Attribute points for every Skull spent, and 1 Gate of Fates point for every 5 skulls.

Fixed an issue which prevented some of Artic Spear's VFX from displaying.

Fixed an issue where the HP values in enemy health bars would break at certain thresholds.

Players can once again level up and duplicate skills after addressing an issue with Demetra.

Fixed an issue which caused the player character to turn into a hideous squiggle monster if the player reconnected their gamepad whilst the Cosmetics Menu was open.

Resolved instances of placeholder icons for one of the deluxe edition armour sets.

Records for previously attained 'Highest Completed' Skulls have been adjusted in-line with the new scaling and Skull spend.

Resolved a navmesh issue in the Necropolis area of the campaign.

Infinity Difficulty has had its scaling adjusted, resulting in a more pronounced difficulty curve.

Rewards for successful Operations are capped at 1000 Attribute points and 40 Gate of Fates points.

Resolved various instances of 'Undefined' being shown in the Character Sheet in some languages.

Fixed an issue which prevented projectile VFX for the lightning variant of Livor Mortis from displaying.

Successful Operations on Infinity Difficulty now reward the same amount of skulls spent to launch the operation, rather than double.

Fixed an issue where the level 30 version of Imbued Veiled Eclipse could not be obtained.

Improving a non-Weapon Item's Quality would not improve the Item's stats.

Other further crash fixes.

Slightly increased the number of secondary dungeons in applicable environments.

Further refinements have been made to the gamepad targeting system for easier interaction.

Enjoy community-favourite tracks from the OST whilst bargaining with Mohabi.

The Skill Modifier for Evasion would convert the Skill Damage type to Shadow, regardless of the selected Elemental Variant.

Fixed issue on gamepad which prevented full navigation of the Skills & Modifiers screen.

Fixed a series of issues which could arise from kicking a player out of a multiplayer session while they were loading in.

Changed the error message displayed when attempting to sell Enneracts to Demetra to be more helpful.

Fixed issue where the 'Reset to Default' button would not reset audio volume options.

Annihilation Skill Weapon Damage increased from 250% to 300%.

Ensured that secondary dungeons are now always available in eligible Operation types to prevent inventory issues.

Improved balance and variety in the spawning of biomes and enemy types, addressing overrepresentation of certain environments and factions.

Fixed an instance of missing SFX.

Fixed issue where some level 80 versions of the Imbued Prototype: Deliverance V2 unique weapon had a level requirement of 60.

Fixed issue where some elements of the minimap would still be visible when using the map overlay.

Resolved issue where the Drums and Bells Skill Modifier for Flight of Gaavanir would not grant movement speed.

Further improved the detail on Iosonic Rain's Active Skill Modifier tooltips.

Resolved issue where the Howl of Battle Active Skill Modifier for Flight of Gaavanir would not generate Rage on Hit with a single target.

Fixed issue where some menus could be opened during cinematics.

Fixed issue in Phase 1 of the Lambach encounter where the pod destruction text was too small.

Fixed issue where some level 80 versions of the Imbued Legacy of the Willbreaker unique shield had a level requirement of 60.

Fixed issue where menus could be unintentionally opened whilst the chat box is open.

Resolved issue where the Consequence Reversal Active Skill Modifier for Aether Jump would not remove Crowd Control effects.

Fixed issue where frenzied enemies would attack the player's pet.

Fixed issue in Demetra's Skill Duplication menu where the selected skill would unintentionally change.

Tuned back down to a more reasonable power level, now at 300% Skill Weapon Damage (up from 200% pre-patch).

Pushed a new localisation file to fix issues in non-English versions of the game.

Fixed an issue where using auto sort on a personal storage tab would prevent interaction with items in other tabs.

Added an audio cue when unlocking additional storage space.

Phantom Blades base Skill's Weapon Damage increased from 250% to 300%.

Fixed an issue where Bladestorm's SFX and VFX would persist for the host if used by another player.

Fixed an issue where switching tabs at Demetra's shop would cause the minimap to disappear.

Accumulated Harm ASM now reaches max damage in 2 seconds, down from 3 seconds.

Arctic Spear base Skill Pierce strength increased from 1 to 3.

Sequestered ASM's Critical Chance on Shocked enemies increased from 25% to 75%.

Bladestorm base Skill Damage increased from 200% to 240% Weapon Damage.

Fixed an issue where clicking on a portal while triggering certain skills would cause unintended teleportation.

Fixed an issue where some variants of Zephyron allowed access to two elemental types of skills at once.

Fixed an issue where Sirkis' Breath of Fire VFX would persist after failing the event.

Added further performance improvements to shaders, servers, and other systems.

The Ahriman affix that increases maximum ailment stacks by 1 can now allow up to 2 maximum stacks.

Significantly increased the cost of the Uber Lambach boss fight project.

Solarfall base Skill Damage increased from 200% to 300% Weapon Damage.

Fixed an issue which allowed the player to open their inventory at Demetra's shop.

Wild Gunman ASM remaining shot Damage increased from 0.2 to 0.66.

Added an option to enable or disable the 'panning effect' of the camera when using a controller.

Fixed an issue on gamepad where the inventory wheel highlight would 'stick' if an incompatible item was chosen.

Minimum and maximum values for several Ahriman affixes have been increased.

Damage Multiplier for Disintegrating Payload ASM increased from 0.15 to 0.35.

Fixed instances where ASMs for multiple skills which increase ailment damage were only applying to the primary target.

Wailing Arrows base Skill Cooldown decreased from 8 seconds to 7 seconds.

All variants of Hunting Swarm have had their base damage reduced from 0.6 to 0.4.

Fixed an issue where summons incorrectly benefited from the same damage and health buffs as enemies in Infinite Difficulty.

Fixed further instances of T-posing NPCs on Consoles.

Wings of Ishmir base Skill Cooldown decreased from 10 seconds to 8 seconds.

Fixed various issues where summons would not move into melee range or attack correctly.

Fixed an issue where portals were missing their looping SFX.

Cooldown Reduction cap increased from 120% to 200%.

Added performance improvements to merchant UIs, enhancing player experience at Trade Shrines and Temporary Storage Chests.

Fixed an issue where summons would not attack certain enemies.

Annihilation base Skill Damage increased from 200% to 250% Weapon Damage.

Bonus Damage from Blood for Blood increased from +10% to +15%.

Plagueburst base Skill's Cooldown reduced from 20s to 12s.

Removed the timeout function when attempting to ping a game server to resolve a niche issue.

Slayer's Flurry base Skill Damage increased from 200% to 250% Weapon Damage.

Resolved an issue preventing Summons from attacking Lambach Tentacles or Haunt Stones.

Resolved an issue in Chapter I where the Primordial Guardian would not appear destroyed despite dying.

Fixed Ahriman incorrectly remaining in place when below 50% health during phase 3.

Tweaked the VFX display of 'Avenger' Autoturret's 'Consensus' ASM buff for better visibility.

Two new save points added in early Chapter I: before meeting Ilthain and part-way through the Svriir Caves.

Enhanced server-side pipeline for animation loading to improve gameplay responsiveness.

Addressed various niche instances of client and server crashes.

Fixed an issue where the UI panel announcing Ahriman's arrival could be clicked through.

Resolved an issue where Lightning and Sacred variants of the Imbued Legacy of the Willbreaker Unique Shield appeared as 'Unknown Items'.

Corrected an issue where defeating Golmuth would incorrectly trigger Chapter II's intro cinematic.

Updated various instances of missing localisation text.

Players can now more easily spend large quantities of skulls using Shift+click or Ctrl+Click on Mouse & Keyboard, or a designated input on controllers.

Fixed an issue in Chapter II where interaction prompts failed to appear above Valeria or the dying shaman.

Resolved a multiplayer issue causing disconnection for the host and a black screen for the player rejoining a game in progress.

Fixed an instance where party members could trigger NPC dialog for the game host in multiplayer.

Resolved an issue causing crashes or disconnections in the final phase of the Ahriman fight if 'Ward the Palace' was completed beforehand.

Improved the targeting behaviour of Gunslinger's Brand on controller.

Rectified instances where the central portal would be missing from Ahriman Lieutenant arenas.

Fixed various client and server crashes.

Resolved an issue where the Flame Wave attack of Ahriman's Spectres during phase 2 would disappear prematurely.

Fixed various visual issues on certain armour pieces on the female player model.

The 'Auto' and 'Lowest Latency' server selection options will now choose more appropriate local servers.

Players can now access characters after investing a large number of points into their Gate of Fates.

Summons now have a lower targeting priority over merchants, portals, loot, and other objects when using a controller.

Tidied up various elements of several cutscenes.

Resolved an issue where particle effects and audio would no longer trigger in Chapter I after some time.

Fixed an issue causing the War Table's difficulty shield emblems to have stretched backgrounds.

Tidied up Ilthain's quest marker in The Only Lead.

A cap has been introduced to the player power rewards from Infinity difficulty tier, limiting Attribute points to 500 and Gate of Fates points to 20.

Fixed an issue preventing Skeleton Cultists from using their full range of abilities.

Resolved an issue where VFX from the Ahriman fight would remain visible during subsequent Operations.

Advised players not to complete the 'Ward the Palace' project in the Regent Assembly as it can cause a disconnection or crash during phase 3 of the Ahriman fight.

Resolved an issue which would cause a client crash when using a particular combination of Skill Modifiers for the skill 'Gunslinger's Brand'.

Resolved an issue where SFX would play on a loop after killing an enemy with a particular boss modifier.

Made changes to, and are continuing to tweak, the behind-the-scenes configuration of the Asia-Pacific region so that it can handle more player traffic.

Fixed several issues which caused some elements of the Ahriman fight to be missing.

We are aware that players in all regions sometimes have trouble connecting to their specific server of choice and are working to improve this.

Added general performance improvements to the Friends List.

Resolved an issue which would cause a client crash with a particular interaction between a Cult of Souls Risen Executioner and the player.

Optimised logging on the server, which should improve performance slightly.

Resolved an issue which would cause a client and server crash with a particular interaction between a Cult of Souls Soul Casket and the player.

Resolved two issues which would cause client and server crashes with particular interactions between the Flamethrower variant of the Punisher Exoskeleton enemy and the player.

Improved the client and server side memory management of Dungeon tiles, which should reduce both their loading times and their load on the servers.

Fixed an issue where quest markers would not appear after returning from the first portal area in the 'Final Struggle' segment of the Ahriman encounter.

Improved the level of consistency between the 'arena' area environments for Ahriman's Lieutenants Operations.

Fixed a particular voice line of Valaria's where she would mistakenly misgender the Ascended if they are female.

Achievements for beating Ahriman and completing Act 4 should now be achievable.

Resolved an issue where bosses on the 2nd level would fail to spawn.

Resolved an issue in the conversion system which would leave some characters stuck with no objective.

Fixed miscellaneous instances of placeholder text and missing localisation. More localisation fixes are on the way.

Fixed an issue where the player character would briefly appear in T-pose before the Wrath of Sarisel score screen.

Fixed a UI softlock when accepting rewards from a completed Restock: Havar project.

Resolved an issue where Ahriman would drop too much loot or none at all depending on the game mode.

Resolved an SFX issue associated with Skeleton Cultists.

Resolved an instance of missing lip-sync for Ilthain.

Fixed a VFX issue where the two pistols could become offset depending on the player's weapon types.

Resolved an issue where Heimlock and Valaria would have doppelgangers present at the end of the Ahriman fight.

Resolved the 'stretching' effect on certain elements in the War Table UI.

Improved looting behaviour on Gamepad when trying to pick out a particular item from large stacks.

Resolved offset VFX for the unique item 'Canalised Staff'.

Addresses an issue in the conversion system that could leave some characters stuck with no objective.

Resolves a UI softlock when accepting rewards from the Restock: Havar project.

Fixes an issue where Ahriman would drop no loot or too much loot depending on the game mode.

Chapter IV introduces new City Building Projects tied to the Regent’s Assembly.

Weapons have received various improvements to enhance gameplay.

A new set of cosmetic armour has been introduced for character customization.

A comprehensive balancing pass has been conducted on Active and Passive Skills.

New random modifiers for Operations that add strategic depth to gameplay.

A soft-reset is required for existing characters due to sweeping changes in the patch.

New skills include Iosonic Rain and Inescapable Skirmish, each with multiple damage type variants.

New Unique items are introduced in Chapter IV, expanding the loot pool.

A new system to weaken Ahriman by defeating his Lieutenants before the final encounter.

Chapter IV introduces new story elements and mechanics, focusing on the encounter with Ahriman, The Blind Prince.

New mechanics for infinite Endgame gameplay have been implemented.

Various quality of life improvements have been made to enhance the player experience.

Chapter IV introduces new item types and affixes, including Ahriman and Cosmic items.

A new endgame difficulty tier called Infinity has been introduced, offering greater challenges.

A new Endgame loop has been added, enhancing gameplay after completing the main story.

Chapter IV introduces new monsters and enemies to challenge players.

Introducing the fourth and final chapter with a new endgame loop and exciting build possibilities.

Addition of new Unique items, item types, affixes, and two new skills.

Comprehensive balancing changes affecting almost all skills, active skill modifiers, nodes in the Gate of Fates, XP requirements, City Building costs, and Unique items.

Japanese texts added to the game for both new and old players.

New Unique items aim to enhance existing builds and introduce new gameplay styles.

New Unique items will be introduced in Chapter IV, including Imbued versions of existing Uniques.

XP requirements for late-game leveling will be reduced as part of the balancing pass.

Fixed various server-side memory leaks.

Resolved an instance where a player's campaign progress could be overridden when joining another player's session.

Optimised various backend elements.