Hello vikings!!

Welcome to devlog 03!
Here are the features were currently working on and that will be available on the 1.0 launch day, April 26th.

[h2]Keybinding finished[/h2]
You will be able to select different keys on PC, Xbox controller and PlayStation controller.

[h2]Ragnarok X[/h2]
We've tried our best, we created Ragnarok I-V and you still wanted a bigger challenge. Then we decided to create Ragnarok VI-VII feeling it would push your skills to the limit (which hopefully did), but some of you still beat that and asked for an even higher difficulty level!
Ok, this will be our last chance to create the hardest and craziest challenge, so welcome Ragnarok X!



[h2]Secret who?[/h2]
There's a secret survivor willing to join ranks, he's kind of chaotic and really fun to play.
You will have to solve a riddle to get it! We took a picture but it only shows a shadow. We'll try to get a better shot next time!



[h2]2 new character skins[/h2]
Because we realized that after the addition of golden skins, Alruna and M.I.S.S.I.N.G. were lacking 1 skin, as all the other characters already had 4!
So here we are, an all white one and an all black one. We believe they suit them really well and hope you enjoy them too!



[h2]In game tutorials + extra info[/h2]
We've reworked the tutorials available and created a few new ones. That way it will be easier to underestand all the mechanics the game can provide.
We've also added a few pages of useful information such as the different kinds of hearts and their description.

[h2]Remaining character wallpapers![/h2]
Here's a preview. We will add them in big resolution on the launch day so you can grab them and keep them as wallpapers NA_Gnoki



Remember 1.0 release will be on April 26th!
We will be posting the last devlog, 04, in two weeks with the last features we will include! See you then NA_Crystal


If you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us:
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Hello vikings!!

Welcome to devlog 02!
Here are the features were currently working on and that will be available on the 1.0 launch day, April 26th.

[h2]Character masteries [/h2]
We are happy to share that we finished all the character masteries.
M.I.S.S.I.N.G.s are really fun, as he will copy random masteries of other characters.

[h2]Key binding[/h2]
We decided to wait until we developed every mechanic to add this feature, so now its time we can all customize keys :D

[h2]Artbook [/h2]
Nordic Ashes Artbook is going really well too. It will include different sections, such as enemies and background, characters and their skins, relics everything you see in the game will be captured in the artbook! And of course, a ton of sketches!
Check out some of the pages below:







[h2]Plushie[/h2]
On another note, Gnki plush prototype is already on the making, so we should have pictures in a few weeks!

[h2]Next steps[/h2]
On the following weeks we will be adding new achievements, new relics and Gnki told us he heard about a mysterious survivor wanting to join ranks well need to investigate more about that..



Remember 1.0 release will be on April 26th!
We will be posting devlog 03 in two weeks with all the new stuff we are working on! See you then NA_Crystal


If you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us:
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Hello vikings!

[h3]Todays the first day of Steams Spring Sale![/h3]

This means Nordic Ashes will have a 20% discount during one week until March 21st.

As we previously announced, the game price will be increased to $8.99 on March 25th so this will be a great chance to grab it in case you havent already NA_Crystal



[h3]Devlog 02 next week[/h3]
Next week we will post Devlog 02 with the new features we are adding to the 1.0!

See you in a few days!



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Hello vikings!
How are you doing?
It felt so weird not to upload anything last week, but here we go with our first devlog!
Weve been working on many things these past two weeks. Keep in mind all this content is work in progress!

[h2]Character Skill Branches[/h2]
Its finally time! Weve been postponing the character branches for a long time now.
Here you can see how Thyras branch is looking:

• We want these Character Masteries or Character Skill Branches to be nice aid to make your characters stronger but not a total game changer where you destroy everything you step on after reaching level 10.
  
• You will earn xp each time you play with a character. This xp will be then exchanged for level points, used to upgrade your character. There will be 10 levels available to complete with each character.
  

• You will be able to exchange them for GOLDEN SKINS.
  
• Each character will have its own.
  

• Every character will have 1 dash charge available from the start.
  

Hello vikings!

Thanks for commenting all your feedback on Asgard Realm!
On todays update weve added the following:

[h2]Asgard balancing[/h2]
We've been making some tweaks so runs feel more balanced.

• You will notice some changes on Loki, Frigg and Thor. For example, Loki's attacks were difficult to dodge, so we've improved visual feedback.
  
• Visual upgrade on enemy lasers, they now have a telegraph so they can be better seen.
  
• Improved visibility of floor traps,
  
• Asgard complete sountrack is now ready!
  

• 9 new starting relics (6 weapons and 3 passives) to add more variety to the first runs. You will find all these items available from the beginning of your adventure :)
  
• You will also be able to unlock Mjlnir, Thor's hammer!
  

• The following enemy abilities have been nerfed: Enemy Revive, Armor, Autoheal and Spiral Projectiles
  
• The following curse has been nerfed: Projectiles Death Curse is now less likely to appear.
  
• Right clicking now permanently activates/deactivates manual aim. The left click still works the same (keep pressed to activate manual aim).
  
• Prism relic is now Epic instead of Legendary.
  

Hello vikings!

Asgard Realm
Todays the day! Finally, the last realm, Asgard, is live!
We couldnt be happier about it, its been a long journey and we are very grateful for you all, for your support, feedback and everything!


Asgard realm is a bit different from the others. You will fight the most known gods of Norse Mythology including Loki, Thor! Weve been wanting to develop them since day one :D

This realm will also include a 5th wave to make things more epic. Expert mode will also have a surprise at the end. We wont spoil much more so you can explore this realm by yourselves!



And now, what we all have been waiting for future steps! Release date! New content! A new Gnki plush?!
Lets go one by one:

Release date: April 26th
Mark your calendars for April 26th! Nordic Ashes 1.0 will be out that day and we want to deliver the best game possible! So lets do it! NA_Gnoki

[h2]New content[/h2]
We are going to take a couple of months before the official release date so we can polish everything, redraw some things, etc.

• More relics
  
• New Character
  
• Game balancing
  
• Rework of some artifacts
  
• QoL
  
• Secrets
  
• & more!
  

• Asgard, the last realm is live.
  
• 1.0 Release Date: April 26th.
  
• We will be posting news with new content being developed until that day.
  
• Asgard Ragnarok and Nightmare next week.
  
• Price increase from 4.99$ to 8.99$ on March 25th.
  
• New content for 1.0: game polishing, new character, QoL, etc.
  
• All skins, such as Dark Knight and event skins will be available permanently.
  
• New Gnki plush on the making, more details soon.
  
• Future DLCs: on release day, Artbook and Soundrack. We will then start developing content DLCs.
  

Hello vikings!
New update today!

[h2]Year of the Dragon[/h2]
Wed like to celebrate Lunar Year with you and weve added a few features to the game!

• First of all, you will be able to unlock Hansis Dragon Guard skin in honor to the Year of the Dragon!
  
• Second, you will find a couple event relics, an egg and a firework, both in Gnkis realm and in shrines. The egg will turn into a dragon companion that will help you in your battle!
  
• To unlock Hansis skin, you will need to conquer Muspelheim in any difficulty playing as him.
  

• After enabling zero alpha, some particles were not working correctly after activating alpha once again.
  
• Amaranths plant companions and Alrunas Spiky bones were not spawning correctly in some cases.
  
• Elite phoenixes from Muspelheim were inflicting damage with the telegraph of their tornados.
  
• Some sounds were spawning when they shouldnt.
  

Hi!
Today we will update Asgard beta too. We want Asgard to feel its best, so we will be releasing the official map next week.

[h2]Asgard Beta part 2[/h2]
For now, previous bosses have been balanced and weve added a new one.
Future beta updates before next Thursday will include wave 5, which will look something like this!



[h2]Year of the Dragon[/h2]
On Saturday we will welcome a new themed event, this time about Chinese Lunar Year (year of the Dragon!)
We will release a new character skin and a friendly companion that will help you battle through Ragnarok.

We hope you find the second part of this beta fun! And please let us know your feedback, we always love reading all of your comments!
Thanks in advance for letting us know any issues or suggestions
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[h2]How to access the Beta?[/h2]
REMEMBER: To play the beta, you will need to have purchased Nordic Ashes previously.

Hello vikings!

[h2]Asgard Beta[/h2]
Today is Asgard Beta day!
Explore the kingdom of Aesir (quite destroyed due to Ragnarok events). Fight its guardians and face, at last, its legendary gods.

And as for today, we will have available half of the run. You will be able to explore Asgard and fight the first two bosses.

We will keep working on part two of the beta, which will be released next week. This will include a fifth wave too!



[h2]Thanks for joining![/h2]
We hope you find the first part of this beta fun! And please let us know your feedback, we always love reading all of your comments!
Thanks in advance for letting us know any issues or suggestions
Discord.
Steam Community.

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[h2]How to access the Beta?[/h2]
REMEMBER: To play the beta, you will need to have purchased Nordic Ashes previously.

Hello vikings!

Today as promised, we have a seed update! NA_Seed NA_Seed NA_Seed
Theres always a moment where you dont know what to do with your seeds anymore, so we needed to do something about it. And even if you still havent exchanged all the available leaves for seeds, we think you will enjoy this update very much too!

[h2]Seed plants[/h2]
The first announcement is that you will find seed plants across the realms! That way you will be able to earn many more seeds on each run. Hit them a few times to earn seeds.



One of the reasons is that this way you can get a bunch of leaves faster, and the other one goes as follows:

[h2]Relic Exchange:[/h2]
You will find a new tab on the main menu called Relic Exchange. In this panel you will be able exchange some of your seeds for relics which will appear at the beginning of your next run. These relics can be active and passive relics, but not Ancestral relics in any case (the ones belonging to each character). Up to 15 relics will appear.

You will see relic seed prices vary depending on their rarity. Each relic will also have an energy cost. You will be able to add up to 5 relics depending on their energy.
This way you may get 5 commons, or 2 epics, or 1 common 1 legendary, etc.
For a small amount of seeds you will be able to reroll the weapons that appeared.
You may also lock relics by previously selecting them so they dont reroll with the rest.
Once youre done, just close the panel and the relics you selected will appear right when you start a new run.
These relics will only be available until your next run ends, so choose wisely.

You will need to earn 10k seeds to unlock this feature.

[h2]Improvements[/h2]

• Ragnarok VI and VII added to Custom Mode.
  

• Immunity Knot relic didn't avoid you getting frozen in Jotunheim.
  

Hello vikings!
Heres a new Nordic Ashes update. This time weve focused on new Yggdrasil knots plus a few improvements thanks to your comments.

[h2]Yggdrasil[/h2]
You will find 9 new upgrades in your tree. With this, Yggdrasil will be complete.
Heres a screenshot of how it will look like:


[h2]Improvements[/h2]

• Daily Challenge improved. Talkr day wont have health Yggdrasil upgrades anymore as they wouldnt work anyway.
  
• Yggdrasil enhancement: you will now be able to add or remove Yggdrasil upgrades with left or right click of your mouse (this will also work this way on the Daily Challenge Yggdrasil).
  
• Alruna's ascension images updated.
  
• Character selection panel: you can now select the character's weapon usign the mouse.
  

• The crash some users were experiencing during a run should be fixed now.
  
• In Vanaheim, cloud props would hide part of the shrines in some cases.
  
• There was a bug where if you just obtain something from a shrine and at the same time you were transported to Gnkis realm, you wouldnt get the relic.
  
• Minor texts format corrections.
  

Hello vikings!

We're back after a few days off :D
While we develop Asgard we will also update every week with some content, mostly QoL.

On today's update you will find the following:

[h2]Difficulty[/h2]
Weve been working on optimizing early stages difficulty. This way new players wont find the first realms too hard and the learning curve will be much smoother. This will apply to Midgard, Alfheim, Svartalfheim and Jotunheim.

Another realm that was too hard in comparison to the rest was Muspelheim, so we lowered their HP and speed. If it still feels decompensated, please let us know.

[h2]Minimap[/h2]
Structures are now shown in the mini map from the beginning of the adventure. This means that the Yggdrasil slot that upgraded this feature will be removed. This will help new players learn there are many areas you can interact with. And its also a good aid for any player!

[h2]Ascensions[/h2]
You will now be able to ascend relics WHENEVER you want. They no longer have to be level 10. We believe this will make runs more fun and flexible.

Disclaimer: remember R.E.S.E.T. relic will reset your weapons back to level 1 when ascended. This means that, while owning R.E.S.E.T. during a run, if you reach level 10 and ascend your relic, it will have a total of 20 levels (nothing changes here). But if you ascend at level 3, your relic will only have a total of 13 levels.

[h2]Other Improvements[/h2]

• Relics that do not synergize with those you own or your character can get in their constellation, will not appear in the shop or on shrines. For example: if you dont have any thunder relics, passive relics related to thunder will not appear. This will happen as long as there are enough relics in the pool. If not, they will begin to appear.
  
• Gold mine shrine visually upgraded.
  
• UI changes on how many seeds you have in exchange for leaves in the Yggdrasil panel.
  
• UI changes related to the Constellation.
  
• The distribution of xp between regular mobs and elites has been homogenized in wave 1 to make leveling up easier.
  

• Yggdrasil tree leaves should not reset anymore.
  
• In some cases, if doing a Daily Challenge from a realm you had not yet unlocked, many achievements were unlocked when they shouldnt.
  
• Axeldrs Thunder Armor 1st ascension was not working properly.
  
• Alfheim explosive slimes telegraph was not working properly.
  
• Alfheim saplings telegraph was not working properly.
  

Hello vikings!
We hope you had a nice 2024 start. We will continue working on Nordic Ashes next week, and we wanted to introduce the roadmap we will follow as we always like doing

• Jan 11th: game balancing
  
• Jan 18th: Yggdrasil upgrade
  
• Jan 25th: Seed related content
  
• Feb 1st: Asgard Beta
  
• Feb 8th: Asgard release
  
• Feb 10th: Chinese Lunar Year event
  

Hello!

We just fixed a couple things that were not working properly:

• Fixed a bug related to Sindri & Brokkr and the Autoheal enemy ability (Ragnaroks/Nightmare).
  
• Nstrnd telegraph's explosions were causing damage when they should not.
  

Hello vikings!!

Today we have a few improvements, challenging levels and a surprise we're sure you'll love!

[h2]Ragnarok Mode[/h2]
Ragnarok levels will be available for all realms! We had the following left:
Ragnarok I-VII in Niflheim and in Muspelheim.



[h2]Nightmare Mode[/h2]
We're also adding the rest of Nightmare mode realms! These are Niflheim and Muspelheim realms too. Ice and Fire Nightmares!



[h2]New Shrine![/h2]
The gold mine has arrived at Nordic Ashes! This new shrine is exactly that, a place where gold will be mined second after second. For now, it will provide 1 gold coin every 30 seconds. You dont need to do anything, just grab the money whenever you want. (Im sure there will be an Yggdrasil upgrade at some point, but shhh).



[h2]Anniversary Skins for Blud and Alruna[/h2]
Last friday, December 15th was our 1 year anniversary since we launched Early Access! And what a better way to celebrate than to add Anniversary Skins for the remaining characters!
Yes, that's right! Blud and Alruna will now have their own Anniversary Skin! It will work as last time: conquer 3 realms with those characters to win their skins :D (these are all permanent skins).



[h2]Skins from past events[/h2]
Thanks all your feedback, we've decided to create new ways of getting character skins from past events in case you missed them.
You will now be able to get Amaranth Catrina skin by winning 5 runs with Amaranth. If you already have, your skin will be automatically unlocked.

Same will happen with Santa Talkor. Once the event is over (Jan 4th) you will be able to unlock it too.

We hope that with these changes, you won't feel FOMO or not being able to earn every achievement.
We will still keep part of the events as seasonal ones, because we think it's fun to have some variety. For example, Halloween Midgard will be available on October. But that's just as it happens in real life, everything is decorated in a spooky way only during October.

[h2]New Achievements[/h2]
Since now you can get all the skins, we've created a new achievement for each of them NA_Crystal

[h2]Improvements[/h2]

• The quantity of enemies needed to obtain leaves has been reduced.
  
• Bosses and Final Bosses now grant more seeds.
  
• Max. seeds required in exchange for leaves has been reduced from 500 to 450.
  
• Seed drop rate has been increased.
  
• Players will now earn 5 leaves on their first run.
  

• Axeldrs Fire Boots (Brann) second ascension was not working.
  
• End panel scroll improvements.
  

Hi! This is a hotfix:

Summon Enhancer relic was unachievable and weve updated with the following so you can get it:

• Chests now grant Summon upgrades.
  
• You can now find or buy Summon Runes.
  
• Alrunas passive no applies to global summons.
  

Hello!
Welcome to a new Thursday update!
Today we have some new content, suggestions and fixes. Lets go!

[h2]Helheim Nightmare mode[/h2]
Last week we added Ragnarok, so it was time to add Nightmare mode to Helheim so you can prove your strength in the most complicated mode of the game.



[h2]New Relics[/h2]
Weve adde 4 new relics.

• Two of them you will probably already know about: Projectile Enhancer and Summon Enhancer which will boost your number of projectiles or summons.
  
• Weve also added another legendary one, the Immunity Knot, which will make you immune to EVERY status effect! (confusion, freezing)
  
• And new epic one: the Electric Prism, so your electric attacks not only paralyze but also deal damage.
  

• Valknut Goblet will now be obtained after dying 10 times instead of 25.
  
• The time required to lower the burn status in Muspelheim has been lowered.
  

• In some cases, when changing a character skin, the character was swapped for another one (this was just a visual bug).
  
• In some cases, the game kept running while having an open panel.
  
• In the achievements panel, after having completed all the achievements and hiding them, you could access to other panels.
  
• When closing and opening the achievements panel again, you will now be on the same place you left.
  
• Same happened in the Glossary and in the Leaves panel. It should now be fixed.
  
• Fixed a visual bug in the Yggdrasil leaves panel.
  
• When there are many active relics on the constellation, navigation was not working correctly.
  

Hello!!
In todays update we wanted to focus in some suggestions and fixes you sent us. And new Ragnaroks too!

[h2]Helheim Ragnarok VI & VII[/h2]
Weve added Ragnarok VI and VII to Helheim. Let us know how it feels! We know this mode was quite complicated last time, but it was due to a few bugs that were solved some weeks ago, so this ones should be plausible!



[h2]Niflheim Ragnarok I-V[/h2]
We've also added Ragnarok I-V in Niflheim! So you can enjoy hardcore runs in this cold weather!



[h2]Suggestions[/h2]

• The Ultimate ability input has been improved. The icon shown in the bottom left of the screen will now glow each time its available.
  
• Alpha settings can now be modified with keyboard and controller. Keyboard pressing I/O and controller with up/down directional buttons.
  
• After an enemy is defeated, the dissolving animation lenght has been reduced, so enemies you defeat disappear quicker.
  
• In manual aim, the direction of your attacks is now displayed.
  

• In some cases Yggdrasil leaves would reset.
  
• The Snowman relic and the Pinecones shadow were not affected by the alpha settings.
  
• In some boss fights the music stopped playing.
  
• When activating the use of the mouse to move the character, manual aim was autoactivated. Now aim will be automatic.
  
• Constellation UI texts were sometimes overlapped.
  

Hello Survivors!
In this post wed like to introduce Nordic Ashes Winter Festival!

It will take place from December 1st until January 4th.
This Winter Festival includes the following:

[h2]A festive Talkr skin [/h2]
Even though he looks a bit grumpy, were sure hell be a nice Santa. All his Relics have got a festive skin too! Conquer Jotunheim playing with Talkr and keep it as a permanent skin.



[h2]Winter Jotunheim[/h2]
Festive decorations all over Jotunheim. You will be able to spot some funny costumes in enemies too (were big fans of the Protectors lol).
Remember you can reduce the number of freezing stacks from the Jotunheim curse if you possess fire relics, the more the better.



[h2]Winter themed relics[/h2]
Last year you enjoyed so much the winter relics. This year weve added ascensions so they are even stronger!
Please notice that themed relics will appear more often than regular ones.
On that note, you may disable the Winter event on the Settings panel if you prefer to play regular runs.



[h2]Improvements and fixes[/h2]

• Translations updated: Chinese, Russian, Czech, Dutch, Ukrainian and Brazilian Portuguese.
  
• Sindrok's bug that made you invincible.
  

Hi!

We just posted a hotfix.
In some occasions, hiding the UI lead to a bug where you couldnt recover the UI back or the game would freeze.

Thanks for reporting it!
Cheers!


As always, if you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us:
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Steam Community.

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[h2]New bundle arrived![/h2]


Hi!
Were happy to announce we are partnering with FatalZone and created the VikingZone bundle!
You can now enjoy both games with a 10% discount! NA_Hard

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/36824/Viking_Zone/

Hello! NA_Leaf
Today we have a suggestions/fixes update related to your feedback :D

[h2]Improvements [/h2]

• If you touch the Gnki Exchange Shrine (the one in the shop, that exchanges xp for gold) once and then step away, it will exchange xp for gold 1 time. But if you stay close, it will exchange xp for gold multiple times, faster each time.
  
• If you already have the maximum gold, it wont keep exchanging xp for nothing even if you stay close.
  
• This exchange shrine will also appear in the room before the final boss.
  
• Changed the color of the timer that appears on the bottom center of the screen during runs so you can see it better.
  
• You can now hide the UI during runs in case you want to take a screenshot pressing F9 or the left joystick.
  
• Manual aim (mouse): weve slightly changed how it works and we hope it is now more intuitive. It will aim at you enemies while you keep it pressed.
  
• Green hearts will now appear always in last position. This way you will lose them first when you get hit, as they grant you xp when they break.
  

• To make unlocking her more intuitive, it will now be on Niflheim Realm. As ice potions are unlocked in this realm, it will make things more straight forward.
  
• And speaking of Ice Potions. Weve also changed the probability of them appearing on the shop, so they are easier to obtain. Before, red potions were Common and the others were Rare. Now they all have the same % of appearing.
  
• Her weapon Selenite Wand, has now manual aim too.
  
• If your character has earned penetration stats, Selenite Wand will have them too.
  
• Alrunas Ultimate ability: she will summon one extra Gunborg every 5 summons on her global stats.
  
• The Mandrakes cry area is now larger.
  
• Splintered Bones have now a larger area. Their initial duration has been changed from 2 to 3.
  
• Splintered Bones caused bleeding, but it was not specified in their description. Now it is.
  
• Updated Alrunas minions descriptions.
  

• Crimson Dagger had a random target. It now targets nearby enemies.
  
• Deep Crystal now starts with 2 projectiles instead of 1 and the area of effect is larger. It also targets enemies more efficiently.
  
• Shadow Crossbow has now faster projectiles but they last less and have less attack speed. It now targets the closest enemies.
  
• Shadow Warrior also targets now the closest enemies.
  

• There was a know bug that made some bosses or enemies immortal. This should now be fixed.
  
• Alrunas Splintered Bones relic was not aiming correctly.
  
• Sometimes, Alrunas stats regarding her innate ability were not being added correctly when you leveled up.
  

Hello Vikings!

[h2]We invite you to nominate Nordic Ashes to the Steam Awards![/h2]
But first of all, thanks for playing our game! We are overwhelmed with all your amazing feedback and kind words everyday. Were having a blast working on this project week after week! NA_Gnoki

As much as wed love to participate in the GOTY category, we believe our game is more prone to be on the Sit back and Relax one (eventhough you must fight Ragnarok, we think from all the categories, this one fits best. Perfect game to chill after work or to play on a rainy day).
"This game is the antidote to a busy day. It lets your worries melt away"

We would be very grateful if you voted for us :D NA_RedHeart


[h2]Autumn Sale[/h2]
And of course we will be joining the Autumn Sale with a 20% off!



See you this Thursday for a new update as always!
Cheers! NA_Crystal

As always, if you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us:
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Hello Vikings!
Hope you've had a nice week!

[h2]New survivor: Alruna[/h2]
Were so happy to introduce you to a new survivor today! Welcome Alruna to the family!
Shes a very peculiar character. Runa means secret in old Norse, and we thought it would fit here very well.



[h2]Relics[/h2]
But her name also means mandrake, so expect tiny little screeching creatures all over the map.
Alruna has different kinds of abilities. She can master ice, thunder, bleeding and fear.



[h2]Minions from the underworld[/h2]
And we need a special mention to her minions! (who knows how crowded everything would be if you got the chance to find the relic C.O.N.N.E.C.T. in your run).



[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• We read your countless comments, and our dear Muspelheim Phoenix boss has been nerfed, so we hope it's now more balanced.
  
• For some reason, baby Ase and Eir's wings were from their older versions. Now their sprites are correct.
  
• Healing Shrine works correctly once again.
  
• When resetting, souls at the Sacrifice Shrine stopped moving.
  

Good morning/evening/night!
Today is the day we release the 8th realm!! NA_Expert NA_Crystal

[h2]Muspelheim[/h2]
On Muspelheim you will find tons of demons, black stone golems and many Logi enemies! (Logi meaning fire in Old Norse).
Face three new challenging bosses and become a master of this volcanic area!


[h2]Floor is Lava[/h2]
This realms mechanic goes as follows: the Floor is Lava which explains itself perfectly NA_Hard. Each time you place your foot inside a lava pool, your burning indicator will rise, and no one wants to experience what happens when it reaches its maximum, thank you very much.


[h2]Burning Heart[/h2]
We also added a new kind of heart, the Burning Heart. This heart will explode when you receive damage and release fire balls that damage your enemies.


[h2]New Dragon Egg Shrine[/h2]
Muspelheim will allow you to unlock a new kind of shrine. A dragon egg will spawn at the begining of the run. After 15 minutes it will hatch and reveal a Legendary item as a reward!


[h2]Fire Relics[/h2]
And of course, a new set of relics, all related to this new realm!


[h2]Niflheim Soundtrack[/h2]
Rubn Meli did it again! We're so happy to announce that Niflheim tracks are now available and you can enjoy them while playing!


[h2]Fixes and improvements[/h2]

• Helheim elite Red Cranium's health was bugged when it divided.
  
• Ice balls, Burning Projectiles and Poison Projectiles where aiming into wrong directions.
  
• Elites stopped appearing in high Ragnarok levels.
  
• Final Boss Jord anims have been slightly modified.
  
• Final Boss Hel's pillars shouldn't have that much HP now.
  
• Minor fixes related to bosses behavior.
  

Hi! As promised, heres Muspelheim beta!

[h2]Muspelheim Beta[/h2]
You will find tons of demons, black stone golems and many Logi enemies! (Logi meaning fire in Old Norse).
Face three new challenging bosses and become a master of this volcanic area! NA_Expert



As you may notice, theres no lava on the ground. We will update the beta in a few days to add a floor is lava mechanic.


[h2]Thanks for joining![/h2]
We hope you find this beta cool (or warm)! And please let us know your feedback, we always love reading all of your comments!
Thanks in advance for letting us know any issues or suggestions
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[h2]How to access the Beta?[/h2]
REMEMBER: To play the beta, you will need to have purchased Nordic Ashes previously.

Hello Vikings!
Hope youre having a nice week! NA_Leaf

[h2]Beta tomorrow[/h2]
We need one more day to finish polishing the Muspelheim beta, so we decided to delay it one day. Tomorrow it will be up so you can try it!
However, we still have a few interesting updates for today anyway!

[h2]Human Blud[/h2]
As Spooky Season just ended, our dear Blud decided to share his former appearance. Maxim will be available as his human-form skin too!



[h2]New Ragnarok levels[/h2]
We have 3 new additions to this challenging game mode:
Helheim Ragnarok levels I-V
Jotunheim and Vanaheim levels VI & VII




[h2]Fixes and improvements[/h2]

• You could move while the run was loading.
  
• Vanaheim statue lasers no longer attack you just right after the run begins.
  
• Thyras arrows movement was different depending on your framerate.
  
• Most Polish translations are updated.
  

Greetings vikings!

Just one week left for Muspelheim Beta! We are currently building the realm so everything is ready for next Thursday!
For todays update weve done the following:

[h2]Nightmare Mode[/h2]
Nightmare Mode will be available on Jotunheim and Vanaheim too. That makes 5 realms in the hardest mode! Survive the Jotunheims freezing weather or maybe fight elemental creatures on Vanaheim in extreme difficulty!


[h2]Helheim OST[/h2]
We finally have Helheim soundtrack! Check out Rubn Melis amazing work as you run through the lands of the dead.


[h2]Spooky season [/h2]
Spooky Season ends in 1 week, on November 2nd, so be sure to explore Midgard before decorations turn back to normal.
Last chance to get Amaranths themed skin too until next year!



[h2]Fixes and improvements[/h2]

• Soul Charger relic was too powerful regarding Rare relics. It will now become an Epic relic instead of a Rare. And the 1% probability of earning half a blue heart will now be 0.25%. However, the relic will still be pretty strong.
  
• There was a bug on the Yesterdays Challenge where 500 seed reward was shown instead of 250.
  
• Some shrines were blocked by props on Svartalfheim.
  
• Some stats were showing decimals incorrectly.
  

Hello! NA_Crystal
New Thursday, new update! Here's what we've got for you today:

[h2]Thyra Improvements [/h2]
Many of you have shared your opinion that Thyra should be boosted. Heres what weve added:

• Thyras Final Shot arrow ascension now has autoaim and will search for the closest enemy. There will be as many giant arrows as projectiles Thyra has.
  
• Thyras Shooter relic now adds 1 extra global projectile instead of just adding it to her relics.
  
• The Mighty Daggers have a higher probability of shooting more daggers each time.
  

• Bluds ultimate ability Area has been increased from 1.5 to 2.5
  
• Blud could lose all his red health with his passive if he had blue health
  
• Blud will now be able to unlock 4 new relics so all characters can enjoy them!
  
  

• Items could be sold twice to Olga in some cases.
  
• Olgas was enabled on Innate skills too.
  
• If you sell a relic that granted you heart containers, you will now lose them (this wasnt working properly).
  
• Regarding Potion restrictions, when potions appear in Gnkis realm, they will now show up as sold instead of appearing.
  

Hello!
Todays update goes as follows:

[h3]Innate Skills[/h3]

• Weve added to the characters constellation new information, called Innate skills. These are the unique abilities of each of the characters. This way, you will be able to check the information any time while you are playing, instead of just finding it on the Character Selection screen.
  
• Thyra and Hafgrim have now their own innate skils.
  
• Catrina Amaranths ultimate ability was lacking its Halloween skin.
  
• Translations improved.
  

• October 19th: New relics, fixes, improvements and suggestions.
  
• October 26th : Nightmare Mode in more realms.
  
• November 2nd : End of Spooky Season. Muspelheim Beta. Ragnarok in more Realms.
  
• November 9th : New Realm: Muspelheim!
  
• November 16th : New character!
  
• November 23rd : Fixes, improvements and suggestions.
  
• December 1st : Winter Season begins, including one character themed skin, winter themed relics and festive decoration in one of the realms!
  

Hello!

Today we wanted to update with a fix about a few things you have reported:

• The Pumpkin relic alpha was not working.
  
• Some crates were impossible to break.
  
• In some runs, obelisks and the Healing Shrine did not appear.
  
• Healing Shrine kept appearing on the mini map after being activated.
  
• Raid Shrines were not working properly in some cases.
  
• NPC Blud appearing in Gnki's Realm didn't have the correct animation set.
  

Hello!
Todays update will be a suggestions/ QoL one. After two weeks of posting new things non-stop we decided this week should include some features related to your comments.

• Bluds bite attack has been polished with a better animation and targeting.
  
• Bluds Lavender Essence cloud is now more transparent.
  
• Bluds ascension images updated.
  
• Lavender Essence and Thorn Rose now display how much damage they would deal before you unlock them on Bluds constellation.
  
• Weve added to Helgas ability description that stat increments are per half red heart (just to make it more clear, even though it was already explained on the character description).
  
• Helgas zodiac passives are now better displayed on the character selection screen.
  
• When Talkor earned too many coins, the screen would be eclipsed by them. Now only 14 coins will appear. The rest of them will be displayed as a number.
  
• In game glossary info now features item categories (consumable, relic or artifact).
  
• If the item is an artifact, it now displays it has only 1 use.
  
• If the item is a consumable, it now displays it will auto-consume.
  
• Wave bar has been reworked.
  
• Obelisks disappear from mini map while theyre on cooldown.
  
• Healing shrine will disappear from the mini map once used.
  
• Healing shrine can now be reset just as the other ones.
  
• Theres more room between the blizzard clouds so you can dodge them more easily.
  
• When you level up many levels at a time, the xp bar will be filled faster.
  
• Theres also extra visual feedback each time you level up.
  
• The final boss door sometimes fell on top of props.
  
• The probability of Missing Relics appearing in his Constellation has been increased.
  
• There's now a new animation for characters revival.
  
• The sounds of Moon Fang and Noxious Scythe relics have been polished.
  
• Now you can break the frozen status by holding any of the movement keys too.
  

[h2]Who said zombie vampires?[/h2]



We're so happy to partner with Yet Another Zombie Survivors in this bundle! Get your weapons ready and lets blast some mobs!

Enjoy both games with a 10% discount!

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[h2]New bundle on the way![/h2]



Were so excited to announce this amazing collab! Soulstone Survivors + Nordic Ashes will now be available as a bundle on Steam! We've been fans of Soulstone for a veeery long time, so this collab means a lot to us NA_Gnoki

Get 10% off and enjoy loads of survivor content!

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/35374

[h2]Weve got some amazing news![/h2]



A God of Weapons and Nordic Ashes bundle? We also think its a pretty great idea! This amazing game just launched a few weeks ago and its a blast NA_Crystal

You can now enjoy both games with a 10% off!

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/35352

Hi!
Heres a hotfix for yesterdays update.

• There was a bug where upgrades in chests from the Bat Staff broke the game.
  
• Some texts were misspelled.
  
• Bluds Ultimate has been buffed. Damage numbers have also been enlarged so you can easily identify them.
  
• Blud's Ultimate was not being unlocked in the Glossary.
  
• Energy Rod no longer activates inside Gnkis Realm.
  
• You may now enable/disable the visual event features with your keyboard or controller.
  

Greetings vikings!
And welcome to Nordic Ashes Spooky Season! NA_Normal

Beginning today, October 1st until November 2nd we are celebrating pumpkin spice and embracing darkness (very dramatic).

As we did last year, Midgard will be decorated with pumpkins and spiderwebs. Spooky themed Relics will make an appearance again, this time with their own ascensions (can you believe last year we didnt have any ascensions at all? So much has changed NA_Gnoki)



Please notice that themed relics will appear more often than regular ones.
On that note, you may disable the Halloween event on the Settings panel if you prefer to play regular runs.

And of course, we couldnt publish a Halloween update with just a little bit of content. We wanted to go BIG and decided to create a new character and a spooky character skin to join our family! We also designed these beautiful wallpapers so you can download them and keep them!

[h2]New Character: BLUD![/h2]
Hidden inside a tombstone, a malignant creature has awakened
With a new set of skills and his own way of surviving, Blud came here to disrupt Ragnarok and beat up some monsters!

This is also our tribute to Vampire Survivors, the game that made this genre accessible to millions of players! We hope you enjoy Blud and his easter egg-ish way of unlocking him! NA_RedHeart

As much as Blud can be Halloween related, this is NOT part of the Spooky season, the release dates simply coincided. This means he is a permanent character and you will always be able to unlock him.



[h2]Amaranth Catrina[/h2]
Welcome Amaranth and all her plant fellows dressed up as terrific monsters :D
Unlock her skin during the Spooky season and keep it forever!




We hope you enjoy this update, we had so much fun designing the all new content NA_Crystal
Let us know what you think!

If you find any issues or bugs, feel free to contact us so we can solve them as soon as possible.
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Hello vikings!
NA_CrystalToday we have a lot of news! NA_Crystal

[h2]Niflheim, the seventh Realm[/h2]
First of all, new Realm available: Niflheim! This is the realm where everything started. Its deep layers of ice make it the coldest realm on Norse mythology.

You will meet Auumbla, the Primal Cow, one of the first beings ever created. Also meet Buri, the first of Gods and grandfather to Odin.



Weve added new content since the Beta. For example, you will find the Blizzard Curse at the beginning of each run. A new kind of heart has been added, the Ice Heart Container. When hit, you will repel the enemies around you and slow them down. This of course, will come with a new set of Ice Potions.


[h2]Were gonna swap two final bosses[/h2]
While developing the game, we thought Ymir would fit great on Jotunheim, as he was the father of giants. However, Ymir is also the first being that ever existed. And thats why we are going to swap things around and make him the final boss on Niflheim.
But, what about Jotunheim then? We decided to ask Jr, Thors mom if she would like to defend her realm, and she proudly accepted.
So, in this update, you will fight Jr as final boss on Niflheim. In a few weeks we will swap Ymir and Jr so everything makes sense and players dont feel that confused with this change. We hope we explained ourselves!
When the time comes, we will post an update explaining the changes.

[h2]Ice Relics[/h2]
As this is an ice related update, 4 new relics will become part of the glossary.



[h2]Nightmare Mode[/h2]
Nightmare Mode will now be available on Alfheim and Svartalfheim too so you can test you abilities in this challenging 9 wave run.



[h2]Helga Boost[/h2]
Because she deserves it, Helga's ultimate abillty will now feature more stacks so you can make her even stronger!

[h2]Spooky Season News[/h2]
To celebrate Fall and Spookiness, this Sunday, October 1st, we will publish another update with new content!

Halloween decorations, spooky relics, one themed character skin and a brand new survivor to join ranks!
Heres a sneak peek any guesses??? See you in a few days to uncover all the content!



If you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us:
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Hello vikings!
Hotfix on the way! Thanks for reporting all the issues you have experienced. Here we go:

• Glitch relic was pushing enemies too far away.
  
• Some props were still appearing close to altars.
  
• There was a bug related to Jotunheim's curse when grabbing fire relics.
  

Hello hello!
Nice to see you two times this week!

Niflheim Beta
Today we are so happy to release the 7th Realm on Beta mode: Niflheim! This is the realm where everything started. Its deep layers of ice make it the coldest realm on Norse mythology.
You will meet Auumbla, the Primal Cow, one of the first beings ever created. Also meet Buri, the first of Gods and grandfather to Odin.



Were gonna swap two final bosses
While developing the game, we thought Ymir would fit great on Jotunheim, as he was the father of giants. However, Ymir is also the first being that ever existed. And thats why we are going to swap things around and make him the final boss on Niflheim.
But, what about Jotunheim then? We decided to ask Jr, Thors mom if she would like to defend her realm, and she proudly accepted.
So, in this update, you will fight Jr as final boss on Niflheim to test her strength on the Beta. In a few weeks we will swap Ymir and Jord so everything makes sense and players dont feel that confused with this change. We hope we explained ourselves!

Let us know what you think about the Beta! As always, were open to all of your feedback. Thanks in advance for letting us know any issues or suggestions


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[h2]How to access the Beta?[/h2]
REMEMBER: To play the beta, you will need to have purchased Nordic Ashes previously.

Hello vikings!
Hope youre all doing well
On todays update we are releasing the following features and fixes:

[h2]Ragnarok VI & VII[/h2]
Alfheim and Svartalfheim have Ragnarok VI & VII now available!


[h2]Vanaheim OST[/h2]
We are happy to announce new music tracks for the whole realm of Vanaheim, composed by Rubn Meli!

[h2]Niflheim Beta News[/h2]
We wanted to publish Niflheim beta today, but we need a few days to polish it, so we will release it on Saturday instead!



[h2]Fixes and improvements[/h2]

• Poison Cloud relic visual effect has some alpha now. It was too opaque and it could reduce a lot of visibility when it had a large area.
  
• In some cases, bosses stayed immune and impossible to defeat, this should be fixed by now.
  
• Sindris sword attack is now fixed.
  
• Spike Curse spikes were not working properly.
  
• Enemy protection ability made some enemies permanently immune.
  
• Some texts were misplaced.
  
• Vanaheims final boss Njord will be invulnerable less time as it took too long to defeat.
  
• Game would sometimes crash after selling relics to Olga.
  
• Props could disappear in front of you in some cases.
  
• In some cases, projectiles didn't deal damage.
  
• Props should no longer appear on top of shrines.
  

Hello!
Hotfix day! Thank you so much for reporting issues and bugs. Here is the list of fixes:

• Lasers in Vanaheim won't instantly hit anymore.
  
• Shrines won't hide behind trees or other elements.
  
• Ragdolls will now disappear after its duration's finished.
  
• In certain situations damaged suffered by Gods was increasing randomly.
  
• Minor changes in some texts.
  

Hello vikings! New Thursday, new update!

[h2]Performance boost[/h2]
Great news! Performance has been increased so much since the beginning of summer! Thanks for your patience. After implementing all these changes, we will now be able to update every week as usual! This will make all runs go smoother even when you equip many weapons with large areas, projectile speed, etc.

[h2]Vanaheim Ragnarok[/h2]
Raganarok mode is now available on Vanaheim too! This means youll be able to play 5 new challenging levels.



[h2]Nightmare Mode[/h2]
After months of coding, performance improvements are finally working!
Nightmare mode will mimic Endless. Heres how it works:

On todays update, Nightmare mode will have 9 waves available. If everything runs smoothly (which it should) we will be able to increase the number of waves each time we improve performance. So expect 12 waves in future updates.
We want the player experience to be fun and without lag, and thats why weve decided to twist Endless and be sure performance works fine as we provide lengthier runs many players enjoy.

• For now, it will only be available on Midgard. We will expand it to the other realms in the future.
  
• Nightmare mode runs will feature a darker shade so it feels more nightmareish.
  
• Each cycle will comprise 3 waves (we skipped wave 1 of regular runs).
  
• Endless Curse is now called Nightmare Curse. Each time you reach Gnkis realm, prices will increase 25% instead of 50% as they did before until they reach a maximum of 150% instead of 250%
  
• Each time a Curse appears, it will be displayed on screen.
  
• After completing 1 cycle (after final boss) shrines will keep appearing and this time they will provide you with runes.
  
• Weve also reduced the length of each wave 20% so runs feel more dynamic.
  

• Gnki Coupon achievement should now appear in your list after completing it.
  
• Crystal Enhancer relics wont be suitable for selling to Olga anymore.
  
• The camera on Gnkis realm is now set a bit far away.
  
• Items sold in Gnkis realm are better displayed (they were too close to each other).
  
• Reset Blessing was not working properly as it also influenced ultimate relics. It will only affect regular relics as usual.
  
• Healing Curse now works as follows. Enemies will restore 25% of their health instead of 30% and cooldown has been increased from 5 to 7 seconds (sorry monsters, you wont be able to heal that much).
  
• Czech language added!
  

• September 21st: Niflheim Beta
  
• September 28th: Niflheim Release
  
• October 1st: Halloween update (this will include 1 Halloween character skin, 1 brand new character, Midgard decorated with pumpkins + Halloween themed relics!)
  

Hello!
Good news! After weeks and weeks of wrecking our brains (and code), at last we have many improvements! That means new performance Beta is now available!

Heres what you will find:

• Major code changes. This means enemy movement may have varied a little. You may also find a slightly different feeling on collisions and projectiles too.
  
• This beta will only have Midgard available.
  
• As we only have Midgard, Raid Shrines and Challenge mode will be disabled.
  
• Endless Mode enabled once again. Let us know how it feels!
  
• General performance improvements. Now you can expect your Endless and Ragnarok runs with a higher fps rate.
  
• Youll have the same progress as your current version.
  
• On this particular beta, your progress wont be saved to prevent possible errors. This also means there will be no issue going back and forth between your current version and the beta.
  
• Please notice that we have changed quite a bit of code, and are still tweaking some things, so you may find some bugs or issues during your run (lets hope very few). Please report any weird things you may spot!
  

Hello!
Today we bring a News post
Heres what we are currently working on and approximate release dates:

[h2]Beta very soon[/h2]
First of all, we are happy to announce that in the next few days we will be able to release a Beta showcasing all the performance progress weve made. This will be a great opportunity to try Endless once again. NA_Crystal

[h2]Indie Dev Day[/h2]
On early September, we will be attending Indie Dev Day in Barcelona (Spain) a video game event for indie developers. If you live close, come and say hi :D

[h2]New Content[/h2]
On late September, we are planning to release Niflheim as the seventh realm and later on, a new character!
After we finish all this performance improvements we will also develop the characters individual ability branches.

[h2]Gnki Plushie - less than 48h left[/h2]
Less than 48h for Gnki NA_Gnoki plush campaign to end! If you still havent got your own, this will be the last opportunity to do so! After that, Gnki wont be available anymore as it is a limited edition crowdfunding
Production will begin this month and the best thing is that it will arrive on December and will make wonders as an amazing Christmas Gift! NA_RedHeart
Get your own Gnki here



See you in a few days! Take care and wish you an amazing rest of the week!

If you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us:
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NA_Leaf Hello! NA_Leaf

Welcome to another suggestions update NA_Crystal
First of all we wanted to say thank you! They are really nice suggestions that will bring new features and quality of life to the game :)

Here are the following features we are releasing today:

• Enemy immunities are now separated with commas, so they are easier to read/understand.
  
• You can now rename the Yggdrasil slots! That way it will be much easier to remember the purposes of different builds you design with your leaves.
  
  
• We also added a confirmation button after you click Reset leaves just in case you clicked it by mistake.
  
• Each time you preview an item on Gnkis Realm or Shrines that you havent added to the Glossary, you will find a small icon next to it. That way, it will be much easier to know If you have previously added or not before purchasing it.
  
  
• You can now read the description of each Curse in the Realm selection panel.
  
• Curse icons that take place on a Realm that already has a curse by default, such as Jotunheim, have also been added to the Daily Challenges menu.
  
• A fantastic way to break Jotunheim Freezing Curse! Each Fire Relic you own, will reduce the max. stacks by 1. So if you grab 5 Fire items, no Curse.
  
• QoL for mouse users: You can now click on buttons showing keys instead of pressing them with the keyboard to make use of them. So for example, clicking on top of Esc will do that job for you. Much more intuitive and easy-going in case you prefer to use the mouse to navigate on the different panels.
  

Hello!
On todays update we have added a few of your suggestions (still many to come, were working on them NA_Gnoki) and some updates about Daily challenge, performance and Gnki plushies!

[h2]Suggestions added:[/h2]

• Now you can activate/deactivate the manual aim of each Active Relic on the character's constellation. You can also equip/unequip Active Relics you own in each run.
  
• Activate/deactivate global auto-aim with Y (for keyboard) and R3 (for controller). This info is not yet visually displayed in-game, but to let you know it already works.
  

• There was a bug that made the mouse cursor stay in the middle of the screen.
  
• Svartalfheim music didnt play in some runs.
  

*When you enter Gnkis Realm and instead of buying relics you decide to grab Gnki himself and bring him home*

Link to your Gnki: Here!



Hi! Its Naya (game artist)
Look whos here! Were so happy to bring Gnki to life (I mean outside your computer, Gnki is already alive in the game, ok?)! NA_Gnoki

There have been so many of you asking for a plushie and here it is! Enjoy warm cuddles and free hugs any time you wish :D NA_Crystal



We are so honored to work with Makeship, as they are a very professional team, and both the plush design and materials are extremely high quality. We were amazed when we received the sample, it turned out so good! NA_RedHeart

[h3]You can get your own Gnki here :D [/h3]
https://www.makeship.com/products/gnoki-plush
Shipping is worldwide, because Gnki will travel wherever you are to meet you!

[h3]For how long will it be available?[/h3]
The plush will be available to purchase for the next 3 weeks, that means August 4th - August 25th. After we reach the goal, the project will be funded and production will begin! You will find all the info in the url above.

[h2]Desk-friends[/h2]
As I said before Gnki is the best work buddy you will ever find! Hes next to me right now And hes so fluffy Im gonna dieeee :DDDDD
Oh, I cant wait for you to have it too NA_RedHeart



[h2]Wallpaper[/h2]
We also thought a Gnki wallpaper would be the perfect fit, so expect a fun digital wallpaper too after the campaign successfully ends!



[h2]Game discount[/h2]
And finally, for those who still want to purchase our game but havent already, we wanted to add a 15% discount to Nordic Ashes, because Gnki Week needs to be amazing in every aspect :D

We hope you enjoy Gnki in his plushie form as much as we do <3 Thanks for your amazing support. Sending you love,
Nordic Ashes team

Greetins vikings!

Were back! After a few weeks off were ready to rock and roll again!
In todays update we have gone through some of your suggestions such as highly requested manual aim or the unfortunate bug that made some bosses invulnerable.

We still need to review many of your comments, so expect a new update in the following weeks with more of your suggestions and fixing things you commented on the Steam forums and on Discord.
Thank you thank you, we love this developer-player interaction so much :D

[h2]Manual aim[/h2]
Wow its been so long since many of you asked for a manual aim feature and here it is!
You will see some Relics have now a manual aim (which can be set as auto-aim too in case you prefer so in the settings panel). This way, Relics such as Thyras daggers will fire at the enemies you're aiming to. You will find a target icon next to the relics that have manual aim. Some of them are Axeldrs sword and hammer, Thyras bow and daggers or Helgas cards.
Let us know what you think about this new feature!

[h3]About Endless and performance improvements[/h3]
We are currently working on many performance improvements. One of them is changing drastically some programming elements so you can experience a much better performance, even in lower end devices.
Our goal with these changes is that we wont need to nerf any character abilities and the game will perform pretty well with crazy builds.
We still need to polish the programming, but Endless Mode will be a blast when its ready!


[h2]Improvements/fixes[/h2]

• Hafgrims Staff ascension has been modified. Now, instead shooting energy orbs of just one element, it will change each time it fires between ice, fire, and thunder.
  
• Steam Deck tooltip texts are now displayed properly.
  
• Bosses should not remain invulnerable all the time.
  
• You can now scroll between characters and realms in their selection panels with the mouse scroll wheel.
  
• Hansi could get stuck in Gnoki's Realm due to his dash. This shouldnt happen anymore.
  
• Elite enemies weren't dropping XP in certain cases when the restriction of not dropping chests was activated.
  

[h2]Gnki News[/h2]

Hello! And welcome to Gnki News! This week will be Gnki Week! Why? Because we have the news you have all been waiting/asking for Gnki plush is here!!! NA_Gnoki

We are so happy about this amazing collab with Makeship! Weve been working for months with them to bring you the softest, cutest, and best quality Gnki plush ever!



[h2]When will it be available?[/h2]
The plushie will be available for preorder on Aug 4th. on https://makeship.com
that meansTHIS FRIDAY!
We will create a new post with all the details, pictures, dates, timing, etc. on Friday.

[h2]Giveaway[/h2]
And to celebrate it, lets do a giveaway so you have a chance to win a Gnki Plushie!
Enter here
Giveaway ends on August 3rd at 2pm (ET). We wish you the best luck!! NA_RedHeart



[h2]Game Updates[/h2]
But this is not all, we are back to posting game updates this Thursday! So expect your regular update this week as usual NA_Crystal

Cheers!

Hello!
Today is finally Helheim release!

[h2]Helheim Realm[/h2]
Weve been working the 6th map this week and its already finished! We also added some new features that werent available on the beta, so we invite you to dive deep into this world of ghosts and spirits!




[h2]Whats next[/h2]
Weve decided to stop the production of new realms this summer. That way, we will spend the whole months of July and August going through all the bug reports, community suggestions and improving Challenge mode and Endless so they are ready on September.

This means, during these two months we wont update every Thursday as usual, but update every time we have enough content to release (maybe every 2 or 3 weeks).

[h3]Fixes & Improvements[/h3]

• Beams from laser statues in Vanaheim were sometimes spawning in incorrect positions.
  
• Icons displayed when completing Ragnarok VI and VII are now correct.
  
• Reaching the final boss without defeating a raid boss was displaying both names over the health bar.
  
• Legendary relics probability has been increased.
  
• Finally, the crash related to Sindri & Brok in Ragnarok V has been fixed.
  

Good day vikings!
Today we are celebrating 1 Year since we launched the Nordic Ashes Demo whoop whoop!! This will be a nice and lengthy post, but filled with love and positive energy ofc (and surprises).



And nothing of this would be real if it wasnt for you! So we want to thank you once again for your amazing support, all your comments and great ideas! We are so happy to have been able to implement many of the suggestions you have made.



Many of you already know our team a little bit, but for those who dont, we wish to introduce ourselves :D

We are Noxfall Studios, an independent team of 3 developers. Each of us specializes in one field but we also do a bit of everything else (copyrighting texts, managing translations, social networks etc). Were happy to do it this way, that way we can manage everything from the inside and make our own decisions.

Axeldr, is the game director. He came up with the idea of this game after enjoying survivor games during this childhood days and later playing other games such as Vampire Survivors. Hes programmer and designer and is always thinking about new ways to improve the game and create new mechanics for every new character and boss.

Fengos, programmer and designer, will always be sure everything is perfectly placed in each realm. He also does a lot of testing, which is essential during the development.

Naya is our community manager, but on top of all, our 2D artist. Everything you see in-game has been drawn and designed by her: characters, enemies, props, UI literally everything.



[h2]Anniversary Skins[/h2]
Oh, and the surprise weve designed an exclusive skin for every character!! That means 8 skins total in this new update!

The way of unlocking them is pretty easy, you must beat 3 different realms with each character to earn their skin. And for those who have already played a ton, you will already have them unlocked automatically! We hope you really enjoy them as much as we do. It has been so fun designing them and bringing them to life!

Were really curious about which one is your fav :D




[h2]Wallpapers[/h2]
Aaaand surprise number two! (because its always awesome to have two surprises instead of just one, right?)

Naya has made these beautiful wallpapers of each of the 4 first characters we released. If you click on the image, you will be able to download them in high resolution.







Ok I lied. There are more than 2 surprises. Some exciting news:

[h2]Nordic Ashes Artbook[/h2]
We are working on an Artbook!! Of course, theres still a lot of work to be done, as were just halfway through the development of the game, but its finally coming together! Its gonna be EPIC!



And last but not least (definitely not least, Id say LAST AND BEST):
[h2]Gnki plush!![/h2]
Wait wait, WHAT?! Gnki plush on its way! So many of you have requested a Gnki plush and its finally going to become a reality!! We are working on the plush design already and we will be able to talk more about it in a few weeks. We couldnt wait to share the news WE ARE SO FREAKING EXCITED! Heres the schematic of the plush its so adorable OMG!!!

I (Naya) have already chosen the perfect spot for him in my room, just beside me next to my tablet, he will be my co-working companion, yay!!



Phew that was a long post, but hopefully you have enjoyed it :D

We really appreciate your kindness and patience, we are so grateful to have you here! Theres still a lot of content to be released. For instance, next week Helheim Realm will be officially launched. In the following weeks we will focus on improving every aspect related to performance, game modes, tutorials, etc.

Receive a warming virtual hug from the dev team!

Axeldr, Fengos and Naya

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2068280/Nordic_Ashes_Survivors_of_Ragnarok/

Hello everyone! And welcome to the Helheim Beta!

[h2]Helheim Beta[/h2]
From today till next Thursday we will have the Beta mode open so we can all try the new realm before its official release.

This stage is absolutely opposite to the previous one, Vanaheim, filled with light and bright colors.
In Norse mythology, Helheim is the realm of the dead. Get ready to face many ghosts and spirits as you make your way through the depths of this dark world.



At the end of wave 4 you will have the opportunity to challenge Hel, the ruler of the underworld, as the final boss. Did you know she was Lokis daughter?



[h2]1 Year Anniversary this Saturday[/h2]
As we anticipated last week, this Saturday, July 1st, is our 1 year anniversary since the Nordic Ashes Demo was published! We have planned an update that same day with a surprise we are sure youll love!


[h2]Steam Summer Sale[/h2]
Nordic Ashes will be part of the Steam Summer Sale with a 20% discount! Welcome to Midgard, it's been waiting for you!



[h3]Fixes/Improvements[/h3]

• New translations added: Chinese, French and German. Thanks so much for helping us fixing them!
  
• Some environmental prop animations weren't working properly.
  

Disclaimer: we are having some issues with the macOS update. We will update it as soon as possible (hopefully later today, if not at the end of the week), sorry for the inconvenience!

Hello!
While we are getting everything ready for Helheim beta, we have added new Original Sountracks to Midgard composed by our teammate Rubn Meli. We can't wait for you to listen to them! We have also fixed some of the bugs you have reported.

About the Character's Yggdrasil branches. We haven't forgotten about them! We will add them in future updates.

We are aware of a bug that makes some Bosses invincible, like Sindri or Sindrok. Once we solve it we will update it in a hotfix.

[h3]Fixes and adjustments[/h3]

• Critical attacks weren't damaging enemies with the Armor ability.
  
• In certain cases, Hansi's dash could break through Orglo's jail.
  
• Minor corrections related to languages.
  

Hello!
Hotfix day! Thank you so much for reporting issues and bugs. Were happy to have been able to solve them in this patch.

• Hansis Ruby Ring bug is now fixed. For example it made the Raid Shrine not work properly or enemies didnt drop xp or chests.
  
• Hansis Ruby Ring has been buffed.
  
• Hansis ability Rogue Dagger is now named Shadow Dirks and has changed visually.
  
• R.E.S.E.T. wont be applied to relics that have just 1 level, such as Talkrs THE coin.
  
• Some texts were not worded properly.
  
• Hansis passive ability is now better explained in the character selection panel.
  
• Hansis shadow orbs keep spawning even after you have the maximum charges.
  
• You now will lose just 1 shadow orb charge after being hit.
  
• Shadow orbs will blink before disappearing
  
• Hods Amulet effect has been modified. Now non critical attacks will deal 50% damage instead of 0.
  
• Bosses stayed immune in some cases
  

[h3]Welcome our new survivor, Hansi the Shadow Rogue![/h3]
Hello! Hope youre having a great day!

Time for a new character to join our ranks! Today we present Hansi, the Shadow Rogue!
Hansi has spent many years trying to overcome the dangers of Ragnarok. Thanks to his ability to transmute shadows, he is able to use the energy of the enemies he destroys to his advantage.



This also means many many new leaves to add to your Yggdrasil tree.

We are currently working on Helheim Realm and it will be ready for beta in two weeks!
In the meantime, enjoy the new character and have an amazing rest of the week. Cheers!

If you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us:
Discord.
Steam Community.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2068280/Nordic_Ashes_Survivors_of_Ragnarok/

Hello!
Its finally here! Endless Beta is open again!

Weve made a few changes to how this mode works but theres still room for improvement. For now it will only be available in Midgard.
So feel free to comment with any feedback or suggestion so we can make Endless greater!

Thank you so much!

If you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us:
Discord.
Steam Community.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2068280/Nordic_Ashes_Survivors_of_Ragnarok/


[h2]How to access the Beta?[/h2]
REMEMBER: To play the beta, you will need to have purchased Nordic Ashes previously.

Hello and good morning/evening/night :D
Todays update comes as follows:

[h2]Ragnarok VI and VII[/h2]
Today we bring you the new 2 difficulty levels of Ragnarok Mode for those players who still want a greater challenge and test their skills.
Ragnarok VI and VII are now available in Midgard. They come with curses and legendary abilities for Elites and Bosses.
And beware, these new levels are really challenging!!



We have added 50 more Yggdrasil leaves that can be obtained with seeds.
And also, a new Yggdrasil upgrade that will allow you to resist enemy damage more easily.

[h3]Fixes and new content[/h3]

• The amount of time between light beams in the Lights Curse has been increased.
  
• Projectiles from Death Curse now fire right after the enemy dies.
  
• 4 New curses have been added. There is now a total of 8 curses.
  
• 3 New legendary abilities have been added to Ragnarok VI and VII.
  
• Vanaheim Ragnarok is no longer available on Custom mode (we will release it in the near future!)
  

Hello everyone!

Todays update comes with 2 new Game Modes and balances overall difficulty of the game.

[h2]Daily Challenge[/h2]
Find a new challenge every day. In this new game mode, you will be able to compete with other players to see who makes the best time or just challenge yourself and see how far you can go.
This game mode has the following features:

• All players will play in the same conditions, same shrines, relics, survivor, realm, etc...
  
• We want everyone to have the same opportunities, therefore, all content is unlocked. However, you wont be able to unlock new content for your regular runs or the glossary.
  
• You will be rewarded with 500 extra seeds and a Gnki Badge the first time you complete a challenge each day.
  
• These runs have restrictions, such as no shrines or crates among others. Curses, Enemy Modifiers and Enemy Abilities may appear, making the run more challenging.
  
• In return, you will be aided by powerful blessings that will grant unique abilities.
  
• You will have a specific Yggdrasil each day, with a 100 leaves to spend.
  
• Leaderboard will be updated every day at 00:00 UTC.

• Legendary Relic Beam Pyramid damage was not being tracked.
  
• Pause panel tooltips were not being displayed properly.
  
• Tooltips were not being displayed properly.
  
• After defeating a Raid Shrine boss there was a bug with the music.
  
• In-game glossary was not working properly
  

Hello everyone! Today we have 2 updates!

[h2]Jotunheim Ragnarok Release![/h2]
Were happy to release Jotunheim Ragnarok at last! Wield your best weapons and get ready to crush some ice! Weve also made some changes to the Freezing Curse due to your feedback and hope it now feels less vicious. Let us know what you think!


[h2]Challenge Mode - Beta[/h2]
Challenge Mode has a new feature: Blessings, which will give you a nice boost in every run. Were close to finishing the Challenge Mode development.
The reward for completing each day's challenge will be 500 seeds and 1 Gnki badge.

After that we will keep improving Endless so we can open a Beta soon.


[h3]Fixes and Balancing[/h3]
Some fixes and balancing thanks to your suggestions:

• Beam Pyramid Ascension wasnt showing in the Glossary.
  
• Vanaheim golden statues laser didnt hurt you if you stayed still.
  
• Some bosses could spawn off camera (Jotunheim and Vanaheim final bosses).
  
• Jotunheim Freezing Curse time required to remove a stack has been reduced.
  
• Jotunheim torches stay on for more time and off for less time.
  
• Boss health in Ragnarok IV and V has been reduced.
  
• Bosses take more time to enter rage mode in Ragnarok mode.
  
• Enemy Gigantism ability has been nerfed.
  
• Leaf cap has been increased by 50 in the seed/leaf exchange.
  

• June 1st Custom Mode release + if Challenge Mode is working fine, release.
  
• June 8th - Ragnarok 6 and 7 in Midgard + Yggdrasil character upgrades
  
• June 15th New character!
  
• June 22nd Performance, fixes and balancing
  
• June 29th Helheim Beta
  
• July 1st 1 Year Anniversary of Nordic Ashes Demo! Surprise update
  
• July 6th Helheim release
  

Hello everyone!

Todays update is all about Beta Challenge Mode.
This new mode will be a challenge for those who want to push their gameplay further.



Every day you will have the opportunity to play a new run, completely different from any other. This run will be the same for everyone. That means you will play with the same character, same starting relic, same shrines and rewards, etc.

In case you havent unlocked a character or relic, that wont be an issue as everything will be unlocked on Challenge Mode.

As the aim of this game mode is that everyone has the same opportunities, your Yggdrasil will be disabled. However, there will be a few random upgrades available each day. The only thing that may make runs a bit different from each other is that you will have a fixed amount of leaves to use in the daily Yggdrasil available upgrades.

DISCLAIMER: Our recommendation is that before you try Challenge mode, you have already conquered all realms, as it will be quite challenging if you are a new player.

We still need to balance the difficulty, restrictions and perks you will find in this game mode, so we want to keep it as a beta until next week.
We cant wait for you to try it and let us know what you think on Steam forums and our Discord channel.

At the same time, we are also working on the development of Helheim, which will be ready in a few weeks! Heres a sneak peek of some of the enemies were working on!



[h3]General[/h3]

• Some bosses stayed immune to damage when they changed phase.
  
• You could skip boss different phases if you deals very high amounts of damage.
  
• Some bosses spawned on top of you dealing unavoidable damage.
  

Hello everyone!
Here are a few fixes thanks to your most recent feedback:

• Raid shrine bosses followed you to Gnkis realm and the room before the final boss. This has been fixed and they no longer do.
  
• End boss in Svartalfheim (Sindri and Brok fight) makes the game crash in some cases. Todays minor fixes are trying to improve this issue, but were still working on it.
  
• Minor performance fixes.
  

Hello everyone!
Today is the day! New realm, new enemies, new achievements, and original soundtrack announcement among others!



[h2]Vanaheim[/h2]
Vanaheim is the land of the Vanir gods. Here you will find many elemental creatures that will try their best to defend their kingdom. Will you be able to defeat them?

[h3]Raid Shrine[/h3]
Once you have conquered Vanaheim, a new kind of shrine will appear! This Shrine will teleport a horde of enemies from another realm, giving you the opportunity to defeat, lets see the Skavenger King on Jotunheim for example???

[h2]Game Modes[/h2]
Three exciting news:
First of all, we know many of you are waiting for the Endless Mode release. We are making many improvements so hopefully it will be ready in a few weeks. We will open a Beta branch for those that wish to test it before anyone else. More details soon.

Secondly, we are currently developing a new game mode, the Challenge Mode, where youll find a daily challenge. It will be available on the Beta branch too.

That being said, this Challenge Mode will allow us to introduce some new handicaps to the Adventure mode such as being able to play runs deactivating Yggdrasil, not visiting Gnkis realm, etc. in case you want to customize your runs and make them more challenging.

[h2]Nordic Ashes Original Soundtrack[/h2]
We have teamed up with to create our own soundtrack!

The first track available is Nordic Ashes Main Theme. It is the music that plays on the main menu. We really hope you love it as much as we do, and we invite you to listen to the full track!

Rubn is already working on the Midgard track. We will release new music in future updates.

[h2]Credits[/h2]
We are adding new credits on the settings panel to thank the wonderful content creators that have supported us, thank you thank you!

[h3]New relic [/h3]
We also wanted to release this new legendary relic, the Beam Pyramid, a true enemy destroyer!

[h2]Upcoming Realms[/h2]
Upcoming realms will be released as follows: Helheim, realm of the dead. Niflheim, realm of ice and mist. Muspelheim, realm of fire. Asgard, kingdom of the sir gods, in that order.

[h3]Steam cards and emojis[/h3]
A few months ago, we released trading cards, emojis and backgrounds for Nordic Ashes, so this is just a friendly reminder that you already have them available to collect!

[h3]Improvements[/h3]

• Elites now display a health bar.
  
• You may now change the bloom intensity in the settings panel.
  
• Pause panel info display has been reworked. You may also use keyboard or controller to see all the different parameters.
  
• You may now earn 100 more leaves in exchange for seeds.
  
• The maximum cost of the leave-seed exchange has been set to 500. (Extra seeds you had spent will be refunded)
  

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Elite icons stayed in the minimap after defeating them.
  
• Bosses in berserker mode didnt turn red.
  
• Snow flake relic didnt deactivate after selling it to Olga.
  

Thats all for todays update.
Next steps will be:

• Helheim Realm.
  
• Beta release for the Challenge mode and the Endless mode.
  
• New music tracks.
  
• Jotunheim Ragnarok + New levels 6 and 7!
  
• Skins for every character! (this will take some time but we are already working on them).
  

If you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us:

Hello!!
Welcome once again to Nordic Ashes Beta! First of all, thanks again for your support and welcome to all the new players!

Lets get ready for Vanaheim Beta, a realm packed with elemental creatures and ruled by mighty gods!

We will be updating the beta with a few more features during these days and reading all your feedback so we have a nice and polished new realm for next Thursdays official release!

You may find all the info about how to join the beta here: PLEASE READ ALL THE INFO

Remember you dont have to join the beta if you prefer to wait till next week and play the finished content

[h3]Some fixes and improvements[/h3]

• Enemy immunities shown in the glossary.
  
• Immunity Destroyer is now legendary.
  
• Improved the performance of enemy attacks that could cause lag.
  

IMPORTANT: To avoid any loss of your progress please follow the next steps:
a. Create a backup of your saving files just in case. There should be no issues but just to be safe please do. You may find them here:
i. windows: %USERPROFILE%/AppData/LocalLow/Noxfall Studios/Nordic Ashes/Backup
ii. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/com.NoxfallStudios.NordicAshes/Backup
iii. linux: ~/.config/unity3d/Noxfall Studios/Nordic Ashes/Backup
b. After playing the Beta, if you wish to return to the main version of the game and deactivate the Beta, please notice that your Beta progress will be lost.


DISCLAIMER
It is possible that you find bugs or content that has yet to be implemented, such as sounds. We thank you for notifying us of any bug or issue through our discord or steam discussions, in the specific Beta section. This way we can access all the information and fix any issues. Thank you so much!


If you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us:
Discord.
Steam Community.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2068280/Nordic_Ashes_Survivors_of_Ragnarok/

Hello!
Heres a hotfix regarding your latest feedback:

• The Share Pain ability on Ragnarok mode made the game crash in some cases.
  
• There was a mini bug that didnt unlock the new relics when reaching 250 damage, cooldown or area in some cases.
  
• Performance optimization for relics you got from shrines or the shop. If you had many many relics on the same run, each time you got another one, it could make the game lag a bit.
  
• Olgas Blessing texts were not appearing properly in some languages.
  
• Relics from last patch were bugged when selling them to Olga, as the stats didnt return to the starting point.
  
• Fixed some spelling mistakes.
  

Today we bring you an update that acts as a bridge to next week's Beta release of the new realm, Vanaheim. Apart from fixes and some adjustments, 4 new legendary relics have been added!

[h2]New content![/h2]

• We have added 4 new relics to unlock that will grant you great power.
  
• In addition, the Yggdrasil Expedition branch has been expanded with two new upgrades suggested by you.
  
• You can now see the damage done by Passive Relics in the constellation.
  
• Also, in the End Game Panel you can now see information about Passive Relics by hovering over them. We will make it accessible with the gamepad in future updates.
  

• The collision edges of some of Ymir's attacks have been adjusted.
  
• Mama Bat's dash has been adjusted to make it easier to dodge.
  
• Armor power has been reduced from 30% to 15%. Being a common ability, it was having too much impact on high Ragnarok levels. We will keep an eye for further adjustments.
  
• Shared Pain sometimes didn't work correctly causing less damage than it should when applied to bosses and elites with this ability.
  
• In the End Panel, Passive Relic icons overlapped with other elements when there were many of them. The size is now adjusted so that this does not happen.
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed you to press upgrade and reroll at the same time in the constellation.
  
• Fixed an issue that was making some sounds to crack.
  

Hello!
In todays mini patch we wanted to fix a few bugs and add 2 QoL features!

[h3]QoL[/h3]

• Olgas Blessing tutorial added.
  
• You may disable the "Autopause in Background" in the settings panel / utilities so it keeps running.
  

• Mama bats behaviour was not working properly when paralized.
  
• Enemy abilities and damage dealt got on top of the wave bar on boss fights.
  
• Translation errors.
  
• There was a bug that sometimes crashed the game, hopefully it is solved by now. Please let us know!
  
• & other minor bug fixes.
  

Hello!
In todays patch we have many cool updates! New Ragnarok, in-game tutorials, and a ton of your suggestions implemented! Here they are:

[h2]Svartalfheim Ragnarok[/h2]
It was time for Svartalfheim Ragnarok to arrive, so here it is! Challenge yourself with stronger enemies and bosses and conquer the dwarves realm!


[h2]Tutorials[/h2]
We have implemented simple but effective tutorials so some concepts like how Ascensions work are crystal clear. We hope these are useful for new players.

[h2]Community Suggestions[/h2]
Weve been reading all of your comments. Here are many of the ideas youve suggested, whether they are QoL, balancing related or just minor improvements we hope we did a good job implementing them. There are still a few to develop, and they will be added in future updates.

• Olgas Blessing third piece was hard to find as it was Epic tier. It is now a Rare item, so you should find all the pieces faster.
  
• Chest, potion, artifact and Ascension Crystal info is now shown in the Glossary.
  
• Shuffling Helgas Tarot Deck will now be influenced by Cooldown.
  
• Sacrifice Shrine has been reworked. Enemy souls will enter the shrine if you defeat them by YOU being INSIDE of the circled area. So, it wont matter if enemies are inside or outside the area. The only condition is that YOU are inside.
  
• The wave bar wont disappear anymore during mid-boss fights.
  
• Thyras ulti is now smarter. It will now move and search for the closest enemies.
  
• Now you will be able to hide requirements in the achievements, leaf and glossary panels with the same keys/buttons.
  
• Gnki will finally smile at you when you reach level 5 of Happiness.
  
• Weapons are now displayed from more to less DMG dealt in the end panel.
  
• The + next to a relic on the end panel will now mean the number of resets instead the number of ascensions, as you will also see the icon of an Ascension Crystal next to the name of the relic.
  
• Talkors THE coin ascension description has been updated.
  
• The Yggdrasil upgrade 99+ description has been updated.
  
• The number of times you can revive is now better displayed, next to the characters heart containers.
  
• Crystal Soul relic has been reworked. It will double the number of red hearts and turn them into blue ones and will also exceed the limit of 14 hearts if thats the case.
  
• Many of you were asking that after unlocking higher difficulty levels, to be able to play them right after a new realm is released. So now, if you have already conquered Expert in other realms, you will be able to play Expert on new realms without having to play Normal and then Hard. The same happens with Ragnarok levels. However, in order to play Ragnarok, you must have conquered Expert on that realm.
  

• Axeldrs hammer wasnt working properly.
  
• Amaranths xp earning was bugged, so the xp you earned with Ivy was insanely high. It has now been fixed to its normal amount. It also was bugged in the opposite way, not gathering all the xp it should in some cases.
  
• Electric Rune was only firing 1 projectile.
  
• Axeldrs axe was only firing 1 lightning bolt.
  
• Thyras arrows wont feel drunken anymore when playing at high FPS.
  

Hi!
Today we bring this minor patch including some fixes for the bugs you reported these days. Thanks so much for your support!

• Amaranth's relic Skog wasn't being added to the Glossary.
  
• Crystal Soul relic wasn't removing red hearts from the UI.
  
• Transparency setting is now being applied to Forest Mayhem
  
• Brazilian portuguese translation updated.
  
• Minor translation corrections
  

[h3]Welcome our new survivor, Amaranth the Forest Summoner![/h3]
Defy the dark forces with Amaranth and her adorable friends! Her five inseparable familiars (Ivy, Skog, Peasprout, Lingon and Chilli) will fight for her, each in their own way, protecting Amaranth with everything they have.

Amaranth comes with 5 Active Summoning Relics, 1 Ultimate Relic and 6 Passive Relics. A total of 13 new Relics to try (and add to M.I.S.S.I.N.G.s pool)!

Amaranth has never been too fond of weapons, so she is not that efficient with them, however, she was born to rule, providing a damage boost to all her summons.

Heres a beautiful Amaranth wallpaper for you! (Gnki as always sneaking in)



[h3]Fixes and changes[/h3]

• When you get gold from Talkor's ultimate, it can now exceed the maximum limit of 99 or 250 (if you have the Yggdrasil upgrade).
  
• There was a visual bug with life containers in some cases.
  
• The in-game information displayed above the Relics was not being displayed properly in some cases.
  
• Penetration stat in Yggdrasil has been changed to Summons stat.
  

Hello!

First of all, thanks again for your feedback about the new features and changes weve made to Nordic Ashes. The game is still on Early Access, and we really appreciate all your comments, positive or negative, so we can make the game better and better.


Since we launched Endless Mode, weve been debating if it was a good idea or not to release it so early. There have been major performance issues and runs went from 60FPS to 2, and that led to a bad game experience. We tried to solve it with performance fixes, but we also nerfed relics and features for the sake of Endless Mode.

And that is not the path we want to follow. Sacrificing fun relics in exchange for a few more FPS was not a good deal.

That being said, were gonna put Endles Mode on hold at least for now, until it is well optimized and better designed to make it more unique.

In return, were bringing back the functionality that nerfed relics deserve, as our main goal is to provide a fun, fresh and replayable game. That is Nordic Ashes true core! They are the following:

• R.E.S.E.T. can be used once again twice on each weapon, to a new max. of 5 times.
  
• Discount Coupon will work as it used to. It will always grant a discount in every relic.
  
• Relic stat limit has been removed.
  
• Axeldrs Fury limit has been removed.
  
• Talkors Greed scales endlessly again, 1% per gold.
  
• Talkors Orbs scale endlessly, 0.25% per gold.
  
• Thyra and Hafgrim are easier to unlock.
  

• The seed-leaf exchange price has been lowered.
  
• The amount of leaves for each Yggdrasil tier has been lowered.
  

Hi!
Bugfix morning completed! Here are some fixes for the bugs you reported yesterday. Thanks so much for your support!

• The enemies Pain Sharing ability was not working properly. Damage was not being applied in some cases to Elites or Bosses.
  
• The new Torch Relic was not working correctly. It did not apply the extra damage it dealt.
  
• Talkor's Orbs were not working correctly. When losing gold, it added stats instead of removing them.
  
• Ymir's area attack was doing damage before the attack appeared.
  

Hello!
Hope youre having a nice week. These are the new updates for today:

[h2]Yggdrasil has grown![/h2]
The Yggdrasil tree has expanded its branches introducing new combat upgrades that will allow you to better customize your survivors.

You will now be able to upgrade your movement speed, status effect chance, crit chance and more!

• We have also unlocked 25 new leaves that can be obtained with seeds.
  

• We have reworked the Poison Bomb Growth Ascension to the new Cluster Explosion Ascension. The previous ascension created major performance issues in the game.
  
• Optimized the performance of the Poison Bomb.
  
• Optimized the performance of Axeldor's Brann.
  
• Optimized the performance of Astrid's Orb.
  
• You can now see the amount of times you have left to revive when collecting the Valknut Goblet.
  
• G.L.I.T.C.H. visual appearance has been changed.
  
• The Glitch Explosion Ascension did not scale with the Relic area.
  
• The damage awarded by the Last Breath Relic has been increased to a 100%.
  
• R.E.S.E.T. is now only applied once per ascended weapon up to a maximum of 3 weapons.
  
• Discount Coupons discount is only applied to the first product sold in each pillar.
  
• You can now skip the animation when picking up a chest.
  
• The stats of Experience Collection Range and Status Effects Duration Increase are now shown as percentages.
  
• Talkor's Orbs now apply both stats. We have changed the value and stats to make this ability more even.
  
• We know many people felt Jotunheim 1st boss, Bothild was too fast. We hope that with the new Yggdrasil Mov. Speed box things improve.
  
• Jotunheims 2nd boss, Snaer, was too fast with his skill casting. We have updated it, giving the player more time to react.
  
• Weapons bought from a survivor at Gnkis shop will only be able to be ascended once, so choose carefully which ascension you prefer!
  

First of all we have fixed a bug that caused boxes and torches in Jotunheim to stop appearing and working.

Some weapons stopped working correctly after we changed some performance issues:

• Thunder Armor's Electric Explosion Ascension was not working correctly.
  
• Ase's Feather Release Ascension was not working correctly.
  
• Brann's Vivid Fire Ascension was not working correctly in his Knight of the Dark skin.
  
• Brok's Bazooka Ascension was not working correctly.
  
• Fury was exceeding the 500% limit.
  
• Uncanny Bow's arrows were not working correctly.
  
• Sindri's Sword had a bug with its Ascension.
  

Hello everyone!

On todays update we bring some new and cool features!

Thanks Vukory for providing this beautiful illustration, hope you all enjoy it as much as we do!

Apart from the new content, we are still working on game performance, and we are making great progress. We have already improved the performance of weapons and abilities.

We have also updated the UI in some panels:

• Regarding the chests upgrades, you will now be able to see what the current value of each item is and its upgraded value.
  
• The game mode selection is better displayed.
  
• The selected character icon is now displayed in the map selection panel. You can press the TAB key (on the keyboard) or SELECT (on the controller) to change character here too.
  

• After obtaining all the available Relics on Endless Mode, the Altars were no longer being displayed. Now they will grant Runes.
  
• There were places where Ymir's Attacks didn't reach you.
  
• Talkr has been visually updated (almost unnoticeable).
  
• General performance has been improved.
  

This update fixes a few things you reported:

• Torches will last more time when lit and less time when off on Expert Mode. It will take less time to warm up now.
  
• The Freezing Curse now takes longer to add new stacks.
  
• Hafgrims Thunder Codex ascension was bugged.
  
• Orglos staff visual effects have been softened.
  
• Tarot Deck was bugged and only froze enemies.
  

Today we bring you a really cool (no pun intended, maybe yes) update with the release of a new Realm and a new Game Mode!

[h2]Jotunheim Realm![/h2]
Welcome to the frozen depths of Jotunheim, home to giants and monstrous (for some people adorable) creatures.

This new Realm comes with a new mechanic, Curses, effects that will last the entire run. Specifically, Jotunheim comes with the Frost Curse that will reduce your stat speed over time. But don't worry, warm yourself up around a bonfire to reduce the freezing and you will be good to go.

You may find a more detailed info about the Freezing Curse in the pause panel.

[h2]Endless Mode![/h2]
Once you have completed any Realm on Expert mode, you will be able to access Endless Mode. A never ending run where you can test your best build and see how far you can go.
Each time you complete a cycle the enemies will get stronger.


[h2]New Relics![/h2]
Wanna wield Orglos staff? Or maybe wear Halvards crown to summon burning rocks that fall from the sky?


[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed a bug that caused bosses to stop moving.
  
• Time begun to run before starting a game.
  

• UI information about how much damage mobs/boss inflict is better displayed. This UI position is adjusted when the Wave bar is hidden.
  
• Ragnarok final bosses and some enemies HP has been increased.
  
• In Endless Mode you will have the option to Surrender at any time in the pause panel.
  
• Game performance has been improved. Players who were experiencing low fps should now see an improvement. We are still working on performance to provide the best experience possible.
  
• Now setting the effect visibility to minimum value will make projectiles and their related effects to be fully transparent.
  
• Leaderboards will reset with this update.
  

Hello!!
First of all, a warm welcome to our new players and a big thank you to all our supporters for these 3 months together since the EA release!
Ready for Jotunheim Beta? Grab your favorite scarf and maybe a beanie or two, cause this update will be a freezing experience!
You may find all the info about how to join the beta here: PLEASE READ ALL THE INFO

Remember you dont have to join the beta if you prefer to wait till next week and play the finished content

[h2]Beta New Content![/h2]

• Jotunheim Realm
  
• Endless Mode
  
• Freezing curse
  
• Rage mode is implemented again. Youll be able to try it on Expert and Ragnarok Modes
  

• Ragnarok Final Boss and some enemies HP has been increased
  
• Infection Relic now has a 5% instead a 35% of poison spread
  
• Time begun to count before starting a game
  

IMPORTANT: To avoid any loss of your progress please follow the next steps:
a. Create a backup of your saving files just in case. There should be no issues but just to be safe please do. You may find them here:
i. windows: %USERPROFILE%/AppData/LocalLow/Noxfall Studios/Nordic Ashes/Backup
ii. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/com.NoxfallStudios.NordicAshes/Backup
iii. linux: ~/.config/unity3d/Noxfall Studios/Nordic Ashes/Backup
b. After playing the Beta, if you wish to return to the main version of the game and deactivate the Beta, please notice that your Beta progress will be lost.


DISCLAIMER
It is possible that you find bugs or content that has yet to be implemented, such as sounds. We thank you for notifying us of any bug or issue through our discord or steam discussions, in the specific Beta section. This way we can access all the information and fix any issues. Thank you so much!


If you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us:
Discord.
Steam Community.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2068280/Nordic_Ashes_Survivors_of_Ragnarok/

Hi! After reading your comments we've realized the new changes were to harsh so here's a hotfix:

• The Fury mechanic has been removed for now. It's a very big change and we will add it again next week on the Beta so we can all try it and discuss it.
  
• Greed and Talkr's Orbs will keep scaling once again.
  
• Some Chinese characters were missing. Also, weve completed the translation so far.
  

Greetings survivors! Many cool updates: Alfheim Ragnarok in da house, a new way to earn leaves, Talkr rework and bestiary available!

[h2]Alfheim Ragnarok[/h2]
You will be able to face Ragnarok levels in Alfheim! Bosses and elites now have new abilities too! Who will make it to the top 10???


[h2]Talkr[/h2]
Talkr had what we considered to be an exponential profit curve. The more gold he had, the more his strength and survivability increased. When we created Talkr, we wanted him to be strongly linked to gold, but not that once he reached a certain amount, he would be practically invincible and then runs became no fun. To solve this and make him more balanced, we have adjusted several things:

• The infinite gold bag time has been reduced from 2 to 1.75.
  
• The chance that enemies affected by the gold status will give a gold coin when dying has been reduced from 25% to 5%.
  
• The maximum damage that can be obtained by Greed has been limited to 100 gold coins.
  
• Orbs have been limited to a maximum of 100 gold coins.
  

• Enemies will now grant leaves when defeated a number of times, whether they are common enemies or Elites.
  
• The base seed drop probability has been increased.
  
• Earned leaves are now displayed on the end game panel.
  

• The information on how to earn Yggdrasil leaves now shows how many leaves you have obtained by defeating common and elite enemies.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused certain boss animations to freeze when affected by status effects.
  
• Fixed text bugs.
  
• Reducing the alpha of the visual effects now applies correctly to Helga's relics.
  
• Improved performance with poison visual effects that could generate a lot of lag.
  
• Performance improved on the Repulsion Charm artifact.
  

Hello! After a few balancing patches, today we bring you some hot news about the following updates!

[h2]Alfheim Ragnarok Mode[/h2]
Yes! The time has come! Next week, March 9th Alfheims Ragnarok will finally be released! Get ready to kick some mushrooms!



[h2]Jotunheim Beta + release date[/h2]
Wed really love you to join our new Jotunheim Beta on March 16th so we can all enjoy the new realm, enemies and mechanics (and possibly break the game)! That way, well be able to polish everything for the official release on March 23rd. Well post the beta password when its ready.



[h2]New game mode[/h2]
We also have a cool new game mode planned, more details in future posts, but we really believe youll love it!

Thanks again for all your suggestions, even though we dont answer all your requests, be sure that we read them all and take them into account.

Thats all for today, hope you have an amazing weekend!



Discord.
Steam Community.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2068280/Nordic_Ashes_Survivors_of_Ragnarok/

Hi once again! This mini update will fix a few things you reported:

• Artifacts visual bug should be finally fixed.
  
• Talkr's probability of finding heart-related relics has been lowered even more.
  
• Focus relic was not working properly.
  
• Poison Bomb fixed too.
  
• Talkrs constellation links have been rearranged.
  
• When grabbing Talkrs Gold Potion relic, potions already on the ground will turn into gold potions.
  
• When grabbing Talkrs Infinity Bag, coins already on the ground will also start disappearing.
  
• Infinity Bag start duration is now 2s.
  
• When you press Retry in the pause menu, tooltips wont appear anymore.
  
• Epic Shrine tasks have now lower requirements.
  
• Unlocked items were not showing in the end panel.
  
• One of Ragnars attack in phase 1 was not working.
  
• You can no longer one-shot Ragnar
  

Hello everyone! Today we bring you a patch that balances the game and fixes a few bugs. It also introduces new changes on Shrines and Yggdrasil.

[h2]Shrines [/h2]
We have modified how shrines are displayed in runs. Previously, all the Shrines appeared from the beginning. Now, at the start of the game you will have 4 Common Shrines available that can give you Common or Rare relics. After defeating the first boss and returning from Gnkis Realm, 2 new Rare Shrines will appear, which will give you Rare or Epic relics. Finally, after defeating the second boss and returning from Gnki, a new Epic Shrine will appear, which will grant you an Epic relic.

The rarity of the Shrines will affect the requirements of each one of them.

With this change you will always have something to do when you return from Gnki.

[h2]Yggdrasil[/h2]
The Shrine update affects Yggdrasil too. Some power-ups have been modified and some new ones have been added. Above all, the last upgrade in the Buildings branch has been changed, and we are really looking forward for you to try it. With this upgrade, after you complete a Shrine, there will be a 25% chance that the Shrine will activate again, so you can get another reward. PS: it also affects the Ascension Shrine ;)



The last power-up of the Healing branch has also received an upgrade. It can now be upgraded up to level 3, giving one extra resurrection per level.

And Many of you have been asking for this feature: Youll be able to save up to 5 different Yggdrasil builds! We hope this helps you a ton!

[h2]Balancing[/h2]
[h3]Artifacts[/h3]
Regarding artifacts, there still be more and more of them and the pool will get bigger and bigger, making it more difficult to get the ones you want. Therefore, we have made the following changes:

• When you reroll in Gnki's Store you will always get a different potion, artifact, rune or chest.
  
• Gnki's Store will now provide an extra artifact from Happiness level 3 onwards.
  
• Fire, Ice, Lightning, and Poison artifact cards still do not make the impact wed like to. For now, we have raised their effect probability to 75% (previously 50%). With the next Realm release there will be new elemental synergies and these cards will have a higher power.
  
• The fireball artifact now releases several bursts of fire and more projectiles.
  

• Talkr has two new relics in his constellation, which we know you're surely like.
  
• His ultimate can now also give you gold or artifacts when used.

• Stormbringer: Axe damage upgrades have been reduced.
  
• Iron Hammer: the cooldown has been reduced and the attack speed has been increased.

• Poison Bomb: number of projectiles has been increased.
  
• Poison Bomb's Area Expansion Ascension speed has been increased.
  
• Focus effect is clearer. It now affects the character.

• Thunder Codex: cooldown has been reduced.

• Book of Stars: cooldown has been reduced and attack speed has been increased.
  
• Tarot deck: reduced the cooldown and the time it takes for each card to appear.

• Artifacts were not working properly. Some of them didn't let you use them and sometimes another one appeared.
  
• Some shaders were not working correctly.
  
• The projectiles of the Alfheim fire slimes were not inflicting damage.
  
• Mama Bat no longer fires projectiles after shes been defeated.
  
• Mama Bat's dash is easier to dodge.
  
• In some cases, Yggdrasil's Limit Break reroll was not working properly.
  
• The confusion icon now blinks a few moments before it wears off.
  
• Fixed a chest visual bug when you had the free reroll.
  
• Changed how the experience reduction is displayed in Ragnarok Mode.
  
• The obelisk cooldown has been reduced from 180 seconds to 120.
  
• Talkr's ultimate stopped working when you had every relic.
  
• When Talkr had a lot of coins (lives) they went over the screen.
  

Hi survivors!

A small update fixing some issues:

• Fixed an issue related to artifacts that weren't showing its visual effect
  
• Fixed the issue related to artifacts that were generating a bug in the UI
  
• Fixed a bug that was locking the selection arrows in constellations after closing an ascension panel
  
• Minor corrections related to languages
  

Greetings, survivors! This weeks update is focused on new artifacts and many QoL related to UI. Game balancing will have to wait until next week, since we wanted to release first the new Yggdrasil upgrades before making major changes related to characters, relics, etc
We have been also working on the first steps to bring Nordic Ashes to consoles and creating cool merch. More info about this soon!

[h3]New Artifacts![/h3]

• Card artifacts: it seems like Helga has lost some of her cards. Now youll find card artifacts that will apply different effects!
  
• Fireball artifact: cast fireballs around you to kill enemies.
  
• Gold attraction ring: grab all the gold using this new artifact!
  
• Potion attraction ring: collect all the potions scattered around the map with this artifact.
  

• Sindris Axe Relic is no longer blue. That way you'll be able to distinguish it from Boss Sindri's one.
  
• Added a loading screen before beginning a run with some tooltips.
  
• Total Fire and Poison damaged are displayed in the end panel.
  
• Active Relics info is now displayed in the end panel. Hover/Select them to see this info.
  
• Credits section added in the settings panel.
  

• When having +99 gold, after grabbing a relic that granted you more gold, the total amount of gold went back to 99.
  
• Added the Red Super Potion.
  
• Potion qualities have been modified (eg. red potions are now common, blue are rare, etc).
  
• Leaf cost has been reduced for the first levels, making it easier for new players to earn leaves.
  
• Talkr texts updated in German, Dutch, Korean, Brazilian-Portuguese and Polish.
  
• Minor memory management improvements.
  

Happy Monday!
Hope you had a nice weekend NA_Crystal

Good news! Steam trading cards, badges and emojis are already available!
You can earn your favorite characters cards at last! If you've already played, you'll already have a few!
Heres a sneak peek:


Hope you enjoy them!! NA_Gnoki NA_RedHeart
Best,
Noxfall Team

Helloo! We are glad that you liked Talkr so much!
In this minor update we bring you some changes you suggested yesterday/today

• To make up for the fact that he doesn't have red hearts, the Goblet will come handy to Talkr now, as he will come back to life with 15 gold.
  
• Mirror Mirror Relic will duplicate your current gold savings even if this breaks the gold limit. And soon there will be more ways to break this limit with Yggdrasil.
  
• When playing Talkr, coins on the minimap could be a visual chaos and wouldnt let you see where enemies were. They are now displayed with the following priority: Enemies > Altars > Artifacts > Potions, Coins, etc.
  
• We have also made the gold coins on the Minimap a bit transparent when you have reached the maximum amount of gold.
  
• You could pick up chests when the game was paused, generating a crash in some cases that prevented you from exiting the game.
  
• Hafgrims ultimate had a visual bug.
  
• The Glowing Coin Relic was not being added to the Glossary.
  

Its already been two months since we launched Nordic Ashes Early Access! I mean, we feel like weve know you for at least a year now! In the previous update we released Svartalfheim and a new game mode, Ragnarok.
In todays update we bring you a new survivor, Talkr! Wait whaaaat! Those of you who already conquered Svartalfheim will know him. And now, you will have the chance to play as him and crush some enemies!


[h2]Talkr[/h2]
Unlike the other Survivors, his power lies in gold. He has no heart containers but gold as his source of life. Every time he takes damage, he will lose gold (aka Health Points) and every time he spends money he will lose HP too. Conversely, if he earns gold, he will earn HP. Also, keep in mind life potions or HP Relics have no effect on him!

[h3]New Ancestral Relics![/h3]
These Relics are related to gold, boosting Talkr's abilities. Choose well what you want.


[h3]Special Weapon![/h3]
The weapon Talkr starts with is a bit special, it only has 1 level. However, it will be boosted according to the amount of gold you have.

Talkr is not a Nordic Ashes original character but has been with us since the beginning of our journey as developers, being the main character of our first game back in 2016. And we are extremely excited for him to join our team of survivors.

We hope you enjoy playing as Talkr!



[h3]Some fixes:[/h3]

• Character, Realm and Game mode selected are now saved each time you open the game.
  
• Some of you had issues uploading your time to the leaderboard, this should be fixed by now.
  
• Minor performance improvements. Were still working on performance issues, well do our best to make it run as smooth as possible.
  

A small update with a few fixes:

• Our main goal for Ragnarok Mode was that all players had the same chances. That's why we have decided it will be unlocked after finishing Svartalfheim on Expert mode. That way, Talkor will be unlocked for everyone, and the game scores will be balanced. We will therefore proceed to remove the scores below 20 minutes. We hope it all makes sense now!
  
• Related to the previous bug, some minions would stand still in the final boss fight.
  
• Fixed a bug where you gained xp when using the ring if you restarted the game.
  
• Some people were having issues saving their progress, as it was saved on disk C. Now it is saved on the same disk where you downloaded the game (This change will not cause any game loss). We have also made the save system more robust. If you still have issues, please contact us and we will help you.
  
• In Ragnarok mode, the Elites and Bosses Healing power was too OP. Now they have a lower percentage of healing.
  
• A bug could appear when buying a Relic and doing Reroll with Woody almost at the same time.
  
• And finally, or so we hope, we have fixed a bug from long ago. Those people who didn't have their glossary updated when they picked up a relic should now have it fixed.
  
• Fixed a bug regarding the amount of leaves spent in Yggdrasil.
  
• Korean alphabet letters were too large.
  
• (Chinese translation completed).
  

Hi! Were so happy youre enjoying the new stage!
A few fixes:

• XP Ring fixed, it should be working fine now.
  
• Leaderboard got a visual upgrade.
  
• Glossary didnt work properly after entering Gnkis realm.
  
• Orglo upgraded his mov. Speed to reach you when he goes offscreen.
  
• When active text has been added to the characters ulti descriptions.
  
• Yggdrasil was bugged for some people.
  
• The Tarot Deck now hits crates, breaking them with 1 hit.
  
• German and Korean translations updated.
  
• Minor fixes in other languages.
  

First of all, thank you all for the great support and trust we've received so far! And welcome everyone that joined this adventure! We are creating an incredible community. And of course, many thanks to all the people who participated in the beta <3

To celebrate the release of this major update Nordic Ashes will get a 10% discount!
Now grab yourself your favorite beverage and let's jump into the longest patch notes we've ever written:


[h2]Svartalfheim Realm[/h2]
Each Realm is becoming a bit more difficult than the previous one, thanks to the new mechanics they bring. We do not want to spoil you everything, so we'll let you explore Svartalfheim at your own pace.
This Realm comes with a new merchant, Talkor, that just settled in Gnkis Realm. He will know what to do with all the gold you have gathered before the final boss.


[h2]Ragnarok + Leaderboard![/h2]
New Ragnarok game mode! If you are open to a greater challenge, this game mode is for you. Face classic elites and bosses with a twist, they now wield powerful abilities!
The leaderboard is only available on Ragnarok difficulties and information will only be displayed if you successfully complete a run. Plus, each Survivor has their own leaderboard!.

For now, this game mode will only be available on Midgard. We want to see first impressions and how the game mode evolves before opening it to other realms. Check enemy power descriptions in the Pause Panel.

[h2]New content[/h2]
[h3]Yggdrasil[/h3]
This update also comes with the 5th Yggdrasil Tier! You will be able to unlock it when you reach 100 leaves. Reach new levels of power with these upgrades to challenge the new Ragnarok game mode.
The leaf limit that can be achieved with seeds has been increased by 50.


[h3]Stats Reroll[/h3]
New stat reroll enhancement. It will reduce bad luck so you dont get Duration four times in a row lol (not only Duration, just kidding, it will apply to all stats).

Also, levels 6 and 8 of all weapons have been upgraded being level 6 a Rare - Rare upgrade and level 8 Rare - Epic.

[h3]Health & Potions[/h3]
We have limited the number of hearts that can be obtained to 14. You will have ways to break that limit in the future
The good news is that potions have become smarter. If you have Overhealing activated, you will now be able to take potions until you reach the maximum blue hearts. Also green hearts will have priority over blue hearts. So, if you have the maximum hearts and you pick up a green potion, a blue heart will be swapped into a green one. The same goes for red hearts, which will have priority over any other heart.

Green hearts rework: These hearts will now release xp orbs when broken.

[h3]Fire and Poison[/h3]
The way Burned and Poisoned status effects work has been modified.
Burned: Deals damage every half second equal to your burn damage + 5, for 3 seconds.
Poisoned: Deals damage equal to the poison damage + 3, which increases exponentially every second, for 3 seconds.

In addition, new Relics have been added to create synergies with these status effects.

[h3]Others[/h3]

• 2 new kinds of shrines have been added! The Time Shrine and the Level Shrine. New ways to get Relics!
  
• Talkr will sell you a new kind of item: runes!
  
• Gnki's store products now have different rarities and prices.
  

• Helga was a bit too strong, and possibly she still is. We wanted to balance her ultimate by reducing the value of the stats and limiting the number of stats she can accumulate per level. However, still really broken.
  
• Axeldr, Thyra and Hafgrim's Ultimate stat boost now applies to every Relic, including their Ultimate.
  
• The Minimap has become essential for many players, so we decided to make it available from the beginning. You will be able to upgrade it in Yggdrasil.
  
• Bosses and elites are now displayed in the minimap.
  
• Shrines no longer provide chests.
  
• Status effects can be applied to bosses at last. Note that certain bosses are immune to certain status effects. For example, The Ruined Tyrant is immune to poison. Still, final bosses have no immunities (at least for now).
  
• Burn Damage and Poison Damage passives have been added to M.I.S.S.S.I.N.G.s constellation.
  
• The performance of the XP ring has been optimized. #NoMoreLag
  
• The Snowflake Relic had almost no impact, so we have improved it to make its power more rewarding.
  
• Flint now also increases your burn damage.
  
• Each new Realm has a higher seed drop.
  
• The length of Midgard Normal (-40%) and Hard (-20%) runs has been reduced. That way it will be more accessible for new players.
  
• To improve performance, a new feature has been added. XP orbs that are close to each other will merge together, providing always the total xp they should give. This way, we drastically reduce the number of xp orbs on screen and improve the game performance.
  

• The Ruined Tyrant dash has been fixed to make it easier to see.
  
• Improved how the Relics you have while playing are displayed. You may disable how they are displayed in the settings panel.
  
• Fixed a bug that appeared when you won and died at the same time.
  
• The wave timeline now shows all the elite spawns correctly.
  
• M.I.S.S.I.N.G.'s Relics are no longer duplicated in the Constellation and in the store.
  
• Gnki's achievements did not appear as completed in some cases.
  

• Jalpseon, Brokens Playz, AvoidTheVoid, MadPrism, JenTheBluePanda, Del, Elfgang, Tavernier, Eternity, Warlock & all of our wonderful community, the game is much better thanks to you! (sorry if we didn't mention you above, we still know all of you as we read all your comments!)
  
  
• Many languages translated thanks to:
  
  
  
  • Dutch: JenTheBluePanda, Tryhardosaurus, Peau, Lamboe
    
  • Korean: Beata, Pure Function,
    
  • German: Grospii, OrkBolg, langehaaregrueneaugen, kev_0gw, Hestrie, Fridu, m4gerqu4rk, Draeia | Phil,
    
  • Swedish: Yellowfenix
    
  • Polish: gerrard725, jurekjurek
    
  • French: Kyscen
    
  • Portuguese-Brazilian: MAGNUSnoos
    
  
  We're working on the game credits too, we will add you as soon as they're ready!
  

Beta still open! Try the new Realm Svartalfheim and send us your feedback so we can improve it for the final release on February 9th!

Check our Discord Beta channels to learn how to access!

This way everything is in one channel and it makes it easier to grab feedback and suggestions. Thanks for your support

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2068280/Nordic_Ashes_Survivors_of_Ragnarok/

Hi survivors!

Todays update is focusing on fixes and translation improvements:

• Some users have been reporting a stuck loading screen. With this update this shouldnt occur anymore (or at least less often) and we also created a backup folder that will be storing your previous 3 game data. If theres still any problem related to this do not hesitate to reach us at suppor@noxfallstudios.com . We will be glad to help you :)
  
• Edit (27/01/2023): This issue should be now fixed with a second update of v0.7.6.5. Many users are reporting an infinite scroll input bug which apparently is being caused by some specific software/drivers from these devices (for example, Synapse from Razer). It may be worth to try and uninstall the drivers to see whether it fixes the issue or not. Anyway we are still working on it to avoid it happening in any case.
  
• Fixed an unlikely bug that made the settings panel to display incorrectly.
  
• Some Global and Graphic settings weren't correctly working or being saved.
  
• New translation added: Brazilian Portuguese. Thanks to MAGNUSnoos!
  
• Many corrections languages in:
  - French: Kyscen
  - German: Grospii, OrkBolg, langehaaregrueneaugen, kev_0gw, m4gerqu4rk, Hestrie, Fridu, Draeia | Phil
  - Dutch: JenTheBluePanda and Tryhardosaurus
  - Korean: Beata
  

Today we bring you some hot news about the next major update! Here's what's coming on February 9th!
We wont reveal all of the content as wed like to keep some as a surprise :D

[h2]Svartalfheim[/h2]
This update introduces the third Realm, Svartalfheim! New and powerful minions, Elites and Bosses await you here. In this realm you will find new Relics, Yggdrasil Leaves, a new Survivor and a new Merchant in Gnkis Realm! At last, all the gold you earned during the last wave will be useful!


[h2]Expert+[/h2]
For some of you, Expert mode was too easy to conquer.
Dont worry those who feel Hard is hard enough, for me too (Naya, the game artist).
We know your deep desire to reach your limits and unleash the power of your builds. With this new game mode, you will compete in a Ranking with other players. Will you be able to reach the highest tier?


[h2]Fire and Poison[/h2]
Weve made a few changes about how these two status effects work. And yes, they will now affect bosses ;)

[h2]Shrines, Artifacts and Relics[/h2]
This expansion comes with new shrines that will allow you to get even more Relics. Also, new Artifacts to make you more powerful in case you need them. And let's not forget about brand new Relics + their Ascensions to complete your build.

[h2]Beta[/h2]
We want to polish this update as best as possible, so we will grant a beta access to those players who wish to try the game before its release. That way we will be able to fix the upcoming issues.
Anyone willing to participate will be able to join through a link we will provide via our Discord channel. Thanks so much in advance! The beta will open 1 week before the major release, that is, February 2nd aka next week!

Thanks again for all your suggestions, even though we dont answer all your requests, be sure that we read them all and take them into account.
Until next time!



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Greetings Survivors! Today we bring you an update focused on polishing details before releasing Svartalfheim, the new Realm!

[h2]Young Helga![/h2]
We sometimes like to create content for fun because we really enjoy developing this game. While taking a long walk last Friday, the idea of a skin for Helga popped into our minds. We thought it would be so fun to create a younger version of our Helga, as shes also a very loved character. Her owls Ase and Eir would be baby birds at that point in Helgas timeline, and the idea came to life on the weekend! We hope you enjoy it as much as we do!



[h2]Quality of Life[/h2]

[h3]Ultrawide[/h3]
We want the game to be as accessible as possible, so we have been working on making it viewable on all kinds of screens, including Ultrawide.

[h3]Others[/h3]

• Scroll added to the Constellation passive Relics!
  
• Ascensions are now available in the Glossary too!
  
• Descriptions of how to unlock Ascensions now show the name of the Relic they belong to.
  
• You may now delete your progress in the options panel.
  
• Game saving and loading has been improved, giving priority to Steam saving to avoid possible game losses.
  

• New language, Dutch, has been added. Thanks to JenTheBluePanda.
  
• German texts in the Interface and Characters have been fixed. Thanks to Grospii, OrkBolg, langehaaregrueneaugen, kev_0gw, m4gerqu4rk, Hestrie and Fridu.
  
• Polish texts have been fixed. Thanks to gerrard725.
  

• In some cases, Steam got disconnected while playing and some achievements wouldnt appear as completed.
  
• Yggdrasil: points from certain upgrades couldnt be removed in some cases.
  
• Some upgrades that shouldnt be available would stay unlocked as the Yggdrasil links were not working properly.
  
• Twitch options available in the configuration panel have been improved.
  
• Fixed a bug that while standing still with Axeldr's hammer, some projectiles did not fire.
  

Hotfix ready to amend a few issues released in version 0.7.5.

• The Slingshot Ascension was making runs too laggy and was too OP. We have changed its functionality a little and improved the performance.
  
• Twitch functionality has been fixed.
  
• When using Axeldr, Thyra and Hafgrims skins, stat texts were not working properly.
  
• Mouse control was not working in Gnkis Realm.
  
• Ragnar's Sword Relic sound was not synchronized properly.
  
• The game interface is no longer detected when the game is running in background.
  
• We have changed the Midgards music track. It was causing copyright problems to some Content Creators. We had paid for the license, but for some reason it is penalizing some people. Were still working on that issue to solve it as soon as possible.
  

Its been a whole month since the Early Access launch! You guys have been amazing, thanks for your support and feedback. Also, a warm welcome to all the new vikings that have just joined this wonderful community!

In this update we want bring some important QoL improvements, better performance, survivors balancing, a few bug fixes and new Ascensions!

[h2]Survivors[/h2]
Axeldr, Thyra and Hafgrim's Ultimate Abilities have been upgraded. Each time you activate their definite ability, they will also receive a stat boost that will last as long as their ulti.
For example, Axeldr's Infinity Whirlwind will now increase his Relic damage by 25/50/100% and his Relic area by 50/100/150%. These boosts will only be applied to the characters Relics, not to the Ultimates stats.


Hafgrim's Fjlkyngi Staff AI has been improved, being now able to target the same enemy with different projectiles.
In addition, one of his constellation restrictions has been removed. That way, youll be able to go to both left and right passive branches.

Thyra also got a rework. Her passives were limited to Bows, Daggers and Bombs, now they are not, making her more flexible and rewarding to create powerful builds. This improvement will also boost the Secret Characters builds.

[h2]Ascensions[/h2]
Weapons you bought from Gnki were always a nice addition, but maybe not strong enough, they lacked Ascensions... So, we chatted with the Norse Gods and they finally agreed to add Ascensions to these weapons too!! Cant wait for you to use Ascension crystals and try them out!
Sadly, winter Relics did not get an Ascension. Its a secret, but someone told us they will next time they pop up for future winter seasons.


[h2]Quality of Life[/h2]
[h3]Settings[/h3]
We have improved and added new features to the Settings panel. You may customize it as you wish:

• Choose enemy attacks color.
  
• New option to see enemy attacks on the top layer.
  
• Visual effects alpha option.
  
• Camera shake amount.
  
• Move your character using the mouse (this option disables moving with the keyboard).
  
• FPS rate.
  

• Obelisk cooldown now starts right after you pick up its buff.
  
• Active Relics such as the Dancing Spear can now appear in Altars.
  
• When collected, every Active Relic will start at Level 5. (In future Yggdrasil updates, youll able to increase this level).
  
• Once you have defeated a boss for the first time, it will drop some seeds. The amount of seeds you earn will depend on the amount time you take to defeat it.
  
• The number of leaves that can be obtained to upgrade Yggdrasil has been increased by 10.
  
• Restart button has been added to de Pause menu.
  

• Overheal was not working properly.
  
• XP multiplier stat was not being applied when collecting experience.
  
• Tarot Deck now hits elites.
  
• se's feathers were sometimes not damaging enemies.
  
• Fixed a problem with data saving that caused a loss of progress on very rare occasions.
  
• Eir's Freezing Path Ascension stopped working when you went to Gnkis Realm.
  
• RNG Tonic didnt show which stat was boosted in some cases.
  

This update means a lot to us. We are extremely happy to introduce you to a new survivor with very interesting mechanics and new gameplay. Shes a character we've been wanting to develop for a long time now and that has been through many design changes.
We also wanted to bring you more QoL changes, but with the holidays we have not been able to program as much as we wanted. However, were sure youll love our new granny!



[h2]Helga joined our team![/h2]
Also known as the "Mama of all", no one knows when she was born, but what everybody is certain about is that she is always there whenever you need. Her mystic powers are no joke.


[h3]Unique Passive![/h3]
Unlike other characters that start with base stats, Helga will have a buff depending on Viking astrology runes. Every two weeks, the Norse rune zodiac changes, changing Helgas buffs too! Furthermore, this effect will be increased the more red hearts she has.

[h3]New Relics![/h3]
Helga brings a total of 10 new Ancestral Relics. 5 weapons, 4 passives and her ultimate. However, Helga wont unlock new Relics when defeating Hard or Expert modes, that will come in future updates.


[h3]More leaves![/h3]
The arrival of a new character also means new leaves!

[h3]Balancing[/h3]
We have reduced the number of leaves required to unlock Yggdrasil tiers.
Weve read your suggestions and concerns, and we are happy to say more balancing updates are coming soon!

If you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us:
Discord.
Steam Community.

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It has been 2 weeks since the launch of Nordic Ashes Early Access! Time goes by so fast hahaha. In this update we bring new content you were asking for, like the Minimap! Along with some fun Winter Relics and the 4th Yggdrasil Tier. We still have many suggestions to develop, and they will come in future updates.

[h2]Minimap![/h2]
To help you find those items you hear drop but cant see or want to save for later, we have added a Minimap!
You can now unlock the Minimap in Yggdrasil to help you find potions and gold. You will be able to upgrade it to get more information.


[h2]Winter Relics![/h2]
With the arrival of Winter, 3 new Relics have landed on every realm. These will be available until January 15th.
In addition to being available on Gnkis shop, they will also appear on shrines.


[h3]Yggdrasil Level 4[/h3]
We've added a new Yggdrasil Tier to give you even more variety in your run customization.
Therefore, we have increased the limit of leaves that can be obtained per seed so you can get more upgrades.


[h3]Improvements[/h3]

• Changed Gnki's happiness bar from red to orange. That way it wont look like you're hurting our dear adorable friend.
  
• You can now improve the number of obelisks and the duration of their effects in Yggdrasil.
  
• The light beam duration of the drops has been increased to 15 seconds.
  
• Performance improvements.
  

• Overheal has been modified. It will now be divided into levels and the maximum number of blue hearts you can get will be limited.
  
• Our Fairy lady Astrid was healing a little too much, now she doesnt.
  
• While fighting a boss, crates will only drop potions and artifacts.
  

• Although we found quite funny the bug of arrows appearing on the main menu, it has been fixed.
  
• Thyra's Focus was not working correctly in some cases.
  
• Glitch disappeared in some cases from the screen (oddly enough xD).
  
• We have fixed some text errors that did not appear in certain languages.
  
• Graphic bug with the Obelisk icons.
  
• In some cases, if you bought a Relic from Gnki and then hit reroll with Woody, you could lose the Relic you had bought.
  
• Something similar happened in the Altars when you went to Gnki's realm.
  
• The Steam Coupon achievement is now achievable.
  

Hi everyone! Let's go for the second update after the Early Access launch. This one brings new content related to Yggdrasil that many of you were asking for, in addition to some bug fixes and Quality of Life (QoL) improvements.

[h2]Yggdrasil Seeds![/h2]
From now on, enemies may drop Yggdrasil seeds. You can then exchange these seeds to obtain Yggdrasil leaves to improve your meta-progress.

The difficulty of the game also influences the drop probability of the enemies. The higher the difficulty, the more likely it is that seeds will drop. This will allow you to earn new leaves whether you complete the run or not ;)

To thank those players who have been with us since the beginning, we are going to give you some seeds according to the amount of time you have played the game.

[h2]Yggdrasil Level 3[/h2]
With the arrival of the Yggdrasil seeds, our tree has grown a ton, and a 3rd level will be available bringing new powerful upgrades.


[h3]Some QoL improvements[/h3]

• Life and quantity of enemies in Hard mode have been reduced.
  
• The Sacrifice Altar range has been increased in size.
  
• The glossary has been reorganized to improve the visualization of relics.
  
• When you exit the game, you will now be asked for confirmation.
  
• We have negotiated with Gnki. It has been tough, but we eventually managed to convince him. It will be easier to increase his happiness from now on.
  
• In addition, you will now be able to see Gnki's happiness progress bar.
  
• We have improved the visual information of Yggdrasil's upgrades so you can check which ones are upgraded and which are not.
  
• You can now add or remove upgrades more easily in the Yggdrasil panel.
  

• Fixed an issue when collecting two or more chests at the same time.
  
• Gnkis happiness at level 3 was showing only 3 purchase options instead of 4.
  
• The Electric Rune Relic disappeared when entering Gnki's Realm.
  
• There was a bug with the Glitch Relic that made it disappear (makes sense hahaha).
  
• Fixed sound bugs that kept sounds looping even with the volume turned off.
  
• Fixed some text bugs.
  
• Fixed some Astrid projectiles that interacted as if they were enemies.
  

Hello everyone! This is the first update after the Early Access launch. It mostly covers bugs or Quality of Life (QoL) improvements.

[h2]Play offline[/h2]
We have removed the server connection that prevented the game from being played offline. Now everyone can enjoy the game at any time either online or offline.

[h3]Some QoL improvements.[/h3]

• Regarding the the Glossary, you may now hide all the relics you have already obtained.
  
• In the Achievements panel, you may also hide those you have already obtained.
  
• And finally, we have added in the Yggdrasil panel a new button that allows you to see how to get the leaves and how many there are. You will also be able to hide the ones you have already obtained.
  
• You can now move the character with the arrow keys.
  
• Potions, coins and artifacts now have a light halo the moment they drop. This allows to better track where the drop has fallen.
  
• 16:10 resolutions have been added to the game. This is to improve the Steam Deck experience and screens that use that resolution. We are working on making it compatible with more resolutions.
  

• Axeldor's hammer attack was not too visible. We have updated the hue to give it more contrast.
  
• The option to remove controller vibration was reversed in the options panel, it should now work fine.
  
• The Crystal Soul Relic was being unlocked on Normal mode when it should have been on Hard or higher.
  
• A visual error in numeric texts with more than 3 digits has been fixed.
  
• The Ruined Slime stayed far away from you and you could lose track it if you ran away from it.
  
• Other minor code issues.
  

Times up! Today were finally launching Nordic Ashes in Early Access and you will all be able to enjoy this Enemy Hell Survivor adventure!

[h3]What to expect from Midgard and the 9 Realms[/h3]

• You will be able to face powerful enemies in the 9 Realms of Yggdrasil.
  
• Collect Relics that will make you as powerful as the Asgard gods themselves.
  
• Ascend your Ancestral Relics so that no minion will stop you.
  
• Find fellow survivors and together, face what remains after Ragnark.
  
• Obtain Yggdrasil leaves to get permanent upgrades.
  
• Improve your affection level with Gnki to get amazing rewards.
  
• Create your own build for each character and each run choosing your path in their Constellation Ability Trees.
  
• Use each survivors Ultimate ability to annihilate your enemies.
  

• This game is much more challenging. Why? The HP system is based in heart containers as in Binding of Isaac, so beware of being touched by monsters, enemies are much more complex, bosses have their own behavior with unique attacks that make them really fun as well as challenging.
  
• Characters wont start with a weapon and that would be it. Each one has their own constellation with various weapons, powers and upgrades that will allow you to make creative builds. Also, this makes each character feel unique.
  
• When you level up you will receive level points. Each weapon can be upgraded with those points. The cool thing is that each upgrade will have semi-random stats. If you don't like the stats you got, you can reroll and see if you have better luck.
  
• Find shrines around the realms that will reward you with useful Relics or special upgrade chests.
  
• Each Ancestral Relic can be Ascended up to 2 times, giving each Ascension a unique upgrade.
  

... and many updates to come in the following weeks and months.

Remember that during the Early Access you will have the possibility of obtaining the Knights of The Dark Skins in the game. After that, they will become Legacy skins and nobody else will be able to get them anymore.


We hope you enjoy Nordic Ashes as much as we do. If you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us:
Discord.
Steam Community.

Let the battle for the 9 Realms begin!

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Hi everyone! Here's the Official Roadmap we will be following.
Just 1 week left!! We are polishing the last details and finishing the last Relics and Achievements!
Have a great day!



Don't forget to Wishlist to get notified when the game is released!

[h3]Community[/h3]
As always, feel free to share your thoughts and feedback with us, they will be very welcomed!
Discord.
Steam Community.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2068280/Nordic_Ashes_Survivors_of_Ragnarok/

[h3]When is the release?[/h3]
At last, we are proud to announce that the official release date for Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnark is December 15th 2022!!!

[h3]How much will it cost?[/h3]
The release price will be $6,99. So get ready for the Holidays and prepare yourselves to conquer Midgard and new realms to come!

Don't forget to Wishlist to get notified when the game is released!

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[h3]Knights of the Dark[/h3]
To celebrate the Early Access release we have created 3 themed skins for Axeldr, Thyra and Hafgrim! Welcome the Knights of the Dark! They will be legacy skins, only available during the Early Access!



[h3]Community[/h3]
As always, feel free to share your thoughts and feedback with us, they will be very welcomed!
Discord.
Steam Community.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2068280/Nordic_Ashes_Survivors_of_Ragnarok

[h3]Nordic Ashes Playtest Closed[/h3]
Thanks to everyone who participated in the Playtest and has given us feedback and support during these days!

We have read and discussed all your comments and proposals. We are now going to focus on the Early Access release. In a few hours we will post the information about the official launch date and the starting price of the game.

As always, feel free to share your thoughts and feedback with us, they will be very welcomed!
Discord.
Steam Community.



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[h3]New last minute fixes![/h3]

• Fixed an error that made your game freeze when ascending Axeldrs Brann in Gnki's realm.
  
• The Constellations now have a red the line that connects two relics that will get blocked when the other one is unlocked. (Temporary)
  
• Audio management updated
  
• Updated some German translations thanks to Dampf Ventil.
  
• Other minor fixes
  

[h3]Were back sooner than you thought![/h3]

Weve been working hard and fixing some of the issues you reported playing the Playtest. Check them out:

• Fixed the game-freeze that happened when you unlocked a new relic at the same time you picked up another one.
  
• Fixed a bug that made Gnkis relic slots empty when you rerolled them using Woody Wood.
  
• Fixed an error that made the obelisk buff permanent when going to Gnkis realm or made the obelisks stop working.
  
• Axeldrs Ultimate damage is now displayed in the end panel.
  
• The end panel title now shows if you have conquered the realm or have been defeated.
  
• Fixed an issue with some screen resolutions (still working).
  
• Fixed sound effect of Hafgrims Knowledge Scroll.
  
• Fixed some audio music problems.
  
• Changed Ragnars IA in Phase 2 of his Berserker mode (the sword cut).
  
• Reduced Ragnars health.
  
• Fixed some German translations thanks to Dampf Ventil.
  

[h2]New content![/h2]

[h3]Axeldr, Thyra and Hafgrims Constellations are finally completed![/h3]
You now have access to the full Constellations. For the beta, we are only unlocking Axeldrs Ultimate Relic: Infinity Whirlwind so you can give it a try.




[h3]Ascensions![/h3]
With the power of the Ascension Crystal, you will be able to Ascend any Ancestral Relics (characters main weapons) that have reached its MAX level.
In the beta, you will have access to 1 of the 2 Ascensions available.



[h3]New User Interface [/h3]
We have made a visual rework to our user interface with new designs that make it more immersive.


[h3]Other updates:[/h3]

• New Elites.
  
• Fight Ragnar (finally!).
  
• New Relics to unlock.
  
• Difficulty levels.
  
• Meet Gnkis new friend, Woody Wood, the Reroll Master.
  
• Burn and Poison stats have been reworked.
  
• New stats: Burn Damage, Poison Damage, Status Duration, XP increase.
  
• Increased gold drop probability.
  
• Performance improved.
  

Dear Survivors,

Thank you all so much for your patience and support. We are so happy to announce that Nordic Ashes Playtest opens today!

[h3]What is a Playtest?[/h3]
The main goal of Playtest is to provide the developers a way to test the game, from the best testers - PLAYERS! Thanks to this feature, developers can create a separate application containing a part of the game so players can test it. Most importantly, these players have unique access to the game!

[h3]Extremely important:[/h3]
- This is not the full version of the game. Keep in mind that the content and mechanics in the Playtest may differ from the release version of Nordic Ashes.
- Feel free to stream or record your gameplay. Just make sure your subscribers are aware that this is a Playtest.

[h3]How do I get access?[/h3]
- On the game page, click "Request Access" wait Steam will send you an email that Playtest access has been granted.


[h3]How long will it last?[/h3]
The playtest will last for 1 week, ending on November 30th at 23:59. That day, access to all players will be closed. However, that day we will also announce the OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE and the starting price, along with some other surprises!

[h3]FEEDBACK[/h3]
Please remember the most important thing for us is your feedback. If you find any bugs or language mistakes, please let us know. From the very beginning, weve listened to our community's ideas and suggestions, it is extremely important to us, to read your feedback.

You can leave your feedback on a special Steam discussion - or on our Discord server. An example of such feedback:
1.Description of the problem
2.PC Specifications
3.Screenshots

As always, our dear warriors, let the wind of the north mountains give you strength to fight doom. Remember, you are true Survivors of Ragnark.

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Hi everyone! The Playtest request is now available! Check it out on the Steam games main page.
This Playtest represents the current state of the game, so youll find more content than on the demo. However, this is not the full version of the game. Keep in mind that the content and mechanics in the playtest may differ from the release version of Nordic Ashes.



On November 23rd you will have access to the Playtest, and it will be available for 1 week (ends November 30th). After that we will announce the Official Early Access Launch!!
The day before the Playtest launches, we will post all the details and features it includes. For now, we wanted to share this sneak peek

Request Access link



Axeldr, Thyra and Hafgrim talking in the middle of a Midgard forest
Thyra: I wonder what this cute stone is
Hafgrim: Kid, thats not a regular stone, that crystal is filled with magic energy! Why dont you try it on your bow?
Axeldr: What?! Gimme that Thyra! Im older than you!
Hafgrim: These kids


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Hi macOS users! We are currently releasing a patch that fixes an error related to passive Chests. The game shouldn't be freezing anymore when a chest of this type is opened.

Thank you to all of you who reported us the problem :)

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Nordic Ashes Halloween!

Midgard has been enchanted by the ghostly spells of this season. From today till November 1st included, you will have access to 4 new eerie Relics.



In addition, our team has been working on some Quality-of-Life (QoL) aspects of the game while developing all the new content for the Early Access:

• Some of you were having trouble with RNG when no potions or gold dropped. So now, an internal cooldown has been created in case you had no luck. That way, after the cooldown is over, enemies will drop a potion and gold will be found in crates, 100% guaranteed.
  
• We want you to experience the Spooky Season to its max, as it will be live for a limited amount of time, we decided the themed Relics to appear on Altars too. The only downside is that they will start at level 1. However, if you buy them from Gnki, youll get them at level 6 as usual. We will keep a close eye on this event to see if this change could also be applied to all the Active Relics.
  
• In case you dont want to slay pumpkin rats until November 1st, you will be able to disable the seasonal visual changes in the options panel.
  
• 4 new Languages added! French, Italian, Polish and Ukrainian. We want the game to be accessible everywhere.
  

Vikings! Join us for a second and last Livestream event during Steam Next Fest!

We'll play through the demo and answer any questions you have in mind! What new content to expect, when will it be released? Anything you want to know, feel free to ask.

See you Wednesday October 9th at 3pm CST (8pm UTC). Mark it on your calendar!

For more info, join our Discord Server


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Vikings! Join us for a Livestream event during Steam Next Fest!

We'll play through the demo and answer any questions you have in mind! What new content to expect, when will it be released? Anything you want to know, feel free to ask.

See you Wednesday October 5th at 3pm CST (8pm UTC). Mark it on your calendar!

For more info, join our Discord Server


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[h3]Quality of Life![/h3]
What the heck did the Big Stone do? What about the Iris Crystal? No worries we present you the feature you were all waiting for! Now youll be able to see all the Passive Relic effects once you pick them up. Also, you can check this information any time in the Survivors Constellation. Ahhh at last, devs!
Hope you all like this new feature and helps you create the most broken build!

[h3]Operating System Support!
[/h3]Our dear developers have made it possible to play on Linux and Mac! Now every computer gamer will be able to experience the power of the Nordic Survivors and slay all those rats at last!

[h3]To end,[/h3]
We are glad to announce that we are participating in the Steam Next Fest during the upcoming week (October 3-9). Soon we will be posting all the information about our streaming schedule. Join us and ask our team any questions you have in mind! What new content to expect, when will it be released? Anything you want to know, feel free to ask


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We want to expand the game to all the possible languages. For now we have made a temporary translation that we know we have to improve. We will work hard to achieve this.

[h2]New langauges[/h2]

• Japanese
  
• Korean
  
• German
  
• Spanish
  
• Chinese
  
• Russian
  
• Portuguese
  

Visuals Update!

In this update we focused on enhancing the visuals of the game. Feedback from damaged enemies and Relic magic effects were not vibrant enough. So, we have improved lighting and shaders in many ways to make the user experience more dynamic and fun.

[h2]Thyra[/h2]
Also, Thyras Uncanny Bow has been remade. We knew it worked fine but the visuals and feeling was not at the level we wanted. Now you have super cool looking arrows that resonate best with Thyra and the colors of the Uncanny Bow.

[h2]Passive Relics[/h2]
In addition, now the Survivor Constellation shows the Passive Relics you have recollected in your run. Yeeey!

[h2]Fixed Issues[/h2]
To end, we have fixed some issues:

• Halvard The Destroyers Meteor Strike sound effect wasnt affected by the settings volume.
  
• Sometimes when you went to Gnkis dimension a black screen persisted.
  
• UI wasnt adjusting correctly in 4:3 screens.
  
• Now when you pause the game the timer stops counting.
  
• Mnis Bow arrows color have also been changed.
  
• Survivors movement has been improved. Now it should be more responsive.
  

Nordic Ashes - Major Update

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With this update we wanted to distance our game from the rest of Survivor-themed games. Weve decided to focus on the essence of the Roguelike genre, inspired by top games like The Binding of Isaac and Rogue Legacy among others, but not forgetting that fun part of Survivor games: the pressure of waves and the satisfaction of defeating many enemies at once, like in Vampire Survivors or 20 Seconds till Dawn.

As you all know, at first, we wanted to develop a more Roguelite game, with buffs between runs that made you more powerful each time. However, the Roguelike allows us to make a much deeper gameplay with more personality. It's a concept that excites us as game developers and we hope you like the result as much as we do.

The Roguelike has taken a great weight in our game and you will notice it when you play it. We really want to know what you think and your first impressions on all these new changes!

[h2]MIDGARD[/h2]
The realm of Midgard has been redesigned bringing it to life. You will find beautiful ruins and vegetation scattered around the world.


[h2]Heart containers [/h2]
One of the most important changes that you will notice as soon as you start playing this new adventure is the vitality system. Each heart is now divided into 2 pieces, so each hit will only reduce half a heart container. This will allow you to last much longer. This change allows us to have better control the damage inflicted, although we warn you, beware of the bosses

In addition to the Red Hearts, Blue Hearts, or Soul Hearts, have appeared. Unlike the red ones, once you lose them, you won't get them back unless you find specific items.

You will notice this change with Hafgrim in particular, since he now has just one red and one blue heart container, making it more difficult (but also more challenging) for him to survive. However, Axeldr and Thyra maintain the same number of life containers as before.

[h2]Secrets![/h2]
We want this Universe to be full of relics that allow you to play totally different runs each time.

Some of these relics will be available from the beginning and can be found in altars or in "alternate dimensions". However, you will have to complete multiple achievements in order to unlock them all!

Some relics have such powerful effects that can completely change the course of your run!


[h2]Altars![/h2]
Explore Midgard as fast as you can to find these mystical structures and get their rewards, be it relics or chests. This may decide the future of your survival.


[h2]Gold![/h2]
There are multiple ways to obtain gold. You might earn a few coins by defeating enemies, but chances are you'll get a good handful from destroying wooden crates. Youll soon learn why gold is so important in times of scarcity

[h2]Active and Passive Relics![/h2]
In the Yggdrasil Universe, you will be able to find many Relics. Broadly speaking, they can be divided into Active and Passive Relics. Active Relics can be leveled up to make them more powerful and are focused on defeating enemies. However, Passive Relics will grant you really useful upgrades.


[h2]Glossary![/h2]
The Glossary gathers all the content of the Yggdrasil Universe. Here youll be able to see all the Secrets and Relics you have unlocked and those you still have to find.

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[h2]New content![/h2]

• New artifact! Azure Pendant, grants an Azure container (blue heart).
  
• 5 new Potions!
  
• 6 new Altars!
  
• +20 new Relics!
  
• +20 Secret Relics to discover!
  
• New Boss: Halvard the Destroyer!
  
• New Elites!
  

• Potions are no longer picked up if you have full health
  
• Movement of survivors improved, making it easier to change direction.
  
• Active Relics start at level 6 after you pick them up.
  
• You may now open the Constellation panel with the X button of the controller.
  
• You may now upgrade an ability with the space bar of the keyboard.
  

• All weapons can now inflict critical damage.
  
• Chest rarity is now indicated by a colored outline.
  
• The Wave 4 Boss now appears in Wave 3.
  
• Waves 3 and 4 have been leveled.
  
• Golem animations have been updated.
  
• The Divine Shield Relic is now a Passive Relic, which cannot be upgraded, so its cooldown has been reduced.
  
• Axeldr's Ancient Relic, Berserker, is now Passive, once obtained it cannot be upgraded, but its duration has been increased.
  
• Thyra and Hafgrim have also received some buffs in their Ancient Relics.
  
• Game translated to Spanish
  

Its finally here! A massive update with tons of new content and secrets to discover! A totally new and enhanced experience!
Get ready to play as a true Viking on September 16th!

We can't wait for you to try it, thanks for always being here and supporting this game!

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New survivor!

The Ragnark was no match for Hafgrim, all these years of experience made him survive with ease. Every element resides within him. He may seem old, but fire, thunder, and ice have never failed to answer his calling.

Hafgrim has his own unique Constellation, different from Axeldrs and Thyras.

• Fjlkyngi Staff
  
• Inferno Codex
  
• Thunder Orb
  
• Glacier Quartz
  

• Weapons such as Thyras Poison Bomb can now Poison, Axeldrs Brann can Burn and the Electric Rune has a probability of Paralyzing enemies.
  
• Constellation Passive effects have been nerfed. They had too much impact in the game and although we want them to be useful we thought they were too powerful.
  
• Thyras Poison Bomb was also too strong as it now applies Poison, so we have reduced the Duration upgrades. Dont worry its still really powerful
  
• Chests have now a small probability of upgrading global stats such as Damage, Area, Duration instead of a random equipment upgrade.
  
• New Artifact: Heart Locket
  
• Last but not least, 2 new Reliques have been added to the Altars!
  

• In the endgame panel you can now see how many Chests youve opened and Rerolls youve made.
  
• Added a basic tutorial for novice Survivors.
  
• New option added to the Settings panel to remove Status Effects Texts to improve the performance in case you need it.
  
• Twitch feature upgraded: you will now be able to select over which enemies your Chat names will appear (over minions, only bosses).
  

You were asking for it and here it is! The Midgard battle track!

Feel the music in your bones, let it bring the power to your axe and destroy those enemies!

Check it out and let us know how you feel about it!

Lots of love & lets keep building this game!

Stay tuned for more updates on our Discord!

New survivor!

Thyra has survived the Ragnark and has come to hunt down every enemy she faces. No prey will escape her arrow. She wanders enchanted woods like a nomad, always alert, always searching for her next target.



Thyra has her own Constellation with 4 unique weapons and abilities!

• Uncanny Bow
  
• Revna
  
• Daggers
  
• Poison Bomb
  

• We have extended the Midgard map up to Wave 4 and added new enemies! How far will you get?
  
• Artifacts: A new kind of item will drop from enemies and to give the survivors a single use effect. Check them out!
  
• Enemies can now drop special XP orbs that will give you an extra boost.
  
• Elites and Bosses now drop either a chest or an extra large XP orb.
  

Beware! Some enemy hordes carry runic chests with them! & they will grant you random permanent upgrades for your weapons! The cool thing is that these upgrades do not count as a level up, so no xp will be wasted! Now you can improve your weapons even more!

• Chests!!
  
• New background music!
  
• Fixes: boss enemies now drop purple XP