Greetings vikings!

ERROR HAZARD

Dark Knights Support Pack

Hello vikings! We have some hot news about Nordic Ashes new content! We will be talking about new free content, Support Pack release and DLC news too, so lets get into it!

Next week: ERROR HAZARD

Next Week: Dark Knights Support Pack

DLC News

Hello vikings! Todays post is about a few patches weve been releasing this week. Weve been fixing the following:

• Alruna will be less painless to unlock. You will need to reach Talkrs chamber before the final boss with at least 1 ice heart, not defeating the boss as it used to be.
• Visual bug in the character selection panel, where the selected character could appear behind the others.
• Secret characters and their skins were showcased in black. After unlocking them, their skins will now be shown in grey, not black.
• After unlocking Lorcan and entering a run, the playable character would be the previous on you had selected.
• Halloween weapon Fear Skullcap alpha now works properly.
• The explanation on how to unlock the second ascension of Ancestral Relics has been improved.
• Small translation fixes in various languages.

Hello Vikings! We were planning to update with the Halloween event in a couple weeks but then we thought why wait? So let us introduce the Spooky Season to Nordic Ashes! This event will last from October 4th until November 3rd.

Haunted Realms

Eerie Blud

Themed relics

Fixes and improvements

• Odin's ravens now disappear when switching to the Dark phase
• Lorcans Ultimate ability could crash the game, now its fixed
• Lorcan skins had the wrong sounds
• Lorcan card sounds improved
• Lorcans cards could appear behind objects
• Lorcan's summons were not having their alpha applied
• Small texts fixes
• Ascended Brok's Bazooka manual aiming was not working properly
• The discord button could be changed to the enter button, which could cause it to continually open.

Hello vikings! At last, the day has come new character is joining ranks!

New character: Lorcan

Luck

New Relic: Lucky Clover

New Artifact: Lucky Coin

New Daily Challenges

Yggdrasil

Fixes and improvements

• Some curses would make you inflict negative damage and this could break the game. Minimum damage you will now inflict is 1.
• The Burden of Greed Curse will now reduce damage by 2.5% for each relic you own instead of 5%
• Some shrines could appear on top of you.
• Stats appearing on the left side of the screen have been reordered so they fit better on screen.
• Odins ravens could, in some cases, appear on Odins second phase.
• Dutch translations updated.
• Czech translations updated.

Next steps

Discount

Hello vikings! Today we have 2 new announcements.

Artbook updated

New character next week

Hello vikings! After this summer break were filled with energy and ready to work on Nordic Ashes once again! As always, wed like to share our roadmap with you, so everyone knows what to expect and when.

Nordic Ashes new Roadmap

• August: Todays update will be related to fixes and bugs you reported during last month.
• September: New character! Because thats the best way to begin a new development, right?
• October: Halloween Festival, which will include a new spooky character skin, decorations for one of the realms (in addition to Midgard) and seasonal relics.
• November: Nordic Ashes DLC! More info in the future, but were sure youre gonna love the new ideas we have planned!
• December: Winter Festival, which will include a new winter character skin, decorations for one of the realms (in addition to Jotunheim) and seasonal relics.
• 2025: Console release + more stuff to be revealed :D

Fixes and improvements

• In some cases, KAOS wouldnt show new options if you had banned all the remaining relics.
• Skull Staff stopped throwing projectiles in some cases.
• Revnas sprite was appearing flipped when flying to the left.
• You could step out of Gnkis realm boundaries when dashing in some places.
• Sounds were not playing in some Linux versions. This new update should fix that issue.
• When M.I.S.S.I.N.G. had Talkrs passive, coins were not stacking properly. Now they work just as Talkrs do.
• Translation improvements: German, Russian and Brazilian Portuguese.
• Performance improvements.
• On Daily Challenges, on Gnkis realm, the unexpected visitor (random character) would not be the same for everyone or would provide different relics. All players should now have the same display.

August discount: 20% off

Hello vikings!

Summer in Vanaheim

Summer themed relics

Unns Fire skin and Golden attire

Unn wallpaper

Gnki plush

Fixes and improvements

• After completing a cycle on Nigthmare mode, projectiles or summons from some relics could be lost.
• Some relics would generate a wrong amount of projectiles or summons.
• You could spend mastery points on the characters Innate ability in their Mastery tree, which should be for free.
• Translations updated.

Hello vikings! Some of you may already know, but we launched our own Gnki plush a few days ago! NA_Gnoki NA_Gnoki NA_Gnoki We partnered with Makeship to provide this high quality Gnki companion. Get your own Gnki here!
Thanks to all the people that have already purchased theirs, it means a lot to us! Gnki is here, but in real life this time! NA_Gnoki
NA_CrystalSee you next week to celebrate Summer Festival with a cool themed update! NA_Crystal 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 Vikings! This is a small fix update with some of the issues you have reported, thanks so much for doing so!

• Ragnarok X (custom mode) wasnt generating extra bosses.
• Sindri and Brokk would still attack you even after defeating them.
• Buying KAOSs golden skin would return you extra golden badges.
• Some relics like Eir could generate a wrong amount of summons.
• Unns souls text wasnt updating properly.
• Minor text fixes.

Hello vikings! We're so happy you're enjoying playing with Unn! :NA_Crystal: Regarding your feedback, todays patch-notes are as follow:

Fixes & Improvements

• Unn would die when dashing over spikes and her dash mastery was activated.
• Unn's ultimate amount souls are now shown over the ultimate's button.
• Unn's shrine could appear more than once in Nightmare mode.
• Unn can now pass through deactivated shrines and obelisks.
• Some translation improvements.

Hello vikings! Its been over a month since 1.0 release and wow, weve enjoyed every single moment of it! Today we have really exciting news:

• New character: Unn
• New skins for KAOS and
• Gnki plush NA_Gnoki now available!

Unn The Fallen Spirit

Skins for KAOS

Improvements and fixes

• Accesibility feature: "Move with mouse" utility now allows you to dash with the mouse, open the constellation, upgrade abilities, etc... only using the mouse.
• Dash wasn't properly working while using the "Move with mouse" utility. The dash now works using the right click while you move.
• Fixed a bug related to potions bought in Gnki's shop.
• Minor correction related to Masteries' XP obtention.
• Russian translation improved.
• Minor corrections related to texts.

Gnki plush

Next steps!

Hello! Todays patch-notes are as follow:

Improvements

• KAOS can now keep Ascension crystals NA_Crystal instead of being forced to use them.

Fixes

• Fixed a navigation bug related to the ESC key in constellations.
• Fixed a bug related to Gnkis gold poop where you werent able to fetch it in some cases.
• Bluds health bug is now fixed.
• Talkors THE Coin first ascension description is now displayed correctly.
• Fixed a bug related to hiding UI and not showing after opening the constellation.

Translations

• Translation improvements: French and Russian
• Minor fixes related to other languages

Hello! Today we bring a small but useful update regarding KAOS and some fixes.

KAOS improvements

• You will now be able to ban Ascension cards.
• You will now be able to keep points instead of being forced to use them when leveling up. You may use these points on shrines or in Gnkis statue, but they will no longer be available to use on cards.

General Improvements

• New tutorial about Yggdrasil seeds.
• Czech translations updated.

Fixes

• KAOS Ragnaork leaderboard was now working properly. It wasnt showing players scores in some cases.
• Bluds ultimate ability was not working properly in some cases.
• Save and load data feature was working wrong in some cases.
• Amaranths mastery bug fixed, where red hearts were being swapped for green hearts.
• When restarting a run there was a RNG bug where relics were the same as the last run.
• Ragnarok X boss track was not working properly.
• Bugs related to tutorial panels while pressing some buttons fixed.

Hello vikings! Its been a week since we launched 1.0! You are an amazing community, so happy to have you here! As we said last week, this wont end here. Lets take a look at the new update coming early June:

• Skins for KAOS. Hes been such a blast that skins have been requested daily, so we will work on really cool ones for 1.1
• New character
• New relics
• Fixes & community suggestions

Hello! We've been reading your comments these days, you've been amazing, thanks for supporting our game! We will read all your comments no matter what, and we do appreciate it very much when you write constructive criticism or write feedback in a polite way. Thanks!

Nordic Ashes OST

Fixes and improvements

Kaos fixes

• Kaos ascension bug is now fixed.
• When ascending is possible, many ascending options will be displayed instead of just one.
• Kaos character mechanic was not working properly, as card points and level points should be the same thing. Each time you level up and use a card, points will be reduced too.

Gnki Badges

• To make earning golden badges more affordable, you will also be granted a badge the first time you conquer a realm on Expert mode. Players who already meet this requirement will receive the badges automatically.
• Achievements have been changed regarding this topic too.
• Youll see the amount of achievements has been lowered, but we are working on new achievements for the near future!

Translations

• German translations updated.
• Other minor fixes related to translations.

Other fixes

• Super potion bug fixed

Hello! Thanks for your amazing support since launch! We just fixed a few issues that you reported and made a few changes:

• KAOS minor fixes.
• Requirements for Golden skins will now be 3 Gnki badges instead of 5. If you already payed 5 badges, 2 will be returned.
• Relic Exchanger was not showing correct energy values for relics in some cases.
• Rankings were not working properly in some cases and now showing some players time.

Hello Vikings! Were delighted to present Nordic Ashes 1.0!! First of all, thanks so much for supporting us week after week since 2022! Let's dive into the new features:

New Features

Character Masteries

Ragnarok X and extended Nightmare Mode

Secret character: KAOS

Character Dash

2 new character skins

Golden Attire

Keybinding

Save slots

Character wallpapers

New DLC releases

Digital Artbook DLC - Now available

Soundtrack DLC - Coming soon

Gnki plush

Improvements

• Axeldr's sword and axes rework.
• Alrunas thunder visual rework.
• Hafgrims ultimate rework.
• Amaranths flower visual rework.
• Mead relic visual rework.
• Wave 1 is now shorter.
• Glossary items now show their rarity.
• Soul Heart and Emerald Heart have been reworded to Blue and Green so its not confusing.
• New Steam achievements.
• Xbox and Playstation controller icons added.
• Relic Exchanger now keeps relics from last run available.
• New relics related to dashes.
• Tutorials now include videos.

Fixes

• Talkrs bug that made him die even with gold is now fixed.
• In Asgard realm, if you didnt defeat a raid shrine boss before before entering wave 5, it would follow you to the next wave instead of vanishing. This is now fixed.
• If you attracted potions but some of them werent used because you already had full health, they would deactivate and stayed useless even if you lost health and tried to get them.
• Lights Curse bug. If you died and revived just before entering Gnkis realm while having the Lights Curse activated on that run, light beams were still on in the shop.
• Some relics were hitting enemies twice in some cases, like Amaranths Chilli.

Future steps

Hello vikings! Todays the last devlog before 1.0 next week!! We are still making a few changes and adding some content so everything turns OP for 1.0. Some of the things weve been working on are the following:

• Nightmare mode extended to 12 waves!
• A few new relics were added
• Axeldr had a few of his relics enhanced
• Hafgrims ultimate ability has been reworked
• New achievements added
• New character name revealed... KAOS!

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.

Keybinding finished

Ragnarok X

Secret who?

2 new character skins

In game tutorials + extra info

Remaining character wallpapers!

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.

Character masteries

Key binding

Artbook

Plushie

Next steps

Hello vikings!

Todays the first day of Steams Spring Sale!

Devlog 02 next week

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!

Character Skill Branches

• 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.

Gnki Golden Badges

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

Character DASH

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

Save slots

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

Asgard balancing

• 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!

Ragnarok and Nightmare

New relics

• 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!

Game Balancing

• 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.

Next steps

Hello vikings!

Asgard Realm

Release date: April 26th

New content

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

Asgard Ragnarok and Nightmare

Gnki Plush

Dark Knight Skins

Price increase

News updates

Future DLCs

• 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!

Year of the Dragon

• 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.

Improvements - Relic Exchanger

Fixes

• 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.

Discount

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.

Asgard Beta part 2

Year of the Dragon

How to access the Beta?

Hello vikings!

Asgard Beta

Thanks for joining!

How to access the Beta?

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!

Seed plants

Relic Exchange:

Improvements

• Ragnarok VI and VII added to Custom Mode.

Fixes

• 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.

Yggdrasil

Improvements

• 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.

Bugs

• 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:

Difficulty

Minimap

Ascensions

Other Improvements

• 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.

Bugs

• 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!

Ragnarok Mode

Nightmare Mode

New Shrine!

Anniversary Skins for Blud and Alruna

Skins from past events

New Achievements

Improvements

• 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.

Fixes

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

Happy Holidays!

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!

Helheim Nightmare mode

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.

Suggestions

• 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.

Fixes

• 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!

Helheim Ragnarok VI & VII

Niflheim Ragnarok I-V

Suggestions

• 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.

Regarding FOMO

Fixes

• 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:

A festive Talkr skin

Winter Jotunheim

Winter themed relics

Improvements and fixes

• 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: Discord. Steam Community. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2068280/Nordic_Ashes_Survivors_of_Ragnarok/

New bundle arrived!

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

Improvements

• 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.

Alruna balancing

• 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.

Hansi balancing

• 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.

Effects visibility tutorial

Fixes

• 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!

We invite you to nominate Nordic Ashes to the Steam Awards!

Autumn Sale

Hello Vikings! Hope you've had a nice week!

New survivor: Alruna

Relics

Minions from the underworld

Fixes

• 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

Muspelheim

Floor is Lava

Burning Heart

New Dragon Egg Shrine

Fire Relics

Niflheim Soundtrack

Fixes and improvements

• 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.

New character next week

20% off to celebrate Muspelheim realm!

Were almost there!

Hi! As promised, heres Muspelheim beta!

Muspelheim Beta

Thanks for joining!

How to access the Beta?

Hello Vikings! Hope youre having a nice week! NA_Leaf

Beta tomorrow

Human Blud

New Ragnarok levels

Fixes and improvements

• 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:

Nightmare Mode

Helheim OST

Spooky season

Fixes and improvements

• 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:

Thyra Improvements

• 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.

Blud Improvements

• 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!
  

Daily Challenge

Weve changed how manual aim input works

Fixes:

• 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.

Sneak peek

Hello! Todays update goes as follows:

Innate Skills

• 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.

Muspelheim Sneak Peek

Roadmap

• 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.

Who said zombie vampires?

New bundle on the way!

Weve got some amazing news!

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!

New Character: BLUD!

Amaranth Catrina

Hello vikings! NA_CrystalToday we have a lot of news! NA_Crystal

Niflheim, the seventh Realm

Were gonna swap two final bosses

Ice Relics

Nightmare Mode

Helga Boost

Spooky Season News

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 Discord. Steam Community. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2068280/Nordic_Ashes_Survivors_of_Ragnarok/

How to access the Beta?

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

Ragnarok VI & VII

Vanaheim OST

Niflheim Beta News

Fixes and improvements

• 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!

Performance boost

Vanaheim Ragnarok

Nightmare Mode

• 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.

5 New Relics

Bugs and improvements

• 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!

Roadmap

• 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!

Indie Dev Day

How to access the Beta?

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

Beta very soon

Indie Dev Day

New Content

Gnki Plushie - less than 48h left

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.

When new content??

We did it!

What does this mean?

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!

Suggestions added:

• 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.

Daily challenges

Performance improvements

New Music

Gnki plush!

Fixes

• 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

You can get your own Gnki here :D

For how long will it be available?

Desk-friends

Wallpaper

Game discount

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

Manual aim

About Endless and performance improvements

Improvements/fixes

• 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.

New music

NA_Gnoki Gnki Plush launching August 4th at 12am GMT NA_Gnoki

For how long will it be available?

Gnki News

When will it be available?

Giveaway

Game Updates

Hello! Today is finally Helheim release!

Helheim Realm

Whats next

Fixes & Improvements

• 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.

Anniversary Skins

Wallpapers

Nordic Ashes Artbook

Gnki plush!!

Hello everyone! And welcome to the Helheim Beta!

Helheim Beta

1 Year Anniversary this Saturday

Steam Summer Sale

Fixes/Improvements

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

How to access the Beta?

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.

Fixes and adjustments

• 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

Welcome our new survivor, Hansi the Shadow Rogue!

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/

How to access the Beta?

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

Ragnarok VI and VII

Fixes and new content

• 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!)

ENDLESS beta news!

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

Daily Challenge

• 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.

Custom Mode

Difficulty balancing

Fixes

• 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!

Jotunheim Ragnarok Release!

Challenge Mode - Beta

Fixes and Balancing

• 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.

Weekly Roadmap

• 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

How to access the Beta?

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!

General

• 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.

Beta Information

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!

Vanaheim

Raid Shrine

Game Modes

Nordic Ashes Original Soundtrack

Credits

New relic

Upcoming Realms

Steam cards and emojis

Improvements

• 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)

Fixes

• 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.

• 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).

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

Some fixes and improvements

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

How to access the Beta?

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. [/olist] 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!

New content!

• 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.

Fixes and adjustments

• 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!

QoL

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

Bug fixes

• 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:

Svartalfheim Ragnarok

Tutorials

Community Suggestions

• 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.

Bug fixes

• 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

Welcome our new survivor, Amaranth the Forest Summoner!

Fixes and changes

• 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.

Knights of the Dark skins

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:

Yggdrasil has grown!

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

New Relics!

Endless

Gnkis shop

Changes and improvements:

• 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!

Next weeks update!

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.

Olga's Blessing

An Unexpected Visit

Improvements and Fixes

• 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!

Jotunheim Realm!

Endless Mode!

New Relics!

Fixes

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

Changes

• 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

Beta New Content!

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

Some fixes and improvements

• 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

How to access the Beta?

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. [/olist] 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!

Alfheim Ragnarok

Talkr

• 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.

Boss Rage

NA_Leaf Yggdrasil Leaves NA_Leaf

• 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.

Bestiary

Fixes and improvements:

• 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.

Jotunheim beta

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

Alfheim Ragnarok Mode

Jotunheim Beta + release date

New game mode

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.

Shrines

Yggdrasil

Balancing

Artifacts

• 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.

Survivors

• 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.

Relics

• 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.

Fixes and improvements:

• 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!

New Artifacts!

• 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.

New Yggdrasil upgrades

Hafgrim Ultimate

QoL

• 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.

Fixes and others

• 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!

Talkr

New Ancestral Relics!

Special Weapon!

Some fixes:

• 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.

Sneak peek

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:

Svartalfheim Realm

Ragnarok + Leaderboard!

New content

Yggdrasil

Stats Reroll

Health & Potions

Fire and Poison

Others

• 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.

Balancing

• 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.

Fixes

• 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.

When new character?

Community

Trading Cards

Acknowledgments

• 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

Svartalfheim

Expert+

Fire and Poison

Shrines, Artifacts and Relics

Beta

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

Young Helga!

Quality of Life

Ultrawide

Others

• 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.

Translations

• 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.

Fixes

• 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!

Survivors

Ascensions

Quality of Life

Settings

• 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.

Glossary

Others

• 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.

Fixes

• 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.

Future update!

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!

Helga joined our team!

Unique Passive!

New Relics!

More leaves!

Balancing

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.

Minimap!

Winter Relics!

Yggdrasil Level 4

Improvements

• 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.

Game Balance

• 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.

Fixed Issues

• 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.

What's next?

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.

Yggdrasil Seeds!

Yggdrasil Level 3

Some QoL improvements

• 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 issues

• 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.

Play offline

Some QoL improvements.

• 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.

Fixed issues

• 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!

What to expect from Midgard and the 9 Realms

• 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.

Too easy?

Do you love completing achievements?

How much variety is there?

What makes us different from other survivor-like games?

• 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.

So that's it?

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

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!

Community

When is the release?

How much will it cost?

Knights of the Dark

Community

Nordic Ashes Playtest Closed

New last minute fixes!

• 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

Were back sooner than you thought!

• 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.

New content!

Axeldr, Thyra and Hafgrims Constellations are finally completed!

Ascensions!

New User Interface

Other updates:

• 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!

What is a Playtest?

Extremely important:

How do I get access?

How long will it last?

FEEDBACK

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 [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2068280/Nordic_Ashes_Survivors_of_Ragnarok/]
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
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2068280/Nordic_Ashes_Survivors_of_Ragnarok/

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

Nordic Ashes Halloween!

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

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

Quality of Life!

Operating System Support!

To end,

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.

New langauges

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

Visuals Update!

Thyra

Passive Relics

Fixed 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.

Hafgrim's Enlightment

Nordic Ashes - Major Update

MIDGARD

Heart containers

Secrets!

Altars!

Gold!

Active and Passive Relics!

Glossary!

New content!

• 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!

Enhanced User Experience

• 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.

Improvements

• 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! [previewyoutube=wajMX1u5mnA;full][/previewyoutube]

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

Thank you to all the players that downloaded our Demo and gave such good feedback! We have been listening and reading your comments and will be fixing some errors on today's update so you have the best experience possible. We also want to announce that this Wednesday we will release new content to make the demo even better. This update will include user experience elements & small fixes:

• Removed the camera shakiness each time more enemies appeared on screen
• Exp. orbs now last for 150 seconds before they disappear
• The time you have to select an End of Wave Reward has been increased
• Altar visual feedback has been improved
• Tiles that sometimes flipped are now fixed
• Typos fixed
• Settings now save correctly

We are so proud to announce the technical demo of our new game: Nordic Ashes!
Norse themed rogue-lite enemy hell, where youll have to survive hordes of creatures that come your way. Unlock new weapons and abilities as you battle. Upgrade your character's stats with constellation ability trees and slay your enemies before they surround you, or it may be too late [previewyoutube=OsJyHm1-CIE;full][/previewyoutube] This demo is a sneak peak of Nordic Ashes, to show you how gameplay works, some mechanics and art of our game. Most of the content is under development and therefore locked, but we hope you can feel its potential. In this demo you will find: Axeldr: a survivor viking that travels from the North Mountains of Raxss. Fierce warrior who claims his mastery with the sword to slain whatever it comes. Axeldrs Constellation: You will have access to part of his constellation abilities. That means youll be able to upgrade 4 Unique Weapons and Abilities and 4 Passive Abilities. Midgard: The first world to explore, also known as planet Earth (1st - 3rd Wave). 5 Special Weapons: Apart from Axeldrs main weapons you can obtain other special weapons every time you complete a Wave. 1st Boss: The Skavenger King. First of many bosses to come!
What youll get in following updates: Chest upgrades Events 2 new Survivors with new abilities, weapons, and their unique constellations Yggdrasil unlocked 2nd Boss and more enemies Play the demo & Wishlist on Steam to support the development of the game!