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v1.20 CHANGELOG

• Blitz's "Bless me Ultima" and Pike's "Slow Cleanse" skills can no longer be used outside of battle.
• Frostbite and Spit-eating Grin now show the proper icon in battles.
• Corrected some misinformation in the description for Io's "All Eyes On ME" skill.
• The Impish Ives form is now correctly set to ice element instead of fire.
• Fixed an issue in the Endurance Circuit where one of the enemies had issues spawning.
• Added a check on the first floor of the Peppy Jack's trial in case the sprout puzzle manages to fail.
• Fixed an issue where a portal would unintentionally appear after recieving a certain Bad End messing with the events of the game.
• Changed the properties of Peppy Jack's moves.
• Corrected the titles of certain tracks in the music player.
• "Absence of a Soul" in the music player now plays the correct track.
• Luca's "Sampling Scrape" skill now drains HP.
• Corrected an issue where one of the bosses in the Endurance Circuit was set to the wrong element.
• Fixed an issue where the Tiny Oni Boombox wouldn't be removed from the player's inventory after doing the associated sidequest.
• The stats of the Vampire++ enemy in Harbei Grotto have been reduced.
• Fixed certain cards displaying incorrect information.
• After leaving Sporegano, sprouts are now automatically removed if you skip talking to certain NPCs.
• The correct sound should play when ramming into things with Chip now.
• Adjusted the stats for certain fish, making them easier to catch.
• The drop rate of Specters in the final area has been improved.
• Fixed an issue where the castle's battle theme would play instead of the regular battle theme.
• Fixed an issue in the Veggie Freighter where the battle screen would stay dark when starting during a flicker.
• Added an NPC in Sunwich that teachs you how to run.
• The moving spikes in the Den Castle now deal reduced damage and is based off difficulty.
• Added an option to mute the text sounds when changing your Messagebox settings.
• Fixed a bug where Blitz temporarily disappears after clearing the invading cluster in Aeros.
• Fixed a bug where the almanac could still be used in certain areas if accessed through the inventory, breaking certain parts of the game.
• Made the flickering on the Veggie Freighter less obnoxious.
• Fixed a bug where Frey could be instantly KO'd.
• Encounters in the Ku-ji Inn now drop Mog Essence as well as other additional items.
• The arrows in the fishing minigame are now animated in a way that makes pressing the keys repeatedly more obvious.
• The effect of the Teleport Snack item now includes all towns.
• Using Cat Scan no longer includes defeated enemies.
• When drawing cards with rare tokens, the rarity value of cards will be reversed and only missing cards will be included.
• A prompt will now appear after drawing cards that will ask if the player would like to draw again.
• When using the almanac's map, a crown will show up next to the current location name if all entries have been obtained for that area.
• Fixed a bug where using the almanac for a long period of time would eventually crash the game.
• The almanac's default map location will now be set to the area you are currently in.
• Fixed a bug where the stats for the invasion event enemies were not being adjusted properly or based off difficulty.
• DNA Fragment trading with Zheng has been overhauled and can now be accessed at any point in the game.
• Rearranged the options when talking to Zheng so DNA Fragments are prioritized.
• Added a hidden NPC to reset a Solburg Tunnel Puzzle.
• Speedy Treat's effects now persist even after reloading the game.
• Credits have been significantly overhauled.
• When using the Energy+ X moth companion, certain cooldowns no longer become negative.
• Fixed a major bug where the moth companion would waste the player's turn after transforming under certain conditions.
• When equipping DNA, an option to sort the list will appear. The list can be sorted by default, element or experience.
• The background for the final battle is now animated. (Animated BGs must be enabled)
• It is now possible to swap the order of equipped DNA by using the dash (Shift) button.
• The delay when receiving a buff or debuff has been reduced significantly.
• Various other typos, passability issues, and fixes.

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