FIXES

- Fixed the NPC in the Orders Prison not appearing on some saves. - Fixed the inability to interact with the Boulder Circle on some saves even after performing all the prerequisite actions. - Fixed Deathstinger Swarms having 100% Piercing Resistance. - Fixed tier 4 Electromancy and Magic Mastery treatises spawning only in one specific distant dungeon. - Fixed Piercing Shot not benefiting from Taking Aim. - Fixed magic missiles being affected by the same close range Accuracy penalty as bows. - Fixed Agility not affecting Backfire Chance. - Dirwins unique trait should now work as intended. - Fixed Anmarraks not spawning in distant Catacombs. - Fixed Keep Them Coming instantly removing the effect of Mighty Swing granted for killing enemies. - Fixed the incorrect loot in some secret rooms. Increased the amount of loot spawning in secret rooms chests and sarcophaguses. Added guaranteed loot to certain secret rooms. - Fixed the incorrect loot in the Catacombs containers. Church-themed valuables should now appear more frequently. - Fixed Brigand Geomancers and Electromancers dropping incorrect treatises. - Fixed the occasional crash caused by using Chain Lightning in certain circumstances. - Fixed the occasional crash caused by Harpies Peck. - Fixed the crash caused by moving to another location while under the effects of Will to Survive. - Fixed Will to Survive checking for incorrect conditions. - Fixed Recharge granting its bonuses before its actually learned. - Fixed Pathfinder granting its bonuses before its actually learned. - Fixed the duration and stacks of Maneuver not adding up as intended. - Fixed Offensive Tactic being able to indefinitely stack Crit Efficiency. - Fixed the incorrect duration of the Damage Taken debuff applied to the Ancient Troll upon interrupting its Troll Regeneration. - Fixed Coordinated Advance reapplying its bonuses each time the character enters the same location, potentially resulting in enemies receiving a massive damage boost. - Fixed the effect of No Retreat not being removed when moving to a different tile. - Fixed the possibility of stacking the effect of Taking Aim with Precision. - Fixed War Cry receiving bonuses for every object and piece of furniture within its area of effect. Fixed the abilitys missing damage. - Fixed the glitches occurring with the Servant in the Golden Grain when she delivers breakfast. - Fixed the Tanat's Skull raising Fumble Chance instead of lowering it. - Fixed the occasional crash caused by purchasing rumors from the Fence. - Fixed some of the Restless being able to feel pain. - Fixed Rotten Boiled Eggs incorrect sprite. - Fixed the inability to eat or cook Harpy Eggs. - Fixed some treatises granting incorrect amounts of XP when read. - Fixed some high tier Geomancy spells having incorrect Attribute requirements. - Fixed the incorrect price of renting a room in the Rotten Willow when attempting to pay for it on the second floor of the tavern. - Fixed the inability to reduce the duration of Ensnarement by skipping a turn when its applied by Crawlers. - Fixed the bug allowing extreme Intoxication to drop Immunity below zero (which then prevented it from being raised). - Fixed the inability to swap between loadouts while interacting with a Backpack or the Caravan Storage. - Fixed the bug which, upon loading a save, spawned incorrect loot in graves. - Fixed the possibility of placing a Backpack inside another Backpack. - Fixed the missing rotten state of Gray Crabs. - Fixed enemies not having a cap on their Weapon Damage and Damage Taken. - Fixed issues with the barrels in the Rotten Willow. - Fixed issues with abandoned carts generation. - Fixed issues with some of the Restless shadows. - Fixed various visual bugs in Brynn. - Fixed the sprite of one of the Craftsmen in the Guild Quarter repeatedly flickering as he attempted to enter the building. - Fixed Brynn guards being able to sometimes step inside walls. - Incense now counts as a Valuable.

BALANCE

- Numerous tweaks to various items stats*. - Reduced most weapons Armor Penetration - this change affects enemies as well*. - Reduced most weapons penalty to Skills Energy Cost*. - Rather than being an universal stat, Bleed Resistance from armor now works as it was originally supposed to, providing its benefits only to specific body parts. - Added Bleed Resistance to most pieces of armor*. - Certain stats are now less impacted by the Dual-Wielding penalty. - Magehunters now spawn in higher tier dungeons. - Magehunters no longer have access to Against the Odds and Seize the Initiative. - Added new abilities to some Proselytes. - Increased the amount of loot in distant dungeons boss chests. - Reduced the effectiveness of most Staff passives. - Rebalanced One-Handed Axes passive abilities. - Rebalanced Two-Handed Axes passive abilities. - Tweaked Two-Handed Axes and Two-Handed Maces abilities to smoothen the difference in their impact and efficiency. - Reduced the minimal possible value of Block Power Recovery to 1% (from 5%). - Fixed the overly high chance of Petrification to apply its effects. As a baseline, a character with unmodified stats will need a buff from three runic boulders to raise the Petrification chance to 100%. This chance can now be decreased by the targets Magic Resistance. Also increased the spells Damage over time and its Cooldown, but decreased its Energy Cost. - Numerous tweaks to the AIs usage of abilities. - Casting spells now increases Backfire Damage by 30% instead of 20%. - Tweaked the effects of some enchantments and curses. - Perception now has 50% higher impact when passively discovering secret rooms. - Changed the loot-generating algorithm for distant dungeons' boss chests: rather than performing two separate 35% rolls to spawn a Unique and an Artifact, chests will have 50% chance to spawn a Unique. If this roll fails, you'll be guaranteed to find an Artifact instead. * - these changes wont affect already saved items.

UI & UX

- Maneuver now correctly grants the bonuses listed in its hover. - Removed the mention of a non-existing Aftermath from Stardusts hover. - No Mercy now correctly grants the bonuses listed in its hover. - Updated the hover of Claw Swipe - it now has a description of the skills hidden mechanic. - When interacting with a Lute, the Use line in its context menu will now appear as Play. - Rather than recover Reputation incrementally with each day spent in jail, youll now instantly receive the full amount once youre done serving your sentence. - Learning Austerity now changes the debuff thresholds listed in the hovers of Thirst, Hunger, and Intoxication. - The Hostess in the Close Harbor should now have her role correctly displayed. - Fixed the Mindwort dialogue option being displayed incorrectly during From the Cradle to the Grave quest. - Made some improvements to the camera edge panning option. - The Turkish localization is now up to date.