Balance Updates
• Chests now always contain at least one core.
• Chest spawn distances have been fully reworked.
• Slipstream now multiplies game speed.
• Seasonal leaderboard retired and replaced with a Total Tasks Completed leaderboard.
• Base leaderboard now records fastest full-quest completion times.

Core & Item Changes
• Cores can no longer roll gear above their own rarity (e.g., Nori gear no longer rolls above Nori quality).
• Chest tiers renamed: Crystal → Erif, Golden → Dlog, Metal → Nori, Wooden → Eznorb.

Task Improvements
• Tasks now show their spawn chances.
• Tasks can be toggled to double their spawn weight.

New Content
• Added two new quests: For the Jam! and Gilliver’s Travels.
• Added a new Mix All button.
• Added a loading overlay when entering maps.

UI & UX Improvements
• Improved the introductory message.
• Pinned quests now display “Ready to turn in” instead of “Complete.”
• Removed the “Quality Equipped” block from Forge stats.
• Fixed an issue where level-up alerts displayed values lower than the actual amounts.

Backend
• Updated A* Pathfinding to a newer version.

• Chests now guarantee at least one core and have improved spawn distances.
• Cores no longer roll gear above their rarity.
• Slipstream now multiplies game speed.
• Tasks show spawn chances and can be boosted.
• New quests added and several UI improvements.
• Updated A* pathfinding.

Full patch notes are available in-game or on the Echoes of Vasteria Discord.

Balance
• Buff times have been majorly adjusted, please be advised this is a test and may shift dramatically in the other direciton or back to how they were.

Changes
• 6 new experience milestones that should help levelling all around.

Bugfixes
• Activate for milestones no longer shows up before you've earned a slot.
• The cauldron icon no longer incorrectly shows on the townsfolk button.

Balance
• Slipstream upgrades have been nerfed.
 • Base distance 20%->10%
 • Slipstream Quest 1 30%->20%
 • Slipstream Quest 2 45%->25%
 • Slipstream Quest 3 60%->30%
• Slipstream quest requirements are now easier.
 • Slipstream manual casts 25->10
 • Slipstream casts 100->50
 • Slipstream casts 500->100

Changes
• Cauldron no longer has taste/stop tasting buttons. Tasting will begin immediately on pressing Mix and will resume when restarting the game automatically untill you run out of tastes.
• Skills have been overhauled along with Milestones.
• Crit damage has been added to stat pool for gear, added as a new buff, and in milestones.
• New map: Spooky!
• You can now tap and hold, or right click a buff slot during a run to enable/disable echo casting.
• New seciton in the forge stats that shows your total gear stats.
• New run breakdown replaces the old way of showing drops.

Minor changes
• The forge now shows Quality with a new icon in the first line of pending/equipped.
• In forge stats the Quality section has been moved above the Salvage section.
• Name moved to the Rank tab in statistics.
• Partial Russian Translation.
• New game introduction, placeholder till a proper tutorial can be designed.

Bugfixes
• Caleb now properly relinquishes tasks when he engages enemies.
• Fixed a bug where replace wouldn't work when clicking stop while autocrafting.

Balance
• Skelly Swordsmen, and small slimes now share a base Attack Rate of 1.
• Skelly Archers, and medium slimes now share a base Attack Rate of 1.25.
• Skelly Mages and Large slimes now share a base Attack Rate of 1.6
• Small and Medium Slimes now have infinite spawn distances.
Minor changes
• Nori now has a low of 250 on Vastium.
• The game will no longer sleep on mobile.
• Version number moved next to credits button.
Bugfixes
• Fixed recipe display in the forge.
• Cualdron cards now properly display Echo Power instead of Disciple Power.
• Offline time now properly functions on mobile even when the app is in the background.

Minor changes
• Stat matching is now off by default.
• New chest sfx.
• Quests are now indente
Bugfixes
• Movement no longer starts above 100%
• Enemy stats level slider now correctly updates its maximum value when your reap distance increases.
• Echoes should no longer persist after the hero dies.
• The replace button in the forge should no longer be greyed out when a pending craft is available.
• Cauldron now properly updates available cards without a full app restart.
Next
I will be working on the new skill system for the next couple of weeks so won't be any patches till thats done!

• Fixed an issue with fonts.
• Fixed a resizing issue in the forge.
• Sime Time Trial quest now properly requires slimes to be killed.
• Fixed Alter Echoes not generating progress while the app is in the background.

• Fixed achievement related crashing.

• Potential fix for mobile crashes.
• Removed Portrait on mobile.