New Content

Added a new “Aether Maverick” class which rewards parties with little to no type overlaps and is unlocked after having defeated Khepri
- The Aether Maverick has 4 class specific meta upgrades that can be unlocked by Alioth
- You can check the bonuses for the Aether Maverick in the pause menu once you have selected the class (multiple UI’s now show how many types you would have after specific actions if you have the Aether Maverick selected)
Added Siriux’ Journal
- Showing information, lore and progress on the different monsters you encountered as well as having a dedicated page for all actions and traits in the game.
- Some of the stats might seem off due to the tracking only happening on certain stats now
- More will come!
New Monster: Kragg (Sidekick / Dodge / Aether)
- A crossover monster from ‘Rivals of Aether’
- It is a hidden monster in Alchemical Woods
New Monster: Philosopher’s Stone (Tank / Weakness / Aether)
- Another monster designed by the community
- It is also a hidden monster in Alchemical Woods

Added new meta upgrades

Name	Description	Class	Cost	Required Mementos	NPC
Natural Criticals	Your monsters gain +2% Crit Chance.	Any	200	Ravager	Knight
Natural Evasion	Your monsters gain +2% Evasion.	Any	200	Faerie	Knight
Experienced Rebirther	Whenever you rebirth a monster at Lvl 2 or higher, you gain 1 Skill Reroll.	Any	200	Bronze Lion	Envoy
Equipment Start	A Loot Drop spawns at the start of the run, which contains a random Common Equipment.	Any	300	Dullahan	Knight
Inspiring Leader	Whenever you use an artifact: Applies temporary Power to each ally.	Any	300	Eidos	Mayor
Tiberion’s Camp	The Knight joins the first Rest Site of each run (random Knight event at the first Rest Site).	Any	500	20	Mayor
Lily’s Camp	The Witch joins the second Rest Site of each run (Witch’s reroll skill event at the second Rest Site).	Any	500	30	Mayor
Loot Camp	An Epic Loot Drop joins the third Rest Site of each run.	Any	500	40	Mayor
Soul Start 3	Start each run with 3 additional Monster Souls. Replaces previous upgrade.	Any	300	35	Envoy
Monster Shrine Reroll 2	Grants you two Monster Shrine Rerolls. Replaces previous upgrade.	Any	500	40	Mayor
Improved Death Save	Healing from Death Save increases to 35% (from 25%) and also applies Power and Dodge to the saved monster.	Aether Tamer	300	30	Envoy
Collector	You can toggle Monster Shrines to see all available soulbonded monsters, instead of a small selection depending on the amount of souls you have. However, if you rebirth a monster this way, you'll use up 4 souls instead of 1.	Aether Tamer	400	35	Envoy
Channeling	The first rebirth using the Collector only costs 3 Souls (instead of 4).	Aether Tamer	200	40	Envoy
Experienced Infuser	Whenever you rebirth a monster at Lvl 2 or higher, you may immediately perform a free Infusion for that monster, before it gets reborn.*	Aether Alchemist	500	40	Envoy

We also re-arranged some of the existing meta upgrades now to be at different NPCs
Envoy has less of the generic meta upgrades now, as it focuses on the class specific ones
Mayor has more generic meta upgrades now
Knight has also a couple more meta upgrades

There is a combat log now
- Small version is permanently displayed in the corner
- By clicking on it or pressing ‘Left Monster’ key (Q/left should button) you can bring up a big detailed combat log
- There is a setting to disable the small combat log being permanently on screen
- Will be added to as we go along!
New Maverick Skills
- Cost of Power (Weakness + Power)
  - Whenever Power is applied to this monster: Applies Weakness to each enemy and temporary Power to self. Trigger only up to once per turn.
- Wind of Change (Aether + Dodge)
  - Whenever this monster evades a hit: Converts 1 random Aether into Wild Aether; if you have 5 or more Wild Aether, generates 1 Random Aether instead.
- Purging Breath (Purge + Heal)
  - Aura: For every 150 healing of your allies: Purges 3 enemy Aether and triggers an Attack against all enemies for 3 x 2 Wild Damage. Triggers only once per combat.
- Aether Edge (Aether + Critical)
  - This monster gains +5% Crit Chance for every Aether you have.
- Deception (Purge + Echo)
  - Whenever Echo triggers on this monster: Steals 1 enemy Aether.
- Burning Bond (Weakness + Burn)
  - Aura: Whenever Burn triggers on an enemy with 5 or more Weakness: Deals an Earth/Fire hit to that enemy with 10 damage.
- Massive Heat (Tank + Burn)
  - This monster gains +2 max health for every level it has. On Attack: Applies 1 Burn to target enemy for every 35 max health of this monster.
- Age of Inevitability (Age + Critical)
  - Gains Aging. This monster gains +5% Crit Chance and +1 Crit Damage for every stack of Age on it.
- Regenerating Traces (Regeneration + Echo)
  - Aura: Whenever Echo is consumed on an ally: Applies Regeneration to that ally.
- Infernal Assault (Affliction + Critical)
  - Earth / Earth / Fire / Fire: 2 x 4 damage. +15% Crit Chance. On Crit: 1 x 4 damage, applies 1 Affliction to the enemy and to self. Can only trigger up to 5 times.
- Glacial Essence (Heal + Power)
  - Water / Water / Wind: 3 x 6 healing on all allies. When used for the first time each combat: Applies Power to each ally.
- Tidal Revolution (Regeneration + Age)
  - Fire / Water / Water: Applies 3 Regeneration to each ally. Applies Age to each ally with 5 or more Regeneration. Triggers Regeneration on each ally with 3 or more Age.
- Smogurize (Age + Poison)
  - Earth / Water: If this Monster has 3 or fewer Age stacks, applies Age to it. Applies Poison to each enemy equal to the amount of Age on this monster. Free Action. (up to 5 Poison)
- Gem Support (Shield + Sidekick)
  - Earth / Earth / Wind: 2 x 4 shield for all allies. Applies 2 Sidekick and 2 temporary Power to other allies.
- Summon Lava Totem (Summon + Shield)
  - Earth / Earth / Wind: Summons Lava Totem with 5 Essence on target ally. Lava Totem: Shielding +1. Action: Shields attached monster for 1 x 8 and deals damage to target enemy equal to 33% of the attached monster’s Shield, rounded up.
- Summon Vaettir (Summon + Critical)
  - Water / Water / Wind / Wind: Summons Minion: Vaettir with 5 Essence on target ally. Vaettir: Crit Chance +15%. Action: Deals 1 x 5 Water/Wind damage to target enemy. Applies 2 Bleed.
New normal skills:
- Summon Petal Lance (Summon)
  - Earth / Earth / Water: Summons Petal Lance with 6 Essence on target ally. Petal Lance: Debuff Cleanse +1. Action: 1 x 6 Earth/Water damage against target enemy, applies 1 Essence to another minion with the lowest amount of Essence.
There is a new food “Golden Pumpkin” at the merchant
- It is rarer than the other 3 food (chance getting one offered is 1:13)
- It gives a monster a random perk based on their types
- Icon is temporary
Enemies now preview in what turn order they act at the start of your turn. There also is a button to toggle the enemy action preview now
There is an ‘End Turn’ button now, allowing you to end the turn before all your monsters finished their individual turn.
There were quite some optimizations regarding how much memory the game uses, it should use a lot less RAM now
Added new dialogues for main NPCs in Pilgrim’s Rest
Added NPC reactions for Kragg and Philosopher’s Stone

Small Changes and Improvements

Sphinx’s Exalted now triggers at round start instead of turn start (this makes it easier for the player to see how many Sidekick attacks enemy Sphinx will do)
Void Mastery now previews on the overworld turning the poise of the selected monster to neutral
New Action VFX (Object of Obsession, Aurum Potentia/Aetheris/Vita/Scutum, Alchemical Blast, Alchemical Burn, Alchemical Charge, Air Dodge, Earth Jabs, Ground Shield, Wild Ritual, Wild Mark, Diamond Shield, Crystalline Radiance, Gemstone Fist, Leaves in the Wind, Lava Surge, Volcanic Unity, Hellfire Bolt, Lava Fling, Essence Eruption, Energy Heal, Lightning Bolt Trap, Stolen Gemstone, Gemstone Skewer, Crystal Mark, Healing Dust, Gem Chaos, Gemstone Healing)
New SFX for Kragg’s and Philosopher’s Stone’s attack animations