View source for August 06, 2021 Patch

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| source = https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1141220/view/2961665719716466235
| source-title = v1.78 Patch Notes - New Arena homelands!
| current = 2021-8-6
| version = 1.78
| highlights = 
* 3 new homelands
* 3 new arena mods
* Balance changes
| notes =
Hi folks,

We just released a new patch for DemonCrawl that contains a number of improvements for the Arena gamemode!

These improvements include 3 new homelands, 3 arena mods, new emotes/sign parts and various balance changes. Also, we are in the process of fine-tuning the autosweeper code to help it deal with certain boards more intelligently (e.g. it will try to avoid clicking burning cells when possible.) You can expect a follow-up patch sometime next week!

The full changelog for v1.78 is available below.

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===New Features===

*New Patreon rewards: Alien Lifeforms
*Updated GameMaker runtime to the latest version


===Arena===

*New homeland: Tribe - "Whenever the owner casts a magic item, it is cast here as well."
*New homeland: Sewer - "Whenever you lose an item, send it in a bubble to the owner."
*New homeland: Prefecture - "All heart drops are converted to Dark Hearts. Whenever a Dark Heart is collected, permanently increase the max stage power."
*Island homeland buff: "Any coins lost in this stage are sent to the owner at the end of the round."
*Shrine homeland buff: "At the end of the round, the owner gains souls equal to the amount of damage taken in the homeland."
*Graveyard homeland nerf: "Whenever a player dies, add the minimum power of their homeland to your homeland."
*Brink homeland nerf: "Whenever this stage gains a tier 1 mod, it gains the same mod again."
*New T1 arena mod: Peddler - "Stage contains an additional stranger. Whenever a stranger spawns, attempt to activate it."
*New T2 arena mod: Malice - "Stage contains 3 additional Dark Hearts times the homeland tier."
*New T3 arena mod: Downgrade - "At the end of the stage, reduce your homeland tier by 1."
*Reboot mod tier lowered from 3 to 2
*Updated sprite for Mill mod
*Lowered the re-roll price from 3 to 2 coins
*12 new emotes
*32 new sign parts


===Quality of Life===

*Redesigned sprites for {{IconLink|Duster}} and {{IconLink|Moon}}


===Balance Changes===

*{{Mod|Nightmare}} difficulty rating increased from 3 to 4
*{{Mod|Lofty}} difficulty rating increased from 3 to 4
*{{IconLink|Snowglobe}} buff: duration increased from 3 to 5 turns
*{{IconLink|Capitalism}} buff: "If you spend at least 25 coins in an [[Item Shop]], it remains open."
*{{IconLink|Unstable Compound}} and its divine variant have an additional effect: "Whenever an [[aura]] is removed, the cell [[Explode|explodes]] in a 3x3 area."
*{{IconLink|Troll Cross}} price reduced from 29 to 23
*{{IconLink|Troll Cross}} mana cost increased from 100 to 150
*Lowered Doctor's debt cost by a few coins


===Bug Fixes===

*Fixed an issue related to {{IconLink|Human Mastery|text=Human III}} mastery activation check
*Fixed an issue related to the Arena AI and the {{Mod|Ominous}}
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