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What awaits?
Gatekeeper
Gatekeeper bosses have been added to the game. Gatekeepers are a new boss type in Striving for Light protecting the gates to deeper dungeon levels. After defeating a gatekeeper you can choose your next pathway. For the first iteration on this entirely new dungeon level system 3 unique gatekeepers have been added:
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Elder Club
Very powerful but heavy and slow weapon.
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Spear
Fast stabbing weapon with large range.
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Emerald Staff
Each attack summons a spider companion which is lasting 6 seconds.
Fight devastating Gatekeepers
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Explore the Eternal Sands
New map “Eternal Sands” has been added. Featuring new enemies, two new bosses, a new trap, destructible and obstacle objects.
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New Endgame Map System
After completing the unique dungeon levels you will now have a 50% chance on each map that you will find a gatekeeper portal which will lead you to even harder gatekeeper fights.
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New Skills
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Empowered Companions
Your companions deal additional damage.
Reduces your attack speed and dodge regeneration.
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Poison Nova
Your melee hits unleash a poison nova dealing damage over time to all enemies nearby.
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Poison Shot
Your projectile hits unleash a poison shot dealing damage over time to all enemies nearby.
Improvements & bugfixes
- Improved drop algorithms to make drops more consistent with increased unlocked weapons
- Added skill tree shards to the drop pool of chests
- Weapon tooltips are now localised
- And much more…