The Shimmering Horizon and Cursed Blacksmith [v1.15R] By Ason

v1.15R

NEW FEATURES

• ??? Mode added. After clearing Hardcore Mode or meeting certain conditions, this mode can be selected in New Game.
• 9 new Memories describing events after the main story have been added. (Can be obtained in various locations in the Safehouse after clearing ANOTHER END.)
• 7 new Soul Imprints dialogues added. (Triggered sequentially before the end of Chapter 5 each time Doroelle’s Soul Imprints enhancement reaches a certain number of times.)
• 2 new multi-character events added in Chapter 6. (Does not affect Ending branching conditions. May trigger after viewing existing multi-character events.)
• 1 new story supplement object that can be triggered has been added to the Outpost before the Chapter 6 Boss battle.
• Story Gallery added. All story events from the game can be reviewed. (Accessible via the green vortex in the Safehouse Church. Only available for save files that have cleared ANOTHER END. Cannot be accessed after starting a new Loop.)
• A statue of Furnace, God of Fire, has been added to the Safehouse. Souls can be consumed daily to summon objects such as the Sword Mound or Enchantment Pedestal once. (Available after Chapter 3.)
• Boss battle replay feature added to the Arena. Previously defeated Bosses can be challenged again.
• Special Casino added to the Arena. Souls can be wagered to guess which of two randomly generated teams will win. (Available after Chapter 3 and defeating a certain number of enemy types.)
• Switch Map feature added. Pressing the corresponding button will expand the minimap to the center of the screen, allowing the entire map to be viewed and scrolled.
• Additional Effect Switch added. Specific Add. Effects can be disabled to prevent them from activating. (Available in the Settings menu or the Arena.)
• Enemy Buff Cycle added. Enemies in the labyrinth can be strengthened based on the number of Loops in the save file. (Settings can be changed at the Mirror in the Arena.)

SKILL ADJUSTMENTS

• Double Strike: SP cost slightly reduced.
• Heavy Strike: Damage slightly reduced.
• Shadow Blast, Thunderflash, Flame Arrow, Ice Arrow, Tornado Blade: Text adjusted to indicate these are “Elemental Projectile” type Skills.
• Forbidding Slash: Erosion increase when actively used reduced. (Unchanged when used while downed.)
• “Armament Finisher” version of Forbidden Sword Skills: Erosion increase is now the same as normal. (Effect of reducing duration based on Forbidden Armament state turns remains unchanged.)
• ??? Armament: Initial Block Rate reduced. Block Rate increase slightly improved.

BALANCE CHANGES

• The following Add. Effects have been added to randomly obtained Material effects and may be inherited through Essences:
• Automatically reduce Durability to evade undiscovered traps and magic circles
• Automatically reduce Durability to prevent items from disappearing
• Potential Stones, Soul Pieces (Crystals, Cores), and “Weapon Blessings” Magic Circles will no longer grant weapons the Add. Effect “Chance of entering brief Haste state when using Clutch Jump”.
• “Obtain Skill” at the Sword Mound changed from random to selectable.
• “Delete Skill” feature added to the Sword Mound. (Cannot remove all Skills from a weapon.)
• Item types and rates given by the Horizon Light during Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 Boss battles adjusted.
• When throwing an equipped weapon, the weapon’s Add. Effect”Max Throwing Distance Increase” will be applied to the throw distance.
• After triggering special events in Beyond the Chaos, additional Upgrade Souls will be obtained. (Save files that have already triggered these events will automatically receive them after updating and loading from the Church.)
• Based on the number of phase transitions triggered by dealing enough damage to the Boss in ANOTHER END, additional Halo of Chaos will be obtained when loading a cleared save file. (Up to 30.)

OTHERS

• When the number of available Skills reaches a certain amount, the Skill switching interface will automatically categorize Skills into “Single”, “Range”, “Movement”, and “Etc.” for easier access.
• After forging, enhancing, or enchanting, if the target equipment has more than 20 Add. Effects, a complete list of Add. Effects will be displayed separately for confirmation.
• When an enemy does not enter a specific status ailment (Immobilize, Poison, Blind, Silence, Stun, Confusion, Slow, Sleep) due to having resistance above 100%, a dedicated battle message will be displayed as a notification.
• A battle message will be displayed when discovering or disarming traps or Magic Circles.
• The minimap will be automatically hidden when adjusting direction or selecting a Skill target.
• Visual effects for the appearance of the Horizon Light during Boss battles enhanced.
• A battle message will be displayed after obtaining Souls during story events (mostly when defeating Bosses).
• When a story event is triggered in the Safehouse, elemental residue, summoned units, and other objects will be forcibly removed.
• In the Journal, if there are unread Memories within a Memory category, the category will also display “NEW”.
• Some story sequences and character voice volumes in ANOTHER END adjusted.
• Reward categories added to Chaos Enlightenment, making it easier to find Endless Labyrinth enhancements and illustration rewards.
• Text in various languages adjusted.

BUG FIXES

• Fixed the bug where the game crashes due to incorrect equipment data under certain circumstances.
• Fixed the bug where stat changes are not updated immediately when the player enters Haste state.
• Fixed the bug where Precision Throwing does not activate the Add. Effect “Chance of not ending turn when throwing potions” under certain circumstances.
• Fixed the bug where after evading a trap via the Caution Charm, if enemies of different factions are attacking each other, the trap will automatically trigger at the end of that turn.
• Fixed the bug where after evading a trap via the Caution Charm, the same trap still triggers Perception.
• Fixed the bug where visual effects for Materials with additional Add. Effects on the ground display abnormally.

• Fixed the bug where the Add. Effect “Duration of enemies’ status ailments and debuffs” activates when causing enemies to enter a buff state.
• Fixed the bug where the Skill “Retribution Thrust” deals too little damage when hitting an enemy that is “only” in Immobilize state.
• Fixed the bug where after activating the Skill “Retribution Thrust”, the Add. Effect “Chance for moving via Skills to create elemental residue” appears at the player’s moved position.
• Fixed the bug where the Skill “Scorching Torture” cannot deal continuous damage to certain Bosses under certain circumstances.