Hello, Fellow Arkers!
We’re here to announce that Chrono Ark EA v1.55 Beta has finally arrived!



Johan
Johan utilizes his fixed ability to constantly deal damage to enemies. Johan is an attack-oriented Investigation Team member who becomes stronger with more skills in hand.



Selena & Helia
Selena and Helia are twins who each use the magic of Moon and Sun.
They cannot be recruited alone, but only recruited at the start of the game when you select your first Investigation Team party.
Since they are characters who are always together, most of their skills include chain effects that are linked with each other.


New Boss, ‘Bomb Clown’ has been added.

Bomb Clown is a new boss of Stage 2. Bomb Clown will always appear at Stage 2-2 during Beta.


New Boss BGM for the Witch from Stage 1-2 has been added.
Background image of the main menu has slightly changed.
User interface for conversation and equipment acquisition has changed.
Equipment: Demon Hunter - its effect has been reworked.

Narhan
Trojan Horse: Base damage increased.
Trauma: Effect has been improved.
The Mentalist: Barrier now lasts for 2 turns.

Silverstein
Passive: Now has increased additional attack damage but no longer activates his passive as a fixed ability.
Enhanced Mark: Cost reduced from 1 to 0 and its effect has changed.
Blind Fire: Cost has reduced from 2 to 1.
Overcharged Shot: Base damage increased from 100% to 110%.

Trisha
Backstab: Damage amount and critical strike chance increased.
Illusion Strike: Damage amount increased from 100% to 110%.
Blink Stab: Damage amount decreased from 40% to 35%.
Shadow Slash: Accuracy increased by 5%.
Shadow Dance: 'Shadow Illusion' no longer disappears when Trisha casts Shadow Dance while she has the buff.

Azar
Hollowed Flash: Base damage amount increased.

Ironheart
Frontline Cover: Now creates a party barrier equal to half of maximum health.
Shield Charge: Base damage amount increased.

Sizz
Passive: Eve’s damage has increased from 45% to 50%.
Patch Up: Base healing amount increased.
Incise: Damage amount increased from 88% to 100%.

Huzz
Base Attack has been increased slightly.
Punish: Base damage increased.
Give and Take: The condition to trigger the additional effect is now easier to meet.
This Might Sting!: Damage to ally has been reduced by half.

Lian
Base Attack has been reduced slightly.
Preparation: No longer remains throughout stages.


Storyline Progress
We are continuing to add the last touches to the story.
We thought solely working on the story might delay keeping the game up to date, so we decided to add new content to the game first.
We now have 17 playable Investigation Team members up from 14!

It’s time to learn about each character’s past.
We have developed the main storyline which includes at least 5 hours of gameplay. The story does not feature the current roguelike style gameplay.
We have decided to pre-release some characters from the main storyline.


“I am Silverstein, the executive officer of Wild Cain, a multi-industry company.”
“Explain more so that I can understand!!”
“Huh!? There’s no way I trust your unreliable words!!”


“Do you believe in God?”
“It is my mission to lead a lost little lamb.” *smile*
“We are the only ones around here. There is no way out.”


“A-… aren’t we friends?”
“I- I didn’t do anything wrong. It’s all their fault...”
“I don’t- don’t wanna die… I don’t wanna die.”


“As for me, I'm the legendary bird, Phoenix!”
“Who’s the rat hiding their true identity?” *chuckle*
“I’m helping you! Don’t you trust me?”


Chrono Ark Storyline OST - The Legendary Phoenix


Chrono Ark Storyline OST OST - Broken World



Visualization of the Clock Tower


User Interface Sample



Improvements on Conversation Production



We are working hard to develop Chrono Ark! Please wait a little longer for the new features!

Hello, fellow Arkers!
We have set a goal of making Chrono Ark to a bigger scale and this was possible because of your unbelievable support.
We are surely and officially planning on launching Chrono Ark in 2021.
Thank you so much for loving Chrono Ark.
May the New Year bless you with health, wealth, and happiness.

Bug Fix : Fixed draw when using Lucy'Accelerate'.
Bug Fix : Fixed a nothing happened in the Fountain of Oblivion.

Bug Fix: Fixed Parade Tank not taking Pain damage per turn and Lucy's damage.
Bug Fix: Fixed so that the skill'Paring Attack' was not dropped.
Balance: Trisha'Heart Pierce' damage increased from 85% to 100%.
Balance: Trisha'Illusion Strike' damage from 150% -> 100% reduced, added bleeding debuff.
Balance: Trisha level 1 accuracy 97% -> 100% increase.
Balance: Phoenix level 1 accuracy 90% -> 95% increase.

Hello, Fellow Arkers! Chrono Ark EA v1.5 is here!
Let's start by covering the main changes of v1.5 compared to v1.42.



Rare skill are marked with a red border.
Rare skills are stronger than other skills or have better potential depending on your team composition.



(For example, this new skill will allow you to draw 2 skills and give them Hollowed Sword buff.)
Whenever Lucy learns a new Draw Skill, it will combo with one of your party members.


The keyword 'Focus' has now been replaced with 'Count'.


Lian

Lian's Passive Skill, 'Parry', has a new mechanic which is now more difficult to utilize.
Lian is now locked when you start the game and can be only unlocked once you receive a Skill Book from her at the Ark.


Azar

Azar's Passive, 'Hollowed Sword' has been changed.
It now gives a Hollowed Sword buff to the topmost skill in your hand and adds a Hollowed Sword skill to your hand once you play or discard that skill.


Phoenix

Phoenix is no longer a 'troll' character, but is now a strong member of the Investigation Team who has complex conditions that need to be met.



You can face a new boss, 'Pharos Leader', at White Grave.



'Time Eater''s core mechanics have been changed.



The list below covers the main changes in moving from Beta v1.5 4 to v1.5.


Improvements

• The core mechanics of 'Amplify Time' cast by 'Time Eater' are now easier to understand.
  
• 'Parade Tank' on Expert difficulty now has a unique buff.
  
• You will always find Fountain of Oblivion at Stage 1-2. You can change Lucy's Skills by spending gold.
  
• Ironheart's tooltip has been changed.
  
• Lian is now an unlockable character. Ironheart and Pressel are now available from the start of the game. Trisha's unlock condition has been changed.
  
• New icons have been added to the description bar in Expert difficulty.
  
• You can purchase a Class Skill from the Praying Statue once it has been upgraded.
  
• Improved UI for the 'Count' mechanic to present it more intuitively.
  
• Pharos Leader now has text at the start of battle.
  
• There's a new condition to unlock in order to face Pharos Leader (Kill Sacred Karaela).
  
• Phoenix's character illustration has been changed as well as Phoenix's skill images.
  
  
• Added sound effects for Phoenix's 'Phoenix Kick!' and Huzz's 'Punish'.
  
• Lucy's Skill - 'Accelerate': The selected skill has its cost reduced from 2 -> 1 and gains Swiftness once during the same battle.

Bug Fixes

• Lifting Scroll now correctly lifts curses.
  
• Fixed a bug where enemies did not take action if you die from Time Eater's damage over time.
  
• Fixed a bug where created skills from Lian's 'Bring It On!' were cast multiple times under certain conditions.
  
• Fixed a bug where Pharos Leader's 'Mind Control' debuff was not disabled properly.
  
• Fixed a bug where debuffs were not disabled properly if they were from skills such as 'Plant Spite' and 'Duel'.
  
• Phoenix now redirects incoming attacks to another ally correctly while under the effects of 'I'm Hungry…'.
  
• You can now view the reduced damage amount you deal to Deathbringer.
  
• You can properly view enemy Action Count even after you end your turn.
  
• Adjusted the wrong desciption of Phoenix's 'Fly'.

We have finally made it to Patch v1.5.
Our main goal for Patch v1.6 is to add the main storyline to the game.
Get ready to get hyper.

Hello, Fellow Arkers! Chrono Ark EA Beta v1.5 4 is here!
This patch is the final update for EA Beta v1.5.

Time Eater is back.

Time Eater now has a new mechanic. The previous mechanic where Time Eater would take more actions with remaining mana has been removed.
Time Eater will always appear as a boss at Stage 2-2 from now on.

Pharos Leader

The new boss, Pharos Leader, will appear as the boss of White Grave!
Pharos Leader utilizes a mechanic that causes the Investigation Team to attack each other.
Do you think you can defeat this boss?
Pharos Leader will always appear as a boss at White Grave.

Improvements

• You will now face towards the target when you click on an enemy during combat.
  
  
• Skill illustrations for some characters have been improved.
  
• Base shields can now be stacked.
  
• If you mouseover an enemy skill that has Count, it will display the skill’s expected target.
  
• Sizz’s ‘Eve, Attack!’ no longer responds to specific AOE attack skills.

Balancing

• Common skills: Stats of common skills such as Strike and Extended Strike have been slightly increased.
  
• Charon: Evade Chance and Health has been reduced.
  
• Narhan: Additional Health ratio of ‘United Will’ has been reduced from 100 to 80%.
  
• Narhan: Damage ratio of ‘Trojan Horse’ has been increased from 50% to 66%.

How to join the Beta!
Steam Library -> Right-click on Chrono Ark -> Properties

Please continue to participate in Chrono Ark's Beta!

• Fixed a bug where skills with Count were not activated properly.
  
• Fixed a bug where players could change Phoenix's Fixed Ability.
  
• Fixed a bug where Phoenix Kick! stacks remained until the next run.
  
• Fixed a bug where players could cast Undying Sanctuary again with Once Only.
  
• Fixed a bug where the healing from Scratch wasn't displayed as a percentage.
  
• Fixed an infinite loop that occurred when players casts repeatedly cast a skill with Auto Focus.
  
• Fixed a bug where Phoenix couldn't eat Bread in the field.
  
• Fixed a bug where players could use Eternal Flame for the remaining stage after casting.

Hello, Fellow Arkers!
Chrono Ark EA v1.5 Beta 3 is here!



You have been waiting a long time for this.
We have been working on Phoenix's mechanics for a while now, almost like creating a new character.
Now fasten up and enjoy the playthrough with "Phoenix, the Legendary Bird"!

Phoenix has undergone big changes with added unique features.
All of Phoenix's traits remain the same. Phoenix still cannot die, but has returned with a normal health bar!
Phoenix now uses Health to measure his hunger but doesn't utilize a Healing Gauge.
Also, Phoenix has a new fixed ability, 'Phoenix's Might'.

You can now link Phoenix's attack skills with others to activate chain effects.

Phoenix can now throw Bread at enemies!

• We have created various special skill traits used by enemies.
  Currently, we have only added one of the special traits to Pharos Warrior's Lacerate.
  
  - Special enemy skills will now be displayed like the image above, which will allow you to plan on receiving incoming enemy attacks.
  - The previous Pharos skill 'Chained Slash' would target a random character. Now, Lacerate 'Attacks the enemy with the lowest remaining health. If successful, also attack the enemy with the highest remaining health.'
  - We will keep adding special traits to various monsters including bosses.
  
• You can now check other skills mentioned in skill descriptions by pressing Shift.
  
  
• 2 New Equipment and 4 New Relics have been added.
  
  
  - There are 2 new Equipment and 1 new Relic related to critical strike. 3 Relics have an immediate effect after you place them on the Relic Display Stand but they cannot be removed.
  
• The Relic effect of Quick Focus has been changed. Quick Focus now reduces Count by 1.
  
• Some of Lucy's Skills have been nerfed.
  
• New skill effects have been added.
  

• Fixed a bug where Silverstein's 'Snipe' skill could target freely.
  
• Fixed a bug where the 'remove basic skills' option automatically removed a skill even when the amount of skills you have is low.
  
• Narhan's 'Trauma' now targets all enemies instead of a single enemy and lasts for 2 -> 4 turns.
  
• Charon's Attack Power has been reduced.

Finally, we can release the summary of win rate data collected from data during EA v1.5 Beta 2.

Most Played Character: Pressel (14.8%)
Least Played Character: Ironheart (4.1%)

Win Rate Table in Normal Difficulty


Win Rate Table in Expert Difficulty


How to Read the Table
The Green bar with a black border is the character's win rate.
Other colors signify the cause of defeat due to various reasons.

Dev Comments on Statistics
We think Chrono Ark's overall win rate has been too high in comparison to our initial plan.
We will not be increasing the game's difficulty for Normal or below, but we still think Expert Difficulty should be harder than its current state.


How to join the Beta!
Your Steam Library -> Right Click on Chrono Ark -> Properties

Please feel free to participate in Chrono Ark's Beta!


Fan Art

오무라이스으's Pressel Skin Concept Art


https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2260169922


https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2217214246

We have been improving the game for longer than expected.
We can't wait to update everything and show you some new exciting content.
Thank you!

Hello, Fellow Arkers!
Chrono Ark EA v1.5 Beta 2 is here.
We have balanced out some characters and added a Quick Progress Mode option!
You'll be able to play through the game much faster by utilizing this mode.

• Lucy's Speed on screen has been slightly increased.
  
• Quick Progress Mode option has been added. Lucy will always run while Quick Progress Mode is active.
  
• Maximum Accuracy in Expert Difficulty is now limited to 98%. Other Difficulties remain the same.

We have nerfed overpowered skills and buffed weak skills in accordance with player data feedback.
Thank you so much for participating in Chrono Ark's Beta.

Lucy

• Potential: Cost increased to 2. No longer creates rare skills.
  
• Acceleration Circle: Now all skills below Acceleration Circle will correctly receive Swiftness. Discards per turn reduced from 10 -> 7.

Azar

• Crescent Slash: Damage ratio has been reduced from 150% -> 135%.
  
• Veiled Sword: Now has Swiftness. Veiled Sword now gives the target 1 -> 2 buff stacks.
  
• Resistance has been reduced.

Narhan

• Trojan Horse: Cost reduced from 1 -> 0.

Hein

• Rage: Cost reduced from 2 -> 1.
  
• Identify Weakness: Now has Once Only. Success rate increased from 120% -> 150%.
  
• Base Attack increased by 1.
  
• Tear Up: Damage increased from 75 -> 80.
  
• Mutilate: Damage increased from 175 -> 180.

Joey

• Health has been reduced.
  
• Base Attack has been reduced by 1.

Lian

• Overall stats have been increased.
  
• Bring It On!: Now adds random ally attack skills to hand instead of completely random ones.
  
• Preparation: Now protects the Healing Gauge and gives 2 -> 3 buff stacks.
  
• Combat Roar: Now increases the critical chance of 3 -> 5 skills from the top of your hand.

Miss Chain

• Health and Attack has been slightly increased.
  
• Zoom!: Now gives 1 -> 2 stacks of Armor Reduction Debuff.
  
• Engine Reload!: The buff no longer grants bonus incoming heals. Instead, increases Max. Health by 20%.
  
• Leave This to Me!: Damage from counterattacking has been increased from 50% -> 60%.

Pressel

• Guardian Angel: Healing amount increased from 150% ->170%.
  
• Healing Coil and Holy Light: Healing amount slightly increased.

Huz

• Give and Take: Fixed a bug where Huz used to view 3 skills at the top of deck and draw one.
  
• Uncontrollable Doll: Positive effects have been buffed.
  
• Rabbit Doll MVP: No longer has Once Only. Damage ratio has been increased from 140% -> 150%.
  
• Punish: Fixed text: 'damage per debuff on the target.' -> 'damage per debuff stack on the target.'

Charon

• Health increased by 2. Attack increased by 1. Evade Chance increased by 5%. Accuracy increased by 2%.
  
• Shadow Pillars: Attack ratio increased from 110% -> 130%.

Silverstein

• Attack has been increased by 1.
  
• Enhanced Mark: Incoming damage ratio increased from 20% -> 30%.
  
• Rapid Shot: Damage ratio increased from 25% -> 35%.
  
• Bear Trap: Target gains increased chance to be attacked. Damage ratio increased from 90% -> 100%. All fainted allies gain 30% Evade Chance once Bear Trap is activated.

Trisha

• Shadow Dance: Now has 100% critical hit chance.
  
• Blink Stab: Now has Swiftness. Cost reduced from 2 -> 1.
  
• Apply Bandage: Healing amount reduced from 120% -> 90%.

The balancing for this update is based on valuable collected data from our beta participants.
Further balancing can be implemented regardless of collected data. This will consider specific party comps in the future.


We'll release a teaser soon for the new UI that will be added to the game!
This is the concept we are working hard on!




How to participate in the Beta!
Your Steam Library -> Right Click on Chrono Ark -> Properties

Please feel free to participate in Chrono Ark's Beta!

Thank you!