Hello, Fellow Arkers!
Chrono Ark v1.55’s minor update is here.

Improvements & Newly Added

• ‘Curse of Sun, Moon, and Stars’ has been added. This item is unlocked once you clear the Curse Challenge of Sun, Moon, and Stars.
  
• The unlock condition of Helia & Selena has changed. You can unlock them when you clear the Curse Challenge of Sun, Moon, and Stars.
  
• Sir Dorchi now requires less for his third quest.

Localization
Changed some skill descriptions: Eclipse, Dark Moon
minor localization fixes and updates

Hello, Fellow Arkers!
Chrono Ark EA v1.55 has arrived!




Three new faces have officially joined the Investigation Team!





Bomb Clown



Casual difficulty has been removed and Hope mode has been added.

'Hope Mode' is a new mode that allows you to enjoy the Chrono Ark less stressful.
To put it simply, even if the party is completely destroyed, your progress will not be lost.
In the hope mode, after your party is wiped out, the 'hope level' increases and your party member's stat increases significantly depending on the character level.
Annihilation makes your party stronger, and it makes much easier to clear game.

Changes from the Beta

• Selena, Helia, Johan, and Bomb Clown must be unlocked in game to encounter.
  
  Quest NPC 'Sir Dorchi' was added.
  
• Skill Illustrations, Effects, and Achievements of the new Investigation Team Members have been added.
  
• Unlockable items for the new Investigation Team Members, Alice’s Gift, Sun Shard, and Moon Shard have been added.
  
• All character lines have been translated.
  
• Some UI improvements have been made.

Bug Fixes
Fixed a bug where a save file disappears after the Quicksave with Selena and Helia.
Helia: Bugs for 'Black sun' have been fixed
Other minor bugs fixed

Improvements
Added the backup feature for the save files.
Now Chrono Ark’s save data will be saved by the hourly time frame!
There is a bug where some save data is removed due to an unidentified reason.
The bug happens extremely rarely, and we couldn’t fix it yet since we had a hard time collecting detailed enough feedback about how this bug exactly takes place.
We decided to make the game save the user data temporarily until we fix this bug completely.

Improving
-Selena & Helia's illustrations completed
-Completed some of Helia's Skill effects.
-Selena & Helia's lines added (Korean priority applied.)

Bug fixes
-Fixed a bug where the Bomb Clown added too many time bombs under certain conditions.

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!