Hello everyone, this is Hyung-Ju Lee, the director of Chrono Ark.
Chrono Ark has been updated to EA version 2.02.




We've updated the game so that you can now obtain all Investigators' Token of Friendship.
Also, we've speeded up the process of building Token of Friendship by allowing the player to gift items to Investigators in all campfires.



The Golden Token of Friendship you could only obtain with Phoenix is now open to all Investigators.
However, there are some special Investigators whose Golden Token of Friendship you cannot obtain yet.
You can obtain Golden Token of Friendship by first gaining the Red Token of Friendship in the Archive, then talking to the Investigator in the final area.
There are no gameplay perks to having Golden Token of Friendship, but in the upcoming ending, you'll be required to have Golden Token of Friendship with at least 1 party member.


System
- Implemented all Investigators' Token of Friendship
- Implemented Investigators' Golden Token of Friendship
- Increased the number of retries from 1 to 3 when failing a certain storyline. Also, retries are now available in the Crimson Wilderness segment of the story.
- Overall improvements to skill text.
- Greatly improved Gamepad controls.
- Accelerate+ is no longer guaranteed to appear in the Fountain of Wishes, and it now costs an additional 300 Gold to obtain.
- Reduced the number of keys required to enter Crimson Wilderness from 2->1.
- Workshop - (Beta) Added a mod editor. The mod editor can be accessed through the Workshop Menu in the Main Menu.

- (Japanese) story text has been improved, and Phoenix's first-person pronoun has been changed.
Thank you to everyone who helped improve the Japanese translation.
<Credits>
絋兵
tekipaki
麦雲
雪乃府宏明

We revised and added new lines to some parts of the Main Story and Records.
- Revised and added new lines to dialogue between certain Investigators in the Crimson Wilderness Archive (Narhan, Helia & Selena)
- Added new lines to the flashback scene of the Program Master's memories and the dialogue between the Master and Phoenix
- Added new lines in the first conversation between Lucy and the Master
- Added new lines in the dialogue after battling the Program Master
- Added new lines in the record "Potion Development Journal"

- Taeguk Ring
Critical Chance reduced from -3% -> -6%.

- Vadzerald
Removed penalty effect, and reduced Attack Power and Healing Power from 18% -> 10%.

- Demon Hunter
Removed Critical Chance reduction.

- Joey's Mysterious Powder
Evade 8% -> 0%, Max Health 0 -> 5

- Messiah Blade Prototype
Attack Power 1 -> 2, Accuracy 3% -> 5%

- Copper Coil
When taking 3->2 or more damage, reduce that damage by 2->1.

- Toxic Barrel
Damage per turn reduced from 3->2.

- Assassin's Eye
Critical Chance increased from 10% -> 25%.

- Shield of Luminosity
Critical Chance reduced from 60% -> 40%.

- IV Pack
Effect changed to "Whenver an ally escapes Death's Door, they overheal for 4 more."

- Raimeitou, Setsugetsutou
Effect changed to "If equipping both swords, increase Critical Chance by 47%."

- Clown Suit
Attack Power, Armor increased from 25% -> 33%.

- Hunter's Nose
Effect changed to "When healed, the next attack deals 10% more damage." (Max 5 stacks)

- Bronze Motor
Increased the number of skills required to activate effect from 5->6.

- Sunset
Reworked effect.

- Black Iron Anvil (Crimson Wilderness Special Reward)
Added effect: When reforging equipment, show one additional option.

- Relic Display Stand Key (Crimson Wilderness Special Reward)
Relic inventory expansion increased from 1 -> 2.

- Abandoned Warehouse
When using a key, obtain 1->2 Useful Scrap Metal.

- Blood Bank
Increased health consumption, no longer appears in White Graveyard.

- Gold Pile
Gold reward increased from 400 -> 500.

Nearly every common skill has been buffed or adjusted including their ratios.

- Heart Pierce
Reworked effect.

- Shadow Step
Reworked effect.

- Chemical Substance No.12
Added new effect.

- Sword of Infinity
Illusion Sword buff no longer prevents the skill from excluding.

- Shining Aura
Now grants an Illusion Sword buff. Buff duration extended.

- Illusion Sword's Calling
Added an option to grant 2 Illusion Sword buffs.

- Crescent Slash
Illusion Sword buff now causes the skill to cast an additional time instead of critting.

- Thunderfrost Strike
Effect now activates when the enemy's health is 100% -> 90%.

- Adjust Aim
Cost increased by 1, added a condition that can reduce the cost of the skill.

- Double Heal
Increased healing amount.

- Purifying Barier
Increased barrier ratio.

- Stats
Reduced Debuff Resist.

- Protection Curve, Triple Reaction Formula
Increased barrier ratio.

- Acceleration Formula
Added Swiftness

- Healing Arc
Added 'Cannot be Fixed'.

- Shooting Star
Reduced additional damage ratio.

- Dark Moon
Increased additional damage ratio.

- Ricochet Shot
Increased damage ratio.
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- Snipe
Increased damage ratio.

- Lightning Shot
Added VFX animation.
Damage is now increased based on the amount of skills in hand.

- Sonic Blow
Reworked Effect.

- Tempest
Added an option to discard the bottom 2 skills in hand.

- Hell Arrow
Cost is reduced to 3, and the skill no longer stuns self.

- Stats
Reduced Maximum Health by 1.


Chrono Ark is scheduled for Official release in the next update. (Q1 2024)
The price of the game will increase with the Official Release, so it'd be best to buy the game before then!
We're also working on a new PV (Promotional Video).

We created a Discord server and X account for Chrono Ark.
We're receiving feedback on bugs or translation issues before the Official Release.
Check out the Discord channel via the link below, and be sure to follow us on X!

Discord Server Link
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Fixed an issue where some of Ironheart’s skills were not affected by barrier.

Fixed a bug that appeared when returning to the Ark when selecting a character.

- Skills with animation VFX have been added to be displayed in the tooltip.
- Fixed an issue where the game could stop due to certain conditions (copy) during battle with the boss 'Golem'.
- Fixed an issue where the damage was abnormal when recast with ‘Blood Storm’ Hein’s passive.
- Fixed a bug where the effect of 'Infinite Spiral' was abnormal when attacking multiple times.
- '505error' Fixed a bug where options were presented abnormally when the number of options increased due to the effect of the token of friendship.

Fixed a bug where no actions could be performed in the Workshop UI.

(2.01m version bug) Fixed a bug where characters could not be selected with the mouse during battle.

- Fixed a bug where the skill target could not be selected when using a game controller.
- Fixed a bug that allowed changing modes and modifying challenges in the character selection UI in the Quick Building Challenge.
- Fixed a bug where, if you had selected the Hope mode, the artifact display stand for that run and the inventory would disappear when saving and loading.
- Fixed a bug that caused Trisha's 'Shadow Step' to freeze.
- Fixed a bug where skills could not be used in battle if the character information UI was opened while entering battle.
- Fixed a bug where the enemy character's location appeared to float slightly on the 'Red Wilderness' battle map.
- Fixed a bug where the lights on the Ark Training Ground map were not drawn.

Drum Shot : The cost reduction mechanism has been modified to match the description.
Fixed an issue where some bugs appeared when changing from normal mode to Hope mode
Sword of Forest: Fixed an issue where it could not be unlocked from the encyclopedia.
Fixed an issue where some UIs could not be operated with the gamepad (stick).
Fixed a bug where, if you returned to the Ark after selecting a challenge mod, you could start the game with 0 party members.

(Story) Fixed an issue where the player's health was revived to 0 when the retry function was activated during the final battle.

When a freeze occurs during battle, the progress has been modified so that the progress can be loaded even if the game is closed.