Feb 14, 2020

Iratus: Lord of the Dead - Unfrozen_Jaina

Hello! Today we are updating the beta with descriptions and bug fixes, changes and features.

A little over a week has passed since the launch of the open beta-branch for testing new features that we are planning to release. We are very grateful to you for your activity, understanding and honest feedback.
If you missed the beta launch news, follow this link

https://steamcommunity.com/games/807120/announcements/detail/1711866668264908932

In today's update, according to your feedback, we added:

New features:

At your request, we have added a window with Iratus Statistics, which displays his level, Spellpower, the amount of Wrath at the battle start and Mana restored, global buffs. The window located in the Artifacts tab.
Many unnecessary artifacts accumulate in your inventory as you progress, so now you are able to transmute from one to three artifacts into Iratus experience. The amount of experience gained depends on the power of the item.
Transmutation changes: now the desired part can be made from ANY two parts. You will get only common quality at the start but as you increase Iratus Level and use parts of better quality, you'll increase the chance to make uncommon quality or higher.
Added the possibility to dismiss needless minions to free up slots in the Chamber.
Added the descriptions of the enemies' abilities in the Humonarium.

Balance:

Changed minion upgrades: adjusted the number of available characteristics, cost, and upgrade steps.
Now Iratus gains 1 point of Spellpower with each level-up. Because of this, the associated bonuses of artifacts, items, and minions have changed, and the talents scaling of Spellpower has been updated.
Enemies are rebalanced at difficulty levels «More Pain!» and higher
Two minion items have been changed:
1. Base item «Witchskin Sash»:
  - Then: Increases critical strike by 5% and reduces the received critical damage by 5%
  - Now: Increases Spellpower by 3.
2. Item «Bane Aura»:
  - Then: Increases damage to elite enemies by 20% and reduces damage taken by elite enemies by 20%
  - Now: Increases Spellpower by 5.
Changed Alchemy talents:
1. The effect of the talents «Veteran Doctorate» and «Experimental Calcination» increased from 50% to 100%
2. The talent «Necromancery Power» reworked:
  - Then: Increases Distillation effect by 100%
  - Now: After using Distillation, all minions receive a buff for 1 battle, increasing the damage dealt and reducing the damage received.
3. The talent «Calcination Mastery» reworked:
  - Then: Increases Calcination effect by 100%
  - Now: After using Calcination, Iratus gains +15 Spellpower for 1 battle

Bugfixes:

Shade's «Dark Gate» actually is: "Iratus recovers 6 Mana. Iratus gains +6 Spellpower for 1 turn.
Bride of Iratus's «Worship Him» actually is "The Bride gains +6 Attack and +6 Dread until the battle ends. Iratus gains +4 Spellpower for 2 turns."
Black Widow's «Poisoned web» description fixed
Talent «Infectious Lunacy» actually lasts 1 round
Mortuary restores minions correct amount of Vigor on difficulties «More pain!» and higher
After killing a boss the animations speed up no more
Dark Knight's «No tomorrow» now work correctly with minion items «Crow Paw» and «Ashes of the Burned Witch»
Artifact «Gambling Chip» now works correctly
Mummy item «Cursed Bandages» now works correctly
Collecting bones for Bone Golem unlock is now counting correctly
Fixed other minor bugs

To join the beta branch, the only thing you have to do, is having Iratus: Lord of the Dead in your Steam Library. For instructions, you should join our Discord Server — just follow this link or click on the banner below: https://discord.gg/XR3Sj6C
Please, share your impressions in the #🍄en-beta-discussion channel.

Attention: be sure to create a new game, the old saves will conflict with the new version and may be corrupted.
Only English and Russian text localizations are available for beta-test.

Thank you again for participating in the beta-test and for supporting us! ːfaithful_heartː

Jan 30, 2020

Dev Blog 2020: new mechanics, part 2

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Welcome again! Here is the second part of our Devblog! Here we will talk about other innovations that will complement and balance the changes listed in the first part.

If you missed the first part of Dev Blog, we recommend to start with it:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/807120/announcements/detail/3330909474121324714

Minion Items

After the previous Devblog, we got a lot of questions about balancing the unpredictability of the game. We answer you:
We consider it very important to provide players a comfortable tool for customizing your minions. However, we don’t want to completely remove the element of randomness from the game. The replayability and variability of the walkthroughs are one of the core points of the game, and we’ll continue to work to improve these elements of the gameplay.

Consequently, we have added more than 50 new minion items, significantly affecting the possibilities of a game session. We want each item to influence a specific run, and the need to choose items depending on a situation encourages players to make wise and considered decision.

Moreover, to further diversify playthroughs, we have added unique items for each type of minion.

The way you get items didn’t change. Ten basic items can still be made in Alchemy and the player can receive more powerful items as a reward for victory in battle or from map events.

Artifacts

By the end of the third floor, players tend to accumulate a significant number of artifacts that they don’t end up using — in the near future we will introduce the ability to process them into Iratus experience.

Talents

New mechanics — Spellpower. Affects spells Iratus uses in battle: increases damage, reduces cost, enhances effects. Thus, the participation of the necromancer in battle will be even more noticeable with several new strategies based on the Spellpower!

The talents tree has been reworked: we tried to make unpopular spells more useful, and also added new ones that affect Spell Power and enhance the effects of Distillation and Calcination.

Game difficulty dynamics

We considered it necessary to more clearly draw the line between levels of difficulty and make them more honest with the player.
With each difficulty level we plan to make the game harder by increasing the complexity of the economy, changed cemetery building effects and Spellpower, tricky enemy battle formations and new boss abilities rather than an increase in enemy stats as it is done now.

Checkpoints

For players who wish the game to be less stressful, on the difficulty levels “Cakewalk” and “More Pain!” we will add checkpoints at the beginning of the floor as an option, so your progress is more secure while you concentrate on learning the game at your own pace. This function can be used at the player’s own choice: when creating a new game, you can select this modifier, and if you lose, you will be able to return to the first battle on the floor and with the experience of past mistakes lead your army to victory.

Critical hits

We received a lot of negative feedback about enemy critical hits, breaking tactical compositions with their unpredictability. Of course, the gameplay should not be absolutely deterministic, but at the same time, the player should be able to build a reliable strategy and not depend on luck so much.
Consequently, Blocks and Wards now prevent critical hits. No more sacrifices to the RNG — now everything is under your control, as you requested. Finally, it will be possible to prevent the deadly attacks of the Scout and no longer be afraid of unpredictable losses in your favorite squad.

Cemetery

Many players complained about the useless waste of minions and resources and the tediously large amount of routine clicks for managing the Cemetery.
Therefore, we decided to “kill two Hunkies with one stone”: now, when constructing the building, as before, the Architects' Souls are spent and the minion is put into the building forever and “works” there.

Humonarium

All this time, the Humonarius has been more of a collection item than a functional source of information. Now, when all the enemy abilities are ready and approved, we’ll add their descriptions to the Humonarius, thus making it quite useful for any shrewd tactician! We know you were waiting for this :)

Other

Maps have become more diverse and similar paths will no longer be generated.
Because of the item rework, the reward system was redesigned: the effects of bonuses will now be more clear and rewards will be more variable depending on the difficulty of the battle.
We will be adding an interface that displays improvements and bonuses from talents, artifacts, events on the map and cemetery, etc.

Thanks again for being with us, your support and feedback is our main source of strength and inspiration!
We remind you that in the first half of February we will launch an open beta testing of new mechanics (we will inform you about the exact date a bit later). Stay tuned and don't miss the news! Also waiting for you in our Discord:
https://discord.gg/zPyNJBA⠀

Jan 22, 2020

Dev Blog 2020: the nearest future, part 1

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Hello, necromancers!

Iratus: Lord of the Dead has been in early access on Steam for over half a year. During this time, we have received a huge amount of feedback from our players. Thanks to all who shared their suggestions for improving the game, Iratus is getting better and better because of you!

In this dev blog we will start sharing our near-term plans and upcoming features.

The release, Pre-Patch and open beta testing.

As we said, we are planning to release the full version in the second quarter of 2020.
Now we have a large number of new functions and mechanics, so we decide to release Pre-Patch, which includes most of the planned changes (but NOT new content – that will be just in the full version of the game). There are a lot of new features, so we decided to switch to a new patch in two stages:

1. At the first stage, it will be an open beta test of all new mechanics. Anyone will be able to join the beta branch on Steam with the newest version of the game. Beta testing will begin in February — the exact date will be announced later. Instructions will be published on our Discord server (you can join it now):

2. After the beta testing will be over, a game update will be released for all our players.
Important: saves from old versions will not be compatible with the new version due to significant changes in mechanics. We’ll notify players about this beforehand. The patch date will be announced later.

So, what new mechanics are we introducing?

Iratus and minion experience

Gaining experience for Iratus and his minions will be much more flexible and intuitive.
How much experience is gained from the effect of an artifact or event will depend on the current level of Iratus and his minions, and even the level of the minion from the Grave will correlate with the level of the current squad. As you progress along the map, you will gain more experience from victories and find more powerful artifacts and minion items in Coffins, Chests and on Sacrificial Altar.

Minion Upgrading

The most significant new feature is a much more convenient system for upgrading minion characteristics. Many players don’t like the current part system:

Random drop — the player is forced to roll the necessary bonuses. Some amount of randomness is certainly needed, but we want to give you the opportunity to more comfortably customize your minions without RNG influence.
Part creation requires a lot of routine actions and a lot of clicks.
Upgrading-with-parts system is not intuitive and too complicated for new players.
The most popular strategy was to cumulate low-rarity parts until the moment when you can make a Legendary part from them. In our opinion, it will be much more pleasant for players to immediately receive any obvious increases to the minion characteristics, without the need to store resources.

We decided to give players a simple tool for configuring minion characteristics:

As in the current version, minions will receive a different amount of experience for a victory, regardless of their actions in the battle.
The maximum level of minions will not be limited. And the higher the level, the more experience points will be required to get the next one. A soft cap rather than a hard cap.
Each time the minion levels up, the minions will receive Stat points. For Stat points, the player will be able to upgrade the available parameters of the minion of his choice.
The current skill upgrade system will stay: for every three levels, the minion will receive a Skill Points (of course, we will change the upgrade bonuses for balance sake).
Parts with quality higher than Common will no longer give random bonuses, but Stat points, which player will be able to custom configure in a user-friendly interface. We will remove the random and economically unprofitable ability to increase the rarity of parts in Alchemy: now you can gain them after the battle, as a reward for an event or on the Sacrificial Altar.

So in the new version, minions upgrading will be more convenient and smooth. You can customize the characteristics of minions according to your chosen strategy and playstyle.

Alchemy

Distillation instead of improving the rarity of the parts will provide an ability to restore the Vigor of all minions for parts and/or minion items — often an opportunity to refresh a squad after a hard battle can make a difference.
In Calcination, the amount of restored mana will no longer depend on the rarity of the parts used; and needless minion items can be converted here too.
All types of Alchemy will be available from the start — fewer bounds more freedom!

Thanks for reading! Stay tuned for the second part of the dev blog. Now you can discuss upcoming features in the comments and on Discord. See you soon!

Dec 19, 2019

Holiday Season Update!

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Season’s greetings and best wishes for a Happy New Year! There's a surprise for you inside this update, and some bugfixes and balance changes:

A holiday gift - permanent skins for four basic minions, you will receive as soon as you enter the game from December 19, 2019 to January 12, 2020. Thank you for staying with us. We wish you happy holidays and look forward to seeing you again soon!

To switch skins, you can simply click on the golden skull near the minion's name:

Bugfixes and features

Now effects with damage trigger are putting on enemies with double attack correctly
Dwarven Warrior and Shadow Elf AI is now improved
Mummy's ability Clinging Wraps and upgrades now don't afflict enemies animations

Balance

Head Hunter

Baseline Armor increased from 4 to 6
Abyssal Bounty: chance to kill an enemy increased from 99% to 100%

Blood Phantasm

Baseline Vigor increased from 95 to 100

Lost Soul

Sudden Reality, Consume Hopes: Cost decreased from 60 to 50 Wrath
Substitute World: Cost decreased from 45 to 35 Wrath

Ghoul

Just a Bite, Shared Satiation: Damage dealt to the allies decreased from 28-32 to 20-24
Degustation: Damage dealt to the allies decreased from 14-16 to 10-12

Wraith

Baseline Dread increased from 22-26 to 24-28
Cold Grasp, Death Grasp: Damage increased from 75% to 100%
Far Grasp: Damage increased from 90% to 125%
Terrorwave, Echoing Terror, Panic Blast: Damage increased from 65% to 75%

Infested

Baseline Vigor increased from 85 to 90
Baseline Attack decreased from 23-26 to 20-24
Baseline Dread increased from 24-26 to 26-28
Baseline Luck increased from 10 to 16
Baseline Evasion increased from 14 to 16

Unfrozen

Baseline Vigor reduced from 80 to 70
Baseline Attack increased from 23-26 to 24-27

Black Widow

Silken Pull, Fatal Bondage: Target damage reducing decreased from 30% to 20%
Spider Cocoon, Spiky Cocoon, Invigorating Cocoon: chance to redirect attack increased from 50% to 100%
Spider Web, Sticky Web, Poisoned Web: Cost decreased from 50 to 30 Wrath

Banshee

Absorb Fear, Absorb Terror, Absorb Wrath: Now can be used from the 4nd position

Bride of Iratus

Baseline Attack reduced from 24-29 to 22-27
Master's Rose: Damage reduced from 80% to 75%

Lich

Baseline Dread increased from 22-23 to 24-28

See you soon!

Dec 5, 2019

December update is now live!

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The new version is now live!
Let's update the game and check it!
You can discuss on our Discord: https://discord.gg/QbPjgCk

So, the list of changes:

New Features

Added a new minion, Black Widow
Received artifacts’ stats now grow with floor level
Updated old artifacts and added a few new ones
Added description of the effects on the character's Upgrades tab
Added Turkish, Polish and Japanese interfaces
Added new conditions to obtain the Wrath of Iratus: for example, when the enemy inspires and sets a trap on the minions
Added a tooltip to the Halloween trophy

Bugfixes

Fixed incorrect behavior of the Keymaster on Tutorial and Cakewalk difficulty levels
[Mummy] Now the Hex Beam casting moves the camera to a usual distance
[Bride of Iratus] Now You Won't Get Him! can hit critically
[Musketeer] Now the Musketeer’s mark is removing by moving
[Musketeer] Now the Musketeer's grenade removes Wards
[Rain of Gore] Now remains when positive effects are removed
Smoking Gun's description is now correct
Sickle's description is now correct
Excavation subtitles now works

Minion Rework

• Dark Knight
- Added feature: The Dark Knight can't be critically hit.
- Dark Tithe and all its upgrades were reworked:
Then:
Removes all debuffs from the Dark Knight.
Iratus gains Mana or Wrath (depending on upgrade).
Now:
Removes all debuffs from the Dark Knight.
Iratus gains Mana and Wrath

• Mummy
Hex Beam and all its upgrades were reworked:
Then:
Deals 50% / 75% Stress damage to target.
Now:
Deals 40% / 60% Stress damage to all enemies.

• Fallen Dhampir
Trap and all its upgrades were reworked:
Then:
The enemy inside the trap can't move [and loses all Initiative in one version of the skill].
Now:
The enemy inside the trap can't move [and loses all Initiative in one version of the skill].
Enemies that enter the trap receive 75% physical damage.

• Lost soul
Searing Vision was reworked:
Then:
Deals 125% magic damage to target and increases the damage it deals.
Moves the Lost Soul and the enemy 3 positions back.
Now:
Deals 75% magic damage to the target and an enemy standing behind it. The targets deal more damage until the end of battle.
Moves the Lost Soul and enemies 1 position back.

• Wraith
Necrotic Wind and all its upgrades were reworked:
Then:
The target loses 15 Evasion for 1 turn.
Now:
The target loses all Initiative for 1 turn.

• Zombie
-Igniting Mixture and all its upgrades were reworked.
All improvements deals 30% magic or stress damage to the target and an enemy standing behind it.
-Igniting Mixture:
Sets targets on fire for 3 turns, dealing 90% magic damage per turn.
-Smoke Bomb:
Curses targets for 3 turns, dealing 60% stress damage each turn and lose 5 Luck, Accuracy and Evasion.
-Fiery Explosive:
Sets targets on fire for 3 turns, dealing 90% magic damage per turn.

• Ghoul
-Just a Bite and all its upgrades were reworked:
Then:
Attacks target ally, dealing 100% physical damage.
Now:
Attacks target ally, dealing 28-32 physical damage.

-Repelling Mark and all its upgrades were reworked:
Then:
Enemies less / more often attacks the selected minion.
Now:
Selected minion gains bonus Attack, Dread, Luck and Evasion for the several turns.

• Blood Phantasm
Mark of Retribution and all its upgrades were reworked:
Then:
Any enemy that damages the marked minion takes 15-25 / 20-30 magic damage.
Now:
Any enemy that damages the marked minion takes 100% / 140% magic damage.

• Lich
Reanimate and all its upgrades were reworked:
Then:
Summons a Skeleton.
In one improvement the summoned minion gains 12 Attacks and Dread until the battle ends, in another - the cost is reduced.
Now:
Summons a Skeleton. The summoned minion gains 8 Attack, 8 Dread, 6 Armor and 6 Resistance until the battle ends.
In one improvement the summoned minion gains 12 Attacks and Dread and 8 Armor and 8 Resistance until the battle ends, in another - the cost is reduced.

Balance Changes

Skeleton

Baseline Attack increased from 19-21 to 20-22
Baseline Dread increased from 19-21 to 20-22
Unnerving Fortitude: Counter strike damage increased from 75% to 100%
Dismissive Banger: Upgrade bonus +2 Armor and +2 Resistance is changed to +1 Block and +1 Ward

Mummy

Impending Dread, Powerful Horror, Impending Misery: Damage increased from 60% to 75%
Unavoidable Curse, Powerful Horror, Hex Spear: Upgrade bonus +2 Dread increased to +3 Dread

Fallen Dhampir

Baseline Attack increased from 15-17 to 16-18
Baseline Dread increased from 13-15 to 14-16
Baseline Accuracy reduced from 92% to 91%
Masterful Thrust, Exquisite Thrust, Unerring Lunge: Now it can be used from the 2nd position
Aim for the Vein: Restored Vigor increased from 40% to 50% of the damage dealt
Aim for the Heart: Restored Vigor increased from 50% to 60% of the damage dealt
Aim for The Soul: Restored Mana increased from 25% to 33% of the damage dealt

Vampire

Feature: Bonus attack increased from 4 to 6
Blood Strike, Returning Strike, Blood Salvo: Now can target enemy in the 1 position
Blood Strike: Damage reduced from 80% to 70%
Returning Strike: Damage reduced from 100% to 90%
Blood Salvo: Damage reduced from 50% to 40%
Bloody Offering, Mesmerize, Hypnosis: Vigor cost is reduced from 20 to 10
Bloody Offering: Restored Wrath reduced from 40 to 30
Mesmerize: RestoredWrath and Mana changed from 20/10 to 15/15
Hypnosis: Restored Anger reduced from 50 to 40
Hysteria, Berserk: Vigor cost is reduced from 30 to 20
Berserk: No longer ignores Ward
Rage: Vigor cost is reduced from 20 to 10
Blood Thirst, Hunger for Hearts: Restored Vigor increased from 50% to 60%
Irresistible Thirst for Blood: Restored Vigor increased from 65% to 75%

Shade

Pain Mirror: Damage increased from 100% to 111%
Dark Portal: Restored Mana increased from 15 to 18
Dark Gate: Restored Mana increased from 20 to 24
Dark Channeling: Restored Vigor and Mana increased from 10 to 12
Gloom Claws, Gloomtalons: Damage increased from 60/30% to 80/40%
Voidclaws: Damage increased from 80/40% to 100/50%

Lich

Baseline Attack increased from 19-22 to 23-24
Baseline Dread increased from 18-21 to 22-23
Command Undead, Dominate Undead, Ineffable Command: Doesn’t stack. Duration time increased from 1 to 2 turns.

Banshee

Scream, Desolate Scream, Paralyzing Scream: Damage increased from 75% to 85%
Paralyzing Scream: Target Evasion reduction increased from 8 to 18
Noo!, Nooo!!!, NOOO!!!: Damage increased from 60% to 70%
Wail: Bonus Dread for one action increased from 8 to 12
Chilling Wail: Bonus Dread for one action increased from 10 to 16
Deafening Wail: Bonus Attack and Dread for one action increased from 5 to 8
Soprano,Crescendo, Accelerando: Damage increased from 30% to 40%
Soprano: Attack reduction for one action increased from 4 to 6
Crescendo: Attack reduction for one action increased from 6 to 8
Accelerando: Attack reduction for one action increased from 4 to 6, Evasion reduction for one action increased from 4 to 12

Unfrozen

Baseline Attack increased from 22-25 to 23-26
Baseline Dread increased from 19-21 to 20-24
Baseline Luck increased from 12 to 16
Feature: Bonus damage for Initiative difference increased from 3% to 5%
Ice Spear, Ice Lance: Now can target an enemy at 1 position
Ice Spear, Penetrating Spear: Now can be used from 3th position
Call of Winter, Winter's Grasp, Purging Blizzard: Now can be used from 2nd position. Damage increased from 45% to 60%. Damage increase effect no longer stacks
Call of Winter, Purging Blizzard: Damage increase effect increased from 20% to 30%
Winter's Grasp: Damage increase effect increased from 30% to 40%
Glacial Protection: Upgrade bonus +2 Resistance changed to +3 Evasion
Punching Spear: Upgrade bonus +2 Armor changed to +8 Accuracy

Lost soul

Baseline Attack increased from 18-22 to 22-26
Baseline Dread increased from 17-21 to 21-25
Inspire Heroics, Doomed to Heroism, Hero-Mania: Now moves the Lost soul 1 position forward
Morbid Beauty: Damage reduced from 175% to 160%. Enemy Damage Bonus reduced from 30% to 15%
Misleading Beauty, Morbid Beauty: Now can be used from 2nd position
Stream of Delusion, Panic Wave: Damage increased from 40% to 60%. Enemy Initiative Bonus increased from 1 to 2
Panic Wave: Enemy chance to escape increased from 5% to 10%
Psychotic Stream: Damage increased from 60% to 75%
Lucrative Boon: Damage reducing reduced from 20% to 10%

Bride of Iratus

Get Away From Him!: Enemy chance to escape increased from 10% to 15%
Think of Him, Worship Him: Attack and Dread Bonus increased from 4 to 6
Worship Him: Restored Mana increased from 8 to 12
Adore Him: Attack and Dread Bonus increased from 6 to 8
Careful Watch: Evasion Bonus increased from 15 to 33

Wraith

Death Grasp: Upgrade bonus +3 Luck changed to +3 Dread
Terrorwave: Upgrade bonus +8 Luck changed to +6 Dread
Evolution: Dread Bonus increased from 6 to 8
Terrifying Evolution: Dread Bonus increased from 8 to 10

Zombie

Baseline Attack increased from 14-16 to 15-17
Baseline Dread increased from 13-16 to 14-17
Baseline Luck increased from 8 to 12
Baseline Resistance increased from 6 to 8
Buckshot, Whistling Buckshot: Damage increased from 40% to 50%
Plentiful Buckshot: Damage increased from 50% to 55%
Bombardment, Shock Charges: Damage increased from 50% to 55%
Abyssal Bombardment: Damage increased from 60% to 70%

Bone Golem

Baseline Vigor reduced from 165 to 155
Bone Ward: Vigor cost reduced from 25 to 15
Splinter Hell: Upgrade bonus +2 Armor and Resistance increased to +3 Armor and Resistance
Suppressing Splinters: Upgrade bonus +25 Vigor reduced to +20 Vigor

Blood Phantasm

Transfusion, Grand Transfusion, Rage Injection: Now can be used from 1st position
Mark of Retribution, Mark of Vengeance, Aura of Retribution: Now moves the Blood Phantasm 2 positions back.
Phantasmal Assault, Phantasmal Carnage, Phantasmal Blitz: Now moves the Blood Phantasm 1 position back.

Nov 28, 2019

Next content update

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Hello, necromancers! We have already come close to finalizing the release version, but for now, we are happy to gladden you with the new content.

Next week, on December 5, a new version will be released, which features the new minion, Black Widow, new artifacts and new drop system, significant balance changes and reworked quests.

The power of the artifacts you receiving will grow with the Iratus progress. Events on your map path will no longer frighten you — now it will be a more universal and interesting experience.

On Thursday you will be able to meet the new Iratus minion, — the giant arachnida, Black Widow.
"Why do we only reanimate human bodies?" "Would a lion or wolf not be more destructive?” Those were questions Iratus would often hear back in the day when he still took on apprentices. He had to stop the practice after "accidentally" killing his fourth or fifth inquisitive student.
After all, the answer is rather obvious: Animals are unable to contain a Curse, the most basic component for reanimation. There may be only a single exception…the Curse of Malice. While still needing a human base (ideally a wife who has killed her husband), it can spread to animate animal parts as if they were part of the original body.
And for Iratus, that works perfectly, considering the circumstances he is in—he has access to plenty of giant spider nests in the tunnels and a healthy supply of female inmates… The moniker of Black Widow came naturally for these wretched minions.
These giant spiders weaken and poison enemies with the deadly toxins draining life every minute, tangle them with their sticky nets, and in case of danger quickly hide in a cocoon and wait for the right moment to deliver a crushing blow.

Aaaaand tomorrow we will add Steam cards and badges! All collectors finally will have a chance to catch all the minions cards and craft Steam badge and all related bonus items. Good luck!

Stay tuned!