0.82 - Balance Changes

Withering Rooms 0.82 (2022-10-10)

Balance Chances

• Merchant stock limits are now affected by crafted items in your inventory - that is, if you have X door hexes, that counts against X red wax purchases - you can no longer run back and forth to the merchant to keep buying more after crafting
• Merchant stock limits for crafting items(except for empty jars, scrolls and books which have a much higher limit) have been raised from 4 to 6 in Chapter 1 & 2, and to 8 in Chapter 3 & 4
• Gifts upon death have been added to Chapter 3 & 4
• All gifts upon death now also include gold, which increases with each Chapter
• New items added
  • Second Chance Ring - restores 50% health upon death but breaks, sold by Tomos
  • Violent/Dextrous/Weird Pills - increase the associated damage output by 25% for 15 seconds, sold by Infirmary NPC
• The prices of rare items, bullets and syringes have increased
• Many Chapter 3 & 4 monsters and bosses have been made more challenging - through a mix of new/faster attacks, more health, more damage, and more resistance
• Arena monsters have been buffed, and their layout has changed in some cases to provide more challenge
• Item changes:
  • Most amulets have been buffed
  • Armor outfit has less physical resistance
  • Burnt Ring has less fire protection
  • Durability of Old Sword has been reduced
  • Fireball & Summon Spears spears do more damage
  • Lucky Necklace has a smaller Luck boost
  • Critical/Savior Rings have reduced Luck scaling
  • Bloody Elegant Outfit heals more slowly
  • Night Mother's Doll does more curse build up when being held

Polish

• Rolls can be done immediately after holding the run button
• A small input window has been added to hiding, finding items and lore that will help prevent button mashing from unhiding/skipping
• Mirror has been removed from the Silent Study, instead the NPC will teleport you to a cottage
• Possessed Books no longer drain curse during dialog

Bug Fixes

• Fixes for achievements: Arena Novice, Hyperthymesia, Ancient Blood, Ascended - these should award on load if you've earned them, please press / to file a bug if they don't
• Fixes for several cases of enemies coming back to life, or returning to their idle, after defeat and returning to their room
• Fix for having Necrosis over 50 points causing many strange problems on load
• Fix for getting hit out of dodging while using the Ghostly Ring leaving the player in an invincible state
• Fix for the "Return to the Throne" quest not properly being marked as complete
• Fixes for several enemies having the wrong "aim spot" on their body for guns or leaving Corpse Hex residue in odd places
• Fix for empty searchable furniture in Chapter 3 basement
• Fix for the "Blood Stained Letter" quest in Chapter 3 not being completable
• Fix for the Nowhere remembrance shrine in Chapter 3 not unlocking
• Fix for magical barriers in Chapter 3 having "interact_" prompt
• Fix for some random Labyrinth rings generating with placeholder text
• Fix Old Sword having two sets of stats in its description
• Fix for Baleful Influence FX not going away