Knights of Tartarus — patch notes and updates
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| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
|---|---|---|
| Update 17.4 | 2019-06-01 | Game Changes Meteorite Cost lowered: 300G > 75G Charon buffed: AI changed, HP 260 > 300 Ending Scene changed. Bug Fixes: Leather shield icon displaying incorrectly. Stats screen showing a red line (one of the icons). Grammatical errors and typos. |
| Update 17.3 | 2019-05-19 | Hotfixes: -Using the Memoria Stone to delete a spell would softlock the menu. -The player's spotlight in dark areas was not in sync with the player and was not displaying correctly due to the changes from the last update. |
| Update 17.2 - Ultra HD support! | 2019-05-18 | The UI has been reworked to display on screens with resolutions higher than 1080p. Changes: Tile Puzzle Panels and Cannons have sound. Bug fixes: -Counter Attack bug display: Occurred when you acquired the Rogue Skill and you missed a move, the game displayed the message as if the monster was going to counter. -Fire boulder/Collision -When dying to a fire boulder your hitbox was disabled until the game was reset. -Saint Level 5 - Saint skill was not activating. -Sea Hook was displaying an incorrect icon when acquired. -When selling items to the innkeeper the cursor didn't reset. Translation bugs: Skill descriptions were not being translated. |
| Update 17.1 | 2019-05-09 | Hotfix -Monster spawning disabled in Crypt entrance. This was causing all sorts of problems. |
| Update 17 - Brazilian Portuguese, Battle Items, and more... | 2019-05-05 | Game Changes -Game is now available in Brazilian Portuguese -New Items: Power Malt and Mana Water. Power Malt: Restores 20hp and increases ATT and DEF by 1 stage. Battle Only. Mana Water: Restores 20 mp and Increases S.ATT and S.DEF by 1 stage. Battle Only. These items are sold by the Innkeeper. -Aeacus buff -- HP 190 > 220 -Charon buff -- Hades Song ACC 55% > 65% Bug Fixes: - Weapon icons for Rod, Greatsword and Short Sword were not displaying correctly. - Spook's ability was paralyzing despite having immunity skill. - Defiant ability triggering the wrong animation (GrySlime' ability). - Tartarus Key displayed the wrong description. - Negati |
| Update 16.2 | 2019-04-25 | Bug fixes -An escape path was placed in the puzzle room right before Wetbeard in Spikey's ship. It was possible to get softlocked in this room. -Hookshot animation bug fixed. -Yes/No text display fixed. Localization bugs: -Spell names weren't showing the correct name. -Several texts were not being translated. |
| Update 16.1 | 2019-04-20 | Hotfixes - A bug causing save files not being able to load due to not having any equipment on. - A bug that considered new weapons as level 0 and was not giving the player any stats. - When crafting if you placed a Meteor first and then you placed any other crafting material like a piece of wood, iron bar, etc. it would cause the game to freeze. |
| Knights of Tartarus has just released! | 2019-04-19 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33425574/69a677aab80ff40d576368c614d5650f7cb1cbfd.gif |
| Knights of Tartarus full release next Friday, April 19. | 2019-04-12 | The final touches are being placed on Knights of Tartarus before release next week. Many have asked me if I will keep making updates for the game after release day. The answer is yes, the game will receive updates every now and then. Currently, I'm trying to get the game localized in a couple of languages and I need all the help I could get. Last but not least, I would like to thank all of you who have played, followed, reviewed and or take the time to report a bug. All your input has helped a bunch, I seriously couldn't have done it without you all. Thank you for playing! |
| Knights of Tartarus will Release on April 19 - New Gameplay Trailer | 2019-03-23 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUU42bJSNDU |
| Update 14.3 - Soundtrack Complete | 2019-03-16 | The soundtrack has been revised and is now 100% complete. Listen to some of the tracks: Knights of Tartarus Fight https://soundcloud.com/stello-hexis/knights-of-tartarus-knight-of-tartarus-fighthttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33425574/a238b7cb38cda43098622187c149c8b7e7ccc09d.gif Goblin Wetlands https://soundcloud.com/stello-hexis/knights-of-tartarus-goblin-wetlands https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33425574/fa2bf312b2e2c9f14e51233d6c5f34fa66774d9e.png Ice Tartarus https://soundcloud.com/stello-hexis/knights-of-tartarus-ice-tartarus https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommuni |
| Update 14.2 | 2019-03-06 | Game Changes: Rival can lose at the beginning (you can find many easter eggs when this happens). Game Polish: Player Sea Hook and Cyclone Ring animations. Wetlands Bird animation and Speed improved. Town indoor sprites improved. Monsters have an appearance animation. Save jingle. If you don't gain any experience in a battle, the battle message won't appear. |
| Update 14 - Story Mode Complete! | 2019-02-21 | Game changes: Final boss complete two endings included. New game plus: You start with all the equipped weapons from your last playthrough and you get a Class Potion. The Class Potion lets you change classes and refunds all your skill points if you have any. Once you save the soldiers in new game plus. The king gives you Charon's Flute instead of King's Flute. Charon's Flute allows you to warp between save points. Save Blocks are now gem shards. Exp gain changes: The previous nerf was a bit too much especially for low-level players. You will gain 12.5% more exp than before. Stump and Grn Slime give 20% more exp. Another change is that when you |
| Update 13.5 | 2019-02-05 | Hotfixes: Forest map bug causing game to freeze. Heal text bug. Fire boulders Collision bug fixed Soldier in King's castle typo. Game changes: Void strike accuracy nerfed 95% >75%. Fire boulders nerfed 1/12th of max hp > 5 damage. |
| Update 13.4 | 2019-02-05 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33425574/6779f4e8a4d4f5e3718c1a1759ef37c3f141ae75.gifGame Changes: Monster Overworld sprites: -Every monster has its own unique sprite. Narrative changes: -Game intro, Lydia, King, and Rival's dialogue changed at the beginning of the game. |
| Update 13.3 | 2019-02-01 | Hotfixes: Graphical/Visual: -The game now correctly displays at 1080p resolution windowed or fullscreen. -Pixel perfect sprites. -No tearing/flickering. -Smoother Camera movement. -NPC standing position adjustments. -Title Screen reworked. Map/Zones -Monsters vanish when you stand in boss areas/save zones. -Spikey's ship minor changes to some of its layout. -Lamp+boulder puzzles were removed and changed to something less confusing. -Chests in Rocky Falls were resetting. Audio: -Many sound effects were added (pushing boulders, puzzle solving chimes, opening locks, etc.) Battle/ Monsters: -Monsters kept chasing you even while disabled from movi |
| Update 13.2 | 2019-01-29 | Gameplay Changes You can use the King's Flute to warp out of Tartarus. |
| Update 13.1 | 2019-01-26 | Hotfixes: Lantern bug - When lantern was cast in certain places the flame freezes into place. Warping Barrels - The falling barrels in Goblin Tower were traveling along everywhere you went. King's flute bugs - Couldn't use the King's flute in Mana Coast. - While using the King's Flute enemies could chase you causing the game to hard lock. Crypt - A ladder was bugged and took the player to the wrong place. Mana Cost display: -After selecting a spell, the mana cost estimate would not take into account the mage upgrades. |
| Update 13 | 2019-01-23 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33425574/ee2eaffe85e2cb4cee111cd8ab942eae56fc6c6e.gif Game changes: Random battle encounters removed: -Monsters are now displayed by a dark entity and they will chase you down. The more you succeed in evading them, the faster they get over time. -Exp gain nerfed by 20% -Escape upgrade nerfed by 25% -Running out of battle nerfed by 10% Bug fixes: Hookshot: You can't hook into invalid tiles anymore. Spikey's Ship bugs: -Map reset was causing a boulder to appear in the wrong place causing a scenario where it would be impossible to clear the level. -Another grid was also bugged ca |
| Update 12.03 | 2019-01-11 | Game changes: -More than 30 battle animations are now included in the game. - You can now run by pressing and holding c or ' (quote) on the keyboard ('X' on Xbox controller). -Battle transitions are much faster. - SLP and FRZ status condition go away after winning a battle. You can not run while under these two conditions. -FRZ Heal now sold by all vendors. -You can thaw out of FRZ by using a fire spell. -Charon AI changes, now make it so that it doesn't spam Hade's Song if you're awake. - Hade's song nerf: causes SLP (2-9 turns) > (1-5 turns) - Frenzy nerf: Can attack 2-5 times > 2-3 times -You can name your rival when starting a new game. B |
| Update 12.0 | 2018-12-20 | Happy holidays knights! I wanted to give you guys a special update for this holiday season New maps: Crypt- The crypt is a very dark place located north of the forest and it contains much good loot. Even though the monsters are at a high level you can access the crypt for a chance to get good items and equipment at early points of the game. This area has 3 new monsters and a key item which you will need to proceed to further. Ice Lair, Tartarus The fourth big dungeon (and Boss). New puzzles and mechanics, and 4 new monsters in this region. After this update, I will start polishing the game a bit and fixing minor issues I have pending before a |
| Update 11.3 | 2018-11-29 | Hotfixes: -Transform + Frenzy bug: As a mage, if you had the transform skill (a skill that turns enemies into a slime monster if hit by a spell) and also The frenzy spell (a move that hits multiple times), It could activate transform on each hit causing many bugs. Combo spells now only activate the transform skill on the last hit. -Fireball collision + monster appearances bug: If you got hit by a fireball at the same time that you had a monster encounter, the game would soft lock. -Item usage bugs: BRN HEAL couldn't be used outside of battle. MED POTION had no effect in battle. Changes: https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/im |
| Update 11.2 | 2018-11-23 | Hotfixes: The first puzzle in the fire lair was disappearing boulders if certain conditions were met. This made it so you had to leave the dungeon in order to continue. Rhadamanthis didn't want to say goodbye: A bug causing our friend to stay in the lair even after defeat. This also caused an error with achievement activation. Mud throw spell description and move range are now fixed. Changes: First portal removed from Fire Lair. Fire Boulder damage nerf 10% of max health > 8% of max health. Grappling into a block gives you invincibility to fire boulders that you bumped into during the hook. Forest NPCs now react to your goblin form. Rival spl |
| Update 11.1 | 2018-11-21 | Bug fixes and changes: -Meteorites get placed in crafting bag instead of item bag. -The shop now displays a menu scroll indicator. -You can buy BRN HEAL. -Weapon stats text adjusted to be consistent on all menus. -Quit menu selection bug and text bug was removed. -Leaf effect in Sage Town school was removed. -There were two contradicting skills: 1. Fighter skill that raises ATT if critted 2. Sentry skill that makes it so you're never critted. The sentry skill was changed to nullify the crit damage. So essentially you get critted but you take normal damage (which was the intention in the first place), instead of blocking the chance of a critic |
| Update 11.0 | 2018-11-19 | Map Changes: There is a new route north of the forest that connects to a whole new region. Four new monsters have been added: Fire Dragon Hell Hound Ixion Knight Radhamanthis New spells: From the new monsters you can also get fire-based spell: Kindle - A status effect move that burns the foe. 75% chance. Incinerator - A very powerful SPA based spell. Can BRN. Fuel - A move that buffs the user's ATT to the max. Nerfs: Goblin Warrior base ATT 80 > 70 Goblin Warlord base ATT 150 > 130 Angry Stump spawn level 2 > 1 Frenzy base PWR 35 > 30 Buffs: Gamayun base HP 65 > 75 |
| Update 10.23 | 2018-11-15 | Hotfix: Pressing Shift (button used for changing Key Items) while not carrying any Key Items was causing the game to freeze. |
| Update 10.2.2 | 2018-11-07 | Hotfix: -Lamp puzzle in Mino's lair was not triggering due to the changes made to the pushing mechanics. |
| Update 10.2.1 | 2018-11-04 | Hotfixes: -Pranking pirate in Spiky's Ship was resetting every time you left the ship. This made it possible to get multiple keys from the same pirate. -Small ship room with 4 boulders was adjusted to prevent the player from getting trapped. -Sealeg's blood scent ability only displays when it activates. It was displaying every turn. |
| Update 10.2 | 2018-11-02 | New maps and map changes: -A new region is added and is connected to the Goblin Wetlands. This region contains new enemies and a boss. -New NPCs added to Sage Town. You can interact with the bookshelves and more. -Tiling errors fixed in many areas. -Hook blocks set in different places and act like shortcuts if you have the Sea Hook. New key Items: -Sea Hook: A hook that enables you to attach to objects. -King's Flute: After saving the soldiers from the cave the king now gives you his flute. Using the flute transports you back to town. Key Item Changes: -Goblin Pendant: Now transforms you into a goblin. NPCs will react to your new form. Gamepl |
| Update 10.17 | 2018-10-05 | Features: -Mac and Linux Build. -Crafting Gameplay changes: -You gain normal amounts of exp even if you are 7 levels above the foe's level (it was 5 before). -Items were reworked and you can craft 95% pct of all items using crafting materials that are dropped by monsters. Quality of Life: -HP bars on defeated enemies. -Exit game and quit to Title Screen options included in menus. Gameplay Fixes: -Players get trapped in dungeon areas to prevent wandering. - Key abilities are now key items and now display a proper icon. -NPC show players about keyboard controls. -You can discard items. Minor bugs: -Menu selection bug after entering the equip me |