Update:SpiritVale Playtest 0.2.4

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Update 0.2.4

Posted: August 29, 2025 — Type: SMALL UPDATE / PATCH NOTES

Doing a round of bug fixes and balancing, before moving on to advanced classes and other features.
After this I'll try to stop myself on further balance changes as its taking a lot of time, and might not matter anyway once advanced classes come out.
There are still a lot of issues remaining, including memory issues, storage and party bugs. These are harder to track down and will be fixed over time.

Fixed attribute exploit
Fixed being able to move during animation of attack, cast (physical skills), and pickup (may feel more 'clunky' but improves game feel and reduces ranged spam power)
Fixed multiple weapon element cards bugging out
Fixed bugs regarding range
Fixed monster spell circle area being wrong size
Fixed haste not curing slow
Fixed calculation bugs with -hp/mp
Fixed being able to have negative hp/mp
Card element now always overrides armor/set element (like Sanctified)
Fixed counter doing no damage if you have no Reflect stats
Fixed summoned bosses dying instantly if spawned on damage aoe
Fixed warrior dual wield skill sometimes not working or appearing in two spots
Reduced bloom/brightness in Forest Maps
Fixed Vitality Aura still being applied after taking off Codex
Fixed enemies not being able to hit you while chasing
Fixed boss drops being common rarity and disappearing quickly
You can now view Monster Info while dead
Added DamageFromRanged and DamageRanged to substat pool (also fixed red text coloring for Arrow Catch Wall)
Fixed gaining Twohand stance bonus from Books and Maces
Added visuals to Demonic Wail
Reduced server auto restart threshold (sometimes crashing before it could restart)

Removed hit/flee cap of 95%
Bosses now heal to full health if out of combat
Ground aoe can no longer trigger autocast
Monsters now avoid spawning near players
Attribute points reduced (100–130 = 2/lv, 130–150 = 1/lv, ~70 fewer overall)
Reduced monster hit growth by ~33%
Life/Mana on hit now provides flat value + scaling (reduced values: combat knife, brimblade, bat lord card 5 → 3)
Removed base crit chance of 5 for players
Removed stat scaling from monster skills (reduces normal monster spell damage ~50%, boss ~30%)
Reverted +33% atk / -33% matk change from last patch
Monster ATK per lv greatly increased (~2× at Lv150)
Increased monster cast times (1.5s → 2s)
Reduced monster cast chances (25% → 10%)
Minions of giant monsters no longer cast spells
Removed many single target spells from normal monsters (except Abyss)
Increased Reflect Damage scaling by ~50%
Changed leech/autocast chance reduction: now ICD of 0.1s (no scaling by targets, but full proc chance on each hit)
Abyss monsters gain new skills: Death Coil, Shadow Strike
Undead element attacks resisted by Holy/Shadow (125% → 75%)
Added 2nd slot to master weapons
Heal shield cast level reduced (2 → 1)

Damage card changes:
- Atk/Matk: 5%
- Melee/Ranged/Magic: 6%
- CritDamage: 7%
- Element Damage: 8%
- Damage To Element Enemies: 10%
- Damage with Skill: 12%
Other:
- Direwolf card → Perfect Cloak (can hide from Shadow monsters)
- Death Mage card → Lv.1 Cloak

Poison damage doubled (less STR reliant)
Cloak/Blade Dance cooldown 4s → 3s
Dagger Mastery: 10% aspd → 30% double attack
Smoke Screen: provides perfect dodge instead of blind (25% chance to evade targeted spells/attacks)
Early-game survival boosted via hit/flee changes and life on hit

New skill Mark Target: -20% crit def, -20% flee (debuff, party utility)
New skill Snipers Nest: +20% aspd, +20% ranged damage, Cannot Move (5s self buff)
New skill Auto Strafe: +25% chance to autocast Strafing Volley
Reduced Arrow Shower damage by 50%