Update:SpiritVale Playtest 0.4.0

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SpiritVale Playtest 0.4.0 September 24, 2025

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Update 0.4.0 — Shinobi

Posted: September 24, 2025 — Type: SMALL UPDATE / PATCH NOTES

Advanced Class

• Advanced Class: Shinobi
• Took extensive testing with help from moderators — still experimental
• Unique playstyle, may still be broken

New Content

• 2 new armor sets
• 4 new kunais
• A few new cards

Bug Fixes / Improvements

• Removed Knockback/Pull from autocasts
• Fixed issues when pressing ESC during storage/trade
• Fixed item popup not disappearing
• Extra cards in equips no longer apply (e.g. 4/3 cards — 4th card disabled)
• Fixed after-cast delay bug with Free Cast
• Fixed dodge direction when using WASD
• Separated Interact and Pickup hotkeys
• Pressing Inventory/Skill hotkey again now closes the screen (if search bar is inactive)
• Fixed summons not obeying No KS
• Set all base job levels (e.g., Mage) to max 70
• You can gain 70 skill points in base class, but once you change to advanced you are capped at 50
• Reduced size of hit effects (ice, fire, lightning)
• Reduced flee penalty (20% → 10% per target)
• Fixed poison interrupting casting
• Fixed skills not decloaking

Substat Changes

• Compressed RNG on Weapons and Legs
• Increased RNG on other slots
• Some substats removed (auto-replaced)
• Existing gear gains new substats

Balance Changes

Monsters

• Can now cast skills much more often (removed 5s delay between casts)
• Cast time reduced (2s → 1.5s)

Warrior

• Removed Twohand Parry (moved to Knight)

Knight

• Improved survivability and damage
• All skills gain 1% Dex and Str scaling
• Added Increased HP Recovery
• Added Twohand Parry
• Endure: 30s → 5 mins, +25 Def/Mdef
• Shield Mastery: 10 Def/Mdef → 10% Def/Mdef
• Taunt: No longer increases damage from taunted monsters
• Air Cutter: Now ignores block

Summoner (Revamp)

• Goal: improve gear variety, early progression, and balance
• 4 new passives replace the old 3, each altering summons differently
• Summons inherit 50% of gear stats by default (not base stats)
• Summon HP and damage rebalanced
• Summons no longer inherit range stats (always melee range)
• Wells max level = 10
• Increased Banishment, Suppression Field, and Dissonance Well damage
• Fury Bond: 25% cast/aspd → 10% atk/matk
• Guardian Bond: 25% block/def → 25% hp/healing received
• Summon skill changes:
  • Cat: Spell Echo → Lightning Release
  • Wolf: Blade Dance → Shadow Release
  • Cactus: Reflect Shield → 30% block buff

Items

• Soulbinder / Tribal Mask: now grant summon-specific buffs (instead of stat share)
• Weaver Set: +5 → +2 all stats
• Evergreen Card: 15% → 10% per refine
• Skystrider Legs: +10 flat Def → +10% Neutral Resist
• Ashwalker Set: +20% atk spd total (instead of 5%)
• Relic Trident: cooldown -1 → -2
• Iron Reaver: 3 slots → 2 slots

Roadmap

• Next: major content update, large backlog of maps to be implemented by the map team.