Changelog/2020/November 17

Hello,

Over a year ago, we started working on the first SkyBlock Dungeon. Today, we are presenting you with the closing chapter of the Catacombs, Floor 7. We have also decided to raise the quality of the Floor 7 boss fight, but more details on that later though.

Necron is the master of the Catacombs and right hand of the Wither King. Beating them will be extremely hard, but great rewards are at stake!

Plans changed
Now that we're this far into Dungeons, we have a good idea of how long it takes to create a floor. When we originally finished the Dungeons backend systems, we thought adding more floors would be a walk in the park - turns out it's not. The deeper we go into catacombs, the more complicated it gets.

Another thing to mention is that we'd planned to take a dungeons break at floor 7 all along. What actually changes, is that instead of releasing more Catacombs when we go back to dungeons, we can start working on a different kind of dungeon. Rest assured that the final challenge of the next dungeon will be harder than Necron.

As such, we decided to change the Floor 7 fight to Necron's. While we still plan on releasing Master mode, players will have to wait at least a few months before we are ready to work on Dungeons again.

Gameplay changes:


 * Players won't need to beat the whole boss fight to claim rewards. Each phase of Necron's boss fight unlocks 1 extra chest, and beating Necron automatically unlocks the Obsidian chest even if the party didn't get an S.
 * Floor 7 rewards a lot of Catacombs EXP, but depending on which phase you lost to, the EXP gain can be significantly lowered.
 * The Spirit Bow now works with all classes, like it was intended to.
 * The first 6 floors are now a little bit easier than before.
 * Added a new talisman bag upgrade, from the redstone collection.
 * Buffed the Reaper Mask (health and defense)

That's it! We hope you will enjoy the boss fight, and we can't wait to show you our next projects!