Patch May 21, 2025

The May 21, 2025 patch changes 8 items and 16 general changes. Most changes: Decay (5), Headhunter (4), Siphon Bullets (3), Express Shot (2).

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Items

Weapon 5

Headshot Booster

800 souls
  • Health reduced from 65 to 40

Express Shot

3,200 souls
  • Weapon Damage increased from 125% to 150%
  • Now does reduced damage for non-primary gun damage (alt fires, carbine), 150% to 75%

Headhunter

3,200 souls
  • Heal reduced from 6% to 4%
  • Heal now scales with spirit power (0.014)
  • Bonus damage reduced from 120 to 100
  • Bonus damage now scales with spirit power (0.3)

Spirit Rend

3,200 souls
  • Fixed being able to get 2 stacks without using the cooldown

Frenzy

6,400 souls
  • Active Spirit Resistance reduced from 40% to 30%

Vitality 1

Siphon Bullets

6,400 souls
  • Steal per hit reduced from 65 to 55
  • Spirit Resistance reduced from 12% to 10%
  • Fixed the cooldown not being consumed when blocked by Plated Armor

Spirit 2

Decay

3,200 souls
  • Cast range spirit scaling reduced from 0.13 to 0.1
  • Damage reduced from 2.5% to 2.4%
  • Damage spirit scaling reduced from 0.00465 to 0.0038
  • Cooldown increased from 30s to 36s
  • Healing Reduction increased from -35% to -40%

Superior Cooldown

3,200 souls
  • Cooldown Reduction reduced from 27% to 26%

General changes

General

  • Troopers will now only flinch from player damage if it is a headshot while the trooper is busy running.
  • Trooper resistance near base reduced from 50% to 40%
  • Fixed Breakable souls being counted as secured souls rather than unsecured souls (this fix was released yesterday)
  • Added Breakable souls to the post game Souls by Source graph (was previously bundled in with Urn)
  • Melee damage growth per boon reduced by 5%
  • Cultists Sacrifice: Bonus health reduced from 275 to 250
  • Cultists Sacrifice: Bonus duration reduced from 170s to 160s

Map

  • Base:
  • Added statues in front of Mid Lane entrances for cover.
  • Moved Shrines away from the back walls a bit.
  • Extended shrine low ground closer to the throne.
  • Redesigned cover in front of the throne.
  • Removed a tree in front of the Mid Lane entrance.
  • Tweaked trooper nodes to go around new statues.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Removed a misplaced Curiosity Shop sign.

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