We’ve been working on this update for a while, and it’s a big one: we’ve got a brand-new game mode; an entirely new way to get Mythical Champions; a way to craft Mythical Artifacts, and some smaller fixes and updates! Let’s dive into the star of this update: Cursed City!

Cursed City

The Cursed City is a monthly challenge where you traverse a city filled with dangerous enemies that must be fought under special, rotating conditions. There are 100 increasingly difficult Stages across 4 Districts, culminating in the Eclipse Tower where Amius the Lunar Archon awaits. 

You can choose which path you take through the Cursed City. After each reset, the Cursed City changes and a new rotation opens, with new conditions for each Stage.

Each rotation of the Cursed City is available for a 30-day period. You'll have 30 days to clear all 100 Stages and defeat Amius the Lunar Archon. After the 30-day period has ended, the Cursed City resets and you can start the journey again for another pile of rewards.

The Cursed City has two difficulties: Normal and Hard. Both are available at the same time, and you can choose which difficulty you want to start the journey on. You can even switch things up and jump back and forth between the two.

To take on Stages in the Cursed City, you’ll need Cursed City Keys. These work similar to Doom Tower Keys, in that you’ll only use a Cursed City Key if you complete the Stage you’re attempting. Losing a Stage will not lose you a Cursed City Key. Cursed City Keys will refresh every day at 00:00 UTC.

Each cycle, you can also complete special Quests and get additional rewards from them, including a Mythical Demonspawn Champion - Karnage the Anarch!

The Cursed City is divided into four Districts: Cobblemarket, Deadrise, Plagueholme and Soulcross. Each district has 25 Stages, with 6 of them being Boss or Double Boss Stages.

The Boss of the Cursed City is Amius the Lunar Archon, who lives at the top of the Eclipse Tower in the center of the Cursed City.

In order to fight Amius, you must collect 3 Eclipse Keys, which can be obtained by defeating Double Bosses in Cobblemarket, Deadrise, and Plagueholme. Double Boss Stages require you to fight two Bosses at the same time.

Awakened Stages are special challenges that require you to use Awakened Champions.

That’s just an overview of the City, for more details go to the new game mode and read the guide.

New Debuffs

Karnage the Anarch has a brand-new debuff in his arsenal: [Seal]. The [Seal] debuff blocks effects from Gear Sets and Masteries, except Stat boosts granted by Artifacts and Accessories, as well as Masteries that only boost Stats like Blade Disciple, Flawless Execution, and so on.

[Master Seal] is an enhanced version of this debuff, which additionally blocks the effects from Blessings (except for Stat boosts).

The [Seal] and [Master Seal] debuffs don't block effects that were activated before these debuffs were placed.

New Artifact Sets

Defeating Boss Stages in the Cursed City will earn you a selection of rewards, including Artifacts and Accessories from the Supersonic and Merciless Sets. These are Variable Gear Sets, which means you get extra bonuses depending on how many pieces a Champion is wearing. They are also available in Mythical Rarity, which is stronger than Legendary.

Mythical Charms

We are adding special Mythical Charms that give you a chance to craft Mythical Artifacts in the Forge. It's not possible to craft Mythical Artifacts without these Mythical Charms. The Mythical Charms can be used when crafting any Set available in the Forge, but can only be used to craft Rank 5-6 Artifacts.

You can combine Mythical and Rarity Charms together for a higher chance of crafting Mythical Artifacts.

Mythical Chaos Ores

We’re also adding 5* and 6* Mythical Chaos Ore. Same as Epic and Legendary Chaos Ore, these will randomly change the stats of Rank 5 and 6 Artifacts or Accessories of Mythical Rarity or lower.

Remnant Summon

We’ve added a new resource to the game - Cursed Remnants, which you can get only in the Cursed City on Hard Difficulty. You can use them at the Remnant Summon tab in the Portal to summon Epic and Mythical Champions, including Void Affinity Epic Champions. For more information, go to the tab and tap on the info button.

Champion Lore

This update adds another batch of new Champion lore to the game! Check out the stories for the likes of Ultimate Galek, Madame Serris, and Zargala, with more coming in future updates. If your favorite isn’t here, stay tuned, they may arrive in the future!

The whole list of Champion stories added:

• Vogoth,
• Mordecai,
• Demytha,
• Uugo,
• Rector Drath,
• Venomage,
• Skraank,
• Skeuramis,
• Dark Kael,
• Dark Elhain,
• Ultimate Galek,
• Royal Guard,
• Fahrakin the Fat,
• Toragi the Frog,
• Husk,
• Dhukk the Pierced,
• Genbo the Dishonored,
• Skullcrusher,
• Fenax,
• Tallia,
• Stag Knight,
• Doompriest,
• Madame Serris,
• Deacon Armstrong,
• Nazana,
• Akemtum,
• Dark Athel,
• Seeker,
• Geomancer,
• Zargala,
• High Khatun,
• Archmage Hellmut,
• Seer,
• Shaman,
• Maneater.

Other improvements and battle fixes

• Points earned in Events, as well as Coins earned in Hero Path’s Events, will now be counted as Points in Clan Quests.
• Long pressing on a Champion’s portrait in the pool of available Champions during a Progressive Chance Event will open that Champion’s page in the Index. 
• Fixed a visual bug that caused the Fusion tab in the Portal to incorrectly show Champions that were eligible for a Fusion.
• Fixed an audio bug that caused rain sounds to be absent in a second Live Arena battle, if a player initiated two battles in a row.
• Fixed a bug that caused the [Increase C. DMG] animation to be displayed when Fleshmonger placed an [Increase C. RATE] buff.
• Fixed a visual bug that caused HP Burn and Perfect Veil VFX to display incorrectly on Lady Mikage’s and Night Queen Krixia’s Alternate Forms, depending on whether they were placed before or after the Metamorph transformation.
• Fixed a bug that caused incorrect windows to open across different game modes when tapping on a Clan member’s icon.
• Fixed a bug that caused tapping on a notification after completing a Quest to not send players to the corresponding window in-game.
• Fixed a bug that caused Points earned in Hero’s Path, Deck of Fate, and Titan Events to count towards the “Earn 25,000 Points in Events” Mission.
• Fixed a bug that caused a Clan Quest completed during the weekly reset period to be unavailable for a Clan member to claim after the weekly reset.
• Fixed a visual bug that caused the Crystal Offers text to display incorrectly in the Summon Pool tab in the Portal.
• Fixed a bug that caused a Clan Moderator to see the chat messages from a previous Clan after changing Clan.