Hero Siege

Panic Art Studios · RPG

Hero Siege patch notes · Aug 28, 2026

Experiment

Patch Notes

What's new in Patch Notes: 72 changes to Hero Siege, released Aug 28, 2026.

Balance · 27

  • Buffed Amplified Magic Find from 10% to 30% total magic find when opening the Chaos Tower chest.

    total magic find
  • Buffed Relic Infused Chaos from 5% to 15% chance for pillars to contain a relic.

    chance for pillars to have a relic
  • Buffed Unstable Alchemy from 100% to 200% gold conversion from dungeon chests.

    gold conversion from dungeon chest
  • Buffed Goblin Patrol from 1% to 5% chance to be ambushed by Ore Goblins when mining a node.

    chance to be ambushed by ore goblin
  • Buffed Back to Basics from 35% to 42.5% total magic find.

    total mf
  • Slightly buffed common key and crystal key drops.

    common key and crystal key drop
  • Buffed Fortune of Shadows from 50% to 75% total magic find inside the shadow realm.

    total magic find
  • Added +1 base pack size to hell and inferno difficulty levels in all zones.

    base pack size
  • Buffed Chaotic Aftershock from 10% to 18% chance to activate a pillar twice.

    chance to activate a pillar twice
  • Buffed the small Legion of War node from 1% to 4% chance to spawn monsters as higher rarity.

    chance to spawn monsters as higher rarity
  • Buffed Cursed Lifespan from 10% to 20%.

    duration
  • Doubled the amount of gold monsters drop in Odyssey (SSF) and Blood Pact.

    gold drop amount
  • Buffed Shadow Carriers from 0.25% to 0.4% chance for monster kills to spawn a shadow goblin.

    chance for monster kills to spawn a shadow goblin
  • Buffed Abyssal Chest spawn chance on nightmare to 22%, hell to 28%, and inferno to 34%.

    spawn chance
  • Buffed Essence Vaults from 4% to 8% increased chance for monsters to drop vaults inside rifts.

    increased chance for monsters to drop vault
  • Buffed Cystbuster from 3 experience globes to 5.

    exp globe
  • Buffed Reaper's Toll from 20% to 35% chance to drop codex pages instead of dimensional shards.

    chance to drop codex page
  • Players now gain 6 base ether points at level 100.

    ether point
  • Buffed the chance for Chaos Pillars to have the Bloating affix from 18% + (4% x pillar rarity) to 20% + (5% x pillar rarity).

    chance for chaos pillars to have bloating affix
  • Buffed small Experience Gain nodes from 0.25% to 0.5% experience gain per node.; Buffed nightmare experience gain from 2% to 10%.; Buffed hell experience gain from 6% to 15%.; Buffed inferno experience gain from 15% to 20%.

    experience gain
  • Buffed small Codex nodes from 1% to 2% increased chance to drop codexes in satanic zones.

    increased chance to drop codex
  • Buffed the heroic and angelic sliders for Blood Pact from a max value of 50% to 65%.; Buffed the movement speed slider for Blood Pact from a max value of 50% to 75%.; Buffed the experience slider for Blood Pact from a max value of 200% to 250%.

    slider max value
  • Buffed Chaos Multitude from 3 to 5 extra pillars.

    extra pillar
  • Buffed Glimmering Darkness from 5% to 8% chance for pillars to contain unique items.

    chance for pillars to have unique item
  • Buffed Cursed Swarm (1% chance for extra pack) to now have a 25% chance for an extra pack per wave and fixed its tooltip.

    chance for extra pack
  • Buffed Spoils of War drop rates from 15% to 25%.

    drop rate
  • Buffed small Magic Find nodes from 1% to 2% total magic find.

    total magic find

Content · 2

  • Added a missing Xo rune slot in the stash tab.

    stash tab
  • Anchor Swing now benefits from duration nodes.

    duration node

Controls · 1

  • Made adjustments to the jumping logic, allowing players to jump over tall objects if there is space on the other side.

    jumping logic

System · 4

  • Optimized combat text layering to improve FPS problems.

    fps problem
  • The Fire Totem's 'Multiplying Fire' can now only proc from the main totem projectile, hopefully improving FPS for the skill.

    proc condition
  • The Valkyrie gate now opens automatically in nightmare difficulty and higher.

    automatic opening
  • Optimized how different multipliers are fetched to increase performance.; Optimized projectile collision code to improve performance.

    performance

UI · 3

  • Added an indicator to the helheim river boat to show players they need to hop in.

    indicator
  • Added a confirmation prompt to Blood Pact creation.

    creation prompt
  • Added separator characters back to the market sell input field.

    separator characters in market sell input field

Fix · 35

  • Fixed the Asgard portal not spawning from mining nodes.

    spawning from mining node
  • Found and fixed the cause for Gabriel, Amun-ra, and other bosses not properly triggering their death settings.

    death settings triggering
  • Fixed daily quest rewards not working correctly.

    daily quest reward
  • Fixed amazon storm dash mechanics which were broken due to a jump change.

    mechanic
  • Fixed an issue where companions were not picking up diamonds.

    picking up diamond
  • Fixed the abyssal chest not opening because invisible items from the loot filter blocked keypresses.

    opening
  • Fixed PS5 lobby lists, mail lists, and certain UI lock-ups.

    ui functionality
  • Updated French localizations.

    french localization
  • Fixed a crash related to max damage reduction and max magic damage reduction nodes.; Fixed a crash that occurred when quickly moving Tarot cards.; Fixed a crash related to Gravity Field.; Fixed a crash related to Shrapnell Shells.; Fixed a crash related to trickshot.

    crash
  • Fixed the Surgical Blood Letting orbital node.

    functionality
  • Fixed an issue where jumps were ignoring hard walls.

    jump ignoring hard wall
  • Fixed some ether nodes, specifically those with less than 1% value, that were not working.

    functionality
  • Fixed The Downfall of Felps to support skills that previously did not work with it, such as Orb of Frost.

    skill support
  • Fixed Chinese translations.

    chinese translation
  • Fixed broken incarnation connections in various positions.

    broken incarnation connection
  • Fixed prophet leaping charge mechanics which were broken due to a jump change.

    mechanic
  • Fixed an error in spawning monsters that could rarely cause them to spawn inside walls.

    spawning monster
  • Fixed the Abyssal Chest hitbox.

    hitbox
  • Fixed an issue where players could get stuck in terrain.

    getting stuck in terrain
  • Fixed the Light in Darkness node being calculated incorrectly.

    calculation
  • Fixed Orbital Fire, specifically the fire ball node, not working.

    functionality
  • Fixed the discovery range for cursed spirits and dungeons not working properly.

    discovery range
  • Fixed the Steam Deck not recognizing controllers.

    controller support
  • Nuked a bug related to Basilisk's tooth.

    bug
  • Fixed bosses not dropping loot if killed too quickly.

    loot drop
  • Improved jump collision checking to prevent players from getting stuck.

    collision checking
  • Fixed quests not counting kills, and also fixed drops for these quests.

    quest kill counting
  • Fixed the Hero Level 50 achievement incorrectly awarding the Relic Collector achievement.

    achievement awarding
  • Fixed a broken node link in the green side of the incarnation tree that led to Carving Shot.

    node link in incarnation tree
  • Fixed the Tarot tab not working correctly in some inventory user interfaces.

    inventory ui functionality
  • Fixed Ghost Crew and Scarlet Sacrifice not proccing.

    proccing
  • Fixed Hair Tornado damage not working on Headbanger.

    damage
  • Fixed the Socketable stash missing a Jol rune slot.

    jol rune slot
  • Fixed an error in the gem drop code.

    error in gem drop code
  • Fixed Chain Reaction and Multiplosion on exploding bullets.

    functionality