The Mines of Etheria Update

New Hero - Engineer

• Advanced Rocketry - Increases the damage of Bunker Buster by x%.
• Diamond-Tipped Drill - Increases the damage of Drill Shot by x%.
• Electric Discharge - Steam Blast also deals x% damage as storm damage.
• EMP Shells - Orbital Cannon damage increased by x%, and its hits have a y% chance to Stun enemies for z seconds and slow them by 30% for X seconds.
• Focused Lens - Increases the damage of Orbital Cannon by x%.
• High Explosives - Increases Bunker Buster projectile damage by x%, and reduces damage falloff by y%.
• High Pressure - Increases the range of Steam Blast by x%.
• Incendiary Rocket - Bunker Buster ignites targets on hit, dealing x% of Ability Power as damage every second over 5 seconds.
• Laser Rounds - Your attacks have a 30% chance to spawn a laser that pierces enemies dealing x% of your Hero Damage as Electric damage.
• Rupturing Smash - Drill Smash damage increased by x%, and it Stuns enemies hit for y seconds.
• Satellite Strike - Shortly after an Orbital Cannon triggers, a massive laser slams into the ground dealing x% of Ability Power as magical storm damage.
• Scorching Steam - Increases the damage of Steam Blast by x%.
• Seismic Tremors - Increases the damage of Drill Smash by x%.

• Electric Paralysis - EMP Trap slows enemies hit to x% speed for y seconds.
• Enhanced Throw - Increases the Defense Range of the Magnetic Knight Tower by x%, and increases its Defense Damage by y%.
• Heavy Rounds - Increases the damage of the Rail Gun Tower by x%, but lowers the tower’s range by 40%.
• Kinetic Energy - Increases the damage of the Rail Gun Tower by x%, and has a y% chance on hit to stun the target for z seconds.
• Sentry Rocket - The Sentry Turret’s attacks generate 1 stack. At 5 stacks, it fires a Rocket dealing x% Defense Damage in an area.
• Spinning Up - The Sentry Turret deals more damage as it strikes enemies, up to a maximum up x% extra damage. Damage increase resets after not attacking for 5 seconds.
• Sharpened Spear - Magnetic Knight Tower has a x% chance on hit to cause the target to bleed, dealing y% of your Tower Damage stat as magical damage each second for zs.
• Voltage Spike - EMP Trap has a x% chance to deal y% more damage.

• Overclock - Gain up to +x Crit Chance and +y Crit Damage stat from your current heat percentage.
• Energy Overload - When a Rail Gun hits a target it overloads dealing x% damage to nearby enemies.

New Difficulty - Chaos X

• All For One - Increases Defense Health, Power, Range, and Attack Rate of the affected tower by x% if only one is built.
• Arcane Refulgence - The projectile resistance of the Arcane Barrier is further increased by x%.
• Bot Augmentation - Increases the damage of Anti Gravity Bots by x%.
• Broad Head Arrows - Poison Dart Tower now pierces through shields and an additional target, and its Defense Damage is increased by x%.
• Buster Booster - Increases Blunder Broom Buster damage by x%.
• Coup de Grace - Increases your Hero Crit Damage by x%, but reduce your Crit Chance by 6%.
• Diffusion - Buff Beam now increases the Defense Range of towers it affects by x%, but the Buff Beam's power is reduced by 25%.
• Double Eruption - Your Volcano has a x% chance to fire twice in succession.
• Double Wish - Using the Starfall ability has a x% chance to drop two stars. No effect while corrupt.
• EF Upgrade - Increases the damage of Tornado by x%.
• Empowered Furious Slash - After Furious Slash collides with 2 targets, it spawns an additional Furious Slash that travels in the same direction as the first, dealing x% of your Ability Power as damage to each target hit.
• Empowered Slam - Increases the damage of Seismic Slam by x%.
• Enduring Effigy - Increases the lifespan of the Dark Torment serpent by x, and increase its damage by x%.
• Heightened Rage - Increases Furious Slash damage by x%.
• Meditation - Increases the base cooldown of Heal Self to 30s. After using Heal Self, gain x mana per second over 5 seconds and gain a shield equal to y% of Ability Power for 10 seconds.
• Mighty Hawk - Increases Hawk Strike damage by x%.
• Radiant Rate - Increases the Attack Rate of nearby defenses by x%.
• Ramping Beam - Sand Viper Damage Ramp up per stack is increased by x%
• Range Pylon - Increases the Defense Range of nearby defenses to x%. Does not buff the Tower that equips this Shard.
• Spirit Blessing - Increases the Chi Spirit cripple effect by x%
• Stoking Fury - Landing physical attacks increases the damage of Fury by x% for 5s. Stacks 5 times.
• Steel Hurricane - Increases Whirlwind damage by x%.
• Volatile Gemstone - Increases the damage of Abyss Stone by x%.
• Weighted Stone - Increases the health of Maw of the Earth Drake by x%. The maw's beam attack now affects enemies' attack speed as well as their movement speed.

• Power Transfer - Increases the Defense Critical chance by x% and reduces Defense Health by 30%.
• World Tree McBufferson - The World Tree’s hero buff now lingers for an additional x seconds after leaving its radius, and it also increases Hero Damage and Ability Power by 10%.

• Anti Heal Servo - Reduce Healing of enemies by x%.
• Anti Heal Chip - Reduce Healing of enemies by x%.
• Pre-emptive Strike Chip - After not dealing or taking damage for 5 seconds your next attack deals x% more damage and is a guaranteed Crit.
• Fragile Power Chip - +x Ability Power. After taking damage, lose this effect for 10 seconds.
• Fragile Damage Chip - +x Hero Damage. After taking damage, lose this effect for 10 seconds.
• Armor Chip - +x Hero Armor.
• Healthy Crit Chip - +x% Crit Chance and +x% Crit Damage when at 90%+ Health.
• Air Superiority - While in the Air Primary Attacks deal x% more damage.
• Swap Tenacity Chip - +x% Tenacity for x seconds after swapping in.

• The minimum Onslaught floor will not change after completing a Chaos X expedition.
• A new Onslaught lane, “War Party”, has been added to Onslaught floors 650 and above.
• A new Onslaught lane, “Stabby LavaBugs”, has been added to Onslaught.

• Earth Guardian’s Arm
• Earth Guardian’s Mace
• Earth Guardian’s Tome
• Earth Guardian’s Spear
• Earth Guardian’s Rifle
• Earth Guardian’s Dagger
• Earth Guardian’s Canister
• Earth Guardian’s Staff
• Earth Guardian’s Bow

• Axearang - Once every 2 seconds, your attacks spawn a flying Pickaxe that pierces enemies and returns to you dealing x% of your Hero Damage as Physical damage to all enemies hit.
• Gold Rush - Gain x Hero Damage for each enemy killed; resets when damaged.
• Metamorphosis - After taking damage, take x% less damage from further attacks for 5 seconds. Stacks up to 5 times.
• Molten Cage - 10% chance on hit to trap the enemy in a cage of fire, stunning them for 3 seconds and dealing x fire damage over 5 seconds.
• Shift Rotation - +x% Hero Damage and Ability Power for 10 seconds after swapping in. Afterwards, reduces Hero Damage and Ability Power by 25% until swapped out.

• Earthen Dragon - Found in Hidden Caverns on Chaos VIII, IX, and X
• Unique Pet Ability: Dust Devil - Fires a magical Stone that stirs up a heavy Sand Storm, slowing enemies by 40% and dealing 600% Hero Earth Damage every second for 10 seconds. Cooldown of 30.00s.
• Golden Earthen Dragon - Rarely found in Hidden Caverns on Chaos VIII, IX, and X
• Shares the Dust Devil ability with the Earthen Dragon.
• Cyberdragon - Premium Pet
• Unique Pet Ability: Overcharged Laser - Fire a devastating magical blast dealing 2,500% magical Fire Hero Damage and knockback to one enemy. Cooldown of 30.00s.
• Shinobi Turtle - Premium Pet
• Unique Pet Ability: Bouncing Shell - Fires a Shell that bounces to 10 nearby enemies dealing 2000% Hero Earth Damage and explodes on the last target dealing the same damage to all nearby targets. Cooldown of 45.00s.

• Captain Boom Gunwitch skin
• Pirate EV2 skin
• D.I.V.E.R. 1000 Engineer skin

• Corrupted Ancient Wings - Complete C10 Mastery
• Golden Wings - Available from the Black Market Vendor for 1 Billion gold for a limited time only!

• Diver Bundle - Includes Engineer Hero and the D.I.V.E.R 1000 Engineer skin

• Reduced Focused Power Chip and Focused AP Chip from 60% -> 30%
• Improved targeting for Ballista, Harpy, Poison Dart, and Chi Spirit towers.
• Rescaled Celebration canister to reduce server lag. Overall DPS should be similar to before.
• Goblin Siege Rollers are now tagged as Goblins.

• Several back-end optimizations to improve loading times.
• Fixed an issue where cutscenes wouldn’t load properly.
• Fixed an issue where Accumulator Servo wasn’t working properly.
• Fixed an issue where the Elder Dragon couldn’t hit flying enemies.
• Fixed an issue where some minibosses were not properly tagged as minibosses.
• Fixed an issue where hero models would sometimes be incorrect when swapping.

• Premium Eggs now appear in the Black Market Vendor.