Magic Mirror Update

As usual, there's also a ton of other fixes, balance, and QoL in this update. We're so very thankful for everyone who helped us test the Magic Mirror.

Up Next

• The Nexus - The Underschool will expand!
• Endgame - ??????

Full build notes below!

Customization & New Visuals

• Customize the look of your Mages and Founder at the Magic Mirror.
• Change the color of Torches, Braziers, and Candelabras with a click instead of building separate types.
• New color options for Torches, Braziers, and Candelabras.
• New Window types that are 3-wide to help out all you symmetry-lovers.
• New Mage Visuals!

The Staff Lounge

• The Staff Lounge is a new Room Type where Staff can sit and Recreate with a Libation.
• Staff gain Conviction and Recreation from using the Staff Lounge.
• Libations are crafted at the Libation Fountain using Spices.
• Spices can be refined at the Midden Jelly, Lavalina Sty, Crone Bug, and Weaver Bird using Seeds.
• Spices can also be crafted at the Gruel Pot using reagents other than Seeds.

Paintings and Statues

• The Easel and Statue Carvery are now available earlier and their room types have fewer requirements.
• If Paintings and Statues are crafted in their room types, you can select a the Mage you want to paint or carve.
• The Luxury value of the art work now depends on the Skill of the creator.
• New artworks now give Luxury types instead of Basic Luxury and higher Luxury value.
• The type of Luxury depends on the Wand Skill and Apprentice Skill of the subject.

Alchemistry Lab and Decoction Apparatus

• Alchemy finally gets its very own room.
• The Alchemistry Lab requires a Decoction Apparatus.
• The Decoction Apparatus is used for advanced potions, including the Sal Oblivium reagent for Scouting and other top tier potions that have moved from the Alchemist's station.
• Look for new potions in future updates.

Divinatorium

• This new room that requires a Crystal Ball for Augury makes that job type much faster.

Screenshot Mode

• Look for the button on the bottom center time control (or shift-c) and take your perfect shots!

Conviction/Doubts Changes

• Doubts have been reworked in theme and in how they are applied.
• They are now called Weight of Malice in preparation for more lore coming in the Nexus and Endgame Updates.
• Base Conviction is now 25 instead of 60.
• Weight of Malice statuses start off at +40 Conviction at the beginning of the game. Their Conviction boost decreases with MAGE score in smaller, linear chunks, as opposed to the larger jumps that Doubts had.
• Understaffed Conviction penalties have been removed.

QoL Improvements

• Broom Rack access now separated into departures vs arrivals.
• Broom Racks can be built using Copy with Settings.
• Storage chests now allow access rules for deposits and withdrawals.
• Separate out shrinks for paintings and sculptures in the build palette so you can hover and see the specific luxury.

New Initiate/Apprentice Trials

• Obliterator: X kills in a single battle
• Defender: Fight X Battles Above Ground
• Ritual Participant: Attend N Rituals
• Nurturer: X Tends
• Warder: X Wards
• Pain Avoider: No In Pain for X days
• Insightful: Do double damage to an enemy via a Terrain effect or Weakness
• Attuned: Attune N Relics
• Hunter: Hunt X Captured Creatures (Apprentice Only)
• Sculptor: Make X Statues (Apprentice Only)
• Painter: Make X Paintings (Apprentice Only)

Re-balanced Student/Apprentice Trials

Reduced the number of repetitions for:

• Neatnik
• Charger
• Pyromania
• Commons Designer
• Commons Sleeper

Changed to time-based instead of repetition based:

• Creature Comforter
• Dancing Queen

No longer granted:

• Enemy Soloist
• Rested Fighter
• Full Fighter

Fixes & Improvements

• Add a scroll when required for right click orders.
• When assigning relics for display, if there is another of that type, display a warning.
• Shrinks for paintings / sculptures displays the subject and lux of the art inside when selected.
• Don't show 'not repairing' icon when damage hasn't reach auto-repair threshold.
• Recreation description now includes the target's display name if appropriate.
• For the Founder school Relics display, separate out the duplicate inactives that are equal or lower level to the same display effect.
• Fix for Upwell not being target-able in combat setup for some boss fights.
• Adjust ritual/combat setup camera for lower ratio resolutions to keep things on screen.
• Don't show decimals for trial progress on small combat icons.
• Fix painting/sculpture durability.
• Back compat: Set all old statues to full durability.
• Fix a rare issue with pathing for queued construction that could result in no path being found.
• Fix giving food to knocked out Mage when there's only one meal available.
• Lower relative Task Type Priority of Mana refilling so Mages will use more of their Mana when working low priority tasks.
• Students hired as staff will start with All Staff group priorities if using advanced mode, but staff are set to ignore group priorities.
• Changed 'Any' on Easel/Statue Carvery UI to be more clear: 'Any Mage' and 'Any Luxury Type'
• Replaced 'On Underschool Run' with 'Heading to Battle' to cover above ground battle prep
• Update Fog tendril visuals when a Gloom event starts or stops.
• Improved Painting visuals.
• Fix monsters not starting battle at proper hp in some cases.
• Don't teleport hallway runners when hallway/door is built or destroyed. Hallway runner must be disassembled if wall will replace hallway/door.
• Fixes for shrink visual effects being left on.
• Fix Harvest alert positions when plants are teleported due to construction changes.
• Remove player priority from objects that are only battle starters. Priority has no purpose for these objects.
• Show resist before weakness in statuses UI for combat.
• Corrosion no longer damages mages with the Stoneskin effect
• Prevent status-based damage when DamageImmune effect is present in battle related contexts.
• Fix battle start button sometimes not being clickable without a reload.
• Fix Bramblespawn issue where Bramblespawn spore is sometimes not able to take root in targeted room.