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v1.04 LATEST BALANCE & LOCALIZATION

FLOOR 10 SAFETY NET, NEW META UPGRADES & FULL MERCHANT LOCALIZATION

A friendlier first boss, two new permanent potion upgrades, smarter class passives, and a massive localization pass — Grimwald finally speaks your language.

FLOOR 10 BOSS BALANCE & SAFETY NET

  • The Gatekeeper has been retuned: lower HP, attack, and defense in both phases, plus fewer minions in phase two. New players should see a much smoother first encounter.
  • Added Divine Mercy — a once-per-run revive at 50% HP if you fall to any boss. The Shrine watches over you on your first attempt.
  • Entering a boss floor (10, 20, 30…) now fully restores your HP. Save your potions for what comes next.

NEW META UPGRADES

  • Two new permanent upgrades in the Shrine: HP Potion Mastery and MP Potion Mastery. Each level boosts the healing and mana you get from potions for every character class.

CLASS PASSIVES — BERSERKER & NECROMANCER

  • Death Wish (Berserker) and Soul Harvest (Necromancer) passives now appear in the active-buff bar with proper class artwork.
  • The stats bar now shows the green up-arrow when these passives push your attack higher, just like any other buff.
  • Battle Cry now displays its real skill icon instead of a generic fallback.
  • Fixed a bug where buff icons would revert to a generic icon after the first turn.

QUALITY OF LIFE

  • Snappier enemy targeting — switching targets is now near-instant instead of fading slowly.
  • Quest progress bars no longer overflow past their container when you exceed the goal.
  • Pixel typography is now used consistently for floor markers (F1, F2…) and skill cooldown counters.
  • Shield visuals on the HP bar have been corrected.

MASSIVE LOCALIZATION PASS

  • The merchant Grimwald (and his shady cousin, the Shadow Peddler) is now fully translated:
    • Greetings, quotes, quest names and descriptions
    • Mood-driven reactions to your purchases and rerolls
    • Level-up celebrations and artifact reveals
    • Across Russian, Simplified Chinese, French, and Spanish
  • Battle-view merchant chat bubbles (about 95 short reaction lines) are now translated in all supported languages, with a Chinese-friendly pixel font.
  • Achievement detail screen: “Points”, “Unlocked”, “Locked”, and the unlock date now translate properly.
  • Item merge screen: the “Upgrade to…” label is no longer stuck in English.
  • Russian: the merge verb has been polished from “Слить” to the more natural “Объединить”.
  • A pile of smaller English-only strings throughout the UI now respect the player’s language setting, including quest descriptions that previously didn’t update when you switched language mid-game.

TRIAL PAYWALL FLOW

  • For players still in the free trial, the run-pause-and-resume flow has been rewritten so your progress is never lost when the paywall appears at the end of floor 10.

THANK YOU FOR PLAYING LOOTSHRINE. USE THE IN-GAME “NEED HELP OR FOUND A BUG?” LINK — REPORTS GO STRAIGHT TO US.

v1.03 MAJOR UPDATE

CONTENT + BALANCE + QUALITY OVERHAUL

A major content + balance + quality update. Every system got attention.

NEW ELITE MODIFIERS (8 TOTAL)

  • Teleporter — swaps rows with a front-row ally via VFX chain
  • Linked — cannot be damaged while the linked ally lives (same-row targeting enforced)
  • Phased — randomly becomes invulnerable; telegraph hidden via stealth buff
  • Adaptive — gains resistance to repeated damage types
  • Parasitic — drains HP from nearby allies
  • Splitting — spawns a weaker copy on death
  • Reflective — returns a portion of damage
  • Explosive — detonates on death, hitting all enemies in row

BALANCE OVERHAUL

  • Full enemy scaling rebalance across floors 1–100
  • Floor 10 Gatekeeper boss tuned for smoother Tier A difficulty
  • Player defense cap and level multiplier adjusted
  • Level-up reward scaling improved

SHRINE OVERHAUL

  • Prayer system completely reworked:
    • No more "Nothing" outcomes — every prayer rewards you
    • Blessings scale with current floor
    • Divine Favor now grants a Sanctuary blessing
    • Miracle (5% chance) correctly rolls a Legendary item
  • New Empower tab — level up Set and Divine items with gold or sacrifice
  • Devotion perks renamed and reorganized (save-compatible)
  • Floor-scaled sacrifice rewards
  • Shrine header shows gold and stat icons for clarity

UI / UX POLISH

  • Sacrifice and Empower tabs redesigned with stat comparisons and pixel borders
  • Boss phase indicators converted to pixel font
  • Combat VFX — linked chain overlays, teleport animations, phased stealth telegraphs
  • Improved tooltips across shop, shrine, inventory
  • Item cells now show side-by-side icon + stats in a 4-column grid

LOCALIZATION

  • Full Russian localization covering all UI, achievements, items, skills, and lore
  • Fixed language-switching bug — in-game language changes apply instantly
  • Complete English string catalog rebuild for App Store language listing

PROGRESSION

  • Enhanced analytics (anonymous, privacy-preserving) to guide future balance patches
  • Achievement unlock tracking refined

FIXES

  • Resolved critical save-corruption affecting long runs with certain item combinations
  • Linked elite hardlock fixed (same-row targeting, button gating)
  • Miracle legendary drop now uses correct forceRarity
  • Phased mechanic rewritten from broken per-turn counter to reliable cooldown
  • Combat button correctly disables for unreachable link-protected targets
  • Numerous concurrency and animation polish fixes

THANKS FOR PLAYING LOOTSHRINE. KEEP CLIMBING.

v1.02 BALANCE & POLISH

BOSS REBALANCE & NEW PLAYER IMPROVEMENTS

  • Floor 10 boss rebalanced (easier Phase 2)
  • Extra Attack now shows visible damage numbers
  • Contextual tooltips for new players
  • Event encounters redesigned
  • Minor bug fixes and UI/UX improvements
  • Localization fixes
v1.01 GAME CENTER

LEADERBOARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS LIVE

  • Added support for Game Center leaderboards and achievements
  • Minor bugs and UI/UX fixes
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