Emberward Update 0.3.4 Patch Notes – Nov. 13, 2024

Emberward update 0.3.4 is now rolling out on PC (Steam). According to the official Emberward patch notes, the latest update 0.3.4 added quality of life improvements and gameplay optimizations.

Since the last patch, players are facing a number of problems with the game. Today’s Emberward patch 0.3.4 will fix a few of these issues.

Check out more details below.

Emberward Patch 0.3.4 Notes – November 13, 2024

New Features

• New Character: Tana the Sorcerer
  • Although not skilled in building towers, her magic can amplify their power beyond limits!
  • (Unlock: Open over 50 treasure chests)
• New Towers:
  • Scrap Tank Tower: Crafted from salvaged tanks, it can dismantle 1×1 towers to enhance its abilities.
  • Bomb Tower: Throws a bomb that explodes after a short delay, dealing damage in a small area with a cross-shaped spread.
  • Fan Tower: Blows strong winds forward, slowing down monsters’ movement speed.
• New Relic:
  • Gold Furnace: Grants 1–10 coins each time you discard a card.
• New Buff Cards:
  • Magma Ammo: The tower’s attacks also applies burn.
  • Kill Shot: The tower’s attack instantly kills low HP enemies.
  • Armor Breaker: Increases damage taken by enemies hit by tower attacks.
  • Poison Bottle: Inflicts area poison damage.
  • Energy Infusion: Significantly boosts tower firing speed, but decreases with each shot.
  • Horror Mask: Slows down monsters around the tower.
• New Monster Abilities:
  • Hornet King: Emits powerful noise that reduces the attack speed of nearby towers by 30%.
    • Health reduced by 15%.
  • Scorpion King: Has a hardened shell that withstands heavy damage. When health is above 50%, damage taken is halved; when below 50%, movement speed increases by 30%.
    • Health reduced by 30%.
  • Skeleton Guardian: Charges upon entering and returns to normal speed when attacked.
    • Health reduced by 10%.

Game Adjustments

• Skills can now be used with Ctrl+1 to Ctrl+3
  (You can also use Shift if it’s more comfortable for you!)
• New Accessibility Option – Cursor Line: Shows a cross line to help locate the cursor.
• Added a button for toggling damage numbers directly in-game.
• Compendium:
  • Added monster and tutorial pages.
  • The towers and relics will now unlock in the compendium after reading their descriptions.
    (You no longer need to choose them to unlock)
  • The compendium can now be accessed both from the main screen and the in-game pause menu.
• Now you can see detailed information for the next wave enemies.
• Boss Health Increase by approximately 10%
  Players have become stronger through recent updates, so bosses need a small boost!
• Chrono Traveler: Preparation time between battles extended to 5 seconds
  Using the “Unlock” skill during preparation phase returns the block card directly to the hand (if there is space).
• Misty Graveyard:

TL;DR:
Increased difficulty gap between waves after wave 10 to shorten game length.
Adjusted HP-based percentage effects to prevent them from being too powerful in endless mode.

• New Leaderboard:
  • The new version will use a different leaderboard.
  • There’s a new button for the previous leaderboard on the difficulty selection screen.
• No changes in wave 1 ~ 10
• Monster scaling after wave 10 will now increase much faster.
• After wave 25, each additional wave will increase monster movement speed by 3%.
• Skeleton King’s gift:
  • Draw extra card: 2 -> 1, but can stack up to draw 10 cards. (was 6)
• Relics:
  • The relic “Chaos Transmuter” will no longer appear in Infinite Mode.
  • The relic “Vengeance Statue” will no longer appear in Infinite Mode.
  • The relic “Wealth Vault” now has a 100 gold interest cap.
• Towers:
  • Tower stat enhancements will now be calculated additively, rather than multiplicatively.
  • Starfall Tower: The red upgrade will no longer stack on the same monster.
  • Lava Tower: The blue upgrade now causes 1 second burn effect (basically the monster only burns when it’s is on the lava)
  • Burn Damage: Trigger chance 3% → 5%, with 100 damage cap.
  • Monsters now gain a 3 second stun immunity after 3 consecutive seconds of stun.

Download Emberward update 0.3.4 on PC.