cosmonarchy-bw-prerelease/patchnotes.md

# 1 August 2026
## Year 4, month 8, patch 1

## Patch goals
- Initial balancing adjustments post-Acropolis #4!
- Continue technical improvements and bugfixes
- Further improve audiovisuals
- [Subscribe on ko-fi](https://ko-fi.com/pr0nogoandveeq7) to get a sneak peek of the incoming changes!

# Core

## User Interface
- Added more desync logging (c. Veeq7)
- Added user-configurable window flash for when another player joins your lobby (c. Jesse)
- Reorganized replay options to `Misc` tab (c. Jesse)
- Added user-configurable Askosi player color preferences

## Bugfixes
- **Stability:**
	- Lardfix: Fixed rare crash from AI attack force handling (c. DF)
- **Gameplay:**
	- Group casting now correctly issues orders to selected units in cases where some selected units did not have enough energy for an ability (r. shopkeeper dog)
		- *Caveat: Still throws an error message and some abilities will issue move orders to units with insufficient energy*
	- **Scrapworld: Gold Rush** now correctly accounts for the resource cost of dual- and triple-birth units (r. shopkeeper dog)
	- Lardfix: Protected against rare AI breakage from niche town configurations (c. DF)
- **Audiovisuals:**
	- Fixed **Endbore** weapon name (r. Concealed Organic)
	- Fixed "dead pixels" in Askosi UI

## Audiovisuals
- Updated Askosi UI to be GREEN! (c. DF)
- Updated background graphics for Options and CrownLink Join menus (c. Jesse)
- New death SFX for:
	- Striga (c. Milia)

# Balance

## Neutral
- Neutral garrisons (e.g. the Tencendur on Magnetron):
	- Now eject units when taking fatal damage, heal to full life, and become stunned for 10 seconds
	- Can only be destroyed if they take fatal damage during the 10 second stun window

## Terran
- [Vulture](https://cosmonarchy.com/terran/vulture):
	- Vision range 8 » 7
- [Phalanx](https://cosmonarchy.com/terran/phalanx):
	- HP 240 » 275
- [Wraith](https://cosmonarchy.com/terran/wraith):
	- HP 110 » 120
- [Quarry](https://cosmonarchy.com/terran/quarry/):
	- Build time 45 » 35
- [Palladium](https://cosmonarchy.com/terran/palladium):
	- Resource costs 300/150 » 300/100
	- HP 900 » 800
	- Armor 4 » 3
- [Mantle](https://cosmonarchy.com/terran/mantle):
	- Resource costs 200/150 » 250/125
	- HP 1000 » 900
	- Armor 3 » 4
- [Starport](https://cosmonarchy.com/terran/starport):
	- Resource costs 150/225 » 200/150
- [Broadside](https://cosmonarchy.com/terran/broadside):
	- HP 300 » 335

## Protoss
- [Cantavis](https://cosmonarchy.com/protoss/cantavis):
	- Build time 33 » 30
	- **Hallucination:**
		- Projectile can no longer be intercepted by hostiles
- [Charlatan](https://cosmonarchy.com/protoss/charlatan):
	- **Fervent Blaster:**
		- Splash radius 12/24/32 » 16/24/32
- [Mind Tyrant](https://cosmonarchy.com/protoss/mind-tyrant):
	- **Malefactor:**
		- Tyrannize procs no longer drain energy
		- Mind Tyrant must still have energy to proc Tyrannize
	- **Maelstrom:**
		- Movement speed slow 50% » 66%
- [Idol](https://cosmonarchy.com/protoss/idol):
	- **Prismatic Blasters:**
		- Splash radius 12/18/24 » 16/24/32
- [Lattice](https://cosmonarchy.com/protoss/lattice):
	- HP 400 » 500
	- Shields 250 » 300
- [Stargate](https://cosmonarchy.com/protoss/stargate):
	- Resource costs 200/200 » 200/150

## Zerg
- **Bone of Reflection:**
	- Armor pen 0 » 1
- **Corpse Cocoon:**
	- Allied corpses now spawn **Rilirokors** for consumed ground units and **Rililisks** for consumed air units
- **Plague:**
	- Now reduces HP and shield healing by 50%
- [Malkothrokor](https://cosmonarchy.com/zerg/malkothrokor):
	- Structure gestation now occurs 50% faster
- [Nathrokor](https://cosmonarchy.com/zerg/nathrokor):
	- **Adrenal Frenzy** (movement speed on attack) removed
- [Sovroleth](https://cosmonarchy.com/zerg/sovroleth):
	- Now considered a Sire
- [Zarcavrokor](https://cosmonarchy.com/zerg/zarcavrokor):
	- Vision range 9 » 7
	- **Bisecting Blades:**
		- Weapon cooldown 0.42 » 0.67
- [Sovrokor](https://cosmonarchy.com/zerg/sovrokor):
	- Now considered a Sire
- **NEW:** [Rozirokor](https://cosmonarchy.com/zerg/rozirokor):
	- **Imicren Tendril:** Izirokor replacement. Has Saber Siphon.
- **NEW:** [Zytryleth](https://cosmonarchy.com/zerg/zytryleth):
	- **Zorthos Tendril:** Structure mutated from Scrylyleth. Has Omnispores, acts as a town center, and gestates Larvae.

## Askosi
- **Impact Dissipation:**
	- No longer heals
	- Now blocks the next weapon attack
- [Missionary](https://cosmonarchy.com/askosi/missionary):
	- HP 75 » 80
- [Cardinal](https://cosmonarchy.com/askosi/cardinal):
	- **Sustaining Sermon:**
		- Now heals the proccing Cardinal
	- **Rapid Rendevous** removed
	- **NEW: Ashbind:**
		- Leaps to an enemy target, applying Ash Heap to enemies within 3 range
- [Mimic](https://cosmonarchy.com/askosi/mimic):
	- **Scrapworld: Vital Remains** removed
	- **Mimicry:**
		- Mimicked attacks now apply Scrapworld: Gold Rush
- [Insurant](https://cosmonarchy.com/askosi/insurant):
	- **Elxe Twinshot:**
		- No longer attacks air units
- [Rove](https://cosmonarchy.com/askosi/rove):
	- HP 90 » 100
	- **Elre Scaleshot:**
		- No longer attacks air units
- [Endbore](https://cosmonarchy.com/askosi/endbore):
	- **Irko Octorshard:**
		- Weapon damage 8x10 » 8x8
		- No longer attacks air units
- [Radix](https://cosmonarchy.com/askosi/radix):
	- Build time 65 » 60
- [Function](https://cosmonarchy.com/askosi/function):
	- Resource costs 150/25 » 125/25
	- Build time 75 » 70
- [Cosmoscope](https://cosmonarchy.com/askosi/comoscope):
	- Build time 90 » 75