# 7 January 2026 ## Year 4, month 1, patch 1 ## Patch goals - Continue balancing for all races - Continue Askosi development - Further improve audiovisuals - [Subscribe on ko-fi](https://ko-fi.com/pr0nogoandveeq7) to get a sneak peek of the incoming changes! # Core changes ## User Interface (c. Jesse) - You can now select **Askosi**! - *Starcraft modding history is made. -Pr0nogo* - **Singleplayer Menu:** - Added tutorial buttons in main singleplayer screen - **Multiplayer Menu:** - Now auto-selects CrownLink, with the option to select other network providers - Added better communication about CrownLink connection status ## Options menu - Added additional latency compensation options to the latency menu (c. Jesse) - *We will eventually retire DBC thanks to these new options!* ## Desyncs - Improved floating point determinism (c. Veeq7) - Disabled celebrations (e.g. Christmas) from appearing in Ranked play, reducing desync count from mismatched active skins - Enabled desync errors to be reported more than once per session (no longer have to restart client between desync errors) - ReplayKraken now auto-uploads desync materials and indicates when a game has had a desync, improving our ability to track and triage desync issues ## Triggers - Added `set_nydus_link` for creating Nydus-style links between two units (b. 3crow) - Added `buttonset` to `set_unit_stat` (b. 3crow) ## Bugfixes - **Stability** - Protected against a rare crash related to issuing orders via minimap (r. Newt, c. DF) - **Gameplay:** - Prevented **Anodyne Annex** from applying to allied units (r. Moonpaw) - **Audiovisual** - Fixed missing construction SFX for **Ogun** - Corrected **Olympian Titan's Fist** weapon range (r. GreenEggs'NSpam) - Corrected **Herald** wireframe (r. TheBeaver99) - Corrected tooltip for **Corpse Cocoon** (r. Concealed Organic) - Lardfix: Terran vespene status icon had missing borders (c. Raenarill) ## Audiovisuals - New advisor: **Bloodsummon** (b. Hamster) - New sprites for: - **Cleric** (c. DeltaCadmius & Solstice), incl. **Futurist Federation** variant - **Simulacrum** (c. DeltaCadimus), incl. **Astral Omen** variant - Modified sprites for: - **Mason**, **Maverick**, **Harakan**, **Cyprian** (c. Solstice) - New portrait for: - **Simulacrum** (c. DeltaCadimus) - New unit responses for: - **Sevenstep** (c. The Shambler) - **Sycophant** - **Liiralisk** - **Amaranth** banter can now only play if the Amaranth is above 80% life - Added visuals for: - **Adrenal Frenzy** - Added weaponhit SFX for: - **Blackguard** - New icons for: (c. Raenarill) - Weapons: Adherent, Cabalist, Golem, Vibrance, Cikralisk, Protathalor, Ghitorokor, Kagralisk, Evigrilisk, Okrimnilisk, Konvilisk, Akistrokor - Passives: Dishonorable Discharge, Deathless Procession, Eternal Service, Lithe Organelle, Crushing Tide, Lashing Limbs, Endless Limbs, Miasma # Balance changes ### *Notes in italics are from Pr0nogo* ## Terran - [Cyprian](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/cyprian): - Resource cost 50/50 » 75/50 - *Acknowledgement of early-game power-to-cost ratio.* - [Cleric](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/cleric): - **Nanorepair:** - Each target can now only be healed by one Cleric - Now increases target armor by 2, from 1 - [Shaman](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/shaman): - Resource costs 100/100 » 200/200 - Build time 30 » 35 - HP 140 » 160 - **Nanite Field:** - Heal amount 4 » 8 - Can no longer heal a unit more frequently than once per second - [Apostle](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/apostle): - Armor 2 » 1 - Death and revive animations vastly lengthened - *Reducing stackability* - [Autocrat](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/autocrat): - Death and revive animations vastly lengthened - *Reducing stackability* - [Dilettante](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/dilettante): - **NEW: Beginner's Luck** - Dodges an attack every 2 seconds - *Fun, AND thematic!* - [Cyclops](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/cyclops): - Build time 16 » 20 - *Demand more Fulcrums (and thus more commitment) from Cyclops flood builds* - [Triton](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/triton): - Resource costs 150/150 » 150/100 - **Lobotomy Warhead:** - Stun timer 3 » 4 - Slow timer 6 » 8 - [Wraith](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/wraith): - HP 100 » 110 - [Magnetar](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/magnetar): - **Yamato Cannon:** - 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Collision size reduced by ~10% - *Also applies to Sovrokor* - [Quazilisk](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/quazilisk): - Now has **Adrenal Frenzy** - [Bactalisk](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/bactalisk): - **Corrosive Acid:** - Attack cooldown 1.5 » 1.33 - *Experimenting with Bactalisk cost-efficiency* - [Tethzorokor](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/tethzorokor): - HP 240 » 220 - Resource costs 150/25 » 150/50 - Build time 25 » 28 - [Lakizilisk](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/lakizilisk): - HP 130 » 140 - [Ultrokor](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/ultrokor): - **Kaiser Blades:** - Weapon cooldown 0.67 » 0.58 - [Tethvith Swamp](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/tethvith-swamp): - Resource costs 150/150 » 400/250 - Build time 45 » 50 - [Zozarc Gorge](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/zozarc-gorge): - 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