Hey everyone! It's finally time for a content update, and a very big one at that!

What's new?

The 2.0 update brings 20 new items!

This time, we focused on making more offensive items and less niche utility ones, as many people have pointed out that the mod skewed the probability of getting a powerful build. So, here are a few examples of the new strong stuff:

This update also reworks and tweaks some of the existing items:

...and brings one of the most requested features: configurable item values! Now you can adjust the balance of the mod to your own liking!

French translation

Yes, the mod is now translated into French, thanks to our newest team member - Vyrael!

itch.io?

We've been thinking about opening a place for discussions about the mod for a long time. A Discord server was the obvious option, but we ultimately decided to scrap that idea in favour of a more open and permanent option - an itch.io page. Now we have a discussion board where you can leave feedback, balance suggestions and whatnot, and we can write devlogs like these without cluttering the Thunderstore page!

Future of the mod

No content updates anytime soon. Of course, we will port the mod to the newest version of Risk of Rain 2 once the DLC update drops, but after that we are not planning to add any more content. Not now, at least. We want to move on to other projects.

On a final note...

This update is our "thank you" to the Risk of Rain 2 community. Thank you for playing the mod - we're always happy to know that there are people out there who love this game as much as we do, and appreciate the work we put in to add more content.

Special thanks to:

• LlenRaix, Yularin, Bearachi, Kyorikk, DeFreddi, FwuffyKiwi, Viziveks & others for extensive breaking of the mod
• doomzode for beta testing this update

See you in March, when the DLC inevitably breaks all mods!

- Mystic's Items team

Full changelog

• Added 20 New Items
  • New Item: Manuscript
  • New Item: Platinum Card
  • New Item: Super Idol
  • New Item: Metronome
  • New Item: Spare Wiring
  • New Item: Mystic Sword
  • New Item: Cutesy Bow
  • New Item: Hiker's Backpack
  • New Item: Choc Chip
  • New Item: Failed Experiment
  • New Item: Devil's Cry
  • New Item: Ceremony of Perdition
  • New Item: Marwan's Ash
  • New Item: Ten Commandments of Vyrael
  • New Equipment: Warning System
  • New Equipment: Mechanical Arm
  • New Equipment: From Omar With Love
  • New Lunar Item: Moonglasses
  • New Lunar Item: Puzzle of Chronos
  • New Lunar Equipment: Fragile Mask
• Added 3 New Challenges
  • New Challenge: Smart Shopper
  • New Challenge: Beat the Heat
  • New Challenge: The Summit
• Added 8 New Lore Entries
  • New Lore Entry: Manuscript
  • New Lore Entry: Cup of Expresso
  • New Lore Entry: Platinum Card
  • New Lore Entry: Mystic Sword
  • New Lore Entry: Super Idol
  • New Lore Entry: Wirehack Wrench
  • New Lore Entry: Mechanical Arm
  • New Lore Entry: Fragile Mask
• Gameplay Changes
  • Items:
    • Spine Implant:
      • Armor: 10 (+10 per stack) ⇒ 15 (+15 per stack)
    • Cup of Expresso:
      • Max Express Boost: 3 (+3 per stack) ⇒ 3 (+2 per stack)
      • Express Boosts are no longer removed when losing an item
      • Picking up Lunar items now grants boosts
    • Wireless Voltmeter:
      • Base Shield: 4% ⇒ 12%
      • Damage Reflection: 800% (+800% per stack) ⇒ 1600% (+800% per stack)
    • Crystallized World:
      • Enemies that are immune to freeze now get a new debuff, Crystallized, that locks all of their skills and roots them in place
    • Thought Processor:
      • Effect changed: now increases attack speed for every 1% health missing
    • Timely Execution:
      • Cooldown: 60s (-33% per stack) ⇒ 60s (-50% per stack)
      • Buff Duration: 6s ⇒ 9s
      • The buff now also increases movement speed
    • Gate Chalice:
      • Cooldown: 140s ⇒ 60s
      • Now removes 3 random items instead of giving an affliction
      • Now teleports to the final stage if the Primordial Teleporter is aligned with the moon
    • Rift Lens:
      • Rift Chests were replaced with Unstable Rifts
      • Unstable Rifts: 1 (+1 per stack) ⇒ 3 (+3 per stack)
      • Downside changed: instead of getting slowed down, the owner will die if they fail to close all Unstable Rifts in a certain amount of time
    • Nuclear Accelerator:
      • Effect changed: now increases damage by 1% for every 2% of movement speed increase on the owner, and increases movement speed by 14% on the first stack
    • Contraband Gunpowder:
      • Radius: 8m (+1.6m per stack) ⇒ 15m (+3m per stack)
      • Damage: 250% (+200% per stack) ⇒ 500% (+400% per stack)
      • Proc Coefficient: 0 ⇒ 1
      • Powder Flask Chance: 10% ⇒ 25%
    • Treasure Map:
      • Now drops a Legendary item for free instead of creating a Legendary Chest
    • Vintage Microphone:
      • Debuff no longer increases enemy skill cooldowns
      • Debuff now reduces enemy attack speed and enemy damage
      • Now also boosts the owner in the opposite direction on use
    • Relentless Vendetta:
      • Renamed to Vendetta
      • Buff Time: 8s (+8s per stack) ⇒ 16s (+16s per stack)
      • Effect is now triggered only when an ally is killed by an enemy. Deaths from health decay (Squid Polyp, Happiest Mask), timers (The Back-Up) and on-demand ally kills (Engineer Turret, Rein's Sniper Decoy) no longer trigger this item.
    • Ratio Equalizer:
      • Cooldown: 20s ⇒ 45s
      • Effect changed: now makes the current health fraction of all nearby characters equal to yours
    • Scratch Ticket:
      • No longer affects items that are unaffected by Luck
    • Wirehack Wrench:
      • Now drops 2 copies of a Printer's item instead of 1
  • Challenges:
    • Last of Us:
      • Now requires dealing the final blow to the final boss as the sole surviving ally instead of escaping the moon as the only player alive
    • Sincere Apologies:
      • Now requires giving a Sawmerang to an Equipment Drone with the Artifact of Chaos enabled and dying from it
    • Enemy Spotted:
      • Broken Spotter Drone is now hidden in a location accessible to all characters without a double jump
    • The challenges listed above will be reset when loading the new version for the first time
• Misc Changes
  • Added new config files:
    • MysticsItems_General - general mod settings
    • MysticsItems_Balance - item and equipment value tweaking
  • Added French translation by Vyrael
  • Temporarily removed the Turkish translation
  • Added on-player item displays for Crystallized World and Mysterious Monolith
  • Added MysticsRisky2Utils dependency
  • Crit Chance display in BetterUI is now affected by Scratch Ticket
    • May not be compatible with other mods that override the Crit Chance display in BetterUI
    • Can be disabled in the General config
  • Slightly improved Wirehack Wrench printer detection
  • Enemy Spotted and Burn to Kill challenge descriptions were made clearer
  • Broken Spotter Drone is no longer destroyed on repair, allowing for multiple people to repair it at once
  • Broken Spotter Drone is now 50% bigger
  • The flames of the guaranteed Legendary Mask on Scorched Acres now fly higher to make searching for it easier
  • Express Boost buff icon color changed from gray to light blue to make it stand out as a positive effect
  • Rift Lens is now locked behind the Beat the Heat challenge
  • Improved Nuclear Accelerator model
  • Improved Cup of Expresso SFX
  • Improved Contraband Gunpowder SFX and VFX
  • Added random pitch variation to Ratio Equalizer SFX
  • Several item models now use normal maps for less plain light reflections
  • Artifact of Enigma will no longer roll Wirehack Wrench and Gate Chalice
    • These changes can be reverted with the new Balance config
  • Removed mysticsitems_unlocklogs and mysticsitems_grantall console commands
    • Instead, use CheatUnlocks or UnlockAll
  • Removed item disabling config
    • Instead, use RulebookUnlocker or ItemDropList
• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed Treasure Map zone being visible with 1m radius when nobody has the item
  • Fixed Timely Execution giving invincibility only to hosts and monsters
  • Fixed Crystallized World screen flash effect applying to players outside of the teleporter radius
  • Fixed certain text strings not getting translated due to regional settings
  • Fixed Scratch Ticket being banned from enemies and Engineer Turrets
  • Fixed wrong outline colour on lunar item icons
  • Fixed the flames of the Legendary Mask unlockable pickup not fading out when it cools off
  • Fixed Spine Implant triggering on blocked damage and jump pads
  • Fixed Black Monolith texture becoming white on the one of Titanic Plains' variants
  • Fixed Legendary Mask not being displayed on Scavengers and the Engineer