Welcome to UnderMine 2’s first Early Access update: 0.4.0 The Burning Eye!
The highlight of this update is a new playable character: Inquisitor Danté of the Burning Eye. Danté and his cabal have heard wind of some serious blasphemy and they’ve traced it back to Camilla’s goldmine. Whip and scorch your way through the Undermine, cleansing it with holy fire along the way!
In addition to a new playable character you will find two new NPCs, a new quest and mini-boss, a new boss variant, improvements to the journal, a gambling machine, performance improvements, new items, bug fixes, and balance changes. Read on for more details.
Inquisitor Danté of the Burning Eye
Inquisitor Danté hails from the town of Braemolt which resides in the kingdom of Delvemore. A cabal known as the Burning Eye presides over Braemolt and does not recognize the authority of Delvemore or King Faraam. The Burning Eye recruits orphans at a young age, training them to become Inquisitors. Burning Eye inquisitors seek out blasphemy wherever it resides and bathe it in holy fire.
WHIP
Danté’s primary attack is an omnidirectional whip attack. The whip itself is weak, but if you hit in the right spot you’ll spawn a powerful shockwave.
Dodge roll
By popular request, we present a dodge roll!
LANTERN
Danté’s secondary attack is a short range fireball from his lantern. It is strong but slow to cast, so be careful.
Portimer, planar merchant
Portimer sells items in the Hub. You can purchase basic items, potions, relics, and a special relic called the Blacklight Lantern for crowns. Have nothing left to upgrade? Pay a visit to Portimer’s shop and start your run off with a boost.
You’ll have to unlock him first, though. You’ll find Portimer in the Goldmine after unlocking the Duelist’s Bangle. Complete his quest and he’ll join you in the Hub.
HOLESOME
We know losing items to holes is frustrating, but Holesome is here to help. If you lose any items to a hole, Holesome will return them at the next available Antechamber.
RABBIT Hole
The Rabbit Hole is a hidden room in the Hub. Inside you’ll discover a Thorium to Crown conversion machine and a gambling machine. Bet crowns and receive all kinds of rewards such as gold, thorium, blessings, blueprints, and even relics. Or don’t, losing is part of the game!
Journal Improvements
The journal now tracks how often you have seen, picked up, and completed a run with a relic, blessing, or curse. It will also show you your use and completion percentages with that item.
When you complete a run with an item it will gain a gilded background. Gotta gild them all!
New ACHIEVEMENTS
Bootstrapped
Completed a run with the Peasant
Unshackled
Completed a run with Black Rabbit
Through Fire and Flames
Completed a run with Inquisitor Danté
Chest Pain
Survived Portimer's Planar Chest and Defeated the Mother of Mimics
Smelt You Later
Forged a Relic or Arcana at the Abandoned Foundry
Formula for Disaster
Brewed a Potion at the Royal Testing Apparatus
Lexiconnoisseur
Exchanged a Book at the Tomevault
A New Safety Record
Accomplished 3 Days without Incident
Synthesis
Discovered a Combo Item
A Place to Kick Back
Discovered the Rabbit Hole
Much, much more
In addition to all of this, we have added an alternate first boss fight that appears after you’ve defeated Cruciferous for the first time, new items, a ton of bug fixes, some major performance improvements, and balance changes as well. 0.4.0 will be available soon and full update notes will be provided then.
The NEXT UPDATE
Our next planned update will focus on the end game and specifically an endless mode. Test your build against a never ceasing challenge and see if it’s really as powerful as you think.
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- Thorium
