Monster Keeper!

We released the new Relics of Chaos update for Monster Sanctuary on Steam! This is a free update that will be downloaded automatically for anyone owning Monster Sanctuary (including anyone who already owns it as well as anyone who purchases it at any time in the future). It is also the last major content update for Monster Sanctuary and a love letter to you - our community - before we move our focus towards our new game Aethermancer.
Thank you for playing Monster Sanctuary and enjoy bringing CHAOS to the Sanctuary!


The new Relics of Chaos game mode is another optional game mode. You can combine the Relics of Chaos game mode with the other three game modes added with the Forgotten World DLC (Permadeath, Randomizer and Bravery) and with the NG+ mode. As with the other game modes, it is not required to beat the game to use it - you can turn on a setting in the options to use them.

Relics of Chaos adds a new type of equipment called "Relics". These 39 relics are extremely powerful equipment with over the top effects. But... they come with a catch!

You will find one random Relic in one random chest in every area in the Sanctuary. The chest that gets replaced with the Relic chest as well as the Relic that it contains gets randomized with every seed, making it a treasure hunt and - especially together with the other game modes - makes Monster Sanctuary even more replayable!

We also added several quality-of-life features to the game, giving our best to give Monster Sanctuary that final polish and to listen to what you asked for the most:

• You are now able to take back recently assigned skill points!
  
• Savefile management allows you to finally delete or copy saves!
  
• You can celebrate your team by being able to rewatch the final cutscene multiple times and with an option to take a team photo!
  
• An icon shows you which of your monsters are fed and which are still hungry!
  
• The maps shows how much you have already explored in %!
  
• ... and more QoL features - see the patch notes below!

It has been a long Journey from starting Monster Sanctuary as a hobby project, working on it in my free time, to being able to work on it full time, to having a small team of developers by now. Right from the start before even releasing the first demo, this was always a very community driven project. It was natural that we give back by releasing all the free updates for the game post launch. We are two and a half years past the full release of the game by now, five years since the release of the first demo. Working on this update took a lot of my time, while the majority of the team was working on our new project. I felt like letting the Team down, not being able to focus on the new project at all times. This is going to be the last big update for Monster Sanctuary. I hope you enjoyed the Journey as much as we did!

• 1 new game mode: Relics of Chaos
  
• 39 new equipment items "Relics" exclusive to the game mode
  
• 5 new skills
  
• % of explored area in the map
  
• Option to take back recently assigned skill points (until you exit the game or the monster participates in a fight)
  
• Added savefile management options (delete and copy)
  
• Button to use Smoke Bomb directly in the skill selection menu in combat
  
• Option to remove flashes added
  
• Possible to inspect own monsters now incl. crit chance and crit damage
  
• New NPC to the left of the PvP arena after defeating the final boss that allows you to rewatch the final cutscene multiple times and take a team photo together with your monsters
  
• Increased monster gold gain formula
  
• Option to name the 3 starting monsters in Bravery mode
  
• Light and Dark shifts alternate for all monsters in the wild now
  
• Double explore ability for Goblin Miner: Light + Crush
  
• Visual indicator if a monster has been fed or not
  
• Legendary Keeper encounters also grant a small amount of gold now (both on normal and re-fights)
  
• If an attack is dodged, the text now says "Dodge" instead of "Miss"
  
• Added a Merchant in the Infinity Arena that will sell Reward box items for coupons attainable through the arena (you earn 1 Arena Coupons every 12 levels, not counting the levels you started on).
  
• Option added to open all boxes of a selected version
  
• Game will no longer accept mouse input if another program is in front of it
  
• Windows only: the icon in the taskbar will blink when a PvP match has been found

• Static Strike - First hit never misses. Its base damage is also increased by {50%} of attack/magic if it isn't critical. ({30%} for Mass Attacks)
  
• Riposte - Counter Attack with 300% Defense and triples the chance to trigger on hit effects
  
• Shock Support - Non damaging actions apply shock to two random enemies
  
• Heavy Hitter - Monster gains 1% crit damage for every 20 Defense
  
• Healing Echo - When using a single target healing action, also heal another ally with the lowest health by 40% that ability's total healing amount

• Tengu: gains ‘Static Strike’
  
• Promethean: gains ‘Static Strike’
  
• Kame: gains ‘Static Strike’
  
• Sizzle Knight: gains ‘Riposte’, ‘Electrify’, ‘Kindle’, ‘Cascade’, 'Heavy Hitter', loses ‘Shield Aura’, ‘Mana Plus’, ‘Shocking Current’, ‘Burning Heat’, 'Crit Damage Plus'
  
• Elderjel: Light shift +1 base mana
  
• Manticorb: Light shift +1 base mana
  
• Glowfly: gains ‘Shock Support’, ‘Healing Echo’
  
• Qillin: gains ‘Shock Support’
  
• Shockhopper: gains ‘Shock Support’
  
• Raduga: gains 'Critical Mass', loses 'Critical Boon'. Dark shift +1 base magic, +1 base mana, light shift -1 Health
  
• Crackle Knight: gains ‘Heavy Hitter’, loses ‘Mana Plus’
  
• Diavola: gains ‘Heavy Hitter’
  
• Imori: gains ‘Heavy Hitter’, loses ‘Crit Damage Plus’
  
• Thanatos: gains ‘First Impact’, 'Vicious,' 'Shared Glory', 'Giantsbane', loses ‘Health Plus’ and 'Duality'. Both shifts gain +1 attack & magic.
  
• Monk: gains ‘Healing Echo’
  
• Sycophantom: gains ‘Healing Echo’
  
• Molebear: gains ‘Critical Boon’, 'Tenacious Barrier'
  
• Megataur: gains ‘Combo Initiator’, 'Crit Chance+', loses ‘Situational Support’, 'Protector' and -1 Base Defense. Light shift loses -1 Max Health
  
• Dracozul: both shifts gain +1 attack, +1 magic & +1 Mana
  
• Draconoir, Draconov, Dracomer: both shifts gain +1 attack & +1 magic
  
• Lava Blob: gains 'Death Blow'
  
• Ice Blob: gains 'Disarming Shielding'
  
• Rainbow Blob: gains 'Phoenix Affinity', 'Strike Mastery', 'Armor Bypass' +1 Base Mana, loses 'Life Stability', 'Health Plus', 'Crit Damage+'.
  
• Beetloid: gains 'Chain Reaction'
  
• Mogwai: Both shifts gain +1 attack & +1 magic
  
• Nautilid: gains 'Shock Support', 'Miracle', 'Spell Mastery'. Loses 'Psychokinesis'. Light shift changed to Mass Mystify.
  
• Tanuki: gains 'Auto Restore', 'Buffing Heal', 'Auto Restore', 'Critical Healing', 'Improved Assault', loses 'Shield Aura', 'Meditation', 'Potion Mastery', 'Defense Focus', 'Improved Glory'
  
• Bard: light shift -1 Health
  
• Terradrile: gains 'Heavy Hitter', loses 'Tenacious Barrier'
  
• Frosty: gains 'Jolly Spirit'
  
• Spectral Toad: gains 'Tenacious Barrier', light shift +1 Max Health, dark shift +1 Max Health, +1 Attack, +1 Magic
  
• Spectral Lion: gains 'Glorious Spark'
  
• Glowfly: +Healing Echo (shock support position changed)
  
• Krakaturtle: gains 'Static Mass'
  
• Polterofen: Light Shift -1 Base Defense
  
• Crystal Snail: Light Shift -1 Base Health
  
• Targoat: Light Shift -1 Base Health
  
• Goblin Brute: Both shifts gain +1 Base Mana
  
• Vertraag: gains Sorcerous Boost. Positions of Void Flare and Healing Wave swapped in the skill tree.
  
• Aurumtail: Both shifts gain +1 Base Mana and +1 Base Health

• 'Duality' cannot trigger 'shared' buff skills anymore and vise versa
  
• 'Curse Resistance' is an unique aura now that gives 25% chance to resist debuff/negative stacks application
  
• 'Tenacious Barrier' now reduces Debuff effects by 10% per stack (instead of resisting them)
  
• 'Path to Ascension', 'Path to Knowledge' and 'Path to Valhalla' skills are unique now
  
• 'Wonder Potion' has all its values reduced by 1 (was 4&4 / 2&2 for multi. Now is 3&3 / 1&1)
  
• 'Burning Desire' reduced to 3% (previously 4%)
  
• 'Volatile Shield' deals 150% damage now (previously 175%)
  
• 'Spark' values increased to 45 def, 30 Mana Regen and 60% chance to apply burn (on highest upgrade level)
  
• 'Mana Donor' increased to 30% (previously 25%)
  
• 'Mana Focus' increased to 30% (previously 25%)
  
• 'Occult Control' increased to 3,5% (previously 3%)
  
• ‘Support Chord’ the random buff can no longer trigger any additional sharing skills
  
• ‘Minnesang’ reduced the heal count by 1 on every level, but increase the attack scaling a bit to 30% (previously 25%)
  
• ‘Glitter’ Increased to 6% (previously 5%)
  
• ‘Worm Troop’ Increased heal and mana regen value to 20% (previously 10%)
  
• ‘Mass Mystify’ Increased chance to 70% (previously 60%) and make it apply a random buff to a random ally
  
• ‘Icy Fists’ Increased chance to 50% (previously 25%)
  
• ‘Spirit Strength’ Increased to 20% (previously 15%)
  
• ‘Trickster’ Increased shielding to 4% (previously 3%)
  
• 'Smoke Screen' applies to all enemies now
  
• 'Jolly Spirit' additionally grants a random buff
  
• 'Channeling Balance' increased to 7.5% (from 6%)
  
• 'Curse Transfusion' increased to 5% (from 4%)
  
• 'Backstab' Increased damage to 35% (from 30%) and reduce threshold to 70% (from 75%)
  
• 'Spectral Cannon' lvl 2: Damage increased to 475%
  
• 'Snowball Toss' damage increased on all levels (570% on highest level instead of 540%)
  
• 'Magic Penetration' increased to 20% (from 15%)
  
• 'Shield Crush' reduced to 20% (from 25%)
  
• 'Necromancy' increased heal value to 25% (from 20%)
  
• 'Debuff Variety' increased to 3% (from 2.5%)
  
• 'Piercing Lightning' reduced Armor Penetration down to 20%, base damage increased to 450% (on highest level)
  
• 'Frostbite' chance increased to 50% (from 40%)
  
• 'Blood Magic' chance and bleed damage changed to 40% (from 35%)
  
• 'Combo Initiator' damage increase and hit changed to 30% (from 25%)
  
• 'Blood Drive' chance reduced to 70% (from 75%)
  
• When reviving a monster in PvP, that monster cannot use revive or ultimates for that turn
  
• ‘Slow Burn’ now triggers passives as if all charges were consumed

• 'Grey Pearl' Attack, Magic & Defense increased to 100 (from 90), Max Health increased to 1000 (from 900)
  
• 'Abyssal Sword' Increased Attack & Magic values to 250 (from 240) and trigger chance to 100% (from 80%) on max level.
  
• 'Bandana', 'Needle' and 'Ribbon' have +5 Max Mana (on highest upgrade level)
  
• 'Brooch' +1% Crit Chance
  
• 'Sun Pendant' Shielding increased to 175 (previously 150)
  
• 'Hexing Rod' All tiers now apply only 1 Debuff, but Attack & Magic increased slightly (160 + 245 at +5)

• Will(NPC) no longer suggests monsters don't die in permadeath mode
  
• ‘Maneki’, 'Breaking Support', 'Icy Fists Debuffs', ‘Venomous Fangs’, ‘Acid Spit’ and ‘Toxic Support’ now stacks with themselves itself (when multiple monsters have it)
  
• ‘Terradrile’ can't use ancient conjunction regardless of level in the randomizer anymore
  
• You can't skip Double jump boots if you have "large rock" in the Blue cave anymore
  
• Updated Skin Colors on the Explorer outfit
  
• Fixed ‘Catzerker’ being seen as a "champion monster" at the donation army
  
• Removed the ability to be able to teleport on top of Goblin fort when jumping in blob form into small spaces of the ceiling
  
• ‘Healing Shield’ no longer has a shield preview when previewing a potion
  
• ‘Sorcerous boost’ shielding now properly scales with Magic rather than Attack
  
• Fixed ‘Amberlgna’ spore ability not disappearing when triggering a cutscene while affected
  
• You now teleport to Mountain Path instead of Stronghold when using a crystal shard before fighting ‘Steam Golem’
  
• Bex won't call the Skorch replacement monster wrongly in the randomizer anymore when bravery mode is activated
  
• Zosimos in the Sun temple now has a shifted monster in randomizer again
  
• ‘Imitate’ and ‘counterfeit’ don’t bypass protect anymore if you imitate a skill that ko'ed a monster
  
• You can’t get a swimming monster through rewards boxes pre sun palace anymore
  
• You can’t fight the ‘Steam Golem’ Champion fight from the wrong side anymore
  
• ‘Infernal roar’ now works with critical healing
  
• Removed the ability to move the camera with your mouse when placing markers on the map
  
• Monster Tamer outfit now specifies 111 monster rather than 101 when its not unlocked
  
• The room you find Mozzy in can not be clipped inside anymore
  
• ‘Warhorn’ no longer heals the highest health monster rather than the lowest health
  
• ‘Shockhopper’ can now be donated in NG+ after talking to the Cryomancer
  
• Cryomancer will no longer ask for unattainable monster eggs
  
• You can now use ‘Dual Mobility’ regardless if you were swimming or standing on the ground (improved flight outside of the water after swimming)
  
• Fixed some seed not able to generate (examples: 72790 and 85512)
  
• Fixed certain fights softlocking in Randomizer mode
  
• Extra hits from equipments now show properly in the preview
  
• ‘Shock’ now properly interacts with ‘Supercharged’
  
• ‘hourglass’ and ‘cauldron’ Now work again
  
• ‘Combo Initiator’ Fixed to only work if you’re going first
  
• Using ‘Poison Eater’ alongside ‘Bolster’ now grants two buffs to the user rather than allies
  
• Imitating or Counterfeiting ‘Cataclysm’ on an ‘Elemental shift’ monster will no longer mess up its Resistance and Weakness “view”
  
• Infinity Arena Monsters no longer use Revive Ultimates
  
• Fixed the bug that on some seeds you start with different monsters sometimes
  
• When using a savegame with permadead monsters for NG+, those monsters are revived now
  
• Trading a monster in Bravery to the Cryomancer no longer lets you still use its follower ability
  
• Ballistics now preview their miss chance
  
• After hatching your first monster, the dialogue with the familiar is back
  
• Fixed a potential out of sync in PvP caused by 'Phoenix Affinity'
  
• Buff info view no longer stays on screen permanently when open while PvP timer runs out
  
• Monsters fall down cliffs in randomizer only very rarely now

• Ancient Clock (accessory, Ancients only)
  
• Arch Bow (weapon)
  
• Assisting Bow (weapon)
  
• Cursed Drum (accessory), Instrument)
  
• Devonian Medal (accessory, Insects only)
  
• Dragon Saddle (accessory, Dragons only)
  
• Droid Sphere (weapon, Constructs only)
  
• Dwarven Crown (accessory)
  
• Earth Symbol (accessory)
  
• Eclipse Sword (weapon)
  
• Fire Symbol (accessory)
  
• Fishing Pole (weapon)
  
• Goblin Garment (accessory, Goblins only)
  
• Gold Feather (accessory, Birds only)
  
• Grey Stone (accessory)
  
• Grim Ripper (weapon)
  
• Heavy Greaves (accessory)
  
• Holy Necklace (accessory)
  
• Infinity Blaze (accessory, Spectral Familiars only)
  
• Lion Fang (accessory, Beasts only)
  
• Moon Ring (accessory)
  
• Nimble Wings (accessory, Aerial only)
  
• Omni Sword (weapon)
  
• One Punch Fist (weapon)
  
• Pandora's Chest (accessory)
  
• Projectile Sphere (weapon)
  
• Pure Leaf (accessory, Nature only)
  
• Reptilian Idol (accessory)
  
• Sharp Fin (accessory, Aquatic only)
  
• Slimy Ball (accessory)
  
• Spirit Blaze (accessory, Spirits only)
  
• Staff of Doom (weapon, Occult only)
  
• Static Loop (accessory)
  
• Sun Ring (accessory)
  
• Tiny Pin (weapon)
  
• Toxic Pot (accessory)
  
• Warlock Hat (accessory, Mages only)
  
• Water Symbol (accessory)
  
• Wind Symbol (accessory)

Finally, we have a date for the last big content update for Monster Sanctuary! Monster Sanctuary Relics of Chaos update is coming May 9th for Steam and May 16th for Consoles.

This update will feature a variety of gameplay changes including:

• New Game Mode: Relics of Chaos! Experience the game again, this time with new, powerful items. When enabled, each zone will have a randomly selected treasure chest which possesses a Relic of Chaos hidden inside!
  
  
• A plethora of balance changes! We've made tweaks to certain strategies which needed some curtailing, and buffed monsters which could use a little push toward the right direction. Look forward to playing with 5 new passive skills!
  
  
• Having trouble finishing that Wanderlust achievement? The updated map will indicate percentage of each zone explored, so you know where to look for those last few hidden areas!
  
  
• Always forgetting to feed your monsters? We've implemented an icon in the menu to show who is hungry. Make Old Buran proud!
  
  
• Improved functionality on skillpoint allocation, with the ability to change your mind until you either start a battle or exit the game.
  
  
• More control over your save files by adding in the capability to copy or delete them in the menu.
  
  
• A new merchant at the Infinity Arena who can sell you Reward Box items in exchange for special coupons obtained from playing Arena and PvP!
  
  
• Various bugfixes....and More!

We look forward to being able to share all these goodies with you next month, along with more fun which we'll tell you about at the appropriate time...

Otherwise, we've been hard at work on our next game, Aethermancer! Check out our first devlog here:

https://steamcommunity.com/games/2288470/announcements/detail/5283327145270219869

We are excited to tell you that we are able to work on another free update for Monster Sanctuary. The Relics of Chaos update will bring chaos and mayhem to the Sanctuary with a new optional game mode. Have a sneak-peek here:

We are listening to your requests, so of course the new update will also include balancing changes and quality of life improvements (taking back recently assigned skill points - yeahi).

Stay tuned for the release of the update. We currently aim for Q2 2023.




Now, finally the day has come to share with you what we have been working on for more than a year besides Monster Sanctuary!

Aethermancer will be a monster tamer building on the things that already made Monster Sanctuary great: strategic choices, deep team-synergies and every monster being truly unique and viable!

We are mixing this with roguelite elements, a unique rebirth-system and a resource-based combat system.

We promise to keep putting all our love into our games and it would mean the world to us if you check out and wishlist Aethermancer:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2288470

Seasons Greetings Monster fans!

You can catch a MONSTROUS discount across the Monster Sanctuary range during the Steam Winter Sale!

Full list of discounts:

Monster Sanctuary - 66%
Monster Sanctuary - Deluxe - 66%
Monster Sanctuary - Monster Journal - 33%
Monster Sanctuary - Soundtrack - 50%

Sale ends 5th of January

Greetings Monster fans!

You can grab a MONSTROUS discount across the Monster Sanctuary range during the Steam Autumn Sale!

Full list of discounts:

Monster Sanctuary - 66%
Monster Sanctuary - Deluxe - 66%
Monster Sanctuary - Monster Journal - 33%
Monster Sanctuary - Soundtrack - 50%

Check out more of our on sale games here!

Sale ends November 29th

To get into spooky mood, participate in our fanart contest on Twitter, Instagram[www.instagram.com], Reddit or Discord[discord.com] within the next two weeks!

Check this image on how to participate and what kind of prizes you can win:

Give us your best - uhh... or worst?

NOTE: The current print run of the Monster Journal (200) sold out unexpectedly quick, sorry for that. We already ordered a new Print run!

Last one took about 6 weeks of production, so expect it early December. To not miss, sign up onto the mailing list on our website[monster-sanctuary.com]



We've been awaiting the package with all the new Monster Journals so eagerly since weeks and we know - so did you!

Finally, here they are: a fresh batch of hardcover Monster Journals.

Our beloved hardcover Monster Journals have been updated to the latest content of Monster Sanctuary, now including all new Monsters from the Forgotten World and with updated skill trees for all Monsters in the book.

This book is for both greenhorn Monster Keeper looking for help and guidance on their journey as well as,the most experienced Keepers among you that want to dive deep into the lore of our world.

You can order yours directly on our official website[monster-sanctuary.com] and it will be shipped worldwide with love by us.

We have a limited edition campaign for Monster Sanctuary plushies happening right now! You can get your own Blob and Catzerker, made by Makeship. 

The way the campaigns work is like crowdfunding: These plushies will only go into production if a certain number of them gets ordered during the campaign. If the campaign goal doesn't get reached, the plushies don't get produced and you don't have to pay. So there is no risk involved for you!
If funded, plushies will be shipped worldwide end of October.


Gelatinous, amorphous, transparent, semi-solid, slimy - and now - plushy! Order Blob here:

Blob Plushie[www.makeship.com]



These courageous feline creatures roam the mountains of the Sanctuary for wild beasts to slay and are now ready to protect you in the real world! Order Catzerker here:

Catzerker Plushie[www.makeship.com]



Our very first Monster Sanctuary plushies are almost funded, help us reach the goal! There are only three days left, so make sure to order yours soon! This is a one-time-only offer.

We are very excited to bring Blob and Catzerker to plushy life today!

The two limited edition plushie campaigns start today and will be active for 21 days. If funded, plushies will be shipped worldwide end of October.

The basic principle at Makeship is that if a plushie is funded within the duration of the campaign, it gets produced, so "funded by fans". So, help us make these plushies happen and get yourself a new companion!

Blob Plushie[www.makeship.com]

Catzerker Plushie[www.makeship.com]