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Mnemosyne Boon/Affix Updates: September 2026

The following changes to boons and affixes have been implemented in the Mnemosyne:

Affixes
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* New affixes added:
– Sanctioned Wade (30+)
– Khentimen’s Enmity (25+)
– Suffering of Abbadon (20+)
– Deathmarked (50+)
– Deathbound (65+)
– Thunderous (70+)
– Fulminous (85+)
– Starforged (80+)
– Starborn (95+)
– Lone Hunter (90+)
– Pack Hunter (105+)
– Sorcerous (100+)
– Reckoning (115+)

* Removed affixes:
– Dreamwracked
– Dream of Tavarius

* Manifested nightmares attack speed has been reduced.
* ‘Meldscorned’, ‘Mindworm’, and ‘Khentimen’s Enmity’ are all mutually exclusive with one another.
* All affixes that spawn new enemies upon killing denizens are mutually exclusive with one another.
* ‘Apathetic’, ‘Torrential’ are no longer removed from the affix pool in late ripples.
* ‘Heretical’ no longer reduces your fire resistance.
* ‘Iconoclast’ no longer increases all damage you take.

Neutral Boons
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* New boons added:
– Fire Mastery
– Physical Mastery
– Arcane Mastery
– Cold Mastery
– Electric Mastery
– Venom Mastery
– Asphyxiation Mastery
– Psychic Mastery
– Arcane Will
– Antimagic Shell
– Heelbreaker
– Thick Skull
– Ogre’s Strike
– Ogre’s Defence
– Ogre’s Speed
– Mana Powered
– Brute Force
– Mental Prowess
– Deadly Finesse
– Training Arc
– Violent Impulse
– Battle Frenzy
– Rage Within
– Glass Cannon
– Fired Up
– Vigorous
– Desperation
– Slow And Steady
– Healing Metabolism
– Bloodquell
– Cavalry
– Phaestian Fortitude
– Death Stare

* Removed boons:
– Reaper
– Reaped
– Reaver

* ‘Negotiator’ is now a legendary boon, and grants 5 additional rerolls when claimed.
* ‘Conqueror’ is now stackable, echoing up to 3 times.
* ‘Battlemaster’s Fury’ has been changed. It now grants 30% faster balance and equilibrium recovery while under 50% of your health.
* ‘Offspring’s Error’ now reduced psychic damage by 10% rather than 15%.
* ‘Sapwise’ now gives an additional 10% resistance to poison damage.
* ‘Elixir Addict’ can now echo up to 3 times.
* ‘Thirst for Power’ no longer reduced your damage when below 90% mana.
* ‘Silvestri’s Grace’ has been changed. It now grants 25% more damage but you lose 1 constitution.
* ‘Robust Restoration’ has been changed. It now empowers your restoration ability to cure a random affliction and heal you for 15% of your maximum health.
* ‘Sohtanate’s Suffering’ now cures an additional mental affliction, rather than any treeable affliction.
* ‘Coarse Flesh’ now grants immunity to slickness without other downsides.
* ‘Meathead’ now gives permanent confusion rather than stupidity.
* ‘Trenchfoot’ is now named ‘Sprightly’ and gives permanent clumsiness instead of hamstring.
* ‘Master of Harmony’ is now a legendary boon, but has a 10 second cooldown before it can proc again.
* The echo of ‘Hidden Gem’ is now more powerful.
* ‘Serpentine’ is no longer a Serpent only boon.
* The output of BOON CONTEMPLATE now shows a boon’s category.
* If a boon is unlocked by another, the output of BOON CONTEMPLATE will now show you what boon unlocked it.

Dragon
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* New boons: Draconic Sweep, Organ Piercer
* The various affliction on blast boons are now gated behind the boon ‘Might of Sycaerunax’.
* ‘Disembowel’ now has a 50% chance to inflict your target with inhibit.

Firelord
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* New boons: Eternal Spark (Legendary), Greater Fire (Legendary), Firepower

Airlord
——-
* New boons: Essence of Whiirh (Legendary), Greater Air (Legendary)
* Fixed a bug with the boon ‘Storm Anvil’ not working.

Earthlord
———
* New boons: Flawless Sculpture (Legendary), Greater Earth (Legendary), Molten Eruption

Waterlord
———
* New boons: Hadal Touch (Legendary), Greater Water (Legendary)

Alchemist
———
* New boons: Philosopher’s Focus (Legendary), Purifying Salt

Bard
—-
* New boons: Deadly Flourish

Depthswalker
————
* New boons: Aeonic Wisdom
* ‘Timequake’ damage has been reduced by approximately 25%.
* ‘Sow’ now echoes up to a maximum of 2 times, rather than 3.

Magi
—-
* New boons: Evocation of Water, Evocation of Earth, Evocation of Air, Evocation of Fire

Monk
—-
* New boons: Spirit Rend (Legendary), Way of the Empty Hand, Way of the Long Staff

Pariah
——
* New boons: Blood Feast, Insect Swarm

Psion
—–
* New boons: Bloodletter’s Fury (Legendary), Psiwave
* ‘Third Skin’ is now a common boon.

Runewarden
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* ‘Hammer and Nail’ now deals approximately 20% less base damage. (The numbers on this boon were tuned with the assumption that sketching a rune was a larger downside than it ended up being in practice.)
* ‘Fury of Ages’ now only grants 4 bonus strength while fury is active. This applies to Infernal, Unnamable, and Paladin as well.

Serpent
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* New boons: Serpent’s Maw (Legendary), Flayer. Four additional boons unlocked via Serpent’s Maw.
* ‘Assassin’s Blade’ is now an uncommon boon.

Shaman
——
* New boons: Thrice Cursed (Legendary), Blood Omen

Sylvan
——
* New boons: Mycorizael Toxin (Legendary), Vinewhip

Unnamable
———
* New boons: Fleshy Growth, Gaze of the Void
* ‘Shimite’s Blessing’ is now a rare boon.
* ‘Horror’s Embrace’ is now an uncommon boon.

Penned by My hand on the 20th of Ero, in the year 1013 AF.

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