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  • Updates

    July 24, 2026

    Balance and equilibrium boons now compound multiplicatively rather than adding together, weakening heavy stacking. Priest’s Celestial, Occultist’s Entropic Unmaking, and Apostate’s Daemonform all changed too.

  • Design approvals

    July 23, 2026

    Achaea’s lead design approver is away for much of August. Designers and crafters should submit anything they need approved within the next five days to avoid a queue backlog.

  • Imminent Downtime Tonight

    July 23, 2026

    Achaea’s ISP scheduled emergency server maintenance starting at 10:00 PM PST, taking the game offline for an estimated one hour or less.

  • Updates

    July 21, 2026

    Wrath and righteousness can no longer cure permanent afflictions or strip permanent defences in Achaea, and boons that remove trackers now stop working against bosses.

  • Updates

    July 18, 2026

    The ancient whetstone joins the Memory Shop and works on all resetting weapons. Glittering mud now transforms into nine additional items, including cloaks, talismans, and staves.

  • Updates

    July 17, 2026

    Mnemosyne tuning: Giacinto transfixes less often, dust elemental limb damage is parryable, and the new Tenderised Flesh affix replaces Prey on the Weak at ripples 50 and up.

  • Updates

    July 14, 2026

    The Dungeoneer gear set gains new gloves, chest, and boots pieces and now works only inside the Mnemosyne, Achaea’s roguelike dungeon. Bladedance flourish now works against mobs.

  • Updates

    July 11, 2026

    Mnemosyne tuning: Giacinto’s resistances lowered, Oracle drops to rare, the Dungeoneer gear set now grants 20% resistance penetration, and players fully heal at the hub between ripples.

  • Updates

    July 9, 2026

    Nearly every Achaea class gets new boons in this patch, including the Legendary Reaver rollable by strength and dexterity classes, alongside Mnemosyne affix reworks.

  • Updates

    July 7, 2026

    Boons can now chain to unlock one another, the new Iconoclast affix arrives at ripple 100, and more Mnemosyne denizens gain proper damage resistances.

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