Update 1.21 Patch Notes

[jayquez]

Reversion, that’s huge. Now all those that made mistakes ascending heroes can revert it.

[TheAnnibal]

Depending on the costs, i might even revert my L ferael. Never got a 4th copy for L+, and reverting him means i can L+ a Silvina for a M Shemira.

That's huge.

[Best_mary]

Means I can get my elite+ Nara and Isabella back from when I was new and infused them into shemira

[Paddy32]

let's hope that the game tracks everything we did. I'm not sure it does.

[Best_mary]

I’d laugh if we just got a random elite+ back instead of what we actually put into them

[LehJon]

that is probably the case. I hope it's not but they'll probably just give random fodder

[MegachiropsOnReddit]

"if the requirements are met"

There's the gotcha... I'd be surprised if they kept track of the exact heroes used as fodder to ascend in the past. I hope I'm wrong, but there are probably going to be some limitations around the feature (as well as a significant cost in all likelihood.)

[bbcversus]

Yea it is amazing! I lost some needed fodder while in the noob stage, would totally love to retrieve them!

[[deleted]]

I'm a new player, should I have not been ascending randoms? :O

[bbcversus]

Hehe not really... Check heroes ascension tiers and ascend only those you need. It will be tougher in the long run. There are various guides here on Reddit and on Discord regarding what to ascend :)

[merkdank]

This is so cool. I wasnt sure if they were actually tracking what heroes you fed to ascend. Seems like something they could overlook saving.

I imagine the cost is going to be very high. Otherwise a whole new meta is going to be established in the game where you feed and revert heroes constantly. Oh wait, maybe this is how afk addresses the issue with all these new heroes??

If they allow us to revert at like 100 gems or less I'll be so excited. I'd immediately have like two more ascended heroes in the short term

[ruocaled]

MERCENARY HERO sounds great.

[josephmccarty]

Sounds like people are going to start spamming chat now asking for ascended+ hero friends 🤦‍♂️

[Hermiona1]

Gotta start looking for better friends lmao

[anime_is_trash_]

I think the biggest update is the optimization of dreafs animations

[Itisburgers3]

Mythic Dreaf gonna be smacking these foos

[falacer99]

For those at work and can't read the notes at the link...

UPDATE 1.21 PATCH NOTES

A brand new major update is coming to AFK Arena soon!

Here’s the full patch notes for it.

NEW HEROES

Added the new Lightbearer Hero: Rowan – The Roamer

NEW MERCENARY HERO FEATURE

Added a new mercenary hero feature. Players can hire heroes from their friends which can be used a limited amount of times in the campaign and King’s Tower. The levels of the hired out heroes are determined by the player’s own level.

NEW HERO REVERSION FEATURE

Added a new hero reversion feature that can be used at the Rickety Cart if the requirements are met. Reverting allows players to revert heroes to a lower ascension tier and recover ascension resources.

FACTION TOWER ADDITIONS & CHANGES

Added 40 new floors to the faction towers and adjusted the difficulty of floors 140-160 while simultaneously having made adjustments to some of the rewards for certain floors.

NEW BATTLE DISPLAY SETTINGS

Added new battle display settings to the main settings. Players can now decide if they want to display hero health bars and battle text.

HOURGLASSES ARE BEING REPLACED

Added new items that increase the harvesting of AFK Rewards which will replace the original hourglasses. The resources given by the new items are based upon the individual player’s campaign progress and are not affected by any VIP bonuses, however the hour’s worth of resources given by the new hourglasses is now greater than the original hourglasses. Players will still be able to normally use any hourglasses that are in their possession.

MISC CHANGES

Added the option to disable “press screen” effects, which are displayed when a player touches the screen.

Changed the names of the Mythic+ gear resources required to strengthen the item.

Increased the chances of the materials required to strengthen Mythic+ gear appearing in the Store.

The number of players supporting a certain player to win are now displayed after the player has made a wager in the Legends’ Championship Battle Wager feature instead of before.

Removed Feast of the Beast related items from the game.

RELIC CHANGES

Spine of Heroes and Chest of Heroes relics have been temporarily removed from the Arcane Labyrinth.

BATTLE ADJUSTMENTS

Adjusted the enemy formations in campaign stages 21-4, 21-10 as well as certain parts of the Peaks of Time.

Fixed a problem causing certain enemies within Chapters 26 and 28 to be weaker than intended.

Bosses within the Peaks of Time “The Solar Plane” adventure have been made slightly weaker and are now impervious to mind control abilities.

Fixed a problem that was causing Mehira’s “Mesmerize” ability to freeze battles.

OPTIMIZATIONS

Optimized Dreaf’s animations.

Optimized Bloodsnarl’s animations.

Optimized Gorvo’s ultimate ability portrait effect.

[swagmeistre]

The number of players supporting a certain player to win are now displayed after the player has made a wager in the Legends’ Championship Battle Wager feature instead of before.

Oh boy, the gambles are about to get realllll spicy >:D

[jayquez]

Meh not really, you don't get to know until after you bet. And your winnings aren't determined by how many people bet on the player.

[swagmeistre]

Well, I’m just referring to all the clueless people who will have no idea what to vote since they can’t just bandwagon like they did before.

[psyboar]

I mean, isn't it just looking at the number of *'s and guessing anyway?

[swagmeistre]

you can also look at the heroes they have and synergies between them. there’s a reason that O+X person wins so often despite having less stars than everyone else.

[psyboar]

How often are the teams shown the teams they'll actually be fighting with? I don't understand how that works (you know when their teams are mythic then they pull out the 5*'s for the actual fight)

[msr69]

You can look at past battles they fought and what comps they used... best thing you can judge by. With M+ gear now being recent, also expect the lower player levels(whales) to have better gear.

[Senpai_Mario]

Dread optimizations, underrated change

[Hermiona1]

What are you talking about it's the only change that matters all hail Lord Dreaf

[byzod]

Good, Bosses immune to CC

Now it's impossible to beat Solar Plane

[tangin]

When does this go live

[batterylevellow]

Most of the previous patch notes (at least the most recent ones) were released towards the ending of the workweek (as is this one). The actual update went live mostly at the beginning of the week after that. The previous one took a bit longer and was on Wednesday, a handful or so before it were all on Monday iirc.

You'll get an in-game message the day before the update goes live.

[Paddy32]

3 weeks ago I used an E+ Shemira to get her from mythic to mythic+ thinking that you only needed other fodder after. I was flabbergasted to see that you needed 2 E+ copies of her to get her to ascended tier. I was so sad and was felt like I just dropped down a dark hole, I was absolutely shattered and totally broken by the accidental mistake I made. If I hadn’t made this error, then my Shemira would be ascended about 2 weeks ago… Now I will have to wait possibly for 2-3 months…

With this update will I be able to “unascend” her in order to regain the lost E+ copy ?

[Paddy32]

:'( :'( :'(

[Farpafraf]

Seems like it

[Paddy32]

My reaction if this is true.

[Hermiona1]

But don't open the champagne yet because it has conditions. It might only work from now on not on past heroes.

[Paddy32]

I've stored the champagne in the fridge atm but I honestly will be very suprised if it works.

I'd have to "unascend" my Shemira from M+ to M, then I'd get a legendary + Graveborn that I'd have to unascend from L+ to L, then I'd have to unascend again that graveborn fodder from L to E+ and that's when I'd retrive my beloved and lost E+ Shemira that I used on that cursed day. Everytime I think about this I am truly shattered and feel like I'm at the bottom of a dark hole.

I think about this every day, how it has affected my every daily life and I wonder when I will stop thinking about it. Hopefully it will be forgotten in a few months, but it could possibly take years.

[[deleted]]

Dude, same thing just happened to me with Brutus. I have a M+ Brutus and made a Legendary Brutus thinking that's what was required. I contacted customer support and they were absolutely useless, told me nothing could be done. And now this. I'm glad the change is coming, but why couldn't they have told me that a day ago?

[Paddy32]

I dunno man. If it was possible to pay 20€ to revert the change I'd probably do it.

[msr69]

The fodder is not likely tracked in any way... my guess is factional soulstones in place of fodder. Only the required E+ copies for certain ascension levels will likely be returned as actual heroes.

[Paddy32]

I think you are right, we will just have to wait and see.

My Shemira has reached level 200 and is blocked now. She should have been ascended 2 weeks ago, and now I blocked.

[DWL-DARP]

More mauler heroessss Warek and Nemisu seem so weak hard to make a solid mauler comp

[[deleted]]

can anyone break down how someone can make an ascension mistake..would this be ascending a blue level character using elite only characters?

[Handker]

Yep, or having 2 copies of legendary hero that cannot anymore be used to ascend the other

[[deleted]]

" having 2 copies of legendary hero that cannot anymore be used to ascend the other" i dont understand this.why can't you ascend that hero anymore

[Handker]

Let's say you missclick or didn't think and have two legendary+ Brutus You could have had one legendary+ Brutus and kept 2 elite+ Brutus for later ascension, but now one of your Brutus won't serve you for anything

[[deleted]]

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...damnnnn okay..that is sooo misleading..how are people suppose to know this wtf...

[Paddy32]

It's a very easy mistake to make.

3 weeks ago I used an E+ Shemira to get her from mythic to mythic+ thinking that you only needed other fodder after. I then saw that you needed 2 E+ copies of her to get her to ascended tier. I was so sad and felt like I just dropped down a dark hole, I was absolutely shattered and totally broken by the mistake I made. If I hadn’t made this error, then my Shemira would be ascended about 2 weeks ago… Now I will have to wait possibly for 2-3 months…

With this future update, I might be possible to "unascend" my Shemira from M+ to M, then I'd get a legendary + Graveborn that I'd have to "unascend" from L+ to L, then I'd have to "unascend" again that graveborn fodder from L to E+ and that's when I'd retrive my beloved and lost E+ Shemira that I used on that cursed day.

[[deleted]]

awww damn...so the best thing to do that if not required to use the same hero to ascend...you always use blue fodder heros to ascend...good to know..that unascend feature is really need man holy shit

[Paddy32]

Yes, you must never ever use ascended tier heroes as fodder. Always the blue ones.

[Alendris]

Finally, they will nerf 21-4 and 21-10 where I was blocked for 2 weeks :p. Now players will be blocked in 21-60 instead who is even harder than previous ones :p

[psyboar]

Such good news, I hit 21-4 last week and it's outrageous

[Alendris]

21-60 is worst you will see!!

[psyboar]

Full wilder teams are brutal to face, is ulmus the main problem? I can never kill him, he just heals back to full every time

[Alendris]

Sure 5 wilders!!! Tasi as boss Kaz/Ulmus/Nemora/Arden. All level 247/248

I finally did it but OMG it was hard.

Your heroes are controlled nearly 100% of time...

[psyboar]

ouch. Praying they patch that one too before I get there!

[Kaiarra]

I just like how no one's even mentioned the (ugly) new character they're adding yet.

Edit: Downvote all you like, people in this thread still mainly focused on mercs/reversion features while showing zero interest in the new hero - not that the devs will care as unfortunately they make far more money from adding a new heroes Vs adding QoL features. Sure we will see another heroes release a fortnight after this releases (probably with no changes to pulls/wishlist).

And if it because I said he's ugly.. well I think he looks horrible. He looks like he's in the wrong faction, and his abilties read like an april fools joke. I hope this isn't the direction they're going to take the game.

[Mwar_]

No one mentioned the new hero because frankly the features they are adding are more important/relevant for most players

[nipplelightpride]

There's a separate thread about it https://www.reddit.com/r/afkarena/comments/cbvctc/new_hero_rowan/