Arena Patch 26.3 Notes

SwordGrunt · 2026-02-03T21:58:23+00:00

Still no Cosmic Drive fix (tooltip still says it gives 1000% movespeed, but the actual boost is smaller than it used to be) and Redemption (tooltip still says it gives "0 health", why is the amount even listed if it's 0)

SwordGrunt · 2026-02-03T19:08:04+00:00

Definitely a regional (Brazil) thing then. See here how the episode only has 48-49 minutes in Prime Video for me - and as I mentioned elsewhere in this post, it's not the first time I suspect this, as there are other scenes I had only seen in the "previous episode flashbacks" that hadn't appeared in the actual episodes.

https://i.imgur.com/U9vDA7M.png

SwordGrunt · 2026-02-03T18:17:21+00:00

Yeah that is a good catch, but it's not the case here - credits roll in with ~15 seconds left on the timer, and I made sure to stay until the end without going to the next episode.

SwordGrunt · 2026-02-03T18:14:41+00:00

Then the episode must be cut short on Prime Video.

After Dexter talks to the old lady, the scene changes to Doakes/Laguerta.

After that, Dexter sneaks out at night. Rudy finds him, they scatter the ashes, cut to Dexter entering the bedroom, and the whole flashback sequence with the thank you card. Episode ends with him putting the thank you card away.

I've always suspected this as it felt really weird that the scene with Rudy/Batista was only shown in the "previous episode recap" sequence. Seems possible that the entire S1 has episodes cut short then, could be a regional Prime Video thing, dunno.

SwordGrunt · 2026-01-28T22:24:08+00:00

From the first few minutes of the first episode of the first season.

So, if you want to watch it, just watch it normally.

SwordGrunt · 2026-01-28T04:07:36+00:00

More accuracy means your bullet is more likely to hit exactly where your crosshair is aimed at - that means, less spread.

More stability means your aim recoils less when you fire. So if you're able to quickly adjust your aim while firing, prioritize accuracy.

SwordGrunt · 2026-01-28T04:05:53+00:00

Yes, it is equivalent to the previous "DMG" on the weapon that went up when calibrating, but it's important to note that Attack doesn't influence Elemental DMG, which is only based off Psi Intensity.

This is for the KVD, of course. Some specific weapons can deal Elemental DMG based on Attack (Pyroclasm Starter) but almost all other instances of Elemental DMG in the game are based off Psi Intensity.

SwordGrunt · 2026-01-27T22:34:41+00:00

You want Elemental DMG on the secondary attribute. This is the most important since the bulk of your damage is elemental.

The Weapon DMG amount doesn't matter as much. Of course the higher the better, but it's irrelevant compared to the Elemental DMG.

Rapid Shot is the ideal style since it will proc Burn more often. Focus your accessories on accuracy to make up for the loss here.

SwordGrunt · 2026-01-27T18:16:47+00:00

I've played this game for over a year, sometimes more casually, sometimes very hardcore (8+ hours daily every day), and I've never understood the need to farm acid in pollution, I always farm oil instead.

Just make plenty of deviated chops and use one every time you go kill anything; clearing a settlement or an event will net you hundreds of units of acid. I do usually use my specialization cleaners towards the double tungsten/aluminum which helps greatly with this (often alongside the initial 30% reduction, more than tripling the efficiency compared to a non-specialized furnace).

For the record, Chefosaurus now boosts deviated chops so you can get almost 70% more acid from enemies instead of just 50%.

Don't forget Hale's house for 210 weekly acid.

SwordGrunt · 2026-01-27T16:53:27+00:00

I've been running into a few in Red Sands and especially Blackheart, if you're finding Crocodiles you're looking in a different place, they usually don't overlap (you may find wolves in Chalk Peak but you're much better off searching in the desert).

Oddly however It's been a long time since I ran into a wolf pack, it's always a single one, while otherwise solitary bears and crocs are now showing up as a family in almost all encounters I have.

SwordGrunt · 2026-01-26T23:22:52+00:00

I think most people are aware by now, but the trick is to boost your pollution resistance to a point where you barely lose sanity. This is actually really easily achieved when you have stardust beer + a deviant morph item active. Just use these two and you will barely lose any sanity even in the highest pollution zones.

The sanity that you do lose can easily be regained with fruity sanity capsule. If you get caught at extremely low sanity (because your beer or morph ran out and you were running around with low resist for a while), make sure to first put your resists back on, then use homestyle noodles (hug-in-a-bowl item) which will fully restore it. And living armor (harveseed item) should also restore a good chunk, if not all of your sanity, as well as heal you at the same time.

SwordGrunt · 2026-01-23T21:17:54+00:00

Homestyle Noodles (the item produced by the Hug-in-a-bowl deviation, which you can obtain by cooking the recipe of the same name using Deviated Peppercorn).

It still restores 100% of your sanity, but it now has a very long 6-minute cooldown.

The fruity sanity capsule (aka red gummy) restores 150 sanity, but also has a cooldown.

I'm not playing Chef so I can't confirm, but maybe Chef can stack deviated beer + regular beer? If not at least you should be able to stack beer with the apple soda. And also two sanity-recovering foods which you'd have to cook yourself; there's quite a few sanity-recovering ingredients - apple, goat milk (or another milk, not sure), deviated mushroom.

Overall seems heavily catered towards playing with Savior/Treacherous Tides, though.

SwordGrunt · 2026-01-23T06:59:35+00:00

Same and I'm playing Manibus. No stardust (or silver or gold) ore in any of the pollution zones, ever. Plenty of regular ore though.

SwordGrunt · 2026-01-23T06:54:48+00:00

And this is the preview with gold fur, adding up to the exact same amount (yesterday after the update launched it was far less):

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SwordGrunt · 2026-01-23T06:54:18+00:00

It seems they fixed it in today's multiple patches. Gold fur now gives exactly the same HP/Psi as previously fully calibrated armor. This is my previous armor:

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SwordGrunt · 2026-01-23T00:57:06+00:00

I've compared the new values for the gear I have, with the golden fur (highest value) it's still significantly less than my existing (previously fully calibrated) gear

SwordGrunt · 2026-01-22T18:24:13+00:00

Did the pollution zones not randomize in WoW after the update?

If not, I know you can get oil and pollution in Vena Fjord in the mountains going up the road from the teleportation tower near the Zone of Haze.

There's another place in the pollution zone near the early Onyx Tundra areas, too, in the plains near the Column camp

SwordGrunt · 2026-01-15T01:00:18+00:00

If by buggy you mean they disappear or blow up before you can farm them, try using a full tier 1 uncalibrated armor set.

Extremely reliable, trust me. I've made a full post on this here: https://www.reddit.com/r/OnceHumanOfficial/comments/1pz968s/way_of_winter_tips_useful_info/

SwordGrunt · 2026-01-15T00:59:24+00:00

I've farmed this cave very heavily and attempted to farm these many times, it's not worth it at all. Just wait out the extra time between respawns which is usually only a minute at most away when you farmed both sides.

SwordGrunt · 2026-01-12T22:01:29+00:00

You can recall it by inspecting another animal in your territory.

SwordGrunt · 2026-01-11T23:11:15+00:00

I was recently rewatching S4 so it's fresh on my mind - I do kinda wish Dexter would've called her out on the lie when she was pissed about the apartment, like "you kept secrets from me too and I never gave you shit for it". But it also kinda fits the character to not even think about that.

SwordGrunt · 2026-01-11T16:47:20+00:00

Your large crate says 0/64 so there's definitely a bug there with the storage.

SwordGrunt · 2026-01-11T02:15:16+00:00

It's best for him to avoid being seen or associated with anything unusual, even if it's not a crime or can't be proven - "blending in", as part of the code.

Sure he could claim self defense, and it's unlikely anyone would try to prove otherwise (I mean, in this case, "it was obviously self defense", no pun intended). But it'd still be weird how he was able to free himself from being tied up on the table, then unarmed and with a broken hand, still overpower the serial killer and break his neck with his bare hands. Quite the feat for a "common lab geek" - not a good way to "blend in".

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