Astral Ascent “Rendezvous” update with Dead Cells crossover out now, patch notes

Astral Ascent is back with a new “Rendezvous” update, which is led by a brand new Dead Cells crossover.

Five new weapons have been made available tying in with Dead Cells. A couple of small features and bug fixes are also included.

Here’s what to expect from the update:

Astral Ascent Rendezvous update patch notes

Major Features

• Dead Cells Update: 5 New Weapons from Dead Cells license
  • Ayla: Throwing Knife
  • Kiran: Nutcracker
  • Calie: Scythe Claw
  • Octave: Wrenching Whip
  • Yamat: Symmetrical Lance
• 15 new Weapon passives for the new weapons
• Guillain NPC will visit Andromeda’s bar if you have a weapon from Dead Cells
• Dual Weapons: Equip 2 weapons at once, switching anytime between both for deeper gameplay
• Visible Weapon: You can now see weapons you currently hold during most animations

Small Features

• community inspired Preview spells video in the Forge 
• Calie’s Shield passive : Defensive Measures now works with her Gems weapon passive: Field Supplies

Balancing

• Auras: Ravaging sphere: Increased damage from 15% to 30%
  • Crystal Screen: Increased explosion damage of max life from 60% to 100% and 100% to 200%
• Weapons: AYLA
  • Passive Starfire: Increased damage
• KIRAN
  • Passive Hit marker: Now also hits nearby enemies
  • Passive Explosive temper: Increased damage
  • Passive Sword juggling: Increased damage
• OCTAVE
  • Weapon Exterminatum Exemplaris : Increased damage
  • Passive Priora signal: Increased damage
• CALIE
  • Weapon Survive spear: Increased attack speed

Bug Fixes

• Attacking aiming bottom with Octave dual guns would make Octave shake
• The Dead Cells weapons unlock condition was not visible
• French typos were fixed
• Octave Mechanical Spider could consume mana and be canceled before creating the spider 
• Icarus Slime Aura on Player 2 would attribute the Slimes to Player 1
• In coop, if player 1 has inventory open, player 2 movement in their inventory is reversed 
• Yamat’s Dance of Contempt summon could get stuck on borders 
• Fixed description for last effect of aura Lighting Favor III 
• Effects of auras that triggered on enemies hit with full life would not behave correctly during PvP
• Ayla Dead Cells daggers would sometimes shoot while launching spells 

The Astral Ascent “Rendezvous” update with Dead Cells crossover is live on Nintendo Switch. We have a trailer for the patch below.

Update Trailer

Thanks to Hibernian Workshop for the patch notes. We have more coverage, including details about a physical release of the game, over here.