The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
[h1]Welcome to May: Where we celebrate Broodmother's Day![/h1]
In celebration, we have a special surprise for you all to help recognize our favorite Spider mom of the yard.
[h3]Full Broodmother Equipment Set[/h3]
Additional armor recipes have been added for you to craft to complete the Hedge Broodmother armor set:
[list][*] Chest of the Mother Demon
[*] Greaves of the Mother Demon[/list]
[h3]Broodmother Mutation Additional Effect[/h3]
The Mom Genes mutation will now also increase all poison damage you deal by a large amount, on top of allowing you to summon spiderlings to fight alongside you.
[h3]May Sign Set[/h3]
During the month of May, a new May Sign Set will be purchasable at the Science Shop related to Spring and the allergies that come with it.
[h1]New Boss: Infected Broodmother[/h1]
That's right, the Hedge Broodmother isn't the only mom in town and we will be celebrating the arrival of the Moldy Matriarch this Broodmother's day month as well!
[list][*] The Infected Broodmother lays hidden, deep in the bowels of the Haze, waiting for a poor soul to set her free.
[*] This new epic boss is a permanent addition to the game (not just for the Month of May) and will test your backyard skills to the limit.[/list]
[h3]New Equipment[/h3]
[list][*] Full equipment set related to the Infected Broodmother
[*] 1 new weapon to craft
[*] 1 new trinket to obtain[/list]
[h3]New Achievement[/h3]
[list][*] 1 New Achievement for killing the Infected Broodmother[/list]
[h3]New Buildings[/h3]
[list][*] Infected Broodmother Throne
[*] Infected Broodmother Brazier
[*] Stuffed Infected Broodmother
[*] Infected Broodmother Wall Mount[/list]
With that, we wish you good luck, and don't forget to tell your favorite yard mom "Happy Broodmother's Day!"
[h1]Bug Fixes / Changes[/h1]
[h3]Changes:[/h3]
[list][*] Fewer Wasps spawn in base attacks.
[*] Wasps are no longer immune to poison.
[*] Wasp Drone heal amount reduced.
[*] Most poisons applied by the player to creatures now have double the duration.
[*] Increasing damage per tick of all poison effects.
[*] Broodmother set poison, venom, and poison nova effects no longer get applied to the player or your party members.
[*] Increasing the bonus poison damage gained from Spider and Widow armor sets.
[*] Increased the damage and stun damage of the unarmed bonus attack from Lil Fist.
[*] Increased the damage of the bonus attack from the power droplet.
[*] Lil Fist Mastery bonus now guarantees a second hit with every punch.
[*] Wasps summoned with the Apex Predator effect of the Bard's Bow now also apply bleed with their attack.
[*] Updated the building shape of the chimney-to-roof intersection pieces.
[*] The previous shape prevented corner roof pieces from attaching correctly if the chimney was placed flush with the walls.
[*] Added in Chimney'd Pinecone Roof which was missing from the original 1.2 update.[/list]
[h3]Crash Fixes:[/h3]
[list][*] Fixed a memory leak in physics code that should reduce out of memory crashes that happen after playing for some time.
[*] Fixed a crash that could happen when using the "Copy" action on a building.[/list]
[h3]Bug Fixes:[/h3]
[list][*] Steal effect no longer applied to friendly targets.
[*] Player summons can no longer trigger effects from the player when attacked by the player.
[*] Clients can now achieve the "Chillax" achievement if the host had already achieved it without them being there.
[*] Wasp Queen boss music properly loops.
[*] Fixed a few dialogues in the game that were not triggering (late game lab, Moldorc Castle button).
[*] The post-game report card can now be closed when using a controller.
[*] Sour weapons can no longer damage some lab machines.
[*] Equipment in chests can now be correctly repaired using materials in nearby chests.
[*] The player will no longer be briefly stuck in front of the Super Duper after inserting a disk.
[*] Bard's Bow will now have an on-screen marker when dropped on the ground.
[*] Respawning from the Petal Bed properly spawns the player next to the bed.
[*] Bee Bee Q recipe in the Oven interface no longer extends past the edge of the screen.
[*] Chat messages no longer are read aloud if both players have "Chat Text to Speech" disabled.[/list]