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About this mod
A full game rebalance and difficulty mod, with the goal of making the game more mechanically interesting and challenging.
- Permissions and credits
- Changelogs
New Dawn is a thorough rebalance project. It aims to make the strategic options available to the player more diverse, with more viable mechanics, fewer clear cut "best in slot" items and abilities, and more challenging and durable bosses to wield them against. It is in some ways a continuation of my previous mods, the Octoplus and Itemplus buff packages, but expands their scope to more in-depth changes to core mechanics and overall game balance. It's designed as an all-in-one overhaul mod, changing enemies as well as the player's tools, and altering the pace of progression through the game. It is intended for a veteran's perspective on the game, and to make things fresh after you know how to make most late-game bosses a non-threat in vanilla.
To install, extract the .rar file and drop NewDawn_p.pak into Octopath_Traveler2 > Content > Paks
New Dawn is designed to be used with a fresh save file. Unintended results may occur with an existing save file. The earlier in the game a save is, the safer it is to install.
The following is a list of changes from vanilla:
Ability Changes
Warrior
Merchant
Scholar
Dancer
Hunter
Thief
Cleric
Apothecary
Armsmaster
Arcanist
Inventor
Conjurer
Support Abilities
Support abilities have been re-ordered and shuffled around the jobs to more appropriate places, as per the following:
Latent Powers
Concoct
Learned Skills
Dance Sessions
Random count sessions have been changed to fixed numbers.
The LP restoring Rondo sessions have been given increased power.
Monster Abilities
Items
Items are where some of the heaviest balancing of New Dawn comes into play. Fang of Ferocity has been reduced to a 20% boost, and Finisher's Claws have been reduced to a 35% boost. All of the Battle-Tested, Divine, and Lost Tribe weapons have been reconsidered with more interesting secondary effects. In addition to Thunder's Roar, elemental pursuit weapons now exist for every weapon type and element. They've been sprinkled over lategame loot. The earliest one you're likely to find is the Absolute Zero bow from Ochette's Stormhail chapter, which triggers an icy pursuit on all attacks.
Elemental potency weapons have been drastically reworked. Potency stacking has been removed, with every element now corresponding to a particular weapon type. The damage numbers of spells have been adjusted to account for this, and the end result should be that you no longer need to choose a mage's class based purely on what weapons it lets them equip. That still matters, but Osvald no longer covets Armsmaster purely to equip three potency weapons, and other magically-inclined characters can function in more jobs than when they had to rely on heavy stacking on their primary element. The new elemental weapons are as follows:
Fire:
-Scorched Bone Spear
-Fire Dragon's Glaive
Ice:
-Frost Axe
-Icy Axe
Lightning:
-Thundercloud Bow (replaces Engagement Bow)
-Shattering Storm (replaces Tornado Bow)
Wind:
-Wind Whisperer
-Mooneater
Light:
-Jade Staff
-Sunshadow Staff
Dark:
-Heretic's Greatsword
-Eclipse Edge
Many other weapons and pieces of armor have also been adjusted, sometimes given small stat tweaks, sometimes given entirely new purposes. For example, the Tornado Glaive has been replaced by the Mystic Trident, a spear that has high elemental attack and absorbs SP on hit, and the Hallowed Rod has had its former light potency replaced with an effect that amplifies the power of healing received by the wielder.
The status ailment bottles have had their success chance increased to make them more reliable, with a corresponding price increase.
Battle-Tested weapons have had their drops changed. Instead of needing to farm a 2% chance to get another copy, the drops have been moved to each weapon's respective post-game NPC, with a 100% chance. They can no longer be obtained early, but once you have access to them, you can take as many as you need.
The Stone of Truth has been given 50 points of elemental attack, and now grants 2 stacks of greatly intensified spells at the start of battle. Its old effect of permanent intensified spells has been given to a new piece of armor, the Arcane Robe. The robe has one set location in the world, and more copies of it can be obtained from an appropriate post-game NPC.
The locations of certain items have been changed, both for balance reasons and to accommodate new additions. I recommend not spoiling yourself as to the new locations and just exploring, but if you want the details, check the readme.
The final boss now drops a new accessory, the Dawn Ribbon. The Dawn Ribbon multiplies experience and JP earned by 100 times, and is there to make the grind for the superboss as convenient as possible.
NPCs
NPCs can now be summoned unlimited times without leaving your party, although they still retreat from battle after a certain number of turns.
Currently the following NPCs have been adjusted:
Giselle: Has the unique Dance Session Golden Duet, which grants 1 BP and heals 1 status ailment. In battle, she uses Love, Sweet As Honey and Improved Offense.
Ort: In battle, he uses Sacred Slash, Steel Defenses, and Sacred Aura (grants light enchant to all characters for 3 turns and restores 75 SP)
Benkei: Teaches Aggressive Thrust as a learned skill. In battle, he uses Aggressive Thrust and We Are Soldiers Without Equal!.
Roque: Has the A Way With Words merchant support. In battle, he uses Capitalist Common Sense (9999 damage leaf toss) and Trick of the Trade.
Yurinas: In battle, she uses Windswept Slash, Spiny Shoot (3 randomly targeted sword hits that reduce speed), and Augmented Offense (increases the party's physical attack, elemental attack, and critical rate for 3 turns).
Rai Mei: Increased stats. In battle she uses Bolt Brandish, Bright Bolt, and Spear of Levin (increases the party's physical attack and grants lightning enchant for 3 turns).
Hermes: In battle, she uses Merfolk Dance (restore an ally's HP and grant them 40% SP regen for 3 turns) and Healing Veil.
Veronica: Increased stats. In battle, she uses Azure Right, Steel Defenses, and Targeted Strike.
Dolcinaea: Increased stats. In battle, she uses Dolcinaea's Melody, Moonstep, and Mellifluous Singing.
Enemies and Bosses
New Dawn is built atop the changes of Viridescence's excellent Octopath Troubler mod. Enemies have general multipliers of 1.8x HP and 1.4x shield points, accordingly. Bosses, in particular the penultimate and final chapter bosses, have been given special attention in addition to this, with increased stats and much more HP that should give these encounters the length and gravitas they deserve. After three playthroughs, including one with Troubler installed, I was tired of reaching the phase transition of a character's final boss, hearing the music change, getting pumped, and then immediately one-shotting them because I had already done too much damage at once to their small health bars. Hikari's and Ochette's final bosses, guarding some of the best post-story abilities and loot in the game, are especially buff in New Dawn. Good luck.
And have fun with the superboss: He isn't playing around this time.
Known Issues
Compatibility
New Dawn edits the following files and will be incompatible with mods that also edit them:
AbilityData
AbilitySetData
AilmentData
DiseaseData
PreparationData
SupportAbilityData
BattleVoiceSet
EnemyDB
JobData
NPCBattleData
NPCLeadData
SupportCharacterDB
ObjectData
GameTextEN
ItemDB
PurchaseItemTable
SubStoryTask
WorldMapTable
MainStory
Stealing Everything, and other Steal rebalance mods:
-Incompatible
Unlimited Followers:
-Redundant, New Dawn includes similar changes
Octopath Unlimiter:
-Compatible, but be aware that this will have drastic implications on game balance
Octopath Troubler:
-Redundant, New Dawn bases its enemy changes off of Troubler already
More Captured Monster Slots:
-Compatible
Winnehild's Battle Cry:
-Incompatible
Octopath Limiter:
-Compatible
Really Evasive Maneuvers:
-Incompatible
Special thanks to Beepo for technical help and Viridescence for letting me use his excellent work on the Octopath Troubler mod.
I do this as a hobby. If you want to toss a little support my way, you can tip me on ko-fi
To install, extract the .rar file and drop NewDawn_p.pak into Octopath_Traveler2 > Content > Paks
New Dawn is designed to be used with a fresh save file. Unintended results may occur with an existing save file. The earlier in the game a save is, the safer it is to install.
The following is a list of changes from vanilla:
Ability Changes
Warrior
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Piercing Thrust
"Unleash a powerful polearm attack on a single foe, and have a 25%/50%/75%/100% chance to deal a critical hit. Turn all damage dealt to the target into critical damage for the remainder of the turn."
Ultimate Stance
"Raise your critical rate for the rest of the battle, but reduce your physical defense and elemental defense for 5/4/3/2 turns."
Brand's Blade
"[Divine Skill] Unleash an extraordinarily powerful sword attack on a single foe and reduce their physical defense and elemental defense for 3 turns."
"Unleash a powerful polearm attack on a single foe, and have a 25%/50%/75%/100% chance to deal a critical hit. Turn all damage dealt to the target into critical damage for the remainder of the turn."
Ultimate Stance
"Raise your critical rate for the rest of the battle, but reduce your physical defense and elemental defense for 5/4/3/2 turns."
Brand's Blade
"[Divine Skill] Unleash an extraordinarily powerful sword attack on a single foe and reduce their physical defense and elemental defense for 3 turns."
Merchant
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Ember
10 SP
"Deal fire-based damage to a single foe 1/2/3/4 times."
Affected by Price of Power.
Sidestep
"Dodge 1/2/3/4 physical attacks with a 100% success rate. Does not stack."
Hired Help
Now does fixed damage per hit:
Mercenary: 200
Guard: 1000
Beastling: 1500
Veteran: 2500
Assassin: 3000
Bifelgan's Bounty
"[Divine Skill] Deal powerful magic damage to all foes and receive ➓ equivalent to the damage dealt."
Damage increased.
10 SP
"Deal fire-based damage to a single foe 1/2/3/4 times."
Affected by Price of Power.
Sidestep
"Dodge 1/2/3/4 physical attacks with a 100% success rate. Does not stack."
Hired Help
Now does fixed damage per hit:
Mercenary: 200
Guard: 1000
Beastling: 1500
Veteran: 2500
Assassin: 3000
Bifelgan's Bounty
"[Divine Skill] Deal powerful magic damage to all foes and receive ➓ equivalent to the damage dealt."
Damage increased.
Scholar
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Analyze
"Reveal the HP and 1/2/3/All weak points of a single foe."
Elemental Break (Replaces Stroke of Genius)
8 SP
"Unleash a staff attack on a single foe and lower their elemental defense for 2/4/6/8 turns."
Elemental Barrage
Affected by Price of Power.
Advanced Magic
"Boosts the intensity of a single ally's spells 3/4/5/6 times."
Flash of Inspiration (replaces Teach)
20 SP
"Restore 25%/50%/75%/100% of your own latent power gauge."
One True Magic
35 SP
Damage increased.
"Reveal the HP and 1/2/3/All weak points of a single foe."
Elemental Break (Replaces Stroke of Genius)
8 SP
"Unleash a staff attack on a single foe and lower their elemental defense for 2/4/6/8 turns."
Elemental Barrage
Affected by Price of Power.
Advanced Magic
"Boosts the intensity of a single ally's spells 3/4/5/6 times."
Flash of Inspiration (replaces Teach)
20 SP
"Restore 25%/50%/75%/100% of your own latent power gauge."
One True Magic
35 SP
Damage increased.
Dancer
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Sweeping Gale
10 SP
"Deal wind-based damage to a single foe 1/2/3/4 times."
Affected by Price of Power.
Stimulate
Triggers Dance Sessions.
Bewildering Grace
Probability of negative effects reduced. Experience and JP increasing effects removed.
Windy Refrain
Now affected by super and hyper magic, becoming Tempest Aria and Hurricane Hymn, respectively.
Affected by Price of Power.
10 SP
"Deal wind-based damage to a single foe 1/2/3/4 times."
Affected by Price of Power.
Stimulate
Triggers Dance Sessions.
Bewildering Grace
Probability of negative effects reduced. Experience and JP increasing effects removed.
Windy Refrain
Now affected by super and hyper magic, becoming Tempest Aria and Hurricane Hymn, respectively.
Affected by Price of Power.
Hunter
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Thunderbird
10 SP
"Deal lightning-based damage to a single foe 1/2/3/4 times."
Affected by Price of Power.
Abating Arrow (replaces Mercy Strike)
9 SP
"Unleash a moderately powerful bow attack on a single foe and nullify 1/2/3/4 of their augmenting effects."
Cleaving Blow
"Unleash a powerful axe attack on a single foe, and restore your own HP and SP based on the damage dealt."
Blinding Burst (replaces Abating Orb)
18 SP
"Blind all foes for 1/2/3/4 turns."
Provoke Beasts
"Select 2/3/4/5 monsters and provoke them in order."
Draefendi's Bow
Increased damage.
10 SP
"Deal lightning-based damage to a single foe 1/2/3/4 times."
Affected by Price of Power.
Abating Arrow (replaces Mercy Strike)
9 SP
"Unleash a moderately powerful bow attack on a single foe and nullify 1/2/3/4 of their augmenting effects."
Cleaving Blow
"Unleash a powerful axe attack on a single foe, and restore your own HP and SP based on the damage dealt."
Blinding Burst (replaces Abating Orb)
18 SP
"Blind all foes for 1/2/3/4 turns."
Provoke Beasts
"Select 2/3/4/5 monsters and provoke them in order."
Draefendi's Bow
Increased damage.
Thief
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Darkest Night
10 SP
"Deal dark-based damage to a single foe 1/2/3/4 times."
Affected by Price of Power.
Swift Step
Now also allows you to act first on the next turn in addition to increasing your speed.
Veil of Darkness
Now affected by super and hyper magic, becoming Shroud of Shadow and Nightfall, respectively.
Affected by Price of Power.
10 SP
"Deal dark-based damage to a single foe 1/2/3/4 times."
Affected by Price of Power.
Swift Step
Now also allows you to act first on the next turn in addition to increasing your speed.
Veil of Darkness
Now affected by super and hyper magic, becoming Shroud of Shadow and Nightfall, respectively.
Affected by Price of Power.
Cleric
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Holy Light
10 SP
"Deal light-based damage to a single foe 1/2/3/4 times."
Affected by Price of Power.
Aelfric's Protection (replaces Aelfric's Blessing)
30 SP
"[Divine Skill] Cause a single ally to be automatically revived at full HP and BP after being incapacitated, one time."
10 SP
"Deal light-based damage to a single foe 1/2/3/4 times."
Affected by Price of Power.
Aelfric's Protection (replaces Aelfric's Blessing)
30 SP
"[Divine Skill] Cause a single ally to be automatically revived at full HP and BP after being incapacitated, one time."
Apothecary
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Icicle
10 SP
"Deal ice-based damage to a single foe 1/2/3/4 times."
Affected by Price of Power.
Replenish Health
Regen 20% > 33%
Poison Axe
"Unleash a powerful axe attack on a single foe, and poison them for 2/3/4/5 turns."
Debilitating Solution (replaces Weakness to Poison)
11 SP
"Extend the duration of all status ailments affecting a single foe by 3/4/5/6 turns."
Also extends Weakness to Poison.
Experimental Remedy (replaces Remedy)
30 SP
"Randomly distribute powerful regeneration effects among allies 2/4/6/8 times."
Note: Most poison effects now inflict Weakness to Poison by default, making it more of an inherent part of the status than an extra debuff to be separately applied.
10 SP
"Deal ice-based damage to a single foe 1/2/3/4 times."
Affected by Price of Power.
Replenish Health
Regen 20% > 33%
Poison Axe
"Unleash a powerful axe attack on a single foe, and poison them for 2/3/4/5 turns."
Debilitating Solution (replaces Weakness to Poison)
11 SP
"Extend the duration of all status ailments affecting a single foe by 3/4/5/6 turns."
Also extends Weakness to Poison.
Experimental Remedy (replaces Remedy)
30 SP
"Randomly distribute powerful regeneration effects among allies 2/4/6/8 times."
Note: Most poison effects now inflict Weakness to Poison by default, making it more of an inherent part of the status than an extra debuff to be separately applied.
Armsmaster
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Conqueror's Sword: Cosmic Roar
50 SP
"[Divine skill] Charge your attack until the end of the turn, then unleash a powerful shockwave that deals 10 points of shield damage to a single foe."
Dancer's Blade: Mischievous Step
"Unleash a dagger attack on all foes at least 3 times. The more foes there are, the more attacks you will unleash."
Lionheart's Axe: On the Hunt
"Unleash a devastating axe attack on a single foe 2 times. The second strike will be more powerful than the first."
Spiritlord's Staff: Deliverance
Affected by Price of Power.
Bulwark
"Unleash a physical attack on a single foe, then go on the defensive until your next action (125/150/175/200 guard). The higher your physical defense, the more potent the attack."
50 SP
"[Divine skill] Charge your attack until the end of the turn, then unleash a powerful shockwave that deals 10 points of shield damage to a single foe."
Dancer's Blade: Mischievous Step
"Unleash a dagger attack on all foes at least 3 times. The more foes there are, the more attacks you will unleash."
Lionheart's Axe: On the Hunt
"Unleash a devastating axe attack on a single foe 2 times. The second strike will be more powerful than the first."
Spiritlord's Staff: Deliverance
Affected by Price of Power.
Bulwark
"Unleash a physical attack on a single foe, then go on the defensive until your next action (125/150/175/200 guard). The higher your physical defense, the more potent the attack."
Arcanist
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Malice
Slightly increased damage and healing power.
Blessing.
Slightly increased damage.
Hex
Increased debuff extension by 1 turn across the board. Can now extend the critical scope debuff.
Seal of Inversion
"Change 3/4/5/6 attribute-reducing effects on yourself to attribute-raising effects."
Reflective Barrier
"Grant yourself the ability to reflect 1/2/3/4 elemental attacks. Does not stack."
Seal of Eternity
"[Divine Skill] Indefinitely extend the duration of 3 random positive status effects on a single ally."
Slightly increased damage and healing power.
Blessing.
Slightly increased damage.
Hex
Increased debuff extension by 1 turn across the board. Can now extend the critical scope debuff.
Seal of Inversion
"Change 3/4/5/6 attribute-reducing effects on yourself to attribute-raising effects."
Reflective Barrier
"Grant yourself the ability to reflect 1/2/3/4 elemental attacks. Does not stack."
Seal of Eternity
"[Divine Skill] Indefinitely extend the duration of 3 random positive status effects on a single ally."
Inventor
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Changeable Catapult
Slightly decreased damage.
Elemental Bomb Bottle.
Increased damage.
Turns to repair 3 > 4
Tin Horn
Turns to repair 4 > 3
Hastening Hammer
Cooldown reduction 1 > 1/2/3/4
Turns to repair 3 > 2
Arkar's Coil
Turns to repair 7 > 6
All-Purpose Tool
Is now used at 0 boost, instead of max boost.
Slightly decreased damage.
Elemental Bomb Bottle.
Increased damage.
Turns to repair 3 > 4
Tin Horn
Turns to repair 4 > 3
Hastening Hammer
Cooldown reduction 1 > 1/2/3/4
Turns to repair 3 > 2
Arkar's Coil
Turns to repair 7 > 6
All-Purpose Tool
Is now used at 0 boost, instead of max boost.
Conjurer
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Conjure Flames
20 SP
"Enchant a single ally's weapons with fire for 3/4/5/6 turns, and grant them the ability to counter a physical attack 1/2/3/4 times."
Conjure Ice
20 SP
"Enchant a single ally's weapons with ice and increase their elemental defense for 3/4/5/6 turns."
Conjure Lightning
20 SP
"Enchant a single ally's weapons with lightning and increase their speed for 3/4/5/6 turns."
Conjure Gusts
20 SP
"Enchant a single ally's weapons with wind and increase their critical rate for 3/4/5/6 turns."
Cleansing Rain
30 SP
"Cleanse allies of enfeebling effects, and prevent them from being inflicted for 1/2/3/4 turns."
Spirit Dance
20 SP
"Raise a single ally's physical and elemental attack for 2/3/4/5 turns."
Triggers Dance Sessions.
Ruination
30 SP
"Deal powerful magic damage to all enemies, and trigger your active conjuration."
Affected by Price of Power.
Hinouekagura's Grace
50 SP
"[Divine Skill] Grant a single ally the ability to act again at the end of a turn for 3 turns. Only one additional action can be taken per turn."
20 SP
"Enchant a single ally's weapons with fire for 3/4/5/6 turns, and grant them the ability to counter a physical attack 1/2/3/4 times."
Conjure Ice
20 SP
"Enchant a single ally's weapons with ice and increase their elemental defense for 3/4/5/6 turns."
Conjure Lightning
20 SP
"Enchant a single ally's weapons with lightning and increase their speed for 3/4/5/6 turns."
Conjure Gusts
20 SP
"Enchant a single ally's weapons with wind and increase their critical rate for 3/4/5/6 turns."
Cleansing Rain
30 SP
"Cleanse allies of enfeebling effects, and prevent them from being inflicted for 1/2/3/4 turns."
Spirit Dance
20 SP
"Raise a single ally's physical and elemental attack for 2/3/4/5 turns."
Triggers Dance Sessions.
Ruination
30 SP
"Deal powerful magic damage to all enemies, and trigger your active conjuration."
Affected by Price of Power.
Hinouekagura's Grace
50 SP
"[Divine Skill] Grant a single ally the ability to act again at the end of a turn for 3 turns. Only one additional action can be taken per turn."
Support Abilities
Support abilities have been re-ordered and shuffled around the jobs to more appropriate places, as per the following:
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Warrior
1. Bolstering Break
2. Summon Strength
3. Latent Power Plus
4. Master of Offense
Critical chance bonus on broken targets 30% > 100%
Dancer
1. The Show Goes On
2. Ever Evasive
3. Hard Worker
4. Invigorate and Inspire
LP restore increased.
Apothecary
1. Vigorous Victor
2. Hale and Hearty
3. Inspiriting Break
SP Restored 20% > 50%
4. Preventative Measures
Now gives 5 turns of immunity of status ailments at the start of battle.
Thief
1. Incidental Attack
Attack chance increased to 100%.
2. Fleetfoot
3. Ensnare
Now always inflicts 3 turns of physical attack/physical defense down, instead of a random debuff.
4. Life in the Shadows
EXP/JP bonus 50% > 10%
Cleric
1. Resilience
2. Inner Strength
3. Evil Ward
4. Retributive Smite (replaces Rise Again)
"The equipping character has a 50% chance of retaliating with a powerful light spell when taking physical damage."
Armsmaster
1. Deal More Damage
2. Invigorating Break
HP Restored 20% > 100%
3. Peak Performance
Damage bonus 50% > 30%
4. Arms Refinement
LP restore increased.
Arcanist
1. Broken Seal (replaces SP Recovery)
"Upon being incapacitated, increase the physical attack, elemental attack, physical defense, and elemental defense of all allies for 3 turns."
2. Lasting Memory
3. Price of Power
Damage bonus 50% > 25%, also affects elemental pursuits and Retributive Smite
4. Of Equal Might
Inventor
1. BP In Adversity
2. Upgraded Accessories.
3. Explosive Disaster
"Release a powerful fire attack on all foes when the equipping character is rendered incapacitated."
4. Fruits of Labor
Conjurer
1. Purification
2. Graceful Step
"Grants the equipping character an extra turn at the start of battle."
3. SP Saver
4. BP Regeneration
1. Bolstering Break
2. Summon Strength
3. Latent Power Plus
4. Master of Offense
Critical chance bonus on broken targets 30% > 100%
Dancer
1. The Show Goes On
2. Ever Evasive
3. Hard Worker
4. Invigorate and Inspire
LP restore increased.
Apothecary
1. Vigorous Victor
2. Hale and Hearty
3. Inspiriting Break
SP Restored 20% > 50%
4. Preventative Measures
Now gives 5 turns of immunity of status ailments at the start of battle.
Thief
1. Incidental Attack
Attack chance increased to 100%.
2. Fleetfoot
3. Ensnare
Now always inflicts 3 turns of physical attack/physical defense down, instead of a random debuff.
4. Life in the Shadows
EXP/JP bonus 50% > 10%
Cleric
1. Resilience
2. Inner Strength
3. Evil Ward
4. Retributive Smite (replaces Rise Again)
"The equipping character has a 50% chance of retaliating with a powerful light spell when taking physical damage."
Armsmaster
1. Deal More Damage
2. Invigorating Break
HP Restored 20% > 100%
3. Peak Performance
Damage bonus 50% > 30%
4. Arms Refinement
LP restore increased.
Arcanist
1. Broken Seal (replaces SP Recovery)
"Upon being incapacitated, increase the physical attack, elemental attack, physical defense, and elemental defense of all allies for 3 turns."
2. Lasting Memory
3. Price of Power
Damage bonus 50% > 25%, also affects elemental pursuits and Retributive Smite
4. Of Equal Might
Inventor
1. BP In Adversity
2. Upgraded Accessories.
3. Explosive Disaster
"Release a powerful fire attack on all foes when the equipping character is rendered incapacitated."
4. Fruits of Labor
Conjurer
1. Purification
2. Graceful Step
"Grants the equipping character an extra turn at the start of battle."
3. SP Saver
4. BP Regeneration
Latent Powers
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Tenretsuzan
Increased damage.
Hienka
Decreased damage.
Beastly Claws
Increased damage.
Beastly Fangs
Increased damage.
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Tenretsuzan
Increased damage.
Hienka
Decreased damage.
Beastly Claws
Increased damage.
Beastly Fangs
Increased damage.
Concoct
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Pomegranate Leaf
Increases natural BP regeneration for 2/5 turns.
Neutralizing Leaf (replaces Dual Leaf)
Nullifies 1/3 enfeebling effects.
Fool's Leaf
Draws foe's single target attacks for 2/5 turns.
Arcane Flower (replaces Fumbling Flower)
Reduces elemental defense for 2/5 turns.
Dark Flower (replaces Enfeebling Flower)
Inflicts Blindness for 2/5 turns.
Befuddling Flower (replaces Dual Flower)
Inflicts Confusion for 2/5 turns.
Increases natural BP regeneration for 2/5 turns.
Neutralizing Leaf (replaces Dual Leaf)
Nullifies 1/3 enfeebling effects.
Fool's Leaf
Draws foe's single target attacks for 2/5 turns.
Arcane Flower (replaces Fumbling Flower)
Reduces elemental defense for 2/5 turns.
Dark Flower (replaces Enfeebling Flower)
Inflicts Blindness for 2/5 turns.
Befuddling Flower (replaces Dual Flower)
Inflicts Confusion for 2/5 turns.
Learned Skills
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Limb From Limb
Reduced critical modifier. Increased defense modifier slightly.
Sacred Slash
35 SP
"Unleash a sword attack on all foes that draws on your elemental attack, and reduce their elemental defense for 3 turns."
Affected by Price of Power.
Bolt Brandish
Increased lightning damage
Triggers pursuits.
Affected by Price of Power.
Windswept Slash
Area of effect.
Increased wind damage.
Triggers pursuits.
Affected by Price of Power.
Crimson Slash
Increased fire damage.
Triggers pursuits.
Affected by Price of Power.
Bloody Bonus
Increased fire damage.
Triggers pursuits.
Affected by Price of Power.
NEW: Ruinous Ritual
32 SP
"Deal heavy dark damage to all foes, and inflict random enfeebling effects."
Affected by Price of Power.
NEW: Wrath of the Goddess
45 SP
"Deal fire, ice, and lightning damage to all enemies."
Affected by Price of Power.
NEW: Sacrificial Slash
50 SP
"Unleash 3 devastating attacks with a sword on a single foe, but render yourself incapacitated."
NEW: Claw Strike (replaces Slowing Sweep)
21 SP
"Unleash an attack on a single foe that deals 1 point of damage to their shield regardless of weakness, and lowers their defense for 2 turns."
Removed Divine Protection.
Reduced critical modifier. Increased defense modifier slightly.
Sacred Slash
35 SP
"Unleash a sword attack on all foes that draws on your elemental attack, and reduce their elemental defense for 3 turns."
Affected by Price of Power.
Bolt Brandish
Increased lightning damage
Triggers pursuits.
Affected by Price of Power.
Windswept Slash
Area of effect.
Increased wind damage.
Triggers pursuits.
Affected by Price of Power.
Crimson Slash
Increased fire damage.
Triggers pursuits.
Affected by Price of Power.
Bloody Bonus
Increased fire damage.
Triggers pursuits.
Affected by Price of Power.
NEW: Ruinous Ritual
32 SP
"Deal heavy dark damage to all foes, and inflict random enfeebling effects."
Affected by Price of Power.
NEW: Wrath of the Goddess
45 SP
"Deal fire, ice, and lightning damage to all enemies."
Affected by Price of Power.
NEW: Sacrificial Slash
50 SP
"Unleash 3 devastating attacks with a sword on a single foe, but render yourself incapacitated."
NEW: Claw Strike (replaces Slowing Sweep)
21 SP
"Unleash an attack on a single foe that deals 1 point of damage to their shield regardless of weakness, and lowers their defense for 2 turns."
Removed Divine Protection.
Dance Sessions
Random count sessions have been changed to fixed numbers.
The LP restoring Rondo sessions have been given increased power.
Monster Abilities
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Azure Claw
Given three points of shieldbreak. Increased damage.
Azure Fang
Increased damage.
Azure Wind
Increased damage. Increases the party's speed for 4 turns.
Azure Light
Increased damage. Inflicts confusion for 4 turns.
Azure Darkness
Increased damage. Inflicts blindness for 4 turns.
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Azure Claw
Given three points of shieldbreak. Increased damage.
Azure Fang
Increased damage.
Azure Wind
Increased damage. Increases the party's speed for 4 turns.
Azure Light
Increased damage. Inflicts confusion for 4 turns.
Azure Darkness
Increased damage. Inflicts blindness for 4 turns.
Items
Items are where some of the heaviest balancing of New Dawn comes into play. Fang of Ferocity has been reduced to a 20% boost, and Finisher's Claws have been reduced to a 35% boost. All of the Battle-Tested, Divine, and Lost Tribe weapons have been reconsidered with more interesting secondary effects. In addition to Thunder's Roar, elemental pursuit weapons now exist for every weapon type and element. They've been sprinkled over lategame loot. The earliest one you're likely to find is the Absolute Zero bow from Ochette's Stormhail chapter, which triggers an icy pursuit on all attacks.
Elemental potency weapons have been drastically reworked. Potency stacking has been removed, with every element now corresponding to a particular weapon type. The damage numbers of spells have been adjusted to account for this, and the end result should be that you no longer need to choose a mage's class based purely on what weapons it lets them equip. That still matters, but Osvald no longer covets Armsmaster purely to equip three potency weapons, and other magically-inclined characters can function in more jobs than when they had to rely on heavy stacking on their primary element. The new elemental weapons are as follows:
Fire:
-Scorched Bone Spear
-Fire Dragon's Glaive
Ice:
-Frost Axe
-Icy Axe
Lightning:
-Thundercloud Bow (replaces Engagement Bow)
-Shattering Storm (replaces Tornado Bow)
Wind:
-Wind Whisperer
-Mooneater
Light:
-Jade Staff
-Sunshadow Staff
Dark:
-Heretic's Greatsword
-Eclipse Edge
Many other weapons and pieces of armor have also been adjusted, sometimes given small stat tweaks, sometimes given entirely new purposes. For example, the Tornado Glaive has been replaced by the Mystic Trident, a spear that has high elemental attack and absorbs SP on hit, and the Hallowed Rod has had its former light potency replaced with an effect that amplifies the power of healing received by the wielder.
The status ailment bottles have had their success chance increased to make them more reliable, with a corresponding price increase.
Battle-Tested weapons have had their drops changed. Instead of needing to farm a 2% chance to get another copy, the drops have been moved to each weapon's respective post-game NPC, with a 100% chance. They can no longer be obtained early, but once you have access to them, you can take as many as you need.
The Stone of Truth has been given 50 points of elemental attack, and now grants 2 stacks of greatly intensified spells at the start of battle. Its old effect of permanent intensified spells has been given to a new piece of armor, the Arcane Robe. The robe has one set location in the world, and more copies of it can be obtained from an appropriate post-game NPC.
The locations of certain items have been changed, both for balance reasons and to accommodate new additions. I recommend not spoiling yourself as to the new locations and just exploring, but if you want the details, check the readme.
The final boss now drops a new accessory, the Dawn Ribbon. The Dawn Ribbon multiplies experience and JP earned by 100 times, and is there to make the grind for the superboss as convenient as possible.
NPCs
NPCs can now be summoned unlimited times without leaving your party, although they still retreat from battle after a certain number of turns.
Currently the following NPCs have been adjusted:
Giselle: Has the unique Dance Session Golden Duet, which grants 1 BP and heals 1 status ailment. In battle, she uses Love, Sweet As Honey and Improved Offense.
Ort: In battle, he uses Sacred Slash, Steel Defenses, and Sacred Aura (grants light enchant to all characters for 3 turns and restores 75 SP)
Benkei: Teaches Aggressive Thrust as a learned skill. In battle, he uses Aggressive Thrust and We Are Soldiers Without Equal!.
Roque: Has the A Way With Words merchant support. In battle, he uses Capitalist Common Sense (9999 damage leaf toss) and Trick of the Trade.
Yurinas: In battle, she uses Windswept Slash, Spiny Shoot (3 randomly targeted sword hits that reduce speed), and Augmented Offense (increases the party's physical attack, elemental attack, and critical rate for 3 turns).
Rai Mei: Increased stats. In battle she uses Bolt Brandish, Bright Bolt, and Spear of Levin (increases the party's physical attack and grants lightning enchant for 3 turns).
Hermes: In battle, she uses Merfolk Dance (restore an ally's HP and grant them 40% SP regen for 3 turns) and Healing Veil.
Veronica: Increased stats. In battle, she uses Azure Right, Steel Defenses, and Targeted Strike.
Dolcinaea: Increased stats. In battle, she uses Dolcinaea's Melody, Moonstep, and Mellifluous Singing.
Enemies and Bosses
New Dawn is built atop the changes of Viridescence's excellent Octopath Troubler mod. Enemies have general multipliers of 1.8x HP and 1.4x shield points, accordingly. Bosses, in particular the penultimate and final chapter bosses, have been given special attention in addition to this, with increased stats and much more HP that should give these encounters the length and gravitas they deserve. After three playthroughs, including one with Troubler installed, I was tired of reaching the phase transition of a character's final boss, hearing the music change, getting pumped, and then immediately one-shotting them because I had already done too much damage at once to their small health bars. Hikari's and Ochette's final bosses, guarding some of the best post-story abilities and loot in the game, are especially buff in New Dawn. Good luck.
And have fun with the superboss: He isn't playing around this time.
Known Issues
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Known Issues:
- Debilitating Solution will display a "Miss!" text in certain circumstances, despite functioning correctly. This is due to a behind the scenes interaction with certain enemies; if you encounter it, please let me know on what enemy it triggered on. It has to be fixed by changing the enemies that cause it, making it tedious to find every instance of the bug.
- Certain new skills, such as Abating Arrow and Elemental Break, will not be correctly locked by Physical Seal (and similar attacks). Fix is currently unknown, as the list of affected skills for these abilities seem to be stored somewhere currently unable to be edited.
- Shroud of Shadow and Nightfall use the Darkest Night animation instead of the Veil of Darkness animation. Currently unfixable: The culprit is the Veil of Darkness animation, which is structured in such a way that it won't call all the effects properly for the advanced variants. Until it is possible to edit animation files, the Darkest Night animation is the best working substitute.
- Precise Shot doesn't trigger the added effects of weapons. This is a vanilla bug made more obvious by the existence of the Absolute Zero Bow. Currently unfixable, as the issue is part of the command file, which we currently can't edit.
- Explosive Disaster and Broken Seal do not trigger on self-KO. This is due to the way the vanilla ability Divine Wrath is implemented, and is currently unfixable.
-Some bosses will decrease their number of shields when they change phases. This is because their phase change shield values are set in the AI file, which we (surprise) cannot currently edit. So the phase AI overrides the shield values I've set.
- Debilitating Solution will display a "Miss!" text in certain circumstances, despite functioning correctly. This is due to a behind the scenes interaction with certain enemies; if you encounter it, please let me know on what enemy it triggered on. It has to be fixed by changing the enemies that cause it, making it tedious to find every instance of the bug.
- Certain new skills, such as Abating Arrow and Elemental Break, will not be correctly locked by Physical Seal (and similar attacks). Fix is currently unknown, as the list of affected skills for these abilities seem to be stored somewhere currently unable to be edited.
- Shroud of Shadow and Nightfall use the Darkest Night animation instead of the Veil of Darkness animation. Currently unfixable: The culprit is the Veil of Darkness animation, which is structured in such a way that it won't call all the effects properly for the advanced variants. Until it is possible to edit animation files, the Darkest Night animation is the best working substitute.
- Precise Shot doesn't trigger the added effects of weapons. This is a vanilla bug made more obvious by the existence of the Absolute Zero Bow. Currently unfixable, as the issue is part of the command file, which we currently can't edit.
- Explosive Disaster and Broken Seal do not trigger on self-KO. This is due to the way the vanilla ability Divine Wrath is implemented, and is currently unfixable.
-Some bosses will decrease their number of shields when they change phases. This is because their phase change shield values are set in the AI file, which we (surprise) cannot currently edit. So the phase AI overrides the shield values I've set.
Compatibility
New Dawn edits the following files and will be incompatible with mods that also edit them:
AbilityData
AbilitySetData
AilmentData
DiseaseData
PreparationData
SupportAbilityData
BattleVoiceSet
EnemyDB
JobData
NPCBattleData
NPCLeadData
SupportCharacterDB
ObjectData
GameTextEN
ItemDB
PurchaseItemTable
SubStoryTask
WorldMapTable
MainStory
Stealing Everything, and other Steal rebalance mods:
-Incompatible
Unlimited Followers:
-Redundant, New Dawn includes similar changes
Octopath Unlimiter:
-Compatible, but be aware that this will have drastic implications on game balance
Octopath Troubler:
-Redundant, New Dawn bases its enemy changes off of Troubler already
More Captured Monster Slots:
-Compatible
Winnehild's Battle Cry:
-Incompatible
Octopath Limiter:
-Compatible
Really Evasive Maneuvers:
-Incompatible
Special thanks to Beepo for technical help and Viridescence for letting me use his excellent work on the Octopath Troubler mod.
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