# ⚖️ Balancing Changes and Bug Fixes | Mysterria

> Bug fixes and balancing changes affecting Twilight Giant, Hermit, Death, Visionary, White Tower, Tyrant, Mother, Devouring, Sublunary, and global systems.

Source: https://www.mysterria.net/en/news/balancing-changes-by-optuber-23-may

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# ⚖️ Balancing Changes and Bug Fixes

Announcement May 23, 2026 2 min read

Contents

- 🐛 Bug Fixes
- ⚖️ Pathway Changes
- 🌌 Boon Changes
- 📦 General Changes

A set of bug fixes and balance nerfs to address overpowered interactions and unintended behavior across multiple pathways.
 **By:** `@Optuber`

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## 🐛 Bug Fixes

- **GIANT**: Counterattack Stance reflect damage now works correctly
- **GIANT**: Divine Enhancement no longer prevents natural regeneration
- **GIANT**: Light of Dawn spirituality drain fixed
- **VISIONARY**: Virtual Persona madness now saves correctly between sessions

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## ⚖️ Pathway Changes

- **GIANT**: Dawn Armor no longer grants enchanted gear, now reduces incoming damage and drains spirituality while active
- **GIANT**: Armament Summon now drains spirituality while active
- **GIANT**: Counterattack Stance ends if you move
- **GIANT**: Dawn Charge cooldown increased to 20 seconds; Combat Roll removed at higher sequences
- **GIANT**: Demon Hunter Mark bonus damage reduced to 10%; duration increased to 60 seconds
- **GIANT**: Supernatural Resistance removed; normal Resistance moved to later sequences
- **DEATH**: Frost Shadow no longer grants Regeneration or Absorption; Resistance capped at level I
- **DEATH**: Spirit Channeling now has a 5 second cooldown
- **DEATH**: Reincarnation now inflicts 5% madness on trigger
- **DEATH**: Door to the Underworld damage reduced by 50%
- **HERMIT**: Knowledge Shield spirituality cost increased
- **HERMIT**: Combat Analysis maximum damage bonus reduced to 10%
- **HERMIT**: Scholar Strike now has a 3 second cooldown
- **MOTHER**: Decent of Death now has a short warmup before heavy damage
- **MOTHER**: Eating crossbred food too quickly now damages you
- **TYRANT**: Air Bind changed from a stun to a pull
- **TOWER**: Defense Ritual now grants Absorption for 2 minutes instead of Resistance for 30 seconds
- **VISIONARY**: Each Virtual Persona now inflicts permanent madness, which slowly decays after personas are consumed

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## 🌌 Boon Changes

- **SUBLUNARY EYE**: Painted Guardian minions now behave correctly
- **SUBLUNARY EYE**: Sunny Lunch painting removed
- **SUBLUNARY EYE**: Dimension Shifting and Painting World blocked during combat
- **TAIL DEVOURER**: Eating Tail Devourer food too quickly now damages you

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## 📦 General Changes

- TNT Minecart explosion damage halved globally!

## In this post

- [Twilight Giant Pathway page](https://www.mysterria.net/en/pathways/giant)
- [Death Pathway page](https://www.mysterria.net/en/pathways/death)
- [Hermit Pathway page](https://www.mysterria.net/en/pathways/hermit)
- [Visionary Pathway page](https://www.mysterria.net/en/pathways/visionary)
- [Mother Pathway page](https://www.mysterria.net/en/pathways/mother)
- [Tyrant Pathway page](https://www.mysterria.net/en/pathways/tyrant)
- [Advancement Player guide](https://www.mysterria.net/en/guide/progression)

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