wee! a new mastery mod
Currently has (5x2)+(4x4x2)+2+(1x6) item support. those items will come later. dont expect to do sr, maybe ultimate is doable tho (maybe)
The Mastery
“Foolish are those who dare brave the swamps and marshes of Cairn alone, for it is home to the ever deadly Swampdwellers, humans with an affinity for acid and sadistic tendencies. Since the times of old, Swampdwellers have been known to have actively seal pacts with wendigo spirits, causing them to become ruthless, animal-like monsters that can tear foes asunder while staying physically human. Those that do not create pacts with wendigo spirits tend to master the power contained within the swamp they reside, able to combine alchemy and witchcraft to sprout forth sharp, poisonous plants in an instant, mutate nearby fauna to their will, or to bend nature around them with vile acids and witchcraft.”
These people have lived in the swamps and marshes since the times of old. They have witnessed the birth and sealing of the Ravager across multiple time periods, the rise and fall of Arkovia, The first summoning of the Logghorean into the material plane in Asterkarn, up to the those of the aetherials would call the “Glorious Dawn”.
- has 27 skill nodes +3 transmuters
- pierce, chaos, acid, and bleed themed
- On the top row are skills themed around tearing things apart, be it human, monster, or even the veil of reality itself
- On the bottom row are skills themed around the ingenuity used to survive in the harsh conditions of the swamp, such as manipulating plants and incapacitating adversaries using acid and poison
- Has a hint of the Witch Gods meddling (Solael and Bysmiel)
- Offensive focused mastery, featuring a whopping 0 circuit breakers
- Has retal and RATA support
Item Obtaiment
Summon Thornelius by using the “Peculiar Seed” item, purchasable via the Devil’s Crossing faction vendor. It will allow you to “craft” swampdweller gear.
Swampdweller items except MIs will only be obtainable via Thornelius
Thornelius is very possesive and thus can and will appear whenever it feels lonely, just go away from it and it will disappear back into it’s realm
Download link
Download link - Google Drive
pick the highest version number (currently 1.1.1)
please post feedback (balance, visuals, audio, anything realy) as well as report any bugs to me.
Changelog
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Ver.1.1.1 (01/08/2025)
Adjustments - General
- Now you can check if you have installed the mod (or update) properly by looking at he “Peculiar Seed” item for the version number.
- Reworked the mod description to include item obtainment
Adjustments - Items
- Changed Umbrella bitmap
- Changed Umbrella skill (delivery gun) projectile into piercing fireball projectile, also now has bitmap
- Utilised StyleTag for all Mythical items, user end remains the same
- Light, Revealed will now allow you to dual wield weapons
- Added some bitmaps, i didn’t keep track though
Adjustments - Skills
- changed Bloom description to hint that the flowers scale with player damage bonuses
- changed Devour description to say “every second strike” instead of “every other strike”
Bug Fixes
Fixed Flower of Putrid blossoms mesh not appearing on character menu
Fixed Peculiar seed referring to Thornius, now refers to Thornelius instead
Fixed Weave Swamp Relic crafting tag
Fixed non-mythical Incantations of Pestilence level requirement
Fixed Spectral Lance texture
Fixed Bloom’s flowers not having names (now just called bloom)
Bonus
there is a cheat item only accesible via the console (aka unobtainable) for those who would want to speed up leveling, the dbr you have to find yourself.
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ver.1.1.0 (01/03/2025) =----------------------=
New - General
- you can now get the items from Thornius. to summon him, buy the “Peculiar Seed” in devil’s crossing faction vendor and use the item (thanks to Bane, and by extension, Ceno and Asylum101 for the script. (for the blacksmith npc it’s almost a 1-1 copy from DarkestDawnReborn v02, so many thanks to that too.))
- Thornius will occasionally jumpscare you as a reminder to grab swampdweller gear (actually a bug where Thornelius will spawn randomly in certain spots, now called a “feature”)
- legendary items from the mod will not be available outside of this system (Thornius), only new MIs will
- devil’s crossing faction vendor now sells tonics to reset attributes and devotions
- devil’s crossing faction vendor now sells merits for higher difficulties
- devil’s crossing faction vendor now sells dynamites, since crafting the items require obscene amounts of scrap
New - Items
New non-set legendary item - “Umbrella” of Myriad Manifestations. budget omniclass weapon with support for everything but does not excel in anything. also has ranged spam skill too. (if you know, you know.)
New item set - 5pc Ravager’s Gifts (and its lv75 counterpart, Ravager’s Toys). Mono-swampdweller set. chaos devour
New item set - 4pc The First Runner (and its lv75 counterpart, The Runner). Deserter set. bleed blade arc and bleed violent outburst
New item set - 4pc Baan’s Legacy (and its lv75 counterpart, Baan’s Equipment). Executioner set. chaos condense with support for demolitionist mastery buffs like blast shield
New item set - 4pc The Black Death (and its lv75 counterpart, The Plague). Witch set. acid dreadgaze meets acid pox, using both transmuters (fevered rage and boil) is not really recommended.
New item set - 4pc White Flash (and its lv75 counterpart, White Streak). Researcher set. has a skill to shoot and clear waves while having annihilate do single target burst
2 New Relics - 1 acid/chaos the other is pierce/chaos/vitality
Adjustments - Items
adjusted Spectral Lance - now has atkspd and castspd, reduced base atkspd stat
buffed Swampdweller’s Legguards (both normal and empowered) (yes it’s a base game epic) - now has +1 to all skills in Swampdweller (for name accuracy)
Adjustments - Skills
buffed Boil (dreadgaze transmuter) - added total damage modified %
adjusted Stench Of the Swamp - removed phys red dmg thing, replaced with stackable flat -da
adjusted Assimillate (bloom2) - removed -movespeed, it didnt even work anyway
adjusted condense’s hit fx and sound fx, now it hijacks different vanilla effects 
adjusted Devour - increased internal cooldown to 0.46
adjusted Pall (devour3) - now projectile goes further away from the toon, and spawns closer to the toon too. looks prettier but it is kinda a nerf(?)
adjusted Pall (devour3) sfx - now is less loud
adjusted dreadgaze - increased flat chaos, increased cd by 1.5s
nerfed Rampant Blossom (bloom3) - reduced flat rr duration from 5s to 3s
nerfed Sharpvine Scatter - changed animation from fastThrow (stun jacks speed) to Throw (blackwater speed). now you need cast speed :). also increased projectile velocity
nerfed Uncontrollable Growth (Sharpvine Scatter transmuter) - increased cooldown to 4.5s
nerfed annihilate - increased cd to 3s (in line with primal strike), transmuter adjusted accordingly
Bug Fixes:
fixed Flower Of Putrid Blossoms giving ridiculous amounts of cast speed instead of the intended amount
fixed Spectral Lance (weaker versions) does not replace annihilate fx
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Ver. 1.0.1 =--------------=
new MI 2h spear: Spectral Lance (drops from ghosts)
new Legendary offhand: Flower of Putrid Blossoms (mesh courtesy of Asylum101)
fixed violent outburst and thirst skill mastery requirement
fixed devour would freeze your toon when using a spear
fixed bloom energy cost
buffed dreadgaze energy cost (cut by 50%)
buffed annihilate energy cost (cut by 30%)
buffed penetrate: added crit damage scaling with rank
adjusted thirst total speed, now it starts lower, max total speed remains the same
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Credits:
- Crate Entertainment (can’t do much without their tools and assets)
- random sharingan sound i found on youtube. link
- Grimer’s Priest Mastery. i use it to learn to mod too alongside the vanilla files (esp. the buttons and ui stuff), so I think it deserves recognition
- Asylum101 - for the plant focus asset that he made, as well as advice and help
- Bane (and by extension, Ceno and Asylum101) for the blacksmith script
- Astridcone on discord for the name Thornelius
. will fix next hotfix
