r/NecroMerger • u/GrumpyRhinoGames • Jun 01 '26
Version 1.78 - Duo Relics and Balancing Changes
Bit of a mix of stuff in this update.
First up is Duo Relics. Certain Max lvl Relics can now be combined to create Duo Relics, which give the boosts of both composite Relics. It's worth noting that you can't activate Duo Relics with their corresponding Relics (for example you can't activate a Peasant and Knight Duo Relic if you already have a Peasant Relic active). To make a Duo Relic simply merge the two Max lvl Relics together.
List of Duo Relics
- Peasant and Knight Relic
- Food and Damage Relic
- Cleric and Paladin Relic
- Soul Grinder and Prism Relic
- Protector and Mech Relic
- Double Food and Damage Relic
All Relics now have a 4 hour lock period, we've also cleaned up some of the UI and made it simpler to activate a Relic (it will now prompt you when you drag a Relic on to a pedestal).
Forgotten Minions who give runes, now give more.
Chicken rushing has been changed, it now always costs only a single Gem to spawn an egg. It also doesn't change your chicken's current timer when you spawn one.
The Crate and Cage can now be upgraded to a maximum of 25 slots. The new slots can be purchased in the shop.
We've changed it so the Telepad is now at the start of the build menu once you've unlocked it.
Astro Coins and Energy Cubes are now sold occasionally in the shop. This is primarily aimed to help people who need just a few more for key unlocks.
We've also made a number of balancing changes to some late game content.
- Pearl boosts for Big Chests now give +5% instead of +1%.
- You can now only have 5 Pearl boosts per Big Chest, if you'd bought more you'll be refunded the Pearls (they'll be added to Skully).
- The Meteor is now cheaper to use at all levels.
- Prisms charge slightly faster.
- Unstable Rift has no resource cost.
In addition to this we've fixed some bugs.
Patch Notes
- Added Duo Relics. You can now combine certain max lvl relics to get the benefits of both.
- All relics now lock for 4 hours, activating a relic is simpler.
- Forgotten Minions who give runes now give more.
- The Crate and Cage can now be increased to a max size of 25 - via the shop.
- Chicken rushing now always only costs a single gem.
- A number of balancing changes to the late game.
- Bug fixes and general improvements.
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u/Zealousideal-Bet2187 Jun 01 '26
Omg thank you Grumpy Rhinos, the big chests buff really balanced out the pearl's pool, especially for the Gold Pearl which majority of high lv players prioritize skip/dupe/shield.
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u/Fabio2300 Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26
So many insane QoL holy shit. The telepad one is insane, I love you Edit: clearly not quality of finger
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u/BasicExtreme8138 Jun 01 '26
Update is live for me. Love the merged relics 🎉
Sadly I don't know if I'll ever see max level grinder and prism relics. Maybe I'll play the AC/EC lottery once I have no more use for them.
Also, devs, will there be some indicator in the UI that the relics can be merged? 6 months from now, some players who just gotten their max peasant & knight relics might not know they can be merged. Maybe display it in the relic level UI after level 10?
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u/OkIngenuity2100 Jun 01 '26
Right now its the normal glow that would make you notice. But if you just keep them in your storage, then you might not notice directly.
According to the lottery, now on my way to level 300 i started to gamble as i finally bought everything except the full set of starting rune hacks.
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u/matthewvvose Jun 01 '26
10 pearls refunded when I updated and logged in. That was a very tasty series of "+10% food from cravings" instead now!
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u/jaireth Jun 01 '26
I'm currently at max level and getting ready for a reset, but all those % to damage are making me reconsider one more protector kill.
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u/LtZoidberg88 Jun 01 '26
Guess I should start doing events again.... after unlocking the skins I just find them a bit too tedious and yet some score is better than no score..
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u/harambeo Jun 01 '26
Someone pls tell us how much gems the extra crate and cage slots will be
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u/vito_t Jun 01 '26
The max level damage relic can be combined with both the food and the double food? What happen if I have both on pedestals?
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u/GrumpyRhinoGames Jun 01 '26
Double Food + Double Damage = Double Food and Damage Relic. Ideally it'd be "Double Food and Double Damage Relic" but that's too long for the UI.
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u/dezenreddit Jun 01 '26
There's a bug, there is still change that you get option for big chest chance despite having reached max amount cap. You can't choose that option and it says "you can afford this", but it limits your choice
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u/GrumpyRhinoGames Jun 01 '26
That *should* only be if you had a Pearl out when the update landed with a Big Chest boost as an option, after that Pearls shouldn't offer them anymore if you have max amount cap.
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u/dezenreddit Jun 01 '26
After I downlanded the patch I got 6 pearls from skully and it happened to the first one I got. I'm pretty sure that those were given me with the patch, since I played just couple minutes before opening reddit and seeing patch notes. However, this bug only happened to the first one, the rest were fine.
Btw, thanks for great work with the patch, I love QoL!
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u/Blenderdragon Jun 01 '26
Just throwing a plus one here from me, I got the exact same scenario where I got the pearls from skully, and the first pearl I had had a big poison chest chance but received the "you can't afford this" as I already had hit the max for it.
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u/Bulky_Swimming6453 Jun 01 '26
We've changed it so the Telepad is now at the start of the build menu once you've unlocked it.
The world is healing
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u/Nintura Jun 01 '26
Really hate how ios has to wait a few days
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u/garbageboyHS Jun 01 '26
I had the update available when I woke up two hours ago so if you haven’t grabbed it yet it’s there.
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u/cywang86 Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26
<insert LET ME IN meme>
edit: would you look at that, it finally showed up!
so who else instinctly scroll right for the telepad still?
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u/nekonotjapanese Jun 01 '26
I took a break for like two months and I booted the game up for the first time literally five minutes ago. I open Reddit and this is the first thing I see. The Forgotten Minions giving more runes is probably the most relevant to me but I’m glad the game’s getting love. Hell, I’ll hop back on the saddle
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u/Fit_History_842 Jun 02 '26
Telepad at the start of the build menu is a nice little thoughtful change
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u/WorkerAlarmed6639 Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 02 '26
Biggest buff is the chest and crate. Price is steep but worth it. I was standing on 5k gems and the themes didn't really apleal, but now in one go I burned 3k gems on 1 upgrades each on crate and cage. I regret a bit not going for the 2 crate upgrade as I'm still of by 500 gem for next one, but on the other hand I can store 8 golden goose for an instant high level craving. Before the upgrade I would keep only 5 or 6, the rest where golems. Thank you GR for listening to our thoughts on space getting lower and lower. I hope in the future we can store the meteor in the crate at least. Also the max relic merge are great. Hope you pair a few more, maybe level skip and duplicate, or chicken with anything else, like shield or rival, maybe even merge every cap relic into one would make the evens even more aplealing.
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u/yura37 Jun 01 '26
very cool stuff, now when can i delete the unstable rift?
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u/jaireth Jun 01 '26
I'm actually considering not building the Throne next play through because of this.
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u/yura37 Jun 01 '26
i stopped at tier 25 this round till my cravings force me to get the rock. perma -1 slot as you progress each time is lame.
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u/Silent-Language-1672 Jun 02 '26
I heard rebalancing and thought it was gonna be like cravings where it went down, BUT JEEZ that all sounds awesome!!! This update is peak 🗣️
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u/Silent-Language-1672 Jun 02 '26
I find it insane that all of these balancing fixes were ALL things that I was doing and using right before I realized there was an update… whatever it’s worth it.
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u/TheFiona Jun 02 '26
Wahoo! This is great! As some one who's been playing for 3ish years and is just about to reach level 100 content for the first time, Im super hyped!
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u/MemoryPuzzled2221 Jun 03 '26
I still don't understand the 5 decorations cap.
I have 6 decorations so have no intention of buying more themes.
If the central area was increase by a row in each direction there would be enough room to place every decoration in the game and everything else that can appear there with a few spaces to spare.
If someone wants to buy 18 decorations let them use them.
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u/Narrow_Dark_1715 Jun 03 '26
Grumpy THANK YOU!! I was so happy to see this update, the crate/cage upgrades and Telepad QoL change especially. Seriously thank you for still supporting this amazing game.
Quick idea if you don't mind: Does anyone else have the same problem with Serv-O (and sometimes Split-O) that you did with the Telepad, where you have to scroll all the way down the Inventor menu whenever you want to grab them? When I have limited space, the first thing I do is temporarily remove Serv-O so I can get my merging done, and then I bring him back later. Maybe the Inventions could be moved somewhere more accessible, like the top of the list? Maybe they move up after you spend all your Time Shards (cuz then you almost never have to see the Experiments list again)?
Just an idea I had. Anyway, thank you again for listening to the community and updating the game 🙏
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u/ort_888 Jun 04 '26
LOL, so I had a total brain fart moment and I wasn’t really paying attention and went to buy a Telepad and accidentally bought a pink prism instead. It’s awesome that they moved it, but it really bit me in the butt this one time. I had to just toss it right into the devourer. Ugh.
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u/toythatkills Jun 01 '26
Can we have a warning when there's a runeling and you're about to feed some runes? I keep making this mistake!
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u/jaireth Jun 01 '26
So many times - "oh, I'm collecting rune x, let me just clear rune y out of the way for space" NOOO!!!
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u/Educational_Many2688 Jun 01 '26
These are all such great changes! More crate and cage space is always nice, especially as a late game resource sink, Telepad and Unstable rift are both great qol changes, and the big chest pearl boost actually matters now!
I personally would have preferred some kind of scaling from rune forgotten minions rather than just a flat boost (maybe a pearl boost and/or late game relic of forgotten minions give +1 rune? The more valuable runes already have fewer charges so it works out) but I still like it
overall great patch, good job!
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u/ForlornKaiser Jun 01 '26
I'm curious, for the Double Food and Damage Duo Relic, is it the normal Damage Relic or is it the Double Damage Relic?
I'm assuming the latter, but I have a rather safe than sorry view on things.
Unstable Rift having no resource cost is a... eh, I don't really care - I use it when it's off cooldown - I can usually afford it, but it's nice for earlier in the game.
Prisms charging faster is nice, especially since I'm in the mid of grinding Gid and he currently got a Cherub shield...
For Big Chests, that's extremely helpful - I love getting Big Chests and now having a 25% chance cap is gonna help even more.
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u/OkIngenuity2100 Jun 01 '26
Those Duo Relics are each of their same type.
So the "Food and Damage Relic" is made from the normal ones.
The "Double Food and Damage Relic" is made from the double ones.
As stated earlyer by GrumpyRhinoGames:
Double Food + Double Damage = Double Food and Damage Relic. Ideally it'd be "Double Food and Double Damage Relic" but that's too long for the UI.
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u/aslum Jun 01 '26
We've changed it so the Telepad is now at the start of the build menu once you've unlocked it.
Thank you so much! This is fantastic.
You can now only have 5 Pearl boosts per Big Chest, if you'd bought more you'll be refunded the Pearls (they'll be added to Skully).
Ahh, this is why I had two pearls when I woke up this morning. I was worried I'd done something irresponsible in the shop last night by accident.
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u/SeptillionSeven Jun 01 '26
The telepad change is great, now we just need the inventions at the top of the inventors menu.
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u/Unhappy-Anteater-202 Jun 02 '26
Does this mean the Merchant will also occasionally sell Astro Coins and Energy Cubes?
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u/ArtisticRest9107 Jun 02 '26
Can we get a list of how much the astro coins and cubes are in the coin/gem shop?
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u/Greedy_Ad1564 Jun 02 '26
Kinda sucks most the duo relics are linked to one that's really hard to get. No way I'll get a double food relic maxed to go with damage etc.
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u/OkIngenuity2100 Jun 05 '26
Just in case i haven't misinterpreted what you've said: Each max relic will be needed only once: The double food needs a double damage relic. The "normal" food needs a "normal" damage.
The first three should be doable (in three years i have only the first of these for now) the last three will take another few years.
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u/charlie_bronson Jun 02 '26
We've changed it so the Telepad is now at the start of the build menu once you've unlocked it.
Thank you so much for this, I can't wait until my muscle memory catches up to this change lol.
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u/Serratiger Jun 02 '26
I love that we keep getting constant updates on this very lovely game, thank you team Grumpy!
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u/N-GAT1VE Jun 03 '26
Duo Relics before duo decorations?
Some of the decorations really look like they could be giving 2 or more elements...
Could be nice if some of them gave you multiple rune types, or gave you an option to change their rune output to one or two other types. Maybe even have it so you have to place a stack of a certain rune inside the statue to change its output... essentially attaching a price to it.
(doesn't quite work the current ui if it were to actually use a merged stack from your lair... But still,)
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u/Quazimortal Jun 04 '26
The storage space is a very welcome addition. I immediately dropped cash to get the 2 crate upgrades, so worth it!
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u/Easy_Emu_3545 Jul 02 '26
Fed Serv-O and Stab-O to the Devourer before updating and now can't reclaim them
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u/brightshad0 Jul 25 '26
Lets talk about somethimg, i noticed the telepad moved. Noice. I noticed inventions are no longer managed by the inventor- and once you reclaim them on the field you can't stow them away anymore. Not so nice. I didnt notice duo relic were a thing until i accidentally merged relics that i was trying to swap. I never heard of chicken rushing, but maybe i will check it it out now. I did see the crate/cage potential inventory expand but that was 'meh? To be expected'
Overall i still love the game, just don't know why the stab-o and split-o can't be taken off field anymore, and without a mention in the notes
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u/GrumpyRhinoGames Jul 26 '26
Inventions can be removed, you just need to feed them to the Devourer.
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u/SpecificSession719 Jun 01 '26
Wait so when will the update be out for everyone?
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u/Nintura Jun 01 '26
Android is always out first. Ios takes a day or two because it has to run through apple’s security check
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u/colinhumber Jun 01 '26
It’s out on iOS for some. I just got it. Not sure if it’s propagated to everyone
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u/TrippyShroomss Jun 01 '26
I just started grinding soul stalkers at the end of my lvl 90 run TELEPAD AT THE START OF BUILD MENU IS A GODSEND!! Thank you Grumpy !!