Grim Dawn Grim Misadventures #29

Update #29 is now available for those of you who have been following Zantai’s “Grim Misadventures” feature for Grim Dawn, with this particular entry focusing on the extra time and effort they’ve been putting into giving NPCs “more personality” and “underrepresented options” in regard to item affixes. An excerpt, as you might have expected:

On the design end, in addition to the overhaul on rare and unique items, we wanted to fill some of the gaps that existed in our components and rare affixes.

With components, there was a sorely lacking selection for accessories (rings, amulets, medals) and shields. In addition, there were no options for chaos and aether damage dealers in the weapon slot, at least of the common component variety. To alleviate these issues, we added 17 new components, 9 of which are available in the Alpha level range.

Rare affixes also required some additions. In this case, the underrepresented options were for pierce damage, resistances on shields, and energy regeneration. We added 34 new rare affixes to the existing tally of 129, for a grand total of 163 rare affixes for you to hunt. Note that some rare affixes may not be available in the alpha level range.