# War Robots WAR ROBOTS 8.5 UPDATE NOTES - Product: War Robots (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/war-robots) - Vendor: MY.GAMES - Date: 2022-10-25 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/767560/view/3381666265737286030 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/war-robots/releases/2022-10-25-war-robots-8.5-update-notes What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — New robot Angler with Electric Shift ability that increases speed and deals damage to nearby enemies for 5 seconds, applying blind status effect for 3 seconds afterward - **added** — New light, medium, and heavy rocket launcher weapons Claw, Jaw, and Talon with homing projectiles, 350m range, and Rust and Fragility effects that reduce robot defense and repair - **added** — New passive module Immune Amplifier that grants durability bonuses and immunities to Freeze after 30 bonuses, Lockdown after 60 bonuses, and Suppression after 90 bonuses - **added** — New turret Durability Extender that increases robot maximum durability when activated with stacking effects - **added** — New pilot Anna Basarab with Lifedrain ability that increases Mars' speed during Remote Assault and repairs durability based on damage dealt - **added** — New pilot Markus with Data Transfer ability that increases Angler's ability duration - **added** — New special edition robots Sinister Claw, Sinister Jaw, Gothic Mars, and Gothic Fainter - **added** — New Sinister paintjob for Angler - **changed** — Upgrades from 12mk2 to 1mk3 now require special Upgrade Tokens instead of gold, obtainable via Leaderboards and resource Operation Passes - **changed** — Road Hog pilot skill increased speed bonus changed from 12.3-18.75% to universal 15% - **changed** — Armor Expert pilot skill increased durability bonus changed from 12.5-18.75% to universal 15% - **changed** — Master Gunsmith pilot skill weapon damage bonus changed from 3.2-6.25% to universal 5% - **changed** — Energy Shield Expert pilot skill energy shield capacity bonus changed from 18.75-25% to 25% - **changed** — Adamant Guardian pilot skill damage resistance when enemy team controls 3 or more beacons increased from 31.25 to 40 - **changed** — Adamant Gunsmith pilot skill weapon damage when enemy team controls 3 or more beacons increased from 9.5% to 12% - **changed** — True Ace pilot skill durability repair bonus increased from 12.5% to 18.75% and now available for Nightingale and Khepri pilots - **changed** — Guidance Operator pilot skill target lock speed increased from 65% to 75% ##### EVENT: YAN-DI HORROR SHOW _The event will start soon after 8.5 lands on your platform. The event task chain will be available in the Operations interface._ Countess Anna Basarab is inviting you to her mansion to listen to some spooky tales from Yan-Di colonies… Do you dare join her? Rewards for the most fearless are: - New robot: Angler - New weapon: Claw (light), Jaw (medium), Talon (heavy) - New passive module: Immune Amplifier - New turret: Durability Extender - New pilots: Anna Bassarab (Mars), Markus (Angler) - Special editions: Sinister Claw, Sinister Jaw, Gothic Mars, Gothic Fainter - Paintjob: Sinister (Angler) _Tap on the "i" icon next to the event chest to see its reward pool. And follow our social media during the update for more info on rewards and giveaways._ WR in Discord: https://discord.gg/warrobots WR on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/walkingwarrobots/ WR in Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/warrobots/ ##### NEW ROBOT: ANGLER Angler might look like a nice big target for your shotguns, but you’d better keep your distance. His Electric Shift ability allows him to enter a similar state to a Phase Shift, except it will also increase his speed and will deal damage to all enemies around him for 5 seconds. At the end of it, it applies blind status effect to everyone who was affected for 3 seconds. Don’t get lured into its light! Angler is a perfect brawler so you’re welcome to pick your favorite close-ranged weapons and charge into the fight. ##### NEW WEAPONS: CLAW, JAW, TALON Light, medium, and heavy rocket launchers with homing projectiles and 350m range. Each hit will make your enemy weaker – they apply Rust and Fragility effects, which lower the robot's defenсe points and any incoming repair. Wear them down and tear their defenses to shreds! NEW PILOTS: ANNA BASARAB, MARKUS Some say that Anna Basarab is a ruthless boss with strict principles. Some – that she’s a reliable partner and collector with fine taste. Some even know her as a knowledgeable technician, an expert on old Earth relics and mechanisms. There are even rumors that she’s not entirely human, originally not from Yan-Di… Maybe they’re all right, but they’re missing one thing: her reputation and looks are as deadly as her piloting skills. **Anna’s Lifedrain: **While Mars’ Remote Assault is active, it gets an additional speed increase, as well as repairing some of its Durability when the ability ends. The extent of the repair depends on the damage dealt while the detachable turret was on the battlefield. He was an android once, helping his master craft technological wonders that sold for a hefty price on a black market. Until one of the deals went south and he ended up as a piece of junk on a scrapyard. But then Anna came along: she breathed a new life into an android and named him Markus. Now he is faithfully serving his new master, though sometimes he’s wondering: maybe there’s something more to his life? **Markus’ Data Transfer:** Angler’s ability duration increased. ##### NEW PASSIVE MODULE: IMMUNE AMPLIFIER After taking some amount of damage, your robot will receive a small bonus to its maximum Durability for the entire battle. After reaching 30 of those bonuses, the robot will become immune to Freeze, after 60 – to Lockdown and after 90 (maximum) – to Suppresion. All immunities stay active for the entire battle. Your robot initially gets passive bonuses to Durability and Speed as well. When installing several such modules, the speed of receiving bonuses increases, but not their maximum amount. ##### NEW TURRET: DURABILITY EXTENDER Plain and simple: it increases your robot’s maximum durability when activated. And yes, those effects stack! ##### UPGRADE TOKEN Starting with this update all upgrades from 12mk2 to 1mk3 require special Upgrade Tokens instead of gold. These tokens are awarded as a sign of special recognition to the best and most experienced Commanders. Only they give the right to access the ra _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/767560/view/3381666265737286030]_