Hello everyone! This is Hitan from the IEH2 development team, Hapiwaku!
Thank you so much for your continued support.

It has been two weeks since Incremental Epic Hero 2 officially launched on January 2nd, and we’re thrilled to share some exciting milestones with you! The number of new players has surpassed 28,000, and the peak concurrent players reached 3,700. Additionally, our Discord server has welcomed over 2,000 new members, bringing us close to a total of 10,000 members! The overwhelming support and enthusiasm from all of you are truly incredible. Thank you so much!

Even though it’s only been two weeks since the full release, we are delighted to announce a new major update today! Nearly 100 players participated in the beta testing for this update, helping us refine and deliver it at an exceptional pace. We sincerely appreciate your contributions!
For more details about the update, please check the patch notes below. Additionally, as a token of our gratitude, we’ve prepared a bonus code for you! Be sure to check our Discord server for a constantly updated list of bonus codes.

Although IEH2 is now fully released, it is far from complete. IEH2 has been supported by all of you since its Early Access launch 2.5 years ago, and your feedback has been instrumental in shaping the game into what it is today. We cannot thank you enough.

The reason we released IEH2 this month is to collaborate with even more players like you to make this game better and more enjoyable, and to share in the journey and joy of its growth together! We have exciting plans to add content such as the final town building [Tavern], Rebirth Tier 5+, World Ascension Tier 2+, and even boss and metal pet captures. These updates will be developed together with you, our community. Stay tuned, and we look forward to this journey with you!

IEH2 [ver. 2.2.1.1] Patch Note

New Content [Nitro Reactor]

• Town Building [Adventuring Party] now has Rank 3-5 effect, which unlocks a new content [Nitro Reactor] found in the [Expedition] tab!
• Nitro Reactor consumes Nitro per sec to boost various stats! Hover over the info icon at the top left in the Nitro Reactor tab!

For new players: In the early game, Nitro is limited and primarily obtained through rewards from Global Quests, Achievements, and the Offline Bonus (1 Nitro per second offline). However, in the mid-game, you can generate an abundance of Nitro through potion alchemy in the Lab, allowing constant Nitro boosts. The new Nitro Reactor in this update and Super Dungeon Artifacts are designed to consume this excess Nitro for additional benefits. So don’t worry if you’re a new player—progressing through the game will allow you to acquire plenty of Nitro over time!

More Skill Slots even 9+!

Now you can have 9 or more skill slots!

• Expanded the max level of Guild Ability [Imitating]
• Tier 4 Rebirth Upgrade [Tier 2 Upgrade Expansion] Lv 10 now expands the max level of Tier 2 [Class Skill Slot]
• Area Mission Milestone #2400, 3400: Global Skill Slot +1
• Expanded the Purchase # Limit of Epic Store [Global Skill Slot] in Ambition 1 tab

Additions

• New Global Quest [Super Dungeon: Breaking the Slime Wall], which is unlocked after you clear [Super Dungeon 2] global quest. Also reduced the cost to unlock SD Powerups [Physical Damage][Magical Damage].
• 500 Dungeon Coin reward in Global Quest [Super Dungeon 2]
• New Title Quests [Master of Element Attacks 5]
• Town [Statue of Heroes] level milestones:
• Lv 65, 75, 90: Town Building Level + 10
• Lv 100: Town Building Level + 20
• Town [Adventuring Party] level milestones up to Lv 100
• Town [Temple] Lv 35: Shop Blessings now apply to all heroes
• New Area Mission Milestones
• #525: Enchant Inventory Slot + 10
• #2050: Enchant Inventory Slot + 10
• #2200: Nitro Cap + 50%
• #2400: Global Skill Slot +1
• #3050: Enchant Inventory Slot + 10
• #3200: New Swarm reward: Gain Talisman Fragments based on [Swarm Score]
• #3300: Nitro Cap + 50%
• #3400: Global Skill Slot +1
• "Past 5 Swarm Results" in Help > Statistics > Swarm tab (This track will reset upon restarting the game)
• Shift + Click the purchase button of [Passive Playtime Offline Bonus] in Epic Store charges Nitro to the cap by the Active Effect of Purple Flametiger.
• New Pet Rank Milestones
• #110: Improves Pet Active Effect of Normal Magicslime "Restores the utility items from bottom-right of the inventory, instead of top-left."
• #9500: Improves Pet Active Effect of Purple Flametiger "Enables to select a potion to auto create and disassemble. "
• New Expedition Milestones
• #4400: Expedition Team Slot + 1
• #4800: Expedition Team Slot + 1
• New SD Modifier Milestones
• #3800: The unlocked status of each SD persists on World Ascension.
• #21500: Unlocks a new Gem [Gypsum]
• #29500: The Max Floor Reached of each SD persists on Ascension.
• #33000: Unlocks a new Gem [Coral]
• #35000+: Increases the max level of Gem Rituals etc
• New expedition time 10c and 100c
• Slime Coin Cap breakdowns in the Slime Coin tooltip
• New stats in Ability tab [Skill Trigger # Gain] [Rebirth Count Gain] [Talisman Fragments Gain]
• Another note in Time Attack Event tooltip
• New Epic Store items
• [Nitro Reactor Rank Reset] in Special 2 tab
• [Advanced Purple Fox] in Ambition 2 tab
• [Advanced Improved Purple Flametiger] in Ambition 3 tab
• [Update Bundle 4] in Bundle tab

Balance & Changes

• The Pet Active Effect of Purple Fox is now "Gain Equipment Proficiency at a rate of 0.10% compared to when equipped for all equipment registered in the dictionary for the Active Hero."
• Removed Epic Store item [Purple Fox Mastery] (If you purchased it before this patch, the Epic Coin will be refunded.)
• Removed toggles related to purple fox pet active effect in Settings tab
• Increased the effect of Title [Master of Element Attacks] and [Alchemist]
• With a lot of Nitro Cap+% added in this patch, the Epic Store item [Passive Playtime Offline Bonus] now applies diminishing returns to Nitro accumulated beyond the 10th day. (Previously, any Nitro exceeding 864,000 (10 days' worth) was consistently converted to offline time at a rate of 1/10. However, from this patch, the conversion rate will decrease incrementally: 1/10 for the 10th day, 1/11 for the 11th day, 1/12 for the 12th day, and so on.)
• Decreased Pet's size
• SD Modifiers related to Skill Slots/Equipment Slots will now be displayed in red text if they exceed your available slot #
• Mother Stone allocation to SD Gems now has +1% and +10%. The top left multibuy number now applies when holding Shift + [+All] button.
• Added more explanation for SD Fury in the Guild Advisor text
• Guild Advisor [Rebirth] now tells you to clear Tutorial 9 global quest to unlock Rebirth tab

Bug Fixes

• Some of the SD Ruby Shop Anvils that are unlocked SD Modifier #6600+ were not unlocked properly.
• Enchant [Dungeon Coin Gain] was unintentionally applied as Global. Now it's Hero-specific.
• The Expedition Teams scroll window now adjusts dynamically to fit the number of teams displayed.
• General Upgrade [EXP Gain], Slime Bank Upgrade [Slime Coin Cap 1] and [Upgrade Tab Cost Reduction] now has level cap. (If your level exceeds the cap before this patch, it will need to be reset once through WA.)
• Other minor bugs/typos

Language Improvements

• Improved Portuguese texts thanks to Pedrohso! Previously, the texts were machine-translated, but the native speaker Pedrohso volunteered to improve them!
• Added the name Pedrohso in Settings > Credit page

Bonus Code

IEH2HapiwakuGift
- 2000 Epic Coin
- 100% Nitro
- Skill Proficiency Blessing (6h)
- Equipment Proficiency Blessing (6h)

Final Words

We Hapiwaku pour positive energy—happiness and excitement—into our games every day, hoping that everyone who plays them will feel this energy and be inspired to lead richer, more joyful lives!

If you’re not familiar with the meaning of Hapiwaku, “hapi” stands for “happy,” and “waku” comes from the Japanese word “wakuwaku,” which means “excitement.” At Hapiwaku, our goal is to spread happiness and excitement to people all around the world 😊

The behind-the-scenes stories of creating IEH2 and the thoughts and passion poured into the game are shared on the Hapiwaku website. If you're interested, please check it out!

Thank you for playing IEH2, and for being part of this amazing adventure! :D