🛠️ Patch Notes - Early Access Hotfix 6

We wanted to drop one more hotfix with important updates, new torch items, as well as additional performance and visual improvements to make sure all of you have a great time with the game this weekend! We also fixed the rings!

Not to beat a dead Echo Knight Horse but please continue sharing issues or feedback you have with us!

⚔️ Art:

• Improved rim light rendering in the shadows to improve game readability in dark areas. This should help with the “game is too dark” feedback we were getting in some cases.

• Adjusted rim lighting looks even nicer and allows characters to feel more integrated into the environments!

⚔️ Performance:

• Reduced unnecessary memory allocations for general rendering, fog, and other game systems

• Optimized shadow rendering for all Visual Effects

⚔️ Quests:

• Changed Potion Seller quest reward from a Medium XP Potion to a Small XP Potion.

⚔️ Loot:

• Increased drop rate of gems

⚔️ Content Additions::

• Added new Torch offhand for purchase at Whittacker’s shop and crafting at the Workbench

  • Torches can be used for more light in dark areas

⚔️ Balance:

• Replaced Risen enemies on Prologue ship with special instances so they won’t be affected by global balance changes

• Nerfed health on Risen enemies (except Risen Great Axe Raider) on Prologue ship by 40%

• Rebalancing Cerim Crucible by nerfing enemies in the most deadly room and buffing enemies in weaker rooms

• Increased timing of lowering platforms in Cerim Crucible so its more challenging and requires player to wait around less

• Rebalanced Plague Ring

  • Increased Gain Health effect to 1-3%

  • Decreased Lose Focus effect to -7-10%

• Rebalanced Snake Ring

  • Decreased damage dealt to player to 5%

  • Changed damage type dealt to player and enemy to Physical Damage instead of Plague Damage

⚔️ Enemies and Bosses:

• Improved Risen Bruiser locomotion animations

⚔️ Areas:

• Improved collision, faders and texture in Mariner’s Keep

• Improved set dressing, collision and faders in Nameless Pass

• Improved faders in Sacrament

• Improved set dressing, collision and faders in Cerim Crucible

⚔️ Loot:

• Increased drop rate of gems

⚔️ Audio:

• Improved Falstead Darak intro audio timing

⚔️ Localization:

• Added and updated localized text in many places across multiple languages

• Added localization support for the attribute insights tooltips, new Quit menu and depositing stacks UI

⚔️ Bug Fixes:

• Fixed Crash on the Main Menu

• Fixed some transparency rendering artifacts

• Fixed Plagued Mutant Soldier bounty boss going invisible

• Fixed Fog of War not creeping back while the game is closed

• Fixed error spam on the Refinery

• Fixed Fierce Ring not dealing extra damage

• Fixed interior backgrounds no longer being black

• Fixed Bows not having full durability when being purchased at Whittacker's Shop

• Fixed spot in Black Trench where you can go out of world

• Fixed spot in Prologue ship interior where you can sidle and get stuck

• Fixed spot in Echo Knight arena that resets the fight

• Fixed shadow flickering at Campfire in Black Trench

• Fixed spot with texture flickering in Black Trench

• Fixed Chest inside a Chest appear in Orban Glades

• Fixed UI layout so that coins are evenly spaced

To give feedback and report bugs, please head on over to our No Rest for the Wicked forum!