Shovel Knight Dig update version 1.1.3

This updates your build to version 1.1.3. You can view your current version by selecting *Options *from the Title Screen and viewing the versioning information at the bottom of the screen.

You can also view the full history of all updates at our website http://yachtclubgames.com/digupdates.

A new update that includes a host of fixes for some of the most commonly reported and critical issues. Also includes a few balance tweaks that help improve the overall balance. Please see the details below for more information:

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General Fixes **

Items

• With the Burrow Horns equipped and invincible after taking damage, it was possible to overlap with Drill Knight’s sprite and deal significant damage.

• Inverse Repeller - will now pull gems towards you when they are embedded in Conveyor Dirt.

• Drill Block - Boneclang doesn't take damage and is pushed into the wall.

• Music would not resume after using the Fenix Feather.

• Fenix Feather would cause the screen to darken permanently until the stage was reloaded.

• With the Ballistic Armor equipped, Shovel Knight could zoom to the end of a Mushdoom quickly in specific scenarios.

• Pandemonium Plate now only chooses from unlocked armors.

• You can now break out of being frozen when using Morphlance without needing to get hit again.

• Instances where Relics could be stuck in ball form if landing on a moving platform in a specific way.

• Various ambush rooms when using Shadow Cast relic.

• A duplicate Blueprint in Hive appeared immediately after collecting one.

Feats

• The feat 'Dirt Poor' wasn’t triggering correctly under certain conditions

• The feat 'True Shovelry' was obtainable from Whisker.

• The feat 'Order Of Hoarders' can no longer unlock in the Main Menu.

• The feat 'Weeding' would re-lock after collecting the Throwing Trowel

• The feat 'Penny Pincher' was incorrectly unlocked under certain conditions.

• The feat 'Hurry Up' used profile time and not game-session time.

Other

• General fixes with Ratsploders and bombs when interacting with collision.

• Master Argus’s shop sometimes had blank options upon the very first load of the menu.

• Instances where duplicate or similar stage signs would appear as level options.

• On rare occasions, players could experience infinitely loading wells with no stage generated.

• Instances where the background tiles would shift or glitch.

• Shovel Knight can no longer die by bombs falling onto him during a dream sequence.

• Removing bombs in areas that were causing frustration.

• The bomb door did not appear during Enchantress’s unlock path.

• Bubble-spawning has been removed from Capsule rooms to avoid Shovel Knight dying in a safe area.

• Some rooms in Secret Fountain were not providing rewards when they should have.

• Issue in a Secret Fountain side room where a crab would not attack that prevented the player from completing the room puzzle.

• Autoscaling health didn’t work when using the Rebuy Loadout option.

• The title-screen camera moved erratically when petting Altius, exiting to the title screen, and opening a new save file.

• Can no longer unlock a Master Argus challenge in the tutorial.

• Shield health was not being restored after taking damage from a dream sequence.

• Shield-break effect wasn’t visible when the player had 2 or more rows of health.

• Altius can no longer appear twice in the same stage.

• Hard and normal Side Drill behaviors were inadvertently reversed.

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Soft-Lock Fixes **

• Player was able to toss their Boomerang shovel and lose it while falling into a well, causing them to soft lock when reaching the next room.

• Scrap Knight would soft lock when using the Gusteo Wand or the Comet Collar.

• A bug where it was possible to defeat Spore Knight twice, which caused a soft lock.

• Using the Fenix Feather during some bosses would cause a soft lock.

• When using Comet Collar or Gusteo Wand on enemies/bosses, it inadvertently resulted in them being pushed through walls and becoming inaccessible.

• Several potential soft locks in secret rooms.

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Improvements **

• Special food now appears in your gear menu.

• War Horn - Tweaked cooldown and overall damage balance.

• Fire Blorb hitbox has been reduced by 1 pixel per side.

• Familiars will no longer kill Drill Knight when Shovel Knight is holding the Omega Driver.

• Feat - 60-second standoff with the Omega Saw no longer requires the player to have escaped the Omega Saw, provided 60 seconds have passed while the Omega Saw is onscreen.

• Updated many chunks in Mushroom Mines to improve gameplay.

• Many Shadow Cast relic improvements in a variety of rooms.

• It’s now possible to cancel Daily/Weekly Leaderboard flags if you accidentally activate one.

• Added a warning for Shovel Master move when a move is being replaced.

• Animation improvements for high-FPS monitors.

• Adjusted sorting priority on moving platforms so they no longer clip incorrectly with background art.

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Balance **

• While wearing the Ballistic Armor, Shovel Knight will now be pushed back when you hit someone in ball form.

• Final Guard now offers you only 3 items, reduces the number of gems saved, and the damage taken has been reduced by a slight bit.

• Master Argus now only offers 2 items.

• When using Whisker to warp, max health is now set to 6 when skipping to a stage.

• Adjusted the chances of items appearing in Gastronomole’s shop to prevent duplicate items from appearing.

• Millbug enemy was made easier by reducing the spinning time by 1 second.

• Reduced the number of Gems that Drill Soldiers could drop.

• Lava well has a rarer chance of generating in Smeltworks.

• Overall HPaccumulation balance adjustments.

• Side Drills now only deal 1 damage.

• Drill Knight Castle - Conveyor Dirt was moving too fast; it now moves at the intended speed.

• Shovel Knight will not unlock levels if the run was started via Whisker.