Early Access Patch Notes - April 21, 2023

Hello, Hitchhiker.

A minor update is now available.

Boss Rush

• Returning from the betas, Boss Rush mode is now accessible on the Main Menu after players defeat each of the game’s bosses at least once.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed a bug that prevented player input after loading a previous save slot. Any previously affected save files should now be usable without issue.

  • (Thank you to Serenity69 and Milly Hillbillygan on Discord for sending us your save files so we could track this bug down)

• The Resurrection Psychic Augment should now work as intended when playing as a Fused character.

  • (Thank you to HardCover and Kerry on Discord for reporting this bug to us!)

• Fixed not being able to inspect certain elements of the character screen with the mouse.

• Merged characters now have their names correctly displayed on the save file select screen

• Various other minor fixes

Levels:

• The Outskirts is now ~30% smaller than before and the core of the level is significantly more randomized.

• The main exit in The Outskirts is now always located at the end of the level’s surface route rather than being randomly placed.

• A few rooms in The Outskirts have been modified for easier traversal

  • (thanks to Seely on Discord for the feedback!)

• Fixed a rare gap in The Outskirts branches where players could get out of bounds.

  • (thanks to Kerry on Discord for finding this!)

• Performance optimizations in Subterraria and The Outskirts

• Several rooms in The Outskirts have received a graphical overhaul

Enemies

• Stalactite in The Outskirts and The Wastes now attacks more aggressively

• Several arenas have had their enemy formations tweaked.

Balance:

• Altara’s Arc Pulse base damage increased (30 ->35)

• The Eminence’s base health has been slightly reduced (1250 -> 1100)

• The Eminence’s Shield Orb base health has been reduced (100 -> 50)

• The following mods have been removed from the normal drop pool as we work to replace them with more interesting variants:

  • Boss Weave

  • Concussive Weave

  • Ballistic Weave

  • Accident Prone

Misc:

• Added a “Return to Citadel” button to the pause menu that ends a run early and sends the player back to the character select screen. Players no longer need to die to go back to the Citadel.