The End is Near
Update 35.0: 2023-08-28
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Update 35.1: 2023-08-30
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Update 35.2: 2023-09-05
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Update 35.3: 2023-09-12
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Update 35.4: 2023-09-13
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Update 35.5: 2023-09-20
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Update 35.6: 2023-09-26
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Update 35.7: 2023-10-02
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Update 35.8: 2024-08-26
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Important features
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New Mobs, Weapons and Mutations that all interact (more or less) with the Curse mechanic!
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New Brutality/Tactic Melee Weapon: Misericorde.
Crits heavily on mobs with less than 50% health, but, if you don't kill with an attack, you get cursed.
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New Tactic/Survival Ranged Weapon: Anathema.
Fires a very heavy curved projectile that explodes on contact. However, you get cursed if you hit anything with it.
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New Brutality/Survival Skill: Indulgence.
Summons a ray of light on a near enemy dealing heavy damage, after a rather long cast. Killing an enemy with it clears 3 stacks of Curse instead of 1.
It will deal Critical Damage if you are not Cursed, or will summon an additional ray for each 5 Curses you have.
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3 New Colorless Mutations:
Cursed Flask. The Health Flask no longer consumes a charge when used, but will give you 10 Curses instead.
Damned Vigor. Prevents your death and puts you at 1 HP. You have 2 seconds to kill an enemy to save yourself, otherwise you die (for real this time).
Demonic Strength. Increases your damage by 30% if you are Cursed, with +1% per Curse stack.
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3 New Mobs:
Sore Loser. A small enemy that cannot deal any damage, but is really sticky and annoying. Killing it will curse you.
Curser. Shoots guided cursed skulls in your direction, with a melee attack if you get too close.
Doom Bringer. Curses you with her damageless melee attack, or can ring her bell to stun you. If she hits you with more than 50 curses, you die.
Those mobs are a bit special, as they don't have a specific biomes in which they spawn. Instead, depending on the Boss Cells level, they have a small chance of appearing in any biome:
Before 2BC, they cannot spawn at all.
In 2BC, Sore Loser and Curser can spawn in biomes at depth 4 or more, while Doom Bringer can spawn in biomes at depth 5 or more.
In 4BC and 5BC, they can spawn in any biome.
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40 New heads to unlock and equip! Go talk to the Tailor's Daughter to know more.
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Added an exit to Master's Keep in High Peak Castle.
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We reworked the way the Cursed Mobs spawn!
And implemented a new "Cursed Biome" mechanic. In short, every biome has a chance to be "Cursed", which means that they will spawn a small quantity of Cursed Mobs, BUT they will also have a +10% chance to spawn a Cursed Chest, and a +1 bonus to their loot level.
If a biome is cursed, a skull icon will show up above the exit door leading to it. It is not possible for all the accessible exits in a level to be cursed, as such, there will always be the possibility to choose a non-cursed path.
The maximum number of cursed biomes in a run depends on the current boss cell level. Note that this number only counts down when entering a cursed biome. Also, some biomes, like the Bank or Boss Levels, cannot be cursed.
Update 35.3
Balancing
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New Legendary Affix for Perfection: Almost Perfect.
Killing an enemy less than a second after getting hit lets you continue critting with the weapon.
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New Legendary Affix for Gold Digger: Flithy Rich.
Crit multiplier increases with your gold.
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New Legendary Affix for Punishment: Punish Combo.
Recasts the shockwave if it kills at least one target.
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New Legendary Affix for Rampart: Mirror Coating.
Getting hit while under the effect of the force field will trigger a parry effect.
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New Legendary Affix for Cocoon: Parry Streak.
Each consecutive parry will reduce the cooldown of the skill the next time it starts.
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New Legendary Affix for Emergency Door: Armored Door.
The door cannot be destroyed by mobs (except bosses).
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New Legendary Affix for Bone: Whirlwind.
Increases the last attack's duration by 2 seconds everytime it kills.
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New Legendary Affix for Wrenching Whip: Retiarus.
The first attack throws 3 Crow's Feet in front of you.
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New Legendary Affix for Explosive Decoy: Foolproof.
The cooldown is instantly reset if the explosion doesn't hit anything.
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New Legendary Affix for Leghugger: Mitosis.
Summons 2 Leghuggers instead of 1.
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New Legendary Affix for Assault Shield: Charged Dash.
Holding the shield button will charge a stronger version of the dash, which can then be used by releasing the button.
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New Legendary Affix for Ice Shards: Bouncy.
Projectiles bounce on the ground twice before disappearing.
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New Legendary Affix for Quick Bow: Sharpshooter.
Critical hits will refill one ammo.
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New Legendary Affix for Bladed Tonfas: Lacerator.
Only uses the first attack of the combo.
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New Legendary Affix for Grappling Hook: Octavio.
Also fires a chain behind you.
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New Legendary Affix for Tesla Coil: Double Use.
You can use the skill twice. Each use has its own cooldown.
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New Legendary Affix for Lightning Rods: Double Use.
You can use the skill twice. Each use has its own cooldown.
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Reduced Throw Master's overall damage.
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Reduced Bank's bonus scaling in 2BC, 4BC and 5BC.
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Increased Anathema's damage.
Update 35.1
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Added a cap to the number of levels that can have cursed monsters. This cap is different per Boss Cell level.
Update 35.1
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Added a chance for a run to not have cursed monsters.
Update 35.1
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Dead Inside no longer lets you use the Health Flask.
Update 35.1
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Reduced the chance of having Cursed Mobs in a run to 40%.
Update 35.2
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Increased maximum number of levels where Cursed Mobs can appear.
Update 35.2
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Increased the spawning chance and the max number of Cursed Mobs per biome.
Update 35.2
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Removed some affixes from Anathema's pool: Pierce, Super Pierce and Fire Bullet.
Update 35.2
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Greatly increased Anathema's damage.
Update 35.2
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Anathema now only applies one curse when hitting an enemy.
Update 35.2
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Changed Anathema's legendary affix to Global Shield on Use.
Update 35.2
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Alienation rework. Instead of healing the player per curse reduced, it will now heal the player when the curse is lifted, with the amount of health recovered based on the max amount of curses they had (for that curse instance). The effect only starts triggering when the player had more than 10 curses.
Update 35.3
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Slightly nerfed Anathema's damage.
Update 35.3
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Reduced Dracula's Castle (late) scroll fragments count, to match other biomes at the same depth.
Update 35.3
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Added a small cooldown to Emergency Triage forcefield.
Update 35.3
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Reduced Cursed Biomes chance and increased the number of Cursed Mobs in a Cursed Biome.
Update 35.4
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Buffed Alienation's healing by reducing the curse threshold for a max heal.
Update 35.4
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Curser can now detect the player and shoot its projectile through walls.
Update 35.5
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Fixed Mimic despawning when trying to jump a very long distance.
Update 35.5
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Reduced Doom Bringer's speech frequency.
Update 35.5
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Increased Doom Bringer's walking speed when targeting a player.
Update 35.5
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Doom Bringer's stun attack radius was increased, and it can now hit through walls.
Update 35.5
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Doom Bringer's attack now gives two curses instead of one.
Update 35.5
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Alienation's minimum curse was reduced to 5.
Update 35.5
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Misericorde now applies curses only if the attack doesn't crit.
Update 35.7
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Curser cannot teleport anymore.
Update 35.8
Level design
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Added 2 new lore rooms in Graveyard.
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Added exits to Corrupted Prison and Ossuary in Castle's Outskirts.
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Added an exit to Dracula's Castle (early) in Corrupted Prison and Toxic Sewers.
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Added an exit to Black Bridge in Dracula's Castle (early).
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Added an exit to Defiled Necropolis in Ossuary.
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Replaced the exit to Fractured Shrines in Defiled Necropolis by an exit to Graveyard.
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Added a light source in the Mimic Hint lore room, when it spawns in Forgotten Sepulcher.
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Added an exit to Dracula's Castle (late) in Mausoleum, Guardian's Haven and Clock Room.
Graphics & UI
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Added two new sets of control icons and an option to select them. You can select either "Legacy" (current icons), "New" (a new, cleaner set) or "Big" (accessibiliy focused, easier to read).
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Changed the Daily Challenge's boss arrow opacity, for better visibility.
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Added an option to select what type of controller icons to display (Xbox, PS4, etc). By default, the game auto-detects the type of controller used by the player, but that can be overridden with this option.
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Removed the crit display for Anathema.
Update 35.1
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Tweaked the update banner to improve readability.
Update 35.3
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Added Latin-American Spanish and Polish as language options.
Update 35.6
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Added a Minimap icon when a biome is incentivized.
Update 35.7
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Added the icon for incentivized biomes in the minimap title.
Update 35.8
Quality of life
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Added new input options for the "going through platform" action.
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Added options to change the controller triggers' deadzone.
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Reworked the Auto-hit assist mode option. It will no longer force the use of a melee weapon in the first slot.
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Added an option to add a background to most texts in the game. The background's color and opacity can be adjusted.
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The left stick can now be used to scroll through item descriptions in the pause menu.
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Added options to fully invert the player and camera movement.
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Added a bunch of options to tweak the camera's behavior. The influence of the player's movement, combat, or points of interest can be customized.
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Split the "controller sticks deadzone" into two options, one for each stick.
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Added an outline option for spikes.
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Added a button to center the minimap on the player.
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Added a tooltip for Cursed Mobs in the Boss Cell Selection UI.
Update 35.3
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The Tailor's Daughter will now create notifications for any head you might unlock when talking to her.
Update 35.3
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Removed the "Leave the Body" prompt of the throne fountain, when at 5BC.
Update 35.3
Music & Sfx
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Updated a bunch of sounds for the new mobs.
Update 35.7
Bug fixes
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Fixed side mouse buttons being triggered on release instead of on press.
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Fixed Emergency Door sometimes breaking the bosses' AI.
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Fixed Legendary Scythe Claw dealing less damage than intended.
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Improved stability of Dracula's Castle (late) generation, which should fix some seeds crashing on loading the level.
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Fixed a crash when opening the world map after opening the Bank chest.
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Fixed Wings of the Crow not triggering the "landing" state when touching the ground.
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Fixed being able to freeze yourself by using the Face Flask with a "freeze on hit" necklace.
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Fixed the ground stomp doing abysmal damage to flying enemies.
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Fixed a bug where using Boy's Axe on Hand of the King would get him stuck in place.
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Fixed Mimics being turned into elites by the Malaise.
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Fixed Taunt not being able to roll many affixes.
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Fixed Timekeeper sometimes turning red during her boss fight.
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Fixed a softlock when using Blueprint Extraction on Medusa.
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Fixed Medusa's Head being able to duplicate Biters. what?
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Fixed not being able to use the Boss Cell after beating Dracula.
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Fixed map scroll speed being tied to the framerate.
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Fixed Owl of War sometimes not despawning after getting hit.
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Fixed invisible mobs' outline still being visible.
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Fixed a big FPS drop when dying with a Castlevania outfit.
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Fixed Petrified Key not spawning when playing with the custom mode option "Disable Free Items".
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Fixed being able to unlock the Dracula outfits through Boss Rush.
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Fixed Foresight sometimes not preventing damage.
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Fixed Barricade's description being inaccurate
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Fixed Custom Mode's Starting Equipment switching slots once in game.
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Fixed Dracula being able to throw the player outside the arena.
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Fixed Foresight not triggering during the Assault Shield's dash.
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Fixed Master's Keep stairs being in the foreground in Boss Rush.
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Fixed the map being displayed in the Mutation selection screen.
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Fixed the Homonculus not using the "hold to jump" option.
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Fixed Face Flask preventing flawless achievements
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Fixed the grenade summoned from some affixes being able to stun the player when hitting a Thorny.
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Reverted backpack to its own key binding, instead of being tied with interact.
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Fixed Diverse Deck's passive effects resetting when switching its slot.
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Fixed buggy voice lines when getting Castlevania outfits through the "Random Outfit Every Level" Custom Mode option.
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Fixed Wish not working on Machete & Pistol in some cases
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Fixed The Crown background music playing after the Queen revives the player.
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Fixed Legendary Affixes not applying affix exclusivity.
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Fixed Kleio looking the wrong way during their intro animation.
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Fixed level banners sometimes disappearing on the World Map or on the biome select UIs.
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Fixed Symmetrical Lance's description being inaccurate.
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Fixed Legendary Hayabusa Gauntlets DPS display being inaccurate.
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Fixed custom head animations not being updated after door transitions.
Update 35.1
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Fixed exit doors sometimes facing the wrong way.
Update 35.1
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Fixed Damned Vigor not working in training room.
Update 35.1
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Fixed Sore Loser not dropping the Indulgence blueprint.
Update 35.1
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Fixed the cooldown display of Decoy and Maria's Cat.
Update 35.1
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Fixed a crash when exiting the game while Medusa was performing her Petrification attack.
Update 35.1
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Fixed a crash sometimes happening when using the Leghugger or Serenade.
Update 35.1
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Fixed Servant Head not unlocking properly. It now unlocks after having killed all the servants at least 15 times.
Update 35.2
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Fixed Katana's dash attack not doing any damage if it hits a door.
Update 35.2
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Fixed Doom Bringer not dealing any damage when the player has more than 50 curses.
Update 35.2
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Fixed text backgrounds appearing in undiscovered parts of the minimap.
Update 35.2
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Fixed Deep Pockets not working with arrow or grenade affixes.
Update 35.2
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Fixed Blue Hole head not unlocking properly
Update 35.2
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Fixed custom heads' animation stopping in some situations.
Update 35.2
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Fixed Sewer's Tentacle movement particles not being played enough and being the wrong color.
Update 35.2
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Fixed a bunch of custom heads' horizontal and vertical offsets.
Update 35.2
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Fixed Boss Cell head not unlocking retroactively.
Update 35.2
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Fixed Anathema dealing melee damage.
Update 35.2
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Fixed Anathema's AoE damage not scaling to player and weapon stats.
Update 35.2
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Fixed a crash sometimes happening when reloading the game when the Owl was active.
Update 35.2
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Fixed Damned Vigor not letting the player resurrect when killing a boss.
Update 35.2
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Fixed heads having a downwards offset in the head selection UI.
Update 35.2
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Fixed Collector's menu flickering when opening it.
Update 35.2
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Fixed being able to use the flask at full health, when equipped with both Tainted Flask and Cursed Flask.
Update 35.2
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Fixed Golden Blowtorch head not unlocking properly.
Update 35.3
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Fixed Legendary Machete & Pistol not applying fire status effect.
Update 35.3
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Fixed the Soul Knight Outfit having a different scale in some animations.
Update 35.3
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Fixed Exit Doors being able to generate in the wrong way.
Update 35.3
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Fixed Filthy Rich not appearing when evolving Legendary Gold Digger.
Update 35.3
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Fixed a few translations in Chinese being needlessly offensive.
Update 35.3
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Fixed Timekeeper's name being wrong in Spanish and Portuguese.
Update 35.3
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Fixed Kleio's spin attack being able to destroy projectiles.
Update 35.3
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Fixed the "Ignore Global Shield" affix duplicating itself when rerolling a Symmetrical Lance.
Update 35.3
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Fixed Spoiler Boss head's hint text revealing who Spoiler Boss is. No spoilers.
Update 35.3
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Fixed Boss Cell doors being able to generate after the Ram Rune gate in Dracula's Castle.
Update 35.3
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Fixed Mushroom Boi sometimes freezing in place when trying to trigger its explosion.
Update 35.3
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Fixed Alucard's Shield dealing self-damage when hitting a Thorny's back.
Update 35.3
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Fixed Curser's projectile being upside down when travelling to the left.
Update 35.3
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Fixed Back Arrows, Front Arrows and Up Arrows, from the affixes, sometimes spawning at different heights.
Update 35.3
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Fixed some head particle effects still appearing on outfits that already have a head.
Update 35.3
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Fixed a crash when reloading the game while a Death's Scythe ghost is present.
Update 35.3
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Fixed Legendary Lightning Rods not triggering when used too quickly.
Update 35.3
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Fixed a bunch of texts overlapping other UI elements.
Update 35.3
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Fixed mods not reloading properly.
Update 35.3
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Fixed Katana's charged attack doing low damage.
Update 35.3
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Fixed skills cooldowns not visually resetting when loading a new level in Boss Rush.
Update 35.3
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Fixed spikes sometimes causing a softlock when the player is in a cinematic.
Update 35.3
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Fixed being able to spam fire waves with Legendary Flint.
Update 35.3
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Fixed mob animations not being the right speed, when the mob was taunted or slowed.
Update 35.4
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Fixed Smoke Bomb damage buff not affecting projectiles.
Update 35.4
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Fixed Cursed Mobs replacing normal mobs instead of adding themselves to the list.
Update 35.4
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Prevent Boss Rush modified Concierge from jumping when the other instance is also jumping or throwing a fire wave.
Update 35.4
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Fixed not being able to roll in the other direction while holding the Morning Star.
Update 35.4
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Fixed Death's instant death attack sending the player back to Prison when in Training Mode or Boss Rush.
Update 35.5
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Fixed heads' particle effects sometimes not playing.
Update 35.5
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Fixed some lore rooms still spawning in Dilapidated Arboretum with the "Disable Lore Rooms" option enabled.
Update 35.5
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Fixed a crash when Dracula's Castle tries to generate a Cursed Chest.
Update 35.5
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Fixed Giant sometimes getting stuck during the double fist slam attack animation.
Update 35.5
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Fixed some ranged multi-hit weapons (Scarecrow's Sickles, Cross, Bible, etc.) not dealing any damage after hitting an unbreakable door.
Update 35.5
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Fixed head unlock notification not replacing text variables with the right number.
Update 35.5
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YOLO can no longer be removed from the inventory by resetting mutations.
Update 35.5
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Fixed Glitch head not unlocking retro-actively.
Update 35.5
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Fixed Boss Rush Servants just standing there when skipping the fight.
Update 35.5
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Fixed Death Outfits being able to equip custom heads.
Update 35.6
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Fixed Spoiler Level's Lightning Walls being able to kill entities immune to lava.
Update 35.6
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Fixed Legendary Hook cooldown resetting when only one of the hooks missed.
Update 35.6
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Fixed a crash when loading a save with speedrun data.
Update 35.6
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Fixed World Map displaying deprecated paths.
Update 35.7
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Fixed a bunch of translation problems.
Update 35.7
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Fixed Cursed and Incentivized biomes not reloading properly with the "Multiple lives" assist option on.
Update 35.7
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Fixed a crash when using the Emergency Door against Conjunctivius.
Update 35.7
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Fixed some projectiles not displaying outlines when the option was on.
Update 35.7
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Fixed some heads unlocking in the Training Room.
Update 35.7
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Fixed some visual and music bugs when killing Dracula in Training Room.
Update 35.7
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Fixed Richter not being able to jump down platform.
Update 35.7
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Fixed the number of cursed biomes always being 0 in some seeds.
Update 35.7
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Fixed a crash when checking a cursed level on the minimap, after entering a boss level.
Update 35.8
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Fixed the cursed and incentivized biomes rolling the same result at every depth.
Update 35.8
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Fixed random heads and skins not including the ones unlocked by default.
Update 35.8
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Fixed Sore Loser not cursing when killed with homunculus.
Update 35.8
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Fixed Mushroom Boi's follow behaviour.
Update 35.8
