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0.1.8 | Patch Notes - Weapon and Enemy Balancing!



We have a mammoth week of updates, fixes and improvements from our hard-working dev team! This includes gun balances and enemy balances! Check out the full list of updates below.



[h3]Gun Balances![/h3]
- Balancing Changes on Weapons Affecting: Damage, Rate of Fire, Ammo Capacity, Magazine Capacity

- MX1910
- Increased Magazine Ammo Capacity to 16, up from 8

- Revolver
- Increased Max Damage to 160, up from 100
- Increased Min Damage to 120, up from 49
- Increased RPM to 240, up from 180
- Increased Magazine Ammo Capacity to 12, up from 6

- Double-Barreled Shotgun
- Lowered RPM to 149, down from 189

- RS10
- Lowered Min Damage to 60, down from 80
- Lowered RPM to 70, down from 80
- Lowered Ammo Capacity to 48, down from 96

- Hunting Rifle
- Increased Damage to 250, up from 160
- Increased RPM to 48, up from 45
- Increased Magazine Ammo Capacity to 20, up from 15
- Decreased Ammo Capacity to 100, down from 150

- Sie Rogotti
- Increased Max Damage to 72, up from 68

- MP18A
- Increased Max Damage to 45, up from 32
- Increased RPM to 1000, up from 857
- Increased Magazine Ammo Capacity to 40, up from 30
- Increased Ammo Capacity to 400, up from 300

- Pavlov Avtomat
- Increased Max Damage to 53, up from 38
- Increased Min Damage to 38, up from 30
- Increased Max Penetration Targets to 2, up from 1

- Thunderbolt
- Increased Max Damage to 300, up from 95
- Increased Min Damage to 200, up from 95
- Increased Empty Reload Time to 5, up from 4.3
- Decreased Magazine Ammo Capacity to 6, down from 10
- Decreased Ammo Capacity to 40, down from 110
- Increased Projectile Hit Radius 0.75 meters, up from 0
- Increased Max Penetration Targets to 20, up from 0



[h3]Enemy Balances![/h3]
- Lowered enemy health scale to 10% in Hard Difficulty, down from 30%
- Lowered enemy health scale to 20% in Expect Difficulty, down from 50%
- Increased enemy movement speed to 30% in Hard Difficulty, up from 20%
- Increased enemy movement speed to 40% in Expert Difficulty, up from 30%

[h3]New![/h3]
- Added an increase purchase cost multiplier to higher difficulties
- Added an objective marker for "Charge The Tesla Coils" in the "Voltage Overload" Objective
- Removed Lucky The Dog from the first area in Cursed Lands of Lavernock
- Weapons Available at the Weapon Shop now vary per area

[h3]Bug Fixes & Optimisations[/h3]
- Fixed Elites not spawning on Normal Difficulty (bug introduced in v0.1.7)
- Fixed Progress Percentages not being rounded in Trial Objectives
- Fixed overflowing "Scoreboard" text that affected some languages
- Fixed "Searching For Player" not being localized

Please do also see our list of known issues here.

Once again, we'd like to invite everyone over to our Discord channel to chat with the devs and the community, and also please do leave the game a review over on the Steam page which supports our Early Access Beta journey!

Wales Interactive Team

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0.1.7 | Patch Notes - New Difficulty System Added!

It's the update that you've all been waiting for!

Are you worthy? We're ready to discover our ultimate Sker champions as our devs bring you a difficulty system with a unique twist! If you've been wondering about the purpose of that Sword Statue, you now have your answer.



Interacting with the Sword Statue will increase the difficulty of enemies and make the Cursed Lands of Lavernock even more challenging! Do you have what it takes to survive? There's only one way to find out!

That's not all! Here's a breakdown of the full patch release.

[h3]New![/h3]
- Added Difficulties: You can find a Sword Statue in the levels, interacting with it will increase the difficulty of enemies
- Improved Muzzle Flashes on Shootable Weapons
- Adjusted Trial Objective requirements based on feedback
- Added an Option to Hide Objective Markers

[h3]Bug Fixes & Optimisations[/h3]
- Fixed issue when using ALT+Z to hide the UI

Please do also see our list of known issues here.

Once again, we'd like to invite everyone over to our Discord channel to chat with the devs and the community, and also please do leave the game a review over on the Steam page which supports our Early Access Beta journey!

Wales Interactive Team

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1492070/Sker_Ritual/

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Sker Ritual - Episode 1: The Cursed Lands of Lavernock Trailer

Descend into hell and take a look at the Sker Ritual - Episode 1: The Cursed Lands of Lavernock Trailer

Check out some new gameplay and improvements made since our Early Access launch, PLUS a preview of what's to come in the future as we explore The Cursed Lands of Lavernock.

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Brave the hoards with friends or go it alone, upgrade weapons and your abilities to take on some of Sker Islands' formidable elite enemies and cursed villagers. Each match can be unique with a variety of Miracle builds and enhancing perks to collect.

Need a friend? The Abraham Plushie is still available to purchase now over on Makeship



Stick around as we have plenty more planned on our Roadmap, return to The Ashes of Sker Hotel in December 2022, venture into the Sewers of the Dead in February 2022 and take a romantic trip through the Deadly Lover's Fortress in April 2022.


Don't forget the Draigs Terror and Friends in the Darkness DLCs available now!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2155330/Sker_Ritual__Draigs_Terror/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2155340/Sker_Ritual__Friends_in_the_Darkness/

More DLCs are coming soon, but we'd love to hear your requests over on our Discord!

Wales Interactive Team

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0.1.6 | Patch Notes - New Trials and Localisation Added plus Bug Fixes!

The devs have been busy with this latest update that continues to improve performance throughout the game. This update will be going live today, the team have continued to listen to your feedback and implement updates ready for our next update

[h3]New![/h3]
- Added Localization: French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian, Chinese Simplified, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, Portuguese-Brazilian
- Added Trial Objectives
- Added Soft Recoil Falloff & Adjusted Recoil on Weapons



[h3]Bug Fixes & Optimisations[/h3]

- Adjusted Elite & Boss enemies health, their health increases at the same percentage as Normal enemies
- Fixed an overflow in Damage Done score and increased the number range it can show
- Fixed text wrapping incorrectly on certain UI elements that represent Button Tutorials
- Fixed waves progressing if players just waited in Ghost mode
- Improved issue caused by Usernames having symbols that aren't included in the font that displays them
- Fixed an internal issue caused by objective inheriting data from another objective

Please do also see our list of known issues here.

Once again, we'd like to invite everyone over to our Discord channel to chat with the devs and the community, and also please do leave the game a review over on the Steam page which supports our Early Access Beta journey!

Wales Interactive Team

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1492070/Sker_Ritual/

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