Fifth Major Content Update 2024.08.31 Now Live

The fifth major content update is finally here, featuring a complete user interface overhaul, controller and Steam Deck support, full German localization, an extended soundtrack, exciting new skills, and much more.

Further customize your character with the all-new craftsman skill tree and immerse yourself in the world of Raidborn with the extended soundtrack, now boasting seven additional tracks.

Enjoy a rebalanced combat system along with numerous improvements, both small and large, making Raidborn the best experience to date.

Here is the full list of changes:

User Interface Overhaul:

Inventory:
• Completely revised menu design
  
• Revised item info design
  
• Revised item preview visuals
  
• Improved item type info
  
• Made item info grow/shrink dynamically
  
• Added functionality to expand/collapse item info
  
• Added functionality to pin items
  
• Placed pinned items at the top of the list
  
• Placed equipped items at the top of the list
  
• Placed quickslots items at the top of the list
  
• Changed message to tutorial tab
  
• Moved letters and notes to quest items
  
• Added potion potency stat display
  
• Added potion duration stat display
  
• Added more tooltips
  
• Improved inventory sorting
  
• Added language setting to new game menu
  
  Trading:
• Added buy/sell tabs
  
• Made pinned items ignore auto-selling
  
• Added indicator for items that are not available to buy
  
  Crafting:
• Added tab to switch to inventory
  
• Implemented count popup
  
• Added categories
  
• Added recipe availability indicator
  
• Changed count display to show item count
  
  HUD:
• Changed UI fonts
  
• Improved compass visuals
  
• Improved hover info visuals
  
• Implemented quick loot menu
  
• Added dungeon orientation marker to compass
  
• Revised lockpicking visuals
  
• Revised quickslot menu design
  
• Improved quickslots functionality
  
• Added new level complete notification
  
• Added new level complete sound
  
• Improved notification visuals
  
• Added notification background
  
  Map:
• Completely revised map design
  
• Completely revised menu design
  
• Added new location info panel
  
• Added location type info
  
• Added dungeon bane description
  
• Added location description
  
• Added hover indicator for controllers
  
• Improved distribution of locations
  
  Quest Menu:
• Added separate quest menu
  
• Completely revised menu design
  
• Added quest type info
  
• Added quest giver info
  
• Added quest location info
  
• Added quest reward info
  
  Skill Menu:
• Completely revised menu design
  
• Removed skill info panel
  
• Added skill tooltips
  
• Added functionality to unlock knowledge skills in skill menu
  
  Dialog Menu:
• Revised menu design
  
• Added typewriting effect
  
• Added objective preview
  
  Main Menu:
• Completely revised menu design
  
• Added new background image
  
• Added animated characters
  
• Updated credits
  
  Options Menu:
• Completely revised menu design
  
• Added extra large font size option
  
• Added language option
  
• Added controller option
  
• Renamed and rearranged categories
  
• Added hover effect for controllers
  
• Removed buttons and added new controls
  
• Renamed mouse settings
  
  Other:
• Added input glyphs to all menus
  
• Revised item icons
  
• Added new item icons
  
• Improved tooltip visuals
  
• Improved tooltip functionality
  
• Revised death screen
  
• Added death screen sound
  
• Improved scrollbar visuals
  
• Improved scrollbar functionality
  
• Improved letter visuals and readability
  
• Revised journal design
  
• Increased some font sizes
  
• Implemented dropshadow system
  
• Revised popup designs
  

Controllers & Devices:

• Implemented Steam Deck support (offically verified)
  
• Implemented Xbox Controller support
  
• Implemented Playstation Controller support
  
• Implemented analogue player movement for controllers
  
• Added Xbox controller glyphs
  
• Added Playstation glyphs
  
• Changed stealth dash controls
  
• Changed power shot controls
  

Text & Localization:

• Implemented localization system
  
• Localized all texts to German
  
• Improved text flow in many dialogs
  
• Rewrote many quest dialogs for better language compatibility
  
• Slightly changed some quests for better language compatibility
  
• Made many notifications more concise
  
• Renamed potions to improve name consistency
  
• Improved potion descriptions
  
• Improved clarity of system messages
  
• Improved tutorial messages
  
• Changed item names for better clarity
  
• Fixed a bunch of typos
  

Additions:

• Added three new cave soundtracks
  
• Added three new castle soundtracks
  
• Added one new generic soundtrack
  
• Added Craftsman skill class
  
• Added Blacksmith skill branch
  
• Added five Blacksmith skills
  
• Added Alchemist skill branch
  
• Added five Alchemist skills
  

Improvements:

• Implemented rock throwing ability for NPCs
  
• Added XP reward for dungeons
  
• Made home door and city gates open the map menu when interacted with
  
• Made more items compatible with quickslots
  
• Disabled skill unlock confirmation if you have many skill points
  
• Renamed Misc Skills to Knowledge
  
• Improved menu keyboard shortcuts
  
• Implemented legacy versions support
  
• Added legacy versions info message
  
• Improved NPC navigation
  
• Improved player dialog camera
  
• Implemented safety fallbacks when saving or loading fails
  
• Added error message when access to savefiles is denied
  
• Improved item info if no item is selected
  
• Reintroduced random critical damage
  
• Changed savegame backups to be created every 20 minutes
  

Balancing:

• Significantly increased speed boost from combo
  
• Slightly increased max weapon speed
  
• Increased bow damage
  
• Increased headshot damage multiplier
  
• Slightly increased enemy damage
  
• Significantly increased melee stealth damage
  
• Increased bow stealth damage
  
• Decreased prices of gift boxes
  
• Decreased max stealth dash range
  
• Increased time before combo decays
  
• Decreased level requirement for upper district
  
• Decreased level required for merchants to offer master level equipment
  
• Decreased base tool condition
  
• Significantly increased damage of higher level weapons
  
• Improved scrolling in menus
  

Fixes:

• Fixed NPCs not looking at target
  
• Fixed blood effect getting stuck
  
• Fixed attacks sometimes not dealing damage
  
• Fixed chests not dropping equipment
  
• Fixed NPCs sometimes stop attacking
  
• Fixed stamina message in tutorial popping up too early
  
• Fixed trainer in tutorial attacking while in dialog
  
• Fixed NPC animation snapping error
  
• Fixed skill unlock sound playing too early
  
• Fixed incorrect NPC attack frequency calculations
  
• Fixed some errors with player dialog camera
  
• Fixed bug with arrow quickselection
  
• Fixed inventory not refreshing when you close a note or message
  
• Fixed bookshelf mesh with clipping books
  
• Fixed king in intro having no material assigned
  
• Fixed intro railing not having physics
  
• Fixed intro barrel being ignored by NPCs
  
• Fixed some small UI bugs and issues