UnderMine 2 News

[p][/p][p][/p][p]Happy Friday Everyone!

We just deployed 0.6.0 to the TestMine branch. If you've never used TestMine before, it is a dedicated branch to test updates before they are officially released. This means there may be more bugs and the experience might be a bit more rough, but if you're eager to try the new content it is the place to be. [/p][p]This link will help you setup TestMine or, if you have difficulties, visit us in Discord and we can help you out. [/p][p]0.6.0 is not currently content complete. More will be added in the coming weeks. Here is what you will find:

- An incomplete set of familiars (more to come!)
- The Roost in the Hub and its unlock sequence
- Experimental changes such as our hole change
- Balance changes to the Well based on community feedback
- And a whole lot more!

Have a good weekend everyone! And let us know what you think about this latest update.[/p][p][/p][p]Cheers! [/p][p]
- Thorium[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][p]Happy 2026, peasants! It's a little late, but it is technically our first update of the year. Welcome to our new UM players, fresh off of the Winter sale and welcome back all our older players. [/p][p]You all ready for some news? Because we have been cooking! UnderMine 2 - 0.6.0 is around the corner and there is some exciting stuff in there. More on that later! Until then, some fun stats from the most recent updates:[/p][p][/p][h2]Stats, stats, stats, stats:[/h2][p][/p][p]Deepest Well Dive:[/p][p]100[/p][p]When we said "it's unlikely players will get past Well 12," some took that as a personal challenge. [/p][p][/p][p]Most Played Characters[/p][p]Peasant (Male): 254,647 runs (36%)[/p][p]Black Rabbit: 212,261 runs (30%)[/p][p]Peasant (Female): 173,047 runs (25%)[/p][p]Dante: 54,959 runs (9%) (Perhaps our boy needs some love)[/p][p][/p][p]Deadliest Non-Boss Encounters[/p][p]Pickled Shiitake puzzle in the Labs - 7,041 deaths[/p][p]Pilfer Shop - 4,725 deaths[/p][p][/p][p]Starter Mondo Popularity[/p][p]Red: 60.79%[/p][p]Blue: 19.82%[/p][p]Green: 19.39%[/p][p][/p][h2]From the Community: [/h2][p][/p][p][/p][p]😬[/p][hr][/hr][p]
[/p][p][/p][hr][/hr][p][/p][p][/p][h2]What's coming up:[/h2][p][/p][h3]0.6.0[/h3][p]We're deep into the development of 0.6.0 which features Familiars! A highly requested feature from UnderMine 1. The plan was always to release these guys, but we needed some more time. [/p][p]Towards the launch of Early Access we realized we weren't going to have enough time to do familiars right. We wanted to make some improvements over UM1 and to make their abilities as interesting as possible.[/p][p]We'll provide more detail on their mechanics in the official update preview. Until then let's look at Courtland's sketches for their design.[/p][p][/p][p]Familiars will live in the Roost, a new room in the Hub. Here's a quick peak: [/p][p][/p][p]
In addition to the Roost and Familiars we're adding some new shops, an expansion to the Rabbit Hole, and a sprinkling of new items.

[/p][p][/p][p]0.6.0 will be added to the TestMine soon. We're really excited for this update, especially because we're testing some bold changes. [/p][p]Ever since UnderMIne 1 you've been able to walk straight into holes. We just made it so that pushing up against a hole will stop you. You can still jump or be knocked in, but this new functionality gives you a lot more confidence when walking around. We think it's a great change, but we're going to test it out and see what you think. [/p][p]If you're not a fan of it, there is still an option in the options menu to disable it and revert back to traditional UnderMine holes. [/p][p][/p][p]If you'd like to help test this new update, please join us in Discord and we'll get you setup. [/p][p][/p][p]That's all for now. Keep a look out for more information about 0.6.0 in the coming weeks. Until next Newsletter!

Cheers, [/p][p]- Thorium[/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][p]Two updates in the same month!? We are currently hard at work on our next big update which will feature fan favorite familiars, but we wanted to get something out for the holidays. [/p][p]We really enjoyed working on this small, self-contained update and plan to do more between our larger ones. [/p][p]This update is out now! So, no preview, just update notes:[/p][p][/p][h2]Black Rabbit's Slingshot Gallery[/h2][p]Black Rabbit has opened a new minigame in the Undermine! Take careful aim at moving targets with your slingshot and get as many points as you can across 3 rounds. The more points you earn, the better the reward at the end.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]30 New Items[/h2][p][/p][h3]Relics:[/h3]

• [p]Aetherwing[/p]
• [p]Bandit King’s Crown[/p]
• [p]Black Grimoire[/p]
• [p]Black Vise[/p]
• [p]Escutcheon[/p]
• [p]Extractor’s Textbook[/p]
• [p]Faraam’s Ring[/p]
• [p]Mana Vault[/p]
• [p]Overward[/p]
• [p]Phoenix Tear[/p]
• [p]Rapacious Tome[/p]
• [p]Saproot[/p]
• [p]Silver Bow[/p]
• [p]Stormcoil[/p]
• [p]Voracicus[/p][p][/p]

[h3]Bomb Relics:[/h3]

• [p]Ticker Kit[/p][p][/p]

[h3]Arcana:[/h3]

• [p]Capacitor[/p]
• [p]Cruciferous’ Hedron[/p]
• [p]Emergency Supply Kit[/p]
• [p]Fire Ward[/p]
• [p]Lightning Ward[/p]
• [p]Memento Mori[/p]
• [p]Blue Mondo[/p]
• [p]Green Mondo[/p]
• [p]Red Mondo[/p]
• [p]Master Mondo[/p]
• [p]Pig Whistle[/p]
• [p]Ragnarok[/p][p][/p]

[h3]Curses:[/h3]

• [p]Dirty Dishes[/p]
• [p]Martyrdom[/p]

[p][/p][h2]New Achievements[/h2]

• [p]Mondo, dude![/p]
• [p]Sharpshooter[/p]
• [p]Treasure on Demand[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Holiday Cheer and a Gift from Thorium[/h2][p]Log-on to UnderMine 2 between December 21st and January 1st for some holiday cheer and to receive your gift from Thorium. [/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]Boss Changes[/h2][h3]Noori, Umbral Lord[/h3]

• [p]Swipe, Flick, and Fireball animation speeds have been reduced[/p]
• [p]Lowered Noori’s Projectile Speed to make Fire Arc easier to dodge[/p]
• [p]Reduced the duration of water spawned by Snuff and Fire Arc[/p]
• [p]Increased Noori’s Think Time to give more time between attacks[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue that caused the Flick attack range to appear much larger than the actual hit zone[/p]
• [p]Dark Beam warmup time has been increased[/p]
• [p]Noori will no longer snuff braziers if there are 2 or less currently lit[/p][p][/p]

[h2]Other Changes[/h2]

• [p]Bandits can now steal gold from (nearly) all humanoid enemies[/p]
• [p]Charisma now increases the max mana of your followers[/p]
• [p]Clay Heart has been reworked to now restore health and mana to your Allies[/p][p][/p]

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• [p]Fixed an issue preventing Dante’s fiery shockwaves from counting as shockwaves for the purposes of proccing things like Echo Saber[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue that would allow Dante to continue moving while using his ranged attack after getting the Hellstar upgrade[/p]
• [p]Wraiths can now correctly attack even when they’re invisible[/p]
• [p]Fixed a lot of issues with charmed Mimics[/p]
• [p]Switching characters no longer causes your followers to aggro you[/p]
• [p]It should no longer be possible to reroll into the same curse back-to-back at the Altar[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue with remapped inputs not loading correctly when entering co-op[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Steam Winter Sale![/h2][p]Don't forget, UnderMine 2 is on sale for 20% off during the Steam Winter sale![/p][p]
[/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]We hope you all have a happy holidays and we'll see you in the new year with lot's more for UnderMine 2! Cheers!

- Thorium

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[p]Peasants! Update 0.5.0 The Well is out now! Welcome to 0.5.0 The Well! Below is a set of comprehensive update notes. If you'd like to discuss these changes with the developers or other players, please visit us in Discord.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]The Well[/h2]

• [p]The Well can now be accessed in the Terminus, after the Arcane Sanctum[/p]
• [p]The Well has 3 layers: Penumbra, Umbra, and Eclipse, each representing a major step up in difficulty. Each layer has a separate, and escalating pool of hexes[/p]
• [p]Bosses in the Well are randomly selected from the pool of Undermine bosses, but they have new moves and significantly higher stats[/p]
• [p]Some enemies are unique to the Well. Groups of enemies can be found in the Well that do not exist elsewhere[/p]
• [p]Altars get better as you go deeper into the Well[/p]
• [p]The Well is endless[/p][p][/p]

[h2]Hexes[/h2][p]Hexes add challenge to the game, above and beyond curses. The following hexes have been added to the game: [/p][h3]Penumbra Hexes[/h3]

• [p]Accursed[/p]
• [p]Chaotic Offering [/p]
• [p]Red Hot Nuggets[/p]
• [p]Confluence[/p]
• [p]Corpse Explosion [/p]
• [p]Danmaku[/p]
• [p]Possession[/p]
• [p]Reclamation[/p]
• [p]Lapidation[/p]
• [p]Crossfire[/p]

[h3]Umbra Hexes[/h3]

• [p]Famine[/p]
• [p]Reverberation[/p]
• [p]Dwindle[/p]
• [p]Veilform[/p]
• [p]Escalation[/p]
• [p]Ominous Drumbeat[/p]

[h3]Eclipse Hexes[/h3]

• [p]Sho’guul’s Ratchet[/p]
• [p]Doom[/p]
• [p]Gold Flinger[/p]
• [p]Constrictor[/p]
• [p]Inevitability[/p]

[h3]Other[/h3]

• [p]Boycott[/p]
• [p]Cascade[/p]
• [p]Cosmic Void[/p]
• [p]Hex Cross Bun[/p]
• [p]Unending Desolation[/p]
• [p]Windwalk[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Velvet Ear Emporium[/h2][p]Black Rabbit’s shop has been made over with its final art assets[/p][p][/p][h2]Cursed Aegis Purification[/h2][p]You can now cleanse Siegfried’s Aegis and turn it into the Paladin Shield (the implementation of this is temporary, we have other plans in the future.)[/p][p][/p][h2]New Enemies[/h2]

• [p]Bestiary[/p]
• [p]Charming Spellpage[/p]
• [p]Poison Smudgen[/p]
• [p]Gremlin[/p]
• [p]Fiery Gremlin[/p]
• [p]Wraith[/p]
• [p]Apparation[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Map [/h2]

• [p]The Fast Travel map now displays a room preview so that you can see which room you have selected. The preview is updated whenever you leave a room[/p]
• [p]The map now displays an icon legend. This can be turned off, or put on toggle in the Options menu[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Journal Updates[/h2]

• [p]The journal now displays a player character’s abilities under their portrait. These abilities show their name, description of how they work, how they scale, and the key/button they are bound to[/p]
• [p]Highlighting any of your stats will now show a tooltip with a breakdown of the items or effects that are modifying that stat. Now you can know the exact bonus an item is granting to you[/p]
• [p]Added hexes to the journal, both for in-run, and to the items tab[/p]
• [p]The journal now tracks a player’s achievements. These achievements can be earned on each save file, though will only grant you the Steam achievement the first time you earn it[/p]
• [p]A new tab with a map of the Undermine and Well has been added to the journal. The map will give you a preview of the upcoming hexes and bosses in the Well. Art for this map is still under development[/p]

[p][/p][h2]New Items[/h2][h3]Relics[/h3]

• [p]Broly’s Orb[/p]
• [p]Dumble’s Cube[/p]
• [p]Isidro’s Orb[/p]
• [p]Juicer[/p]
• [p]Paladin Shield[/p]
• [p]Pressure Cooker[/p]
• [p]Rizzle’s Orb[/p]

[h3]Potions[/h3]

• [p]Fervent Tears[/p]

[h3]Curses[/h3]

• [p]Altargeist[/p]

[p][/p][h2]New Achievements[/h2]

• [p]Three Minutes to Midnight[/p]
• [p]Doomsday[/p]
• [p]Collapse of Reality[/p]
• [p]Toss a Coin[/p]
• [p]Almost a Millionaire[/p]

[p][/p]

• [p]Goblet of Grinn now costs 4 skulls to activate[/p]
• [p]The Golden Key is now authentic[/p]
• [p]Increased Jumpers think time on the ground so they have a larger vulnerability window[/p]
• [p]Velvet hammer now spawns doppelgangers instead of charming enemies[/p]
• [p]Burnished Axe no longer scales with Caliber, Bounce, or Ricochet[/p]
• [p]Reduced the top end luck modifiers for all popcorn items from 80 to 60[/p]
• [p]All popcorn items now check for the authentic tag[/p]
• [p]Capped chill application at 95[/p]
• [p]Chill now scales with the attacker’s Intelligence instead of double their Intelligence[/p]
• [p]Modified the drop rates of the gambling machine[/p]
• [p]Added some new drops to the gambling machine[/p]
• [p]Added Nematic Drop recipe to gambling machine[/p]
• [p]Removed Nematic Drop from the Apparatus[/p]
• [p]Added Nematic Drop to rare potions loot table[/p]
• [p]Aegis now does percent damage reduction instead of total negation[/p]
• [p]Hot Cross Buns now scale the Toughness blessing[/p]
• [p]Hot Cross Buns have had their value increased[/p]
• [p]Reduced Strength gain from Golden Axe[/p]
• [p]The buffs from Pauldron and Gauntlets now have a max level of 299[/p]
• [p]Reduced Jawbone growth gain and gave it a max level[/p]
• [p]Golden Axe now has a max level of 299[/p]
• [p]Heads up Swindler Coins now only give 2 mana instead of 5[/p]
• [p]Inverter no longer grants a blessing for removing Debt[/p]
• [p]Lowered the weight of luck in the altar[/p]
• [p]Luck blessings give 3 luck, down from 4[/p]
• [p]Black Rabbit now buys relics and arcana at half their value[/p]
• [p]Rain can no longer spawn in Noori's fight[/p]
• [p]Rotham's Needle now only operates on mana costs[/p]
• [p]Lowered the cost of Assimilator down to 10 mana from 34[/p]

[p][/p][p]All bosses have been given a tune-up for the Well which allows their stats and moves to scale as you progress. Delays have been tightened up and most stats and values have been reconsidered for balance. Specific noteworthy changes are as follows:[/p][p][/p][h3]Selt, Sand Hollow Monarch[/h3]

• [p]Now lays all eggs with one attack animation, lowering your window to attack while she’s standing still[/p]
• [p]New moves:[/p]
• [p]Spray (endless only)[/p]
• [p]Liftoff (endless only)[/p]
• [p]Buff (endless only)[/p][p][/p]

[h3]Selt, Queen of Sand[/h3]

• [p]Improved visibility of rockwave projectiles to have higher contrast with the new Well background[/p]
• [p]Bite and Charge will only now track you up to a certain distance, since damage would become unavoidable at higher Well move speeds[/p]

[p]New moves:[/p]

• [p]Burrow Spikes (endless only)[/p][p][/p]

[h3]Mortar, Stormspire Monolith[/h3]

• [p]Lowered number of arm slams during the Slam move. Arms now only target players and not followers[/p]

[p]New moves:[/p]

• [p]Storm[/p]
• [p]Charge (endless only)[/p][p][/p]

[h3]Trifle[/h3]

• [p]Trifle eyeballs now time out after 8 jumps and jump back into Trifle and heal him a little bit[/p]
• [p]Several moves have been consolidated into single moves and removed from the endless move pool[/p]

[p]New moves:[/p]

• [p]Dash 3 (endless only)[/p]
• [p]Lurch (endless only)[/p]
• [p]Laser 3 Targeted (endless only)[/p]
• [p]Double Sweep (endless only)[/p][p][/p]

[h3]Noori, Umbral Lord[/h3]

• [p]Noori was previously the weakest boss in the Undermine by player kill percent, whereas he needs to be one of the hardest since he comes so late in the run. These changes are meant to address that imbalance[/p]
• [p]The animation speed of Noori’s primary attacks has been increased and the delay between moves has been decreased slightly[/p]
• [p]Noori now leaves temporary pools of water under his torches whenever he extinguishes them, preventing you from immediately relighting them[/p]
• [p]Noori’s health pool has been increased by 20%[/p]
• [p]Holes have been added to the edges of Noori’s arena[/p]
• [p]Noori’s beam attacks during his ultimate now damage followers[/p]

[p]New moves:[/p]

• [p]Getting teleported by Noori’s Tentacle portal now spawns a Flick portal at the other end[/p]
• [p]Ball and Chain (endless only)[/p][p][/p]

[h3]Cruciferous, Aetherthief Zealot[/h3]

• [p]Cruciferous’s health pool has been increased by 30%[/p]
• [p]New moves:[/p]
• [p]Ancient Breath (endless only)[/p]
• [p]Ancient now spawns Smudgens instead of Smidgens (endless only)[/p]
• [p]Cruciferous is now invulnerable during his Roar attack[/p]

[p][/p]

• [p]Fixed animations and portrait for DanteGhost[/p]
• [p]Peasant Male Ghost now has the correct journal portrait[/p]
• [p]Peasant Female Ghost now has the correct journal and small portrait[/p]
• [p]Black Rabbit Ghost now has the correct journal and small portrait [/p]
• [p]Dante Ghost now has the correct journal and small portrait[/p]
• [p]Fixed chests not dropping any loot if they were spawned in the Hub (ex: Chest in a Bottle)[/p]
• [p]Fixed Alchemy Vendors being embedded in the wall in Encounter_Archive_Treasure_006_BreakRoom[/p]
• [p]Fixed Lapis Lazuli still applying its mana shield effect even when you didn't have it anymore[/p]
• [p]Fixed charmed Crimson Skeletons not resurrecting if you moved between rooms while they were in skull form[/p]
• [p]Swapping player classes now keeps your health and mana at the same ratio as before, rather than filling them up. This prevents you from effectively having infinite mana in the Hub.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue preventing the Autosave popup from being seen[/p]
• [p]Localization fix for typo in Black Rabbit/Beltrame collab dialog[/p]
• [p]Fixed several localization issues with languages missing particular characters[/p]
• [p]Text that’s missing proper localization now falls back to English whenever possible, instead of showing “Missing Loc”. This should make it slightly more possible for players to play mods that haven’t been localized into their language[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the Burnished Axe projectile would immediately hit the thing it spawned on top of and thus never reach its actual target[/p]
• [p]Friendly doppelgangers no longer hold the doors closed[/p]
• [p]Battle Standard now operates like Swindler's Coin. If you drop Battle Standard you will lose the buffs gained, but will regain them if you pick it back up[/p]
• [p]Blacklight Lantern is now removed from you when you enter the Planar Chest (fixes Planar Chest appearing on every subsequent floor after the target floor)[/p]
• [p]Liquifier now works on basic items, food, potions, relics, and blessings[/p]
• [p]Flash Freeze now works again[/p]
• [p]Darkness curse no longer runs in safe spaces or during NISes[/p]
• [p]Ostiophobia no longer works during boss encounters[/p]
• [p]Ogre Magi Manual now only targets hostiles, not neutrals, preventing it from targeting pilfers[/p]
• [p]Inverted the drop rate adjustment of Pangolin Potion based on your current max armor[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue that could cause slurps to get forgotten and then smear across the screen when you transition rooms. [/p]
• [p]Picking up and dropping a doppeled potion no longer un-doppels it[/p]
• [p]Brightseed now works on raw gold changes so it continues to proc at full gold[/p]
• [p]SettingService now better recovers from a corrupted config file[/p]
• [p]Wet no longer shows remaining duration to avoid showing 0:00 timer all the time[/p]
• [p]MaxLevel can no longer be bypassed internally by writing to the Level variable inside a StatusEffect[/p]
• [p]Lightning Mite light no longer gets stuck on when it's charmed while lit[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue causing attack speed to get out of sync with owner for StatusEffects that want to sync with their owner's animation state[/p]
• [p]In most cases, rerolling an item will no longer cause it to lose cost modifiers that have been applied to it[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue that would cause you and your items to appear flat black when you die if you’ve disabled Dynamic Lights[/p]
• [p]Fixed numerous crashes[/p]

[p][/p]

• [p]Players no longer collide with each other in co-op. This should make it easier to navigate tricky puzzles together and avoids situations where one player is forced into a pit during a room transition[/p]
• [p]The Boss Timer is back![/p]
• [p]Added a new High Resolution Timer option to display hundredths on your timers. For the speedrunners, as a treat![/p]
• [p]Antechambers for each zone now reflect their tileset and have unique designs[/p]
• [p]Added a BIG chest to the antechambers[/p]
• [p]Siegfried's Aegis is now Soulbound instead of Boundless. This resolves an issue where you could sell it to Black Rabbit[/p]
• [p]Added new encounters[/p]
• [p]It's no longer possible to Fuse Siegfriend's Aegis at Wayland[/p]
• [p]Blast Suit now grants mana immunity so that Lapis Lazuli works consistently[/p]
• [p]Destroying an altar will now give the Altargeist curse unless it is at max level[/p]
• [p]SpikeBreaking now works with Lapis Lazuli[/p]
• [p]Activated Items (such as potions) are now moved to a free slot instead of dropped (if one is available)[/p]
• [p]Added new icons for Despoiler, Nematic Drop, Lifebloom, and Spikebreaking[/p]
• [p]Enemies are now more consistently spawned into encounters[/p]
• [p]Added the Beguiled status effect that reduces damage stats based on level[/p]
• [p]Charm projectiles fired by enemies now beguile player characters[/p]
• [p]The Egg, Larva, Chrysalis, Butterfly evolution chain now maintains Scale stat[/p]
• [p]Rearranged the room that leads to Trifle[/p]
• [p]The Hub is now pilfer-free[/p]
• [p]Min MaxHP is now 1[/p]
• [p]Pilfer credit ledger is now Boundless[/p]
• [p]Tuning Fork and Lotheb's egg now fail to spawn if you're at max follower count, to prevent massive follower churn and to fix an issue that would put you over your follower count[/p]
• [p]Upped 2x2 room max zoom so coop can zoom out more to keep both players on the screen[/p]
• [p]Your items are now gilded as soon as you hit the Terminus, so that even if you don't pick up the Weepstone (e.g. you continue to Endless), you still get credit[/p]
• [p]A doppeled item remains doppeled when it's transmuted[/p]
• [p]Doppeled skeletons no longer drop skulls[/p]
• [p]Added a new icon to Weepstone[/p]

[p][/p][p]Unity has now been updated to 6000.0.62f1. Unfortunately, this version of Unity contains a bug that causes core sprites to render incorrectly in the Data Browser and Remote Console. We are working with Unity to resolve this issue. Nonetheless, please update to this version before continuing to develop your mods.[/p]

• [p]Mods can now provide their own SettingsData objects. These objects will automatically be rendered by clicking the new Options button next to any mod in the Options menu. It’s up to the mod to figure out how to use that setting, but users will be able to adjust those settings automatically.[/p]
• [p]Anvil automatically upgrades your mod's version of Unity as part of the startup checks[/p]
• [p]Anvil no longer overwrites your mod's description in the Steam workshop when publishing[/p]
• [p]Using the "Test Mod" button now gives you the Journal and Glasses[/p]
• [p]Anvil now has "Build Mod" and "Run Game" buttons[/p]

[p][/p][h3]Per-character Keybinding[/h3]

• [p]Keys and buttons can now be individually bound per character allowing for different controls per character. This option can be accessed via the Keybindings page of the Options menu. Only characters that you’ve unlocked (or are currently playing as) will be shown here.[/p]

[p][/p]