Backpack Hero News

Bug Fixes:
You can now kill yourself with Salami
Fixed Pet cards, which were showing the "Transformable" symbol
Fixed the vision mage - who wasn't creating mana stones

We have new content on the testing branch!

New Stuff:
You now find less rare loot in the first floor, but in each new floor you will find more rare loot.
Mana has been completely rebalanced. Now you can see the path that mana will travel when you hover over a magic item!
New transforming items that can be transformed into multiple different items!
New Magic Items:

• Added Charging Manastone
  
• Added Hungry Manastone
  
• Added Vacant Manastone
  
• Added Mana Shard
  
• Added Spellblade's Ring
  
• Added Bird Chant
  
• Added Bonsai Tree
  
• Added Engine Wand
  
• Added College Robes
  
• Added Dowsing Rod
  
• Added Magician's Blade
  
• Added BowBlade
  
• Added Shoe Hat
  
• Added Frog Carving
  

Changes:
Flavor Text is now written a smaller font
Added the "Magic" tag to magical items.
Druid Staff - 1 mana -> 1 energy to summon
Lightning Bolt Legendary -> Rare. +1 damage when connected to mana
Apprentice Staff 7 -> 6 damage -> costs 1 energy to use -> Adds 1 mana on first use each turn -> no forge slots
Wizard Staff is no longer a projectile. No longer requires mana to use. Adds 2 mana. Deals 3 damage to one enemy
Ethereal Staff - removed use limit. Adds 1 mana. Creates ethereal shivs in each open space. Rare -> Legendary
Ethereal Shiv - 5 -> 2 damage
Ancient Tome - 1 -> 0 energy + rising energy cost
Book of Nightmares -> now an accessory
Necronomicon 4 -> 3 poison
Survival Guide -> now an accessory
Tunic - 2 -> 1 forge slots
Knight's Armor - 2 -> 1 forge slots 4 -> 6 armor common -> uncommon
Archer's Wand - 2 -> mana
Ethereal Blade - 2 -> 1 energy to use - 24 -> 18
Iron Helmet - common -> uncommon
Leather Cap - uncommon -> common

Bug Fixes:
Improved performance when you have a lot of mana in your bag
Fixed a glitch where you couldn't hover over some icons in the Atlas
Fixed a glitch where discarding the energy stick could add 2 energy
Fixed a glitch with the conduit not creating mana paths properly
Saving and Loading mana networks now works properly
Mana Stones can only be found on certain floors
Updated Item Atlas page to show characters and floors more clearly

Backpack Hero has been verified on the Steam Deck. Valve says the game "works great with the built-in controls and display."

Who are we to argue?!?

If you've been looking for a great portable game - this might be the time to try Backpack Hero!

Our updates for Rivals of Aether are live now on the main branch! Find the new items like these:







In total there are 17 new items! Can you find them all?


Other updates:
Radically Improved controller support!
Improved Steam Deck compatibility
Improved performance when you have lots of mana-stones
New portrait art
New design for Purse!
Updated translations

Changes:
The frozen hammer now counts as a melee weapon

Bug Fixes:
Fixed the retry button
Fixed some items that were spawning incorrectly (empty cups for example)
Fixed scratch from dealing half damage to rough hide
Fixed some items that wouldn't spawn in custom runs - e.g. Small Paws
Fixed an issue with some button images on Dual-Shock controllers
Fixed the issue where the user's quality would not set and save properly
Fixed a typo on the explanation for "Freeze"