New Area: The Desert

[h3]The Desert Update is here! This patch brings a brand new area, new enemies, weapons, a boss fight, and a ton of fixes and polish across the game.[/h3]

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[h3]Major Content[/h3]

• New Area: The Desert
  
• Crypt Challenges
  
• New Boss: Desert Claus
  
• 4 New Enemy Types
  
• New Vendor: Bill
  
• 10+ New Trinkets / Gadgets
   • Ass Wheel
   • Darklamp
   • Detective Pipe
   • Dog Whistle
   • Instant Defibrillator
   • Iron Feather
   • Library Card
   • Loaded Die
   • Lock of the Magus
   • Metabulator Pump
   • Range Finder
   • Yakety Sax
  
• 3 New Weapons (shoutout Zatura!):
   • SMG “Valet”
   • DMR “Farsight”
   • Shotgun “Majordome”
  

[h3]Gameplay & Balance[/h3]

• Holy Purge now correctly blinds the player.
  
• Storm Surge now damages the player for each hit.
  
• Thunderbolt now renders correctly with bounce oils.
  
• Oils with negative values no longer make weapons super valuable in stores.
  
• Enemies can no longer be stunned while blocking.
  
• Stun effect now interrupts enemy attack animations.
  
• Weapons no longer warp with FOV changes.
  
• Nerfed Lemonade’s run speed buff by 50%.
  
• Buffed the heal from Sausage Omelette, Rhubarb Porridge and Dopp i Grytan.
  
• Amalgamation sleep state increased to 10 seconds.
  
• Katana no longer valued at 1 SULF.
  
• PC: added extra secret rolling backup saves.
  
• Fixed recipes sometimes showing duplicate variants.
  

[h3]Controls[/h3]

• Added rebinds for actions that use the D-pad on gamepads.
  
• Added rebinding for the alternative melee button on gamepads.
  
• Pressing B on a gamepad to back out of inventory, shop, or stash no longer causes a small unintended jump.
  
• Added rumble support on Parries & Alternative Attacks.
  

[h3]Weapon Fixes[/h3]

• Killing with a melee weapon now grants XP to the last equipped weapon.
  
• Nunchaku hit radius shortened; swing animation variant now swings the other way.
  
• Bo Staff now aims correctly toward the hit marker.
  
• Wyatt and D4rt can no longer shoot when broken.
  
• Deathstar ammo count now shows correctly during reload.
  
• Pesticide range increased to match flamethrower.
  
• Folded weapons in UI now display as unfolded when equipped.
  
• Adjusted sight attachments for most guns: Balthazar, Arbiter2, Bronco, Beck8, Drifter9, FlickerZip, GraveKeeper, Dirk, Pale Horse Top Clipper, Salamander, Snut 38, Socom, Unknown, Wyatt Pulsar etc.
  

[h3]Enemies & Bosses[/h3]

• Fixed Lucia’s invulnerability bug.
  
• Added navlinks so enemies can navigate up to the altar for the Lucia fight.
  
• Reworked boss loot a bit.
  
• Fixed issue where enemies were invulnerable in some cases.
  
• Fixed Cousin’s arms still attacking after death.
  
• Fixed Cousin’s elevator not coming down.
  
• Black Guild Rifleman blind spot removed (no more groin shots).
  
• Novanian guard chain ball no longer shreds instantly.
  
• Novanian guard flash effects adjusted (less blinding but still intense).
  
• Fixed some enemies not “death bouncing.”
  

[h3]Animation Improvements[/h3]

• New Salamander animations.
  
• New Typhoon animations.
  
• New Flock animations.
  
• New Mario animations.
  
• New M11 animations.
  
• New M3 Termite animations.
  
• New Catacoil animations.
  
• New Dolphin animations.
  

[h3]Audio – Fixes & Improvements[/h3]

• Reload sound redesign: Typhoon, 1884 Mario, Arbiter, Augusta.
  
• Reload sound fixes: Typhoon, Salamander, Balthazar.
  
• Added player footstep left/right alternation.
  
• Added back player take-damage sounds.
  
• Fixed player footstep speed triggers for sprint, crouch, ADS.
  
• Mixed Black Guild Bruiser baseball bat fidget distance.
  
• Optimized fire voice distance & attenuation.
  
• Optimized crows wingflap audio voices.
  
• General mixing, bugfixes, and performance improvements.
  
• New bullet passby sounds + optimized projectile passby system.
  
• Mixed units (chicken 🐔 et. al.).
  

[h3]Visuals & Performance[/h3]

• Improved rendering performance on outdoor levels.
  
• FOV settings numbers adjusted (check your settings).
  
• Missing church windows restored.
  
• Improved weapon sway on Y axis when ADS.
  
• Fixed Gravekeeper’s “jumpy” ADS animation.
  
• Kombucha, Lemonade, and Bananabread now have unique artwork.
  

[h3]Level Fixes[/h3]

• Increased ladder trigger size for easier climbing.
  
• Chests on Bridge are no longer empty.
  
• Fixed multichest bug in caves (hopefully the last one).
  
• Fixed an issue where a giant rock could block the player in Fortress Pools.
  

[h3]Achievements[/h3]

• Fixed “Explosive Personality” achievement.
  
• Fixed “Amulet Free” achievement.