Deathless. Tales of Old Rus News

Transpose the deckbuilding core of games like Slay the Spire into a dark fantasy setting, with art and creature designs inspired by classic RPGs and DnD, and inject a little of the positional combat trickery of Darkest Dungeon, and you have Deathless: The Hero Quest. Formerly known by a different subtitle, Tales of Old Rus, the roguelike now has a new name as developer 1C Game Studios delivers its conclusive, final update, including visual upgrades, a fresh opening cinematic, and a dangerous new opponent.

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• New Title: Deathless. The Hero Quest
  

• New enemy: Turhaud
  

• Added unique illustrations for defeating Koschey for each hero.
  
• Added new loading screen.
  
• Added a new introductory video when launching the game.
  
• Increased text size for the "enlarged interface" mode.
  
• The merchant's screen for Steamdeck is now split into two parts: cars and curiosities/potions
  
• На экране «выбора пути» изменен дизайн страниц , чтобы вместить больше текста и улучшить читаемость.
  

• Increased text size on all screens for Steam Deck.
  
• Increased map size on all screens for Steam Deck.
  
• The merchant screen is now split into two sections: cards and relic/consumables.
  
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• Fixed excessive camera zoom-out during the Miracle Yudo fight at certain resolutions.
  
• The trinkets "Werewolf Fang" and "Sash of Seven Silks" now correctly trigger when forgetting a Fragile card
  
• Fixed incorrect selection of the nanny-mother in some cases when using the "Unease" card with Vasilisa
  

Blending together a collectible card game, roguelike, and turn-based strategy game Deathless. Tales of Old Rus looks like a must-have for fans of titles like Slay the Spire. Now it should be a better fit on Steam Deck too.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/inspired-by-slavic-folklore-deathless-tales-of-old-rus-improves-text-sizing-on-steam-deck/

• Updated text sizes and layout when using Steam Deck or an enlarged interface on PC.
  
• Settings. The step of the frame rate slider when using the controller is now 5.
  

• Dobrynya. Bogatyr’s Blood card. The effect now works correctly when played more than once per battle.
  
• Dobrynya. Bloodletting card. When playing the card with 0 AP, the hero’s animation now works as intended.
  
• Merchant. With a 16:10 aspect ratio, the hero's status bar is now visible.
  
• Path choosing screen. After changing the resolution, when hovering over the page, its visual does not disappear anymore.
  
• Lindenbloom potion. Now it works correctly when used during a dialog.
  
• Steam Deck. When using the touchscreen, keyboard prompts no longer appear on the screen.
  
• Fixed the card preview in your hand:
  - A preview of the already improved cards can now be seen.
  - In the preview mode, you can switch between the cards in your hand without leaving the preview.
  
• Feats of Glory. When using the enlarged interface and a controller, the point frames no longer overlap with the neighboring points.
  
• When you turn on/off the enlarged interface while receiving cards in your hand, their size no longer changes.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the counter of the relics, which were triggered on a certain turn, to work incorrectly if a player restarted the battle before the start of the first turn.
  
• Dobrynya. In Cold Blood and Deadly Defense cards. Fixed the effect applying to the hero when a foe is not Vanquished.
  
• Dobrynya. Enchanted Shield card. When the selected card is improved, its value no longer changes (for example, due to the Confused effect) whenever it appears in the hand.
  
• Dobrynya. Sun of Velikograd relic. Visual update: the charge was removed; now the glow indicates the activity or inactivity of the relic.
  
• Bandit Leader. Upon death, he no longer receives Stolen Gold when other robbers are Vanquished.
  
• Open modifiers can now be viewed on the statistics screen when using a controller.
  
• Fixed an error that caused lists with scrolling to work incorrectly when using a controller.