Words can't describe our excitement to introduce you to the latest slew of improvements. This patch is a huge milestone for the dev team - it includes combat improvements such as a complete redesign of the parry system and charging heavy attacks which add crucial fluidity to combat, UI improvements and Controller Overhauls along with a huge amount of fixes, rebalances, and additional loot. Lore expansions and special Shaders have been introduced as well to enhance exploration and deliver a more intriguing than ever journey through the Omnistructure.

• New "Relocation" UI:

  • Interacting with a homunculus now opens a new full-screen UI, allowing relocation to any previously visited homunculus.
  • You can now rest at the current homunculus from this menu to respawn enemies and refill your health and flux.
  • Each zone now has its own lore.

• Settings UI Overhaul:

  • Settings have been reorganized into further categories and given a full-screen overview.
  • Keybinds and button mappings are now easier to navigate.
  • Added a lootable post-process that can be activated from the settings menu. These appear as red loot across all maps.
  • Added several new loading screen tooltips.

• Inventory UI Overhaul:

  • Newly obtained items are now marked with an icon until inspected by the player.
  • Backpack and Equipment have been separated into their own tabs.
  • Crafting materials are no longer inventory items but are now under a separate system. Access the Crafting UI for details.
  • Reduced the number of crafting materials from 33 to 9.
  • Removed videos from weapon ability inspections; they now switch display in the item overview.
  • Two-handed weapons will now always be placed in the right hand in the UI and will also occupy the left-hand slot.
  • Lore pages are no longer inventory items.
  • Added a new "Data Logs" tab containing previously obtained lore pages and new logs with additional world lore.
  • Current location and coordinates are now always visible from any menu in the Inventory UI.
  • New Perk icons!
  • Added 4 additional belt slots.
  • Added another 4 belt slots for special items, which are set by the game and accessible by holding the interact action in both Type A and Type B setups:
    • Mobius Blade: Use this to respawn.
    • Scanner: Scan the surroundings to highlight certain interactables, display current objective markers, and uncover hidden secrets.
    • Relocating Device: Use this to teleport to Blok6147.
    • Homunculus Mirage and Homunculus Mirage Husk: Your personal checkpoint, previously accessed by holding the interact action.

• Handler UI Overhaul:

  • The Handler now displays only currently equipped items by default.
  • Equipped items now have an additional icon in the top left corner.
  • Updated the "Tutorial" icon in the Handler UI.

• Controller and Keyboard New Button Mappings:

  • Switching to this patch will reset your keybinds.
  • Added an option to unbind the currently hovered action.
  • Added a toggle to sprint option.
  • Crouch is no longer necessary to progress on certain maps; unbinding it in favor of the sprint toggle is recommended.
  • Removed all presets and replaced them with Type A and Type B mapping styles.
  • Each mapping style has its own HUD. Selecting one changes the HUD outline.
  • Type A Mapping Style:
    • Uses a modifier button, allowing use of all 8 belt slots and all 4 abilities without scrolling.
    • Quickly select the current arrow type while aiming with the bow.
  • Type B Mapping Style:
    • Cycles through items and abilities to select them, then press the dedicated button to use them.
    • Holding each cycle action will now select the first item/ability in that selection.
  • Quick Wheel has been moved under Type B mapping style.
    • Quick Wheel no longer slows time but allows movement while active.
  • With the bow equipped, heavy attack will now cycle arrows.
  • Swimming and Climbing actions can be bound separately.
  • Modifier Action is now limited to predetermined actions.

• Combat Adjustments:

  • Removed parry and perfect parry.
  • Introduced perfect block and counterattack.
  • Some damage now passes through blocks (10%-25%, depending on weapon type and its mark).
  • Stamina consumption remains unchanged.
  • Yellow attacks still break guard.
  • Perfect Block consumes half the stamina of a regular block and no damage passes through it.
  • Perfect Block will interrupt most enemy attacks and stagger them (excluding yellow attacks and giant enemies).
  • Bosses have different perfect block resistance:
    • The number of perfect blocks required before a stun animation plays varies between bosses.
  • Perfect Block will ignore all yellow attack damage.
  • Red attacks cannot be blocked or perfect blocked.
  • Shields have longer Perfect Block timings.
  • Arrows and physical projectiles can be perfect blocked to reflect them back at the enemy.

• New Features:

  • Introduced charged heavy attacks:
    • Default damage is 125% of weapon damage.
    • Fully charged heavy attacks perform 175% of weapon damage.
    • After a Perfect Block, pressing heavy attack will perform an instant fully charged heavy attack with a guaranteed critical hit, consuming only 5 stamina and executable even with no stamina.
  • New abilities for Longbow, Ratagan Saber, Evolved Staff, Mechanomad Staff, and Halberd.
  • Several weapons and characters, including the protagonist and Konrad the Traitor, received updated models.
  • Konrad the Traitor now has a new soundtrack and several VFX and SFX upgrades.
  • Improved Nurgei the Blademaster's FX.
  • Improved Nurgei the Blademaster's animations.
  • Improved Plagued Nemesis animations.
  • Three new enemy types across several maps.
  • Several enemies received updated models.
  • New medium armor set available in the monastery, with alternative pieces found elsewhere.
  • Added a red glow to enemy attacks that cannot be blocked, requiring the player to avoid, jump over, or roll through them.
  • Enemies now dissolve upon death.
  • A new splash screen has been added.
  • Photosensitivity and autosave warnings are now displayed at the game start.
  • Metal Arrow Pack and Piercing Arrow Pack added:
    • These consumables add 9 arrows directly to your quiver.

Balancing:

• Great weapons animations have been slightly sped up.
• Archangelos passives have been slightly nerfed.
• Added stronger windup animations to most faster enemies.
• Enemies can now parry the player only while in a blocking stance.
• Underwater enemies in the Deluge now have smaller health bars, allowing players to survive the encounter at lower levels.

Fixes:

• Fixed several enemies spawning in incorrect locations across the maps.
• Fixed giant red laser robots sometimes walking in circles in Upper Blocks.
• Fixed halberd showing damage numbers in reverse order.
• Fixed visual bug in the Handler UI where embedded crystals were not properly displayed.
• Fixed unequipped belt items being automatically re-added the next time they are looted.
• Fixed being unable to unaim with a staff while crouching.
• Fixed the player being stuck in aiming position if inventory was accessed without releasing aim.
• Fixed Homunculus Mirage sometimes being placed in walls or underground.
• Fixed level transition being triggered if jumping into an empty elevator shaft.
• Fixed "Continue" button remaining active after deleting all player saves.
• Fixed "Anomalous Collector" achievement not triggering beyond 8/12 progress.
• Fixed triggering both inventory and pause menu simultaneously if both buttons were pressed at the same time.
• Fixed "Bloodthirst" ability being marked as active.
• Fixed oxygen bar remaining on screen during recalibration sequences.
• Fixed sliding animations on the ground while rolling after being slammed by enemies.
• Inventory now properly auto-closes if the player receives any damage while in the inventory.
• Nurgei the Blademaster's thunderstorm no longer persists if he is killed while airborne.
• Fixed bows not bending while drawing.
• Fixed missing subtitles in certain cutscenes.
• Fixed a memory leak caused by quickly switching between backpack sorting options.