Blood West v4.2.0

Howdy y'all. We're back again with another update for Blood West (+ Dead Man's Promise) Some really nice quality of life improvements for v4.2.0 in here So roll one up and have a gander!

Version: 4.2.0 Date: 02.25.2025

Improvements:

• Artwork for every codex entry - yes, that’s right. You enjoyed having drawings for new monsters in Dead Man’s Promise so much we decided to update every single codex note in the game!

  

  

• Level up icon will now hide automatically when the traits screen is visited

• Information on the top of the screen will no longer pop up on top of each other

• The item wheel (~) got a new coat of paint!

  

• Chapter 2: Story spoiler! The Undead will now be more open about his actions toward another NPC

• Chapter 2: Boss now moves faster when enraged (rawr)

• Chapter 2: Priest location at the Fort should be easier to find now. (Just listen for somebody coughing their lungs out)

• Chapter 2: Cinematic intro is now voiced by The Shaman (Redd Pepper himself) (Further tying the story of this chapter and Dead Man’s Promise together)

• Main menu now shows if you have Dead Man's Promise installed.

• Settings menu has been reorganized into tabs to help you find the thing you’re looking for faster!

  

• Explosion from Dynamite now attracts enemies. Be careful with those sticks!

• Quick slot UI is now stacked vertically by default.

  

  (Can be changed back to horizontal in the Settings menu)

  

  (Also looks great in Ultrawide)

• Optimization that should slightly improve RAM usage

• Painting Cutter is no longer tradeable (don't wanna miss any cool secrets)

• A handful of small visual improvements and glitches fixed as well

Bug fixes:

• Fixed an issue where, under specific circumstances, it would be impossible to save a game if the save name contained special characters. This fix will also make sure no new saves with special characters can be created anymore.

• Fixed an issue where music would stop playing when fighting the Chapter 3 boss

• Fixed an issue where the Emerald Eyes weapon would stop giving better prices after Save & Load

• Fixed an issue where the Chapter 1 boss wouldn’t take damage from specific weapons

• Fixed sound issues related to spears

• Fixed an issue where Death Stalkers spawned via Music Box could respawn like a normal enemy

• Fixed a visual bug where flames would remain in the player’s hand after lighting up a Molotov or Dynamite

• Eliminated few smaller, controller related bugs

So what's next on the agenda?

• Achievements are coming to Dead Man's Promise!

• A bestiary! (gotta make good use of all that codex art!)

• Steam Deck verification!

• New items, quests and artifacts!

• Annabelle romance sub plot! (you wish)

And don't forget to tell a good buddy that Blood West and Dead Man's Promise are part of the New Blood Anniversary Sale this week!

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/47719/Blood_West_Dead_Mans_Edition/