Steam News27 January 20265mo ago

Minor content update

New Elite Enemies A few special elite enemies will now appear in stages after the first - these chaotic entities do not distinguish between friend and foe, and are as much of a threat to the other enemies as they are to

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changedNew Elite EnemiesA few special elite enemies will now appear in stages after the first - these chaotic entities do not distinguish between friend and foe, and are as much of a threat to the other enemies as they are to you.

addedOther improvementsAdded a keyword for bosses with the following text: "Bosses are the most formidable of foes, and possess a variety of special abilities. They are also extremely durable, taking less damage than other enemies. The effect of durability increases with difficulty and stage level, and with the amount of damage taken recently. For example, an early game boss will take ~16-25% more damage for each 2x incoming damage and a late game boss will take ~11-15% more for each 2x incoming."

addedOther improvementsAdded tutorial messages for the first time a player receives a buff/debuff (the description of buffs and debuffs can be found in the character details page within the equipment screen)

changedOther improvementsImproved failure messages for crafting options

changedOther improvementsSimplified and made all buff spells consistent in how they display their duration stat

changedGameplay changesReduced the life of enemies in The Ascent and further stages

Crucible of the Forgotten changes

changedA few special elite enemies will now appear in stages after the first - these chaotic entities do not distinguish between friend and foe, and are as much of a threat to the other enemies as they are to you.

addedAdded a keyword for bosses with the following text: "Bosses are the most formidable of foes, and possess a variety of special abilities. They are also extremely durable, taking less damage than other enemies. The effect of durability increases with difficulty and stage level, and with the amount of damage taken recently. For example, an early game boss will take ~16-25% more damage for each 2x incoming damage and a late game boss will take ~11-15% more for each 2x incoming."

addedAdded tutorial messages for the first time a player receives a buff/debuff (the description of buffs and debuffs can be found in the character details page within the equipment screen)

changedImproved failure messages for crafting options

changedSimplified and made all buff spells consistent in how they display their duration stat

New Elite Enemies

A few special elite enemies will now appear in stages after the first - these chaotic entities do not distinguish between friend and foe, and are as much of a threat to the other enemies as they are to you.

Other improvements

Added a keyword for bosses with the following text: "Bosses are the most formidable of foes, and possess a variety of special abilities. They are also extremely durable, taking less damage than other enemies. The effect of durability increases with difficulty and stage level, and with the amount of damage taken recently. For example, an early game boss will take ~16-25% more damage for each 2x incoming damage and a late game boss will take ~11-15% more for each 2x incoming."
Added tutorial messages for the first time a player receives a buff/debuff (the description of buffs and debuffs can be found in the character details page within the equipment screen)
Buffs and debuffs are now listed directly under character stats on the character details page
The Codex is now accessible from in game
Improved failure messages for crafting options
Expanding keywords on the level up menu now correctly expands the menu size if possible
Simplified and made all buff spells consistent in how they display their duration stat
The crafting option to perform a Greater Divination now shows up when the regular divination option appears (assuming you have the character modifier active), so you can see its requirements.

Gameplay changes

Reduced the life of enemies in The Ascent and further stages
Endless Gale no longer doubles gain rate of windforce from critical hits

Bug fixes

Fixed cross-platform multiplayer desync
Fixed an issue where certain input in text boxes could crash the game
Fixed an issue where the character selection screen was the wrong size on some resolutions
Fixed an issue with Remembrance characters attempting to load invalid stages
Fixed an issue where the escape menu would take input while hidden
Fixed an issue where the Hollowing upgrade of Vital Body would prevent you from dying to enemy melee hits
Fixed an issue where using a spark of renewal on a spell at the right (wrong) time would crash the game

Source

Steam News / 27 January 2026

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