Darkest Descent
Steam News 14 April 20261mo ago

THE MARBLED BALLROOM - PATCH 1

hello! heres that refresh patch everyone was so excited for! LOL this is the big demo revamp and refresh patch so theres gonna be a bit to go over here!! so here we go.... ITCH PAGE this is just for the demo but theres…

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Full Darkest Descent update

The complete published notes, normalized for clean reading and source attribution.

Extracted changes

1 fix4 additions3 changes2 removals
  • Gameplay
  • Fixes
changedgeneral changescompletely reworked text formatting to hopefully fix a lot of the issues it was having hehe
addedgeneral changesentirely rewrote intro/tutorial, added a bit more text to explain some mechanics
changedgeneral changesdecreased enemy scaling slightly i feel that it was a bit overtuned in the last update
addedgeneral changesadded in battle dialog, jane and some foes will now speak during combat encounters
changedgeneral changesupdated several sprites, most notably brilliance runes because i thought they were really Ugly
addedgeneral changessave files have been RESET, version number added to saves, outdated saves are highlighted and probably wont function correctly but you can keep them just in case!

hello! heres that refresh patch everyone was so excited for! LOL

this is the big demo revamp and refresh patch so theres gonna be a bit to go over here!! so here we go....

ITCH PAGE

this is just for the demo but theres an itch page now!! yay!!

https://weezerofficial.itch.io/darkest-descent-demo

general changes

  • completely reworked text formatting to hopefully fix a lot of the issues it was having hehe

  • a lot of minor tweaks to the text font, many more characters should display properly in game now, people with strange steam names rejoice!

  • entirely rewrote intro/tutorial, added a bit more text to explain some mechanics

  • decreased enemy scaling slightly i feel that it was a bit overtuned in the last update

  • added in battle dialog, jane and some foes will now speak during combat encounters

  • updated several sprites, most notably brilliance runes because i thought they were really Ugly

  • save files have been RESET, version number added to saves, outdated saves are highlighted and probably wont function correctly but you can keep them just in case!

  • game version number, wins, and highscore have all been added to the settings menu, this will likely change in the future i just wanted to put them somewhere for now :)

bug fixes

  • save slots no longer incorrectly display after being deleted

  • text no longer floats strangely or runs out of the text box due to the aforementioned rework

  • overclocked effect should now function properly

  • a few skills didnt behave correctly so i fixed those all

Source

Steam News / 14 April 2026

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