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Steam News29 July 202511mo ago

July Monthly Update Now Live – Patch Notes v0.6.4.125535

New Gameplay Mechanics Emote System - Part One We’ve added an emote system for quick communication among teammates in multiplayer Players can either: Emote during action Select your desired emote which will then populat

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addedNew Gameplay MechanicsEmote System - Part One We’ve added an emote system for quick communication among teammates in multiplayer Players can either: Emote during action Select your desired emote which will then populate next to your name plate on the left side of the HUD on your teammates screens, as well as above your head Use an emote as a map marker By doing this, you can communicate what action you want to take in a specific area of the map Current Emotes include: Extract! Fight! Injured! Need This! Yes! No! Expect this feature to become more robust over time. We’ll continue to make improvements in future updates!
changedNew Gameplay MechanicsGear Upgrade Machines Find these machines out in The Overgrowth — There will always be one or two per map. Pay Bright Blood to get an upgrade drop, this will randomly upgrade one piece of gear by +1, one time The gear upgrade drop will be un-interactable if the player has no upgradeable gear In multiplayer, any player can use the Upgrade Machine, but each player will need to collect the drop from it independently
addedNew Gameplay MechanicsObelisks Find obelisks out in The Overgrowth Bloodletter Protocol Obelisk Pay to activate these Bloodletter Protocol Obelisks which will summon a wave of enemies. Gain hp for each enemy you kill In multiplayer, players within radius of activation are given the buff, and the Obelisk is disabled for all players after activation Armor Obelisk Pay Bright Blood to interact with the Armor Obelisks to drop an item that will recover all Armor shards and add +1 to players max armor In multiplayer, any player can use the Armor Obelisk, but each player will need to collect the drop independently
changedNew Gameplay MechanicsUpdated Amp Rulesets Players will still have their two level 0 "default" amps that they can purchase via loadout. But now there is a wider pool of amps that can drop in the world instead of it always just being the player's equipped amp
changedNew ModsStaggering Bloom Amp Affix Amps that have an area of effect deal 20% more Stagger damage
changedNew ModsNano Drain Holobyte Apply 1 armor shard to the player temporarily for 3 seconds after executing an enemy

Hyper Light Breaker changes

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addedEmote System - Part One We’ve added an emote system for quick communication among teammates in multiplayer Players can either: Emote during action Select your desired emote which will then populate next to your name plate on the left side of the HUD on your teammates screens, as well as above your head Use an emote as a map marker By doing this, you can communicate what action you want to take in a specific area of the map Current Emotes include: Extract! Fight! Injured! Need This! Yes! No! Expect this feature to become more robust over time. We’ll continue to make improvements in future updates!
changedGear Upgrade Machines Find these machines out in The Overgrowth — There will always be one or two per map. Pay Bright Blood to get an upgrade drop, this will randomly upgrade one piece of gear by +1, one time The gear upgrade drop will be un-interactable if the player has no upgradeable gear In multiplayer, any player can use the Upgrade Machine, but each player will need to collect the drop from it independently
addedObelisks Find obelisks out in The Overgrowth Bloodletter Protocol Obelisk Pay to activate these Bloodletter Protocol Obelisks which will summon a wave of enemies. Gain hp for each enemy you kill In multiplayer, players within radius of activation are given the buff, and the Obelisk is disabled for all players after activation Armor Obelisk Pay Bright Blood to interact with the Armor Obelisks to drop an item that will recover all Armor shards and add +1 to players max armor In multiplayer, any player can use the Armor Obelisk, but each player will need to collect the drop independently
changedUpdated Amp Rulesets Players will still have their two level 0 "default" amps that they can purchase via loadout. But now there is a wider pool of amps that can drop in the world instead of it always just being the player's equipped amp
changedStaggering Bloom Amp Affix Amps that have an area of effect deal 20% more Stagger damage

New Gameplay Mechanics

  • Emote System - Part One

    • We’ve added an emote system for quick communication among teammates in multiplayer

      • Players can either:

        • Emote during action

          • Select your desired emote which will then populate next to your name plate on the left side of the HUD on your teammates screens, as well as above your head

        • Use an emote as a map marker

          • By doing this, you can communicate what action you want to take in a specific area of the map

    • Current Emotes include:

      • Extract!

      • Fight!

      • Injured!

      • Need This!

      • Yes!

      • No!

    • Expect this feature to become more robust over time. We’ll continue to make improvements in future updates!

  • Gear Upgrade Machines

    • Find these machines out in The Overgrowth — There will always be one or two per map. Pay Bright Blood to get an upgrade drop, this will randomly upgrade one piece of gear by +1, one time

      • The gear upgrade drop will be un-interactable if the player has no upgradeable gear

      • In multiplayer, any player can use the Upgrade Machine, but each player will need to collect the drop from it independently

  • Obelisks

    • Find obelisks out in The Overgrowth

      • Bloodletter Protocol Obelisk

        • Pay to activate these Bloodletter Protocol Obelisks which will summon a wave of enemies. Gain hp for each enemy you kill

          • In multiplayer, players within radius of activation are given the buff, and the Obelisk is disabled for all players after activation

      • Armor Obelisk

        • Pay Bright Blood to interact with the Armor Obelisks to drop an item that will recover all Armor shards and add +1 to players max armor

          • In multiplayer, any player can use the Armor Obelisk, but each player will need to collect the drop independently

  • Updated Amp Rulesets

    • Players will still have their two level 0 "default" amps that they can purchase via loadout. But now there is a wider pool of amps that can drop in the world instead of it always just being the player's equipped amp

New Mods

  • Staggering Bloom Amp Affix

    • Amps that have an area of effect deal 20% more Stagger damage

  • Mini Drone Amp Affix

    • Summons a Mini Drone Ally that deals 5 DMG per shot

  • Nano Drain Holobyte

    • Apply 1 armor shard to the player temporarily for 3 seconds after executing an enemy

  • Shatter Armor Holobyte

    • When an armor shard is broken, inflict all nearby enemies with Crystal

  • Threaded Edge Holobyte

    • Blade attacks that hit 3 or more enemies have an 15% chance to heal 5 health. This includes Blade Specials

  • Ally Bolster Amp Affix

    • Ally max HP and duration is increased when another ally times out or is killed

  • Laced Bitwire Holobyte

    • When HP falls below 45%, gain armor shards. Cannot gain more than max armor shards

  • Kinetic Converter Holobyte

    • Perfect parries have a 40% chance to reset Blade Special cooldown

  • Lofi Tape Holobyte

    • When your Blade Special is on cooldown, gain 35% more melee damage

  • Impact Rivets Holobyte

    • Deal 30% of Strike damage to an enemy when they are knocked back

  • Reflective Neuropathy Holobyte

    • Enemy takes 50% of Strike damage when hitting the player

  • Danger Focus Holobyte

    • At 50% HP, gain 30% damage. Damage scales with less HP

  • Drifter’s Locket Holobyte

    • 100% damage inflicted on enemies, 100% damage taken

  • Syphon Amplifier Holobyte

    • Blade Special cooldown reduced 10% on kills

Balance Updates

  • Note - expect additional balance changes with our August update!

    • Vendors:

      • In-Run Vendors that sell gear now take Materials as currency instead of Bright Blood

      • Hub Vendors now have increased Gear

Source

Steam News / 29 July 2025

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