KILL KNIGHT – KRYSTALIZED UPDATE OUT NOW

Knights,

The KRYSTALIZED UPDATE is here!

We’re excited for you to dive into the latest KILL KNIGHT update, which brings with it a host of thrilling new content for you to unlock and unleash - from powerful new weapons and equipment, to the new WEEKLY DESCENT and an updated SEVER mode. Plus, delve deeper into the lore with the Demonic Kodex and enjoy listening to the KILL KNIGHT Original Soundtrack while lifting weights, doing maths, managing your finances, or whatever else you mortals do!

Here are the highlights:

New KNIGHT EQUIPMENT

New Pistols

• INCULCATORS

• Fires puncturing shards that spike into enemies, causing a supercombine explosion

New Heavy Weapon

• DREADFALLER

• Combusting laser caster that emits a beam of plasma that ruptures enemies, causing micro-detonations

New Sword

• HOLLOWBRANDT

• An unholy regalia, the shape of which unties the souls of demons

New Armor

• UMBRARITE

• Forged within the abyss, a cursed aspect that echoes with forgotten carnage

New Augment

• METICULOUS AZURITE

• Firing Wrath Bursts restores some Heavy Ammo

New Augment

• ABYSSAL FLOURITE

• Quick Absorb also attracts Health Shards, with reduced distance

NEW DEMONIC KODEX

• The Demonic Bestiary

  • Spend Tokkens to unlock entries and reveal information on every Demon, including enemy traits, exploits, and lore!

NEW WEEKLY DESCENT MODE

• Claim the highest score and beat your friends in the new WEEKLY DESCENT Mode, where random combination of equipment pieces and layers will be selected each week

• Leaderboard refreshes weekly!

UPDATED SEVER MODE

SEVER mode has been updated to provide a deeper level of challenge!

• New Krystalized Demons

  • These enhanced enemies unleash new attacks, and have increased speed and health

  • Killing them before they despawn grants an extra burst of Carnage Score

• Enhanced Hazards

  • Traps such as Lasers, Spike Traps, and Blood Bombs are more deadly

• Updated Spawn Patterns

  • Tweaked to enhance flow and maintain momentum

KILL KNIGHT Original Soundtrack

The Official KILL KNIGHT Original Soundtrack is now available to purchase on Steam (and coming soon to major streaming platforms). Stimulate your senses with over an hour of music across 14 nerve-rattling and hand-crafted tracks that will allow you to truly dance with Death.

We can’t wait for you to jump into the new update, plus we can also confirm that KILL KNIGHT will be taking part in Steam's Winter Sale!

See you in the otherworld…

The KILL KNIGHT team

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Full v1.2 Patch Notes

Changes

General Balance

• Carnage Score Challenge Badges

  • Slightly reduced Carnage score requirement for some Layers

• Speed Demon Challenge Badges

  • Slightly reduced Par time for some Layers

• REGRET Difficulty

  • Reduced difficulty of multiple aspects for REGRET difficulty

• ACOLYTE Difficulty

  • Slightly reduced difficulty of multiple aspects for ACOLYTE difficulty

• Laser Beam Traps

  • Reduced damage by 20%

Enemies

• General

  • Mortar Projectiles now have a consistent travel speed across all distances

• ZEEKER

  • Explosion damage slightly decreased

• ABYSSAL SPHERE Hexagons

  • Health slightly decreased

  • Slightly more Blood Gems when destroyed

• ABYSSAL SPHERE Lasers

  • Laser damage collider size decreased for all lasers in “Laser Show” attack

• OBELYSK

  • Physical collision radius decreased

• WRAITH II

  • Reduced attack damage by 20%