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Steam News20 April 20262mo ago

The Unyielding Marsh Update

New Content Unyielding Marsh: Added a new area and corresponding key. Greg: Implemented new character. Text Adventures: Added 3 new events. Dialogue: Added new dialogue for the Purest Soul; the Mangled Heart now speaks.

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Full Linear Calamity update

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What changed

4 fixes11 additions8 changes0 removals
  • Gameplay
  • Events
  • Balance
  • UI and audio
  • Fixes
addedNew ContentUnyielding Marsh: Added a new area and corresponding key.
addedNew ContentGreg: Implemented new character.
addedNew ContentText Adventures: Added 3 new events.
addedNew ContentDialogue: Added new dialogue for the Purest Soul; the Mangled Heart now speaks.
addedNew ContentBarks: Added a few more barks to the player.
changedGameplay MechanicsScream Mechanic: Press "Q" to scream. This produces significant noise and causes Curios to react, making items on the ground much easier to locate.

Linear Calamity changes

addedUnyielding Marsh: Added a new area and corresponding key.
addedGreg: Implemented new character.
addedText Adventures: Added 3 new events.
addedDialogue: Added new dialogue for the Purest Soul; the Mangled Heart now speaks.
addedBarks: Added a few more barks to the player.

New Content

  • Unyielding MarshAdded a new area and corresponding key.
  • GregImplemented new character.
  • Text AdventuresAdded 3 new events.
  • DialogueAdded new dialogue for the Purest Soul; the Mangled Heart now speaks.
  • BarksAdded a few more barks to the player.

Gameplay Mechanics

  • Scream Mechanic: Press "Q" to scream. This produces significant noise and causes Curios to react, making items on the ground much easier to locate.

  • Checkpoint System: After 5 deaths, the player will now respawn at Level 4 instead of Level 0.

  • CombatAdded a base attack on 'Space'. This attack is significantly stronger if the player is holding a Knife.

  • Character Updates:

    • Inky now has a base "goop" attack on 'Space'.

    • Impure now functions the same as the Ink.

  • Transmutation: The Bone Candle now transmutates the following:

    • Torches into Firewood

    • Bandages into Blood

    • Candles into Page Fragments

    • Rocks into Crystals

  • Ritual Feedback: Failing a candle's ritual now provides a text hint regarding the candle's function.

Balance Adjustments

  • Cadaverous: Heavily nerfed.

  • Purity/Carnage:

    • Buffed Purity.

    • Phrase of Carnage now grants Influenced.

    • Words of Carnage now reduce Cultist Aggro.

  • Cultists: Warlock Cultists will now trade and cease aggression when Cultist Aggro is low.

  • Navigation: Purgatory has fewer "possessed" tiles for easier navigation.

  • Item Changes:

    • Mysterious Device durability increased by 3.3x.

    • Keys are more common on the hardest difficulty.

    • Brains can now drop from any corpse.

    • Increased bone drop rate from corpses.

  • The Mangled Witch: Now persistent, making assembly easier.

Visuals & Logic

  • Survivor AI: Survivors are now able to refuel their own campfires.

  • Visibility: * Pages are visible whenever the player is not Sane (previously only visible when many conditions were met at once).

    • Grave sites are now always visible, regardless of whether a pickaxe is held or the player's tainted level.

  • AccessibilityAdded an option to increase UI size.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a bug where the dog event occurred too frequently.

  • Fixed an issue where campfire/bonfire light levels could increase infinitely.

  • Fixed a bug where brightness settings would not update.

Beware the Gregarious Witch of the Palace

Source

Steam News / 20 April 2026

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