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Steam News5 December 20256mo ago

Regular Update 1.2v

The 63rd update for 'Shell of a King' is here! As always, if you find any bugs, especially game-breaking ones, please let me know via the official Discord! 1.

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What changed

7 fixes14 additions3 changes2 removals
  • Events
  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
  • Balance
  • Performance
addedAdd a reward for completing the fishing almanac: a new charm, the 'Heart of the Sea'!
addedAdd a memory game graves puzzle to the Meadow of Whispers for obtaining the Spectral Stilleto
addedAdd a Satchel reward after throwing 50 coins in the wishing well
addedAdd new swordfish idle and attack sprites
addedAdd new bookcase tiles for better variation in the Grand Library and Infested Library
addedAdd Auri drawing to the main menu
Adjust Congealed Soulmass spiral shots1510Adjust Congealed Soulmass spiral shots decreased, nerf

The 63rd update for 'Shell of a King' is here! As always, if you find any bugs, especially game-breaking ones, please let me know via the official Discord!

1.2v Change List:

  • Add a reward for completing the fishing almanaca new charm, the 'Heart of the Sea'!
  • Add a memory game graves puzzle to the Meadow of Whispers for obtaining the Spectral Stilleto

  • Add a Satchel reward after throwing 50 coins in the wishing well

  • Add new swordfish idle and attack sprites

  • Add new bookcase tiles for better variation in the Grand Library and Infested Library

  • Add Auri drawing to the main menu

  • Add Soldier Snakes drawing to the main menu

  • Add black borders to the intro cutscene for non-16:9 resolutions

  • Add inspect lore text to the lectern in the Meadow of Whispers

  • Add NPC dialogue icons for Sahn the False King

  • Add bloom to the password door letters in the Grand Library

  • Add a gradual change to the global light color when entering new areas

  • Add a bunch more particles to objects and animations

  • Add various new sounds

  • Adjust Congealed Soulmass spiral shots from 15 -> 10 defence ignoring damage

  • Move Faded Remnant from the Grand Library shortcut to the King's Study

  • Put the Steam Deck default shadows setting back to 'Environment only'

  • Make you no longer able to view Sthena's intro cutscene after seeing her in the Queen's Garden

  • Make Pricilla's boss intro play only once

  • Redo the Grand Library boundary bookcases to have a cleaner look

  • Refactor various dialogue to be less awkward

  • Clean up the first and last intro cutscene drawing

  • Disable the Spinnel Hatchling charm during the Dear Sister boss fight

  • Adjust the position of the Magnet charm pickup to be more visible

  • Remove a bunch of unused objects from the main scene and file saving

  • Reformat the capitalization of charm names

  • Move Grand Archivist boss fight books to the other side of his healthbar to prevent overlap with status effects

  • Some performance optimizations

  • Fix the wishing well giving items you already have in NG+

  • Fix the main menu brightness not changing when adjusting it in graphics settings

  • Fix some weird interactions with the Fallen General in the Meadow of Whispers'

  • Fix a bunch of stuff interacting with the player during the death animation

  • Fix dialogue noises playing after quitting out to the main menu

  • Fix charm equip box extending over key items when too many charms are equipped

  • Fix a bunch of other visual bugs

  • Various gameplay bug fixes

  • Internal Changes

Source

Steam News / 5 December 2025

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