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Steam News6 February 20266mo ago

Hotfix: February 6

SYSTEM CHANGES Burn Decrement We are testing an experimental change to Burn Burn now decrements by 5% per tick (was 1) This has little to no impact at low Burn values, but reduces top-end Burn output by ~25–30% GENERAL

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What changed

17 fixes0 additions2 changes1 removal
  • Gameplay
  • Events
  • UI and audio
  • Store
  • Performance
  • Fixes
fixedTicketsCorrected an issue where Tickets could spawn from unintended sources such as Transform
fixedFree Item EventsCorrected an issue where these could spawn higher-than-expected item tiers
fixedMissing Portrait BugFixed an issue where players would not see their PvP opponent’s character portrait if they did not own that Hero’s collectible
fixedAlbum Not Showing ProperlyFixed an issue where the Album on Collection and Store was not displaying correctly • Corrected an issue where the Album shown on Inspect was incorrect
fixedCard Back Low Quality in StoreFixed an issue where Card Backs appeared low quality in the Store
changedFPS Limit to 120FPS is now capped at 120 to prevent crashes caused by extremely high framerates • Performance beyond this point provided no gameplay benefit

The Bazaar changes

fixedCorrected an issue where Tickets could spawn from unintended sources such as Transform
fixedCorrected an issue where these could spawn higher-than-expected item tiers
fixedFixed an issue where players would not see their PvP opponent’s character portrait if they did not own that Hero’s collectible
fixedFixed an issue where the Album on Collection and Store was not displaying correctly • Corrected an issue where the Album shown on Inspect was incorrect
fixedFixed an issue where Card Backs appeared low quality in the Store

SYSTEM CHANGES

Burn Decrement

  • We are testing an experimental change to Burn

  • Burn now decrements by 5% per tick (was 1)

  • This has little to no impact at low Burn values, but reduces top-end Burn output by ~25–30%

GENERAL FIXES

Tickets

  • Corrected an issue where Tickets could spawn from unintended sources such as Transform

Free Item Events

  • Corrected an issue where these could spawn higher-than-expected item tiers

Missing Portrait Bug

  • Fixed an issue where players would not see their PvP opponent’s character portrait if they did not own that Hero’s collectible

Album Not Showing Properly

  • Fixed an issue where the Album on Collection and Store was not displaying correctly • Corrected an issue where the Album shown on Inspect was incorrect

Card Back Low Quality in Store

  • Fixed an issue where Card Backs appeared low quality in the Store

FPS Limit to 120

  • FPS is now capped at 120 to prevent crashes caused by extremely high framerates • Performance beyond this point provided no gameplay benefit

VSync Crash Issue

  • Fixed an issue where VSync was causing crashes for some players • VSync now matches monitor FPS without enabling full VSync behavior

Invalid Steam Ticket

  • Fixed an account linking issue that was causing players to see an “Invalid Steam Ticket” error

High Flyer Mak – Black Square

  • Fixed a visual issue where one of Mak’s skins displayed a black square

CRASH SITE EXPEDITION

Crystal Growth Chamber

  • Corrected an issue where this was granting too many Crystals • Now grants 3 Crystals randomly (was all 5)

Command Nexus

  • Corrected an issue where the Destroy It option could give items from the same Hero instead of another Hero

Cargo Hold

  • Corrected an issue where this generated Gold items more frequently than intended

ITEM FIXES

Toxic / Fiery Enchants

  • Corrected remaining items that were still using 5% values

Dino Saddle

  • Corrected an issue where Shiny worked from Stash

Echo Crystal

  • Corrected an issue where this could upgrade a different item if the target was already Diamond

Experimental Garage

  • Corrected an issue where Shiny worked from Stash

Knife Sharpener

  • Now Hastes for 2 seconds at all tiers

Pillbuggy

  • Corrected an issue where this item’s values were accidentally changed

Spiked Buckler

  • On-Sell effect now uses smart targeting to select a Weapon or Shield item

Wrist Warrior

  • Corrected an issue where Deadly worked from Stash

Toxic Flame

  • No longer buffs Burn items

Source

Steam News / 6 February 2026

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