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Steam News18 February 20264mo ago

The Monkey's Paw Beckons

Hello all, I hope you've been continuing to enjoy The Spiral! An update that adds a new item and a new challenge is now available.

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Hello all, I hope you've been continuing to enjoy The Spiral! An update that adds a new item and a new challenge is now available. The highlight of this update is the Monkey's Paw, a dubious item that promises to lead you to riches...

What changed

1 fix4 additions3 changes0 removals
  • Events
  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
  • Fixes
  • Compatibility
addedHello all, I hope you've been continuing to enjoy The Spiral ! An update that adds a new item and a new challenge is now available. The highlight of this update is the Monkey's Paw, a dubious item that promises to lead you to riches...
addedChanges in this updateAdded a new item: Monkey's Paw
addedChanges in this updateAdded a new challenge: The Hand That Feeds Find the Monkey's Paw to unlock this challenge
changedChanges in this updateReduced the range at which physics sounds can be heard, and reduced their frequency
fixedChanges in this updateFixed a visual issue when trying to place a cursed item in a chest while using a controller
changedChanges in this updateUpdated engine from Godot 4.5.1 to 4.6.1

The Spiral changes

addedHello all, I hope you've been continuing to enjoy The Spiral ! An update that adds a new item and a new challenge is now available. The highlight of this update is the Monkey's Paw, a dubious item that promises to lead you to riches...
addedAdded a new item: Monkey's Paw
addedAdded a new challenge: The Hand That Feeds Find the Monkey's Paw to unlock this challenge
changedReduced the range at which physics sounds can be heard, and reduced their frequency
fixedFixed a visual issue when trying to place a cursed item in a chest while using a controller

Changes in this update

  • Added a new item: Monkey's Paw

  • Added a new challenge: The Hand That Feeds

    • Find the Monkey's Paw to unlock this challenge

  • Lodestone is now viewable in Collection

  • Reduced the range at which physics sounds can be heard, and reduced their frequency

  • Fixed a visual issue when trying to place a cursed item in a chest while using a controller

  • Updated engine from Godot 4.5.1 to 4.6.1

  • On Windows, the default renderer is now DirectX 12 instead of Vulkan

    • Launch options have changed, if you previously selected the DirectX 12 launch option you may need to change it

    • You can select the Vulkan launch option if you want to continue using the Vulkan renderer

Another Note on DirectX 12

Until now, The Spiral used Vulkan as its default rendering backend. While this worked well on many setups, there were a few GPU/driver combinations that had issues on Windows, so DirectX 12 was added as a launch option shortly after launch. Godot 4.6 has updated the DirectX 12 backend to have feature parity with Vulkan, so DirectX 12 is now the default renderer for Windows. There's of course still a launch option to use Vulkan if you so desire. (Vulkan is still the default for Linux and SteamOS.)

I hope you'll have fun with the Monkey's Paw, and I'll see you again in the next update!

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Steam News / 18 February 2026

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