The Bone Orchard Update, Now Live!

Gunslingers, get ready for a hog-killin' time! This is our biggest update so far - A bag filled to the brim with new features, balancing updates and bug fixes. Without further ado, let me introduce;

The Bone Orchard Update

Gameplay Features:

• Locking rooms added - all enemies must be killed to exit.

• Dynamite Barrels - added to the Crypt, Hunt, Mine, Canyon, Battlefield, Town and Church

• Plague Barrels - added to the Bayou, Plains, Churchyard and Church

• Freeze Barrels - added to the Hunt, Mine, Battlefield, Churchyard and Church

• Heal Barrels - added to the Bayou, Canyon, Plains, Town and Church

• New Shrines - Limited choice shrines added to branches

• New Shrine appearance - the shrines show skulls for each available choice

Balance - Difficulty

• Overall difficulty reduced

• Enemy health and damage rebalanced

• Enemy composition rebalanced

• Final Boss rebalanced

• 4 different Difficulty Settings added

• Status Effects now increase in damage with level - this used to be duration

• Gravedigger attack reworked

• Damage over time effects base damage rebalanced

• Preacher and Outlaw difficulty rebalanced

• Level Layouts refined

• Fewer pickups per level

• Lost Soul Burden is now 3x damage instead of Instant Death

• Weapon/Ability Unlock order changed

• Unlock Sin Costs significantly reduced

• Amount of Iron found in levels has been reduced

• Remnant drop rate increased. This is even higher in more difficult levels.

• Wendigo Boss moved to the mid-point of The Hunt - you can no longer avoid him!

Balance - Weapons

• Sniper Rifle - Longer aim time, higher damage.

• Escalator Rifle - Less initial damage, much greater subsequent damage.

• Wrack & Ruin Revolver - Accuracy tweaks.

• Clockwork Shotgun - Higher rate of fire, slower reload.

• Eradicator - much higher damage, longer charge time, can shoot through multiple targets.

• Hellraiser - accuracy tweaks.

• Double Barreled Pistol - Lower base damage.

• Freeze Pistol - Lower base damage.

• Maverick Pistol - Lower base damage, higher critical damage.

• Deadshot Revolver - Higher critical damage.

• Traitor’s Revolver - Higher critical damage.

• Defender Shotgun - Lower damage.

• Killspree Shotgun - Lower damage.

• Stalker Shotgun - Speed buff duration increased.

• Gunslinger Revolver - Rate of Fire buff after dodging has been increased.

GUI Changes:

• Weapon and Ability GUI panels now shows more details:

• DoT effects

• Critical Damage

• Escalator Shot Damage

• Ammo display corrected for Hellraiser and Wrack & Ruin

• Ability Cooldowns now rounded to 1 decimal place.

• Charms added to the pause menu.

• Charm GUI panels now shows more details:

• Buff multipliers

• Buff durations

• HP recovery per action

• Maximum possible HP recovery

Teleporters / Runes:

• All Rune Obstacles now prompt you if you don’t have the required Rune.

• End of Level teleporters now tell you which level they lead to.

• Teleporters now only ignite if you have the teleport Rune.

• Shortcut teleporters activate but are a different colour and tell you that they require a Rune.

Onboarding and Game flow:

• New Tutorial layout

• Tutorial Prompts changed

• Chasm warnings added

• Movement prompt removed

• Saving disabled in the Tutorial

• Death now starts a New Run, rather than taking you to the Start Menu

• Saving/Quitting has been re-enabled in the Saloon

• Hint & Tips Fortune Cards added to the Saloon

• GUI text to tell the player when Purgatory is Shifting (level layouts changing)

• New Rune Unlock objects in the Armoury - examining these gives a description of their use and where their shortcut is.

Cosmetic Changes:

• Changes to the Start Screen theme - floating purgatory objects in the distance

• Sawn-off shotgun now fired one-handed

• Locking doors are now more visible

• Start Menu Options now split between system Options and Game Options

Bug Fixes:

• Barman’s charm now works correctly.

• Seer’s charm now works correctly.

• Prospectors charm now works correctly.

• Thrown abilities (molotov, dynamite etc.) should no longer bounce off horizontal surfaces (like the cover in the Preacher fight).

• Lost Soul / Righteous Soul bugs fixed

• Unlock menu typo fixed

• Weapon tutorial info panel bug fixed

• Plague damage scales with item/weapon level and character stats when spread.

• The Preacher no longer shoots through cover (issue with the Splitter rifle fixed)

• Targeting bugs fixed

• Issues with the locking door in the Haven have been fixed

• The Butcher no longer misses with his ranged attack

• Issue with Indestructible Rune Barricades has been fixed

• An issue causing The Hunt level to not generate has been fixed.

• The pause menu map should now track properly

• Outlaw/Preacher AI bug fixes

• Heal effects fixed for enemies