Patch Notes and Updates – Dead Cells wiki

Important features

• The leveling system has been updated and deeply re-balanced. The old secondary bonuses have been moved to the new Mutations mechanics. Points invested on tiers will now have the following effects:- Brutality : +15% damage on red items (mostly close combat weapons), +50% health
  – Tactics : +15% damage on violet items (mostly ranged weapons & skills), +50% health
  – Survival : +15% damage on green items (mostly heavy weapons & shields), +50% health

  The health bonus gets smaller as you keep investing on a single stat.

  Example: “1st Brutality tier gives +50% health, 2nd one gives +45%, 3rd one gives +40%, and so on until 0%. But if you decide to start investing on another stat, you start again at +50% health.”

• You can gain Mutations between each level, stacking up to 3 of them. These Mutations allow you to customize the extra bonuses you get from points invested in Brutality, Tactics or Survival. The philosophy here is to give the player ways to specialize and experiment.A mutation can be:

  – scaled on a specific tier (brutality, tactics or survival), like: “+X HP when killing an enemy”, “+X DPS when enemies are far away”, or “+X DPS for 2 seconds after a kill”. The mutation will get more powerful as you invest points in the related tier.
  – generic (ie. not scaled), like: “All bows ammo x2”, “Longer rally effect duration” or “Longer speed buff duration”.

  Here are the concepts behind each tier:

  – Brutality mutations specialize on melee combat and damage buffs
  – Tactics mutations specialize on ranged & skills buffs
  – Survival mutations specialize on shields and healing from new sources (like leeching life from killed enemies).

  You can re-specialize between levels if you need to (like, before a boss-fight), but this costs gold.

• Community suggestion All ranged weapons are now Tactics weapons first (some are dual-color).
• Balanced all mobs damage and life. The concept here is: “mono-tiered builds are glass canons (lots of damage, almost no resistance), 2-tiers builds are balanced, 3-tiers build are resistant but weak”.
• It’s now possible to drop level-up scrolls from random mobs. Such mobs have a yellow star above their head for you to spot them.
• Community suggestion It’s no longer possible to one-shot a cursed door.
• Most shields bugs should now be fixed (ie. shield capacity not triggering on parry, or parry not dealing crit damage). You shouldn’t be control-locked anymore after a successful parry.
• All shields parry window have been reduced slightly.
• Enemy grenade repelling using a shield should now work all the time, even when the grenade is standing still on the ground.
• Boss Runes can now be obtained from… well, bosses. Use these nasty little things in the Prisonner’s Cells at the beginning of the game to make the whole game harder! Higher difficulty means more powerful mobs, less Healing Fountains (down to 0 on hardest mode, so please to get hit too much) and more cell drops. Also, each may area of the game may see other specific changes based on your difficulty setting, like new mob types in a level etc. Version 0.5.3
• The Foundry is now open! It can only be accessed if you activated the Incomplete One Boss Rune. The Foundry will then appear after each boss fight.It allows you to invest your Cells to upgrade any item you’ve unlocked. Each upgrade will give the item a permanent “Tier +1” affix (which depends on the item) and extra base power. For example, upgrading the Broad Sword once will add a permanent “Brutality +1” on it, and it will have more base affixes and more overall power!

  As the Foundry is only accessible after specific levels in the game, you’ll have to keep your cells with you instead of investing them with the Collector… Version 0.5.3

• We fixed incorrect HP values displayed in the window that shows up when you pick a scroll. Previously, successive scrolls would give +50% HP, +45% HP, +40% HP etc. Fixed display now shows +50% HP, +30% HP, +21% HP etc. Dont worry: the “new” HP values may seem lower BUT the actual gameplay values were not changed at all. We only fixed an incorrect display. Version 0.5.11
• Community suggestion Hunter’s Grenade can now transmute enemies even if they don’t have an Elite version. In such a case, they turn into Elite Zombies. Version 0.5.11
• Community suggestion Hunter’s Grenade now extracts a relevant blueprint from the target enemy if you already carry other blueprints in your bag.Version 0.5.11

Balancing

• Slightly balanced the Rally effect
• Ice bow now shoots much faster and the freeze effect lasts longer
• Ice crossbow has longer casting time
• The long bow crit distance is slightly shorter.
• Double damage affix changed: x2 damage dealt, x3 damage received
• Quad damage affix changed: x4 damage dealt, x4 damage received
• Force shield now has a diminishing return mechanics when used a single mob (ie. a boss)
• Electric whip is now a ranged weapon
• The Hokuto bow mark now propagates to all nearby mobs when the victim is killed.
• Community suggestion Gold nuggets now only require 1 hit to be destroyed.
• Buried mobs now raise more quickly.
• Fixed the orange slime hitbox when using Rapier
• The double bow bullet physics is now the same as other bows.
• Killing trash mobs no longer reduce Curse counter Version 0.5.1
• Timed doors rewards now include generic level-up Scrolls instead of single stat Scrolls. Version 0.5.3
• Updated all timed-doors timings Version 0.5.3
• Elite Archer now a twice longer shoot range Version 0.5.3
• Cell treasures should now contain more cells in advanced levels Version 0.5.5
• Balanced the spiked boots damage. It now deals weak damage by default, except when you crit (ie. when you hit an enemy preparing an attack). We also added a more complex sequence of kicks to this weapon. Version 0.5.8
• Updated the wrenching whip Version 0.5.10
• Community suggestion Ice bow can no longer have “shoot arrow behind” affixVersion 0.5.10
• Meat Grinder and Heavy Grenade are now Brutality skills too in addition of Tactics Version 0.5.11

Level design

• Rooms improved and new rooms added for the Vine, Teleport, Stomp and WallJump Runes.
• Prison Depths is now a much smaller level
• Added extra map information for all Cemetery doors
• Added many minor secret area everywhere.
• Rooms added in Fog Fjord Version 0.5.3
• Secrets in walls should no longer be too close from each others Version 0.5.3
• Balanced Sepulchre content Version 0.5.5
• Fixed timed door position in Sewers (should always be quite close from the entrance) Version 0.5.5
• Added many teleporters to Fog Fjord Version 0.5.5
• Added some teleporters to Toxic Sewers Version 0.5.5
• Added some teleporters to Old Sewers Version 0.5.5
• Rooms added in the “Promenade of the Condemned” and “Graveyard” levels Version 0.5.10

Graphics & UI

• Dead leaves added in the “Promenade of the condemned”
• Fixed a motion sickness issue in Sepulchre
• Updated the ceiling turret skin
• Added mutations icons
• Standard turret design and icon
• New Golem’s visual special effects
• The weapon shop and its merchant now have their proper skin
• New Character/Pause UI. All the informations has been split in 3 screens now : Options, Equipment & Inventory. We added some information too (mutations, play time, etc…) Version 0.5.1
• Cannibal grenade skin has been updated Version 0.5.3
• Fixed shop rerolls overlapping shop items Version 0.5.6
• Community suggestion Healing fountain animation is now slightly fasterVersion 0.5.10
• Updated wall run animation (work in progress) Version 0.5.10

Music & Sfx

• Many sounds have been updated Version 0.5.3

Bug fixes

• Food should no longer have random affixes
• Scrolls should no longer drop on teleporters
• Fixed many visual issues with the Crusher skill.
• Fixed the “dodge + use shield” exploit
• Being hit by the Darkness from Sepulchre should no longer block the climbing mechanics.
• Using stomp attack on Shield bearers should no longer create strange camera issues.
• Fixed the skip of the Knight NPC
• Fixed no longer infinite slam on Pirate Chief
• Fixed duplicate items in Prisonner Cells when you have “Random start weapon” upgrades Version 0.5.6
• Fixed Dualshock 4 controller detected but not working on OpenGL versionVersion 0.5.6
• You cannot grab anymore a cliff when there are spikes on the side of this cliff. Version 0.5.8
• Fixed dialog texts not disappearing when crossing doors Version 0.5.10

• The world has changed. We’re now preparing the final form of the game. Most levels have been updated to reflect this, including their difficulty, or their location on the world map.
• The Watcher boss is now a mid-game boss, while the Assassin new boss becomes the final encounter. Note that the current game ending still isn’t the final one: we plan to add the real game nemesis in a later update.
• 2 new biomes have been added: the infamous Clock Tower and the mysterious Slumbering Sanctuary. Both include new enemies and loots.
• The old tier system (ie. Strength/Skills/Health) has been replaced by Brutality / Tactic / Survival.- Brutality (red): includes all weapons (except shields)
  – Tactic (purple): include all active skills
  – Survival (green): include all shields

  Some items (weapons or skills) are Dual colors, which means they can rely on 2 different stats, and use the highest value. You may also encounter random Colorless items: these ones will always use your best stat.

  Here are the effects of these new 3 stats when you augment them:

  – Brutality (red): raise all red items damage, add +18% life
  – Tactic (purple): raise all purple items damage, reduce all active cooldowns
  – Survival (green): raise all green items damage, add +40% life

  Your level-up decisions are much more important than ever.

• Level up scrolls have been changed. You may find “classic” Power Scrollsthat allow you to add +1 to any tier among 3, or Double Scrolls that only allow you to augment 1 stat among 2 (randomly chosen). Single forced scrolls are no longer a thing.
• The way item stats/affixes are generated has been changed:- based on their level, all offensive items (ie. item that deals damage) now have a “Damage +X%” stat, while all non-offensive items (ie. all other items) now have a “All damage received -X%” stat.
  – “Tier +1” affixes on Weapons and Skills are now only found from very specific sources (Treasures or shops) and are to be considered rare.
  – Talismans have a guaranteed “Tier +1/+2/+3”, on item level III or more.
• The Collector can no longer upgrade items using Cells. For now, his only role is to unlock new content. A whole new upgrade mechanic will come back in the next update, which should come shortly after this one!
• A new special grenade can be unlocked at the collector (it will then appear in the Prison Cells). It allows you to hunt specific blueprints when the RNG is not being nice to you. Throw it on a mob that has unknown blueprints on him, fight him and right before killing it, use your grenade extracting ability to get your blueprint. No one said it would be easy.
• All Cursed treasures now drop Colorless items. Right now, it’s the only way to get this kind of item.
• Community suggestion You can now ask for specific item categories in Shops (like bows, or melee weapons) and reroll shop content if what you see is not interesting to you. However, these options are upgrades you have to buy using cells at the Collector.
• Community suggestion New Shield gameplay! You can now hold any shield as long as you want! If you hold a shield, a specific amount of damage received will be absorbed (around 75% for most shields). If you short-press and don’t hold your shield, you’ll attempt a PARRY. Like before, this technique allows you to negate all damage received, as well as most of the negative side effects of being hit (like being repelled). A successful parry is now a critical hit. It’s a risk-reward mechanic: hold and take a small amount of damage, or try a full Parry with the risk of missing.
• Community suggestion You can now reflect enemy arrows using any shield! The amount of damage you deal depends on your Survival tier.
• 10 new items, including weapons, shields and active skills!
• 4 new enemy types!
• A Castlevania inspired diet has been added in your game options 🙂
• Community suggestion The classic grenade has been splitted in 2 different grenades: one that deals damage on a large area, but with a longer cooldown, and one that deals strong damage on short area with short cooldown. Version 0.4.1
• Community suggestion We balanced pretty much every parts of the scaling system of the game. Scrolls now grant +25% damage instead of +43%, and all enemies & items have been updated. Everything should now feel more balanced. Feedbacks are more than welcome! Version 0.4.2
• The Fog Fjord has been completely updated. The whole level design has changed and a few new mobs have been added. Version 0.4.3
• You can now see a link between 2 mini teleporter in the sepulchre once you use one of them Version 0.4.7

Balancing

• Community suggestion Ammo stuck in a mob will now drop automatically after a few seconds, event if you don’t kill him. It’s still always faster to kill the enemy directly or use a grenade with the proper affix, but this should avoid stucked situations with “bow only” builds.
• Community suggestion The Tonic is now an item that can be refilled using Healing Fountains, so you can now use your tonic once per level. It can also be used even if your health is full. More “consumable active skills” will probably come later.
• Community suggestion All bows now have a slight auto-aim. They still shoot horizontally, but it’s MUCH easier to shoot small enemies or mobs standing on lower platforms.
• The Electric Whip is now a cool weapon again: its damage has been buffed up.
• Horizontal turret and Ceil turret now have 1.5x longer range
• The game timer is now paused when visiting Shops, Treasure rooms or Cursed Treasure rooms.
• The Decoy active skill now explodes after a short time, dealing lots of damage to all nearby enemies.
• Teleporting is now blocked if the caster is rooted (applies to some teleporting mobs or to the Phasing skill).
• The Biter Swarm worms are now much much more resistant (like 10x stronger). The active skill cooldown has also been reduced.
• Community suggestion The Toxic Cloud skill is now twice faster to cast.
• Community suggestion The amount of HP recovered through the Rally Effect (the HP you recover when attacking immediately after being hit) is now capped. This cap can be raised by augmenting your Survival tier.
• The Phazer skill now buffs the next attack, even if it’s not a melee attack.
• The Frost Blast weapon now inflicts lots of damage if the target is not frozen when it hits (it deals 0 damage if the target is already frozen).
• Corrupted Power now adds extra damage instead of adding a fixed percentage. This extra damage is now scaled with the Tactic tier.
• Community suggestion Food items now restore a fixed percentage of your max HP.
• The Phazer enemy is now a little bit faster. It’s melee attack hitbox has also fixed.
• Enemy grenades you repel with a shield do way more damage to enemies.
• The Quick Bow deals a little extra damage.
• Quick Bow now behaves like an autofire weapon (like the Repeater Crossbow). You can hold fire button to shoot quickly.
• New shield affix: better damage absorption
• New shield affix: bullet absorption
• Sturdy shield: stun duration is now twice longer on successful Parry.
• Shove shield: the bumping effect is now much more powerful on successful Parry.
• Force shield: the force field now only triggers on a successful Parry. It also lasts much longer.
• Blood shield: the bleeding only affects the blocked victim when holding the shield. It affects all nearby enemies on a successful Parry.
• Spiked shield: inflicts much more damage.
• The dash shield has been adapted to the new gameplay, including some balancing and minor bugfixes.
• Situations where the player was standing on the edge of a platform and got bumped away off a platform by walking/idling enemies should now occur more rarely.
• Community suggestion Vampirism skill now applies to ranged attack too.Version 0.4.1
• Lightning whip damage have been balanced. It also doesn’t give you air control any more. Version 0.4.2
• Cursed treasures no longer drop Scrolls. Version 0.4.2
• Start Bow is now MUCH faster than it used to be. Version 0.4.2
• Infantry bow has a little bit more ammo. Version 0.4.5

Level design

• New rooms added for all levels
• All rooms have been reworked for “WallGrab” et “StompJump” mechanics
• Added extra teleporters to Old Sewers & Promenade. Version 0.4.1
• Balanced all timed doors. Version 0.4.5
• Community suggestion Added timed doors to Fjord village & Cemetery Version 0.4.5

Graphics & UI

• Graphic improvements for all biomes (fog, particules…).
• The “sewer depths” now have a corrupted skin.
• The “Zombie-Worm” in “The old sewers” now has its very own skin.
• The “Zombie-Fly” in “The Graveyard” now has its very own skin.
• Fixed incorrect damage displayed on shield tips.
• You can see now the number of monsters left to kill during Challenge.
• The HUD has been updated regarding the new Brutality / Tactic / Survival system (still work in progress)
• Some weapon and skill icons has been updated
• Tier are now visible in your character page (in pause menu). Version 0.4.3
• Elevators skin has been updated Version 0.4.5
• Item hiddens in HiddenBlock are now visible once these discovered. Version 0.4.8

Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug that cancelled shield bearer mobs attacks when they jumped away from the player.
• Throwing a grenade in the middle of a Fly pack will now deal damage to all flies in the group.
• Blocking an arrow using a global shield no longer bumps the archer mob
• Blood Shield should now properly trigger on parried ranged attacks
• Incomplete One shockwave attack can no longer be parried using a shield
• Community suggestion Cells dropped from cell shrines are always automatically picked up, even if you run away.
• Aura of Laceration no longer make you float for 1 sec when activated
• Bleed propagation affix should no longer apply bleeding on small breakable props lying on the ground. Version 0.4.1
• Fixed many issues with shield parrying detection. It caused some shields to not trigger properly on a successful parry. Version 0.4.3
• Fixed the Nut Cracker hitbox Version 0.4.4
• Grenades should no longer break doors through walls (and therefore, you shouldn’t be Cursed from accidentaly breaking a door through walls)Version 0.4.4
• “Freeze on parry” shield affix now works properly Version 0.4.5
• Invisible mobs no longer have the same damage buff as an invisible player. Version 0.4.8

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