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