Update 12, Prey.

New Boss:
Anomaly Hunter

• With prey mode enabled, appears once the countdown reaches 18, 12 and 6 hours remaining.
• Each encounter acts as a different phase, gaining new moves for each one.
• Each attack makes it move in different ways; combines them to act unpredictably while chasing you regardless of where in the map you are.
• New theme for its battle.

New run setting:
Prey mode:

• Unlocked by obtaining 2 unlocks which require winning with multiple characters in the same run.
• Every 6 hours, the Anomaly Hunter will challenge you.
• Defeating it grants you Aether, used to craft powerful upgrades.

New items, with these there are now over 300!:
Aether
Dropped by the Anomaly Hunter.

• "Latent matter, or the lack of it. Exists only to be molded by the Anomaly."

Hunter's Launcher
Recipe: Rocket Launcher + Aether + Aether.

• Fire1: Fire a rocket that travels towards where you are looking and generates clouds which constantly damage anything touching them.
• Fires twice as fast while in the air.
• Explosions can’t damage you and knock you backwards at high speeds.
• Rockets don’t follow your aim while holding fire2.

Final Spark
Recipe: Spark + Aether.

• Spell cooldown: 12.
• Fire a black hole which pulls in enemies then generates a large laser beam.

Aether Arrow
Recipe: Wood Arrow + Aether.

• Can only be equipped with the Longbow.
• All other arrows in your inventory get shot alongside it.

Dim Gun
Recipe: Flare Gun + Aether.

• Fire1 Fire a dim flare which explodes on impact and applies Dark Flames.
• Enemies take an extra 100 damage for each unique negative status effect + 25 per effect level.

Other changes:

• New Sub Scanner model and behavior.
• Added bubble particles coming out of the Submarine's proppeler
• Fixed the Submarine's missile speed being framerate dependent.
• Updated stick's description to mention the faster switch speed.
• Arsenal slots update when you open it.
• Death animation that shows you losing a live no longer plays in the tutorial.
• Improved water to avoid causing visible seams in spheres.
• Volatile effect's explosion is larger if the enemy is also wet.
• Fixed Spark dealing yellow damage.
• Explosive Arrow can knock you back.
• Changed Fireball's crafting recipe to Pocket Star + Gunpowder. The Cannon was needed for way too many items, this cuts its recipes in half.
• Spark is crafted using a Pocket Star instead of Fireball, so it can still be obtained at any time.