Highlights
Isles and The Map
Fishing trips can now be sent to 4 different isles that have different fish to catch, materials to loot, elites to battle, bosses to defeat and modifiers that spice up your trips.
Balance Overhaul
A suite of statistical models have been developed to algorithmically calculate new balance changes. Nearly every number has been tweaked.
Relic Overhaul
24 relics have been reworked or added to make relics feel more interesting and impactful. This includes new status effects, bonuses for eating cooked fish, and even a way to make chests permanently free.
Elites & Ranged Enemies
New ranged enemies and powerful elite versions of enemies have been added that charge at your ship, explode when defeated, and do other things... Have fun with that!
Dynamic Sky
The skies of ROGUEFISH are alive! Animated clouds, a real sun, and twinkling stars all change dynamically throughout your fishing trips!
Gameplay
The shell shop now only allows purchasing discovered items
Added 4 new upgrade bench upgrades
Fishing
Fish now disappear after a failed catch
Removed River water region
Adjusted fish water regions
Items
Reworked Boiled Crab Claw, Catfish Steak, Frog Jelly, Shark Fin Soup, Time Extractor, Ancient Key, and Mystery Cocktail
Added 17 new relics
Added 4 new materials
Removed Silkthread Spool
Balance Changes
Increased veteran difficulty
Increased upgrade bench stat boosts
Stamina no longer regenerates while catching a fish
Increased fishing cast stamina cost
The siphon stat now grants a stamina refund when catching fish, instead of on missed casts
Levels & XP
Now at least 1 new weapon will be offered when leveling-up until 4 weapons are equipped
Reduced level-up XP requirements
Reduced player count level-up XP requirement scaling
Increased fishing XP difficulty scaling
Reduced enemy XP difficulty scaling
Sea Battling & Weapons
Reduced day 9 final boss health
Increased boss health difficulty scaling
Added difficulty mode boss health multipliers
Increased weapon knockback scaling
Reduced weapon max explosion ranges
Reduced Lightning Staff range
Reduced Whirlpool Staff max range
Reduced Whirlpool Staff base damage
Relics
Increased Pliers Plunder bonus
Increased Folding Chair Regeneration bonus
Increased Wholesale Crate same-species sale Plunder bonus
Increased Sledgehammer impact bonus
Reduced Green Amulet chest-open Luck bonus
Reduced Red Amulet chest-open Damage bonus
Increased Harpoon huge fish Bounty bonus
Updated Silver Key to give diminishing returns, so equipping 10 does not make all chests free
Adjusted relic rarities
Visuals & Audio
Added ambient occlusion
Added outlines to enemies, companions, and other players during sea battles
Updated sphere aura shader
Added anchor island shield aura
Increased player min camera pitch (you can look up now!)
Adjusted colors and lighting for each time of day
Updated explosion effects
Updated whirlpool staff splash effects (so they don't blind you anymore)
Interface
Information about fish, materials, characters, and ships is now hidden everywhere until discovered
Reduced hover pop-up delay
Fish and item info hover pop-ups now always show gold sell value during trips
Added waypoints for other players to compass in multiplayer
Updated various item descriptions for more consistent wording
Added more text highlighting
Added upgrade bench filter categories
Updated upgrade bench upgrade icons and descriptions
Bug Fixes
Fixed issue causing Bullseye Brooch renown bonus to trigger when defeating enemies without a critical hit
Fixed typos
Fixed incorrect item icons
Fixed issue causing compass waypoints to point in the wrong direction
Fixed transition effect pixelation being dependent on screen resolution
Fixed fish generation issues causing huge fish to never spawn
Fixed all payers being respawned when another player joins in multiplayer
Fixed various tutorial highlights
Fixed grass material excessive brightness at night
Fixed day number not updating for non-host players in multiplayer
Fixed consumables not providing stat boosts for non-host players in multiplayer
Fixed visual glitch during bubble transition to fishing islands for non-host players in multiplayer
Fixed warning messages being partially hidden when certain interfaces open
Fixed final reward chests not being destroyed when extracting