Greetings from the depths, Brinehunters! We’re excited to let you know that the quest for Brine continues, with more coming in early 2026. On January 12th you can get your salty hands on the new 1.2 patch, with all new content including:
A brand new weapon
A new skill
New challenges
New cosmetic rewards
For the Brinehunter who’s already unlocked everything (and for those still on your way) the Harpoon Gun provides another nautical edge to your brine-soaked adventure!
This pointed precision weapon bridges the gap between Brinehunters’ slower Combat Bow and the faster Brine Rifle - and enters the Abyss with eight upgrades available through the Ancient Forge!
Upgrades also help with more than just piercing power! Each Mod will stick harpoons to enemies (or the environment if you have enemy-piercing). To stop you having to keep track of enemies you’ve stuck with harpoons, we’ve also introduced the Combo System, just for our new Harpoon Gun.
Each harpoon has a way to increase your combo points - which will be used by the Harpoon Gun’s secondary fire to increase effects depending on how many points you have in the bank. More combo points, more explosive impact. Rack them up and then deal out the damage with a range of secondary fire options to choose from.
Alongside the pointed new Harpoon Gun we have an additional spiky skill for you with the all-new Smiting Spear. This Surge-powered spear deals continuous damage through a devastating aura, sticking to enemies and the environment alike.
Take the Smiting Spear with you to provide area control and wide-ranging group damage down in the Briny depths. Throw the spear into the environment or an enemy to do continuous damage wherever it lies!
In addition, shooting the spear once it’s stuck in place causes additional damage pulses - linked and scaling with explosive damage buffs like Mr. Boom! If you REALLY want to make an area inhospitable, you can have up to six active spears, all dealing ongoing damage to their immediate surroundings.
While it’s always good fun and good strategy to stick the Smiting Spear into the scenery, impaling an enemy also comes highly recommended! Enemies stuck by the spear will carry it with them, and should they fall while impaled, the Smiting Spear will stand where they fell, to carry on dealing damage.
We’re also delivering new challenges for you in the Abyss - and in-game rewards for those who manage to defeat these during your time in the darkest depths. We don’t want to spoil the challenges or rewards too much, but you can find these yourselves in game.
After your first complete expedition, Brinehunters will find alternative variants of our old bosses available in the Abyss! Each boss variant comes with their own evolved moveset and elemental variations - as well as a new look - to keep Brinehunters on your toes!
A huge thank you to all of the Brinehunters who continue to dive into the Abyss and come to leave feedback in the Official Abyssus Discord! Your support is incredible (especially those of you who come back with Brine) and we’ve got a solid selection of bug fixes and tweaks in here.
Please continue to keep the feedback coming in our Discord, and we appreciate all of you!
As promised, and as always, we also have a cosmetic-only DLC where Brinehunters can provide additional support to the team! The Brinefrost Pack provides an ice-cold edge, with a new suit, helmet, frame and an interactable emote.
The Brinefrost DLC continues our pledge to deliver entirely optional-only DLC which won’t have a material impact on your journey in the depths of the Abyss!
So that’s our 1.2 update rounded up! We do note that there seems to be a LOT of Brine left in the Abyss, and you Brinehunters have still not managed to bring it all back! We hope that you have a great time with the new Harpoon Gun, Smiting Spear, challenges, boss variations and all the smaller tweaks in 1.2.
- The DoubleMoose Team
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