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Castle CrashersNewsCastle Crashers Painter Boss Paradise: Global and DLC Updates
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Castle Crashers Painter Boss Paradise: Global and DLC Updates

Castle Crashers · published 6 Aug 2025, 16:58 UTC · build 19489251

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The Castle Crashers Painter Boss Paradise DLC is now available for Steam! Check out the official announcement and trailer here, or read on to learn about all of the updates now in Castle Crashers!

Global Updates (Classic + Fresh)

The following updates are now present in the base game of Castle Crashers, in addition to the DLC version!

1. Main Menu Art

8 new background vignettes based on lore from the Castle Crashers universe have been added to the main menu!2. Video Settings: Borderless Window Mode and Max Framerate
Windows users now have access to Borderless Window Mode in Video Settings. Windows and Mac users can now set a Maximum Framerate.3. Keyboard Settings

Magic macro binding options have been added for keyboard users.4. Gameplay: Z-axis Hitbox

The size of the Z-axis hitbox has been increased. Your attacks will have a better chance to be "lined up"!5. Gameplay: Health Potions

Main story solo play now has auto-heals enabled for Health Potions.6. Green Knight Update

Green Knight is no longer allergic to all forms of juggling. What about Allergic Green Knight, you may ask? That’s a story for another time.7. Art: Chainsaw Weapon

The Chainsaw Weapon now animates when held. WD-40!!!!8. Art: Back Off Barbarian

All Back Off Barbarian character art has been updated. (Except Hatty because Hatty is perfect.)9. UI and Menus

The Main Menu, Pause Menu, and Settings Menu buttons have been reorganized and updated.10. Reset Stats Confirmation

The Reset Stats menu now has a hold-down confirmation when resetting character stats.11. Attract Screen Update

The attract screen featuring the four base knights has been updated!12. Steam Input Support
Steam Input Support has been added, supporting more controllers and official actions when editing.13. Enhanced Rich Presence
Steam now displays player character, XP level, and bosses, in addition to area.14. Legacy Bug Fixes
Various bug fixes have been implemented to enhance your beat 'em up experience! To the community members who have sent in bug reports over the years - thank you so much from our (actually smoll) big chicken dev team!

Painter Boss Paradise DLC Updates

The following features are only present if you own the Painter Boss Paradise DLC.

1. Character: Paint Junior

A brand new official character has been added to the Castle Crashers roster, complete with a new weapon and fresh magic moveset that can also be used for Custom Character creation!2. Art: Playable Characters

All official playable characters in the classic Castle Crashers roster have new portraits and in-game art.3. Art: Equippable Weapons

All equippable weapons from the base game have updated art.4. Art: World Map

The world map has been completely redesigned for fancier adventuring!5. Painter Boss Toolkit

An entire DLC toolkit has been added to assist in Custom Character creation! To learn more about the toolkit and download the character template, please visit beh.gg/PBP.6. Manager Menu

In the “Manager” menu, players can enable DLC characters and override existing playable characters with Custom Character skins.7. Weapon Skins

Custom Characters can toggle their weapon to be reskinned in the Weapons Frog via the Paint Brush. The weapon skin applied is always tied to the Custom Character’s art template. Only going to the Weapon Frog and choosing a different weapon or using the Paint Brush clears the Weapon Skin.8. Steam Workshop Capabilities

The Painter Boss DLC brings Steam Workshop capabilities to Castle Crashers for the first time ever! Publish your creations if you wish to share them with the world, or download and enable community creations!9. Behemoth DLC Character Collection

Enjoy an entire lineup of DLC characters created by our art team, in addition to some of the classic knight designs brought to the Steam Workshop! To get started with downloading DLC creations, you can find all of our Workshop characters here. Toggle them on and off at your whim! Make every enemy in the game Herbert! Save the princess as Ladderlad! Go on, now – Painter Boss Paradise awaits!

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In-game event13 Jul 2026Painter Boss Paradise Patch 3.3Hear ye, hear ye! We’re BACK with yet ANOTHER patch for Castle Crashers and Painter Boss Paradise! Today’s updates include some fixes for bugs reported by the community, quick art patch-ups, and instructions for alt-tabbing in the game with ease! Thank you to all community members who have reported issues to our team. This big chicken is filled with appreciation! NEW Alt-Tab Setting · Adding -n…In-game event24 Jun 2026Painter Boss Paradise Patch 3.2Greetings to all knights, young painters, and every Painter Boss Paradise custom character in between! We’re back today with another patch to deploy some fixes for Mac, in addition to fixing some reported issues within Painter Boss Paradise and the base Castle Crashers game. As always, let us know what you think, and don’t forget to stock up on potions before your next adventure! Mac · Added bo…Community24 Nov 2025Nominate Castle Crashers for Steam’s Labor of Love Award!This year, the big chicken asks you to consider nominating Castle Crashers for the honor of Steam's Labor of Love Award! Interested in learning some quick history about all the love we've poured into our second-ever game baby? Read on! Where it all began: the Castle Crashers demo at Comic Con 2005! We first shared a playable demo of Castle Crashers at San Diego Comic Con back in 2005! Running o…