First of all, we want to start by saying a big, fat THANK YOU again! The reception of Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon has been absolutely amazing, and seeing so many people passionate about the game is absolutely rewarding.

We’re getting TONS of feedback from you all every day—some very positive, some negative—and no matter what, we always read and listen. One thing you can be certain of:

we will definitely keep working on the game until all bugs are ironed out. We’re also planning to add a lot of extra stuff ;)

Either way, seeing so many people passionate about Tainted Grail is extremely humbling for us, and it motivates us to keep going.

• 450k copies of Tainted Grail sold! Thank you!

• Roadmap—what’s coming next

• BIG Patch—v1.03

• Our favorite community screenshots and art :D

First, let us share some good news! Across Steam and consoles, Tainted Grail has sold over 450,000 units (this includes the Early Access period)!

Once again, thank you so much for your trust. It truly means a lot to us!

Here are the most important things we’ll be working on over the next few weeks and months:

• Regular patches to address major bugs and performance issues. We’re aiming for weekly patches, but they may sometimes come sooner or later. We’ll continue this work for months to come.

• We’re working on enabling Mod Support—expected in about 3–4 weeks.

• A special performance version for Steam Deck is in development (exact timing TBD).

• A huge batch of extra content is coming in Patch 1.1, which will include many of the most popular community requests, especially in the Forlorn Swords (Act 3) region. We're aiming for an August release! We won’t spoil anything, but expect some really cool additions. ;)

• We're also exploring other popular requests, such as the New Game+

Now, let’s talk about Patch v1.03. As you’ll see below, there’s a LOT of stuff!

Before diving into the details, we want to give a quick explanation for some of the bugs.

(Please note: this is not supposed to be an excuse—we take full responsibility for the issues)

When we set out to make Tainted Grail, we wanted to create a deep, complex adventure, both in terms of storytelling and exploration. But we also wanted to give you, the player, as much freedom as possible.

That’s why you can kill many NPCs, experience wildly different quest outcomes, and approach things in any order. We wanted to minimize hand-holding, just like we’d expect as players.

Of course, the “cost” of that freedom is that there are SO. MANY. DIFFERENT. OPTIONS.

And sometimes, the most random combinations can cause problems. Here’s one bug example we encountered before launch:

Using the relic system, you can upgrade weapons—all good.

But then, if you sell that item to a vendor, it's still fine.

But THEN, a few hours later, when the vendor’s inventory resets—boom, the game experiences problems and crashes.

Anyway, that’s just a quick preamble to help explain where some of the weird bugs are coming from. That said, we’re extremely motivated to find and fix every single one, so your experience with Tainted Grail keeps getting better.

• Fixed one source of crashes. We have another crash fix in progress as well, but it needs more extensive testing before being pushed out to you guys

• (PC Missing Saves) The most common cause of missing saves on PC has been due to the game failing to find Steam and loading GoG or fallback saves. Last week, we added a pop-up informing you when Steam could not be found. This week, we have added a pop-up that asks you whether you want to move saves found in the other folders to your Steam folder automatically. We recommend that everyone migrate using the pop-up.

• Items with special effects have been optimized. This should help with performance for players further in the game or hoarders who have many unique items with them.

• Fixed a few memory leaks in our UI visuals

• A quest in the fields of Cuanacht will no longer permanently block player saving Monstrous Marriage)

• Lockpicking now uses the main camera. Significantly decreasing memory footprint is especially important on consoles.

• After finishing the game, you can now choose to keep playing and explore the world further or to quit.

• Added kill prevention to some essential NPCs in Cuanacht and Forlorn Swords regions. The player will now have to intentionally execute them, preventing accidental murders by the player or other enemies

• Prevented enemies from shooting backwards when the player dodges behind them

• Added an option in the fireplace to bring Qrko back when it's lost.

• Visual change for spells such as Impenetrable Shield, Mystic Ward, and Arcane Aegis.

• (Items) Item weight is now displayed to two decimal places for very light items; otherwise, it remains rounded to one decimal place.

• (Items) Rebalanced upgrading of 53 different Weapons so that they gain both damage and improve their special effects

• (Items) Added item effect gains upon upgrading in handcrafted sets

• (Items) Rebalanced armor weight loss when upgrading

• (Summons) Fixed player summons sometimes not attacking when outside of player FoV

• (Summons) Fixed player summons not attacking NPCs that are, by default, non-hostile towards the player, but the player is engaged in combat with them

• (Summons) From now on, summons should be able to exit interiors with you

• (Summons) Disabled collisions with player summons outside combat

• Retroactively fixed dialogue flow with Barlaam in the quest “The Trial”

• Fixed conditions for the Crown of Ashes achievement/trophy

• Fixed conditions for And My Axe! achievement/trophy

• Fixed: Honor Over Life achievement/trophy was blocked if the Brothers in Arms quest was completed despite the player not giving all dog tags to the Quartermaster. If you were affected by this bug, now you can come back to Quartermaster and give him the remaining dog tags despite completing the quest earlier to obtain the Honor Over Life achievement/trophy. Ninian's dog tag is now required for the Brothers in Arms quest. Pate's dog tag is not required anymore for the Honor Over Life achievement/trophy

• (Spoiler: HoS Main Quest) Yorath will no longer die after 7 hours in-game if you convince him to leave HoS

• Dialogue fix, some options in Drest's dialogue would end it prematurely, blocking further progress

• Unholy Matrimony can be completed if NPCs are killed before talking to them.

• Denholm now gives the correct reward for the quest "Forging a Path"

• The player will now be able to ask Asgall about Tom only once.

• The Extinction of the Weak quest marker should correctly target Dolf.

• Stitch By Stitch quest markers and respawning ores fixed.

• See no Evil quest markers fixed.

• Fixed NPC Abner's dialogue lines.

• Divided we Fall and Arthur's Crown interactions and non-linear flow improved.

• The Old Letter should be found only in one specific place.

• A Carnation to Remember can be finished after finishing other quests.

• Blade in the Shadows can be completed if you decide to collect the bounty before talking to the NPC.

• Fixed "Deep Calleth Upon Deep" quest. The chest will no longer stay in the inventory.

• Fixed dialogue flow for quest "The Weight of Honor"

• Petition The Lord quest should correctly lead the player

• Cuckoo’s Egg failed task can lead to failing a quest.

• Over My Dead Bodies consequences.

• The Silent Burden quest should give rewards, and its progression should be more straightforward

• Denholm will now correctly pay the player for his silence in the quest: Burdening Letter

• The player will no longer be able to continuously speak with Brother Vitus about abortion

• Removed some incorrect dialogue from Lile

• Fixed an issue where the player could not lie to Rigby when delivering his book.

• Fixed Eira's dialogues after she returns home.

• Fixed an issue where the player couldn't progress the Stonewardens questline if they sold Kvorr's Amulet. The recipe will be restored to players who lost it upon entering the Forlorn Swords.

• (Spoiler: Brotherly Love) Fixed a bug where exiting the conversation with Rob before asking about his grandfather would block progress.

• (Spoiler: Alchemists) The Alchemists questline can be continued after killing Dolf by reading his research.

• (Spoiler: Sweet Dreams) Nest portal should now be easier to interact with 

• Fixed Giant Sentinel audio volume levels

• Fixed the sounds of Vilekin's Eldritch Reaver, which is guarding the Pict's Hideout in Act 3

• Fixed the audio length of one of the Rune's lines.

• Resolved an issue where Skuld would begin to speak but immediately stop when approaching the gate in Theuds Village within the Ghost Realm.

• Wyrdness music event update - improved layer adaptation for dynamic transitions

• There should now be combat music while fighting the boss in Sagremor Castle

• Added multiple missing VOs

• (JP) Added another BIG batch of missing Japanese localization for dialogues (Forlorn Swords/Whispers). That should cover probably 99% of the missing dialogue loc. Any left missing will be added soon.

• Fixed descriptions of several items (Great Mistake, Chatterblade Fragments, Heiko’s Crumble, Oldsteel Fang, Hollow Core)

• Fixed Absorption spell description to properly state Mana Shield as a percentage value

• Fixed Spell Syphon talent description

• Added description of Skull Knight's Blade Sword

• Fixed an edge case that prevented all hero attacks from happening. Most often happened on fast travel from the bonfire to a different map

• (New) Swimming in the ocean should now take waves into consideration

• Fixed an issue where some enemies could disappear at certain angles after death.

• Fixed an issue that prevented players from attacking after switching loadouts while lumbering.

• The sometimes-missing VFX on player hands while wielding magic should always be visible now

• Fixed controller vibrations breaking in some cases

• Fixed various two-handed axes not properly registering heavy attacks on lumbering spots.

• (New) Item tooltips now accurately reflect player stats when requirements aren’t met, making stat comparisons easier in shops, crafting, relics, and upgrades.

• Resolved performance issues on PlayStation 5 in Dungeon Galahad

• Added two new debug console commands: template.revive-npc and memory.clear-faction-unforgivable-crime. Provided as is.

• (Future) A fix for the infinite selling of an item will land in the next patch. So, build your piles of gold and items before then. You can always use mods if you really want to have infinite amounts of any item

• Added Marrowghast helmet recipe to Ukko's shop

• Fixed Arcane Mace item Mana Cost

• Fixed stat increases when upgrading certain armors (Alisa set, Festering set, Flayed Drowner‘s set, Spellslinger’s set)

• Increased effects of individual parts of the Archdruid set

• Fixed Gem of Dodge not properly decreasing Dash Cooldown

• Fixed ReusableResources Talent sometimes duplicating all of the currently held Ethereal Cobwebs

• Fixed Galahad's Mace sometimes not applying Burn on hit

• Deirdre's chest can no longer be opened with a lockpick

• Changed Arnulf's loot in Smuggler's Bay

• Sour Herring and Cheese no longer decreases the encumbrance limit when eaten

• Added a player's room to the Children of Morrigan hideout.

• Fixed Weightbound spell affecting hero summons

• Buffed Bors in Sagremor Castle

• Fixed Heiko’s Crumble description and effects

• Update the Tidepiercer projectile collision

• Fixed projectiles made by Scourge Of The Seas and Tidepiercer occasionally not hitting enemies

• Rebalanced and fixed Bear's Claw to be in line with other items of its tier

• Fixed Severing Ray sometimes using Light Cast logic when being Heavy Casted

• Giant's Club is no longer a usable weapon

• Frostgrots are now considered animals

• Moved the location of copper ore in Ulfr Village

• Fixed a diggable chest in Gunnnvaldr Village

• Qrko will now be more aligned with the ground it's standing on.

• The campfire mistakenly affected the player’s total weight. Not anymore!

• Improved level-up notification

• Improved quest notification

• Fixed interaction with the alchemy station in the Tomb of the Good Druid

• Fixed an issue whereby a player could fall outside the water in one of the Cuanacht rivers

• Journal was not counting summon's kills

• Fixed bonfires in Cuanacht

• Fixed wyrdstone mining in Cuanacht dungeons

• Human summons are wearing proper summon markings on their clothes

• Blind status VFX rework

• Fixed missing lip movement for some speaking characters.

• Updated Foredweller, Remor Mage, and Wight attack VFXs to better represent their actual area of effect

• Fixed VFX charge explosion on Snail

• Fixed distortion Y-offset on Bonefires

• Fixed mask layer of Bonefire (fire visible from the top)

• Guards in Cuanacht will now wear helmets.

• Dark clouds are no longer visible in Dungeon Frig

• Fixed color issues in the effects Flickerbolt, ThunderLash, and Stormpiercer.

• Updated visual effects for the Mistbearer boss fight.

• Additional VFX AOE for Archmage and Wight enemies

• Fixed bounds in vfx FloatingSnow

• Fixed bounds in vfx CompanionLight

• Fixed the bug with the elevator chain in Corrupted Temple

• Blocked unused doors with boards in the Horns of the South castle

• Fixed trees placed in the wrong places in HOS and Forlorn

• Ghosts with hair should render correctly after game load.

• Fixed the issue where wheat was generated underwater in Cuanacht.

• Added missing DepthFadeCard under the ladder in Broch

• Killing planes have been added to high places in Sagremor Castle, and the rock embedded in the floor in the underground section has been removed.

• VFX Heart of the Plague visibility of the debris layer

• Fixed a floor gap near the portal in Prolog Jail

• Fixed the issue with the furnace clipping through the floor in the player's house in Cuanacht

• Improve the Snow Explosion effect used in Cold Magic.

• Updated visual effects for the Tidepiercer slash explosion

• Updated the visual in the Wyrdspawn Dead event.

• Tidepiercer coatings fix

• Drain of Vigor visual update

• Projectile trails tweaks

• Added visual effects to signal ore acquisition when destroying it.

• Tweak VFX when activating souls in the Resurrection Room.

• Conchur's beard now moves when he talks.

• Updated Gytha's appearance.

• Úlfr Tribesfolk NPCs now wear helmets.

• Fixed floating coins and removed objects located outside the map in the Dungeon_Crypt_Small level.

Here are some of the best/funniest/coolest screenshots and fan arts from the community that we’ve absolutely loved!

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Once again, thank you so much for playing our game, for the continuous support, and for your patience! We’re working hard on polishing Tainted Grail and fixing issues, so it can become an even better game for everyone out there!

Cheers,

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• Fixed at least one instance of missing NPCs—we hope it was the only one, but please let us know if you encounter any others.
  
• Resolved an issue with Arthur's bonfire dialogues repeating and breaking progression logic (Arthur's dialogues should now be available in the second region; previously, a broken line was breaking further interactions).
  
• Fixed progression issues in Neante's questline (The Price of Healing, Hollow Blessings).

• Fixed the quest section displaying when there was no active quest in the quest log.,
  
• Fixed an issue where quest or item notifications were sometimes missing.,
  
• Fixed item list and gamepad navigation after consuming food or potions in the Bag.,
  
• Fixed tooltip refresh for currently hovered items in Hero Storage.,
  
• Tooltips in Equipment now update correctly after equipping an item.,
  
• Fixed blinking UI graphics.,
  
• Fixed incorrect state of the Large UI option on the Cloud Conflict popup.,
  
• Fixed displaying journal graphics.,
  
• Fixed displaying fishing rod tutorial on gamepad.,
  
• Fixed saving fishing entries in the journal.,

• Fixed Dal Riata Berserkers and Galahads freezing in place after running away from them during combat.,
  
• Fixed Hero Summons attacking friendly Red Priests.,
  
• Devil's Snare and Mandrake plants are now respawning correctly.,
  
• Filling Beor's heart with player's energy now costs 30 Max HP instead of 40.,
  
• Changed Arcanist's Sword Damage Gain per upgrade level: 21 → 1.,
  
• If you have only one hand at your disposal, you will get the one-handed variant of Giant’s Grudge.,
  
• Fixed Bromhar No Face's attacks being unblockable and unparryable.,
  
• Fixed having item encumbrance debuffs even when within the limit after save/load.,
  
• Wyrdstalker will now stalk you more—he was a bit too eager for a fight. He is now much slower outside of combat.,
  
• Fixed Unnatural Focus Talent not slowing down time correctly.

• When saving fails for any reason, the failed save will now be removed. Previously, you could load it and play on a corrupted save.,
  
• Buyback in shops will now store a maximum of 50 items, which will prevent them from downgrading performance.,
  
• Optimized vegetation in Cuanacht.,
  
• Some people were killing enemies a bit too enthusiastically. If you find yourself falling through the world, load a save — it should now fix it.,
  
• Fixed visual artifacts of wyrd barriers.,
  
• Removed headbob that persisted after changing loadout when sprinting with two-handed weapons.,
  
• Caradoc and other NPCs should no longer blur when the player camera was not moved for some time in dark conditions. As wyrd as that was, it was not intended.,
  
• Blood Transfusion and Life Transfusion spells optimization and fixes.,
  
• [Steam] There will now be a warning popup when the game fails to detect Steam. We are still working on a migration feature for people who played without Steam.,

• Added LOTS of missing Japanese localization (Cuanacht, main story, quests, items, etc.).,
  
• A lot of VO added and fixed.,
  
• Fixed Executioner's Axe's description.,
  
• Fixed Big Bonk's description.,

• Raspberries needed for the Maggot's quest will now be correctly counted.,
  
• You will now be able to exit Deirdre's basement correctly.,
  
• Fixed quest "Forked Path" if the player collected Matron’s Insignia before getting the quest.,
  
• "The Trial" quest will no longer break if you kill the target before starting the quest. We will add a retroactive fix in the next hotfix.,
  
• Fixed quest "Forked Path" where you couldn't continue the quest after finding the novice's body.,
  
• Added missing rewards to a few quests.,
  
• Fixed Neante questlines being impossible to continue. This should fix retroactively so she should have the correct dialogues now.

• Fixed difficulty selection bug (the Survival Mode was activating unintentionally),
  
• Fixed sketches saving issue,
  
• Fixed aim assist bug which caused attack issues when target disappeared (rare case),
  
• Improved item icons for some items

• Original Soundtrack (MP3); some examples below
  
  
  
  https://youtu.be/NNierX8Hjys
  
  
  
  https://youtu.be/49-bx7KxT5A
  
• Digital Artbook (PDF)
  
  
• And most importantly… the shiny, one-and-only HORSE ARMOR, to ensure all enemies will be able to spot you from far away and appreciate the extraordinary protection of your mount!
  
  

• Access to the FULL game! 3 huge regions to explore (Misty Horns of the South, Cuanacht bathed in sun, and snowy Forlorn Swords)
  
• 50-70 hours of gameplay
  
• Full, branching main story quest with hundreds of different endings
  
• 200+ side quests
  
• 250+ unique NPCs
  
• 400+ unique weapons, including shields
  
• 55+ unique spells + 14 soul cubes
  
• 75+ dungeons
  
• 100+ unique enemies, including variants

• Digital artbook (a few examples below)
  
  
• OST from the game (a few track examples below)
  
  
  
  
• > But most importantly: the one and only GOLDEN HORSE ARMOR!* <wink wink>
  
  

• The main crash that has been plaguing you since the release of 0.9 should now be fixed \o/ (usually changing scenes, opening inventories)
  
• If you experience any crashes after this patch, please let us know what you were doing and how often it happens, as it would be something else that we would need to track down
  
• We have backported the fix for crashes when using a gamepad on locked choices mentioned in the previous patch notes

• Windows Defender snapping our game should be no more! We've begun signing the game with a trusted source that should prevent any future antivirus shenanigans

• Fixed white screen on game load with UI visible (Turns out DLSS does not like the number 3. Don't ask us why)
  
• The patch note pop-up that was meant to show for everyone playing v0.9 did not display on hotfix patches (0.9a, etc.). We really wanted to make sure that everyone launching the game knew about the save wipe for 1.0. Unfortunately, this bug snuck in. We're sorry for this

• Your base movement speed stat should now save and load correctly. It completely reset after a load. oops

• Crash on texture loading: we seem to have found the core issue within the engine. We are now waiting on Unity to do a full investigation and a fix on their side. We will keep you guys updated on this as we learn more
  
• Antivirus: We are working on having our game signed by a trusted source that should fix the issue permanently. Technicalities taking a bit longer than we wanted so it didn't land in this patch

• One of the crashes that occurred with STP enabled should be fixed. We're really interested in whether people with this setting enabled see a big decrease in crashes especially on Inventory opening and closing. There are still other crashes that we're working on as well but related to other systems
  
• Internal fix but it could have been a cause for some odd behaviours in random game systems. Some methods were improperly invoked twice in specific scenarios.
  
• The madness invoked by the wyrdness was found to be a bit too wyrd. Fixed Wyrdnight enemy buffs stacking and not removing correctly when you loaded a save on which they were already applied.
  
• Overriding saves had a critical issue that was likely the cause for some saves breaking and other odd save issues. Should be fixed now

• Hob has been caught breaking the NDA. He promises that won't happen again (Some dialogues that should have been locked were available)
  
• Fixed Master Craftsman skill having no effect aside from UI
  
• Upgrading items and lowering armor weight now correctly takes your resources based on the shown value instead of the cost of upgrading to the next level

• Summons are now a bit calmer when wandering around without a target. They were dancing a bit too much
  
• Some more corrupted saves should now be accessible if you recently decided to attack/murder friendlies
  
• Fixed dropping items in your equipment screen actually dropping your fists instead of the item in the slot. Oops

• Issues with summons deciding they don't want to continue their journey with you.
  
• Crashes when using a controller to select locked dialogue options or move past the last choice
  
• Upgrading equipped items will correctly apply its changed special effect stat boosts. in 0.9 you need to reequip the item for the full effect
  
• Falling below the ground on dismounting

• We're still hard at work to track down the crashes on texture loading. Progress has been made. We hope to handle it for the next patch but it might take a while longer
  
• Trojan/antivirus issues: we'd like to reassure you that this is a false positive, we're looking at a potential solution that will eliminate the problem for good. We'll let you know once we're further in the process. This may popup again after this hotfix. Apologies if it does, windows machine learning really doesn't like us
  
• And lots more issues from everyones bug reports. Some will land in 1.0, more critical ones will be pushed in hotfixes ASAP

• The fireplace should no longer be part of the international space programs experiments on instantaneous travel (death and unexpected movement upon exiting fireplace)
  
• Another fix for duels locking the player in dialogues forcing game close. Summons have been sternly reprimanded
  
• Some corrupted saves should now be available again so take a look if your case was handled. We have a bunch more on our list for fixes in future patches

• Settings
  - Fixed movement keybind overrides being reset upon game restart
  - Fixed Steam Input messing with PlayStation DualSense inventory opening
  - You can now set your target FPS with vsync on
  
• Mages attended a required maths class. The pain was unbearable. Power In Swiftness talent now correctly adds magic power based on movement speed above 100% instead of counting the base movement speed as well.

• The game will now only call an external platform for deciding your default graphics settings once, after save wipe, instead of on every launch.
  
• Fixed some audio leaks that in rare cases caused the game to stall
  
• Fixed a rare io exception when loading save files
  
• A rare case where buttons became uninteractable should no longer occur
  
• Credits have been updated
  
• Added lots of missing translations for:
  - Dialogue with Hob in Sunken Village - all supported languages
  - Prologue readables - Japanese & Czech
  - Readables that can be found in the Horns of the South region - all supported languages
  - Missing "technical" translations - Japanese & Czech