This update brings the highly anticipated fourth playable character to the game: The Commando! Armed to the teeth, he has the tools for any situation! Mow your enemies down with laser fire or clear a path with sheer explosive force. Learn more about him in the patch notes below!

This update also includes a pretty big shift in the game's difficulty levels, making the game easier and faster for new players! Lastly we also have a TON of new achievements to unlock the Commando's shiny new class items, some of which are easily our new favorites in the whole game.

Changes with the '📡 ' icon in front of them are changes or additions suggested by the community!

Unleash your potential with the Commando's impressive arsenal!-New Mercenary: The Commando

-Updated Difficulty tiers to better distribute challenge, and make the game more accessible to new players. See the full mode descriptions below:

-Easy Mode:
Starting HP: 5 (Previously 4)
Medical Item Prices: -50% (Unchanged)
Enemy HP: -35% (Unchanged)
Total Waves: 16 (Previously 20)
Boss Fights: 3 (Previously 4)
Limited Achievement Progression (Unchanged)

-Normal Mode:
Starting HP: 4 (Previously 3)
Total Waves: 16 (Previously 20)
Boss Fights: 3 (Previously 4)

-Hard Mode:
Starting HP: 3 (Previously 2)
Total Waves: 20 (Unchanged)
Boss Fights: 4 (Unchanged)
REMOVED: Enemy HP: +20%
REMOVED: Barricades Destroyed 4 waves early
REMOVED: Shops are Closed every other wave

COMING SOON!
You've got a bad feeling about this...
In hard mode, you'll have the option to enable additional custom wave modifiers that add extra challenge (and score!) to your runs. Push yourself to the absolute limit to see how many you can overcome! Watch this space for more info when it drops in the next major update!
Developer Thoughts: This is the first half of a greater difficulty options rework that we've been planning for a long time now. Our goals are to make the game easier to pick up at the start, while also giving options to add more challenge for our veteran players. The "Normal mode" that the game has been using up until this point is now the baseline for our new "Hard mode", with the spicy new wave modifiers arriving in the upcoming FINAL BOSS UPDATE.
-The player's rotation will now update correctly if you move your cursor while combat rolling

-📡 Added a "shoot when aiming" option for gamepad controllers

-📡 The Tab Screen has a new timer that will show the duration of the current run

-📡 The time stat in the post game screen will now show new records for successful runs with the fastest times

This new mercenary relishes every moment in battle, blasting and blowing up anything in his way! Wielding TWO primary weapons that each have a unique ability tied to them, he has the tools to deal with any situation. To play him most effectively, you'll want to make the most out of his passive, using your abilities often to switch weapons and gain massive amounts of adrenaline. The closer you are to the enemies you're fighting, the more adrenaline you'll gain per hit!

-Weapon: Burst Rifle
Fires 3 round-bursts of laser projectiles that travel a long distance. The first shot in each burst is perfectly accurate!

-Weapon: Rocket Launcher
Fires powerful rocket projectiles that explode on contact. Most effective against enemies that are clumped together.

-Ability: Suppressive Fire
Rapidly fire laser rounds that damage and stun all enemies hit.

-Ability: Rocket Barrage
Unleash a barrage of swarm rockets that damage and slow all enemies hit.

-Passive: One Man Army
Using your ability will cause you to switch to your other weapon and will consume all extra ability charges you have to deal bonus ability damage.

Additionally, you can fill an adrenaline meter by landing hits on enemies, When you fill the meter, you double your TOTAL firerate for a short duration!

Feel the rush!PSA: Because of the maximum achievement limit that Steam imposes being capped at 100, only a few of these achievements will be reflected on Steam, but rest assured that all your progress will continue to act like normal in game. Steam notified us that once we reach a certain threshold of player numbers, they will uncap this limit, and Steam will automatically update to reflect any progress you've made in game the next time you launch.

-LOCKED AND LOADED
Defeat the Elder Spitter, Giga-Beamer, and Frostblaster
Unlocks: Commando

-COMMANDO: MILESTONE 1
Complete Wave 8 as Commando
Unlocks: Plasma Grenades (Commando Common Item)

-COMMANDO: MILESTONE 2
Complete Wave 12 as Commando
Unlocks: Tactical Scouter (Commando Rare Item)

-COMMANDO: MILESTONE 3
Complete Wave 16 as Commando
Unlocks: Artillery Satellite (Commando Legendary Item)

-COMMANDO: PRIMARY DIRECTIVE
As Commando, defeat 500 enemies total across all runs
Unlocks: Special Delivery (Commando Common Item)

-COMMANDO: SECONDARY DIRECTIVE
As Commando, hit 20 different enemies with a single rocket barrage
Unlocks: Battle Mortar (Commando Common Item)

-COMMANDO: TERTIARY DIRECTIVE
As Commando, use the all-in-one foodmart 5 times in a single run
Unlocks: Canned Peaches (Commando Common Item)

-COMMANDO: FEELING THE RUSH
As Commando, fully fill your adrenaline bar in less than 20 seconds
Unlocks: Adrenaline Booster (Commando Common Item)

-COMMANDO: FASTER THAN RELOADING
As Commando, use your ability while you're out of ammo 3 consecutive times
Unlocks: Trusty Sidearm (Commando Common Item)

-COMMANDO: WE HAVE LIFT OFF
As Commando, fire off at least 50 rockets in a single rocket barrage
Unlocks: Rocket Fuel (Commando Common Item)

-COMMANDO: LEAD THE CHARGE!
As Commando, deal at least 50,000 damage during a single adrenaline rush
Unlocks: Tattered Flag (Commando Common Item)

-COMMANDO: ARMY SURPLUS
As Commando, hold 10 unique military grade items at the same time
Unlocks: Military Munitions (Commando Rare Item)

-COMMANDO: TARGET LOCKED
As Commando, hit a single enemy with every shot from suppressive fire
Unlocks: ARH Guidance System (Commando Rare Item)

-COMMANDO: TACTICAL SWEEP
As Commando, access 10 keycard locked rooms in a single run
Unlocks: Holo Sight (Commando Rare Item)

-COMMANDO: ONE MAN ARMY
As Commando, defeat 10,000 enemies total across all runs
Unlocks: Phoenix Rockets (Commando Legendary Item)

-COMMANDO: TIME FLIES...
As Commando, complete the first 8 waves in less than 20 minutes
Unlocks: Combat Jetpack (Commando Legendary Item)

-COMMANDO: THE ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN
As Commando, defeat the Abyssal Warden in hard mode
Unlocks: Supply Signals (Commando Legendary Item)

-Attack Drone
Attack drones will now prioritize targeting enemies that are closest to the player
Attack drones can now fire at enemies from slightly further away

-📡 Reactor Items (Critical Mass, Reactive Electro-Goo, Industrial Capacitor, Service Radio, Core Crystals, and Unstable Isotope)
To improve the quality of early game shops, reactor items will only start showing up after the first threat level is complete.
To get value out of many of these items, your reactor will need to be under attack often, and since that does not really happen in the first few waves, these items felt like dead weight early on. We've been playtesting this change a lot and it feels great, shops now show you much better options in the early game.

-Heavy Caliber Rounds
Weapon explosions will now also benefit from the Heavy Cal Rounds' size increase!

-Rusty Magnet
Fixed the item panel showing as blank

-Winchester Shells
Will now correctly pierce enemies when Incendiary Shells are active

-Candy Jar
This item is now deprioritized by transaction stations that take random inputs from your inventory. You can now safely use them without worry of this item being taken unless it is the only viable input you have. Candymaxxers rejoice!

We are very excited to share that Dylan King has joined the Crystal Fruit Games team as a talented sound designer! He's got a fantastic youtube channel (linked below) and is an absolute CHEF when it comes to cooking up sound effects! The Commando is the first mercenary to have benefited from his magic touch, and we hope you like what you hear! Please note that some of his sounds are still works in progress and will be updated as we make more progress. Also be on the lookout for the new sounds for hitting and killing enemies, they're very juicy and satisfying!

We've got exciting plans for all things audio in Minigunner, expect to hear more with each patch that is rolled out!

Subscribe to this man for yummy sound design breakdowns and insights!If you want to report bugs or give feedback, join our Discord![discord.gg]
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These bugs have been squashed!

-Fixed issue where some enemies were not dealing correct damage while empowered

-Fixed some items have persistent effects after being scrapped or traded away

-Fixed having a button bound to interact meant opening a transaction station can instantly purchase or close

-Fixed an issue where Star Forger's Armor would not regenerate if you left a scene while it was coming back

-Fixed a visual issue with the Drillminer's light

-Fixed Halloween shop background for the Professional's Briefcase getting broken after a scene transition

-Fixed issue where the “low ammo” firing sound would play on the first shot after a reload

-Fixed an issue where readying the winchester shells right as entering a vent would break the shotgun

-Fixed issue where stacking the industrial capacitor would infinitely stun enemies

-Fixed issue where the Reactive Electro Goo would gain unintended stacking damage and stun time when changing scenes

-Fixed issue where changing scenes during a star forgers armor recharge would prevent the armor from being restored

-Fixed Candy Jar icon not reappearing on transaction stations with multiple uses

-Fixed an issue where stunned enemies could still get an attack off if they were about to fire

Say hello to the freshest batch of minigunner themed emojis on this side of Frostus III, now featuring the titular COMMANDO! (And friends!)

Hey everyone!

For this update we wanted to focus on quality of life features, tutorial improvements, and filling a gap in the item roster when it comes to reactor survivability, similar to how we improved the accessibility of area of effect items in the Luck of the Draw update. The goal is to give you more agency when it comes to reactor defense, and letting you make build decisions that have a noticeable payoff later on.

We're also adding a brand new transaction station to the underground: the Hydraulic Press!

Changes with the '📡 ' icon in front of them are changes or additions suggested by the community!

-Added extra visual flair to getting legendary items from crates or transaction stations

-Improvements have been made to player movement to eliminate the jitteriness that would sometimes occur

-Updated mercenary descriptions in character select

-Improved reactor survivability: will now start repairing 50% sooner while at critical health

-Adjusted forklift art to improve clarity

-Updated the look of the Reactor's crystal

-Added some ground markings that call attention to the shop in the bottom right part of the map

-Scrap dropped by bosses will no longer despawn

-📡 Added a new option to auto mute the game when you alt+tab (on by default!)

-📡 Increased the attraction radius for non-scrap pick ups

-📡 Improved steam rich presence text to show more info about where you are in your run

-📡 "Games are better with friends!" (Engineer unlock achievement)
Unique sentry & drones requirement reduced 4 -> 3

-📡 Improved descriptions of all Crit Prism items to better describe what 'Crits' do

-📡 You can close the early access text in the main menu by pressing 'Esc'

-📡 Created a new asset pack for tier list icons! (Learn more at the end of this patch)

-Added a new first time player prompt that recommends doing the tutorial before starting a new game

-Added arrows to highlight new ui elements as they are revealed on screen

-Added arrows to highlight the doors on the TAB screen while they're being introduced

-Added arrows that emerge from active mineshafts to show where enemies will come from

-Camera will now zoom out to give you a better view of what is happening when the barricades are destroyed

-Improved guidance arrows for showing you the nearest shop or sentry spot

-Tweaked art assets in intro slide show sequence

-Added a typing sound to all dialogue boxes

-Streamlined the wording of many dialogue texts

-Various minor tweaks and improvements

-The Elder Spitter
Reduced max health by 18%

-The Giga-Beamer
Improved animation of attack 4's super giant beam to make it easier to tell when the beam is actually going to fire

-Improved consistency for enemies when they have multiple options to target. They will now always prioritize targets in this order: Safety Cone > Brigade Beamers > Player > Reactor

-Sniper
📡 Will now commit to any target they set their beam on. If the target they are aiming at dies or disappears, the attack will be reset.
This change massively improves interactions where you are approaching a sniper while they are aiming at something else (like the reactor) only to be met by an untimely quick scope. Now they are much more susceptible to approaches and should be generally way more consistent to fight against!

Sleeping Quarters
-Standard Unit Replacer
You can now cycle between 3 potential common item output choices!

Laboratory
-Scientific Unit Replacer
You can now cycle between 2 potential rare item output choices!

Mechanical Garage Room
-NEW: Hydraulic Press
Choose an item to destroy for maximum scrap (scales per threat level)

-All sentries have had their pick up speed increased by +20%

-Red Matter Duplicator
Scrap interest percentage on wave end increased +12% -> +20%

-Cracked Pipe
Added new visuals for items that are discounted by this item!

-Charging Prism
Cooldown reduction on hit increased +10% -> +15%

-Energizing Battery
Cooldown reduction increased +20% -> +25%

-Cryo-Cola
Cooldown reduction increased +10% -> +15%
Movement speed increased +25% -> +30%

-Laser Pickaxe
Damage increased +80 -> +100

-Fusion Core
Kills required per level up decreased 10 -> 6

-Gilded Anvil (Engineer)
In addition to its existing effect, it will now also double your total overclock activation damage

-Gilded Anvil (Minigunner)
Powershot speed and range increased +20% -> +25%

-Fragile Monocle
Increased damage +35% -> +40%
Increased accuracy +8 degrees -> +10 degrees
Added a new visual that shows while you have this item!

-Irradiated Prism
OLD: 200 poison damage over 20 seconds
NEW: 100 poison damage over 25 seconds
The poison status effect can now be stacked repeatedly on a single enemy!
Updated poison VFX particles to increase in intensity as the target gets more poisened
We are adjusting this item to allow for repeated hits to increase the strength of the poison damage to make this effect more distinct from afterburn. We had to adjust the numbers a bit to bring it more in line with the amplifying prism, as it can quickly surpass it in damage now! Poison is at its most effective against enemies that take longer to kill.

-Explosive Detonator
This item has been reworked! It will now grant a chance on kill for enemies to drop dynamite, use your ability to detonate it

(spoilered for your protection)

Common Tier
-Reactive Electro-Goo
The reactor gains a chance to block damage and fire a retaliatory bolt at the attacker
Unlocked by default!

-Service Radio
Gain increased firerate and ability recharge speed whenever the reactor takes damage
Unlocked by default!

-Industrial Capacitor
When the reactor takes damage it charges up a huge electric nova
Unlocked by default!

-Storm Totem
Chance on hit to strike an enemy with lightning
Unlocked by default!

Legendary Tier
-Core Crystals
The reactor fires powerful homing energy orbs at enemies
UNLOCKED WITH NEW ACHIEVEMENT: Diamond in the rough
Have your reactor take 3000 damage across all runs

If you want to report bugs or give feedback, join our Discord![discord.gg]
If you want to check on the status of reported bugs, check out our Bug Tracker![trello.com]

These bugs have been squashed!

-Fixed issue where some of the Frostblaster’s attacks could not be blocked by the Brittle Shield

-Fixed issue where enraging the Frostblaster between left & right blasts in its first attack would cause it to stop attacking

-Fixed issue causing the Sticky Beeswax debuff to get removed too soon

-Fixed an issue where the Rendered Wrench field could be active in the mines under certain circumstances

-Fixed an issue where holding “Power Reactor” when in the mines while owning the safety cone would cause the placement indicator to appear

-Fixed an issue where E-40 Prototype Rounds could sometimes not apply to attack drones

-Fixed an issue where scrapping or trading the E40 Rounds would softlock the game

-Fixed an issue where defeating a boss after dying would cause the game over screen to become obstructed

-Fixed issue where scrapping or trading the winchester shells while having a winchester shell loaded would cause all shotgun shots use the winchester shot SFX

-Fixed an issue where Minigun accuracy displays could only show the Minigun’s base accuracy and wouldn’t be updated with accuracy items

-Re-Enabled Rare Earthgem projectile trail effect

-Fixed warrior's helm status effect icon not showing in the underground

-Fixed muzzle flash light not getting disabled when you combat rolled

-📡 Fixed an issue where the Unstable Isotope was not properly setting up the reactor shield when returning from the mines

-📡 Fixed an issue where the “Lone Warrior” achievement was easier to obtain than intended

-Additional minor bug fixes

To celebrate this update, and all the progress we've made on Minigunner so far, we've created an updated tier list template for you to use! Our last one was way back in April of 2023, so let's see how much has changed! We invite you to post your tier lists in our Discord![discord.gg]

TEMPLATE LINK: https://tiermaker.com/create/minigunner-item-tier-list-template-17512109

Why do I hear boss music...? The ABYSSAL WARDEN can give you the answer! This massive update brings an intense new boss fight, as well as a ton of boss fight system polish! We've added a lot of art to various aspects of boss fights, including the boss arena environments, the elevator descent loading screen, the boss intro screen, and more! We also made various gameplay and item balancing improvements that we're really excited about, not to mention the addition of a few new items and achievements.

Changes with the '📡 ' icon in front of them are changes or additions suggested by the community!

Brace yourself for an intense fight!-NEW BOSS: The ☠️ ABYSSAL WARDEN ☠️
This boss can be encountered in the fourth bossfight after defeating wave 16, and will be quite the formidable foe!

-The new boss introduces a new hazard: Plasma Chains!
The boss will try to lock you down in certain sections of the room with these terrifying chains! They will inflict the Sticky debuff if you make ANY contact with them. (Even attempting to roll over them!) The debuff will slow your movement speed and cripple the recharge rate of your combat roll, so even though the debuff does no damage itself, its long duration makes you particularly vulnerable to taking a lot of damage from the boss. Be careful!

-Added new art to the underground boss arenas! Each boss will have a unique environment:

• Level 1: The Upper Mine
  
• Level 2: Ore Loading Zone
  
• Level 3: Wastewater Pumping Station
  
• Level 4: Heavy Excavation Site

-Added new location flavor text that appears when you enter a new zone

-Added a new animation to elevator loading screen, it will now show your chosen mercenary, as well any sentries or drones that you are bringing with you to the boss fight

-The loading screen will now display useful tips based on your chosen mercenary, the boss fight you are entering, and the items you have in your inventory!

-Added new art and animations for boss fight intro screen!

-Improved power outage visuals and warning screen

-Added new music to boss fights that adapts to the gameplay, increasing in intensity when the boss becomes enraged!

-Updated main menu early access screen to show our current progress and planned content, with links to the full roadmap and patch notes!

-📡 The ceiling lights in the mining lift repair room now fade out when you or an enemy pass underneath them

-Improved VFX for various item and status effects

-Added a few additional SFX (WIP)

-The Elder Spitter
Added a new indicator for projectiles stuck to walls that shows the direction that they will fire out towards

-The Giga Beamer
Fixed some visual inconsistencies where boss animations were not aligned with some attacks
Tweaked attack 2 to make the enraged/ unenraged versions more distinct
Tweaked attack 4 to make the super beam more dynamic, the boss will now vary between shorter and longer charge up times, be ready to react accordingly!

-The Frigid Frostblaster
Fixed some bugs related to the ice pillars
Improved the visuals of the icicle projectiles

-All Enemies
Standardized enemy healthbar colors: each color can now hold up to 500 health

-Sniper
The targeting laser will now glow brighter to warn you when it's about to fire!

-Bomber
Updated projectile art and visuals
Bomb projectiles now explode with a thicker wave of projectiles that travel slower than before
Cooldown time after attacking increased 2 seconds -> 5 seconds

-Obliterator
Updated art and animations for the death orb that it drops when it dies
Death orb projectile range greatly decreased
Death orb projectile firerate greatly increased
Death orb's lifetime greatly decreased
These changes aim to make the orb less 'long duration, long range, & annoying' and more 'short duration, short ranged, & scary'. The new animations also make it much more telegraphed.

-Tweaked the appearance of the Automated Lockers, Mining Equipment Crate, Large & Small Lockboxes, and Large & Small Storage terminals to better show what rarity of items you will be getting from them

-Standard Trade Computer & Executive Trade Computer
Now have a new animation on their screens that do a better job of showing what these interactables do

-All sentries and drones have had their icon sprites touched up!

-LVL 1 Sentry
Has been renamed to 'Outpost Sentry'

-LVL 2 Sentry
Has been renamed to 'Compound Sentry'

-LVL 3 Sentry [Forge Upgrade]
Has been renamed to 'Fortress Sentry'

-Safety Cone
Increased base max health 20 -> 24
Increased max health growth per threat level +2 -> +4

-Beamer Brigade's Bugle
Increased beamer max health per stack +24 -> +32

-Explosive Detonator
Increased explosion stun time 1 second -> 2 seconds

-CMC Resupply Shipment
Renamed to CMC Supply Requester
Updated item icon art
This item can now stack! Additional stacks now reduce the cooldown waves required between resupplies!

-Whispering Lantern
Increased damage boost from leveling up +10% (max +50%) -> +15% (max +75%)

-Cozy Space Heater
Increased debuff duration reduction 60% -> 75%

-Fusion Core
Reduced kills needed for each damage increase 12 -> 10

-Superheated Prism
Chance for crits to ignite enemies reduced 100% -> 50%

-Red Matter Duplicator
Scrap interest percentage on wave end increased +10% -> +12%

-CANARY Drone Pack
Defense drones spawned on activation increased +1 -> +2

-Unstable Isotope
NEW: In addition to its existing effect, now also shields the reactor when it takes lethal damage, making it immune for 12 seconds and granting it massively increased repair rate for the duration! (Shield can only trigger once per wave)

(spoilered for your protection)

Common Tier
-Smokey Brand Cigarettes 🚬
Gain increased damage based on your missing health
Unlocked by default!

-Sticky Beeswax 🕯️
Movement impaired enemies take more damage from all sources (and even more damage from bees!)
UNLOCKED WITH NEW ACHIEVEMENT: Beekeeper
Release 1500 total bees across all runs

Rare Tier
-Fossil Fuel ⛽
Enemies take increased burn damage and burning enemies explode on death, igniting nearby enemies!
Unlocked by default!

Legendary Tier
-Star Forger's Armor 💫
Gain a regenerating piece of celestial armor that empowers you when it gets destroyed
UNLOCKED WITH NEW ACHIEVEMENT: Indestructible
Defeat a boss after taking at least 6 damage during the fight

If you want to report bugs or give feedback, join our Discord![discord.gg]
If you want to check on the status of reported bugs, check out our Bug Tracker![trello.com]

These bugs have been squashed!

-Fixed an issue where firerate candy from the Candy Jar would reduce firerate instead of increase it (whoops!)

-Fixed issue where re-applying a status effect would fully reset effect ticks, leading to a case where constantly refreshing a DOT effect like fire or poison would lead to that effect never ticking / dealing damage

-Fixed Ice pillars in the Frostblaster's chamber losing their frost zone particles once spawn animation completed

-Fixed Ice pillars in the Frostblaster's chamber showing flavor text and rotated stuck entities (drillmines)

-Fixed an issue where leaving the boss arena or mining lift with multiple sentries placed would cause you to both lose access to one of those sentries and also softlock you

-Uncommon denominator was not using owned legendary items to calculate the discount

-Fixed a bug that prevented music from playing from the game start

-Additional minor bug fixes

Four months ago we started with a few bomber boss concept art doodles, now it's finally here! :)

This small patch contains a variety of fixes and improvements from playtesting and feedback from the Freezer Boss Update.

Changes with the '📡 ' icon in front of them are changes or additions suggested by the community!

-Tweaked and Improved defense drone visuals for each damage level to pop out more

-Increased the leash range of attack drones deployed by the CANARY Drone Pack

-Updated the threat level text on the TAB screen to be more like the display in the game view

-Updated visuals for the Pressure Release Valve

-Minor tweaks and fixes to the Frostblaster's attacks

-📡 Increased the speed of the scrap reward number for all the minigames in the Break Room (Card Matching Table, Slot Machine, and Spinning Dart Board)

Herbal Medicine
-This item can now stack! (with two stacks you have a 100% chance to heal after each heal)

If you want to report bugs or give feedback, join our Discord![discord.gg]
If you want to check on the status of reported bugs, check out our Bug Tracker![trello.com]

These bugs have been squashed!

-Fixed a bug where the fourth boss would not load in properly

-Fixed an issue where candy jar was not behaving properly in some instances

-Fixed the Ingenious toolbox using an incorrect icon

-Fixed defense drones sometimes taking a moment to update their visuals to match their current health, this will now happen instantly

-Additional minor bug fixes

We hope you brought a sweater! The Frigid Frostblaster is here!! This boss features entirely new combat mechanics and some devastating ice-cold moves. We've also given defense drones a mini rework and have implemented steam cloud saving functionality!

Changes with the '📡 ' icon in front of them are changes or additions suggested by the community!

Winter is coming!-NEW BOSS: The ☠️ FRIGID FROSTBLASTER ☠️
This boss can be encountered in the third bossfight after defeating wave 12, and will be quite the formidable foe!

-New Arena Mechanic: The Steam Release Valve
In the Frostblaster's chamber you can find a damaged Control Station that you can repair by spending some scrap. Once repaired you can interact with the big red valve to fill the room with superheated steam, and gain the STEAMY buff!

-New Buff: Steamy ♨️
This buff grants you increased movement speed and a complete immunity to the frostbite debuff!

-Speaking of Steam, we now have fully functional Steam Cloud Saving! Take your progress across multiple devices and leave those manual file transfers in the past!

-Updated the "Snowcone?" achievement
OLD: Kill a boss while you're afflicted with the frostbite debuff
NEW: Kill the Frostblaster without getting frostbite during the fight

-Updated the visuals of the frostbite debuff, with new particles, screen effects, and even freezing your weapon icon in the bottom left!

-Defense Drone
Price scaling per defense drone purchased has been removed
Defense drones now take damage when they block projectiles, taking increased damage from more dangerous projectile types.
Defense drones start regenerating health after not taking damage for a few seconds, if they take too much damage they explode, becoming disabled for a short while.
Disabled defense drones will automatically repair and reenable at full health.
You can see the drone's current health level by the indicator light color and visual effects as more damage is taken.

Developer Thoughts: Defense drones have always been held back by their old design. The first drone would be decently balanced, but because they could absorb infinite damage, each acquired drone would have exponential benefits, and as such several limitations had to be placed on the drones, such as the increasing price per defense drone purchased. The biggest flaw was how they limited the design of interesting enemy attacks that used a single projectile. With these adjustments, drones are much more healthy for the game, and should be easier to pick up as a result!-Whispering Lantern
Lanterns needed per level decreased 5 -> 3
Chance on kill for lantern to drop increased 3% -> 5%
Damage boost per level decreased +20% (Max +100%) -> +10% (Max +50%)
The Whispering Lantern has been a very polarizing item, where it would be useless and slow to start stacking early on, but would become insanely too powerful late game. These changes aim to make it feel much more useful early on compared to before without becoming too powerful later. The buff from picking up lanterns once the item is fully stacked is still unchanged, and very strong. Now you should be able to stack this item faster and play for the powerful pickups as a reward.

-Juicy Co. Energy Drink
Increased firerate boost per stack +10% -> +15%

If you want to report bugs or give feedback, join our Discord![discord.gg]
If you want to check on the status of reported bugs, check out our Bug Tracker![trello.com]

These bugs have been squashed!

-Fixed an issue where Candy Jar would not activate correctly

-Fixed the Safety Cone not properly displaying its current max health stat

-Fixed a bug with the R'lyehian Wood Blocks having progress not tracked correctly after returning from the underground

-Fixed an issue where Heavy Shopper ammo icons were appearing on unintended item slots

-Fixed a few issues related the minigunner using the empowered powershot from Runic Cannonball

-Fixed a visual bug where the player's muzzleflash light would be disabled for the rest of the run after their first combat roll

-Additional minor bug fixes

These small patch contains some tweaking around the weakest transaction stations in the underground. Our goal is to buff them to make them more enticing, and more competitive choices amongst all the other keycard room options.

Changes with the '📡 ' icon in front of them are changes or additions suggested by the community!

-Updated the look of C.M.C. crate props around the map to make them more consistent and distinct from the background.

-Added a warning light in the Mining Lift room that illuminates some crates that could be hard to see before

-📡 Added Minimap and T.A.B. screen icons for the Industrial Scrapper

-Industrial Scrapper (Outpost Surface)
Increased uses per threat level 2 -> 3
📡 Updated visuals to be more eye catching

-Trade Computer (Sleeping Quarters)
Decreased required input slots 3 -> 2

-Drone Fabricator (Mechanical Garage)
Decreased required input slots 3 -> 2

-Reactive Centrifuge (Laboratory)
Decreased scrap operating cost 80 -> 70

If you want to report bugs or give feedback, join our Discord![discord.gg]
If you want to check on the status of reported bugs, check out our Bug Tracker![trello.com]

These bugs have been squashed!

-Fixed a bug where the curator's cane discount could remove heavy shopper ammo icon from an item

-Additional minor bug fixes

This update introduces a lot of new sounds to the game! We are very happy with most of them, but a few are placeholders until we can work with a sound designer in the future and have them take a pass at them. We are aware of an issue where if too many sounds are going off in quick succession they may interrupt each other. We plan to fix this in an upcoming update, so thanks for your patience!

Changes with the '📡 ' icon in front of them are changes or additions suggested by the community!

All eyes on the prize!-Added new sound effects for the following:

• Beamer Brigade Bugle Activation
  
• Train Warning
  
• Train Incoming
  
• Train Passing
  
• Various Explosions (Dynamite toss, Drillmines, Satchel Charges, etc.)
  
• C.A.N.A.R.Y. Drone Pack Activation
  
• Firing a Bee
  
• Bee Hitting Enemy
  
• Firecracker explosion
  
• Stacked Deck Cards Hitting Enemies
  
• Blinding Bulb Activation
  
• Drillmine Launcher Firing
  
• Drillmine Mark Application (1-3)
  
• And more!

-Laser Pickaxe
Now deals knockback and has additional hit sfx and visuals!

-Curator's Cane
New visual effect when an item is discounted!

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Common Tier
-Safety Cone 🚧
Drop a distracting cone at the start of each wave

Rare Tier
-Uncommon Denominator 📱
Increase the frequency and reduce the prices of rare and legendary items in the shop
UNLOCKED WITH NEW ACHIEVEMENT: Access Granted
Enter 5 unique types of keycard locked rooms across all runs

Uncommon denominating!

If you want to report bugs or give feedback, join our Discord![discord.gg]
If you want to check on the status of reported bugs, check out our Bug Tracker![trello.com]

These bugs have been squashed!

-Fixed a bug that caused the game to end when the C.A.N.A.R.Y. Dronepack activated during a wave

-Fixed a bug that limited the "Rolling the Bones" achievement to only track one random roll per run

-Additional minor bug fixes

Introducing a wide variety of underground rooms that hold special terminals to buy, trade, and duplicate items, giving you way more agency over your builds! We're also rolling out some spicy system adjustments to streamline the progression of each run!

Changes with the '📡 ' icon in front of them are changes or additions suggested by the community!

Explore the catacombs!-Added new rooms to the underground mines! These rooms are in a new area behind a locked blast door. You can unlock it by defeating the boss and restoring power, or you can force it open early by paying some scrap to do so

-The rooms have interactable objects inside that you can use in various ways, giving you an added level of agency and decision making when it comes to your item builds

Interactable Interface-Bosses will now drop a keycard upon death (and an extra keycard if defeated without taking any damage during the fight)

-These keycards can be used as a unique currency in the underground, allowing you to access special locked rooms

-The power in the outpost will now properly go out during a powerline disruption!

-The current threat level is now displayed under the small minimap in the top right

-New VFX for Fragile Monocle, Tactical Scope, Sprouting Amber, Ammo Pouch, and Multi-Stimpack Injector

-Cleaned up "Interact Text" display

-📡 You can now back out of menus with the 'B' button (or equivalent) on Controller!

-📡 New visual indicator for Steel Bootcaps' activation progress

-📡 New visual indicator for vents when you get the Forgotten Screwdriver!

-📡 Updated Combat Crosshair to pop out more

-Reduced the waves per threat level from 5 to 4, now there's a total of 20 waves to beat (previously 25)
Our goal is to shorten the total run time of a run, so the game will be quicker hop in to and beat!

-The average scrap income from waves overall will remain the same as before

-Improved wave spawning mechanics, so now a single wave can dynamically get more challenging as it progresses!

-Minor improvements to enemy health bar functionality, each color of health bar can now hold up to 600 health


The Outpost
-Industrial Scrapper
Choose an item to destroy for scrap

This new interactable gives you the ability to remove any item from your inventory at any point in your run! Get rid of a pesky anti-synergistic item, or sell something to gain just enough scrap for a big purchase in the shop!The Underground Catacombs
NOTE: Even though every floor has random rooms and layouts, each floor is guaranteed to have a Medbay room, and each Medbay is guaranteed to have a Medpack Dispenser. This means you always have access to consistent healing before/ after each boss fight!

Medbay
-Medpack Dispenser
Pay scrap to restore health

-Vital Extraction Station
Trade max health capsules for rare items

-Blood Donation Bank
Trade 1/2 health for a random common item

-Pill Prescriber
Choose 3 items to trade for a max health capsule

Cafeteria
-Juicy Co. Vending Machine
Buy consumable buffs for your next boss fight

-All in One Foodmart
Buy a random "food" themed item

Mining Equipment Room
-Armor Dispenser
Pay scrap to gain armor

-Armor Return Depot
Trade in armor for 2 random common items

-Mining Equipment Storage
Buy a random "mining equipment" item

Break Room
-Card Matching Table
Pay scrap to play a card game for potential rewards

-Spinning Dart Board
Pay scrap to play a dart game for potential rewards

-Slot Machine
Pay scrap to play a slots game for potential rewards

Storage Room (Keycard Required)
-Small Storage Terminal
Pay scrap to choose from a selection of three common items

-Large Storage Terminal
Pay scrap to choose from a selection of three rare items

-Small lockbox
Pay scrap to gain a random common item

-Large lockbox
Pay scrap to gain a random rare item

Sleeping Quarters (Keycard Required)
-Trade Computer
Trade 3 random common items for a random rare item

-Automated Lockers
Pay scrap to gain a random "personal" themed common item

-Standard Unit Replacer
Trade a common item for a preselected common item

Mechanical Garage (Keycard Required)
-Armor Assembler
Choose a common item to trade for armor

-Heavy-Duty Armor Assembler
Choose a rare item to trade for 3 armor

-Drone Fabricator
Choose 3 items to trade for an attack drone

Laboratory (Keycard Required)
-Experimental Fabricator
Trade a random rare item for 2 random rare items

-Scientific Unit Replacer
Trade a rare item for a preselected rare item

-Reactive Centrifuge
Pay scrap to choose an item from a changing selection

Administrative Office (Keycard Required)
-Elite Fabricator
Trade a random legendary item for 2 random legendary items

-Maximum Security Safe
Trade 3 keycards for a random legendary item

-Administrative Unit Replacer
Trade a legendary item for a preselected legendary item

-Executive Trade Computer
Trade 2 random rare items for a random legendary item

Break Room Minigames!

-Dynamite Toss
Explosion damage increased 100 -> 150

-All sentry and drone damage scaling has been removed

-Sentry turn speed increased for better tracking on fast moving targets

-Increased the base damage of all sentries and drones

-Slightly increased sentry and attack drone base prices

-Sentry and drone repeat purchase price increase removed (except for defense drones)

-There is now a max purchase limit of 3 for every sentry and drone type

-All fire/ burning effects now have a consistent and improved afterburn damage and duration
OLD: 40 dmg over 4 sec / 60 dmg over 6 sec
NEW: 80 dmg over 8 sec

-Whispering Lantern
Now ALL enemies have a chance to drop lantern pick-ups (instead of just large enemies)
Lanterns needed per level increased 3 -> 5
Chance on kill for lantern to drop reduced 20% -> 3%

-Improved Schematics
Overclock firerate increased +40% -> +60%

-Molten Metal
Overclock damage increased +50% -> +75%

-Beamer Brigade's Bugle
Beamer health increased 20 -> 24
This item can now stack! Each stack increases the health and damage of the beamers
Beamers now take double damage during boss fights

-Purified Moongem
Scrap gained at wave start increased 10 (+20 per threat level) -> 15 (+20 per threat level)

-Corrupted Moongem
Scrap gained at wave start increased 15 (+30 per threat level) -> 20 (+30 per threat level)

-Safety Compliance
Scrap gained per armor at wave end increased 12 -> 25

-Ammonite
Ammo gained at wave end increased 2 -> 4

-Nanowrap Bandage
Chance to heal after each wave increased 25% -> 40%

-Crit Prisms
Base crit damage increased 200% -> 300%
Crit chance granted from all prisms reduced by 50%
New special damage text icon for dealing a critical hit!

-Collecting Vial
Buff crit chance boost increased 75% -> 100%
Buff duration reduced 12 seconds -> 8 seconds
Buff no longer grants +25% firerate

-Charging Prism
Cooldown refund on hit increased +5% -> +10%

-Excited Prism
Firerate boost duration increased 1 second -> 2 seconds

-Amplifying Prism
Crit damage boost increased +50% -> +100%

-Overloading Prism
Overloading explosion damage increased 20 -> 40
Overloading explosion size increased by +10%

-Explosive Detonator
Dynamite dropped per roll decreased 3 -> 2
Max active dynamite decreased 9 -> 6
Dynamite explosion damage increased 80 -> 100

-Steel Bootcaps
Damage boost increased +50% -> +100%
Added a new indicator that shows progress towards next activation

-Forgotten Screwdriver
Added a new indicator that shows active vents
Added 3 new vent exits to key areas of the map
Movement speed after venting duration increased 1.5 seconds -> 3 seconds
The screwdriver will also let you bypass the underground blast door and let you access a keycard locked room for free!

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Common Tier
-Cryo-Cola 🥤
Increase your movement speed while your ability is fully charged (Also slightly increase ability recharge rate)

-Candy Jar 🍬
Gain a random candy buff when you use an underground transaction station

Rare Tier
-R'lyehian Wood Blocks 🌑
Enemies can drop blocks that discount the shop's random roll option by 99%
UNLOCKED WITH NEW ACHIEVEMENT: Rolling the Bones
Use the shop's random roll option 30 times across all runs

-C.A.N.A.R.Y. Drone Pack 🐤
Deploy a swarm of drones in dangerous situations
UNLOCKED WITH NEW ACHIEVEMENT: Canary in the Cryon Mine
Enter a boss fight with at least 4 drones

If you want to report bugs or give feedback, join our Discord![discord.gg]
If you want to check on the status of reported bugs, check out our Bug Tracker![trello.com]

These bugs have been squashed!

-Fixed a bug where if you got hit by a train while rolling, you wouldn't take any damage

-Fixed a bug in the tutorial where you couldn't move after respawning because of a death

-Additional minor fixes to issues found with the tutorial

Introducing the next big bad boss: the Giga-Beamer! Equip yourself with a shiny new powershot and a spooky new item to take it down!

Changes with the '📡 ' icon in front of them are changes or additions suggested by the community!

Fear the giga-beamer!-NEW BOSS: The ☠️ GIGA BEAMER ☠️
This boss can be encountered in the second bossfight after defeating wave 10, and should be quite the formidable foe!

-The new boss introduces a new debuff: 🐌 Sticky 🐌
This will slow your movement speed and cripple the recharge rate of your combat roll. When afflicted with this debuff, you have to time your combat roll perfectly, use it too early and you're toast!

-Ammo UI has been reworked for greater back-end flexibility, this should fix issues related to the ammo bar getting messy at high ammo counts

-New Visuals for Rusty Magnet, Mineral Scanner, Unstable Isotope, Whispering Lantern, and Burning Enemies

-Added special art for stunned detonator enemies

-Shortened "Elder Plasma Spitter" to simply "Elder Spitter"

-The game no longer exits you from a store when you Alt+Tab or Shift+Tab

-Integrated steam rich presence! Now you can see which mercenary your friends are playing as and where they are in their runs!

-📡 New Setting: Controller Cursor Distance
This setting allows you to customize how close or far your cursor is to your weapon when using a controller

-📡 New Setting: Show Mini Cooldown Indicators
This setting toggles on two small indicators by your character that show you the cooldown status of your combat roll and your ability

-Powershot
Added new ability visuals!
Rotated burst projectile orientation by 180 degrees

Now you won't get that pesky projectile that's sent straight back towards you-Shotgun
Tightened projectile spread by +27%
This should make it significantly easier to do higher damage without needing to be in point blank ranges to enemies

-Custom Minisentry
Increased projectile speed by +75%
This allows the minisentry to hit moving targets easier, which helps it deal damage better damage when it's alone

-Scrap Efficiency (Passive)
Scrap back from armor purchases in shop increased +25% -> +50%
Small buff to make this aspect of his passive a bit more impactful

-Drillmine Launcher
Reduced base firerate by -6%
Increased drillmine explosion radius by +15%
Small Stat tweak to lean the drillminer into his strengths as an AoE damage dealer
-Mineral Scanner 💻
OLD:
9 second scan (+9 seconds per stack)

12 deposits that yield medium scrap

NEW:
12 second scan (+12 seconds per stack)

8 deposits that yield small scrap

4 rich deposits that yield golden small scrap

rich deposits can be scanned 2-5 times each

every deposit has a +18% chance per additional threat level to yield triple scrap values!

New Mineral Scanner Visuals!-Royal Jelly 🐝
Bee targeting range reduced by 25% (New range: 5)
Bee damage reduced 30 -> 20
Bee recharge time reduced 2 seconds -> 1.25 seconds
NEW: Bee recharge time now reduced by an additional 0.15 seconds per stack

-Tasty Honeycomb 🍯
Bee targeting range reduced by 25% (New range: 6.5)
Bee damage reduced 30 -> 20
Bee recharge time increased 1.25 seconds -> 1.5 seconds
NEW: Bee recharge time now reduced by an additional 0.35 seconds per stack

Previously the Tasty Honeycomb was essentially a direct upgrade to the Royal Jelly, it had a higher bps (bees per second) and could fire bees onto enemies from nearly double the range of the Jelly. It also didn't help that stacking them was neat but not that interesting.

Now, the Royal Jelly will have superior bps in the early game, with the condition that you need to remain closer to enemies to fire out the bees, when compared to the Tasty Honeycomb. But, if you gain multiple stacks, the Honeycomb will surpass the Jelly in sheer damage. Both of these items will also benefit from scaling considerably better with additional stacks now that the bee recharge rate is improved by them.

The range adjustments also make the Jelly more useful in prolonged close quarters combat, whereas the Honeycomb will be more suited to longer range playstyles.

-Multi-Stimpack Injector 💉
Movement speed reduced 25% -> 20%
Firerate, reload rate, damage, ability recharge speed, and projectile speed & range increased 25% -> 45%

-Unstable Isotope ☢️
Increased explosion damage 30 -> 50

-Darksteel Furnace 🔥
Firerate increased 65% -> 75%

-Tactical Scope 🔭
Projectile range increased 20% -> 25%

-Fusion Core ⚛️
Kills required to boost damage decreased 14 -> 12

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Common Tier
-Phantom Minecart 👻
Increases your movement speed, your bonus movement speed effects now also grant firerate as well

If you want to report bugs or give feedback, join our Discord![discord.gg]
If you want to check on the status of reported bugs, check out our Bug Tracker![trello.com]

These bugs have been squashed!

-Fixed a bug where the tutorial would not recognize rebound controller buttons correctly

-Fixed a bug where Tactical Scope would give you a permanent range increase that persisted between runs

-Fixed Voltage Regulator's stats not working correctly

-Fixed cutscene bars not placed correctly on different resolutions

-Fixed an issue where honeycomb bees would fly off in random directions

The phantom minecart!