We've put out a hotfix to address the following issues:

• Echo costs have been rebalanced to be more affordable
  
• Echo heal set to 100%
  
• Fixed being stuck in transitions at the start or end of cinematics for short duration
  
• Fixed losing resources you take out of refineries if you have a full inventory
  
• Fixed Seneschal missing graphics for builder projects
  
• Fixed Seneschal showing rookery upgrade graphic and description when all his projects have been completed
  
• Fixed time needed text not appearing on Danos' projects screen
  
• Fixed target skulls being visible when the last remaining enemies are in the camera view
  
• Addition localization improvements

Our team has been super hard at work for the last 2 months and we are super stoked for you all to play this first Update for No Rest for the Wicked!

We have revamped the Cerim Crucible from the ground up which is now twice the size, has new art and music, features extensive randomization systems, 200+ Echoes and a full fledged Rogue Lite mode! We also added a new enemy faction known as The Gloam, the Seneschal vendor, ability to Exalt items, and so much more.

Please note the Spoken and Unspoken quest has been changed and progress reset. You will need to redo the start of the quest to gain access to the Crucible!

For the feature deep dive, check out our blog on The Crucible.

• Reduced CPU spikes occurring when loading new areas and content.
  
• Reduced CPU spikes occurring when instantiating numerous visual effects and objects.
  
• Reduced memory usage in various systems.
  
• Improved our broad-phase culling pass, reducing CPU utilization.
  
• Improved content loading sequencing to reduce cases of on-screen pop-in.
  
• Improved particle simulation and rendering performance for various debris effects.
  
• Improved mesh trail performance.
  
• Improved cloth simulation performance.
  
• Improved character animation system’s performance.
  
• Improved CPU performance during cinematic sequences.
  
• Reduced CPU overhead for physics simulation of clutter, debris and destructible objects.
  
• Reduced CPU overhead for pre-placed corpses.
  
• Reduced CPU overhead for animating objects’ visual properties.
  
• Reduced CPU overhead for characters outside of the camera viewport.

• All hairstyles are available on both body types

• Major Crucible Rework!
  
  
  • Added multiple new base Crucible Chambers
    
  • Each trial run now randomizes more than triple as many arenas, and includes more diverse art styles, new enemies, and more environmental challenges
    
  • New system - Echoes - to allow infinite customization for every Crucible run
    
  • Added new Spike Traps, Fire Projectiles and Levers
• New enemy faction - The Gloam
  
• The Seneschal vendor NPC hidden deep within the Crucible
  
• Exalted gear which permanently increases stats and improves enchantments
  
• New interactions and dialogue for the Watcher in “Spilled Blood”
  
• Lots of new dialogue for Roan, who now provides tips and pointers to guide players toward quests
  
• “Spoken and Unspoken” quest re-structured, allowing the Crucible to be opened much sooner, and including new scenes and dialogue for Elsa and Roan.
  
• Added new hairstyles for both body types
  
• Players can now pet stray cats and dogs around Sacrament!

• Rebalanced Health and Damage curve for Enemies

• Updated names and descriptions for some Armor/Quest items
  
• Updated descriptions for Runes
  
• Added more enchantments for Bows

• Polished animations and timings for several enemies
  
• Added new Armor variation to the Risen Ironhand
  
• Updated enemies behavior - now some of them can use jumps for navigation
  
• Updated Attack, Dodge and Taunt animations for Light Plagued Enemies
  
• Improved randomization on enemy armor sets
  
• Improved hit reactions on Siren Enemies
  
• Updated High level behavior
  
  • Enemies can now use special moves more often
• Rebalanced stats of both phases of the Echo Knight boss
  
• Nerfed Health of both phases of the Falstead Darak boss fight in The Black Trench

• Improved collision, faders and set dressing in Sacrament, The Black Trench, Nameless Pass and Cerim Crucible
  
• Added new trapdoor interactable
  
• Updated foliage in various locations
  
• Lighting improvements across many locations as well as housing interiors and vendor shops
  
• Added interactive inscriptions for Dasha statues in Sacrament and Orban Glades
  
• Added Mini Arena underneath Prison in Nameless Pass
  
• War room rooftop door can now be entered before Servant of God quest is finished
  
• Replaced more static barrels with destructible ones in Sacrament

• Improved interaction priorities between ladders and pick ups so they can both be used in the same location

• Added Mute Audio on Focus Loss setting

• Improved input responsiveness / performance (removed rewired)
  
• Improved logic for actions that can share buttons with others:
  
  
  • Interact / run / rune toggles can share a button with more other actions that don't conflict
    
  • Prevented overlapping several cases of actions that behave poorly together (eg: interact / eat food)
• Added support for Numpad input
  
• Added movement axis mappings on Mouse buttons
  
• Added optional "toggle walk/run" input to all schemes to allow running without holding a button
  
• Stopped processing input while the steam overlay is active
  
• Added input priority when performing rune attacks and when near interactables
  
• Fixed cases of the UI referencing default mappings and/or keyboard mappings when on gamepad (or vice versa)
  
  • Prevented quicksteps/rolls from occurring between consecutive bow rune attacks
    
  • Fixed "reset to default" resetting your keyboard/gamepad mappings while editing the other device

• Animation and Lighting updates to Opening Scene, Risen Attack, Ship Ending, Ellsworth Speech, Seline at Mountain Gate, Winnick and Rattigan Sewers Ending, and Inquisition Arrival cinematics
  
• Added spinning animations to the ship’s steering wheel during Risen Attack cinematic

• Added New VO lines for several flavor and quest NPCs
  
• Added Foley Mix overhaul for a number of Player and Humanoid Enemy movements, such as ledge Clambers
  
• Added consistent enemy voice and weapon/shield hit reactions
  
• Updated Bow SFX
  
• Unique vocalizations, movement and Combat SFX for Fungal Humanoids
  
• Updated audio for a number of potions, like Stamina and Experience
  
• Updated weapon SFX for unarmed, blunt and slashing fist combat
  
• Reworked combat and UI sounds for charge attacks, specials, enemy-death, blood splashes,
  
• Updated cinematic mixes for the Ship Prologue, Cerim Chamber Statue and Inquisition Arrival Cinematics
  
• Added custom vocalizations for enemies or the player falling to their death
  
• Updated spatial audio zones for a number of areas
  
• Added bespoke wolf-den ambience audio
  
• Audio Tech:
  
  • Integrated additional sounds for UI that was missing audio, like the community chest, readables, and contributions for bounties/challenges
    
  • Optimized walk/jog/run animation tagging to use resources more reliably
    
  • Other miscellaneous optimizations to reduce resource usages

• Improvements to the Mist in the Crucible Atrium and Arenas
  
• Improvement for the timing on the Crucible Blood Offering vignette VFX
  
• Added Spark VFX whenever enemy gets interrupted to give better player feedback
  
• VFX Improvements for Statue Reveal in the Crucible Atrium
  
• Improved the Fog VFX in the Ship Tutorial

• Improved UI to better support translations for realm and settings pop-ups
  
• Added localization to Rune and Enchantment descriptions

• Fixed Twitch Authentication not working correctly for drops
  
• Fixed area discovery notifications showing outside of the area they are expected
  
• Fixed Lord of the Muck weapon description saying to craft at the Anvil instead of the Workbench
  
• Fixed spot where you can climb up on a wall and skip part of the level on Nameless Pass
  
• Fixed a chest trying to hide in a wall in Nameless Pass
  
• Fixed certain vendor map markers not showing on the map until after the Inquisition Arrival cinematic
  
• Fixed enemy positions and patrol paths in Mariner’s Keep
  
• Fixed climbable pillar that allowed players to go out of bounds in Sacrament
  
• Fixed Finley's sign not being interactable
  
• Fixed being able to climb on pipes nearby the junctions bits in The Black Trench
  
• Extended an invisible collider so players wouldn't clip behind a lever in The Black Trench
  
• Fixed falling out of world between the 2 buildings when Gordon's kitchen was upgraded to level 2
  
• Fixed a large hole halfway up the mountain in Nameless Pass that was hidden under a bush and dropped players to their death
  
• Fixed Western Quarry wall allowing players to reach an unfinished area within Nameless Pass
  
• Fixed being able to skip a section in Nameless Pass by jumping across the bridge north of Nameless Pass entrance
  
• Fixed enemies being unable to get behind the fire pit in Orban Glades cave
  
• Fixed missing collision on hay stacks in Sacrament
  
• Reduced whisper strand follow distance so it doesn’t distract from NPC encounters
  
• Fixed localization for Realms Loading Flash Screen
  
• Fixed localization for Russian Translations on recipes and rebinding screens
  
• Fixed rebinding ‘Interact’ being able to be set to an already occupied key
  
• Fixed Map Marker pointing to the wrong direction for Riven Twins Bounty
  
• Fixed clipping with Odessa and Ships Railing during Ship Tutorials Cinematic
  
• Fixed dead NPC placement during Ship Tutorials Cinematic
  
• Fixed clothing clipping through NPC in Inquisition Arrival Cinematic
  
• Fixed using RShift for Rebinding not being saved properly
  
• Fixes for Fader on a Staircase that was in the way of players view in the Crucible
  
• Fixed a bugged Sidling Ledge in the Nameless Pass
  
• Fixed Gordon NPC Eavesdrops not working correctly
  
• Fixed T-Posing Enemies when killed outside of player view
  
• Fixed for buildup chances on Frozen Enemies
  
• Removed chest spawn that was located in front of a ladder, interfering with its interaction
  
• Fixed similar bounties rolling at the same time
  
• Fixed unlocalized NPC Names
  
• Fixed incorrect Activities, Interaction Hints and Readable Lore Localizations
  
• Fix for character facing the wrong direction when speaking to NPC in Nameless Pass
  
• Fixed 2D UI displaying in the 3D world space
  
• Fixed Collision on Malec’s cage so player can no longer get stuck
  
• Updated Gamepad HUD Icons for remapped Food, Quick Items, Mainhand and Offhand
  
• Fixed Walk to Cursor and Rune Attack Button Icons displaying default Button Icons
  
• Fixed missing Health Bar for The Wallow boss from the Abomination Bounty
  
• Fixed enemy not tracking the player, while running behind it in specific Crucible location
  
• Nith Leviathan has learned how to drown (animation fixed)
  
• Fixed chance of Risen Kindler throwing Bomb in opposite direction of player
  
• Improved ability to climb certain walls in the Crucible
  
• Fixed confirmation module in remapping screen not reselecting module on controls list when closed
  
• Fixed F key binding causing character to fall off of ladders no matter what action it was bound to
  
• Fixed Siren getting stuck on environment in the Crucible
  
• Fixed unreachable and floating chests in the Crucible
  
• Fixed an unintended climbable edge in Nameless Pass
  
• Fixed interaction with Finley's sign in sacrament
  
• Fixed Player clipping through Vines at Crucible location
  
• Fixed Player jittering when jumping onto climbable wall in the Crucible
  
• Fixed low damage on Spike Traps in the Crucible
  
• Fixed male hairstyles that could clip with the player’s forehead
  
• Fixed for hard to interact with chest in the Orban Glades
  
• Fixed for Side Button key remaps not displaying on all scheme descriptions and tutorial prompts
  
• Fixed Loot Orb appearing in the air in Crucible
  
• Fixed Camera Zone in the Crucible so the player can better see climbable area and lever
  
• Fixed stretching mesh on the male body type neck
  
• Fixed darkening on bonfires in Sacrament during certain times of the day
  
• Decreased the Run Attack Damage on the Torn Grubhost enemy
  
• Fixed a hole in wall in Crucible where players could see out of world
  
• Fixed a gap in geometry in Crucible allowing players to fall out of the level
  
• Fixed misaligned collision in a pond in the Crucible
  
• Fixed collision on Pillars in Crucible allowing players to clip into them
  
• Fixed double fade out effect at the end of the Church Cinematic
  
• Fixed Base Attack Speed Increase percentage not working correctly
  
• Fixed unintended enemies spawning in the Crucible
  
• Fixed Shift + Num making Character Walk/Dodge instead of Run
  
• Fixed the respawn position for the Crucible Chamber
  
• Fixed Camera which would often zoom out to show non-aggroed enemy in the Crucible
  
• Fixed an instance where the player could have enough XP but would not level up
  
• Allowing Map/Gestures and Runes to Rebound to the same buttons (Gamepad)
  
• Fixed the possibility of remapping Interact to an occupied key
  
• Fixed Elemental Damage Descriptions
  
• Fixed Thorsten NPC’s VO cutting off too early
  
• Fixed Mouse and WASD descriptions displaying LMB instead of WASD
  
• Fixed a crash related to upscaling when setting was “DLSS” but was not available (AMD GPU)
  
• Fixed Flame Become Us Blueprint not working on Anvils
  
• Gnarled Saw weapon can now break destructible objects
  
• Fixed NPC rotating back to their original position after interaction with the player
  
• Fixed Russian text width on realms select screen
  
• Improved lighting around statues in Atrium where it was too dark
  
• Fixed Sword Special not dealing damage at the right moment during second impact when enemy is staggered
  
• Removed colliders from spikes in Nameless pass so enemies will properly die and not just get stuck when being pushed into them
  
• Fixed collision to unintended area in Nameless Pass
  
• Fixed enemies being pushed onto uneven collision above Whisper at beginning of Nameless Pass
  
• Fixed gap in geometry between Gordon’s pantry and the one next to it, allowing players to get stuck
  
• Fixed crash related to Leap Attacks
  
• Fixed for Death Screen translations
  
• Fixed Player being able to climb wall and jump out of world in house
  
• Fixed collision on Nameless Pass Bridge allowing players to skip Camp Area
  
• Fixed Player being able to climb wall to reach Lever early in Drainage Cellars Room, in the Black Trench
  
• Fixed a bug blocking the player after lowering water levels, blocking access to lever, in the Black Trench
  
• Fixed collision in the Black Trench allow players to go out of world
  
• Fixed dark area in water in the Black Trench
  
• Fixed Player clipping through wall avoiding the Piston Elevator in the Black Trench
  
• Removed non interactable Barrel from Ship’s Interior
  
• Fixed a bug where the player could fall into unintended area in the Potion Seller Cave
  
• Fixing collision on Rocks in Water near the Shallows allowing players to clip into geometry
  
• Fixed chest that was sunken into ground terrain in Nameless Pass
  
• Improved collision on sides of cliffs in Orban Glades
  
• Fixed player clipping inside crate when climbing a ladder in Nameless Pass
  
• Fixed Torn Rat clipping through floor of Crucible preventing player from clearing the level
  
• Moved around some rocks in Nameless pass to avoid enemies falling onto them
  
• Fixed chest spawning partially into wall in the Nameless Pass
  
• Fixed collision on Crane in Nameless Pass allowing player an easier time to jump back onto it
  
• Improved colliders on the Orban Glades elevator
  
• Fixed an invisible collider in the Shallows
  
• Fixed dialogue prompts after rebinding the skip button
  
• Fixed misaligned helmet for the Captain’s Helm on the model of the characters head
  
• Fixed a Kill Volume placement in Lower Glades
  
• Adjusted surface of rocks, preventing player from falling to their death easily in Orban Glades
  
• Fixed invisible collision in Western Bonfire Tower in Orband Glades
  
• Fixed enemy spawn so they are not immediately facing wall at the top of the Orban Glades
  
• Moved rocks in Orban Glades where the player was able to hide from enemies
  
• Fixed location where legs would clip through a wall when the player is sildling in Sacrament
  
• Player can no longer clip into bale of hay in Sacrament
  
• Fixed an invisible climbable area in Sacrament
  
• Fixed enemy getting stuck on a tree when pushed off a ledge in Crucible
  
• Adjusted NPC placement on the main decks of the ship so they are no longer floating in the air
  
• Fixed NPC Giles leaning against air in Sacrament
  
• Fixed NPC Fiora levitating a little above the bench in Sacrament
  
• Fixed a bug where the player was unable to sort their inventory in Eleanors Vendor Infuse menu
  
• Fixed the player being able to push rats
  
• Fixed “Reset to Default” affecting all schemes rather than the currently selected one
  
• Fixed water splashes appearing overly gray in color
  
• Fixed weapon VFX staying present after player is killed during attack animation
  
• Fixed collision in the Black Trench where the player could appear floating in the air
  
• Fixed location where the player was able to Dash into geometry in Mariners Keep
  
• Fixed collision at Gordons unbuilt kitchen to prevent players from clipping through floor
  
• Fixed collision on rocks next to Rookery Elevator in Sacrament
  
• Added player access to unintentionally locked room near War Room in Sacrament
  
• Fixed interaction radius on Finley's Shop Sign so player can interact easier
  
• Changed Sacrament bounds to prevent part of Orban Glades counting as Sacrament in UI
  
• Fixed collision on Shelf of Barrels and Crates near the Training Dummies in Sacrament
  
• Preventing the player from clipping into tower in Sacrament near Karina NPC
  
• Fixed collider where the player was able to get stuck in the air and see out of world in Sacrament
  
• Improved Camera shake during Echo Knight Fight
  
• Fixed missing Quest Marker during the “of Rats and Raiders” Questline
  
• Fixed collision behind Mira and Meri’s town shop, where the player could get stuck in wooden planks
  
• Added collision to a rock in Sacrament that previously did not have any
  
• Fixed collision on fountain basin in Sacrament allowing the player to climb it
  
• Preventing the player from stumbling when running up the stairs at the Rookery in Sacrament
  
• Fixed for when changes could not be saved to rebinding configurations in certain scenarios
  
• Updated resolution on Steam Deck button Icons
  
• Fixed texture on Gnarled Staff
  
• Fixed allowing missing attributes tutorial prompt to remain visible after closing inventory
  
• Improved camera shake during tree cutting to match collision time better
  
• Fixed response time for double tapping when consume food/items is remapped to “B”
  
• Fixed Prince of Lies Armor set on female and male characters
  
• Improved food sorting to show foods with highest heal values on the left
  
• Fixed spot where the player could get stuck inside barrels outside of Darak’s Boss Arena
  
• Fixed where the player could fall out of world through a gap in wall in Caroline’s Inn
  
• Fixed Fire Spitter VFX in Crucible, preventing unwanted artifacts
  
• Fixed an issue where armor body collars and glove trims were hidden
  
• Fixed Druid’s Roots armor piece clipping into female body
  
• Fixed for multiple armor sets on Female and Male Characters
  
• Fixed Keyboard controls on the resources contribution panels
  
• Fixed a bug with randomized challenges where abandoning them and re-accepting with reroll random elements of the challenge
  
• Fixed doubling footstep audio
  
• Fixed faders in water area at lower Sacrament, where the player was being hidden behind walls
  
• Fixed floating wave attack VFX for Bonded Witch enemy
  
• Fixed bug where enemy would stop attacking the player when they stand on railing in Orban Glades
  
• Fixed Tree clipping through the Tailor Sisters roof in Sacrament
  
• Fixed typos in Bounties and Armor items (line breaks)
  
• Fixed Fire Pit Inventory Tab to display Food rather than Resources right away
  
• Fixed unreachable chests in Nameless Pass under bridge
  
• Fixed Danos Vendor UI in different translations
  
• Fixed Ore Vein blocking ladder in Nameless Pass
  
• Fixed localization for Gestures screen
  
• Fixed unlocalized ‘Loading Realm’ in different languages
  
• Fixed ‘Learned Recipe’ not having correct Russian translation in the Inventory Menu
  
• Fixed ‘Gestures’ and ‘Map’ not having correct Russian translation in Rebinding Menu
  
• Fixed collider on a sidling ledge in Nameless Pass
  
• Fixed Gordon’s voice line being cut off too early
  
• Fixed pressing Y on modules screen in rebinding menu refocusing selector on controls list
  
• Fixed for rebinding off ‘Offhand Use’ to Keybutton 1,C,X or LT breaking switching tabs and discarding items
  
• Fixed collison on Vines in Nameless Pass where player was able to clip through
  
• Fixed for Sailor armor sets
  
• Fixed Laura and Reed affecting performance
  
• Fixed player being able to rebind Rune controls to already binded key buttons
  
• Fixed quest completion UI displaying incorrect remapped key icons
  
• Fixed Risen Leader and Cerim Tatters armor sets rigging
  
• Fixed uncaged Monstrosity bounty not accepting kills correctly
  
• Fixed player dodging when trying to use Bow’s Rune assigned to the same button
  
• Fixed unintended rolling when tapping Rune A too fast
  
• Fixed collision on Ship so the player is no longer able to jump on Steering Wheel
  
• Fixed special key buttons bound to ‘Run’ being ignored, with characters instead running to mouse cursor
  
• Fixed Plague Doctor Helmet where the players neck was becoming invisible when wearing it
  
• Fixed colliders/wind on various armor sets on female model
  
• Improved the piece count on Destructible Barrels to improve performance
  
• Fixed some UI Objects being enabled and disabled in the same frame causing performance issues
  
• Updated masks on Plague Doctor and Captain Randolph armor sets
  
• Fixed statuses not being removed after duration expires and multiple of the same status being applied to the player
  
• Fixed the Localization on “Not enough space in your gear inventory”
  
• Fixed a bug related to stat comparison where stat is highlighted as a 0 change when it should not be highlighted if stats are equal
  
• Fixed collision on Lodgings staircase where player could spam dodge until they were out of bounds
  
• Sped up the windup animation for the Boar’s charge attack
  
• Fixed navigation for Enemy pathing on a ramp in Nameless Pass, allowing enemies to successfully follow the player to the bottom
  
• Fixed a bug where a Challenge wasn’t updating when looting some Medium and Small dynamically spawned chests
  
• Fixed Wolf’s landing animation so they will always land on floor and not the air
  
• Fixed the Charge fire bow attack where arrow was misaligned before firing
  
• Fixed Wolves dragging the player with long attacks
  
• Fixed Stove interaction UI displaying through different floor levels in housing
  
• Fixed NumPad keys being displayed as symbols in schemes descriptions
  
• Fixed the attack range on the Risen Bulwark so it better matches the weapons model
  
• Fixed Localization on Turning Wheel interaction prompts
  
• Fixed an issue where enemies would T-Pose after drowning when player is far away and returns
  
• Fixed death reaction when frozen for different enemy types
  
• Fixed “Eat” action in HD still showing default button when “Food” is remapped
  
• Fixed floating debris taking a long time to disappear after breaking wooden doors
  
• Improved the Refineries display number to avoid confusion of remaining space available
  
• Fixed attributes on stats screen being cut off in Russian Language
  
• Fixed localization of consumable items in Russian Language
  
• Fixed localization of Bounties
  
• Fixed missing Localization for settings
  
• Fixed % symbol display for systems set to French language
  
• Fixed issue for German and Japanese where NPC names overlapped wit UI

We are aware of some larger issues in this build that we are already working on and will have a hotfix out as soon as possible.

• Being stuck in transitions at the start or end of cinematics for short duration (Fixed in hotfix build 14684)
  
• Losing resources you take out of refineries if you have a full inventory (Fixed in hotfix build 14684)
  
• Seneschal missing graphics for builder projects (Fixed in hotfix build 14684)
  
• Sacrament intro cinematic characters loading in before the cinematics starts then resetting

Greetings Cerim, we appreciate your patience as it’s been a while since our last official communication. We’ve been heads down on Wicked, but that means we’re even more excited today to talk to you about development so far and what’s new with our first content update!

When we released Wicked into Early Access, the entire team prioritized bug fixing and other hotfixes for the first month; standard stuff for newly released games. Taking stock of how that first month of hotfixes and patches went, we feel we accomplished quite a bit — Controller Remapping, DLSS/FSR Upscaling, 32:9 support, improvements to game systems like Durability and Inventory, localization fixes/improvements and much more. Since that initial rapid-fire deployment, we’ve been entering a new phase of development internally.

So in that time, we felt it was the right time to switch from focusing on important, but smaller-scale updates to a style of development where we focus on larger, more game-changing content updates.

This has manifested itself in our first content update for Wicked called “The Crucible.”


The Crucible update features a revamped and expanded Cerim Crucible, a new enemy faction known as The Gloam, a new vendor NPC, a new upgrade system, and much more.

So, let's jump in!

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At the start of our Early Access, the Cerim Crucible was just a glimmer of what we envisioned for it in the long run. Just one of our visions for the Crucible is one that condenses the core gameplay experience of No Rest for the Wicked into a repeatable roguelite dungeon - but with a Moon Studios twist, of course!

So with this update, we’ve more than tripled the number of randomized chambers within the Crucible, introduced a whole new art theme, added a brand new vendor, and introduced an entirely new gameplay system called Echoes.

One of the biggest features that we always envisioned for the Cerim Crucible but weren’t able to ship at launch is this Echoes. Echoes allow you to customize every run with a huge variety of buffs and effects, creating a staggering amount of possibilities as it allows you to create a build on top of your build. Thanks to Echoes and the randomization of them, no two runs in the Crucible will ever be alike.

All enemies inside the Crucible now drop glowing orbs called Traces, which can be used to activate Echoes at any time. The more enemies you kill, the more you can bolster your run with unique effects and conditions.

The Crucible is a dark and dangerous place - but deep underground, there is someone who can help us. An ancient being, called The Seneschal.

What we mean to it, and who it once was, is a mystery. But it feeds on Gloamseed, which gets dropped throughout the Crucible. The more we progress through the Crucible, the more Gloamseed we can feed to the Seneschal - who will do things for us like sell Fallen Embers, refined resources, Exalt our weapons, and unlock new features within the Crucible in the future.

The Gloam are a brand new group of enemies that can be found inside the Crucible - and in later Updates they will also appear in the overworld as well.

The Gloam are lost souls who became infected by the Pestilence within the deep, dank caves throughout Sacra. Some got lost, trapped underground, or buried alive – but all of them ended up glowing with a kind of corrupt bioluminescence, similar to the algae and fungi that bloom within those same caves.

We're excited for you to discover the behaviors of this new unique enemy faction!

In addition, the Cerim Crucible now opens much sooner in your adventure; it can be entered by activating the “Spoken & Unspoken” quest with Elsa, as soon as the player has arrived in Sacrament and completed the first campaign quest.

Because of this, some of you may find that your quest progression for “Spoken & Unspoken” has reset with this Update - never fear, this is intentional! We want everyone to be able to experience the new flow of the Crucible organically, including important tutorials; and the easiest way to do this was to start the quest over from the beginning. But don’t worry; your gear, character, and other quest progression should all remain unchanged.

Even with all of this new content, we’re still not finished with the Cerim Crucible! In subsequent updates, we plan to make new statues available to unlock in the Atrium, which will lead to more unique challenges, and even some brand new bosses. We’re actively working on this additional content even as we release this first Crucible update.



Outside the dark adventures of the Crucible, we added several new features and content to the Isle of Sacra.

The Seneschal allows Cerim to boost their items in an entirely new way - by upgrading them to the status of Exalted. This is a permanent change that raises stats and improves Enchantments.

Therefore, Cerim who challenge themselves in the trials of the Crucible will earn the chance to gain these rewards that can carry over into the rest of the game - making their items more powerful than ever before.

Although most of this Update is focused on the Cerim Crucible, there were a few places where we just couldn’t help ourselves. So we’ve also extended some regions of the overworld, like the Black Trench and the Nameless Pass, so there’s even more secrets and surprises for players to seek out and explore in those areas.

Combat has also been enhanced with punchier kill effects. Watch enemies explode from fireballs, shatter from an attack after being frozen in ice and smashed to pieces with heavy weapons!

We’ve also added stray animals. You can pet them when the opportunity arises! It makes us happy and we think you will like it too!

There’s even more improvements that we just don’t have time to get into! So here’s a small lightning round of what to expect:

• CPU performance improvements
  
• Smoother area transitions
  
• Cinematics polish
  
• Memory optimization
  
• Hundreds of fixes and improvements!

Last, but certainly not least…No Rest for the Wicked is now Steam Deck Verified!

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As always, our team is hard at work on awesome new content and features. We’re eager to share more details on our Early Access Road Map soon so stay tuned for that!

We can't wait to hear back from you. We are always listening and working meticulously on shaping Wicked to be the best it can be.

– Moon Studios

We can’t wait to share more on our updated Early Access Roadmap in the near future.

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We are incredibly excited to be releasing our biggest patch yet, marking the One Month Anniversary of our Launch! Patch 2 is chock full of highly requested features such as Weapon Tryout, the ability to Respec, DLSS / FSR Upscaling and Controller Remapping. Lots of Balancing and Quality of Life improvements, Audio, Animation, and Visual Effect polish as well as a multitude of bug fixes are also included!

Between DLSS and FSR, numerous CPU, GPU performance improvements, and memory optimization we are confident that your experience of playing No Rest For The Wicked will be significantly smoother across a wide range of hardware.

For NVIDIA users, we are excited to mention that there’s a new Game Ready Driver for No Rest for the Wicked!

Be sure to check out our Patch 2 Highlight Video and the full patch notes below.

⚔️ Performance

• Performance Mode now lowers texture resolution, reducing crashes on lower-end machines
  
• Numerous Significant CPU optimizations
  
• Fixed performance degradation that might occur on some gamepads
  
• Fixed numerous memory leaks
  
• Reduced instantiation spikes for numerous objects
  
• Disabled detail meshes on generic humanoids faces when not needed
  
• Reduced latency, overhead and improved stability of GPU Culling
  
• Optimized texture resolution and memory budgets for Steam Deck
  
• Optimized Art content in Ship Prologue and its cinematics
  
• Removed unused weapon assets to free up memory
  
• Removed leftover developer tools to free up memory
  
• Optimized CPU spikes of a variety of common content loading operations
  
• Added texture streaming for character portraits during dialogue interactions to save memory
  
• Fixed some persistent log spam being generated by potatoes in Nameless Pass
  
• Cleaned up numerous NPC prefabs, reducing memory footprint and instantiation costs
  
• Optimized Ambient Occlusion Rendering
  
• Extended GPU culling usage for more cases
  
• Configured and optimized pooling for more prefab instantiations reducing CPU spikes

⚔️ Gameplay Systems

• Added new Respec System!
  
  • Players can now Respec by examining the statue in the Cerim Crucible Atrium
    
  • Respec allows players to take back Attribute Points that have been allocated at the cost of 1 Fallen Ember per Attribute Point returned
    
  • Players can then allocate returned Attribute Points for no cost at the Respec screen or in the existing Stats screen

⚔️ Quality Of Life

• All weapons can now be equipped regardless of their Attribute Requirements to allow players to try out weapons they acquire
  
  • Weapons that the player does not meet the requirements for will deal less damage through negative scaling on the Attributes that are below the weapon’s Attribute Requirements
• Inventory Items can now be docked to compare them
  
  • Press F (Keyboard) or L3 (Controller) to dock items and hover other items to compare
• Brought back the Misc category to the Inventory
  
  • Housing items, Runes, Fallen Embers and other miscellaneous items will now be sorted into this category and free up space from other categories
• Vendor screens are now sorted by item type so that items are more organized for purchase
  
• Improved Stamina player HUD brightness for better visibility, and readability of stamina debt
  
• Added side notifications for when Danos Sacrament Upgrades are completed
  
• Added Floor Indicators under the Clock HUD to show the Cerim Crucible floors
  
• Improved visibility of LB/RB button icons for Equipment HUD on Steam Deck

⚔️ Settings

• Added support for Upscaling with DLSS 3.7 and FSR 2.2
  
• Added custom key rebinding options for Controller
  
• Added support for Mouse Buttons 4,5 and F1-F12 Keys for custom Keyboard bindings
  
• Default Keyboard layout set to Mouse+WASD
  
• Added support for worldspace Player HUD (Stamina wheel, NPC name tags, etc) brightness to UI Brightness setting

⚔️ Content Additions

• Added a new set of enchantments
  
• All Throw runes can now be added to Spears

⚔️ Loot

• Added Pig Sticker Blueprint to Fillmore's Level 1 Shop
  
• Added Assegai Blueprint to Whittacker's Level 1 Shop

⚔️ Balance

• Nerfed Throw runes
  
  • Reduced Poise Damage On All Throw Runes
    
  • Reduced Damage On Ice Throw Rune
• Nerfed Focus Regeneration enchant curve so that it no longer generates too much Focus too quickly
  
• Focus Regeneration enchantment no longer drops with Gloves and now only drops with Helmets
  
  • This Includes Enchanting Items At Eleanor
• Falling Sky and Woodland Protector’s initial item levels were set too high and have been lowered to the intended levels

⚔️ Weapons

• Updated animation for backstabbing with Staves, Spears, Greatswords and Great Hammers
  
• Updated visual effects for Piercing type weapon attacks (such as Spear or Rapier)

⚔️ Enemies and Bosses

• Polished Darak boss fight
  
  • Improved behavior to prevent him standing idle after attacking
    
  • Improved behavior when fighting ranged builds
• Added Bite Attack to Plague Rat
  
• Added Back Attack to Risen Axe Bruiser
  
• Added escape logic to Risen Fire Bomber
  
• Added Elemental Affix visual effects to Nith Brute, Nith Screamer and Shackled Brute
  
• Adding cloth simulation to Boarskin Bruiser
  
• Polished rigging on Plagued Boomer
  
• Reduced camera shake intensity on Risen Hammer Bruiser, Boarskin Bruiser and Riven Twins
  
• Smaller enemies can now smash breakable objects (barrels, crates, etc.)

⚔️ NPCs

• Changed the name of the worried woman in the Sacrament Town Square to Nell
  
• Polishing dialog for Druo, Lucian and Everwyn
  
• Updated the dialog for NPCs at the Cerim Gate in Nameless Pass
  
• Added eavesdrop to Sleeping Guard Gerard in Sacrament

⚔️ Areas

• Improved collision, faders and set dressing in Prologue Ship, Orban Glades, Mariner’s Keep, Nameless Pass, Sacrament, Multiple Sacrament Interiors, Cerim Crucible, Cerim Cave, Riven Twins Boss Arena and Potion Seller Cave
  
• Polished lighting for the ship in Prologue, Sacrament and Cerim Crucible
  
• Updated foliage in various locations
  
• Added physics and wind simulation to Spruce trees

⚔️ Cinematics

• Polished animations for characters in the Inquisition Arrival cinematic
  
• Improved lighting, character rim lighting and volumetrics for the Prologue Ship Crash Outro and Inquisition Arrival cinematics
  
• Removed a background character who was blocking part of the view in the Inquisition Arrival cinematic
  
• Fixed cloth and camera pops in the Inquisition Arrival cinematic

⚔️ Audio

• Environment update for Sacrament:
  
  • Added Ambience Emitters for certain Residential and Vendor buildings like the Cook, Tavern, Woodcrafter and Enchantress
    
  • Updated zone beds and oneshots for unique parts of town (Cemetery, Poor Area,Training Grounds, Dasha Sanctuary)
    
  • The church near the cemetery now has bells ringing to service playing at certain times of day, followed by churchgoers praying and chanting from behind the doors.
    
  • Updated ambience for Sacrament Town Square to feel busier during the day
    
  • Updated environment audio for the Cerim Gate zone in Mountain Pass
• Increased audio buffer to help alleviate audio crackle artifacts
  
• Increased available audio resources to help prevent sounds from dropping out during long play sessions
  
• Updated audio for Cerim Vision cinematic
  
• Updated audio mix for Barrel and Crate destruction
  
• Saluting Guards in Sacrament now have sound
  
• Added Weapon-specific Impacts on parrying and blocking actions
  
• Added ladder sliding sound effects for Kickdown Ladders
  
• Added sound effects for going down Ladders
  
• Added new sound effects for Plague-Enchanted weapons
  
• Polished audio for Bounties enemies
  
• Fixed missing sounds for Plagued Mutant Soldier
  
• Fixed rain sounds appearing in Sacrament Interiors
  
• Fixed enchantment-specific weapon whooshes cutting a bit too early
  
• Fixed NPCs not making footstep sounds when walking around
  
• Fixed environment states sometimes not resetting when returning to the main menu

⚔️ VFX

• Blood effects are now juicier and used more often!
  
• Improved blood visual effects attachment to characters bodies from attacking and getting hit
  
• Increased intensity of shiny item drop VFX

⚔️ Bounties and Challenges

• Updated Crustacean Conundrum bounty to spawn 14 Crabs while still only requiring 8 Crabs be killed to complete

⚔️ Localization

• Added and updated localized text in many places across multiple languages
  
• Added localization support for new Controller Remapping screen and for various missing localized elements
  
• Fixed incorrect font on the Activities screen

⚔️ Bug Fixes

• Fixed various enchantments on unique weapons and rings that weren’t working properly
  
• Fixed Rested Bonuses for sleeping in beds
  
• Fixed Key Items respawning after pick up
  
• Fixed navigation in Nameless Pass which was preventing certain enemies and the Riven Twins boss from patrolling and moving to the player
  
• Fixed Echo Knight falling off the arena and blocking progress
  
• Fixed Cerim Armor missing upgrades at Filmore
  
• Fixed Risen Pavise, Eye of the Beholder and Wooden Howler Shields not showing their proper models
  
• Fixed SHIFT key not being recognized in the Main Menu
  
• Fixed certain environment textures overriding certain armor textures
  
• Fixed certain armor having missing or incorrect cloth simulation
  
• Fixed rigging on certain armor
  
• Fixed The Wallow boss attacks not having sound effects
  
• Fixed Falling Sky Blueprint not giving the Unique version of the weapon when crafting
  
• Fixed an issue where completed but not yet turned in bounty/challenge rewards were being automatically given to the player at reset
  
• Fixed wall cannons not firing in Cerim Crucible
  
• Fixed XP UI not showing “Max Level” after reaching the level cap
  
• Fixed Level and XP UI being present without a Character selected in the Main Menu
  
• Fixed “Long Area Name” appearing on the map where map is unavailable (such as Cerim Crucible)
  
• Fixed being able to skip through locked doors in The Shallows
  
• Fixed players getting stuck at the end of the entrance corridor in the Echo Knight Arena
  
• Fixed Enchant Item Challenge counting enchanted items that are picked up
  
• Fixed mortuary guard popping in on screen during Spoken and Unspoken quest
  
• Fixed extra Elsa map marker during the Spoken and Unspoken quest
  
• Fixed Giles and Petra standing instead of sitting on the chairs in Caroline’s Inn
  
• Fixed Arrows not hitting Plagued Wolf
  
• Fixed Wolf and Plagued Wolf target point
  
• Fixed Tanth Knight getting stuck during patrolling in Mariner’s Keep at Endgame state
  
• Fixed Darak leaving his shield in Orban Glades when he escapes
  
• Fixed chest opening VFX in Performance and Balanced quality presets
  
• Fixed Wolf having a dance party after death
  
• Fixed Chest floating in the air in Mariner’s Keep
  
• Fixed incorrect texture on the Crafting Table
  
• Fixed 4096x2160 resolution appearing as 256x135 aspect ratio, instead displays as 1.9:1
  
• Fixed overblown bonfire lighting at The Shallows
  
• Removed rogue rim light at The Shallows
  
• Removed lighting debug shortcut

Celebrating our 2 week launch anniversary of No Rest for the Wicked we are releasing our first Early Access Patch!

This patch brings significant CPU and GPU performance improvements (especially when it comes to traversal and “heavy” areas), keyboard control remapping, a new mouse/keyboard control scheme, increased inventory stacks, chest inventory access at vendors / crafting, bows using stamina, earlier housing access, Quality of Life and 45+ bug fixes.

With all of the performance improvements since launch, we are updating our recommended PC specs! See the image below for details.

As always thank you for sharing your feedback, please keep it up!

⚔️ Performance:

• Optimized Prologue Outro, Ship Attack, Phalen Armada, and Sacrament Intro Cinematics
  
• Mountain Pass Gate area optimizations
  
• Significant optimizations to content loading and unloading in order to reduce dropped frames and improve baseline performance while traversing through environments
  
• Improved performance for Ice and Frost enchantment and combat effects
  
• Optimized enemies making them faster to instantiate across the board
  
• Improved GPU visibility culling and general handling of off-screen content
  
• Optimized micro physics objects across the entire game
  
• Various cumulative improvements to baseline CPU performance
  
• Fixed various cases where internal errors were firing rapidly and constantly, leading to potential performance degradations
  
• Added preloading for frequently used objects to further reduce performance drops during gameplay
  
• Additional timeslicing systems for streaming performance improvements
  
• Optimization of the Pooling System to further reduce performance spikes
  
• Optimized vast amount of meshes and textures
  
• Optimized numerous Visual Effects
  
• Optimized pre-placed and dynamic enemy ragdolls
  
• Optimized Character Rendering across the board
  
• Rendering performance optimizations for better GPU performance across the board
  
• Cleaned up and archived duplicated content for decreased memory usage
  
• Cleaned up legacy content in all areas across the game to reduce memory usage

⚔️ Quality of Life:

• Vendors and Crafting Tables/Refineries can now access resources directly from storage
  
• Housing is now available sooner right after completing the “Sacrament” quest instead of after completing the “Of Rats and Raiders” quest
  
• Updated sorting for inventory to these categories:
  
  • Gear - weapons, armor, rings, offhands, tools, runes, housing items and item blueprints
    
  • Food - ingredients, food, and recipes
    
  • Combat Consumables - Bombs, Vials, Oils, and Embers
    
  • Resources - Resources, Gems, Components
    
  • Realm - Ream and Key items
• Last equipped food/quick item will be saved when leaving and rejoining realm
  
• Deprioritized ingredients being the next auto selected food when the last currently selected food is eaten.
  
• Cinematic Skip prompt will appear upon pressing the button instead of holding it
  
• Improved legibility of some controller icons on the Steam Deck

⚔️ Settings:

• Added custom key rebinding options for Keyboard (controller rebinding coming soon!)
  
  • Menu key rebinding currently not available
    
  • Localization in progress
• Added an additional Mouse and WASD Keyboard control layout (on by default)

⚔️ Content Additions:

• New house “The Knot” for purchase near Sacrament Cemetery for 8 silver
  
• Tier 3 Armor Sets: “False Ones”
  
  • False Guardian
    
  • False Harbinger
    
  • False Oathkeeper
    
  • False Remnant
• New Character animations to Main Menu and Customization Screens

⚔️ Loot:

• Increased number of slots of all chests and cupboards
  
  • Engraved Hearthside Chest raised from 35 to 40
    
  • Medium Chest raised from 20 to 30
    
  • Small Chest raised from 10 to 20
    
  • Large (and Large Noble) Cupboard raised from 30 to 40
    
  • Medium (and Medium Noble) raised Cupboard from 20 to 30
    
  • Small (and Small Noble) raised Cupboard from 10 to 20
• Nerfed Focus grant on all Focus Vials
  
  • Large Focus Vial decreased from 300 to 150
    
  • Medium Focus Vials decreased from 200 to 100
    
  • Small Focus Vial decreased from 100 to 50
• Cupboards can now also store ingredients
  
• Increased Armor and Weapon Shard stack size to 25
  
• Increased buy/sell value of all Tools and Rings at Vendors
  
• Removed Refined Resources from Vendors
  
• All Weapon Oil Recipes are now Tier 1
  
• Dracaena Dumpling now requires 2 Potatoes and 1 Dracaena Herb instead of 1 Potato and 2 Dracaena Herbs
  
• Improved shinies visual effects

⚔️ Balance:

• Attacking with Bows now costs Stamina instead of Focus
  
• Rebalanced enemy levels in Nameless Pass
  
  • If neither “Of Rats and Raiders” or “Servant of God” quests were completed, entry of Nameless Pass is Level 8 and the rest of Nameless Pass is Level 15
    
  • If only “Of Rats and Raiders” quest was completed, all of Nameless Pass is Level 15
    
  • If both “Of Rats and Raiders” and “Servant of God” quests were completed, entry of Nameless Pass is Level 15 and the rest of Nameless Pass is Level 20
• Nerfed attribute scaling on all Staves
  
• Nerfed Focus Gain for Focus On Damage Dealt enchantment
  
• Nerfed Health Gain for Health On Damage Dealt enchantment
  
• Increased Focus cost on Elemental Throw runes to 75

⚔️ Enemies and Bosses:

• Nerfed damage for Grab attack on Riven Twins and Nith Brute
  
• Updated timings for Breaker archetype and slightly changed behavior so now after some of attacks they will try to land additional attack
  
• Updated Risen Armored Great Axe patrol animation
  
• Polished backstab animation on Nith Screamers and Shackled Brutes
  
• Polished jump attack animation for Plague Boomer
  
• Polished heavy combo attack on Risen Axe Bruiser

⚔️ NPCs:

• Polished multiple NPC portraits

⚔️ Housing:

• “The Roost” house price reduced from 20 silver to 14 silver

⚔️ Areas:

• Improved collision, faders and set dressing in Mariner’s Keep, Orban Glades, Black Trench Nameless Pass, Sacrament, Cerim Crucible and Potion Seller Cave
  
• Improved lighting and volumetrics for the ship in Prologue
  
• Improved lighting in the interior of Whittacker’s building
  
• Updated models and textures for pipes in the Black Trench
  
• Removed sidle from multiple locations where it was not needed

⚔️ Audio:

• Updated ambience at Cerim Gate
  
• Updated audio for Sacrament Cemetery
  
• Updated audio zone for Sacrament Slums to include the river
  
• Improved audio for lanterns in Sacrament
  
• Improved female bandit voices
  
• Polished Nameless Pass Prisoner audio

⚔️ Bounties and Challenges:

• Plague ichor for Duo Bruiser Bounty now drops when the second Bruiser is killed instead of given for the Bounty reward

⚔️ Tutorialization:

• Large sidebar tutorial screen increased in size, now adjusts width based on content with added scrollbar

⚔️ Localization:

• Added and updated localized text in many places across multiple languages
  
• Added support for multiple missing localized elements
  
• Fixed text overlapping for tutorials in multiple languages
  
• Fixed Russian font sizing

⚔️ Bug Fixes:

• Fixed exploit where after removing a furnace/tanning rack, all resources used to refine are returned
  
• Fixed enemies t-posing when leaving camera view and coming back
  
• Fixed Danos stealing resources and putting them towards other upgrades
  
• Fixed being unable to activate a new bounty while there is an existing completed unclaimed bounty
  
• Fixed wrong prompts used for abandoning and replacing bounties and challenges
  
• Fixed attribute requirements on Ripper, Tongue Splitter, Coral Piercer, Falstead’s Fury and Brutish Cudgel weapons
  
• Fixed hitbox on Plagued Boomer’s worm lunge attack being too big
  
• Fixed players not getting a Rested bonus when sleeping in beds (literally No Rest for the Wicked)
  
• Fixed Old Leather Tome quest item failing to be added to inventory if Misc section is full. Item is now a realm key item.
  
• Fixed Character Avatar still showing the last worn helmet
  
• Fixed spots inside the ship in Prologue where you can dodge through collision and get stuck
  
• Fixed broken ladders in Orban Glades
  
• Fixed Focus Regeneration enchantment to regen correctly
  
• Fixed Plagued Boomer hitboxes
  
• Fixed Plagued Rat’s ability to see and react to the player
  
• Fixed Huntsman falling when using roll back
  
• Fixed Caged Exile being unable to path toward player correctly
  
• Fixed Health on Damage Dealt enchant on Wind of Death Katana
  
• Fixed arrows visually hitting player despite successfully dodging them
  
• Fixed Fire Bomb explosion radius not matching visual effects
  
• Fixed Kill Challenges that require a specific weapon type counting non-weapon kills (such as explosions, falls, parries, blocks, etc)
  
• Fixed Character Rim Light using incorrect color and intensity indoors
  
• Fixed dropped items bag black artifacts
  
• Fixed Rattigan appearing in Nameless Pass when he shouldn’t
  
• Fixed Finley getting targeted by enemies
  
• Fixed part of Heavy Bruiser Bandit armor set pants being invisible
  
• Fixed chest trying to hide in the ground in Nameless Pass
  
• Fixed chest trying to hide in another chest in Orban Glades
  
• Fixed marker sub labels on the map showing on markers that don't have a sub label
  
• Fixed being able to see out of world at Filmore’s Level 3 area
  
• Fixed missing character lighting in Gordon interior
  
• Fixed interior candles not applying light
  
• Fixed burning sails clipping in Risen Attack cinematic in the Prologue
  
• Fixed sky cutting out in Ship Crash cinematic in Prologue
  
• Fixed Fallen Ones overlapping their own VO
  
• Fixed Return rune audio loop not ending
  
• Fixed dancing flowers outside Caroline’s Inn
  
• Fixed rain audio appearing in Cerim Crucible and War Room
  
• Fixed Wretched and Crestfallen Archer Tunic clipping into character
  
• Fixed broken rigging on Noble Leather Cloak
  
• Fixed Riven Twins intro cinematic using cut-to-black instead of fading
  
• Fixed Rusty Skewer Straight Sword using the Blood Rusted Straight Sword icon
  
• Fixed missing icon for Collect Mushroom Soup challenge
  
• Fixed typo in "equippable" for Inventory tutorial
  
• Reduced locations where Caroline spawns to just one for before Inquisition Arrival and one for after
  
• Removed duplicate lantern and torch in Sacrament
  
• Fixed small texture artifact on cloth in the Phalen Church cinematic

We wanted to drop one more hotfix with important updates, new torch items, as well as additional performance and visual improvements to make sure all of you have a great time with the game this weekend! We also fixed the rings!

Not to beat a dead Echo Knight Horse but please continue sharing issues or feedback you have with us!


⚔️ Art:

• Improved rim light rendering in the shadows to improve game readability in dark areas. This should help with the “game is too dark” feedback we were getting in some cases.
  
• Adjusted rim lighting looks even nicer and allows characters to feel more integrated into the environments!

⚔️ Performance:

• Reduced unnecessary memory allocations for general rendering, fog, and other game systems
  
• Optimized shadow rendering for all Visual Effects

⚔️ Quests:

• Changed Potion Seller quest reward from a Medium XP Potion to a Small XP Potion.

⚔️ Loot:

• Increased drop rate of gems

⚔️ Content Additions::

• Added new Torch offhand for purchase at Whittacker’s shop and crafting at the Workbench
  
  • Torches can be used for more light in dark areas

⚔️ Balance:

• Replaced Risen enemies on Prologue ship with special instances so they won’t be affected by global balance changes
  
• Nerfed health on Risen enemies (except Risen Great Axe Raider) on Prologue ship by 40%
  
• Rebalancing Cerim Crucible by nerfing enemies in the most deadly room and buffing enemies in weaker rooms
  
• Increased timing of lowering platforms in Cerim Crucible so its more challenging and requires player to wait around less
  
• Rebalanced Plague Ring
  
  • Increased Gain Health effect to 1-3%
    
  • Decreased Lose Focus effect to -7-10%
• Rebalanced Snake Ring
  
  • Decreased damage dealt to player to 5%
    
  • Changed damage type dealt to player and enemy to Physical Damage instead of Plague Damage

⚔️ Enemies and Bosses:

• Improved Risen Bruiser locomotion animations

⚔️ Areas:

• Improved collision, faders and texture in Mariner’s Keep
  
• Improved set dressing, collision and faders in Nameless Pass
  
• Improved faders in Sacrament
  
• Improved set dressing, collision and faders in Cerim Crucible

⚔️ Loot:

• Increased drop rate of gems

⚔️ Audio:

• Improved Falstead Darak intro audio timing

⚔️ Localization:

• Added and updated localized text in many places across multiple languages
  
• Added localization support for the attribute insights tooltips, new Quit menu and depositing stacks UI

⚔️ Bug Fixes:

• Fixed Crash on the Main Menu
  
• Fixed some transparency rendering artifacts
  
• Fixed Plagued Mutant Soldier bounty boss going invisible
  
• Fixed Fog of War not creeping back while the game is closed
  
• Fixed error spam on the Refinery
  
• Fixed Fierce Ring not dealing extra damage
  
• Fixed interior backgrounds no longer being black
  
• Fixed Bows not having full durability when being purchased at Whittacker's Shop
  
• Fixed spot in Black Trench where you can go out of world
  
• Fixed spot in Prologue ship interior where you can sidle and get stuck
  
• Fixed spot in Echo Knight arena that resets the fight
  
• Fixed shadow flickering at Campfire in Black Trench
  
• Fixed spot with texture flickering in Black Trench
  
• Fixed Chest inside a Chest appear in Orban Glades
  
• Fixed UI layout so that coins are evenly spaced

To give feedback[forum.norestforthewicked.com] and report bugs[forum.norestforthewicked.com], please head on over to our No Rest for the Wicked forum!

Today marks the one week anniversary since our Steam Early Access Launch and it warrants an extra beefy hotfix full of significant performance improvements, balance changes, stack size increases, 32:9 support, Quality of Life additions, 8 new shields, polish, localization and bug fixes.

As always, please be sure to share any issues or feedback with us!


⚔️ Performance Improvements:

• Further improved Quality Settings for better performance when at higher visual quality
  
• Optimized rendering of volumetric Fog
  
• Optimized shadow rendering
  
• Reduced resolution transparency rendering tech for GPU heavy overdraw situations
  
• Significantly reduced unnecessary memory allocations across many game systems
  
• Improved handling of asset unloading to reduce performance degradation over time
  
• Tracked down and improved several sources of CPU-side stuttering when the game is loading assets
  
• Optimized instantiation costs for various often-used Visual Effects and Characters.
  
• Reduced mutex contention cases that caused performance stutter while streaming content
  
• Optimized icon texture resolutions and memory consumption
  
• Optimized Sacrament rooftop models and textures (rooftops, rooftops everywhere)
  
• Multiple smaller general CPU optimizations for better overall performance

⚔️ Quality of Life:

• Added ability to deposit all items from the players inventory that match the types already in the selected chest
  
• Default chest sorting changed to Sort By Type
  
• Enhanced durability system for tools and armor, ensuring correct values are displayed and used

⚔️ Settings:

• Increased supported aspect ratios to 32:9
  
  • Remaining visual glitches with 32:9 will be addressed in future updates

⚔️ Loot:

• Increased stack size of cooking and crafting materials to 25, allowing for better management of resources
  
• Food can now be stored in cupboards
  
• Removed Blueprints from Fillmore shop before Anvil is unlocked

⚔️ Content Additions:

• Implemented eight new shields for better class diversity

⚔️ Localization:

• Widespread improvements to translations and localizations, we’ve fixed typos, updated NPC dialogues, and ensured consistency across various languages
  
• Fixed UI translations, including screens for house buying and management, equipment, and warning messages
  
• Implemented better localization handling mechanisms for NPC names and dialogue

⚔️ Balance:

• Major Balance Revisions to provide a smoother experience and prevent high level item drops too early
  
• Adding Stamina cost for parrying with Shields

⚔️ Enemies and Bosses:

• Adjusted Prisoner Wolf enemy to jump around less
  
• Added ability for Shackled Brute to dodge after attacking
  
• Updated Echo Knight fight initiation to reposition instead of attacking right away
  
• Polished Riven Twins taunt
  
• Polished Risen Axe Bruiser attack animation
  
• Polished parry animations for enemies

⚔️ Areas:

• Updated Cerim Crucible so that leaving the realm will end your run and return you to the atrium. This is to prevent abusing backups and other potential loopholes.
  
• Improved collision and faders in Cerim Crucible levels
  
• Improved collision and faders in Mariner’s Keep and The Shallows
  
• Improved faders and lighting in Sacrament
  
• Improved Sacrament rooftops

⚔️ Audio:

• Adjusted sound effects for better ambiance and clarity, including updated tree chopping SFX and ambient sounds in town areas.
  
• Improved audio cues for NPC interactions to minimize overlaps and ensure clearer dialogues.
  
• Improved spatial audio for Sacrament Rookery, Town Square, Slums and Training Grounds
  
• Improved Echo Knight slam down AOE sound effects

⚔️ Bug Fixes:

• Fixed bosses and a couple of bounty/quest variants of enemies spawning when not intended
  
• Fixed player being able to accidentally delete a character when hovering while having another character selected. Now the hovered character will be deleted
  
• Fixed and balanced Enchantment Effects across the board
  
• Fixed Heavy Bandit being able to be pushed off the edge of the ship and block progress
  
• Fixed Cerim Crucible run ending early if a realm save happens right after you finish a level
  
• Fixed Durability of Tools being the wrong value when bought from vendors
  
• Fixed turning in a Bounty showing the replacement prompt
  
• Fixed exploit with certain bounties
  
• Fixed shinies pulling a disappearing act (visually) in the Black Trench
  
• Fixed Squire’s Attire Armor Set not available for crafting at the anvil
  
• Fixed Tier on the Gangrenous Eel
  
• Fixed Finley remaining in his cell after you rescue him and leave Nameless Pass
  
• Fixed Finley’s missing sign in Sacrament
  
• Fixed missing enemy and loot spawners in the northern section of Orban Glades
  
• Fixed spot in Nameless Pass where you could go out of world
  
• Fixed position of a rooftop in Sacrament
  
• Fixed incorrect texture for the shipwreck in The Shallows
  
• Removed duplicate models in Sacrament and Nameless Pass
  
• Fixed bush clipping in the Inquisition Arrival cinematic
  
• Fixed rain occasionally being heard during Falstead Darak fight
  
• Fixed ragdolls blinking back into existence when going out of view and coming back in

To give feedback[forum.norestforthewicked.com] and report bugs[forum.norestforthewicked.com], please head on over to our No Rest for the Wicked forum!

This hotfix covers more cases of the Nameless Pass progression blocker, balance adjustments, performance improvements and we snuck in a few more bug fixes!

As always, thank you for your continued feedback and bug reports!


⚔️ Performance Improvements:

• Fixed a leak with GPU Culling

⚔️ Bounties and Challenges Changes:

• Bounties and Challenges are no longer deleted if you choose to abandon them
  
• Added confirmation when choosing to abandon Challenges

⚔️ Balance Changes:

• Adjusted Damage On Parry enchantments

⚔️ Loot Changes:

• Adjusted loot drop rates from chests
  
• Added more furniture to Whittacker’s Shop

⚔️ Bug Fixes:

• Fixed Nameless Pass cranes still not rotating correctly in some existing realms (their position will now reset to default)
  
• Fixed sell value on Raw and Refined materials at vendors still being only ¼ of what they should be
  
• Fix for the Channel rune icon not showing up when player has no Focus
  
• Fixed Focus Gain On Hit enchantment text displaying a larger Focus number
  
• Fixed incorrect levels for some items at vendors
  
• Improved collision at Mariner’s Keep Tower area
  
• Fixed typo in interaction hint for Eleanor's door

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