• New Chassis: Prototype Gun
  
  
• New Augment: Magic Module
  
  Arcane Imbuer, Thaumaturgic Battery, Three Wishes, Upon a Star, Projectile Portals, Terranin's Targeter.
  
  
• New Breakthrough Tunings: Energy Cells, White-hot Ammunition, Eureka!, Armor-piercing Flechettes, Charging Circuits.
  
  These will only appear at Level 15 while using the Prototype Gun.
  
  
• Characters now have one Reroll per run by default.

• Crates and Capsules now appear on the Minimap once you discover them, and remain marked in every run until collected.
  
  
• New and improved Boss introductions.
  
  
• Added a warning when attempting to Banish an augment that still has available upgrade tiers.
  
• You can now open the Gun Inspect screen from the Upgrade screen using the inspect hotkey.
  
• You can now access the Gun Sell screen on the Home Ship with the Sell hotkey.
  
• Screen Shake Sensitivity slider has been added to the Settings menu.
  
• All Bzz Miniboss variants now display their gun and augments during the boss intro.
  
• Home Ship door objectives now show the biome where that boss is located.
  
• Steam Branch is now displayed in the About menu.

• Helix and Tech Modules now have [Slowness] to help balance excessive lifetime scaling.
  
• 4RM5-D34L3R is now unlocked by default and no longer needs rescuing.
  
• Gambler Pod rerolls have been renamed to 'Gambles' to differentiate them from global rerolls.
  
• GT Ultralite Railgun art has been updated.
  
• Icons for GT Ultralite Railgun related quests have been updated.
  
• Bzz now has a magenta explosion when using its Explosive Magazine augment.
  
• Bzz now has a magenta melee attack when using its Enchanted Bayonet augment.
  
• Bee Gun has new shoot SFX.
  
• Improved Candle visuals in the Bzz Arena.
  
• Landmines now have a magenta explosion.
  
• Miniboss/Boss health bar now no longer displays during their intro.
  
• Improvements to Augment Stacks. Leadership Stacks are now displayed from your Drone indicated by the Drone icon.
  
• Credits are no longer displayed on the HUD while in the Home Ship.
  
• Updated to Unity 6000.0.54f1.
  
• Significant performance improvements.
  
• Localization improvements across all languages.

• Fixed an issue where the Railgun projectile sprite no longer changed based on the duration of the charge.
  
• Fixed an issue where players could teleport out of bounds while using the Liftoff ability.
  
• Fixed an issue where the player health bar could display a negative value upon dying.
  
• Fixed an issue where purchasing Drone upgrades before opening the Drone Bay for the first time would cause it to use the incorrect default settings.
  
• Fixed an issue where gun firing and reload sounds could be drastically louder or quieter depending on the chassis. Firing volumes are now more consistent across all chassis. Consider adjusting your audio settings if necessary.
  
• Fixed an issue where Glass Eyeball Charm and its upgrades were only giving 0.8% Vision Range per meter of partner Vision Range instead of the listed 2%.
  
• Fixed an issue where the upgraded versions of the Liftoff ability did not provide the correct Dodge Skill values.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Neodymium Magnigrip caused the Buff Stack from Cobalt Magnigrip to disappear.
  
• Fixed an issue where Bzz's Helmet incorrectly added 90% to Bullet Spread instead of correctly multiplying it by 0.9 to increase accuracy.
  
• Fixed an issue where healing visual effects would not immediately disappear after collecting a Medic Pod.

• Three new Boss Trophies: Bzz' Helmet, Bee Boots, Honey-Flavored Combat Stims

• The game will now separate your save files while playing on the Steam "Mono" branch. The "Mono" branch may help with modding the game.

• Fixed a localization issue with Dingleberry's Ordinance. It is now called Dingleberry's Ordnance.
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur when using certain augments near landmines.
  
• Fixed an issue where minimap fog of war may not uncover after opening the pause screen.

• New Quest: Infested Infiltrator
  
• Added language support for Steam Achievements

• Localization improvements across several languages.

• Fixed an issue where the Honey Blaster could appear unlocked before it had been purchased.
  
• Fixed an issue where the drop pod capture zone was layered on top of everything.
  
• Fixed an edge case where Blueprint missions could not be completed if a Crate was already captured.
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur if a Drone killed a Miniboss with the Capacitant augment.

• Apples, Medkits and Pineapples are no longer picked up while at Max Health when walking over them.

• Fixed an issue where Bullet and Explosion Opacity reset with every deployment.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Drone didn't function correctly when using Auto-Aim + Follow Crosshairs.
  
• Fixed an issue where the "Next Level" pop-up didn't revert to the currently selected augment in the Gun Upgrade screen.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Landmine explosion no longer had a visual and dealt no damage to enemies.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Minimap incorrectly displayed the Bzz' Hollow biome.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Honey Blaster was missing its localization in the Nurse Genie shop.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Arms Dealer had an incorrect capture visual.

• New Character: Bzz
  
  Bzz can be unlocked somewhere on the map. It's up to you to figure out how while we avoid spoiling the fun :)
  
  
• New Chassis: Bzz Gun
  
  
• New Abiltiies: Liftoff & Honey Blaster
  
  
• New Augment: Capacitant Stock
  
  Capacitant Stock, Empowered Stock, Supercharged Stock, Hypercharged Stock, Imbuement Stock, Ascendant's Stock.
  
  We'll let you explore what these augments can do, but Supercharged Stock allows you to immediately collect XP and Resources when an enemy or breakable is killed with Special Power :)
  
  
• Map Expansion: Bzz' Hollow & Infested Plateau
  
  Bzz' Hollow is a brand-new biome added to the map. Infested Plateau is an expansion of the Hive Barrens. We'll let you explore this on your own without sharing too many details to avoid ruining the fun :)
  
  
• Dominant / Recessive Tunings
  
  Each character now have their own favorite and least favorite Tunings. Dominant Tunings provide greater benefits while Recessive Tunings will not get as much of a benefit from it.
  
  
  Minor Features
  • New Achievement: Buzz Off
    
  • New Quests
    
  • Steam Rich Presence - Steam will now reflect on what you're doing in-game, whether you're exploring a biome, fighting a boss, or relaxing on the Home Ship,
    
  • A [NEW] tag will now appear on newly unlocked Guns and Characters.
    
  • Added a Gun Inspect icon in the in-game pause screen.
    
  • Added an "About" button to the Main Menu - All of the Changelog can now be viewed within the About menu.
    
  • New Russian and Polish font.
    
    
  Modding
  • We've added a separate Mono-based branch for those interested in modding.
  
  
  Changes
  • Hellfire Barrel, Fragmentor Magazine, Napalm Jet and Skullspike Grip are no longer unlocked by a quest, but are now found somewhere on the map instead.
    
  • Significant UI improvements for both the Steam Deck and Desktop.
    
  • Significant UI navigation improvements for both Steam Deck and Desktop.
    
  • Improvements made to boundaries, bushes and other environmental assets across the map.
    
  • Layering improvements for enemies, environmental effects and more have been made.
    
  • The Impaling Ammo line adds different Tunings to the Tunings pool that better synergize with the augments in the Impaling Augment line.
    
  • Kill Count required to mutate genome layouts the final time corrected from 24000 to 34000.
    
  • Cobalt Magnigrip now resets on reload start instead of reload end to match behavior of Ascendant's Stock.
    
  • Parts of the North-eastern Advanced Hive Barrens changed to Regular Hive Barrens so players can access the new areas without triggering advanced enemies.
    
  • Biome boundaries now better match the visuals cues (color of the ground, etc.).
    
  • Split Bullets now correctly halve their lifetime compared to the main bullet.
    
  • Drop Pod Turret bullets resized from 0.03m to 0.085m.
    
  • Drop Pod Turret Bullet Velocity sped up from 8 m/s to 12 m/s.
    
  • Tier 3 Drop Pod Turret magazine capacity corrected from 225 to 275.
    
  • SMG Bullet Size enlarged from 0.018m to 0.03m.
    
  • Shotgun Bullet Size enlarged from 0.02025m to 0.035m.
    
  • Landmines now have a magenta color.
    
  • Improved the Main Menu's vignette effect.
    
  • Improved the magenta flames and projectiles for Defense Towers.
    
  • The ten Chargers that spawn at 585 seconds in the Hive Barrens now spawn in two groups of five, one at 585 seconds and one at 600 seconds.
  
  
  Optimizations
  • Minimap has been completely overhauled providing smooth performance. Behavior and visuals remain the same.
    
  • Homing is now less demanding and performs better.
  
  
  Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where the "Damage Fall Off" stat was not displayed for the RPG, Pulse Rifle, and GT Ultralite Railgun.
    
  • Fixed an issue where the "NEW" tag would not disappear after selecting an item.
    
  • Fixed an issue where the FPS display did not scale correctly on certain screen resolutions.
    
  • Fixed an issue where selection could be lost after banishing the final augment while using a controller.
    
  • Fixed an issue where the last selected Chassis on the "Select a Weapon" screen was not saved correctly between deployments.
    
  • Fixed an issue where the vignette effect would disappear if the game were to be paused in the Shooting Range.
    
  • Fixed an issue where certain localizations were missing for different languages.
  
  
  Steam Deck™ Verified ✅
  NIMRODS is now Steam Deck Verified. For more information, check out
  
  https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/games/2086430/announcements/detail/506206686159048206
  
  
  Thank You! ❤️
  We would like to thank each of one you for the amazing support. With each update we aim to make NIMRODS better and better. Without you, NIMRODS wouldn't be what it is today.
  
  We hope you will enjoy this new update and we cannot wait to hear and see the excitement.
  
  If you haven't already, come join our official Discord server:
  
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