1.18
2023-09-26
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1.17
2022-10-22
- Massive physics overhaul means players can no longer push enemies out of their way leading to more interesting combat and less buggy behaviour.
- New Event! The Blood Pit, face off against a horde of goblins fight club style.
- All rooms now have more detail and objects to enhance the mood and environment of the game.
- The Frost King Boss has now been made even harder!
1.16
2022-06-05
- Massive physics overhaul means players can no longer push enemies out of
their way leading to more interesting combat and less buggy behaviour.
- New Event! The Blood Pit, face off against a horde of goblins fight club style.
- All rooms now have more detail and objects to enhance the mood and environment of the game.
- The Frost King Boss has now been made even harder!
- Huge reduction in overall file size which should increase performance, load times and app footprint.
1.15
2022-01-20
- 3 new characters to unlock: Viking, Demoman & Druid
- A unique wolf follower for the Druid class
- Inventory item position no longer resets when removing an item from a stack
- Drop item button made more distinguished
- Difficulty curve made tougher towards the end of a run
- Hardcore mode now only recovers half health when ranking up
- 2 new items: Celt Armour, Druid Helm
1.14
2021-12-03
- Controller support added (beta)
- Item duplication bug fixed
- Blocking with shields is now more responsive
- Removed annoying slow-mo effect during combat
1.13
2021-10-16
- Halloween special! Chainsaw character is 50% off for a limited time.
- Mercenaries can now be found in prison cells
- Bookcases can now drop all available runes and scrolls
- Added invulnerable states to the Frost King and Final Boss
- Added prompt for unspent gems
- Fixed bug that loaded the player into an empty world
- Improved overall performance
1.12
2021-10-10
- Added 3 joystick layout options, ‘Fixed’, ‘Floating & ‘Dynamic’
- Increased overall speed for all melee attacks
- Reduced joystick size and added lerp effect
- Added prompt to save player when falling into the void
- Added “Watcher in the deep” event
- 5 new items: ‘Winged Helm’, ‘Sacred Skull Armour’, ‘Scroll of Kleptomania’, ‘Blood Scythe’, ‘Musashi's Bread Knife’
- New legacy: ‘Loki's Mischief’
- Improved Dungeon Generation & Load Times
- Improved Polish localisation
1.11
2021-08-21
Dread Rune just got a whole lot deeper.
Dragons have landed! Prepare to do battle against fire & ice.
- 7 new events: ‘The Deluge’, ‘Final Resting Place’, ‘The Thief’, ‘Níðhöggr’, ‘Jörmungandr’, ‘A Song of Ice & Fire’ and ‘Growing Concerns’
- 9 new items: Holy Hand Grenade, Scroll of Trolls, Scroll of BFG, Bubble Shield, Boomerang Shield, Goblin Bane, Meatchete, Beer and Waterskin
- 5 new secret areas to discover
- Enabled iCloud to backup saves, purchases and progress across devices or when uninstalling
- Blocking now easier to perform
- Female mercenary added
- A new trap room added
- Poison water & slow water effects removed
- Updated drop item button
- General improvements & bug fixes
- Hot fix for the Fire Dragon (Níðhöggr event). A bug prevented the dragon from moving
- Hot fix that prevented Russian, Chinese, Korean and Japanese languages from loading on restart.
- Hot Fix for broken Turkish and Polish languages
1.10
2021-08-20
Dread Rune just got a whole lot deeper.
Dragons have landed! Prepare to do battle against fire & ice.
- 7 new events: ‘The Deluge’, ‘Final Resting Place’, ‘The Thief’, ‘Níðhöggr’, ‘Jörmungandr’, ‘A Song of Ice & Fire’ and ‘Growing Concerns’
- 9 new items: Holy Hand Grenade, Scroll of Trolls, Scroll of BFG, Bubble Shield, Boomerang Shield, Goblin Bane, Meatchete, Beer and Waterskin
- 5 new secret areas to discover
- Enabled iCloud to backup saves, purchases and progress across devices or when uninstalling
- Blocking now easier to perform
- Female mercenary added
- A new trap room added
- Poison water & slow water effects removed
- Updated drop item button
- General improvements & bug fixes
- Hot fix for the Fire Dragon (Níðhöggr event). A bug prevented the dragon from moving
- Hot fix that prevented Russian, Chinese, Korean and Japanese languages from loading on restart.
1.09
2021-08-19
Dread Rune just got a whole lot deeper.
Dragons have landed! Prepare to do battle against fire & ice.
- 7 new events: ‘The Deluge’, ‘Final Resting Place’, ‘The Thief’, ‘Níðhöggr’, ‘Jörmungandr’, ‘A Song of Ice & Fire’ and ‘Growing Concerns’
- 9 new items: Holy Hand Grenade, Scroll of Trolls, Scroll of BFG, Bubble Shield, Boomerang Shield, Goblin Bane, Meatchete, Beer and Waterskin
- 5 new secret areas to discover
- Enabled iCloud to backup saves, purchases and progress across devices or when uninstalling
- Blocking now easier to perform
- Female mercenary added
- A new trap room added
- Poison water & slow water effects removed
- Updated drop item button
- General improvements & bug fixes
- Hot fix for the Fire Dragon (Níðhöggr event). A bug prevented the dragon from moving
1.08
2021-08-17
Dread Rune just got a whole lot deeper.
Dragons have landed! Prepare to do battle against fire & ice.
- 7 new events: ‘The Deluge’, ‘Final Resting Place’, ‘The Thief’, ‘Níðhöggr’, ‘Jörmungandr’, ‘A Song of Ice & Fire’ and ‘Growing Concerns’
- 9 new items: Holy Hand Grenade, Scroll of Trolls, Scroll of BFG, Bubble Shield, Boomerang Shield, Goblin Bane, Meatchete, Beer and Waterskin
- 5 new secret areas to discover
- Enabled iCloud to backup saves, purchases and progress across devices or when uninstalling
- Blocking now easier to perform
- Female mercenary added
- A new trap room added
- Poison water & slow water effects removed
- Updated drop item button
- General improvements & bug fixes
1.07
2021-07-26
- 3 new events: ‘The Deluge’, ‘Final Resting Place’ & ‘The Thief’
- 3 new items: Holy Hand Grenade, Scroll of Trolls, Scroll of BFG
- 5 new secret areas to discover
- Blocking now easier to perform
- Female mercenary added
- 1 new trap room added
- Poison water & slow water effects removed
1.06
2021-07-22
- Greatly improved map generation load times & performance
- New item: Land mine
- Fixed bug: completing the game as a Lord now unlocks the Chainsaw class
1.05
2021-07-13
- Improved Russian localisation (by a native speaker)
- Blacksmith added - Blacksmiths sell repair kits that can be used to repair items
- Added sword with high durability as an alternative to fists
- Items now display their name when the backpack is full
- Necromancer special has increased area of effect
- Two handed weapons have larger hitboxes
1.04
2021-07-04
- Hardcore mode added
- Darkness mode added
- Polish & Turkish language support added
- Improved chest and boss loot collision improved (loot less likely to fly off the map)
- 4 new items: Scroll of Necromancy, Shock Armour, Rhino Armour, Lucky Hat
- Improved balancing
- Optional attack button added in settings menu
- Bug fixes
- UI optimisations
- IAP API updated
1.03
2021-06-10
- Base stamina regeneration is now faster
- Weapon charge now drains 10% less stamina
- Dash can no longer be used when out of the required stamina
- Cannot get out of breath from dash
- All attacks now drain stamina
- All crates are now guaranteed to drop loot
1.02
2021-06-03
- Combat overhaul allows you to rotate while attacking for improved targeting and responsiveness.
- Increased attack speed and animation for the majority of weapons.
- Doubled the rate for Legacy Token drops.
- Tutorial has been revamped to include a better introduction to core game mechanics.
- Companions and Traders can now be identified by their friendly markers.
- Explosive barrels are now easier to spot.
- Removed traps which instantly killed the player
- Tutorial can now be skipped
1.01
2021-05-30
- Combat overhaul allows you to rotate while attacking for improved targeting and responsiveness.
-Increased attack speed and animation for the majority of weapons.
-Doubled the rate for Legacy Token drops.
-Tutorial has been revamped to include a better introduction to core game mechanics.
-Companions and Traders can now be identified by their friendly markers.
-Explosive barrels are now easier to spot.
-Numerous UI improvements and tweaks for weapon types, achievements and more!