Current Beta Changes

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This page serves as a home for all the known beta changes in the current up-to-date beta branch of the game. This may include:

  • Changes mentioned in patch notes.
  • Data-mined changes that were excluded from patch notes.
  • Images/gifs of new content.
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For instructions on how to install the beta branch, see How To Play Guide For Noita#Beta.

The official notes are extracted from steamapps\common\Noita\_release_notes.txt.

New FEATUREs are linked.

Latest beta patch notes

April 1 2021 #3 - HOTFIXES

*GENERAL*
UPDATE: Rooms holding secret items now look a bit prettier
UPDATE: Explosive Box & Large Explosive Box should now work with more modifiers

April 1 2021 #2 - HOTFIXES

*LOCALIZATION*
FEATURE: 100% Finnished localization (Options, Language)

April 1 2021 #1 - HOTFIXES

*GENERAL*
UPDATE: Achievement localizations on Steam and GOG
UPDATE: Buffed a couple enemies slightly

*BUG FIXES*
BUGFIX: A miniboss no longer shoots tentacles from [ehm] the wrong place
 
*PERKS*
UPDATE: Exploding Gold stacks; the damage increases per stack
UPDATE: Plague Rats stacks, stacking any rat-themed perks increases the amount of rats as well as their HP and damage
UPDATE: Stacking fungal-themed perks increases the amount of mushrooms spawned by Cordyceps
UPDATE: Mournful Spirit can be stacked; stacks increase damage and amount of ghosts per killed enemy

*MODDING*
MODDING: Mod save slot support - via game_mode_supports_save_slots="1" in mod.xml.

*MODDING - DOCUMENTATION*
MODDING: Lua API documentation - added a "t" to a word that was missing a "t"

Mar 30 2021 - Epilogue Update

 

Main article: Release Notes#Mar 30 2021 - Epilogue Update


Mar 29 2021

*GENERAL*
FEATURE: New Steam Achievements!
FEATURE: New Enemy: Pysäyttäjä
FEATURE: New Enemy: Vakoilija
FEATURE: New Enemy: Teloittaja
FEATURE: New miniboss in a high-tech area
FEATURE: New secret perk
UPDATE: The powder pouch now spawns with some powder in it
 
*SPELLS*
UPDATE: Add Trigger, Add Timer & Add Death Trigger are now type 'other' instead of 'modifier'

*PERKS*
UPDATE: Extra Life marked as one-off
UPDATE*: Eat Your Vegetables can't kill you fully and deals slightly less damage per tick
 
*BUG FIXES*
BUGFIX: Potions spawned by perks in Nightmare Mode were broken
BUGFIX*: Suomuhauki was giving double progress entries
BUGFIX*: Fixed a ghostly enemy needing air and getting stuck in walls
BUGFIX*: Fixed an enemy not appearing in the progress menu
BUGFIX*: Fixed Pollen not colliding with enemies properly

Mar 26 2021

*GENERAL*
FEATURE: New secret spell
FEATURE: New secret item
FEATURE: New enemy: Kyrmyniska
FEATURE: New enemy: Tarkkailija

UPDATE: Brass is no longer walk-through
UPDATE*: A lot of updates to the WIP area
UPDATE*: Fungal shift - ends the trip
 
*BUG FIXES*
BUGFIX: Frog meat was improperly named
BUGFIX: Steam version - Steam overlay wasn't enabled if game was started outside steam UI
BUGFIX*: Fungal shift icon was offset weirdly
BUGFIX*: Stacking lukki/leggy mutation affected the leg length of each other
 
*MODDING*
MODDING: Lua - added EntityRemoveIngestionStatusEffect()

Mar 25 2021

*GENERAL*
FEATURE: New very WIP area
 
UPDATE: Nightmare Mode now gives you the Tinker With Wands Everywhere perk by default
UPDATE: Starting perks in Nightmare Mode no longer disappear after picking up just one
 
*PERKS*
UPDATE: Some new perks marked as one-off
 
BUGFIX*: No More Shuffle was broken

Mar 24 2021

*GENERAL*
FEATURE: A new very useful structure has appeared deep underground!
 
UPDATE: There's a new type of gold nugget for the extremely greedy
UPDATE: Small new pedestals to decorate certain areas a bit
UPDATE: Slightly reduced speed variation of Heikko limanuljaska's projectiles
UPDATE*: Localization for new text
UPDATE*: Powders are now stored in a pouch instead of a box. The pouch doesn't break from throwing
 
*PERKS*
UPDATE*: Eat Your Vegetables damage buffed
 
*BUG FIXES*
BUGFIX*: Projectile status effects weren't always applied when they should

Mar 18 2021

*GENERAL*
UPDATE: Hiidenkivi no longer takes damage from Freezing Liquid & Freezing Vapour
UPDATE: Kiukkukalma & Spiraalikalma are now counted as ghosts, not mages
UPDATE: The nests in Coal Pits are no longer flammable
UPDATE: Frog meat is now tastier than ever!
UPDATE: Added Minä to the progress menu
UPDATE: Certain artifacts could be lost forever due to being killed while polymorphed 

*SPELLS*
UPDATE*: Summoned rocks can no longer be picked up and thrown

BUGFIX: Fixed summoned rocks and explosive boxes not benefiting from homing (again)

*PERKS*
FEATURE: New Perk: Lukki Minion
 
UPDATE: Several particle-heavy perks no longer add extra particles when stacked
UPDATE: Removed redundant entity spawns from some perks
UPDATE*: Gas Blood now lowers your personal gravity a little bit
UPDATE*: Gas Blood now gives you toxic immunity
UPDATE*: Changed Enemy Radar to display radar blips over enemies on screen
UPDATE*: Tweaked Eat Your Vegetables satiation/starving percents
UPDATE*: Hungry Ghost now grants a damage multiplier instead of flat damage+ when eating a projectile
UPDATE*: Eat Your Vegetables now has a more appropriate icon
 
BUGFIX*: Lukki and Leggy Mutations make it difficult to float up in water
 
*BUG FIXES*
BUGFIX: Fixed new giant mushroom props spawning slightly inside the ground and lagging the game
BUGFIX: Fixed slowdown issues caused by enemies throwing endless physics-enabled projectiles
BUGFIX*: Tiny Ghost was hanging on to the tip of the wand instead of floating around

*MODDING*
MODDING: Added pickup_count as a fourth parameter when picking up a perk
MODDING: Lua - GameCreateSpriteForXFrames() - added optional 'emissive' parameter

Mar 16 2021

*GENERAL*
FEATURE: New Perk: Gas Blood
UPDATE: Small text adjustments
UPDATE: A fog of war effect that appears in some biomes now has a biome modifier message
UPDATE: Optimized some scripts
UPDATE*: Glass shards from potions thrown by enemies disappear after a while
UPDATE*: "Coctails" also break into pieces of glass

*PERKS*
UPDATE: Applied Lukki Mutation buffs to Leggy Mutation
UPDATE*: Enhanced Lukki and Leggy Mutation controls
UPDATE*: Lukki and Leggy Mutation limbs grow in length when perks are stacked
 
*BUG FIXES*
BUGFIX: Kiuaskivi and Ukkoskivi could be destroyed by explosions a bit too easily
BUGFIX*: Fixed a miniboss being resurrectable

*MODDING*
MODDING: Lua - added GameGetCameraBounds()
MODDING: Profiler displays LuaComponent 'script_source_file' names

Mar 12 2021

*GENERAL*
UPDATE: Audio - droplets from barrel explosions, potions etc create the appropriate sound when splashing against surfaces
UPDATE: No damage numbers from lanterns
UPDATE*: Added deceleration to a couple floating objects so that they're less likely to fly away
UPDATE*: Made unstackable perks yet less likely to be seen when rerolling

*BUG FIXES*
BUGFIX: Crash - fixed a possible, rare crash when starting a new game
BUGFIX: Invisibility didn't turn lukki legs invisible
BUGFIX*: Sädekivi could be activated also while it was in the inventory
BUGFIX*: Sädekivi had effects after starting a New Game+

*MODDING*
MODDING: Lua - Added GameGetOrbCountTotal()
MODDING: Lua - Added OnCountSecrets hook (Accessible via init.lua)
MODDING: Breaking - removed custom tags from entities under data/entities/misc/custom_cards/

Mar 10 2021

*GENERAL*
FEATURE: New Spell: [REDACTED]
UPDATE: Jungle statue visuals tweaked
UPDATE: Tannerkivi activates only after being picked up
UPDATE: Potions always break into pieces of glass
 
*PERKS*
UPDATE: Lukki Mutation buffed with ability to climb along walls
UPDATE: Exploding Corpses now grants explosion immunity
 
*BUG FIXES*
BUGFIX: Inanimate objects could get various status effects, which often didn't work correctly or were outright buggy
BUGFIX: Text in some potions wasn't localized, other unintended differences between potion types
BUGFIX*: A biome modifier was forced on in all biomes
 
*MODDING*
MODDING: Breaking - projectile GameEffects and HitEffects are only applied to entities with "enemy" or "prey" tag
MODDING: Potion entities were updated to inherit items/pickup/potion.xml for clarity

Mar 9 2021

*GENERAL*
FEATURE: New enemy: Huhtasieni
FEATURE: A new biome modifier
UPDATE*: Increased Haamukivi's effective range after apparently nerfing it too much

*SPELLS*
FEATURE: New spell: Petrify
 
*PERKS*
FEATURE: New perk: Summon Sädekivi
UPDATE*: Clarified Enemy Radar visuals by hiding the radar blips of enemies in camera view
 
*BUG FIXES*
BUGFIX: Add Trigger, Add Timer & Add Death Trigger should be a bit more consistent
BUGFIX: Scroll container scroll speed adapts to lots of content
BUGFIX: Venomous Curse now correctly tracks who cast it
BUGFIX*: Fixed a nonfunctional secret feature broken in the previous patch
BUGFIX*: A miniboss was giving double progress entries 
BUGFIX*: Increased the maximum simultaneous spirit cap on Mournful Spirit
BUGFIX*: Tentacler didn't work 100% correcly
 
*MODDING*
MODDING/BUGFIX: Custom sounds didn't play after starting a new game, unless played before that

Mar 5 2021

*GENERAL* 
FEATURE: A new work-in-progress area
UPDATE: Polished and clarified Toimari minion spawning
UPDATE: Buffed Enemy Radar perk
  • Enemies within the viewscreen are now fully visible even in dark/unseen areas, and during blindness
UPDATE: A certain artifact found in a snowy area now has a pair in a sandy area
UPDATE*: Luminous Drill can no longer accidentally destroy certain items

*SPELLS*
UPDATE: Summon rock and other spells that summon physical objects now benefit from modifiers like homing
 
*BUG FIXES*
BUGFIX: Circe of Vigour shouldn't be able to deal damage instead of healing anymore
BUGFIX*: Tentacler tentacles spawned from the shooter
BUGFIX*: Players covered in a lot of glue could end up inside a wall when teleporting to Holy Mountain
BUGFIX*: Player could only float up if polymorphed into a Skoude
BUGFIX*: Prevented a softlock caused by [REDACTED]
BUGFIX*: Fixed a certain artifact falling into the ground and disappearing
BUGFIX*: Fixed guiding powder, again, again
BUGFIX*: Fixed excrement disintegrating in sunlight the wrong way
BUGFIX*: Explosive Box spells should no longer leave ghosts in the world

Mar 2 2021

*GENERAL*
UPDATE: Sima stains give Wet status
UPDATE*: Slightly tweaked how [REDACTED] works
UPDATE*: Celestial bodies are now attracted to lunar energy

BUGFIX*: Certain rare artifacts should be less likely to disappear

*MODDING*
MODDING: Perk progress logging can be turned off via GameAddFlagRun( "no_progress_flags_perk" )
MODDING: Creature progress logging can be turned off via GameAddFlagRun( "no_progress_flags_animal" )
MODDING: Spell progress logging can be turned off via GameAddFlagRun( "no_progress_flags_action" )
MODDING: ProjectileComponent - ground_penetration_max_durability_to_destroy
MODDING/BUGFIX: GuiAnimateScaleIn() checked for 5 parameters while it required 4

Feb 26 2021 Build #2

*GENERAL*
UPDATE*: Tweaked a text 

*BUG FIXES*
BUGFIX*: Fixed a badly broken script related to new secret content
BUGFIX*: Fixed some miniboss drops not working
BUGFIX*: New item had an unintended effect

Feb 26 2021 Build #1

*GENERAL*
FEATURE: New item: Kuulokivi
 
UPDATE: Combined the Weaken and Wither status effects into one
UPDATE*: Localizations for most of new content
UPDATE*: Made Haamukivi less common and reduced its range greatly
UPDATE*: Made Tuonenkone and Marraskone have a slightly lower range on their effect
 
*SPELLS*
UPDATE: Shuffled spell unlock pools a bit, hopefully for the last time
UPDATE: Adjusted the Summon Explosive Box spells to be a bit less lackluster
 
*BUG FIXES*
BUGFIX: Potion aiming line dots left 1-frame trails
BUGFIX: The "launch a spell upon bouncing" spells weren't always remembering who shot them
BUGFIX*: Fungal friends created by perks should no longer be targeted by homing spells
BUGFIX*: A progress icon wasn't loading properly
BUGFIX*: A miniboss should be yet less likely to run away
 
*MODDING*
MODDING: "Cause of death" uses raw killer entity name if entity has the "ui_use_raw_name" tag
MODDING/BUGFIX: StreamingGetIsConnected() returned an integer instead of boolean

Feb 25 2021

*GENERAL*
UPDATE*: Lowered chances of [REDACTED] when [REDACTED]
 
*BUG FIXES*
BUGFIX*: Potions and [REDACTED] didn't always work correctly together
 
*MODDING*
MODDING/BUGFIX: ModDevGenerateSpriteUVsForDirectory() didn't generate UV maps if path didn't start with the mod directory ("mods/my_mod/...")
MODDING: ModDevGenerateSpriteUVsForDirectory() - Improved error messages if invalid uv src files are detected
MODDING: ModDevGenerateSpriteUVsForDirectory() - added optional 'override_existing' parameter
MODDING: Lua API documentation - improved documentation of ModDevGenerateSpriteUVsForDirectory()

Feb 24 2021

*GENERAL*
UPDATE*: Fire spark particles are snapped to the pixel grid when rendering them

*BIOMES, AREAS AND STRUCTURES*
FEATURE: A new hidden structure

*BUG FIXES*
BUGFIX: Worms attacked some traps
BUGFIX*: A certain miniboss could not be spawned as expected when player has traveled far away

Feb 23 2021 - 2

*GENERAL*
UPDATE: Fire emits occasional cosmetic spark particles

*BUG FIXES*
BUGFIX: Fixed one cause of 'Cause of death: "" '
BUGFIX: Cape lagged behind character when moving quickly
BUGFIX: Wands and other items lagged behind character when moving quickly

*MODDING*
MODDING: Game mode menu dynamically scales to fit up to six game modes without scrollbar

Feb 23 2021

*GENERAL*
FEATURE: Item: Cruel Orb
FEATURE: [REDACTED] might affect your reality!

UPDATE: If you're polymorphed into a sheep, minions created by perks should no longer attack you
UPDATE*: Shiny Orb and other money-generating items now beautifully throw the gold around

*SPELLS*
FEATURE: Spell: Summon Explosive Box
FEATURE: Spell: Summon Large Explosive Box

BUGFIX: Projectile Area Teleport no longer targets charmed or friendly units

*PERKS*
FEATURE: Perk: Cordyceps
FEATURE: Perk: Fungal Disease
UPDATE*: Perks produced by Gamble are automatically given to player

BUGFIX: Spontaneous Generation and Fungal Colony no longer randomly light stuff on fire
BUGFIX: Rage-Fueled Levitation should work properly with Stronger Levitation

*BIOMES, AREAS AND STRUCTURES*
FEATURE*: Fine-tuned a structure in the Vault

*BUG FIXES*
BUGFIX: Enemies with immunities weren't displaying the 'blocked' message properly
BUGFIX: Freeze immunity also granted melee immunity
BUGFIX: Multiline perk description rendering was broken
BUGFIX*: Fixed a missing enemy progress icon

*MODDING*
MODDING/BUGFIX: GameRefeshSprite() didn't always refresh sprites
MODDING/BUGFIX*: Fixed an overeager error when generating UV maps

Feb 19 2021

*GENERAL*
UPDATE*: Made Liimahiisi spawns more common
UPDATE*: Made Golden Orbs be more likely to give gold before expiring
UPDATE*: Clarified some text

*SPELLS*
FEATURE: Spell: Rainbow Trail
FEATURE: Spell: Glue Shot
FEATURE: Spell: Short-range Homing
FEATURE: Spell: Iceball

UPDATE*: Finetuned Expanding Sphere sprite

*BIOMES, AREAS AND STRUCTURES*
FEATURE: A new structure in the Vault

*PERKS*
FEATURE: Perk: Gamble
FEATURE: Perk: Fungal Colony
FEATURE: Perk: Rage-fueled Levitation

UPDATE: Attract Gold gains additional range when stacked

*BUG FIXES*
BUGFIX: Some disabled teleporters started playing audio after loading game
BUGFIX: End of Everything spell was prematurely unlocked
BUGFIX*: Crash on autosave restore menu
BUGFIX*: Material box powder spraying had liquid sound
BUGFIX*: Made one of the minibosses not be able to suffocate or take falling damage
BUGFIX*: Fixed typos that affected the order of enemies in the progress list
BUGFIX*: Wand traps in the mines were too rusted
BUGFIX*: The lightnings caused by Cursed Orbs' clouds appeared slightly too high
BUGFIX*: A miniboss should be less likely to wander away

*MODDING*
MODDING: Lua API documentation - added a warning about a weird case of GameShootProjectile
MODDING/BUGFIX*: Lua - Removed BiomeMapGetSize() assert

Feb 11 2021

*GENERAL*
FEATURE: Enemy: Liimahiisi
FEATURE: Spell: Remove Bounce
FEATURE: Item: Auringonsiemen
FEATURE: Something to find in a cold area

UPDATE: Progress menu shows how many times an enemy has killed the player
UPDATE: Progress menu enemies are sorted better
UPDATE: There's a UI hint to enter New Game+

BUGFIX*: Fixed stats
BUGFIX*: You can run "noita.exe -fix_stats" to fix lost stats and progress


Feb 10 2021

*GENERAL*
FEATURE: Enemy: Tuonelankone
FEATURE: Enemy: Marraskone
FEATURE: Enemy: Pienkätyri

UPDATE*: Miniboss drops adjusted to have a couple more variables
UPDATE*: Finetuned a new enemy's attacks and behaviour
UPDATE: The Vault is rusted
UPDATE: The game tracks streaks for normal runs
UPDATE: Boss' minions don't drop gold anymore
UPDATE: Teleportatium & polymorphine are less likely to affect you with just a couple pixels of them

*PERKS*
UPDATE: Removed Worm Detractor from the perk pool
UPDATE: 'Remove Worm & Lukki Digging' renamed to 'Feared by Worms'; it now has the Worm Detractor effect as well

*BUG FIXES*
BUGFIX*: Paha Silmä caused a misplaced sprite to appear in the world before the item was picked up
BUGFIX*: Fixed Projectile Area Teleport teleporting to a slightly wrong spot sometimes
BUGFIX: Fixed Teleport Cast teleporting to a slightly wrong spot sometimes
BUGFIX: Resetting the game after a certain win would crash the game
BUGFIX: Game stats handle a certain end condition better
BUGFIX: Sauvojen Tuntija spawn fixed
BUGFIX: New Game+ - there was a chance that the boss arena had a wrong biome
BUGFIX: UI - maximum hp was not displayed if your hp was less than 1

*STREAM INTEGRATION*
FEATURE: Stream event: Friendly Contact Damage
FEATURE: Stream event: Enemy Contact Damage

*MODDING*
MODDING: Lua - added EntityGetFilename()
MODDING: Lua - added EntityGetClosestWormAttractor() and EntityGetClosestWormDetractor() functions
MODDING: Lua - added GetParallelWorldPos()
MODDING: Lua - BiomeMapGetSize() returns the biome map size everytime
MODDING/BUGFIX: MagicNumber - DEBUG_PAUSE_SIMULATION is set to false during loading


Feb 5 2021

*GENERAL*
FEATURE: Enemy: Elvytyskristalli
FEATURE: Item: Shiny Orb
FEATURE: Item: Hiidenkivi

UPDATE: Options - Gamepad auto detection is now the new default
UPDATE: UI - SHIFT CLICK now does the auto dragging
UPDATE: UI - Auto drag now supports spells going to the selected wand
UPDATE: UI - Gamepad - Spells can now be dragged with also A button
UPDATE*: Reverted the Greed Curse to how it was before due to mystery bugs
UPDATE: Testing a slight material change to make certain biomes less laggy

BUGFIX: Fixed the transition between two biomes having a seam on the background
BUGFIX*: Minibosses should now actually drop the same thing when using the same seed

*PERKS*
UPDATE: Extra Potion Capacity removed from perk pool for now
UPDATE: Homunculi no longer take damage from Contact Damage
UPDATE*: Eat Your Vegetables nerfed a bit

BUGFIX*: Eat Your Vegetables should no longer affect healing spells
BUGFIX: Attempt to further decrease the probability of getting perks you already have

*BUG FIXES*
BUGFIX: Key binds for open inventory should work better now
BUGFIX: Minor issue - the background colors were very slightly wrong
BUGFIX*: Lightning spells should now have normal range

*MODDING*
UPDATE: LifetimeComponent now has kill_parent and kill_all_parents flags
UPDATE*: Log spam reduced


Feb 3 2021

*GENERAL*
UPDATE: Effects that increase/decrease spell damage can't wrap from negative to positive and vice versa

*SPELLS*
FEATURE: Spell: Black Hole with Death Trigger

UPDATE*: Renamed the Withering Curses to Weakening Curses to better indicate their effect
UPDATE*: Venomous Curse should no longer require a 1-frame wait between stacks
BUGFIX*: Fixed Gold to Power doing a minimum of 10000 damage on every shot (whoops)

*PERKS*
FEATURE: Perk: Eat Your Vegetables (very WIP)

UPDATE*: Fast Projectiles no longer stacks due to some odd behaviour it caused
UPDATE*: Buffed Boomerang Spells

*BUG FIXES*
BUGFIX: Fast Projectiles perk sometimes caused crashes and lag
BUGFIX*: Rare potions could include a material that should not have been there

*MODDING*
UPDATE: MagicNumbers now has DEBUG_LUA_REPORT_PRINT_FILES for tracking down lua log spam


Feb 2 2021

*GENERAL*
UPDATE: Minibosses should now drop the same loot every time when using the same seed

*SPELLS*
FEATURE: Spell: Withering Curse - Projectiles
FEATURE: Spell: Withering Curse - Explosives
FEATURE: Spell: Withering Curse - Electricity
FEATURE: Spell: Withering Curse - Melee
UPDATE*: Gold Magic renamed to Gold to Power to be more consistent with the naming
UPDATE*: Added a maximum of 24 000 gold spent on a single cast of Gold to Power
UPDATE*: Adjusted how Withering Curse works to make it less laggy
UPDATE*: Withering Curse renamed to Venomous Curse to better indicate its effect
BUGFIX: Fixed a rare speed multiplier-related slowdown issue
BUGFIX*: Fixed Freeze Charge adding its damage wrong

*PERKS*
UPDATE*: Angry Ghost has a small 4-frame minimum delay between shots
UPDATE*: Risky Living renamed to Close Call to be more different from Living On The Edge
UPDATE*: Close Call's effect range increased a bit

*BUG FIXES*
BUGFIX: Fixed a miniboss spawning endlessly
BUGFIX*: Fixed some erroneous coordinate math
BUGFIX*: Attempted to make the greed curse behave more reliably
UPDATE: UI - extremely large numbers are now displayed with numeric abbreviations
UPDATE: NG+ now cleans up the old world files
BUGFIX: More Blood -perk didn't always work
BUGFIX: Unstable teleportatium is now more unstable
BUGFIX: Game reset - perks are now more deterministic regardless where you reset the game

*MODDING*
UPDATE: ControlsComponent now has mButtonDownLeftClick
UPDATE: ControlsComponent mButtonDownRightClick should now work
UPDATE: gun_actions.lua now lists related_extra_entities for easy listing of modifier entities


Jan 29 2021

*GENERAL*
FEATURE: A new runestone has appeared!
FEATURE: Gamepad - analog flying can be enabled from options

*BUG FIXES*
BUGFIX: Throw potion and switch to wand quickly bug is fixed
BUGFIX*: Material Box tooltip stays quiet about drinking
BUGFIX*: Some final progress menu enemy entry fixes
BUGFIX*: Guiding powder should work better

*SPELLS*
FEATURE: Spell - Gold Magic
FEATURE: Spell - Withering Curse

*PERKS*
FEATURE: Perk - Mournful Spirit
FEATURE: Perk - Risky Living

UPDATE*: Hungry Ghost now grants you temporary extra damage each time it eats

Jan 28 2021

*GENERAL*
FEATURE: Item - Material Box
FEATURE: A very rare and powerful artefact, dropped by a powerful monster
FEATURE: A high-risk, high-reward variant of an item for the exceptionally greedy

UPDATE: Fixed Vuoksikivi not offering underwater breathing like it was meant to
UPDATE: Slight adjustments to the mana costs and other details of several spells
UPDATE: Enemies are holding wand graphically better
UPDATE: Performance of some rare spell combos has been improved
UPDATE: Gamepad - aiming cursor now displays materials and items

*PERKS*
FEATURE: Perk - Hungry Ghost

BUGFIX*: Multiple Angry Ghosts now work as they should

*SPELLS*
UPDATE: Tiny Ghost may cast stronger spells depending on how much damage you have suffered
UPDATE: Removed mana cost from Tiny Ghost

*BUG FIXES*
BUGFIX: A rare crash with stacked Faster Projectiles perk

*MODDING*
BUGFIX: GameGetPotionColorUint() now returns an unsigned int


Jan 27 2021

*GENERAL*
UPDATE: The Greed Curse effect now disappears unless you destroy the related crystal, instead of the other way around
UPDATE: UI - Gamepad - gamepad aiming stick is now rebindable
UPDATE*: Tweaks and buffs for a new enemy
UPDATE*: A small structure spawns less covered in snow

*PERKS*
UPDATE: Angry Ghost now shoots in sync with the player instead of autonomously

*SPELLS*
FEATURE: Spell - Slow But Steady

UPDATE: Updated Sawblade Orbit to include slightly deadlier sawblades

BUGFIX: Made Fireball Orbit slightly less particle-intensive
BUGFIX: Tau should behave better

*BUG FIXES*
BUGFIX*: Playerghost should spawn now
BUGFIX*: During [SPOILER] - static gold was turned to dynamic gold
BUGFIX: Enemies hold the wands at a more reasonable height

*MODDING*
UPDATE: Larpa spells (and Quantum Shift) now add the tag "projectile_cloned" to all entities created using them


Jan 26 2021

*GENERAL*
FEATURE: A new enemy

UPDATE*: Tweaked electric trap box damage and range
UPDATE: Alt + Enter now toggles between fullscreen and windowed mode
UPDATE: F2 screenshot key is rebindable
UPDATE: UI - Options - right clicking on language takes you back
UPDATE: UI - Gamepad - now you can set the game to use a specific controller
UPDATE: UI - Gamepad - gamepad ui keys are now rebindable
UPDATE: Options - added Open Gif Directory shortcut to options
UPDATE: Hiisi's weakness should now work everywhere
UPDATE: Made a miniboss drop some spells to make all optional bosses behave similarly

*SPELLS*
FEATURE: Added 5 funny modifier spells

UPDATE: Dormant crystal detonation has been reworked and renamed to Explosive Detonator

*BIOMES, AREAS AND STRUCTURES*
FEATURE*: Another new structure in Mines

UPDATE*: Made a certain cold area have a slightly nicer layout (still WIP)

*PERKS*
UPDATE: Exploding Gold now makes gold explode when enemies go near the nuggets
UPDATE: Certain perks may now remove other perks from the perk pool if their effects are very similar

*BUG FIXES*
BUGFIX: Fixed Thundercloud's lightning strikes appearing way too high up
BUGFIX: Some rare named wands could end up with duplicate always cast spells when game is saved
BUGFIX: Fixed game trying to open an extremely small resolution window
BUGFIX*: Fixed a key rebind bug in wand selection UI
BUGFIX*: Mouse cursor reappears faster in menus when using a controller

Jan 22 2021

*GENERAL*
FEATURE: Controller auto detection now automatically switches between keyboard and gamepad controls

UPDATE: Wand selection UI - hot keys (1,2,3,4) now work with it

*BUG FIXES*
BUGFIX: Wand selection UI - wand now goes to the requested empty wand slot 
BUGFIX*: Gamepad item quick selects are rebindable
BUGFIX*: Gamepad rebinds some button names were missing


Jan 21 2021

*GENERAL*
FEATURE: Two new biome modifiers!
FEATURE: Controller buttons are now rebindable
FEATURE: Two new enemies!
FEATURE: Made a certain cold area more interesting...

UPDATE: Player Ghost is back
UPDATE: Pause menu now displays NG+ counts and far away lands
UPDATE: The perk reroll machine no longer stops working if there are still perks to pick up

*BUG FIXES*
BUGFIX: Fixed a rare crash, caused by explosion being too tiny

*SPELLS*
FEATURE: New Spell: Mana To Damage
FEATURE: New Spell: Projectile Area Teleport

*PERKS*
FEATURE: New Perk: Healthy Exploration

UPDATE: Wand Experimenter now heals three times what it used to

*MODDING*
MODDING: MagicNumbers - added DEBUG_PERSISTENT_FLAGS_DISABLED - allows for disabling of permanent unlocks
MODDING: DamageModelComponent - added healing_particle_effect_entity


Jan 19 2021

*GENERAL*
UPDATE: Reduced electric trap box damage

*SPELLS*
FEATURE: New spell: Tau
FEATURE: New spell: Sigma
FEATURE: New spell: Plasma Cutter
FEATURE: New spell: Plasma Beam Enhancer

UPDATE: The Duplicate spell is no longer a modifier to avoid some recursion-related crashes

*BIOMES, AREAS AND STRUCTURES*
FEATURE: New structure in Mines

*BUG FIXES*
BUGFIX: Fixed a rare instance where casting a specific combination of spells could instantly kill the player
BUGFIX: Guiding powder was pointing wrong in certain cases
BUGFIX: Chain Spell was lagging heavily with certain spell combinations
BUGFIX: More hatred perk affected relations of player and plague rats
BUGFIX: Replay edit progress display was missing a '%' character
BUGFIX*: Concentrated Mana was no longer melting certain metals
BUGFIX: Cursed Orb's effect didn't work when combined with other effects like Necromancy
BUGFIX: Font rendering - on some graphics cards text rendering would cause nasty vertical glitches

*MODDING*
MODDING: Lua - added GetMaterialInventoryMainMaterial()
MODDING: Lua - added ConvertMaterialEverywhere()
MODDING: Lua - added CellFactory_GetUIName()
MODDING: Lua - added ConvertMaterialOnAreaInstantly()


Jan 13 2021

*GENERAL*
FEATURE: New enemy: Suur-Ukko
FEATURE: New item: Paha Silmä

*PERKS*
UPDATE: Removed Low and High Gravity perks for now

*SPELLS*
UPDATE*: Liquid Detonation no longer affects magical liquids
UPDATE*: Glimmer spells are slightly more consistent
 
*BIOMES, AREAS AND STRUCTURES*
FEATURE: New structures in Coal Pits and Snowy Depths
 
*POLISH*
UPDATE: The Nightmare Mode map has been updated with some of the newly-added biomes
 
*BUG FIXES*
BUGFIX: Several enemies had broken progress menu icons
BUGFIX*: Normal fire melted metals
BUGFIX*: Some wands spawned with multicast Always Cast spells
 
*MODDING*
MODDING/BUGFIX: LaserEmitterComponent didn't set damage based on damage_to_entities


Dec 21 2020

*GENERAL*
FEATURE: A new miniboss
FEATURE: A new side area and two enemies to go with it
FEATURE: Some new items to make looking for secrets a bit easier
 
*PERKS*
FEATURE: Perk - Contact Damage
UPDATE: Clarified the descriptions of the Concentrated Spells & Pinpointer perks
 
*SPELLS*
FEATURE: Spell - Vacuum Field
FEATURE: Spell - Liquid to Explosion
FEATURE: Spell - Plasma Beam Cross
FEATURE: Spell - Plasma Beam Bounce
FEATURE: Spell - Plasma Beam Thrower
FEATURE: Spell - Concentrated Explosion
FEATURE: Spell - Aimed Arc
 
*STREAMING INTEGRATION*
FEATURE: Stream event - Holiday Mood
 
*POLISH*
UPDATE: Moved miniboss spell unlocks around a bit
 
*MODDING - DOCUMENTATION*
MODDING: Lua API documentation - removed a duplicate comma


Dec 17 2020

*SPELLS*
FEATURE: Spell - Powder Vacuum Field
FEATURE: Spell - Liquid Vacuum Field
UPDATE*: Expanding Sphere deals more damage and takes damage modifiers into account
 
*BALANCE*
UPDATE: Polymorphine and Chaotic Polymorphine need more than 1 pixel to take effect
UPDATE*: Extra Potion Capacity stacks and is more powerful
UPDATE*: Returned Stronger Hearts to its previous strength
 
*POLISH*
FEATURE: A new guiding alchemy reaction
UPDATE*: Added more audio when triggering a certain new secret
 
*BUG FIXES*
BUGFIX: Sauvojen Tuntija gave another miniboss' drops by accident
BUGFIX: Rat minions won't attack you when berserk
BUGFIX*: Prevented creatures from polymorphing into Veska, Mokke, Molari or Seula
BUGFIX*: Fixed an error in the description of a new spell
BUGFIX*: Attempted to make a miniboss less likely to drop through the ground
BUGFIX*: Rat minions from new rat perks will get the same stats as Plague Rats
 
*MODDING - DOCUMENTATION*
MODDING: Lua API documentation - has type information for all functions
MODDING: Lua API documentation - improved some function descriptions
MODDING: Lua API documentation - added generate_lua_documentation.lua which will some day implement API doc generation


Dec 14 2020

*PERKS*
FEATURE: Perk - Item Radar
FEATURE: Perk - Extra Potion Capacity
FEATURE: Perk - Spontaneous Generation
FEATURE: Perk - Revenge Rats
 
UPDATE: Stronger Hearts can now stack, but starts out giving only 50% extra hp from hearts
UPDATE: Perks that do not stack should no longer appear ever again when rerolling
UPDATE: Certain stackable perks (such as Low Gravity) appear less often when rerolling
UPDATE: Perks that can only stack a specific number of times should no longer appear after that
UPDATE: The Always Cast perk has a new spell pool to pick from
 
*SPELLS*
FEATURE: Spell - Remove Explosion
FEATURE: Spell - Plasma Beam
FEATURE: Spell - Expanding Sphere
FEATURE: A selection of 6 absurd spells
FEATURE: A selection of 8 whimsical spells
 
*STREAMING INTEGRATION*
FEATURE: Stream event - Always Cast
 
*BIOMES, AREAS AND STRUCTURES*
UPDATE: New props and structures in Snowy Wasteland and Desert
 
*BALANCE*
UPDATE: Stacking multiple Permanent Shield perks works better
UPDATE: Essence to Power now counts player summon -like spells
UPDATE: Hiisi Base lamps give weaker electric jolts
UPDATE: Retired multicast spells from the always cast spell pool (for now) due to certain bugs
UPDATE: Added new spells to the always cast lineup
 
*POLISH*
UPDATE: Underground Jungle's trees should no longer suddenly start blocking projectiles
UPDATE: Added a particle effect for Projectile Repulsion Field
UPDATE: The teleportation and blindness statuses now have an HUD element
UPDATE: The perk reroll machine's cost is now centered! Isn't that beautiful?
UPDATE: Slightly adjusted a secret
UPDATE: Slightly adjusted another secret
 
*BUG FIXES*
BUGFIX: Fixed an odd interaction between increased explosive damage and certain projectiles
BUGFIX: Fixed a rare error with the Wand Refresh spell
BUGFIX: Prevented a certain cube from spawning in nightmare mode
BUGFIX: A miniboss couldn't be targeted by homing
BUGFIX: A miniboss didn't spawn its rewards correctly
BUGFIX: Extra Wand Capacity counted Always Casts when deciding what the maximum wand capacity could be
BUGFIX: Armed Creature streaming event would give wands to too many creatures
BUGFIX: Fixed a rare crash with streaming event chat names
 
*MODDING*
MODDING: Perks now more clearly indicate whether they stack or not
MODDING: Added stackable_is_rare for stackable perks that only seldom reappear
MODDING: Added stackable_how_often_reappears for changing how quickly a perk can reappear when rerolling (default value 4)
MODDING: perk_list.lua now has STACKABLE_YES and STACKABLE_NO to make the stackability more obvious
MODDING: Steam Workshop uploader now supports .plz files
MODDING/BUGFIX: Lua - GuiImage() rect animation layout calculation used size of whole sprite sheet instead of a single frame