This update brings balance adjustments to the later waves, UI clarity improvements, visual polish, and several bug fixes reported by the community.

• Introduced a new defensive mechanic for the second boss. At certain moments during the fight, it can summon a shield that makes it invulnerable for approximately 5 seconds.

• Increased enemy health by 5% in Waves 13–16 on Difficulty 1.

• Reduced the spawn delay of smaller enemies by 3 seconds during Wave 16 on Difficulty 1.

• The Space key can now be used to confirm options while navigating menus and UI screens.

• Added a Strong Reroll Hint to the shop. If a player purchases all available shop options without ever using reroll, a special hint will now appear to increase awareness of the mechanic.

• Updated the Continue button text in the Fractured Shrine:

  • During the offering flow, the button now displays Skip, making it clear that choosing an offering is optional.

  • During the blessing flow, the button now displays only Continue, avoiding the impression that clicking it will immediately start the next wave.

• Improved text clarity on the rewards screen.

• Increased stroke thickness for fonts used in Simplified Chinese and Russian, improving UI readability in those languages.

• Reduced the volume of the challenge completion sound effect.

• Reduced the volume of boss attack warning sounds.

• Improved the visual effect played when Hyperfocus ends.

• Fixed an issue that prevented players from typing feedback into the feedback popup (opened with F2) when accessed from the end-of-run screens or the challenge screen.

• Fixed a bug that could cause tooltips to disappear when rapidly moving between UI elements (for example, quickly entering, exiting, and re-entering an element).

Thank you to everyone who submitted feedback and bug reports. Many of these improvements were implemented directly based on observations and suggestions from demo players.

• Fixed an issue that could cause the music during the second half of a run to stop playing.

• Fixed an issue where Arcane Stand projectiles would not attempt to trigger elemental conditions when dealing damage-over-time. Upgrades that grant a chance to inflict Burn or Freeze through damage-over-time effects now work correctly with Arcane Stand.

• Fixed an issue where Arcane Stand projectile particles would not appear when playing as certain monks.

• Fixed an issue that could cause shop purchase buttons to become visually offset downward when rerolling and quickly navigating between them with a mouse.

• Fixed an issue where the attribute blessed during the last visit to the Fractured Shrine would remain highlighted upon returning. Highlights are now shown only while selecting a blessing.

• Fixed an issue where blessing an attribute in the Fractured Shrine would not correctly update its tooltip description.

• Fixed an issue that reduced the available text space on the Completed Challenges screen. Some entries previously required unnecessary scrolling and are now displayed correctly.

• Fixed an issue where the Settings menu was not being properly cleaned up when opened during a run, causing a delay the next time the Pause Menu was opened.

• Increased the pitch of the Arcane Stand sound effect to better distinguish it from the basic attack sound.

• Increased the Wave 16 boss's maximum Health by 4%.

This is the final patch before Bullet Fest. See you there!