Patch 0.0.23445

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Released Sun Feb 22 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Major patch introducing Endless Lair dungeon, Hardcore mode, difficulty rebalancing, dungeon waypoint teleportation, and numerous quality-of-life improvements.

Warning

Single-player save versioning is not yet implemented. Offline single-player world state won't carry over after the patch. Finish any game in progress before patching.

Highlights

  • ◆ Added Endless Lair dungeon (multi-level dungeon down to level 100, spawns after killing Narlathak)
  • ◆ Added Hardcore character mode (segregated from non-hardcore in multiplayer)
  • ◆ Dungeon entrances can now be used as waypoints from within the dungeon or from the overworld
  • ◆ Improved hero's ability to traverse rough terrain
  • ◆ Significant changes to earlier difficulty tiers (renamed levels, rebalanced damage and necropolis growth)

🛡ī¸ Stability (1)

  • • Fixed several crash bugs

🎮 Gameplay (7)

  • • Added Hardcore character option (segregated from non-hardcore in multiplayer)
  • • Renamed difficulty levels, set default difficulty to "Journeyman"
  • • Heroes now start with a flask on "Peasy" and "Journeyman" difficulties
  • • Decreased enemy damage in "Peasy" and "Journeyman" difficulties
  • • Necropolis growth is slowed for "Peasy", "Journeyman", and "Normal" difficulties
  • • Reduced the cooldown and increased the healing rate for all flasks
  • • Hero's mana is restored on respawn

✨ Skills (4)

  • • Fixed an issue where skills for level 8 characters were being reset to level 1
  • • Increased skill cap from 7 to 9
  • • Decreased the amount of terrain damage done by Spine Breaker
  • • Blood Lash - Red Embrace now has a 50% chance to entangle (instead of 100%)

🎒 Items (1)

  • • Runes and Runeword items no longer despawn on regular depopulate

🎨 Graphics (4)

  • • Adjusted bloom and fog settings in many overworld areas and dungeons
  • • Crypts can now randomly be foggy or not
  • • Improved various textures, optimized geometry for various objects
  • • Added target FPS option

🕹ī¸ Movement / Controls / Camera (9)

  • • Allow jumping while entangled when in water or air
  • • Improved the ability for the character to navigate rough terrain
  • • Increased maximum camera pitch (for auto-tilt)
  • • Changed algorithm for gamepad controls focusing
  • • Unified controller camera controls for gameplay / map / and build modes
  • • Allow navigation to empty equipment slots with controller
  • • Added zoom function while building
  • • Added option to disable camera shake
  • • Added camera rotation speed option

đŸ–Ĩī¸ UI (10)

  • • Ctrl-click to move items from equipment slots to inventory should now work
  • • Fixed scroll speed for character and world select UIs
  • • Legendary rings should now be the proper size when held by cursor
  • • Equipment slots when a dye or socketable item is held on the cursor over an applicable item are no longer colored red
  • • Allow click on respawn button when there's an item on the cursor when killed
  • • Added fixed rotation option for map (lock map to north)
  • • Added difficulty selection on single player character creation / removed difficulty slider from home menu
  • • Removed spurious WASD settings from controls UI
  • • Fixed various options not saving on start
  • • Added exit thank you for playing demo dialog

🏛ī¸ Dungeons (7)

  • • Added first-pass "endless" dungeon after Narlathak (Endless Lair)
  • • Endless Lair spawns in a random sector after killing Narlathak
  • • Endless Lair is a multi-level dungeon that goes down to level 100
  • • Teleport back to the entrance of a dungeon (from within) by clicking on it in the full map
  • • Teleport back to the entrance of any dungeon you've entered (from the overworld) by clicking on it in the full map
  • • Bogie dungeon no longer closes unless champion Tyrant is slain
  • • Added a signpost explaining shift-click to attack in place / destroy walls in crypts

👹 Mobs / AI (2)

  • • Mobs now have reduced aggro and follow ranges vs. players > 3 levels higher
  • • Removed strata damage from Disgraced Paladin

🌐 Online / Server (4)

  • • Temporarily removed public game functionality
  • • Restored ability to name worlds
  • • Add the last world player visited to world list (even if private)
  • • Added intermittent character save in online games

🐛 Bug Fixes (8)

  • • Fixed several crash bugs
  • • Fixed an issue where skills for level 8 characters were being reset to level 1
  • • Ctrl-click to move items from equipment slots to inventory should now work
  • • Fixed scroll speed for character and world select UIs
  • • Legendary rings should now be the proper size when held by cursor
  • • Fixed various options not saving on start
  • • Fixed various typos
  • • Game now properly reports what monster killed you when you're killed by a projectile or status effect

📋 Misc (2)

  • • Fixed various typos
  • • Game now properly reports what monster killed you when you're killed by a projectile or status effect

Known Issues (4)

  • ⚠ Flask cooldown/healing improvements do not apply to flasks acquired prior to the patch
  • ⚠ Endless Lair has no mechanism for resetting; create a new world to retry
  • ⚠ Endless Lair does not currently boot you out of the dungeon on death as intended
  • ⚠ Environmental deaths are not correctly attributed
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