Dungreed update adds new Hard Mode and more, patch notes

It’s taken some time to come to the Switch version, but Dungreed just received a new update on Switch that totally redoes the game’s Hard Mode.

That’s not all for new content. The team also added new rooms to some themes, a short unlockable “Twilight Mansion” episode, a new costume, new items, and more. Tons of adjustments are included as well.

Here’s the full rundown:

Dungreed update patch notes

New Contents

 

New Hard Mode

• Changed the existing hard mode.
• The new hard mode can be activated by interacting with Arsha’s key box.
  (The existing hard mode toggle object have been removed.)
• There are levels 1 to 10, and as the level increases, restrictions increase.
• You can get various rewards for each clear, so be sure to challenge yourself.
• For the existing Hard Mode Boss Rush, you can enter if you have at least one key after fulfilling the challenge conditions.

Dungeon

• Added new rooms to some themes.

Episodes

• Added episode “Twilight Mansion”: a small episode with new characters.
  (Unlocked by clearing stage 1 of Hard Mode.)
• The existing “Trials” content has been renamed to “Episode: Trials”.
• Progress in these two episodes can be tracked via the Quest HUD in the village.
• Trials events will now also appear during Hard Mode.
  (Don’t worry, entering the Trials will temporarily change to Normal difficulty!)

Dimensional Lab New Perks

• Added 5 new special perks to unlock.
• Can be purchased by speaking to Cyox in the village.

Costumes

• Added new costume.
• Costumes with custom images can now be applied to the game. [Details]

Items

• Added 19 new items.
• Added 8 new set effects.
• Added VFX and SFX to some items.
• Added 1 new item-tag.

Abilities

• Added 2 new Abilities.
  

  Elemental: A new ability that increases your elemental(burn, poison, etc) damage. Comet: A new Ability that increases your dash attack damage.

Changed Contents

 

Abilities

• Greed: [LV20 ability] food satiety reduction has been changed (10% to 7%).
• Endurance: [LV20 ability] the hp cap has been changed (based on max health → fixed at 30).
• Wrath: [LV5 ability] Increased attack collision range.

Items

• Will Cane: Changed the basic option (added Dash Action Bullet → Critical Damage).
• Rumble and Arthur: Increased attack speed in gun mode.
• Lumber: Fixed an issue with Lumber not breaking with a dash attack.
• Fire Dragon Killer: Added a new skill feature (+200% burn speed).
• Iron Wings: Changed the chance of not consuming Dash Gauge (50% → 33%)
• Necklace of Cerberus: Changed some stats.
• Nitro Gauntlets: Attack speed increased.
• Wings: Reduces movement speed slightly.
• Blunderbuss: Reload speed increased, attack speed decreased.
• Beast Marks Sword ‘Hou’: Damage changed.

Food

• Choco-Banana: Changed satiety and damage values.

Set Effects

• A World of Coldness: Increased the health of the pillar.
• Adventure Planet: Increased the attack speed of Miniature Planet.
• Coin Addict: Changes to the items required to complete the set.
  

  (Was) Ring Of Midas + Coin Gun (Changed) Ring Of Midas + Coin Gun + Piggy Bank

Stats

• Slightly reduced damage reduction at high defense.
• Changed the options for ‘Forestall’.
  

  (Was) Forestall: When enemy HP is above 50%, deal n% of current HP as additional damage (Changed) Overwhelming Dominance: Deal n% additional damage when an enemy is above 75% health.

Costumes

• King of Pickaxes: Increased dash recovery rate.
• Rider H: Removed an existing ability and added a new one.
  

  (Was) Speedster: Gain power based on your current speed, up to a maximum of +50. (Changed) Speed Freak: Gain 50% melee attack range, 15% increased base attack damage, and 15% decreased base defense for every 10 movement speed. (Added) Haste: Increase movement speed by up to 80% when moving in one direction.

Added Convenience

• The experimental “auto-save” feature will be changed to a default option.
• Vampires will no longer be offered items they already have.
• Changed to grant an additional 20% EXP whenever you are favored.
• Changed to show increasing satiety when hovering over food.
• Leveling up is now faster after an expedition ends.
• Changed dash recovery progression to be more visual.
• Improved the usability of the Ability UI.
  

  1. Clicking on an ability will automatically raise it to that level. 2. wheel clicking the + button will now raise it 5 at a time. 3. You can now see your current Ability while in a dungeon.

Bug Fixes

• Tunak: Fixed some immobilization issues while using patterns.
• Fixed an issue where the buff from Beer would not trigger after challenging ‘Trial’.
• Fixed some issues with players getting stuck on tiles during auto-save.
• Fixed an issue where players could not build Yulford’s Workshop if they ran away(not dead) from the first dungeon entry.
• Cosmic Power skill will now unmorph if you die while using it.

The new Dungreed update can be downloaded on Switch now. Access more coverage on the game here.