Grimm / Rush
Move faster, reduce incoming damage, and retaliate in melee.
UPDATE 0.12 / AVAILABLE NOW
ENDLESS
BLOOM
Explore a brand new biome, push your run further in Endless Mode, and play as Bubba, the newest NIMROD.
NEW BIOME
VIOLET
FOREST.
Enter Violet Forest, a luminous fungal biome with four Drop Zones to explore. New encounters and Mush waiting at the end.
DROP ZONES WITHIN VIOLET FOREST
A luminous fungal forest where violet growths bloom from ancient stone.
Old paths fade beneath violet spores and crumbling stone.
Violet caps blanket the lowlands, leaving narrow paths through the bloom.
Strange shapes mark the violet floor, winding between cliffs like forgotten signs.
BOSS ENCOUNTER
MUSH
Meet Violet Forest’s final boss.
NEW MINIBOSSES
Puff Puff rolls and releases gas clouds. Big Sal attacks with screams. King Gloopar III leaps, slams and summons slimes. Defeat them to discover new Trophies.
ENDLESS MODE
BEYOND THE
FINAL BOSS.
That build still has some fight left in it.
At 20 minutes, face the current biome’s final boss. Defeat it, then choose to end your run or keep fighting in Endless Mode.
Keep your build and take on new enemy families that grow stronger the longer you survive.
00:00
ENDLESS MODE
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Bonewalker TIER 1 / 4
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Cinderskull TIER 1 / 4
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Duskwraith TIER 1 / 4
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Ossuary TIER 1
MEET THE NEW GUY
NEW PLAYABLE NIMROD
BUBBA.
He brought his appetite.
Bubba joins the playable roster with a Character Ability and passive that put Health at the centre of his build.
CHARACTER ABILITY
Corn Fed
Grow in size and gain bonus Health based on your Max Health. The effect lasts until that bonus Health is depleted.
PASSIVE
Hollow Leg
Pick up Health while already full to increase your base Max Health.
CHARACTER ABILITIES
THE CREW.
REWORKED.
Grimm, Vixen and Bzz each have one dedicated Character Ability.
Vixen / Roll
Roll out, leave a decoy, and attach bombs to enemies.
Bzz / Lift Off
Take flight and dodge incoming attacks.
NEW GUNS & AUGMENTS
MEET YOUR
NEXT GUN.
BANANA GUN
Bananas pause at their maximum range, then return to hit enemies again. Coming back for seconds is part of the plan.
RICOCHET GUN
A bouncing sawblade that loses damage with each bounce. Send it into the crowd and let the ricochets work.
NEW AUGMENTS
Addon
Orbital Emitter
Firing spawns orbiting bullets around you.
Barrel
Boomerang Barrel
Bullets return for another hit, dealing 50% Bullet Damage on the way back and ignoring Damage Falloff.
Barrel
Sniper Barrel
Back in the armory: bullets gain damage as they travel farther.
Charm
Catalyst Charm
Fire your underbarrel to prime your next shot with extra projectiles.
Charm
Talisman Charm
A persistent damaging tether connects you and your Partner. Its damage falls as the tether stretches.
Magazine
Belt Feeder Magazine
Enemy hits have a chance to refund ammo.
Magazine
Umbral Magazine
Hits apply and refresh marks that deal additional Auxiliary Damage.
Stock
Echoing Stock
Fires a rear copy of your shot for 30% Bullet Damage.
Underbarrel
Boxing Glove
An underbarrel punch that knocks enemies back and deals Auxiliary Damage.
NEW PODS
LOOT
FROM ABOVE.
NEW POD
LOOT
Spews out Coins.
NEW POD
FORTUNE
Spews out more Coins.
NEW POD
HODL
Spews out the most Coins.
REWORKED & IMPROVED
Gambler Pod
Provides Gambles that each reroll one selected upgrade option during the current level-up.
Smasher Pod
Creates a large impact area that knocks enemies back and slows them.
Blackout Pod
Pulls enemies into the impact zone with gravity wells, then releases damaging Dark Orbs on impact.
Medic Pod
Creates a pulsing healing circle that restores Health.
Smart Pod
Follows your Crosshair while falling.
Turret Pod
Deploys one turret on impact.
PERMANENT PROGRESSION
FIELD
PERKS.
Bring more to your next run.
Spend the Nux you collect from enemies on permanent Field Perks: Rerolls, Banish, XP Gain and Remove Level Cap. Choose what to upgrade first, then keep collecting Nux to max out every Field Perk.
Rerolls
Banish
XP Gain
Remove Level Cap
FIELD PERK
REMOVE
LEVEL CAP
Keep leveling beyond Level 99.
GENES
GENES, YOUR WAY.
Gene layouts are now character owned, and Gene levels persist. Build out each character's layout and upgrade the Genes you want to keep using.
The old Gene quantity system, Genetics Store and Gene Recombinator have been removed.
MEDALS & GUNDEX
GUNDEX & MEDALS
The Gundex brings together Medals and Records for Characters, Guns, Augments, Tunings, Trophies and Pods.
STEAM LEADERBOARDS
KEEP SCORE.
New Steam kill leaderboards give every run a score worth chasing.
GLOBAL
WEEKLY GLOBAL
Compete on weekly global kill leaderboards. A new weekly board starts each Monday (UTC).
FRIENDS
ALL-TIME FRIENDS
Compare all-time best kill counts with your Steam friends. These records do not reset each week.
CONTROLS & QUALITY OF LIFE
QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS
CONTROLS
KEYBINDING
Rebind actions in Settings, with conflict warnings and an option to reset your bindings.
CONTROLS
MOUSE ONLY
Move your character with the mouse using the Mouse Only control option.
CONTROLS
CONTROLLER PLAY
Use a controller cursor on supported UI screens. Vibration intensity is adjustable in Settings.
SAVES
SAVE SLOTS
Four save slots store separate progress.
PERSONALIZATION
GUN RENAMING
Rename your gun from the Homeship.
EXPLORATION
MINIMAP
Minimap fog clears as you explore. Map icons show discovered crates and unlocks.
HUD
KILL COUNTER
The HUD displays the enemy kill count for your current run.
HOMESHIP
STATION ALERTS
Homeship station alerts indicate new Missions, available unlocks and Gene updates.
MISSIONS
MISSION SCREEN
Browse Missions by category, view progress and filter out completed Missions.
ACHIEVEMENTS
ACHIEVEMENT SCREEN
View Achievements and completion progress in the updated Achievement screen.
EXPLORATION
UPGRADE SHRINES
Capture an Upgrade Shrine’s pillars in sequence during a run to earn a Tuning reward.
CHAOS GROVE
MALPHOR.
IMPROVED.
The Chaos Grove boss has new attacks and updated visuals.
Bzz's Hive
Bzz's Hive arena encounter becomes available from 12 minutes when you reach the arena.
Lord Waxboom
An armoured bee miniboss in Hive Barrens. His bees dive-bomb you and explode on impact, and he summons more as he loses Health.
ALSO IN 0.12
GAME-WIDE OVERHAULS.
REWARDS & UPGRADES
ECONOMY OVERHAUL
Rebalanced enemy rewards, Gene upgrade costs, and Pod crafting and upgrade costs.
COMBAT & PROGRESSION
FULL BALANCE PASS
Augments and Character Abilities have been rebalanced and reworked. XP scaling and every biome’s progression, minibosses and final bosses have also been rebalanced.
AUDIO
SFX & MUSIC
Reworked SFX across the game, with separate hit, kill and crit sounds, updated XP collect audio, new victory audio and end-game music, and much more.
VISUALS
VFX IMPROVEMENTS
New and improved VFX across the game, including explosions, beam trails, Tesla effects and much more.
LANGUAGES
LOCALIZATION OVERHAUL
Translations across all supported languages have been overhauled for more consistent wording and terminology.
OPTIMIZATION
PERFORMANCE & FIXES
Significant performance improvements throughout the game, alongside fixes for crashes, stuttering and UI rendering.
PATCH NOTES / 0.12
CHANGELOG
Major Features
Minor Features
Audio
Graphics
Optimizations
Balance
Changes
Removed
Fixes
NIMRODS / 0.12 AVAILABLE NOW