Developer V2C Posted September 5, 2025 Developer Share Posted September 5, 2025 Hey everyone, a new beta just released! It is worth noting that this is not the "final update" for this arc. We originally had plans to try and quickly wrap things up for this arc in a couple of updates, but as many have suspected, that's not quite going to work. Instead, we took this opportunity to prepare some of the more tech heavy parts first, as well as added another shadow thrall for the rifts. Instructions for accessing the beta branch can be found here. As always, things may be changed or retuned during beta, and we'll be looking for feedback during beta. Additions Added a Fumarole area where an old companion of the Ancients will appear during the Shadow Rift. Note: This area is not retrofitted yet. It will be in a later hotfix. Added a Giant Whirlpool which tends to pull everything down with it. Caves must be enabled for it to appear. Added hidden rooms in the Caves that can be explored to uncover Ancient lore, that is if you can find the entrance… Changes Brightshade/Corpse Gestalts are now known as Incursive Gestalts. Quality of Life Woodie’s Wooden Walking Stick no longer consumes durability when its wearer is not moving. Birds now have death sounds. Bird sounds will disappear from the turf ambience for most of the Post-Lunar Hail period. Bug Fixes Fixed Crabby Hermit eating your ocean fish instead of giving them back. Fixed network deserialization issues with the T.I.N.G.L.E. Node's field. Fixed missing examination strings for the Sentimental Adornments. Fixed Hutch turning invisible when trying to go into his electrocute state. Fixed Mimicked Construction Amulets providing one use before being revealed. Fixed recipes crafted from Mimicked ingredients appearing at the world's origin. Fixed Batilisks being unable to wake up when put to sleep. Notes for modders The mod release ID for this patch is R39_WHIRL_VAULT. Fixed 'entitysleep' and 'entitywake' events being pushed twice for entities. Some more changes have been made for mod loading and font loading, please let us know if you experience mods breaking in the beta from loading. A new component for shard to shard data transfers that need to be reliable has been added and is being tested for this beta called shardtransactionsteps. Brains inst.brain:Start/Stop is deprecated Use inst:StopBrain(reason) and inst:RestartBrain(reason) instead. These changes will help the brain and state graph stay started/stopped properly based on all the different systems that may control it (Freezing, Sleeping, Drowning) View full update 43 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/167833-game-update-687866/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Rage Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 Woohoo!! 2 Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/167833-game-update-687866/#findComment-1834213 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbanik Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 YAAAY!!!! 1 Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/167833-game-update-687866/#findComment-1834217 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSAiswatchingus Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 (edited) Beta is today! Edit: oh yeah. This is some good stuff. THE ANCIENTS!!! Edited September 5, 2025 by NSAiswatchingus Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/167833-game-update-687866/#findComment-1834218 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ugur01 Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 (edited) Spoiler New biome? Edited September 5, 2025 by JoeW Add Spoiler 14 1 1 1 Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/167833-game-update-687866/#findComment-1834221 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Safety Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 13 minutes ago, V2C said: It is worth noting that this is not the "final update" for this arc. We originally had plans to try and quickly wrap things up for this arc in a couple of updates, but as many have suspected, that's not quite going to work. Instead, we took this opportunity to prepare some of the more tech heavy parts first, as well as added another shadow thrall for the rifts. Glad to hear this. Make it a good arc finale. 4 Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/167833-game-update-687866/#findComment-1834222 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wormboi Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 (edited) We finally gonna get more ancients lore?! Edited September 5, 2025 by Wormboi 4 Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/167833-game-update-687866/#findComment-1834223 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrowick Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 this looks great! new stuff for the caves is always nice. I've been saving the post rift stuff until after all the endgame is done so I won't experience this for a while, but just know your efforts are appreciated in advance!! looking forward to how everything turns out! I shall patiently await the next skillsets... 4 Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/167833-game-update-687866/#findComment-1834224 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picklesaurus Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 (edited) 38 minutes ago, V2C said: Quality of Life Woodie’s Wooden Walking Stick no longer consumes durability when its wearer is not moving. Please please, allow me to skin my Walking cane with the Wooden Walking Stick appearance, I really really like the Wooden Walking stick appearance and I'm always sad when I play Woodie and have to change it for a Walking cane/lazy explorer, It fits woodie so much and the art is so nice 😭😔 Edited September 5, 2025 by Picklesaurus 3 Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/167833-game-update-687866/#findComment-1834226 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrapeVruit Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 47 minutes ago, V2C said: Fixed Mimicked Construction Amulets providing one use before being revealed. View full update Awwww, that stinks. I had assumed that was an intentional feature. Shame it had to go. 9 4 3 Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/167833-game-update-687866/#findComment-1834227 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AleksyPL Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 (edited) Spoiler I really love new puzzles! Edited September 5, 2025 by JoeW Spoiler 12 Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/167833-game-update-687866/#findComment-1834228 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroban Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 Spoiler Oh damn this thing looks pretty good! 5 Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/167833-game-update-687866/#findComment-1834231 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sofy Happy Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 1 hour ago, V2C said: Fixed Mimicked Construction Amulets providing one use before being revealed. But why can the Life Giving Amulet and Phasmo-Encapsulator that are mimicked by the Mimic Worm still be used? @V2C 1 Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/167833-game-update-687866/#findComment-1834232 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WendyHater9000 Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 52 minutes ago, AleksyPL said: Hide contents I really love new puzzles! Working rn, may I have some spoilers of wat this puzzle for? Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/167833-game-update-687866/#findComment-1834233 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soul7k Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 it would be nice to see a way/item to stop gestalts from constantly infecting the plants in base in some form before the rift updates end 3 Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/167833-game-update-687866/#findComment-1834234 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sesekriri Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 I was really hoping for a skill tree update but this looks awesome! 1 Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/167833-game-update-687866/#findComment-1834237 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AleksyPL Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 (edited) 13 hours ago, kevindaze said: Working rn, may I have some spoilers of wat this puzzle for? Spoiler So the idea is to jump on rocks to the end and there are 2 ancients that acitivates and mimmics your movement, the rest you need to do it by yourself Edited September 5, 2025 by AleksyPL spoiler Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/167833-game-update-687866/#findComment-1834241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beefalo Smoker Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 So, when is the arc finale where we fight 200k hp Charlie. 3 months for 3 additions is crazy work. 2 1 Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/167833-game-update-687866/#findComment-1834247 Share on other sites More sharing options...
This14Real Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 57 minutes ago, AleksyPL said: - 1 1 Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/167833-game-update-687866/#findComment-1834251 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master_NiX Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 THE CAST WORKED! 2 2 Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/167833-game-update-687866/#findComment-1834252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaskalRascal Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 This is my Silksong. 6 1 1 2 Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/167833-game-update-687866/#findComment-1834260 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Instant-Noodles Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 Fumarole Spoiler Boulderbough / Boulderbough Seed Spoiler Sequitor Statue / Sequitor Spoiler Abyss Pedestal / Lever / Pillar Spoiler Sanctum Waymark / Portation Orb Spoiler Sanctum Egress Spoiler Sanctum Lustre Spoiler Elytra's Mask / Visionist's Mask / Artificer's Mask Spoiler Sanctum Statues Spoiler Sanctum Runes Spoiler Mega Blight / Ripple Spoiler 24 8 1 1 3 Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/167833-game-update-687866/#findComment-1834261 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavePlaysDST Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 hoping they add something to the playbill for these masks. 4 Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/167833-game-update-687866/#findComment-1834266 Share on other sites More sharing options...
konijnenmoed Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 5 hours ago, GrapeVruit said: Awwww, that stinks. I had assumed that was an intentional feature. Shame it had to go. Yes, this was so much fun to do and use. Also, without this, it's going to be a pain to get materials for servers with a bigger amount of players. My server has 16 player slots, and using mimic items has been a way to actually make sure (almost) everyone can get void and bramble gear after a while, and I'm not even talking about the opportunities it gives to dupe scrap for multiple W.A.R.B.O.T. kills and other farms. To be honest, I'm sad about this change and it makes me regret reporting bugs about it. 10 1 Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/167833-game-update-687866/#findComment-1834268 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkemal23 Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 (edited) This is what most of us wished from Depths of Duplicity update. Even with the first patch, I can tell shadow rift finale will be much, much better than Lunar rifts. I'm not only happy for getting new stuff for the caves but also super happy that Klei is finally doing justice to one of the most interesting lore parts of the game which is Ancients lore. Great work as always Klei. Beta was worth the wait. Edited September 5, 2025 by mkemal23 10 1 Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/167833-game-update-687866/#findComment-1834271 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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