A compilation of the patch notes for both hotfixes (fifth and sixth) released on April 26, for No Rest for the Wicked, the souls-like action RPG which entered Early Access on April 18, 2024.

The complete patch notes are below, in descending order, from latest to oldest:

UPDATED April 27

No Rest For The Wicked Update Patch Notes April 23

🛠️ Patch Notes – Early Access Hotfix 6 April 26

We wanted to drop one more hotfix with important updates, new torch items, as well as additional performance and visual improvements to make sure all of you have a great time with the game this weekend! We also fixed the rings!

Not to beat a dead Echo Knight Horse but please continue sharing issues or feedback you have with us!

⚔️ Art:

• Improved rim light rendering in the shadows to improve game readability in dark areas. This should help with the “game is too dark” feedback we were getting in some cases.

• Adjusted rim lighting looks even nicer and allows characters to feel more integrated into the environments!

⚔️ Performance:

• Reduced unnecessary memory allocations for general rendering, fog, and other game systems

• Optimized shadow rendering for all Visual Effects

⚔️ Quests:

• Changed Potion Seller quest reward from a Medium XP Potion to a Small XP Potion.

⚔️ Loot:

• Increased drop rate of gems

⚔️ Content Additions:

• Added new Torch offhand for purchase at Whittacker’s shop and crafting at the Workbench

  • Torches can be used for more light in dark areas

⚔️ Balance:

• Replaced Risen enemies on Prologue ship with special instances so they won’t be affected by global balance changes

• Nerfed health on Risen enemies (except Risen Great Axe Raider) on Prologue ship by 40%

• Rebalancing Cerim Crucible by nerfing enemies in the most deadly room and buffing enemies in weaker rooms

• Increased timing of lowering platforms in Cerim Crucible so its more challenging and requires player to wait around less

• Rebalanced Plague Ring

  • Increased Gain Health effect to 1-3%

  • Decreased Lose Focus effect to -7-10%

• Rebalanced Snake Ring

  • Decreased damage dealt to player to 5%

  • Changed damage type dealt to player and enemy to Physical Damage instead of Plague Damage

⚔️ Enemies and Bosses:

• Improved Risen Bruiser locomotion animations

⚔️ Areas:

• Improved collision, faders and texture in Mariner’s Keep

• Improved set dressing, collision and faders in Nameless Pass

• Improved faders in Sacrament

• Improved set dressing, collision and faders in Cerim Crucible

⚔️ Loot:

• Increased drop rate of gems

⚔️ Audio:

• Improved Falstead Darak intro audio timing

⚔️ Localization:

• Added and updated localized text in many places across multiple languages

• Added localization support for the attribute insights tooltips, new Quit menu and depositing stacks UI

⚔️ Bug Fixes:

• Fixed Crash on the Main Menu

• Fixed some transparency rendering artifacts

• Fixed Plagued Mutant Soldier bounty boss going invisible

• Fixed Fog of War not creeping back while the game is closed

• Fixed error spam on the Refinery

• Fixed Fierce Ring not dealing extra damage

• Fixed interior backgrounds no longer being black

• Fixed Bows not having full durability when being purchased at Whittacker's Shop

• Fixed spot in Black Trench where you can go out of world

• Fixed spot in Prologue ship interior where you can sidle and get stuck

• Fixed spot in Echo Knight arena that resets the fight

• Fixed shadow flickering at Campfire in Black Trench

• Fixed spot with texture flickering in Black Trench

• Fixed Chest inside a Chest appear in Orban Glades

• Fixed UI layout so that coins are evenly spaced

To give feedback and report bugs, please head on over to our No Rest for the Wicked forum! 

🛠️ Patch Notes – Early Access Hotfix 5 April 26

Today marks the one week anniversary since our Steam Early Access Launch and it warrants an extra beefy hotfix full of significant performance improvements, balance changes, stack size increases, 32:9 support, Quality of Life additions, 8 new shields, polish, localization and bug fixes.

As always, please be sure to share any issues or feedback with us!

⚔️ Performance Improvements:

• Further improved Quality Settings for better performance when at higher visual quality

• Optimized rendering of volumetric Fog

• Optimized shadow rendering

• Reduced resolution transparency rendering tech for GPU heavy overdraw situations

• Significantly reduced unnecessary memory allocations across many game systems

• Improved handling of asset unloading to reduce performance degradation over time

• Tracked down and improved several sources of CPU-side stuttering when the game is loading assets

• Optimized instantiation costs for various often-used Visual Effects and Characters.

• Reduced mutex contention cases that caused performance stutter while streaming content

• Optimized icon texture resolutions and memory consumption

• Optimized Sacrament rooftop models and textures (rooftops, rooftops everywhere)

• Multiple smaller general CPU optimizations for better overall performance

⚔️ Quality of Life:

• Added ability to deposit all items from the players inventory that match the types already in the selected chest

• Default chest sorting changed to Sort By Type

• Enhanced durability system for tools and armor, ensuring correct values are displayed and used

⚔️ Settings:

• Increased supported aspect ratios to 32:9

  • Remaining visual glitches with 32:9 will be addressed in future updates

⚔️ Loot:

• Increased stack size of cooking and crafting materials to 25, allowing for better management of resources

• Food can now be stored in cupboards

• Removed Blueprints from Fillmore shop before Anvil is unlocked

⚔️ Content Additions:

• Implemented eight new shields for better class diversity

⚔️ Localization:

• Widespread improvements to translations and localizations, we’ve fixed typos, updated NPC dialogues, and ensured consistency across various languages

• Fixed UI translations, including screens for house buying and management, equipment, and warning messages

• Implemented better localization handling mechanisms for NPC names and dialogue

⚔️ Balance:

• Major Balance Revisions to provide a smoother experience and prevent high level item drops too early

• Adding Stamina cost for parrying with Shields

⚔️ Enemies and Bosses:

• Adjusted Prisoner Wolf enemy to jump around less

• Added ability for Shackled Brute to dodge after attacking

• Updated Echo Knight fight initiation to reposition instead of attacking right away

• Polished Riven Twins taunt

• Polished Risen Axe Bruiser attack animation

• Polished parry animations for enemies

⚔️ Areas:

• Updated Cerim Crucible so that leaving the realm will end your run and return you to the atrium. This is to prevent abusing backups and other potential loopholes.

• Improved collision and faders in Cerim Crucible levels

• Improved collision and faders in Mariner’s Keep and The Shallows

• Improved faders and lighting in Sacrament

• Improved Sacrament rooftops

⚔️ Audio:

• Adjusted sound effects for better ambiance and clarity, including updated tree chopping SFX and ambient sounds in town areas.

• Improved audio cues for NPC interactions to minimize overlaps and ensure clearer dialogues.

• Improved spatial audio for Sacrament Rookery, Town Square, Slums and Training Grounds

• Improved Echo Knight slam down AOE sound effects

⚔️ Bug Fixes:

• Fixed bosses and a couple of bounty/quest variants of enemies spawning when not intended

• Fixed player being able to accidentally delete a character when hovering while having another character selected. Now the hovered character will be deleted

• Fixed and balanced Enchantment Effects across the board

• Fixed Heavy Bandit being able to be pushed off the edge of the ship and block progress

• Fixed Cerim Crucible run ending early if a realm save happens right after you finish a level

• Fixed Durability of Tools being the wrong value when bought from vendors

• Fixed turning in a Bounty showing the replacement prompt

• Fixed exploit with certain bounties

• Fixed shinies pulling a disappearing act (visually) in the Black Trench

• Fixed Squire’s Attire Armor Set not available for crafting at the anvil

• Fixed Tier on the Gangrenous Eel

• Fixed Finley remaining in his cell after you rescue him and leave Nameless Pass

• Fixed Finley’s missing sign in Sacrament

• Fixed missing enemy and loot spawners in the northern section of Orban Glades

• Fixed spot in Nameless Pass where you could go out of world

• Fixed position of a rooftop in Sacrament

• Fixed incorrect texture for the shipwreck in The Shallows

• Removed duplicate models in Sacrament and Nameless Pass

• Fixed bush clipping in the Inquisition Arrival cinematic

• Fixed rain occasionally being heard during Falstead Darak fight

• Fixed ragdolls blinking back into existence when going out of view and coming back in

To give feedback and report bugs, please head on over to our No Rest for the Wicked forum!

No Rest For The Wicked Update Patch Notes April 20

Those are the patch notes on April 26 for No Rest for the Wicked on Steam PC.

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