We have a surprise feature update for you, just in time for the holidays!


The new Assist Shrine is the perfect way for you, and any new Barony adventurers, to get their feet wet in the dungeons, especially if you’re having a hard time! Offering several new ways to ease the game’s difficulty, the Assist Shrine may be just what you need to finally be the hero that Hamlet deserves.

Each player’s candle is lit at the shrine when they claim an Assist Item. One at a time please!

In the starting floor there is a now a new Assist Shrine interactable. Now you can have per-player handicaps with more options to lower the game difficulty, great for introducing new players to your party.

The old "+1 Life" game flag is now replaced with the new "Assist Items" game flag.


Enabling / Disabling
If the host of a game wants everyone to play without Assist Items, they can be Disabled / Enabled in the Lobby Settings and Game Settings menus.

• If "Assist Items" are enabled for the lobby, you can claim up to 4 items which can be blessed to improve their effects further
  
• Every item has a Assistance Point cost and reduces your leaderboard score by 10% per point (maximum of 95% reduction). Blessing/Cursing incurs higher costs.
  
• Claiming 10 or more Assistance Points will disable achievements/online leaderboards
  
• Items aren't shared, everyone can claim their own copy of the items so 16 total for a 4 player game
  
• In multiplayer the score penalties are based on the sum of everyone's points, so everyone shares the same score penalties.

A full kit of Assist Items makes the game substantially easier and disables achievements, but still exposes you to all the game’s mechanics. Perfect for learning!

Cloak of the Guardian [5 AP / +4 AP per blessing]

• Provides 25% combat damage resistance and 50% trap damage resistance
  (up to 75%/75% at +2)

Ring of Resolve [3 AP / +2 AP per blessing]

Increases your Max HP/MP while worn by +10/10 (up to +30/30 at +2)

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Marigold [3 AP / +2 AP per blessing]

Restores 5 HP over 30 seconds when eating food (up to 11 HP at +2)

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Amulet of Lifesaving [4 AP / +2 AP per blessing]

Effect has been changed for all lifesaving amulets in the game, revival now restores +50HP (up to +150HP at +2) instead of full HP

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With the Assist Items and their blessing status customizable for each player, you’ll have more control than ever over how difficult of an experience you want to have. You can even curse items in case you’re playing an Incubus or Succubus!

Item Assist Point costs are designed specifically to make sure that you can take a few combos of items without necessarily disabling achievements, especially useful if there’s a particular aspect of the game you struggle with.

Now you can change your character Class or Race without having to exit and create a new lobby!


We’ve used the Assist Shrine to provide a long requested feature for players who want to change Race or Class without having to start a new lobby. Here you can change your character with the respective Class / Race tabs. Changes apply when the game is next restarted.

Note, this does not require Assist Items game flag for this function to be usable!

Now you can experiment with different playstyles and party makeups with your friends, without the need to disband!

We hope that the Assist Shrine enriches your playtime with others, whether they be veterans, or newcomers to play with from the couch at your next family gathering. As for us, we’re going to exploit assist items to finally earn that Blessed Boots of Speed achievement.

Switch version coming soon. If you Crossplay with Switch users, use the Betas dropdown for V4.3.0 compatibility!

There's less than twenty-five days until Christmas, and in Barony, the denizens of the dungeon like to celebrate in style.

Starting December 1st and going through the end of the year, it's time once again for Merry Barony! For this festive month, Barony gets a festive makeover that decks the halls, adds all sort of seasonal treats, and sees some of your favorite enemies dressing for the occasion.

Note that while disguised items might look different (and may bear a different name too!), the gameplay you know and love is 100% intact.

Clicking the holiday banner at the main menu will take you to the settings "Online" panel. Here, you can toggle on/off the seasonal content as desired.

If you want to show off your Merry Barony spirit, don't forget about the Christmas themed avatar frame. This festive frame features a snowy tableaux complete with Christmas trees, presents, and even a gnome!

This is available now on the Barony Points Shop!

If you played last year, you'll remember a lot of what's here. There were a few small updates that were necessary following the Eat My Hat update. If you're new to Merry Barony, read on!

'Tis the season to hang lights, drape garland, and set up your tree. For Merry Barony, the dungeon gets a full makeover. You'll find fountains hung with stockings, garland lining gates, and treasure chests that look mysteriously like presents just waiting to be opened (Fair warning: Mimics are wrapped too!).


Just because you're a monster that lurks in the halls of Baron Herx's dungeon doesn't mean you can't be in the Christmas spirit! Several monsters are dressed for the occasion and bring some much-needed cheer to the otherwise lethal halls of this domain. Rats are dressed as reindeer, ghouls have gotten downright frosty, and even the demons love to wear an ugly Christmas sweater from time to time!


Everybody loves a good Santa hat and some warm earmuffs to keep out the cold, and given the chilly look of the dungeon, these cozy items are what every adventurer needs! Everything from hats to shields gets a makeover for the season.

In addition to the changes from last year's Merry Barony, all of the icons for the themed items have gotten a brand new look. Additionally, some hats and masks have been reworked to support the recent Eat My Hat update.


The food items in Barony have been updated for the season. Keep your eyes out for candy canes and roasted turkeys. The food in the dungeons is downright delicious this time of year.


Hum along to haunting renditions of all of your favorite Christmastime classics, as Merry Barony replaces all of the music in the game with seasonally appropriate tracks. Most of the tracks were crafted by Nicolas Gasparini (Myuu). Myuu has offered his work on Barony under the CC3.0 License. We make no claims that his art is an endorsement of the game.

• Reduced XP gained from Slimes/Gnomes (now is 50% normal monster XP range)
  
• Fixed desync with breakables in online multiplayer
  
• Fixed breakable particles lighting being incorrect
  
• Fixed Dominate spell not being viewable in the Compendium
  
• Fixed Class skill up totals not displaying in the Compendium Class List
  
• Fixed Barbarian entry image in the Compendium Class List sometimes not displaying correctly
  
• Fixed Legendary Blocking skill not applying protection to shields from ranged attacks
  
• Fixed some typos in the Compendium

• Fixed crash on Steam Deck/Linux when changing Compendium Tabs
  
• Fixed blue slimes/scorpions models not animating correctly in multiplayer
  
• Fixed colorblind mode player deathboxes being the wrong color
  
• Fixed some typos in the Compendium

Psst... we have a secret to share!

The Keep Your Secrets update for Barony is now live! In this massive expansion, you'll gain access to one of our long-awaited Kickstarter features: the Compendium.
Keep Your Secrets also features a complete overhaul of the Ruins, new breakable objects littering all the dungeons, a few new ambushing enemies, and even a new shrine.

Every feature of the expansion makes Barony richer and more interesting to explore. So let's open the creaky cover of this update and reveal everything that hides within!

View the Trailer below!




The dungeon is full of secrets, but with the Compendium, just maybe you can find you way! Whether you want to know the strengths and weaknesses of a Cockatrice, learn what kinds of enemies you'll encounter in the Swamps, or discover the mysteries of Alchemy, the Compendium has it all.

The secrets of the Dungeon lie within this ancient tome!

As you explore, you'll organically reveal more entries to the Compendium when you encounter the subject of each entry. In addition to some intriguing lore, each entry offers additional helpful gameplay details, many of which may help you in your quest to master all the dungeon’s treasures, traps, and challenges. But these details require Research to unveil!

As you earn more Achievements playing Barony, you’ll be awarded with Lore Points. Spend these wisely to research the most useful knowledge from entries that’ll aid your future adventures!

Sick of dying to the same foes over and over?
Learn your enemies and adapt your strategy!

For those of you who have already cleared a lot of the game’s achievements, don’t worry! You’ll receive full-credit for your research efforts.

Deep beneath the Labyrinths, Baron Herx lurks at the heart of the Ruins awaiting his next challenger. But sinister movements are afoot amongst the inhabitants of the realm closest to him. Like the Mines, Swamps, Labyrinths, Underworld and Hell that came before, the Ruins has received a complete rework.


Further exploration has revealed ~170 new rooms thought lost to time. Ancient statues, abandoned gardens, seized manors, and arcane traps have been unearthed, awaiting the lich’s challengers.

While the fireplaces are still used by the palace’s squatters, chandeliers hang darkly. Among the rubble, you’ll also find relics of Mechanist security systems. New caution is needed to succeed in the Ruins!

Some new Ruins rooms are lethal. Will you survive?

In the destitute Ruins, ruthless gnomes have given up on mining, and are now on the hunt for gold from anyone they can mug. By their effort, most wayward Goblins have given up hope surviving here!

The devilish gnome thieves wander with strength in numbers. In addition to attacking in groups with both ranged and melee weapons, they’ll also drop traps when defeated! One would be wise not to underestimate a coordinated band of gnomish cutthroats, even in their deaths.

Think carefully about how to approach these wily little creatures who like to whisper in the dark as they approach. A leader usually emboldens a debt of gnomes to more direct violence, compared to their more magic-oriented kin.

Gnome thieves think they're so cool with their bycokets and pipes.
But take out their leader, and their bravado crumbles.

Trolls have finally been almost completely driven by the marginally smarter, but certainly tougher, Bugbear.

These beasts wield a variety of weapons including battle axes, falchions, arbalests, and the mighty scutum shield. They'll get in close to attack, and then shield bash you when you try to counter! Try to pick them off from afar, and they raise their shield to nullify almost any attack.

Bugbears like to to strafe around targets, dividing their attention, so you'll need to stay on your toes when a team of these monsters sets their sights on you. When you hear them approaching, get ready for a serious fight!

Bugbears like to travel together.
It'd be kinda cute if they weren't trying to kill you!

Leftover from a more sophisticated age, these finely crafted bells remain hanging, waiting to once again echo their song through the Ruins’ large chambers.

What secrets can a bell keep? Unless its clapper is muted by a hidden item (or a colony of bats!), ringing one is sure to draw the attention of enemies within earshot. It’s wise to be prepared before pulling on its dusty ropes. In return, its chime may also inspire those close by to take bolder action!

However, it’s just as likely that these brass beasts haven’t seen proper maintenance. We wouldn’t want to see what kind of damage a huge falling bell could do to an unwary adventurer.

Ouch!

Some enemies can now be a threat no matter where you’re exploring.


Slimes have been a menace in Barony since the very beginning. These pesky piles of oozing goo are a significant threat to adventurers in the early levels of the game, but now they're even more lethal.

Several varieties of slimes have been added, each with their own unique ability. When they vomit on you, be prepared to be poisoned, set ablaze, covered in opaque or slippery goop, and watch your metal equipment dissolved by corrosive sludge. In addition to lurking within the dungeon’s plumbing, keep your guard up around water and lava too, as some have mastered sliding across fluid surfaces!

Some slime vomit will slow you down.
Good luck getting away when that happens!

Bats thrive in darkness... which means they can be found hiding anywhere shadows are deepest! They're a brand new enemy to Barony that are small, evasive, and like to attack in groups. Bat attacks cause Bleeding, which means in addition to being hard to hit, their bites can wound even the toughest adventurers.

Bats nest in small colonies and sleep on the ceilings until disturbed. Any hapless hero who draws their ire should take care, or else find themselves exsanguinated on the floor amongst the squeaking suckers.

Bats are evasive creatures.
Can you take them out before you bleed out?

While you're doing battle with slimes and bugbears, you'll also discover that all areas of the Barony dungeons are richer to explore than ever.


New breakable items have been added all over the Dungeon. From carts and sacks to sarcophagi and gibbets, Barony is now brimming with things to destroy. Each region has its own selection of containers, suited to the environment in which they are found. But busting them open isn’t just a great way to relieve the stress of your last death, but it can be practical too!

A variety of things will drop from breakables. Reliably, a few gold pieces have been stashed away, or often a random item, rewarding your destructive curiosity. But bust open the wrong coffin, and an angry vampire may emerge and attack in retaliation for ending his beauty rest! Enemies may sense you drawing near to their hidey-hole and give you a surprise, so stay sharp!

That cart didn't stand a chance against
my mighty fireball!

Daedalus Shrines appear when a Minotaur is near, seeking to guide adventurers away from the Baron’s deadly pet. When touched, its symbol orients toward the exit, offering you hope of escape.

On floors where a Minotaur is about to spawn, these magical shrines provide light in the darkness. When discovered, interact with it to reveal the location of the exit. If the Minotaur is near, it’ll also offer enhanced speed, granting one more chance for a getaway!

Let the mystical light guide your way!

Keep Your Secrets offers some of Barony’s biggest new features to date, and we can’t wait for you to explore all of its secrets! Bugbears, bells, and bats all await you within, and we’re excited for you to learn and master it all with the help of the Compendium.

• Ruins have been invaded by new Bugbear and Gnome Thief enemy types, as well as a new Bell dungeon feature to interact with
  
• Slimes now appear in 5 different color variants
  
• Slimes attack with melee and new magical spray attacks depending on the type
  
• Slimes now scale with dungeon level
  
• Certain variants can walk on water/lava, and have set ambush spawns on map generation when an enemy walks nearby
  
• Breakables are now scattered throughout each biome, containing items, gold and monsters
  
• Daedalus Shrines now appear on Minotaur levels (This replaces what was formerly a second standard exit)
  
• Daedalus Shrines will appear in a different quadrant of the map from the standard exit
  
• Dark maps now spawn groups of bats hiding on the ceiling
  
• Several new achievements have been added to complement the new features of this update

• The Compendium has been added, listing monsters, items, and game mechanics that can be researched using Lore Points, a currency awarded from unlocking Achievements
  
• Most entries start hidden and are revealed by interacting with the world, killing enemies, and identifying items
  
• Research entries to reveal tips, monster stats, item tooltips, and records
  
• New Records for every Compendium entry track thousands of game events to look back on
  
• A list of all Achievements is now located inside the Compendium with categories and filtering options
  
• Hotkey "P" is default to quickly access the Com(P)endium
  
• Researched items show their tooltip for quick reference
  
• Preview the blessing/status changes of any item using the arrow keys while hovered
  
• Viewing item tooltips in-game will reflect your character's stats when held; otherwise, on the Main Menu, it will assume a character with 0 in every stat
  
• Viewing the Compendium in-game with Hardcore mode enabled will show the relevant stat changes for monster entries

• Added a new dedicated exit room preceding the Hell bossfight
  
• Caves base map size has been reduced to improve performance
  
• Removed kobolds from the Citadel spawn pool

• Shield items are now more durable, only rolling to degrade after a certain number of hits rather than on each hit taken
  
• Higher quality shield materials/blessings increase the hits that can be taken before checking to degrade
  
• Blocking now can only be increased by one skill point per enemy
  
• Non-shields (Torches, Lanterns, etc) now only benefit from Blocking +AC up to skill level 40
  
• Arrows can now degrade armor, but also can provide Blocking skill ups when being hit as melee attacks do
  
• Blocking now has the following bonus chances to level up:
  
• Performing "block, attack" combos 3 times in a row ("Rhythm of the Knight" Achievement) awards 80% chance to level skill
  
• Blocking an attack within a short time of raising your shield awards a bonus chance to level Blocking
  
• Blocking an enemy hit and having ally players/NPCs kill the enemy ("Thank the Tank" Achievement) awards a bonus chance to level Blocking

• Casting from an equipped spellbook now only has a chance to degrade your book after a certain number number of casts
  
• Higher Casting Skill and blessings increase the number of casts before checking to degrade
  
• Torn blessed books will now lose a blessing point instead of being destroyed upon degradation

• Sustained spells (light, levitation, etc) now only level Magic/Casting skills if a certain amount of MP has been used on sustained spells prior
  
• Chance to level up is only checked when casting a sustained spell
  
• 10 MP is required to be spent with Casting skill above 20, or 5 MP when below 20 Casting
  
• MP consumed while spells are sustained and when fizzling casts counts towards the total
  
• Example, casting Light for 1 MP, leaving it sustained for 9 MP. Recasting Light will now check for a skill increase as 10 MP has been spent

• Maximum character level is now 255, stats are capped to 248 to prevent desyncs in multiplayer
  
• "Leveling up" beyond level 255 still grants stat rolls and +HP/MP
  
• The Minotaur now spawns after 3.5 minutes in the Mines and Labyrinth levels (Previously 2.5 minutes)
  
• Enchant Weapon/Armor scrolls are now targetable
  
• Same targeting rules apply as previous updates, Weapon can target any item that can be held in the main-hand, Armor can target off-hand and other equipment apart from rings/amulets
  
• Merchant class increased starting Remove Curse scrolls from 1 to 3, now also starts with 2 Identify scrolls
  
• Slowed hunger tick rate in the starting floor before the Mines (Tip if you weren't aware, hunger is also slowed in Hamlet, biome transition floors and boss stages)
  
• HP Regeneration effects (Ring of Regeneration, Troll's Blood, etc) now work when Hunger is disabled in the Game Settings
  
• Regeneration rates are a bit slower than when Hunger is enabled
  
• Starvation now deals 5% MAXHP damage per tick, instead of a static 4 damage, less punishing for early game and not irrelevant by end game
  
• Starvation now also pauses HP Regeneration
  
• Insectoid maximum Energy has been increased from 50 to 100
  
• Food replenishment is still percent based to a maximum of 50 EN, so food doesn't provide any more energy than previously
  
• Increased damage dealt to breakable walls
  
• Human NPCs can now spawn with Maces
  
• Greasy status effect now drops items when attempting to use/swing them rather than dropping randomly
  
• Greasy status effect can now drop shields when attempting to defend
  
• NPCs wielding Arbalests now attack 50% slower instead of default fast speed for crossbows
  
• Removed monster drops from Baphomet minions
  
• Minions award 0 XP after 25 have spawned
  

  Legacy leaderboard entries which utilized Baphomet farming will be de-ranked, removing them from the top-200 scores to improve leaderboard competition

• Hazard Goggles now protect against the secondary effects of Slime sprays

• Audio engine performance improved to remove many stuttering issues
  
• May remove the need for Preload Music Files audio setting if your system had issues in previous updates
  
• Reduced frequency of idle monster cries
  
• Reduced frequency of liquid sound effects, improved sounds overlapping to reduce overall volume
  
• Ambient noises now loop rather than repeatedly play to improve performance
  
• Added sound effect when setting tinkered trap items
  
• Added sound effect for Fear status effect on monsters

• Added transparency effect to invisible players and HUD models
  
• Lobby visibility is now displayed in a floating banner for the server during online multiplayer character creation
  
• Gold animates when dropped
  
• Skillsheet and weapon tooltips now properly display the attack penalty % calculation from your current skill level
  
• Added HUD text in splitscreen to notify when all characters are dead
  
• Improved network speed for item tooltips to populate for ground items in multiplayer
  
• Improved network speed for character models loading in on level change in multiplayer

• Editor can use shortcut arguments on launch to resize
  
• E.g right click editor.exe, create shortcut, open right-click shortcut properties and add xres and yres to the target string: C:\Program Files\steamapps\common\Barony\editor.exe "-xres=1920" "-yres=1080"
  
• No fix for drag-to-resize yet
  
• Added AND logic gate sprites to the editor, these can be combined to create any logic needed (NAND/OR/XOR/Latches etc)
  
• Added entity-specific options to pressure plates F2 options (players only, monsters only, items only etc)
  
• Fixed "selected tile" in editor not displaying correctly
  
• Fixed custom monster.jsons not spawning correctly with followers
  
• Using /jumplevel -1 will always regenerate the same seed, use command /map_sequence_rng false to make this random each time for testing
  
• Added tooltip for collider/floor/decoration models to show the mesh name chosen from models.txt
  
• /cleanfloor command added to remove items from the floor
  
• Readable books with no matching title set as their name will spawn random titled books instead of the same name
  
• Fixed "XP" text in the EXP bar to support longer translation strings

• The Compendium translation files are found in the game directory, /lang/compendium_lang/ folder
  
• Fixed item tooltips cutting off text in the top icon area for long strings
  
• Fixed books not properly reloading/formatting when using modded font files

• Added command /player_can_move_in_gui true/false, set this to false to prevent character movement when the inventory is open if your keybind configuration requires
  
• Added Quick Turn speed settings in Controls

• Fixed multiplayer stats overflowing to negative beyond 128
  
• Fixed starvation not processing correctly in 3/4 person multiplayer
  
• Fixed ATK tooltip calculation on the character sheet being slightly incorrect due to rounding
  
• Fixed holding space while opening inventory randomly causing items to be used
  
• Fixed seed events requiring insectoid not displaying insectoid text correctly
  
• Fixed rebinding left click to "use" closing sign GUIs on activation
  
• Fixed slimes spawning inside walls from sinks
  
• Fixed monsters being stuck in door frames when the walls next to them have been broken
  
• Fixed client status effects HUD icons showing wrong icons for some of the newer status effects added in the last update
  
• Fixed Accursed spellbook chest being overridden by a mimic
  
• Fixed Salvage spell being able to target invisible/hidden map items
  
• Fixed Appraisal skill not being synced to the server and sometimes resetting for clients
  
• Fixed "Secret Weapon" achievement triggering when using Elemental Focus enhanced spells
  
• Fixed local hiscores not being created after the host has closed the lobby before client has left
  
• Fixed "I Want It All" achievement checking for all playable classes rather than just DLC classes
  
• Fixed softlock in the Mystic Library with sleep spell wielding enemy
  
• Fixed lich death sounds playing multiple times in splitscreen rather than once
  
• Bounty Hunter hat no longer targets neutral tinkering bots on maps
  
• Fixed depleted sinks not playing the depleted sound effect when using empty bottles
  
• Added sound effect when breaking sex change amulet on use
  
• Fixed crossplay logging in notification getting stuck at "logging in" after failure
  
• Fixed achievement notification vertical text alignment
  
• Fixed "DLC required" prompt crash at character creation in splitscreen
  
• Fixed +HP amounts when using healing spells not showing for clients in multiplayer
  
• Fixed some crashes for player names using % signs
  
• Fixed minotaur warning not showing up on dungeon level 7 in the Swamps after exiting the Underworld
  
• Fixed ally NPCs rotating incorrectly when backing up with ranged weapons
  
• Fixed dropped gyrobots blocking boulders rolling
  
• Fixed Magic skillsheet displaying duplicate spell names when using mods

We've got another massive update in the works for Barony! In addition to fulfilling our Kickstarter promises, this latest update has so much content that it's impossible to keep it a secret any longer. Without further ado, we introduce you to:






The Compendium is one of our Kickstarter promises, and it turned out better than we could have anticipated. Earn Lore Points by completing Achievements, and then spend those points to reveal details about every aspect of the game.






The slimes are multiplying! The oozy creatures now come in a variety of types, each with their own special attacks. What's more, bats now lurk in the darkness, hanging from ceilings until their slumber is disturbed. Bugbears and gnome thieves have invaded the Ruins, and are on the hunt for wayward wanderers!












Every floor of the dungeon is now full of various containers and junk, making the environments feel richer and more lived-in. I wonder what would happen if you were to break one of them open...






With hundreds of new rooms to explore, environment objects, and shiny textures, the Ruins looks more like its namesake than ever before!












Daedalus Shrines bear the mark of the builder of the labyrinth and only appear on floors where the Minotaur will spawn. What could it mean?






These majestic noisemakers won't spawn until you're deep in the dungeon. That dangling rope sure is tempting to pull.





We hope you're as excited about this update as we are! The FREE Keep Your Secrets update is in final stages of testing and will be released before Halloween so keep your eyes peeled for our next announcement!

Summer is over, the leaves have started to change, and even Baron Herx is in a festive mood. You know what that means: Halloween returns to Barony!

Starting on October 1st and continuing through the end of the month, the realms of Barony receive a Halloween makeover filled with festive changes to celebrate everyone's favorite spooky season.

Note, while disguised items might look different (and may bear a different name too!), the gameplay is 100% intact.

Clicking the holiday banner at the main menu will take you to the settings “Online” panel. Here you can toggle on/off the seasonal content as desired

To celebrate the return of Barony Scarony, we've added a brand new animated frame for your Steam Avatar! The new frame features some of our favorite macabre dungeon icons of Halloween including a mimic, a ghoulish arm, and what is that peaking from behind a tree? Could it be...the creature?!

This is available now on the Barony Points Shop!

If you played last October, you'll remember a lot of what's here, with just a few small updates that were necessary following Eat My Hat. If you're new to Barony Scarony, read on!

Much of the game's equipment has transformed into wacky, goofy, or spooky costume pieces to celebrate in style. You'll find halos, butterfly wings, disguise masks, and other things to accessorize with as you descend further into the dungeon.



If the dungeon wasn't foreboding enough already, there's fresh layer of terror in the dungeons during Halloween season. Jack 'O Lanterns line the walls of the Mines, Hell has taken on an eerie green hue, and the water in the Swamps runs red...with blood!



Adventurers aren't the only ones in the Halloween spirit in October. Many monster NPCs have gotten a makeover too! Ghouls don their best funeral suits? Succubi masquerading as alluring nurses? Trolls as Frankenstein's creature?! Is there no end to this horror?



Even Barony's weapons celebrate in style. For the season you'll wield cleavers, devils' pitchforks, monkey's claws, and even an axe shaped like a bat! A pointy mix of prop weapons you might bring trick-or-treating. Check the tooltips if you need a reminder of what weapon skill they use!



What would Halloween be without some sweet sweet candy? Barony has you covered. All of the food items in the game have been magically converted into several different pieces of sugary delight. Ever fought a lich while under the effects of a sugar rush?



Barony's candy bucket is stuffed full of visceral visual goodies, and you get to enjoy it all while hearing some fun new sound effects and listening to a completely remastered soundtrack by Nicolas Gasparini (Myuu). Myuu graciously provides his music to various indie projects, and he has offered his work on Barony under the CC3.0 License. His work is stellar, but we make no claims that his art is an endorsement of the game.




There's one final sweet treat for all of Barony's fans. We are thrilled to announce that our next update Keep Your Secrets will be launching soon! So stay tuned, this update will have you screaming in excitement there's so many new features and content to explore.

General:

• Enabled the 5 new leaderboard specific achievements to be progressed while playing the weekend Challenge Event (Standard achievements are still disabled in this mode):
  
  • “Bloom Where You’re Planted”
    
  • “Growth Mindset”
    
  • “Johnny Dungeonseed”
    
  • “Reap What You Sow”
    
  • “Sprouts”
• Added prompt when selecting locked race/class combinations to notify which achievement needs to be unlocked

Modding/Translations:

• Added higher resolution texture mod support:
  
  • Using new file /data/tiles.json
    
  • Include this file and modify the line ‘tile_texture_size’ when creating higher resolution texture mods.
• Added translation mod support for introduction/story sequences:
  
  • Files are in /data/story/ folder
• Improved translation mod support for books:
  
  • Using new file /lang/book_names.json
    
  • To translate book content, edit the .txt files in /books/ folder but do not change the filename
    
  • To translate book names, edit the new /lang/book_names.json with your translated names in the right hand side

Bugfixes:

• Fixed crash on Conjurer Skeleton level up on Linux/Mac
  
• Fixed One-Shot Challenge character selection defaulting to Barbarian when the class choice was predetermined
  
• Fixed Wanted effect from Bandit Mask disappearing on entering Hamlet
  
• Fixed “Bloom Where You’re Planted” achievement not triggering correctly for follower kills
  
• Fixed “Comedian” achievement not triggering while wearing Funny Bones’ eyepatch
  
• Fixed crash when unloading translation mods with edited books

They said it couldn’t be done, but somehow, we managed to pull it off. Now you can have your hat and eat it too!

The Eat My Hat update for Barony is finally here. With this latest update to the game, players have Hats, Custom Seeds, Mimics, and more to discover. There's so much great stuff to go over, let's dive right in and see how the latest update has made Barony bigger than ever before.


The first feature that inspired the title of the latest update to Barony, hats and masks further expand your character’s loadout. The team has added over 30 items to the game which you can find during your quest or purchase from a hat shop.

Mix and match to find that perfect look

Every hat or mask you equip comes with special themed game effects, so these fashionable new accessories are much more than cosmetics. Full helmets have been broken up into two pieces to ensure that that impressive eye patch you found isn’t covered up by an iron mask. A musketeer tried it once. It didn't go well.


The time has come. Mimics have long been in the works for Barony, and they’ve finally brought their voracious appetites to bear on the darkest parts of the dungeon. These vicious foes are impossible to distinguish from a regular chest until you open it. Once unleashed, they’ll pursue you relentlessly, causing serious damage to your adventurer while eating any armor you have equipped. Consider yourself warned!

Run for your life once a mimic sets its hungry sights on you.

The addition of Custom Seeds in Barony fulfills another of our Kickstarter promises! Each seed ensures that you’ll get the same dungeon layout every time you play. Seeds are perfect for speedruns or practicing strategies on a familiar map.

Set Custom Seeds from the Lobby Settings Menu

One-Shot Challenges
One-Shot Challenges are what you'd expect from the name. You've got one shot to complete the challenge and get the highest score possible. Once you die or quit the game, your score is recorded for everyone to see. You won't be able to attempt the same One-Shot Challenge again, so make sure you're not throwing away your...yeah, you get it.

One-Shot Challenges can only be played in a local game.

Unlimited Challenges
You can attempt Unlimited Challenges as many times as you'd like. Each time you complete the challenge, either through victory or death, your score is recorded. Can you break the top ten when you have an unlimited number of attempts?

Unlimited Challenges can be played in single or multiplayer.

Event Challenges
Event Challenges are particularly exciting! These types of events might have you playing as a glass cannon armed with a super powered crossbow. Or maybe the game ends when you've destroyed enough furniture. The sky is the limit (or maybe we should say the dungeon is bottomless) when it comes to Event Challenges.

Event Challenges can be played in single or multiplayer.

How will you challenge Barony’s dungeons?

Leaderboards have been fully implemented for the Steam and Epic Games Store versions of Barony!

There are several filters you can toggle between to see exactly how you stand up to other players:

You’re bound to be the best at something

Leaderboards are broken into two varieties: general, and Seed Event leaderboards. If you want to see how you stack up in a normal run-through of the dungeon, the regular boards are your destination, in the Adventure Archives. But if you have an incredible run playing as a skeleton in one of the Seed Events, use the “View” button next to that Seed Event menu.


Starting with Eat My Hat, game icons have been completely redesigned! We now have wonderfully rendered, fully 2D, pixel art renditions of every item in Barony. Matthew Griebner has outdone himself once again with these subtle but highly effective icons.

Everything from your inventory to stores look gorgeous with the new icons

We're always striving to make Barony bigger, badder, and more beautiful, and just like our overhauls of the Labyrinths, Underworld, and Hell, the Swamps have gotten a little love.

A Swamp Tree in all of its swampy goodness

Starting with Eat My Hat, Swamp Trees will begin to spawn in the second realm you visit. These new trees stand apart from the rest of the obstacles on these floors of the dungeon and go a long way toward improving the look of one of Barony's existing biomes.

A lovely place to camp

But don’t get too comfortable

General:

• New hats and masks added to the game, spawning in a range of locations throughout the world. New items will appear in Shopkeeper stock, chests, floor items and miniboss inventories
  
• As part of this overhaul, some starting class hoods have been replaced with new effect variants for the Rogue, Wanderer, Arcanist, Ninja, Conjurer, and Mesmer
  
• All full face headgear such as the Steel Helmet is now split into the helmet and mask portions for customizability
  
• Custom Seeds are now supported in the lobby game settings - All map generation objects are now tied to the current map seed and will generate identically when reloading the same savefile:
  
• This includes generation objects previously not tied to the map seed such as Shopkeeper stock, chest loot, Minotaur / Zap Brigade spawning, miniboss spawning, spell/arrow trap projectiles
  
• Skills can now be modified by certain new items, check modifications to your skill levels in the Skill Sheet:
  
• The colored sidebar numbers in the Skill Sheet will display your total of base + modified skill
  
• The center area will show the breakdown of your base + modified values in the form of (X + 10) or (X - 10) when applicable
  
• Modifying your skill levels grants all benefits displayed, including Legendary unlocks
  
• The maximum total is still 100, exceeding this through modifications will not have any effect
  
• Skills may still be levelled as normal while your base skill is below 100 but the total has been modified to 100
  
• Mask slot items can now degrade on hit if they provide +AC
  
• Destroy armor scroll now works on mask slot items
  
• Khryselakatos attack speed improved from 0.9x to 0.75x (matching Compound Bow speed)
  
• Crossbow and Arbalest now benefit from Swift ammunition and Draw Speed modifiers
  
• Removed Alembic from the Tinkering Kit crafting menu and replaced with a new item
  
• Chests now show health bars when hitting for 0 damage with projectiles
  
• “Wanted” status effect is now also tied to your character sex in addition to race, providing another way to mask your identity
  
• Slightly reduced frequency of follower idle noises
  
• Added support for alternate sound setups, including surround 5.1/7.1.
  
• Change the sound output type in the Audio Settings tab. Restart the game to apply
  
• Added an HDR video setting. Toggle it on and off from the Video Settings tab

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed multiplayer clients not receiving current enemy status effects on top of their health bars
  
• Fixed Goblin melee skill increase notification playing after reaching max skill levels
  
• Fixed polymorph not working correctly when playing as a monster with Disable Abilities checked
  
• Fixed tinker trap placement on chests not positioning correctly
  
• Fixed Parashu proc message incorrectly playing when shapeshifted
  
• Fixed a bug where Steam Workshop item images were not displaying properly on some platforms
  
• Fixed a bug with Surround Sound where front and rear orientation was flipped

Translation Notes:

• Added character sheet attribute abbreviations to the lang/en.txt translation file (ATK/AC/PWR etc)
  
• Fixed STR/DEX/CON/INT/PER/CHR in the character sheet class tooltip not using the translation already present in the game files
  
• Individual files with updates that should be text diff’d from the previous version, as many lines have been added (Make copies from the previous V4.1.1 version before updating):
  
• data/skillsheetentries.json
  
• Important - Changed internal tag “MAGICSPELLPOWER” to “MAGICSPELLPOWER_INT”
  
• Important - “STEALTH_BACKSTAB” added line "realtime_update": true
  
• data/status_effects.json
  
• lang/en.txt
  
• lang/item_names.json
  
• items/items.json
  
• items/item_tooltips.json

Bugfixes:

• Fixed crossplay save games with Nintendo Switch not being able to continue.
  (Note: existing saves affected by the bug in the last week unfortunately couldn't be fixed, so new games will need to be created. Apologies to those that experienced this issue.)

Barony wasn't the kind of game that made a big splash when it first released. While other indies seemed to get a lot more attention at the time, Barony remained the shadows. But, like a lurking lich, it grows stronger over time.

Today, we're honored to be working on Barony, still making it as good as we can! We owe it to you for discovering the game, and spreading news about it with your friends. We couldn't do it without you. Thank you for sticking with us through all the updates.



















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And more to come. Thank you again for your enthusiasm and support!