Hello Skul Squad,

Here come two new skulls (the Stone Monkey and Grave Digger!) to take part in the assault of Carleon Castle.

The Stone Monkey beats up Carleon soldiers with its clones while the Grave Digger calls upon different spirits to unite the Legion of Death.

Also, the Prisoner will finally get his original form back.

With the help of completely new Quintessences, skulls will continue their way to the Carleon Castle.

Along those same lines, the Quintessences had some issues with balancing and/or didn’t have stunning effects, so we decided to work on overhauling every Quintessence in this patch. We’re also planning on a huge update for skulls, so don’t miss it!

Last but not least, we also added new special event maps and NPCs. Please see below for more detailed information.

*This patch will reset the Auto-Saved data in the previous version.

• New Skulls
  - Stone Monkey
  - Grave Digger

Stone Monkey
Rarity: Common
Type: Speed



A monkey demon born on a rock at the top of a mountain in the East.



Grave Digger
Rarity: Common
Type: Power



Well, apparently some drab guy with a coffin was fighting some spirits.

• Added ‘The King’ (Upgraded ‘Prisoner’)

The King
Rarity: Legendary
Type: Speed



You... ARE AN INCORRIGIBLE ASS!

• Reduced incoming damage caused by each survival scroll for ‘Prisoner’: 10% → 5%

1. Changed status icons for some item effects

New Quintessences

• Common
  - Steel Golem
  
• Unique
  - Wisp
  - Hareubang
  - Phantom
  - Banshee
  
• Legendary
  - Balrog

• Changed VFXs for every quintessence
  
• Changed effects for every quintessence
  
• Deleted stat bonus for every quintessence in the previous version
  
• Deleted ‘Pegasus’

Overwhelming size and incredible power. It feels like the end of the world.

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Developer Comment: In this update, we focused on both balancing and maximizing the effectiveness of quintessences during gameplay.

• New NPCs
  - Halfling Girl
  - Magical Slime
  - Odd Dark Priest
  - Frivolous Dark Priest
  - Cynical Dark Priest

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Developer Comment: Most of the priests who worked in the Demon Temple were kidnapped by Carleon. Now you can rescue them to change your skills more often.

Do you want to compare our height???

1. New Special Event Maps
   
2. Quintessence Sanctuary
   
3. Dangerous Chest

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Developer Comment: The Unknown Boy is now back in-game.

• The master of Quintessences will appear more often in the Black Market
  
• Added animations for every dish

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Developer Comment: The food looks tastier, doesn't it?

• Fixed bug where the Prisoner’s damage decreasing effect from Survival scroll would not properly work on some attacks
  
• Fixed bug where the Evil Druid’s buff ‘Greed’ would not disappear after starting a new game
  
• Fixed bug where the enemies with ‘Freeze’ or time-controlled status would still hit by the player
  
• Fixed bug where Carleon Commander’s soldiers would appear at incorrect locations
  
• Fixed problem where the item ‘Elder Ent's Gratitude’ would not save its current barriers during Auto-Save
  
• Fixed problem where the background image would not properly display in Chapter 1
  
• Fixed problem where the player would jump onto the elevator in the first map of Chapter 4

• Fixed issue where the description for the Prisoner’s skills was incorrect (English)

We've fixed a black screen issue in Title Screen (Release 1.2.4) through a hotfix on 5/19.
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Hello Skul Squad,

This update (Release 1.2.4) fixes some bugs caused by the ‘Auto-Save’ system update.

Also, you’ll be happy to hear that the rescued Demon King will always appear in the castle from now on (as long as you’ve saved him of course).

Please see below for more detailed information.

• Fixed bug where the Evil Sword: Kirion would duplicate after using ‘Auto-Save’
  
• Fixed bug where both the Clone Stamp and Prince’s Box would have different inscriptions after using ‘Auto-Save’
  
• Fixed bug where maps would provide different rewards after using ‘Auto-Save’
  
• Fixed bug where the Demon King would not appear in the castle after defeating the First Hero
  
• Fixed bug where the bomb-moving recruit would stop when stunned in Dang-Ka Knight maps.

This hotfix (Release 1.2.2) fixes the bugs listed below.

1. Fixed bug where the Fox Hunter and Ogre Peddler would keep dropping the same skulls/items over and over again.
2. Fixed issue where the timer wouldn't run when in the Demon Castle, Black Market, "Awaken" Map or on the first map of each Chapter.
3. Made the lighting more uniform in the Demon Castle.
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Hello Skul Squad,

This update (Release 1.2.2) fixes some bugs that affected gameplay and at long last….. we finally added an ‘Auto-Save’ function!! We’d like for you to play Skul whenever and for however long you want without worrying about losing progress.

Please see below for more detailed information.

• Fixed bug where some of the control settings would not work in the Menu or Inventory
  
• Fixed problem where a skull’s current item status would not properly show in 21:9 aspect ratio
  
• Fixed bug where the Adventurer would not show up in Chapter 4
  
• Fixed bug where a black screen would appear in place of the Title Screen
  
• Fixed bug where a black screen would appear and the game wouldn’t be playable in some cases

• Added ‘Auto-Save’ System
  - You can now quit mid-run and come back later to pick up where you left off.
  
• Increased the loading speed when switching from the Title Screen to in-game maps
  
• Improved the screen transition when switching maps
  
• Increased the loading speed when switching maps and chapters

Hey Skul Squad,

It’s been a while since our last Dev Blog, right? ;) Hope you all are doing well!

This Dev Blog will focus on our development schedule for the rest of this year. We can’t wait to build upon what we have so far and make Skul an even more thrilling experience for everyone.
It’s also important to mention that a lot of these decisions were made based on your feedback, even from the Early Access period. We hope the proposed changes/additions are to your liking.
Without further ado…

Here are the proposed changes!



Many of you have been asking for this feature for a long time, so we’re currently developing it.
No more need to worry about having to quit mid-run because of some other engagement and losing all of the progress you made. We want you to be able to play Skul whenever or for however long you want.

When it comes to improving existing skulls, we aim to make some of the less fun or difficult to use skulls more accessible and exciting to play with.

Considering that Quintessence are closely tied to a player’s growth and gameplay we’ve spent a lot of time looking into how to make them even more meaningful and fun to use. And we think the future changes should do just that.

In addition to that, we also plan on adding another field NPC and “special event maps” to boost the replayability even more.


You’ll finally be able to enjoy playing Skul on other platforms this summer.
And you may not have seen this yet, but earlier today we revealed some gameplay footage from the Switch version in the Nintendo Indie Showcase! All three console builds are pretty far along in development and just need some more optimization and polishing. If all goes well, we may be able to launch them in June. Fingers crossed!

You can check out the video for yourself at the link below.


**Starts at 16:15


We think that you and Skul are getting pretty OP, so we’ve decided to add a New Game+ mode (hard mode)! Let’s see if you can complete the challenge in your own special way.


For this update, we’ll be focusing on adding several QoL features such as a stat interface and index for skulls, items and Quintessence.

We’re also currently looking into adding more options for permanent player progression and how to better utilize the Witch Trait system.

Food will also be improved to make it more dynamic and fun.

Please keep in mind that depending on the situation we may have other updates that aren’t currently listed. For example, we would love to do another character crossover!

We’ll do our best to continue to improve Skul and make the best version of it that we can.

Please stay tuned for more updates.

Thank you!
Skul Team

This hotfix should fix the issues listed below.

1. Fixed problem where the steel cage didn't open in the "Dang-Ka Knight" special event map
2. Fixed problem where the door would close again in the "Mystic Ruin" special event map when making certain movements
3. Fixed a language-related error that could cause issues during gameplay
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Hey Skul Squad,

This Update (Release 1.2.0) adds 4 new “special event maps” to the game along with some major improvements to the UI. The new maps in particular should boost the replayability of Skul even more!

We also were able to fix a lot of bugs and text thanks to your feedback. Thanks again for letting us know!
Please see below for more detailed information.

• Increased size of text displayed on the HUD
  
• Increased size of text displayed on the HP Bar of bosses
  
• Changed UI design of the Adventurer's HP Bar and increased size of the text
  
• Changed UI design of the Pause Window and increased size of the text
  
• Increased size of text in dialogue boxes
  
• Changed UI design of the witch trait window and also increased size of text
  
• Changed UI design and increased size of text for pop-up descriptions of skulls, items and food. Also added “See More” option.
  
• Changed UI design of the Scroll and also increased size of text
  
• Increased size of text in NPC speech bubbles
  
• Increased size of text in cutscenes

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Comment from the Developer: We thought the legibility of the text wasn’t great, so we decided to change the UI’s design and increase the size of the text to make everything easier to see/read.

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“We hope Russian-speakers can forgive us...”

• Dang-Ka Knight
  
• Mystic Ruin
  
• The Gauntlet
  
• Altar of Greed

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Comment from the Developer: These new maps won’t appear very often, but they’ll provide a wide range of rewards if you’re willing to accept the risks involved.

• Fixed bug where the final cutscene wouldn’t play properly if you defeated the 3rd phase of the First Hero while he was stunned.
  
• Fixed bug where the number of bone fragments you receive when destroying a skull was sometimes displaying the wrong number.
  
• Fixed problem where the wrong status icon was being displayed when in possession of the ‘Attitude’ inscription.
  
• Fixed bug where the Archlich’s basic attack was being registered as a skill attack.
  
• Fixed problem where the Berserker’s ‘Bone of the Devil’ skill didn’t work properly if your attack speed was very high.
  
• Fixed problem where all grades of the Gargoyle mistakenly didn’t become invincible when swapping heads.
  
• Fixed problem where skulls could still move forward when swapping all grades of the Skeleton-Bomber to the others and it had immovable duration
  
• Fixed problem where enemies sometimes didn’t take damage when hit by all grades of the Skeleton-Spear.
  
• Fixed bug where the projectile would sometimes disappear after using Skul’s ‘Throw Head’ skill.
  
• Changed it so that the effect of the ‘Empire’ inscription no longer makes the flag cover up enemies.
  
• Fixed bug where the cooldown time was mistakenly reset for the ‘Cretan Bull’ item when swapping a non-power type skull.
  
• Fixed bug where the effect for the ‘Rear Blast’ item wasn’t working properly because of the effect for the ‘Gold Mane Rapier’ item.
  
• Fixed bug where the hands of Yggdrasil would not properly show when gathering its energy
  
• Fixed bug where the visual effects of legendary-grade skulls, quintessence and items wasn’t displaying properly after dropping them on the ground.
  
• Fixed problem where interacting with NPCs at the start would affect the frame rate
  
• Fixed problem where entering Settings would automatically reset the current resolution to the default setting for each monitor
  
• Fixed problem where the background pop-ups were still activated when the mini pop-ups were opened
  
• Fixed problem where game background would glitch in both sides in 21:9 aspect ratio
  
• Fixed problem where camera moving would follow a wrong direction in some resolutions
  
• Fixed problem where the death pop-up would not display the items properly
  
• Fixed problem where Dark Quartz and Gold showed white during the interaction with NPCs in some languages

• Fixed issue where the description for the trait ‘Ancient Alchemy’ was incorrect (Japanese)
  
• Fixed issue where the Magic attack showed red in the description for 'Basic Carleon Staff’ (Portuguese)
  
• Polished the flavor text for the item 'Cretan Bull' (Chinese-Simplified)
  
• Polished the flavor text for the item ‘Dark Priest Robe’ (Chinese-Simplified)
  
• Fixed issue where the text was not properly displayed when destroying ‘Savage Altar’ (Spanish)
  
• Fixed issue where ‘Upon Great Success’ was replaced by ‘Success’ in the description for Gambler’s ‘Russian Roulette’ (Korean)
  
• Fixed issue where the skill name for the Destroyer was incorrect (Every language except for Korean)

Hello Everyone,

In this update (Release 1.1.1), we have fixed some of the bugs that players reported in the previous build.
Thank you again for sending over all the information to our support channel!

• Fixed problem where the player randomly would get stuck in some of the maps.
  
• Fixed bug where the Voodoo Doll would not appear in the previous build.
  
• Fixed bug where some items would be duplicated even after disappearing and transforming.
  - Rejuvenating Root
  - Unknown Seed
  - Elder Ent's Gratitude
  - Forbidden Sword
  
• Fixed problem where the Devil Berserker would cancel its [Demonization] with [Rage Tackle].
  
• Fixed problem where the number of killed bosses and adventurers would reset when the player dropped Stone of the Heir and Medal Box.

• Fixed some text that was not displayed properly in Simplified and Traditional Chinese.
  

• Changed the icon in the Pop-up UI when the player purchases items from the Grave Robber.

Hello Everyone,

This update (Release 1.1.0) features a ton of new items and Inscriptions that add new strategic elements and should kick up the action another notch.

We’ve added a total of 38 new items, some of which have very unique properties and may only activate after certain enemies have been defeated. Choosing which items to pick up during your run will require even more strategy than ever.

There is also a new NPC called the “Grave Robber” who will randomly show up in the Black Market and sell new items in exchange for Dark Quartz.

Not only that, but we’ve also implemented 7 new Inscriptions that will create even more crazy synergies depending on the type of damage being dealt and the number of enemies in the area. For example, if there are a bunch of enemies nearby one of the Inscriptions may create a shockwave effect. So go ahead and see what wild combinations of skulls, items and Inscriptions you can create!

• Fixed bug where the Chapter 4 Mage Adventurer would sometimes freeze after being hit with Genie’s Genie Swordsmanship skill attack.
  
• Fixed problem where the increase in crit chance and max number of stacks for the Elder Werewolf’s Predation skill attack was implemented improperly
  
• Fixed problem where some controllers weren’t registering properly at the Title Screen

• Fixed the flavor text for the Archdemon Quintessence (English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Polish, French)
  
• Fixed the explanation for the stacks related to the Elder Werewolf’s Predation skill (Every Language)
  
• Fixed the explanation of Dark Paladin’s passive ability (English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Polish, French)
  
• Fixed the explanation for each Living Armor’s passive ability (English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Polish, French)
  
• Fixed the explanation for the Whirlwind skill for each Predator (English, Japanese, Chinese Simplified and Traditional, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Polish, French)
  
• Fixed the explanation of each Samurai’s swap ability and skills (German)
  
• Fixed the explanation of Warlord’s passive ability (English, Japanese, Chinese Simplified and Traditional, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Polish, French)

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“You won’t have seen these anywhere else! I’ll trade them for a few of those black jewels!”

The Grave Robber is the only human in the Black Market and he sometimes steals hidden treasures in Carleon.
He possesses items that you can’t get normally during your run and can only be purchased with Dark Quartz. They will drop like all other items after being bought though.


After clearing a boss, an item that possesses a special characteristic of it will appear.
These “Boss Items” will only appear in the chests after defeating the bosses.


Gladiator
- Increased amount Concentration Speed increases when swapping
Warlord
- Increased amount Concentration Speed increases when swapping
Abyssal Monarch
- Increased amount Concentration Speed increases when swapping while in the barrier



Common

• Unknown Seed
  
• Basic Carleon Staff
  
• Prayer of Grace
  
• Rejuvenating Root

Rare

• Luxurious Tea Cup
  
• Offensive Wheel
  
• Inner Malice
  
• Inner Flame
  
• Lunar Ring
  
• Trainee’s Necklace
  
• Abyssal Virus
  
• Prince’s Box
  
• Elder Ent’s Gratitude
  
• Cretan Bull
  
• Solar Sword
  
• Fighter’s Belt
  
• Sage’s Time

Unique

• Arch Bishop’s Scriptures
  
• Magic Pocket Watch
  
• Mithril Armor
  
• Clone Stamp
  
• Forbidden Sword
  
• Frost Witch’s Staff
  
• Contaminated Core
  
• Proof of Fellowship
  
• Growing Volition
  
• Stone of the Heir
  
• Gold Mane Rapier
  
• Medal Box

Legendary

• Evil Sword: Kirion
  
• Voodoo Doll
  
• World Tree Seed
  
• Doomsday
  
• Pot of Greed
  
• Pain & Despair
  
• Chimera’s Poison Fang
  
• Nether Mana Suppressor
  
• Hope Slasher

Standard-issue Carleon Sword
- Changed Inscriptions: (Duel, March) → (Empire, Courage)
Standard-issue Carleon Armor
- Changed Inscriptions: (Leonia, Endure) → (Empire, Endure)
Standard-issue Carleon Bow
- Changed Inscriptions: (Chase, Execute) → (Empire, Chase)
Carleon Insignia
- Changed Inscriptions: (March, Miser) → (Empire, Miser)
Draft Stone
- Changed it to increase the Physical and Magic Attacks for all skulls, not just “Skeleton Soldiers”
- Changed Inscriptions: (Endure, March) → (Endure, Adaptation)
Grudge Stone
- Changed effect’s damage type: Magic → Physical
- Changed Inscriptions: (Tactics, Execute) → (Execute, Brawl)
Thorny Pauldrons
- Changed Inscriptions: (Endure, Fortress) → (Blitz, Endure)
Clown’s Surprise Box
- Changed Inscriptions: (Fuse, Mutant) → (Fuse, Preparation)
Assassin Dagger
- Changed Inscriptions: (Sprint, Madness) → (Weakness, Madness)
Warrior’s Gloves
- Changed Inscriptions: (Sprint, March) → (Courage, Blitz)
Thief Armor
- Changed Inscriptions: (Madness, Chase) → (Weakness, Chase)
Ancient Incense Burner
- Changed Inscriptions: (Swamp, Ruins) → (Heart, Ruins)
Giant’s Ax
- Changed Inscriptions: (Mutant, Demolition) → (Demolition, Preparation)
Iron Shoes of Bitter Cold
- Changed Inscriptions: (Alchemy, Blizzard) → (Soar, Blizzard)
Ceremonial Dagger
- Changed Inscriptions: (Tactics, Mirage) → (Tactics, Weakness)
Ice Scale Spaulders
- Changed Inscriptions: (Sprint, Blizzard) → (Blitz, Blizzard)
Manatech Circulator
- Changed Inscriptions: (Manatech, Tactics) → (Manatech, Mirage)
Bone of Courage
- Changed it so that Physical Attack damage would be amplified, not Basic Attack damage
Ninja Mask
- Changed Inscriptions: (Soar, Duel) → (Blitz, Duel)
Master Brawler
- Changed Inscriptions: (Execute, Endure) → (Brawl, Execute)
Bone of Swiftness
- Changed Inscriptions: (Madness, Execute) → (Weakness, Execute)
Hero’s Holy Sword
- Changed Inscriptions: (Duel, Sprint) → (Duel, Blitz)
Hunter’s Wooden Longbow
- Changed Inscriptions: (Chase, Mirage) → (Chase, Weakness)
Raven Monarch’s Feather
- Changed Inscriptions: (Ruins, Mutant) → (Ruins, Preparation)
Wind Armor
- Changed Inscriptions: (Soar, Mirage) → (Sprint, Mirage)

• Empire
  
• Attitude
  
• Adaptation
  
• Brawl
  
• Weakness
  
• Blitz
  
• Preparation

Madness
- Changed max number of inscriptions: 6 → 7
- Changed effect for each level: (5/15/25/45/75/125) → (5/10/15/30/55/90/150)
Necromancy
- Slightly reduced damage done by projectiles
Sorcery
- Changed max number of inscriptions: 6 → 7
- Changed effect for each level: (10/20/40/70/120/200) → (10/15/25/50/90/160/240)
Alchemy
- Changed max number of inscriptions: 4 → 3
- Changed effect for each level: (5/20/40/70) → (10/30/60)
Soar
- Changed max number of inscriptions: 6 → 5
- Changed effect for each level: (15/25/35/55/100/150) → (15/25/35/70/120)
Spring
- Changed max number of inscriptions: 3 → 4
- Changed effect for each level: (5/10/20) → (5/10/15/25)
Mutant
- Changed max number of inscriptions: 6 → 7
- Changed effect for each level: (10/25/35/50/70/90) → (10/15/25/35/55/80/105)
Endure
- Changed max number of inscriptions: 6 → 7
- Changed effect for each level: (1/2/3/5/7/10) → (1/2/3/4/6/9/15)
Tactics
- Changed max number of inscriptions: 6 → 7
- Changed effect for each level: (5/10/20/40/60/100) → (5/10/20/30/45/75/120)
March (Courage)
- Changed Inscription Name: March → Courage
- Changed max number of inscriptions: 6 → 8
- Changed effect for each level: (3/6/15/25/45/90) → (5/10/15/25/40/65/100/145)

Hello Everyone,

We’ve added high-quality and uncompressed WAV files to the soundtrack. We hope this is music to your ears!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1525720/Skul_The_Hero_Slayer_Soundtrack/



Fan Art Highlights

Tijoe

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This art contest featured a massive amount of creative and high-quality fan art!

Reg
https://twitter.com/MeowReg/status/1358292140011343873

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This artist has been doing a series of skulls and this is one of our favorites :)

Hey everyone,

Here are patch notes for our update: Release 1.0.3.

• Fixed an issue so that Elder Ent skull’s [Tree Buddy] skill properly damages enemies with Magic Damage instead of Physical Damage.
  
• Fixed an issue so that Guardian Commander skull’s [Shield Rush] skill properly damages enemies with Magic Damage instead of Physical Damage.
  
• Fixed an issue where the swap skill of the Werewolf skull would not grant frames of invincibility as intended.
  
• Fixed an issue so that the ‘Blizzard’ synergy effect properly damages enemies with Magic Damage instead of Physical Damage.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Thief and Priest adventurers would disappear from the map when players entered the map but did not touch the ground as the Gargoyle skull.
  
• Fixed a bug of a VFX being repeatedly applied to the Rockstar skull.
  
• Fixed a bug where the charged basic attack of the Warlord skull would repeatedly damage nearby enemies.
  
• Fixed a bug where players could duplicate skulls during skull Awakenings.
  
• Fixed a bug where players could not normally Awaken their skulls when attempting to Awaken while charging, focusing attacks or skills.
  
• Fixed a bug of sound effects not playing after defeating the Chimera boss.
  
• Fixed a bug of not being able to use Quintessences when rapidly using and swapping two different Quintessences.
  
• Fixed a bug where players would be able to freeze the game by moving too far to the right of the exit after defeating the First Hero.
  
• Fixed a bug where the buff effects from consuming food items could be transferred over to a new game.
  
• Fixed a bug where shutting down the game right after deciding to make repairs to the Demon Castle would keep Dark Quartz from being spent.
  
• Fixed a bug so that starting a new game will properly reset the game to its original settings. (camera view, amount of bone fragments, camera shake effect, etc)
  
• Fixed a bug of the Leiana Sisters becoming stuck on map terrain.
  
• Fixed a bug of the Priest adventurer becoming completely invisible when stunning her at a certain time.
  
• Fixed an issue where players could knock enemies to unreachable areas in Chapter 4.

• Fixed a text issue regarding Eternal Werewolf skull’s [Predation] skill cooltime.
  
• Fixed text issues where damage types would not be properly displayed in languages other than Korean:
  
• - Eternal Werewolf skull, [Beast Leap] skill
  
• - Water Skull (all variants), Passive wave attacks
  
• - Nightmare skull, Swap skill while riding hell bike
  
• - Neo Samurai skull, [Quick Slash] skill
  
• Fixed text issues that existed in German where the text did not match the actual in-game values:
  
• - Raven Monarch's Feather quintessence
  
• - Wraith quintessence
  
• - Ifrit quintessence
  
• - Hydra quintessence
  
• - Skeleton-Pike (all variants) skills, passive, swap skill
  
• - Hunter skull (all variants) skills, swap skill
  
• Fixes on spelling errors & grammatical changes

• Fixed issues so that all of the player’s current buffs will be shown as icons.
  
• Added a new VFX for the buff granted by the “Iron Altar” for better visibility. (the altar that grants players/enemies super-armor)
  
• Partial 21:9 screen resolution support enabled

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Developer Comment: We’re making adjustments to fully support 21:9 screen resolution, but we’ll need more time to do so. In the meantime, we’ve added partial 21:9 support for certain in-game maps.

• Added an invisible ceiling to the First Hero’s 3rd phase fight map.
  
• Fixed a bug of Chapter 4 enemies being able to teleport around the map.

• Changed the Ent skull (all variants) so that its swap skill animation can be interrupted/canceled by dashing.

• Fixed an issue so that players will be able to more stably stand on Yggdrasil branches.

Hello everyone!

We’ve been receiving a lot of feedback from you guys after our official release, thank you so much for that & please keep them coming!

That being said, there’s been a lot of bug reports and we’ve been trying our very best to fix them as quickly as possible. Please take a look at our patch notes to see if your bug has been fixed. There are still a lot of leftover bugs to be fixed and improvements that can be made, so we’re taking the time to talk about them here.

[Q&A on your reports/feedback]
Q. My game crashes on launch and/or my in-game graphics are tearing and breaking?
A. First, please make sure you’ve updated your graphic card to its latest version.
☞ [AMD / ATI Driver Download]: https://www.amd.com/support
☞ [NVIDIA Driver Download]: https://www.nvidia.co.kr/Download/index.aspx

If you have already updated your graphic card and are still experiencing this issue, please follow the steps below.

- For [OpenGL] or [DirectX 12] users: Input “-force-glcore45” in the game’s Launch Option.
- For [DirectX 12] users: Input “-force-d3d12” in the game’s Launch Option.
- For [Vulkan] users: Input “-force-vulkan” in the game’s Launch Option.


If you have taken all the steps above and are still experiencing issues, please contact us at: skul_support@neowiz.com. Please make sure to include your PC information such as your OS, graphic card info.


Q. There’s too many visual effects in the game so it’s difficult for me to dodge enemy attacks!
A. We think that this is an important issue. We’re thinking of implementing an “opacity option” for visual effects for players that want more visual clarity.


Q. I can’t see my HUD while playing the game on my Mac PC.
A. We’re currently investigating a way to fix this issue. As for right now, here’s a temporary solution that can fix the problem.

Please set the in-game resolution to any of the following resolutions:
1344x756 / 1440x810 / 1600x900 / 1024x575 / 1024x576 / 1280x720


Q. Are there going to be convenience options such as saving the game mid-play & an in-game encyclopedia?
A. We’re currently developing an in-game save system so that you can save your progress even during your runs. We’re also planning to create an in-game encyclopedia so that players can look at all the skulls, items, quintessence in the game!


Q. There’s a big gap in the usability of different skulls. Power-type skulls in general seem to be worse than other types of skulls.
A. We’ve rolled out patch 1.0.2 and buffed physical items & quintessences recently. We’ll have to monitor the situation a bit more regarding this feedback. We promise that we’ll do whatever it takes to fine-tune the balance of the game and make each and everyone of our skulls, items, quintessence fun & viable to play with.


Q. The default skull seems a bit boring. There’s nothing you can do with the default skull. Isn’t there a way to make the default skull more fun?
A. We agree with this opinion. We’ll try to come up with a way to make the default skull more usable!


Q. Can we have a UI that shows how much my items & buffs are increasing my character’s stats?
A. We’re currently working on an interface that can tell users their character’s stats. It’s something that’s going to take a while, but we’ll make sure there are improvements regarding this issue. We thank you in advance for your patience on this.



Q. My controller isn’t working.
A. We’ll have this fixed as soon as possible. Please send us an email at: skul_support@neowiz.com with your issue and the controller you are using. You can help us fix this problem quicker by making sure to include details.


Q. The game doesn’t seem to be supporting 21:9 resolution anymore?
A. We added contents that don’t support 21:9 for our official launch, so the resolution has been blocked temporarily. But don’t worry, we’ll develop the game to support 21:9 soon!


Q. I need more ways to restore my HP during runs. The healer adventurer is a pain to fight, please nerf her.
A. We’re listening to all of your feedback, they have been very helpful for us thus far. With your feedback, we’ll try to make the correct decisions to improve the game. Please continue to tell us your opinions about the game and help us make it even better & more fun to play!