This patch fixes some of the most common crashes and other bugs.

• 64-bit Windows gets a native 64-bit build to avoid hitting the memory limit of 32-bit programs.
  
• Fixed the "Keeper in danger" warning in the turn-based mode.
  
• Removed the limit of 30000 dug out tiles.
  
• Added an option to perform operations such as loading, saving and world generation on the same thread in order to debug issues with very long saving/loading times. (Please get in touch if you experience unreasonably long saving/loading times)
  
• AI Fighters with restricted movement (immobile, tied up, etc) will not be sent out in raids.
  
• Fixed crash caused by a creature dying when teleported by the Audience effect.
  
• Fixed crash when paying for items while blind.
  
• Added diagnostics to figure out another crash.
  
• Fixed some typos and building descriptions.

KeeperRL Alpha 30 is out! This is a huge gameplay and content update, which took whole six months to produce! Check out the rundown below to get an idea about all the new stuff.

I’d like to thank everyone involved in crash testing this patch, sending bug reports and suggestions. Your help was invaluable!

If you would like to continue your saved game from Alpha 29, you can opt-in into the "Alpha 29 save compatibility" BETA branch under the game's properties in Library. Make sure to opt-out of the branch to go back to Alpha 30 when you're done!




The gnomes, while not combat worthy creatures themselves, are capable of crafting mechanical contraptions that will let you dominate dungeons and battlefields. Enjoy the brand new automaton crafting mechanic!




Minions will feel more unique, and less like expendable cannon fodder. The game will track their kills, and give them titles for killing tribe leaders, along with significant bonuses. The Keeper will also write poems about your minions’ triumphs and failures.




Thanks to the generosity of Archdiggle, the author of the Dig Realm mod, who kindly agreed for some of their sprites to be used in vanilla, the White Knight faction receives new minions and structures. The main addition is a group of angelic minions.




I won't put out too many spoilers, but you will be able to venture deeper into the Earth than you ever imagined. Really! (although it won't be easy)


The modding system has been reworked to allow turning on all your favorite mods at the same time. Go crazy!




Creatures will be able to attack using multiple weapons and body parts in a single turn. This includes multi-wielding weapons if one possesses the appropriate skill and number of limbs, and using extra intrinsic attacks, like poisonous bites, kicks, etc. This feature makes certain creatures, like werewolves and vampires, much more interesting and powerful.

• New mechanic involving assembling automaton minions from different body parts.
• 4 types of corpuses: light, normal, heavy, and helicopterum. Made from wood, iron or adamantine.
• Humanoid, fire breathing, acid spitting and archer heads.
• Melee, drill, crafting, and repair arms.
• No single Keeper creature, all gnomes need to be killed in order to lose the game.
• New traps: "destroy walls" and "trap trigger".

• Some enemies will be retired when they kill the player, and the player's base will be used as that enemy's lair in future games.
• The player can choose any of the 5 existing biomes to build their base.
• Creatures get "slayer" titles and stat bonuses for killing tribe leaders.
• Keepers make paintings and write poems inspired by real game events.
• Guard zone designation that minions will take turns guarding.
• Creatures can fight with multiple weapons if they have the "multi-weapon" skill.
• Zombies have a special "Swarmer" trait, which increases their damage and defense for every other zombie nearby.
• Writing a poem or making a painting has a very small chance of summoning a demon.
• Shamans and other creatures with the "shamanism" skill surround themselves by combat-worthy spirits.
• Keepers abuse their minions to make them work faster.
• Hostility between creatures of the same tribe times out after 50 turns.
• Vampires will sometimes regenerate lost or injured body parts after biting an enemy.
• Minions eat at dining tables instead of killing pigs directly.
• Certain creatures and weapons get special attack and defense bonuses based on the enemy's race, being indoors, only at night, etc.
• Bandits are less aggressive and the minimum gold amount that triggers them is increased.
• Insane minions with the absorption skill are still allowed to absorb.
• Non-prisoner workers can be assigned quarters.
• Ranged damage is taken into account when evaluating how dangerous a creature is.
• Prisoners go back to prison when idle.
• Removed peacefulness and invisibility permanent effects from altar destruction.
• Minions can create moonshine from rats and get drunk.
• Creatures made of fire emit light.
• Added amulets of life saving.
• Brainless creatures don't have morale.
• Undead get brains.
• Friendly creatures don't get angry if attacked by an effect that doesn't hurt them (for example by fire if fire resistant).
• Discovered allies that auto-join don't use up population slots.
• Traveling to other maps is not prevented if enemies are fleeing from the player.
• The game considers an enemy conquered by the player only if he/she killed at least one creature from that enemy.
• Added "Fire trap" spell used by red dragons and other creatures.
• A spying creature's identity is uncovered if items are looted.
• An allied tribe will get angry if items are stolen.
• Some villains, like ants and dwarves will only defend their mineral patches instead of attacking the player, if their minerals are breached.
• Dwarves receive an "unstable" status, which can cause them to become insane if they witness the death of an ally.
• Travel to other maps is not possible when carrying unpaid items.

• New "Hell" hidden dungeon of end-game difficulty with new enemies, special items and other surprises.
• "Black market" hidden level with special equipment.
• "Adoxie Vault" special level.
• New minions of the "less evil" Keeper: angels, galeams, cherubs, cleric, artisan, and recruitable Teutonic Knights.
• Blacksmith location with an artisan of legendary crafting skills.
• The Dwarf Baron enemy contains a blacksmith of legendary crafting skills.
• Wizard tower location.
• Ghost ruins are less common.
• Added random corpses with loot on some maps.
• "Animate weapons" spell added to some enemies.
• Scrolls of Audience, which work similarly to sitting on thrones.
• Added stone bridges, wooden bridges now burn if placed on lava.
• Added an "Ice demon" minion.
• Added a "weaker" dwarf creature that replaces the dwarf fighter everywhere except in the Dwarf Baron settlement.
• Added a yellow dragon enemy with an acid attack.
• Added Naga creatures of various colors and abilities.
• Removed insane orc healer immigrant.
• Added flowers to ground levels.
• Added trees to the arctic biome.

• Loading multiple mods at the same time is now possible.
• All graphics in the game can be reloaded by pressing F8 while playing.
• The size of the campaign map and enemy limits can be increased in mods.
• Creature inventories are moved to creatures.txt.
• Allowed defining custom biomes.
• Allowed defining custom workshops.
• Allowed defining custom resources.
• Enemy dungeons may have branches.
• Mods are moved to the "mods" folder.
• Existing mod or vanilla game elements can be modified or appended to.
• New Effects: TakeItems, RemoveFurniture, ChainUntilFail, AddMinionTrait, ChooseRandom, FirstSuccessful, IncreaseSkill, IncreaseWorkshopSkill, Psychiatry, AIBelowHealth, Name, Description, FixedDamage, ColorVariant, Audience, GrantAbility, TriggerTrap.
• DestroyWalls effect can work with Area and directional spells.
• Filter Effect for applying effects conditionally: depending on creatures's health, enemy/allied status, body material, being hidden, being a prisoner/civilian, being an automaton, being indoors/outdoors, at night/day, creature's race, holding a special item, checking for global game flags, and more.
• Stairs can have custom effects, including Filter, which lets you require certain things before a creature can pass through.
• Custom Effect triggered when chatting with a creature.
• Custom Effect for creature's death.
• Custom Effect for furniture "entry".
• Custom Effect for furniture "tick".
• Custom Effect for furniture usage.
• Summon and SummonEnemy effects have a tweak-able timer for creature to disappear.
• World generation can be tested by running "keeper.exe --worldgen_test" in command line.
• Overriding endless enemies or specifying custom enemies per keeper is possible.
• Can define separate orders for digging and cutting trees.
• Immigrant special traits can include timed LastingEffects.
• Added "gold" body material.
• Enemy dungeons can have custom level names.

• Activities can be disabled for an entire minion group.
• A list of kills can be inspected for every minion.
• When a sprite file is not found, the game will render a random sprite, instead of crashing.
• Poison gas gets a nice particle effect animation.
• When dragging creatures, their shortest path to the target is displayed.
• Whole creature groups can be dragged from the menu to workshops and other furniture.
• Constructions and workshop items that can't be afforded are colored red.
• New Keeperopedia UI with bestiary, items and spells.
• New "keeper in danger" warning UI with options to disable or turn off auto-pause.
• The "keeper in danger" pop-up only warns about recent wounds.
• New glyph sprites.
• New trap sprites.
• Potion sprites have different colors depending on the potion's effect.
• Company logo splash screen while the game is starting.
• Game initialization takes place during the loading screen to avoid lag when game begins.
• Added commas to spell school list in minion menu.
• Forbidden zone is rendered on top of objects if it otherwise wouldn't have been visible beneath.
• Moved the [new team] button to above the team list.
• Time interval between autosaves can be changed.
• Added a mini-menu for scrolling directly to chosen z-level.
• Current z-level depth is shown in control mode.
• Removed "visible enemies" and some mostly unused settings from the minions tab.
• Minion menu shows body description and intrinsic attacks.
• Mod descriptions can be scrolled in mod menu.
• The game asks if you want to start with a tutorial the first time you play.
• Added "cancel" buttons to mod and dungeon downloading progress bars.

• Massive reduction in RAM usage.
• Optimized particle effects animations.
• Building bridges on z-levels is now possible without having first to descend manually.
• Fixed bug involving inability to place structures in some visible areas.
• Fixed mixing messages from different games in message boards.
• Fixed music playback restarting on some computers.
• Fixed wrong cursor position glitch in full screen.
• Ranged attacks don't abuse the "parry" ability.
• Illusions are ignored when AI forms formations.
• Fixed endless enemies saving issue which led to attacks being cancelled after saving and loading.
• Reduced VRAM usage by sprites loaded in mods.
• Wishing for Suicide, stunned, summoned, invulnerable and "turned off" effects is disabled.
• Increased cool down of "ice cone" to avoid infinite freezing loop.
• Removed sprite limit per mod.
• Fixed a rare crash when the wish spell is granted by a piece of equipment.
• Traveling by bumping into the level border is only allowed on the ground level.
• Fixed UI crash when alt-tabbing out of full screen.
• Fixed a rare crash in graphics likely caused by changed system clock.
• Fixed issue with rebuilding triggered traps.
• Fixed crash in direction choice UI.
• Made it impossible to place a trap on up stairs after claiming the tile.
• Items that are already in storage can't be pillaged.
• The "Zoom in UI" is available only if resolution is 1600x1200 or higher.
• Fixed crash when trying to teleport outside of map bounds.

The unofficial Alpha 30 build is now available for Mac and Linux! I would greatly appreciate if Mac and Linux players could confirm that this patch works, as I've updated my release toolchains, and there might be small issues that need fixing.

Note: this build is still unstable and the tutorial doesn't work, so if you're a new player it's better to stay on the official Alpha 29 for now.

To opt into the build, please go into the game's properties, BETA tab, and choose the "dev" branch.

An unofficial Alpha 30 build is out on the BETA branch. Check it out if you're an experienced player and want an early glimpse of all the new stuff! Note: this build is available on only Windows for now.

Please post your feedback in this thread or in the comments below.

Please don't opt in if you are new to the game, as this build is very unstable, and the tutorial doesn't work at the moment.

To opt into the build, please go into the game's properties, BETA tab, and choose the "dev" branch.

Being stuck in self-isolation myself, I decided to release a free download of the Alpha 29 patch, to hopefully sweeten everyone's time a bit! This is the most recent version of the game.

Some strings attached:

• This is only a direct download of Alpha 29, you won't own the game on Steam or anywhere else. You will have to buy the game if you're interested in playing future versions.
  
• Due to a technical issue, online mod and dungeon sharing capability is limited.

Download KeeperRL Alpha 29 here

Have fun and take care!

After releasing the last Alpha 29 fixes I've been very busy with adding new, shiny features to your favorite game! In order to keep you excited for KeeperRL Alpha 30, here is a quick rundown of what's coming.


Almost all mods add new playable factions to the game, so it's obvious that this is something that players crave. At the same time I want to make sure that new factions offer significant new gameplay experience, and aren't just reskins of existing mechanics. The new Gnomes faction will do exactly this! Being expert craftsmen by nature, gnomes dominate by constructing automatons, advanced traps, and other machinery. Automatons are assembled from basic parts, and every configuration offers different capabilities. You can create your own custom builds! Another thing that's unique about this faction is that there is no unique Keeper creature. The success of you base will depend on keeping any of the gnomes alive.


I've set out to make minions feel more personal, and less like expendable cannon fodder. The game will track their kills, and give them titles for killing tribe leaders, along with significant bonuses. The Keeper will also write poems about your minions' triumphs and failures.


One of the oldest feature request was to allow disabling chosen activities for larger groups of minions. This is now possible!


Thanks to the generosity of Archdiggle, the author of the Dig Realm mod, who kindly agreed for some of their sprites to be used in vanilla, the White Knight faction receives new minions and structures. The main addition is a group of angelic minions.


I've implemented further improvements to the modding system, and now one or more mods can be merged together. This means two things:

• Modders no longer need to copy the entire vanilla content to add their changes. Every mod consist of only what it changes or adds, even if it's a single line.
• Multiple mods can be used at the same time!

Modders can now circumvent the built-in procedural town generator and use their pre-made map layouts. The towns 'skins' (wall, floor, furniture types, etc) and defined separately, which lets you easily generate a lot of different-looking towns.


New types of effects will arrive in Alpha 30: a spell that animates weapons, a trap (or spell) that sets off other traps in its vicinity, an effect which covers you in oil (and makes you flammable), and others.


Creatures will be able to attack with multiple weapons and body parts in a single turn. This includes multi-wielding weapons if one possesses the appropriate skill and number of limbs, and using extra intrinsic attacks, like poisonous bites, kicks, etc. This feature makes certain creatures, like werewolves and vampires, much more interesting and powerful.

I'm not going to spoil you with details, but in the future KeeperRL will have an 'ultra' ending, which will requires finding secrets and beating special areas and bosses.. Alpha 30 will include some new, hidden levels that are part of this. I'm curious to see how quickly you can find them!

Last but not least, zombies will receive their long due power-up! They will possess a 'swarmer' trait, which makes them more powerful when more zombies are around. Therefore a large horde of zombies will be extremely dangerous!

This patch fixes most of the remaining crashes in Alpha 29 and improves end-game performance by a large margin.

• Creatures that have archery training potential can wield ranged weapons, even if they're ranged damage attribute is 0.
  
• Stopped AI from casting offensive spells on captured enemies.
  
• Fixed issue with tooltip covering item pop-up menu in the workshops menu.
  
• 'Stones' terrain feature can be removed with the "remove construction" order.
  
• Fixed construction debt inconsistency which caused crashes.
  
• Fixed crash caused by an item cloned by the double trouble spell disappearing while being equipped.
  
• Fixed a rare (and old!) task handling crash caused by a poor RNG generating task ids that weren't unique.
  
• Fixed a crash when there are no more healthy body parts left to severe.
  
• 'Other' items in minion's possession are stacked to stop the UI from potentially trying to render thousands of items.
  
• Fixed bookcase ascii symbol.
  
• Optimized spell casting AI.
  
• Optimized imp/worker task processing, including the scenario when a huge number of 'dig' orders are placed.
  
• Optimized general creature handling.

This patch fixes a critical issue with downloading Steam Workshop items that caused the game to crash. Opening in-game links on Mac has also been fixed.

Using the opportunity I put some pumpkins in the game too.

This is a bug fixing patch that gets rid of the most common issues in Alpha 29.

• Fixed the behavior of totems in retired dungeons and the crash that happened when they were destroyed.
  
• Fixed a crash involving casting the firewall spell outside of map bounds, most common on the Adoxie level.
  
• The game doesn't crash if a mod contains an improperly defined ranged weapon and reports an error instead.
  
• Fixed a world generation crash caused by a mod giving a creature equipment that it can't equip due to missing body parts.
  
• Fixed a world generation crash involving placing creatures in unreachable positions.

KeeperRL Alpha 29 is out! This update features Steam Workshop integration along with gameplay improvements and a big amount of new content, including two new biomes!

I’d like to thank everyone involved in crash testing this patch, sending bug reports and suggestions. Your help was invaluable!

Scroll down for a detailed change log.



If you would like to continue your saved game from Alpha 28, you can opt-in into the "Alpha 28 save compatibility" BETA branch under the game's properties in Library. Make sure to opt-out of the branch to go back to Alpha 29 when you're done!

• Mods and retired dungeons are shared on Steam Workshop.
  
• Contagious plague effect.
  
• Z-level enemies can attack upon being discovered.
  
• Enemy aggression can be tweaked in settings.
  
• Spying effect, which allows infiltrating enemy territory.
  
• Equipped shield prevents equipping bows and two-handed weapons.
  
• New “parry” attribute, which prevents de-buffs when surrounded by enemies.
  
• Temporarily insane creatures won’t make allies hostile forever.
  
• All consumable items are automatically picked up by minions.
  
• Creatures with 0 ranged damage can’t equip bows.
  
• Poetry writing.
  
• Creatures can’t cast spells at enemies that they can’t see.
  
• Bodies of water can become bloody after a large battle.
  
• Items can have randomized modifiers.
  
• Walking into the map border opens the travel menu.
  
• Other furniture can be built on top of prison floor.
  
  
  Content
• Special item ingredients: hydra tongue, cyclops brain, dragon scales, and more.
  
• Iron and adamantine shields.
  
• Wizard hats a’ka Cornuthaums.
  
• Underground treeshrooms for players who always run out of wood.
  
• Desert biome with thieves castle and a djinn in a dungeon.
  
• Snow biome with Eskimos and a white dragon.
  
• Totems that have a permanent area effect: healing, blindness, bleeding.
  
• Evil God Adoxie is in vanilla game with his own secret level!
  
• Double trouble unique ability.
  
• Black rats infected with plague z-level.
  
• Group healing spell affects only allies.
  
  
  Modding
• Items are moddable.
  
• BuildingInfo is moddable.
  
• Z-level width is moddable.
  
• Items can grant a custom ability.
  
• Creature first names are moddable.
  
• More than 10 keeper/adventurer avatars are allowed
  
• Game doesn’t crash when mod specifies skill level outside of [0;1] range.
  
• New effect types: Chance, Message, Enhance, Wish, Filter, Ice, IMMOBILE, FROZEN, COLD_RESISTANCE
  
• Creatures can drop custom items (body parts).
  
  
  UI
• Improved mod menu.
  
• Added “locate” button to minion page.
  
• Rectangle selection on the map shows rectangle dimensions.
  
• Uploaded dungeons include a screenshot of an area chosen by the dungeon’s author.
  
• Main menu and loading bar visual changes.
  
• Added warning when online features are disabled and trying to download maps/mods.
  
• Main menu can display personal messages from the developer.
  
• Added item effect description to item’s tooltip.
  
• Added some handy links to the main menu.
  
• Return key closes text windows.
  
  
  Fixes
• Gameplay loop optimizations.
  
• Fixed spell schools of legendary humanoids.
  
• Limited immigrant spawning to the ground level if possible.
  
• Fixed issue with placing the smaller castle in bad position on the map.
  
• Fixed rare crash when removing nonexistent team member in control mode.
  
• Added diagnostics for a rare fire wall processing crash.
  
• Fixed crash when using PlaceMinion order and creature can’t be placed at position.
  
• Fixed scrolling to the end of message history window.
  
• Fixed crash when multiple special attack effects kill a creature.
  
• Fixed friendly fire issue when casting ranged spells.
  
• Fixed issue with first name input field in the keeper menu.
  
• Fixed verification of ViewIds in mods.
  
• AI won’t throw items other than potion for their effect.
  
• Flying over pits is possible.
  
• Forbidden zone doesn’t block spells.
  
• Fixed AI throwing logic.
  
• Fixed special intrinsic attacks of some creatures.