Knights,
We're back again bringing you another update to enhance your journey through the Abyssal Keep.
This patch, detailed below, brings some improvements and bug fixes to KILL KNIGHT.
Additionally, included below are all of the previously released updates that are now available on consoles!
Stay tuned for more updates!
PATCH NOTES
IMPROVEMENTS
Miscellaneous
Challenge badges achieved on a specific difficulty will now unlock across all difficulties.
Improvements to various text strings across the game.
FIXES
Player
Fixed an issue where multiple active controllers would disrupt players movement.
Equipment
Fixed an issue causing the CELESTIAL CERULEITE goal not registering as unlocked
General UI
Fixed a UI softlock on the Layer complete screen that was occurring when the player backs out while the Layer unlock sequence is playing.
Fixed an issue where backing out of the Layer Select screen would default the player to see the Regret background.
Fixed the Carnage Score heading in the End of Layer screen not appearing correctly
Fixed an issue for Trigger Buttons not appearing in the UI correct after reconfiguring the trigger buttons
Fixed REFLECTION run time not displaying correctly
Achievements
Fix for the following achievements not unlocking as intended:
Krazed
Kracked
Do You Regret It?
Followed The Path
Knighthood
You’ve Suffered Enough
CONSOLE PATCH NOTES
IMPROVEMENTS
Player
Graphical improvements to Pulse Counter effect
Equipment
Logic to handle goal unlocks completing and failing while playing on SEVER
Equipment stat bars have had the amount of pips increased from 5 > 10 to improve readability
Trait descriptions relating to Equipment stats have been removed from Equipment descriptions
Trait Icon visuals have been improved
DEMIGUARD now has proper visuals for its Wrath Explosion
ARCHBLIGHT’s Wrath Burst cost has been increased from 73 > 95 Power Gems
ARCHBLIGHT’s Wrath Burst’s sphere projectile lifetime has been reduced from 12 > 9 seconds
Equipment goal objectives updated for TWILIGHT AMETHYST - Kill Stream required has been reduced from 999 > 555
Equipment goal objectives updated for HEAVENS QUARTZ - Carnage required has been reduced from 20,000 > 15,000
Equipment unlock Tokken costs have been slightly reduced across the board
General UI
Implemented fallback for input actions to handle displaying actual input in the case of no prompts (previously "MISSING_PROMPT {0}")
This should show the input as plain text now if nothing is available
Improved spacing and padding of the new movement controls found in Settings
Fixed Privacy Policy text misalignment
Audio & Music Additions
Re-mixes to Abyssal Sphere battle music tracks
Accessibility
UI Flicker Reduction & High Readability Font Accessibility options added
Settings
Added a new setting for disabling Quick Restart during Gameplay
Added a new setting to rebind Interact input
Miscellaneous
Improved leaderboard scrolling
Improved performance and memory allocation
Challenge badges achieved on a specific difficulty will now unlock across all difficulties
Improvements to various text strings across the game
FIXES
Enemies
QUAKER II now has the correct health value and gives the correct amount of sword charge and score on death
HIVEN Power Gem absorbing has been improved
TURREKTS now correctly bounce off Blood Bombs
Blood decals now properly appear when enemies are killed by Traps
Ground visual effects on GHASTS & Boss have been fixed
Abyssal Sphere subtitles behaviour has been fixed when observed during Hyper Drive
Fixed Abyssal Sphere dialogue on death
Fixed an issue where enemies would still display Inflictum VFX after exiting the Inflictum state
Fixed an issue where enemies with Demonic Carapace would pop in when spawning
Player
Addressed situation where Player could Wrath Absorb during any sword attack
Fixed an issue where multiple active controllers would disrupt players movement
Timescale has been fixed when performing Hyper Drives
Player visual effects now correctly scale at the right simulation speed if there were timescale changes during any specific effects
Abyssal Layer
Game time now correctly pauses during the bridge sequence
Scoring
Requirements for achieving individual Abyssal Layer ranks has been addressed
Equipment
Scenario fixed where certain Heavy Weapons projectiles were missing enemies when shot at point-blank range
Fixed an issue where JUDGECANNON’s wrath projectiles were exploding immediately upon performing a Wrath Burst next to a wall or Gyro Blade
ARCHBLIGHT’s Wrath Burst explosion no longer fires off multiple times
Fixed KILLBLADE Active Trigger not causing the player to dash correctly when standing still
Fixed an issue causing the CELESTIAL CERULEITE goal not registering as unlocked
General UI
Fixed issue where Goals UI was not syncing with actual data after a checkpoint reset
Addressed left & right stick press input sprites that were getting mixed up on rebinds
“New Best” UI animation fixes
Fixed a UI softlock on the Layer complete screen that was occurring when player backs out while the Layer unlock sequence is playing
Fixed an issue where backing out of the Layer Select screen would default the player to see the Regret background
Fixed the Carnage Score heading in the End of Layer screen not appearing correctly
Fixed an issue for Trigger Buttons not appearing in the UI correct after reconfiguring the trigger buttons
Fixed REFLECTION run time not displaying correctly
Audio & Music
REFLECTION music no longer cancels out randomly
Boss music track now loops correctly
Addressed Execution tutorial where some QUAKER I sounds were not playing
Teleport sound no longer doubles up when going from the bridge to the Boss
Leaderboard
Leaderboard entries now correctly load on the overview section
Fixed an issue that broke end of level Leaderboards
Fixed rapidly changing Leaderboards not showing correct data
Addressed font issues on Leaderboards when swapping back and forth between accessible & normal fonts
Miscellaneous
Fixed a crash that occurred when closing the game upon just finishing a run
Updated localization strings in several areas
Network error
DIVINATION
Movement Key rebinds
Sword Attack & Sword Surge rebinds
Traditional Chinese localization fixes
Language drop-down missing character box text
Fixed an issue where game would lock on start sometimes
Mortars no longer Z-Fight
Fixed a disconnect popup that was hidden during splash screen and was causing bad input behaviour
Accessibility font is now only available for non-fallback font locales
Fixed issue where resolution would revert when in windowed mode
Fixed an issue where the Quick Restart input would not unbind from the ‘Back’ button
Fixed an issue that caused players to unlock the final Augment before finishing SEVER mode
Other miscellaneous fixes
PlayStation Specific
Miscellaneous
Added a background track to be played when hovering on the KILL KNIGHT game tile on PlayStation 5 Home Menu.
Trophies
“Kill X Demons” Trophies no longer increment multiple times per kill
Trophies for completing all Abyssal Layers at a higher difficulty now unlock for lower difficulties or mixed difficulties
Beating all Abyssal Layers on a higher difficulty unlocks the Trophies on all lower difficulties (e.g. Knight completion should unlock Acolyte and Regret completion).
Beating all Abyssal Layers on mixed difficulties unlocks lower difficulty Trophies (e.g. Levels 1-3 on Acolyte then, Levels 4-5 on Regret, should unlock Regret all Abyssal Layers completion).
Fix for the following Trophies not unlocking as intended:
Krazed
Kracked
Do You Regret It?
Followed The Path
Knighthood
You've Suffered Enough
Xbox Specific
Achievements
“Kill X Demons” Achievements no longer increment multiple times per kill
Achievements for completing all Abyssal Layers at a higher difficulty now unlock for lower difficulties or mixed difficulties
Beating all Abyssal Layers on a higher difficulty unlocks the Achievement on all lower difficulties (e.g. Knight completion should unlock Acolyte and Regret completion).
Beating all Abyssal Layers on mixed difficulties unlocks lower difficulty Achievements (e.g. Levels 1-3 on Acolyte then, Levels 4-5 on Regret, should unlock Regret all Abyssal Layers completion).
Fix for the following achievements not unlocking as intended:
Krazed
Kracked
Do You Regret It?
Followed The Path
Knighthood
You've Suffered Enough