New Changes

Matchmaking & Queues

• Split queues implemented. Change your party set up from the Mission Select map.
  • It is now possible to queue up as a solo player, to only meet other solo vaultbreakers.
  • The duo queue can be selected to play with your friend. You can also queue here as a solo for an extra challenge!
  • Party UI updated to support the new split queues and matchmaking rework.
  • The Lone Wolf perk has been removed as solos no longer need to compete with duos unless desired.
• Simple onboarding queue added for new players.
• Reworked matchmaking system.
  • This will provide a smoother queuing experience.
  • It also facilitated us providing split party types.

Haven & Progression

• Haven upgrading added
  • The Haven where you start your adventure can now be built from the ground up.
  • Building the various buildings provide both visual changes to your base and new gameplay mechanics.
  • Resources found in missions can now contribute towards upgrading the buildings with choices to be made on which boons to keep.
  • Multiple new NPCs with questlines intertwined with the Haven and its upgrades have been added.
  • New crafting recipes and options added to various NPCs.
  • Loads of new 3D models, VFX, SFX and voice work added to bring the Haven to life.
• The quest and progression flow has seen large updates to focus the Vaultbreaker journey.
  • Most NPCs have to be found in the mission and freed.
  • Some NPC related Quest markers indicated with a “!” can now be seen on the map while in a mission.
  • Wishy the Wishlister Puff has been added to the Haven. He’d love you to wishlist us on Steam!
  • Quest items are now of legendary rarity to stand out more.
• Onboarding tutorial changes added with extra guidance.
  • New steps added to support all the Haven upgrade and quest changes.
  • Special focus placed on extraction to help clarify the mechanic.

Gameplay Systems & Mechanics

• New PvE/PvP mode selection screen on startup.
  • This is a teaser for what’s to come. At present, only PvP is selectable.
• Colours and activatable items added to gear scores.
• You can now hover over collected gear to compare it with what you have equipped.
• Challenges now require 150 Ley-line energy to unlock.
• Context-specific interactions with objects and NPCs added to the ‘F’ button.
• Characters now flinch when hit.
• Health bars now only appear in combat.
• All damage taken is now as 90% recoverable wounds.
  • This makes items such as bandages more relevant.
• Major perk rebalances with many new and some removed.
  • Perks now directly suit character building, ability customisation and playstyle expression.
• New activatable items added for further playstyle expression.
• Some artifacts have been removed and corresponding quests updated.
• New Named Items with unique abilities added.

World & Enemies

• Many Wolfswood areas have seen difficulty balance changes.
• Many enemies (such as Werewolves) have been made more difficult.
• More enemy patrolling. You will see a larger amount of enemies roaming around the map.
• Randomized enemy, loot and mining vein spawns.
  • You will now see a more dynamic influx of different enemies, chests, ores and drops!
• Enemies no longer spawn at activated extraction portals.
• Changelings now take their true form on death.
  • Added new supporting SFX, VFX, 3D model and animations.
• Changeling aggro range reduced
• Ironback Bear, Moonveil Stalker Werewolf, Rubble Golem and Vine Zombie enemies added to Wolfswood.

UI & Visuals

• New Thora art added to her character selection screen.
• Updated error reporting systems and messages you receive.
• “Robust” graphical setting choices added to the Settings menu.
  • Frame scaling and other more diverse graphical support included.

Playable Character Balance Changes

Nymera

• Re-work of Basic Attack, Innate, and Emerald Barrage for more control of Energy
• Soaring Strike can cleanse Roots

Thora

• Base AD up from 72 to 76
• Rework of Earthquake and Innate for more control of Energy
• Earthquake has a slightly longer forced winddown
• Rage Spin re-scaled
  • Cooldown 13 to 5
  • Less base damage 110 to 30
  • Movement speed lowered 3 to 2.8
  • Duration increase reduced from 1 to 0.5s
• Rager Whirl slow delay added from 0 to 0.87

Sparkwing

• Re-work Electric Form to require Energy for 6 Orbs instead of cooldown
• Re-applying Zap gain upped from 5 to 10 Energy
• Power Vortex base damage upped from 200 to 250
• Power Vortex Energy on Zap down from 20 to 15
• Electric Form energy gain re-scaled from +25% for 3 sec. to +10% for 4 sec.

Lumiri

• Base AD down from 70 to 64
• Bramble Wall initial delay added from 0 to 0.6

Bjornir

• Re-work Frostfeather Flyby to drain Energy
• Power Chop has a slightly longer forced winddown
• Ice Block re-scaled
  • Cooldown 17 to 5
  • Less energy gain. 20 to 5 per
  • Less base damage 100 to 25
  • No Frostfeather Boon refresh

Bug fixes:

• Matchmaking & Lobby
  • Fixed several matchmaking errors, including timeouts, cancellations, and friend team queue issues.
  • Resolved a bug where changing maps mid-selection could cause queue failures.
  • Fixed an issue where players could see or interact with quest elements prematurely in the lobby (e.g. Lanathar and the cart quest).
• Crafting & Recipes
  • Corrected crafting recipes that were not set to the correct rarity.
  • Fixed crafting UI issues like missing icons or incorrect reward items (e.g. Small Bandage Shipment, Infused Silver Ingot).
  • Added missing configuration for explosive barrels and other upgrade-related recipes.
• UI & Text Issues
  • Resolved various placeholder and missing text bugs in tutorials, item descriptions, and building upgrade menus.
  • Fixed tooltip and icon display issues in inventory and building upgrades.
  • Fixed bugs related to item delivery UI and controls.
  • Replaced placeholder text in the Open Map tutorial.
  • Addressed an ANR (App Not Responding) issue when dismissing the Tutorial pop-up.
• Visuals & Models
  • Resolved multiple T-posing NPCs and characters clipping into the ground.
  • Improved enemy death presentations to better match their animations.
• Quests & Progression
  • Fixed issues where quest items could be lost on death.
  • Corrected challenges not tracking progress, such as defeating specific enemies.
• Performance & Stability
  • Fixed performance spikes caused by bot spawns and early match logic.
  • Addressed a major freeze during the first minute of match.
  • Fixed several backend errors that led to crashes or unexpected behavior.
• Gameplay Mechanics
  • Resolved enemy AI vision ignoring walls.
  • Fixed Changelings pathing through closed gates and bounce flowers causing errors.
  • Fixed the "Defeat 3 Imp Pillagers in a mission" challenge not counting progress.
  • Activatable items with the same effect are now mutually exclusive to equip.
  • Changelings now take the same damage from explosive barrels as players.
• General Improvements
  • Fixed sound issues where multiple effects played simultaneously in the lobby.
  • Cancelling matchmaking now correctly exits the queue without throwing an exception.
  • Fixed audio bugs where all Ley-line upgrade sounds played at once in the Lobby.

Known issues:

• Boss portrait borders show up on the map without having the "Enemy Awareness" building upgrade from Library Tier 4
• Dr Quenlin and Thalindra are missing their nameplates.
• Vulkaryn is missing animations.
• Changeling corpse can spawn for player characters on death.
• Research Station Tier 4 movement boost upgrade has incorrect values.
• On abandoning a quest, quest items are only destroyed for the active character, not for other characters that hold the item.