Oct 28, 2025
View on Steam↗[Game Hotfix] - 69835, 696980 & 696742
3/5 Moderate
Crystal-Crested Buzzards receive significant health and behavior nerfs alongside critical crash fixes for Moonstorms and the Sanctum.
Key Changes
- 1Crystal-Crested Buzzard health reduced from 400 to 300
- 2Fixed multiple game-breaking crashes involving Moonstorms, the Sanctum, and saving
- 3Crystal-Crested Buzzards no longer stack flame walls and have a population limit per player
- 4Gestalts fixed to correctly attack during the Celestial Champion boss fight
- 5Lunar Merm hiring logic corrected for Wurt to prevent unintended recruitment
- 6Mutation logic restricted for Shadow Merms and elemental Hounds
- 7Crystal-Crested Buzzards now leave the world when the Lunar Rift closes
- 8Standardized attack targeting for Crystal-Crested Buzzards to use the normal attack key
- 9Fixed Walter's storytelling behavior to stop when the fire is extinguished
- 10Corrected Shattered Spider Hole regeneration exploit when mining
All Changes
🐾Creatures(10)
- nerfCrystal-Crested Buzzard: Reduced health from 400 to 300
- changeCrystal-Crested Buzzard: Tuned flamethrower cooldown, damage, and lifetime
- nerfCrystal-Crested Buzzard: Removed ability to stack walls of flame; firebreathing now extends the lifetime of existing flames instead
- changeCrystal-Crested Buzzard: Horror Hounds and Permafrost Pengulls will no longer target them
- changeCrystal-Crested Buzzard: Now leave the world when the Lunar Rift closes
- nerfCrystal-Crested Buzzard: Implemented a limit on the number of buzzards that can circle a single player
- changeCrystal-Crested Buzzard: Changed targeting so they can be hit with the standard attack key instead of force attack
- buffMerm: Revived merms from lunar mutations now remember their original home and leader if they have lunar affinity
- nerfShattered Spider Hole: Fixed Shattered Spider Hole regenerating all spiders instantly when mined
- buffGestalts: Fixed Gestalts failing to hit targets during the Celestial Champion encounter
👤Characters(4)
- nerfWurt: Fixed exploit allowing non-Lunar aligned Wurt to indirectly hire Lunar Merms by recruiting nearby merms
- fixWalter: Fixed storytelling not stopping when the fire runs out
- fixShadow Merm: Fixed Shadow Merms attempting to perform lunar mutations
- changeShadow Merm: Shadow merms and their source corpses are no longer mutatable
🛠️Stability(8)
- fixBundle Wraps: Fixed crash when peeking into Bundle Wraps
- fixFrostjaw: Fixed crash when Telelocating a spawned-in Frostjaw
- fixCrystal-Crested Buzzard: Fixed uncommon crash involving circling Crystal-Crested Buzzards during movement
- fixMoonstorms: Fixed crash on load related to Moonstorms
- fixGlommer’s Statue: Fixed crash when Terramite mines Glommer’s Statue
- fixSanctum: Fixed crash occurring when the Sanctum loads
- fixKoalefant: Fixed crash involving the fake Koalefant carcass during game saves
- fixCrystal-Crested Buzzard: Fixed issue where circling buzzards would duplicate when a player left and rejoined
🎮Gameplay(3)
- fixGestalt: Fixed case where a gestalt possessable corpse could lose its gestalt
- changeHounds: Dead Red and Blue Hounds are no longer mutatable
- fixWaxed Pumpkin Head: Fixed Waxed Pumpkin Heads failing to save properly
🎨Visuals(4)
- fixWortox: Fixed bad layering order for the torso on the No-Eyed Deer Costume
- fixWebwam Tent: Fixed Webwam tent skin going invisible when burnt
- fixBright-Beaked Bird: Fixed missing chest gem in the art for Bright-Beaked Bird
- fixHounds: Corrected visuals for Red and Blue Hounds regarding mutation states
Summary
This series of hotfixes focuses heavily on balancing the new Crystal-Crested Buzzard enemies and stabilizing the game following recent content updates. The Buzzards have seen their health reduced from 400 to 300, their fire-breathing mechanics reworked to prevent lethal stacking, and a new population limit per player.
Gameplay & Stability
Beyond balance, these updates resolve several high-priority crashes related to Moonstorms, the Sanctum, and specific item interactions like peeking into Bundle Wraps. Character-specific logic has also been tightened, particularly for Wurt's interaction with Lunar Merms and Walter's storytelling mechanics.