Nov 18, 2025
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4/5 Significant
Update 3 introduces Ripatorium 2.0 with round-based customization and passcode sharing, alongside major boss balance adjustments and new key bindings for Shield Runes and Melee weapons.
Key Changes
- 1Ripatorium 2.0 introduces round-based customization and Beta passcode sharing for custom encounters.
- 2Players can now swap active Shield Runes and Melee Weapons during gameplay with new key bindings.
- 3Brink of Death is now a selectable difficulty setting (Normal/Hard) for tailored survival support.
- 4Prince Ahzrak boss nerfed: reduced projectile acceleration and Spear Throw damage.
- 5The Old One boss adjusted: increased Glory Strike health return and reduced Gravity Well damage.
- 6Fixed a major PS5 Pro crash occurring during Glory Strikes with the Shredder.
- 7Extensive campaign encounter tuning across 10+ levels to improve combat flow and difficulty.
- 8Five new tracks added to the in-game Jukebox.
- 9Atlan pilot gameplay buffed with better Brink of Death recovery and higher health drops from Titans.
- 10Fixed a critical save corruption bug where Ripatorium menus would overwrite Campaign menus.
All Changes
🏟️Ripatorium(12)
- changeRipatorium: Converted the Ripatorium to a round-based system with up to five rounds per session.
- newRipatorium: Added the ability to customize up to 10 respawn waves per round.
- newRipatorium: Introduced Time Limit options in the arena settings menu.
- newRipatorium: Added Passcode sharing (Beta) to allow players to share and load custom round presets.
- newRipatorium: Added 'Enter New Passcode' input to the round selection screen.
- newRipatorium: Introduced three new Encounter Presets: Medium, Challenging, and Sadistic.
- newRipatorium: Added 'Preset Incoming' feature to curate community-made encounters via social media submissions.
- newJukebox: Added five new tracks to the Jukebox: 'Theomachy', 'Bloodspill', 'Divine Retribution', 'From the Ashes', and 'Wither and Writhe'.
- changeRipatorium: Added a visual icon over the heads of the last few remaining enemies in a round.
- changeRipatorium: Added additional line-of-sight blockers to all arena maps.
- newUI: Added a Difficulty tab to the End of Level Summary.
- newUI: Added an Arena Setup tab to the End of Level Summary to track kills by demon class (Fodder, Heavy, Super Heavy).
🎮Gameplay & Quality of Life(8)
- newBrink of Death: Added a toggle for Brink of Death between Normal (standard support) and Hard (less support at low health).
- newGameplay: Enabled the ability to swap active Shield Runes and Melee Weapons during active gameplay.
- newInput: Added a dedicated key binding for Next Melee Weapon.
- newInput: Added a dedicated key binding for Previous Melee Weapon.
- newInput: Added a dedicated key binding for Next Shield Rune.
- newInput: Added a dedicated key binding for Previous Shield Rune.
- fixController: Fixed vibration intensity slider for external Xbox controllers on PC.
- fixBFC: Fixed controller vibration functionality when the BFC is equipped.
⚖️Balance & Tweaks(10)
- buffAtlan: Adjusted Brink of Death for Atlan to provide a better chance to recover from near-death situations.
- buffAtlan: Increased health received from killing Titan enemies while piloting the Atlan.
- nerfPrince Ahzrak: Reduced acceleration of projectiles from the Super Dive Bomb attack.
- nerfPrince Ahzrak: Reduced base damage of Spear Throw so it no longer breaks the Shield in one hit at 2.0x damage or lower.
- buffThe Old One: Increased health received by the player when performing a Glory Strike on the boss.
- nerfThe Old One: Reduced damage scaling on the Gravity Well explosion for damage sliders 1.0x and above.
- nerfCacodemon: Reduced the speed of Lightning Wall projectiles.
- nerfCosmic Baron: Reduced damage of Guillotine Projectile so it does not instantly break the player's Shield on block.
- changeCombat Feedback: Increased the frequency and consistency of gore activation across all weapons and enemies.
- changeCombat Feedback: Adjusted enemy ragdoll behavior for melee attacks and Shield Charge for better impact feedback.
🗺️Campaign Encounters(13)
- changeHoly City of Aratum: Replaced Mancubus spawns with Imps and removed Chaingunners in the final encounter.
- changeSiege Part 1: Disabled respawning for the Hell Knight and Imp Stalker in the Village Morale fight.
- changeSiege Part 1: Removed Stone Imps and one Nightmare Imp Stalker from the Swamp Morale fight.
- changeSiege Part 2: Disabled respawning for Hell Knights in the Tank Hangar.
- changeForsaken Plains: Removed one Arachnotron spawn from both tower objectives.
- changeHellbreaker: Removed an additional Revenant spawn in the final encounter.
- changeSentinel Command Station: Disabled respawning for Mancubus and Arachnotron in the tank hangar and final encounter.
- changeFrom Beyond: Disabled respawning for Mancubus and Revenant after breaking Morale in arena fights.
- changeBelly of the Beast: Removed Battle Knight maintain status in first arena; removed Mancubus and Arachnotron in Vagary fight.
- changeHarbor of Souls: Removed Arachnotron ambush in Blue Key fight, Revenant spawn in Vagary fight, and Arachnotron on barge.
- newReckoning: Added Hell Knight/Imp Stalker ambush to Ruby room and Mancubus ambush to toy collectible secret.
- newReckoning: Added a surprise encounter to the Wraithstone pickup.
- changeReckoning: Downgraded Nightmare Imp Stalker to a normal Imp Stalker in the first encounter.
🐞Bug Fixes(21)
- fixPerformance: Fixed a crash on PS5 Pro when Glory Striking dazed Heavy/Super Heavy enemies with the Shredder.
- fixKomodo: Fixed player clipping through walls when performing a Glory Strike against the Komodo.
- fixCacodemon: Fixed floating VFX appearing over Cacodemon corpses during wall attacks.
- fixVagary Champion: Corrected the size of Vagary Champion's summon VFX.
- fixCacodemon: Fixed Cacodemon shield blocking attacks after the visual effect expired.
- fixCacodemon: Added missing ambient audio to the Cacodemon's idle animation.
- fixAtlan: Fixed Atlan's Brink of Death activating incorrectly after a Perfect Dodge.
- fixShield: Fixed Shield spark VFX appearing when taking environmental damage that bypasses the shield.
- fixMilestones: Fixed Lore Nerd Milestone not completing after a 100% playthrough.
- fixSkins: Fixed Perfection Skin not unlocking if the player force quits during the third Ripatorium match.
- fixSystem: Fixed rare save corruption and menu access issues caused by Ripatorium menus replacing Campaign menus.
- fixUI: Removed debug text appearing in the projectile parry tutorial area.
- fixCombat Shotgun: Fixed camera tilt bug when interrupting Combat Shotgun burst with a Shield block.
- fixWeapons: Fixed bug where Shredder and Accelerator mods were active simultaneously in the Ripatorium.
- fixChaingunner: Fixed issue where hitting a Chaingunner with a pinned demon caused an instant kill.
- fixEnemies: Fixed armored enemies not faltering correctly when armor is destroyed by Ravager or Pulverizer.
- fixGameplay: Fixed damage mitigation bug for the first instance of damage taken after a checkpoint.
- fixMilestones: Prevented Ripatorium kills from incorrectly triggering Campaign milestones.
- fixRipatorium: Ripatorium now correctly saves and replenishes Melee weapon charges between attempts.
- fixShield Rune: Fixed looping firing SFX when swapping from Auto Turret Rune to another Shield Rune.
- fixCosmic Baron: Fixed bug where Guillotine Projectile sometimes applied unintended additional damage.
Summary
Ripatorium 2.0
The Ripatorium has been completely overhauled into a round-based arena mode. Players can now customize up to five rounds with unique enemy selections, respawn waves, and time limits. A new Beta feature allows players to share their custom setups via Passcodes. Additionally, the update adds five new Jukebox tracks and detailed end-of-level summaries for arena performance.
Gameplay & Quality of Life
Significant control improvements have been added, including the highly requested ability to swap active Shield Runes and Melee weapons during gameplay with dedicated key bindings. The 'Brink of Death' mechanic is now adjustable, allowing players to choose between Normal and Hard settings to customize their survival experience.
Balance & Campaign Updates
Extensive rebalancing has been applied to bosses like Prince Ahzrak and The Old One to improve fairness. Campaign encounters across multiple levels have been tuned, generally reducing enemy respawns and adjusting specific mob compositions to improve flow. Visual feedback has also been enhanced with increased gore frequency and improved ragdoll physics.