KILL KNIGHT – KRYSTALIZED UPDATE OUT NOW

New KNIGHT EQUIPMENT

• INCULCATORS
  
• Fires puncturing shards that spike into enemies, causing a supercombine explosion
  

• DREADFALLER
  
• Combusting laser caster that emits a beam of plasma that ruptures enemies, causing micro-detonations
  

• HOLLOWBRANDT
  
• An unholy regalia, the shape of which unties the souls of demons
  

• UMBRARITE
  
• Forged within the abyss, a cursed aspect that echoes with forgotten carnage
  

• METICULOUS AZURITE
  
• Firing Wrath Bursts restores some Heavy Ammo
  

• ABYSSAL FLOURITE
  
• Quick Absorb also attracts Health Shards, with reduced distance
  

NEW DEMONIC KODEX

• The Demonic Bestiary
  
  
  
  • Spend Tokkens to unlock entries and reveal information on every Demon, including enemy traits, exploits, and lore!
    

NEW WEEKLY DESCENT MODE

• Claim the highest score and beat your friends in the new WEEKLY DESCENT Mode, where random combination of equipment pieces and layers will be selected each week
  
• Leaderboard refreshes weekly!
  

UPDATED SEVER MODE

• New Krystalized Demons
  
  
  
  • These enhanced enemies unleash new attacks, and have increased speed and health
    
  • Killing them before they despawn grants an extra burst of Carnage Score
    

• Enhanced Hazards
  
  
  
  • Traps such as Lasers, Spike Traps, and Blood Bombs are more deadly
    

• Updated Spawn Patterns
  
  
  
  • Tweaked to enhance flow and maintain momentum
    

KILL KNIGHT Original Soundtrack

Full v1.2 Patch Notes

Changes

• Carnage Score Challenge Badges
  
  
  
  • Slightly reduced Carnage score requirement for some Layers
    

• Speed Demon Challenge Badges
  
  
  
  • Slightly reduced Par time for some Layers
    

• REGRET Difficulty
  
  
  
  • Reduced difficulty of multiple aspects for REGRET difficulty
    

• ACOLYTE Difficulty
  
  
  
  • Slightly reduced difficulty of multiple aspects for ACOLYTE difficulty
    

• Laser Beam Traps
  
  
  
  • Reduced damage by 20%
    

• General
  
  
  • Mortar Projectiles now have a consistent travel speed across all distances
    

• ZEEKER
  
  
  
  • Explosion damage slightly decreased
    

• ABYSSAL SPHERE Hexagons
  
  
  
  • Health slightly decreased
    
  • Slightly more Blood Gems when destroyed
    

• ABYSSAL SPHERE Lasers
  
  
  
  • Laser damage collider size decreased for all lasers in “Laser Show” attack
    

• OBELYSK
  
  
  
  • Physical collision radius decreased
    

• WRAITH II
  
  
  
  • Reduced attack damage by 20%
    

• PURSUER I / II / III
  
  
  
  • Reduced attack damage of Pulse Attacks by 20%
    

• HOLYBANE
  
  
  
  • Wrath Burst Projectile lifetime increase
    
  • Wrath Charge requirement increased
    

• RUINSHOT
  
  
  
  • Wrath Burst Projectile damage increased
    

• ARCHBLIGHT
  
  
  
  • Wrath Burst Projectile zap radius slightly decreased
    

• FLUXSTRIKERS
  
  
  
  • Base Fire Rate increased
    
  • Overdrive duration decreased
    

• SOULRENDERS
  
  
  
  • Fire Rate ramp up delay decreased
    
  • Overdrive duration increased
    
  • Overdrive bullets knockback decreased
    
  • Max Ammo amount increased
    

• KILLBLADE
  
  
  
  • Sword Trigger damage size increased
    

• SOULRENDERS
  
  
  
  • Changed from “Complete Solitude without lowering Kill Power once” to “Complete any Layer with Maximum Kill Power Level“
    

• HADESURGE
  
  
  
  • Changed from “Complete Viscera without dashing through a laser” to “Complete Viscera without being damaged by any Laser“
    

• SEVER Mode is now hidden on the Layer Select screen until it is Unlocked
  
• Brand new Unlock animation for Unlocking SEVER Mode
  
• Layer Select Screen
  
  
  
  • New Layer Unlock Visual Sequence
    

• Equipment Screen
  
  
  
  • New Equipment Unlock Visual Sequence
    

• Settings Menu
  
  
  
  • Reorganized order of Options
    

• Main Menu
  
  
  
  • New Visual treatment of the Main Menu background
    

• Borderless Window mode is now the default window mode setting
  

• New Difficulty & Tutorials Popup
  
  
  
  • If the player dies many times in succession, a popup will appear suggesting to lower the difficulty and / or complete all of the Tutorials
    

• Abyssal Sphere Boss Fight
  
  
  
  • Heavy Ammo, Wrath Charge and Kill Power are fully refreshed when starting the ABYSSAL SPHERE battle, including when using a Checkpoint
    

• Various minor localization changes
  
• General performance and stability improvements
  

Fixes

• Fixed instances of ZEEKER enemies appearing during the Final Boss fight
  
• Fixed instances where PURSUER animations would break
  
• TURREKTs can no longer navigate out of bounds on various layers
  
• Fixed an issue that would cause the game to soft-lock when executing a GHAST III
  
• Fixed an issue causing the Pulse Attack status to linger on PURSUER and TURREKT enemies
  
• Fixed an issue where the Final Boss Hexagons from Phase 1 would appear during Phase 2
  

• Fixed an issue where HOLYBANE’s Ricochet was not bouncing off of certain walls in SOLITUDE
  
• Fixed instances where some projectiles could clip through enemies without damaging them
  
• Fixed an issue where RUINSHOT’s Wrath Burst would explode without contacting a visible enemy during the Final Boss fight
  

• Fixed multiple areas in Layers where players could get out of bounds
  
• Fixed multiple instances of certain enemies spawning in unnavigable areas of VISCERA
  
• Fixed rare cases of navigation blocking issues that occur after a layer phase transition
  

• Fixed an issue where game time continued to update while watching the Ending Cutscene
  
• Players are now no longer able to mistakenly earn Challenge Badges on SEVER mode
  
• Equipment Goal UI now properly shows which active Goals are still achievable during a run
  
• Fixed an issue where the player could fail the “Speed Demon” goal by a matter of milliseconds
  

• Fixed an issue where the 'Tutorial Complete' text failed to align properly after completing any tutorial in Japanese language
  
• Fixed UI overflow on the Equipment screen for certain languages
  
• Fixed various privacy policy issues
  
• Popups no longer have textured backgrounds
  
• Removed dotted texture from Weapon hover over highlights
  
• Fixed the health bar PFX sometimes glitching
  
• Fixed various missing strings
  
• Fixed an issue where the Kill Stream UI would turn off before the Kill Stream was actually ended
  
• Fixed an issue causing the Unlock PFX to not trigger when buying equipment
  
• Fixed an issue with the Heavy Ammo UI bar not properly filling
  
• Fixed an issue where players couldn’t access the back button on the Credits screen on Steam Deck
  
• Fixed the fast forward sometimes button not working on the Credits screen
  
• Updated the wording for some Post-run Challenges
  

• Fixed an issue where the ‘Level Start’ audio clip would play at the beginning of a tutorial level
  

• Fixed an issue where the Health bar would mistakenly appear blue instead of green when the ‘Flicker Reduction’ option is enabled
  

• Fixed an issue where leaderboard placements above 10 would not properly display ‘Old Best’
  
• Fixed an issue causing leaderboards to constantly scroll even when there is no user input
  
• Fixed an issue where UI elements would be permanently highlighted
  

• There is no longer a slight delay when opening the settings menu
  

• Fixed an issue where dying at the same time as the Final Boss would soft-lock the game
  
• Fixed an issue where the player would spawn facing away from the Final Boss
  
• Fixed an issue causing the Final Boss VO and subtitles to not be in sync
  

Platform Specific

• Fixed an issue in the Tutorials menu where a tutorial would stay highlighted even when not visible on screen
  
• Fixed ‘New Best’ text overlapping with the player’s score in Japanese and Russian
  
• Fixed an issue where the game would minimize when not in focus on Borderless mode
  
• Fixed ‘Submit’ text appearing instead of a button icon on the Controller Disconnected popup
  
• Fixed incorrect navigation on drop down menus when using keyboard and mouse input
  
• Fixed the spacebar icon clipping over boundary box
  
• Fixed an issue causing friends to not appear correctly on Leaderboards when switching Steam accounts
  
• Fixed dpad/joystick inputs not registering on Leaderboard screens
  
• Fixed various UI elements not appearing as intended on widescreen monitors