0.37 — Withering Realms News

For live patch notes and details about how to try the next version early via the #nextversion branch, see Patch Notes. v0.38 is being prepared now with more bug fixes and improvements. An Early Access roadmap post is also being prepared, which will outline plans for additional content. Thank you for your patience and support during Early Access, and please continue reporting bugs via the in-game bug report tool.

Special Note: 0.37 makes significant changes to the underlying character movement code to fix "tunneling" exploits, monsters leaping out of bounds and also improve responsiveness. Please file an in-game bug if you find any instances of terrain or ground being unwalkable that look walkable, or character movement or contact related oddities.

New Features & Polish

You can now upgrade Left Hand tools, including Shields
- Accordingly, The Freak’s Left Hand talisman’s strength has been reduced
At a certain point in the story, a cat will appear in Reliable Repairs, can be pet, and will follow Althea and Clover around town
Improve joystick responsiveness and add better accounting for stick drift
Fix judder when running sub-60fps
Ultra graphics settings optimizations
Ichor required for next level (one for body/right arm/left arm) displayed in Stats screen
Display name of body part being upgraded in level up screen
After completing Beynon House, you can now disable the HUD in the Gameplay Options
Bridge Guard now has his own boss theme instead of sharing with Mine Hag
Add a small amount of “steering” motion to Clover, most noticeable when moving backwards or sideways while locked on
Controller bindings improvements
- Fix the bindings sometimes being “forgotten” on launch (controller id changed)
- Fix the bindings sometimes being “forgotten” when controller disconnects
- Bindings are now saved per controller, so bindings for, say, a PS5 and Xbox controller can both be maintained
- Add a Reset to Defaults button to the main Input Options

Critical Bug Fixes

Significant changes to character movement intended to:
- Improve responsiveness to direction changes
- Prevent known instances of being able to glitch through fences with attacks
- Prevent monsters from leaping out of rooms
- Smooth out stair movement
- Fix instances of being stuck in terrain
- Smooth out and slightly speed up Althea’s movement
- Please be on the look out for any new glitches or issues introduced with these changes and report with the in-game bug report tool
Fix instances of Miners and Gardener Runtling spawning on top of each other or teleporting in upon entering the room
Fix Edgar or other NPCs in the flats investigation quest not appearing when they should
Fix the birdcage puzzle being unintentionally strict, and add a time/number of incorrect hits based early exit condition
Fix using necromancy during an arena battle leading to it not ending
Fix one more edge case with Curse Rot where death could occur before being out of flasks
Fix getting pinned down by ghosts in WH Basement, and stop melee attacks as soon as they’re invisible
Fix Sweetmeat not consuming the ingredients given
Fix weapon upgrades also increasing the toll in some cases
Fix a crash that could occur when entering the world map

Balance Changes

The cost of effigies at the well shop has been reduced
Talismans that add flat damage % such as the Freak's talismans now add half to non-health effects such as bleed or poise (this is the same scaling applied elsewhere, such as base scaling or weapon upgrades)
Add voice lines and telegraphed start ups to Saintswood Void Mine boss adds
Gravestone Hex now has 2 second cooldown and can be recast
Reduce hitbox of Ogre roll
Adjusted Holy Spike attacks to reduce frequency of head butt and make some attacks a bit more readable (he’s still nightmarishly aggressive)
Improve Machine Gun aim

Smaller Bug Fixes & Polish

Fix Bulletproof stamps not working properly
Fix some Cors Farwol monsters spawning in walls
Fix arm talismans appearing to affect the other arm’s tolls in the pause menu (did not actually happen in-game)
Fix holding the run button in water charging stamina toll despite not letting you run
Fortune Teller shows money required to buy
Fix endlessly respawning ghost guarding coffin POI outside of Penwyll Public Vault (may not resolve on existing saves)
Fix Haunted Dolls returning to life, being able to be farmed for ichor
Fix editing the Penhaligon Manor automatons too quickly leaving them stuck until the room is re-entered
Fix Game Results not showing on subsequent completions during the same game launch
Fix the white tick on health bars falling behind the actual bar length
Fix Flamethrower light attack audio playing even if volume is turned off
Optimize some breakable effects, such as Dancing Statues breaking apart
Fix Scroungers sometimes floating around like wizards
Fix world map still being controllable while a modal dialog is up
Fix Macrosomia hitbox issues
Small collision fixes: The Dead End

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