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Hey Dungeoneers,

v3.1.1 released a few days ago, containing a somewhat small amount of followup tweaks to v3.1.0. The most notable changes are some visual tweaks to the Warrior's splash art in response to feedback, and some performance improvements for users on modern iPhones.

Here's a full list of changes:

Followup Warrior Tweaks

Gameplay-wise the Warrior is doing well after his mini-rework. I will likely make some changes in v3.2 but for now I'm just making one buff to an early talent:

• Hearty Meal HP threshold increased to 33% from 30%, healing increased to 4/6 at +1/+2 from 3/5 at +1/+2.

There are also some tweaks to the Warrior's new splash in response to feedback:

• Significantly brightened the broken seal so that new details are easier to see
• Added back in scarring and some muscle definition to the Warrior's arms
• Deepened shadowing along the Warrior's figure
• Added various small details to make the armor appear more worn and the Warrior more rugged

Misc. Changes

• Switched Shattered's rendering backend on iOS to use Metal (new) instead of OpenGL (legacy). This should result in better performance and higher frame rates on supported devices.

• Enemies and items can no longer spawn on top of plants generated by garden rooms

• Added a new language: Traditional Chinese!

• Renamed Chinese language to Simplified Chinese

• Updated translations and translator credits

• Increased the HP threshold for status pane blinking red to 33% from 30%, for consistency with hearty meal change.

Bugfixes

Fixed the following bugs:

Caused By v3.1:

• Incorrect landmark entries for beacon of returning

Existed Prior to v3.1:

• Thrown weapons sticking to broken crystal guardians
• Ebony mimics always appearing hidden after ankh revive
• Various issues with how the game handles animation logic at very low framerates
• Haptics not working properly on more modern iOS devices
• Website links not working on modern iOS versions
• Indonesian language not working on desktop platforms

Hey Dungeoneers, Shattered Pixel Dungeon v3.1.0 has been released!

v3.1 includes a mini Warrior Rework, new terrain/rooms, a new trinket, and a bunch of other smaller changes and additions!

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Hey Dungeoneers,

There's going to be one more new thing in the next Shattered Pixel Dungeon update: new splash art for the Warrior! As usual the art for this is by Aleksandar Komitov, here's a little sneak peek.

This (plus other hiccups) has delayed v3.1's release a little past the '1-1.5 weeks' estimate I gave earlier though, expect another beta patch soon and hopefully a release in very early June.

(Image Description: A pixel-blurred image teasing the Warrior's new splash art)

Hey Dungeoneers, v3.1 is ready for beta, just in time to meet the estimate I gave (for once)!

In this blog post I'm going to go over what's coming in v3.1! This update has a a mini Warrior rework, some new rooms in the dungeon, a new trinket, and an assortment of other changes and additions.

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Hey folks,

Shattered Pixel Dungeon v3.1 is getting very close to being ready for beta hopefully you'll hear more about it in this coming week. One other new thing in it that I haven't mentioned yet are two new rare enemies! Both are encountered in the Sewers, here one of them: Gnoll Exiles!

Gnoll Exiles are super powerful gnoll scouts, but they aren't as aggressive. Years of solitude has made them pretty shrewd, and they won't pick a fight with you of your allies. Of course they will retaliate, but the extra loot in their backpack might be worth the very tough fight.

(Image Description: A screenshot showing the Cleric hero approaching a gnoll exile. The exile looks similar to a regular gnoll scout, but wields a spear and has grey fur.)

Hey Dungeoneers,

The next Shattered Pixel Dungeon update will include a new trinket! It's a simpler one this time, with more of a cute aesthetic. It's a little reference to a favorite ferret.

The Ferret Tuft boosts evasion for all characters, including both allies and enemies! That might sound like a mixed bag, but keep in mind that there are lots of ways to counter enemy evasion: magic, most ability attacks, surprise attacks, etc. You'll need to make more use of these than usual to benefit from the trinket, but the extra defensive power can be well worth it.

(Image Description: An image showing the item info window for the new Ferret Tuft item. It reads: "Ferret Tuft +3: A tuft of silky white ferret fur, held together by a lime green ribbon tied into a bow. Ferrets are known for their agility, mischievousness, and lack of integrity. Some of that power seems to radiate from the trinket, enhancing the evasion of anything nearby. At its current level this trinket will increase the evasion of all characters by 60%.")

Here's another side content addition coming in the next update to Shattered Pixel Dungeon, a few new terrain objects! Each region is getting something new for a little more visual variety: barrels in the sewers, cages in the prison, metal scaffolding in the caves, flaming pedestals in the city, and chunks of rubble in the demon halls.

These new terrain types will show up in some new standard rooms, and a few of the existing rooms already in the dungeon. Here's an image showing one example, with some very much unfinished barrel visuals.

(Image Description: screenshot showing the sewer region. In the top-right of the room there is a row of storage barrels. The barrels are using placeholder visuals, they are notably lower detail than the other dungeon elements.)

Hey Dungeoneers,

The next Shattered Pixel Dungeon update is going to have a variety of smaller changes, including four new badges to earn! These badges range from fairly easy to quite difficult, and are all about specific challenges. Here are some hints:

• Defeat enemies with the help of terrain (traps, plans, chasms)
• Have lots of buffs or debuffs at once
• Survive the ascent with the amulet's curse peacefully
• Beat the game using a very, very high level pickaxe

(Image Description: An image showing the four new badge being added in the next Shattered Pixel Dungeon update. The first one is golden (medium difficulty), then one is platinum (high difficulty), and the last two are diamond (extreme difficulty).)

Hey folks,

The next update to Shattered Pixel Dungeon will make some pretty big changes to the Warrior. His current shielding over time benefit is passive and hard to notice, so I'm changing it to grant him a bunch of shielding up-front, with a cooldown.

I'm toying with some of the balance on this atm, but would also like to add a bit of interactivity to this by having it only trigger when the Warrior is about to be below half health. This gives me room to make the effect stronger, in exchange for the extra requirement on its use.

(Image Description: A short GIF of the Warrior taking damage early in the game. Just before the incoming damage from the rat is dealt, The Warrior gains a burst of 5 sheilding, completely negating the attack. The Warrior then starts to retaliate and defeats the rat.)

Hey Dungeoneers, here's that second patch I was mentioning. Just some more smaller fixes and translation updates.

Here's the full list of changes in v3.0.2:

A Note for Steam Deck users

A bug was fixed in this patch which affected display scaling on Steam Deck. Due to a quirk in how the Steam Deck reported display dimensions, the game incorrectly thought Steam Deck's screen was about 4", instead of 7".

As a result of this fix, you might notice that the interface appears differently as it now defaults to the 'full' UI mode instead of 'mobile'. If you prefer the previous interface mode, you can swap to it in the settings by using the mobile interface mode and 5x interface scale.

Misc. Changes

• Music muting while game is in background on desktop now also applies to blacksmith's hammering sfx
• Improved number rounding logic when damage hero takes is affected by several modifiers at once
• Updated translations and translator credits

Bugfixes

Fixed the following bugs:

Caused by v3.0:

• Errors with Android golden supporter UI and full interface mode
• Cleric's Recall Glyph spell not working with some runestones while time was frozen

Existed Prior to v3.0:

• Game incorrectly thinking it is on a phone screen when played on Steam Deck
• Water of Awareness buff persisting between floors if the hero is very fast
• Various errors when saving/loading custom controller bindings
• Visual errors when Tengu's sprite animations are frozen (e.g. via paralysis)
• Characters still appearing as visible if knocked out of hero FOV in specific cases
• Talisman of Foresight's scry ability not detecting hiding mimics
• Quick-using an item from a bag not using that item's autotarget properties (for real this time)

Hey Dungeoneers, after two weeks I've just released the first patch for Shattered Pixel Dungeon v3.0!

v3.0 ended up not needing any urgent changes so I've taken my time with it. I'm planning one more smaller patch a bit later, and then it'll be on to v3.1!

Here's the full list of changes in v3.0.1:

Balance Changes

So far the Cleric is doing surprisingly well balance-wise! There are definitely some things to adjust, but nothing that's serious enough to need doing in a patch. I'm just making one change to put a limit on ring of energy shenanigans for the Paladin:

• Holy Weapon and Ward can now be extended to a max of 100 turns at a time.

After v3.0's nerf to the Mossy Clump, I'm going to experiment with scaling back its absurd upgrade cost. Hopefully it's at a power level now where it doesn't need to cost massively more than other trinkets:

• Mossy Clump upgrade energy cost reduced to 10/15/20 from 20/25/30. This is now the same as other 'higher cost' trinkets.

Misc. Changes

Firstly, two trinket changes that are meant as QoL, but are effectively mild buffs:

• Salt Cube's regen reduction now automatically disables itself during boss fights, the trinket doesn't need to be dropped.
• Waterskin drinking now more intelligently handles the extra healing from vial of blood, no longer consuming excess dew.

And some other things:

• Updated Translations
• Cursed wand pitfall effect no longer drops items if triggered via wondrous resin
• Feint armor ability no longer autotargets
• Removed support for runs in progress from prior to v2.3.2
• Removed internal code for old blacksmith quest from prior to v2.2

Bugfixes

Fixed the following bugs: Caused by v3.0:

• Enemies getting many actions after recovering from transmogrification
• Save/load errors with sniper's mark buff
• Incorrect shielding amount shown when using Warrior's remains item
• Various uncommon crash bugs

Existed Prior to v3.0:

• Exploit involving unidentified crossbow and curse infusion
• Exploit involving placing wards on a necromancer's summoning position
• Shocking enchantment missing valid targets in some cases
• Rare cases where bees would refuse to attack near enemies vs. far ones
• quick-using an item from a bag not using that item's autotarget properties
• Alchemy guide items being greyed out in main menu
• Various rare crash bugs
• Various minor visual & textual errors

Shattered Pixel Dungeon v3.0 has been released!

v3.0 includes Shattered's second new playable character! The Cleric is a divine spellcaster who learns and upgrades spells via the talent system! They have 2 subclasses, 3 armor abilities, and over 30 spells!

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