Shrine's Legacy

Positive Concept Games · indie.io, Levelup Games

Released: Oct 7, 2025
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Last updated: 11 Sep 2026, 18:56 GMT

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08 Jul 2026Developer post
Shrine's Legacy v1.3.1 Patch Notes
This patch contains a fair bit of bugfixes , including a few fixes to illusive bugs that have been known and around for a long time! The bug where music would stop playing after defeating the DLC boss has also been fixed , and loading your save should fix it for you even if the m
This patch contains a fair bit of bugfixes, including a few fixes to illusive bugs that have been known and around for a long time! The bug where music would stop playing after defeating the DLC boss has also been fixed, and loading your save should fix it for you even if the music stopped on your save. Additionally, there's a tiny bit of added content into the DLC area.
Perhaps the coolest addition though, is the new teleporters that were added to several dungeons! Once activated, they can be used to get to and from the end of a dungeon.
Finally, there are a number of fixes to the Japanese localization too!
Patch Notes:
DLC Fixes / Adjustments:
Content: Added a couple new basic treasure chests and battle challenges into the DLC dungeon
Cutscenes: Made some general improvements to the cutscenes at the end of the dungeon
Flow: 2 of the concept art treasures at the end of the dungeon no longer appear until the boss is defeated to prevent spoilers
Qol: Added a teleporter at the end of the dungeon which takes you back and forth to the beginning
Bugfix / Major: Fixed a bug where the music could get turned off (sometimes indefinitely) after finishing the dungeon
Bugfix / Boss: Fixed an issue where when dying to a certain attack from the boss could put your character in a zombie state where they can still act while downed (mostly noticeable in co-op mode)
Bugfix: Fixed an issue where you couldn't see the new concept art pieces even after appraising them
Bugfix: Fixed an issue where a character name was displayed too early before you learn about it properly
Bugfix: Fixed a number of issues with the minimap / in-game menu map for Uncharted Lands
Bugfix: Fixed an issue where the tall grass would drop zuell and create effects at an off-center position
Bugfix: Fixed an instance of the mirrored figment early in the dungeon that wasn't creating illusions correctly
Bugfix: Fixed a crash that could happen when certain enemies in the Uncharted Lands lost target of the player just before warping
Aesthetic / DLC Boss: New sound effects play for teleporting
Aesthetic / DLC Boss: Hitting the boss voice sound effect is now properly audible
Aesthetic: Improved the appearance of some of the cave entrances and exits and adjusted the positioning of the transitions
Aesthetic: The location name displayed in the menu for the end of the dungeon is now adjusted
Aesthetic: Birds now fly away when you get close
Aesthetic: Fixed an issue with the birds displaying overly large shadows
Aesthetic: Added Birds to the final room and changed the music to ambience
Aesthetic: Slightly adjusted the new fountain graphic
Enemies: Ghrimera (the enemy made of orbs) now has better sight range to see the player, more sound effects, and their attack is now more dangerous
Enemies: Ghrimera now bounces off walls correctly while the player is not targeted
Enemies: Ghrimera arms now respect the stun from freeze and wind if the main body is targeted
Enemies: Mirrored Figment shadow attack is now slightly more telegraphed with warning smoke and a sound effect. This also applies to the Crystal Dungeon boss minions that use a similar attack.
Enemies: Mirrored Figment and its illusions both now play a sound effect when they warp
Enemies: Reduced touch hitbox size of the Soul Slurper and Mirrored Figment enemies
Enemies: Froogah puff attack can now travel over holes
Mapping: Various fixes in multiple rooms
General: Other various fixes
General Bugfixes / Adjustments:
Localization / Japanese: Fixed some mistakes with the DLC text and numerous other small various fixes
Mapping: Some more Crystal Dungeon polish, and a tiny bit of Desolate Valley overworld polish in the first room
Wind: Finally fixed some serious jank with wind bridge collisions that's been present since launch
Bugfix: Fixed an issue where sand whirlpools could still damage characters who were already downed
Bugfix: Potentially fixed an issue where a character name was displayed too early before you learn about it properly
Bugfix: Dengy no longer hangs around the entrance to the water dungeon after it's already been completed
Added 2-way teleporters also into: Water Dungeon, Final Dungeon, Secret Dungeon 1, and Secret Dungeon 2. This should assist with backtracking and item hunting
Credits: Added to the credits "Tono" for Japanese Localization
Credits: Removed the seagull noises that play when viewing the credits
Change the fountain in Galadine to match the one in Uncharted Lands
Aesthetics: Puzzle mirrors which don't spin when hit are now grayscale in color to make them easier to identify
Yuril Overworld / Map: There's now an icon for the NPC near Yuril once you discover them
Enemies: Monsters that teleport should now properly avoid warping on top of the player
Map / Water Dungeon: Fixed a bug with one of the rooms not being set to the correct map index and filling in the wrong place in your map as a result
Note: more dungeon in-game / menu map fixes coming soon!
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25 Jun 2026Developer post
Shrine's Legacy: Uncharted Lands Free DLC
What's beyond the big door? Well, what you might find is the most difficult level the game has to offer. This is the launch of the new Uncharted Lands Free DLC for Shrine's Legacy! In addition to a brand-new massive dungeon, this update adds 5 new jewels to the game to find and c
What's beyond the big door? Well, what you might find is the most difficult level the game has to offer. This is the launch of the new Uncharted Lands Free DLC for Shrine's Legacy!
In addition to a brand-new massive dungeon, this update adds 5 new jewels to the game to find and customize your build with, and the Japanese localization which was in beta is now moved to the main branch for you to play!
Additionally, Shrine's Legacy is 25% off in the Steam Summer Sale, June 25 to July 9.
Grab your copy and make sure to check out other great indie games on sale during the Summer Sale to add them to your collection.
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Patch Notes:
New Content / Features:
Uncharted Lands Free DLC Dungeon added! To enter, collect all 8 gemstones and return to the Uncharted Lands Entrance
5 new jewels you can obtain and use! If you crave some minor spoilers on their location, check the bottom of this update.
A Japanese localization is now available in the options in the default Steam branch! It was previously only available when playing the beta branch.
Fellinore Overworld: It's now raining in this part of the world
Lightning Dungeon: Added some thunder sound effects to the plant's lightning
Lightning Dungeon: There's now a use for the keys you found exploring this dungeon
Seeing Eye Jewel has a cool new effect now
Bug Fixes / Adjustments:
UI: Enemy HP bar now takes their z position into account (relevant mostly for flying enemies)
Elements: Light and Water effect bar length now dynamically adjusts with how long the effect actually lasts
Bomb Potion: Has an improved effect, more randomization, and also has new effects for dash attack and charge attack
Crystal Dungeon: Added a new save points at the start of each main path for convenience of swapping jewels
Crystal Dungeon: Fixed an aesthetic issue where in one room a battle challenge exploder would fly off-screen when defeating the enemies
Wind Dungeon: The NPC's just outside the dungeon cleaning up rubble should now disappear when they are supposed to
Siltens Overworld: Fixed an error where the background didn't scroll at the correct speed in the room with the miniboss
Wind Dungeon: Fixed an error where the background had a seam between the first 2 rooms in the dungeon (now there's a cliff there)
Pyragord Overworld: Fixed an error in a cave where a crystal puzzle element would reset upon leaving and re-entering the room
Fellinore / Cutscene: Fixed one of the character's portrait and sound blip not working as intended in the room before the town
Puzzles / Earth: Fixed a number of issues with earth platforms
Galadine Overworld: Fixed an issue in the room where you exit the wind dungeon, where a treasure you unbury would rebury itself upon leaving and re-entering the room
Fellinore Overworld: Reverted the recent palette change of one of the enemies in this zone
Fellinore Overworld: One of the enemies here has a new weakness
Mapping:
Crystal Dungeon, Fellinore overworld, Pyragord Mountain, and Lightning Dungeon all got some polish updates throughout
Some other various minor fixes
As promised, here's your minor spoilers for jewel locations. Don't read if you don't want to know:
3 are found in the new level. 1 is found by talking to a new NPC near the beginning area of the game. the final one is found in the lightning dungeon as a new treasure!
Until next time!
Original post
12 May 2026Developer post
Shrine's Legacy v1.2.1b Hotfix Patch Notes
This patch is a quick hotfix to deal with a few major bugs that snuck into the previous update, along with a couple other minor adjustments, including new vsync modes you can try if the original method was causing slowdown and turning it off was causing tearing. Patch Notes Bug F
This patch is a quick hotfix to deal with a few major bugs that snuck into the previous update, along with a couple other minor adjustments, including new vsync modes you can try if the original method was causing slowdown and turning it off was causing tearing.
Patch Notes
Bug Fixes / Adjustments:
Major / Crystal Dungeon: Fixed a new 1.2.1 exclusive issue where there was now an invisible wall when returning to the final room of the dungeon
Major / Water Dungeon: Fixed a new 1.2.1 exclusive issue where the entrance door would shut behind you when revisiting the dungeon
Boss / Ending: Fixed a bug that would allow you to easily bypass the final boss's new gimmick from the previous patch
Settings / Display: Added 2 new vsync modes. Test them out if you are having screen tearing but the default vsync mode is running slow.
Menu / UI: When opening the menu while playing as Reima, her cursor is now aligned better
Ending / Major: Dying and retrying during the ending now has better and less buggy checkpoints
Mapping Adjustments:
Lightning Dungeon: Some mapping cleanup was completed
Lightning Dungeon: Every room now has the lightning effect
Beta Branch Only:
Minor / Localizations (beta branch only): A couple small mistakes in the Japanese localization text were fixed
Original post
09 May 2026Developer post
Shrine's Legacy v1.2.1 Patch Notes
This is another patch that ended up being bigger than intended, but the changes are pretty important. A couple of the most confusing parts of the game had some extra (small) tutorials added so players don't get completely stuck. And more importantly, the very last boss fight was
This is another patch that ended up being bigger than intended, but the changes are pretty important. A couple of the most confusing parts of the game had some extra (small) tutorials added so players don't get completely stuck. And more importantly, the very last boss fight was heavily updated, and should be a lot more interesting now. Along with many, many, smaller bugfixes and improvements, including lots of fixes to the ending.

Additionally, some localizations were added / adjusted! Japanese language was added to the beta branch, and a revision of Portuguese was also added! You can select them in the options menu when playing on the beta branch on Steam.
Regarding the upcoming DLC, it is far in progress and is now our sole priority outside of game-breaking bugs, so expect it within the next month or so. Apologies again that it's taken so long!
Full notes ahead!
Patch Notes:
Beta Branch Only:
Localizations: A major update to Portuguese localization and a new Japanese localization were added to the beta branch only. These are still being tested so let us know if you run into any issues using them. If we feel they tested enough, we will eventually move them to the default branch, so feedback is majorly appreciated!
How to opt-in to beta branch:
Right click the game in your Steam Library and select "Properties"
Go to the "Betas" tab
Where it says "Beta Participation" Click and select "public-beta"
New Content / Features:
Ending: A big batch of additions, bug fixes and improvements to the ending, not detailed to avoid spoilers in these patch notes
Ending: Equipped jewels now carry over to the ending battle, and a point was added where you can change your jewels in the final area
Ending: Player 2 will now have more they can do during the ending segments of gameplay if playing co-op
Ending / Bosses: Greatly improved the death sequence aesthetics
Dungeon / Final: New quiet ambient sound effect now plays throughout the dungeon
Dungeon / Final: Treasure chests in this dungeon have new unique graphics
Dungeon / Water: the windows and brightness now adjust as you go deeper into the dungeon
Dungeon / Water / Tutorial: Added a tutorial message for the wind bridge mechanic
Canyon / Tutorial: Added a new short segment to help with finding the first wind orb
General / Portraits: Added a new alternate portrait for the Hiroshi Bros for certain scenes
General / Audio: Additional voice blips added for different characters dialogue
General: Added a new color effect on some summoned entities throughout the late game to help them stand out (and look cool)
Monsters / Intferno: Graphics and animations were improved, and behavior was slightly adjusted
Aesthetics / Galadine Overworld: Improved the graphics of the temporary blockade leading into the exit of the Wind Dungeon before you complete it
NPCs / Galadine Overworld: Added a couple new NPC's that exist in front of the Canyon exit, only whenever you haven't completed the dungeon yet
Bug Fixes / Adjustments:
Co-op / Bugfix: Fixed an new issue where the camera wasn't centering between p1 and p2, but instead focusing on p1
Menus / UI: Improved the positioning of the text in headers when using / brewing potions
Localization / Chinese: Fixed an issue where header text when using / brewing potions wasn't displaying correctly
Puzzles: Frozen slime blocks now get pushed farther again when hit like they used to be
Ally: Further fixes to ensure ally doesn't take damage from attacks unless the player also just took damage (it could still happen in some scenarios)
Elements: For now, water bubbles over the player won't be displayed at all during typical conversations or cutscenes (they were made dimmer last update). The exception is in the room you first learn the spell
Inputs / General: Fixed an issue where keyboard inputs wouldn't register for player 1 when they were set to gamepad while player 2 was controlled by another person
Inputs / Menu: Mouse input on the in-game menu now works no matter which player opened the menu or what controller they are set to
UI / Menu: Sanctuary and Hidden Town now get icons on your map to help you find them again after you find them the first time
UI / Menu: The menu characters now have their weapon drawn on their back instead of no weapon
Bugfix / Omdale: Adjusted boat position during a specific moment so it doesn't clip through the ground visibly
NPCs / Veyrlorn: Fixed an issue where you could find Dengy also in Marize if you leave early
Cutscenes / Veyrlorn: Added a new sound effect and fixed some issues with the camera when not playing as Rio during the scene where you get the gemstone
Secret Dungeon 2 / Aesthetics: Added 3 new sound effects for objects here, and improved the effect for hitting one of the objects
Crash / Siltens Overworld: Fixed a new crash that would happen if you lingered on a particular text box for too long after defeating the boss here.
Bugfix / Siltens Overworld: Fixed a minor issue after the same cutscene where the ally character could sometimes temporarily warp some distance away at the end of the cutscene
Water Dungeon: The full door sprites now display (the top was cut off by the ceiling before)
Water Dungeon: There's now tracks to show where the saws are moving
Water Dungeon: Improved the visual effects and sound effects of one of the cutscenes
Water Dungeon / Boss: Improved some visual effects and sound effects for the boss
Water Dungeon / Puzzles: If you manage to cheese the boxes in the puzzle rooms without using the orb, the acid puddles will now also be possible to remove
Water Dungeon: Added sound effects when opening the big door
Reima / Charge Attack: Fixed a bug where her attack would go through a wall if you stood right up against it
Cutscenes / Yuril: Fixed an issue where Rio could walk through a wall when triggering the cutscene when you return to Carolyn's house
Dialogue / Yuril: Fixed an issue where one of the dialog boxes for the postcat in Yuril wouldn't display the postcat's name
Dialogue / Yuril: Fixed some conversations which would think Rio was there when you have only a party of Reima
Bugfix / Yuril: Fixed an issue where Reima could escape the Yuril Pyragord story sequence alone via the Spring
Cutscene / Pyragord: Examining the rock blocking the Crystal dungeon while in certain formations will no longer make the scene play out incorrectly. Also some minor improvements to the scene itself
Secret Dungeon 2 / Boss: Fixed a new issue where the reward for the fight would not be visible despite being there
Cutscenes / General: Starting a conversation while the other player is in their idle dance will now properly stop the idle dance
Monsters / General: Attack tell purple flashes no longer get removed by red hit flashes, so they should be easier to see now
Balancing:
Bosses / Final: The final boss stats, behavior, and some attacks were majorly adjusted, including adding a new mechanic to the battle. Should be a bit more balanced regardless of player level now, though the attacks are more threatening in general now
Bosses / Final: Boss HP now starts scaling from level 15 instead of level 20. The secondary parts of the boss now also have less defense. This should make lower level runs less painful, though you'll still have a challenge ahead of you
Bosses / Ending: The first boss after the point of no return is now a bit less fragile now
Bosses / Ending: Added a new sound effect when hitting the penultimate boss fight
Bosses / Secret Dungeon 2: Fixed the hitbox shape of one its attacks to be more accurate. Increased it's low HP pool to something more formidable. Adjusted it's resistances and weaknesses to be more interesting
Bosses / Veyrlorn: You can no longer destroy the acid projectiles in the air unless you current have the water element active
Bosses / Groonis: Fixed an oversight that was causing the boss to not get knocked back as much as they were supposed to when hit
Bosses / General: Adjusted multiple bosses to be easier to hit the primary target with lightning magic (crystal dungeon boss, ice boss, secret dungeon 2 boss, water dungeon boss)
Bosses / General: Secret Dungeon 2 boss and Ice boss individual parts now take more damage from damage over time effects, and are immune to stun and freeze. Additionally, killing one piece no longer sometimes freezes the boss in place for a moment. And adjusted slightly the "got hit" sound of the boss to be more interesting
Monsters / Pyragord: The hitbox of the ice ball spell cast by magic monsters now doesn't trigger until the ball starts moving
Monsters / Erbos: Fixed sound effect and improved tell on attack. Also improved positioning of healthbar
Monsters / Zeraph: Improved the position of the healthbar
Monsters / Secret Dungeon 2: Reduced the volume for one of the sounds on the first new monster here
Mapping:
Dungeon / Light: Some tiling cleanup
Dungeon / Tunnel: Occlusions, transitions, and collisions cleaned up a bit
Dungeon / Wind: Some shadow / tiling cleanup
Dungeon / Earth: Some shadow / tiling cleanup
Dungeon / Water: Collisions, layering, tiling, occlusions, shadows improved for the dungeon
Pyragord: Improved the screen transitions and did some other minor fixes for the summit and adjacent rooms
Dungeon / Final: Fixed a couple minor tile layering issues in the first room
Yuril Overworld: Some minor decoration improvements in the room before the dungeon
Marize Overworld: Some tiling errors fixed in one room
Siltens + Siltens Overworld: Occlusions and Shadows adjusted in a couple rooms
Galadine + Galadine Overworld: More fixes to the collisions in the room with the mushroom pond, some cleanup of the caves, some fixes to Galadine and Castle Galadine
Belkhar Overworld: Some cleanup of the caves
Sanctuary: Fixed the room offset (position) on the world map while in the area
Omdale Overworld: Some tiling cleanup
Marsh Overworld: Some tiling cleanup in the overworld and caves
Pyragord Overworld: Fixed collision and layering issues in the room containing the entrance to the dungeon
Original post
10 Apr 2026Developer post
Shrine's Legacy v1.2 Patch Notes
Holy moly, the patch notes kind of speak for themselves for this update. But the TLDR most important changes in this patch are: Many bosses, especially late game bosses, got huge reworks . They will put up a proper challenge now The Cat Call works now ! Sorry this one took so lon
Holy moly, the patch notes kind of speak for themselves for this update. But the TLDR most important changes in this patch are:
Many bosses, especially late game bosses, got huge reworks. They will put up a proper challenge now
The Cat Call works now! Sorry this one took so long! To use, make sure you found the Cat Call item, and then go to the world map and select a place to go. Will only work while you are outdoors and not inside a dungeon
A ridiculous number of bug fixes, mapping fixes, and general improvements to the game
Some fixes to a few scenes
Better balance for freeze and stun status effects (ice and wind spells), especially against bosses (no more perma-stunlocking with wind)
A little bit of enemy balancing
Leave a comment if run into any issues, there's a lot of changes so it's possible bugs could have slipped through the cracks. And we'd love to hear how the bosses are feeling after the changes if you play through any of the late-game content! :)
We will be releasing more information about the upcoming free DLC soon as well, so keep an eye out for that. There's a good chance we'll release at least one more much smaller update before the DLC.
At any rate, for those daring enough to look through the full list of changes, here they are:
Patch Notes:
New Content / Features:
Cat Call works now! Use it from your main menu by selecting points on the world map
Cutscenes: Moved the scene that used to happen after the Sand Seas till after the Canyon if you do the dungeons in the opposite order
Siltens Overworld / Cutscene: Added a pan to the wind flower as a tutorial during the cutscene after the battle to make the way forward more clear
Ending: Added a new sprite to one of the areas / scenes
Sound Effects: Added a new pot breaking sound for all pots
Core Mechanics:
Movement: Greatly improved ally's and guest member's ability to comfortably follow the player while using the new dodge mobility added in the previous update
CPU Ally: Fixed a bug where the ally was taking damage from enemies even when the player wasn't getting hit
Bug Fixes / Adjustments:
Groonis Island: Fixed an issue where the boss wasn't taking the damage from the rock drop during the cutscene
Omdale / Aesthetic: Sunset is now daytime whenever you return to the room with the sunset parallax
Galadine: Fixed an issue where the Castle guards would not be present in front of the castle at a time when they were intended to be
Siltens: Mac's Shack torches now are visible when the roof is visible and not visible when the roof is invisible
Fellinore / Quicktravel: Fixed a bug where you could quicktravel out of town at a few points that would lock you out of the town with events if you tried to re-enter the town manually without quicktravelling back
Pyragord / Boss: Can no longer be hit by Reima's ranged charge attack before the battle starts
Pyragord / Overworld: Fixed an enemy that was placed outside of bounds after changes to flyer type enemies
General: Light / Water status are no longer visible during conversations or cutscenes (except for when you obtain the light gem)
General / Polish: Things in the sky such as seagulls and weather effects now disappear while inside a building
General: Fixed an issue where a player character could take a hit from sand whirlpools during a conversation in rare cases, causing unexpected behavior
General: Fixed an issue with the animation of saw blade obstacles
Potions: Delane no longer takes jelly if you have it when making the free potion
Sand Seas: Sandilopho, Shadow Goat etc (teleporting enemies) no longer chase you onto other elevations
Aesthetics: Added new hit effect graphics for purple and green poison type attacks (a handful of enemies use these)
Aesthetics: Added new hit effect for the lasers some enemies use
Aesthetics: New poison status effect graphic!
Aesthetics: New lightning shock status effect graphic!
Aesthetics: Fixed a bug where afterimage sprites wouldn't always be the correct palette
Aesthetics: Fixed a minor issue where Rio and Reima's weapons were not drawn to the correct depth when swimming in water
Aesthetics: When stunning an enemy with wind, a visual effect is now present
Aesthetics: Many breakable objects (pots, crystals, etc) had their break visual and audio effects fixed
Aesthetics: Added a new sound effect for the new kind of postcat that appears after completing the postcat letter sidequest
Crystal Cavern: Fixed some instances of breakable crystals not being interactable when they should be, and vice versa
Yuril: Fixed an issue where the background color in Carolyn's basement wasn't drawing correctly, causing some minor visual issues when you dash attack or cast through the walls
Aesthetics: Fixed an issue where when an AI player or guest character fades out to warp, they would lose their palette temporarily if wearing different armor
Menu / Status: Fixed a bug where the wrong text displayed for next level when you reached the max level
Canyon / Boss: Fixed a new issue with the wind platforms allowing you to exit the arena
Final Dungeon / Boss: Fixed an issue where it was possible for the first boss in the dungeon to teleport and move outside of their arena. Also fixed their shadow y position to look better
Final Dungeon / Boss: The first boss inside the dungeon now fades out correctly when they die. Fixed some other minor bugs with leftover objects that could occasionally happen when they were defeated
Secret Dungeon 1: Fixed an issue where the P1 character would lose control temporarily after finishing the quest when this dungeon was the final part of the quest completed
Secret Dungeon 2 / Boss: Can no longer be hit by Reima's ranged charge attack before the battle starts
Secret Dungeon 2 / Boss: Fixed a layering issue
Ending: Light / Water status are cured after certain encounters to prevent awkwardness
Ending: Fixed a character saying the line for the bad ending first before the correct line specifically during the best ending
Ending / Final Boss: Fixed an issue where the character graphic was set incorrectly during the battle
Ending: Made an improvement to the scene on the peak
Ending: Fixed the character's attack sound when swiping, dash attacking, and charge attacking during the final section
Ending: Removed enemy healthbars from a certain moment
Jewels: Azotic sound effect no longer triples up with ice / crystal magic
Combat: Fixed a bug where getting hit while falling would interupt the falling state, and briefly prevent the ally AI character from following you correctly
Combat: Fixed a rare bug where certain attacks could make the player character's get stuck in their "got hit" pose. Also added a quickfix to make this less likely to cause issues around cutscenes
Combat: No longer draws healthbars of enemies while they are invisible
Combat / Crash: Fixed a crash that could rarely happen when defeating one of the enemies in the second secret dungeon. Added a safe-guard to prevent the crash from happening with any other enemy just in case it's possible
Combat / Minigames: Fixed an issue where you were invincible in the Dummy Minigames while on Hard Mode
Combat: Fixed a bug where you could hit frozen enemies into enemies that otherwise shouldn't be possible to attack, damaging both
World Map: Lollipop NPC is now visible on the minimap once you've found them
General: Fixed an issue in the room before the final dungeon where the camera would flash a different part of a room briefly when you unpaused the menu
General: The quicktravel transition looks a little cleaner now
Menus: Updated the descriptions of the Cat Call and another item
Desolate Valley / Cutscenes: Fixed the outfits of a certain group of characters
Omdale / Cutscenes: During the boss here, the music now fades out during the beginning of the scene to increase tension
Omdale / Cutscenes: Fixed an issue where Delane wasn't properly walking up to the switch anymore
Fellinore / Cutscenes: Better sound effects and visual improvements during an important moment in the scene just before you enter Fellinore
Final Dungeon / Cutscenes: Fixed an animation bug with Rio during the cutscene before the first boss
Localization: Widened the quit confirmation box to fit the text better
Localization: Fixed an issue with npc names of guest party members not being translated correctly
Localization: Fixed an issue with "Mugger" not being translated correctly
Localization: Fixed an instance of "Lord Fisherman" npc name not getting translated correctly
Localization: Fixed a part where "Thaiden" was not being translated correctly
Bugfix: Fixed an instance of a character's name appearing too soon in the dialogue (Papaw)
Marize / Cutscenes: Fixed an issue with Dengy's story quest where one clue was getting found errenously when you talk to Dengy an extra time after finding at least one clue
Marize / Cutscenes: Fixed an issue with Dengy's story quest where he wouldn't run off correctly after finding all the clues if the last clue isn't the last one you turn in
Marize / Cutscenes: Fixed an issue with Dengy's story quest running an incorrect scene if you go to the end without talking to him first
Fellinore / Cutscenes: Minor fixes to several different scenes
Siltens Overworld / Cutscenes: Fixed a bug with the cutscene after the boss where they are briefly positioned incorrectly, and made some other improvements to the scene
Marsh / Boss: More variety and actions added to the background characters
More that I can't remember...
Mapping:
Canyon / Dungeon: Improved occlusions and shadows for the second half of the dungeon
Galadine and Galadine Castle: Added some new decorations and made some general improvements and layering fixes
Galadine Castle: Cloud fog no longer appears inside the castle
Moglore Overworld: Some collision, occlusion, shadow, and layering fixes
Moglore Woods: Some collision occlusion, shadow, and layering fixes
Omdale Overworld: Collision, occlusion, shadow, and layering fixes
Omdale: Improvements to the town. Fixed the appearance of the trees on the transition to the gulf screen
Fellinore Cemetery: Fixed a tile layering issue
Illdar: Beds on the upper elevation now have their blanket depth set correctly
Illdar: Fixed an NPC whose silhouette was partially visible through their house
Illdar: Fixed some very minor layering / collision issues
Crystal Cavern: Fixed a tile layering issue in one room
General: in some towns, some occlusion fixes with the top of house roofs
Final Dungeon / Entrance: Made some mapping fixes to the outside entrance
Balance:
General / Bosses: Almost every end-game boss (from the final dungeon onwards) got some much needed major reworks, improvements, and bug fixes! They are much more formidable foes now. The very final boss still needs a bit of polish but that will come soon
Status Effects / Wind: The stun effect is nerfed. Subsequent repeated stuns get weaker/shorter now unless you wait some time. The nerf is more pronounced on bosses. Still very effective if used sparingly!
Status Effects / Wind: No longer bugs out animations when hitting enemies during attacks which control their animation speeds (example, ice turtle spin attack). Some enemies used to even get perma-stuck
Status Effects / Ice: Improved how the freeze effect works when used in the middle of enemy attacks to match how the new wind stun effect does (i.e. better)
Status Effects: Some bosses now have more resistance to wind stun and freeze effect time
Intro: Buffed the stats of the character at the start a bit and adjusted the enemy AI to be less aggressive
Canyon / Boss: The wind attack now pushes you harder to account for the improved speed gained from the new dodge from the previous updates
Cloaked Figure: Adjusted the delay before attacking to be generally faster, and reduced the knockback received by the boss. Made some slight adjustments to his spawned enemies too
General / Aesthetic: Some additional small effects were added to a few enemy attacks
General / Bosses: Many late game bosses had attacks adjusted from physical type damage to magical type damage to make more sense (also helps out Reima a bit since her magic defense is better)
General / Bosses: During the final battles (after the point of no return only), Boss HP now scales slightly with your player level when you are level 20 or higher average
Final Dungeon / Boss: The boss fight before the dungeon was completely reworked and is much more threatening now. Much more HP, improved AI, an extra phase, and more clarity in the hitboxes
Siltens Overworld / Boss: Slightly boosted HP. Adjusted AI to be tougher, along with other changes
Omdale Overworld / Boss: Slightly boosted HP. Adjusted AI to be tougher, along with other changes
Marsh / Boss: Added a brief visual cue (flash) before one of the harder to react to movements, and adjusted the way the hitbox of the related attack works to be more fair
Marsh / Boss: Boss regains a tiny bit more HP on the final phase
Marsh / Boss: Slightly reduced the size of their standing hitbox and increased the size of the range where your attacks hit them
Desolate Valley / Boss: The first boss here got some buffs, a lot of bug fixes, and some AI adjustments
General / Monsters: A few enemies that used to stand still while they swing their weapons now sling forward to various degrees depending on the enemy.
General / Monsters: Monsters with bullet hell style attacks now have their projectiles immune to wall collisions, making them more challenging since projectiles won't be randomly disappearing
General / Monsters: Adjusted AI for the shadow goat enemy to be more effective, but also increased the startup and improved the visual cue on its scream attack
Omdale / Monsters: Prawna no longer take knockback, but have a bit more startup and endlag on their attack
Tunnel / Monsters: Egg shell barrage now can be destroyed with attacks if you swing at them
Crystal Dungeon / Monsters: Fixed a minor issue with depth sorting position of an enemy type, and now they play their unique sound effect more often
General: Charge attack hitboxes can now destroy any projectile that a normal attack can
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05 Apr 2026Developer post
Indie.io Franchise Sale and Update News!
This will be a shorter update for now, but we wanted to update everyone on the progress of the current updates we're working on and mention the current sale! Updates Incoming! We have been hard at work on the DLC and one more big update with a ton of important bugfixes, some boss
29 Jan 2026Developer post
Shrine's Legacy v1.1.3 Patch Notes
This is a relatively simple patch which is concerned with bugfixes, some mapping fixes, and fixes / improvements with the ending. This is part 1 of (likely 2) patches aimed at improving some of the ending stuff. This patch has very few major balance adjustments, but the next patc
This is a relatively simple patch which is concerned with bugfixes, some mapping fixes, and fixes / improvements with the ending. This is part 1 of (likely 2) patches aimed at improving some of the ending stuff. This patch has very few major balance adjustments, but the next patch will have a number of them!

Apologies for some of the patch notes for the ending being a bit cryptic, the goal is to not spoil any story with our patch notes! 😉
Patch Notes:
Combat / Movement Mechanics:
Movement: Added a short buffer to repeat dodges at max speed after a previous dodge ends
Combat: The player is now invincible while climbing ladders
Bug Fixes / Adjustments:
Dialogue: Fixed an issue where centered text would sometimes be positioned incorrectly
Dialogue / Localization: Fixed an NPC name in Yuril ("Randall's Wife") which wasn't translating correctly
Localization: "Points!" on the fishing minigame should now localize correctly for real
Misc: Dummies can now be hit quickly like MP statues and other objects
Dummy Minigame: Disabled ally revival during the event as was originally intended to prevent bugs
Jewels: Azotic jewel effect no longer applies to light and water magic, and the sfx is quieter when using ice / crystal now
Ending: Fixed various animation and sprite issues in a few scenes
Ending: Fixed some positioning of character movement during an important scene
Ending: Fixed some instances of a character's name and portrait not appearing correctly during cutscenes
Ending: Improved a couple cutscenes that needed some love (more to come)
Ending: You can no longer attack an invisible enemy with magic in one the rooms
Ending: You can no longer change your equipment during the ending, causing bugs
Ending: Removed a bugged idle animation
Veyrlorn / Boss: It should no longer be possible to get hit by a poison cloud if it's created just before the boss is defeated
Moglore: Fixed an issue where the Jeff puzzle prompt messages wouldn't always update correctly
Enemies: Fixed an issue where the owl enemies sometimes wouldn't attack the player even though they were on the same elevation
Menus: Fixed a bug where you could sometimes open the menu with "Escape" whenever menu was otherwise disabled
Mapping:
Parum Tunnel: Mapping fixes
Siltens / Siltens Overworld: Mapping fixes
Lethoral Canyon: Mapping fixes
Bugfix / Fellinore: In Jack's cabin, fixed some layering issues
Bugfix / Omdale: Fixed a room where the grass couldn't be cut, and fixed a tiling issue with a bridge in another room
Fellinore Cemetary: Fixed some tiling and layering issues
Ending: Fixed some tiling and layering issues in one of the rooms
Balance:
Attacks: Cloaked Figure (player controlled) red lightning damage was buffed by about 50% and it no longer holds the player in place for longer when it hits an enemy (hits much more rapidly). Also, cast sfx volume slightly reduced
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17 Jan 2026Developer post
Steam Chronicle #40: Progress and Next Steps
Welcome to our first Steam Chronicle since the game launched. We'll be briefly talking about what's happened since launch and what some of our goals for this year will be! Progress We released ~14 or so patches, including a major one (v1.1.0) that greatly improved the flow of com
Welcome to our first Steam Chronicle since the game launched. We'll be briefly talking about what's happened since launch and what some of our goals for this year will be!
Progress
We released ~14 or so patches, including a major one (v1.1.0) that greatly improved the flow of combat. There have been lots of general bugfixes and improvements.
We finally (kind of) took a bit of a rest break around Christmas. We're still pretty worn out but I've been getting back into the flow of things.
Next Steps
End-game update: An update to improve some aspects of the ending and battles near the end of the game along with some other improvements. Planned for late-mid to late January!
Uncharted Lands Free DLC Update: Originally planned for December, it's been pushed back to sometime in February so we could focus on improving the base game. It includes an entire new dungeon with difficult puzzles and a super boss. It will be the most difficult challenge in the game!
Switch Port: We don't have an exact date for this yet, but we will be starting work on it in late February and March! Expect the Switch release sometime this year.
Other Updates: We have other polish and feature updates planned (including some very cool ones!) but we don't have info and timelines for them just yet. But stay tuned. :)
Closing
It's been a surreal experience being post-launch with this game we spent well over a decade on all things considered. Thanks for your interest in our passion project, and I hope you look forward to more awesome updates throughout 2026!
Until next time,
Joe
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09 Jan 2026Developer post
Shrine's Legacy v1.1.2 Patch Notes
The main purpose of this patch is to fix a lot of bugs and localization issues throughout the game. There's also a good chunk of map polish and a few new additions like Snowfoxes! This patch also includes some bugfixes in the ending segments, but we're aware it still needs some m
The main purpose of this patch is to fix a lot of bugs and localization issues throughout the game. There's also a good chunk of map polish and a few new additions like Snowfoxes!
This patch also includes some bugfixes in the ending segments, but we're aware it still needs some more love. We're planning to do some major improvements to the ending with the next update, along with some other nice improvements.
But without further ado!
Patch Notes:
New Content / Features:
Jewels / Runestone: Now has an extra secret effect which makes this jewel stronger, also got a bugfix (This was changed in one of the previous patches, but I forgot to list it!)
Pyragord: The snowy bushes are now all properly interactable
Illdar: Snowfoxes added (!)
Illdar: The totem decorations now have more variety
Bug Fixes / Adjustments:
Puzzles: Orb reflect mirrors get hit more accurately now. Additionally, the AI controlled ally can no longer hit mirrors
Jewels: Everlasting Turquoise has a new effect since it's old effect was no longer relevant after the combat changes. Jewel cost also reduced from 3 to 2
Menus / UI: Fixed an issue where obtaining the cat call would make places you haven't visited visible on the map
Localization / Chinese: Fixed an issue where the title text for new areas wasn't displaying on first entering a new location
Attacks: The charge-up attack frame no longer awkwardly briefly displays between rapid attacks after you get the charge attack power
Crystal Dungeon: Smoke gfx and sfx no longer play when reentering the boss room from outside
Hidden Village: The altar interact text is now "Examine" instead of "Talk"
Final Dungeon: Fixed a treasure chest that you could obtain without defeating the enemies that were supposed to be guarding it
Illdar: Fixed an issue where you could go somewhere you shouldn't be able to and bug the game during the initial scenes here
Secret Dungeon 2: Reduced the volume of the cutscene warning sfx and the attack sound for the bouncing box enemy for better balance
Secret Dungeon 2: Adjusted a room to make it a bit more difficult to traverse
Secret Dungeon 2 / Boss: Fixed an issue with the hitbox lingering for too long on the attack where it drops stuff on you
Ending: Fixed an issue where Rio would display the wrong animation during one of the scenes
Ending / Softlock: Added an extra failsafe to prevent an odd rare bug where you could end up phasing through walls and get stuck unable to progress
Ending: Added a failsafe to make sure Rio can't end up stuck in a strange animation frame during one of the battles
Ending: Fixed an issue where Rio was displaying the wrong animation frame during one of the ending scenes
Ending: Added a failsafe for an animation issue with the player during the final battle
Script / Dialogue:
Typos: Fixed several tiny typos throughout the script
Bugfix: Updated the tutorial for reviving the ally to be correct regarding the new change
Jewels: Eternal Diamond description was updated to correctly describe how it works since the combat changes
Localization: "Yes / No" in the shops now translates correctly
Localization: " points!" in the fishing minigame (when catching a fish) now translates correctly
Localization: Several NPC names in Galadine now translate correctly (Nobleman, Homesick Nobleman, Young Boy, Young Girl, Scared Girl)
Localization: An NPC name in Yuril now translates correctly (Linda's Husband)
Localization / Chinese: Fixed the missing translations for the difficulty option in the menu, and updated a number of other lines to be more accurate with the current version of the game
Localization / Chinese: Fixed a few NPC lines in Galadine where the text went out of bounds of the text box
Localization / Secret Dungeon 2: Correct name now displays during the dungeon activation event and boss event
Crystal Dungeon: The boss name no longer appears in the dialogue until you actually know their name
Galadine: Purple and Blue engineer dialogue was mistakenly swapped, now it is fixed
Mapping:
Yuril Overworld: Fixed an issue on the beach where you could create a wind bridge over the water
Yuril Overworld: In the room left of town, fixed some tiling errors, a bugged wind bridge interaction that could lead out of bounds, and allowed traversal of a bit more of the upper elevation. And fixed a couple other small issues with the room
Yuril Spring: Fixed a couple potential out of bounds when using wind magic
Dungeon / Tunnel: Some improvements to layering, occlusions, collisions and shadows throughout the dungeon
Siltens: Fixed a couple possible out of bounds with wind bridges
Galadine Overworld: Layering fixes with some fences
Galadine: tweaks for better wind bridge interactions with the stairs
Ending: Fixed a mistake where a character was appearing at the top right of one of the rooms
Secret Dungeon 2: Fixed a room where wind bridges could cause a softlock
Secret Dungeon 2: Fixed a few collisions in the second room
Balance:
Level ups: Defeating an enemy more than 4 levels above your level no longer caps EXP gain (better exp)
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21 Dec 2025Developer post
Shrine's Legacy v1.1.1 Patch Notes
This is a small follow-up patch for v1.1.0 (Combat Update). It has some further improvements and fixes to the new dodge controls, along with some other nice fixes, tweaks, and balance improvements. But perhaps most importantly, slick new graphics for dodging! 😀 Patch Notes: Comb
This is a small follow-up patch for v1.1.0 (Combat Update). It has some further improvements and fixes to the new dodge controls, along with some other nice fixes, tweaks, and balance improvements.
But perhaps most importantly, slick new graphics for dodging! 😀
Patch Notes:
Combat / Movement Mechanics:
Added new graphics for the dodge!
Backwards dodging is now possible again by pressing dash with no direction pressed
Fixed an issue where you weren't able to cancel your dash skid animation into a new dash or dodge
Fixed an issue where the buffering / endlag on dash attack wasn't working as intended
Fixed an issue where holding the dash button without moving after an attack would cause a small movement after the attack finished
Fixed a bug where dodging would fail to activate if you pressed dash while turning into a new direction during a dash
You can string dodges together a bit quicker now (good for traversal)
Fixed an issue where attacking during dodge skid while holding dash would do a normal attack instead of a dash attack
Bug Fixes / Adjustments:
Fixed a new bug with certain terrains like sand whirlpools and beds temporarily locking your facing
Made sure dodges don't accidentally happen instead of dashes during cutscenes, which could potentially mess up positioning of characters
Fixed any potential issues with dodges that happen automatically during cutscenes
Fixed a new issue where you could revive your (now invisible) ally during a dummy battle
Owl enemies no longer target you if you aren't on the same layer as them
Dialogue: Updated Reima's tutorial dialogue for the light spell to be more accurate with the new changes
Dialogue: Slightly adjusted a portrait and a dialogue line
Mapping:
Galadine Overworld: Some small mapping fixes in 1 room
Belkhar Overworld: Small mapping fix in 1 room
Omdale Overworld: Small mapping fixes in 1 room
Balance:
Enemies: Many enemies and some bosses throughout the game now have slightly smaller touch hitboxes to make colliding into them and taking damage feel more fair
Enemies: Balance and aggression of some mid-game enemies adjusted to be more challenging with the new mechanics
Enemies: Prawna now take reduced damage from physical attacks
Crystal Dungeon: Genie and boss mirrors now have low HP and extreme defense (die in 4 hits)
Moglore / Dungeon: Made the miniboss a little bit easier. Spectrails now take slightly longer to eat the flames, and spawn a bit slower
Light / Water: Lowered effect duration since now you don't lose duration when hitting enemies
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18 Dec 2025Developer post
Shrine's Legacy v1.1.0 Patch Notes
We hit v1.1.0, our first major patch! There's still a lot we want to do, but this update should hopefully be a noticeable improvement to the combat and movement in the game in particular. The dodge ability was overhauled to be a built-in upgrade to the dash and now works automati
We hit v1.1.0, our first major patch! There's still a lot we want to do, but this update should hopefully be a noticeable improvement to the combat and movement in the game in particular.
The dodge ability was overhauled to be a built-in upgrade to the dash and now works automatically instead of needing a short button tap to initiate.
Dashing is now more maneuverable (a very highly requested change!).
The speed of player attacks was boosted and adjusted. We generally tried to make everything feel smoother to play.
To compensate for this new boost in player power, knockback was adjusted so standing and swatting enemies away with basic attacks is no longer nearly as effective. You'll need to use your mobility more now. And some enemies got additional buffs where necessary.

For those waiting for the Brazilian Portuguese translation, due to unforeseen circumstances it will be on hiatus for a while. The beta for the localization will remain available on the beta branch in the meantime, though!

A few known issues with this patch that will be addressed soon:
There's a new unused key that can be mapped that says "dodge". It will be used for a cool new ability soon. You'll need to remap your keys once you update to this patch because of the addition of this new button.
The updated dodge will also be getting a cool new graphic soon :)
Mid to late game encounters haven't been rebalanced for the new mechanics yet so they might be on the easy side until the next patch.
If you run into any other issues, let us know. We're planning to do a follow-up patch in the next couple days.
v 1.1.0 Patch Notes:
New Content / Features:
Movement: You can now move fully diagonal while dashing
Movement: Dodge was completely revamped and is now an upgrade to your dash
Combat: Reviving your ally now works differently. You no longer need to interact with them. Now you only need to stand near them to fill the bar. Moving away causes the revive bar to decrease quickly. To balance this new mechanic giving you more movement during revival, it now takes longer than before to revive. The character will still revive rapidly if there are no enemies nearby
Combat / Magic: Light and Water Magic are reworked. They now heal you once immediately when cast and no longer steal life on hit. This is to make them a bit less overpowered when spamming attack. Their elemental properties still work on your weapon for damage, though! The amount healed still scales with your magic stat, too. And now they last less time overall, but don't lose tons of time when you hit something anymore. And you can gain MP even while the effects are active now
Movement / Inputs: A new button was added in anticipation of a new ability. You'll need to remap your controls now if you weren't using the default controls
Combat Mechanics:
Reduced Player and Enemy hitstun time after getting hit
Very slightly Increased the hitstun time for the player when you hit an enemy
Reduced knockback of the basic player attack majorly (standing and swinging will be more likely to get you hit now). Dash attack and charge attacks still have strong knockback
Enemy touch hitboxes on their body are now deactivated for a short time after the enemy is hit by an attack
Basic attacks and dash attacks are now faster
Enemies are no longer knocked back by your base attack while they are attacking, making their attacks way more threatening. In return, some enemies had their startups for certain melee attacks increased to give the player more time to get out of the way
You now can swim faster than before when tapping the action button
Sideways momentum of dash attacks was increased
Basic endlag for spellcasting was slightly reduced for both characters
You can now buffer magic out of an attack without turning, making attacking and spellcasting immediately afterward easier
Rio and Reima move forward slightly more while attacking now (if you are holding a direction)
General buffering improvements
Bug Fixes / Adjustments:
Water Magic: Now gives your weapon a more bluish tint compared to light's pure white tint
General: Wizard Statues can be attacked more quickly now
Dialogue: Fixed an issue where Reima's name would appear instead of "???" in the first few scenes with her
Crash / Portuguese Localization: Fixed a localization typo that would crash the game when talking to a certain npc in Kaliko Forest with Portuguese language set
Cutscene: Fixed a bug accidentally introduced in the last beta build version where certain characters wouldn't animate correctly in the beach room near the beginning of the game
Cutscene / Crash: Fixed a crash accidentally introduced in the last beta build when sleeping at the inn near Galadine
Major: Fixed an issue where the stiroot enemy could burrow and not reappear if you disengaged from a battle against them and then returned
Minor: Fixed an issue where Dovyrn (bird enemy in the Canyon) would go through walls. Now they collide with walls the same way as grounded enemies
Mapping Fixes:
Yuril Overworld: Fixes / improvements to a few rooms
Marize Overworld: Fixes / improvements to a few rooms
Galadine Overworld: Fixes / improvements to several rooms
Omdale Overworld: Fixes / improvements to several rooms
Marsh Overworld: Fixes / improvements to a couple rooms
Fellinore Overworld: Fixes / improvements to several rooms
Pyragord Overworld: Fixes / improvements to several rooms
Belkhar Overworld: Fixes to a few rooms
Sand Seas: Fixes / Improvements to several rooms
Tunnel Dungeon: Fixed some various minor mapping issues
Siltens Overworld: Fixed some minor mapping issues and improved a couple screen transitions
Siltens: Fixed some very minor occlusion and layering issues
Balancing:
Combat: Hitstun freeze timing for the player and enemy during various attacks was adjusted slightly
Enemy AI: Slime Archer now attacks more frequently
Enemy Balance: Slimes now take much less knockback so you have to be more careful about positioning
Items: Many zuell treasure chests were increased in value
Enemy Balance: Many other enemy and boss properties were adjusted to feel better with the new mechanics. More to come with the next patch!
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05 Dec 2025Developer post
Shrine's Legacy Beta Patch Notes v1.0.8
This beta patch includes a host of changes, including changes to dash mechanics, dodge mechanics, enemy knockback, attack mechanics, healing mechanics and more! Because we've heard a lot of complaints about combat and movement, we wanted to start working towards improving some of
This beta patch includes a host of changes, including changes to dash mechanics, dodge mechanics, enemy knockback, attack mechanics, healing mechanics and more!
Because we've heard a lot of complaints about combat and movement, we wanted to start working towards improving some of the sticking points and making the game feel more fun to play. There's a lot of experimental changes in the patch, so let us know what you like and don't like. This patch is for the beta branch only. Expect more changes / fixes / and adjustments with at least one or two more beta patches before these changes go live for everyone on the default branch later in the month.
Because these new changes haven't been thoroughly tested yet, expect some potential bugs and balance funkiness until it gets polished a bit more.

How to access the beta branch to try this patch:
Right click the game in your Steam Library and select "Properties"
Go to the "Betas" tab
Where it says "Beta Participation" Click and select "public-beta"
Edit / Note: The save file format was updated for this patch. What this means is that save files for this particular beta branch patch will NOT work in the default branch yet (if you revert back after saving in beta branch). They will work again once we update the default branch later this month. If anyone needs to revert back to default, let me know and I'll make a hotfix for the default branch to load the new save file format.
v1.0.8 Beta Patch Notes:
New Content / Features:
Movement: You can move fully diagonal while dashing
Movement / Inputs: Dodge now has it's own button. You'll need to remap your controls now if you weren't using the default controls
Movement: Dodge was completely revamped and should now be more useful
Combat: Reviving your ally now works differently. You no longer need to talk to them, you only need to stand near them to fill the bar. Moving away causes the revive bar to decrease quickly. To balance this new mechanic giving you more movement during revival, it now takes longer than before to revive. The character will still revive rapidly if there are no enemies nearby
Combat / Magic: Light and Water Magic are reworked. They now heal you once immediately when cast and no longer steal life on hit. This is to make them a bit less overpowered when spamming attack. Their elemental properties still work on your weapon for damage, though! The amount healed still scales with your magic stat, too. And now they last less time overall, but don't lose tons of time when you hit something anymore. And you can gain MP even while the effects are active now
Bug Fixes / Adjustments:
Water Magic: Now gives your weapon a more bluish tint compared to light's pure white tint
Localizations / Portuguese: Added in some missing text
Mapping Fixes:
Yuril Overworld: Fixes / improvements to a few rooms
Marize Overworld: Fixes / improvements to a few rooms
Galadine Overworld: Fixes / improvements to several rooms
Omdale Overworld: Fixes / improvements to several rooms
Marsh Overworld: Fixes / improvements to a couple rooms
Fellinore Overworld: Fixes / improvements to several rooms
Pyragord Overworld: Fixes / improvements to several rooms
Balancing:
Combat: Enemies basic contact damage is now disabled for longer after hitting them depending on the type of attack you used. Dash attack lasts the longest
Combat: Increased enemy hitstun time slightly when hit by dash attacks and charge attacks
Combat: Enemies now take less knockback on average from player hits
Combat: Basic attacks now have less endlag by default. Accelerator Topaz now makes you attack even faster.
Combat: You can now cancel your attack into itself without having to turn
Combat: Dodge mechanics were buffed significantly
Combat: Dodge now has some i-frames, but can no longer be cancelled early into other attacks
Combat: Knockback on Rio's charge attack was buffed to counteract the knockback adjustments and remain strong in knockback
Combat: Rio and Reima move forward slightly more while attacking now (if you are holding a direction)
Enemy AI: Slime Archer now attacks more frequently
Enemy Balance: Slimes now take much less knockback so you have to be more careful about positioning
v1.0.8b Beta Hotfix Changes:
This is included with this patch, just a quick hotfix to fix a few bugs with the immediate release.
Bug Fixes / Adjustments:
Crash: Fixed a newly introduced crash when cancelling your attack with a magic cast within a very specific window of time
Minor: Fixed a newly introduced text bug where the gamepad style text would display the wrong controller type
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22 Nov 2025Developer post
Shrine's Legacy Patch Notes v1.0.7
Today's patch is launching alongside a discount! There are a couple major additions, including the beta for the Portuguese translation and a basic hard mode option! There're also some map improvements and fixes, and some balancing improvements to the endgame so that damage is a l
Today's patch is launching alongside a discount! There are a couple major additions, including the beta for the Portuguese translation and a basic hard mode option! There're also some map improvements and fixes, and some balancing improvements to the endgame so that damage is a little more severe during the final dungeon.
For now, hard mode simply doubles the enemy damage. However, we are still planning a "true" expert mode sometime next year which allow enemies to also act more challenging and interesting. We are also planning to work on the base AI of some bosses and battles to make them better even on normal mode. But...hopefully this version of hard mode can help as a stopgap in the meantime for the people who crave more of a risk and challenge in their play-through.
About the Localization / Sobre a localização:
If you wish to check out the Portuguese localization beta, you can opt-in to the beta branch. To do so:
1. Right click the game in your Steam Library and select "Properties"
2. Go to the "Betas" tab
3. Where it says "Beta Participation" Click and select "public-beta"
Note that there are still a few lines missing which we'll remedy very soon, and there could be bugs as well. Let us know if you run into anything odd via the comments or community pages. We'll get this to the default branch as soon as we feel that it's been tested thoroughly enough. Thanks for your patience!
Português:
Se você deseja experimentar a localização em português beta, pode participar da versão beta. Para isso:
1. Clique com o botão direito do mouse no jogo na sua Biblioteca Steam e selecione "Propriedades".
2. Acesse a aba "Betas".
3. Onde está escrito "Participação Beta", clique e selecione "public-beta".
Observe que ainda faltam algumas linhas, que corrigiremos em breve, e também podem existir alguns bugs. Informe-nos caso encontre algo estranho através dos comentários ou das páginas da comunidade. Incorporaremos esta alteração à branch principal assim que considerarmos que ela foi testada o suficiente. Obrigado pela sua paciência!
Patch Notes
New Content / Features:
BETA BRANCH ONLY: Portuguese Localization implemented!
Difficulties: Hard Difficulty was added! Can be selected in the menu. While active, you take double damage from enemies. Potentially other changes or adjustments to come soon...
Bug Fixes / Adjustments:
UI / Bugfix: Fixed an issue with the positioning of the potion description text introduced in the previous patch
Cutscene: In the scenes in the room before Fellinore, fixed issues with characters not animating
Lightning Dungeon / Minor: The final room is no longer slightly dark, so it should look more natural now as you exit
Veyrlorn / Crash: Did a quickfix to hopefully stop a rare crash caused by the hopping cyclops enemy laser when it loses its target during the attack
Mapping Fixes:
Caves: All caves should now have lights revealing the exits
Omdale and Uncharted Overworld: Improvements to several rooms
Fellinore Overworld: Improvements to a few rooms
Balancing:
Final Dungeon / Enemies: Increased their attack stats significantly
Final Dungeon / Bosses: Increased the health and damage of all bosses inside the dungeon to make them more of a threat
Dark Moophant: Increased damage by 1
Jewels: Citrine cost down from 4 -> 2
Potions: Reduced cost for Experience Sauce (costs 40 -> 25 zuell and 1 less capsaicin)
Potions: Reduced cost for Catholicon (costs 120 -> 100 zuell and costs 1 less ginseng)
Potions: Reduced cost for Questionable Sauce (costs 1 less serrano)
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16 Nov 2025Developer post
Shrine's Legacy Patch Notes v1.0.6
Today's patch has map fixes, some important fixes for the UI when using the Chinese Language, along with improvements to the save / load system! Lastly, there are a few other misc UI fixes included! If you had trouble starting the game in the past due to crashes, you should give
Today's patch has map fixes, some important fixes for the UI when using the Chinese Language, along with improvements to the save / load system! Lastly, there are a few other misc UI fixes included!
If you had trouble starting the game in the past due to crashes, you should give it another try now. The game should now check for old or corrupted save/config files and move them to a backup folder if found instead of crashing on startup.
Patch Notes
New Content / Features:
Saving / Loading: If the game detects an invalid, old, or corrupted save file or configuration file, it now moves it into a new a folder and ignores it, rather than triggering a game crash
Saving / Loading: If the game fails to save for some reason, it should now give an error message instead of failing silently
Bug Fixes / Adjustments:
Other: New numbering scheme for new versions
Galadine / Softlock: Fixed an issue where the cutscene wouldn't start after defeating the guards if you died and retried, preventing you from getting the reward
Marize / Softlock: Fixed an issue where you could fall out of bounds after using the wind spell in certain places in the town
Menu / UI: Jewel slots display now makes it clear the current max total in the game at the moment
Map / UI / Postcat Quest: The locations for the quest are now marked with easy to see postcat faces for better clarity
Galadine / Layering: Fixed a couple boxes which were on the wrong layer drawing below the player
Localization: The names of world locations in the menu and title screen now update immediately when you change the language (requires saving game once after update to apply)
Localization: Rio and Reima's names now properly update upon loading a game saved with a different language setting than your current language
UI / Localization: Chinese UI for many title screen and in-game menus was cleaned up significantly
UI / Localization: Chinese button prompt text now has a proper dropshadow
UI / Localization: Added a variant of the title screen textbox with more space
UI / Localization: The quit / confirmation textbox now allows for a bit more space for text
UI / Localization: Fixed an issue where the cancel button text would not update in the config menu after changing languages
UI / Localization: Fixed an issue where the file select button descriptors on the title screen would not update after changing languages
UI: Fixed an issue where all jewels after the first equipped jewel would incorrectly display at full opacity in the inventory selection menu
UI: Moved "Speedrun Timer" option to "Other" config screen instead of "Visuals" config screen
Dialogue: A very minor adjustment to one of Mala's lines in the early game
Mapping Fixes:
Galadine Town: Fixed some issues with the collisions / appearance of the entrance and exit of Galadine and it's neighboring rooms
Galadine Town: Fixed some other minor tiling and collider issues
Galadine Castle: Fixed some minor tiling issues
Final Dungeon: Fixed a wierd doorway collider at around the mid-point of the dungeon
Fellinore Overworld / Layering: Fixed some layering issues such as with the bridges
Yuril Village: Some map polish and layering fixes
Early Game: A few of the early caves got some light coming from the entrances (more to come soon)
Yuril + Marize + Siltens Overworld: Fixed some various layering and shadow issues in many of these rooms
Groonis Island: Fixed some various layering and shadow issues in many of the rooms
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29 Oct 2025Developer post
Shrine's Legacy Patch (Hotfix) Notes v1.05b
Patch Notes: - One simple fix for a new crash that was accidentally added early in the game
29 Oct 2025Developer post
Shrine's Legacy Patch Notes v1.05
This is a relatively large update with a highly requested inclusion! We are enabling Steam Cloud Saves finally! Keep in mind it is best to log into / sync with whatever device has the saves you want to keep first to prevent potential issues! Note: If you try to sync Steam to more
This is a relatively large update with a highly requested inclusion!
We are enabling Steam Cloud Saves finally! Keep in mind it is best to log into / sync with whatever device has the saves you want to keep first to prevent potential issues! Note: If you try to sync Steam to more than 1 device with unique saves, it will give you the option to pick which device's files to keep (it should give you a warning if / before this happens). If this happens and you are not sure what to do, manually back up your save files on both devices before picking an option to be safe. Otherwise, just pick the device you want to keep the files from.
A local backup save with a timestamp will now be added in your %localappdata% folder for Shrine's Legacy every time you save. This will assist in making sure you are protected in case of save data corruption or other save data issues.
There are also some pretty major map fixes and bug fixes, including fixing a lollipop that was bugged! See the notes below for the location if you were looking for it and don't want to search everywhere again.
The freeze bug with Carolyn should now be fixed effectively this time.
Patch Notes:
Save Game Adjustments:
- Saves: Steam Cloud Saves Enabled!
- Saves: A local backup save is now made every time you save a game, with a timestamp, in your %localappdata%/Shrines_Legacy/save_backups folder. This is useful if your data gets corrupted or deleted for any reason, you can try older saves
New Content / Features:
- Lollipops: One of the lollipop items wasn't properly placed and as a result, the final lollipop reward couldn't be obtained. This is fixed now. You can find the bugged lollipop hidden in [minor spoiler] the Belkhar Desert Overworld area [end spoiler]
- Easy Mode Improvement: Dummy Lord now takes 10 less hits to defeat on Easy Mode compared to Normal (his speed scaling also caps out lower). This is still intentionally a very challenging fight, though. If you are struggling with Easy Mode, some tips are to make sure you've unlocked diagonal dash attacks, also pay attention to his patterns, and focus on your positioning so you are never in his direct path
Map Adjustments:
- Canyon Dungeon: Layering fixes and mapping adjustments to a few rooms
- Desert Overworld: Layering fixes and mapping adjustments to the room before the dungeon
- Sand Seas: Collider fixes and mapping adjustments to several rooms
- Moglore Dungeon: Removed a tree from one room that was blocking view of an object
- Fellinore Overworld: Major fixes and adjustments throughout, there's still some work to be done though
- Crystal Dungeon: Fixed a lot of layering issues in various rooms, and replaced bush blockades with rocks to make more sense
- Crystal Dungeon: Fixed an enemy near the end of the dungeon that would appear on the wrong elevation
- Crystal Dungeon: Spots that look like ramps or stairs no longer climb like ladders
- Final Dungeon: Fixed some layering, animation, and collision issues throughout the dungeon
- Postgame Dungeon 1: Various fixes and improvements to several rooms
- Postgame Dungeon 1: Fixed a bug where one room would have invisible spikes remaining after completing a battle challenge (they remain properly visible now)
- Postgame Dungeon 2: Layering fixes in a couple rooms
- Ending: fixed a mapping error connecting the first two screens in the final area
Bug Fixes / Adjustments:
- Softlock: Did another workaround for the Carolyn freeze bug since it was still happening after the previous fix
- Tunnel / Co-op: Fixed an issue where you could talk to two different mine carts at once and at the end you would become intangible and unable to progress
- Crystal Dungeon: Fixed a cutscene where Reima was supposed to have a "?" above her head but it only appeared for a split second
- Crystal Dungeon: The dungeon is no longer randomly darker if you got a certain scenario
- Crystal Dungeon: Fixed an issue where you would permanently lock yourself out of a secret area by killing one enemy out of the 2 in front of a enemy blockade and leaving the room
- Resolutions: Very small resolutions now properly scale the gui as intended and don't leave you staring at a black screen during gameplay (minimum resolution that should work is 480x360). There are still some small UI issues with the title screen that need to be handled for very small resolutions, though
- Ending / Aesthetic: Water and light status are now cleared after the final boss battles, so they don't make the cutscenes weird
- Ending / Quality of Life: You are now healed in a couple more instances during the ending
- Menus: Improved text positioning on a few confirmation menus
- Menus / Title: Fixed the SFX when deleting / cancelling deleting a file
- Menus / Title: Now plays a different SFX when successfully copying a file for better clarity
- Dialogue / Tunnel: Updated dialogue of the entrance sign for clarity
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20 Oct 2025Developer post
Shrine's Legacy Patch Notes v1.04b
This is a patch mostly for fixing major bugs, but it also brings forward the tweak to the AI ally's vulnerability from the public-beta patch, with some tweaks. Let us know if it feels like an improvement! New Content / Features: Less Damaged Ally: The AI ally is now able to avoid
This is a patch mostly for fixing major bugs, but it also brings forward the tweak to the AI ally's vulnerability from the public-beta patch, with some tweaks. Let us know if it feels like an improvement!
New Content / Features:
Less Damaged Ally: The AI ally is now able to avoid most damage from enemies, except for when the player is also hit. This is slightly nerfed from the original beta patch where they were completely invincible but should still generally make the ally survive much better than before and should generally feel fairer when they do take damage.
NOTE: Activating easy mode will make them completely invincible to enemy attacks like they were in the most recent beta patch.
This is a big change so let us know if you run into any bugs or issues with it.
Bug Fixes and Adjustments:
Softlock / Major: Fixed an easily triggered bug where a choice during a conversation with Carolyn late in the game could cause the conversation to freeze
Pages: After completing the page quest resolution, fixed an issue where new pages wouldn't get appraised anymore
Softlock / Major: Fixed a bug in Moglore where you could get stuck if you don't have enough MP to cast the spell to start an earth puzzle, specifically when the Lapis Lazuli jewel was equipped
Balance / Bug: Fixed an issue where a certain enemy in the second post-game dungeon was getting stuck trying to use its attack
Visual / Bug: Fixed an issue where the magical minion wasn't looping its casting animation
Balance / Bug: Fixed an issue where the basic big minion wasn't using its attack often enough
Balance: The big minion hitbox for their attack now ends sooner, as it was still active during the endlag of the attack which felt wrong
Out of Bounds / Fellinore Overworld: You can no longer fall off an elevation in a couple of specific spots in the room with a cave past Fellinore now
Out of Bounds / Lethoral Canyon: You can no longer fall off an elevation in a specific spot out of bounds in the room with one torch now
Minor: Fixed an issue where the previous area would be darker if you went into the 2nd postgame dungeon while it was still dark and then came back
Dummy Minigame: Fixed a couple of funky bugs involving using the reward for the dummy minigames inside the dummy minigames
Major: Fixed an issue where it was difficult to revive your ally during the golem boss due to the body and hands counting as nearby enemies even while the hands were in the air or resting
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16 Oct 2025Developer post
Shrine's Legacy Patch Notes v1.04
This patch doesn't contain a lot of changes, but the ones it has are important. Perhaps most worthy of note, we added an Easy Mode setting in the in-game options. You'll take less damage and deal more damage to enemies. It will be a good choice if you are struggling or just want
This patch doesn't contain a lot of changes, but the ones it has are important.
Perhaps most worthy of note, we added an Easy Mode setting in the in-game options. You'll take less damage and deal more damage to enemies. It will be a good choice if you are struggling or just want to enjoy the story. At some point we will add an expert difficulty, but we want to put some real effort into making it feel and play different from normal, so this will be sometime down the line.
Besides that, we fixed a handful of major bugs and also improved the polish in a handful of Fellinore Overworld rooms, with more polish to come in that area very soon.
Full Patch Notes:
New Content / Features:
Easy Mode: You can now set the difficulty in the in-game options menu, choosing between Normal and Easy. (Easy lowers damage taken, and increases damage dealt).
Before you get the mobility potion, diagonal dash attacks now function but at 1/3 speed
Fellinore Overworld: Polish improvements in some of the rooms after Fellinore (more to come soon!)
Bug Fixes / Adjustments:
Ending / Softlock: Fixed a rare bug where the game could get stuck during dialogue (2p seemed to gain control of the conversation despite not being active)
Ending / Minor: Fixed a name that wasn't localized
Ending / Major: Removed the unintended save point in the best ending
Ending / Major: If you previously saved during the best ending, your save file location and story values will be returned to just before the point of no return in the story, so you aren't trapped in the ending
Ending: You can now close out of the very ending screen and return to the title screen by pressing a button instead of having to close the program
Minor: F12 now correctly takes screenshots via Steam's API in addition to saving them in the %localappdata% for the game
Credits: Adjusted a name
Dialogue: Delane talking about the Parum Tunnel typo fixed: wondering -> wandering
Dialogue: Slightly adjusted the dialogue of a secret shop
Walter Quest: Updated the dialogue to make it clear you don't need every single page to complete the quest
Blacksmith Shop: Fixed the icons displaying the incorrect frame after being purchased
Fellinore: Fixed a bug where Delane was not in town when she was supposed to be
Fellinore: Slightly adjusted one of the NPC's hair color
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13 Oct 2025Developer post
Public Beta Patch Test v1.03b
A small patch to test a couple potential big changes! Opt-in to the public-beta branch in the properties->betas for the game in your Steam library to test them out. Please let us know what you think about these changes and whether you run into any issues caused by the first ch
A small patch to test a couple potential big changes! Opt-in to the public-beta branch in the properties->betas for the game in your Steam library to test them out.
Please let us know what you think about these changes and whether you run into any issues caused by the first change, and hopefully they will come to the main branch soon. :)
Adjustments:
Ally can no longer be damaged by enemies when controlled by the AI
You can do diagonal dash attacks at half speed without brewing the potion now. Mobility potion still gives you a better version of the diagonal dash attack so it's still worth getting.
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12 Oct 2025Developer post
Shrine's Legacy Patch Notes v1.03
Shrine's Legacy Patch v1.03 is out now! There are a few critical fixes in this patch: Hotfix for a few crashes that were still on-going! Let us know if you run into any more crashes, we'll try to weed them out as quickly as possible! Some smaller bug fixes and polish improvements
Shrine's Legacy Patch v1.03 is out now!

There are a few critical fixes in this patch:
Hotfix for a few crashes that were still on-going! Let us know if you run into any more crashes, we'll try to weed them out as quickly as possible!
Some smaller bug fixes and polish improvements
Some important polish improvements for maps, especially one of the post-game dungeons
Localization fixes
Additions / Adjustments:
Galadine Overworld: Several rooms got some polish adjustments
Yuril Overworld: A couple rooms got some tiny adjustments
Belkhar Overworld: A few rooms got some tiling improvements
Veyrlorn: One of the rooms is designed in a way that makes it more clear that wind could be used now. Will add a proper tutorial / tutorial message for the wind spell in a future update
Post-Game Dungeon 1: Got a pretty significant visual polish pass
Yuril / Cutscene: Slightly adjusted Mala's dialogue when she receives the first letter to better flow into the next scene with her
Bug Fixes:
Crash / Co-op: Opening a treasure chest on a different elevation from the other player could very rarely cause a crash. This is fixed now
Crash / Dialogue: Fixed an error where very dialogue could randomly (but rarely) crash the game (found at the Lethoral Canyon early battle scene, but seems like it can happen in different places. It should be fixed for all instances as the bug was the same, but let us know if you get a dialogue crash in the future.)
Crash / Test: It was possible to very rarely crash when retrying boss battles. I wasn't able to replicate the bug, but I added code to hopefully catch it and prevent the crash. Please let us know if you run into any future issues with retrying boss battles in the future.
Softlock / Co-op: 1st battle with the cloaked figure no longer softlocks or puts a player on the wrong elevation if one of the players is climbing or on the lower elevation when the scene starts
Softlock: 2nd battle with the cloaked figure no longer softlocks with the boss out of frame if you die and retry
Moglore Miniboss / Softlock: Fixed a bug where the enemies stop spawning after a little while, potentially soft-locking the player until they reload
Moglore Miniboss / Clarity: Battle starts with one torch lit now, so that the challenge of the encounter is more clear
Siltens / Minor: Thaiden's name and portrait now appear correctly in town after you learn his name
Yuril / Minor: Mala now sits facing the correct way while reading a book during a cutscene
Localization / Chinese: The script should have properly updated this time (it seems like it didn't update correctly in the last patch). Also made additional improvements to dialogue that previously could go out of bounds of the textbox.
Balancing:
Volume: Further reduced the volume on the ooze enemies attack in the first post-game dungeon (it was still too loud)
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