Windblown

Motion Twin · Kepler Ghost

Released: Oct 24, 2024
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Last updated: 13 Sep 2026, 18:49 GMT

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22 Jun 2026Developer post
Hunters Gonna Hunt Update - OUT NOW!
Hey everyone! Today we're releasing Hunters Gonna Hunt , our 9th Early Access update! This one is all about giving you more reasons to venture back into the Vortex, explore every corner of each biome, and chase down rewards! Whether you're hunting down specific memonites, finally
Hey everyone!
Today we're releasing Hunters Gonna Hunt, our 9th Early Access update!
This one is all about giving you more reasons to venture back into the Vortex, explore every corner of each biome, and chase down rewards!
Whether you're hunting down specific memonites, finally completing your collection, tracking down rare enemies, or simply looking for your next broken build… we’ve got you! Yup, we've completely reworked progression to make every expedition feel more rewarding 👀
As always, here's a quick video walkthrough from the team and… an actual infographic recap (look at us go, pure innovation):
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🏹 Time To Go Hunting - Progression System Overhaul
As the title says, the progression system has received a major overhaul!
You'll now find clearer objectives, dedicated reward pools per difficulty level, improved tracking tools, and brand-new ways to target the unlocks you're looking for.
meaning you can stop complaining about that one blueprint you could never find. We see you. <3

Happy hunting!
🔪 The Right Tools for the Job
What's an update without new toys to break our game balance? Introducing:
5 brand-new Trinkets
30 new Gifts
Including pet companions (!!!!!), Ethereal Blade upgrades, Dash Trail effects…
and many new build possibilities - plenty reasons to leave behind that one build you swore you'd stick with! (looking at you, Echo Build fans 👀)
🤝 A Helping Hand (Accessibility Feature)
We've also added Yua's Support, a new optional accessibility feature for solo players.
When enabled, it gently reduces incoming damage and dynamically adapts to how much the Vortex is kicking your butt. It smoothes out the roughest edges so you can catch your breath, but don't worry… the game will still make you work for that victory!
And So Much More...
Alongside the headline additions, we've packed in a whole bunch of extras:
New Obsidian enemy variants in higher difficulties
Steam Cloud support (yes, finally, stop yelling at us)
New Spanish LATAM localization
Gifts can now have multiple rare affixes!
Multiplayer improvements
UI and quality-of-life upgrades
Performance improvements
Bug fixes
Apples can finally be stored in your Backpack 🍎 (you're so welcome)

✨ Shiny pretties - Wallpaper Time!
Chaton Laser killed it once again with the update’s key art!
Sharing is caring, and we do care a lot - here's a fresh piece of artwork to carry a piece of Windblown on your desktop or mobile to be downloaded here.
As always, thank you for playing, sharing feedback, breaking our balance, and somehow finding bugs we didn't know existed. If you are looking for the full patchnotes, you can find them here:

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Finally, don’t hesitate to join our Discord - we’ve got the best community, and this is the place where you can talk to us (devs), share feedback, chat builds, send memes, and be notified for the latest announcements and betas!
See you in the hunt,
- Bidju & everyone at MT
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22 Jun 2026Developer post
Hunters Gonna Hunt Update - Patch Notes
Note: ⭐️ indicates changes inspired by community feedback! New Content & Systems ⭐️ Meta Economy Overhaul : Completely reworked progression with clearer objectives, rebalanced costs, better exploration incentives for each Biome, and dedicated loot pools for every difficulty l
Note: ⭐️ indicates changes inspired by community feedback!
New Content & Systems
⭐️ Meta Economy Overhaul: Completely reworked progression with clearer objectives, rebalanced costs, better exploration incentives for each Biome, and dedicated loot pools for every difficulty level.
⭐️ 5 New Trinkets: Introduces new Pet companions and versatile combat mechanics: 1. BRRR-T4L: Spawns a pet turret that grants Brutality to nearby leapers for 10s. 2. B-BR0: A pet that deals localized AoE damage. Successive hits ramp up its damage, while missing decays it. Activate to briefly boost its Attack Speed. 3. L-S1S: A pet that fires whenever you strike with weapons. Activate to temporarily double its projectile count. 4. Cursed Armor: Negates one instance of damage within a 5s window. Explodes and inflicts Final Curse upon breaking or expiring. 5. Corrosive Wake: Rush forward, leaving a Corrosive trail in your wake.
⭐️ 30 new Gifts: Pet and Ethereal Blade upgrades, Dash trails and, again, more! 1. SL4SH: Companion Pet that attacks during combat. Every 4th strike Overwhelms; Attack Speed scales with your own. 2. Powerful Pets: Increases Pets' total damages by +100%. 3. Fast Pets: Increases Pet Attack Speed by +50% and refills them 25% faster (if applicable). 4. Large Pets: Increases Pet attack radius by +50% and refills them 25% faster (if applicable). 5. Dash Blade: The first weapon hit immediately following a Dash launches an Ethereal Blade (35 autoscaling damage). 6. Multiple Blades: Ethereal Blades now fire 2 additional projectiles. 7. Enhanced Blades: Increases Ethereal Blade total damage by +100% and size by +75%. 8. Returning Blades: Ethereal Blades boomerang back to you, dealing +25% total damage. 9. Swiftness: Grants +30% movement speed and increases solid-ground Dash distance by +50%. 10. Tanking: Reduces incoming damage by -20% and increases your aggro priority in multiplayer. 11. Powerful Afflictions: Grants +15% total damage against targets suffering from Burn or Bleed. 12. Exhausting Freeze: When Freeze expires, it applies a 3s Slow and 10 stacks of Curse (5% autoscaling each). 13. Robust Freeze: Freeze is no longer removed when you shatter it. 14. Exhilarating Mark: Triggering a Mark grants +25% movement speed and Brutality for 4s (+50% autoscaling). 15. Energised Trinkets: Trinkets can be used 1 more time. 16. Crystallization Threshold: Allows enemies to be Crystallized at +10% remaining HP (halved for Bosses). 17. Sticky Pools: Corrosive Pools now latch directly onto the first enemy they contact. 18. Alterattack Mastery: Getting hit no longer resets your Alterattack progression; increases Ultra Alterattack bonus by x1.4. 19. Amplifier Stock: Elite and Boss arenas now drop an Amplifier upon completion. 20. Damage Pool: Every 300 Base Damage you deal, spawns a Corrosive Pool for 3s (25 damage autoscaling). 21. Large Pools: Increases Corrosive Pool damage by +50% and size by +50%. 22. Overwhelming Echo: Grants Echo a 30% chance to Overwhelm targets. 23. Solid Base: Effects scaling with Base Damage behave as if your Base Damage were +50% higher. 24. Bull: Dashes deal 50% of your Max HP as damage (1s Cooldown) and Dodges reflect +100% damage. 25. Bleeding Trail: Dashes leave an area behind you that applies Bleed (1 bonus damage autoscaling). 26. Burning Trail: Dashes leave an area behind you that applies Burn (2 damage autoscaling). 27. Cursed Trail: Dashes leave an area behind you that applies Curse (3% autoscaling). 28. Frozen Trail: Dashes leave an area behind you that builds up 8% of Freeze per tick, freezing targets for 3s at 100% build-up. 29. Fortress: Grants permanent immunity to Stuns and increases all HP bonuses by +25%. 30. Backfire: Burn damage ticks have a 1% chance per stack to trigger a massive explosion (100 autoscaling damage) on all burning targets.
⭐️ Yua's Support: Added a new togglable accessibility feature for solo play. Reduces damage taken (strengthens with deaths, weakens with wins). Disabled in Co-op.
⭐️ Loyalty Program: Added a new step to allow for multiple rare affixes on items.
Enemies: Face new Obsidian variants in higher difficulty modes. All Obsidian enemies now feature a quick transformation animation and visual effects (don't interrupt them while they're powering up, that's just good etiquette).
Backpack: Apples can now be safely stored inside the Backpack!
⭐️ Steam Cloud: Full Steam Cloud save synchronization is now supported.
⭐️ Localization: The game is now also localized in LATAM Spanish!
New Title Screen and loading screens!
Upgrades: Secret radar: New upgrade unlocked at Eperin's. This new radar is attached to the minimap and helps players locate secret areas. It automatically activates near a secret and beeps more frequently as you get closer.
Meta Economy Overhaul
Encrypted Memories: - They are now significantly easier to find and are used as small objectives. - Enemies no longer have dedicated drops. Instead, every Biome has its pool. During each generation, one random enemy will be selected to drop an Encrypted Memory from the Biome's pool. - Biome runs can now yield up to 2 Encrypted Memories per visit (one from a random enemy, one from the Boss) until the Biome's pool is depleted. - You no longer need to send these to the Ark: once you get an Encrypted Memory, you keep it forever. - Higher difficulty settings now feature exclusive Encrypted Memory reward pools.
Memonites: - Legacy Dusts, Shards, and Fragments have been fully deprecated and automatically converted into the new system. - If you have a run in progress, you may lose some currencies from this run (and only this run) that you have not yet sent to the Ark. The recap screen at the end of the run will also show incomplete information about your loots. - Memonites are now divided into 4 categories: Biome (found globally in Biomes), Boss (found on Bosses), Secret (found in Secret Areas), and Specific (found on specific enemies or enemy groups). - Rebalanced costs across all Encrypted Memories. - Crystallizing an enemy still greatly increases the chance that it drops a Memonite. - Memonites now always need to be picked up in multiplayer.
Ark: - FREND: Reworked the interface. Species unlocks have been migrated here from Macaba's station. - Resource Converter: Reworked the interface and enabled Cog conversions for all Memonite types. - Progression & Bestiary: Added a tracking menu to Sigourney's Codex detailing missing Biome memories, localized monster lists, and their exact Memonite drops. - Memonite Hunt: New upgrade unlocked at Eperin's. Allows players to mark specific blueprints in FREND's menu, spawning dynamic helpers during expeditions to speed up the harvest. - Koi-Koi: Now resides permanently in the Ark to consult your Memonite inventory.
Carving Variants: - Expanded the Carving mechanic. Unlocking it allows players to carve enemy Variants for rare Memonites. - Enemy Variants spawn rarely at first but scale in frequency on higher difficulties.
Misc: - Being a Profane in Sanctuary now prevents you from getting Memonites (instead of preventing you from getting Memories)
Balancing
⭐️ Upgrades: Removed Start Source and Gift Slots II from the game. They are now unlocked by default to encourage more interesting builds from the start of the game.
Challenges: Added Amplifiers as potential rewards.
⭐️ Enemies: Pirate Capitain Boss: More recovery after the Mortar attack, all burn zones stay less time, Shout attack zone smaller and clearer VFX.
⭐️ Biomes: Fungal Swamp: Now less difficult. Increased small enemy density, lowered Boss damage output, and simplified the associated Codex questline.
Weapons: Goo Brush: Upgraded the weapon's Alterattack to deal Corrosive damage; its AoE explosion radius now scales with Alterattack levels.
⭐️ Gifts: - Dash Mark: Increased base damage to 75 + 30 autoscaling (up from 50 + 20). - Fireball: Doubled fire rate. - Enraged Dodge: Is now unlocked by default. - Corrosive Alterattack: Now triggers Corrosive Pools under all nearby targets. - Random Chrysalis Hex: Bonus gift slots now capped to +6.
⭐️ Backstab: Widened the effective rear angle to make positioning for backstabs much more forgiving.
Blasts: Blasts no longer shatter Freeze.
Rarity: Now starts with a 5% chance to roll Uncommon items.
Difficulty modes: Slightly increased the amount of enemies on higher difficulties.
QoL
⭐️ Ark: Codex: The Codex will now track the total amount of Endless loops you've completed.
⭐️ Goo: Added an active duration countdown wheel directly above affected enemies.
⭐️ UI: - Dialogues: They are now skippable. - HUD: Run Timer: Can now display hours played instead of solely minutes. - HUD: Scythes Counter: Added a dedicated HUD counter next to your health bar tracking your active Scythe count. - Tooltips: Back to 2 states (On/Off).
⭐️ Payment Gates: Spending Cogs directly from your Ark will no longer cancel or interrupt the channeling interaction. The interface now clearly displays exactly how many Cogs will be deducted from the Ark.
⭐️ Amplifiers: You can now amplify Gifts and Hexes in your Backpack.
Inputs: Tooltips are now always toggled using Left Stick Pressed / L3 when using controllers.
⭐️ Co-op: Improved several feedbacks, menus and logic for launching multiplayer games and inviting friends.
Account Management: Removed mandatory Windblown account creation for online play.
Bugfixes
⭐️ Combat: Fixed an issue with enemies evolving in their more difficult variant, breaking the in combat detection and preventing looting or interacting with some elements.
⭐️ Audio: Fixed the killstreak completion SFX playing when opening the pause menu.
⭐️ Elites Clone Trait: Fixed material issue cloned Elites.
⭐️ Carving: - Fixed enemies' corpses to carve being duplicated. - Fixed not being able to carve enemies if they die by falling. - Fixed having some enemies being visually revived when they should be laying for carving.
⭐️ Level Generation: Fixed a rare case of failed generation in the Rat Village.
⭐️ Visuals: - Fixed next biome rewards icon showing up at the wrong spots. - Fixed markers on items being wrong after being revived, they would still show the markers of the player you were spectating and not your own.
⭐️ Co-op: Visuals: Fixed a bug where allies' visual effects would persist indefinitely on your screen after expiring.
⭐️ Co-op: UI: Fixed the backpack slot in the bottom left showing what other players have in their backpack.
Optimization
⭐️ Vistas: prevent far and small objects from being displayed.
⭐️ Stutters: play visual effects during loading screens to remove stutters the first time they are actually trigerred in game.
Misc
Trinkets: Renamed the Ethereal Blades trinket to Ethereal Barrage to welcome the new Gift family.
Ark: - Main Area: You can now see the biomes from there. - Memorial: The UI displayed on unlocked memories now contains lore texts.
Biomes: - Factory: Integrated new islands chunks into generation. - Sanctuary: Reworked the layout questline to integrate Yua.
Onboarding: Made minor narrative polishes to the game's introductory sequence.
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10 Jun 2026Developer post
Windblown | "Hunters Gonna Hunt" Update Open Beta!
Hey there Leapers! It's been a while, but the team have been cooking! 👀 We've just deployed a brand new build to our Open Beta Branch, which introduces a bunch of new stuff, including a new 'hunting' mechanic. Aptly so, this update is called... 'Hunters Gonna Hunt' Now, we won't
Hey there Leapers!
It's been a while, but the team have been cooking! 👀
We've just deployed a brand new build to our Open Beta Branch, which introduces a bunch of new stuff, including a new 'hunting' mechanic.
Aptly so, this update is called...
'Hunters Gonna Hunt'
Now, we won't spoil too much about what's coming in the patch, but want to cover the top line info so you know what you'll be sinking your teeth in!

Meta Economy Overhaul (Hunting): Completely reworked progression with clearer objectives, rebalanced costs, better exploration incentives for each Biome, and dedicated loot pools for every difficulty level.
5 New Trinkets: New Pet companions and versatile combat mechanics!
30 new Gifts: Pet and Ethereal Blade upgrades, Dash trails and muuuuuuuch more!
Yua's Support: Added a new togglable accessibility feature for solo play. Reduces damage taken (strengthens with deaths, weakens with wins). Disabled in Co-op.
Loyalty Program: Added a new step to allow for multiple rare affixes on items.
Enemies: Face new Obsidian variants in higher difficulty modes. All Obsidian enemies now feature a quick transformation animation and visual effects (don't interrupt them while they're powering up, that's just good etiquette).
Backpack: Apples can now be safely stored inside the Backpack! (make sure you cook them first!)
Steam Cloud: Full Steam Cloud save synchronization is now supported!
Spanish LATAM localization
Plus loads more of smaller tweaks, changes, and improvements!
The team have had a blast bringing this update to life, and hope you'll enjoy diving back into the biomes in search of materials!
With this being a beta, we're relying on your input to help make improvements and changes, and the best place to do that is over in our DISCORD!
Cheers,
-Night & the Motion Twin team!
How to access the beta

Go to your Steam game library.
Right click on Windblown and click "properties".
Select the tab "Betas".
In the first dropdown box select "public_beta"
Click close and wait for the update to finish downloading.
🚨Remember - This is a BETA version of the game, meaning you may encounter bugs. Make sure to duplicate your save before jumping in. That way you can revert back to the Default Branch whenever you'd like without locking yourself to the new version before its release🚨
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19 May 2026Developer post
Dash cancelling, Balancing, QoL & Stability - Patch 0.9.4
Hey there Leapers! We hope you’ve been enjoying this fine month of May so far - we say fine but it’s been raining non stop here in Bordeaux, so let’s say we’re keeping well moisturised :’) Since the release of the Break the Path update, we’ve been hard at work on our next update,
Hey there Leapers!

We hope you’ve been enjoying this fine month of May so far - we say fine but it’s been raining non stop here in Bordeaux, so let’s say we’re keeping well moisturised :’)

Since the release of the Break the Path update, we’ve been hard at work on our next update, scheduled for a June release! Don’t wanna spoil you of surprises, but we’d recommend you sharpen your hunting knife 👀
In the meantime, we’re rolling out a patch to address your most frequently reported bugs and issues (full details below). You asked, and we listened: a major focus of this patch is improving dash canceling, an enhancement the community has been highly requesting. If your specific feedback isn't included yet, it just means it needs a little more development time! 🙂
Some highlights from the 0.9.4 patch:
Vastly improved dash-canceling for attacks
Improved level generation for the Rat Village and the Sanctuary
Varied fixes and improvements: balancing, UI, VFX, and lots of bugs squashed!
We’d also like to take this opportunity to thank you once again for your efforts on Windblown <3 We’re a small team of 10, and without your feedback, discussions, bug reports and your support, the game wouldn’t be half what it is right now! Team work really does make the dream work, right?

On that note, we’ve got something to share with you: ✨ shiny wallpapers✨!
You might have spotted our updated key art - an incredible piece by the talented artist Chaton Laser (go look at their Instagram, super sick!).
The full piece is even better, and you can find the different formats here!
That’s it for today! As ever, we’re all so very grateful for your feedback and ideas - don’t hesitate to join our lovely community over Discord, or leave comments in the Steam forums!
See you in the fray,
- Bidju & everyone at MT
---- Patchnotes 0.9.4 ----
Note: ⭐️ indicates changes inspired by community feedback!
New
Level Generation: - The Rat Village is now built starting from a branching path system. - The Sanctuary is now dynamically generated around the remnants of a central alleyway.
⭐️ Trinkets: Leafade: Added a rare +200% size affix (purely cosmetic, purely 4 fun).
Balancing
⭐️ Combat: Significantly improved dash-canceling for weapon attacks, making the overall flow of combat feel much smoother and more responsive.
⭐️ Gifts: Deadly Extension: Can now level up, allowing it to trigger multiple times for reduced damage percentages against regular enemies.
Level Generation: The algorithm will now prioritize placing biome-specific islands in some cases to enhance the unique feel of each area. 0.9.3.2
QoL
⭐️ Visuals: Smokey Dokey: Smoke opacity will now scale down as its radius increases via affixes to maintain screen clarity.
⭐️ UI: - Added wrap-around navigation for items in the Deck Menu and Racks. - Numbers in the End-Run Menu stats are now properly formatted with thousands separators.
Bugfixes
⭐️ Weapons: - Charged Attacks: Fixed an issue where held attacks could get stuck if another input (like interact) was pressed simultaneously. - Boomerang: Fixed the Boomerang failing to hit Pirate Shield enemies from behind while their shield was raised.
⭐️ Gifts: - Fixed an issue where some automatic effects would fail to trigger when too many simultaneous effects were active. A problem most common in Endless. 0.9.3.2 - Corrosive Control: Fixed this gift triggering excessively when combined with Crippling Dodge and Smokey Dokey. - Refillable Flask: Fixed a bug where swapping the gift for a different level version would reset the refill count to 0. - Refilling Crystallize: Fixed this gift appearing as a reward option even if you didn't have any trinkets.
⭐️ Enemies: - AI Behaviour: Fixed an issue where enemies would lock up and stop attacking if hit by Detonado immediately after spawning. - Bosses: Fixed a bug that allowed players to damage bosses before fully entering their arena.
⭐️ Level Generation: - Reduced instances of the algorithm generating the same island twice in a row. 0.9.3.2 - Fixed a bug that allowed an Onsen to spawn in the Incubator even if Endless Mode wasn't accessible.
⭐️ Ziplines: Fixed having difficulties to dash out of small islands with ziplines.
⭐️ LD: Removed an invisible collider near the training dummy in the Shop that interfered with movement-based attacks. 0.9.3.1
⭐️ Teleportation: Fixed a bug that allowed players to teleport out of certain active combat arenas. 0.9.3.2
⭐️ Cinematics: Fixed a glitch where triggering a cinematic mid-dash across platforms could drop the player outside the playable map boundary.
⭐️ Ark: Currency Exchange: Fixed the exchange rate incorrectly scaling with bonus Cog loot multipliers from higher difficulties.
⭐️ Endless: Fixed an issue where Echo damage would overflow, resulting in reduced damage or failing to hit entirely. 0.9.3.1
UI: - Fixed a background error triggered when the game attempted to display the fee for an item that had just been destroyed. 0.9.3.1 - Fixed the Report Sent popup failing to automatically highlight the validation button. - Resolved dropdown selection issues in the Options and Multiplayer menus.
⭐️ Visuals: - Fixed wind teleporters in the Factory becoming invisible when positioned behind windows. - Fixed food pickups lacking a HUD marker when spawned from specific sources, such as the Golem Chicken's Jar.
⭐️ Trial Chests: Items dropped from chests are now spread further apart to prevent visual overlapping.
⭐️ Localization: Fixed several instances of missing dialogue text.
⭐️ Co-op: Visuals: Fixed tombstones in the Ark incorrectly reacting to the presence of other players. 0.9.3.2
⭐️ Co-op: Ark: Frend Tower: Fixed a visual bug where the tower would disappear for everyone if one player unlocked it after another already had it unlocked.
Optimization
Level Generation: Implemented several optimizations to the generation algorithm to improve performance and loading. 0.9.3.1

Misc
Minor level design tweaks to Koi Koi and Hex Giver islands for better navigation and flow. 0.9.3.1
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28 Apr 2026Developer post
Break the Path | Balancing, QoL & Stability Patch 0.9.3
Hey Leapers! Thanks for all the feedback and support since last week’s update. (And a quick shout-out to those leaving personal messages in the in-game reports—yes, we definitely see those!) We’ve spent the last few weeks digging through your new expedition data and comments to f
Hey Leapers!
Thanks for all the feedback and support since last week’s update. (And a quick shout-out to those leaving personal messages in the in-game reports—yes, we definitely see those!)
We’ve spent the last few weeks digging through your new expedition data and comments to figure out what needed immediate fixing and what just needed to feel better.

Here is what’s changing in 0.9.3:
Lost Archipelago & World Balance
The layout of the Lost Archipelago wasn't quite where we wanted it to be. We’ve rewritten the generation algorithm:
- The Centerpiece: Islands now generate around the Broken Town Hall. This should make it feel more like… home?!
- Global Balancing: We’ve tuned the placement and balancing of encounters across all biomes, not just the Archipelago, to make the overall difficulty and loot curve feel more consistent.
Community Fixes
We saw these requested a lot, so we’ve pulled them into this patch (thanks for the suggestions!):
- Trial Chests: Now contain Gift Amplifiers.
- Accelerated Payments: These should feel much snappier now.
- Map Pause: Opening the map now actually pauses the game. No more getting hit while checking your location.
- Steam Deck: We’ve enabled Volumetric Clouds by default. It looks better and the Deck handles it well.
What’s Next?
We’re currently reworking the generation layouts for the Sanctuary, Rat Village, and Incubator. Expect those in upcoming regular patches. We’re also working on some bigger stuff in the background that we aren't quite ready to show yet.
Join the Discord
If you have more feedback or run into bugs, let us know on by joining our Discord.

Thank you for all of your awesome feedback and for sticking with us,
— Bidju & everyone at MT
Patchnotes
Note: ⭐️ indicates changes inspired by community feedback!
Balancing
⭐️ Level Generation: - The Lost Archipelago is now generated around the broken town hall, which now serves as the central hub for this biome. - Combat islands (Closed Arenas, Challenges, Elites, etc.) now appear further into the level. 0.9.2.5 - Improved island distribution across branches to ensure better flow and prevent repetitive encounters. 0.9.2.5 - Reduced the number of exits that are accessible without first completing a combat island. 0.9.2.5
⭐️ Gift Amplifiers can now be found within Trial Chests. 0.9.2.2
⭐️ Progression: The Super Alterattack is now unlocked after defeating the Headbanger, and Crystallize is unlocked after defeating the TriBomber Infected.
QoL
⭐️ Map: The game is now automatically paused while the map is open.
⭐️ Payments: Standardized payment duration across all shops and payment gates, including in Endless Mode. 0.9.2.8
⭐️ Banking Fish: The Banking Fish will now always spawn when its island is a dead end, even if you have nothing to bank. 0.9.2.8
⭐️ Gates: Added a notification clarifying that certain doors remain sealed until the current Biome Boss is defeated. 0.9.2.7
⭐️ LD: Visuals for Banking Fish and Shop islands have been updated to more clearly signal they are dead ends… when they are! :D 0.9.2.8
⭐️ Shop: Accelerated the payment process for large sums. 0.9.2.4
⭐️ UI: Equipment Replacement: The list of currently equipped items is now scrollable with the mouse wheel. 0.9.2.4
⭐️ Onsen: Characters will now correctly use their swimming suit in all versions of the Onsen.
Steam Deck: Volumetric Clouds are now enabled by default. 0.9.2.3
⭐️ Co-op: Teammate positions are now displayed on the Minimap. 0.9.2.3
Bugfixes
⭐️ Crash: Fixed crash when teleporting to the memorial at the Ark. 0.9.2.1
⭐️ Softlock: - Fixed failling level generation for late game saves which lead you to the title screen. 0.9.2.1 - Map Teleportation: Fixed a bug where killing the boss too quickly would prevent further teleportation. 0.9.2.11
⭐️ Hardlock: Fixed first "select species" menu being unusable 0.9.2.6
⭐️ Enemies: Resolved an issue where weak mobs spawned in place of stronger enemies in certain secret zones. 0.9.2.2
⭐️ LD: - Fixed a statue visibility conflict with the teleporter in the Sanctuary exit area. - Removed a redundant narrow path at the Incubator's entrance. 0.9.2.2
Burn Infusion: Fixed a logical error where extra bonus burn applications were not dealing the correct amount of damage. 0.9.2.11
⭐️ Banking Fish: - Fixed an issue requiring multiple button presses to successfully bank your cogs. 0.9.2.9 - Fixed a bug where the fish could remain stuck in its ground animation after a deposit was completed.
⭐️ Endless: Resolved a value overflow issue when calculating blast damage. 0.9.2.4
⭐️ Enemies: - Fixed an issue with spinning mobs on specific Incubator combat islands. 0.9.2.8 - Fixed Amassmouss playing the wrong animation when stunned. 0.9.2.10 - Fixed an issue where RusherSecret would not die correctly.
⭐️ Gifts: - Fixed a bug that prevented players from receiving new Gifts if they already got many (greedy, much?). 0.9.2.4 - Recovery Boost: Capped the gift to prevent infinite recovery stacks when heavily upgraded (particularly in Endless mode). 0.9.2.5 - Fixed a bug where certain gifts could not be equipped if their effects were not yet applicable. 0.9.2.11 - Echo: Fixed the Echoing Effects gift unintentionally applying echoes to all non-gear attacks.
⭐️ Hex: Fixed the 'Random Chrysalis' debuff failing to kill the player if their HP was already below the damage threshold. 0.9.2.5
⭐️ Level Generation: - Fixed Banking Fish being placed on the main path more than intended (this is supposed to be a fallback option when the level generation has few branches). 0.9.2.1 - Fixed a bug that prevented the Healing Shop from ever appearing. 0.9.2.11 - Fixed enemies spawning in unreachable or incorrect locations, such as behind locked paid doors.
⭐️ Loot: Fixed an issue where loot would fail to snap back to a reachable position after an enemy fell off the stage. 0.9.2.4
⭐️ Onsens: Fixed an impossible access caused by rapidly double-pressing the interact button on the entrance teleporter. 0.9.2.4
⭐️ Quests: Fixed an issue where the objective marker would remain visible after completing the Sanctuary Quest. 0.9.2.10
⭐️ Timed Chests: Fixed an issue where the timer would occasionally pause unintentionally.
⭐️ Weapons: Fixed the weapon gauge increasing when hitting invulnerable objects, such as the tanks containing the Naveless bosses.
⭐️ HUD: - Fixed a bug where the HUD would remain hidden after closing the Map. 0.9.2.7 - Added missing position markers for Cooked Apples.
⭐️ UI: - Fixed long item lists bleeding off-screen in the Equipment Replacement and End Run Recap menus (especially in Endless mode). 0.9.2.4 - Controls: Fixed an issue where the Share button was displayed instead of the Touchpad for DualShock and DualSense controllers. 0.9.2.8 - Exchange Menu: Added missing currency counters. 0.9.2.5 - Givers: Fixed Giver menus failing to appear if a replacement menu was still active upon death. - Hexes: The Random Eroding Hex no longer displays a level in the UI, as it cannot be amplified. - Map: Fixed an issue where remains would show through the Fog of War. - Map: Fixed an issue where the map would reveal all of its content prematurely. - Map: Fixed the next biome's reward not displaying correctly. - Map: Fixed the player's position marker appearing at wrong place while inside the Onsen. 0.9.2.2 - Mouse Scrolling: Fixed scrolling functionality across multiple menus. 0.9.2.5
⭐️ Visuals: - Fixed gigantic chimney that was obstructing battle areas in the Factory. 0.9.2.2 - Cleaned up "flying" goo assets in the Hex Giver zone. 0.9.2.2 - Fixed 31 island layouts across the Factory and Lost Archipelago where decorations would clip into adjacent islands. 0.9.2.3 - Fixed the color rendering on the Umbrella weapon model. 0.9.2.10 - Fixed misplaced wooden elements on the Banking Fish dead-end islands. 0.9.2.11 - Loots: Fixed an issue where Cogs and Shells were absorbed instantly if overlapping with an open chest, making it unclear if rewards were collected. - Memorials: Fixed visual glitches affecting skins on memorial ghosts. - Codex Pages: Fixed Codex Page pickups lacking the standard pickup animation. - Onsen: Fixed an issue where swapping or picking up weapons would cause them to appear inside the Onsen. - Gift Amplifiers: Fixed an issue where visuals persisted for too long after use.
⭐️ Inputs: Disabled the ability to bind Dash and Interact to the same controller button to prevent logic conflicts. 0.9.2.5
⭐️ Keyboard: Fixed input conflicts between the Pause sub-menus and the TAB key. 0.9.2.4
⭐️ Virtual Keyboard / Steam Deck: - Resolved a rare issue where the virtual keyboard could be reopened unintentionally, causing UI navigation conflicts. 0.9.2.8 - Fixed the text chat panel failing to auto-close the virtual keyboard after sending an empty message. 0.9.2.8
⭐️ Localization: - Fixed Trial Chest text strings for the Russian language. 0.9.2.2 - Added missing warning text on equipment pickups when requirements for use are not met. 0.9.2.5
⭐️ Co-op / Softlock: Fixed an issue where players were unable to move if the Map was open while the next biome was loading. 0.9.2.10
⭐️ Various under the hood errors.
Optimization
Optimized Minimap rendering for better performance. 0.9.2.3
⭐️ Culling: Improved culling for animated elements to boost performance when multiple islands are within the camera's field of view. 0.9.2.5
Implemented several performance improvements to the Level Generation algorithm for faster and smoother loading.
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08 Apr 2026Developer post
Break the Path | Balancing, QoL & Stability Patch 0.9.2
Hey All! It’s been exactly two weeks since Break the Path launched, and the momentum hasn’t slowed down! A huge thank you for the continued love and the detailed feedback you’ve shared over the past days. We’ve been busy refining the experience based on your latest feedback. Whil
Hey All!
It’s been exactly two weeks since Break the Path launched, and the momentum hasn’t slowed down! A huge thank you for the continued love and the detailed feedback you’ve shared over the past days.
We’ve been busy refining the experience based on your latest feedback. While we have more "cooking" for the future, we wanted to highlight the key fixes and balance changes that went live this week to keep your journeys challenging but fair.
We are always listening closely to your messages on Discord — please join us there if you haven't already!
Thanks for being part of this Early Access.
— Bidju & everyone at MT
Patch Notes
Note: ⭐️ indicates changes inspired by community feedback!
New

⭐️ Options: Added a Button Style setting to manually toggle between Automatic, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo icons.
Balancing

⭐️ Level Generation: - Rewards are now more likely to spawn at the very end of branching paths. - Challenges will now tend to appear just before the end of branching paths to test your resolve before the reward. - Banking Fish: No longer guaranteed to appear before the Boss once you have reached a certain progression thresholds. - Hexed Giver: The pillar will now always spawn in the Incubator if it hasn't appeared earlier in the Expedition.
⭐️ Difficulty: Biome's enemy strength scaling is now calculated based on island depth rather than distance from the entrance to better align with the new level generation.
⭐️ Enemies: - Enemies now have a brief recovery window when returning to the stage after falling. - Factory: Bunkers can now transition between islands to pursue you.
⭐️ Freeze: Slightly increased enemy reaction time and wind-up delay after defrosting. 0.9.1.4
QoL

⭐️ LD: Improved path readability for branching island layouts. 0.9.1.6
⭐️ Teleporters: Added teleporters next to Hex Givers and Banking Fish to streamline exploration.
⭐️ UI: - Loots: Added a position marker to items dropped on the ground for better visibility. 0.9.1.6 - Rarity Altar: Now displays specific sub-goal amounts. - Givers / Pickups: Improved navigation flow to make wrapping around to the Backpack faster when replacing Gear.
Options: Controls: Gamepad and Steam Deck layouts now explicitly display the 'Teleport to Team' binding. 0.9.1.4
⭐️ Keyboard: - TAB can now be used to close the pause menu and its inventory. - Emotes are now bound to the keys 1, 2, 3 and 4 by default for easier use during action.
Ark: Memorial: Improved the clarity of the access stone label.
Bugfixes

⭐️ Level Generation: - Resolved a rare generation failure triggered by specific secret chunks. 0.9.1.3 - Fixed an issue where teleporters were being removed illogically during world generation.
⭐️ LD: - Grounded a teleporter that was floating in the air (it wasn't meant to act like a bird). 0.9.1.3 - Lost Archipelago: Rematerialized a missing island that previously blocked progression. 0.9.1.5 - Clarified the pathing for a confusing secret entrance. 0.9.1.5
⭐️ Hex Giver: Fixed an issue where drops could become stuck behind decorations. 0.9.1.6
Enemies: Fixed an issue where secret enemies could be pushed off the map for an instant kill.
⭐️ Map: Fixed Map teleportation being interrupted by player dashes.
⭐️ Refillable Heal Flask: Fixed refill percentage resetting to 0% when the refillable heal flask gift is amplified.
⭐️ Controls Rebinding: Fixed a bug that prevented players from rebinding WASD and Arrow keys. 0.9.1.4
⭐️ UI: - Options:Fixed navigation quirks in the Controls panel for smoother menu browsing. 0.9.1.3 - Eroding Hex: Fixed incorrect bonus values displayed in the inventory. - Trinkets: Fixed an incorrect delay display for the 'rare relaunch' affix. - Givers: Fixed opening animations appearing stretched on certain aspect ratios. - Controls: Fixed Emotes icons not being the same as in-game. - Send Feedback Menu: Fixed menu inputs triggering unintended in-game actions. - End Run Screen: Fixed a bugged item description overlaying Encrypted Memories. - Training Rack: Added missing Gear stats to item descriptions. - Rarity Altar: Fixed the interface not responding to mouse inputs.
⭐️ Endless: Resolved a value overflow issue when calculating critical hit damage.
⭐️ Visuals: - Decorations: Fixed several instances of "flying" decorations being partially buried in the ground. 0.9.1.3 - Decorations: Resolved other cases of foliage clipping into the ground. - Weapons: Umbrella: Fixed weapon color rendering. - Bodies: Snake: Fixed missing hot towels in the Onsens. - Gates: Fixed pressure plates for sealed gates not appearing disabled.
⭐️ HUD: Fixed Minimap input icon shown when using a non-PlayStation controller. 0.9.1.7
⭐️ Localization: - Restored missing translations for recently added dialogues. 0.9.1.4 - Resolved an issue where certain Asian language fonts were missing required glyphs. 0.9.1.4
⭐️ Co-op / Softlock: - Fixed fallback weapon behavior in Alterattack tutorials. - Fixed a softlock occurring when a teammate failed teleporting to the Onsen.
⭐️ Co-op / UI: Fixed the teammate Shells counter being truncated at high values.
⭐️ Various under the hood fixes.
Optimization

Improved performance for Tree and Bush decorations via optimized rendering. 0.9.1.3
⭐️ Optimized vegetation in Factory, Lost Archipelago and Rat Village. 0.9.1.7
Optimized foliage rendering and animation performance in Rat Village.
Optimized the level generation algorithm.
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02 Apr 2026Developer post
Break the Path | Balancing, QoL Patches & Stability
Hey All! A huge thank you for all the love and feedback you’ve shared since the Break the Path update dropped last week! Seeing your reactions has been incredible. Behind the scenes, we’ve been diving deep into your suggestions and expedition data to level up the experience. We’r
Hey All!
A huge thank you for all the love and feedback you’ve shared since the Break the Path update dropped last week! Seeing your reactions has been incredible.
Behind the scenes, we’ve been diving deep into your suggestions and expedition data to level up the experience. We’re currently "cooking up" some fresh tweaks to make your journeys even smoother.
Please join us in our Discord if you want to share ideas!
Stay tuned, and thanks for being part of this adventure!
— Bidju & everyone at MT
Patch Notes
Note: ⭐️ indicates changes inspired by community feedback!
Balancing

⭐️ Map: Secret zones are now in light color once visited. Secret entrances are hidden. 0.9.0.13
⭐️ Givers / Shells Fallback Reward: The amount of shells proposed is now aligned with the items' highest value 0.9.0.13
⭐️ Enemies: Improved visual telegraphing for the Incubator Big Tentacle’s 360° attack. 0.9.1
QoL

⭐️ Trinkets: Fury: Improved the stats displayed in the UI 0.9.0.12
⭐️ Minimap: Interiors, Caverns and other unconnected islands' are now displayed on the mini-map 0.9.0.13
⭐️ Map: Biome Rewards now appear directly next to exit icons. 0.9.1
UI: Biome Rewards: Added a '+' symbol on the reward icon 0.9.0.12
UI: Added scrollbars in some of the Ark's menus 0.9.1.1
⭐️ LD: Adjusted camera positioning in branching zones to improve path visibility. 0.9.1
⭐️ Keyboard: Can also pause and check the inventory with TAB. 0.9.1
Bugfixes

⭐️ Softlocks: - Fixed a softlock where arenas wouldn't open because our loot algorithm thought a mob on a neighboring island was part of your fight—turns out, "close enough" wasn't smart enough. 0.9.0.12 - Fixed Alterattack tutorial room softlock if you had a Shield (another kind of weapon will be proposed) 0.9.0.12 - Fixed some rare failing level generations by increasing the maximum amount of attempts 0.9.0.13 - Fixed being able to teleport yourself while in arenas which could lead to softlocks 0.9.0.13
⭐️ Gameplay: - Resolved a flask duplication exploit. - Fixed Ethereal Blades interrupting Crystallize, which previously disabled dashing. 0.9.1
⭐️ Level Generation: - Fixed teleporter which were, from time to time, missing at the end of branches 0.9.0.12 - Fixed generation issue which made some secret unaccessible 0.9.1.1
⭐️ Shop: Fixed teleporter not activating if you REALLY keep dash on the edges toward the boat 0.9.0.12
⭐️ Rat Village: Fixed some situations where flying elements would prevent you from seeing what you are doing 0.9.0.12
⭐️ Killstreak: Fixed occurrences of not having enough enemies in a biome to reach the killstreak goal 0.9.0.13
⭐️ Random Chrysalis Hex: Fixed the negative effect of taking damage when doing alterattacks 0.9.0.13
⭐️ Loot: Improved Weapon selection in low level drops 0.9.0.13
⭐️ Ark: - FREND: Fixed duplicated FREND's loyalty program cinematic 0.9.0.13 - Cuprik's Forge: Fixed Cuprik Forge not being accessible 0.9.0.13 - Macaba: Fixed not being able to select species since last patch 0.9.0.14 - Fixed persistent star icon appearing on Sigourney's choices after all content had been viewed. 0.9.1.1
Lighting: - Fixed super bright lighting of the Ark on some screens 0.9.0.13 - Fixed lighting in the Ark and the Incubator being too shiny in some configurations 0.9.1.2
⭐️ Teleporters: Fixed having all teleporters suddenly always unavailable 0.9.0.15
⭐️ Rarity: Fixed an issue where rarity was incorrectly applied to unlevelable Gifts and Magifishes. 0.9.0.15
⭐️ Payment Gates / Rarity: Fixed cost estimation of items which have a rarity 0.9.0.15
⭐️ Onsens: Fixed an issue where button mashing near the entrance tornado caused instant re-entry/exit, preventing access. 0.9.0.15
⭐️ LD: - Fixed several generation bugs that created unreachable secret zones. 0.9.1 - Corrected another one which added enemies in transitions placed after the Boss. 0.9.1 - Annihilated (yes) an issue that could cause the Cuprik Grave to be appear two times in the same Expedition. 0.9.1 - Fixed some camera positions which were offeseted 0.9.1.1
⭐️ Quests: Fixed the "Explore the Vortex" prompt appearing for players who already completed it. 0.9.1
⭐️ Audio: Fixed several cases of broken sound triggers. 0.9.1
⭐️ Stability: Fixed a memory leak occurring during UI video playback. 0.9.1
⭐️ Factory: Fixed having decorations spawned in the middle of combat arenas 0.9.1.1
⭐️ Lost Archipelago: - Fixed incorrect exterior lighting appearing inside Caverns. 0.9.1 - Fixed caverns not being accessible 0.9.1.2
⭐️ UI: - Fixed Thrift Shop having a bugged entry shown 0.9.0.13 - Fixed Amplifier's position marker displaying a Boost icon instead of an Amplifier one 0.9.0.13 - Fixed weather panel text 0.9.0.13 - Boosts: Fixed text vertical alignement 0.9.0.14 - Secrets: Their rewards will not have a position marker anymore to avoid spoiling their location 0.9.0.15 - HUD: Removed rarity colors from Magifishes (they do not have rarity). 0.9.1 - Dialogs: Fixed an issue preventing mouse-click skipping. 0.9.1 - Payment Gates: Corrected UI elements bleeding off-screen. 0.9.1 - Cuprik's Forge: Fixed broken controller icon text strings in item selection. 0.9.1 - Options: Corrected an issue that caused the wrong buttons to be selected by default 0.9.1.1 - HUD: Fixed PlayStation controller displaying the wrong Map icon on the HUD 0.9.1.1
⭐️ Dialogs: Fixed several issues related with dialogs and other story-realted elements 0.9.0.13
⭐️ RTC: - Sound: Fixed muted sound during Pietro RTC 0.9.0.13 - Fixed Yua's dialog trigger when she is next to the banking fish 0.9.0.13 - Sound: Fixed SFX being played too early during Altar RTC 0.9.0.14
⭐️ Localization: - Fixed Russian 'Leave' text in the Onsens 0.9.0.15 - Fixed having some text entries being mixed between DE, RU, PT-BR and ES languages. 0.9.1
⭐️ Co-op: Softlock: Fixed having disabled inputs in multiplayer when someone launched a dialog of Yua 0.9.0.13
⭐️ Co-op: Fixed under the hood error when looking at other players' rewards in a Giver UI 0.9.0.14
⭐️ Co-op / Softlock: Fixed a softlock preventing Alterattack/Crystallize unlocks if one player already unlocked them. 0.9.1
Co-op: Lost Archipelago Quest: Fixed not being able to find signal in a co-op game 0.9.1.1
⭐️ Various under the hood fixes 0.9.0.15
Optimization

⭐️ Optimized enemy bars rendering 0.9.0.13
Reduced the footweight of enemies' related UIs 0.9.0.14
Optimized memory usage of the Map 0.9.0.14
⭐️ Optimized the calculation algorithm for item Shell-values. 0.9.1
Optimized memory allocation of the decoration culling system. 0.9.1
Significantly improved the culling of the decoration 0.9.1.2
Reduced ambient sound effects footweight 0.9.1.2
Misc

Rat Village decoration small tweaks 0.9.0.12
Updated lighting of the Incubator 0.9.0.13
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25 Mar 2026Developer post
Windblown | 'Break the Path' Update OUT NOW!
Hey Everyone! The time has come for our first major update of 2026, and our 8th update coming to Windblown! In this patch, you'll find huge improvements to the games exploration, a new map and mini-map, a new item rarity system and much more! As always though, we've thrown togeth
Hey Everyone!
The time has come for our first major update of 2026, and our 8th update coming to Windblown!

In this patch, you'll find huge improvements to the games exploration, a new map and mini-map, a new item rarity system and much more!
As always though, we've thrown together a handy video to talk you through the biggest changes you can expect!
Check it out 👇
Watch on YouTube
New Stuff
Exploration
In this update we've completely reworked how biome generation is done, in order to give players way more freedom.
You can choose how to approach each biome - do you head to the shop for some upgrades or a potion? Or do you head directly for the boss? Do you focus on exploring, in search of rewards, or decimate every enemy in sight? You can approach each biome however you'd like.
Because of how much more complex the biomes are, we've added teleporters into the game to help you jump back and forth between places you've explored. This means you won't need to dash all the way back once you've cleared out one direction.
Maps
Teleporters are great and all, but being able to actually see where you're going and where you've been is also super important! Thankfully, we've got that covered too!
You'll find a new mini-map has been added to you HUD, allowing you to see at a glance what's around you and which direction you're heading in.
Taking this even further, we've added an actual map too! This will display everything from the teleporters you've unlocked, to chests, locations of interest, and even the boss (once you've found them that is). This should help you see if you've missed any routes, or help direct you back to that shop you passed now you need a health pot...
Rarity System and FREND!
Also coming in this update is a new item rarity system. This will be applied to weapons, trinkets, Gifts, and Hexes, allowing you to find some seriously strong variants of your favourite weapons!
While out on a run you could encounter items of Uncommon, Rare, Epic, and Mythic rarity, each of which will see bumps in power and stats. This should give you even more choice when shaping your builds, and maybe take you in directions you hadn't originally planned!
Additionally, the Loyalty System at FREND has been upgraded too! You'll now be able to deposit your surplus of cogs to unlock permanent upgrades that will increase your chances of finding higher rarity items!
Pluuuuuuus, if you complete these new upgrades there's a brand new Skin waiting for you!
Volumetric Clouds
Something cool that we teased a while back, was the introduction of volumetric clouds! It might sound like a simple thing, but the backdrop of Windblown can be just as important as the sky islands you dash along.
These fluffy new additions should really ramp up the level of immersion you'll find in each biome, and help set the stage for some of the epic boss battles you run into.
More
There's a bunch more coming in this update too!

Amplifiers - You can now upgrade Gifts and Hexes with the use of Amplifiers! These can be found on runs and applied to Gifts you've already picked up
Enemy Variants - You'll find new enemy variants on higher difficulties, making them more deadly than ever!
New Boss - The Golem Gardens Biome has a new resident in higher difficulties, in the form of a brand new boss with some super cool mechanics! Hmmm, it's head looks familiar!
Onboarding - New games will benefit from a brand new narrative onboarding, helping set the stage for the game and introduce some important characters. Plus the addition of a new Alterattack tutorial!
And that just about does it for this update! You can find the full patch notes here, which should list all of the other additions, tweaks, and changes coming to the game.
We can't thank you all enough for joining us on this journey, and for giving us such valuable ideas and feedback! Each update is shaped by the Community, and we can't wait to see where things head next!
If you'd like to join your fellow Leapers, or speak directly to the Devs, make sure you head on over to our Discord.
Cheers,
-Night, Bidju and all the MT Team!
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25 Mar 2026Developer post
Windblown | 'Break the Path' Update Patch Notes
🚀 New version deployed 0.9.0 (ab246634) Note: ⭐️ indicates changes inspired by community feedback! Important Changes NEW Exploration : Biomes are now larger with more complex layouts to encourage exploration and variety. Systems like enemy placement and economy have been re-tune
🚀 New version deployed 0.9.0 (ab246634)
Note: ⭐️ indicates changes inspired by community feedback!
Important Changes
NEW Exploration: Biomes are now larger with more complex layouts to encourage exploration and variety. Systems like enemy placement and economy have been re-tuned to support this scale.
⭐️ NEW Map which allows you to see your surroundings, know the location of important entities and objects and teleport to your teammates. Press G(keyboard) or SELECT(gamepad) to open it.
⭐️ NEW Minimap: Stay oriented with a view of your immediate surroundings and find secret hints.
NEW Volumetric clouds: We've replaced the flat sea of clouds under the levels for better immersion This can be disabled via the "Clouds" setting in the Graphics panel.
⭐️ NEW Gift & Hex Scaling: - Level System: Just like Gears, Gifts and Hexes now have stronger leveled versions found during Expeditions. - Amplifiers: A new utility item that lets you boost the level of your existing Gifts/Hexes on the fly. - With those you can now scale your build's power further than ever before.
NEW Item Rarity: - Items now feature a scaling rarity system: Uncommon, Rare, Epic, and Mythic. Each tier provides significantly increased stats. - Frend's Loyalty Program: New reward added! Progress through the program to unlock a new Altar in the Ark. - Cogs for Quality: Deposit Cogs into the Altar to increase the probability of high-tier item drops. - Completion Bonus: Maxing out the Altar unlocks a Unique Skin Variant.
NEW Enemy Variants: - Face new challenges in Cloudy and higher difficulty modes across Golem Gardens, Factory, Fungal Swamp, and Rat Village. - This includes a new Golem Gardens Boss exclusive to these higher difficulties!
NEW Islands & Caverns: Expanded discovery awaits in the Lost Archipelago.
Alterattack Tutorials Reworked: We've overhauled the training grounds. Entry gates are now blocked by Forcefields; the color of the field tells you which level of Alterattack is required to break through.
Onboarding Narrative: Updated dialogue for the Little Girl in the early game, along with a brand-new character model.
The Inventory is now merged into the Main Menu.
QoL
NEW Quick Gear Swap & Drop: You can now swap (by pressing) or drop (by holding) your gear: - Weapons with 5(keyboard) / D-PAD LEFT(controller) - and Trinkets with 6(keyboard) / D-PAD DOWN(controller)
⭐️ NEW Mouse Cursor Option: You can now change the cursor size in the Accessibility panel of the Options menu.
⭐️ NEW Accessibility Options: - Transparency of Size+ weapons - Chromatic aberration intensity - Player silouhette behind objects toggle - Low life intensity - Received hit VFXs intensity
⭐️ NEW Graphics Options: Brightness & Contrast sliders. An improved user experience with immediate feedback is planned.
⭐️ Trinkets: Fury: Improved the stats displayed in the UI
UI: Confirmation popups now select "Cancel" by default to avoid triggering unwanted things when mashing the button.
UI / Pickups: Tooltips can now be toggled
⭐️ Send Feedback Button: Is now placed in the main pause menu list to be easier to find
⭐️ Single player / UI: Codex and Codex pages menu now pauses the game in solo mode.
Co-op: Teleport to team: default binding changed to CTRL(keyboard) and SELECT(controller).
Co-op: Voice Chat: - Voice Chat is using the "Push-to-talk" mode by default (not applied on previous saves) - "Mute when Joining" and "Push-to-talk" default bindings changed to 4(keyboard) and RIGHT STICK PRESSED(controller).
Balancing
Pulsor: - Default Pulsor is now way faster when held - Banger Pulsor is now faster when held and its dashes' length are increased when out of combat
⭐️ Difficulty Balance Pass: First pass focused on the new Rarity system. More incoming! - Cloudy: Enemy Health: +40%(was +25%) | Cogs: +25%(was +15%) - Stormy: Enemy Health: +80%(was +75%) | Cogs: +50%(was +30%) | Item Bonus Level Removed - Tempestuous: Enemy Health: +120%(was +100%) | Cogs: +75%(was +50%) | Item Bonus Level Removed - Cataclysmic: Enemy Health: +250%(was +200%) | Item Bonus Level Removed
Ark: Memory stones are now placed in new islands.
Memory Link: When you die in front of a boss, we'll ensure that the Memory Link will be placed in a boss room during your next Expedition.
⭐️ Gifts: Full Blast: Added a 50% Blast damage bonus.
⭐️ Hexes: The increased dash cooldown negative effect is now only applied in combat.
⭐️ Payment Gates: You can now pay their fee by spending Cogs you previously banked.
Biome Reward: Magifish will be only proposed when all players have already unlocked one and none of them has one equipped.
⭐️ Cuprik's Iron Ore is now dropped by an advanced 'Worker Nailgun'.
Bugfixes
Weapons: Telepike: Fixed held attack being locked for too long after the teleportation
⭐️ Gifts: Scythe: Fixed an interaction between the Merge scythe and Bonus scythe duration gifts causing to have irregular scythe durations
⭐️ Hexes: Fixed loosing Gifts in extra slots granted by an Hex when updating the game
⭐️ Enemies: Fixed enemies being able to keep their I-frames while being frozen
⭐️ Killstreak Trial Chest: Fixed cases where the amount of kills would be higher than the number of enemies in the biome
Secrets: Fixed having some certain islands layout never having secrets generated
⭐️ Payment Gate: Fixed having some payement gates displaying a 0 shells cost and not be interactable
⭐️ LD: - Fixed safe zone exploit in front of the Lost Archipelago Boss - Fixed enemies not being able to dash on some small islands - Fixed unreachable floating chest in one of the Lost Archipelago islands - Fixed some situations where flying elements would prevent you from seeing what you are doing - Fixed several other layout quirks
⭐️ Softlocks: - Fixed boss kills failing to reopen room gates - Fixed a softlock where arenas wouldn't open because our loot algorithm thought a mob on a neighboring island was part of your fight—turns out, "close enough" wasn't smart enough.
⭐️ Crashes: - Fixed a crash when dropping stuff - Fixed rare crash that occured when spending shells while your computer had a nervous breakdown.
⭐️ Visuals: - Fixed shadow popping - Fixed "pixelated" light artifacts (most noticeable at the Rat Village entrance).
⭐️ UI: - Fixed pause menu layout when screen ratio is 16/10 - Fixed missing confirmation SFX in the currency exchange menu - Fixed displaying 'Damage Increase: 0%' - Fixed UI inconcistencies in the Thrift Shop and in all item-related UIs
⭐️ Sound: - Fixed music being turned off when backtracking in front of bosses - Fixed music being turned off after killing a boss - Fixed having some ambient sound effect being prioritized over gameplay ones
⭐️ Texts: - Fixed displaying weird code-like text when confirming a screen resolution change - Fixed Russian text going nuts when loosing resources and/or encrypted memories
⭐️ Co-op / Softlock: Fixed softlock where you could teleport to an area not available to you yet
⭐️ Co-op: Crashes: - Fixed crash when a player was dead upon loading another biome - Fixed crash when players where teleporting… surely confusing the game's logic somehow ¯\\_(ツ)/¯
Misc
Co-op: Hints: Fixed first multiplayer game emoji hint not triggered
⭐️ Co-op: VFXs: Fixed players' footsteps VFXs sometimes showing up in the air and not on the ground
Various fixes under the hood
Optimization
Upgraded game and rendering engines to the latest versions to improve stability and performance
Optimized shadows: - "High quality" is optimized, so more configurations should be able to use this setting. - "Medium quality" is downgraded, so one can have shadows at a lower cost. - "Low quality" completely disables shadows, significantly reducing CPU and GPU usage.
UI: Biome Rewards: Added a '+' symbol on the reward icon
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16 Mar 2026Developer post
Windblown | "Break the Path" Update Open Beta
Hey all! And what an insanely busy 2026 it's been so far! The team have been flat out since we returned in the new year, and have been cooking up some crazy stuff for you all. We've just deployed a brand new update to our Beta Branch on Steam, which you can jump into right now! L
Hey all!
And what an insanely busy 2026 it's been so far! The team have been flat out since we returned in the new year, and have been cooking up some crazy stuff for you all.
We've just deployed a brand new update to our Beta Branch on Steam, which you can jump into right now!
Let's check out what's coming in our next update 👇

Exploration Update - The team have completely destroyed the current way you navigate through Windblown. Replacing it with a dynamic and more freeing approach. Dash through much larger biomes, tackling things in your own order.
New Map - This allows you to see your surroundings, know the location of important entities and objects, and teleport to your teammates.
New Volumetric clouds - Replacing the flat sea of clouds under the levels with stunning, extra fluffy ones! (This can be toggled In the graphics panel)#
New Rare items - Frend’s loyalty program is expanded. Unlock a new altar in the Ark where you can spend Cogs to increase your chance to get enhanced items during your expeditions. Complete the 3 stages of the altar to also unlock a new skin variant!
New Enemy Variants in higher difficulties - You’ll find new challenges in Golem Gardens (including a new Boss), Factory, Fungal Swamp and Rat Village!
You'll also find a bunch more coming in this update too, including a new Alterattack tutorial, along with the onboarding narrative receiving an update!
Fire any feedback to us via our Discord!
We can't wait to see what you all think!
Cheers,
-MT
How to access the beta

Go to your Steam game library.
Right click on Windblown and click "properties".
Select the tab "Betas".
In the first dropdown box select "public_beta"
Click close and wait for the update to finish downloading.
🚨Remember - This is a BETA version of the game, meaning you may encounter bugs. Make sure to duplicate your save before jumping in. That way you can revert back to the Default Branch whenever you'd like without locking yourself to the new version before its release🚨
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11 Feb 2026Developer post
Windblown | A look at the horizon (and the clouds!)
Hey there Leapers! We hope you've all had an awesome start to the year! We've been working tirelessly over the the recent months, and we are cooking up some really cool stuff that we think you're going to love. Soooo... we wanted to peel back the curtain and show you exactly what
Hey there Leapers!
We hope you've all had an awesome start to the year! We've been working tirelessly over the the recent months, and we are cooking up some really cool stuff that we think you're going to love.

Soooo... we wanted to peel back the curtain and show you exactly what we’re tinkering with right now!
The Map
A big ask from the Community has actually been for a quick way to see your surroundings during a run. We know we have a bunch of completionists out there who'll who want to scour every last inch of a biome, just in case they miss a waterfall that ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT hide a secret behind it.
We’re experimenting with new UI concepts, including icons for items and... are those teleportation points? We’re still fine-tuning how much info is "too much" info, so we’ll need your eyes on this soon.
Redefining Exploration
Windblown is all about mayhem and agency, but we’ve been asking ourselves: How can we give you even more freedom without breaking that flow?
We’ve been reimagining the "bones" of the game - specifically how biomes are stitched together. This new generation system is a big shift for us, aiming to give you way more choice in how you tackle a run:
Do you speedrun straight to the end?
Do you veer off-course to hit the shop?
Do you hunt for every hidden nook or tackle the boss early?
By pairing this exploration overhaul with the map, we’re trying to transform the world into something far more vast and interconnected. We’re pushing for dramatic verticality, specialized transitions, and layouts that reward a true sense of discovery. We can't wait to see if these new layouts feel as rewarding to you as they do to us.
Getting Cloudy
It might sound small, but we feel the backdrop of Windblown is the soul of the atmosphere. We’re introducing a new cloud shader to give each biome a more unique, immersive "vibe" as you dash through the sky.
Here’s the "Before" 👇
And here’s what we’re seeing in-engine today! 👇
The Road Ahead
We truly want you to feel the vastness and the richness of the world we’re building. By pairing these new layouts with the map and the updated atmosphere, the goal is a multi-layered world that feels larger and more "alive" than ever before.
We honestly can’t wait to have you jump in and break these systems once they're ready, so we can see how they actually change your adventures. This is just the beginning, we’re already looking ahead to enriching the in-game economy, meta-systems, and so much more. We’re so excited to finally share this journey with you! Let us know what you think, we’d love to do more of these "behind-the-scenes" looks!
And btw, if you'd like to be more involved with the development of Windblown, and chat with other players make sure you join us in the Windblown Discord!
Thank you again for all the feedback, thoughts and love you share with us!
-MT
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29 Jan 2026Developer post
Windblown | Happy New Bug Fixes!
We're back! We hope you kicked off 2026 with a bang, because we sure did! The team hit the ground running and have already delivered several updates to our recent Fungal Bloom Update . (Catch the patch notes below 👇) What's Next? We've got a bunch of stuff planned for for Windbl
We're back!
We hope you kicked off 2026 with a bang, because we sure did!
The team hit the ground running and have already delivered several updates to our recent Fungal Bloom Update.
(Catch the patch notes below 👇)
What's Next?
We've got a bunch of stuff planned for for Windblown this year, as we continue development and keep pushing forward to our 1.0 launch.
You'll be pleased to hear that the team are already well into development on new features for the game - for example:
A new way of exploring
Economy changes
Improved mid/late game meta systems

We'll have more to share on this very soon, so keep an eye out!
We can't thank you all enough for being on this journey with us, and we can't wait to see what Windblown becomes in the years ahead.
Cheers
-MT
January 2026 Patch Notes
Note: ⭐️ indicates changes inspired by community feedback!
Balancing

Trinkets: Ethereal Blades: Increased base damage per projectile from 50 to 80. 0.8.0.9
Bugfixes

⭐️ Hardlock: Fixed hardlock in single-player when quitting + saving in specific UIs 0.8.0.12
⭐️ Softlocks / Crashes: Several of those have been fixed 0.8.0.13
Weapons: Fixed having the first weapon not considered as "held in hand" after a loading, even if it was visible. That could prevent the Shield from granting its defense buff for example. 0.8.0.10
⭐️ Weapons: Cuprik's Hammer: if it is not picked up near the grave the first time, it will appear again when you come back 0.8.0.10
Controls Menu: Fixed Keyboard layout + minor bugfixes 0.8.0.10
⭐️ Cuprik's Forge: Fixed an issue where sometimes the 2nd weapon or trinket bought wouldn't be equipped in the expedition 0.8.0.13
⭐️ Enemies: Gundog: Removed mushrooms on their heads 0.8.0.9
⭐️ LD: Fixed weird movement issues on the bridge in sanctuary 0.8.0.9
⭐️ Meta: Fixed some currency exchange options being given even though they are unavailable 0.8.0.9
⭐️ Music: Fixed the absence of music during boss fights when the "Auto skip boss cinematics" option was activated 0.8.0.10
⭐️ UI: Fixed shown enemy health amount going into the negative in higher loops during endless mode 0.8.0.9
⭐️ UI: Rebind panel now shows "???" for inputs that can spoil features 0.8.0.13
⭐️ UI: Chests: Resolved an issue where the interaction prompt for loot was delayed or missing upon chest opening. 0.8.0.13
⭐️ UI: Inventory: Fix objectives and items layout on Endless mode 0.8.0.13
⭐️ UI: Trials Chests: Fixed the killstreak in multiplayer sometimes showing a negative value 0.8.0.13
Visuals: Fixed Chrono Catch's pickup size and rotation 0.8.0.10
⭐️ Co-op: Gates: Fixed gates sometimes not working properly if a player is standing next to them and their teammates goes AFK 0.8.0.13
⭐️ Co-op: Lost Archipelago: Fixed not being able to complete the sanctuary quest if dead and revived after teammates have already completed the previous objectives 0.8.0.13
⭐️ Co-op: UI: Inventory: Player tabs are now clickable 0.8.0.13
Under the hood fixes several patches
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17 Dec 2025Developer post
Fungal Bloom Update | Patch Notes
We’re keeping the momentum going with our 7th update ! The Fungal Bloom update introduces a complete rehaul of the Fungal Swamp biome , a new weapon , new trinkets and much more . We can’t wait to see you jump back in. We’ll be monitoring your feedback and bug reports throughout
We’re keeping the momentum going with our 7th update! The Fungal Bloom update introduces a complete rehaul of the Fungal Swamp biome, a new weapon, new trinkets and much more.
We can’t wait to see you jump back in. We’ll be monitoring your feedback and bug reports throughout the week to keep things running smoothly. Dig into the full patch notes below!
Note: ⭐️ indicates changes inspired by community feedback!
Important changes
The Fungal Swamp biome is now fully decorated!
2 NEW character Quests where you'll learn more about them and their past, and: - Unlock Cuprik's Hammer, a NEW fast combo weapon which, after performing its Alterattack, morphes into a slow-heavy one that unleashes Frost rifts. - Unlock Sigourney's Codex and collect logs.
3 NEW Trinkets, that can be dropped either in secret areas or in the Lost Archipelago: - Fury: Timed limited extra damage, attack speed and beware increased incoming damages. - Wind Gust: Throws enemies and destroys projectiles. - Ethereal Blades: Throws piercing blades. You can stack up to 3 charges.
NEW Character Portraits during the dialogs, to better see their emotions and reactions.
NEW Memory Stones have appeared in Ark! They represent the memories you have unlocked and… You can dash through them to reveal their content!
Altered Magifishes is now an Eperin's upgrade: Unlock it to benefit from Magifishes' duration increase and cooldown reduction if launched during an Alterattack signal.
⭐️ NEW Resource Converter Eperin's upgrade: - Allows you to exchange ressources for others. - Each time you come back to the Ark, a random special deal will also be available.
⭐️ Biome Rewards changes (previously known as Biome Incentivization), when you have to choose between several biomes: - Each one will have an additional reward(instead of only one previously). - If it's an item: it will be dropped by a random enemy in the biome. If it's a currency: you will loot +20% of this currency in the biome. - This is now unlocked with an Eperin's upgrade.
⭐️ Cuprik's Forge changes (previously known as Equipment Box): - NEW Eperin's upgrade which allows you to forge several items before an expedition, with each purchase increasing the price of subsequent purchases. - You can now forge equipments by talking to Cuprik after completing his Lost Archipelago quest (previous upgrade and object in the Ark have been removed).
⭐️ NEW Multiple Memory Decks: You can now save and switch between 6 different Decks at the Tower.
QoL
⭐️ Heal Flask retrieval: You can now retrieve the flasks dropped on the ground as long as: it did not healed anyone yet; you have an empty slot; and you are not currently in combat.
Inventory: - Added the list of current objectives to all players. If you wanna know how to help your teamates progress in their adventure. - Added the health bars of all players. So you'll know that it is time to close the Inventory and start fighting again so they don't die… - It is now possible to directly equip the item contained in the Backpack when you have an empty slot for it
⭐️ Backpack: - It's now possible to switch items between the Inventory and the Backpack even if they're not of the same type. This is only possible if you have room in your Inventory for the item currently in the Backpack. - Items bought at the Ark and placed in the Backpack will be kept when going on an expedition.
⭐️ Weapons: Spinalsword: Added an audio feedback when the weapon starts spinning.
⭐️ Enhanced Seethrough: The system is now smoother and more relevant, providing a clearer, more reliable view through walls.
The amount of resources and Encrypted Memories lost is shown during the death RTC.
UI: - Pickups UI have been updated - Improved placement of Boost icons in the inventory
VFXs: Added walking/sprint ground vfxs
⭐️ 4 NEW Options: - To always display enemies' healthbar. - To display the health amount on enemies' healthbar. - To hide or tweak how damage amounts are displayed. - To automatically skip Bosses' cutscenes after the 1st playback. In co-op will only activate if all players have already seen the cutscene and have the option turned on.
⭐️ Keyboard/Mouse: Enhanced the contrast of the default mouse cursor.
⭐️ Co-op / UX: - If you were in a multiplayer game previously, pressing Play on the Title Screen will try to bring you back to it automatically. You can of course cancel it. - A popup is now displayed if the connection is lost during loading. - We clarified several popup texts so is clearer when you'll be able to rejoin or not.
Balancing
Headbanger & Broken Banger Bosses deals 35% less damage, but have 35% more health.
⭐️ Endless / Killstreak: The amount of mobs to kill will now increase in each loop.
Rare Affixes are now unlocked with a NEW first objective of FREND's Loyalty Program.
Cuprik's Forge: Rebalanced all costs.
⭐️ Trinkets: Death Orb: No longer shatters Freeze.
Trinkets: L-BR0: No longer shatters Freeze.
⭐️ LD: Little Girl Arena: - Now much faster. Reduced the animation timings of the little girl. - Reduced the amount of enemy waves from 6 to 3, with instead a small increase of the enemy count. - Improved the little girl's help during the arena (will help twice as much and for longer periods of time).
Bugfixes
⭐️ Banger Pulsor: Fixed having it turned down when reloading the game (also removed the related accessibility option).
⭐️ Alterattack: Fixed having some Alterattack-related damages being modified if you triggered another Alterattack signal before it
Crystallize: Fixed health threshold trigger being too high on some bosses.
⭐️ Enemies: Elites: Fixed rare cases where the fire areas could spawn in the air
⭐️ Weapons: Spinal Sword: Fixed potential softlock issue
⭐️ Weapons: Worm Claws: Fixed not unveiling yourself when you are using the Leafade trinket
⭐️ Weapons: Telepike: Fixed the charge attack teleporting you at the wrong spot, too high or too low.
⭐️ Trinkets: L-BR0: Fixed interaction with Speed Hex
⭐️ Blast: Fixed damage on secondary targets
⭐️ Backpack: Fixed some descriptions not correctly showing the current value of affixes
⭐️ Co-op: Fixed difficulty level changed when going back to Ark in multiplayer
⭐️ Co-op / Crashes & disconnections: - Fixed a potential cause of crashes and disconnections when collecting ressources like Shells in multiplayer. - Fixed disconnections and other related blocking issues caused by slow hardrives taking too long to save your progress.
Optimization
More rendering optimizations.
Reduced RAM usage slightly
Misc
Trinkets: Fireworks: Updated projectile visual
⭐️ Hexes: Updated the text when you cannot interact with the pillar
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17 Dec 2025Developer post
Windblown | The "Fungal Bloom" Update OUT NOW!
Hey everyone! We want to take the opportunity to thank you all for your passion and support since our Lost & Altered update came out a couple of weeks ago! It's things like this that fuel our team to push forward, and we can't thank you enough. Today though, we're back with t
Hey everyone!
We want to take the opportunity to thank you all for your passion and support since our Lost & Altered update came out a couple of weeks ago! It's things like this that fuel our team to push forward, and we can't thank you enough.
Today though, we're back with the next update for Windblown, aptly named "The Fungal Bloom Update". This is our SEVENTH content drop since we launched into Early Access, and a type of thank you to the Community ahead of the holidays!
Check out the latest Community Video below 👇
Watch on YouTube
Fungal Swamp Biome
A HUGE part of this update, is a complete overhaul of the Fungal Swamp Biome! As you may know, the Fungal Swamp was one of our first Biomes in the game, and an environment we always planned to come back to. This update brings the visuals and atmosphere up to speed with the rest of our world, and we hope you enjoy jumping back in!
New Weapon
A new update usually means something new to destroy your enemies with... and this time is no different!
Cuprik's Hammer begins as a very fast, agile weapon, perfect for dealing quick bursts of damage and priming an Alterattack. If you activate it's Alterattack with another weapon however, it turns into a frost-infused powerhouse. Attacks will be slower, but hit way harder, plus every attack will shatter the earth with ice crystals, damaging and sometimes freezing enemies!
New Trinkets
New Trinkets are joining the fray too!
Fury - Go into overdrive, increasing your attack speed and damage for a limited time. You will take more damage yourself though, so watch out.
Wind Gust - Expel a gust of wind around you, knocking enemies back and destroying incoming projectiles! Perfect for dealing with those pesky gun dogs, or rockets in Sanctuary.
Ethereal Blades - launch up to three spectral blades in a straight line, piercing through all enemies in their path. Spend a little bit of time lining up a shot, and the payoff can be huge!
Story Quests and Portraits
Our recent updates have introduced new story quests and lore to the game, and we know this is an important aspect to our Community. So in this more recent update fleshes out some characters even more!
You'll find new interactions with Cuprik and Sigourney, letting you dive deeper into their pasts and better understand their presence in the Ark.
We're not finished there though! We've also added portraits to character dialogues, meaning your interactions with them should be more memorable. These portraits are designed to showcase NPC emotion and intent, hopefully letting you better understand their personalities.
Memory Crystals
We wanted to introduce a clearer way of seeing your progress in Windblown, and what better way then in the Ark?
You'll now find some new islands that store Memory Crystals, and upon dashing through them will showcase things like weapons you've unlocked, and key items or progress!
More!

Multiple Memory Decks - You can now store presets at the Memory Deck! This means you could create several builds and switch between them while at the Ark.
Cuprik's Forge - This now replaces the Equipment Box, and has also had a small upgrade. You can now craft several items before heading out on a run, helping to spend those resources you've been hoarding!
Biome Rewards - Each biome should now have extra rewards, instead of just one. This means you can pick the route you want through the Vortex without missing out on any additional benefits.
Resource Converter - You know all of those Cogs you've been saving? Well, now you can convert them to other resources you actually need!
There are also loads of under the hood changes, quality of life improvements, performance tweaks and more!
Patch Notes
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1911610/view/512977944075829948
That just about wraps things up for this update, and this year! 2025 has been an absolute blast for the team, and we can't thank you enough. Our players commitment and passion for Windblown is what keeps us moving forward, and we can't wait to show you what next year will bring!
We hope you all have a happy and peaceful holiday period.
Cheers,
-MT
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09 Dec 2025Developer post
Windblown | The "Fungal Bloom" Update Open Beta
Hey all! Thank you all so much for your support and feedback since our Lost & Altered update. Our team have spent the last few months working through it all, while also working on something extra special... We're super happy to say that we've just deployed a brand new build t
Hey all!
Thank you all so much for your support and feedback since our Lost & Altered update. Our team have spent the last few months working through it all, while also working on something extra special...
We're super happy to say that we've just deployed a brand new build to our Open Beta branch in Steam!
Introducing, the "Fungal Bloom" update!
This new update adds a bunch of new content to the game, all focused around improving your experience both in the Ark, and out on expeditions, so let's take a look at the headlines!

A complete overhaul of the Fungal Swamp Biome!
A New Weapon
3 New Trinkets
2 New Character-Story Quests
NPC Portraits
Plus loads more!
Fire any feedback to us via our Discord!
How to access the beta

Go to your Steam game library.
Right click on Windblown and click "properties".
Select the tab "Betas".
In the first dropdown box select "public_beta"
Click close and wait for the update to finish downloading.
🚨Remember - This is a BETA version of the game, meaning you may encounter bugs. Make sure to duplicate your save before jumping in. That way you can revert back to the Default Branch whenever you'd like without locking yourself to the new version before its release🚨
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28 Nov 2025Developer post
Lost & Altered | Balancing, QoL Patches & Stability
Hey All! First off, we just wanted to say a massive thank you to everyone who nominated Windblown for the Steam Awards . Seeing the community rally behind our game has been incredibly motivating for our whole team! ❤️ Meanwhile we’ve been digging through your recent feedback and
Hey All!
First off, we just wanted to say a massive thank you to everyone who nominated Windblown for the Steam Awards. Seeing the community rally behind our game has been incredibly motivating for our whole team! ❤️

Meanwhile we’ve been digging through your recent feedback and match data to cook up a fresh batch of improvements.

Thank you all,
-MT
Patch Notes
Note: ⭐️ indicates changes inspired by community feedback!
Balancing

⭐️ Lost Archipelago Weapons: Increased combo damage on Crocojaws, Golem Flail, Spinalsword & Worm Claws 0.7.1.11
⭐️ Weapons: Crocojaws: You can now change the direction of the Alterattack 0.7.1.12
⭐️ Weapons: Spinal Sword: 0.7.1.12 - Reduced the Alterattack movement speed slightly - Special "kill" effect's duration increased
⭐️ Weapons: Worm Claws: Alterattack can be interrupted way earlier (other languages will be localized afterward) 0.7.1.12
⭐️ Weapons: Golem Flail combo modified: - Increased breach potential (to stun enemies) 0.7.1.11 - Increased push force 0.7.1.11 - Beware, Dashing is locked for a bit longer between attacks 0.7.1.11 - Eased dash during the 2 last attacks of the combo 0.7.1.12
⭐️ Trinkets: Smokey Dokey: Now triggers Dodges, thus dealing some damage and synergizing with Dodge-related Gifts 0.7.1.11
⭐️ Affixes: You can no longer lose an affix by upgrading an item at the Thrift Shop (this could happen when the affix was replaced by a rare one). 0.7.1.10
⭐️ Enemies: Ant's Egg: Hatch damage over time now starts after a short delay 0.7.1.16
QoL

⭐️ Weapons: Spinal Sword: Made English and French descriptions clearer 0.7.1.12
⭐️ No Flashes accessibility option is now applied on Blast's VFXs. 0.7.1.15
⭐️ Co-op: UI: The multiplayer lobby list now clearly displays which rooms can be joined and which ones cannot. 0.7.1.11
⭐️ Co-op / UI: Added several popup messages which explains clearly why you cannot join some online groups: 0.7.1.12 - Group is full - Expedition already started - Game difficulty not unlocked by player
Bugfixes

Softlock: Ark: Improved how player death prevention is done, to prevent some rare locks. 0.7.1.10
⭐️ Alterattack / Gobbling Fish: Fixed an issue where hitting the Gobbling Fish did not count as a hit for charging the Alterattack Gauge. 0.7.1.11
⭐️ Weapons: Spinalsword: Fixed a targeting issue that often caused attacks to miss. 0.7.1.11
⭐️ Weapons: Golem Flail: No criticals-based affixes will be proposed anymore (this weapon has no criticals on its own) 0.7.1.14
⭐️ Weapons: Crocojaws: Fixed the charged attack activating Brutality even when hitting objects (e.g. breakable jars) 0.7.1.14
⭐️ Trial Chests: Fixed being able to get items banned from your Deck or which are incompatible with your current build from those chests. 0.7.1.15
⭐️ HUD: Fixed texts above the player being sometimes unreadable because they would appear on top of each other (e.g. Trinket up!, Bleed Infusion…). 0.7.1.15
⭐️ Carving: Fixed cases where some enemies could not be carved when they fell out of the map. 0.7.1.16
⭐️ Trinkets: Detonado: Fixed cases where having multiple Detonados' effects active at the same time can send out enemies flying too far away. 0.7.1.16
⭐️ Enemies: Fixed Naveless Octo and Big Tentacle enemies having a gigantic aggro range. 0.7.1.15
⭐️ Enemies: Big Jar: Will no longer drop its Encrypted Memory right after breaking and will instead wait for the Golem Chicken variant inside it to be defeated. 0.7.1.15
⭐️ Enemies: The Mushroom Warrior's poison pools can no longer appear outside of the islands 0.7.1.16
⭐️ Memoreaper Boss: Fixed the boss becoming invisible when using the Leafade Trinket. 0.7.1.16
⭐️ Broken Banger Boss: Its lasers weren't destroyed when stuned and some lasers were missing 0.7.1.16
⭐️ Naveless Warrior Boss: Fixed starfall explosions could kill player after its death 0.7.1.16
⭐️ Elite Traits: Fixed Elite Starfall trait inflicting damage on the player after the enemy's death. 0.7.1.14
⭐️ Overwhelm: Fixed readibility issues caused by its damages' text labels 0.7.1.16
Factory: 0.7.1.14 - Fixed having a secret place without rewards - Fixed having some secret path being unclear
⭐️ Lost Archipelago: 0.7.1.14 - Fixed missing some decoration elements - Fixed having some gigantic elements placed in the middle of islands thus blocking the sight
⭐️ Incubator: Fixed having some decoration being placed in the middle of islands (rare) 0.7.1.14
⭐️ LD: Fixed not being able to reach small islands where a chest is placed 0.7.1.13
⭐️ Shop: Training Dummy: Some Gifts and other effects will now work on this dummy. Including scythe effects, trinket cooldown reduction, etc. 0.7.1.15
⭐️ Inventory: Dropped items will no longer displace other items on the ground 0.7.1.14
⭐️ Shop: Fixed an issue where shop items could be moved 0.7.1.14
⭐️ RTCs: Weapons are now hidden properly during the statue ritual at the onsen of the Sanctuary 0.7.1.14
⭐️ VFXs: Added a cap on the Blast VFXs so they clutter less the screen 0.7.1.16
Graphics: Fireworks Trinket will no longer draw squares on the ground 0.7.1.13
⭐️ UI: Shop: When not discovered, Memonites won't be spoiled in the UI of the shop items. 0.7.1.16
UI: Fixed weapon category icon position in FREND's UI 0.7.1.10
⭐️ UI: Run End Stats: Fixed displaying negative numbers when you dealt more damage than your computer can comprehend (mostly in Endless) 0.7.1.10
UI: Fixed early access text being cropped 0.7.1.10
⭐️ No Flashes accessibility option: Fixed having some VFX ignoring it (e.g. Fireworks Trinket's explosion) 0.7.1.15
⭐️ Co-op / Softlock / Caverns: Fixed team being stuck because the last remaining player alive cannot use ropes. Now ropes are always usable when you are inside caverns. 0.7.1.14
⭐️ Co-op / Softlock: When a Boss arena's entry is stepped through: AFK players will now be teleported to the alive ones in order to prevent them from being blocked by the closed doors later on. 0.7.1.15
⭐️ Co-op / Gifts: Merged Scythe: Fixed merged scythes not displaying the right VFX in multiplayer. 0.7.1.15
⭐️ Co-op / Trial Chests: Fixed a visual issue in multiplayer where an absent player's chest elements could still be visible. 0.7.1.15
⭐️ Save: Fixed tooltip display mode toggling being triggering data save even if not changed (potential data corruption fix) 0.7.1.10
⭐️ Minor bugfixes, text tweaks and object misalignment fixes several patches
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24 Nov 2025Developer post
Windblown | 'Labour of Love' Steam Awards Nomination
Hey all! It's that time of year again, where the Steam Awards roll into town! Last year we put ourselves forward for the " Best Game You Suck At " award, and we were honoured to see so many people get involved and agree! Because Windblown has been available for a little while now
06 Nov 2025Developer post
Lost & Altered | Recent Patches & Stability
Hey everyone! So it's been a couple of weeks since the release of our Lost & Altered Update, and we want to thank everyone so much for their support and feedback since the new content dropped! Your input helped us identify a few bugs that snuck through testing, and allowed th
Hey everyone!
So it's been a couple of weeks since the release of our Lost & Altered Update, and we want to thank everyone so much for their support and feedback since the new content dropped!

Your input helped us identify a few bugs that snuck through testing, and allowed the team to focus in on things impacting your experience the most.

We've now fixed the most common issues and the squashed the biggest bugs, and are now monitoring the games stability and picking up any new issues we see reported. Below you can see a full list of the patches we've deployed since the update!

Thank you all again so much - it's your help and feedback that allows us to tackle these issues when they arise. We're a small team, so your input is a HUGE help!

Cheers,
-MT
Patch Notes
Note: ⭐️ indicates changes inspired by community feedback!
Balancing
⭐️ Weapons: Golem Flail: Now Overwhelms automatically on the finisher. Removed the random chances of Overwhelming. 0.7.1.7
⭐️ Biomes: Lost Archipelago: Secret underground enemies no longer inflict damage during their death throes. 0.7.1.7
⭐️ Biomes: Lost Archipelago: Reduced the health of enemies in the biome. 0.7.1.8
⭐️ Pirate Boss's thrusting attack inflicts -30% damage 0.7.1.9
⭐️ Equipment Box: First cost rebalance, no more Obsidian and some items now need a reduced Memonite rarity. 0.7.1.8
⭐️ Weapons: Affixes: Rare corrosive pool on projectile stopped changed to on projectile hit. 0.7.1.9
QoL
Keyboard/Mouse: By default the Heal Flask is now only bound to F on the keyboard (and not on the middle click anymore)
Bugfixes
⭐️ Crash: Fixed rare crash during loading 0.7.1.2
⭐️ Crash: Fixed multiple crashes. 0.7.1.6
⭐️ Softlock: Fixed several softlocks during loading that would bring you back to the Ark in a middle of your expedition 0.7.1.2
⭐️ Softlock: Fixed infinite loading when going to the Incubator biome 0.7.1.3
⭐️ Softlock: Fixed freezes when showing descriptions in Japanese (Korean, Simplied and Traditional Chinese might have also been affected)0.7.1.4
⭐️ Softlock: Thrift shop: Fixed several issues with upgrading or rerolling affixes, that could impact Weapons and Trinkets (even much later in the expedition). 0.7.1.5
⭐️ Softlock: LD: Fixed several chunks that could create infinite loading. 0.7.1.5
⭐️ Softlock: Fixed lock when talking to Carlos. 0.7.1.5
⭐️ Fixed Pietro was missing on some old saves 0.7.1.1
⭐️ Alterattack Marker: - Fixed display condition to prevent showing it when you haven't unlocked the Super Alterattack yet0.7.1.2 - Fixed having its flame VFX getting bigger when the camera gets closer to your character 0.7.1.2
⭐️ Weapons: Anchor Boom: Fixed interaction with +200% size affix. 0.7.1.6
⭐️ Weapons: Shield: The training dummy in the Ark will no longer be able to kill you if you train with the Shield long enough. 0.7.1.5
⭐️ Weapons: Spinalsword: Now correctly launches its effect with the +200% size affix. 0.7.1.8
⭐️ Weapons: Worm Claws: Now correctly shatters Frozen. 0.7.1.5
⭐️ Weapons: Boomerang: Fixed boomerang projectile sometimes taking too long to return if taking an updraft right before 0.7.1.7
⭐️ Weapons: Elder Sword: Fixed finisher detection for related affixes. 0.7.1.6
⭐️ Weapons: Elder Sword: Fixed combo giving 2 alterattack signals instead of just one. 0.7.1.7
FREND: Newly unlocked memories cannot be removed from the Deck by mistake anymore 0.7.1.9
Texts: Fixed having Cuprik & Pietro spoiling the story… 0.7.1.2
Texts: Fixed several mistakes in all languages 0.7.1.2
UI: Fixed dialog bubble having some text super close to the edge 0.7.1.2
⭐️ Ark: Fixed Cuprik dropping their key for players that already did the quest. 0.7.1.8
⭐️ Ark: Fixed being able to die in the Ark, either by the dummies' attacks when training with the Shield or when testing the Random Chrysalis Hex with some negative effect. 0.7.1.6
⭐️ Ark: Fixed floating soil visual bug 0.7.1.2
⭐️ Bosses: Tribomber : Fixed mines that remained on the ground after defeating it. 0.7.1.8
Enemies: Fixed Amassmouss being teleported on an island way above when it is dodging back close to an edge 0.7.1.1
⭐️ Enemies: Mushroom Warrior: Poison pools now immediately dissapear after its death. 0.7.1.7
⭐️ Enemies: Lost Archipelago Underground: Fixed some enemiers that could get stuck for a few seconds when interrupted 2 times in a row. 0.7.1.8
⭐️ Enemies: Elites: Fixed rotating lasers on elites able to spawn while being inside the Globbling Fish 0.7.1.6
⭐️ Equipment Box: Gear that is currently equipped is no longer excluded from the selection. 0.7.1.8
⭐️ FREND: Fixed not showing red bubble above head for new Weapons, Trinkets and Magifishes 0.7.1.9
⭐️ Gifts: Midas: Fixed bonus damage value not updating in some cases. 0.7.1.6
⭐️ Gifts: Survivor: Fixed permanent invicibility when activated then put into backpack. 0.7.1.6
⭐️ Gifts: Fixed unwanted interactions with training dummies during expeditions. 0.7.1.6
⭐️ Kill streak chest: Fixed how many kills were required for the Lost Archipelago. 0.7.1.5
⭐️ Killstreak: Fixed the Survivor gift's activation preventing a reset on your killstreak 0.7.1.2
⭐️ LD: Changed how you return from the special secret in the Ark, to avoid some confusion. 0.7.1.5
⭐️ LD: Fixed offset collider of the door in front of the Headbanger. 0.7.1.6
⭐️ LD: Fixed some issues with updrafts not being spawned in correctly 0.7.1.5
⭐️ LD: Fixed the teleport back from some secret areas. 0.7.1.7
⭐️ Loots: Dropping an item from your inventory near a Gift or Hex pillar will no longer move the pillar. 0.7.1.5
⭐️ Loots: Fixed having some loots visuals offseted from their actual zone of interaction 0.7.1.2
⭐️ NPCs: Fixed potential errors when interacting with them. 0.7.1.7
⭐️ Naveless Boss: Fixed not dropping all rewards 0.7.1.2
⭐️ SFX: Updated the mix so that sound effects can be better heard. 0.7.1.5
⭐️ Saves: Fixed potential Memory Deck and Multiplayer issues when coming back from very old saves. 0.7.1.7
⭐️ Summer: Fixed having no healing at the end in Stormy 0.7.1.2
⭐️ Training dummies: Fixed "Kill" effects being applied on them during expeditions. 0.7.1.5
⭐️ UI / Challenges: Fixed displaying "pural" text in the UI 0.7.1.2
⭐️ UI: Fixed Alterattack marker. 0.7.1.5
⭐️ UI: Fixed Weapon type icon appearing on inventory special items. 0.7.1.5
⭐️ UI: Fixed an issue where the red glow to indicate low health would stay even if you're at full health. 0.7.1.6
⭐️ UI: Fixed multiple other under the hood issues. 0.7.1.5
⭐️ UI: Fixed popup text sometimes overflowing. 0.7.1.8
⭐️ UI: Fixed selection always going back to the first item when decrypting Memories. 0.7.1.5
⭐️ UI: Fixed the Select Species menu. 0.7.1.8
⭐️ UI: Fixed the shells' pack icon showing it as a gear reward 0.7.1.2
⭐️ UI: The End Run stats menu now adapts to player colors. 0.7.1.8
⭐️ Carving: Fixed impossibility to perform if near an edge 0.7.1.2
Steam: Fixed Steam rich presence not working in the Sanctuary and Lost Archipelago biomes 0.7.1.1
⭐️ Co-op: LD: Fixed Blueprints sometimes being weirdly placed in multiplayer 0.7.1.9
⭐️ Co-op: Fixed some issues when trying to create a multiplayer room. 0.7.1.7
⭐️ Fixed some unclear texts 0.7.1.9
Original post
23 Oct 2025Developer post
Lost & Altered – Anniversary Update Patch Notes
This isn’t just our 6th major update since we launched, it’s our 1-year anniversary celebration in Early Access ; and is our BIGGEST one yet! We can’t wait for you to jump in. We would love to know what you think, and will be monitoring feedback in the coming weeks to ensure thes
This isn’t just our 6th major update since we launched, it’s our 1-year anniversary celebration in Early Access; and is our BIGGEST one yet! We can’t wait for you to jump in.
We would love to know what you think, and will be monitoring feedback in the coming weeks to ensure these latest additions are working properly.
Note: ⭐️ indicates changes inspired by community feedback!
Important changes
The new Lost Archipelago biome which includes: - A new Quest which will reveal some mysteries of the Vortex's past and introduce you to new characters… - A new Boss: the Broken Banger. - A bestiary of 10 new enemies (Blob, Golem Whip, Jaw, Baby Jaw, Laser Dog, Raptor Melee, Raptor Ranged, Tooth Beast, Baby Tooth Beast and Cavern) and 10 variants.
4 new melee Weapons(all to be found in the Lost Archipelago): - Golem Flail: its hits have a chance to Overwhelm - Crocojaws: its hits activates Brutality - Spinalsword: it changes when someone near dies… - Worm Clawsdeals Corrosive damageTo get those you'll need to perform a new action.
2 new Trinkets: - Fireworks: which flies in the air and stuns enemies around you (to be found in the Rat Village) - Smokey Dokey: which creates an AOE that makes most of the enemies' attacks miss you (to be found in the Lost Archipelago)
4 new Gifts that will only drop in some new Secret areas: - Full Blast: Blasts change shape and hit in all directions around the target. - Echoing Effects: Shattering Freeze, triggering a Mark and Rush hits apply Echo (125%). - Countless Scythe: You can have 12 more Scythes at the same time. - Blood Gush: Bleed can be triggered 9 more times per second.
⭐️ Alterattack Update: We've implemented significant changes to offer players greater depth, more strategic choices, and encourage the more aggressive playstyles (no more alter spam). Please take a look at the dedicated section for more details.
⭐️ Magifish Update: Magifishes recharge in a different way and can be enhanced with an Alterattack signal. Please take a look at the dedicated section for more details.
⭐️ New Expedition Recap Screen: You can now see all stats and information about your Expedition when it ends
⭐️ New Backpack feature: Added a new Upgrade to Eperin that can store one of your equipments for later use during your Expeditions
⭐️ New Killstreak Chest: You can open it by killing several foes in a row without being hit. You can switch that trial for the Timed Chest at the Ark (go the panel in front of the cannon).
⭐️ New Equipment Box upgrade: Get the new Upgrade from Eperin, visit the new chest and purchase a Weapon or Trinket to take with you on your next Expedition.
⭐️ 5 new Affixes are now available, with effects that enhance the Alterattack damage or grant Brutality, Echo, and even Overwhelm effects.
⭐️ 7 new Rare Affixes: this new kind of Affixes have a smaller chance of appearing but give stronger effects. Yes, there is a rare Size+% affix among them!
New combat arenas and events. 70 new common islands to be found il all biomes. And a dozen of new biome-specific islands in the Golem Gardens and the Factory.
NPCs: They can now propose several talking/interaction options.
Updated Early Game Tutorials: A mysterious little girl will now assist you against the Headbanger until you kill it for the first time…
New Cinematics for Boss fights and for NPCs' unlocks
⭐️ New Traditional Chinese localization
4 new Achievements!
Optimization: Upgraded game and rendering engines to the latest versions to improve stability and prepare the game for future updates
Alterattack Update
⭐️ Damage Bonus Calculation: - The bonus now scales with the number of successful hits on a target - Manage your hits well and you'll deal more damage than before - If you miss entirely, the bonus is zero - This change encourages aggressive, high-risk playstyles - Tip: You can check how hits are counted via a new colored bar in the Weapon's button displayed in your Player HUD
⭐️ Chaining Changes: - Validating an Alterattack now ends the cycle. So to reach a Super Alterattack, avoid validating the base one; for Ultra, avoid validating both the base and the Super one ("Chained" are now individually called "Super" and "Ultra" Alterattacks). - When you reach your maximum chain (either Super or Ultra depending on your progress in the game), not validating it directly will not end the circle. You can now keep combo-ing to get a better moment to unleash it. - Their damage bonuses are now significantly higher (they multiply instead of just adding) - This rewards players who commit to long, risky chains and avoid getting hit (the chain also ends if you're hit) - Also, waiting just a bit after the signal and switching Weapons won't break the Chaining anymore - Note: Chained Alterattacks still receive a base bonus even if no hits landed - Tip: the bar's color in the Player HUD reflects the progression in the chaining
⭐️ Weapons Changes: - All weapons' base damage bonuses have been updated. The more risk required to trigger an Alterattack, the higher the bonus. For example, slow melee weapons now grant higher bonuses than ranged ones. - Boomerang / Ninja Stars / Sharp Sisters: their Alterattacks now have more i-frames - Boomerang: when its comes back automatically, you can trigger the other's weapon Alterattack even if you were already mashing the input - Charged Blade: can now ignite an Alterattack during non-held combos (with reduced bonus) - Katars: its combo hits 2 times when you are infusing Bleed (e.g. after its Alterattack) - Shield: - The number of rotating shields from Alterattacks now increase if it is a Super or Ultra one - The Alterattack rotating shields briefly stun enemies when hit - Guarded Hits can now trigger Alterattacks (with half the bonus of a parried one) - When you Parry, the Alterattack opportunity is now triggered when you hit (and not directly when the movement starts)
⭐️ Gifts Changes: - They have been updated to be compatible with the logic changes, and some have been rebalanced - Brutal Alterattacks: is now called Aggressive Alterattacks. Value changed to x1.5 (from x1.75) - Advanced Alterattacks: changed to "Your Alterattacks are always chained with bonuses x0.6." - Super Alterattacks: is now called Megalterattacks. Value changed to x1.25 (from x1.5) - Double Alterattack: changed to "Triggers another Alterattack after the 1st one, with a bonus x0.5." (will now re-trigger the previous Chaining level) - Alter Mark and other effects triggering an automatic Alterattack give the bonus as if all hits were successful. To compensate, their cooldown has been increased
⭐️ Misc: - Hitting an enemy who is unaware of your presence will not be heavily punished with damage reduction anymore - The signal of the Ultra Alterattack is usable for a bit longer than the previous ones (1s instead of 0.66s)
Magifish Update
They are recharged by time.
⭐️ You are briefly invincible when you launch a Magifish
⭐️ BUT unleashing it while Alterattack signal is active will increase their duration and reduce the cooldown (depending on the Alterattack Chaining)
Balancing
Rope: is now unlocked inside the new biome. Previous saves will need to unlock it again.
Memory Link (previously refered as Player Remains): Is now an unlocked with Eperin
⭐️ Weapons: a lot of their attacks can now be interrupted way earlier by dashing
⭐️ Melee Weapons: - Improved the targeting of their combo attacks, making it especially more accurate when attacking between dashes - Combo movements enhanced on Elder Sword, Eye Blade, Charged Blade, Goo Brush, Heavy Blade, Katars and Umbrella.
⭐️ Ranged Weapons: hamonized their interruption timings
⭐️ Weapons: Telepike: Held attack has no cooldown anymore but now has a longer recovery after the teleportation
⭐️ Trinkets: Chrono Catch: Duration is now 4.5s and speed is now reduced by 25% (were 6s and 30% respectively)
Trinkets: Frost Nova: Initial damage no longer shatters Freeze if used with Echo
⭐️ Gifts: Blast: Improved behaviour with Sharp Sisters' Alterattack
⭐️ Affixes: The values of "Attack speed + / Total damage -" and "Total damage + / Attack speed -" have been rebalanced
⭐️ Economy: The Gift Slots now have a higher chance of appearing in the Shops
Enemies: Some enemy AOE attacks can now injure other enemies (and not just players).
Infected Tribomber Boss: Has new attacks! And several previous attacks have been updated.
Memoreaper Boss: fast 180 degrees sword attack is much slower
Naveless Brothers Boss: between each fight you have 10 seconds to pick another opponent, otherwise one will break free from his incubator automatically
⭐️ Elites: Delayed some traits activation by 1s after the elite is spawned
Elite Traits: - Fire AOEs: size reduced in Cataclysmic - Rotating lasers: are now toggled on/off every 5 seconds. When there is 2, the second is placed on the enemy's back. In Cataclysmic there are now 3 lasers.
Enemies: Ark's Dummy: Now deals damage when attacking you
Enemies: Bunker: The Bunker enemy in Factory has been updated with a new small jump ability to help it close the distance and maintain pressure on players.
⭐️ Enemies: Gundog Alpha: New Flamethrower attack
Enemies: Sentinel: AOE attack updated
Co-op: Revenge: We don't push enemies when entering the Revenge anymore
Co-op: Timed Chest: Can be activated again in co-op
Co-op: Trial Chests: Rewards in those chests are now exclusive to the player who opened it
QoL
Ark / Training Racks: The 3 training racks have been merged into one, and have been moved to the other side of the central island in the Ark. The weapon training upgrade now needs to be bought first before accessing the 2 others.
Trinkets / Magifishes: when the cooldown is still active, trying to launch it will display the remaining duration above your head
⭐️ Gears & Gifts UIs: Those interfaces now features icons to show what is considered melee or ranged
HUD: - Updated placement of several counters and indicators. - Moved Brutality feedbacks from above the player to near the Health bar. - Added new feedbacks near the Health bar for Infusions and Lifesteal effects.
⭐️ UI: Tooltips: The last description mode chosen (simple, detailed etc.) is now saved and applied on all relevant interfaces
Inventory / Objectives: When you close the inventory, the displayed objective will fade out with it
⭐️ Options: New music damping setting
⭐️ Options: The "No Flashes" option now removes flashes of lights from the fireworks in Rat Village and from the Fireworks trinket
Options: You can now force to show the killstreak counter on your HUD
⭐️ Options: you can toggle the HUD's display of your current run timer. This timer is also no longer paused if you backtrack after defeating a Boss.
⭐️ Factory Ziplines: The dash cooldown is now ignored when you use them to make the movement more seamless.
Tutorials: updated the Alterattack and Crystallize unlock zones, that were sometimes difficult to understand. They now contain statues that are connected to the doors: destroying them to open it.
⭐️ Crystallize: silly damage numbers are not shown anymore
⭐️ Save Manager: Play time is easier to read

Bugfixes
Dash: fixed being hit even if you dashed at the same exact frame an nothing was preventing you to do it
Melee Attacks: fixed an issue where some circular melee attacks would fail to hit targets that were too close to the attacker
⭐️ Crystallize: Fixed trying to perform a Crystallize on an enemy who already disappeared, leading to a teleportation
⭐️ Weapons: Katars: Fixed always being able to crit with the "Next hit critical after held attack" affix after triggering it once
⭐️ Weapons: Fishing Rod: Fixed enemies rarely not dying when being dropped off with the fishing rod
⭐️ Weapons: Shield: - Fixed blood impacts being incoherent (blocking not having blood vfx, parrying spreading some) - Fixed some deflected projectiles with the shield not having their damages scaled - Fixed being hit while rotating shields from the Alterattack should protect you - Fixed not being able to launch the next chained Alterattack when parrying - Fixed hearing "hit" SFXs during the Alterattack - Fixed proposing the "Alterattack Damage+ affix" to this weapon
⭐️ Trinkets: Chrono Catch & Ice Bomb can now be applied ontop of eachother without issue
⭐️ Gifts: Boost Stock: Fixed the bonus Boost sometimes not appearing in Endless Mode
⭐️ Gifts: Merged Scythe: Behaviour is more robust now
⭐️ Gifts: Unstable: Fixed the Unstable Gift's VFX sometimes not playing completely
⭐️ Affixes: Fixed incompatibilities sometimes ignored when upgrading gear
⭐️ Enemies: Fixed Ant Mother's egg being able to spawn outside of terrain
⭐️ Memoreaper Boss: Healers cannot be spawned outside of the arena anymore
⭐️ Stagger: Fixed enemy sometimes staying in the air if staggered mid-flight
⭐️ Elites: Fixed having their effects damaging players on the first frame of activation
⭐️ Game Difficulties: the starting Fish Knife now properly gains additional gear level linked to a Game Difficulty
⭐️ Biome Extra Reward: Prevented locked biomes from getting the bonus until they are unlocked
⭐️ Arena: Fixed pressure plates still being visible after an arena's activation if the linked player(s) was dead during it
⭐️ Arena: Fixed pressure plates sometimes still being up after entering an arena
Loots / Challenges: Fixed having interactable loots in the middle of a challenge fight (they are now delayed properly)
⭐️ Loot: Improved loot positioning so they overlap less frequently
⭐️ LD: Ark: Prevented players from being stuck on an island
⭐️ LD: Reward icons above doors are now correctly hidden before their setup
⭐️ Zipline: Fixed being able to drop items while on a zipline, which created issues
⭐️ Tutorials: Tutorials will be resumed after loading a save if left unfinished
⭐️ VFXs: Fixed slashes drawing shadows on the ground
⭐️ UI: FREND-4V3R: Fixed menu being hard to use with scrollwheel
⭐️ UI: Heal Flask: Fixed the heal AOE marker still being visible even though the flask VFX on the ground isn't there anymore
⭐️ UI: Shop: Fixed toggle tooltip label on shop items' descriptions not updating to reflect the current toggle action
UI / RTCs: Fixed showing the Boss HUD briefly before the fight intro cinematic
Visuals: the sea of cloud beneath the islands is now rendered properly again
⭐️ Under the hood errors: - Fixed error when parrying a non-character's attack like a mine
⭐️ Endless: - Fixed bosses spawning without being at max HP when in higher loops - Fixed showing wrong lower prices for gates in endless
⭐️ Co-op: Crash: Fixed crashes happening when interacting with the UI
Optimization
Optimized several aspects of the rendering to enhance the performances
Original post
23 Oct 2025Developer post
Lost & Altered – Anniversary Update & Roadmap!
Hey there Leapers! The Windblown Lost & Altered Update is Out Now! This isn’t just our 6th major update since we launched, it’s our 1-year anniversary celebration in Early Access ; and is our BIGGEST one yet! We can’t wait for you to jump in. Check out the Community run down

Updates & announcements

🏹 Time To Go Hunting - Progression System Overhaul

🔪 The Right Tools for the Job

🤝 A Helping Hand (Accessibility Feature)

And So Much More...

✨ Shiny pretties - Wallpaper Time!

New Content & Systems

Meta Economy Overhaul

Balancing

QoL

Bugfixes

Optimization

Misc

Hey there Leapers!

'Hunters Gonna Hunt'

How to access the beta

🚨Remember - This is a BETA version of the game, meaning you may encounter bugs. Make sure to duplicate your save before jumping in. That way you can revert back to the Default Branch whenever you'd like without locking yourself to the new version before its release🚨

---- Patchnotes 0.9.4 ----

New

Balancing

QoL

Bugfixes

Optimization

Misc

Hey Leapers!

Lost Archipelago & World Balance

Community Fixes

What’s Next?

Join the Discord

Patchnotes

Balancing

QoL

Bugfixes

Optimization

Hey All!

Patch Notes

New

Balancing

QoL

Bugfixes

Optimization

Hey All!

Patch Notes

Balancing

QoL

Bugfixes

Optimization

Misc

Hey Everyone!

New Stuff

Exploration

Maps

Rarity System and FREND!

Volumetric Clouds

More

🚀 New version deployed 0.9.0 (ab246634)

Important Changes

QoL

Balancing

Bugfixes

Misc

Optimization

Hey all!

How to access the beta

🚨Remember - This is a BETA version of the game, meaning you may encounter bugs. Make sure to duplicate your save before jumping in. That way you can revert back to the Default Branch whenever you'd like without locking yourself to the new version before its release🚨

Hey there Leapers!

The Map

Redefining Exploration

Getting Cloudy

Here’s the "Before" 👇

And here’s what we’re seeing in-engine today! 👇

The Road Ahead

We're back!

What's Next?

January 2026 Patch Notes

Balancing

Bugfixes

Important changes

QoL

Balancing