Apple Man Sam — Patch Notes v1.7.4

New

All upcoming loadouts (Cowboy, Knight, Spaceman, Peasant, Wizard, Cyborg) are now visible in the loadout selection screen with silhouetted previews and unlock quest hints.

All upcoming maps (The Kingdom, The Dusty Town, The Space Station) are now visible in the map selection screen with placeholder images and unlock quest hints.

Planned content is clearly labelled "Available in Full Release"

Balance

Ninja

Katana

• Base damage: 18 → 27
• Attack speed increased ~50%
• Hitbox slightly enlarged

Nunchucks

• Base damage: 14 → 21
• Attack speed increased ~50%
• Hitbox slightly enlarged

Shuriken

• Base damage: 12 → 18
• Projectile speed: 700 → 1050
• Fire rate increased ~50%
• Reload time: 1.5s → 0.75s

Standard Issue

Pistol

• Fully auto by default

Rifle (nerf)

• Damage per bullet: 10 → 5
• Fire rate slightly reduced
• Reload time: 2.0s → 2.6s

Enemies

• Wave 1 enemy health roughly halved
• Mid and late wave enemy health significantly increased
• Boss-tier enemy health values tuned down from placeholder extremes

Upgrades

Pistol — Level 5 (Ion Infusion)

• Removed: Full auto as upgrade — now default
• Added: Bubble Shield duration ×2, movement speed ×2 while shield is active
• Magazine ×2 unchanged

Rifle — Level 5

• Noob Tube charges: 3 → 4

Katana — Level 1 (Blood Strikes)

• Hitbox size bonus: 2.0× → 1.5×

Abilities

Noob Tube

• Damage now scales with rifle damage × 1.5, including crit factor
• Starting charges: 1 → 2
• Explosion radius: 48 → 80
• Now bypasses enemy armor

Airstrike

• Fixed: multiple charges can now fire simultaneously (second charge was being blocked)
• Damage now scales with 50% of current Rocket Launcher damage
• Air Support (reload strikes) also now scales with full weapon damage

Ultra Bomb

• Removed a hidden 160 damage floor — now properly scales with C4 weapon damage

Nunchuck Orbit (Orbit of Power)

• Launch damage now correctly scales with full weapon damage

Dash Strike

• "Reset on kill" is now sticky once unlocked
• Improved kill detection reliability

Bubble Shield

• Now supports movement speed boost while active (used by Ion Infusion L5)

Items

Spiked Collar (reworked)

• Was: Crit damage +3%, poison attacker on hit
• Now: +5 weapon damage per 200 damage taken this run

Oni Mask

• Armor: 8 → 10
• Life steal: 12% → 20%
• Weapon damage: +10 → +15
• Blood wave interval: 0.5s → 3.0s
• Blood wave radius: 120 → 360

Swag Jacket

• Added: Armor +30

Horse Blinders

• Crit chance: +5% → +10%
• Added: Move speed +30

Smoke Bomb

• Armor: +5 → +10

Whetstone (rare → legendary)

• Damage per armor scaling significantly improved

Canteen of Courage (rare → legendary)

Rarity changes (rare → epic): Answering Machine, Bouncy Shells, Bubble Wrap Vest, Grandma's Brick, Horse Saddle, Iron Knuckles, Loose Change Jar, Pulse Unit, Serrated Blade, Spiked Collar

Bug Fixes

• Fixed shop upgrade descriptions being replaced by auto-generated stat summaries
• Fixed Cone Barrel side projectiles dealing too much damage (was ~33% post-crit, now 10% pre-crit)
• Fixed multiple airdrop crates spawning on top of each other
• Fixed Noob Tube damage not reflecting rifle crits
• Fixed Katana and Nunchucks visual effect not covering the full damage area
• Fixed boss kill events not tracking correctly for quest progress

Visual

• Blood Strikes (Katana) sword swipe completely redesigned — new liquid slash aesthetic with animated sweep-in, velocity streaks, droplets, and a bright cut flash at the blade tip