The Abyss of Infinite Chaos is evolving.
With each new round, hunters face vital decisions: how much power are you willing to claim, and at what cost?
In this major Endless mode update, we have completely overhauled the risk-and-reward loop of infinite rounds, introducing new Abyss Pacts, Dynamic Curses, Performance Blessings, the fast-paced Bearer chase encounter, and a dedicated in-game tactical Conditions Menu to inspect all your active build modifiers in real time.
Abyss Pacts: Choose the Price of Your Power
At the end of each round, you are presented with an ancient dilemma. Pacts grant powerful offensive and defensive advantages to your build, but demand heavy sacrifices that make survival increasingly brutal.
There are 6 pacts available to shape your run:
- Blood Fever: +25% player damage in exchange for -20% maximum health.
- Predator Hunger: +1 Dark Essence per elite defeated, but +2 extra enemies spawn per wave.
- Shadow Step: +15% movement speed, but elite monsters spawn 20% sooner.
- Iron Heart: +30% maximum health in exchange for -15% player damage.
- Hungry Blade: -20% skill cooldowns, but life wells heal 40% less.
- Bone Toll: +1 Dark Essence per elite, but round bosses gain +20% health.
Tip: The extra Dark Essence gathered from elites accumulates to unlock permanent talent upgrades with Sargoth back in the Village!
A Curse Every Round
Starting from Round 3, the Abyss itself revolts against your presence. An unpredictable curse alters combat rules on every floor — and the same curse will never appear on two consecutive rounds.
- Light Hunger: A shrinking circle of light follows your hunter amid pitch-black darkness. Slay an elite monster to immediately restore your vision.
- Wounded Ground: Volatile void fissures tear across the arena floor, dealing continuous damage to anyone who steps on them.
- Abyss Fog: A dense, creeping fog rolls in, severely restricting your visibility range.
- Corrupted Blood: Potions heal 50% less, but drinking one grants a temporary burst of speed (+15% for 8s).
- Iron Rain: All enemy projectiles fired by abyssal horrors travel 20% faster.
- Echo of Death: Slain monsters have a chance to instantly rise again with partial health.
Performance Blessings
Not everything in the Abyss is punishment. Outstanding combat feats achieved during a round can earn the favor of ancient forces, granting a Blessing for the upcoming round.
- Iron Will: Survive critical low-health danger to gain +20% maximum health in the next round.
- Executioner: Eliminate multiple elites in rapid succession to receive +10% damage in the next round.
- Clean Hands: Begin the next round with +1 free healing potion.
- Dry Run: Life wells restore +50% more health.
- Swift Judgment: The next golden chest of the run is guaranteed to yield maximum gold.
Your earned blessing is celebrated on the victory screen and stays active in your HUD throughout the next round.
The Bearer: The Chase for the Vault
At around 45 seconds into the round (before the boss arrives), a distinct sound echoes through the arena: a shadowy thief emerges from a dimensional rift carrying a gilded chest and sprints toward an exit portal!
- While fleeing, the Bearer drops a trail of experience gems behind him.
- If you hunt him down and defeat him: He drops the chest containing 150 base gold on Round 1 (+25 gold per subsequent round, up to a 400 base gold cap before chest multipliers).
- If he escapes through the rift: The next enemy wave is reinforced with +2 extra monsters.
New Narrative Encounters in the Abyss
Eight dark narrative dilemmas have been added to Endless rounds. In the thick of battle, you will encounter ancient entities and unholy altars: The Abyss Herald, The Sealed Crypt, The Abyss Forge, and other mysterious shrines.
Accept or decline offers that grant clutch emergency healing, potions, or sudden damage surges — at the cost of spawning additional elites or draining your vitality.
Exclusive Floor Scenery & Atmosphere
Every Endless floor now features a distinct visual identity: dark obsidian ground, rift fissures burning with ethereal flames, swirling rift gates, floating monoliths, and glowing abyssal crystals.
Transparent Combat Conditions (C Key / View Button)
Keep full clarity over every force shaping your run:
- New HUD Side Panel: Displays your active curse, earned blessing, pact count, and the Light Hunger visibility gauge in real time.
- Full Conditions Menu: Press C on the keyboard or the View button on your controller to pause and open the run conditions codex.
- Combined Effects: Inspect the cumulative breakdown of your player damage, max health, cooldowns, and round modifiers with all caps applied.
Quality of Life & UI Polish
- Frames & Illustrations: Pact cards now feature dedicated emblem illustrations and adaptive typography for fast readability.
- Depth & Sorting: Condition panels and notifications are calibrated to prioritize arena visibility and never overlap critical menus.
- Full Localization: All Endless texts, pact descriptions, curses, and notifications have been reviewed and polished across English, Brazilian Portuguese, and Spanish.
- Pacing & Difficulty Curve: Rebalanced difficulty progression for a smoother, more rewarding challenge escalation with every floor.
See you in the depths!
Which pact combination has become your go-to build? Did you manage to catch the Bearer before the portal collapsed?
Share your strategies and feedback with us in the Steam Community!