Reki here. Its a pretty big update. Theres a new item type, overhauled npc dialogue system, a new boss, a new miniboss, a new creature, tons of new effects on existing items, etc. As usual, the Discord is the best place to go for technical help or discussion: https://discordapp.com/invite/e73QHcX NOTICE: The Linux version of this update is having crash issues. I will do my best to release it at a later date. Apologies.

FEATURES:

- Rewrote most NPCs. - Gave NPCs unique items theyll give you after going through enough of their dialogue. - Added keyword hints to NPCs. - The big bell now does something interesting if you ring it at 12 o clock. - Added many new things to see throughout the world. - Transformation items and spines now have a dedicated auxiliary item slot. - Parasites can now attach to you as auxiliary items. - Added a new creature shared between Skungus Wilds and Cemetery of Bells. - Enigmas Corpse finisher has been reworked. - Sunless Captain finisher now makes you wet. - Added bone shotgun to Sunless Captain finisher. - Added an additional projectile to Green Comet Form finisher. - Increased speed of Red Comet Form finisher. - Red Comet Form finishers tentacles now count as finishers, and are no longer destroyed by non finisher attacks. - Ancient Cannibal finisher is now controlled with just the jump button, and can be canceled with the swap attack button. - Ancient Cannibal finisher is now canceled when you take a hit. - Ancient Cannibal finisher is now a lot faster and releases worms for every 10 segments. - Hunter of Eyes finisher now collects eyes from strong creatures. - Goop Gorger finisher is now slower and shorter. - Goop Gorger finisher now releases goop. - Ghost Knights Raccoon now counts as a finisher. - Archive Scholar finisher now summons a magic scroll. - Iron Bruiser balls now split into two upon hit, and give you an armor shard. Ten armor shards combine into a guard token. - Iron Bruiser finisher only shrinks at the end of its duration. - Ancestor of Dust finisher no longer gets stuck on terrain. - Ancestor of Dust finisher now releases ghosts. - Yellow-Weight Prisoner finisher shockwaves now stun, and they appear more reliably. - Bandit Warlord finisher now has a guaranteed crit. [No other finisher can crit at all, to clarify.] - Endgame corpse finisher has been made wider to better hit short creatures. - Taraski Tooth swap attack has been made more consistent on max charge, and it now has a unique sound. - Shortened Demon Bulwark swap attack. - Added sounds to wind machines. - Added a sound to bubble potion. - Added an additional visual effect to bouncy status, as well as a sound. - Added more lock blocks to the game to give more use to the recently updated key system. - Added more chests with monsters in them. - Improved visuals of starting area.

GAMEPLAY TWEAKS:

- NPCs now leave the area after you talk to them enough to get their items. - Ravenous creatures can now receive the loaded buff. However, both loaded and magnetic have been made rarer for them to get. - Random encounter bosses are now limited to one encounter per day now. - Gunners and Barrels now behave like edible items. - Added some random variance on barrel firing speed so projectiles dont stack as much. - Holding down an attack key after finisher now always performs that attack, to make longer finishers more consistent with attack queuing instead of charging another immediately after. - Changed the sparkles on items to be easier to distinguish between equippable, edible, and temporary weapons. [I think there are barely any temporary weapon items left in the game, but it doesnt hurt to make the distinction. Maybe more in a future update?] - Chests no longer have a time constraint on refreshing their original contents. - Adjusted rarity of blood types to make the common ones show up more often, and Pink and Orange less. - Bosses now heal every 10 seconds up from 30 seconds if you dont hit them for a while. - Gold Monster Calamity Card now makes monsters Copper instead, to avoid confusion over them dropping gold coins. - Boibes no longer require a finishing move to kill. - Status effects are now removed on fast travel. - Fogroot now removes knockback, so the sleep doesnt instantly get woken up. - Nerfed tentacles to only give you one tentacle per status applied. However, the achievement is easier now. - Tentacles now grab high life enemies, so long as they are not knockback resistant. - Frozen should now slow things more consistently. - Getting wet now extinguishes fires. - Getting wet should be more reliable now. - Plague Shield only applies tentacled to player now, while still applying negative effects to enemies. - Removed grass from Overgrowth Trimmer swap attack. [Looked weird and theres new stuff this update that it overlaps with.] - Goldbox Gunner stakes can now be destroyed with melee attacks, and are only solid if you step on them. - The Oaksbane Rocket is now a lot stronger when its larger. - Nerfed Chain-Walker heart passive. - Cornet Heart trigger lasts longer now. - Drubub Heart passive now keeps you at -85 alignment instead of -80. - Pokeasite Heart stuns once again, since there are enough sources of poison in the game now. - Reworked Priko Heart trigger. - Poison Potion is now called Death Potion, to avoid confusion with the new poison status effect.

FIXES:

- Optimized recent changes to keybinds to greatly improve CPU performance. - Rage no longer decays while finisher is charged, as intended. - Removed a conflicting time limit with alignment super modes that was making them last only a short time. - Fixed some creatures having double the intended Calamity Card drop chance. - Fixed a memory leak with Grimmit Heart. - Fixed dropping certain small items instead of putting them in inventory slots. - Made a bunch of projectiles transfer between areas. - Several fixes have been made to Scrapheart heart heart heart. - Airship shouldnt trap you against the ceiling any more. - Belly boss water no longer stacks. - Belly boss can no longer be pushed into the wall. - Chests should no longer get killed by bosses. [Im looking at you, Gob.] - Boggot Heart should no longer make ghosts of trains, chests, or breakable blocks. - Stopped monster mods from stacking with the same type. - Fixed a bug causing sounds of things offscreen to play. [Should fix multiple audio related issues.] - Enemy Goop Gorger can no longer spam his sound as fast. - Drubub can also no longer spam its sound as fast. - Curse Dweller Curse Charge shot no longer spams sound. - Calamity Card deck no longer carries over to new games. - Fixed Super Mode Calamity Card. - You can no longer use your shield or Blue triggers during Unbreakable Guard Calamity Card. [If you be usin this card, youre about to get scarred, yo yo.] - Stopped Calamity Card text from stacking when you draw two more cards. - Fixed a crash with Rurus. - Fixed a crash with bouncy status effect. - Fixed a crash with Pok Heart. - Fixed a crash with Belly Calamity Card challenge.

REKI WRITES:

With NPC dialogue and auxiliary items in better shape, I think the only thing Im truly unsatisfied with is the games multiplayer. Fleshing out multiplayer would be a big commitment that I can't really justify at the moment. As always, I'll monitor how well this update is received and make plans from there. Also, after the sale, there may be a price increase to reflect the content that's been added. That's all I've got, please enjoy the update!