What changed in Crypt of the NecroDancer in 2017

Fixed crash in co-op where if one player is killed while a Monkey is on them, loading the next floor caused the game to shut down.

Confusion particles are now exempt from the 'Disable Particles' option.

Shrine of Rhythm now works with Frankensteinway & The Conductor fights.

Shrine of Rhythm now works with Frankensteinway & The Conductor fights.

Fixed exploit where song beatmaps could be shortened but still post to the regular Leaderboards.

Fixed 'Golden Loot' Achievement so it cannot be earned while playing co-op.

Fixed game crash where Nocturna could be parried into the wall by Frankensteinway's charge attack.

Fixed exploit where song beatmaps could be shortened but still post to the regular Leaderboards.

Fixed game crash where Nocturna could be parried into the wall by Frankensteinway's charge attack.

Confusion particles are now exempt from the 'Disable Particles' option.

Fixed 'Golden Loot' Achievement so it cannot be earned while playing co-op.

Fixed issue with the electric glow effect not displaying properly on Spike Chunsoft character skins when Obsidian Armor is equipped.

Fixed crash in co-op where if one player is killed while a Monkey is on them, loading the next floor caused the game to shut down.

Fixed issue with the electric glow effect not displaying properly on Spike Chunsoft character skins when Obsidian Armor is equipped.

Added graphics to Danganronpa/Shiren skins to work with Amplified DLC content (Quartz Armor, Heavy Glass Armor, glowing outline while on a wire).

Various localization corrections.

Coda: put enemies back in for King Conga 5.

Coda: put enemies back in for King Conga 5.

Added graphics to Danganronpa/Shiren skins to work with Amplified DLC content (Quartz Armor, Heavy Glass Armor, glowing outline while on a wire).

Fixed bug where if you used custom music for King Conga, it affected Nocturna’s final boss fights as well.

Re-fixed bug where Food Shopkeeper could have more than 1 hp in Randomizer mode and it would crash the game.

Fixed bug where if you used custom music for King Conga, it affected Nocturna’s final boss fights as well.

Re-fixed bug where Food Shopkeeper could have more than 1 hp in Randomizer mode and it would crash the game.

The Shopkeeper will not sing while the Danganronpa soundtrack is used.

The 'change skin' option is now usable in the base game.

The Danganronpa soundtrack will not play while using the 'random soundtrack' option.

The 'change skin' option is now usable in the base game.

The Danganronpa soundtrack will not play while using the 'random soundtrack' option.

The Shopkeeper will not sing while the Danganronpa soundtrack is used.

Shiren/Danganronpa skins do not have DLC graphics. Art is being created for it, and another update will be released once it's ready.

Shiren/Danganronpa skins do not have DLC graphics. Art is being created for it.

New playable OST featuring Chipzel's tracks for all zones including new tracks for Zone 5.

Bundle includes Crypt of the NecroDancer, Crypt of the NecroDancer: AMPLIFIED, and Danganronpa 1 & 2 at a discounted price.

Players can now change the soundtrack to the Danganronpa OST for zones 1 through 4.

New 'Change Soundtrack' feature for Danganronpa OST and new playable character skins from Spike Chunsoft.

New skins available for characters including Monokuma, Monomi, Chiaki Nanami, and others.

Chipzel's 'Chipped of the NecroDancer' OST is now playable in-game, including new tracks for Zone 5.

New skins include Monokuma, Monomi, Chiaki Nanami, Junko Enoshima, Hinata Hajime, Makoto Naegi, Asuka, and Shiren the Wanderer.

New bundle available for purchase including Crypt of the NecroDancer, AMPLIFIED, and Danganronpa 1 & 2 at a discounted price.

Pulse Spell put back into the game.

Mary & Bolt: base spear removed from item pool (so you can no longer find duplicate base spears in chests)

Now able to dig walls generated with Earth Spell with level-0 dig.

Earth Spell can no longer push Frankensteinway's Electric Orbs on top of the switches.

Nightmare’s shadow no longer affects power meters on the batteries.

Tempo & Mary: Throwing and picking up their starting weapons no longer breaks Low%

Nightmare’s shadow no longer affects power meters on the batteries.

Tempo: Enchant Scroll & Telepathy Circlet removed from pool; Gold weapons put back into pool

Mary: when standing on top of the Lamb, Fortissimole’s splash damage no longer kills the Lamb.

Cursed Wraiths & Gorgons can no longer bypass Stairs immunity

Nocturna’s final boss now has a spawn limit.

Tempo: Timer now resets when he picks up items out of containers (Barrels/Crates) and loose Bombs.

Mystery Mode: Monocle can no longer be used to see actual items inside of containers, Shrines, etc.

Mary: fixed issue where Coral Riff couldn’t hurt the Lamb at all

Fixed issue where the camera would break if you attacked an Electric Orb projectile while wearing a Crown of Teleportation

Fixed issue where the camera would break if you attacked an Electric Orb projectile while wearing a Crown of Teleportation

Mystery Mode: Monocle can no longer be used to see actual items inside of containers, Shrines, etc.

Mary: when standing on top of the Lamb, Fortissimole’s splash damage no longer kills the Lamb.

Tempo & Mary: Throwing and picking up their starting weapons no longer breaks Low%

Randomizer Mode: Food Shopkeeper can’t have more than 1 HP (it was causing crashes)

Now able to dig walls generated with Earth Spell with level-0 dig.

Zone 5 variants of bosses (ex: Deep Blues, King Conga, etc) added to Level Editor

Randomizer Mode: Food Shopkeeper can’t have more than 1 HP (it was causing crashes)

Nocturna’s credits video fixed

Mary Phasing mode: Lamb now follows Mary into the wall.

Mary: fixed issue where Coral Riff couldn’t hurt the Lamb at all

Tempo: Uncertainty Shrine removed

Earth Spell can no longer push Frankensteinway's Electric Orbs on top of the switches.

Tempo: Enchant Scroll & Telepathy Circlet removed from pool; Gold weapons put back into pool

Mary Phasing mode: Lamb now follows Mary into the wall.

Nocturna’s final boss: fixed extra beat that was happening when the song looped.

Cursed Wraiths & Gorgons can no longer bypass Stairs immunity

Aria Deathless Leaderboard now properly configured

Frankensteinway electric floor tiles no longer ignore iframes, Ring of Courage, Shield Spell, etc.

Zone 5 variants of bosses (ex: Deep Blues, King Conga, etc) added to Level Editor

Tempo: Timer now resets when he picks up items out of containers (Barrels/Crates) and loose Bombs.

Nocturna’s final boss: fixed extra beat that was happening when the song looped.

Frankensteinway electric floor tiles no longer ignore iframes, Ring of Courage, Shield Spell, etc.

Mary & Bolt: base spear removed from item pool (so you can no longer find duplicate base spears in chests)

Hard Mode Sarcophagi are immune to Fear Scroll.

New music from Virt for zone 5 and Fortissimole.

Crypt of the NecroDancer: AMPLIFIED has left Early Access and launched fully on Steam.

Introducing the Pulse spell and Ring of Uncertainty.

Two new playable characters: Mary and Tempo.

Phasing mode, Randomizer Mode, and Mystery Mode have been added.

Crypt of the NecroDancer's 'AMPLIFIED' DLC will leave Early Access and launch fully on Steam.

New items: Pulse spell and Ring of Uncertainty.

All new achievements for the DLC content.

All new achievements have been added for the DLC.

New option to replace the shopkeeper's singing with Nicolas Daoust's vocals.

Tons of other fixes and tweaks included in the update.

New modes include Phasing mode, Randomizer Mode, and Mystery Mode.

New music from Virt for zone 5 and Fortissimole.

New modes: Phasing mode, Randomizer Mode, Mystery Mode.

New modes include Phasing mode, Randomizer Mode, and Mystery Mode.

Numerous fixes and tweaks have been made.

New option to replace the shopkeeper's singing with Nicolas Daoust's vocals.

Pulse spell and Ring of Uncertainty are now available.

Numerous other fixes and tweaks included in the update.

Introducing Frankensteinway and another undisclosed final boss.

Option to replace the shopkeeper's singing with Nicolas Daoust's vocals added.

New bosses: Frankensteinway and an undisclosed boss.

New music from Virt for zone 5 and Fortissimole.

Crypt of the NecroDancer: AMPLIFIED has launched fully on Steam.

Introducing the Pulse spell and Ring of Uncertainty.

Crypt of the NecroDancer's 'AMPLIFIED' DLC will leave Early Access and launch fully on Steam.

Frankensteinway and an unnamed final boss.

Two new playable characters: Mary and Tempo.

Tons of other fixes and tweaks have been made.

Mary and Tempo are now playable characters.

New option to replace the shopkeeper's singing with Nicolas Daoust's vocals.

New music from Virt for zone 5 and Fortissimole.

Introducing Frankensteinway and an undisclosed final boss.

All new achievements for the DLC content.

Two new playable characters: Mary and Tempo.

Fixed practice skulls to not drop gold.

Fixed a crash issue when swapping between backpack and holster.

Eli now has a zero-damage knockback attack.

The cooldown speed of the ring of mana has been doubled.

Heavy glass armor now functions like heavy plate and lead boots, preventing wind spells.

Eli now has a zero-damage knockback attack.

Fixed an issue where the holster was dropped for Diamond from bombed uncertainty shrine.

Fixed the uncertainty slot persisting through enchant weapon and some shrine usage.

Fixed practice skulls to not drop gold.

Fixed a crash issue that occurred when swapping between backpack and holster.

Lucky charm's crate boost has been weakened compared to the ring of luck.

New rare items known as magic food have been introduced.

Fixed an issue where the boss shrine was not stacking with hard mode.

New rare items known as magic food have been introduced.

Fixed an issue where the boss shrine was not stacking with hard mode.

Lucky charm's crate boost has been weakened compared to ring of luck.

New items called tomes have been added to the game.

The localization XML has been updated.

The localization XML has been updated.

New items called tomes have been added to the game.

The cooldown speed of the ring of mana has been doubled.

Fixed an issue where the holster for Diamond was dropped from bombed uncertainty shrine.

Some localization fixes were made for Brazilian Portuguese, German, Korean, and Russian.

Some localization fixes have been made for Brazilian Portuguese, German, Korean, and Russian.

Heavy glass armor now behaves like heavy plate and lead boots, preventing wind spells.

Fixed the uncertainty slot persisting through enchant weapon and some shrine usage.

Hard mode: give slow sarco spawns a longer delay before moving (same as fortissimole spawns)

Fix zone 2 armadillo animation when rolling diagonally; also allow them to roll diagonally after hitting diagonal bounce trap

Fix zone 2 armadillo animation when rolling diagonally; also allow them to roll diagonally after hitting diagonal bounce trap

Hard mode: shrines avoid having tough sarcophagi in the spawn area

Fix Fortissimole being unhittable on stage by dagger of phasing

Diamond: fix losing multiplier when activating a shrine diagonally

Diamond: fix minotaur charging strange direction when dodging him with diagonal movement

Give slow sarco spawns a longer delay before moving (same as fortissimole spawns)

Diamond: fix confusion not working for diagonal movement

Allow modding character starting equipment in necrodancer.xml

Diamond: don't drop bag of holding when the conjurer dies

Diamond: fix losing multiplier when activating a shrine diagonally

Diamond: fix minotaur charging strange direction when dodging him with diagonal movement

Fix barrel monkeys being immediately knocked back by the bomb blast that opened the barrel

Fix enemies moving away from player under certain conditions involving multi-tile movement (typically leaping boots)

Fix Diamond having guns appear in vaults

Fix bug where a stackable dropped by replacing a backpack with a holster will vanish when re-acquired

Fix bug where a stackable dropped by replacing a backpack with a holster will vanish when re-acquired

Allow modding character starting equipment in necrodancer.xml

Change hard mode sarcophagi to die only to explosions (bombs)

Change hard mode sarcophagi to die only to explosions (bombs)

Fix cutlass not enchanting when not unlocked (by making cutlass unlocked by default)

Hard mode: don't spawn gorgons from sarcophagi (because the statues clog up the level)

Diamond: fix confusion not working for diagonal movement

Fix hard mode skull sarcophagus skeleton spawns to not drop gold after the first skull

Fix barrel monkeys being immediately knocked back by the bomb blast that opened the barrel

Hard mode: make sarcos avoid walls in z4 (to hopefully avoid blocking shops)

Hard mode: shrines avoid having tough sarcophagi in the spawn area

Bomb charm: instead of bomb immunity, your bombs don't hurt players; damage is only 4 still (not infinite); higher cost in shop

Bomb charm: instead of bomb immunity, your bombs don't hurt players; damage is only 4 still (not infinite); higher cost in shop

Fix hard mode skull sarcophagus skeleton spawns to not drop gold after the first skull

Fix enemies moving away from player under certain conditions involving multi-tile movement (typically leaping boots)

Fix Diamond having guns appear in vaults

Fix shrine of sacrifice's miniboss item spawns for weaponless characters

Hard mode: make sarcos avoid walls in z4 (to hopefully avoid blocking shops)

Fix melody/aria to unlock by beating cadence/melody final boss (status quo was beating z4)

Fix shrine of sacrifice's miniboss item spawns for weaponless characters

Fix melody/aria to unlock by beating cadence/melody final boss (status quo was beating z4)

Fix Fortissimole being unhittable on stage by dagger of phasing

Diamond: don't drop bag of holding when the conjurer dies

Hard mode: don't spawn gorgons from sarcophagi (because the statues clog up the level)

Fix cutlass not enchanting when not unlocked (by making cutlass unlocked by default)

Updated item hint for Ring of Courage to mention invulnerability.

Ring of Courage will not spawn on 1-1.

Removed +1 damage from Ring of Courage.

Made Ring of Courage slightly less common.

Fixed infinite durability bug in single zone mode, including heavy glass armor.

Reverted durability changes for Ring of Courage.

Added flicker effect when invulnerable for Ring of Courage.

Made Ring of Piercing slightly less common, similar to other rings.

Put freeze durations back to 8 and 16.

Ring of Courage will no longer spawn on level 1-1.

Added flicker effect when invulnerable for Ring of Courage.

Put freeze durations back to 8 and 16.

Allowed weaponless characters to again find shovel of strength.

Removed +1 damage from Ring of Courage.

Reverted durability changes for Ring of Courage.

Allowed weaponless characters to again find shovel of strength.

Resolved infinite durability bug in single zone mode, including heavy glass armor.

Made Ring of Piercing slightly less common.

Mentioned invulnerability in item hint for Ring of Courage.

Made Ring of Courage slightly less common, similar to other rings.

Made wire electric arcing work for Melody's lute attack.

Fixed scatter trap to not scatter Melody's lute and Dove's flower.

Only 1 copy in co-op; locked into first spell slot for Nocturna.

Fixed Fortissimole visual to show the correct silhouette instead of wrong animation frames.

Cursed wraith now curses all hearts and vanishes when hitting player.

Dove familiar spawn rates reduced.

Luck items now improve crate quality instead of changing general item spawns.

Fixed Dead Ringer gong destruction being blocked by familiar.

Made wire electric arcing work for Melody's lute attack.

Made electric dagger make player glow and damage electric zombies.

Reduced downside to replacing weapon with dagger; reduced upside to +1 heart.

Fixed bat to select randomly from remaining directions when some are blocked.

Reduced freeze spell durations to 6 (lesser) and 12 (greater).

Reduced freeze spell durations to 6 (lesser) and 12 (greater).

Dove familiar will not teleport enemies on boss levels.

Fixed Blunderbuss showing up from transmutes for invalid characters.

Fixed scatter trap to not scatter Melody's lute and Dove's flower.

Fixed darkness and peace shrines in bat form to behave correctly.

Fixed darkness and peace shrines in bat form to behave correctly.

Allowed weaponless characters to again find shovel of strength.

Fixed fast-forwarding bug by pausing the game when losing focus during boss intro.

Fixed glass shop to only spawn a weapon in the 3rd spot, not glass slippers.

Implemented recovery from invalid cloud save by starting fresh.

Direct hit damage set to 2; combo with wire for 2 arc damage.

Made boots of leaping more common in crates and locked shops.

Removed strength shovel from pool of characters that can't use damage bonuses.

Fixed Blunderbuss showing up from transmutes for invalid characters.

Battle shovel doesn't activate from opening doors.

Warhammer rarity made similar to Bow due to ease of use.

More graceful error handling when failing a DirectX image load.

Corrected visual to show the silhouette instead of wrong animation frames.

Fixed transform spell to only allow 1 copy in co-op and lock into first spell slot for Nocturna.

Fixed warhammer priority to be the same as broadsword for far hit.

Fixed glass shop to only spawn a weapon in the 3rd spot, not glass slippers.

Fixed battle shovel to not activate from opening doors.

Reduced spawn rates of dove familiar.

Direct hit damage changed to 2; combo with wire for 2 arc damage.

Dove familiar will not spawn for Dove character due to being too powerful.

Cursed wraith now curses all hearts and vanishes when hitting the player.

Removed cooldown bonus; added greater versions of bomb, heal, and earth spells.

Made boots of leaping more common in crates and locked shops.

Allow phasing damage to destroy green gorgon statues.

Bias exit stair location within exit room to be far from player.

Fixed crash when loading Fortissimole boss intro with Spanish & German localizations.

Fixed Dead Ringer gong destruction being blocked by familiar.

Removed cooldown bonus; added greater versions of bomb, heal, and earth spells.

Improved error handling when failing a DirectX image load.

Made player glow when using electric dagger; damage electric zombies.

Dove familiar will not spawn for Dove due to its power.

Reduced downside to replacing weapon with dagger; reduced upside to +1 heart.

Fixed warhammer priority to be the same as broadsword for far hit.

Made Warhammer rarity similar to Bow due to high ease of use.

Fixed fast-forwarding bug by pausing the game when losing focus during boss intro.

Fixed dove familiar to not teleport enemies on boss levels.

Gave ring of courage 10 durability; still infinite in single zone modes.

Luck items now improve crate quality instead of changing general item spawns.

Recover from invalid cloud save by dumping it and starting fresh.

Resolved crash when loading Fortissimole boss intro with Spanish & German localizations.

Indicate in the log when game crashes due to missing or damaged image file.

When directions are blocked, bat selects randomly from remaining directions without bias.

Indicated in the log when game crashes due to missing or damaged image file.

Bumped version of default character attribute to fix base game forwards compatibility crash.

Fixed bug where if Nocturna is default character, player would gain Transform spell when starting ND1 boss.

Zone 5 overlay will skip certain categories of enemies.

Zone 5 overlay will skip certain categories of enemy: sarcophagi, closets, wraiths, and force more variety of types.

Localizations for Russian, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, French, and Brazilian Portuguese.

Monk/Coda will no longer spawn wall gold.

Replaced blademasters with harpies in Dorian FM4 as done in KC4.

Fixed crash on unexpected default character entry in save xml.

Fixed issue where weapon glows would show in bat form for blood & gold weapons.

Blood shrine now grants blood shovel in addition to the blood weapon and only damages red hearts, not cursed hearts.

Fixed crash when double-tapping beats after boss song has looped and when accessing gameplay options menu while in bat form.

Exiting bat form now grants 2 ibeats.

Blood shrine only damages red hearts, not cursed hearts.

War shrine will no longer create tar balls, as they are intentionally disabled.

Improved algorithm to prevent kc5/fm5 from always being last.

Electric zombies are less frequent in single zone mode.

Fixed bug where Nocturna would gain Transform spell when starting ND1 boss.

Ice spirit will not hit enemies that require phasing damage.

Nocturna exit bat form now grants 2 ibeats.

Improved algorithm for generating floor seeds to fix kc5/fm5 always being last.

Fixed flail knockback, ring of frost, and gold weapon gold bonus to not work in bat form.

Enemies do not drop gold at boss end except for monk & gold weapons.

New armor and torches should not function in bat form.

Changes made to force more variety of enemy types in Zone 5 overlay.

Replaced blademasters with harpies in Dorian FM4.

Fixed crashes from DLC save data by deprecating diamond dealer attributes and pending spawn attributes.

Fixed various weapons to not work in bat form.

Monk/Coda will not spawn wall gold.

Reduced frequency of electric zombies in single zone mode.

At boss end, enemies won't drop gold except for monk & gold weapons; late spawns won't drop gold to prevent infinite gold.

War shrine will no longer create tar balls.

Removed Earth Dragon due to a bug; it will return soon.

Blood shrine now also grants blood shovel in addition to the blood weapon.

New armor shouldn't protect and new torches shouldn't illuminate in bat form.

Localizations for Russian, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, French, Brazilian Portuguese added.

Fixed various crashes related to gameplay options and save data.

Ice spirit will not hit enemies that require phasing damage (burrowed moles & fmole, unactivated mimics).

Earth Dragon removed due to a bug; it will return soon.

The AMPLIFIED DLC is now available on Steam, introducing new content and features.

A new story cutscene and a new boss battle have been added.

DLC remixes for Zone 5 from various artists have been added.

Players can now control Nocturna, a shapeshifting protagonist.

Players can now control Nocturna, a shapeshifting protagonist.

A new story cutscene and a new boss battle have been added.

Pet-like 'familiars' that help players in combat are now available.

A whole new zone filled with nefarious new enemies has been added.

New weapons, armor, and other loot have been introduced.

Upcoming content includes additional localizations, playable characters, gameplay modes, items, and final story cutscenes.

Players can now have familiars that assist in battles.

DLC remixes for Zone 5 from various artists have been added.

A whole new zone filled with nefarious new enemies has been added.

A completely new playable OST remix of the entire game has been created by OverClocked ReMix.

A completely new playable OST remix of the entire game has been created by OverClocked ReMix.

New weapons, armor, and other loot have been introduced.

Plans for additional localizations, playable characters, gameplay modes, items, and final story cutscenes have been announced.

The AMPLIFIED DLC is now available on Steam, introducing new gameplay features and content.

More than 20 new tracks have been added to the soundtrack, featuring vocals from Mega Ran.

The soundtrack has been expanded with over 20 new tracks, including vocals from Mega Ran.