What changed in Far Far West in 2026

Speedster now gives up to +55% damage and firerate at a 110% bonus movespeed cap.

Minigun accuracy lowered by -30% to align with other weapons.

Homing Burst now shoots 2 homing bullets every 8 shots, up from 1 every 6 shots.

Font size of spells, hints, and collectibles in the player HUD has been reduced.

Lowered HP by 20%.

Jokers that can’t be dropped are now marked as such before you collect them.

While aiming, shots have perfect accuracy and +30% weakspot damage and piercing bullets while ADS.

Fixed an unintended interaction that allowed a player to cancel their reload via a weapon inspect animation.

Now activates anti-gravity only if you dash or jump within the zone.

Pig HP has been reduced from 100HP to 50HP.

Max equippable increased from 1 to 2.

Buff duration increased from 3 sec. to 5 sec.

Weakspot hits now have a 50% chance to cause an explosion, making explosions 3x stronger and 2x wider.

HP restored increased from 0.5HP/sec. to 0.75HP/sec.

Cryptic Train now properly rewards XP for weapons when you hit it.

Area of effect increased from 15 meters to 20 meters.

Joker Life Pact can now be dropped.

Fixed the issue that would leave the mouse on screen after you’ve held right click while using the emote wheel.

Every 6 bullets fired, shoot 1 homing bullet at nearby enemies instead of the first and last shot firing homing bullets.

Shoots 17% faster, and projectiles are no longer affected by gravity.

Mushrooms now restore 30HP instead of 20HP.

Buffed HP to match Elites HP.

Reworked flash screen effects for dash, heal, and shooting bullet.

Damage has been lowered by 33% and projectile speed has been lowered by 25%.

Attack duration lowered from 8 sec. to 6 sec. and base damages reduced from 4 to 2.

Battlecries are no longer replayed in a loop during the tutorial.

Fixed the issue that wouldn’t let you do 2 quests in a single mission if they came from different NPCs.

Improved hipfire and ADS accuracy by 90%, reduced recoil during ADS by 50%, base ammo increased from 192 to 216, and base damage increased from 8 to 9.

Refined description to make it clearer.

Now give +5 levels instead of +3 levels.

Fixed the issue that would cause a Deathrattle to prevent navigation within the Wandering Trader or Refiner menus.

Killing an enemy grants 25% movespeed for 3 seconds changed to gain 5% reload speed on kill for 10 seconds, up to 100%. Rarity increased from Fine to Prime.

Joker Second Wind now properly triggers when the player dies while riding the horse.

Bow explosions XP is now calculated client-side, improving its reliability.

Now gives +50% move speed instead of +30%.

The boomerang is now twice as big and goes through shields.

Explosions now grant XP based on damage and enemies hit; XP multiplier adjusted.

New Elite enemies added to increase challenge on Nightmare difficulty.

Spanish (Latin America) and Turkish languages are now available.

Camera tilt when moving right/left has been reduced for better control.

Now instantly attacks after spawn animation and jumps on players in Nightmare.

While aiming, shots have perfect accuracy without slowing down.

Cryptic Scanners now properly target players regardless of host/client status.

First 3 bullets in magazine now have 100% accuracy and shoot further.

Battlecries tied to hats; added in-game sounds for character actions.

Items held by players now drop correctly when leaving or using ALT+F4.

Loot Coyotes should no longer get stuck in the environment.

First and last shot of magazine now fires 5 homing bullets at nearby enemies.

Consecutive shots without missing now grant +10% damage, stacking up to +50%.

Each player now has their own set of 2 portals, allowing up to 8 in a game.

Hipfire and ADS accuracy buffed by 20%; inspect animation shortened.

New miscellaneous meshes are being added to the game.

The team is exploring the addition of new animals to the game.

3D wallpapers have been created for use with Wallpaper Engine.

The team is considering adding new voodoo combos, including a giant voodoo doll.

New bosses may be added to specific maps to enhance gameplay challenges.

An idea for a new battle cry involving throwing hats is being explored.

A new idle animation for the character Ol' Rufus has been created.

Most of the critical bugs reported by players were fixed in just a few days after launch.

The development of the Hellfire map is ongoing.

Increased healing from 50 HP to 60 HP.

The amount of grind needed to complete a Prestige has been reduced by half.

DLSS x4 is now available, upgraded DLSS to 4.5 and upgraded AMD FSR to 4.0.

All secondary weapons XP is increased by x2.

Adjusted from Mythic (4) to Fine (2), now gives a bonus +35HP instead of +50HP.

“Show Damage Numbers” option now applies correctly.

Bow base ammo increased from 20 to 31.

Changed from 5% max ammo every 15 sec. to 10% max ammo every 12 sec.

Fixed a bug that would disconnect you from the host if you were not on the same network as the host.

Decreased cooldown from 80 sec. to 70 sec.

Decreased cooldown from 120 sec. to 100 sec.

Bow XP has been increased x1.3.

The mission selection map now shows locked maps and unlock conditions more clearly.

Hero XP has been increased x2.

Joker Slots now unlock from level 1-100 instead of levels 1-50.

You can now Prestige hero and weapons up to level 15 instead of 10.

Main weapons prices lowered from 500 to 300 Gold.

Now takes 4 missing shots in the magazine for 1 extra pellet instead of 1.

Increased lasting time from 10 sec. to 15 sec.

The Gamba Machine is even more addictive than before.

You can now ban players from entering your session.

Fixed freezes after you’ve killed an enemy or thrown a spell.

Upgrade slots now unlock every 2 levels instead of 1.

Minigun fire rate max amount decreased from 16 to 8, effect increased from 2.5% to 5%.

Cryptic Snakes now glow.

Improved French localization and updated various titles with new names.

Fixed +50 bugs, including various gameplay issues.

Decreased cooldown from 50 sec. to 40 sec.

Now available for Sheriff Stars.

Jokers are now instanced, and players individually see their own jokers.

Bow ammo bag increased from +2.5% to +5%.

Decreased cooldown from 135 sec. to 110 sec.

The joker drop rate from enemies now scales based on the number of players.

Max equippable increased from 2 to 8.

Max equippable increased from 1 to 2.

Bow bend speed max amount decreased from 16 to 8, effect increased from +5% to +10%.

Fixed a bug that would let you join full servers when joining through Steam invites.

Main weapons XP is increased by x1.5.

Fixed a shader crash that could happen on Far Far North.

Your save will now save properly after selecting a backup save.

You can now unlock up to 6 bonus upgrade slots instead of 5.

Dual revolvers base damage increased from 9 to 11.

Made lots of improvements on the saving system to try and prevent save corruptions.

The game will no longer try to save while doing important operations that could crash the game, leading to a corrupted save.

The Gamba Machine now displays the odds.

Weaklink buffed from max. 1 to max. 2.

Auto backups are no longer stored on Steam Cloud, so you can’t lose them anymore if you use Family Sharing on Steam.

Run and Gun buffed from Prime (3) to Rare (2).

User settings are no longer stored on Steam cloud, allowing for custom user settings on different devices.

Picking up a Giant joker on the Far Far North train no longer blocks player progress.

Cheapskate Joker is now behaving as intended.

Fixed an issue with saves that could lead to corrupted save files.

Resolved an issue preventing players with the Disgrace Joker equipped from finishing two Otto quests.

Changed how public lobbies work so they're always on, even when Evil Raptor network is down.

Fixed an issue where the calculating sequence of the Laser Cannon objective was not properly displayed.

Slight screenshake when using the horse with the 'Screenshake' setting turned off has been eliminated.

Willy Billy and other NPCs can no longer use jump pads.

Fixed an issue where the shovel from the Willy Billy quest would transform into a regular shovel, blocking quest completion.

Fixed an issue where players could lose the Nitroglycerin from the main objective if attacked by a snake while picking it up.

The ongoing server issues that prevented joining public lobbies and claiming promo codes have been resolved.

Players were unable to join public lobbies or claim promo codes due to server issues caused by a spike in player count.

Payload objective should no longer go out of bounds when collided by the Pere Marquette train on the Far Far North map.

Laser Cannon objective should now properly display the calculations for all players.

The data for the Trainwrecks questline should now properly update for all players when the tool is dropped on the ground.

Steamy has a different dialog.

Buffed Cryptic Saloon Health from 40 to 60 base planks, scales with difficulty.

Screen shake and screen flashes accessibility options should now properly disable everything.

Game now launches with the language set by your OS if it's the first time launching.

Buffed XP on Level 1 Spells (Fireball, Strikes, Thrower, Drain).

Chat key can now be rebound, check the 'Controls' tab of your settings.

The game now mentions if you’re currently compiling shaders, which can explain stutters for the first few minutes of playtime.

Buffed XP on all Cactus spells, greatly increased for Mino.

Canyon secret: targets are now more visible.

Improved our internal network system to prevent network crashes.

Steam Deck and PC saves sync is now working properly.

Second Wind Joker now instantly heals for 50 HP instead of 5 HP every 0.1 s. for 1s.

Price for selling Secret-related jokers now displays correctly.

The game should now autokick when there’s more than 4 players in the lobby.

Cheapskate Joker should now properly update your HP.

AMD Frame Generation should no longer display on computers that can’t run it.

Willy Billy should no longer get stuck during his gatling quest.

Amount of save file backups has increased from 10 to 30.

Far Far West launches into Early Access on April 28th.

Far Far West has launched into Steam Early Access.

A 10% discount is available during the launch week promotion.

Work in progress on a new jungle map.

New animations for inspecting weapons.

New 3D meshes for the 'Cactus' spell element.

Two new main objectives are currently in progress.

Randomly generated on the map, you can toss 1 gold in and have a 50/50 chance to have a good or evil effect.

Introduction of new spell combinations.

Introduction of an owl-themed skin for the Dead Eye enemy.

The train in the Far Far North is now finished.

A new neutral enemy that you'll find running around the map.

Fresh flowers have been added to the saloon for a springtime theme.

The first public demo of Far Far West is now available for players to try.

Weapons have been enhanced and new upgrades have been added based on player feedback.

A new grenade that generates shockwaves to push players away has been added.

Spells have been reworked to improve gameplay experience.

Improved compatibility across more systems.

Additional blueprints increase your Glory level, which can be flexed using the Emote Wheel.

Work has been done to improve optimization and add new accessibility features.

Added new content for players to unlock.

Players can now find weapon blueprints in-game and craft them at the shop.

The lobby has been upgraded with more details and has entered its Spring phase.

We’re giving y’all more movement tech with the impact grenade

Our level designer has made some really cool progress on a new Jungle map (WIP)

Our artists have worked on a new skin

Finished the texture for the 1225 Pere Marquette

Made great progress on CPU optimization

Our animator did some very cool animations for each skin (more to come)

We made some cool concepts for a new weapon (not sure how it will work in game yet, will come with time!)

With help from members in our Discord, we updated the Contagion spell

Added a layered music system to the game

Jump directly from the end-of-game leaderboard to contract selection.

Rebuilt save system for infinite scalability and progress retention.

New character skins added to the game.

A new side objective introduced in the game.

Updated and added new spells with unique effects based on feedback.

Face the new boss in the game, the Haunted Saloon.

Expanded shooting range in the lobby for practicing spells.

Two new main objectives added to the gameplay.

Introducing two new weapons: Boomerang and Sheriff Star with unique abilities.

Modifiers can be added to contracts for enhanced gameplay and XP.

Complete overhaul of the UI for better accessibility and visual fidelity.

A snowy, icy map unlocked by finding mysterious trains on other maps.

Weapon XP is now obtained through weapon damage instead of kills.