What changed in Rain World in 2022

Rain World Steam cards and badges are now available, with 15 total cards to collect.

Complete milestones for rewards including perks, slots, and music tracks.

Unlock perks to aid expeditions and apply burdens for increased challenge and points.

Players spawn in a random shelter at the start of each expedition.

Players can track challenge progress on the map during expeditions.

Players can select different slugcats with unique abilities for each expedition.

Normal karma rules apply, affecting expedition outcomes based on survival.

Players can choose up to 5 challenges for each expedition, affecting points earned.

Expedition Mode brings a new way to play with customizable challenges, slugcats, and rewards.

Points are awarded based on completed challenges and active burdens.

Expedition Mode is a new way to play Rain World where players complete challenges to unlock perks and abilities for future runs.

Each new slugcat comes with its own story, abilities, and gameplay style.

Players can explore and investigate a vast number of new rooms.

Players can now play campaigns with friends in local co-op mode.

The DLC featuring five new slugcats will be released on January 19th.

A new mode to test slugcat skills in various scenarios.

A toggleable speedrun timer for players.

New loading screen tips and in-game tutorials to assist players.

New mechanics to influence rain deer direction while on their antlers.

New options to bypass karma gate requirements for easier progression.

Map feature showing nearby creatures, including those off-screen.

A free update adding accessibility and customization options.

Visual indicator of incoming danger for players with hearing difficulties.

Alpha Red Lizards now have enhanced abilities, including tongue attacks.

Fixes to exploits like karma caching and guardian skips, with a toggle option for speedrunners.

Official community art event where artists draw individual slugcats from Rain World: Downpour.

An art review stream with Videocult on the Akupara Twitch on August 19th.

Current mods may break with the update, but support will be provided for modders to upgrade their mods for Steam Workshop.

An in-game mod loader will be added, allowing players to manage mods without manual file manipulation.

Steam Workshop support will be added, allowing modders to upload their mods for easier access by players.

The new mod loader will include ConfigMachine capabilities for mod creators to make configuration interfaces.

Players can customize slugcat size and color, with options for random colors.

New local co-op campaign mode allowing up to four players to play together.

Three difficulty levels: Easy, Normal, and Hard, each with different hibernation rules.

Players can choose to enable or disable friendly fire with thrown spears.

Camera speed can be adjusted when focusing on a player.

HUD now shows an arrow pointing to the slugcat with their name and an icon for off-screen players.

All players share one food bar to prevent overconsumption of resources.

Slugcats can now point at dangers, food, shelter, or each other for better communication.

Introducing a new local co-op campaign mode allowing up to four players to play together.

Players can choose from five new slugcats in the local co-op campaign.

Gourmand will be put on a slight diet to prevent them from accidentally harming companions.

One slugcat can carry another, allowing for new gameplay dynamics and abilities to be used while carrying.

Local co-op campaigns allow up to 4 players to join the journey in Rain World: Downpour.

All 8 slugcats, including 5 new ones, can be played in co-op campaigns with their abilities.

Gourmand's meal plan increased from 10 meals a day to 15 meals.

Challenge Mode features 70 unique challenges testing various slugcat abilities.

Rain World: Downpour adds five new slugcats: Rivulet, Spearmaster, Saint, Gourmand, and Artificer, each with unique abilities.

Modders will receive early access to the Parity Patch to adjust their mods for the DLC launch.

A Parity Patch will be released alongside Downpour to unify the game versions across platforms.

The developers are working on the Downpour DLC, which will be a standalone experience requiring the original game.

New expansion adds five new slugcats with unique abilities and over 1000 new rooms.