What changed in Rain World in 2025

Fixed two of the dens in the Drill Site arena being impossible to enter.

Fixed additional issues with key item trackers that could cause the game to crash if loading into a room adjacent to another room with a tracked key item.

Warp points now pull important key items from a larger radius so there's less chance of them accidentally getting left behind.

Made a large number of miscellaneous performance optimizations that should improve frame rates with some creatures or in certain areas of the game.

Fixed adult and baby sandgrub spawning working improperly in Sandbox mode, where the number of adults/babies placed didn't match the amount of adults/babies that actually spawned.

Fixed rot lizards still remaining as rotted on subsequent cycles even after the rot has been purified from the room they spawned in.

Relocated a couple player-generated warp target destinations so they won't ever spawn above bottomless bodies of water that can swallow player's important items after traveling through the warp.

Fixed flashing graphical artifacts that could randomly occur on the Nintendo Switch version of the game in the presence of Sentient Rot floater particles.

Another fix for whales in the Fractured Gateways region in which they could still spawn in invalid locations sometimes.

Made some miscellaneous additional crash fixes and additional safeguards for crashes based on reported crash logs.

Fixed certain Downpour tutorials never displaying if you had previously been shown the starvation tutorial during other slugcat campaigns.

Tweaked light sources in underwater sections of Fetid Glen to make them less of a photosensitivity issue, and provide better guidance for navigation around the maps.

Fixed some graphics and particle effects unintentionally rendering with solid square borders on PlayStation and Nintendo Switch versions of the game.

Made some other miscellaneous small tweaks to some Aether Ridge rooms.

Fixed color palettes rendering incorrectly inside ripple rifts and within the Migration Path region on the Nintendo Switch version of the game.

Fixed an occasional crash with Drill Crabs due to their data in the save file being saved incorrectly.

Fixed one of the Watcher tutorial messages not having been translated outside of English.

Fixed the Scavenger trader in Badlands missing their trading outpost.

Fixed graphics sometimes glitching out for a single frame, or sand terrain colors glitching for a single frame, when switching between rooms or screens on the Nintendo Switch version of the game.

Fixed the player needing to visit the Prince throne room more times than necessary, if they had previously visited the throne room with an insufficient ripple level.

Fixed a possible unintentional Game Over scenario during Watcher's final ending due to ripple creatures.

Fixed Rattler creatures having their graphics glitch out briefly when first entering a room with them in it.

Fixed Sandbox mode issues shortly after disabling Watcher in Remix Menu, due to the Peach lizard sandbox unlock still being present in the absence of Watcher.

Excluded certain minor creatures like batflies, leeches, and coalescipedes from spawner tracking, which could cause the no creature spawning glitch to still occur in certain scenarios.

Fixed pearls not getting brought through the portal into Ancient Urban sometimes.

Fixed rooms containing void spawns crashing the game in Jolly Co-op mode if Player 1 got killed in a way that despawns their corpse.

General fix for offscreen creatures like Miros Birds, etc, where they also could sometimes spawn in rooms or locations they're not meant to.

Fixed the 'Friends Sheltered' counter on the statistics screen always incrementing every cycle when Jolly Co-op is enabled, even if a friend wasn't sheltered that cycle.

Fixed incompatibility between the Region Kit mod and Watcher's Vortex arena map.

Fixed some miscellaneous glitches that would occur depending on the timing or order of rooms getting unloaded.

Fixed the map icon still showing a region as being rotted even after all rooms in that region have had their rot purified.

Fixed a large number of memory leak issues that could lead to the game crashing randomly over an extended play session, especially on the Nintendo Switch version.

Fixed the Prince not giving the player the mark during Watcher's final ending sequence if the game was set to certain languages.

A bug that caused the wrong illustration to show on Watcher's statistics screen depending on installed DLCs.

The Passages perk in Expedition mode freezing the game.

Regions in the Watcher campaign sometimes failing to spawn any creatures depending on how the warp points were interacted with.

The Jukebox menu in Expedition mode freezing depending on music settings.

Screen sometimes shaking violently or going black in certain scenarios where lizards interacted badly with sloped terrain.

Visual glitches that would occur when entering the void sea while in ripple space.

Updated the speedrun validation strings to include info for cheat configs for Watcher and Remix.

Tracked key items sometimes respawning in the previous shelter rather than the most recent shelter location.

An incompatibility with the Region Kit mod that would cause the Heat Ducts region to crash the game.

Some information in Expedition mode's menus failing to display on certain consoles.

A glitched piece of level geometry in the Sinkhole arena that would instantly kill the player.

A warp point issue with Watcher's final ending that would cause the ending to break if replayed shortly after the first time.

An additional console-exclusive hardlock that would occur after spawning ripple rifts at higher levels.

Void sea sequences in non-Watcher campaigns breaking if characters were playing as The Watcher.

New tool for modders to create custom levels in Rain World: The Watcher.

Updated the Watcher OST to include new music from the 1.5 update.

Fix the dial warp ability sometimes warping the player to a different region than the one they selected.

Fix for various other glitches that were discovered linked to the user's system being set to certain languages like French or Portuguese.

Fix for Watcher achievements not getting unlocked properly on certain consoles.

Fix for the Watcher DLC disabling itself in the Remix menu on certain consoles after closing and relaunching the game.

Fix for the Windows Store version of the game not detecting installed DLC properly.

Fix for portals not spawning or opening properly after you warp into a room adjacent to the portal.

Fix the rain timer not being hidden in Fractured Gateways despite the region not having a rain cycle.

A few additional miscellaneous creature and item tweaks.

Fix for pearls and other key items duplicating inside of shelters when key item tracking is turned on.

Fix for being able to create a portal in the same room as a sealed portal, resulting in a portal that can't be interacted with.

Fix for being unable to sleep in a shelter without maxing out your food if you had been parasitized by a frog.

A few other miscellaneous safeguards against game crashes.

Fix whales in Fractured Gateway spawning in rooms or locations that they're not supposed to.

Fix the Watcher final ending sequence getting interrupted or not progressing properly if the music volume was set to zero.

Fix for frog parasitization effects being applied across all players in multiplayer contexts, instead of just the player the frog is attached to.

Fixes crashes related to the Watcher region screen and new warp ability when quality settings are not on High Quality mode.

Fixes the Dragon Slayer passage not functioning correctly when Watcher is the only enabled DLC.

Fixes the issue of the Progression menu being empty in the console versions of the game.

Addresses crashes during cutscene sequences when the game's music volume is set to zero.

Addresses crashes occurring during Competitive rounds in arena mode.

Players are treated as being camouflaged while in the process of a portal warp to avoid being targeted or attacked.

Addresses some minor UI inconsistencies in the console version of the game.

A fix has been applied for the Unity CVE 2025-59489 vulnerability on PC.

Fixes crashes after sheltering, showing large playtime numbers, or crashing on a white screen for certain languages.

Addresses the issue of messages in Daemon being displayed in areas they're not supposed to.

Fixes a visual bug encountered when warping between Daemon and Outer Rim.

Fixes the karma flower in the throne room not respawning, leading to potential softlocks.

Displays warp markers on the region and hibernation maps.

Addresses an intermittent crash related to frogs attaching to certain entities.

Addresses crashes occurring in Challenge 70.

Fixes the issue of player drowning interrupting the ending sequence of Saint's campaign.

Allows important items and tamed creatures to be brought through ripple portals even when they're on the non-ripple side.

A few minor tweaks to various creatures.

Fixes an intermittent crash when Scavengers trade items with the player or other Scavengers.

Fixed some warp points not displaying their icon on the mini-map.

Fixed tamed slugpups not following the player or obeying commands at the start of a cycle until being given an object.

Ripple tears will no longer spawn inside shelters and some other key areas in the campaign.

Prevent being swarmed by locusts immediately upon warping into a place that contains them.

Changed mini-map icon for ripple warps to distinguish them from normal warps.

Fixed the 'Points' value not being displayed on Expedition's Challenges page.

Fixed a consistent game crash in one of the areas in Rusted Wrecks.

Fixed some scenarios where it was possible to create multiple player-created warps within the same room.

Made boosts received by geysers more consistent and reliable.

Fixed the Karma flower animation not playing on Hunter's death statistics screen.

Fixed various incorrect interactions and visual bugs inside the ripple space.

Made it easier to deal with portals in areas that have wind effects.

Fixed some crashes that affected Arena and Challenge modes

Some adjustments to creature spawns

Fixed some items disappearing or reverting state after storing them in a shelter

Fixed death fall gradients sometimes not being visible

Fixed occasional crashes when bringing certain creatures through warps

Fixed some dialogs showing a TEXT ERROR in French language

Some extra and clearer progression hints on the warp point region map

Warp points are now displayed on the mini-map

Fixed some region mini-map properties like water color not displaying on the hibernation screen mini-maps

Many new tweaks to the behaviors and mechanics of a number of creatures (Barnacles, Locusts, Moths, Watcher-campaign lizards)

Fixed resetting save data for non-Watcher slugcats causing some Watcher save data to get reset as well

Fixed mini-maps that were not rendering properly in some regions

The team is actively addressing bug reports and feedback from players post-launch.

The DLC is set to release on consoles within six months, with potential delays for the Nintendo Switch.

Developer team is organizing ideas for both short and long-term content releases, including final endings and secrets.

Plans to add more quality of life options for players in upcoming patches.

Players no longer lose their grip on Sky Whale whiskers when they change directions

Some softlock prevention in Torrid Desert out of bounds

Watcher is no longer selectable in Safari mode

Fix players sometimes getting permanently held inside a warp point, causing an infinite warp back and forth

Fix the game graphics being visually broken when playing in 16:10 resolution

Fix warp point on right side of Outer Rim warping the player inside of a wall

Fix bug that prevented viewing region maps on the warp map after starving yourself in a shelter

Fix wind blowing the player to their death when taking the Badlands to Cold Storage warp

Update BepInEx to 64-bit to fix issues with loading code mods

Fix a frequent crash when visiting gate rooms

Watcher is no longer selectable in Jolly Coop mode

Fix errant tentacle in Station Annex clipping through the wall and grabbing the player from out of bounds

Fix Unfortunate Evolution warp point being broken

Fix room image glitching out after traveling through the Outer Rim warp from the Daemon area

Livestream countdown to the launch of The Watcher on March 28th.

The Watcher DLC is now available for players to explore new content and experiences.

Most community mods will be incompatible with The Watcher DLC at launch. Players are advised to unsubscribe from mods and reinstall the game.

Added a 'Compatible With' section for modders to specify which part of Rain World and DLCs their mods work with.

Introduced a new method for players to report bugs encountered while playing The Watcher.

Rain World: The Watcher will release on PC on March 28th.

Daily prompts for Rain World Art Month throughout March.