What changed in Risk of Rain 2 in 2024

Now increases damage for a short duration after killing an enemy.

Added text when removing beads to better convey buffs gained.

Now increases attack speed for nearby enemies and allies instead of damage increase when below 50% health.

Now reduces the next source of damage and spreads it into multiple hits.

Multiple player-reported instances of floating items displaying strangely fixed.

Changes the chance to call a meteor strike based on attack damage dealt.

Resolved player-reported issue where survivors could dash/blink through certain stage geometry.

Now have functioning weak spots when playing as Railgunner.

Players will no longer have a pink health bar when affected by Lunar Ruin.

Will no longer slow players on Prime Meridian.

Now grants a chance to bleed an enemy and transfer debuff stacks on kill.

Can no longer build stacks of Luminous Shot by repeatedly using the zoom scope.

Now provides a temporary barrier and a dimensional aura instead of exploding.

Increases movement speed and spawns orbs of energy for additional speed.

Now correctly appear when using the Artifact of Honor.

Grants a percentage increase to all stats for each buff instead of bonus stats for unique buffs.

Now spawns the correct monster pool.

No longer spawn in the air around the False Son arena on Prime Meridian.

Players can no longer clip into a specific pillar on Reformed Altar.

Re-introduced some map features that went missing with the launch of Seekers of the Storm.

Drop rate from elites reduced to 4% but retains guaranteed drop from large monsters.

Now launches and stuns grounded enemies hit with skills.

No longer applies bleed when carrying Sawmarang equipment.

Removed reference to False Son’s Lunar Spikes ability slowing enemies.

Players are no longer forced to jump when picking an item from Scrappers, Void Potentials, and Command Essences.

Now works as expected with equipment drones.

Gold cost for interactables in multiplayer increased by 50%.

Addressed issue where a Scavenger’s Thqwib attack was being blocked by the Scavenger itself.

Now correctly displays on the character model once collected.

Fireworks no longer collide with the Halcyon Shrine they have been activated from.

Now deals damage to bosses during events instead of yielding gold.

Correctly displays the chance of increasing item rarity.

Unstable Transmitter, Breaching Fin, and Sonorous Whispers blacklisted from enemy item acquisition.

Now allows for lightning strikes with stored charges instead of just damage increase.

Now correctly allows DLC content to appear.

Updated a spot where players couldn’t escape without movement boosting abilities.

Resolved an issue with the Prismatic Trial leaderboard not displaying any times.

The Mul-T Sentry skin has been tweaked to eliminate a small spike seen and reported by some players.

Rebuilding Twisted Elites to allow for more counterplay and fair challenges.

Addressed another reported issue with Noxious Thorn where it would not correctly apply + 1 stack of another active debuff.

Resolved an issue where using Sojourn, Eccentric Vase, or Volcanic Egg could lock you out of viewing the False Son fight into or teleporting up to the platform.

Revisiting Chef's abilities for better power and streamlined gameplay.

As a connected client, players reported that The False Son’s Boss fight would sometimes not show certain animations. He’s back to using those abilities properly.

Resolved an issue players reported where applying bleed with Noxious Thorns could make monsters turn on each other and ignore the player.

Resolved an issue that could sometimes trap players outside of The False Son’s boss room upon being resurrected by Seeker.

Players reported that on a certain version of Aphelian Sanctuary, a mysterious floating tree would spawn. The tree has been returned to the ground.

Players reported that the lightning on Prime Meridian would only ever target the Host in multiplayer sessions. The lightning will now attack everyone equally.

All new items are being changed for better synergy and balance.

Resolved a player reported issue that resulted in the spawn rate of elites being too high after stage 2.

Resolved an issue where - when fighting the False Son Boss with Artifact of Swarms - the Prime Meridian event achievement would unlock after only killing one of the bosses.

As a connected client, players reported that sometimes The False Son’s large boss health bar would not reappear after changing phases. It will now show back up for all players.

Health multiplier of Gilded Elites is being reduced for better gameplay balance.

Fixed issues related to the excessive number of elites in gameplay.

Addressed a reported issue where the affliction stacks that Tonic gave you would display a place-holder description.

As a connected client, some players reported that Seeker’s Spirit Punch had a chance to collide twice with the enemy and deal double damage. That has now been addressed.

Enhancements to boss fight mechanics for clarity and fairness.

Players have reported a mysterious Xi Construct creature appearing in the new Aphelian Bulwark Ambry Variant. That monster has now been removed from the monster pool.

Targeted changes to Seeker to enhance Tranquility stacks and singleplayer resurrection.

Players that use PlayStation controllers on PC reported to us that Xbox glyphs were being displayed instead. The correct glyphs will now be displayed.

Players who attempted to join lobbies reported to us that sometimes it would just not allow them to join and not tell them why. An issue has been resolved that made certain error messages not appear when joining lobbies.

Resolved a reported issue where the Voidling would not re-appear upon starting the second phase of its fight.

Resolved a reported issue that led to players sometimes not properly spawning in when entering cross play sessions.

Platforms for The False Son’s arena on Prime Meridian would sometimes not change for clients when moving between phases. They will now appear/disappear just as they would to the host.

False Son would have trouble using his ‘charged’ attack if your attack speed became extremely high. This has been resolved.

When playing as Mul-T and using the Sentry skin, sometimes players would not receive the visual effect when frozen. You are once again able to turn Mul-T into an ice cube.

Players reported that the Wandering Vagrant’s homing orbs could sometimes turn invincible. That issue should now be addressed.

Restored the sun in Aphelian Sanctuary to its previous brightness level.

Fixed an issue where connected clients sometimes saw the final kill screen before the credits after defeating Mithrix.

Shader for the Halcyon Beacons in Gilded Coast now wraps around the beacon as expected.

Replaced the incorrect chat line that played upon defeating The False Son as Heretic.

Fixed missing screen shake effects for Loader’s Thunderslam and False Son’s diving attack.

Fixed a soft lock issue that occurred when quitting to the main menu immediately after hosting a four-player run.

Fixed an issue where skins would not display their names when hovered in the Loadout tab of the Character Selection Screen.

Resolved an issue where changing the music audio slider would not affect the audio.

Fixed an issue where the False Son could become locked in his ‘diving attack’ state while falling.

Gaining multiple Warped Echos on Heretic led to infinite stacks of the item buff being added to the player. This has been resolved.

Acrid’s Frenzied Leap now properly negates fall damage when falling from large heights.

Resolved an issue with items not being picked up when interacted with.

We are aware of False Son's downward plunge attack not behaving as intended and are currently working to address this issue.

Loader's Knuckleboom VFX has been realigned.

Resolved an issue that led to the Imp Overlord’s Void Spike ability sometimes not dealing damage.

The portal will no longer spawn inside geometry in Bulwark’s Ambry.

Resolved an issue where Sojourn would sometimes fail to trigger when colliding with monsters or geometry.

Resolved a bug with Seeker's Sojourn ability that sometimes blocked non-host players from using it.

Addressed an issue where standing behind Mithrix, while entering phase 4, results in him losing aggression towards you temporarily.

Resolved an issue where the Scorch Worm would snap 90 degrees right before attacking.

We’ve rolled out a change to the Halcyon Beacon’s texture on Gilded Coast.

Increased the intensity of the VFX for CHEF’s Dice ability to make it easier to spot.

Resolved a bug with the way builds are compiled that led to many behaviors being erroneously tied to FPS.

Resolved an issue where some players without SOTS could become soft locked by not being able to interact with the Shrine of Rebirth upon defeating False Son.

The Teleporter will no longer spawn inside geometry on Rallypoint Delta.

Halcyonite's spawn animation was playing at lower than expected framerates.

Resolved an issue some players reported that Survivor VFX in the character select screen overlapped with the Ready button.

Addressed an issue where Mithrix would become invincible upon stealing your Warped Echo.

Addressed an issue with Railgunner’s Concussion Device where it would not detonate on its own.

Resolved an issue where sometimes Chef’s Dice couldn’t be recalled while at either unlimited or under 30 FPS.

Fixed an issue with Bolstering Lantern where the logbook ‘unlock’ highlighting no longer was clearing after viewing the unlock.

Addressed an issue where Acrid was no longer able to hit enemies or spread his poison using Epidemic.

Teleporters should no longer be able to spawn within Halcyonite Shrines.

Item highlights have now returned to various shops & adaptive chests.

Solved an issue where The Crowdfunder would stop firing if framerate fell under 30FPS.

Addressed an issue where players would be unable to input actions for Seeker’s Meditate ability while having both mouse/keyboard and a controller plugged in.

Players are now able to pick up CHEF’s food drops from farther away.

CHEF has had some item placements moved to avoid clipping with other items and parts of his model.

Acrid's Utility Skills, both Caustic Leap & Frenzied Leap were not dealing damage or colliding properly.

Solved an issue where the ‘item count’ displayed on the tab menu in multiplayer sessions would show 1 for some players despite not having any items.

Addressed a bug that allowed players to permanently fire False Son’s Laser of the Father ability. It will now go on cooldown after fired.

Resolved an issue reported by some players where sometimes skills wouldn’t activate when pressed.

An issue that caused some players to get stuck while smelling the flowers on Reformed Altar has been resolved.

Addressed an issue reported by some players on Prime Meridian where lighting would spawn on top of players during the False Son cutscene.

You’ll now no longer be able to escape Shattered Abodes in unintended ways.

Sonorous Whispers had an issue where the drop chance of items could become extremely high, especially later into runs. This has been re-balanced.

Longstanding Solitude will no longer sometimes show pinged interactables at 2x cost.

We've restored the full screen damage indicator and low health feedback.

Solved an issue where the music would stop if a player opened the logbook and clicked on an item during a run.

Addressed an issue reported by some players where entering the Prime Meridian cutscene with >4 players resulted in a softlock.

Parents had an issue where they would attempt to navigate to the player but get stuck on a navigation node.

Healthbars were updating very slowly. That has now been resolved.

Fix for a visual issue with Halcyon Beacon’s texture upon activation on Gilded Coast.

Planned change to extend the pickup radius on Chef's food.

Fix for item highlights failing in various shops and adaptive chests.

Planned fix to restore visual indicators of taking damage on HUDs.

Fix for the low framerate in Halcyonite's spawn animation.

Fix for healthbars being slow to update.

Change to prevent players from escaping Shattered Abodes in unintended ways.

Planned realignment of Loader's Knuckleboom VFX.

Many elements of the game are affected by a bug that leads to their behaviors changing depending on a player’s FPS, including physics, attack speed, and movement.

Fix for an issue that allowed players to get stuck while smelling the flowers on Reformed Altar.

Adjusted pricing of Seekers of the Storm in select markets to match prices from Survivors of the Void.

Fix for an issue where Survivor VFX in the character select screen overlapped with the Ready button.

Fix for the Teleporter spawning inside geometry on Rallypoint Delta.

Fix for an issue where Longstanding Solitude would sometimes show pinged interactables at 2x cost.

Fix for a portal spawning inside geometry in Bulwark’s Ambry.

Fix for Acrid's Utility Skills, Caustic Leap & Frenzied Leap, not dealing damage properly.

Fix for Mithrix becoming invincible when stealing your Warped Echo or Chronic Expansion.

Fix for Seeker's Sojourn ability not working for non-host players in multiplayer.

Adjusted pricing of Seekers of the Storm in select markets to match Survivors of the Void.

New pickups include Knockback Fin, Bolstering Lantern, Antler Shield, and more.

The Blind Pest and Brass Contraption will miss first shot if they are off screen.

Correctly switches when changing between mouse and keyboard.

Allows turning off/on all settings entries underneath a subsection.

New Survivors: Seeker, Chef.

New variants: Tar Research, Aphelian Research, Wisp Research.

The Seekers of the Storm expansion is now available, adding significant new content to the game.

New skins for various characters including Seeker, Chef, Commando, and more.

Turret can still have up to two deployed at a time.

Now correctly clears the Overheat debuff.

Solved issue where interactables were spawning below the ground.

New monsters: Scorch Wurm, Child, Halcyonite.

Improved visuals to aid in locating and pinging the teleporter.

New stages include Shattered Abodes, Reformed Altar, Treeborn Colony, Helminth Hatchery.

Chef hurls oil at enemies to increase damage from other skills.

A new character, Chef, with unique skills and abilities is introduced.

Various fixes for audio problems.

Edge case where Fireworks did not trigger upon opening a chest.

New affixes: Twisted, Gilded.

Chef can hurl cleavers at enemies and deal additional damage on return.

Unified navigation for improved clarity.

Enemies defeated with multiple skills turn into healing items.

Chef rolls to deal damage, with increased damage the longer the wind-up.

Chef inflicts damage and applies burn to enemies at close range.

Players cannot open the TAB menu from the pause menu anymore.

The game officially launches on next-gen consoles with split-screen co-op and platform-specific features.

Several fixes throughout the game.

Some maps would not spawn interactables or the teleporter.

New stage variants: Viscous Falls, Golden Dieback, Disturbed Impact.

Includes object highlights and audio-visual cues.

Seekers of the Storm expansion is launching on August 27th, priced at $14.99.

New interactables include Halcyon Shrine, Gilded Blessing, Aurelionite Geode.

Empowers Chef's next ability, enhancing gameplay.

Logbook controller navigation support added.

A three-punch combo that deals damage and has an explosive third punch.

Unleashes a phantasmal hand that slows, knocks back, and drains health from enemies.

Meditate allows Seeker to deal damage and heal allies through a timed sequence.

Allows Seeker to fly for a short duration before exploding and stunning enemies.

Seeker is a new survivor with unique abilities focused on damage and healing.

Replaces drones with interactive eggs that spawn Lemurian companions, enhancing gameplay dynamics.

Introduces a special Mercenary skin inspired by Dead Cells.

No longer triggers on kill effect continuously.

A lush new environment for players to explore, part of the Devotion Update.

Resets all chests after the teleporter event, allowing players to choose from additional item options.

Resets all chests after the teleporter event, allowing players to choose from additional items.

No longer prevents Lunar Coins from spawning.

Chest, Firework, and Squid Turret exploit resolved.

Chest, Firework, and Squid Turret exploit has been addressed.

Demons and Crabs challenge unlocks normally now.

No longer triggers on kill effect continuously.

No longer prevents Lunar Coins from spawning.

A lush new map for players to explore, part of the Devotion Update.

Demons and Crabs challenge unlocks normally now.

Special Mercenary skin available for players as part of a crossover event.

Replaces drones with interactive eggs that spawn Lemurian companions, enhancing gameplay dynamics.

Players can explore new stages across ancient Lemurian temples and intense showdowns.

Players will encounter new monsters that present unique challenges.

A new skin for the Mercenary character will be available for all players.

Each teleporter location offers cover and paths for navigating enemies.

A Tier 1 stage featuring a central plain and complex architecture for combat.

A new map included in the upcoming Devotion Update, featuring a night variant.