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Relic Hunters Zero Changelog

What's new in Relic Hunters Zero Update 18

Aug 20, 2018
  • NEW FEATURE: Scrap and Recycle:
  • Endless and Daily mode Hunters can now choose to Recycle weapons on the ground by pressing "X" on the keyboard or "Right Bumper"/"Right Shoulder Button" on the controller;
  • Recycling weapons give you a new resource called "Scrap";
  • Scrap is now the only way to purchase Weapon Upgrades from Gunnar on the Endless Shop;
  • Recycling upgraded and/or rarer weapons will give you additional Scrap;
  • Enemies have a chance to drop Scrap when they are defeated;
  • The Ducan Commander drops quite a lot of Scrap;
  • Luck effects and Morning Star do not affect Scrap drop chance or value;
  • Increased all Bounty prices for Tier 2 and Tier 3 items on the Endless Shop by 50%;
  • NEW FEATURE: Anniversary Mode:
  • To celebrate our 3-year Anniversary, during the month of August all Hunters will be wearing party hats, and enemies will create a colorful shower of confetti when defeated
  • Gameplay:
  • .Kami Tanks temporarily removed from the game - they were very buggy and not fun to fight against. I will rework them and give them a glorious return on the next update;
  • Removed Workshop items from the Daily runs (they still load normally on Endless mode);
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed a lot of performance issues and crashes. Game should run better and smoother now;
  • Fixed crazy twitching buttons on the main menu;
  • Updated main menu links for current Twitter, Facebook and Discord;
  • Fixed Spooky Turtles not shooting their guns;
  • Fixed a bug where the fire rate of Miniguns would not behave properly (they are fun again to use!);
  • Fixed a few minor bugs with loading Steam Workshop items;
  • Fixed a bug where the fire rate of Miniguns would not behave properly (they are fun again to use!);

New in Relic Hunters Zero 1.0 Update 16 Hotfix (Aug 8, 2017)

  • Fixed a crash with "angle_precision" when shooting guns;
  • Fixed a crash when dying on co-op or endless mode;
  • Fixed a crash when dying on the final boss;
  • Fixed a crash with object pooling when shooting;
  • Fixed a crash with the Ghost Ducan on Spookylands;
  • Fixed a crash with the Kami Tank reflecting bullets;
  • Fixed a crash with the spikes on Spookylands;
  • Fixed a crash when picking up ammo;
  • Fixed an issue with the minigun's fire rate;
  • Fixed an issue with the dynamic menus not working;
  • Fixed an issue where low framerate would occur on loop 1 & 2 of Endless;
  • Fixed an issue where low framerate would render the character unmovable;

New in Relic Hunters Zero 1.0 Update 15 (Nov 1, 2016)

  • Gameplay:
  • Enemy projectiles that destroy player shields now deal 40% of the remaining damage to health;
  • Enemy projectile speed increased by 30% across the board;
  • "Wanted" enemy damage bonus increased from 20% to 30%;
  • "Steroids" now gives a maximum of 100 hp per stack;
  • "High Tech" now gives a maximum of 50 shields per stack;
  • Daily Run now spawns a new Challenge every level instead of every 2 levels;
  • "Light Focus", "Medium Focus" and "Heavy Focus" are now Rare challenges and no longer stack;
  • "Light Focus", "Medium Focus" and "Heavy Focus" bonus damage increased from 30% to 75%;
  • Cover HP increased by 50% across the board;
  • Punny now moves as fast as Pinkyy;
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where the wrong type of Challenge icon would show up on the HUD sometimes;

New in Relic Hunters Zero 1.0 Update 14 (Aug 19, 2016)

  • Features:
  • New "Daily" run for Endless Mode with 6 Ranks (Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Master);
  • Major performance optimization: game should run MUCH smoother on systems with low video memory now;
  • Enemies now have a chance to drop ammo when defeated. Chance increases for equipped weapons' ammo types, and increases further when you are running low on ammo or empty;
  • Entropy System for Endless Mode: as bad/unlucky things happen during a run, the chance for good things to happen (dig spots, rare item drops, etc) increases;
  • New enemy: Kami Tank
  • Kami Elites (the flying ones) redesigned: they are smarter and shoot homing needles now, oh my :O
  • You can now play Local Co-Op without Friendly Fire (it is turned off by default);
  • Added a "Friendly Fire" option on the Gameplay Settings menu;
  • A small arrow now quickly points towards the dig spot when hunting for buried treasure;
  • Enemies now have a Health/Shield bar visible when they take damage;
  • Controller Vibration reworked and improved;
  • Gameplay:
  • It is no longer possible to get the same Unique Challenge twice on the same run on Endless Mode (in case you remove it the first time);
  • Rare Challenges now expire automatically after a few levels (you can see the counter on the Pause Menu);
  • Prices to Hack both Rare and Common price are now the same;
  • Prices for Hacking Challenges have been reduced across the board;
  • All characters' accuracy increased by 50% across the board;
  • Enemy movement speed increased 20% across the board
  • Enemy Projectile speeds increased 25% across the board
  • Enemy projectile damage decreased 25% across the board
  • "Freeze on kill" time reduced by 50%;
  • Max Screen Shake reduced by 50%
  • Screen Shake Recovery is now 30% faster;
  • Base Shield Regen Start Time reduced from 5 seconds to 2.5 seconds;
  • Base Shield Regen Charge Speed reduced from 1.0 to 0.25;
  • "Infinity Battery" relic no longer speeds up Regen Start Time;
  • "Infinity Battery" relic now provides 400% faster Charge Speed;
  • Base move speed increased from 4.5 to 5.5
  • Base sprint speed increased from 6 to 7.5
  • Base move friction increased from 0.4 to 0.45
  • Pinkyy's move speed increased from 5 to 6
  • Pinkyy's sprint speed increased from 6.5 to 8
  • Pinkyy's aiming speed increased from 3 to 3.5
  • Red's move speed increased from 5 to 6
  • Red's sprint speed increased from 7.5 to 8.5
  • Red's aiming speed is still 4
  • Biu's move speed increased from 4 to 5
  • Biu's sprint speed increased from 6 to 7.5
  • Biu's aiming speed increased from 2.5 to 3
  • Pinkyy's Gloves' push power reduced from 25 to 20
  • Push Power reduced by 50% on all shotgun-class weapons
  • Minigun damage increased from 11 to 14
  • Relic Minigun damage increased from 16 to 19
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where controller aim assist would get stuck on explosive boxes or kami cages;
  • Fixed a bug where Overshield damage would not properly show on the player's mini-health-bar;
  • Low-performance detector now only automatically disables the "Persistent Objects" feature (not shadows or reflections);
  • Removed "Controller Sticky Aim" option on the Gameplay Settings menu (it is now always on);

New in Relic Hunters Zero 1.0 Update 13 (Apr 12, 2016)

  • Features:
  • Red officially added to the game;
  • Red can be unlocked by freeing Kamis from their cages 20 times;
  • 3 new Steam Achievements: "Here Comes The Rider In Red", "Legendary Red" and "Freedom!";
  • Gameplay:
  • Gamepad now adjusts camera every 45 degrees when you are aiming down sights;
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where the Halloween theme song would play on the Spaceheart;

New in Relic Hunters Zero 1.0 Update 12 (Mar 21, 2016)

  • Features:
  • Beta Hunter (Red) is still Beta!
  • Explosions now have damage number indicators
  • There is now a HUD indicator that Rider can throw grenades by spending health
  • New weapon available on Endless Mode: Blast Pistol!
  • Gameplay:
  • Red now gets 30% less Bounty
  • Red's Dash Attack's Max Targets decreased from 5 to 1
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed an annoying bug where placing your mouse cursor in-between buttons would make them flip madly between one another;
  • Fixed a bug where Red’s grenade would not spawn any Kamis if thrown near a wall;
  • Fixed a bug where Red’s grenade would have the wrong sprite at the start of the animation;

New in Relic Hunters Zero 1.0 Update 11 (Mar 14, 2016)

  • Features:
  • (BETA) New Hunter: Red, the Kami Rider, is now available!
  • (BETA) New Relic: The Mega Quantum Chip gives you perfect accuracy! (ft. community art from ThoBeo)
  • New weapons: Blitz and Kami Launcher
  • Gameplay:
  • Level 1-1 now always spawns a Crude Pistol
  • Increased starting LightAmmo in Endless from 80 to 100
  • Increased starting Medium Ammo in Endless from 50 to 100
  • Increased starting Heavy Ammo in Endless from 80 to 100
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where non-Ace characters could not un-equip the Rabbit Foot relic
  • Fixed wrong sprite showing on Kami's dash attacks
  • Fixed a bug where the Highmag was not showing up on the Endless Shop properly
  • Fixed a bug where Ace's reflection would appear on the floor even when he was not there ( spooky! :O )

New in Relic Hunters Zero 1.0 Update 10 Hotfix (Nov 2, 2015)

  • Gameplay:
  • Spookylands' Spike Traps now no longer activate after the level ends;
  • Spookylands portal now has a higher chance of appearing in Level 1-1;
  • Ace has new lines for Spookylands;
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed "I AM ERROR" message displaying on the Pause Menu in Spookylands;

New in Relic Hunters Zero 1.0 Update 9 (Oct 26, 2015)

  • Fixed a bug where the "Haunted" and "Hunted" challenges would not be properly removed after Hacking;
  • Fixed a bug where ammo could still be bought even after reaching the maximum at the Endless Shop;
  • Fixed a bug where the Relic Cannon and the Relic Minigun were not counting as Relic weapons for achievement purposes;

New in Relic Hunters Zero 1.0 Update 7 (Oct 2, 2015)

  • Features:
  • Endless Mode officially released;
  • There are now edge tracking indicators when there are nearby enemies off-screen;
  • The Ducan Elite have arrived to hunt you down from Loop 2 onwards;
  • New Ducan crates are scattered around the levels from Loop 2 onwards;
  • Challenges will spawn on every level from Loop 3 onwards;
  • All new 17 Steam Achievements fully implemented;
  • Zueira Digital now have their own logo animation :D
  • Art:
  • Updated the Relic Altar sprites;
  • New crates for the Ducan Elite;
  • New flag for the Ducan Elite;
  • New sprite for Shop table;
  • Gameplay:
  • Hacking costs now scale more drastically after 5 uses;
  • Enemy plasma pistol damage increased from 50 to 60;
  • Turtle Elite hp increased from 200 to 300;
  • Ducan Elite hp increased from 1000 to 1400;
  • Ducan Elite Rocketeer hp increased from 1000 to 2200;
  • Ducan Elite Plasma SMG recoil increased from 15 to 45;
  • Ducan Elite Plasma SMG damage increased from 50 to 55;
  • From Loop 2 onwards only the Wanted, High-Tech and Steroids Challenges can spawn;

New in Relic Hunters Zero 1.0 Update 6 (Sep 28, 2015)

  • Features:
  • 17 new Endless Achievements (no icons yet);
  • Relics are now kept equipped by default in Adventure Mode;
  • There is a new terminal at the Spaceheart which allows you to reset all Relic selection in Adventure Mode;
  • Gunnar has arrived at the Spaceheart in Adventure Mode, and he will sell access to Endless Mode if you prove yourself worthy;
  • You can unlock Endless mode without paying Gunnar by defeating the Ducan Commander;
  • Tutorial now mentions Pinkyy's Super Shield instead of Grenades;
  • Ace now has new lines for Loop 1 and Loop 2 in Endless Mode;
  • Gameplay:
  • Reduced Ducan Assault Rifle damage from 16 to 12;
  • Recently spawned enemies now take 3 seconds before they start moving and shooting;
  • Audio:
  • Updated digging sounds;
  • Optimizations:
  • Optimized the game's texture maps. If you were experiencing decreased performance after Update 5, things are probably better now;
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where your shields would take several seconds to reach their full Overshield when a level starts;
  • Fixed a bug where the Relic names would not be displayed properly in the HUD;
  • Fixed a bug where breaking a Ducan's shield with the Shotgun would trigger a very loud sound;
  • Fixed a bug where players would get stuck when the Red Box spawns at the Ducan Commander's room (I believe it is REALLY fixed now);
  • Fixed a collision bug on level 2-3;
  • Source:
  • Localization Sheet is open for editing again! Come help us translate Endless to all the world :D

New in Relic Hunters Zero 1.0 Update 5 (Sep 21, 2015)

  • Features:
  • Digging is now in Endless Mode! You can dig up a regular Treasure Chest which will award you with either a full Relic, a weapon or a lot of Bounty;
  • Sae the Hacker has arrived at the Endless Shop! She can remove any of the last two active Challenges;
  • You can now revive your co-op partner at the Endless Shop;
  • You can now pay 800 Bounty to reset the Tiered Item table on the Endless Shop;
  • A small pop up now informs you of the name of pickups and shop items before you interact with them;
  • Game Over screen now has a darker background;
  • Gameplay:
  • Melee weapons now add their damage to the characters' base melee damage;
  • Super Shield now explodes when duration is over, dealing damage to enemies and pushing them away;
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where beating the game under certain conditions would give you the wrong Achievement;
  • Fixed a bug where dropping and picking up Pinkyy's gloves or Biu's buckler would reset weapon level;
  • Fixed a bug where melee weapons' damage were not scaling with the Medieval challenge;
  • Fixed a bug where the "Heavy Burden" Challenge would have no effect on Stamina;
  • Fixed a bug where players would get stuck under the spawning Red Barrel on the last boss;
  • Fixed a bug where co-op revival would reset run time and equipped relics;

New in Relic Hunters Zero 1.0 Update 4 (Sep 14, 2015)

  • Features:
  • New Power-Up: Super Shield - makes you invulnerable for a few seconds
  • Gameplay:
  • Added random Super Shield spawns to Adventure mode and Endless mode (uncommon)
  • The Crystal Bacon now heals a fixed percentage of your total health instead of giving health per kill
  • Explosions now lose 60% strength when going through player shields
  • Biu now regenerates 20% health on level clear
  • Biu's walk speed increased from 3.5 to 4
  • Biu's sprint speed increased from 5 to 6
  • Biu's shield cost decreased from 0.25 to 0.15
  • Excess melee damage now goes through shields
  • Pinkyy can now pick up grenades
  • Pinkyy's grenade is now a short Super Shield activation
  • Pinkyy's shield regen time increased from 3 to 4
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where the "Unlock All" achievements would not trigger properly (will work on your current save now)
  • Fixed a bug where Boss death explosions would trigger the "hit taken" screen effect
  • Fixed a bug where damage from the Midnight Beer and Midnight Snack relics would not scale properly
  • Fixed enemy guns flickering after player death
  • FIxed a bug with the achievements
  • Open Source:
  • Added Alexander Drogin as Open Source contributor
  • Created a new "class_melee" and refactored Pinkyy's gloves. Now it is much easier for modders to create their own melee weapons by simply inheriting from "class_melee" and tweaking the variables

New in Relic Hunters Zero 1.0 Update 3 (Sep 7, 2015)

  • Hey hunters,
  • It is weekend 3, Update 3 and you are 300,000 hunters around the world! See the pattern there? It is a VERY GOOD one, very good indeed.
  • You have been making really cool mods, and you have inspired Betu and I to work very hard on the next big things. Endless mode is almost complete! We still need to implement Digging, Chests and Hacking, which should all be done next weekend. If everything works fine, we should all be sharing our high scores before October.
  • I also completely rebalanced the base gameplay and Adventure mode to make space for all the cool stuff coming from Endless. The game will be a bit easier on Adventure mode now, and the grinding a bit faster. We want everyone to learn how to beat the Ducan Commander in Adventure before he’s ready to completely destroy you all again in Endless.
  • Also, I would like to thank the new Open Source contributors that have added their code to the game. If you are waiting for me to approve a Pull Request, please be patient. I have very little free time to work on the game, so I prioritized the new Endless features over integrating and testing your code. I am sorry, and promise to stop procrastinating as soon as you’re reading this.
  • Finally, some of you may have noticed our Localization spreadsheet has been locked. This is due to heavy changes from Endless development. Since I don’t want you to lose translation work, or end up creating bugs while the new mode is being made, it will stay locked until Endless is content-complete (which should happen next weekend). Thanks for your support!
  • If you want to test the incomplete Endless mode right now, there are many new things for you to play with. The password, as usual, is “endlesstester”.
  • See development in real-time here:
  • https://trello.com/b/nM8TWNBR/relic-hunters-zero-open-source
  • As always, hit me up on twitter if you wanna chat (@markventurelli)
  • Happy huntin’
  • Mark
  • Gameplay:
  • Raff's Keytar piercing reduced from 10 to 3
  • Raff's Keytar ammo cost increased from 1 to 3
  • Ace's accuracy increased slightly for SMGs and Rifles
  • Biu's melee stamina cost increased from 0 to 15
  • Starting Light ammo on Adventure Mode increased from 80 to 120
  • Increased maximum Light ammo from 250 to 360
  • Increased maximum Light ammo from 150 to 280
  • Increased maximum Light ammo from 250 to 400
  • Reduced Ducan Commander's HP from 9600 to 6000
  • Reduced Shield Generator's HP from 1000 to 600
  • Reduced enemy Machinegun damage from 12 to 10
  • Reduced Boss Gun damage from 32 to 16
  • Reduced Boss Gun projectile speed from 36 to 32
  • Reduced Homing Rocket damage from 200 to 160
  • Reduced Checkpoint1 price from 2000 to 1000
  • Reduced Checkpoint2 price from 6000 to 3000
  • Reduced Checkpoint3 price from 12000 to 6000
  • Set all Adventure Mode high tier weapon prices to 5000
  • Set all Adventure Mode last Relic prices to 4500
  • Reduced second Overshield price from 3000 to 1500
  • Added extra ammo and health spawns to Adventure mode
  • Set all Ducan shields' strength to 100
  • Set all Tier 3 turtles' HP to 120
  • Reduced all enemy projectile speeds by 20%
  • Watchful Eye now gives a bit less maximum ammo bonus
  • Watchful Eye now increases ammo and grenade pickup from boxes
  • Endless:
  • The Endless Shop is open for business!
  • Gunnar has arrived at the Endless Shop and will upgrade your weapons up to +9
  • Ace' shop now has 3 Resource slots and 3 Tiered slots
  • Relics can now be seen and activated on the Endless Shop
  • 13 new Endless-exclusive Weapons!
  • 5 new Endless-exclusive Relics!
  • 16 Challenges are now available!
  • Challenges are randomly activated every 2 levels in Endless
  • Enemies don't drop guns on Endless any more
  • Tweaked item spawn type and rarity in Endless
  • Tweaked enemy spawn in Endless
  • Added Endless-specific hints
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where the character on "Random" would be Ace on the first time, every time
  • Fixed a bug where characters would sometimes shoot or dash when entering a room or unpausing the game

New in Relic Hunters Zero 1.0 Update 2 (Aug 31, 2015)

  • Features:
  • Steam Cloud save implemented;
  • "Ass" is now called "Ace"
  • Game now saves automatically if you quit in the middle of a match;
  • Gameplay hints now appear when you die;
  • Added the "Best Endless Score" stat;
  • Added the "Highest Endless Loop" stat;
  • Added the "Best Run Time" stat;
  • Added the "Longest Run Time" stat;
  • Gameplay:
  • Removed Biu's free shield activation during the melee activation;
  • Reduced Stamina cost from Biu's shield from 0.35 to 0.25;
  • Shotgun now has less spread when you are aiming;
  • Shotgun ammo capacity decreased from 8 to 5;
  • Source Code:
  • Made a small change to ammo code to allow your modified guns to have zero ammo cost if you so desire;
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed invalid carriage return and line feed characters causing issues with the Localization file;
  • Fixed a bug with Melee weapon aiming where the distance would be determined by the last ranged weapon held;
  • Fixed a bug where Pinkyy's gloves and Biu's buckler reflections would not be drawn
  • Fixed a collision bug on the Tutorial;

New in Relic Hunters Zero 1.0 Update 1 Hotfix (Aug 22, 2015)

  • Gameplay:
  • Reduced enemy damage by 20% across the board;
  • Increased Pinkyy's starting Shields from 40 to 50
  • Art:
  • Increased the size of Ass' speech balloon and increased line spacing to fit Japanese localization;
  • Added Kami Kage destruction animation
  • Added a transparency to the speech balloons when you walk behind them
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where the gamepad auto-aim would trigger when it shouldn't, and not trigger when it should;
  • Fixed a bug where the Stage teleporter would report missing items, but the Shop would be empty;
  • Fixed a bug where a recently-digged Relic piece would appear for sale on the Shop;
  • Exit arrow now properly blends with the background and appears only after a few seconds;