Dead Cells update is now available to download on PC. According to the official Dead Cells patch notes, the latest update addresses some bugs and crashes.
Previously, a major update added new changes, fixes, and gameplay improvements.
Unfortunately, players are still experiencing several issues since the release. Today’s Dead Cells version will fix a few of these issues.
Check out more details below.
Dead Cells Patch Notes
Visual
- Customisable interface size and transparency
- Choice of game font styles (including pixellated)
- Game font colour customisation
- Stats colour customisation
- Display stats icons next to character stats
- Options to outline the Beheaded, projectiles, enemies, active skills and secrets
- Synergy and stat icons in equipment menu
- No-blood mode
- Adjustable particle limit
Making the text size adjustable is on our list too, but the game really, really, hates it when we make the text bigger. This was requested a lot, so we’re not giving up yet, but we can’t promise that it will be in the update.
Font colour menu
Stat icons displayed next to items
Outlines applied to Beheaded and enemies (plus customised stats colours in bottom left)
Synergy and stat icons in equipment menu
Sound
- Adjust volume of different sound effects separately
There are some other options that we’d like to add which are proving a bit tricky to implement, so bear in mind that this isn’t a complete list of what might be in the update at the end.
We’re also working on creating an accessibility menu to gather all these options in one place as they’re all spread out in the options menu at the moment, but again the UI is being a bit tricky!
Assist Mode
- Continue mode – each time you die you can resurrect from the beginning of the biome (this effectively already existed by quitting the game when you die, now it’s just ‘official’)
- Auto-hit mode – automatically target nearby enemies with your primary melee weapon. The one time that the mobile version was ahead of us!
- Adjustable trap damage, enemy damage and enemy health in % increments
- Option for slower parry window and trap speed
Weapon Reworks
This update also brings some reworks of older weapons, which were in pretty dire need of a tune-up:
- Barnacle: new crit condition on bleeding or poisoned targets to make it less awkward (and bad).
- Tentacle: lots of bug fixes. It should be way more reliable now.
- Crowbar: new crit condition on stunned enemies to make it less awkward too.
- Magnetic Grenade: full rework: it doesn’t send enemies flying around (often in your head) but instead pulls them towards the explosion.
- Biters pets: now way more resistant to attacks and effects that don’t specifically target them.
- Corrupted Power: now in % instead of a flat bonus. No other difference functionally speaking.
- Wings of the Crow: lots of bug fixes.
- Decoy: can be manually detonated after a few moments (it’s not a grenade, but you don’t have to awkwardly wait for it to explode if you don’t want to)
Obviously this is an alpha so we might have been over eager with some of these changes. Have fun with that while you can, because we will be adjusting them where needed!
Early-game item cost reduced
The cost of most of the beginner items has been drastically cut, to make the early game less tedious for new players and to make new items a viable unlock option while trying to get your flask, gold and other useful upgrades. This should also make it easier to catch up on your item pool when starting a new save.
How to access the alpha:
Then follow these instructions to access the alpha:
- Go to your Steam game library.
- Right click on Dead Cells and click “properties”.
- Select the tab “Betas”.
- In the first dropdown box select “Alpha – Not for the faint hearted”.
- Click close and wait for the upload to finish downloading.
- Start playing.