• Fixed an issue where player was unable to properly respawn after death
• Fixed reward for the Drinking Buddies quest not spawning at correct location
• Fixed an edge case where Spirits being target of the Cleansing Fire quest would despawn if player ran away and slept
• Fixed a rare case of the door leading to the Chapter 1 boss remaining closed after opening it once, if it happened between versions
• Fixed a buzzing sound that occurred near enemies killed by projectile weapons
• Fixed an issue where Jim could repeat the quest dialogue for Family Ties after the target was already killed
• Fixed an issue where Horned Shadow would not end the questline with proper dialogue
• Fixed lack of voice over for one of Bristle Mike’s lines
• Fixed a potential issue for saves in which players have already given Jim the coin, which could block players from receiving the new quest
• Fixed an issue where maxed out High Tolerance perk would not correctly prolong the positive buffs of alcohol
• Fixed a potential stuck point in the well in Chapter 1
• Fixed a few typos
• Improved clarity of texts indicating that non-story achievements are not enabled in Story and Custom difficulties
• Improved some Cactus Bota animations
• The Blur weapon no longer is locked until death (may require using Purple Revival once to take it off for players already having it equipped)
• Small improvements to certain ragdolls - this should help with cases of extreme enemy ragdolling
• Added the respec potion (New Dawn Tincture) to the shops at Chapter 1 for New Game+. Also added this potion to shops in Chapter 2 for every kind of game, so it’s available earlier.

• Fixed an issue where saves from pre 4.4.0 version of the game would have wrong modifiers applied, causing issues such as no ammunition at traders or inability to obtain blessings
• Fixed the Cleansing Fire quest not being properly awarded when talking to the Shaman
• Fixed an issue with certain saves missing objects or NPC’s added in the previous update
• Fixed an issue with loading a very old save file would cause every entity to duplicate
• Fixed issues with new items such as Enhanced Arrowhead, Cactus Bota, The Blur
• Fixed possible softlock if player finished the game and selected “exit” on the NG+ screen and then tried loading the same save again
• Fixed an issue with Enhanced Arrow displaying wrong icon
• Fixed blood decals issues in the saloon in Chapter 1
• Made new quest cactus more thicc based on player feedback.

New difficulty modes

• Story Mode - for those wanting to follow along the story without having to worry too much about dying again and again... and again.
• Blood, Sweat and Tears - for those wanting an extra challenge.
• Custom Mode - where you can adjust the experience and include modifiers like no more ammunition at traders, turn off curse lifting, blessings and more!
• One new achievement related to Blood, Sweat and Tears.
• A special “victory” item awaits those who battle through Blood, Sweat and Tears to forever remind them of their difficult deed.

New Game+ is here as well, with its own modifiers! Dare to combine it with one of the new difficulty modes?

New quests

• Jim is suspicious of the new basement in the saloon, but he also has another big job on his mind.
• The shaman may require assistance once more in another attempt to right the wrongs.
• A brand new NPC may offer two wild, new quests that will take player across whole map

These modes and quests will most certainly need balancing... so we're gonna need feedback from y'all!
Please let us know how you feel about the new modes and let us know on the forums! We'll be looking to put out another patch for Blood West in a week or two!

Bug fixes

• Traits screen is now back to how it looked prior to 4.3.0
• Fixed a rare issue in which certain saves from Chapter 1 could never load properly
• Fixed the Occult Mask to now apply a full Curse properly on player death
• Fixed an issue with Priest’s coughing in Chapter 2 that could be heard in the Fort area even after rescuing him
• Fixed kills with dynamite not counting towards Crimson Brooch’s value
• Fixed Strix dealing more damage in melee than intended
• Fixed arrows appearing at the center of the screen for a split second on high framerates
• Fixed “Loremaster of the Barren Lands” achievement being granted before gathering the last note
• Fixed bug that was preventing keybindings for staying for some users

Improvements

• Optimization for vast amounts of dead enemies across whole map - this should increase performance and stability of the game in cases where player killed a lot of enemies
• Game should be able to recognize corrupted saves a bit better and inform about them
• Debuff from using a Cigar has been improved/nerfed
• Totem of Souls voice has been slightly improved
• Text-scaling can be changed in the Settings menu
• Small text improvements
• Small improvements and fixes to keybinds (especially AZERTY layout) and controllers

Improvements

• Damage calculations are now rounded up to avoid possible edge cases, when enemy could be hit the same way with the same weapon and once every 50 tests it would not die due to how floats operate
• Narrations about location now respects the “character lines frequency” option in the Settings menu

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue with Delifers realising Hellbats even when they weren’t killed by a headshot
• Fixed an issue of black screen appearing after dying on the Chapter 1 Boss arena
• Fixed an issue of invisible cursor if player died from lethal fall damage in Ironman mode
• Bunch of improvements to the Brazilian translation
• Fixed a menacing barrel standing in the Fort area of Chapter 2 without its metal belt. Scary!

Changes

• More Voice Overs from Stephen Russell! - just like in Dead Man’s Promise (with the amazing Redd Pepper) the protagonist will comment on visited areas all around the map.
• Added Brazilian Portuguese - thanks to Gabriel Finotti, Blood West can now be experienced in another language.
• Improvements to Cleansing Fire quest to make it a bit more intuitive (it’s enough to set skeletons on fire to progress)
• Slight optimization for some edge cases. This could be observed mostly when killing lots and lots of enemies without resting or dying. And in Chapter 3 in certain areas.
• Saving mid-dialogue is no longer possible to avoid potential issues.
• Added small bits of SFX to certain objects that were missing them

Bug fixes

• Fixed a possible crash if player tried loading a save game where they declined the NG+ option
• Fixed an issue with flammable ammo not working correctly
• Fixed an issue where Molotovs wouldn’t be available at shops
• Fixed a bug in which summons didn’t work correctly in Dead Man’s Promise NG+
• Fixed a bug in which Golden Cigar would not appear in player’s inventory after starting NG+ if their inventory was full
• Fixed a bug where Cactus Bota wouldn’t prolong effects of alcohol. Also the item now mentions the duration in description properly.
• Fixed another bug where maxed out Alcohol Tolerance perk wasn’t prolonging effects of alcohol for the correct amount of time
• Fixed a bug with Depth Hunter’s ragdolls that could cause odd issues and graphical glitches
• Fixed a bug in which a dying Defiler wouldn’t spawn a Hellbat and instead would disappear if player stopped looking at it
• Fixed a bug where the C and D keybindings would instead bind to mouse buttons in certain cases
• Fixed a bug where an empty HUD element would appear if the player died with the Occult Mask on
• Fixed Priest’s coughing in Chapter 2. No more ghostly coughs after he moved on!
• Fixed a bug where the proper in-game cursor was lost to the Worlds Beyond. A successful expedition was mounted to retrieve the cursor from the unseen horrors.