Withering Rooms v1.24

New Features

• Added a new melee ring - the Knight's Ring - which boosts melee damage and shield effectiveness. Sold by the merchant in the East Attic Stairwell in Chapter 3/4.

Polish

• Japanese and German localization improvements

• Improve descriptions for several level up options to make it more clear why they are beneficial

Balance Changes

• Can dodge, roll or block sooner after a light melee attack

• The "invincible" portion of dodges and rolls when the Evasion Codex has been slightly increased

• Parlor NPC in Chapter 2 and Attic and East Stairwell NPCs in Chapter 3/4 sell more amulets and rings

• Pills sold by the nurse NPC in Chapter 3/4 are cheaper

• Bloody Ring now adds +1 bleeding to melee attacks, and the bleeding effect on the wearer it incurs has been halved

• Shield Ring now adds +10 poise

• Night Mother's Blade, Bloody Bell, Throwing Knife and Cholera Patient Head do more damage

• Bleed damage for Nail Trap reduced

• Curse Rot resistance for Eclipse Ring has been reduced

• Phantom Thread toll is no longer reduced with Spell Toll resistance, and Curse Rot damage is applied while wearing it

• Frog's Eye Ring has more poison resistance, but adds less poison damage to melee

• Poise and hyper armor length after poise break have been increased for all bosses after the church boss

• Lost Horse has improved AI

Bug Fixes

• Fix some bosses, such as the Church Invasion, Blood Tower Roof boss and New Game + boss, not having their cinematic properly play out and leaving the game in an odd state and/or not leaving proper rewards. If you haven't started a New Game + cycle, their rewards will appear in your inventory upon loading the game, otherwise you will need to defeat them again in your current cycle.

• Fix the ability to glitch into the mausoleum door before defeating the Chapter 1 hedge maze boss with certain button presses during the cinematic

• Fix healing barrier not lasting its full duration when boosted with higher Spell Damage

• Fix some seeds of the Observatory generating with furniture too close to a door to open it

• Reduce the number of volumetrics present in several areas to improve Very High/Ultra performance, particularly on AMD cards - if you continue to see issues on your particular configuration in an area, please file a bug report so I can check it out

• Fix the ring upgrade screen displaying [ERROR] for certain Windows system language/locale settings

• Fix the Scythe occasionally doing the heavy attack when it shouldn't

• Fix odd visual FX when rolling using Burning Protection

• Fix the minimap being offset when playing in ultrawide configurations

• Fix changing outfits during Spirit Form not applying the proper material

• Fix Mannequins not counting as one of your 3 enchantments

• Fix Sothach & Baw returning to life after being defeated and returning to the room

• Fix enemies that heal potentially healing on the same frame as their death(making them invincible)

• Fix queueing up a healing item while the Phantom Threads are equipped causing repeated attacks

• Fix being able to pick up Tesla Coil Mace twice

• Fix Edgar leaving a trail of map NPC icons when following the player

• Fix the Sword (Left) for Nightingale's Creature not displaying stats

• Fix the Comforting Bear not having its intended (small) curse healing effect when not being cuddled

• Fix being able to peek into the secret room in the Church of Burdens

• Fix rings with random heal/damage every X seconds effects sometimes not working properly

Withering Rooms v1.23

Important Fixes

• Under some circumstances, reward items dropped by the Butcher Surgeon could disappear from the inventory. Upon loading a save in this situation on this patch, these reward items will be restored.

• Fix the Quest display in later game chapters appearing to be blank sometimes until reloading into the game.

Polish

• Additional German and Japanese localization improvements and bug fixes

• The NPC at the end of Chapter 3 now has a choice with a warning that continuing will end the chapter. Since all Chapter 3 content is accessible from Chapter 4, this warning was originally deemed not required but it (understandably) caused concern.

• When playing on resolutions below 1080p, i.e. Steam Deck:

  • Notes now default to the standard typeface(usually you have to press the Typeface button or press X/Square)

  • The font size and zoom level of the full map have been increased

Bug Fixes

• Fix the full map text not updating when changing languages

• Fix being able to press the "Toggle Legibility" keybind/controller button when you shouldn't be able to

Withering Rooms v1.22

Withering Rooms is now out of Early Access! This is the first full release patch.

New Features

New outfits have been added: Skin Mask, Flaming Hood, Punishment Cage, Bloody Apron

A new enemy archetype with two new bestiary entries has been added: the Rival Witches. They wear and use similar equipment as Nightingale, right down to eating Scones when low on health and placing Warding Candles when cursed. Defeating them yields First Angel Kindling, a new resource.

Two new areas have been added to the game:

• Church of the First Angel - defeat your first Rival Witch to gain access to this location, where you can perform rituals to be able upgrade your equipment past +3 all the way to +5

• The Bloody Gatehouse - the Gatehouse is no longer boarded up in Chapter 3/4, although you may not like what's inside

Skeletons are now enchantable to fight on your side, including both the warrior and archer types.

Finally, new professional translations have been implemented for German and Japanese.

Polish

• The player and boss health bars now display a tick every 100 health points to make it easier to see how much is left

• Improve the resolution and appearance of some UI elements

• Artifacts with consistently draining or negative effects, such as the Lantern Familiar, turn off automatically upon starting a new night

• Significant CPU optimizations

• Because some keyboards do not have(or is labeled otherwise) a backquote(~) key, the default presented Toggle Minimap key is now m - note that backquote(~) is still a secondary binding by default so you can continue to use it

Balance Changes

• A Chapter 2 Nowhere NPC sells additional spell related items and rings

• The Vicar of St. Elli's now continues to appear in Chapter 2 in New Game +

• The Upper Parlor merchant sells additional items

• In order to make it easier to obtain a Sentinel Candle in Chapter 1, the Cursed Explorer ring is guaranteed to be on sale from a merchant

• Summoned minions can no longer hit each other with projectiles

• Curse Sentinels only spawn once per area, and never respawn. Additionally, they will spawn in a shorter and more consistent timespan once reaching the necessary Cursedness threshold if not already holding a Sentinel Candle.

• Corpse Hand now scales the movement distance of enemies along with their speed, making it much more effective at keeping them at a distance

• Enemies are more likely to target the Dummy Spell dummy

• The Comforting Bear heals much more cursedness per second

• The Whip does more physical damage

• The New Game + boss has more health

• Labyrinth & Blackett House NPCs now sell Photographic Dry Plates

• The effective range(i.e. for capturing spirits) of photographs has increased

• Additional Angels were added to the Byzantine Labyrinth in New Game +

• Holy Pentagram, Pentagram of Blood, Golden Pentagram, Cursed Flesh Ring, Gold Skull Ring, Skull Ring have been buffed

• All headwear with damage % effects and Vampire Locket now affect base damage

• Vibration on controllers is disabled when in menus

Bug Fixes

• Fix various melee weapons not producing any controller rumble on hit, and all melee weapons not producing rumble upon hitting a wall

• Fix aiming while exiting sideways out of a room not exiting the room

• Fix the "grabbed" animation not playing when being grabbed, i.e. by a charging enemy

• Fix the time to actually start "blocking" not taking into account Speed stat

• Fix being able to use a left hand item while switching which left hand item is equipped

• Fix the body bags summoned by the Chapter 2 Upper Banquet hall boss potentially having odd swinging physics

• Fix bear traps sometimes playing their snap effect multiple times

• Fix the Whip's animation not properly scaling with Speed

• Fix installing a Blackett House Electrical Generator creating a redundant quest if another is found

• Fix solving the Seance Room puzzle and immediately trying to interact with the painting causing a softlock

• Fix some doors locking but not visually closing when encountering a boss

• Fix unequipping the Evasion Codex while dodging leaving the Spirit Form visual effect on

• Fix visual artifacts around Nightingale's hands when using the Nurse Outfit

• Fix doors being able to become permanently blocked by allies or enemies exiting them

• Fix being able to stand up when just on the other side of crouch only doors, leading to odd behavior

• Fix the Cholera Clinic puzzle not resetting upon leaving and re-entering

• Fix some items, such as the Goat Fashion Record, being awarded again in New Game +

• Fix Cholera Clinic boss coming back to life when quitting and reloading in the same room

• Fix some enemies, such as the clowns in the Circus Show, not counting towards the night's kill count

• Fix the achievement for reaching level 40 not counting some sources of levelling up

• Fix photographs not counting many friendly NPCs in their total subject count, making achievements like Action Shot harder than intended

• Fix arena related quests not being marked as complete in the quest log

• Fix Epilogue B becoming soft locked under circumstances

• Fix an issue where the Pocket Nowhere Mirror could leave the screen black if Nightingale is poise broken just before teleporting

• Fix NPCs sometimes head tracking objects like the lantern familiar instead of the player

• Fix some monsters being counted as "guardians" for sealed treasure chests that shouldn't be, such as Possessed Paintings

• Fix monsters sometimes pathing, dodging or being knocked beyond open side doors, making them hard to fight

• Fix a softlock that could occur after the cemetery invasion battle

• Fix Warding Candles being able to be placed on top of one another

• Fix Curse Form not working while the Flight Codex is equipped

• Fix the Build Display UI showing Weirdness twice instead of Immunity

Withering Rooms v1.21

New Features

• A special room has been added to the Church of Burdens only accessible by those who have obtained the Drink Me potion

Balance Changes

• You can now mix one wax of each color to craft a Warding Candle

• Levelling up now fully heals all stats and status effects, including Necrosis

• The Flykeeper's flies no longer do curse damage, and do less physical damage

• Mounted machine guns no longer scale with projectile damage

• Additional Angels have been added to Chapter 3 & 4

• A comfy chair has been added to the Blackett House Foyer

• The Mad Witch has a longer cooldown on her teleports

• The Withered status effect no longer affects your Curse Tolerance

• You can now use the Puzzle Oracle to solve piano and organ puzzles

• The rising price of the Puzzle Oracle now resets each New Game +

• The final boss of the Blood Tower now gives you a choice as to whether you want to fight immediately

• Improved the speed and smoothness of various actions such as exiting and entering rooms

• Reduced the latency between inputs and actions

• In Narrative difficulty:

  • Rather than suffering from the 75% health/curse penalty that other monsters do, allies of the player now have full health/curse but do 75% less damage. This brings the ally experience more in line with Standard difficulty, where allies live for longer but are not as deadly.

  • Mounted machine gun damage is scaled down by 75% to bring the cemetery invasion sequence more in line with Standard difficulty.

Polish

• Epilogue D's credits scene has been improved

• Improved the appearance of the Night Mother Cottage

• Improved the resolution and appearance of various environment and UI elements

• Shadow Nightingale now keeps a more comfortable distance

• Auto saving now occurs only during room transitions unless it has been a long time since the last one and you are not currently in combat

• Changing the difficulty will now prompt if you're sure and then immediately reset the mansion rather than waiting for you to die or start a new night yourself

• The English (UK) or English (US) language option is automatically chosen based on your system's locale setting

• Maps have been moved to their own category and are not lost upon starting New Game +

• If a creature has 100% resistance to a particular damage type, the associated stat value is not displayed in their Bestiary entry

Bug Fixes

• Fix the Remembrance Shrines page sometimes not displaying properly

• Fix Possessed Books not firing on their targets

• Fix Stats page displaying only total points, not current points for some stats after v1.20

• Fix Possessed Painting giving away its location by the camera moving towards it

• Fix some blocking furniture, such as the beds in the Upper Bedrooms, not blocking enchanted armor

• Fix Healing Barrier barrier not always facing the correct direction

• Fix some Charms showing an inaccurate effect, or not showing their effect at all

• Fix the king in Chapter 3 not accepting a Nurse Hat as being a nurse outfit

• Fix volumetrics culling too early when using a screen wider than 21:9

• Fix using a Warding Candle on a hex'd door not dispelling the hex on both sides

• Fix switching to Low graphics quality potentially leaving the depth of field on

• Fix Shadow Nightingale sometimes doubling when saving and loading

• Fix turning Fullscreen back on not restoring the system display resolution

• Fix being able to switch inventory categories while the quick item assignment or another modal dialog was up

• Fix a softlock that could occur if Nightingale is hiding when an arena battle ends

• Fix the second Bayonet swing sometimes not hitting the enemy

• Fix Nightingale sometimes playing the "switch item" animation multiple times when switching items

• Fix "storyboard" images during cinematics not having a full black background on arrow aspect resolutions i.e. the Steam Deck

• Fix the Fixed Seed entry screen causing a softlock if activated for the first time from the title screen

• Fix actions that reset stats, such as choosing to respec or completing an arena battle, potentially leaving the player with an unhealable Curse Rot status

• Fix several awarded items, such as the Nurse Outfit, not showing the new item UI after the dialog awarding them completes

• Fix character sidestep animations not playing

• Fix running while aiming not allowing Nightingale to strafe backwards

• Fix a crash that could occur under some circumstances when gold is stolen from the player

• Fix Narrative resetting to Standard difficulty upon starting New Game +

• Fix a New Game + only monster in the village being spawned with the wrong team and murdering the villagers before you arrive

• Fix Terror and other "running" conditions for the player sometimes not causing the player to run

Withering Rooms v1.20 (2023-12-17)

New Monsters

Rogue Ghoul - A sneaky undead that will attempt to steal your coins when you're not looking. Found in Subterranean Grove, Labyrinth Poison Pits, the Bog, and more rarely Blackett House and the Valley Cottages.

Lost Horse - Where did Graverider get his horse? By finding one of these! Found in Subterranean Grove, the Bog and Cagewood.

Bloody Man - This unlucky fellow has had his skin replaced with bandages. Found in Blackett House and Blood Tower.

Build Display Mirror

You can use a new clouded mirror in Nowhere to display all of your relevant items and stats in one screen for easy review or sharing your build with others by taking a screenshot.

Prismatic Dress

A dress that changes color over time, and gradually heals both health and cursedness. Available in the New Game + prize shop.

Control Changes

You no longer need to be running to roll. Simply hold left or right and press the dodge button. You can still dodge back by not holding left or right.

With this change, the default gamepad controls have been updated to be more comfortable and familiar to most gamers:

• Dodge has moved to Circle/B

• Run has moved to R1/RB

• Item Shortcut Menu to L1/LB

The default Item Shortcut Menu behavior is now to toggle, rather than requiring the button to be held.

If you preferred the old layout, you can rebind any input in the Input Options menu.

The Previous/Next Category buttons can now be used to change pages in the Item Shortcut Menu.

Combat Stance, given how rarely it is actually used by players during melee combat, has been renamed to Aim to better reflect its most common use(aiming projectiles) and is no longer taught in the initial combat tutorial.

New Game + Improvements

Increased monster randomness and new spawns in New Game + and beyond

New Game ++ and beyond now get random upgrade treasures throughout the map

Additional Angels have been added to New Game + Chapter 3 & 4

The Phantom Thread outfit is available for sale from the New Game + merchant

Balance Changes

Bear traps can be activated by damage, such as throwing a Pottery Shard or hitting with a melee weapon that has a low strike

You can now buy a maximum of 25 Hardened Flesh per New Game + cycle

In Custom Arena Battles, each NG+ level yields a 10% instead of a 50% bonus

Custom Arena Battles yield less gold

Bloody Bell projectile has a larger hitbox

Spirit Dust Bag and Curious Statue now reduce their spell toll with additional Weirdness and take into account equippables that reduce spell toll in their description display

Edgar resurrects back in his home room upon death and leaving the room

Polish

Added 'Ultra' graphics quality level - adds additional volumetric and bloom detail

Improve the performance of certain scenes on Low and Medium quality settings

Improve the appearance of Cursed Helmet

The Cagewood has an additional room, and the Old Cemetery has improved in appearance

Smoothed the transition from game to main menu

Credits can be "fast forwarded" and are now accessible from the title screen

Ending the game transitions directly into New Game +

Continued Japanese translation improvements courtesy of community members Ava Wade and Lapinyan

Bug Fixes

Fix Tomos not selling the Top Hat in Chapter 3/4

Fix Nightingale occasionally emitting louder "run" footsteps when walking through doorways

Fix Chapter 3 and beyond stats not showing in NG+ Chapter 1/2

Fix Possessed Paintings sometimes clipping through furniture when coming alive

Fix Resolution Scale reverting when changing rooms

Fix Bog Behemoth exhibiting odd movement when poise is broken

Fix the Curse Sentinel flickering after death when pausing the game

Fix Nightingale reverting size when being hidden, such as when taking a picture, when using the Drink Me Potion/Eat Me Cake

Fix receiving a very large number(thousands) of coins slowing the game down temporarily

You can now carry a maximum of 99,999 of any item to prevent item display or overflow issues at very high NG+ levels

Fix the Cat Ears looking strange when combined with a cloak

Fix Felix spawning outside of his cage in Storage for some seeds

Fix some Chapter 4 quests not being marked as complete when they are finished

Fix Nightingale's Creature being able to suffer from Necrosis and Terror, which had odd results

Fix the Occult Library Key quest lore not being translated if you switch languages after picking it up

Fix duplicate dynamic puzzle lore items appearing upon re-reading after saving the game

Withering Rooms v1.19 (2023-11-14)

New Features

A new area - the Subterranean Grove - has been added to the bottom floor of the Labyrinth. This area includes a new NPC that can respec your character. This means you no longer have to wait until New Game + to respec - now you can do it as soon as Chapter 2.

Additionally, several new outfits were added:

• Medusa Head - found in Subterranean Grove

• Necromancer Helm - found in Labyrinth Jail Cells

• Top Hat - found randomly in Chapter 1/2, or for sale by Tomos in Chapter 3+

Polish

• Music mix has been improved

• Added a new haunting to the Valley Forest

• Reduced judder in Nightingale's run

• Some Japanese translation improvements courtesy of community members Ava Wade and Lapinyan

• The Bug Report and Input menus are now translated to Japanese

Bug Fixes

• Fix the upgrade ring screen closing immediately when using Japanese

• Fix some curses on random rings actually being blessings

• Fix a softlock that could occur when using the Item Shortcut Menu just as you enter a cutscene

• Fix the Recall Shrine not working when dying in the arena with a follower such as Nightingale's Creature in some circumstances

• Fix using the Pocket Mirror during Chapter 1 in New Game+ resulting in a black screen

• Fix allies like enchanted armor sometimes never unblocking doorways or getting "lost"

• Fix being able to move/interact when the game is returning to title

• Fix untranslated Gatehouse Residence room title in Chapter 2 appearing on map

• Fix several New Game + quests not completing when the item required was already in your inventory

• Fix Nightingale's Creature being affected by the use of Fashion Records

• Fix repeatedly editing the key bindings sometimes resulting in a corrupted keybind file

• Fix some instances of options reflecting the previous language when a new language is selected

• Fix Corpulent Zombie flashing/unflashing after death when the game is paused or the Item Shortcut Menu is active

• Fix Enchanted Candlestick projectile continuing to travel far off-screen

• Fix several places where changing the language wouldn't immediately affect text already on-screen

• Fix the New Game + boss leaving a bright light behind after death in some circumstances

• Fix the New Game + boss head not being able to be hit by certain projectiles such as jars

• Fix mirrors having a distorted reflection when viewed from odd angles, such as when using Fixed Camera Mode

• Fix the Foyer floor reflection looking odd when resolution scaling or blurring was in effect

Withering Rooms 1.18 (2023-11-3)

Hotfixes

• Fix an issue introduced in 1.17 where the level up screen could instantly close when using a controller

New Features

• Added the Puzzle Oracle, a device that will instantly solve a puzzle(before breaking). The price goes up with each purchase. Available for sale from the very first merchant.

Polish

• To prevent confusion for new players who may inadvertently turn it off, the Show HUD option is now unlocked only after completing the game

• The Organ Processing room clue is now placed in the Clues category and can be re-read

Balance Changes

• Added a stockpile of photographic plates to the Gatehouse in Chapter 2

Bug Fixes

• Fix Idol Keepers bursting through locked or broken doors

• Fix the ingredients for crafting hearts for Nightingale's Creature not being valid items

Withering Rooms 1.17 (2023-11-2)

New features

• Added the Apprentice's Candlestick, a reusable spell tool that creates a small ball of flame in front of the caster, which can be found starting in Chapter 1

Polish

• On High/Very High graphics settings, the background blurs out when in the inventory or viewing new items to make text easier to read

• Your number of upgrades thus far is now displayed next to each stat type in the level up screen

• Enemies that die in doorways fall into the room

• Improve Advanced Wretch Gate dissipation FX

• The game no longer responds to input when not focused

• Optimized memory use, loading and saving speed

• Improvements to Fixed Camera Mode angles and spacing

Balance Changes

• Danger status effect now stays visible until cleared by healing

• Length of invulnerability when Danger status takes effect reduced from 4.5 seconds to 3 seconds

• Magical healing effects, such as Healing Barrier or vampirism, no longer work when in Danger

• Increased Pipe speed

• Gold Bear Ring, Silver Bear Ring and Rabbit's Heart Ring have been buffed

• Monsters are more aggressive when exiting doors

• Shield durability calculation has been changed to give additional durability for poise, and the Shield Ring's effect has been increased

• Increased the radius of Corpse Explosion

• Increased the spell toll reduction associated with leveling Weirdness

• The Doll in Chapter 2 has double the health

• Nightingale's Creature has dramatically higher health and damage(and higher scaling with upgrades)

• Apprentice's Candlestick and Throwable Knife are both sold by the Masked Man in Chapter 1, meaning spell/projectile only runs are viable from the start of the game

• Curse Rot immediately impacts health upon acquiring, rather than waiting a second

• Warding Candle healing ramp has been speed up, but the speed resets when acquiring Curse Rot

Bug Fixes

• Fix several instances of treasure chests being empty upon open

• Fix NPCs near interactable items, such as Rose, sometimes resulting in a softlock upon speaking to them

• Fix being able to talk to Margaret after she disappears during the Chapter 1 tutorial, potentially resulting in a softlock

• Fix tutorial and quest messages disappearing when entering the pause menu

• Fix equipping multiple resistance providing equipment potentially resulting in all damage being blocked for a particular damage type

• Fix spell scaling not properly applying to: Summon Spears, Annihilation, Corpse Explosion

• Fix enemies disappearing when they exit a room you are peeking into

• Fix the doll occasionally becoming invisible

• Fix some bosses, such as Beast Nightingale, not awarding a Blemished Bestiary Page

• Fix ghosts and other enemies that leave residue behind not awarding a Blemished Bestiary Page

• Fix being unable to click on a dialog option when an item icon is shown during the dialog

• Fix Ancient Greek subtitles not appearing properly when playing in Japanese

• Fix being rammed while exiting a room causing the player to teleport to the exit upon completion

• Fix having two controllers plugged in resulting in both button prompts appearing instead of the active one

• Fix L2/R2 prompts for Playstation controllers not using glyphs

• Fix the default PS5 controller bindings not being able to use the D-Pad to navigate menus

• Fix duplicated ladders in the valley basements

• Fix the Noise Effect causing some dark effects, such as being hit with cursed energy, to have an odd bright appearance

• Fix the NPC in the Organ Processing room not being responsive if wearing the witch outfit

• Fix keys not being able to be found in the Blackett House on some seeds

• Fix some story elements that require an enemy or NPC to be on-screen not working when playing in Fixed Camera Mode

• In Fixed Camera Mode, combat stance no longer causes zoom

• Fix an issue where peeking in Fixed Camera Mode could leave the camera in the peeked room

• Fix odd behavior when trying to cancel out of the circus ticket purchase screen

• Fix Nightingale's Creature Summoning Knife not reducing player to 10% health

Withering Rooms 1.16 (2023-9-28)

Artifacts

A new item class has been added - the Artifact. When activated, artifacts change Nightingale's behavior, or have a positive and negative effect associated with them. Any number of Artifacts can be activated at a time.

Several rings and amulets have been changed into artifacts, so they can be equipped and unequipped more easily without taking up ring/amulet slots:

• Ghostly Ring -> Evasion Codex

• Perception Ring -> Perception Codex

• Guard Ring -> Guard Codex

• Lantern Necklace -> Lantern Familiar

• Nightingale Locket -> Nightingale Doll

• Second Chance Ring -> Second Chance Brooch

• Befouled Ring -> Befouled Head

• Curse Ring -> Small Cursed Snuffbox

• Robert's Ring -> Large Cursed Snuffbox

• Closed Gaze Ring -> Closed Gaze

• Inverted Gaze Ring -> Inveted Gaze

Additionally, a wholly new artifact has been added:

• Flight Codex - allows Nightingale to run much more quickly but accumulates cursed energy while doing so

Combat Revisions

In order to make the game more fluid and fun, combat has been significantly revised:

• All of Nightingale's actions now have points where they can be canceled out of to dodge, block, or run - this makes all actions in the game faster(and safer)

• Healing items can now be used while walking or running

• There is a new Danger status when Nightingale suffers a blow that would kill her - this reduces her to 1 health and gives her 3 seconds of invulnerability in order to find something to heal with

• The i-frames on the Evasion Codex(formerly Ghostly Ring) have been dramatically increased, making it much easier to dodge and avoid attacks

• Monsters no longer turn when Nightingale rolls or otherwise dodges past them, making rolling past monsters and attacking from behind possible

• Monsters briefly slow down after attacking to open more windows for counterattack

• Monsters take into account velocity when choosing to attack, making it easier to bait out attacks by changing direction suddenly or dodging

• All melee weapons have been adjusted and rebalanced to be somewhat faster and more satisfying

• Many monster attacks have been revised to be more dodgeable

Portable Crafting Kit

Craft spells and laboratory items anywhere(so long as no monsters are around). Purchase from Albert in the Byzantine Labyrinth in Chapter 2, 3 or 4.

Monster Drops

All monsters now can drop additional loot, reducing the need to visit the shop for crafting supplies significantly.

New Hauntings

Several new hauntings have been added for the extremely cursed. Most noticeably, it now rains blood outside.

New Items

• Shield Ring - doubles the durability of shields

• Necromancer's Ring - increases the health of summoned allies

• Corrupted Meat - poisons Nightingale but adds +75 health, dropped by various enemies

Polish

• A new accessibility feature - Sound Icons - has been added to the Audio Options menu, which adds icons to off-screen sounds such as footsteps, combat, gunshots and explosions

• Film grain(called Noise Effect in the options) has been reimplemented as a procedural effect instead of a video. This means it has more variety, will no longer crash some machines, and is finally compatible with Steam Deck builds.

• Significant memory optimizations mean the game works much better on machines with low VRAM.

• Significant CPU optimizations should increase loading and performance for machines with slower CPUs.

• The title screen loads much more quickly, with less time spent on a black screen, on lower end machines.

• The bell toll at the Moonless Formless logo has been removed to save your ears.

• In menus, the mouse cursor is now hidden once a gamepad is used, and is only shown again if the mouse is moved.

Balance Changes

• Nowhere now has a Comfy Chair and Remembrance Shrine in Chapter 1/2

• Bleeding and poison now deal 30% health - previously they did fixed amounts per 100 health - this makes it much easier to predict their behavior

• Healthy Roll heals 1% every 60 seconds, instead of 1 health

• First Aid Kit heals 50% of health instead of 100%

• Warding candles heal cursedness more smoothly and quickly

• Shield durability scales more with poise and base durability increases with each NG+ level

• Horace health increased and is now immune to poison/bleeding

• When the maximum value of a stat such as health changes, the current value now scales proportionally

• Burning Gentleman's flames go out on death

• Many NPCs have more and rarer items for sale, and some now have a Sell option that did not previously

Bug Fixes

• Instances where volumetric fog could still be seen when on lower quality levels, such as when outdoors, have been fixed(and the FPS in those areas will be higher now)

• Fix vampirism only applying a single source of vampirism, instead of all of them - this meant wearing multiple pieces of equipment with vampirism was not effective previously

• Fix cursed furniture transitioning into regular furniture occasionally causing furniture to become stuck halfway in the floor

• Fix several instances where taking a photo could result in a black screen and softlock the game

• Fix some enemies, such as the Cloaked Ghoul, being able to throw projectiles behind them

• Fix holding a Torch while using the Curious Statue causing Nightingale to disappear

• Fix Nightingale clipping through the door when unlocking it

• Fix odd shadow/shading issues on several outfits with short hair

• Fix some side attacks from monsters not turning fully before starting

• Fix odd collision on Cursed Armor

• Fix Angel (Greatsword) not doing damage with their sword

• Fix Mad Witch having odd behavior when cornered near a wall

• Executioner Wretches can no longer track the player when a spirit twig is used

• Fix Zombie Knight's wall charge not doing damager

• Fix Executioner Wretch's kick not doing damage

• Fix various enemy attacks not triggering as often as they should

• Fix collision on Skinned Witch making it hard to do heavy attacks against her

• Fix some missing textures and models introduced in v1.13's asset optimizations

• Fix odd camera behavior when using a ladder in Chapter 2

Withering Rooms 1.15 (2023-8-21)

Hotfix for treasure inventory display freeze introduced in 1.14.

Withering Rooms 1.14 (2023-8-19)

Hotfix for a crash introduced in 1.13.

Withering Rooms 1.13 (2023-8-18)

New Features

The game now has a Language Options menu, and in addition to English (US) supports:

• English (UK)

• Japanese (work in progress)

The Japanese translation is a community supported effort and work on it is ongoing. At this time, customer support can only be provided in English.

If you are fluent in both Japanese and English and want to help, please reach out to support@moonlessformless.com or join the Discord. Report translation errors in-game by pressing the / key or using the option in the pause menu.

Support for additional languages is underway. Please reach out if you are able to help with translations.

Bug Fixes

• Fix Healing Barrier not scaling properly with spell damage

• Fix the New Game+ boss being able to re-challenged in a broken state

• Fix "blemishing" bestiary pages with the Book of Burdens not displaying the new bestiary page on pick up

• Fix the flamethrower occasionally gaining an odd/incorrect hitbox

• Fix the Burdened status effect and Possessed Chest/Painting not playing sounds

Withering Rooms 1.12 (2023-8-13)

New Features

In the Burial Ground, you can now turn in your "blemished" bestiary pages earned while defeating new monsters while holding the Burdened Book for a series of new item rewards:

• Closed Gaze Ring (Curious Ring)

• Cat Ears (Light Headwear)

• Rust Cloak (Light Outfit)

• Cursed Armor (Heavy Outfit)

• Cursed Helmet (Heavy Headwear)

• Moonless Formless Ring (Curious Ring)

• "Drink Me" Potion (Tool)

• "Eat Me" Cake (Tool)

Significant Polish

• The game has a new audio mix with mastered music, ambience and vocals. Overly harsh or loud sounds should be reigned in by a new mixing setup with additional compression. This is still in progress. Please press / to report sounds that are too loud or quiet on your setup.

• Quest display has been overhauled to include a small picture. Many additional quests have been added to help guide and remind the player of what needs to be done.

Polish

• Due to asset optimization, the game install size has been reduced by ~800mb

• A Target 30 FPS graphics option now exists on Steam Deck(off by default) to conserve battery

• Improved arm tracking for gun toting enemies such as Graverider or Valley Zombies

• All Hagsacks now have a unique icon

• The appearance of the Mourning Veil and Christmas Ghost Robe have been improved

• Clowns now use a Yorkshire dialect

• The Little Wretch now has improved animation and behavior, such as running away after being hit

• Blackett House has proper sounds now, including muffled screams and laughter

Balance

• Shields push combatants away on block and hitting a shield results in extra pushback, helping keep foes separated when blocking

• Nightingale is no longer affected by hit pushback while rolling, making it easier to roll past enemies

• The Bloody Bell is no longer a left hand item, and scales with spell damage

• Enchanted Candlestick and Bloody Bell are now upgradeable

• Valley Zombies are more likely to fire their guns

• Damage of Mad Witch & Cursed Armor decreased

• Health of Mad Witch decreased

• Damage & health of Chapter 4 bosses increased

• Aborted Experiments have been slowed down

Bug Fixes

• Fix periodic crashes introduced in 1.11 while "Noise Effect" is enabled

• Fix followers such as the Doll having trouble entering the room where the player is

• Fix instances of odd collision introduced in 1.11

• Fix Spell Toll not being charged properly

• Fix some Guardian Chests not opening even after all nearby monsters dead

• Fix the Church Basement metal door being enterable when power is off

• Night Mother Doll not blocking many types of damage fixed

• Fixed significant stat display inaccuracies for resistance and damage

• Fix Spirit Form not affecting default clothes

• Several typos have been fixed

• Fix the Cloaked Ghoul's lights being visible inside the wardrobe when hiding on Very high graphics level

• Fix greying of the skin due to cursedness not affecting freshly equipped outfits

• Fixed some rare instances of important furniture not spawning

Withering Rooms 1.11 (2023-7-30)

"Church of Burdens/Infinite Arena Update"

Book of Burdens

Unlock "hard mode" by picking up the Book of Burdens. In addition to making monsters much more deadly, you'll also be stalked by a new monster - the Burdened Brother - that can appear anywhere when you least expect it. When defeating a monster while holding the book, your bestiary entry is inverted and you receive a new item - Dream Essence. Toss the book away when things get too tough.

Nightingale's Creature

Enter the new Church of Burdens area in New Game + to create Nightingale's Creature. This new ally can be strengthened using Dream Essence collected while holding the Book of Burdens. Use the Summoning Knife to summon the creature to wherever you are. Pick the creature's playstyle - should they stay behind you, stay on the other side of your foe, protect you, or patrol the room independently of you? Craft an arsenal of weapons, shields and spellcasting tools and equip them in either hand. Set up a healer with a ranged fire attack or a dual sword wielder to accompany you on your journeys.

Epilogue D

In New Game +, you can now enter the the Church of Burdens and the Burial Grounds. You'll meet two new NPCs and can unlock a new ending.

Infinite Customizable Arena Matches

After completing the first 10 arena matches, you now unlock infinite customizable arena matches that award league points. Pick the monster pools, enchantments, number of monsters and music. Join with monsters in a team battle.

Fixed Camera Mode

After completing the game once, you now unlock Fixed Camera Mode. Similar to classic horror games, the camera will frame the scene in different ways as Nightingale moves through it. As this is a new feature, please file a bug if you see anything odd.

New Monsters

• Burdened Brother

• Ghost (Soldier)

• Martyr

New Items

• Curious Statue (Left Hand), found in Chapter 2 and beyond - allows Nightingale to briefly turn into a statue, making her invulnerable as well as causing huge poise damage to any monsters who melee attack her

Balance

• Slowed status effect slows enemies more

• The rarely used Swap Places spell has been replaced with the new more useful Healing Barrier - this creates a sigil on the ground that protects you from ranged attacks and heals all allies

Polish

• The Butcher Surgeon has a bandaged appearance in Chapter 1

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Resolution Scaling so it properly downscales again instead of shrinking

• Fix the Fashion achievement not unlocking properly upon finding 10 outfits

• Cursed Armor now drops a bestiary entry

• Fixed odd giant Night Mother Blade hitbox

• Fixed background elements being 1 frame behind where they should be

• Fix the lobby not generating with a clerk desk and bell sometimes in Chapter 4

• Fix some instances of dialog softlocks in Chapter 2

Withering Rooms 1.10 (2023-6-30)

"Church Basement & Blackett House Update"

New Areas

Two large optional areas have been added to Chapter 4.

Church Basement and Central Station: Face new mechanical and electrical horrors while learning more about Priscilla Mostyn.

Blackett House: Explore a multifloor randomized end game labyrinth with new enemies, new traps, and a new boss while saving new characters Lyddie & Lettie and hunting for randomized Amulets.

New Features

You can now erase troublesome enemies from the dream using the Erasure Ritual. They will not show up on subsequent nights, but will reappear next New Game +.

New Boss

• Final Experiment

New Enemies

• Possessed Painting

• Possessed Chest

• Cursed Armor

• Mad Witch

• Antenna Head

• Mechanical Woman

New NPCs

• Lyddie & Lettie

• Central Station Logistics Machine

New Items

• Scythe (Melee Weapon)

• Lightning Mace (Melee Weapon)

• Night Mother's Blade (Melee Weapon)

• Enchanted Candlestick (Tool)

• Erasure Ritual (Tool)

• Randomized Amulets (Amulet)

• Bell Helmet (Heavy Headwear)

• Head Lamp (Medium Headwear)

• Jailkeeper Head (Heavy Headwear)

• Nightingale Amulet (Amulet)

Balance Changes

• The Night Mother quest now requires 5 items instead of 4.

• The Byzantine Labyrinth is more maze-like, with blocked off doors and stairwells appearing in places other than the main hall

• More likely to find Gun Powder in Chapter 3/4

• Starry Greatsword does less curse damage

• Floating Failures do less damage and have less bleed & poison tolerance

• Health of Horace and Mannequin increased

• Circus Mannequin Challenge rewards now require more damage at higher NG+ levels and is capped at 25 prize tickets

Bug Fixes

• Fix the Options menu not appearing when activated from the Title Screen

• Fix the MG08 Machine Gun not working

• Fix Corpulent Zombie bestiary entry having the wrong stats

• Fix the Chapter 4 Lobby NPC sometimes not appearing, or appearing outside of his normal spawn area

• Fix Starry Flamethrower sometimes drifting off the center and no longer damaging enemies

• Fix Enchanted Armor enemies not blocking when a gun is pointed at them

• Fix some homing projectiles, such as Curse Orbs, flying towards the wall instead of their target under some circumstances

• Fix monsters being able to enter locked boss doors under some circumstances

• Re-added the Bloody Bell (Left Hand Item) to Blood Tower treasure tool after it was mistakenly removed(and was unobtainable)

• Fix Lord Nobody of Nowhere sometimes not spawning at the correct location

• Fix map in Byzantine Labyrinth sometimes showing doors that don't exist

• Fix Horace being able to be pet in Chapter 3 Nowhere before being rescued

• Fix the mannequin in the Circus skill game being able to be "killed" with enough damage

• Fix an issue where left hand items could not be used after completing the initial tutorial under some circumstances

• Fix the Cholera Clinic boss being able to be hit before starting the boss fight

• Fix an issue where damaging a Jailkeeper's shield could impact your own left hand item's durability

Withering Rooms 1.16 (2023-9-25)

Withering Rooms 1.08 (2023-5-21)

Bug Fixes

• Resolve a crash in the video playback system used in the "Noise Effect"

Withering Rooms 1.07 (2023-5-7)

New Features

Outfits have been separated into head and body pieces with different effects that can be mixed and matched in any combination. The total number of looks Nightingale can have has gone from 19 to 396.

In addition to their normal effects, head and body outfits are now separated into Light, Medium and Heavy categories, each with impacts on Speed and base Physical Resistance.

Outfits and Fashion Records have been moved to their own section of the Pause Menu separate from Rings & Amulets.

Instead of a single filthy bag in the East Stairwell with an outfit in it, there are now many filthy bags distributed throughout each chapter, each with random head or body pieces. Several merchants now also sell outfits that did not previously.

Existing Outfits have been broken apart - i.e. you can use the Doll Bonnet and Doll Dress separately instead of the Doll Outfit.

Additionally, several new outfit items have been added

• Blindfold (Light Headwear)

• Spectacles (Light Headwear)

• Bandages (Light Headwear)

• Cowboy Hat (Medium Headwear)

• Mourning Veil (Medium Headwear)

• Big Initiate Hat (Heavy Headwear)

• Vicar Helmet (Heavy Headwear)

• Floral Dress (Light Outfit)

• Adventurer's Outfit (Heavy Outfit)

Balance Changes

• Cloaked Ghouls are much more aggressive upon leaving wardrobes

Bug Fixes

• Fix Arcane Salts and Weapon Upgrade Kit upgrades not being preserved in NG+

  • NOTE: If you lost these and would like them back, reach out to support and we can fix your save game

• Fix an issue where Fashion Records could "double equip" on loading back in, leading to some item effects being stuck on even when the item was taken off

• Fix Weapon upgrades being capped at +2(now +3) and Spell upgrades being uncapped(now capped to +3)

• Fix an issue where double clicking a Fashion Record would not work when clicking the Equip button would

• Fix Albert in the Labyrinth not actually giving you the Ancient Organ Chamber offering list

• Fix items being able to be equipped during epilogues by double clicking

• All items are unequipped upon entering epilogues now

• Fix NPC in the Cholera Clinic having dialog choices crossed out

• Fix an issue where looting barrels could cause Nightingale to briefly go inside them

• Fix Harvest Field causing damage/blood FX on enemies

• Fix skeletons still having glowing eyes after killing them and returning to the room later

• Fix Twin Cages spawning in front of doors

• Fix Graverider standing idle after death when returning to the room on the same night

• Fix a duplicate ladder visible in the cottage basement

• Fix an issue where the NPC in the Organ Processing room could return following nights

Withering Rooms 1.06 (2023-4-21)

New Features

Melee weapons, guns, and spells can now be permanently upgraded using the new Weapon Upgrade Kit and Arcane Salts items. Each upgrade makes the item permanent and adds 8% more base damage, up to +3. These upgrades are distributed throughout Chapter 3 & 4.

The Organ Chamber and Labyrinth Organ Chamber now only let you level up 5 times. In Chapter 3 & 4, you can find schematics that let you level up additional times.

• Purchase the Organ Chamber schematic in Nowhere starting in Chapter 3

• Find the Labyrinth Organ Chamber schematic in the western Cave area starting in Chapter 3.

• Find the Advanced Organ Chamber schematic in the church passage starting in Chapter 4.

Added a new item, the Safe Room Twig, which can be found starting in Chapter 2. Snap it to turn any smaller room into a safe room for 30 seconds.

Polish

• Walls, doors and barricades now play FX/sounds when struck or shot.

• Tall enemies, such as the Big Wretch, duck their heads when going through doors.

• The appearance of doors in the Attic and Basement in all chapters have been improved.

Balance Changes

• Randomized Labyrinth rings now cannot generate with multiple similar improvements(i.e. +4 bleeding to melee and +4 poison to melee), and in some cases overly powerful positive and negative effects have been capped to a lower level.

• Enemies proceed through doors much more quickly.

• Doors are marked as "in use" when an enemy is walking through them and cannot be used by Nightingale.

• Enemies are much more aggressive when coming out of doors, in some cases launching surprise attacks.

• Enemies are much more aggressive when waking from paralysis.

• Dafydd(the gun wielding zombie in Chapter 1) has had his behavior adjusted to fire his gun more often but give the player more time to stop him.

Bug Fixes

• Fix an issue where removing items that had negative effects could leave those negative effects in place.

• Fix the "Knife" prize at the prize wheel not making the player bleed.

• Fix an issue where enemy attack cooldowns were fully reset upon seeing the player in some cases.

Withering Rooms 1.05 (2023-4-7)

New Features

Some of the valley cottages in Chapter 3/4 now have basements, and one has a pub where you can gamble.

The Ambrosia Jar has been added to the game, only accessibly as a grand prize in the pub.

You can now report bugs directly from the pause menu.

Polish

• Save game size has been optimized, particularly when carrying photos - this should help with stuttering when saving on lower end PCs

Balance Changes

• You can now sell photos to anyone, although you won't get as much money

• Photos are hard capped to 8 in your inventory, and you cannot purchase more until you take or sell some

• The maximum sales price for photos is 8 coins

Bug Fixes

• Fix bug reports not properly filing when the save game was over a certain size

• Fix some lighting issues that could occur outdoors on Steam Deck

• Fix a crash that occur when using the teleport UI

• Fix assigning items to the second and third pages of the radial menu having odd behavior

• Fix the radial menu sometimes not displaying item quantities

• Fix extreme screen shake when using the curse jar

• Fix some character names missing from the map

• Fix the Cholera Clinic boss being re-engageable after beating

• Fix a rare graphics related crash on Steam Deck

Withering Rooms 1.04

New Features

The Item Shortcut Menu now has 3 "pages", allowing for up to 24 items to be bound

Fashion Records can be bound to Item Shortcuts

Polish

• Monster health bars and statuses have been made much clearer and easy to see

• AI improvements

  • Monsters are much more likely to engage with a Door Hex'd door

  • Monsters are much more likely to attack any player decoys

  • Monsters do a better job of switching targets

  • Monsters do a better job investigating rooms and not just turning out around leaving

• Books reopen to the last page you picked up or were looking at

• Bestiary shows the number next to each monster's name now

Balance Changes

• Can now purchase another shield when the current one is below 50% durability

• Paralysis stays "active" until the monster is fully recovered, and their movement cooldowns are reset, to help prevent stunlocking

• The amount of paralysis tolerance for most monsters has increased

• Monster curse tolerance scaling in NG+ is higher

• You can now use Ancient Blood to craft Organ Grease and Starry Flesh(in NG+)

Bug Fixes

• Fix Spirit Twig still allowing monsters doing melee attacks to track

• Fix an issue where using Fixed Seeds could lead to a black screen softlock under some circumstances

• Fix memory leaks when dying frequently or quitting to title and loading back in

• Fix visual artifacts outside the Gatehouse

• Fix the Door Hex triggered FX not appearing

• Fix mirror cracks in dark areas appearing bright

• Fix swapping Left Hand items on/off making them disappear briefly

• Fix last equipped tool not being re-equipped upon load back in

Withering Rooms 1.03 (2023-3-21)

Based on community feedback about the controls changes in v1.02, further changes have been made:

• The change to combine run/dodge/roll has been undone. Run and dodge/roll are separate buttons again.

• Changes to the radial item shortcut menu:

  • For keyboard players, only bound to R now, not the middle mouse button

  • There is a Hold vs. Toggle option in the Input Options in case holding down the button while selecting items is uncomfortable

• Keyboard hotkeys are back: you can now press the 1-8 keys to instantly save and recall shortcuts.

New Features

You can now display up to 5 of your favorite photos in Nowhere in the floating gallery.

A new area, Anne's Respite, has been added to the hedge maze in Chapter 1/2. Look for the entrance with stone surrounding it.

A new area, Bryn Bach Abbey Outskirts, has been added on the road to the arena.

Polish

• The postprocess chain has been rewritten to be much faster - this will particularly help high resolutions such as native 4k where framerates may increase by as much as 40% depending on the graphics card

• Volumetrics have been boosted in many areas, particularly in Chapter 1

• Merry Band flags have been added to areas the Merry Band controls

Balance Changes

• Gentleman's Outfit has a much lower curse tolerance penalty

• More First Aid Kits are distributed as random loot in Chapter 1

Bug Fixes

• Fix the options.json and saves_options.json saving to the wrong place in some circumstances after v1.00. You may need to reconfigure graphics/input/etc. options. Please reach out to support if you have any issues.

• Fix clicking on an item at the edge of the Inventory menu making it scroll, making it difficult to double click to equip.

• Fix machine gun bullets not drawing.

• Fix the Options menu not being useable with a controller during Chapter 0 and the initial tutorial.

• Fix using Pocket Nowhere or Starting a New Night from a boss fight being possible(which can lead to odd behavior).

• Fix several areas where Pocket Nowhere could be used when it shouldn't.

• Fix map letters being cut off or displaying strangely for particularly small rooms.

• Fix some controls such as Use Left Hand Item mapped to the space bar activating upon dismissing a new item/lore.

• Fix the piano in the Seance puzzle becoming unusable upon an incorrect guess.

• Fix Goat's Fashion Record being re-awarded in NG+.

Withering Rooms 1.02 (2023-3-12)

The controls have changed - thanks to everyone who has given feedback on controls over the course of Early Access!

• Hotkeys have been eliminated in favor of an 8-way radial quick select menu that pauses the action. Hold Middle Click (Mouse), R (Keyboard) or R1/RB to bring it up.

• Dodging and running have been combined into a single button, mapped to Left Shift (Keyboard) or Circle/B (Gamepad). Tap while still to dodge, tap while moving forward to roll, and hold to run.

• Reloading is no longer a button. Guns must be aimed to fire, otherwise they will reload.

• Minimap toggle on Gamepad is now L1/LB.

• The D-Pad now always works the same for movement as the Left Analog Stick, so you can use either.

Please try the new scheme before modifying the keybindings, and definitely give feedback via bug reports(press / in-game), e-mail or Discord if there's something you don't like!

Other Changes in 1.02

• Fix an issue introduced in 1.01 where keybindings did not save

• Fix some untranslated quest text in the Night Mother Quest series

• Rogue Ring has been buffed: does 40% extra damage and works with either regular or heavy attacks

• Added the Vampire Locket, an amulet which adds vampirism to your melee weapon - random loot in Chapter 3/4

• Fix some strange IK moments when aiming the gun while not looking at any enemies

• Fix a crash on some GPUs in some seeds on Chapter 4

Withering Rooms 1.01 (2023-3-8)

A new area, the Cholera Clinic, has been added to game in v1.01. You can access it by defeating the optional boss on the Mostyn House roof starting in Chapter 3.

The Cholera Clinic contains:- A new boss with associated achievement- 3 new monsters- 2 new NPCs- Corpse Hand - left hand item that slows enemies- Cholera Patient Head - reusable projectile that deals poison damage- Necrotic Ring - 75% necrosis resistance- Unlucky Outfit- New puzzles

Other Changes in v1.01

A new item - the Coin Purse - has been distributed throughout each chapter and is infinitely purchasable in New Game+. These are permanent upgrades that allow you to keep an additional 10 coins upon dying each.

- Added 3 Expedition Note lore entries to the Byzantine Labyrinth- Pottery shards do scaling projectile damage now- Fix a hard lock when talking to Margaret after rescuing Felix- Fix a crash on some GPUs in Chapter 3 on some seeds- Fix a missing Bestiary entry for a pair of enemies in Chapter 4- Fix some treasure not awarding on interacting with the furniture- Fix music and ambient tracks always playing from the beginning, and sometimes not properly looping

Withering Rooms 1.00 (2023-1-31)

New Features

• A new Advanced Lab Manual can be found in the Organ Processing room in Chapter 2(or bought from Tomos in Chapter 3)

  • Curse Jar - Empty Jar + Spectral Remains

  • Elixir Jar - Empty Jar + Medicine Leaf + 2x Ancient Blood

• A new Grease Lab Manual can be found in the church

  • Flaming Grease, Cutting Grease and Poison Grease which enhance melee weapon damage

• Added the Rakesh Diary to New Game +, which unlocks additional laboratory crafting recipies

Balance Changes

• Gun and projectile damage have been tuned to make jars continue to be useful in Chapter 3 & 4

• Fashion Records are now more gradually introduced throughout Chapter 1 & 2 rather than being all available for purchase at once - any that were missed can be purchased by Tomos in Chapter 3

• Randomly generated rings now generate in a more balanced fashion, so no ring can generate with all low or all high stats

• Nail and Paralysis traps no longer count as projectiles(and do not scale with projectile damage) - can now be found in the Tools section of your inventory

• Floor traps can no longer be placed on top of each other

• Only up to 3 floor traps of each type can be crafted and carried at a time

• Certain valuable items, like the Shotgun Shell, Webley Bullet, and Grenade, now no longer spawn when already possessed in large quantities

Polish

• Optimized volumetric fog in reported situations where it would previously be very slow at high resolutions or high MSAA - you can help identify areas that are still slow by pressing / to report a bug

• Randomly generated rings now each have a custom appearance

Bug Fixes

• Fix an issue where the New Game + boss could not be challenged again after leaving the boss area

• A few item effects were doing a different amount of damage than they displayed in the inventory menu, which has been fixed

• Fix the player being able to visit the Silent Study in Chapter 2 in New Game + (note: existing playthroughs will still be able to access it, but subsequent ones will not)

Withering Rooms 0.99 (2023-1-24)

Bug Fixes

• Fix an issue introduced in 0.98 where the Firework, Spirit Branch, and NG+ Projectile weapon would not fire

Withering Rooms 0.98 (2023-1-23)

New Features

A new quality level for the Graphics Options has been added - "Very High".

The "Very High" quality level enables volumetric lighting for all rooms. This effect is more subtle in brightly lit areas but affects outdoor and dark/dusty areas dramatically.

If you are on a desktop PC and were previously on "High" your setting will automatically be set to "Very High", as most gaming PCs should be able to run the new setting well - adjust it back down or turn down another setting(such as resolution scale or anti aliasing level) if you encounter performance issues. Steam Deck continues to default to "High".

Additionally:

• The NPCs in the Attic Prison and East Attic Stairwell in Chapter 3 & 4 now sell items relevant to Spell and Melee respectively

• Added the Spiked Coffin Shield, which inflicts bleeding build up on those who attack you while blocking with it

Balance Changes

• Shield durability now increases with Poise

• Poise damage no longer counts against shield durability

• The transition to blocking has been made faster and smoother

• The transitions into and out of melee attacks has been faster and smoother

• The Old King boss is no longer repeatable, and drops more Ancient Blood

• Monsters now gain a brief window of poise invulnerability(also known as hyperarmor in other games) after their poise breaks to help prevent them from becoming stunlocked

• Bloody Ring now inflicts much less bleed buildup on the wearer

• Gold Hunter's Ring has a lower boost to Projectile Damage

• Castle Ring gives less Poise

• The church boss has been made more fair for pure melee builds

Bug Fixes

• Fix the Peephole puzzle not being completable after 0.96 in Chapter 4

• Fix the Trickster Initiate bestiary entry not being awarded upon picking up their ashes

• Fix the Grave Knight not doing damage while carrying a grave

• Fix Poncer's Chess 3 not spawning in Chapter 3 and beyond

• Fix an issue where a shield breaking could cause another left hand item to break in some rare situations

• Fix an issue where the epilogue outfit would show in the inventory during an epilogue

• Fix some visual issues with Epilogue A

• Fix a spurious 'Equip' button being visible on the title screen options menu

• Fix the Byzatine Labyrinth achievement not triggering if first accessed via the Cave

• Fix an issue where some NG+ events would not play, or would play early

• Fix "The Wretch King wants 3 Corrupted Fingers" not clearing in some circumstances(note that current games will retain this quest until completion)

• Fix the arena allowing saves just before and just after a match where it shouldn't be allowed

• Fix not being able to click on unused save game slots when creating a New Game

• Fix the hotkey icon overlapping with the remembered/permanent icon for items

• Fix an issue where Pocket Nowhere would not work in Chapter 2 of New Game+

• Fix an issue where the residents of the church would slowly drift out of their seats if left idle for a long time

Withering Rooms 0.97 (2023-1-14)

Note: This build fixes a progression issue in the basement in Chapter 1 introduced in v0.96 where all wall numbers mistakenly read "8".

Bug Fixes

• Fix a progression issue in the basement in Chapter 1 introduced in v0.96 where all wall numbers mistakenly read "8"

• Fix an issue where the roof boss in Chapter 3 could not be re-activated after fighting once and then leaving

• Fix an issue where Nightingale or friendly party members could be stuck in a "moving right" or "moving left" state after being hit through a room by a melee attack

• Fix an issue where more ghosts than intended could spawn into the same room in the Hedge Maze

• Fix an issue where the Arena was not marked 'safe' and so could have interlopers crashing the party from other rooms

• Fix an issue where you could not place traps or warding candles on the scaffolding above the poison pits at the bottom of the Byzantine Labyrinth

• Fix hiding being interrupted causing, in rare circumstances, monsters to not be able to see Nightingale until she hides again

• Fix the wording on the Ascended achievement to read "level up 40 times" instead of "reach level 40"

• Fix cases in Chapter 3 & 4 where a ? would mistakenly appear on the map even after finding all treasure

• Fix an issue where starting a new game after loading a save could cause an issue in the initial tutorial

• Fix an issue where the Golden Spear could be picked up multiple times

• Fix an issue where the Floating Failure in Chapter 3's secret passage died from the poison pool beneath her

• Fix an issue where the King's Eye would repeatedly play a "rock crumble" sound when in a cursed room

Withering Rooms 0.96 (2023-1-12)

New Features

• Added a full Map(a long requested feature) to the Pause Menu

  • Additional icons have been added to the map

  • An icon key, along with the names of NPCs in a room, can be found in the upper right of the full map

• Changed Nowhere portals - there is now a single portal with a menu that lets you pick your destination

  • This means Lower Nowhere has been removed from Chapter 2 (RIP)

• Added a new area to the Cave in Chapter 3 and beyond, along with a new method of obtaining the Night Mother Outfit

• To address concerns about being locked out of witch training in Chapter 3 and beyond, added a witch trainer NPC to the Attic Prison, as well as a secret passage

• Added the Observatory to the Attic in Chapter 3 and beyond

• Added the Observatory to the Attic in Chapter 3 and beyond, along with a new monster(the King's Eye)

Balance Changes

• The Labyrinth areas have been made smaller, with more densely clustered background objects

• The Cottages have had more objects added to them, such as searchable barrels

• Removed the Pocket Mirror curse toll

• Paralysis Traps and Eye Sigil Traps are dispellable with a Warding Candle

Bug Fixes

• Fix Iron Maidens not working properly(unable to be closed from the inside)

• Fix an issue where some actions, such as taking a photo, would not work when FPS are low

• Fix the Second Chance ring continuing to work over and over without breaking after dying once with a Recall Shrine activated

• Fix a chance for items like Strange Coins not being able to be found in cursed chests on subsequent nights

• Fix Eye Sigil traps not activating

Withering Rooms 0.95 (2023-1-4)

New Features

• Most bosses now drop a new item upon first defeat - the Remembrance Tear, which can be used at Remembrance Shrines for additional remembered item slots - if you've already defeated a boss, you should find the Remembrance Tear in your inventory upon loading into this version

• Up to 10 Starry Remembrance Tears, which also can be used to gain additional remembered item slots, can be purchased in New Game Plus

• Added the Guard Ring, which can be found in Chapter 3 and beyond, which reduces damage taken as long as your poise is unbroken, and dramatically increases damage on any attacks that break your poise

Balance Changes

• The effectiveness of shields is now improved with additional Poise (1% per point of Poise)

• The amount of Ancient Blood needed to level up in the Labyrinth Base Camp has been significantly reduced for later levels

• Arena battles now award coins upon completion

• The final arena battle has had its difficulty somewhat reduced

• Skeletons no longer can pass Warding Candles, like other enchanted armor

• Priscilla's Ring has a different function - it now converts curse damage received to physical damage

• Night Mother Outfit has less poise reduction

Polish

• Remembered items have a different icon from permanent items now, and a different color for their text description

• Improved the appearance of the Cursed Ring and Robert's Ring

• Increased the mashing buffer when picking up items to reduce accidental item description skips

• The toggle legibility button has been renamed to "Typeface" for lore items and has been made more obvious

Bug Fixes

• Fix an issue where after purchasing Fashion Records, loading a save may result in a black screen under some circumstances

• Fix the appearance of monster health bars when playing in a non-standard aspect ratio

• Fix icons being misaligned when Remembering items

• Fix an issue where sometimes item displays would not fully scroll to the top

• Fix an issue where an older version of the game could load a newer save(and subsequently get in a bad state)

• Fix an issue where Skeletons, once resurrected by a Necromancer, could not be killed

• Fix the Fashion Record display reading 0/0

Withering Rooms 0.94 (2022-12-26)

New Features

• Added a "comfy chair" to Study, Upper Parlor and (Chapter 3 and after) Nowhere - this will gradually heal your cursedness without using a Warding Candle, as well as allow for an extended interaction with any dogs in the room

• The game better supports non-16:9 aspect ratios:

  • The HUD and select other UI take up the whole screen on Steam Deck(which is 16:10)

  • Ultra wide (21:9 and 48:9) displays work properly now, displaying faded black bars at the edges of rooms and during cutscenes

Balance Changes

• Reduced Flame Soldier health by 40%

• The Firework now has a limited travel distance before exploring, so it can no longer go across the entire room

• The price of previous seasonal outfits sold by Tomos has been reduced, and seasonal outfits now have (mild) stat effects

Polish

• Your summoned Decoys and Green Shrine mirror Nightingales now wear the outfit you were wearing when you made them

• You can now press the divide slash on the numpad or backslash to file a bug report in addition to / - if you couldn't file a bug report before try again please!

• Item descriptions have been slightly visually rearranged to make more room and the font size for their description increased

• Added sounds for the Mudmen

• You can now peek through basement (crouch only) holes and open Labyrinth jail doors

• The appearance of held jars has been improved, and no longer causes a flickering effect when the lantern is held alongside one

• Added FX to hitting stone enemies

• Hunting NPCs now play their hunt cinematic after you finish purchasing, so you can more easily purchase multiple organs at a time

• The NPC in the East Attic Stairwell in Chapter 3 and beyond now has a hunt cinematic

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the Nail Trap and Paralysis Trap would trigger instantly when wearing certain costumes and sometimes would not show their FX

• Fix an issue where some NPCs such as Felix in Storage would not move properly until starting a new night under some circumstances

• Fix Fashion Records clearing your left hand equipped item

• Fix an issue where the caged ghoul in the tutorial could cause a softlock under some circumstances

• Fix the Masoleum and Cemetery gates swinging open unexpectedly upon returning to them

• Fix the Stone Armor not playing an animation when being enchanted

• Fix an issue where question marks would appear spuriously on the map in the Barricaded Rooms of Chapter 3 and any spawn room with a present table

• Fix an issue where some enemies, such as the Corpulent Zombie, would not turn around and attack when shot from a distance

• Fix an issue where the Broken Shotgun could be found multiple times

• Fix an issue where you could become stuck in the Curse Form animation, or various status effect animations

Withering Rooms 0.93

New Features

• Tomos now sells 5 Fashion Records in Chapter 2 and beyond - these items let you capture and recall equipped item loadouts so you can rapidly switch between, say, an "Exploration" ring/outfit setup and a "Melee" ring/outfit setup

• A new area has been added to the Labyrinth mid level - the Labyrinth Market Street

• A new NPC - The Fetid Hag - has been added to one of the Labyrinth jail cells

  • She sells Hagsacks, which are Permanent, give you the items inside upon use, and come in three varieties:

    • Gold Hagsack - lets you store gold and retrieve it from the sack after dying or whenever needed

    • Tool Hagsacks - store a collection of useful items, such as the Spell Hagsack that contains 12 scrolls/books - great for if you run out of consumables and are not near a crafting station

    • Prize Hagsacks - these are guaranteed to give you a ring or other item you don't have

• A new NPC - Eira the Finger Collector - has been added to one of the buildings along Labyrinth Market Street

  • She can upgrade your Labyrinth rings - strengthening their Blessings and weakening their Curses - up to a max of +3

• A new monster - Sage Armor - has been added to the Labyrinth Market Street

• The Old Shield left hand item has been added, and can be found in the Labyrinth and in the Melee Hagsack

Balance Changes

• The Mirror shield now blocks 25% physical damage

• The Night Mother Disciple boss has been given new attacks to deal with projectile users

• Labyrinth rings no longer generate with effects that cancel each other out, i.e. +10 Poise and -10 Poise

• When Possessed Books attack neutral enemies, they become angry at you instead of the book

• The Hedge Maze tunnels are now peekable

Bug Fixes

• Fix an issue where Labyrinth generated rings could sometimes "double" in inventory upon save/load and progression to NG+

• Fix an issue where some projectiles like gunshots could interrupt other projectiles like the Curse Ball

• Fix an issue where Corpse Hex goop could be left in the air(hopefully this is fixed forever now)

• Fix an issue where the Night Mother Disciple would appear in her idle pose after dying and returning to the room

• Fix an issue where the top category could get cut off when scrolling around a list of items

• Fix the Befouled Ring stacking damage when the game is paused

• Fix an issue where the team spoofing behavior of Outfits like the Zombie Outfit could stick around after saving/loading and removing the Outfit

• Fix the view of the Blood Tower from the Belltower appearing black

• Fix a visual glitch when climbing down from the roof in Chapter 3

• Fix an issue where the enemies in the Blood Tower Second Floor could mistakenly be talked to

• Fix an issue where the Inverted Gaze ring could become permanently inverted

• Fix some shields not properly losing durability upon being hit

• Fix an issue where the Labyrinth Knight could not leave rooms

• Fix a way you could get stuck in Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 in NG+ when using Pocket Nowhere

Withering Rooms 0.92 (2022-12-9)

Bug Report Note: The server infrastructure for bug reporting has been improved, and should work for those people that could not report bugs previously. If you had trouble filing bugs in the past, please try pressing / to file a bug report next time you see something wrong!

New Features

• Added the Spirit Branch, a reusable spell casting wand that can help caster builds if they run out of spells, can be found as random treasure in the Labyrinth in Chapter 2 and beyond

• The December Seasonal outfit has been added to the game(inspired by A Christmas Carol), and can be found in the filthy bag in the East Stairwell until Dec. 29.

Balance Changes

• Enchanted Armor/Dolls are now limited to a maximum of 3 at any time, and the one with the least health(or oldest if they all have the same health) will disenchant upon enchanting a fourth

• The Masoleum puzzle at the end of Chapter 1 has been made clearer

• Enemies no longer try to attack Possessed Books

• Warding Candles now proc once per second again to avoid Curse Rot flipping, but still retain their accelerating healing behavior from previous versions

• Labyrinth spear traps have a longer reset time

Polish

• All items appear under sub categories in the inventory menu now, such as "Melee Rings" or "Projectiles", to better help you find items

• All previous seasonal outfits are now for sale all of the time by Tomos in Chapter 2 and beyond, instead of only one being available at a time

• Removed a public domain 1909 song from Chapter 4 which was causing an illegitimate content ID claim for VODs of the game on YouTube (sigh)

• Small audio/visual fixes for: Black Book spell(cast sound), First Witch(clipping on knife in cinematic), Basement East Stairwell(secret passage visible in doorway), Rotted Initiates(added footsteps), Worshippers(added footsteps)

Bug Fixes

• Fix an instance where enemies could be "double spawned" upon loading back in

• Fix a case where using a Spirit Twig under some conditions could result in being permanently invisible to enemies

• Fix Mr. Coffins being inaccessible in Chapter 2 if you did not engage with him in Chapter 1

• Fix Enchanted Armors being able to attack enemies, such as the Old King, during cinematics

• Fix cases in the basement and attic where a ? would appear on the map despite no treasure remaining

• Fix extra invisible stairs appearing on the map of the Wrong Room

• Fix strange behavior of watchers outside the attic in Chapter 2 when hiding

• Fix corpses blocking projectiles

• Fix Puzzle Chests reopening upon entering a room

• Fix the Vicar repeating lines after buying all of his stock in Chapter 2

• Fix some doors, especially in the Labyrinth, causing Nightingale to exit when stopping peeking

• Fix several cases of odd enter/exit door behavior for armor/dolls that are following you

• Fix description of Burning Protection spell not reflecting its new length of 8 seconds

Withering Rooms 0.91 (2022-12-3)

Important Bug Fixes

• Fix for a hang during the black screen after dying or quitting under some conditions

Balance Changes

• Inner Light, which affects the brightness around the player without a lantern, is much more effective now

• Candle Ring is sold by Tomos in Chapter 3 and beyond if you did not find it earlier

• You can see ghosts when peeking now(if your Perception would allow you to see them)

• Upper Initiates only cast a single Spear spell now instead of double

• Cursed Vases and Stalactites no longer do poise damage

• Some monsters, particularly in Chapter 1, have been given even more "first attacker" advantage to the player

Polish

• New music and ambient sounds added to areas near the end of Chapter 4

• Added atmospheric FX to the Labyrinth

• Exiting doors left/right is smoother

• Appearance and sounds of several monster's hit react and deaths have been improved

• Areas unaffected by cursedness, such as Nowhere, now have their original music play when cursed

Bug Fixes

• Potential fix for rooms and/or monsters being "doubled" after a long play session - if you see this, please press / to file a bug

• Fix for the Initiate Outfit having some geometry still visible when using the telescope

• Fix for the Skull Ring being classified as a Melee Ring instead of Projectile

• Fix camera issues when going up or down stairs near walls

• Fix for several missing floors under doors and doors that were the wrong size in the basement and church

• Fix for the Upper Initiate's "what?" quip being too loud

• Fix for the Doll missing part of her dress model after v0.89

Withering Rooms 0.90 (2022-11-30)

New Features

• Added the Rogue's Ring, which deals additional melee damage when enemies are facing away from you - can be found in Chapter 1 and beyond

• Added the Cursed Balance Ring, which helps you maintain a high level of cursedness without going too far - can be found in Chapter 3 and beyond

Balance Changes

• Your lost gold from previous nights is now distributed among the chests that only appear when cursed

• Rolling now makes noise, equivalent to a running footstep

• AI has been improved to avoid "clustering" attacks - similar attacks(such as close range melee attacks) share stamina pools now, so in many cases you can no longer fall victim to an unlucky cluster of attacks

• AI stamina/cooldowns are mostly reset upon first seeing the player now, which should give more "first attacker" advantage to the player

• Leveling "Weirdness" now reduces the Spell Toll in addition to increasing Spell Damage

• Annihilation Spell now reduces your health to 10% upon activation

• Eclipse Ring now blocks 90% of Curse Rot damage, instead of 100%

• Burning Protection lasts 8 seconds now instead of 5

• Paralysis status effect lasts 30% longer

• Many NG+ items that were not permanent are permanent now

• The NG+ quest has been restructured so that after summoning the NG+ boss, you can still use the NG+ NPCs

Polish

• Fixed Seed Mode(unlocked after beating the game) works more consistently now - additionally you can see the current night's seed and explicitly enter a new seed

• Significant optimizations to outdoor scenes with trees - those that ran at 40fps on Steam Deck now hit 60

• Gold Discovery and Spell Toll stats have been added to the Stats display in the menu

• Entering/leaving doors is smoother, and Nightingale will start walking in the direction held on her way out of a door

• Hiding/unhiding motions are smoother

• When recovering items from cursed chests, a new message appears indicating their source

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issues with the Ascended and Arena Novice achievements not awarding - these should unlock automatically upon resuming a save where you fulfilled their requirements

• Fixed issue with the Action Shot achievement not awarding - you will need to complete the requirement for this achievement(take a picture with 5 or more subjects) again

• Fix Graverider not appearing in NG+

• Fixed an issue where some bosses would be in their idle pose after being defeated and saving/loading

• Fixed issues where Melee weapon descriptions could flow off the screen with enough extra effects

• Fix issue where some ring effects, such as the Castle Ring or Curse Ward Ring, were not reflected on the Stats screen

• Fix a few instances of Corpse Hex leaving odd floating goop

• Fix an instance where enemies/allies would continue to attack dead targets

• Fixed issues where Enchanted Armor would do a poor job of following the player, and couldn't follow them through elevators

Withering Rooms 0.89 (2022-11-16)

New Features

• New timed event item: You can pick up the Doll Outfit by opening the filthy sack in the East Stairwell on any chapter until Dec. 4

• The Sickle melee weapon, which deals significant poison damage, has been added to the game, and can be found in Chapter 2 and beyond

Balance Changes

• Poise now recovers after 5 seconds across the player and all enemies

• Regular enemies with the sigil beneath them in the Labyrinth now drop ancient blood

• Old Sword durability is now only affected by physical damage dealt

• Dodges are no longer interrupted unless poise is actually broken

• Touching a ghost with the Bible will now alert them to your presence

• Knife, Rapier, and Axe damage slightly increased

• Pipe heavy attack made slightly slower

• The Old King boss has a much longer cooldown on spells

• Enchanted Armor does slightly less physical/bleed damage, and much less poise damage

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the map would stop updating and NPCs would stop spawning under certain circumstances

• Fixed being unable to properly use the Options menu from the Title menu with a controller and related issues

• Fixed several softlocks around entering/leaving rooms while interacting

• Fix issues where Nightingale would sometimes turn away at odd times in melee combat

• Fixed an issue where being grabbed could result in teleporting across the room to a previously chosen hiding spot

• Fixed the doll in Chapter 2 not dying properly and getting into a bad state

• Fixed an issue where chests would sometimes be empty, or would only give treasure after trying to open a few times

• Fixed an issue where peeking and entering a door from the side could sometimes result in Nightingale immediately leaving the room

• Fixed an issue where projectiles would collide against the Fireball Spell

• Fixed the background not always loading when peeking outdoors

• Fixed an issue where using the Bible while turning or being hit by a ghost could result in erratic movement

Withering Rooms 0.88 (2022-11-11)

Note: Many doors were not properly locked in 0.87. This has been fixed. If you managed to reach somewhere in the previous version without a key and are now stuck, you can now choose Options -> Support -> Start New Night to reset with the mansion without losing any items. Please reach out to Support if you have any problems - we can fix saves if need be.

New Features

Melee combat has been significantly overhauled:

• Hold the attack button for a heavy attack

  • For most weapons, this will cover the same distance as dodging back

• Press the attack button repeatedly for a brief combo

  • Subsequent attacks are generally faster than the initial attack

• Attacks now push combatants apart

  • Who gets pushed is based on poise damage

• Input buffering has been rewritten

  • Getting hit empties the buffer, and the buffer is more generous in most situations

• The damage and animations of all weapons have been significantly rebalanced

  • The goal is to carve out a true niche for each weapon

  • Your favorite weapons may feel significantly different

  • Experiment with the various weapons to get a feel for them

• Dodge back no longer scales distance with Speed

• A new weapon - the Cleaver - has been added, and is now the initial tutorial weapon

Feedback is welcome, as this is a sizeable change in the feel of the game. If a weapon you loved you now hate, or you feel like you're struggling with the new system, please get in touch!

Polish

• For the duration of Early Access, you can choose Options -> Support -> Start New Night to begin a new night without losing any items

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a major issue where many doors in v0.87 that should be locked were not

• Fixed an issue where you could be locked in a room after defeating a boss

• Fix some gun targeting issues with some enemies

• Initiates no longer attack Big/Little Wretches

Withering Rooms 0.87 (2022-11-3)

Balance Changes

• Permanent items like the Samhain Outfit are no longer sellable

• Curse Rot now deals 4% of health per second instead of a flat 4 points

• Corpse Hex does more damage

• Gold Skull Ring and Skull Ring have been adjusted to be more useful

• Rabbit's Heart Ring has been buffed

• Skeletons can no longer bleed

Polish

• The game is no longer extremely dark on HDR displays

• Significant GPU optimizations, particularly on outdoor scenes - some machines may see up to 4x better framerates

• Noise Effect shader has been changed - the appearance is more similar to having Noise Effect off

• The Clerk NPC in the lobby now has a full dialog tree

• The Observatory puzzle has been reworked to fix all ambiguity around counts

• The appearance of the Sheet Beast has been improved

• Dynamic items, such as Labyrinth rings, always appear as "new" items

• The appearances of the Marble Gallery, Painting Gallery, Upper Parlor, Study, Hedge Maze and Rear House Entrance have all been improved

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issues around Photograph display, and improved the appearance of taken photographs particularly in outdoor areas

• Photographs appear in your inventory again

• Fix Swap Places not working from the intended distance and not properly making enemy projectiles hit them

• Fix Door Hex not working on some doors in the Attic or Labyrinth

• Fix Door Hex not doing damage to player when peeking and walking through

• Starry Flesh is properly permanent now, and the associated NPC tells you the correct amount needed

• Fix for several issues around monsters entering and leaving rooms, or entering a room and "spacing out"

• Fix issue where Horace the dog would spawn in odd locations

• Fix map display issue where rooms could be too small when near stairs

• Fix "Explore Robert's Room" quest log not clearing

• Proofreading pass on dialog/lore/items

Withering Rooms 0.86 (2022-10-28)

New Features

• A seasonal outfit(the Samhain Outfit) is now available until November 3rd - just open the filthy bag in the East Stairwell in any chapter

• The Golden Spear melee weapon has been added, and can be found as a random drop in the Byzantine Labyrinth

• Through asset optimization, the size of the game has been reduced by half - down to 4.1gb

• A new "quick item found display" feature has been added - items you've found already no longer pause the game and instead appear in a stack on the right side of the HUD. Experienced players can enable this for all items(not just ones you've already found) in the Gameplay Options. Note that until you've picked up an item in 0.86, it will still be considered new.

Balance Changes

• Reduced the speed penalty of poison from 25 to 15

• Nightingale enters/exits crouch faster

• Exquisite Gold Ring heals cursedness more slowly, and stops working when suffering from Curse Rot

• Recall Shrines can no longer be activated when suffering from a negative status effect or below 50% health

• Tomos sells the Initiate Grimoire in Chapter 3 and beyond

• Ghostly Ring no longer makes you invulnerable during dodges when suffering from Curse Rot

Polish

• Exiting rooms now has input buffering, and Nightingale can exit a room immediately after opening a door

• Armor Outfit is now gold, to better fit its origin

Bug Fixes

• Fix NG+ monsters spawning in the basement of Chapter 1 and attic of Chapter 3 during regular NG

• Fix the flamethrower not doing damage as intended

• Fix Nightingale being able to walk or run more slowly than intended with a controller

• Fix Burning Protection continuing to appear on dead Initiates

• Fix a spurious extra health bar on the Upper Balcony Boss

• The elevator now locks when in boss fights

• Fix a rare softlock that can occur when being hit under some circumstances, like exiting

Withering Rooms 0.85 (2022-10-25)

This patch attempts to fix any save migration issues that were encountered from 0.84 on launch. If you still encounter issues, please see: https://steamcommunity.com/app/2006140/discussions/0/3490879077211960625/

This patch has a larger download than previous patches, but the game actually takes up less space once installed. Content has been restructured to allow for even more disk space savings in upcoming patches. Players with slower hard drives may see load time improvements.

Bug Fixes

• Fix an issue introduced in 0.84 where monsters and armor may continue to attack dead enemies

• Fix the Lantern Familiar triggering enemy attacks

• Fix Bug Reports being unable to be filed, not working in the Title Screen, and not properly stealing focus when opened

• The game has been upgraded to a new version of Unity, and some shader related crashes with some GPUs may be solved

Withering Rooms 0.84 (2022-10-24)

Steam Cloud Support

Withering Rooms now supports Steam Cloud. As part of this change, your saves will be automatically moved from:

C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\LocalLow\Moonless Formless\Withering Rooms

to:

C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\LocalLow\Moonless Formless\Withering Rooms\YOURSTEAMIDNUMBER

If you run into any problems after this move, please reach out to support: https://witheringrooms.com/support.html

NG+ is now available

After completing the game, choose Load Game and select your save slot to continue into NG+.

Note that NG+ is brand new, and there may be bugs. Please press the / key to report bugs when you find them! Reach out to support if you need any help: https://witheringrooms.com/support.html

You keep all: levels, notes, remembrance slots, permanent items(except keys), remembered items

NG+ features:

• Monsters & bosses with increased stats(including speed)

• More heavily randomized monster spawn layouts that change each night

• 4 new enemies, a new boss, a new merchant, new tools, a new outfit, and a new prologue

• Ways to respec your character and level up with no level cap

• Surprises in areas that were previously safe or empty

Other Fixes & Changes

• Non poise breaking attacks no longer can stack up animations and effectively stunlock enemies

• Improved AI behavior when close to player

• Projectiles no longer collide with you in spirit form

• Night mother outfit has less Terror resistance

• Shields block less physical damage

• Homing projectiles find targets better

• Dafydd always wears yellow now

• Fix an issue with Josette in Ending B

• Fixed various typos and dialog issues - please keep reporting bugs with /, thank you!

Withering Rooms 0.83 (2022-10-13)

Balance Chances

• Stock limits for magical crafting items have been raised to 8 in Chapter 1/2 and 12 in Chapter 3/4

• Cursedness related monster spawns have a much longer respawn timer

• Increased the amount rare items can be sold for

Polish

• Status effect announcements are much more obvious, with unique sounds for each status effect

• Map display improvements:

  • Icons now appear under the text

  • Better player indicator

  • Fixed edge cases where it looked odd

  • Added icon for secret passages

• Added options to make crouch and run toggle instead of hold in the Input Options

• Added a new Support menu to the options, and moved the Restart Night option there

• The game pauses when the Steam overlay is brought up(i.e. when in the background on Steam Deck)

• The Options Menu dropdowns work with controllers now

• Hiding/unhiding while crouching no longer makes Nightingale stand up briefly

• Left hand thurible now can be 'used' - blocks poison damage and speeds up poison healing when used

Bug Fixes

• More achievement fixes - if an achievement doesn't unlock for you that you have earned after Continuing and waiting a few seconds, please file a bug

• Fix for when the game crashes during writing saves.json - it can now detect and recover

• Fix Edgar's coin multiplier not applying correctly

• Fix for a monster offering a prompt during arena battle

• Fix for Nightingale moving forward when toggling outfits

• Fix for being able to dodge out of interacts, such as the valve puzzles

• Fix for being able to loot corpses through barriers in the Chapter 3 basement

• Fix for several movement/interact related softlocks when pressing buttons quickly

• Fix for several softlocks that could occur when dying repeatedly

Withering Rooms 0.82 (2022-10-10)

Balance Chances

• Merchant stock limits are now affected by crafted items in your inventory - that is, if you have X door hexes, that counts against X red wax purchases - you can no longer run back and forth to the merchant to keep buying more after crafting

• Merchant stock limits for crafting items(except for empty jars, scrolls and books which have a much higher limit) have been raised from 4 to 6 in Chapter 1 & 2, and to 8 in Chapter 3 & 4

• Gifts upon death have been added to Chapter 3 & 4

• All gifts upon death now also include gold, which increases with each Chapter

• New items added

  • Second Chance Ring - restores 50% health upon death but breaks, sold by Tomos

  • Violent/Dextrous/Weird Pills - increase the associated damage output by 25% for 15 seconds, sold by Infirmary NPC

• The prices of rare items, bullets and syringes have increased

• Many Chapter 3 & 4 monsters and bosses have been made more challenging - through a mix of new/faster attacks, more health, more damage, and more resistance

• Arena monsters have been buffed, and their layout has changed in some cases to provide more challenge

• Item changes:

  • Most amulets have been buffed

  • Burning Protection offers less physical protection, but 100% fire protection now

  • Armor outfit has less physical resistance

  • Burnt Ring has less fire protection

  • Durability of Old Sword has been reduced

  • Fireball & Summon Spears spears do more damage

  • Lucky Necklace has a smaller Luck boost

  • Critical/Savior Rings have reduced Luck scaling

  • Bloody Elegant Outfit heals more slowly

  • Night Mother's Doll does more curse build up when being held

Polish

• Rolls can be done immediately after holding the run button

• A small input window has been added to hiding, finding items and lore that will help prevent button mashing from unhiding/skipping

• Mirror has been removed from the Silent Study, instead the NPC will teleport you to a cottage

• Possessed Books no longer drain curse during dialog

Bug Fixes

• Fixes for achievements: Arena Novice, Hyperthymesia, Ancient Blood, Ascended - these should award on load if you've earned them, please press / to file a bug if they don't

• Fixes for several cases of enemies coming back to life, or returning to their idle, after defeat and returning to their room

• Fix for having Necrosis over 50 points causing many strange problems on load

• Fix for getting hit out of dodging while using the Ghostly Ring leaving the player in an invincible state

• Fix for the "Return to the Throne" quest not properly being marked as complete

• Fixes for several enemies having the wrong "aim spot" on their body for guns or leaving Corpse Hex residue in odd places

• Fix for empty searchable furniture in Chapter 3 basement

• Fix for the "Blood Stained Letter" quest in Chapter 3 not being completable

• Fix for the Nowhere remembrance shrine in Chapter 3 not unlocking

• Fix for magical barriers in Chapter 3 having "interact_" prompt

• Fix for some random Labyrinth rings generating with placeholder text

• Fix Old Sword having two sets of stats in its description

• Fix for Baleful Influence FX not going away

Withering Rooms 0.81 (2022-10-7)

Bug Fixes

• Fix for remembering Old/Rare/Lost rings from the Labyrinth causing softlock on load

• Fix for arena NPC sometimes causing a softlock when spoken to from the righ tangle

• Fix for arena state sticking around after death - even after using a recall shrine

• Fix for being able to activate a recall shrine during an arena battle

• Fix for being able to walk out of boss rooms without doors during boss fight

Withering Rooms 0.80 (2022-10-6)

Bug Fixes

• Fix for mansion getting reset upon return to title in Chapter 2 and beyond introduced in 0.79

Withering Rooms 0.79 (2022-10-6)

Balance

• Blood Ring does more bleeding damage to user when worn

• Spirit Bag: slightly longer recovery, slightly more spell toll, is now gives iframes when used with the Ghostly Ring

• Possessed Book now ends if the user suffers from Curse Rot or Silence

Polish

• Level up screen is more mouse/keyboard friendly now with a button

• Close X buttons do not appear when using a controller

• Entrance Hall boss sound volume has been reduced

Bug Fixes

• Potential fix to times when the map stops updating and/or NPCs stop spawning - please report with / if you see this!

• Fix for Epilogue A not triggering properly

• Fix for Cave chest not unlocking after defeating enemies

• Fix mansion needing to be reset every night after starting a new Chapter until you die

• Fix Mossy Pentagram not healing like the description says

• Fix for softlocking when talking to the NPC in East Attic Stairwell in Chapter 3

• Fix for the Initiate hat staying spirit form'd

• Fix for the Church boss to appear before they should, and after they died

• Fix for Terror status effect ending early and leaving the player in a confusing state for 10 seconds

• Fix for the Valley boss re-triggering after being defeated

• Fix the Entrance Hall boss coming back to life

• Fix for the Zombie Maid getting stuck in an alert animation

Withering Rooms 0.78 (2022-10-4)

Bug Fixes

• Fix for a softlock on Chapter 3 introduced by 0.77

Withering Rooms 0.77 (2022-10-4)

Balance

• Bathroom more likely to have first aid kits

• Enchanted armor does less poise damage

• Butcher Surgeon's "Oh Glorious Miasma" attack is faster

Polish

• Patch notes now linked from the title screen

• Options menu now displays how to enter/exit the menu when using a controller

• Armor in the health bar is much easier to see

• Improve the texture/materials of Elite Armors and Initates

• Failure to save dialog is clearer and has actions for the user to take

Bug Fixes

• Fix controllers sometimes being unable to change Options

• Fix some AI issues around pulling player out of hiding

• Fix initial tutorial restarting upon death if never completed

• Fix a softlock in Chapter 2 when never completing initial tutorial

• Fix Occult Library puzzle re-using elements, i.e. Judges twice

• Fix Corpulent Zombie creating a flickering light upon death

• Fix enemies like Bodybags continuing to make crawling sounds upon death

Withering Rooms 0.76 (2022-10-3)

Balance

• Increased health and resistances of Upper Banquet Hall boss

• Chapter 2 only rings no longer spawn in the stairwells

• Jeremiah has more rings for sale

Polish

• Can assign hotkey/shortcut to Healing Items, will use on button press

• Running sideways through doors looks and feels more natural

• AI does a better job of tracking when you run past them

• AI is less inclined to run out the door when battling you

• Audio volume scales down when using camera/telescope to avoid super loud up close sounds

• Difficulty level is show in Stats screen

• Occult Chamber has been renamed to Coffin Chamber for clarity

Bug Fixes

• Fix issues around switching difficulty not "sticking"

• Fix wallpapers and other decorations popping into view when entering a room with a slower hard drive

• Fix Critical & Savior rings proc'ing while looking at item descriptions

• Fix softlock when using Pocket Mirror in unexpected places

• Fix odd camera movements when entering/exiting labyrinth

• Fix bosses not always awarding all offerings

• Fix Upper Parlor not being a safe room

• Fix Robert Blackett not marking lab as safe when inside

• Fix hardlock when interacting with altar in Masoleum in Chapter 2

• Fix hotkey/shortcut icons not displaying in HUD

• Fix softlock if interacting with lab before any other crafting table

• Fix East Attic Stairwell having the wrong room name

• Fix missing asset reference in Josette's dialog

• Fix getting locked into Chapter 2 ending

• Fix Upper Banquet Hall boss coming back to life

• Fix bear traps appearing unsprung after re-entering a room, and not saving properly

Withering Rooms 0.75 (2022-10-1)

Balance

• Dodge and roll distance now scale (subtly) with Speed

• Speed now has diminishing effectiveness after 10 points

Polish

• Added Support & Discord link buttons to Title Screen

• Message when trying to use a tool with no tool equipped

• Your last equipped tool, instead of your first tool, is re-equipped upon new nights

• Tutorial messages stay up for a minimum time now, even if no longer relevant

• Epilogues A & B have been polished

• Clarified Curse Ball (purple scroll) description

• Eliminated 0 as a possibility in the Wretch's Occult Library puzzle

Bug Fixes

• Can no longer equip or unequip anything during the Epilogue

• Fix soft lock when interacting and using a Spirit Twig on the same frame

Withering Rooms 0.74 (2022-9-30)

Balance

• Increased bleed/poison resistance for many later game monsters and bosses, reduced for a few.

• Increased HP on later game bosses.

• Tomos and the Vicar no longer sell rings - these have been made non-permanent added to the random loot tables.

• Tricksters no longer activate if you're wearing the Initiate Outfit.

Polish

• Add Complete Bestiary and All Remembrance Slots achievements.

• Hooked up all remaining Bestiary pages - bringing the total to 58.

• Village Zombies now have proper action and animation sets.

• Edgar is properly confined to the mansion now.

• Margaret's dialog tree has been made more natural when speaking to her after many events.

• Margaret's dialog has a larger font size.

• Item descriptions have had a proofreading pass.

• All "Private Beta" references now read as "Early Access".

• Hedge maze screams are quieter and more reverb-y.

• Observatory puzzle has small arrows indicating number directions.

• Removed the "Show Tutorials" option.

Bug Fixes

• Fix some monsters/bosses not dropping their bestiary page.

• Fix piano/organ puzzle interface not working on controllers.

• Fix equipped items(i.e. outfits or rings) not applying effects upon save load or new night.

• Fix some objects having targeting trails when they shouldn't.

• Fix softlock when returning to village boss after defeating them.

• Enemies no longer try to path through broken or locked doors.

• Can no longer "Continue" into New Game Plus.