Heavier Blows, New Voices · Crawling Darkness patch notes 2026.09.24-1039

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Two-handed strikes hit hard. The first and second strikes with a two-handed weapon each have a wind-up, a blow timed to the moment of contact and a follow-through, plus a brief hit-stop and camera shake on impact. Before, the second strike eased back to idle halfway through the swing and the first one dealt its damage a few frames late.
A two-handed weapon is carried like one. Drawn, the hero holds it in a two-handed guard as he stands, walks and runs. In town it goes onto his back instead of vanishing, and he draws it again as he leaves; a swing or a skill puts it straight back in his hands.
Sundering Blow has its own animation, a great-sword cast that brings the blade down to the ground.
Enemies you are fighting stand at striking distance. Blows no longer pass over their heads from too far away.

Both heroes have new voices. Every line the male and the female berserker speak has been recast, and she has a new death cry.

Five places have a soundscape of their own. The cathedral, the fortress, the village, the bridge and the watchtower used to borrow another area's ambience. Each one now has its own.
The town fountain can be heard: a steady flow, with drips and splashes falling at random, louder as you come closer.

Armour no longer cuts holes in your body. Body parts are only hidden under armour with its own fitted model, and only where that piece really covers. Pieces still using a placeholder model no longer hide anything.

Chests are wood and iron again. Every chest had turned a flat white; they now show their real finish, lining included.
The fountain's upper bowl no longer glows. The fire's light hung just above the blood and lit the bowl from within; it now sits higher, and the flame looks the same.
A great stone stands beside the road into the Iron Vein.

Some armour pieces still use a placeholder model; skin can show through them until they get their own fitted models.
The second hand on two-handed weapons does not yet hold the haft through every attack.
The Ossuary Archer's bow animation is coming; until then he draws and shoots from a swing.
The Bandit is being rebuilt on a new body; this is the old one.