Coin and Candle · Crawling Darkness patch notes 2026.09.28-1931

New Content

Two short new quests in town: The Short Way Home shows you the portal back to town, and The Price of Candles shows you what a rite at the priest does. Both are voiced.
The Starting Lands have new ground, and the trees sway in the wind.
The village houses now face the well, and the old cart no longer blocks a doorway.
The mine entrance has a new rock, and you can no longer walk into it.
The Grave Brute now holds his maul in his fist.
The Grave Brute's slam raises new dust.
Torches throw sparks when they go out.

Clearer co-op errors: SERVERS BUSY has a bigger notice right above TRY AGAIN, THAT PARTY IS FULL appears next to the JOIN field, and ANOTHER VERSION tells you to update the game.
When you join a party, your online hero's journal and quest tracker show that hero's saved quests.
Joining a party now loads the enemies of that area in advance, to cut down stutters right after you join.
The level-up message in co-op now names your Skills key.

Elite enemies in the Broken Fortress give 1.6 times the normal XP instead of 2.2 times.
The floors of the Broken Fortress no longer show a repeating tile pattern.

Two-handed weapons are now held with both hands: the second hand rides on the haft in the guard, in the swings and while you walk or run.
Heroes react to hits in several ways instead of one, fall in a way that matches their fighting stance, and a raised shield visibly takes a blocked blow.
A one-handed weapon and shield now sheathe onto your hero's back when you put them away.
A new trail follows your sword swings.
The four shrine rites that teach new skills now open at levels 12, 13, 14 and 15 instead of 16, 18, 19 and 20. They give less XP to match.
A skill you earn from a quest now always shows on the skills page with a gold EARNED tag. A Blood Mark learns it once you reach its level.

The stash chest now keeps gold. Use Put gold in and Take gold out: a click moves all of it, Shift+click moves half.
Gold in the chest is safe: dying only costs 10% of the gold you carry, and shops only take what you carry.
Rotting Peasants can now drop trousers, including the new Tanner's Breeches. Their chests, belts and helms drop a little less often to make room.
The Watch Sword now sits in the hand like the other swords.
The Felling Axe and the Rusted Woodsman's Axe now land their chop as the blade crosses the enemy, and only hit enemies their blade actually reaches.

The CO-OP button now appears together with the other menu buttons instead of a moment later.
The codex shows trousers among a creature's spoils.
The skills page no longer shows "(R)" in the hint for Berserk.

The Watch Buckler, the Lode-bit Axe and the Reaper's Hook now show their real materials. They could look plain grey before.
The game no longer offers to send a crash report after a minor internal error that did not close the game.

Quest progress and quest rewards from a co-op game are still not kept. Do your quests in solo play for now.
There is no text chat in co-op yet.
If a co-op game server stops unexpectedly, up to about a minute of progress in that party can be lost.
The new trousers have no picture in the codex yet.
Some torches can look plain grey. A fix is on the way.
Rarely, the game can close by itself just as the studio logo ends at start-up. If it happens, start the game again.