Ashen Priest and the Six Faces of Ashenmoor · Crawling Darkness patch notes 2026.10.07-0846

Classes & Skills

Choose Ashen Priest in character creation and begin with a simple staff and ragged clothing.
Use Cinder Bolt, Breath of Ash and Cremation. Build up to three Kindle stacks, then spend them with Cremation for a stronger attack.
Embers now behave as a mana resource: they start full, are spent when casting, and regenerate over time.
Added level-based unlocks for the Priest's implemented skills and four passives.
The default skill keys are 1, 2, 3 and 4 for both classes. Your custom key bindings are retained.

Choose from three male and three female faces, each with a named portrait.
Hair, eyebrows, hair colour, eye colour and the existing face controls are available across all six faces and both classes.
Existing characters keep their saved appearance choices.
Updated several skin textures, class descriptions, character presentation and weapon idle effects.

The Priest uses a pale grey Embers orb and new skill icons.
Added character appearance changes at the innkeeper, without changing equipment stats.

Added the selected male and female Priest voices for casting and world dialogue.
The Priest's current skill sound effects are provisional; animation timing and final sound design will be refined later.
The already-approved startup videos are unchanged.

Fixed multiple dungeon floor, loot and portal issues, including the Depth IV gate.
Improved co-op party markers, healing, monster positioning and equipment updates.
Fixed stash feedback, gold-entry handling, the torch shop icon and the second ring slot.
Replaced five world tree assets while retaining their existing placements, wind and trunk collision.

This early live-playtest build has not had a final packaged gameplay or co-op join test. Please report problems you find while testing.
Priest playtesting currently includes three active skills. Skill slot 4 can be assigned an existing skill; it is not a fourth unique Priest attack.
Six later Priest abilities have names, icons and level requirements, but their gameplay is not implemented yet.
Morrin and Varric still need skin cleanup around the painted hairline. Some clothing and boots can intersect during movement.
Male Fallen Mail can stretch under the arm while holding a torch.
Character lighting, staff presentation and voice/animation timing still need further polish.
The Depth III mechanical cage descent is not functional yet. Some candles and wall torches still need placement adjustments.
The Watchtower waystone can leave a hero stuck. Use the Shadow Portal to return to town if needed.
Some replicated hand torches may not show their flame correctly to other players.
Rarely, the game can close just after the studio logo. Restart the game if this happens.
Quest rewards from co-op are not kept yet. Complete quests in solo play for now.
If a co-op server stops unexpectedly, up to about a minute of party progress can be lost.
The higher-detail trees are new; please report performance problems together with your resolution and graphics settings.