- Heretical Early Access Patch Notes v0.3.2.202606050911 - 5 June 2026
New patch for Ealy Access just released - v0.3.2.202606050911 Changes Introduced level streaming - big part of the world has been optimized in such a way that it's loaded when you're nearby, boosting the overall performance of the game significantly. This is part of a bigger initiative to do it across the whole world and will bring further performance boosts with upcoming updates. Fixed issues with steam sync causing players to not have their progress properly synced across multiple devices. If cloud save conflicts are detected when the game is launched, the game will ask you to resolve the issues by either keeping the local saves or the ones on the steam cloud. Crushers in The Foundry no longer show radius where they should land to avoid visual clutter in that region. Damage of Corruption's initial magic damage tick rediced from 4-6 + 2-3 per level to 3-5 + 1-2 per level. Fixed some is…
- Heretical Early Access Patch Notes v0.3.2.202510091859 - 9 October 2025
New patch for Early Access just released - 0.3.2.202510091859Changes:Potions bought from potion stands now last twice as long.Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that caused the game to sometimes crash when stunning rat's nests.Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that caused Scholar Elder's attack to jump after players indefinitely.Bug Fix: Fixed the Demolition Crew prophecy not working properly.Bug Fix: Max Barrier affix now appears on items dropped by enemies / bought from the shop.Bug Fix: Fixed Ricochet skills not providing any bonuses past level 1 bonuses.Bug Fix: Fixed Mahler's original questline subtracting double gold amount and allowing players to select the give gold option even when they don't have enough gold.As always be sure to join our Discord channel to stay up to date with our development and be able to give us feedback, suggest changes, or report issues.
- Heretical Update: The Alchemist - v0.3.2.202510071748 - 7 October 2025
Greetings, lost souls!A new update for Heretical is live!And with this one, we're releasing a new playable class.The AlchemistAlchemist has a unique class ability - Alchemy - which allows you to collect ingredients from slain enemies and mix them in powerful tinctures that boost your stats and provide powerful effects.Alongside the class itself, this update also brings a new weapon class - One-handed Crossbows - quick to shoot but slow to reload, dealing a large amount of physical damage to the target they hit.CHANGELOGNew Content:New playable class: The AlchemistEven more prophecies have their icons updated.New points of interest: When playing as the alchemist, you'll occasionally find recipe books that unlock a new potion recipe for you to brew. When playing as other classes after you've discovered all the recipes there are for the alchemist, you will find potion stands that allow you…
- Chronicles of Heresy #7 - 8 September 2025
Greetings, lost souls!Heretical Steam Community Items are now available! Players can start collecting a full set of trading cards, featuring characters like Aelar Thorne, Harald, Oswald, Ruvius, Sethian, Tizian, Venexis, and Wildheart. Completing the set will let you craft badges and unlock exclusive profile rewards. Alongside the cards, you’ll also find unique profile backgrounds, as well as thematic emoticonsWhether you’re a collector or just want to customize your Steam profile, now’s the perfect time to dive in and showcase your Heretical spirit!What's cooking behind the closed doors? We've been working on our 9th playable class - the Alchemist. So let me share some insights on how he's going to work.Unlike other classes, Alchemist has a unique ability that changes how their typical run looks. His ability is, well, "Alchemy", which causes enemies to drop ingredients occasionally. Th…
- Hotfix - v0.3.1.202508071919 - 7 August 2025
Fixed a bug that caused the game to freeze when trying to view unique items while having +1 (or more) to all skills.
- Major Update: Herbal Medicine - v0.3.1.202508071225 - 7 August 2025
Greetings, lost souls!In this update, we wanted to focus on adjusting the way players heal.Instead of relying on leveling up and hoping you get enough healing from it, we have introduced a new healing system - Healing Potions.Potions come in different sizes and drop from enemies, just like any other item.They can be common, magic, rare, and unique, but so far we haven't added any unique potions yet.You start with 2 potion charges, and the only way to restore these is by finding potion fountains scattered throughout Sanctora, or by visiting the shop and buying a charge there.This also introduced a new major change - randomized points of interest.This means that chests, ritual spots, and potion fountains will now have their positions randomized throughout the world instead of always being in the fixed position like before. This introduces more variety to the run and makes planning a bit m…
- Chronicles of Heresy #6 - 9 July 2025
Greetings lost souls!First off, thank you for your patience. We know this last update took a long time, and if you’ve been waiting, checking in, or wondering what’s going on behind the curtain, well, now you know.The truth is, this one grew bigger than we planned. What started as a content patch turned into a full-on expansion, and we didn’t want to release it until it felt right. That meant extra time for testing, polishing, and occasionally throwing things out and redoing them from scratch.That said, we’ve learned a lot from this process, and going forward, we’re changing how we do things.Instead of saving everything for massive updates, we’ll be releasing content more frequently and in smaller, more manageable chunks. This means quicker improvements, better pacing, and more regular reasons to revisit the game.This update is the foundation for that. With this release, the world just g…
- Hotfix - v0.3.0.202506292020 - 29 June 2025
Hotfix v0.3.0.202506292020 is live! Changes are: Fixed a bug which caused the game to freeze when you press LT (or Q on keyboard) inside the pause menu on fresh profiles. Fixed a bug that prevented players from removing skills 3 and 4 from shop's "Remove Skill" when using gamepad. Fixed a bug that caused the players to not be able to select a skill from the list of all skills when they have previously bought a skill from shop.
- ♰ Major Update: The Bells Toll - v0.3.0.202506191222 ♰ - 19 June 2025
Greetings, lost souls! It's been a couple of months since we last posted any big updates, but "The Bells Toll" should make it up for that. With this update, we focused on adding two new regions - Cathedral of Silent Oaths and The Foundry, located above the Depraved Estate of Sanctora.The Bells Toll (v0.3.0.202506191332) Patch notes:New Content:New languages available: Japanese, Polish, Russian, Chinese, and Serbian (more to come)!Two new regions: Cathedral of Silent Oaths and The Foundry.Infinite reroll rework: After completing "Soldier of Light", the first skill choice allows you to pick any skill and use up all your banishes in a screen that lists all unlocked skills.New skill: Ethereal Blade (Astromancer) - A buff that lasts for a short time, causing your attacks to spawn an ethereal blade to strike enemies in front of you. Has a medium cooldown.New Skill: Celestial Shard (Astromance…
- Chronicles of Heresy #5 - 18 May 2025
Greetings lost souls! It's been a little while since we released a bigger content update, but this whole time we've been working hard on the next part of the game - Cathedral of Silent Oaths and The Foundry! Another big thing we've been preoccupied with is starting our collaboration with Ultimate Games SA! We're thrilled to be pushing forward together to make Heretical the best version of itself. This partnership gives us something we’ve long needed—greater stability and confidence that Heretical will not only continue to grow, but reach full release as we envisioned it. Your support got us this far, and with this added momentum, we’re more determined than ever to see it through. In other news, we've also decided to remove the free demo as we feel it doesn't represent the game in its brightest light. It has proven to be a major distraction for each bigger update we're working on as it's…
- Where Ruin Meets Power: The Forge and Ministry Awaken - 28 March 2025
The cycle of power and ruin continues to tighten its grip on Aelyndor. The Forge—where the Sanctorite is forged and tempered—now beckons the weary. Is it here that the land’s twisted future will be shaped? Is it here that the power of the mineral will either bind the world together, or tear it asunder? But this is no mere workshop of creation. Under the watchful eye of the Ministry, the blue mineral flows. In the marble halls of this dark cathedral, the whispers of power reverberate. From here, the Ministry pulls the strings. The world moves at their will—and their ambitions know no bounds. Two barren souls twist at opposing ends seeking to become one. What will happen when the conjunction finally arrives? No mercy. No reprieve. Will you challenge the cathedral’s darkest secret and disrupt the Ministry’s iron grip over the forsaken lands? Or will you fall prey to the cold, calculating m…
- Heretical Early Access Patch Notes v0.2.9.202503171546 - 17 March 2025
Changes: Bug Fix: Max Barrier affix now appears on items dropped by enemies / bought from the shop. Istwan, the Blade of Light: Wide swing attacks no longer track their target. Armor and resistances slightly reduced. His archer minions stay closer to the center of the arena during the fight. Venomous Coating now scales with total kills from decay instead of total decay damage dealt. Bug Fix: Regulators now properly deal lightning damage with their chained Stormcaller attacks. College Adepts no longer have spinning arcanas, instead they rise their shields to block incoming attacks. As always be sure to join our Discord channel to stay up to date with our development and be able to give us feedback, suggest changes, or report issues.
- Heretical Joins the Steam Spring Sale – Limited-Time Discount! - 11 March 2025
Aelyndor, where gods and the soulless struggle for dominion, the changing seasons bring no relief—only more bloodshed and ambition. This Spring Sale (Mar 13 - 20), step into a world gripped by conflict and heresy, and power-hungry factions. Experience Heretical, where the cursed paths of Abidan and Absalom converge. Will you break the chains of destiny—or fall victim to the same cycle of ruin? Discounts are here. Embrace the darkness that blooms in this season of rebirth. The Forsaken have risen. Are you ready?
- Heretical Early Access Patch Notes v0.2.9.202503111355 - 11 March 2025
Greetings lost souls! New patch for Early Acces just released - v0.2.9.202503111355 Changelog: New skill: Bramble Dance (Pathfinder) - A whirl of barbs stays behind you and another one flies outwards when you attack. After a short delay, they meet in the middle, dealing physical damage to enemies they pass through and applying the bleed effect. 2 new Prophecies Soldier of Light - Istwan's Prophecy now grants an ability to reroll your first skill choice indefinitely at no costs, but no longer grants additional skill slots. Venomous Coating rework: When ready, your direct damage poisons targets. When on cooldown, there's a chance to ignore cooldown and poison anyway. For every 2000 decay damage done in the run, this skill's damage over time is increased by 1. Decay Damage now ignores barrier. Improved minion AI. King's Guard quest reworked. Fedy (Wildheart's Minion) has two skills: Demora…
- Upcoming Weeklong Sale Event! - 27 January 2025
Greetings, Heretics! Facing the darkness that looms over Aelyndor has been an incredible adventure for both players and our team. Since launching into Early Access, your support and feedback have been instrumental in shaping the game we all love. Now, we’re excited to announce our first-ever discount for Heretical! From February 3rd to February 10th, Heretical will be available at a special discounted price as part of a Steam Weeklong Deal! Whether you’re looking to unlock new heroes, discover unique builds, or complete challenging prophecies, this is your chance to experience Heretical at an unbeatable price. What's New in Aelyndor? We’ve been hard at work bringing fresh updates and improvements to the game, including: New Skills and Perks to customize your playstyle. Balance Updates to enhance the gameplay experience. Upcoming Content Teasers for those eager to see what’s next! Don’t…
- Hotfix - v0.2.9.202501232124 - 23 January 2025
Hotfix v0.2.9.202501232124 is live! Changes are: Blocking is now more responsive to input and takes priority over attacking. Fixed the gutter entrance not working when stomped. Fixed Merchant's Lost Cache not providing bonus starting coins. Fixed many quests not working properly.
- Hotfix - v0.2.9.202501211417 - 21 January 2025
We've added all the Prophecies introduced in the Celestial Weave update as Achievements on Steam. Happy hunting!
- Heretical Update: Celestial Weave - v0.2.9.202501211257 - 21 January 2025
Greetings lost souls! After two months of hard work, we're releasing our content update called Celestial Weave! With this update, we wanted to focus on balancing existing content while adding more progression milestones such as new Prophecies and builds to try out. One of the bigger changes is the complete rework of the Well of Stars and its Constellations. We felt this aspect could be greatly improved to allow you to specialize in more niche and specific builds. Celestial Weave (v0.2.9.202501211257) Patch notes: Privacy and Data: Added an option in the settings and in the EULA screen to opt-out from Analytics so you're not sending any anonymous data to help improve the game. New Content: Well of Stars and Constellation rework: Instead of 3 big constellations, there are now 12 smaller constellations, each specializing in different things. You begin the game with the first 4 constellatio…
- Stray Stars Saves Hotfix - 20 November 2024
We're releasing a small hotfix that addresses certain characters being unplayable if you have too many stray stars.
- Heretical Early Access Patch Notes v0.2.6.202411181118 - 18 November 2024
Changes: Added "Unstuck" option to the Gameplay tab of the in-game settings interface. Shadow Ritual requirement reduced from 1 minute to 30 seconds. Soul Decay VFX was reworked to be less intrusive. The ritual screen now shows your current HP and Coins. Bug Fix: Soul Decay will now properly proc when enemies are nearby. Bug Fix: You can now view your stats from the ritual screen. Bug Fix: Snakebite no longer prevents you from moving while using it with Slave Warrior. Bug Fix: Plagued Rat Horror will no longer sit idly after trying to cast caustic spray. Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that prevented Absalom's dialogue from continuing past the first Devotee's Orb pickup, blocking progress in the game. Bug Fix: Hovering Darkness meter no longer tells you that the Darkness will consume you. Bug Fix: Shield bash now properly shows cooldown. Bug Fix: Cooldown reduction no longer reduces cooldown of th…
