- Clearer Sprites and Refined Races (v145) - 21 September 2026
Clearer Sprites and Refined Races (v145) This smaller update improves sprite clarity and movement, corrects several racial traits and descriptions, and refines Android controls in portrait mode. Sprite Presentation Added an Entity Outlines setting with None, Shader, and Baked modes. Improved outline consistency across display scales and softened the default outline. Corrected player and monster sprite footing and removed misaligned ground shadows. Oversized actors and props now pass behind walls correctly. Players, monsters, and NPCs now turn to face their movement and combat targets. Races and Character Creation Fixed Elves not receiving their documented +2 DEX. Starting weapon packages are now more likely to match each race's weapon training. Half-Orcs can now eat any corpse, while other races refuse human flesh. Paladins still refuse undead remains. Race descriptions now give clearer…
- Smarter Allies and More Varied Adventures (v144) - 14 September 2026
Smarter Allies and More Varied Adventures (v144) This update improves Party Mode allies, adds three run modifiers, smooths early progression, and polishes Expedition, combat, controls, and presentation. Party Mode Allies now assess danger, health, positioning, resistances, and resources more effectively. Allies use a much wider range of spells, abilities, scrolls, and wands. Allies choose safer targets, account for friendly fire and channeling risk, and vary similarly useful actions. Outside combat, allies may ask for equipment upgrades, food, or healing supplies. Separated allies follow through stairs and can cross unavoidable pits. Rested XP now applies correctly to every party member, and Wild Shape breaks before fatal damage downs a druid. Improved ally combat effects and stopped unseen fights from revealing unseen enemies. Run Modifiers Added Slow Learner and Fast Learner, granting…
- Localization and Early-Game Balance (v143) - 4 September 2026
Localization and Early-Game Balance (v143) This small update completes Dragonwake's current localization coverage, improves procedural safe sites, and smooths out several early encounters. Localization Completed translation coverage for all current game text across every supported language. Added localized text for the latest monsters, locations, services, quests, and game modes. Gameplay and Balance Added the new low-level Ragged Zombie and expanded early undead encounters. Rebalanced skeletons to be more brittle, while zombies are tougher but less accurate. Softened several early-game outliers, including giant fire beetles, giant rats, wild dogs, dire bats, and low-level duergar. Procedural safe sites now provide their intended shops, lodging, supplies, and music. Fixes Fixed Expedition dungeons sometimes failing to remain populated. Fixed undead activity on graveyard surface areas. F…
- Expedition, Dungeon Dive, and Custom Runs (v142) - 4 September 2026
Expedition, Dungeon Dive, and Custom Runs (v142) Saves from v138 are not compatible with this update. Older versions remain available through Steam branches for continuing existing runs. This update adds two new ways to play Dragonwake: a procedural seven-island Expedition and the forward-only Dungeon Dive. It also adds eleven optional modifiers that can be combined to create very different runs. The Wandering Isles Expedition Added a complete new campaign across seven procedurally generated islands. Each Expedition generates different terrain, settlements, roads, dungeons, minor sites, enemies, and quests. Begin at Tidecross in search of the Crown of the Sea-King, then recover its seven lost jewels across the Wandering Isles. Islands have individual names and themes that influence their terrain and available locations. Added procedural settlements with merchants, inns, wandering villag…
- Three New Classes, Varied Adventures, and Party Mode (v138) - 27 August 2026
Three New Classes, Varied Adventures, and Party Mode (v138) Saves from v130 are not compatible with this update. Older versions remain available through Steam branches for continuing existing runs. This update adds three complete character classes, much more variation between adventures, an endless dungeon, and the first experimental version of Party Mode. It also includes substantial late-game balance work, new world content, visual improvements, and fixes across the game. Three New Classes Added the Bard, combining light weapons, arcane magic, songs, and performance-driven abilities. Added the Barbarian, who builds Rage by taking damage and turns it into powerful attacks and aggressive combat abilities. Added the Monk, featuring unarmed combat, staves, Combo attacks, martial forms, and movement-based defenses. Added an option to disable race and class restrictions when creating a char…
- Quest Hotfix (v132) - 26 July 2026
- Existing saves remain compatible with this update. - Fixed the Stonecleft Lamp Run starting at the wrong trader and immediately completing. - Fixed the Beacon Prism failing to recognize that Auralith had been slain. - Fixed the sealed descent in Glassroot Hollow during Moonwell Reverie. - Saves already affected by the Beacon Prism or Glassroot Hollow issues will repair themselves when those interactions are retried.
- Fixes and Key Bindings (v130) - 18 July 2026
- Existing saves remain compatible with this update. - Added customizable key bindings for each keyboard layout, saved separately in controls.cfg, with reset, unbind, Ctrl, and Alt support. - Improved option names and descriptions across every supported language. - Expanded Awareness details and detection rolls to show Wisdom, race, Edraeth, class, and equipment bonuses. - Gave fighters a fourth attack at level 20 and moved druids' second attack to level 10. - Reduced the player's automatic saving-throw level bonus from LV/2 to LV/4; attributes, equipment, and other bonuses still stack normally. - Corrected the monster saving throws displayed in Lore. - Improved Ruined Watchtower enemy refills and added more breaks, rubble, and debris to its interiors. - Updated Hunter's Eye so rangers can fire ranged weapons safely past allies. - Clarified permanent elixir messages with exact attribute…
- Throwing Weapons and Adventure Improvements (v126) - 12 July 2026
Throwing Weapons and Adventure Improvements (v126) Experimental save upgrade: Saves from v120 can now be upgraded and will be backed up first, but some bugs may persist. Older versions remain available through Steam branches. This update adds full throwing-weapon support, expands rogue and fighter options, improves monster combat behavior, retunes several quests and encounters, and includes a broad collection of item, world, and quality-of-life fixes. Throwing Weapons Added the Throwing weapon skill. Added throwing knives, throwing axes, javelins, darts, and throwing stones. Added throwing weapons to character starts, shops, loot, and generated magic-item systems. Added dedicated throwing-weapon icons and improved ammunition presentation. Improved thrown-item targeting, including cycling between valid enemies. Added clearer thrown attack and saving-throw roll details. Classes and Combat…
- Major Quest, Monster, and Balance Update (v120) - 4 July 2026
Major Quest, Monster, and Balance Update (v120) Saves from v117 are not compatible with this update. This update focuses on mid/late-game rebalance, a major monster overhaul with heavily reworked monster abilities and spellcasting, major quest-flow changes, and many player-facing quality-of-life fixes. Major Balance Changes Player level now adds +1 to melee, ranged, spell attacks, and spell save DCs every 4 levels, up to +4. Rebalanced encounter rosters and scaling across the main route, side zones, wilderness, and world map. Rebalanced weapon skill training requirements and allowed more practice from tougher enemies. Added a second trinket equipment slot, expanding build and utility choices. Rebalanced hunger, nutrition, resting, camping, and resource regeneration pacing. Rebalanced cleric piety recovery and holy symbol effects. Rebalanced druid wild shape stats, natural attacks, and f…
- Small Update (v117) - 26 June 2026
- Reduced enemy respawn rates.
- Small Update (v116) - 26 June 2026
Small Update (v116) Save files from the previous public version are compatible with this update. This save-compatible update focuses on targeting fixes, dungeon and camping tuning, small balance adjustments, and UI cleanup. Save Compatibility Fixed patch-build save detection so saves are checked by save format version, not public build number. Saves from older public build folders now load normally when their save format is still current. Targeting, Spells, and Class Actions Ranged attacks can now be aimed into terrain, doors, walls, and empty ground as spent shots. Ranged auto-targeting stays focused on valid enemies. Class actions and spells now spend or fizzle more consistently after an invalid or empty target is chosen. Fixed targeting cursor rendering through fog-blocked tiles and initial tall-mode targeting camera placement. Increased Fly duration and rebalanced Summon Insects. Du…
- Small Update (v112) - 24 June 2026
Small Update (v112) - Fixed some incorrect dice roll random math. - Fixed the amulet affecting starting attribute rolls.
- Secrets and Balance Update (v111) - 24 June 2026
Secrets and Balance Update (v111) Notice: old saves will not work with this update. If you want to keep playing an existing save, switch to the Steam branch `previous-version` before loading it. This update focuses on a major secret room overhaul, broad mid and late game balance changes, door and lock difficulty reductions, resistance and weapon skill tuning, and many smaller fixes and economy tweaks. Secret Rooms Overhaul Reworked secret room generation so hidden areas are more deliberate and varied. Improved how secret doors are noticed, making discovery less dependent on repeated passive luck. Added more kinds of small hidden spaces and improved secret room reward placement. Prevented enemies from randomly appearing inside secret areas. Mid and Late Game Balance Adjusted boss, quest, chest, and secret rewards to reduce stacked high-value payouts. Retuned generated magic gear so highe…
- Highmark and Bugfix Update (v104) - 22 June 2026
Highmark and Bugfix Update (v104) Notice: this update keeps the v102 save format, so save files from v102 should continue to work. This update focuses on Highmark and Stonecleft quest flow, blackglass gear tuning, dungeon pacing, and a set of small gameplay and display fixes. Changed Reworked the Stonecleft Runeforge flow so Master Smith Throkk handles the Runeforge Core and blackglass forge setup, while Dorran handles the armory and Old Mineworks follow-up. The Stonecleft magic armory now opens after the Runeforge Core is returned, then upgrades further after Old Mineworks is resolved. Redistributed several Highmark-adjacent quest level gates so level 10 has less quest crowding. Changed Tharec's Beacon Prism tower aid reward from random generated +2/+3 gear to a random elixir. Tuned Throkk's blackglass gear toward heavier, ARM-focused tank equipment. Improved blackglass weapon tuning,…
- Cleanup and Balance Update (v102) - 21 June 2026
Cleanup and Balance Update (v102) Notice: save files are not compatible between game versions. If you want to keep playing an older run, switch Dragonwake to the matching older-version Steam branch before loading that save. This is a broad cleanup, balance, and bugfix update focused on traps, doors, quest flow, shops, saves, encounter pacing, dungeon presentation, and many smaller playability fixes. Added Added monster presence sound cues for many dangerous creatures. Added a blacksmith repair service for damaged, torn, and rusty equipment. Added a sell-all-junk shop action with confirmation text. Added procedural secret rooms to most dungeon floors. Added generic altar prayer interactions, with a one-time luck chance per altar. Added resistances to the character sheet. Changed Reworked pitons into pry tools for doors and locked chests, while still supporting pit use. Reworked acid lock…
- Small Fixes (v97) - 18 June 2026
- Fixed rust damage messages to say items rusted. - Fixed examine-all shortcut order for bag/equipment swapping. - Fixed caltrops forcing unnecessary continue prompts. - Fixed blackglass shards sometimes appearing unidentified. - Reduced Stonecleft arrival XP from 1500 to 500. - Increased inn resting recovery speed. - Renamed Barge to Bull Rush. - Renamed Smite Strike to Smite Foe. - Updated Havenford watch text to use Garrick consistently. - Tweaked dragon hunt encounter accumulation.
- Elemental and Junk Update (v95) - 18 June 2026
Elemental and Junk Update (v95) This update focuses on elemental surfaces, spell cleanup, traps, junk loot, shops, early-zone pacing, targeting, and UI polish. Added Added Ice Storm and Summon Insects spells. Added spell critical hits for qualifying attack spells. Added wet and oily actor conditions, including surface-based combat effects. Added ground targeting for several elemental spell and item effects. Added bulk vendor examine for unidentified gear. Added shops to all innkeepers. Added weapon skill charts to the catalog. Added an Android fullscreen gamepad layout option. Added player conditions to the effects list. Changed Reworked elemental surfaces: oil, acid, fire, ice, water, wet, and oily reactions are now more consistent and turn-based. Ice can now slide the player on failed movement checks; oil can knock the player prone. Rebalanced trap saves, damage, prompt text, and zone…
- Small Fixes (v85) - 15 June 2026
- Fixed Sorcerer XP requirements and level-up spell choices. - Fixed giant bat defense being too high. - Fixed Goblin Cave trap pools so they only use pits, arrows, and alarms. - Fixed Primordial Flash requiring a nearby enemy before casting. - Fixed tall-mode weapon skill rows to use compact ranks and stat bonuses. - Fixed level-up and summary footers showing numpad scroll shortcuts. - Fixed force-load save visibility in the load menu while preserving delete.
- Trinkets, Curses and Sorcerer Update (v84) - 15 June 2026
Trinkets, Curses and Sorcerer Update (v84) This is a broad gameplay update with a new playable class, a much larger trinket and cursed-item pool, new divine caster gear, Ranger companion support, and a lot of balance and progression cleanup. Added Added Sorcerer as a playable class: an innate arcane caster who can convert mana into survival, burst damage, and risky high-power magic. Added many new trinkets with bonuses for combat, magic, scouting, survival, tools, resistances, trade, and carrying capacity. Added rare named cursed items and more cursed gear types. Added new holy symbols as trinkets for divine casters, each with different bonuses. Added Ranger animal companions with summon, recall, dismiss, travel, and recovery behavior. Added unarmed as its own weapon skill. Changed Rebalanced monster armor values across the game. Retuned early boss caster encounters and several early qu…
- Cleanup Update (v81) - 13 June 2026
Cleanup Update (v81) This update is a broad cleanup build focused on armor math, early-game balance, dungeon readability, quest text, item behavior, and several long-standing rough edges. Combat And Balance Cleanup Reworked ARM mitigation so low armor now matters. Armor uses stochastic rounding instead of hard integer breakpoints, with effective ARM capped at 90%. Paladins, fighters, clerics, and dwarves now start with shield proficiency where appropriate. Iron Helm is now +1 DEF, +3 ARM. Mail armor was nudged upward so chain-style armor better justifies its weight and price. Elite monsters are now much tankier, spawn slightly more often, and get better loot rolls. First Aid now scales correctly: bandages use rank plus WIS/2, and kits use rank*2 plus WIS. Hunger drains about 10% faster. Training dummy HP was reduced by 20%. Alarm traps are now fully unavoidable, while other traps keep p…
