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Sker Islanders, can you believe that we've reached Patch 0.5.0!? In this major update you can expect to see brand new cutscenes with more to come, the introduction of Dread Levels, epic boss music and so much more!
Sker Ritual
Patch v.0.5.0 - 13/10/2023
INTRO CUTESCENE
Delve into the beginnings of the Sker Ritual story in a brand new intro cutscene. Discover your fated purpose against The Quiet Ones and the upcoming battles against those who will do anything to stop you. Plus, there will be more cutscenes coming soon!
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PERK UPGRADES
A whole new batch of perk upgrades have been unlocked! There are now 5 perk upgrades available that can be obtained using Blodwin's Vitrols that come in 3 tiers: Basic, Advanced and Elite. You can receive Basic Vitrols every 5 waves but Advanced and Elite are only available at higher waves.
You can only activate 1 perk upgrade at a time.
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MIRACLE EXPLORATION MENU
You can now explore all available miracles and their descriptions in an easily accessible menu which will also give you some insight about each associated God. Plan and execute miracle combos with ease to experience even more ways to take on the onslaught of the Quiet Ones.
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DREAD LEVELS
Now also introducing Dread Levels! These additional 20 Dread Levels reward you for levelling up your profile with a new level frame, they can be accessed in menu by going to Upgrades -> Dread Levels
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NOTES
There is more Sker Ritual story to discover in the newly added notes which can be collected by finding them in levels and enemy drops. Snoop through diary entries, flick through research notes, and analyse shipping records to unravel the truth.
There are 52 to find, what will you discover about the happenings on Sker Island? These notes can be accessed in menu by going to Profile -> Notes
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BOSS MUSIC
Final Boss Encounters just levelled up! Each Final Boss Encounter will now be accompanied by boss music.
ADDITIONS & ISSUE FIXES
- Added a notification for each time a teammate dies
- Added a notification for each time a teammate revives
- Added a notification for when a Stalker enemy gets spawned
- Added UI to show the timer of a player when they can still be revived for free by their body
- Changed Visual for the free timed revives
- Fixed an issue that caused enemies to be stuck at their spawn points
- Fixed an issue causing enemies to not follow players quickly enough when using teleports
- Fixed an issue causing enemies to sometimes disappear in front of other players in an online game
- Fixed an issue that caused the game to stall sometimes if an effect attempts to be applied on an enemy that was destroyed
- Fixed an issue that caused the next game to break if a game is exited while an enemy is destroyed
- Fixed an issue that caused the combat damage text to stop showing
Once again, thank you for supporting Sker Ritual and our team! We hope you're enjoying all of the improvements and updates, and look forward to hearing your thoughts in the comments below and over on the Sker Ritual Discord!
If you also have a spare moment please do leave the game a review over on the Steam page which supports our Early Access Beta journey!
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