Change Log

What changed between tests

Closed Beta (CB)October 2026

Everything below was read from the Closed Beta game files and compared with what the site showed for the previous test. The Damage, Builds and hero pages now use the Closed Beta numbers.

Heroes

Same six heroes. Otto and Serine are unchanged.

  • Gabriel · Charge
    +10% sprint speednow+6% sprint speed
  • Gabriel · Sadist
    heal 50% of damage dealt for 30snowheal 30% of damage dealt for 15s
  • Eva · Blind
    5s, 10m radiusnow3s, 5m radius
  • Hugo · Taste of Blood
    +15% speed with a melee weapon equippednow+8% speed with a melee weapon drawn
  • Hugo · Zealot
    lasts 30snowlasts 10s
  • Marie · Vespers
    50 health over 100snow50 health over 25s
  • Marie · Mending Prayer
    10m radius, over 100snow50m radius, over 25s

Guns

  • No new guns. The same 21 guns and 3 Farsight (scoped) variants are in the game.
  • Every gun's base damage is unchanged from what the site already showed.

Melee weapons

Heavy attacks were cut hard across the board; light attacks moved only a little. Light / heavy damage:

  • Warhammer (new, Legendary, one-handed)
    39 / 60
  • Club
    36 / 76now34 / 43
  • Mace
    24 / 54now30 / 40
  • Short Sword
    25 / 49now26 / 34
  • Longsword
    42 / 88now38 / 49
  • Axe
    26 / 59now30 / 44
  • Rapier
    24 / 55now28 / 42
  • War Axe
    46 / 88now40 / 60
  • Spear
    42 / 92now42 / 58
  • Sabre
    34 / 66now34 / 50
  • Halberd
    54 / 98now46 / 70
  • Zweihander
    60 / 107now52 / 82
  • Dagger and Pricker keep their light and heavy damage, but their thrust and overhead multipliers changed.
  • New swing-direction multipliers: Short Sword (all swings ×1.05), Longsword (×1.15), Sabre (×1.1), Spear and Halberd (some directions stronger, some weaker). The Damage page lists them under each weapon.
  • Every melee weapon now shows its in-game card text, and Dagger, Club and Pricker are confirmed Common.

Mastery: the Arms tree

Melee perks now have their own fifth tree, Arms.

  • Agile
    while melee weapons are equippednowwhile a one-handed melee weapon is drawn
  • Overlander
    3/6/9/12/15%now3/4/5/6/8%
  • Deft Strikes
    12% per point (60% max)now12/16/19/22/25%
  • Deft Thrusts
    12% per point (60% max)now4/8/12/16/20%
  • Expert Strikes
    12% per point (60% max)now12/16/19/22/25%
  • Expert Thrusts
    12% per point (60% max)now6/10/14/18/22%
  • Guard Recovery
    Tier VIInowTier VI
  • Limber
    lunge distance 8/16/24%nowlunge speed (one-handed) 8/16/25%
  • Advanced Footwork (new, Tier VII)
    lunge speed (two-handed) 8/16/25%
  • Berzerker
    halves projectile damagenow20% less projectile damage
  • Run Down (new capstone)
    +10% speed each time you take ranged damage, for 10s

Mastery: the other trees

  • Nerves of Stone (new, Martial IV)
    reduce flinch 10/30/50/70/90%
  • Camouflage (Survival VIII)
    WIP capstoneremoved
  • Second Chance (new, Survival VIII)
    survive fatal damage on 1 health, 30 min cooldown
  • Drill Master
    non-ramrod weapons (unclear)nowreloads ramrod weapons while sprinting
  • Arms Dealer
    WIPnowworking
  • Softly Softly
    30/40/50/60/70%now30/40/50/60/90%
  • Efficient
    5 pointsnow1 point
  • Reposition
    2/3/4/5/6%now3/4/5/6/8%
  • Fast Hands
    5/10/15/20/25%now2/4/6/8/10%
  • Leap
    5/10/15/20/25%now5/10/15/20/40%
  • Surgeon, Ceramic Skin, Impervious, Toxicity
    …/20/25%now…/20/30%
  • Arterial Muscle
    10 to 50 seconds soonernow10 to 30 seconds sooner
  • Adrenaline
    below 10 health at every pointnowbelow 10/15/20/25/30 health
  • Seven perks now show the prerequisite the game enforces: Goldfingers, Improved Sense Of Smell, Improved Pinpoint, Bloodhound, Improved Brace, Expert Handling and Prescience.
  • Money Grubber and Goldfingers raise the quantity of coin, not the quality.
  • All recommended hero builds were rechecked against the new trees and still spend all 90 points.

Damage calculator

  • Berzerker (target perk)
    ranged damage halvednow20% less ranged damage, two melee weapons equipped
  • Maniac is Hugo's ultimate: 25% less damage for 10 seconds, unchanged.
  • Helmets confirmed from the item text: Leather, Sapper's, Black Dragoon and Old Guard remove 25, 50, 75 and 100% of the headshot bonus.
  • The game now has greaves that cut leg damage by 20 to 50%. The calculator does not model leg shots.

Professions

  • Vepr
    1 Pine Rosinnow2 Pine Rosin
  • Lead Bar
    refined from Copper Lead Orenowrefined from Lead Ore
  • Mammoth Grain (new Conservator recipe, Artisan 225)
    refined from Powder Cake
  • All 163 recipes were checked against the Closed Beta files. Skill levels and ingredients otherwise match what the site showed.

Quests

  • Where The Rye Still Grows
    one-offnowdaily
  • Cobbler's Request
    2 Boiled Leather, 2 Iron Nailsnow1 Boiled Leather, 2 Iron Nails
  • Gardont's Fort
    misspellednowGardon's Fort
  • The Closed Beta has 54 vendor quests, including weekly and monthly ones. The site lists 16 so far.