Caves of Qud (Switch): all the updates

26 June 2026 Lite_Agent

On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various updates for Caves of Qud on Nintendo Switch.

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Caves of Qud – Ver. ???

Release date: June 25th/26th 2026
Patch notes:

We made several performances improvements.
- Greatly improved pathfinding performance.
- Greatly improved performance when auto-moving to the edge of a zone.
- Improved pathfinding logic of creatures, causing them to take more sensible paths around obstacles.
- Greatly improved performance on wet maps.
- Improved performance in Bethesda Susa.
Merchants now allow you to trade with them you after you buy their entire inventory.
The looker now indicates the number of objects in the square in the top command bar if there is more than one lookable object.
We added new target picker graphics for various activated abilities that improve visibility.
Digging tools in the offhand are now preferred over primary non-digging weapons when attacking diggable objects.
You now properly melee attack wallbound creatures instead of the wall when a digging tool is equipped in your primary hand.
You can now tap your throw bind again in the throw targeting window in order to throw.
Autoget now ignores nuggets if the “Autoget nuggets” option is disabled, even if “Autoget trade goods” is enabled.
Repair now takes slightly lower precedence in menu priority.
Added a debug option to allow world seeds to be input during game creation. It’s experimental and won’t fully work yet.
Ruins that claim they have becoming nooks now always have becoming nooks.
Reality stabilization no longer causes individual limbs and equipment (like horns) to vanish from a creature without that creature itself vanishing.
Equipping multiple force bracelets now gives multiple abilities to toggle each independently.
Tri-hologram bracelets no longer reset your targeting position for each hologram.
Cooking with wild rice or canned Have-it-All now picks a random effect from the correct pool of effects rather using the pool of the ingredient you first cooked with this play session.
Temporary food items no longer stack with non-temporary food items and become permanent.
Build codes using mods that aren’t loaded should more reliably work.
Graffiti is now visible on walls with ornately engraved plaques.
Added marble tiles around the pools in Bethesda Susa.
Stairs in the Tomb of the Eaters are now more consistently reachable.
The [redacted] now always have a becoming nook on the bottom floor.
You now get notified that you gain a [redacted] when you [redacted].
Tau’s crystalline items now have more hitpoints.
Fixed a bug that caused autoexplore to attempt interacting with objects buried under solid walls.
Fixed a bug that caused creatures to undervalue or ignore their equipment when considering paths through acid pools.
Fixed a bug that caused the Modern UI option not to be shown.
Fixed a bug that caused ‘whip up a meal’ for creatures without the cooking skill to fail.
Fixed a bug that caused Amnesia to throw exceptions if it was ever removed.
Fixed a bug that caused unreal objects to be affected by temperature radiation.
Fixed a bug that caused you to sometimes be unable to open your equipment after glitching yourself with warm static.
Fixed a bug that caused you to sometimes lose your inventory after glitching yourself with warm static.
Fixed a bug that caused you to bump into obstacles on the destination when moving to zone edges.
Fixed a bug that caused [redacted] to sometimes meander off the main map or into important quest locations.
Fixed a bug that caused nullphase objects to freeze in cold areas.
Fixed various typos.
[modding] EmbarkBuilderModule now has a GetRequiredMod() method you can override to pop up an error if your mod is not enabled when loading a build code that uses it.
[modding] Fixed a bug that caused the NOT operator in conversation expressions to add an extra literal.

Additional notes: none
Source: Kitfox Games (Steam)

Caves of Qud – Ver. ???

Release date: March 4th/5th 2026
Patch notes:

No patch notes available yet. This update brings the following to the game:

fixes occasional crashes

Additional notes: none
Source: Kitfox Games (Bluesky)

How to download updates for Caves of Qud on Nintendo Switch?

To download the updates for Caves of Qud, you have three options:

let the console do its thing if you have automatic downloads activated, and didn’t completely turn it off

If not…

try to launch the game from the Home Menu while being connected to the internet. You should get a prompt when doing so: simply follow the instructions on screen;

select the game > press either + or – to go to the Options page > select Software update > select Via the Internet.

To check that you have the latest version installed, simply select the game on the Home Menu, and press – or + to go to the Options: the version number is displayed just below the game title.