KILL KNIGHT (Switch): all the updates (latest: Ver. 1.2 – Krystalized Update)

29 January 2025 Lite_Agent KILL KNIGHT, PlaySide

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

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KILL KNIGHT – Ver. 1.2 (Krystalized Update)

Release date: January 28th/29th 2025
Patch notes:

New KNIGHT EQUIPMENT

New Pistols

INCULCATORS

Fires puncturing shards that spike into enemies, causing a supercombine explosion

New Heavy Weapon

DREADFALLER

Combusting laser caster that emits a beam of plasma that ruptures enemies, causing micro-detonations

New Sword

HOLLOWBRANDT

An unholy regalia, the shape of which unties the souls of demons

New Armor

UMBRARITE

Forged within the abyss, a cursed aspect that echoes with forgotten carnage

New Augment

METICULOUS AZURITE

Firing Wrath Bursts restores some Heavy Ammo

New Augment

ABYSSAL FLOURITE

Quick Absorb also attracts Health Shards, with reduced distance

NEW DEMONIC KODEX

The Demonic Bestiary

Spend Tokkens to unlock entries and reveal information on every Demon, including enemy traits, exploits, and lore!

NEW WEEKLY DESCENT MODE

Claim the highest score and beat your friends in the new WEEKLY DESCENT Mode, where random combination of equipment pieces and layers will be selected each week

Leaderboard refreshes weekly!

UPDATED SEVER MODE

SEVER mode has been updated to provide a deeper level of challenge!

New Krystalized Demons

These enhanced enemies unleash new attacks, and have increased speed and health

Killing them before they despawn grants an extra burst of Carnage Score

Enhanced Hazards

Traps such as Lasers, Spike Traps, and Blood Bombs are more deadly

Updated Spawn Patterns

Tweaked to enhance flow and maintain momentum

Changes

General Balance

Carnage Score Challenge Badges

Slightly reduced Carnage score requirement for some Layers

Speed Demon Challenge Badges

Slightly reduced Par time for some Layers

REGRET Difficulty

Reduced difficulty of multiple aspects for REGRET difficulty

ACOLYTE Difficulty

Slightly reduced difficulty of multiple aspects for ACOLYTE difficulty

Laser Beam Traps

Reduced damage by 20%

Enemies

General

Mortar Projectiles now have a consistent travel speed across all distances

ZEEKER

Explosion damage slightly decreased

ABYSSAL SPHERE Hexagons

Health slightly decreased

Slightly more Blood Gems when destroyed

ABYSSAL SPHERE Lasers

Laser damage collider size decreased for all lasers in “Laser Show” attack

OBELYSK

Physical collision radius decreased

WRAITH II

Reduced attack damage by 20%

PURSUER I / II / III

Reduced attack damage of Pulse Attacks by 20%

Equipment

HOLYBANE

Wrath Burst Projectile lifetime increase

Wrath Charge requirement increased

RUINSHOT

Wrath Burst Projectile damage increased

ARCHBLIGHT

Wrath Burst Projectile zap radius slightly decreased

FLUXSTRIKERS

Base Fire Rate increased

Overdrive duration decreased

SOULRENDERS

Fire Rate ramp up delay decreased

Overdrive duration increased

Overdrive bullets knockback decreased

Max Ammo amount increased

KILLBLADE

Sword Trigger damage size increased

Equipment Unlock Goals

SOULRENDERS

Changed from “Complete Solitude without lowering Kill Power once” to “Complete any Layer with Maximum Kill Power Level“

HADESURGE

Changed from “Complete Viscera without dashing through a laser” to “Complete Viscera without being damaged by any Laser“

General UI

SEVER Mode is now hidden on the Layer Select screen until it is Unlocked

Brand new Unlock animation for Unlocking SEVER Mode

Layer Select Screen

New Layer Unlock Visual Sequence

Equipment Screen

New Equipment Unlock Visual Sequence

Settings Menu

Reorganized order of Options

Main Menu

New Visual treatment of the Main Menu background

Settings

Borderless Window mode is now the default window mode setting

Miscellaneous

New Difficulty & Tutorials Popup

If the player dies many times in succession, a popup will appear suggesting to lower the difficulty and / or complete all of the Tutorials

Abyssal Sphere Boss Fight

Heavy Ammo, Wrath Charge and Kill Power are fully refreshed when starting the ABYSSAL SPHERE battle, including when using a Checkpoint

Various minor localization changes

General performance and stability improvements

Fixes

Enemies

Fixed instances of ZEEKER enemies appearing during the Final Boss fight

Fixed instances where PURSUER animations would break

TURREKTs can no longer navigate out of bounds on various layers

Fixed an issue that would cause the game to soft-lock when executing a GHAST III

Fixed an issue causing the Pulse Attack status to linger on PURSUER and TURREKT enemies

Fixed an issue where the Final Boss Hexagons from Phase 1 would appear during Phase 2

Equipment

Fixed an issue where HOLYBANE’s Ricochet was not bouncing off of certain walls in SOLITUDE

Fixed instances where some projectiles could clip through enemies without damaging them

Fixed an issue where RUINSHOT’s Wrath Burst would explode without contacting a visible enemy during the Final Boss fight

Abyssal Layers

Fixed multiple areas in Layers where players could get out of bounds

Fixed multiple instances of certain enemies spawning in unnavigable areas of VISCERA

Fixed rare cases of navigation blocking issues that occur after a layer phase transition

Goals and Scoring

Fixed an issue where game time continued to update while watching the Ending Cutscene

Players are now no longer able to mistakenly earn Challenge Badges on SEVER mode

Equipment Goal UI now properly shows which active Goals are still achievable during a run

Fixed an issue where the player could fail the “Speed Demon” goal by a matter of milliseconds

General UI

Fixed an issue where the ‘Tutorial Complete’ text failed to align properly after completing any tutorial in Japanese language

Fixed UI overflow on the Equipment screen for certain languages

Fixed various privacy policy issues

Popups no longer have textured backgrounds

Removed dotted texture from Weapon hover over highlights

Fixed the health bar PFX sometimes glitching

Fixed various missing strings

Fixed an issue where the Kill Stream UI would turn off before the Kill Stream was actually ended

Fixed an issue causing the Unlock PFX to not trigger when buying equipment

Fixed an issue with the Heavy Ammo UI bar not properly filling

Fixed an issue where players couldn’t access the back button on the Credits screen on Steam Deck

Fixed the fast forward sometimes button not working on the Credits screen

Updated the wording for some Post-run Challenges

Audio & Music

Fixed an issue where the ‘Level Start’ audio clip would play at the beginning of a tutorial level

Accessibility

Fixed an issue where the Health bar would mistakenly appear blue instead of green when the ‘Flicker Reduction’ option is enabled

Leaderboards

Fixed an issue where leaderboard placements above 10 would not properly display ‘Old Best’

Fixed an issue causing leaderboards to constantly scroll even when there is no user input

Fixed an issue where UI elements would be permanently highlighted

Settings

There is no longer a slight delay when opening the settings menu

Miscellaneous

Fixed an issue where dying at the same time as the Final Boss would soft-lock the game

Fixed an issue where the player would spawn facing away from the Final Boss

Fixed an issue causing the Final Boss VO and subtitles to not be in sync

Additional notes: none
Source: PlaySide (Steam)

How to download updates for KILL KNIGHT for the Nintendo Switch?

To download the updates for KILL KNIGHT, 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.