KILL KNIGHT (Switch): all the updates (latest: Ver. 1.2.2)

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• Improved the leaderboard’s registration of scores

• Additional notes: none
• Source: PlaySide

KILL KNIGHT – Ver. 1.2.1

• Release date: ???
• Patch notes:

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

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;

OR

• 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.