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• Announcements·11 Apr 2026Official

  ALL NEW HEROES - FROSTGUARD, BEASTMASTER, WISP, INJURY, ATTENDEE, SERVANT

  And with that... all 6 of the new heroes have been added!A major patch will go out in a few weeks fixing bugs, doing balance changes, and fixing mechanics that the new cast bring to the table but for now everyone is finally here. Thank you all for the amazing support at launch and the incredible feedback gained from the voting processes on Discord it was amazing to watch. INJURY, BEASTMASTER, SERVANT, WISP, ATTENDEE, and FROSTGUARD are now fully playable in ROT v1.0411 for all players to enjoy. Since I didn't properly catalogue changes that happened from after FROSTGUARD to before SERVANT here are some bug fixes I fixed in v1.0411.Changes-BOSS RUSH MODE: Start with 10,000 GOLD now.-BROKEN BONE EFFECT: It is now a 1/8 chance for an enemy to break your bones (was 1/5)-BROKEN BONE EFFECT: Now in the top text it will display which stat is broken.-BROKEN BONE EFFECT: Each version of BROKEN BONE has it's own length, now for simplicity it has been lowered to 2 TURNS.-ATTENDEE: When parrying a boss, the shop after doesn't glitch-BEASTMASTER: Boosted the bonus GOLD DROP RATE from MIMI ATTACK from 10% to 15%-NUKEWALKER: Using MINI NUKE now scales with MAGIC POWER-WISP: Raised attack from 2 to 4-WISP: No longer receives the GOLD DROP RATE bonus from MIMI ATTACK-WISP: Lowered cool down from 15 turns to 10 turns -WISP: Raised Gold Drop Rate from 50% to 75%-WARLOCK: Fixed a bug where WARLOCK started with 13 DEFENSEMore changes will be seen in a future update, thank you all for loving and supporting ROT
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• Announcements·2 Apr 2026Official

  FROSTGUARD, The Coldest Heart

  Welcome, FROSTGUARDComing from the depths, the FROSTGUARD emerges ready for battle. Wielding his trusty hammer of the north, he will strike his foes down with the strength of a giant.General Changes*PSA: A new system was implemented to try and prevent softlocking, this has backfired and is starting to scramble the turn order. This will be patched as soon as possible.- ROT RATE Scaling has increased significantly- RUSTED POCKET BLADE's description has been fixed to include the -1 SHIELD
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• Patch Notes·29 Mar 2026Official

  ROT - v1.0329

  BALANCINGTANK+ TANK now has 4 SHIELD (was 2)+ TANK now has 13 DEFENSE (was 9)+ TANK during VASHLA'S RAGE now can get SHIELD and DEFENSE when about 100 MAGIC POWERPALADIN+ PALADIN's MAGIC HEALING has gone up to 50% (was 25%)+ PALADIN's MAGIC POWER has gone up to 9 (was 5)- PALADIN's MAGIC DELAY has gone up to 7 TURNS (was 4)ASTROMANCER+ ASTROMANCER'S PASSIVE (BEAUTY OF THE STARS) now gets boosted by RELENTLESS SPIRITTITANSLAYER+ TITANSLAYER now has 8 ATTACK (was 6)- TITANSLAYER now has 5 DEFENSE (was 10)BUG FIXES- Fixed weird scaling after LEVEL 50/ROTTED SEWERS- Fixed an unintended interaction with ASTROMANCER, DEATH'S DEALER, and PALADIN when getting UNTRUSTWORTHY SHOT GLASS- Fixed an unintended glitch where TITANSLAYER's will fly away magically- Fixed enemy positioning on most UNDERGROUND FOREST and ICE CAVERNS enemies- Fixed a glitch where ARTIFICER runs would get soft locked when SHOCKED- Fixed a glitch where NUKEWALKER would sound too much like KNIGHT- Fixed a glitch with FEAR where you would get jumped in the streets- Fixed a glitch where using MAGIC MIRROR in BOSS RUSH would remove the ability to DEFEND- Fixed EMERGENCY PILLOW- Fixed a bug where WARLOCK's head during FULL CONTROLRANDOM CHANGES- Made LEGENDARY chances be more effected by LUCK (1 LUCK = 0.025% more chance)- SACRED WATERS, CONTAINED now has 115% effectiveness instead of 50%- FEAR no longer skips your turn, you now can only DEFEND- You can no longer get attacked while being FROZEN. You will still take ICE DAMAGE, but cannot start ROTTING or DIE from being FROZEN- SPIRIT DRIVE now has it's intended purpose, it will now always add 15% MAGIC POWER to your ATTACK
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• Announcements·26 Mar 2026Official

  ROT V1 - There's No Hope, in Magic

  ROT was previously on Unity WebGL with a version of the game that hasn't been updated since January 7th. This is the patch notes for the first version of the game on Steam! NEW HEROES READY FOR THE ADVENTURE+ New Heroes have been added to ROT - ATTENDEE - BEASTMASTER - FROSTGUARD - INJURY - SERVANT - WISP+ Voting will start for these characters on MARCH 30TH with a new character getting added every 2 DAYS. Schedule below:- MARCH 30TH : Voting is open- APRIL 1ST : CHARACTER #1- APRIL 3RD : CHARACTER #2- APRIL 5TH : CHARACTER #3- APRIL 7TH : CHARACTER #4- APRIL 9TH : CHARACTER #5- APRIL 11TH : CHARACTER #6BOSS RUSH + Introducing a brand new boss rush mode! + This mode is heavily WORK IN PROGRESS so expect many fixes down the line.+ You will get 3 SHOPS before being put head to head against the many bosses in THE ROT including new bosses! Fight to see how far you can go with ramped up difficulty!NEW DEFENSE SYSTEM+ Defending has been reworked! On a successful defend you will gain shield based off your DEFENSE stat and only take half damage, if you just brace for an attack you will only take half damage, no free shield.+ Defending felt completely useless unless you were rotting or was playing TITANSLAYER so I wanted it to feel good and helpful as a universal mechanicSAVING+ You can now have your run saved, runs are saved through the exit button and you can only save one run per device+ High scores will also be saved and will be updated when a new character reaches that high score(Note: BOSS RUSH Mode does not have saving, but the high score will be saved)NEW ENEMIES+ There's now a ton of new enemies in the new areas!!+ Alongside the new enemies there are new effects for battle.+ Enemies have been balanced to get a new health increase after LEVEL 50+ Enemies can now inflict STUN you (Can't attack for a few turns)+ Enemies can now inflict WEAKENED on you (Deal 1/3 damage for a few turns)+ Enemies can now inflict SILENCED on you (Can't use magic for a few turns)+ Enemies c...
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