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Barony
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Turning Wheel LLC · Turning Wheel LLC·$19.99
Feb 3, 2026 · 6mo ago

V5.0.1 Changelog

AI summary1mo

V5.0.1 focuses on swimming speed buffs, a significant overhaul to spell leveling and quality-of-life improvements for the Appraisal system.

Buffs11

  • Swimming
    • Base swimming speed increased, making movement through water faster for all characters.50%62.5% %
    • Humans and Rat forms now swim significantly faster than the base speed.50%75% %
  • Spell Levelling
    • Implemented a less random RNG system for leveling to prevent unlucky streaks of failures.Less Random
    • Removed the hard-cap on spell leveling; levels above the spell tier now experience a 4x slowdown every 20 levels.Hard-capNo cap
    • Added the ability to quick-cast spells using ALT without needing to equip them first.ALT Quick-cast
  • Appraisal
    • Reduced the appraisal fast time by half, speeding up item identification.10s5s s
    • Appraisal now automatically switches to items with lower remaining time.Automatic
    • Added a progress boost to all items' appraisal when descending floors, based on skill level.25%-50% %
  • General
    • Increased the frequency of leveling events for Sigil and Divine Fortress.Increased
    • Grease:Fixed a bug where the Grease spell was not awarding skill level increases.NoneFixed
    • Spirit Weapon/Spores:Fixed an issue where Spirit Weapon and Spores caused Spirits to aggro the caster.Aggro casterFixed

Nerfs1

  • ScionScepter:Scepter recharge rate significantly reduced, increasing the downtime between uses.20% per Tier5% %

Bug fixes3

  • General
    • Fixed achievements being disabled on Mac platforms.
    • Fixed desync issues between Windows and Mac/Linux users in the Cockatrice Lair.
    • Preserve:Fixed tooltip and cost for Preserve spell; preserving Magic Reflection items now correctly costs 2x MP.2x MP MP

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Patch history

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  2. V5.0.0 HotfixesJan 31, 2026 · 6mo

    A series of hotfixes for V5.0.0 focusing on race stat penalties, weapon balancing, spell interactions, and various stability and achievement fixes.

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  3. 4.3.0 Hotfix Patch NotesOct 25, 2024 · 22mo

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  4. 4.2.1 Hotfix Patch NotesMar 8, 2024 · 29mo

    A hotfix focusing on achievement progression during events, expanded modding support for textures and translations, and various stability fixes.

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  5. 4.1.1 Hotfix Patch NotesNov 19, 2023 · 33mo

    V4.1.1 Hotfix focuses on Switch compatibility, a new achievement-related command, and critical fixes for Automaton lava interactions and crashes.

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  6. V4.0.2 - Performance, Full Translation Support and HotfixesSep 25, 2023 · 35mo

    V4.0.2 focuses on performance optimizations, localization support for modders, and various multiplayer and achievement bugfixes.

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  7. Quality of Death - Pre-Release Update: 4.0.1Aug 1, 2023 · 37mo

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  8. Quality of Death Beta Pre-Release - 4.0.1 Patch NotesJun 30, 2023 · 38mo

    The 4.0.1 Beta update focuses on extensive UX improvements, quality-of-life settings, stealth mechanic adjustments, and various bug fixes in preparation for the Quality of Death update.

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