Cairn Patch Notes

# Cairn Patch Notes ## What changed - **No Survival option** — now refills your survival gauges when activated, helping you recover during difficult situations - **Loot drops in hard difficulty** — increased chance to find useful survival items when you're struggling - **Finger taping** — now available as an automatic option - **Breathing feedback visualization** — new accessibility feature that displays **Aava's** breathing efforts on screen to assist climbers with hearing disabilities ## Improvements - **Aava's wall descent** — improved behavior to prevent falling when getting down from walls - **Climbot's positioning** — reduced how close **Climbot** approaches you, especially noticeable in **Free Solo mode** ## Bug Fixes - Multiple significant bugs have been fixed throughout the game ## Overall Cairn's latest patch adds accessibility features like automatic finger taping and breathing visualization for **Aava**, while improving survival mechanics and AI companion behavior for smoother climbing gameplay.

## What changed - **Save file corruption** — resolved an issue preventing save data from loading - **Rappel mechanic** — fixed teleportation bugs that occurred while using rappel - **HUD display** — fixed the interface disappearing when fishing and climbing simultaneously - **Aava character model** — fixed clipping through the bridge after performing a run and jump - **Aava character model** — fixed falling immediately after executing a mantle down - **Tenzen objectives** — objectives now remain available after dying in the gym - **Pause menu** — fixed soft lock when pausing during troglodyte fires - **Climbing** — fixed soft lock occurring during the final climbing segment when walking - **Controller input** — fixed soft lock when multiple controllers are connected ## Bug Fixes - **Corrupted saves, teleportation, HUD rendering, character collision, objective tracking, pause functionality, climbing sequences, and input handling** — all addressed to improve stability and prevent progression blocks ## Overall Cairn's patch eliminates game-breaking soft locks during climbing and pausing, fixes **Aava** clipping issues, restores **Tenzen** objectives after gym deaths, and resolves corrupted save files and multi-controller conflicts.