## What changed
- **Gustave's Anniversary haircut** — now available at the Gestral Merchant near Stone Wave Cliffs
- **Verso, Maelle, Lune, Sciel, and Monoco Anniversary haircuts** — now available at the Gestral Merchant near Grosse Tête on the World Map
## Bug Fixes
- **Danseuse outfit for Lune and Sciel** — fixed character menu display issue
- **Rest points** — fixed inability to open rest points during in-world dialogue sequences
- **Collision** — fixed collision issues across various locations
- **Achievement descriptions** — corrected text inconsistencies and reassigned descriptions to proper achievements
## Overall
The 1st Anniversary celebration adds new haircuts for all expedition members, while several display and gameplay bugs have been resolved.
Added 1st Anniversary haircuts for the expedition! Gustave's Anniversary haircut is available at the Gestral Merchant near Stone Wave Cliffs.
Verso + Maelle + Lune + Sciel + Monoco's Anniversary haircuts are available at the Gestral Merchant near Grosse Tête on the World Map.
Fixed an issue where Danseuse outfit for Lune and Sciel made the character menu too obscur.
Fixed an issue where it was not possible to open a rest point in various locations when an in-world dialogue was playing.
Fixed collision issues in various locations.
Adjusted some achievement text for consistency. We've noticed something went wrong after adjusting this, we're investigating now to resolve the issue
Fixed the issue! We've readjusted some of the achievement descriptions back to the correct achievements. Thank you for your patience!!
## What changed
- **Sirene boss crash** — crash after defeating Sirene can no longer be reproduced; Windows updates may be required if issue persists
- **Photo Mode facial hair blur** — characters' facial hair no longer blurs at close distance when Shading is set to Epic
- **Photo Mode light controls** — Inner Cone Angle and Outer Cone Angle options now properly affect the preview light source shape
- **Photo Mode lighting visibility** — spotlight and point light displays improved for better visibility
- **Journal collection bug** — fixed permanent loss of journals when loading saves during pickup; missing journals restored retroactively
- **Chromatic Glissando soft lock** — fixed soft lock when dead expeditioner with **Shortcut** and **Second Chance** pictos equipped was swallowed
- **Gestral Beach volleyball rematch** — Rematch option no longer creates blocked saves after losing the minigame
- **Inverted status effect** — characters affected by **Inverted** now display correct eye color effect
- **Environmental issues** — fixed collisions, misplaced assets, and missing/incorrect footstep sounds across **Verso's Drafts**, **World Map**, and other levels
- **Steam Deck lighting** — fixed lighting issues on Steam Deck in **Verso's Drafts**, **Endless Tower**, and **Stone Wave Cliffs**
## Bug Fixes
All changes above are bug fixes addressing crashes, visual glitches, progression blockers, and platform-specific issues.
## Overall
This patch eliminates critical crashes, restores lost items, and fixes widespread visual and environmental issues across multiple levels and photo mode systems.
After a thorough internal investigation, the crash that occurred after defeating Sirene can no longer be reproduced on our end. If you keep getting this issue, we’d suggest updating your Windows to the latest version. If the issue persists, please submit a report and we’ll continue investigating.
Fixed facial hair of characters being blurred in the Photo Mode on the close distance if Shading was set to Epic.
Fixed an issue in Photo mode that prevented the Inner Cone Angle and Outer Cone Angle options from affecting the shape of the preview light source.
Photo Mode's spotlight and point light display has been modified to improve their visibility
Fixed an issue where loading a save while picking up a journal could cause that journal to disappear permanently and become impossible to collect again. Missing journals are now also restored retroactively when loading affected saves.
Fixed a soft lock that could occur, during the Chromatic Glissando encounter in Sirene’s Dress level, when a dead expeditioner equipped with Shortcut and Second Chance pictos was swallowed.
Fixed an issue on Gestral Beach where using the Rematch option after losing the volleyball minigame could create a blocked save.
Fixed a visual issue where characters affected by Inverted would not have the correct colour effect applied to their eyes.
Fixed various environment issues (collisions, misplaced assets, missing or incorrect footsteps SFX) across Verso's Drafts, the World Map, and other levels.
Fixed various lighting issues on Steam Deck in Verso’s Drafts, Endless Tower and Stone Wave Cliffs levels.
## What changed
- **Paint Cage explosions** — restored missing sound effects in Verso's Drafts
- **Esquim's Mark ability** — now correctly applies to all enemies even when the skill has 0 hits
- **Recoat item + Retry Battle** — fixed targeting bug that prevented selecting the middle enemy or character
- **Save file loading** — fixed soft-lock when loading a save without hovering a slot while backup saves were displayed
- **Weapon upgrade to level 34** — reverted unintended level 34 weapons back to level 33
- **Weapon switching** — fixed exploit allowing characters to equip other characters' weapons when rapidly switching tabs
- **Red lifebuoy boss** — repositioned slightly to reduce difficulty in associated quest
- **Verso's Drafts environments** — corrected collisions, misplaced assets, and footstep sound effects across multiple levels
- **Verso's Drafts audio** — enhanced environmental ambiance and spatial audio
- **Character combos and finishers** — improved audio mixes for select characters
- **Endless Tower music** — restored missing music after defeating new bosses
- **Sciel cinematic** — added missing subtitle line
- **Licorne enemy** — restored missing sound effects in Verso's Drafts
- **Cinematic slow-motion audio** — fixed music and SFX desynchronization when pause menu opened during cutscenes
- **Root Of All Evil cinematics** — subtitles now display longer before disappearing
- **Pictos & Luminas lists** — fixed overlapping text
- **LATAM Spanish** — corrected swapped autoplay dialogue options
- **Vietnamese localization** — fixed incorrect text in Flying Manor side quest and HTML displaying in Verso's Phantom Stars
Missing SFX for Paint Cage explosions in Verso's Drafts.
Fixed Esquim not applying Mark to all enemies when a skill had 0 hits.
Fixed a targeting issue caused by using a Recoat item followed by ‘Retry Battle’, which resulted in the player being unable to target the middle enemy or character.
Fixed a soft-lock when attempting to load a save without hovering any slot while backup saves were displayed.
Fixed upgrade of the weapons to level 34 when spamming Upgrade weapon and change character buttons Level 34 weapons have been reverted back to level 33
Fixed character being able to use other characters' weapon when quickly switching weapon tabs after changing weapon
Nerfed the hardest boss in Verso’s Drafts (red lifebuoy) by moving it slightly to make a quest easier.
Fixed various environment issues (collisions, misplaced assets, missing or incorrect footsteps SFX) across Verso's Drafts, the World Map, and other levels.
Improved environmental ambiances and spatial audio for better immersion in Verso’s Drafts
Enhanced audio mixes for select characters, combos, and finishers
Multiple audio & music issues were resolved, including: Missing music after defeating new Endless Tower bosses.
Missing subtitle line for Sciel in one of the new cinematics.
Missing some SFX for Licorne enemy in Verso’s Drafts.
Music and SFX not pausing when opening pause menu during cinematic sequence with slow motion enabled, resulting in audio desynchronization for the remainder of the cinematic sequence
Subtitles in Root Of All Evil cinematics disappearing too fast.
Overlapping text in Pictos & Luminas lists.
Autoplay dialogue options swapped when the title is set to LATAM Spanish.
Incorrect text displayed during Flying Manor side quest when the title is set to Vietnamese.
Verso’s skill Phantom Stars displaying HTML in combat when the title is set to Vietnamese.
Fixed Monoco’s weapon “Cannaro” being unobtainable from Chromatic Machinapieds Players who already defeated the boss will automatically receive the weapon in their inventory, unless they started a NG+(+) after that
Missing Barbapapa status effect SFX when receiving a second stack.
## What changed
- **New Playable Environment** — A new area is now accessible, expanding the game world and offering fresh exploration opportunities
- **Endless Tower Boss Battles** — Late-game players can now face challenging boss encounters within the Endless Tower
- **Quality of Life Features** — Multiple interface and gameplay improvements have been added
- **Performance Optimization** — Game performance has been improved across all platforms, including handheld PC systems
## New Content
- **Endless Tower** — New endgame challenge featuring difficult boss battles for progression
## Performance & Optimization
- **Cross-Platform Improvements** — Performance enhancements implemented for standard consoles and handheld PC devices
## Overall
This update adds a new explorable area and late-game Endless Tower content while improving overall performance and quality of life features across all platforms.
A new, playable environment, taking the characters to new adventures...
Challenging boss battles for late-game players to overcome within the Endless Tower.
New Quality of Life improvements, other new features, and additional improvements to the game’s performance across platforms, including on handheld PC systems.