Greetings! We have been performing a maintenance. As always, we thank you for taking the time to provide us with such valuable feedback! 🛑Warning! We haven’t implemented automated and incremental single-player saves yet . Your offline single-player world state won’t carry over after the patch. If you have a game in progress, you may want to finish it before patching. Secret Shark Level contest: Find Sharks, and become one yourself forever! More information: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3571870/view/499474751417222226?l=english Summary Bit of a short patch cycle as we were at GDC. However, we did manage to sneak in a new dungeon and several new runewords and crafting recipes as well as doing a bit of fine tuning and bug fixes. Dungeons Added a new “secret” shark level (well, its existence is no longer a secret, but how to get there is…) Singleplayer Added character and world selection UI to singleplayer mode You can now play more than one character and/or world in singleplayer You can now bring a single-player character into a new (or existing) world The last world for a given character is shown in blue The latest singleplayer character should be converted and appear in the character selection list 🛑 WARNING: Singleplayer worlds from before the patch do not carry over! Multiplayer Private worlds can now be manually deleted if they have no active players Improved reconnection protocol in the event of dropped connections Fixed issues with progressing the Necropolis quest in multiplayer games Synchronization errors now write game state diagnostic data to the Logs folder to help bug reporting Items Increased prevalence of sockets / unique sockets Pick axe regular attack is now differentiated from dig – regular attack only destroys terrain in front of the character New runewords Blood of Lambs – 3 socket dagger: elm | bat | ash Tender are Their Eyes – 4 socket dagger: bat | elm | ash | ka One Hard Knock to the Head – 5 socket staff: deb | ash | bat | bat | ash Skyfather, Heed My Call – 6 socket staff: ash | elm | deb |ash | ka | ash One Thousand Stars – 3 socket belt: deb | elm | ka Mandate of Heaven – 4 socket helm: deb | bat | ka | ash Note that the old runewords are: Unforgivable Act of Violence – 2 socket weapon: ash | ka Faith Is My Shield – 2 socket armor: ash | bat New puzzle box recipes Add socket: item w/ no sockets + elm rune Reroll magic amulet: item + 2 dull gems Reroll magic ring or flask: item + 2 flawed gems Reroll magic weapon or armor: item + 3 cracked gems Reroll rare amulet: item + bat rune + dull gem Reroll rare ring or flask: item + bat rune + flawed gem Reroll rare weapon or armor: item + bat rune + 2 cracked gems Fire imbue: common item w/ >= 1 empty socket + heart (bogie feral or skeleton mage \[fire] or ember ghoul) + cracked ruby Note that the old recipes are: Reroll dye: 2 dyes 3 cracked gems of the same type → 1 flawed gem of that type 3 flawed gems of the same type → 1 dull gem of that type Downgrade rune → rune + 2 cracked gems Upgrade rune → rune + 2 flawed gems Destructive unsocket → socketed item + cracked gem Preservative unsocket → socketed item + ash rune Allow multiple gem & rune upgrade/downgrade recipes with a single Puzzle Box activation Char Root / Sizzle Bough now drop flame hearts (instead of nature hearts) Assigned abilities to Goke and Endless Boss hearts Vendors can now restock every 4 hours (instead of 1/day) Fixed a bug where items on the ground could get randomly destroyed UI / Controls World name is now prepopulated with a random generated name Call to Action UI can now be closed using the controller's back button Improve camera auto-movement to better detect when the player is blocked Controller: Improved item pickup logic Improved weapon set switching Added support for Puzzle Box Other Renamed Normal difficulty → Veteran Fixed issue where the simulation position of a unit could be under the terrain while moving Added a system such that units can now be buried and unburied The waystones in Necropolis are now buried when taken over by shadow and can be dug back up to reactivate them Endless bosses (with the exception of skeleton mages) now have their own quality, which is the equivalent of unique (instead of champion) Renamed some of the endless bosses, tweaked size and speed of gulpjaw boss

A secret is hiding in the game… and we’re turning it into a contest! We’re challenging players to find the secret shark level and post a video of themselves discovering it in our Discord. The first 50 players to do it will get a shark named after them in-game, subject to editorial approval. How to enter Find the secret shark level Record a video showing that you found it (editor excluded) Post the video in our Discord Reward If you’re one of the first 50 valid entries , a shark will be named after you. Notes Names are subject to editorial approval Entries must clearly show the discovery path Only the first 50 approved qualifying submissions will count Good luck. Go find them Sharks!

Greetings! We will be performing a maintenance, today, February 22, 2026 1:00 PM (PT). We thank you for taking the time to provide us with such valuable feedback! Our team has been working heads down to fix some issues, and add new content! 🛑Warning! We haven’t implemented automated and incremental single-player saves yet . Your offline single-player world state won’t carry over after the patch. If you have a game in progress, you may want to finish it before patching. Public games creations have been disabled . You can still create private worlds and have your friends joining you! Highlights Added Endless Lair (see Dungeons below) Added Hardcore mode (see Gameplay below) You can now use dungeon entrances as waypoints from within the dungeon or from the overworld once you’ve been inside (see Dungeons below) Improved hero’s ability to traverse rough terrain (see Movement below) Made significant changes to earlier difficulty tiers (see Gameplay below) Stability Fixed several crash bugs Gameplay Added Hardcore character option Hardcore characters are segregated from non-hardcore characters in multiplayer Renamed difficulty levels, set default difficulty to “Journeyman” Heroes now start with a flask on “Peasy” and “Journeyman” difficulties Decreased enemy damage in “Peasy” and “Journeyman” difficulties Necropolis growth is slowed for “Peasy”, “Journeyman”, and “Normal” difficulties Reduced the cooldown and increased the healing rate for all flasks Known issue: these benefits do not apply to flasks acquired prior to the patch Hero’s mana is restored on respawn Skills Fixed an issue where skills for level 8 characters were being reset to level 1 Increased skill cap from 7 to 9 Decreased the amount of terrain damage done by Spine Breaker Blood Lash > Red Embrace now has a 50% chance to entangle (instead of 100%) Graphics Adjusted bloom and fog settings in many overworld areas and dungeons Crypts can now randomly be foggy or not Improved various textures, optimized geometry for various objects Added target FPS option Movement / Controls / Camera Allow jumping while entangled when in water or air Improved the ability for the character to navigate rough terrain Increased maximum camera pitch (for auto-tilt) Changed the algorithm for focusing with gamepad controls Unified controller camera controls for gameplay / map / build modes Allow navigation to empty equipment slots with controller Added zoom function while building Added option to disable camera shake Added camera rotation speed option UI Ctrl-click to move items from equipment slots to inventory should now work Fixed scroll speed for character and world select UIs Legendary rings should now be the proper size when held by cursor Equipment slots when a dye or socketable item is held on the cursor over an item for which it can apply are no longer colored red Allow click on respawn button when there’s an item on the cursor when killed Added fixed rotation option for map (lock the map to north) Added difficulty selection on single player character creation / removed difficulty slider from the home menu Removed spurious WASD settings from controls UI Fixed various options not saving on start Added "thank you for playing demo panel" on exit Dungeons Added first-pass “endless” dungeon after Narlathak After killing Narlathak, the “Endless Lair” spawns in a random sector This is a multi-level dungeon that goes down to level 100 Note: this is only partially implemented: There is currently no mechanism for resetting it, so if you want to try again, you’ll need to create a new world. It does not currently boot you out of the dungeon on death as intended Teleport back to the entrance of a dungeon (from within a dungeon) by clicking on it in the full map Teleport back to the entrance of any dungeon you’ve entered (from the overworld) by clicking on it in the full map Bogie dungeon no longer closes unless champion Tyrant is slain Added a signpost explaining shift-click to attack in place / destroy walls in crypts Mobs / AI Mobs now have reduced aggro and follow ranges vs. players > 3 levels higher Removed strata damage from Disgraced Paladin Online / Server Temporarily removed public game functionality Restored the ability to name worlds Add the last world player visited to the world list (even if private) Added an intermittent character save in online games Misc Runes and Runeword items no longer despawn on regular depopulate Fixed various typos Game now properly reports what monster killed you when you’re killed by a projectile or status effect Known issue: environmental deaths are not correctly attributed

Greetings! Thank you for your continued support We've been awarded the "Projects We Love" reward by Kickstarter! Kickstarter updates We've been listening to your feedback, and we have some exciting updates. 🆕 "Settler of Darkhaven" - 40$ pledge: New free add-on As a thank you for backing us at this level and above, we are adding a free exclusive in-game VFX to that pledge and higher: : 🟪 🔥 Darkflame Aura - Kickstarter-exclusive VFX on your character, to show off your early support for Darkhaven ➡️ This asset will be automatically added to Settler tier and above 🆕 " Vanguard of Darkhaven II" - Limited Time! " - New time-limited 25$ pledge 🎉 From TODAY to February 22, 2026 - 11:59 PM Pacific Time (PT) , the 25$ "Vanguard - Early Bird" pledge will be available again! ➡️ For 25$ , you'll have: - 🗝️ Game Key on Steam - Get the base game in Early Access through commercial launch! - 🚀 Hero Discord Role - Everyone will know you were the first, when logged into your associated Discord account - 🖼️ 4K Wallpapers - Four high-res images suitable for printing or desktop images 🆕 " Vanguard of Darkhaven II" - 30$ pledge After the Early Bird is over, you will still be able to buy it at the regular rate of $30. ➡️ For 30$ , you'll have: - 🗝️ Game Key on Steam - Get the base game in Early Access through commercial launch! - 🚀 Hero Discord Role - Everyone will know you were the first, when logged into your associated Discord account - 🖼️ 4K Wallpapers - Four high-res images suitable for printing or desktop images Extra Game Keys So many have asked for this, and we hear you! ➡️ An extra Steam key to share with a friend will be available as an add-on to all tiers Limit one extra key per backer (25$ Extra) How to support us Aside from Kickstarter, here are other, yet similarly impactful ways to support Darkhaven! On Steam: - Wishlist & follow us - Leave a positive review - Mark other reviews you agree with as helpful ❗️ You cannot leave a review on the main Game Page, please make sure you get to the Demo page to leave a review! https://store.steampowered.com/app/4356650/Darkhaven_Demo/#app_reviews_hash