Fatekeeper news & patch notes

Hey everyone!

First of all, we are genuinely blown away by the response to Fatekeeper's first week in Early Access.

The amount of support, feedback, bug reports, suggestions, criticism, and discussion has been incredible. Thank you to everyone who took the time to share their thoughts with us.

We've received plenty of praise, plenty of criticism, and a lot of thoughtful feedback in between. All of it helps us better understand where the game currently succeeds and where it falls short, and we're incredibly grateful that so many people have taken the time to engage with the project so passionately.

We know there is still a lot of work ahead of us, so we're kicking things off with a small patch focused on some of the more urgent balance issues and bugs.

Alongside content updates, we're already working on several shorter-term improvements, including controller support, localization, and a number of other highly requested features.

On the optimization side, we're currently revisiting our Low and Medium graphics settings. To be completely honest, they just suck right now. We are working on improving them so more players can comfortably run the game.

Many of you have also asked for a roadmap. We absolutely intend to share one, but for now we want to keep this initial Early Access period flexible and responsive. Our current priority is improving and refining the experience that's already in the game before we start introducing large amounts of new content.

Thank you again for all the support, feedback, patience, and enthusiasm. We're working hard every day to bring our vision for Fatekeeper to life, and we're incredibly grateful to have so many of you joining us on that journey.

Best,

The Paraglacial Team

General Updates:

• Added chests containing ingredients for health and mana potions close to save spots, it's not a huge change but mitigates the risk of being stuck with low HP infront of a big engagement.

• Increased players base movement speed 10%

Balance Changes:

General Balance Changes:

• Reduced overall poise damage values for enemies

• Added more healing items in general

First Bossfight (The big fat dude):

• Reduced stomp range and angle

• Reduced attack and ability warp distance

• Improved stomp attack sound timing

• Tweaked punch, horns and foot hitboxes

• Slightly lowered rotation towards player during attack animations

• Decreased general damage output

• Increased wait time after knockdown

• There is now some loot to be found after defeating this beast

Second Bossfight:

• Increased health, poise and kick resistance

• Lowered warp distance

• Increased EXP reward

Blocking enhancements

• Reduced blocking costs

• No more damage taken when block breaks

Improved certain ingredients

• Blue Dogbane -2 -> 5 Mana

• Everkin 7 -> 12 Health

• Firecap 5 -> 8 Health

• Crimson Wardbloom 10 -> 18 Health

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed bug that caused subtitles to stick around indefinitely after skipping a cutscene

• Fixed stamina regeneration delay restarting when getting hit during exhaustion

• Fixed a bug that cause life leech to work on dead enemies

• Fixed a disfunctional inspection text when interacting with a certain lizard

• Fixed chest that was locked but shouldn't be locked

• Shortlings (the small goblin-like enemies) now sometimes get scared when other shortlings die close to them

• Fixed an issue that could cause wrong interaction requirements to be displayed

• Fixed issue that caused the "First Boss" to stand up again after sword finisher

• Fixed oddly green "blood" on the Skull Club

• Fixed areas where the player could get stuck in Haven and in the Forgotten Halls

• Fixed that some destructible objects in the Derelict Waterways were in fact not destructible.

Input Fixes

• Fixed some input conflicts that prevented input rebinding because those keys were used as internal debug inputs.

• Added option to manually unbind keys (using the same key again on an input action)

• When a new key is bound to an input action, this key is automatically removed from other input actions.

Today we want to give you a brief look into the skill tree of Fatekeeper.

We’d like to share a glimpse of both the tree itself and some of the skill nodes, as well as the ideas behind it. Our goal is to create a progression system that feels deep and flexible, and truly supports theorycrafting and creative builds.

Players can progress in vastly different directions:

From fully spellcasting-focused to devastating melee combat, to survivability-oriented and well-balanced builds, as well as more specialized paths such as builds purely focused on consumables. Below are a few examples:

This build focuses on maximizing the use of “Shatter”, which allows you to crush frozen enemies when using blunt weapons (maces, hammers, clubs). It utilizes several ice-oriented skill nodes to freeze enemies as efficiently as possible, sacrificing raw damage for greater shattering potential.

The next build is a full-on pyromancer. It focuses on cast speed and fire damage, while also multiplying fired projectiles and allowing them to ricochet off surfaces.

This build is focused on rapid, dagger-based combat. It transforms regular forward dashes into leaping attacks and enables a ranged dagger throw that returns to the player like a boomerang.

This powerful build aims to keep the player in a constantly buffed state through consumables. It improves alchemy results, increases consumable duration, adds a chance not to consume items on use, and scales their effects based on the number of consumables carried.

The skill tree offers many more options, and we’re excited to see what paths players will discover. We are also continuously expanding the number of nodes and paths to further improve versatility and creative freedom.

There are also many synergies between item effects and other game systems (such as crafting), which we may explore in more detail in a future post.

And since this update has mostly featured schematic visuals, we’ll close it off with some in-game shots of Haven, which we introduced in a previous post!

Thanks for following Fatekeeper’s development. See you in the next update!

The Underdwellers

Long before the surface knew their name, they turned their backs on the sky.

Fleeing a tyrant they could not overthrow, a faction of an ancient people descended into the deep places of the world. Then the earth itself betrayed them. Mountains split. Oceans shifted. The path back was sealed.

What began as exile became existence.

For centuries, they carved out a civilization beneath the stone. Endless caverns lit by fire and luminescent crystals. Cities grown from rock and metal. They dug not only to survive, but to expand and explore, outward in all directions, mapping the underworld as if it were their rightful dominion.

In time, the memory of the surface faded just as the memory of their surface kin. The sun became metaphor. The sky, a half-remembered myth. Forgotten by their former overlord and hardened by their subterranean life they developed a thriving technocratic society.

Until one day their excavations tore open a path to the surface

They had not sought it. They had not planned it. They were no longer the people who had fled. They had become something else... disciplined, ordered, educated. The depths were home. And the surface… it overwhelmed them.

Its beauty was overwhelming. Its scale incomprehensible. Forests that breathed. The endless sky. Clouds. Stars. The moon and the sun...

What followed was a fracture.

Cults formed. Temples rose. Cities were built not downward, but upward, climbing higher and higher, as if to chase the sky they had once forgotten.

And so began a new chapter of their history.

Solace

They could not have emerged in a more mercilessly beautiful place.

An archipelago in the heart of a vast ocean, once named by sailors who wept at the sight of green shores after endless grey waters. A land of deep boreal forests, glacial valleys, roaring rivers, and mountains that rise from sea to snow-crowned summit in a single, breathless ascent.

From wind-scoured peaks towering nearly five thousand meters above the waves to quiet coves of pale sand and darkstone, Solace feels untouched, ancient, and fiercely alive.

For a people who had forgotten the sky, it was revelation.

For their society… it was transformation.

Much of your journey takes you far from home, into battlefields, ruins, and lands shaped by war. Still, the world is not without beauty. Forests breathe, stone remembers, and moments of quiet endure.

Still, every journey needs a place to return to. Today, we want to offer a glimpse into a place that has stood for ages:

Haven, home to every Sentinel of Solace for eons.

This is where you arrive after long roads and harder choices. A space shaped by wood, stone, and living things, offering warmth and familiarity after time spent away. Not a refuge from the world, but a gentle counterweight to it.

A place that welcomes you back.

Here, life continues in small, meaningful ways. Metal is worked and tended. Herbs dry, mixtures simmer, and quiet crafts fill the air with purpose. Every corner of the hub is designed to feel lived-in, layered with detail, and grounded in the rhythms of daily survival.

You won’t be alone here.

Others pass through this place. Some familiar, some harder to read. A small figure with sharp eyes. A trader whose journey isn’t quite finished. A large, watchful companion who understands more than it lets on. Their stories are not told all at once, and some truths take time to surface.

Haven is meant to be a refuge, a home.

A place for rest.

A moment of stillness before the road calls again.

Before the christmas break we wanted to give you an update about weapons, loot and other things that you can discover in the world of Fatekeeper:

The world of Fatekeeper is layered with the remains of those who lived, fought, and vanished long before the player arrives. Scattered across forests, ruins, and forgotten paths are fragments of daily life, like broken tools, ritual objects, weathered weapons, alongside rare ingredients and artifacts still heavy with dormant power.

Weapons and items are not just loot, but echoes of old traditions. Maces, clubs, daggers, swords, rings, and relics all carry distinct character, inviting players to discover how they fit into their own path through the world.

Every item can be inspected up close. Lore, subtle details, and hidden interactions may reveal more than what’s visible at first glance.

Our alchemy system allows players to combine three ingredients to craft potions, weapon vials, or handbombs. Ingredients contribute individual effects, enabling freeform experimentation, while discovered recipes unlock specialized items with unique properties. Mastery comes from understanding ingredients, stacking synergies, and preparing the right tools for the right fight.

(More details on Fatekeepers alchemy system soon! ;) )

From twisted, mindless husks to disciplined soldiers, towering beasts, and wielders of arcane power - the enemy armies seem to be everywhere.

But their conquest reaches further than steel and fire.

The enemy’s influence seeps into the soil, twisting creatures of the wild into forms of rage and obedience.

A lot of the beasts that once roamed freely now serve darker masters.

Yet the world of Fatekeeper endures. Beneath the shadow of war, creatures still roam — wild, untamed, and alive. Some hunt, some flee, and some, against all odds, remain unbroken.

For the druid, each step is a battle — not only against what destroys, but for what survives. Amid ruin and corruption, life persists...

The following images and videos portray a selection of both enemies and beasts from concept art to final ingame models.

Now that you endured all of these dangers - stay tuned for our upcoming gameplay video!

In Fatekeeper, the world isn’t just a backdrop — it’s one of the main characters.

From dark, tangled forests and wind-scoured mountain ridges to vast, forgotten underground cities that once teemed with life, the player will journey through a wide variety of places — each with its own tone, history, and sense of purpose.

When we paint these concepts, we’re not just designing what things look like — we’re trying to capture what they feel like to walk through. What it means to arrive in a place. The silence it holds, or the weight it carries.

Here’s a glimpse into that world — early visual explorations that help us find the mood and identity of each environment. We hope they give you a sense of the kind of journey you’ll be taking.