Murim Survival news & patch notes

• Added 4K Resolution support (3840×2160).

• Added a feature to check Evolution Active Skill information in the Skill menu.

  • Check details and formulas (Active Skill + Curios) for previously obtained Evolution skills.

  • Click 'Obtainable Active Skill' to switch to 'Obtainable Active Skill (Evolution)' mode.

• Fixed an issue where sprites appeared corrupted in certain scenes (Logo, Epilogue, etc.) when using HDR settings.

• Fixed an error where the sprite rendering order of certain NPCs was swapped in the Epilogue scene.

Hello, this is Sunwood Games.

Thanks to the invaluable feedback and warm support from our players during the year-long

Early Access journey, Murim Survival will officially launch on May 5, 2026.

Ahead of the official launch, the 1.0 version patch has already been applied in-game

so you can play it right away. We would like to express our deepest gratitude to

all the martial artists who have joined us on this long journey, and we want to share

the direction of the already-applied 1.0 update and our pricing policy for the official launch.

1. Laying the Groundwork for the Official Launch

This 1.0 update focused heavily on strengthening the game's foundation to meet more players worldwide.

• Global Support: Added 7 new languages and completed localization QA.

• Optimization & Polishing: Optimized UI/UX for language expansion and completed final polishing to enhance overall game quality.

• Store Page Revamp: Updated with a new trailer and screenshots to better showcase the charm of Murim Survival.

Because we focused our development time on this process, the volume of new in-game content

may feel somewhat smaller than usual. As this was a necessary step to build a solid foundation

for the big leap of our official launch, we ask for your generous understanding.

2. Pricing Policy Announcement

We were considering a price increase in line with the expanded volume and value of the

game upon official release. However, taking to heart the feedback from players that

"the current price is already somewhat burdensome," we have decided not to proceed

with the planned price increase.

Furthermore, to maintain fairness with those who trusted and purchased the game during

Early Access, and to preserve the value of the game, we will not be reducing the price either.

We would appreciate your generous understanding.

3. Final Preparations for the May 5th Official Launch

After a long development period, we are finally presenting the most complete form of

Murim Survival first through this 1.0 version. Currently, there are no plans for large-scale

new content or DLCs, and we are focusing entirely on safely delivering a high-quality

1.0 version to you.

Until the official launch on May 5th, we will listen closely to your feedback from playing

the current 1.0 version and reflect it to maximize the game's quality. Of course, even

after the official launch, we will continue to provide patches for balance adjustments,

quality of life improvements, and bug fixes, so please actively share any feedback you have.

On May 5th, we will see you again with the finally completed Murim Survival.

Thank you sincerely for being with us on this long journey.

Sincerely, Sunwood Games

Major Updates

• Added 7 global supported languages

  • Japanese, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Italian

• Complete soundtrack revamp

  • Remixed all BGMs and significantly improved sound quality

  • Replaced boss BGMs for the Underforest and Snowfield of Memories

  • Replaced BGMs for the Hideout and Dragon Fortress

  • Added exclusive BGMs for the 3 endings and epilogue scenes

• Added 8 new equipment items

Balance Adjustments

• Martial Arts balancing

  • Reduced base damage and attack range of Sword combo attacks by approximately 10%

• Equipment balancing

  • Increased Attack, Luck, and Evasion stat boosts of Trust of God by approximately 10%

  • Reduced the HP penalty of Blood Necklace

Other & Quality of Life Improvements

• Fixed various text typos and translation errors

• Modified some dialogues (e.g., Developer's Letter) — does not affect overall story progression

• Mythic grade equipment will now appear with a low probability starting from the Green Forest stage

• Kill count and coin acquisition achievements are now tallied and applied in bulk after stage clears

• Modified Hana's buff effect

• Modified attack effects for Plum Blossom Slash / Chaotic Blows / Flicking Finger Divine Art / Ice Silver Sword

• Improved Main Menu, Logo, and Loading screens

• Redesigned UI and layout to accommodate new languages, and added auto-scroll functionality.

• Modified particle effects for enemies and gimmick homing projectile objects

• Modified EXP object design

• Updated Steam store page description, library images, and game executable icon

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the number of selectable Active Skills decreased during level-ups if 3 or more Active Skills reached max level while having 4 or fewer Active Skills acquired in battle

• Fixed an issue where footsteps would play while walking in the Form of the Supreme state

New Content

• Added Active Skill Synergy and Curios Synergy systems

• Added Ascension LV difficulty for Snowfield of Memories

• Added 2 new Mythic Special Equipment

  • Obtainable in Yellow Dragon Valley, Underforest, and Snowfield of Memories

• Added 2 new Active Skills and 2 Evolved Skills

  • Available for purchase in the shop after clearing Small Cave and Large Cavern

• Added Bonus Stat Upgrade system

  • After clearing Underforest, obtainable by purchasing Golden Hammer in the shop or from Snowfield of Memories

Balance Adjustments

Initial Martial Arts Enhancement

• After clearing Yellow Dragon Valley, purchasable Azure Wind Manual and Black Flame Manual can enhance starting skills

Martial Arts Balance

• Flying Sword attack (spawn) speed increased

• Throw Shuriken base damage: 100 → 110

• Chaotic Blows, Skyshatter Chaotic Blows base damage: 145 → 150

  • Cooldown: 2.4 → 2.2

• Chaotic Blows max hits: 20 → 24

• Ice Silver Sword, Sky-Filled Floral Snow base damage: 110 → 120

  • Attack (spawn) speed increased

• Crimson Bow, White Arrow damage: 140 → 150

Equipment Balance

• Imperial Dragon Robe HP coefficient +10%, lightning extra attack chance +10%

• Soft Hedgehog Armor HP coefficient -10%, damage reduction 12% → 10%

• Black Garb duration 1s → 3s

  • Effect changed: Attack Speed & Move Speed +35% → Attack Power & Move Speed +30%

• Divine Water Gourd new effect: Increased chance for recovery potions to drop when destroying objects in combat

  • Blessing HP regen 30% → 20%

• Dragon Scale stat changes:

  • HP regen removed

  • Critical Damage added

  • Slightly reduced HP and Defense increase

Shop Price Adjustments

• Black Dragon Essence, White Dragon Essence: 100,000 → 50,000

• Frost Hammer, Golden Dice: 160,000 → 150,000

Stage Balance

• Overall stage difficulty increased (due to Synergy system addition)

• Final boss of Snowfield of Memories difficulty increased

Other Balance Changes

• Added Defense effectiveness cap

  • Damage reduction applies up to 65% of original damage

  • Damage numbers turn blue at maximum reduction

• HP no longer regenerates during invincibility

• Horn of Regeneration recovery: 6% → 4%

• Added Active Skill Synergy-related effects to One-Armed Person and Energy Prosthetic Hand traits

• The number of Curios obtained from golden treasure chests during battle has been changed from 1 to a random amount between 0 and 2

• Other Balance Adjustments

  • Increased the Defense Ignore scaling granted by all Curios, Traits, and Equipment

  • Curio – Sain Sword

    • Attack Power increase reduced: 20% → 15%

    • Defense Penetration increased: 12% → 15%

  • Companion Trait – Hana

    • Inner Power (Passive): Added +2% Movement Speed per skill level

    • Increased Damage Taken: 3% → 4%

QoL & Improvements

• Battle Level-Up UI redesigned for more strategic skill/curio selection

  • Top: Displays current Active Skills and Curios

  • Left: Detailed character stats

  • Right: Available Synergies and tier information

• Added special SFX when obtaining Legendary/Mythic equipment or skills

• Added 3 new Steam Achievements

• Improved visibility in Moon Domain

• Updated Frost Hammer icon

• Adjusted default font outline style

• Optimization work completed (approx. 70MB reduced)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue where purchasing an item on Shop Page 2 and it disappearing would select the Page 1 item in the same position

• Fixed UI blur issue during Green Forest clear event dialogue

• Fixed issue where Bigwang dialogue would not appear under certain conditions after clearing Yellow Dragon Valley

Hello, this is Sunwood Games.

Over the past month, we have focused on implementing new skills and the "Synergy System,"

which grants special effects by combining various techniques and artifacts.

In this post, we would like to share our major progress and future plans.

Major Progress

1. New Content: Synergy System

The Synergy System is divided into two independent categories: "Active Skill Synergy" and "Curios Synergy." Each system operates separately, allowing players to strategically craft diverse builds.

• Active Skill Synergy (5 Types Completed): Sword, Energy, Hidden Weapon, Taoist Magic, Ancient Martial Arts Synergy

• Curios Synergy (12 Types Completed): Unique synergies exclusive to various Curios with diverse effects.

• System Details: By leveling up your Active Skills or Curios, you can increase the corresponding Synergy Tier. Reaching specific milestones will provide powerful bonus effects to bolster your build.

2. Other Changes

• Implemented 2 new martial arts and 2 evolved martial arts.

• Early Build Enhancements: We have implemented traits designed to strengthen the skills and effects typically obtained in the early stages of the game.

• Combat Level-up UI Overhaul: The level-up screen has been redesigned for a more strategic experience.

  • Top: View your currently owned Active Skills and Curios.

  • Left: Check your character's detailed stats.

  • Right: Monitor available Synergies and level-specific information in real-time.

Screenshots

Future Plans

• Overall Balancing: Rebalancing all stages to align with the new Synergy System.

• Content Expansion: Adding Ascension difficulty to the Snowfield of Memories and new Achievements.

• Optimization: Ongoing build testing, balance adjustments, and UI/UX improvements based on player feedback.

• Localization: Working on adding support for additional languages.

The new update is scheduled for release between February and March, provided there are no major issues. (Please note that additional language support and the official release may coincide with this update or follow shortly after, depending on the final schedule.)

We sincerely thank you for supporting Murim Survival and providing us with your valuable feedback. We will continue to do our best to bring you a more polished and complete experience.

New Content

• Added a new region: 〈Snowfield of Memories〉

• Added 1 new epilogue : Unlocks after clearing Snowfield of Memories and reaching the “Beneath the peach blossoms” ending

• Added 2 new External Techniques and 2 Evolved External Techniques

• Added 1 new Mythic Equipment

• Added the player appearance customization system 〈Transformations> :Accessible from the lower section of the Hideout

• Added new shop items unlocked after clearing Underforest

• Added a new Stat Tier : Can be obtained by purchasing the Frost Anvil from the shop after clearing Underforest

Balance Adjustments

• Blacksteel Greatsword : Now gains increased HP regeneration as Waves progress

  HP Regeneration +6% every 10 Waves

• Basic Insight : Experience gain bonus reduced from 10% → 8%

• Curios Drop Rate : Base drop chance reduced from 6% → 5%

• Upgrade Character :

  • Removed EXP Gain nodes.

  • Replaced with DMG Increase/Decrease-related nodes

• Stage Balance Adjustments :

  • Slightly increased the difficulty of the Yellow Dragon Valley boss

  • Slightly decreased the difficulty of the Underforest boss

Other Improvements & Quality of Life

• Updated map images

• Enhanced equipment and skill acquisition effects

• Updated stat tier icons

• Added 4 new Steam achievements

• Revised and expanded the content of 3 Martial World History Books

• Adjusted some early dialogue for Somong and Jin Soyoung

  • These changes do not affect the main story progression

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the camera moved when opening the pause menu while moving in the Hideout

• Fixed an issue where Somong appeared in Butterfly Valley even after leaving the Hideout

Hello, this is Sunwood Games.

Over the past month, we focused on developing the new challenge stage “Snowfield of Memories”,

as well as new equipment, martial arts, and various additional features. In this post, we’d like to share

the major progress we’ve made and our plans moving forward.

Development Progress

• New Region: Snowfield of Memories

  • Map design and regional characteristics have been completed.

  • Planning and full animation design for the new elite enemy are finished.

  • The Snowfield of Memories is a mysterious land where shadows of the past rise again amid endless blizzards.

• New Content

  • Implemented 2 new martial arts and 2 evolved martial arts.

  • Implemented 1 new Mythic weapon.

  • Implemented the player appearance–changing system, Transformations.

  • Added a new stat grade (Level 4), obtainable after clearing Underforest.

• Other Changes

  • Enhanced acquisition effects for equipment and martial arts.

  • Updated stat grade icons.

Screenshots

Plans Ahead

• Finalize the Snowfield of Memories stage

• Update endings

• Add new achievements

• QoL improvements, balance adjustments, and feedback responses

• Build testing

If everything goes smoothly, the next update is planned for December.

(Language support updates and the official release will follow this upcoming patch.)

As for the ending update that many players have requested,

we are considering adding an epilogue to the specific ending Beneath the Peach Blossoms.

Please note that this is still in the planning phase and may change during development.

Thank you always for supporting Murim Survival and sharing your valuable feedback.

We will continue to do our best to bring you a better Murim Survival experience.

• Corrected several typos and grammar mistakes in English text.

• Added the Equipment Codex (accessible from the right side of the Hideout)

  along with one related achievement.

• Further optimization work has been applied to battle maps.

  (Certain map objects far from the player are now disabled.)

• Increased the difficulty of certain waves in the Underforest region.

• Enhanced the final boss in the Underforest region,

  (increasing its health, attack power, and combat patterns.)

Hello, this is Sunwood Games.

With the recent update, we’ve now introduced the final stage and all game endings,

bringing the major flow of our Early Access plan to a close.

But this is not the end. Until the official release, we’ll continue to deliver

additional updates to present the game in a more complete and polished form.

Upcoming updates include

• Add challenge stage available after the ending

• Equipment compendium system to review the gear you’ve obtained

• Expanded language support so more players around the world can enjoy the game

In addition, we’ll keep refining the game through ongoing

balance adjustments, quality-of-life improvements, and bug fixes.

Our goal is to officially launch between December this year

and January next year, and we’ll keep updating the game steadily until then.

Your feedback has always been a great source of motivation,

and we’ll do our very best to deliver a satisfying experience to the very end.

Thank you.

New Content

• Added new region : Underforest

• Added 3 new Endings

• Added 3 new Active Skills, plus 3 new Evolved Active Skills

• Added 6 new Legendary Gear and 3 new Mythic Gear

• Added 3 new Curios

• Added 3 new Forge Upgrade

• New shop items available after clearing Yellow Dragon Valley

Balancing

• Half Moon Blade: Damage 180 → 150, Cooldown 2.6 → 2.8

• Full Moon Blade: Damage 360 → 300, Cooldown 2.6 → 3

• Ruyi Staff Technique: Cooldown 3.2 → 3.6

• Demon-Slaying Staff Art, Ruyi Staff Technique: Distance-based damage bonus 100% → 60%

• Thunder Talisman, Thunder Meteor Sword: Cooldown 4.5 → 4

• Throw Shuriken : Wind: Damage 100 → 120, Cooldown 3.5 → 3.3

• Fire Taoist Magic: Cooldown 6.2 → 5.8

• Fire Dragon Taoist Magic: Damage 90 → 100, Cooldown 6.2 → 5.8

• Yue Maiden Chronicles + Yue Maiden Sword: Final damage reduction 30% → 40%

• Yue Maiden Chronicles + Moon Reflected in Water: Final damage reduction 30% → 50%

• Shadow Attack: Now grants 40% Armor Penetration

• Bigwang: Bigwang damage dealt to elites before Final Wave reduced by ~30%

• Bigwang Trait: Luck bonus 15 → 10, Damage bonus 15% → 10%

• Bigwang Passive Skill: Crit damage bonus 5% → 4%

• Upgrade Character Luck : Increase Bonus 5 → 4

Visual & Effect Improvements

• Flower Blade, Death Flower Blade: Adjusted petal effects

• Moon Cutting → Full Moon Blade: Updated VFX, AoE, and renamed skill

• Violet Mist Divine Bullet: Added particle effects

• Moon Reflected in Water: Added afterimage effect

• Eternal Guardian Sword: Added afterimage effect

• Sky-Filled Floral Snow: Added afterimage effect

• Fire Dragon Taoist Magic: Updated VFX and added particles

• Ice Spear: Updated VFX

Other Improvements & QoL

• Controller support: UI can now be navigated with the left stick

• Added progress UI bars for traits in Green Forest and Large Cavern regions

• Added UI guidance for level-up map objects

• Reduced difficulty for some elites in Large Cavern and for the entire Yellow Dragon Valley

• Updated footstep sound effects

• Updated player cloak sprite

• Changed protagonist’s name spelling from Soun to Sowoon

• Adjusted first dialogue lines for Beggar in Dragon Fortress, Jin Soyoung in Green Forest, Hana, and Somu (no story impact)

• Fixed issue where Mookyeon’s intro dialogue would not replay if defeated before finishing it

• Adjusted in-game camera for a slightly wider view

• Added UI in the Hideout to display additional resources such as enhancement potions

• Added 5 new Steam Achievements

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where footstep sounds continued when opening menus (Inventory, Upgrade, etc.) while walking

• Fixed an issue where selected slots changed when leveling up while moving

• Fixed an issue where upgrade gourd purchase prices were not displaying correctly with keyboard/controller input

• Fixed an issue where interactions did not work when clicking near the bottom of the screen during combat

Hello, this is Sunwood Games.

Over the past month, we’ve been focusing on developing the new region “Underforest”

along with new equipment and skills. In this post, we’d like to share the major progress

we’ve made and our plans moving forward.

Development Progress

• New Region: Underforest

  The map design, enemies, regional trait system, and wave compositions are now complete. Underforest is a mysterious underground forest where peach blossoms bloom endlessly.

• New Content

  • 2 new active skills and 2 evolved skills implemented

  • 3 new relics implemented

  • 9 new pieces of equipment implemented

  • 3 new blacksmith upgrades implemented

  • Ending event: planning, dialogue writing, and sprite production completed

  • Final dialogue updates for companions and Dragon Fortress NPCs before entering

    Underforest completed

Screenshots

Plans Ahead

• Ending implementation

• Balance adjustments

• Considering new achievements and additional events

• Quality-of-life improvements and feedback integration

• Build testing

If everything goes as planned, the new version update will be released

between September and October. Although development is progressing slower than

we’d like, we’re truly grateful for your patience, support, and feedback.

We’ll continue to reflect your opinions and strive to make Murim Survival even better.

New Content

• New Region: Yellow Dragon Valley added

• 2 new Active Skills and 2 Evolution Active Skills added

• 2 new Passive Skills added

• 3 new Legendary Gear and 3 new Mythic Gear added

• 3 new Curios added

• 2 new Companion Traits added

• 6 new Forge Upgrades added

• New shop items available after clearing the Large Cavern

Balance Adjustments

• Violet Mist Divine Bullet : Number of hits reduced from 24 → 20

• Guardian Sword: Slightly increased spin speed, cooldown, and duration

• Moon Cutting: Now deals +50% damage to elites

• Moon Cutting, Half Moon Blade : Damage reduced from 400 → 360

• Upon reaching Grade 5 of Whispers of Madness, gain the trait Madness : Rampage

Other Changes

• Thunder Meteor Sword: Visual effects updated

• Modify Health Recovery Effect

• 5 new Steam Achievements added

Content Design & Implementation

Other Work