Netherworld Covenant news & patch notes

Hey everyone! The new v1.2.0 update is now live! We'll also be running a discount during the Spring Sale starting tomorrow, so don't miss out if you've been thinking about picking it up!

Here are the detailed patch notes for this update:

Equipment Balance

Existing Accessory Stats Enhanced:

• Red Spot Stone Ring

• Frost Spot Stone Ring

• Yellow Spot Stone Ring

Existing Relic Stats Enhanced:

• Spell Pendant (Fire Explosion)

• Spell Pendant (Frost Nova)

• Spell Pendant (Lightning Chain)

• Energy Storage Ring (Burn)

• Energy Storage Ring (Freeze)

• Energy Storage Ring (Paralysis)

System Improvements

• Optimized accessory and weapon drop logic: When no blueprints are available to drop in lower-level chapters, higher-tier blueprints will now drop instead.

Cosmetics

• New Outfit: Deepwood Wraith

Weapon Random Enchantment - New Effects

Hi there!

Netherworld Covenant is now releasing its new update, v1.1.0, on February 12th. Additionally, a 14-day Lunar New Year Special Sale will begin on February 13th. We wish you all a Happy New Year and hope you have fun playing during the holidays!

v1.1.0 Patch Notes:

Weapons

• New Feature: Upgrade

  • You can now consume Blackstones to upgrade the Main Weapon’s Damage and Critical Rate. It can be upgraded up to 10 times.

• New Feature: Enchant

  • You can now consume Blackstones to apply a random enchantment to your weapon. The enchantment pool is as follows:

    • All Damage +10%

    • Damage Reduction +20%

    • Slowly regenerate Energy to 1 point when Energy is below 1.

    • Lantern Skills have a 5% chance to deal 450% damage.

    • Enemies affected by 2 or more negative statuses take 35% increased damage from all sources.

    • Lightning Damage has a 15% chance to stun enemies for 0.5 seconds.

    • Damage of all negative effects increased by 15 (e.g., Burn, Doom).

    • Disable Rolling/Dashing, but Max HP +80% and Attack +25%.

    • Gain a charge stack upon using Stamina. At 5 stacks, trigger a large-area explosion dealing 200% damage.

    • Gain a charge stack upon using Stamina. At 5 stacks, trigger Time Slow for 1 second.

    • Stamina recovery time increased by 50% (slower), but Lantern Skill damage increased by 75%.

    • Replaces Soul Skill 2: Consumes 1 Energy to increase Attack by 50% for 5 seconds.

    • Replaces Soul Skill 2: Consumes 1 Energy to increase Damage Reduction by 50% for 4 seconds.

    • Replaces Soul Skill 2: Consumes 1 Energy to summon 4 projectile attacks (does not generate Energy).

Skins

• New Skin: Forest Ranger (Can be unlocked by consuming Blackstones).

• Added a special close-up camera shot when changing skins.

Adjustments to Auras and Relics

• Ash Stone (Ice), Ash Stone (Lightning), and Ash Stone (Burn): Values increased by 25%.

• Elemental Fragility: Value per stack increased by 50%.

• Doom Curse: Damage increased by 25%.

• Frost Nova: Damage increased by 75%.

Others

• We have updated Steam Community Items, including Badges, Trading Cards, Backgrounds, and Emoticons. Hope you like them!

• Added an option in Settings to force the use of different controller layouts.

• Optimized performance in certain stuttering scenarios.

• Fixed and improved some backend error issues.

Streaming starts!

Hey everyone, we are thrilled to announce that we have officially launched the 1.0 version!

The full version of Netherworld Covenant is priced at $19.99, with a limited-time 20% launch discount. Due to overlap with the Steam Winter Sale, the discount will be available until January 5.

The game supports 12 languages, including English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese, and has been fully optimized for controllers and Steam Deck. Version 1.0 will offer over 20 hours of complete content.

During its six-month Early Access period, we continuously refined the game, achieving dual evolution in both gameplay and scale. And with these key updates, Version 1.0 more than doubles the content of the Early Access version. Major updates include:

1. Expanded Class Depth

• Five new playable classes: Berserker, Mage, Hunter, Shield Guard, and Useless Person

• Four new weapons: Double-Bladed Axe, Staff, Bow, and Spear

2. Comprehensive Gameplay Upgrades

• Two new game modes: Boss Rush and Chaos Mode (Randomized Maps)

• Two new difficulty modes: Iron Crown Frenzy (Difficulty 3) and Corruption Mode (Custom Difficulty)

3. Complete Story Progression

• Addition of Chapters 5 and 6, completing the ending animation

4. System Overhaul & Massive Content Additions

• Four new character skins

• Significant additions and restructuring of the Aura and Relic systems

• Expanded variety of random events, accessories, and secondary weapons

• Over 50 optimizations covering character mobility, resource allocation, and balance adjustments

Hope you have fun with it!

MadGoat & Infini Fun

Hello everyone, we’re excited to share two pieces of great news with all players:

Firstly, we’ll be attending the WePlay Expo in Shanghai on November 22–23, and you can find us at Booth I-58! What’s more, Netherworld Covenant has been nominated for the Nova Prize at this year’s indiePlay Game Awards!

Everyone who comes to meet us at the event will have a chance to receive some exclusive mystery merch!

Secondly, we’re thrilled to announce that all content for Netherworld Covenant Version 1.0 is now complete. More details will be released gradually after WePlay — so stay tuned!

MadGoat

Hello there, the V0.9 update for Netherworld Covenant is now live! Here are the new content in this update, and we'll be offering a 15% discount from October 29th to November 3rd!

Update Content

New Mode:

• Added "Chaos Mode": In this mode, the level progression is randomly generated upon entry. *Unlocked after clearing any difficulty.

• Added "Corruption Mode": Based on the "Iron Crown Frenzy" difficulty, this mode offers a higher challenge and additional rewards.

  *Unlocked after clearing the Iron Crown Frenzy difficulty.

New Class:

• New Class: Hunter

  *Requires 700 Black Stones to unlock.

New Weapons:

Primary Weapons:

• Bows: One type with a total of 4 weapons.

Lantern Weapons:

• Underworld Hammer

• Underworld Greatsword

  *Both weapons consume 2 Stamina to provide stronger offensive capabilities and suppression effects.

Balance Adjustments:

• Adjusted damage scaling for charged combos of the Berserker and Mage.

• Balanced the damage values of Berserker.

• Added tracking for remaining healing, refining the healing logic.

• Adjusted the mobility of the boss "Old Lord of the Netherworld."

• Fine-tuned attributes for certain monsters.

Other:

• Added dedicated portal UI, icons, and HUD displays for the new modes.

• Completely overhauled the Brazilian Portuguese and Latin American Spanish translations (thanks to CriticalLeap).

• Optimized the wording of mechanic-related descriptions across various contexts.

• Fixed several crash scenarios and added damage legitimacy checks before hit registration.

One More Thing

Hey everyone,

We're MadGoat Game Studio and Infini Fun — great to see you all again! With this latest update wrapped up, our version number has officially jumped to V0.9!

To be honest, we never expected to pack in so much new content in just a few months since the game launched into Early Access back in June. None of this would have been possible without every one of you who joined us during EA, shared your feedback, and supported us along the way. We truly appreciate it! Without your encouragement and input, the 1.0 version of Netherworld Covenant might still feel a long way off.

Now that we’ve reached V0.9, we’re excited to let you know: barring any surprises, this will likely be the final content update before the full release! Development is now in its final stages, and we expect the game to officially launch before the end of this year!

One quick heads-up: after the current discount period ends, we plan to make a small price increase to the game. So if you’ve been thinking about grabbing a copy, now’s a great time to hop on board with the sale!

Can’t wait to meet all of you in the final 1.0 release!

Hey everyone,

Just want to share some exciting news: Netherworld Covenant was exhibited at the Brazil Game Show (BGS) from October 9th to 12th. According to our partner CriticalLeap, the atmosphere at the scene was absolutely fantastic, and we were even honored to have some remarkable cosers join the event—we're truly flattered!

BTW, we'll also be rolling out a new version update by the end of this month. Stay tuned!

Netherworld Covenant is now live with its "v0.8" Second Major Update! Enjoy a 15% limited-time discount from PT 10am Sep 22th to Oct 6th! Check out the update highlights right now. We welcome both new and veteran players to experience it!

【New Content】

Chapter:

Added final chapter and the final BOSS, completing the clearance logic and ending animation.

Difficulty:

• Added "Iron Crown Frenzy" (Extremely Hard) difficulty: Monster attack power, summons, and abnormal status effects are comprehensively enhanced.

• Shops, treasure chests, and rewards now dynamically adjust based on difficulty.

Class:

New classes: Mage, Berserker

• Added character selection interface and showcase videos.

• Added footstep water splash particle effects and water footstep sound effects.

• The default character is now the "Knight" class.

Weapon:

• Added 8 new weapons across 2 types (Staff, Double-bladed Axe).

• Added multiple new weapon affixes, improving numerical values for effects such as charged shot range, flame burn, and lightning field.

Enemies:

• Boss behavior trees and skills have been fully upgraded.

• Most enemies will gain new skills in "Iron Crown Frenzy" difficulty.

【Optimization】

• Multiple amulets equipped: After clearing high difficulty levels, multiple amulets can now be worn.

• Optimized level random generation logic, save file difficulty display, and unlock conditions.

• Boss kills now also drop Black Stone and gold rewards, and increased blueprint drop rates.

• Fixed issues such as shop item sorting, summon unit layers, and lost projectile directions.

• Fixed crashes caused by input mapping, skill cooldowns, and audio null references.

• Fixed abnormal issues such as monster skill radii, damage calculation, and wall penetration.

• Summoned units by BOSS now automatically die when the BOSS is defeated.

• Health potion reward fountains can now be consumed in exchange for gold.

• Added tutorials for the Rage state of enemy.

• Rain of Arrows skill now provides additional invincibility frames.

• Optimized text display during quests.

• Optimized UI display for atypical screen ratios.

Stay tuned for more updates!

Hi there,

Netherworld Covenant will be featured in the Steam Online Exhibition of Tokyo Game Show 2025 from September 18 to 30. Come and try out our game!

Also, the new major update will go live on September 22. Stay tuned!

Netherworld Covenant is now live with its first major update since the Early Access launch! Enjoy a 10% limited-time discount from August 4th to August 18th! Check out the update highlights below. We welcome both new and veteran players to experience it!

1 Chapter V: Ruins

• Final Boss: Chaos Before Creation

• Elite Boss: Burning Bone Demon Ursok

• Minions: The Lost Seeker of Knowledge, Curtain Wanderer, Curtain Believer, Curtain Attendant, Soulless Ancient Guardian

2 Resonance Auras

At the start of each round, players can now choose a Resonance Aura to bring into battle. These auras provide powerful effects and expand your aura options during the round (from 2 types to 3 types).

New Resonance Auras:

• Blessing of Fireworks: Gain 1 layer of Warm Flow for 7 seconds after using a skill. Each layer of Warm Flow increases Stamina recovery speed by 25%

• Ice Shield: Periodically gain a protective Ice Shield that blocks damage

• Thunder-Charged Body: For every 1 point of Stamina recovered, release 1 Lightning Chain to the nearest monster and apply Palsy, dealing 45 lightning damage

• Time Rift: Ghost Stamina - triggered Lantern Skills hitting enemies activate Time Stop

• Phased Flying Blade: Ethereal Walk applies 2 stacks of Rend to monsters it hits. Increases monster critical hit chance by 3%. Reduces 1 stack every 1.5 seconds and deals 14 damage

• Doom Approaches: Ghost attacks apply Doom to enemies. When Doom expires, it deals 40 damage.

• New Slaughter: At the end of each battle, the protagonist gains 1 stack of Slaughter, increasing your damage, up to 10 stacks. At 10 stacks, attack power increases by 23. All Slaughter stacks are removed upon taking damage

3 Relics

• Relic draw mechanics optimized: Now considers player's current aura setup

• Relics can no longer be sold, but can be used to upgrade existing relics

• Add 40 new relics.

4 New Accessories

• Midas' Endless Treasure: Every 30 Gold grants 1 damage to both you and your Ghost

• Church's Blood Oath Bottle: Every 15 maximum health grants 2 damage to both you and your Ghost

• Church's Endless Relic: Using a Health Potion may not consume charges but reduces single healing by 30%

5 Aura Changes

New Auras

• Flame Siphon: Fire Blast restores 1 point of Stamina for each enemy hit

• Blazing Soul Echo: When a ghost naturally disappears, the hero gains 1 point of Stamina

• Doom Penetration: Enemies affected by Doom receive increased damage if they are in Super Armor state

• Doom Heavy Attack: Charged Attacks deal increased damage to monsters afflicted with Doom

• Slaughter Regeneration: Regains HP after completing each battle

• Rend: Increases monster critical hit chance. Reduces 1 stack every 1.5 seconds and deals damage

Aura Adjustments

• The updated auras now feature the following effects:

• Fire Summon: Ghost damage is converted to Fire damage and increased. Applies Burn effect on hit targets

• Flame Guardian: After Ethereal Walk ends, a Fire Blast is triggered around, dealing Fire damage to nearby enemies. The protagonist gains 1 layer of Warmth lasting for 7 seconds

• Lantern Burst: Lantern Skills can trigger Burn; successfully suppressing increases the resolved damage

• Burning Space: Warm Flow continuously deals flame damage to nearby enemies during its duration (+20% per stack)

• Overheated: Increases all Fire-type damage while in Warm Flow state

• Chill Summon: Ghost damage is converted to Frost damage and increased. Applies Freeze effect on hit targets.

• Frost Protection: Every 5 critical hits dealt by the ghost apply an Ice Shield on the protagonist, lasting 30 seconds. The Ice Shield can block one incoming damage instance

• Frost Burst: After Otherworld Traversal ends, generates a Frost Nova that deals Frost damage to surrounding enemies and applies 1 layer of Freeze

• Ice-Lantern Energy Return: Lantern Skills deal %HP damage to Deep Frozen enemies

• Ice Storm: An Ice Storm appears within a 3-meter radius around the Ghost, increasing one stack of Freeze to enemies in the area every 1 second, dealing damage

• Frost Shatter: Enemies affected by Freeze will trigger a Frost Nova upon death, dealing Frost damage to surrounding enemies and applying 1 layer of Freeze

• Revenge Nova: When losing the Frost Shield, a Frost Nova will explode, dealing Frost damage to surrounding enemies and applying 1 layer of Freeze

• Frost-shattering Shield: Using a Ghost Skill will detonate the Frost Shield (removing one stack of Frost Shield) and increase Ghost damage

• Freeze Damage Boost: Monsters gain 1 stack of Vulnerability for a duration under Deep Freeze

• Lightning Summon: Ghost damage is converted to Lightning damage and increased. Applies Palsy to enemies and triggers Lightning Chain

• Static Field: Each Ethereal Walk grants a static layer causing the protagonist’s next Lantern Skill to release a massive electric arc, greatly increasing damage (+X% damage per stack)

• Temporal Weakness: Time Stop applies one stack of Elemental Vulnerability every 0.3 seconds to all enemies on the field, lasting 5 seconds

• Doom Attack: Your attacks have a 50% chance of applying Doom to enemies

• Deathly Doom: Enemies afflicted by Doom apply Doom to another monster on the field upon death

• Doom Burst: Perfect Dodge triggers Doom Explodes, dealing damage. Enemies with Doom have the effect removed instantly, causing damage

• Slaughterlust: The protagonist gains 1 stack of Slaughter when enemies die

• Slaughter Flight: After Ethereal Walk, you immediately gain 1 stack of Slaughter

• Rending Strike: Heavy Attack triggers Rending Demonblade and applies Rend; Rending Demonblade damage equals the protagonist’s

• Soul Rebirth: Enemies affected by Rend restore 1 point of Stamina to the protagonist upon death

• Soul Wound: Ghost always critically hits enemies affected by Rend and immediately triggers one stack of Rend

• Heavy Strike: Heavy Attack consumes 1 Stamina and deals additional damage

• Fearless: Increases damage dealt by 30%; each stack of Rend further increases damage, but your damage taken is also increased by 100%.

• Seize the Moment: Ghost applies 1 stack of Vulnerability for 5 seconds to stunned enemies with each attack

• Energy Aftershock: Each time a skill or Ethereal Walk is used, gain a stack of Energy Residue lasting 5 seconds, stacking; each stack increases Ghost damage

• Coldhearted: Your and your ghost's base Critical Damage is increased

• Agile Positioning: After Dodge, the protagonist’s next hit’s critical chance increases

• Full of Energy: Ghost attack damage increases when Energy is full

• Soul Jitter: When the ghost kills an enemy, the protagonist briefly enters Soul State

Removed Auras

Rapid Freeze, Burst Damage, Eternal Doom, Energy Pulse, Sprint Strike, Strength Blessing, Prepared for Anything, Phase Attack, Soul Absorption, Powerful Charge

6 Other Updates

• Class Preview: Mage and Berserker (The Class System will be implemented in Update No.2)

• Out-of-Combat Movement Speed increased

• New Environment: Church

• New Boss: Siren Nera, the Drowning Chanteuse

• Controller optimization

• Bug fixes

New Relics in Details:

• Blood Sacrifice Mark (Warmth): Each stack of Slaughter increases Burning Space damage

• Blood Sacrifice Mark (Ice Shield): Each stack of Slaughter boosts damage when Ice Shield breaks

• Blood Sacrifice Mark (Static Field): Each stack of Slaughter enhances Static Field damage

• Fighting Belt (Rending Demonblade): Each point of Stamina increases Rending Demonblade damage

• Fighting Belt (Time Stop): Each point of Stamina extends Time Stop duration

• Ancient Ice (Doom): Deep Freeze deals %HP damage to enemies with Doom

• Ancient Ice (Rend): Deep Freeze deals %HP damage to enemies with Rend

• Ancient Ice (Slaughter): Deep Freeze deals %HP damage while in Slaughter state

• Elemental Sword Oil (Fire Blast): Fire Blast deals bonus damage based on Rend stacks

• Elemental Sword Oil (Frost Nova): Frost Nova deals bonus damage based on Rend stacks

• Space Orb (Burn): Every 0.3s during Time Stop, applies 1 stack of Burn to all enemies

• Space Orb (Freeze): Every 0.3s during Time Stop, applies 1 stack of Freeze to all enemies

• Space Orb (Palsy): Every 0.3s during Time Stop, applies 1 stack of Palsy to all enemies

• Disaster Statue: Upon Doom resolution, each stack of Burn, Freeze, and Palsy deals additional damage

• Spacetime Pointer: When Time Stop Attack triggers, each stack of Burn, Freeze, and Palsy causes additional damage

• Lightning Rod: Thunder Strike has a chance to stun Doom-afflicted enemies for 1 second

• Sin Dagger: Each Ice Shield stack increases Slaughter Blade damage

• Elemental Dagger: Wound Rend deals additional damage to enemies afflicted with Burn, Freeze, or Palsy

• Hellfire Seed: Lantern Blast can now trigger Doom and Rend effects

• Iron Gauntlets: The more Resilience Damage on Rend-afflicted enemies, the higher their Critical Damage taken

• Lightning Core: Thunder-Charged Body triggers Lightning Chain even at full Stamina and increases its damage

• Iron Flail: Lightning Chain can attack targets that have already been jumped over; Lightning Chain damage is increased

• Ember Extinguishing Prayer: Lantern Blast increases damage dealt when Suppressing

• Liquid Fire: Fire Path can apply Rooted

• Heart of Eternal Freeze: Grants HP recovery when gaining Ice Shield

• Arcane Blade: Each stack of Elemental Vulnerability also increases physical damage taken by 20%

• Demonic Potion: Doom Explosion creates a Doom Pool that damages and slows enemies

• Demonhide Boots: Dodging can trigger Doom Explosion with increased damage

• Stone Heart: Slaughter’s End grants the character Super Armor and increases Critical Hit Damage

• Everfree Droplet: Frost Nova has a chance to instantly Deep Freeze enemies

• Soul Essence: Increases damage dealt while in Soul State

• Bladed Armor: Upon being hit, immediately deals damage to the attacker and applies 1 stack of Vulnerability

• Heart of Flames: While in Warm Flow state, when Slaughter is removed, restores half the stacks immediately; Slaughter also provides an additional attack power

• Savage Amulet: Energy gain reduced by 50%, while main character damage increased by 50%

• Strength Amulet: Grants Strength Blessing after killing monsters

• Lucky Coin: Increases gold dropped by monsters

• Revival Dew: Restores HP when entering recovery rooms

• Titan Fragment: Charged Attack deals increased damage but consumes 1 point of Stamina

• Spell Pendant (Fire Blast): Each Soul Fury Stone increases Fire Blast damage

Stay tuned for more updates!

Hello everyone! Mark your calendars for August 4th - The Netherworld Covenant is set to release its first major update since Early Access launch! Below is a preview of the new content. The detailed update log will be shared on release day:

• New Chapter: Chapter V - Ruins

• New Bosses: Chaos Before Creation, Burning Bone Demon Ursok, Siren Nera

• New Mechanic: Resonance Auras (provides base effects and expands in-run aura choices)

• New Relics: 40

• New Accessories: 3

• Aura Adjustments: 50+

• Several Optimizations & Bug Fixes

Since the Early Access launch, our team has received an overwhelming amount of feedback and suggestions from players worldwide. After carefully considering these inputs and reflecting deeply on the current version, we’ve decided to adjust our development roadmap to better align with everyone’s expectations.

First, regarding combat accessibility, weapons, and playstyle diversity: We will introduce a new "Class System". Players will be able to directly switch between characters with distinct appearances - each featuring completely unique attack modules, combat approaches, and stat distributions. Below are some previews of characters currently in development:

Mage:

Berserker:

Archer:

We’re targeting Update No.2 for the initial release of the Class System, with additional character classes to be added in subsequent updates.

Next is the difficulty level: Difficulty 3 is currently in development, offering players a fresh challenge. After that, we will also create a challenge mode similar to the "heat system" in Hades, using more debuff options to further increase the difficulty. Plus, the design of some hidden bosses is also currently under evaluation.

In addition, a "Boss Rush Mode" is also in the works, with the aim of enriching the content while satisfying the expectations of players who enjoy Boss Rush or prefer the ARPG aspects of the game.

Stay tuned for more updates!

Patch Notes v0.6.9.2

Developed by MadGoat Game Studio and published by Infini Fun, the dark aesthetic action roguelike game Netherworld Covenant have officially launched Early Access today on Steam!

The game is priced at USD $17.99, with a 10% launch discount available for the first two weeks. Additionally, the official team plans to release bundles simultaneously with games like Magicraft. Players purchasing bundles will receive an extra 10% discount on top of the base game discount.

As a 3D top-down action roguelike with a Souls-like feel, the game's hardcore combat, excellent hit feedback, and rich combat systems have garnered positive feedback from many global players since the demo release. Players will encounter numerous combat encounters and resource management decisions during battle. Effectively managing energy and stamina, and choosing different builds based on personal playstyle, are essential skills players must master.

The content included in this Early Access (EA) release consists of:

• 4 complete chapter scenarios, 15 unique Boss battles;

• 9 main weapon types, 4 Nether Lantern weapons, 20+ Soul Skills, 30+ accessories;

• 5 types of protagonist auras, 4 types of ghost auras, 20+ meta-progression options;

• Random elements like relics and events and etc.

Furthermore, the game plans to maintain a stable update frequency post-EA launch. Confirmed upcoming updates include:

• July: Chapter 5, more random events & challenges, more relic choices.

• August-September: New difficulty levels, new gameplay modes, Soul Skill variations, the final challenge, etc.

During the launch period, we will hold interesting community events like speedrun competitions and share-and-win raffles with decent prizes. Please join our Discord to find more details.

Moreover, we have collected many players' questions before the launch and prepared an FAQ section here to help everyone better understand the game. Feel free to check it out in the community.

How to Report Bugs?

You can press F12 to take a screenshot, then share the bug details in our Discord or Steam discussion board. If possible, please also attach your game save file to help us investigate. Save files can be found at:

C:\\Users\\\\\AppData\\LocalLow\\madgoat\\NetherworldCovenant\\data\.en_json

Have fun in game :)

Only 3 days left! Netherworld Covenant will release on June 18th 10:00 PT time, Stay tuned and Wishlist us!

Infini Fun & MadGoat

Only one week left! Netherworld Covenant will release on June 18th 10:00 PT time, Stay tuned and Wishlist us!

Infini Fun & Mad Goat

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