Sandwalkers news & patch notes

• Fix a blocker in the "Mushroom City" quest

• Fixed a blocker on "Livewood City" quest, where the caravan couldn't reach the next quest objective

Helloooo everyone! Long time no see! This patch comes with a long awaited addition: controller support!

Controller support

You can finally play Sandwalker with your controller! Any input on a connected controller will switch the control mode automatically.

Balancing

• Monsters are now scaling stronger starting level 6, increasing fight difficulty in late game

• Bosses rewards now scale with your Caravan’s level

• Reputations now have less impact on shop prices

Bugfix

• Various fixes on quests, removing some edge-case blockers and improving UX.

• Custom controls should now be saved when you quit the game.

• Bounty Hunters attacks weren’t working as intended.

• Underground plants weren’t giving the right reward.

• A Limuloid attack was giving Shield to its enemies.

• The “Beast Lair” event wasn’t giving the expected trait in one of its choices.

• Some upgrades weren’t working properly on the Swordman & the Protector.

• Some Encyclopedia entries were missing, preventing players from completing the related Steam achievement.

• And as always, probably other minor fixes that we forgot to mention.

It is probably the last major patch on Sandwalkers: thanks a lot for your feedback and support during the last few years! 

We can’t wait to show you what will come next :)

Hello everyone! Here's a new patch for Sandwalkers, with some balancing and some fixes! Please find the full patchnote below. Cheers, and thanks for playing Sandwalkers!

Balancing

Please note that we’re iterating cautiously on this one: many variables impact Sandwalkers' balancing and a small change can sometimes have tremendous impacts

• We increased monsters’ HPs & Shield. We don’t want to increase the stats anymore on the first levels, but we might continue to increase them on higher levels.

• Desertic & arid regions now provides between 10% & 20% less Supplies tiles

• The weight of all equipments & fetishes is reduced to 1 instead of 3

• Several minor tweaks

Bugfix

• A blocker was occurring when encountering fire elementals

• Equipments, Fetishes & fight consumables items have levels, but they were not behaving correctly.

• Fix a blocker on Nebulous questline

• Bloodworms weren’t positioned correctly in fights

• Some attacks from the Sobek and the Terrasaur weren’t giving their side effects to the right target.

• Other minor fixes

• Fixed an issue with Renegades and Deserters monsters that could lead into a blocking situation

Content

• Each region now has a set of specific monster “factions” it can trigger
• Each monster “faction” has more varied groups
• We added a new version of some monsters, who will start fights with an active effect on them to add even more variety

• More variety of items
• Less loot most of the time
• Enemies will drop items according to their level: you won’t get a +2 Agility item from a level 8 monster anymore!

New enemies

Ocelots

• Berserker
• Ogre
• Cannibal

Fire Elementals

• Fire Elemental
• Fire Spawnling

Azore Mercenaries

• Sobek
• Terrasaur
• Tracker

Weather improvements

• More monsters related to the weather will appear
• Monsters spawned by the weather now disappear when the weather changes

Balancing

• Monsters will continue to scale after level 10
• Leveling up will correctly scale after level 10
• Monsters' HP & Shield progression is now related to their base HP/shield stats. Shield-based tanks & HP-based squishy damage dealers were looking the same in end-game because of our progression setup; it should be better now
• Continue to tweak bosses’ HP with the same philosophy: more tankiness, less lethality

Bugfix

• A blocker was occurring on quests sometimes
• You could get blocked on the island during the Azore questline
• You could get blocked after the final fight
• Spamming inputs on the caravaneer selection screen could block the game
• Broken description on the “Shield Up!” ability
• Swordsman “Execution” wasn’t triggering its effect
• Some followers were not working properly
• Fixed some issues related to fast travel
• “Infested” effect damage was wrongly calculated in damage previews
• Key bindings were sometimes reset after closing the game
• Fixed some broken texts
• Other minor fixes

Polish

• The amount of XP you gain as a quest reward is now displayed
• “The Art of Forging” quest compass is more efficient & clear

Patchnote 2.0.14

Bugfix

• Fixed older saves missing some achievements and memories
• Fixed older saves not getting the right version of the Azore map
• Fixed a bug preventing in-game music to start again after a fight

Patchnote 2.0.13

Bugfix

• Add a way to unlock blocked saves on the “Usury” quest
• Add a way to unlock blocked saves on the “The Art of Forging” quest

Bugfix

• Merchants were merging their inventories sometimes
• A blocker was sometimes encountered during fights
• Several blockers on quests “Usury”, “The Art of Forging”, “Livewood City” and “Temesgen Slaves” were solved
• Some encyclopedia entries were unlockable
• One of the archeologist upgrade was giving an insane damage bonus
• We added a place action to gain Wood in Lecwasi during Agromancy quest as a safety net
• Some broken texts
• Various small fixes

Patchnote 2.0.10

Polish

• The Crystal Library upgrade providing XP is now increasing the base level of caravaneers instead
• The upgrade selection flow has been fastened, so that selecting multiples upgrades would be less painful
• A new upgrade in the Crystal library allows you to increase the max number of supports you can have
• The Crystal Library cannot be accessed from Lecwasi anymore: the only way to enter it is to start a new caravan!
• All bosses now have the “Unwavering” effect permanently applied to them, effectively preventing any stun

Bugfix

• Some Memories were unlocked at the beginning of your playthrough
• An attack of the Mycelium Brain boss wasn’t working correctly
• Enemies could sometime spawn next to the boss in the arena
• Azore Mangrove map was sometimes already fully discovered
• Scorpicore could sometimes appear at a weird timing
• Various small fixes

Balancing

• Followers giving extra damages have been nerfed
• Followers giving resistances have been buffed

Patchnote 2.0.9

Save fix

• Fix a blocker on quests for some saves on 2.0.5

Hotfix

• Fix a blocker occurring on a fight against a specific enemy group
• Enemies will no longer play if they’re stunned and play last in turn order
• Boss will no longer take “behind target” damage type when they are the target
• Caravaneers can now be repositioned on an empty space in fight and fight setup
• Prevent an issue sometimes occurring when reaching a specific tile
• “Reaching Umama” achievement will not be gained when reaching Deadwood anymore
• Fix position on map reset if quitting without moving after a travel

Polish

• Tweak camera speed when moved with arrows

Hotfix

• Fixed a blocker occurring on a fight against a specific enemy group
• Blocker on “Pilot” event when triggering the fight against pirates

Balancing

• Tweaked enemy resistances

Save fix

• Fixed all saves that were stuck in an empty Yoz without a Dragonopterous. There might be 2 of them, but defeating one will allow you to finish the quest.
• Some saves were missing a Fragment due to a bug which has since been fixed. It should now be resolved.

Balancing

• Enemies scale correctly again, depending on the regions and caravan’s level
  • It means that you won’t always face enemies matching your caravan’s level anymore

Bugfix / Polish

• Fixed broken text on a support
• Lowered the volume for the “Encounter gauge increase” sounds
• Fixed a bug on music in Pause menu
• Music doesn’t restart from the beggining after a fight anymore
• Fixed an Aeromancer upgrade that wasn’t giving any bonus

• Fixing black screens that were happenning with the Crystal Library
• Slowed down the rate at which the encounter bar is being filled in almost every region

Enemy Scaling & Encounters

• Enemy scaling fixed

• Unit encounter rework We’ve restructured enemy groups to make encounters more varied and challenging:
  • 2-enemy fights were too frequent and not engaging — most have been removed.
  • Stronger enemy groups have been added across all regions.
  • Each region now features more diverse enemy compositions.

Caravaneer Upgrades Nerfed / Roguelite Bonuses Buffed

• Caravaneer upgrades nerfed by ~30%.
• Cristal Library combat upgrades have been buffed to reinforce roguelite progression.

General Balance Tweaks

• Protector
  • Gains +2 Strength/level (up from +1).
  • "Raise Shield" ability nerfed.

• Status Effects
  • Decaying Shield buffed.
  • Infested nerfed.
  • Blinded nerfed.

• Bosses & Elites
  • HP increased, but Strength reduced at levels 3–5.

• All enemies
  • Strength reduced at levels 3–5, but increased from level 7 onward.

• Merchants
  • Merchants in Cities now give more items

Bug Fixes

• Fixed several attacks that dealt pure damage with no type.
• "Ban Hammer" Fetish now correctly targets the launcher.

Known Issues (Still Investigating)

• Rare black screen blocking progress.
• Some units show the wrong sprite when stunned.
• Bosses can be stunned, even when they should be immune.
• Trade with merchants can be broken, allowing players to get insane amount of items

Patch 2.0.4 - Full changes

• Fixed a bug with the Dragonopterous not reappearing if you lost against him once, preventing you to complete the quest
  • ATTENTION, this is right now only fixed for new players doing the quest after this patch. To apply the fix on currently locked save, we need more time as it require editing the saves. We should be ready to deploy this on monday. If this happened to you, please wait monday (or alternatively you can delete your save files and start over). We're very sorry about this, but rather deploy the fix now for future players even if it is partial
• Fixed an error in Ban Hammer's fetish description
• Azor boss cannot be stun anymore
• "Shields Up!" attack :
  • Now give 90% of his shield to the protected person (previous value : 180%)
• Memory Overload attack :
  • Base ratio reduced from 1.8 and 1.5 to 1.3 and 1.3
• Fixed an upgrade that was boosting ratios AND adding another "Deal Damage"

Bug issues

Balancing

Sandwalkers - 2.0.3 version - 09/04/2025 full patchnote

• Fix an issue with the follower rising global experience gain instead of just combat experience

Patch 2.0.2 changelog

• Fixed a bug when some players were stuck while trying to access another map
• Fixed a bug with enemies encounters happening way too often on the new maps
• Fixed the broken text in “Hostage” quest
• General audio fixes

Sandwalkers 2.0.1 Update - Patchnote

• Fix an edge-case causing a black screen on old saves after walking 3 000+ steps

v2.0 Patch Notes

Content

• Nebulous, Azore, Palatine and Umama questlines are now available with their own maps and monsters!

• Add 3 more levels to scalable upgrades to match the new endgame progression.
• Add a new upgrade that increases all Supplies gains.

• New memories have been created to match the new achievable milestones.

• New Encyclopedia entries have been added to match the new achievable milestones.

• Several new achievements have been added on Steam.

• Two new events, created in collaboration with Hyruga, one of our early backers!

UX

• Added a reveal sequence when you reach a place for the first time.
• Upgrades are now highlighted, making their purpose much easier to understand.
• The game will auto-save more frequently.

Sound

• 50+ sounds and 10 musics added.

Balancing

• Increased the number of Supplies tiles you can find in desert areas.
• Added some low-supplies-cost tiles in the first desert.
• Cf “New Crystal Library Upgrades”: Added a new upgrade that increases all Supplies gains.
• Reduced roguelite fight bonus and increased monsters’ scaling.
• Items’ weight has been reduced, and maximum weight gains through Crystal Library upgrades have increased.
• Various other tweaks.

Bugfix

• Pinned quests were sometimes automatically unpinned.
• Fixed various issues with roads and permanent changes on the map.
• Quest markers were sometimes not appearing correctly.
• Fixed various UI overlapping issues.
• Removed the "Cocoon" effect from the game, as it was too buggy.
• Many, many other bug fixes related to quests, localization, attacks, and upgrades.

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Sandwalkers 1.3.3 Update - Full detailed patchnote

• Fix an edge-case causing a blocker on old saves after finishing the early access content

Let's keep it short: the full version of Sandwalkers will launch on April 8th!

What awaits you with this update?

See you all on April 8th!!!

Bugfix

• “Regeneration” effect was giving a wrong feedback
• Damages were not always impacted by weather as they should
• Several fixes on attacks upgrades, especially on the Swordman and Aeromancer
• “Open Wound” effect didn’t impact “Bleeding” damages
• Various issues on Encyclopedia entries & Memories
• Several issues with the new “Enter Town” button
• The hostage wasn’t removed properly after ending the “Hostage” quest
• Other minor fixes

v1.3 - Patch Notes

New Content

• Quests
  • Sheitanists are plotting against the Mka in Musawenkosi, and only the caravans can stop them!
  • A new minor quest is also available at Totong after completing the civil war questline.
• Upgrades have been reworked for all classes:
  • Each upgrade now exists in multiple rarities.
  • New upgrades have been added for all characters.
  • Various fixes.
• Followers & rarities:
  • Approximately 20 followers have been added to the game.
  • They come in various rarities and can be recruited in cities.
• New tiles allow you to gather Memory Points, Supplies (for a Bait), Hope and even more upgrades for your caravaneers.
• Several new events can now be encountered.

Bugfix

• Fixed missing characters when starting a fight.
• Resolved various issues with damage calculation.
• Fixed multiple localization issues.
• Fixed several quest-related issues.
• Health gauges were sometimes overlapped by character sprites.
• The 15th Caravan classes were not unlocked in the Encyclopedia.

Polish

• Rebalanced most events.
• Various UX/UI improvements.

Patch 1.2.5 changelog :

Bugfix

• Launching a attack that removes debuffs was sometimes causing a blocker
• The Log couldn’t be open sometimes
• Details tooltip was sometimes frozen on screen during fights
• Equiping an equipment during fight setup phase wasn’t updating the stats display properly
• Units were sometimes changing their attacks’ intention
• Some texts were not refreshing correctly after changing the language
• Tamer was always proposing the same beasts with their ability
• Some sprites were overlapping in fights
• “Tracking” Hunter ability wasn’t always dezooming as it should
• Weird stuff happening if a caravaneer died while interacting with a exploration items like Macerate
• The Hope tutorial wasn’t displayed at the right moment
• Keyboard’s shortcuts are no longer available on the Fragment screen
• Some events tooltip were not displayed correctly
• Various issues with tooltips hovering critical information or gameplay
• Various broken texts in different languages in :
  • Encyclopedia
  • Achievements
  • Fights
  • Events
  • Settings

Polish

• Your fragments are now displayed in the top gauge
• The “level-up / upgrade choice” sequence has been improved
• The ambush gauge is not displayed anymore during FTUE. It’s also properly onboarded with a small tooltip later in the game.
• Improve quest pin/unpin UX
• Small improvements on “Riddle Duel” quest
• Various small UX/UI improvements

Bugfix

• We significantly improved loading time before and after a fight and are still working on it: restarting the game should reduce your loading time until we definitely fix it.

Fight

• Rare blocker after the fight during tutorial
• Rare blocker when a caravaneer dies in combat
• UI elements were sometimes overlapped by sprites
• Enemies were sometimes not losing their “Stunned” status after their turn
• Caravaneers’ sprites are now displayed correctly when you access your inventory during a fight setup
• “Exalted” icon was duplicated in fights

Exploration

• Rare blocker when accepting a quest
• Camera was moving weirdly during the tutorial after a manual movement
• Right click cannot break the World Map screen anymore
• “!” notification was always present on the Log
• Right click could cause a blocker during events.
• Some places had a duplicate of their sprite

Others

• Low Health Points feedback on screen’s borders not displayed anymore in Crystal Library
• Fix broken texts in quests, events and “Memories” tab of the log
• Starting a new caravan after leaving the End of Run screen was blocking the game sometimes
• Caravaneers’ Health Points were sometimes disappearing from the Caravan’s screen

Watch the reveal trailer

Features

• Turn-based tactics: play matches mixing volleyball and dodgeball, where every action can make a difference!
• Sailpunk universe: take part in a tournament in a fantasy world filled with animals with a wide variety of abilities.
• Roguelike progression: win consecutive matches to find victory. One defeat means starting from scratch!
• Perfect your strategy: each team has its own synergies and combos, offering a variety of gameplay styles and strategies to adapt to each match.
• Create combos: train your champions, unlock new attacks and equip them with powerful items.
• Secondary challenges: complete bonus objectives during matches to gain additional rewards.

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