Yao-Guai Hunter news & patch notes

V1.2.8 Update

① Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where returning to the main menu during an event and then loading the save could cause the game to soft-lock without showing the results screen when selecting a death-related option.

Fixed an issue where the armor values shown in Clever Shift options did not match the armor values displayed on the card when effects such as Broken or Tenacity were active.

Fixed an issue where Comet Punch played via Chaotic Cleaving would not take effect.

Fixed an issue where post-battle dialogue for Azi and AoYu was played incorrectly.

Fixed an issue where clicking the Run Details button on the victory screen could cause UI layering problems.

② Functions

In History, active skills are now also displayed in the “Talents” section, listed after passive talents.

In History, pills will now wrap to a new row when their count exceeds 17, preventing them from overflowing off the screen.

Added a tooltip to the “Total Keys” label in-game showing how many keys can be obtained per chapter (3 / 3 / 4 keys per chapter).

V1.2.7 Update

① Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where having Lightning Storm caused spell casts to deal 5 extra instances of LightningSurge damage to Hydra Heads.

Fixed an issue where Energy Garb counted Hydra Heads as additional enemies when determining the number of LightningSurge releases.

Fixed an issue where the cost reduction effect of the second card would not take effect after consecutively playing "Rear Assault".

Fixed an issue where Celestial Secrets Elixir and the Inner Skill Stingy incorrectly affected cards with the Reserve effect, causing the actual number of non-Reserve cards kept to be lower than expected.

Fixed an issue where Daily Run would lose all its attributes when drawing specific attributes.

Fixed an issue where Ao Yu attempting to use a skill during the dragon-transformation animation could cause her to switch incorrectly between human and dragon forms.

Fixed an issue where Shop icons in Chapters 2 and 3 could appear in incorrect positions on the map.

② Card Adjustments

Modified the description of Mo San's card "The Last Stand" to match its actual effect (cost reduction effect only applies to the current turn).

The Bottom card will now correctly be affected by the cost reduction effect.

③ Functions

Support for clicking the middle and side mouse buttons has been expanded in the hotkey settings.

V1.2.6 Update

① Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where the seed ID in the lower-right corner would be missing when loading a run file created outside the current session, causing the generated routes in subsequent chapters to become fixed.

Fixed an issue where Supreme Clarity Pill started with 1 stack of counters at the beginning of each battle.

V1.2.5 Update

① Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where item hotkeys would occasionally malfunction.

Fixed an issue where the Wuyou King would freeze when using skills in Korean version.

Fixed a missing translation issue for some enemy skills in Korean version.

Modified some translations in the English settings.

Modified the translations of some cards to match their actual effects.

V1.2.4 Update

① Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where killing an enemy with Calamity, or attempting to play a card when Calamity killed an enemy, could prevent the turn from ending.

Fixed an issue in the Japanese environment where Double Shot could not be played (and caused a freeze) when drawn with enough ammo.

Fixed an issue in the Korean environment where the turn count was not displayed.

Fixed an issue where, if a bottom card was in hand, AoYu could not revert to human form after transforming into Dragon.

② Features

In Custom Mode, the description of "At Ease" has been changed to “Perform 10 unavoidable Enlightens.”

Modified the materials of some textures.

Removed certain cards from the Codex that should not exist there.

MOD Remaster Related

Recently, we received reports that some native characters could not enter Chapter 4 of the Yao-Slaying Tower. After investigation, we found that this issue was caused by certain “Modified Starting Deck” MODs that did not include the “Chapter 4 Initial Event.”

We have uploaded fixed versions of these MODs to the Workshop. Below is a list of the updated MODs—please subscribe to the new versions if you are using them.

If the original authors see this announcement and would like to update, please add the Chapter 4 Initial Event to your MOD and contact the administrators. In that case, the updated versions uploaded by us will be hidden.

• 小川pro → 小川pro - Updated Version (Uploaded on September 22)

• 刽子手莫三 → Version 1.0 Executioner Mo San (Uploaded on April 22, thanks for support)

If you still encounter issues entering Chapter 4 after updating your subscription, please report it in QQ group 609768905, Discord, or leave a comment under the Steam announcement section. Thank you.

MOD Translation Related

All MOD content (including character names, buffs, cards, MOD names, and MOD descriptions) requires translation support from the MOD creators.

If the creators do not provide translation text, the original text will be displayed instead.

The game will switch fonts based on the current language setting. If the selected language is not Simplified/Traditional Chinese, the original text (in Chinese) will be displayed, which may result in missing characters—this is expected behavior.

Version 1.2.3 Update

① Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where Antique cards of +2 or higher could appear in the card selection pool.

Fixed a potential freeze when choosing "Treasure Expert".

Fixed an issue where some event texts were not translated.

Version 1.2.2 Update

① Features

Added Item Codex to the main menu.

Adjusted the position of the History button. It is now located under “Extra” → “History.”

Added quick-access buttons to join the QQ group and Discord channel in the main menu.

Added a card count indicator to the Deck button, showing the total number of cards in your deck.

Redesigned the controller button layout and adjusted the interface arrangement.

MOD characters can now properly select Inner Skills.

Optimized the structure of update packages. Starting from the next update, the download size for players will be minimized as much as possible.

② Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where Antique cards of +10 or higher did not display the correct rarity.

Fixed an issue where the Clam Yao dropped less than 30 Silver after taking damage.

Fixed an issue where quickly clicking the End Turn button during the “add to hand” animation could cause cards to be retained.

Fixed an issue where using Elemental Mastery failed to double LightningSurge stacks if an enemy was killed by LightningSurge.

Fixed an issue where Fire Hawk could not correctly add cards to the draw pile.

Fixed an occasional issue where the item-use hotkey did not work.

Fixed an issue where the Horse-faced Jailer's status bar could be obscured by Yao soldiers.

Fixed an issue where Yao soldiers' status bars could be obscured by hand cards.

Fixed a possible issue with sound effects not playing correctly.

In this update, a new language option has been added: Russian.

In version V1.2.0, we added many new items, which can now be purchased in the shop. For details, please refer to the V1.2.0 update notes.

In version V1.2.1, we fixed some bugs and adjusted certain translations. For more information, please refer to the V1.2.1 update notes.

We plan to add the following language options in future updates: French, German, and Spanish.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where enemies would gain "on dealing damage" bonuses even when attacking a target with the "Ethereal" buff and dealing no actual damage. Examples: Master of Beneficence, Fire Hawk, Bloodthirsty Dog Yao, Bloodthirsty Wolf Yao.

• Fixed an issue where the "Solitude" Inner Skill would incorrectly reset Action Points to the maximum when they exceeded the cap.

• Fixed an issue where sound effects would still play even when the volume was set to 0.

• Fixed an issue where using the Escape Talisman to enter the shop and then performing an SL (save/load) would cause the upper progress bar to display incorrectly.

• Fixed an issue where, while having the inner skill Witch Queen and using the card Soul Flame, the effect could be disrupted by enemy actions, preventing the full Strength bonus from applying.

• Fixed an incorrect effect description for Iron Hoe. It now correctly displays: Deal 15 damage.

• Fixed a freeze issue in the Japanese version of the Bamboo Forest and Refining Events.

• Fixed a freeze issue and a wrong Item cost in several Language versions of the Drunkard Events.

• Fixed a display bug where the action preview of the River Yao Crab Rider showed “Gain 8 Armor, deal 5 damage” but the armor value appeared as 0.

• Adjusted the position of Bowl Yao's clones to prevent their HP bars from being obscured by hand cards.

• Added some missing sound effects.

• Slightly increased the animation speed of card duplication.

• Optimized the display of inner pages in the Yao-guai Codex.

Translation Updates

• Added the missing effect description translation for Iron Hoe.

• Updated several Japanese translations for cards.

• Added the translation for Remove when Dripping Blood has 1 use remaining.

• Corrected translation errors in several English card and inner skill effect descriptions.

Item ! Item ! Item !

This version introduces many brand-new items!

Stores now sell items ! ! !

The drop rate of items from combat rewards has been increased by 5%.

New event: Porter (Grants +3 item slots)

New Items :

Treasure Chest ：Gain 3 random items.

Escape Talisman ：Escape from a battle with a Normal or Elite Yao-Guai and enter the store

Ginseng ：Gain 6 MAX HP.

Medicinal Liquor ：Heal 16 HP.

Spiked Armor ：Gain 16 Armor. Gain 8 Thorn

Pile of Poop ：Gain 8 Block. Add 2 Poop Bomb+ to your hand

Farseeing Lens ：Apply 5 Aim

Miasma Jar ：Apply 16 Poison.

Beehive ：Deal 3 damage. Mark. Summon 3 Killer Bees

Snack Pouch ：Generate 3 random Snack+ cards

Pendant ：Choose 1 from 3 Ancestor Cards+ to add to your hand. It costs 0 this turn.

Bronze Beast Mask ：Gain 1 Energy and 2 Hex

Appraisal Scroll ：Add 1 random Antique card to your hand. Upgrade all Antique cards you have.

Item Changes：

Ruyi

Old ：Deal 16 damage.

New ：Deal 22 damage.

System Changes

Enemy encounters are now fixed for the same seed.

Save-scumming no longer changes enemy intent.

Abandoning a battle now requires a confirmation.

The position of the confirmation button has been swapped with the "No no !" button.

Inner Skill Changes

Poison Vial

Old : At the start of each combat, add 3 upgraded Summons to your Draw Pile.

New : At the start of each combat, add 1 upgraded Summon to your Hand.

Treasure Expert

Old : At the start of each combat, upgrade ALL Antique cards you Have twice.

New : At the start of each combat, upgrade ALL Antique cards you Have.

BUG FIX

• Fixed an issue where the elixir selection screen would remain open if the player died during the Meat Stew event.

• Fixed several text errors in the English version.

Evil Sword: Now displays the number of turns remaining before reverting to human form after transforming back into its original state.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Mo San a freeze issue caused by using Blade Dance + Limit Break combo.

• Fixed Mo San the card Counter Slash with Bigger costs 1 energy when the draw pile is empty.

• Fixed AZi missing sound effects for Death Flame.

• Fixed AZi incorrect self-damage numbers for Death Flame.

• Fixed AZi Deteriorate not properly doubling Poison and Calamity effects on the Hydra's heads.

• Fixed AZi missing tooltip for the Inner Skill Hunting-Mark.

• Fixed Sha Er antiques with +1 or higher could not be Copied in the Tricks event.

• Fixed Sha Er Inner Skill Treasure Expert would reset a +18 antique back to +14.

• Fixed Sha Er Inner Skill Take them All cannot Reserve cards drawn by Buried Quicksand Trap at the end of turn.

• Fixed Sha Er Return to Earth not being affected by Broken, Tenacity, or Size Change.

• Fixed a text display issue in the Drunkard event.

• Fixed a bug where exiting the game while muted would reset the volume to 0 upon re-entry.

• Fixed Challenge Furious causing Hydra to gain 120 Strength.

• Fixed Wuyou King incorrectly causing “Remove” cards to “Vanish” instead.

• Fixed Giant Clam showing incorrect escape buff stacks after being stunned by Sap.

• Fixed incorrect condition for the achievement Spider's Lair.

• Fixed hand display issues at 800x600 resolution.

• Fixed two scenes where buffs were visually obstructed.

• Fixed error caused by clicking card rarity filters.

• Fixed count error in Old Monkey Yao entry in the Bestiary.

• Fixed lore text errors in cards like Night Pearl and Cursed Arrow.

• Fixed typos in the Monster Codex.

• Fixed "Abandon Run" during death screen could result in duplicate records in statistics.

• Fixed incorrect Korean translation for throwable item descriptions.

• Fixed translation errors in the Korean description of Action Points.

• Fixed decimal display issues across multiple language systems.

"Yao-guai Hunters" is now available in a new language version: Korean. At the same time, we have updated the V1.1.0 version, added new enemies and cards, and modified a large number of cards. For details, please see the V1.1.0 update announcement. The game is currently on sale~ We are proofreading other language versions, and will plan to launch Russian, French, German, and Spanish next.

Enemy

Cards

Mo San

Chuan

Azi

Ao Yu

Sha Er

Inne Skills

Elixir

Bug fixes

• Fixed the problem caused by full item bar in the event Red Carp
• Fixed the settlement problem of static damage and group damage of Ao Yu
• Fixed the display problem caused by clicking decks and settings
• Fixed the problem that after playing Swords and Swords, playing Breaking the Shackles cannot be settled correctly
• Fixed the problem that the sound effect can still be heard when the sound effect volume is 0
• Fixed the problem that Mo San's Blood Veins will cause the display error of the out-of-combat action power recovery
• Fixed the stuck problem caused by changing cards
• Fixed the problem that the display of the advanced flower street is inconsistent with the actual effect
• Fixed the upgrade animation error of the advanced martial arts field
• Fixed the error that Xiaochuan can dodge the damage of the clay sculpture while causing the spirit body not to be obtained
• Fixed the problem that there is no clearance animation when killing the magic sword when Ao Yu transforms into a dragon
• Fixed the problem that achievements such as Lightly Equipped cannot be unlocked when clearing Chapter 4
• Fixed the error caused by pressing Esc when viewing the deck
• Fixed the problem that the hunting mark of A Zi Xin Fa is displayed incorrectly
• Fixed The problem of missing animation for throwing props
• Fixed the problem of missing sound effects for Ao Yu throwing snowballs
• Fixed the problem that the achievement Lightly Equipped could not be completed
• Fixed the problem that the Traditional Chinese version of the event Routang would freeze
• Fixed the description ambiguity in the English version of A Zi's Snake Fist

Other changes

• Fixed a bug where viewing the deck during battle loading would cause the game to freeze
• Fixed a softlock caused by using “Dig Tunnel”
• Fixed a bug where using Chuan's "Hunt-and-Hit" rapidly could cause the game to freeze
• Fixed a bug where Ao Yu using "Claw Strike" in human form could freeze the game
• Fixed an issue where right-clicking to view card details in the shop page could trap the player on the details screen
• Fixed a bug where Zi’s Inner Skill "Death Pact" would reset SL stacks to 25 after being consumed
• Fixed a bug where "Adaptation" ignored the requirement for "Dig Tunnel" to discard two cards
• Fixed "Blind" not being treated as Debuff
• Fixed a bug where defeating the Old Dragon King would not unlock achievement
• Fixed the achievement "Until Next Time" unlocking even when no cards were drawn
• Fixed an issue where right-clicking card rarity in battle could incorrectly open the details view
• Fixed a discrepancy between the unlock condition and the description of ShaEr’s achievement "Shadow Shift Mirage"
• Fixed inconsistencies with matchmaking time in the Yao-Slaying Tower
• Fixed a bug where the custom option "Talented" would downgrade advanced Inner Skills to normal ones after refresh
• Fixed a missing description issue for Projectile
• Fixed incorrect text in the "Fist Chart"
• Fixed incorrect text in the "Pouch"

• Fixed missing visual effects for Chuan’s Inner Skill "Time Bomb"
• Fixed incorrect visuals for the Old Dragon King boss
• Fixed misaligned rage text in Mo San’s Inner Skill "Enraged"
• Fixed a bug where pressing ESC in the character selection screen would cause other modes to lose UI text
• Fixed a missing icon for the custom option "One True Love"
• Fixed dialogue box text alignment issues
• Fixed an issue with the story text of the "Bullseye" card
• Fixed a typo in the background lore of the Yao-Slaying Tower
• Fixed a typo in the description of the "Turtle Shell" buff
• Fixed "Hunting-Mark" and "Temporary Thorn" not appearing in yellow as keywords
• Fixed missing sound effects for the Boss “Master of Beneficence”

• Fixed missing translation for “Defeated xx” on the multi-language result screen
• Fixed missing translation of “Swallow Card” for the Toad enemy
• Fixed missing translation of “Overheated” in Chuan’s Inner Skill
• Fixed missing translation of the keyword "Pray+" in the Japanese version

About the V1.0 Update

Full Update Details

① New Chapter

② New Character

③ Codex Improvements

④ Bug Fixes

• Fixed several softlock issues involving Ao Yu.
• Corrected the Inner Skill "Concentration" description for Ao Yu.
• Fixed Ao Yu not playing the death animation when killed by reflected damage during dragon form.
• Fixed a bug where Ao Yu’s charge-up cards could get stuck visually after electrocuting enemies.
• Fixed Ao Yu’s “Quick Freeze” card not properly granting armor when targeting himself while Old Fisherman is invisible.
• Fixed Mo San’s Inner Skill "Demonic Infusion" not matching its described effect.
• Fixed the description text on Mo San’s card “Revenge.”
• Fixed a bug with A-Zi’s Inner Skill "Devotion" where “Mirror Mirage” would crash the game when copying summoned units in the boss fight against the King of Yao.
• Fixed an issue where using pearls outside of combat would not reward silver.
• Fixed “Backstab” and “Torture” not properly triggering on Hydra heads.
• Fixed a bug where Old Fisherman’s stealth death was incorrectly showing attack animations.
• Fixed a shop bug where buying two elixirs quickly would cause the same card to upgrade twice.
• Fixed a card draw timing issue when enemies shuffled dirty cards into the draw pile.
• Fixed a problem where picking up two items rapidly could cause one to disappear.
• Fixed some UI elements being obstructed by health bars.
• Fixed “Demonic Elixir” and “Raging Emotions” not appearing on the battle result screen.
• Fixed a visual bug where the chapter loading animation played twice.

⑤Language

What’s Next?

Chapter 4: The Locked Tower

New Characters

Content Update

Gameplay Update

Problem Fixes

Balanced

Function Optimization

Problem Fixes

Problem Fixes

Function Optimization