Backpack Battles Patch 0.5.3

PatchOct 15, 2023

It has been a wild week for us! A lot of streamers are covering Backpack Battles and right now it's the most played demo on Steam! So, thanks for checking the demo out and wishlisting the full game <3 We're only a…

Official notes on Steam ↗

Official changelog (from the Steam announcement)

NEW RECIPE: Crossblades
New Ranger Skin is available!
Bags can now be placed onto other filled bags, swapping items that are inside and throwing those out that don't fit
Item rarity distribution is now shown in a tooltip when hovering “Shop” sign top right
Push-to-Storage button is now more physical, so it’s hard to click by accident and more fun!
Storage box can now be lifted for no reason at all

Balance

Reaper now starts with a Dagger instead of a Fly agaric
Piercing Arrow: Moved green tiles to make them easier to place. Generating Luck no longer counts as an activation.
Yggdrasil Leaf: Mana gain 2 -> 1
Poison Ivy: Damage bonus 20% -> 25%, Poison threshold 15 -> 13
Cursed Dagger. Cooldown 2.0s -> 2.5s
Gloves of Haste: Speed bonus 25% -> 20%
Hammer: Stun duration 0.6s -> 0.5s
Magic Staff/Critwood Staff/Staff of unhealing: Cooldown + 0.2
Vampiric Gloves: Speed bonus 40% -> 35%
Blood Harvester: Stamina cost 1.8 -> 1.6
Blueberries: Cooldown 3.0s -> 3.5s
Poison Goobert: Now applies 3 Poison, but needs 5 activations
Steel Goobert: Damage increase +3 -> +2, Block gain 18 -> 20
Blood Goobert: Base lifesteal 5 -> 8
Leather Armor: Block 40 -> 45
Holy Armor: Block 45 -> 55
Strong Health Potion: Heal 15 -> 18
Stoneskin Potion: Convert 15 -> 30 (previously 6 -> 16)
Strong Stoneskin Potion: Convert 15 -> 35 (previously 8 -> 24). Now also gives 3 Spikes for 3s
Falcon Blade: Damage 2-4 -> 3-4
Wooden Buckler: Block chance 30% -> 25%

Fixes

Fixed tooltip of multiple fanny packs still displaying 10%
Gems now show sockets when hovered
Fixed Vampiric Gloves stars showing up as filled too often
Fixed Ranger’s arm being above items
Green lines between Hammer and Piggybank look right again
Fixed crafting particles sometimes going into the wrong direction
Fixed some janky looking blue lines
Fixed player sometimes grabbing the wrong of 2 overlapping items
Fixed some tooltips staying open
Item throwing now also works with vsync enabled
Fixed socket games sometimes being in the wrong layer
Fixed missing items from some inventories
Fixed a networking issue

Other

Added Fatigue sub-tooltip
Improved Food sub-tooltip
Made empty stars more distinguished from filled stars
Added animation and sound when an item is placed and has filled stars
Wardrobe can now be closed by clicking anywhere on the screen