[h3]Hi everyone,[/h3] Hope you had a great week! Backpack Battles is getting closer to release and we're very excited. This week's new item is a recipe available for Ranger & Reaper: The [b]Heart of Darkness[/b]! It interacts with Dark items and uses Regeneration. [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//44182194/051dc3352b7df5ce4f3df3d38b97abee535cd057.png[/img] [h3]Support Us![/h3] Backpack Battles is going into [b]Early Access on March 8th, 2024[/b] - which is in [b]12 days[/b]! So don't forget to wishlist it! Come talk to us! Join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/sbEkqeUKNr Also check out the [url=https://backpackbattles.wiki.gg/]new wiki[/url], maintained by some awesome community members! [h3]Patch notes for 0.8.3[/h3] [list] [*] NEW RECIPE: Heart of Darkness [/list] [b]Balance:[/b] [list] [*] The Fool: Speed bonus 25% -> 35% [*] Strong Pestilence Flask: Poison delay 6s -> 7s [*] Protective Purse: Block 5 -> 6 [*] Ruby Chonk: Heat required to stun 15 -> 12 [*] Fancy Fencing Rapier: Cooldown 1.6s -> 1.5s [*] Staff of Unhealing: Heal 10 -> 11 [*] Falcon Blade: Cooldown 2.1s -> 2.0s [*] Claws of Attack: Minimum damage +1 [*] Mr. Struggles: Speed buff duration 6s -> 8s [/list] [b]Fixes:[/b] [list] [*] Fixed an issue making items in storage harder to grab when drawing a box [/list] [b]Other:[/b] [list] [*] Combat time in seconds is now displayed near the speed slider [*] We have started to work on the Steam Deck compatibility. It should be somewhat playable currently, but still has a lot of issues we will address soon. [/list]