Version 0.8.57278
Player-facing summary of the July 24, 2026 Tears of Metal balance, progression, gameplay, UI, multiplayer, and localization update.
- Ruadh now unlocks after defeating the Banshee.
- Wallace’s Flamberge now costs 3 Dragonstones; his Celtic Longsword costs 500 Triskelle.
- Boss attacks that break block can now be parried.
- Distant Cloaks now lowers Threat by 2.
- A Distraction now costs Coins instead of Dragonstones.
- Cutthroat’s Blade was added as a Common Charm, granting 10% critical-hit chance on Finishers.
- Kill Streak was renamed Chain Streak.
What changed for players
The patch focused on early progression friction, clearer economy choices, and combat consistency. In particular, the boss-parry change makes block-breaking attacks interact with the same precision-defense language used elsewhere in combat.
Fix coverage
The official notes also cover multiplayer stability, controller behavior, achievement and unlock conditions, event and objective bugs, collision and animation problems, UI legibility, crashes, and localization corrections. Those fixes are not converted into invented database values: the wiki only changes a structured value when it can be tied to a verified build or an explicit official note.
Source and data status
Read Paper Cult’s full official patch notes on Steam:primary announcementor the parallel Steam feed entry.
Catalogue boundary: static values on this wiki are sourced from Steam build 24342600. Runtime-only behavior, random rolls, and save-specific state are labeled or omitted rather than guessed.