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Risk of Rain 2 patches, to the point.

What changed in each version and which guide it affects. Each patch links to its official notes.

15 October 2026

Hallowed Concepts Hotfix.

Enforcer no longer clips through the terrain with some skills. The team warns that it can still happen in rare cases.

Affects Enforcer.

Official notes for this patch →

8 October 2026

Hallowed Concepts.

The DLC adds two new survivors. Enforcer comes unlocked and Acolyte has to be unlocked.

Affects Enforcer, Acolyte, Character tier list.

Six survivors get a new skill with its own unlock condition. They are Sabotage, Laser Cyclone, Cloying Breath, Tectonic Blast, Laser Cutter and Proliferation.

Affects Commando, Huntress, Acrid, Artificer, Engineer, REX.

The Karma system arrives. It is optional and can make the final fight on the moon much harder.

Affects Mithrix.

The Halcyon Shrine appears on stage 1 in about 50% of runs. It drains gold at 7 ticks per second instead of 5, raises 3 golems instead of 2, and gives worse loot on stage 1.

Affects Shrines and chests.

Bubble Shield now stops explosions from outside, including Voidling's laser. FIREWALL gets the same fix.

Affects Engineer, Operator.

Double Tap had a lower attack speed cap than intended, and that is now fixed.

Affects Commando.

Eviscerate now passes through allies instead of targeting them.

Affects Mercenary.

Laser of the Father now scales with attack speed.

Affects False Son.

False Son as a boss loses his 1% crit chance, which is now 0%. His dash no longer gives hidden invincibility, only a small armor boost.

Affects Bosses.

A possibly infinite chain of effects between Runic Lens (item) and ATG missiles is fixed.

Affects Items.

Official notes for this patch →

19 February 2026

Steamdeck Controls Update.

This patch changes nothing the guides talk about.

Official notes for this patch →

9 December 2025

Alloyed Collective 1.4.1.

Tornado Slam rises from 170% to 220% damage, and its final hit from 400% to 600%. Ending it early by jumping no longer uses a jump.

Affects Drifter.

Solus Heart goes from 6000 to 7500 base health and from 10 to 11 base damage. Alloy Hunter goes from 3000 to 3600 base health.

Affects Bosses.

Hiker's Boots always gives its bonus when you hit from higher up, and the proc coefficient no longer matters.

Affects Items.

Safer Spaces (item) no longer wastes its shield when you are hit while invulnerable, for example during Eviscerate.

Affects Mercenary, Items.

The description of Railgunner's active reload said 100% bonus damage on a perfect reload. The correct figure is 500%.

Affects Railgunner.

Single-use equipment is now consumed with an empty extra slot from Functional Coupler (item). That ends the trick of using it forever.

Affects Items.

Official notes for this patch →

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Source: official Risk of Rain 2 notes on Steam. Our own summary, last reviewed on 5 November 2026.