The patch notes you've all been waiting for! Those who have been experiencing issues with crossplay invites between Xbox and PC fret no more, as they have been fixed. Plus, many of you might be pleased to hear that the scope on the Joseph Heavy Automatic is GONE. Check out the rest of the patch notes below.
Sker Ritual Patch v.1.0.0.20458 - 26/04/2024
BUG FIXES & UPDATES - Added a Party Code System that can be used with cross-play enabled platforms to create private parties (PC, Xbox) - Increased Damage of the Joseph Heavy Automatic, from 45-30 to 75-45 - Removed the obscuring scope from the Joseph Heavy Automatic - Fixed an issue causing users to join other games or to be joined by other games while they're in online play - Fixed many collision issues & glitches in all levels - Fixed a bug causing the combination lock puzzle in "Cursed Lands of Lavernock" to get stuck - Fixed a bug causing the Game Summary screen to not appear if you've been disconnected by the host - Reduced the number of Abominations that spawn during the hidden story in "The Void" in "The Ashes of Sker Hotel" - Increase the radius of how close you need to be next to the lamb to escort it in "Cursed Lands of Lavernock" - Fix an issue causing duration to scale incorrectly for the "Critical Mass" miracle - Fixed an issue causing the visual for the Shattering Edge to not appear in the Upgrade machine when upgrading - Fixed an issue causing the environment hazards to not reset properly during the hidden story in "Deadly Lover's Fortress" - Fixed position of the sword in the furnace in "Deadly Lover's Fortress"
CONSOLE SPECIFIC UPDATES - Fixed an issue causing the game to run out of memory and crash on PlayStation 5 & Xbox Series X|S -Added the following graphics options to toggle: Volumetric Fog, Shadows, Micro Shadows, Contact Shadows, Subsurface Scattering & Blur - PS5: Potentially Fixed an issue causing the PlayStation 5 controller to vibrate in an online game when somebody else shoots when using the "Immersive" mode
It has been just over a week since launch and we once again wanted to thank you for your support and patience as we work to fix your bugs and issues!
A hotfix for you, a hotfix for you and a hotfix for YOU. We're continuing to tackle bugs and issues that you're feeding back to us. Thank you for your patience as we work through these.
Sker Ritual Patch v.1.0.0.20378 Hotfixes - 23/04/2024
BUG FIXES & UPDATES
Fixed an issue that caused the in-game camera to render at 60 frames a second even if your game is running at 300 FPS
Fixed an issue causing the footsteps to play more often if you were playing at higher than 60 FPS
Fixed an issue causing some "Kill Enemies within an area" objectives not to count if you kill a lot of enemies at once, it now counts every kill towards the credit
Fixed an issue causing the party UI to error
Fixed an issue causing matchmaking to be stuck
Fixed an issue with the Frostfire Miracle causing it to make enemies you hit quicker if you upgrade it instead of slower
Fixed an issue where using the Auto-Aim Miracle caused errors if the enemy had no head
Fixed an issue where Aim Assist using a controller would get stuck on enemies that disappear when you kill them unti you look at another enemy
Lowered volume of footsteps, will add a slider in a future patch so users can modify it
If you don't see your bug fix here, don't worry! We are determined to get as many fixed this week as possible so do keep an eye out for future patch and updates here.
First of all, a huge thank you to our community for making Sker Ritual's 1.0 launch an unforgettable one for this small, Welsh studio! We cannot thank you enough for the reception, reviews and engagement across the board.
Thank you also for being patient as we tackle issues and bugs that have been brought to our attention and we have been working on them as fast as we can. A hotfix patch was released over the weekend to tackle a few of these bugs and you can see what has already been fixed below.
Sker Ritual Patch v.1.0.0.20323 Hotfixes - 19/04/2024 - 21/04/2024
BUG FIXES & UPDATES - Improved CPU performance from texture loading and other small changes - Fixed multiple issues caused by other players leaving during a multiplayer game - Fixed an issue that caused the game not to end when everybody dies and has no token if someone has left the game - Fixed an issue that caused the scoreboard & game over screen to show people who are no longer in the game - Fixed an issue that caused Steam Deck to not show the Game Over screen when leaving the level - Fixed an issue that caused the game to break when swapping between Sker Passes automatically - Added icons for people who rebind actions to the middle mouse button and extra mouse buttons - Fixed a memory leak caused by the damage text - Fixed a memory leak caused by caching NPCs - Fixed a memory leak caused by points added notifications - Improved CPU performance of levels with loads of flickering lights - Videos should now skip if they fail to play, also added "ignoreVideos" as a launch option on Steam in case any other issues are caused by videos failing to play - Removed Aim Assist targets from fake NPCs in "Deadly Lover's Fortress" - Fixed an issue causing conflict in lobby names and sometimes making people join other random rooms - Fixed the Abraham boss fight sometimes leaving the room and resetting - Increased size of the teammate revive interact so you don't get interrupted when you get hit - Fixed some errors causing some abilities to sometimes break - Fixed the Diver Helmet enemy sometimes forgetting to leave the spawn zone
If you don't see your bug fix here, don't worry! We are determined to get as many fixed this week as possible so do keep an eye out for future patch and updates here.
It is here! Sker Ritual's 1.0 launch is finally here and you can check out below what lies in store for you below.
Sker Ritual Patch v.1.0.0 - 18/04/2024
NEW CONTENT - Added Hidden Stories - Added Ending & Hidden Story Cutscenes - Added Story Dialogue across the entire game
NEW WEAPONS - God Killer (Ultimate) - Hidden Story Reward - Launches a ball of energy which deals high amount of splash damage - Joseph Heavy Automatic: Light machine gun - Basil Automatic 1913 - Semi-automatic submachine gun - Baseball Bat - Melee
NEW COSMETICS - Added new masks linked to finishing the main & hidden stories - Added new masks tied to new hidden objectives and achievements - Added two new DLC's "Murderer Express" & "Headless Wanderer"
BUG FIXES & UPDATES - Updated Welsh Localization with the latest content - Added an option in Audio Options to disable the dialogue audio - Added an option in Interface Options to disable the dialogue portraits - Fixed issues with cross-play between Steam & Xbox - Improved multiplayer matching and stability - Fixed a major issue with enemies occasionally not appearing and desyncing in multiplayer matches - Fixed several collision based glitches - Fixed an issue causing you to not receive invites if you're already in a party - Fixed issue causing the hidden stories statistic to not track - Fixed one of the achievements not triggering - Fixed an issue causing the "Toggle Aim" option to be ignored when playing online - Improved performance and implemented optimizations across all 4 levels - Improved and optimized textures
From the entire Wales Interactive team, a huge thank you! We are truly grateful for all of your support on our Early Access journey and we hope you enjoy your 1.0 Sker experiences! If you'd like to be a part of our amazing community you can join us over in the Sker Ritual Discord!
The time has come! Sker Ritual's 1.0 launch is here along with a horde of console players as the 1-4 player fps zombie survival arrives on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Thank you to everyone who joined us and supported Sker Ritual on its early access journey and welcome to all those who will be having the Sker experience for the first time.
Sker Ritual has four unique locations to explore, with countless secrets to discover, optional objectives, and easter eggs which progress the story from Maid of Sker’s evil ending. Sker Ritual will also feature cross-play between Xbox and PC players.
“We are super excited to bring Sker Ritual to players on console and PC.” said Dr. David Banner MBE - CEO & Co-Founder at Wales Interactive. “Over the past two years, our core team of five has been working non-stop to implement community feedback from the PC Early Access, ensuring the 1.0/console launch is the complete package. We cannot wait to see the community response to Sker Ritual. Good luck out there, The Quiet Ones are waiting for you.”
As we mentioned last week, we have no more patches ahead of the big 1.0 launch this April! However, we wanted to share our latest release date trailer, let you know the results of our new upgraded weapon names AND remind you about an upcoming event!
We are so excited to bring you Sker Ritual's 1.0 launch on 18th April on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S! Crossplay will be available on launch for PC and Xbox.
Now it's time for some results. We've been taking your upgraded weapon name suggestions and we put all of them to a vote! There were some close votes but here are the winners:
Baseball Bat - Skerville Slugger Basil Automatic 1913 - Merchant of Death Joseph Heavy Automatic - The Death Drum
Thank you to everyone who took part in the voting over on our socials and in the Sker Ritual Discord!
We also wanted to remind anyone heading to #i72, the Insomnia Gaming Festival next week that Sker Ritual will be there! Meet the team, check out the game and maybe grab some goodies while you're there. Be sure to say hi, we can't wait to see you all!
This will be the last patch before our big 1.0 launch on 18th April!
Sker Ritual Patch v.0.5.9 - 15/03/2024
NEWLY UPDATED - Added final 13 achievements in preperation for launch, 5 of them are unobtainable until launch (hidden objectives) - Added "Biohazard Aegis" Tier 4 Miracle - Added a Tutorial Page in the Extras menu - Added a hint to indicate how to aquire certain cosmetics - Changed the interactaction to exit levels to a Hold to Interact - Increase cooldown on Elisabeth's Clone Adds phase spawns in "Deadly Lover's Hotel" - Enabled Crossplay between PC and Xbox as preperation for launch - Added an unique identifier if 2 people with the same nickname are in a group - Added identifiers next to names of players to show which network they're playing on if crossplay is enabled
BUG FIXES & UPDATES - Fixed a bug causing the Thunderbolt to sometimes not fire out its projectile - Fixed an issue with certain miracle UI elements showing colour in the description where they shouldn't - Fixed an issue where some objective items were dropped in spawn zones where player couldn't reach them - Fixed an issue with Dread Level Mask being equipped automatically - Fixed an issue with Dread Levels menu not showing correct XP remaining and unlocked rewards - Fixed a bug causing the "Winter Shield" miracle to not remove its effect when it should - Fixed not being able to click the "Refresh Miracles" with a mouse - Updated the formatting on certain objectives - Removed stack count from tracked objective items - Fixed issue with credits button appearing while in game - Updated credits
Once again, thank you for supporting Sker Ritual and our team, especially since the launch of Early Access in October 2022! We truly look forward to celebrating our 1.0 launch with you this April 18th and if you'd like to be a part of our amazing community you can join us over in the Sker Ritual Discord!
It's a patchless week this week as we work on console porting however we don't like to leave you without something to be excited about! We know you love a weapon drop and so we wanted to introduce you to a brand new gun named the Joseph Heavy Automatic.
The Joseph Heavy Automatic joins the Basil Automatic 1913, the baseball bat and our mysterious weapon coming to Sker Ritual soon!
Do you want to help us name the upgraded versions of the Joseph Heavy Automatic, the Basil Automatic 1913 and the Baseball Bat? Head down into the comments with your best suggestions and we will put all of the best names to a vote in our Sker Ritual Discord next week!
There's no patch this week but we couldn't let a Friday pass without sharing something with our amazing community! We wanted to show you a brand new mystery weapon, there's not much we can say at the moment because of spoilers but we'd love to hear your theories in the comments below!
If you also want to provide the team more feedback, find Sker Squads to take on the Quiet Ones with or enter giveaways and competitions, you can do so by joining the Sker Ritual Discord!
In this latest patch we've got new animations and visuals, additional UI support and more bug fixes to improve the Sker Ritual experience. If you don't see your big fix below let us know in the comments and we'll see if we can get that sorted before 1.0 in April. Not long to go now!
Sker Ritual Patch v.0.5.7 - 09/02/2024
NEWLY UPDATED - Added new animations & visuals to Notifications - Added an animation to the scoreboard & game over screens - Changed the ability to have only 1 perk upgrade active at a time, all upgrades are now persistent - Added cooldown on how often a Thunderbolt projectile can hit the same enemy - Added UI support for 16:10 & 4:3 screens - Increased the drop rate of the "Half Price" powerup to 30% - Updated footstep sounds
BUG FIXES - Fixed a bug causing the special waves in "The Ashes of Sker Hotel" to be every 15 rounds instead of 5 if you play on Nightmare - Fixed an issue caused by sorting layers of some HUD elements - Fixed an issue where some notes wouldn't be visible if a note had already been picked up - Fixed an issue where previewed cosmetic item would get stuck when browsing the menus - Fixed missing sounds in some areas
Once again, thank you for supporting Sker Ritual and our team! We hope you're enjoying all of the improvements and updates, and look forward to hearing your thoughts in the comments below and over on the Sker Ritual Discord!
If you also have a spare moment please do leave the game a review over on the Steam page which supports our Early Access Beta journey!
