It's a patchless week this week as we work on bugs and future updates 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 melee weapon which will soon be stepping up to the plate.
Batter up against the Quiet Ones with this barbaric home-made style weapon that features heated nails and barbed wire. Every run will be a home run when this baseball bat arrives on Sker Island.
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! We even have a competition running right now where you can win yourselves some DLCs so be sure to head on over.
In this latest patch we've got brand new achievements, cutscenes and some pesky bug fixes just to name a few. There are also some very exciting upcoming updates currently in testing phase which we're looking forward to sharing with you soon. But for now, take a look at the full patch details below.
Sker Ritual Patch v.0.5.6 - 26/01/2024
NEWLY ADDED - Added 8 New Achievements! - Added Intro & Outo cutscenes in every level excluding the outro for "Deadly Lover's Fortress" - Added third person animations for: Lantern, Torch, Perk Syringe, Quick Melee - Added a smoke trail to the Crossbow arrows - Added a progress bar when the gate opens in the "Deal with the Devil" objective in "Cursed Lands of Lavernock"
UPDATES & FIXES - Fixed an issue causing players who would be closest to the India Region to not be able to start multiplayer games - Fixed an issue causing "Max Ammo" to not really give you maximum ammo - Fixed an issue causing NPC harm effects to look stretched (poisoned, frozen, fire, electrified) - Fixed an issue causing one of the cannisters in "The Ashes of Sker Hotel" to not activate online - Modified several objective markers in "The Ashes of Sker Hotel" - Removed the delay when exiting "Cursed Lands of Lavernock" - Increased the cooldown of the Banshee Teleport and Guto's dashes - Reduced the drop rate of the Half Price powerup - Fixed a bug causing the "Live, Laugh, Love" to be unobtainable - Fixed an issue causing all perk upgrades to be active all at once - Fixed a bug causing some abilities to not communicate when playing online due to overlapping IDs - Scrolling now resets when browsing between the different cosmetic menus - Lowered the volume of player footsteps - Changed the names of most voice lines
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!
There's no patch this week so not only are we very excited to confirm that more weapons are coming to Sker Ritual but we're giving you a first look at the Basil Automatic 1916.
Are you excited for more weapons in Sker Ritual? Will you be pleading with Lucky to drop the Basil Automatic 1916 on your future runs? Let us know what you think in the comments!
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!
Meet the developers of Sker Ritual and descend into hell with all four episodes available to play at Insomnia March 29-31 2024 in Birmingham NEC.
Join us at this unmissable gaming festival with a whole host of guests, creators, cosplay and more! Not only that but The Insomnia Bring Your Own Computer is the UK's biggest LAN party running for over 20 years. Compete in esports tournaments, participate in multiplayer battles, enjoy an array of evening entertainment, or just hang out in the social gaming areas. If you haven't got your tickets yet, then grab them right here.
We'll also have some Sker Ritual goodies and giveaways for you at our stand too, so don't miss out on coming along and saying hi to the team! We can't wait to see you there.
Our team are all heading off to enjoy the holidays after a full to bursting year of news, announcements and updates! We would like to take this moment to thank our amazing players and community for supporting Sker Ritual through every step this year and we look forward to sharing our 1.0 launch with you in 2024! Bring on April!
We hope you all have a wonderful time this Christmas and New Year, and that Santa brings you everything that you asked for.
What's on our Christmas list, this year? Well, a Steam review is always up there as the BEST gift so if you do have a spare moment, you can leave the game a review over on the Steam page which supports us as we head toward our launch!
Today we bring you an update with a requested feature to track your stats globally and on a per-level basis. With that comes a new dedicated main menu Stat Screen as well as a new post game summary featuring any Sker Pass items you unlock as well as your Dread Level progression, a new Leaderboard screen for each locations, all accompanied by some additional minor improvements and fixes...
Sker Ritual Patch v.0.5.5 - 15/12/2023
STATISTICS Added a Statistics Menu accessible via Upgrades -> Statistics
The following statistics are available: - Time Played - Games Played - Games Won - Games Lost - Kills - Critical Kills - Bosses Killed - Deaths - Revives - Rounds Survived - Best Time: Cursed Lands of Lavernock - Best Time: The Ashes of Sker Hotel - Best Time: Sewers of the Dead - Best Time: Deadly Lover's Fortress
POST GAME SUMMARY This screen will show you what rewards you earned in your latest game, additional info will be added soon.
LEADERBOARDS Access them by visiting the Community Hub - > View Stats -> Global Leaderboards
- Best Time: Cursed Lands of Lavernock - Best Time: The Ashes of Sker Hotel - Best Time: Sewers of the Dead - Best Time: Deadly Lover's Fortress
- Highest Score: Cursed Lands of Lavernock - Highest Score: The Ashes of Sker Hotel - Highest Score: Sewers of the Dead - Highest Score: Deadly Lover's Fortress
- Highest Round: Cursed Lands of Lavernock - Highest Round: The Ashes of Sker Hotel - Highest Round: Sewers of the Dead - Highest Round: Deadly Lover's Fortress
ADDITIONAL UPDATES - Added Audio for Jumping, Landing, Crouching and Uncrouching - Improved Player Footsteps Audio - Fixed a few readable Notes appearing with internal names
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!
An update on a Thursday! Sker Islanders, we have some visual upgrades and a couple of bug fixes for you in this latest patch.
Sker Ritual Patch v.0.5.4 - 06/12/2023
ADDITIONS & ISSUE FIXES
- Added Visual upgrades to higher tiers for the following weapons: Howler, The Plague, Shattering Edge - Added a guide to the loading screen, you can disable this in Interface Options
- Added an option to turn off the following Interface Elements - Player Name In-game - Player Frame - Party Frames - Boss Health Bar - Area Name UI - Ability UI - Equipment UI - Modifier UI - Point Notifications - Current Round UI
- Added an option to disable Seasonal Events, it can be found in Interface Options - Added more tutorial tips on the loading screen
- Fixed a bug causing enemies to scale incorrectly online on Easy - Fixed a bug causing Dread Levels to appear as locked
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!
Ho, ho, ho we have a very festive update for you this week! Episode 4, Deadly Lover's Fortress has had a little holiday makeover that we hope will add some cheer to the colder Winter nights. The Quiet Ones have decorated the trees with colourful lights, perfectly wrapped gifts and have even given Lucky a new hat and collar.
Sker Ritual Patch v.0.5.3 - 01/12/2023
- Christmas Seasonal Event decorations for "Deadly Lover's Fortress" and Lucky - Added the "Bloody Night" Christmas Cosmetic DLC to the Store - Changed the visuals for Exiting Levels
- Fixed a bug causing "The Plague" weapon to animate incorrectly after sliding & swapping weapons - Lowered the damage of "Thunderbolt" by 10% - Fixed lower performance if Render Scale is set to 100% with Dynamic Resolution Disabled
Not only that we have just launched a brand new DLC that we think would pair perfectly with this update...Bloody Night is now available and includes:
Zombie Santa Mask -An Exclusive Premium Mask of Zombie Santa
Snowy Forest -An Exclusive Premium Animated Menu Background of the Snowy Forest
Ho Ho Ho -An Exclusive In-Game Voice Line because you’re Santa-mental
Dead Santa Emblem -An Exclusive Dead Santa Emblem Player Icon because you are snow joke.
Once again, thank you for supporting Sker Ritual and our team! If you have any questions or would like to chat with our team, please head to 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 us as we head toward our launch!
Do you want to research Miracles so that you can prepare builds before you launch into a run? Or maybe check out all of the weapons and their upgrades? We know many of you do! We've had requests wanting to have all the latest and up to date Sker Ritual information in one place. Which is why we have started a Sker Ritual Fandom Wiki page and loaded it with high quality images to get the Wiki started.
A BIG thank you to Elizabeth in our Sker Ritual Discord for already making an incredible start but if you would like to join us and be a part in creating a Sker Ritual info hub to be proud of then check it out now.
Once again, thank you for supporting Sker Ritual and our team! There is no update this week but we hope that your Sker Ritual experience is getting even more fun! If you have any questions or would like to chat with our team about helping out with the Wiki, please head to 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 journey!
