Rabbit and Steel — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Hotfix 2.0.2.6 | 2026-04-05 | Hi Rabbits,Small hotfix here, but I'm putting it in its own post because there's a higher chance than normal that it might break something.Basically, last year when I was merging all of the modding stuff with the DLC stuff, I missed some random bug fixes I made to the base game due to mistakes with my version control.I have reintegrated these fixes, but because of all the new content, I had to do a lot of it manually.And, because most of it is modding-related, it's possible that this hotfix will break a mod out there, somewhere.More likely, however, this hotfix will *fix* most of the mods that were broken by the DLC, especially those that rep |
| Patch 2.0.2.0 Patch Notes | 2026-03-27 | Hello Rabbits!Kept you waiting, but the balance patch is finally here!If you're wondering why it took so long... I ended up changing a ton!I gathered quite a bit of detailed feedback from players about the abilities, so I was all too tempted to adjust basically every undesirable gem upgrade in the game.So, lots of buffs, and lots of competely retooled ability upgrades!In addition to having a bit better character balance, I really wanted the different upgrade options to be more balanced as well.Many of the upgrades that have been in the game for a while really didn't synergize well with loot items or other abilities at all, and some just weren |
| Patch 2.0.1.3 Patch Notes | 2026-03-02 | Hello Rabbits,I'm still working on the balance update!I was going to wait until I was done with it to update the game again, but I recently found a fairly critical bug that I wanted to fix ASAP.So, while I'm here, I might as well post a few advertisements.First, both vocalists who sung songs for the game have posted special videos of them singing them!Tera with Subterra Sanctum - Action! Unlike the ingame version, she played the violin herself for this one! Definitely check it out!Kiichan with "Woven Into A Spell"! (I drew an animation for this one!)Second advertisement! The Assassin Plush, Hoodie, and Jellycat keychain are only available for |
| 2.0.1.0 Patch Notes | 2026-02-18 | - Added new unlockable Levitation Rings(Due to some changes to how trinkets work, the data for what trinket your character had equipped last play session needed to be erased. You will need to re-equip your favorite trinket when starting up the game after this update!)- Reduced Eternal Bloom's HP by about 10%- Removed butterfly dialog from all butterflies that show numbers above their heads as part of mechanics- Adjusted Farrah's 3rd mechanic to be slower on all difficulties (multiplayer only)- Adjusted Farrah's 4th mechanic to be more forgiving on Normal and Hard (multiplayer only)- Reduced the initial damage buff of Pyrite Earrings 10% > 5%- |
| New Collectables! | 2026-02-16 | Hello Rabbits!How has the DLC been going?...It's really really hard? I... I see!Would you believe me if I said I was actually trying to make it about the same difficulty as the base game...?Who knew those red circles could do so much damage.First order of business....NEW PLUSHIES, AND A HOODIE!!Assassin Rabbit is now a collectable plushie, and returning hydrous blob Jellycat is available as a keychain!And, we also have hoodies! They come in the game's blue-purple gradient with a bit of star speckles on them!(artistic depiction)If you wanted to throw money at me for the free DLC, consider this your chance. Available for the next 3 weeks!While |
| Hotfix 2.0.0.6 | 2026-02-13 | Hi rabbits; I intended for the previous hotfix to be the "last" one before I focused on a balance patch, but it turns out there were still so many bugs, I wanted to just put out one more patch.Though, I was already working on some other small things (like borderless fullscreen), which this patch also includes.I am aware that many people are still having performance issues. To be honest... I have no idea what's causing them right now. The game shouldn't be doing anything that should seriously tax a computer; it's just drawing a bunch of sprites.I have a feeling it's something to do with Gamemaker, the engine that the game runs on; but I'm not |
| Extra Mode Patch Notes & Hotfixes | 2026-02-10 | Hi rabbits, I kept having to patch the game over and over, so I'm separating out the patch notes!Despite a lot of new content, there actually weren't too many changes to pre-existing loot or enemies. I did try to keep a log of everything, but it's entirely possible that I missed a few things. A lot can happen in a year!If you notice a few things in particular getting nerfed, sorry! There's some places in Extra Mode where certain items were just TOO good, and I don't want to let a whole set of enemies be so extremely easy if you just get 1 item from the Spark set.(Very Incomplete) Patch Notes- New content was added! Lots of it! I'll let you di |
| RABBIT & STEEL: EXTRA MODE | 2026-02-06 | Thanks for your patience! And have fun!If you happen to find any bugs, the easiest way to inform me of them is in the Discord!!This is a free update, but if you really really want to give me money, please consider buying Extra Mode's Soundtrack! It should be available as I publish this post.And if you really really really really want to give me money, there will be some more merch coming out next week! Keep an eye on the Steam posts! |
| RABBIT & STEEL: EXTRA MODE (Coming Feb. 6th!) | 2026-01-25 | |
| Sorry Please Give Me a Bit More Time To Complete The DLC | 2025-12-12 | Hello Rabbits!It's been a few months! Just wanted to quickly make an update post, so as to not leave people completely in the dark as to the DLC's progress.I did say in some places that I wanted it out within the year no matter what, and it is currently December.Uh... it probably won't be coming out this month, sorry!The DLC is basically done, minus a few things here and there. The story is written and out to translators, and I think most of the bugs have been worked out.There is still work to be done on the final boss, some story CG to draw, and balance changes to be made to the new characters' abilities.However, I am still waiting on some t |
| Hammering In | 2025-09-19 | Hello Rabbits!I hope your September is going well!Mine has been pretty busy.I'm about 60% of the way through with boss fight work. Honestly, it's going a little slower than I envisioned it would....Well, I guess the whole DLC has (since I think I said "late summer" at some point) but that's neither here nor there.I'm trying to have the DLC done mid-November-ish, but we'll see how that goes.Hopefully other games continue to keep you occupied in the meantime.Today, another class preview and a boss fight preview!Thus far I've previewed two ranged classes, so it's high time for a melee class introduction.For that we now have the Hammermaid Rabbit |
| A Bounty of Loot! | 2025-07-15 | Hello Rabbits!!I return to your Steam Library news feed to bring you DLC progress updates. And gifs! And screenshots! And teasers!...Okay, that's not the only reason. I've also got...And not just one... but three!The iconic Wizard Rabbit with her iconic hat and iconic scowl!Her hair is super super floofy, which makes for a very satisfying squishing and hugging experience.By very very very popular demand, the Dancer Rabbit!Put her on the shelf right up next to your Heavyblade plush; no one will judge you.The Ancient Rabbit, with a detachable dragon pet that can velcro to her head!!Not going to lie, this one's in here cause I personally really |
| One Year of Rabbits!! | 2025-05-09 | Hello rabbits!! It's been a hot minute since I wrote a real dev blog. The last one was in... uhh was it really December...? Gosh, I need to make these things more often. I've been drawing! Mostly game assets for the DLC, but some other things as well. I now have all of the character and enemy animations for the DLC done. I also have all the playable character abilities and upgrades done; which means I can start putting sneak-peeks of them into these proofs of life dev logs. But first.... Today is the 1-year anniversary of the game's release!! It's truly been a wild year. I won't go into too many personal details, but quite a bit has changed f |
| Patch 1.0.4.5 | 2025-02-10 | Hello Rabbits! No proper dev blog this month; sorry! I've been doing lots of fun things; like going to Magfest, getting very sick from going to Magfest, and also moving house IRL. I have been making some progress on the DLC though! All of the background stages are now complete, and all of the design sketches for new enemies and classes are done. After this post I will enter "art hell"; doing nothing but animating characters for the next month. It's not quite as hot as the real hell, but it's about as much toil and suffering. In the meantime, look at this mysterious location! And these cute enemy sketches! I'll have a real dev blog showing som |
| Tassha & Tassha (& DLC Progress!) | 2024-12-11 | Hello Rabbits! The seasons continue to turn, and it is now almost winter in the Northern Hemisphere. What that means for you depends on where you live. Maybe you're somewhere where all the normal monsters are replaced with slightly stronger ice variants. As for me, I'm hard at work at Rabbit & Steel's DLC! For those who've missed me talking about it before; I am, infact, working on a content update to the game. However, unlike a lot of roguelikes that do a number of small patches that add items, bosses, whatever here and there, I am packing it all into one update! One chunky DLC. I figure it will be easier to convince your friends to come bac |
| Nominate Rabbit & Steel for the Steam Awards! | 2024-11-28 | Hello Rabbits! Steam Award nominations are underway.... Wouldn't it be cool if some game about rabbit girls got one? ..."Game of the Year" might be a bit of a longshot (although people have told me Rabbit & Steel is their GOTY, thank you!) But, maybe we can nab the "Better With Friends" Award! If you've had fun with friends playing Rabbit & Steel, maybe consider it! |
| Patch 1.0.4.2 | 2024-11-06 | Hello Rabbits, Back from vacation with a small update full of fixes. If your mods aren't perfectly aligned with the lobby you join, you should crash less. I'm not sure I've fixed every possible issue, but that's hard to know with something as flexible as mods. - Character skins now have a per-class icon that replaces the palette's face. In addition, instead of showing the replaced palette in character select, a message appears saying that a preview isn't available. Obviously the ideal solution would be that you could actually see your skin in the character select, but doing that would mean loading in all your skin sprites when you go to the c |
| Patch 1.0.4.0 - The Steam Workshop Update! | 2024-10-22 | Hello Rabbits! It's been a hot minute, but it's here! The Steam Workshop Update is now live to all players. You can make... Custom Items!! Character Skins!! (You could technically do this before, but now it's on Steam Workshop!) Custom Boss Fights!! ...And share them with the world!! To be honest, this took me a lot longer than I thought it would. Within the game, all of these are just data in spreadsheets, so I thought it would be as easy as letting you add your own spreadsheets. So I thought I could get it out by mid-September or so... ...But, I have been reminded that nothing is ever as easy as it seems when it comes to game development! A |
| Heavyblade Plush & Modding Beta Branch! | 2024-08-02 | Hello Rabbits, I've made some progress on Mod Support; and have some other updates! First, some excellent news! You can now purchase a Heavyblade Rabbit Plush! (Assuming you didn't already get one by pledging before). https://www.makeship.com/products/heavyblade-rabbit-plushie From the raiding roguelike RABBIT & STEEL comes THE Rabbit with THE Steel! Features ribbons, rabbit ears, an innocent smile, and a giant sword that solves all of her problems. Available from now until the 20th of August! Be sure to pick one up! If you pledged during the first campaign, you don't need to do anything further; your plush should already be on it's way. Chec |
| Patch 1.0.3.5 (Korean + Ukrainian Languages added!) | 2024-07-27 | Hello Rabbits, Small update with some bug fixes and new languages, courtesy of some people in the Discord! Rabbit & Steel now has a Korean translation by A1NVERSE, and a Ukrainian translation by Arficord! Before the patch notes, some development status updates: Mod Support: I've got a system for modding in Animations (to a greater extent than just replacing sprites) and Loot Items. But, a lot of the framework around it is still unfinished. So, things like a menu to turn mods on and off, and some of the network functionality of it all is still missing. I'll try to get a 'beta' version of it onto a separate branch sometime next week, in case pe |