Megabonk Christmas Patch notes (v1.0.49)

What changed

• CHANGEPot (stainless steel)

  Pot (Stainless Steel) now only affects weapons

  Pot (Stainless Steel) now only raises weapon levels, and each extra Pot gives one level less, down to a minimum of +2.

  Pot (Stainless Steel) now only affects weapons and gives diminishing returns per amount stacked.

  • Pot (Stainless Steel) now only affects weapons and gives diminishing returns per amount stacked. It starts normally at 10 extra level to your weapons, and gives one less level per stack. So your 9th pot or more will only give +2 max levels for weapons. +2 is the minimum amount.

  TipEach pot gives one level less than the one before it, down to a floor. Take the first few, send later pickups elsewhere, and note they no longer touch tomes at all.

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• CHANGEBeefy Ring

  Beefy ring now scales with overheal

  Beefy Ring now gets stronger with overheal.

  TipBeefy Ring rewards healing past your maximum, so pair it with sustain rather than treating overheal as wasted.

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• BUFFPower Gloves

  Power Gloves increased base damage, radius

  Power Gloves hit harder over a larger area and can reach a lower minimum cooldown, so they can attack more often.

  Power Gloves increased base damage, radius and decreased the minimum cooldown

  TipThe cooldown floor moved down, so cooldown reduction keeps paying on the gloves further than the old limit allowed. Build cooldown alongside them rather than treating the stat as maxed.

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• BUFFGolden Sneakers

  Golden sneakers now gain twice as much gold per meter

  Golden Sneakers earn twice as much gold for every meter you travel.

  Golden sneakers now gain twice as much gold per meter travelled 0.05 -> 0.1

  TipGolden Sneakers now pay double per metre travelled, which rewards actually routing around the map instead of camping a corner.

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  NERFMultiple items

  Removed Silver Gain from Charge Shrines, Chaos Tome

  Charge Shrines, the Chaos Tome and Dicehead's passive can no longer give Silver Gain.

  Removed Silver Gain from Charge Shrines, Chaos Tome and Diceheads passive

  TipSilver Gain came off Charge Shrines, Chaos Tome and Dicehead's passive together. If your old silver farming route relied on stacking all three, it no longer works.

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  CHANGEMultiple items

  Removed Jump Height from Chaos Tome and Diceheads passive

  The Chaos Tome and Dicehead's passive can no longer give Jump Height.

  TipJump Height came off Chaos Tome and Dicehead's passive, so airborne builds lost two of their easier sources of it.

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• CHANGEGreen Credit Card

  Green Credit Card -> Each card increases chest prices by 10%

  Each Green Credit Card now raises chest prices, so stacking many cards makes chests very expensive.

  Green Credit Card -> Each card increases chest prices by 10%.

  • Green Credit Card -> Each card increases chest prices by 10%. This change should still keep it fun in casual play, but hopefully not make it mandatory for leaderboard runs anymore, as chests will be very expensive if you keep stacking credit cards. It also makes canonical sense since it's a credit card lol

  TipGreen Credit Cards now make every chest more expensive as you stack them. The old habit of stacking cards and spamming chests is exactly what this targets, so bring gold multiplier back into your build.

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• CHANGEKevin

  Kevin -> Moved up one tier in rarity (Purple / Epic)

  Kevin is now a Purple (Epic) item, one rarity tier higher than before.

  Kevin -> Moved up one tier in rarity (Purple / Epic) because of how strong and how much utility this item has

  TipKevin shows up less often at the higher rarity, so take it when it appears rather than passing in the hope of a better offer.

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• CHANGEGraveyard

  Made some changes to the Graveyard achievements based on common feedback

  Several Graveyard achievements are easier after players said they were too hard.

  Made some changes to the Graveyard achievements based on common feedback.

  • Made some changes to the Graveyard achievements based on common feedback. Most people thought they were too difficult:
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• CHANGEMonke

  Pot Achievement -> can now be done with any character you want

  The Pot achievement can now be done with any character, so it is much easier, for example with Monke.

  Pot Achievement -> can now be done with any character you want.

  • Pot Achievement -> can now be done with any character you want. Based on feedback people hated this achievement with a passion, but it's now pretty easy if you just play Monke or something

  TipThe Pot achievement no longer locks you to one character, so chase it on the run you are already having rather than starting a dedicated one.

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• CHANGEBob's Light

  Bob's Light Achievement -> Now you only need to kill Big

  The Bob's Light achievement now only asks you to kill Big Bob with a lamp explosion, so it is much easier to get.

  Bob's Light Achievement -> Now you only need to kill Big Bob with a lamp explosion, so the achievement should be a lot easier

  TipBring a lamp into the Big Bob fight and the achievement resolves itself. Nothing else needs lining up.

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• CHANGEPots

  Auto Select Levelup Upgrades by Highest Rarity ->

  A new option lets the game pick the highest rarity level-up upgrades for you, which helps once Pots push your levels very high.

  Auto Select Levelup Upgrades by Highest Rarity -> You can now allow the game to select the highest rarity upgrades for you.

  • Auto Select Levelup Upgrades by Highest Rarity -> You can now allow the game to select the highest rarity upgrades for you. Nice to have when you get Pots and start leveling your stuff very high.

  TipTurn this on for leaderboard pushes where reading every offer costs time. Leave it off when your build needs specific picks rather than rare ones.

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  CHANGESystem

  Auto Select After Level -> Set the level at which you want

  A new setting lets you choose the level where the game starts picking upgrades for you automatically.

  Auto Select After Level -> Set the level at which you want the game to start automatically selecting upgrades for you

  TipThe level threshold is the useful part: set it above the point where your build is still being decided, so only the late picks get taken automatically.

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  CHANGESystem

  Use Horizontal movement keys to navigate Chest opening

  Moving between chest buttons with the left and right movement keys is now off by default, so holding A or D while opening a chest won't banish an item by accident.

  Use Horizontal movement keys to navigate Chest opening buttons -> This is now disabled by default.

  • Use Horizontal movement keys to navigate Chest opening buttons -> This is now disabled by default. This is to prevent holding A or D for movement while opening a chest and accidentally banishing an item

  TipIf you navigated chest options with A and D, that is off by default now and needs turning back on. Otherwise holding a movement key with a chest open no longer risks banishing the item.

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• S

  FIXSystem

  Fixed: Kevin and Leeching Crystal didn't proc Megachad's Flex passive

  Fixed a bug where Kevin and Leeching Crystal didn't proc Megachad's Flex passive

  TipKevin and Leeching Crystal were silently failing to trigger Megachad's Flex. If you built Megachad around either item and it felt flat, this is why.

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• FIXCursed Grabbies

  Fixed: Cursed Grabbies didn't proc like

  Fixed a bug where Cursed Grabbies didn't proc like it should

  TipPick Cursed Grabbies up again next time it is offered and watch what it actually does. Any read you had on it predates this fix, so it is not evidence about how the item performs now.

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• FIXMicrowave

  Fixed: if a Micowave took away a maxed item

  Microwaving a maxed item now puts it back in the item pool, so you can still find more of it later.

  Fixed a bug where if a Micowave took away a maxed item, you could no longer get more of that item.

  • Fixed a bug where if a Micowave took away a maxed item, you could no longer get more of that item.
  • Now, if you microwave a maxed item, that item is added back to the item pool.

  TipTreat a maxed item as re-obtainable after you microwave it rather than gone for the run. You still lose the copy you fed in, so only do it when you are willing to pick that item back up from scratch.

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• NEWWizard's Hat

  New Item: Wizard's Hat -> Functions as a pot but for Tomes

  Wizard's Hat is a new item that works like a Pot but for your Tomes.

  TipTome levels have their own item now, so a tome build and a weapon build compete for different pickups instead of the same ones.

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• NERFFox

  Fox passive nerf 2% -> 1.5% luck per level

  Fox's passive gives less luck per level.

  TipFox's luck per level was cut back after the earlier buff, landing between the two. Luck builds still work, they just need more supporting items than they did in the version right before this.

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• BUFFDicehead

  Dicehead's passive reward multiplier increased 50% -> 75%

  Dicehead's passive gives bigger rewards, with a higher reward multiplier and a higher minimum reward.

  Dicehead's passive reward multiplier increased 50% -> 75% and minimum reward from 4% -> 6%

  TipBoth Dicehead's reward multiplier and his floor went up here, so this is a straight buff on top of the Spooky Update change. He is in a much better place than at launch.

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• CHANGEBrass Knuckles

  Brass Knuckles base radius increase 7 -> 8

  Brass Knuckles have a bigger base radius, so they hit enemies across a wider area.

  TipA slightly larger base radius on Brass Knuckles, which mostly helps in tight crowds where you were just missing the outer ring.

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• BUFFBob's Light

  Bob's Light buff

  Bob's Light is much more likely to kill a Red Ghost in one hit.

  Bob's Light buff - now has a higher chance to one-shot Red Ghosts 15% -> 33%

  TipBob's Light is now more than twice as likely to one-shot Red Ghosts, which makes it a real answer to them rather than a coin flip.

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• CHANGERoberto

  Roberto's passive buff -> it now takes longer to go from 60 -> 120 seconds

  Roberto's passive now goes up by half as much per chest, so it takes longer to climb from its starting time to its maximum.

  Roberto's passive buff -> it now takes longer to go from 60 -> 120 seconds.

  • Roberto's passive buff -> it now takes longer to go from 60 -> 120 seconds.
  • Previously it increased by 5s every chest, but now it only increases by 2.5s

  TipRoberto's timer now climbs more slowly per chest, so his ceiling takes longer to reach. Plan for a longer run with him than you used to.

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• CHANGEUnstable Transfusion

  Unstable Transfusion - Chance to apply Bloodmark 27% -> 35%

  Unstable Transfusion applies Bloodmark more often.

  TipUnstable Transfusion applies Bloodmark noticeably more often, which makes it a more reliable partner for bleed builds than it was.

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• BUFFGiant Fork

  Giant Fork - By default a megacrit does 4x damage

  Giant Fork megacrits now hit harder with each extra fork you stack, so collecting more forks is worth more than before.

  Giant Fork - By default a megacrit does 4x damage, but this now increases by 0.15 per stack of forks.

  • Giant Fork - By default a megacrit does 4x damage, but this now increases by 0.15 per stack of forks. This is a nice buff that makes stacking the item more valuable than previously

  TipMegacrit damage rises with every fork you hold, so duplicates are the point rather than a waste. Take the second and third copy over a fresh item.

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• CHANGEGolden Shield

  Golden Shield -> Now gives more gold upon taking damage

  Golden Shield gives more gold when you take damage, but less when the damage comes from Kevin or Leeching Crystal.

  Golden Shield -> Now gives more gold upon taking damage, however if the damage is from Kevin or Leeching Crystal, the gold is reduced.

  • Golden Shield -> Now gives more gold upon taking damage, however if the damage is from Kevin or Leeching Crystal, the gold is reduced. Hopefully this gives Gold Multiplier stat some value again

  TipStack Gold Multiplier alongside it, since the developer says this change is meant to give that stat value again. Kevin and Leeching Crystal damage still pays, just less than damage from any other source.

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• BUFFClover

  Clover - Gives more luck 7.5% -> 10%

  Clover gives more luck.

  TipTake Clover earlier when you are hunting one specific item. More luck per copy means fewer copies before your offers start changing.

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• BUFFCrypt

  All Crypt Speedrun Skins have been made a little easier

  All Crypt Speedrun Skins give you a second or two more to finish the crypt, so they are a little easier to unlock.

  All Crypt Speedrun Skins have been made a little easier by giving +1 or +2 extra seconds to complete the crypt

  TipIf you missed a Crypt Speedrun skin by a hair, run it again before changing anything about your build. The extra seconds are the whole change, so the route that just failed may now clear.

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• SU

  NEWSpooky Update Achievements

  2 new achievements

  The Spooky Update adds two new achievements.

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• FIXCrypt

  Fixed: you could reset as you exited the crypt

  Fixed a bug where you could reset as you exited the crypt to get a time of 0 seconds (thanks snek...)

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• FIXBig Bob

  Fixed: the screen stayed dark after killing Big Bob right

  Fixed a bug where the screen stayed dark after killing Big Bob right after he did his darkness attack.

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• S

  FIXSystem

  Fixed: if you had custom music playing and reset

  Fixed a bug where if you had custom music playing and reset, music would not work anymore

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• BUFFLuck Tome

  Luck Tome - Gives more luck 7% -> 8%

  The Luck Tome gives slightly more luck.

  TipA small step on a single item, so judge it against whatever else could fill that tome slot rather than taking it for the luck alone.

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• CHANGEGreen Credit Card

  This will probably be adjusted more in the future when we

  The Green Credit Card may be tuned again in later patches, with diminishing returns per card one idea being considered.

  This will probably be adjusted more in the future when we see how this impacts stuff.

  • This will probably be adjusted more in the future when we see how this impacts stuff. Some other suggestions I've heard for the green credit cards is to give it diminishing returns per card, which is also an interesting idea.
  • But let's see how this plays out for now, and then I'll adjust accordingly in future patches.
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• CHANGESniper

  Buh's passive "Bullseye" now shows as its own damage source

  Buh's Bullseye passive now shows as its own line on the end screen instead of being counted as Sniper damage.

  Buh's passive "Bullseye" now shows as its own damage source at the end screen, instead of showing as Sniper damage

  TipAs Buh, read the end screen differently now: Bullseye was counted inside Sniper's total before and is split out, so Sniper will look weaker without anything about it changing.

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• CHANGESanta Hat

  Santa hat

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