Server Combat and Visual Polish
- All battles now run on the server for more consistent combat results across devices.
- Improved performance for smoother gameplay.
- Fixed visual defects affecting some 3D equipment models.
Patch Notes
Player-facing changes only: features, balance direction, visible fixes, and release milestones.
New Character Added
- Added a new Human female character to the roster.
Localization Improvements
- Fixed localization issues across menus, combat messages, item names, shop content, and achievement details.
- Added Japanese language support with complete RPG-style translations and updated multilingual font support.
Improved Balance
- Improved balance across equipment, fighter stats, and combat matchups.
- Refined opponent generation so battles use more consistent level-appropriate gear and stats.
Reworked Combat Balance
- Reworked item stats, armor, weapon damage, and combat modifiers for clearer progression and fairer matchups.
- Improved AI opponent generation so fighters use independent archetypes and equipment instead of copied player builds.
- Updated Hunt and PvP balance checks across levels, equipment states, and fighter archetypes.
All Hunt Enemy Levels Now Available in 3D
- Every Hunt enemy from level 1 through level 7 now has its own unique 3D model.
- Normal and HD models load as downloadable content to keep the initial installation smaller.
Dark Medieval Fantasy Interface
- Reworked the game interface in a dark medieval fantasy style for a more consistent visual experience.
- Improved performance and loading optimization for smoother gameplay.
RuneScar Now Supports 8 Languages
- RuneScar now supports 8 languages: English, German, Spanish, Ukrainian, French, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.
Longer Hunts and Fairer AI Battles
- Reworked Hunt balance so enemy durability grows with difficulty and level, from shorter early encounters to longer Epic battles.
- Improved enemy damage scaling against equipped armor so heavily equipped fighters still face meaningful danger.
- Rebalanced every Hunt difficulty across levels 1-7 and naked, partial, and full equipment sets.
- Reworked local AI battles around fair, competitive matchups while preserving visible equipment and combat styles.
- Fixed incorrect weapon requirements on curated and premium items and improved selected Shop category styling.
New Tavern Backgrounds and Clearer Battles
- Added two new selectable Tavern backgrounds with animated rune and fire effects.
- Added an option to hide the inventory and equipment panels during battles for a clearer view of the arena.
Living Backgrounds and Level-3 3D Hunt Enemies
- Added subtle animated rune glow to the Tavern portal and flickering torchlight with procedural flame in the battle arena.
- All level-3 Hunt enemies are now available in 3D as downloadable content.
- Remote Hunt models keep the initial download smaller while loading their normal or HD textures as needed.
Experimental 2D/3D Backgrounds and 3D Hunt Enemies
- Added experimental selectable 2D and 3D Tavern backgrounds.
- All level-1 Hunt enemies are now presented in 3D.
- Higher-level Hunt models and optional HD textures remain downloadable content to keep the initial install smaller.
Vulkan Rendering and Device Compatibility
- Added Vulkan rendering for compatible modern Android devices.
- Older or incompatible Android devices automatically continue to use OpenGL ES 3 for stable graphics support.
- Refreshed the 3D footwear collection with updated models and textures.
3D Hunt Enemies and HD Graphics
- Added the first 3D Hunt enemy models: Crab, Mantis, and Rat.
- Added optional downloadable HD textures for 3D equipment and Hunt enemies.
- Expanded interactive 3D viewing with rotation, vertical movement, and zoom up to 200% for fighters and enemies.
- Higher-level 3D content is streamed as needed to keep the initial game download smaller.
3D Equipment and Startup Polish
- Completed a major fitting pass across the 3D equipment collection, including armor, pants, boots, gloves, shields, swords, daggers, and other weapons.
- Improved weapon grips, left-hand equipment, animation visibility, and equipment transitions so complete sets appear together.
- Added graphics quality options and character zoom with vertical inspection for viewing equipment up close.
- Moved higher-level 3D equipment into downloadable content packs to keep the base game smaller while preserving item quality.
- Reworked startup loading so the animated splash continues during heavy loading and the tavern waits for equipped gear or shows its download progress.
- Fixed missing or incorrectly displayed equipment, including the Doombringer Greatblade, and improved Android stability.
Full 3D Character Equipment
- The full tavern fighter is now represented in 3D.
- Every item category in the game now has 3D equipment that can be equipped directly on the character.
- Weapons, armor, helmets, pants, boots, and shields now appear on the 3D character preview.
Full 3D Weapons and Pants
- All weapons are now available in 3D for the tavern hero preview.
- Pants are now available in 3D alongside armor, boots, gloves, helmets, and weapons.
- Improved 3D weapon fitting, hanging details, and material quality so equipped items display more cleanly during character animation.
3D Equipment Fit and Tavern Animations
- Fitted the current 3D equipment set more closely for normal in-game visualization.
- Improved armor, pants, boots, helmet, and cloth details in the tavern hero preview.
- Added and polished tavern hero animations, including tap-driven movement sequences.
- Improved equipment state handling so missing item definitions no longer remove inventory or equipped items.
First 3D Equipment Preview
- Work has begun on fully 3D equipment for RuneScar fighters.
- The first experimental 3D equipment set is now available. At this stage, its models represent item classes rather than the exact appearance of every individual item.
- Future updates will add dedicated 3D models so each item can match its own artwork and identity.
- Added animated cloth details and improved equipment fitting during character animation.
Shop Reliability
- Pending purchases now complete automatically when you relaunch the game instead of waiting for the shop to open.
- Improved purchase and refund processing reliability.
Diamond Shop
- Diamond bundles are now available for purchase in the Shop — five options from Diamond Pouch to Diamond Throne.
- Diamonds are credited to your account instantly after purchase and are safe across devices.
Stats and Combat Fixes
- Fixed several cases where the wrong fighter stats were read during combat and UI updates, causing incorrect damage, display, and shop behavior.
Account Restore Fix
- Fixed a bug where progress was not restored after reinstalling the game or switching to a new device — the game now correctly recovers your nickname, stats, skins, and battle history from your linked Google Play account.
Animated Skins and Account Restore
- Improved animated hero skin transitions between the tavern, menus, and battles without disabling animated skins.
- Restored the intended animated starter hero skin for new players.
- Improved Google Play account restore after reinstall and prevented creation of an unlinked device account when platform sign-in is required.
- Fixed level 1 AI opponents receiving more weapon mastery than their level allows.
Account Restore and Startup Loading
- Improved clean reinstall account restore so linked platform accounts load server progress before first-start prompts appear.
- Protected restored server saves from being overwritten by a brand-new local starter save during launch.
- Decoupled the startup loading bar from tavern warmup so the splash video keeps playing while loading finishes.
- Moved heavier Shop preload work until after the startup splash closes.
Store UI and First-Start Polish
- Improved the Stats panel placement when opened over the Shop so it keeps the store controls readable.
- Updated the Stats panel background art for a cleaner tavern and shop presentation.
- Reduced the starter animated hero skin video size for smoother first launch on weaker Android devices.
- Improved first-start account sync timing so platform account prompts no longer cover the tutorial flow.
- Added extra protection against partial progress restore during account sync.
- Fixed the first nickname popup so the placeholder and typing caret are visible on Android.
- Adjusted first-start order so the tutorial finishes first, the nickname popup appears next, and platform account sync runs after the nickname is confirmed.
- Restored the tutorial unequip step and made the practice Novice Ring reset cleanly during repeated tutorial runs.
- Improved tutorial recovery after PvAI fights so returning to the tavern no longer leaves the tutorial blocked on the health timer.
- Reduced repeated platform profile prompts after the first account-sync attempt on a local install.
Fair PvAI and Store Build Prep
- Reworked PvAI battles so AI opponents use real gear, real stats, and the same combat rules as players.
- Removed hidden local-AI damage and armor modifiers from combat resolution.
- Updated PvAI equipment generation so opponents match the player's gear budget more closely and use proper weapons, shields, or dual weapons by build style.
- Balanced low-level Universal accessories so earrings and necklaces no longer stack extreme body armor.
- Adjusted high-level Universal items and reran PvP, PvAI, PvE, and item-audit balance passes.
- Prepared a fresh Android store build with updated RuneScar branding and Google Play listing assets.
Inventory UI and Tutorial Fixes
- Reworked the inventory UI for clearer tavern equipment management.
- Improved the tutorial equip step so the Novice Ring is easier to find and equip.
- Improved PvAI equipment matching when the player is fully equipped.
- Adjusted PvE item drops so rewards match the player's current level.
- Improved text input focus behavior for nickname and report fields.
- Cleaned up public site navigation and account safety support pages.
Stats, Skins, and Alpha Test
- Restored HP display on the Stats panel beside the combat modifier numbers.
- Fixed achievement badge display on the Stats screen.
- Added the Alpha/Beta test signup page with tester-badge rewards and invite collection.
- Updated fighter skin cards with corrected combat identities, short lore, and Free labels for free skins.
- Fixed the Novice Ring image in the item catalog and cleaned up free-price labels.
- Cleaned up Official Socials wording and support navigation.
- Refined the home hero summary with tactical RPG, PvP, PvE, and gear-build messaging.
- Backend improvements for account safety, store readiness, and server reliability.
Account Safety and Combat Tuning
- Prepared safer account transfer between devices.
- Blocked combat starts and shop purchases when the game cannot reach the server.
- Retuned PvAI and PvE pressure so equipped builds stay closer to intended fight outcomes.
- Backend improvements for save protection and server-side validation.
Tutorial, PvAI, and Shop Fixes
- Added the first tutorial flow for core tavern, shop, inventory, and fight actions.
- Adjusted PvAI equipment and balance behavior.
- Fixed premium item price sync between game, server, and site.
Achievements and PvAI Balance
- Added achievements and badge popups to the game.
- Adjusted PvAI balance.
Combat Balance Repair
- Fixed dodge resolution so visible Anti-Dodge fully suppresses lower visible Dodge instead of allowing hidden counter rolls.
- Rebalanced early PvP items so Dodger, Crit, and Tank counters work from level 1 through level 7.
- Improved Enemy AI equipment selection so opponents spawn with gear that better matches the player's current equipment level.
- Retuned PvE hunt pressure after the combat balance repair to keep each difficulty close to its intended win-rate table.
- Cleaned up tavern and battle HP bars so they show compact values like 18/18 without the extra HP prefix.
Season Ladder Preview
- Added MMR rank display and a full season leaderboard path.
- Prepared monthly season rewards for top 3, top 10, and top 100 fighters.
- Added account deletion and support flows for store readiness.
- Refined the home Season of Glory preview with a wider Top 10 Fighters table and cleaner mobile ladder flow.
- Moved the mobile Full Ladder action after the ladder table so it stays centered and inside the screen.
- Kept delete-account input text and placeholder layout scene-authored instead of forcing it from code.
- Reset new local account economy defaults to 0 gold and 0 diamonds.
PvP Stability Pass
- Improved active battle response behavior during repeated polling.
- Reduced server load from idle match checks and matchmaking bursts.
- Improved ready-check flow for team matches.
Release UI Pass
- Updated tavern ladder entry, socials popup, and support navigation.
- Prepared server-owned currency and purchase validation foundations.
- Improved several button states so selected actions read more clearly.