If purgatory hasn't killed you yet, it's because you have an excellent build. It's time to prove it!

Continuing our 1-Year Anniversary month celebrations, we are officially opening our Build Showcase Contest. We are looking for the most brutal, creative, or downright chaotic strategies you've created in one year of Hell Clock. Remember: the best build isn't just the one that wins; it's the one with style!

How it works: Players must create and document a build to survive or destroy the demons of purgatory. The Rogue team will test and evaluate the best submissions, and we will choose two winners based on the following categories:

• 🥇 Most Efficient Build

• 🌪️ Most Chaotic Build

• Starts: August 5th

• Ends: August 22nd at 12:00 PM BRT / 11:00 AM ET

1. Where to post: Players must post their builds on a platform of their choice: Steam (Guides), Maxroll, or a YouTube video.

2. How to Submit: After publishing, the link must be sent exclusively in our Discord, in the [c]#builds-and-guides[/c] channel.

3. Mandatory Title: Your Guide or Video must necessarily have the exact title: "Hell Clock 1-Year Anniversary, my submission for the event!"

4. Originality: Only original content. Plagiarism or copying another player's exact guide will result in immediate disqualification.

5. Share Rights: By participating, you authorize the Rogue team to share your builds on our official channels to promote the game. We will always give proper credit to the author!

Due to shipping logistics, we have two different prize pools: a Digital-Only pool for our Global community, and a Physical pool exclusive to residents of Brazil. The winner of each category (Efficient and Chaotic) will receive the full bundle below:

🌐 Global Prizes (Digital Only)

• 1 Code (Base Game + Cursed War DLC for PC, Xbox, or PS)

• High-Quality A4 Poster (Base Game and Cursed War - Digital File)

• Digital Artbook

• Digital Soundtrack Code

(Note to Brazilian players: Check the Portuguese section below for your physical prize pool!)

Prepare your arsenals, document your strategies, and good luck, survivors! ⚙️💥

New week, new patch. Let's get into it.

As Hell Clock has grown in complexity, the Reliquary has also been expanded far beyond its original design. As a result, even changes to this screen that seem simple may require significant time and careful work to avoid accidentally destroying everything introducing new issues. That's why some of the most requested improvements, such as customizable tabs, aren’t in the game yet.

That said, we’re bringing two small quality-of-life improvements: 

• Season-exclusive Relics will now display the Season Icon on the Relic tooltip. 

• The Relic Reward Screen and the Reliquary will now display a highlight icon on Relics you haven’t collected yet.

This patch includes several fixes for Relics that were not working properly.
As a result, most of these Relics should feel "stronger", not because they were buffed, but because we've fixed core mechanics that weren't working as intended.

• Crimson Necklace: Fixed the Relic converting Physical Damage into Lightning Damage instead of Fire Damage.

• Moldy Skull: Fixed an issue where the relic was removing half of the player’s damage instead of applying the effect described in the Affix.

• Infested Skull: Fixed the Relic Affix not correctly using (Relic Roll × Shadow Dash Damage) to calculate the explosion damage. Also fixed the Explosion Radius not scaling correctly with Skill Area of Effect modifiers.

• The Crossing: Fixed the Affix Roll not correctly affecting the Bleed application interval. We’ve also improved rounding precision for Affix values below 3 for every affix in the game.

• Throwing Spear: Fixed the Spear projectile damage not scaling with Projectile Amount and the Affix Roll not being correctly applied as the projectile’s base damage.

• Crimson Sword: Fixed the Relic’s Roll being displayed as a multiplicative bonus instead of a multiplicative-additive bonus.

• Voice of War: Fixed an issue where the Relic could grant multiple instances of the damage buff when more than one Brute was active at the same time. The damage buff will now also remain active if the Brute dies during the Taunt.

• Scout’s Medal: Fixed the Affix not working correctly when combined with other Movement Speed modifiers.

• Mother of Perpetual Help (and other Effect Status Areas): There was an issue where Mother of Perpetual Help’s buff was not being correctly reapplied when moving from one Slow Time bubble to another. While investigating this, we discovered a broader problem with how Effect Areas were handled. This fix now applies to all Status Effect Areas.

• Relaxed Mode’s “Come Back Stronger” popup will now appear only once per run after 7 minutes, instead of appearing after each floor.

• Shrine buff effects are now revealed when hovering over a Shrine or when getting close to interact with it using a controller.

• Second Wind activation now clears all remaining delayed damage instances (such as Endurance damage over time effects) before resurrecting the player.

• Fixed Nina’s Monster hitbox position, allowing Brutes and Charia Summons to consistently land their attacks. 

• Fixed an issue where breakables would respawn between waves on the Seven O'Clock Train.

Our team remains focused on addressing the most impactful issues, from smaller fixes to larger and more complex problems. We haven’t forgotten about the performance issues and crashes some players are experiencing, both on PC and consoles. Unfortunately, these are among the more challenging issues we’re currently working through.

Whenever possible, we’ll continue to bring improvements that enhance the overall player experience.

That’s all for this update. Thank you once again for your patience and for the incredible support you’ve continued to show us.

Abraços

~ The Hell Clock Team 

The post-launch fury after the release of 'Cursed War' has wound down and we could now take a breath and work on loads of fixes for the game.

We're very thankful for all your feedback and patience throughout the launch, and we can't wait for you to see and feel these fixes for yourself in-game. So let's get straight into it.

Not all demons in Purgatory have horns... some have feathers.

1 year ago, a little "typo" summoned an entity our community never forgot. You asked for it, time passed, and what started as an inside joke is now canon.

Keep your eyes peeled when roaming through Quixeramobim. Starting today, a legend is lurking. Can you find the most famous (and feared) rooster in the wasteland?

• Fixed Death Bell using an incorrect damage multiplier instead of the Relic's rolled value.

• Fixed Explosive Lead's "Marked" status effect appearing in the Character Debuffs list when the projectile bounced back to the player.

• Fixed Shadow Dash still triggering the Tenkiel's Skyhammer effect after unequipping Death Worship.

• Fixed Marksmen Rifles moving without the player having activated the 'Relentless Hunters' Unique Blessing.

• Fix Toll of the Dead not Spawning/Despawning Phantoms correctly when combined with Summon the Guard.

• Fix Iemanja's Power Orb Maximum Amount increment not reverting on node respec.

• Reduced Duke's Green and Red Projectiles hitbox radius.

• Fixed Duke's Projectile Spiral being cast far above the player's height.

• Added internal hit cooldown to Madman's Projectiles and AoEs.

• Added internal hit cooldown to Minister of War's Whirlwind projectiles and projectile rain AoEs.

• Fixed Matriarch's not using the correct summon skill while Enraged.

• Fixed Matriarch's minions not using the spinning projectile skill on Endgame with extra Boss-mechanics.

• Projectiles fired by Angry Swarms now follow a more predictable trajectory and have a longer cooldown between attacks.

• Fixed the following enemy modifiers that wasn't working on Ascension and Endless Nightmares:

  • Enemies Shoot Additional Projectiles.

  • Enemies Move and Attack Faster.

  • Enemy increased Area Attack Radius.

• Reduce Death Bell's and Head Cutter's falling projectiles flashing effects.

• Fixed an issue where Blessing View would still show blessings from a skill the player had unequipped after the previous run.

• Elite enemies with the Explosive and Plague Explosion affixes now display more noticeable visual feedback above their heads.

• Fixed some fields on the game's HUD displaying invalid characters in some languages.

• Fixed Player's Stat debuffs showing green colors at tooltips.

• Removed the invisible wall near the Act 2 entrance in Quixeramobim.

• Fixed an issue where Necropolis and Laboratory Breakable Jars could appear without textures.

• Fixed the size of the bottle thrown by 'The Doctor's Hand' unique enemy.

• Fixed an issue that corrupted some save files, halting progression in the corrupted save slot for those affected players.

• Fixed an issue that would lock out players from the Ascension mode on PlayStation 5.

• Fixed an issue that caused a long delay between confirming the selected Penances and the start of Ascension. 

• Fixed quest tab bar shortcut button not working on consoles.

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The team’s now focusing on stability issues, as well as fixes for bugs caught by both our community and our hard-at-work QA duo. We're also aware of noticeable optimization and visual issues that are hampering players' experience, especially towards the Endgame, and we hope to have more to show on that in the future.

Abraços!

~ The Hell Clock Team 

It is time to raid your closets and kitchen cabinets! Continuing our 1-Year Anniversary month celebrations, we are officially opening our Low-Budget Cosplay Contest.

You do not need expensive materials, metal armor, or a Hollywood wardrobe to survive in Purgatory. We want to see your creativity, improvisation, and most importantly, your sense of humor!

How it works: The community needs to put together a low-budget cosplay of the Sertão. You can use common household items (brooms, cardboard, pots, bedsheets, duct tape, you name it!) to recreate the look of Pajeú or any other character or demon from the game. Creativity and humor matter more than perfection!

• Starts: July 27th

• Ends: August 22nd at 12:00 PM BRT / 11:00 PM ET

1. Where to post: Cosplay photos/videos can be posted on Social Media (X/Twitter, Instagram), here on Steam (Artwork section), or in our Discord channel [c]#cosplay[/c].

2. Mandatory Title: Your post must necessarily have the exact title: "Hell Clock 1-Year Anniversary, my submission for the event!"

3. Mandatory Tags (Social Media): If you are posting on social media, it is mandatory to tag our official profiles:

   • Global Players: Tag [c]@HellClockGame[/c]

   • Players in Brazil: Tag [c]@playhellclock.br[/c]

4. Image Rights: By participating, you authorize the Rogue team to share your work on our official networks to promote the game. We will always give proper credit to the author!

Due to shipping logistics, we have two different prize pools: a Digital-Only pool for our Global community, and a Physical pool exclusive to residents of Brazil.

🌐 Global Prizes (Digital Only)

• 🥇 1st Place:

  • 1 Digital Artbook

  • High-Quality A4 Poster (Base Game and Cursed War - Digital File)

  • Digital Soundtrack Code

  • 1 Code (Base Game + Cursed War DLC for PC, Xbox, or PS).

• 🥈 2nd Place:

  • High-Quality A4 Poster (Base Game and Cursed War - Digital File)

  • Digital Soundtrack Code

  • 1 Code (Base Game + Cursed War DLC for PC, Xbox, or PS).

• 🥉 3rd Place:

  • 1 Code (Base Game + Cursed War DLC for PC, Xbox, or PS).

(Note to Brazilian players: Check the Portuguese section below for your physical prize pool!)

Unleash your inner survivor, grab that trusty broomstick, and let’s see what you’ve got! ⚔️🌵

The ink is about to spill in Purgatory! To kick off our 1-Year Anniversary month, we are launching our official Fanart Contest.

The world of Hell Clock and the Cursed War expansion is deeply rooted in Brazilian culture. Now, we want to see your vision of our universe through the lens of traditional art.

How it works: Community artists must draw characters, demons, or scenes from Hell Clock or Cursed War emulating the classic visual style of Brazilian "Cordel" woodcuts. We're looking for black and white art with rustic, striking lines!

• Starts: July 23rd

• Ends: August 22nd at 12:00 AM BRT / 11:00 AM ET

1. Where to post: Artworks can be posted on Social Media (X/Twitter, Bluesky, Instagram), here on Steam (Artwork section), or in our Discord channel[discord.com] [c]#fanart[/c].

2. Mandatory Title: Your post must necessarily have the exact title: "Hell Clock 1-Year Anniversary, my submission for the event!"

3. Mandatory Tags (Social Media): If you are posting on social media, you must tag our official profiles:

   • Global Players: Tag [c]@HellClockGame[/c]

   • Players in Brazil: Tag [c]@playhellclock.br[/c]

4. No AI Allowed: We do not accept AI-generated art (Artificial Intelligence). This is a celebration of human creativity!

5. Originality: Only original content. Plagiarism will result in immediate disqualification.

6. Image Rights: By participating, you authorize the Rogue team to share your work on our official networks to promote the game. We will always give proper credit to the author!

Due to shipping logistics, we have two different prize pools: a Digital-Only pool for our Global community, and a Physical pool exclusive to residents of Brazil.

🌐 Global Prizes (Digital Only)

• 🥇 1st Place:

  • 1 Digital Artbook

  • High-Quality A4 Poster (Base Game and Cursed War - Digital File)

  • Digital Soundtrack Code

  • 1 Code (Base Game + Cursed War DLC for PC, Xbox, or PS).

• 🥈 2nd Place:

  • High-Quality A4 Poster (Base Game and Cursed War - Digital File)

  • Digital Soundtrack Code

  • 1 Code (Base Game + Cursed War DLC for PC, Xbox, or PS).

• 🥉 3rd Place:

  • 1 Code (Base Game + Cursed War DLC for PC, Xbox, or PS).

(Note to Brazilian players: Check the Portuguese section below for your physical prize pool!)

Grab your tools, let your creativity flow, and show us the dark beauty of the Sertão! ⚔️📜

Our journey through Canudos would be nothing without you. The clock keeps ticking, but today we pause to celebrate who really matters: our community. We've prepared a whole month of events, challenges, and prizes to commemorate this historic milestone.

From artists to strategists, from cosplayers to meme masters: there's room for everyone in our Anniversary Celebration!

We are hosting four major community events over the next 30 days. We'll share dedicated posts with specific rules and prize details when each event begins, but here is a sneak peek of what you can expect:

• Fanart Contest ("Purgatory Woodcuts"): Show us your art inspired by the classic Brazilian "Xilogravura" style.

• Low-Budget Cosplay ("Improvised Cangaço"): Grab your household items and show us your best improvisations.

• Build Showcase: Share your most efficient or absolutely chaotic builds.

• Purgatory Memes: Make us laugh with your best Hell Clock memes.

🎁 Prizes: Participants will have the chance to win Digital Artbooks, Digital Soundtracks, and Game/DLC Keys (PC, Xbox, or PS)!

• July 22: Anniversary Kickoff!

• July 23: Start of the Fanart Contest

• July 27: Start of the Cosplay Contest

• August 05: Start of the Build Showcase

• August 12: Start of the Meme Contest

• August 22: 🛑 End of all Submissions

• August 28: Announcement of the Winners!

Thank you so much for believing in us and playing Hell Clock. Keep an eye on our Steam news and join our Discord Server[discord.gg] so you don't miss any of the upcoming event rules. Let's make history! ⚔️📜

What a journey, Clockmarkers!

The Race to Hell has officially come to an end, and we're absolutely blown away by the skill, speed, and dedication shown by the community.

Before we get to the final standings, we want to take a moment to highlight the absolute cinematic finish for the 1st place. Potato-King-Kai took the crown, beating Havel by a jaw-dropping difference of just 1 minute! We were watching the dispute closely on both of your streams, and it was genuinely thrilling to witness your dedication and push for the absolute limit. You both put on an incredible show!

A Special In-Game Tribute

In celebration of our winner's dedication, incredible skills, some... let's just call "unorthodox" actions that led him to the ultimate prize in this race, we are excited to announce that we are developing a brand new in-game Relic: The King's Potato! The Relic's lore will read: "Racing Hell for my Wife - PotatoKingKai", and it will be implemented in our game very soon!

Here are the legends who braved the depths and secured their spots in the Top 10:

1. Potato-King-Kai

2. Havel

3. gopuri

4. EbonVoid

5. KillerMasy / André

6. MungGao

7. Conditionally Triggered

8. perrythepig

9. asta

10. Shelqo

• 1st Place (Potato-King-Kai): Will receive a Horizon Core pre-build gaming PC from Starforge Systems, a custom Hell Clock art case, and a Steam key for each title in the Mad Mushroom portfolio!

• Top 10 Submissions: Each of the players listed above will receive three Steam keys for the Hell Clock Supporter’s Edition (Base Game + DLC)

How to claim: We will be reaching out to each of you directly via Discord DM to arrange the delivery of your prizes. Keep an eye on your inboxes!

We want to extend a huge thank you to every single participant. Even if you didn't finish the race or make the top 10, we saw you playing, grinding, and having fun. All of this support means the world to us and fuels our team to keep pushing forward. Expect more news and updates for Hell Clock very soon!

See you in the next challenge!

The release of Cursed War (finally!), our console launch, and the Race Challenge. 

2.0 is the biggest update Hell Clock has received to date. Seeing all of you dive into Cursed War new story arc, challenges and Endgame systems has been amazing. 

To every member of Hell Clock’s community that helped us with playtesting, feedback and bug hunting  (even after Palworld's shadow drop right in our faces) we are grateful for all your support! 

As always, launch week also means bugs. Today’s patch focuses primarily on fixing unintended Relic and skill behavior, Campaign and Endgame progression blockers, Localization issues and many other problems you reported over the last few days.

We've added gamepad rumble feedback to every skill in the game, making combat feel much more responsive when playing on gamepad.

We fixed some missing or placeholder translations introduced in 2.0, most of them affecting Unique Blessings and Unique Relics.

Some players are experiencing a critical issue causing crashes and save data loss. This issue has only been observed on the PS5 version of the game. Our team is fully focused on resolving them as quickly as possible.

We are also aware that the Ascension mode is currently broken on PS5. This problem has now been fixed, and Ascension will be fixed in the next update.

• We're continuing to improve the game's overall performance.

• Investigating an issue where players can receive more Constellation Points than intended from Cursed Shrines.

• We're also looking into a issue preventing some players from claiming their Twitch Drops,

First of all, thank you to everyone who took part in the Race. Who needs the World Cup when we've got multiple streams open, watching all of you battle for first place?

We'll announce the winners soon! Until then, keep pushing those builds and we'll see you in Hell.

• Added controller rumble support for every Skill.

• Reduced flashing visual effects for Carcará Dive and Bombardment.

• Uber Unique Relics now use the same VFX presentation as Unique Blessings.

• Fixed Black Cilice causing zero damage while the player is at full Life.

• Fixed Charred Figurine not properly scaling Holy Fire's damage with Skill Projectile Amount. 

• Fixed Blighted Carcass Pierce/Explosion being nullified by the From Nothingness node from the Yebá Beló constellation.

• Fixed Death Bell Devotion affinity to Discipline

• Fixed Blood Boil Devotion affinity to Fury

• Fixed Infection not increasing Bleed duration.

• Temporarily removed Vultures from Survival Floors while we investigate an issue where they sometimes freeze in the flying state, blocking run progression.

• Fixed Tamarindo's Arena Portal spawning immediately after the boss escaped, allowing players to unintentionally skip the Unique Relic reward.

• Fixed an issue where the player could get stuck during an in-game campaign cutscene by pausing the game while Pajeú was moving.

• Fixed non-hitscan Projectile Attacks using fixed breakpoints for Projectile Amount instead of percentage-based additional projectile chance.

• Enraged Deadman's homing projectiles now become increasingly accurate over time.

• Removed projectile collision against curtains and beds in the Laboratory and Research Camp.

• Fixed Act IV being incorrectly displayed on the Cursed Shrine Checklist popup on Ascension.

• Renamed Acts to Steps in the Ascension Cursed Shrine Checklist.

• Fixed placeholder localization appearing for Unique Blessings in some languages:

  • Sanctuary (Slow Time)

  • Blessed Speed (Prayer of Health)

  • Righteous Blade (Prayer of Health)

  • Swift Vengeance (Prayer of Vengeance)

  • Relentless Hunters (Phantom Marksmen)

  • Ashes of Mourning (Bombardment)

  • Blighted Carcass (Holy Fire)

• Fixed The Crossing displaying the incorrect Skill name for Slow Time in Brazilian Portuguese.

• Fixed Stolen Weapons displaying its description in the Lore field.

• Fixed incorrect Max Floor values on the Save Selection screen.

As always, thank you for your continued support and patience.

~ The Hell Clock Team 

Hey Players,

Let's start the day with another batch of fixes and improvements, shall we?

• Fixed clicking skills by mistake when dragging the skills screen

• Fixed Carcará Dive range being bypassed by mouse distance

• Fixed a few localization issues

• Fixed Nightmare Portal's silent music

• Fixed VO being affected by Effects slider control volume

• Fixed train stages soft-locking the with Carcara Dive skipping some areas

• Fixed train stages minimap not working correctly mid-run

• Fixed red portals showing up in Hilltop biome boss arena (Endless Nightmare / Ascension)

• Fixed Phantom Lance Carcara Dive animation T-Posing

• Improved search function on gamepad

• Improved reliquary navigation on gamepad

• Removed unused hotkeys on some screens on gamepad

• Improved Prayer of Health audio performance

• Improved Righteous Blade Unique Relic sound effects

• Improved Cursed War Hub sound ambience

• Pajeu now moves to the center of the arena during the Canudos Gate in-game sequence

• Improved ambience attenuation detection

• Reduced flash effects for Matadeira and Energized Figurine

Abraços,

~The Hell Clock Team