Hi everyone, Nenly here.

Since the V0.2.3 update announcement, the game has received a series of small patches, from 0.2.3.1 to 0.2.3.6. Here's everything from that stretch in one place: a new batch of main-story Encounters and voiced lines, warnings before Boss finishers, and a safety net for a few spots where it was easy to misclick.

• 15 new main-story Encounters: each chapter can now offer 7–12 Encounters instead of 3–5, so repeat runs often turn up a new story. Every new Encounter includes an option to take on a negative effect in exchange for a higher-tier reward, for anyone who wants to raise the stakes. New negative effects: 【Drained Purse】【Marked Target】【Blood Feud】.

• New Encounter "The Torchbearer Archive": guaranteed to appear after Wave 10. Pick a Sect to receive two of its Martial Arts; afterwards, Merchant stock and Manual drops lean toward that Sect, making a focused single-Sect build easier to put together.

• New Encounter "Insight by Lamplight": choose Unarmed, Sword, Saber, or Hidden Weapons for a moment of insight that raises that path's Proficiency and Outer Art power; Merchants will also stock more of it.

• 12 lines of NPC dialogue across 6 Encounters are now voiced.

• Dewlight Lightning Slash and Star Shear can now be properly obtained. (They were locked by mistake. My fault.)

• Before a Boss unleashes a finisher, a glowing 危 ("Peril") glyph lights up above its head, with at least 0.6 seconds before the hit lands (fast moves pause on a wind-up pose first), so you'll have time to get out of the way. The Pixel and Smooth effect styles each have their own version, and you can turn it off with the Peril Warnings setting if you don't need it.

• Selling from your inventory now uses a dedicated Sell button, so clicking around to organize your bag won't sell anything by accident.

• Shop exclusions can now be undone: click again before rerolling to restore the item and get the exclusion back. A misclick no longer costs you.

• New Graphics Compatibility Mode in Display Settings (takes effect after restart), as a fallback if you run into graphics driver issues. On non-NVIDIA GPUs, the game now pre-warms combat shaders on every launch to reduce freezing at the start of combat.

• The end credits have been re-laid out to the final design, and you can now choose your language directly on the shader preparation screen.

• Inner Breath regeneration increased, and Protection no longer amplifies Inner Force costs, so you can keep Protection up with less strain. The Inner Breath card now also explains how Protection consumes Inner Force.

• The S-grade thresholds for the three Rank sub-scores have been lowered slightly.

• Enemy projectiles you Dash through or evade now pass through you and keep flying instead of vanishing on the spot, so every dodge reads clearly. Enemy projectiles also have a thicker, bright orange-red danger outline, making friend and foe easy to tell apart in a crowded fight.

• Qin Ji's Pounce now has a wind-up telegraph: if you can see it, you can dodge it.

• Gambling Encounters play fairer: your stake now counts toward the Silver requirement, the Wealthy Scion title only taxes your winnings, some gambles have doubled stakes, and limited-time chest bonuses always apply at full strength. When Shop Rare Weight is already maxed, the option is greyed out so you won't waste Silver on it.

• A batch of Martial Arts and Items have been rebalanced to give each a clearer role: Cuiwei Sword Art's Level 10 trait now shortens the interval after a move; One-Finger Zen's Inner Breath no longer goes backward; Pure Heart as a Secondary Art restores Inner Force at most 5 times per Qi Cycle; Xuanyin at 3–5 points has a shorter cooldown against Elites; Jianghu Outer Arts only continue Stored Power from a preceding move of the same tier. Edge-Tempering Wax now charges its cost based on how much actually takes effect, four same-priced alternative Items now each go in a different direction, and Talismans are limited to 2.

• Enemy healing now scales with the recipient's Max Health, so the amount healed matches the size of the target.

• Qi Cycle estimates now use actual move durations, so you can plan your loadout with more confidence.

• One hidden Encounter-related achievement has been adjusted: you no longer need to deliberately throw away a run to meet its condition, but it also can't be filled with a few casual choices. You'll need to genuinely go through some hardship in a normal run to earn it. Your current run is counted under the new rules automatically, so there's no need to restart.

• The left/right reorder buttons under the Outer Art slots on the post-wave Martial Arts page have been removed for a cleaner layout; you can still swap by dragging, or with LT / RT on a controller.

• Controller vibration on Dash is now off by default, making hit, life-saving, and Boss-defeat vibrations easier to tell apart. If you've changed this setting yourself, your choice is kept.

• The English main-story dialogue and Encounter guidance have been rewritten, with feature names translated consistently. The English and Traditional Chinese translations of cutscenes and end credits have been polished, subtitle size and position are now consistent, and overly long English lines are split in two. Art with baked-in text in non-Chinese interfaces now uses clear engine-rendered text.

• A full text polish pass, correcting several lore details; some dialogue and Encounters now refer to "the sects" rather than "the six sects".

• Smoother late-game play with dense enemy waves, piles of Silver, homing projectiles, and heavy effects; faster response when switching tabs on the Preparation screen, using the Shop and inventory, and swapping Martial Arts; lower CPU usage in combat (for example, the stage-select preview video no longer decodes in the background once combat starts).

• First-launch graphics preparation is leaner and only prepares the effect style you're using (switching styles triggers one extra pass). If preparation is closed or skipped partway, it picks up where it left off on the next launch.

• Some effect assets have been trimmed, slightly reducing install size and VRAM usage.

• Fixed saves possibly being quarantined or lost when loading across versions.

• Fixed enemies and their ground shadows displaying incorrectly on some graphics drivers.

• Fixed a white background when loading straight into the end-of-wave Preparation screen; fixed enemies from the previous run lingering on screen during the prologue when starting a new run with an existing save.

• Fixed double settlement when abandoning a run at the same moment a wave ended; fixed Sect unlocks not being checked at the end of Endless Mode.

• Fixed several Encounter edge cases: the result screen could get stuck with no way out, you could be left with no Outer Art to equip after dispersing your arts, and costs, rewards, and chained payouts could go wrong in edge cases. "The Torchbearer Archive" showed internal Sect codes instead of Sect names. Buffs that last "until this run ends" (such as Insight by Lamplight and Three Bowls of Blood Wine) expired upon entering Endless Mode; they now stay with you until Endless ends (applies to buffs gained after the update).

• Fixed Qi Cycle healing, Inner Force Overflow, and Clepsydra not working when using a Sichen Inner Art as a Secondary Art under the Old Sweeping Monk title.

• Fixed transferred item poison re-triggering Ice Silkworm's Slow, transfer bonuses applying twice, and Pounce stunning you even when its damage was blocked.

• Fixed the level effects of Iron Sand Palm's Scarlet Fleck and Taiji Sword Art applying at the wrong time; fixed Flamebearer's Health cost rounding up on every payment and taking extra Health.

• Fixed multi-hit linear moves flipping direction back and forth between hits.

• Fixed Radiance glow occasionally shifting as a whole block or flickering along projectiles, hard edges appearing on enemies inside the casting circle from airborne flourishes, and effects such as needle rain, executions, and Sword Qi occasionally lingering or disappearing incorrectly.

• Fixed 5 missing dialogue subtitles in the opening cutscene; cutscene subtitles are now precisely synced with the picture.

• Fixed the intro replay overlapping with the main menu music when switching languages.

• Fixed tutorial tips flashing the previous line in full before starting to type as they slide in.

• Fixed controller focus lingering and card descriptions staying highlighted after clicking "Exclude" in the Shop with a mouse.

• Fixed the coloring of action notes, the typewriter speed, and the "Maxed Out" badge display in English dialogue.

Over the past week, I released two small updates to fix a number of effect shader compilation issues, improve performance and stability on lower-end hardware, and continue refining the translations. Please make sure your game is up to date!

Steam Cloud is also expected to go live next Tuesday. Once enabled, your unlocked sects, titles, and Chronicle records will sync through your Steam account, so you can pick up where you left off on another device.

I also want to apologize for the wait. When the game first launched, I never expected so many people to enjoy it, and I hadn't planned ahead for cloud saves. Those of you who play across multiple devices have been waiting a long time.

The code for cloud saves isn't particularly complicated, but with the game changing so quickly over the past month or two, I struggled to set aside enough time for thorough testing. This feature affects progress you've spent a lot of time building up, so I wanted to check it carefully before enabling it. Thankfully, testing was finally completed last week, and it's ready to go!

If you've only ever played on one device, you generally won't need to do anything extra. Once Steam Cloud is enabled, your current progress will sync automatically. Just keep playing as usual.

However, if you've played on two or more devices—for example, a desktop and a laptop, or a PC and a Steam Deck—I recommend backing up the save on your main device before cloud saves go live. The first cloud sync can only retain one set of progress. Choosing the wrong save can overwrite the progress on your other device, along with the backups created by the game itself. The sync process is handled entirely by the Steam client, and I can't control it from within the game. Making a separate backup beforehand is the safest option.

1. Press Win + R, enter %APPDATA%, and press Enter.

2. Find the QunxiaSurvivor folder and copy it to your desktop.

On Steam Deck, switch to Desktop Mode and look for the same folder under ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/4957110/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/Roaming/ (press Ctrl + H to show hidden folders). If the game is installed on an SD card, use the steamapps folder on that card instead.

1. Launch the game on your main device first, reach the main menu, then quit. This save will become your cloud copy.

2. Then launch the game on your other devices. If Steam asks you to choose between two saves, select the cloud copy.

Afterward, check that the progress on your other devices matches your main save. If you made a backup, you can restore it yourself: right-click the game in your Steam Library → Properties → General, then turn off Steam Cloud. Copy your backup folder back to its original location, launch the game to check your progress, and then turn Steam Cloud back on. If a conflict prompt appears at this point, choose the local copy.

I hope this makes it easier for you to enjoy the game across multiple devices!