R.E.P.O. Update | v0.4.4

Semiwork has rolled out R.E.P.O. v0.4.4, a focused patch packed with balancing tweaks, staff reworks, and a healthy round of bug fixes aimed at smoothing out the multiplayer experience.

Changes

Melee weapon handling now properly scales with the player's strength stat, meaning weapons should feel noticeably more responsive and firm at higher strength levels. The Vehicle item has also had its button grab area reduced to prevent accidental activation when players simply want to reposition it.

Balancing

Players now receive one second of invincibility immediately after being revived, putting an end to frustrating instant-death situations right after a teammate picks you up. Cosmetic Boxes have received a slight spawn rate bump across the board, with Ultra Rare boxes also becoming a little more likely to appear.

All staffs have been standardised to six battery pips. Beyond that, three staffs received individual upgrades:

• Zero Gravity Staff, Non-enemy objects stay airborne longer and are easier to control. Players can now float themselves around by casting it on themselves.
• Roll Staff, Rolling objects now actively target enemies rather than moving randomly. Players hit by it gain a Roll Drone-style effect, letting them steer their trajectory with the camera.
• Void Staff, Pulls heavier objects more effectively and now generates random outward surges near the centre, preventing items from sitting motionless in the vortex.

The Enemy Trudge has been updated to share the Void Staff's suction mechanics, letting it pull in larger valuables more easily with added chaos around its centre.

Bug Fixes

A significant multiplayer fix addresses players falling through the map when Text-to-Speech failed to initialise during a session. A separate client-side bug that allowed players to grab-tap enemies without incurring Overcharge has also been resolved.

Other fixes include:

• Enemy Bella no longer repeatedly plays her stun sound for clients.
• Roll Staff and Gravity Staff visual effects no longer linger in the air after an affected enemy is defeated.
• Rapidly equipping or unequipping items as a client no longer causes them to appear in the wrong position.
• The Defibro no longer loses its target if it bounces too far before teleporting.
• The Cosmetic Menu now only saves on close, reducing the risk of save file corruption.
• Cosmetic and item icon generation has been optimised to lower RAM usage and reduce startup freezes.
• Additional safeguards have been added to prevent malicious hosts from force-adding cosmetic tokens to clients.
• Save file backup logic and overall memory usage have both been improved.

Read the full patch notes on Steam