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Spider Mother & Toxic Puddles

Spider Mother & Toxic Puddles

0.3.0

2 October 2026

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28 changes in this update

The Fungal Depths finally have a queen. Face the Spider Mother, break out of her cocoons, and watch your enemies fall apart.

Bosses

Added the Spider Mother, the boss of the Fungal Depths.
The Spider Mother leaps at players, spits webs that slow you down and drops from the ceiling.
The Spider Mother lays egg sacs that hatch spiders and calls in waves of plague bats.
The Spider Mother can wrap a player in a cocoon — mash the mouse button to break free.
Bosses now get tougher with every extra player in the party.
Added a red banner with the boss name when the camera shows the boss.

Combat

Enemies now break apart into pieces when they die.
Enemy spit now bursts with a splash when it hits a wall.
The enemy in your attack cone now shows its name above its health bar.

Enemies

Reworked the Plague Slug's look — it is now a glowing, translucent blob that squashes and splats when it hops.

Visuals

Redrew poison puddles as living, glowing slime with ripples, popping bubbles and droplets.
Poison puddles now come in several shapes, so neighbouring puddles no longer look the same.
Fungal Depths cures got their own models: herbal broth, mushroom soup, an iron stew pot and a royal chicken pot.
The Fungal Depths got their own look with cobwebs, blood, bones and egg sacs.

Shelter

The pits under the Shelter floor grates now hold glowing poison puddles.
Less dust floats in the Shelter air.
Patients in the queue no longer strike odd poses while waiting.

Interface & Audio

The ability bar now shows only the abilities you have unlocked.
Plague Lightning got a proper lightning icon.
Main menu music is half as loud.

Visuals

Fixed poison puddles and Shelter acid bubbles turning purple or white in the released game.
Fixed slime dropped by Plague Slugs looking black instead of green.

Dungeon

Fixed room doors slamming shut while you were still standing in the doorway.
Fixed seasoning crystals endlessly reappearing in rooms you had already cleared.
Picking up a seasoning crystal now gives its reagent to every player at once, with no second pickup.
Fixed old removed enemies, like the poison-spitting skull, still appearing in the dungeons.

Removed the falling stalactites with green warning circles from the Fungal Depths.