Masked Vale — patch notes and updates
Stored observation / content update:
Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
|---|---|---|
| Move List Guides! | 2025-08-29 | Fei's Movelist and sample combos for new players so you can start unlocking characters by beating consecutive levels. |
| MASKED VALE IS BACK FROM THE DEAD! | 2025-08-27 | Hey all, I am returning to game development and I consider Masked Vale to be in a good spot right now as of 1.41. I do plan on remaking Apostasy from scratch over the next 1-2 years after shipping my current game project Dark Jester. I created a Patreon to support my gamedev: https://www.patreon.com/ThiccCatGames My current project features a very thick protagonist with a lot of hand drawn animations, you can check that out here: As for Masked Vale, I would like to remake it as well after I remake Apostasy. |
| 1.41 Fast Patch | 2020-10-09 | -Reduced the amount of coins needed to unlock Megumi from 500 to 250. -Increased Sol initial heal from 6 to 8 from his self heal, slightly increasing his sustain. |
| 1.4 Is Live. | 2020-10-09 | UPDATE 1.4 - The Item Update Enemies now drop different recovery items as well as coins and collectible items that improve stats. New items! - Health Herbs - Restores 5 Health on pickup. - Mana Herbs - Restores 5 Mana on pickup. - Stamina Herbs - Restores 5 Stamina on pickup. Enemies have their own drop lists, weak enemies generally drop coins and sometimes drop herbs, more difficult enemies can drop dragon eggs and some rare items on occassion! New playable character! Megumi, the Elven Queen. She is unlocked upon collecting 250 coins in a single life! This will require you to hold onto coins instead of spending them in upgrade vendors. This |
| Update 1.3 is Live | 2020-09-21 | Update 1.3 Adds: -3 New Songs that randomly play -3 New Enemies with unique mechanics https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eho3EulWAAAYi2F?format=jpg&name=4096x4096https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eho3EulWAAAYi2F?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 -Greatly increased random spawns per level -New enemies are now added to new random spawn groups -Polished some levels with minor adjustments for better gameplay |
| Update 1.21 | 2020-09-05 | After some user feedback from various players: -I am reducing the difficulty of the beginning levels, across the board people say it is too difficult and frustrating. CHANGES: -Reduce the health of beginner enemies so players can get used to the game early on before it gets very hard. Some enemies aren't affected as much as others, mostly the basic ninja enemies are much weaker, default masked monks are also much weaker. -Samurai Girl now blocks longer during her block attack then has an additional pre-attack frame, allowing for more consistent counterplay. Her damage reduction during block was decreased from 90% to 75%, so hitting her while |
| Update 1.2 is Live | 2020-08-20 | Update 1.2 Notes New Projectile Attacks Fei -Spectral Stab now spawns a fireball that deals 35 damage and burns for 3 ticks. -Base damage on the initial hit of Spectral Stab reduced by 35. -Spirit Stomp base damage and stagger magnitude (A hidden attribute that affects stunning) increased by 35. Spectral Stab still deals more damage over time, and the same damage initially. Spirit Stomp has been buffed to encourage Fei players to dive into enemies and burst them down when it makes sense to. Fumiko -Fumiko's Neutral Secondary Attack, Retreat, now spawns a thrown kunai that deals a small amount of armor ignoring damage and bleeds foes for 3 tic |
| Update 1.1 Is Live | 2020-08-15 | 1.1 Update. Changes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Added Text explaining Fei's Healing Mechanics on the loading screen. -To use perk points, click on the perk you want to invest in after you level up, press Tab or Back Button (Defaults/Xbox Controller) to open the character menu, press E (Keyboard) / A Button(Xbox) or click on the perk to invest in. 1. Fei: -None so far, Fei is pretty strong. 2. Fumiko: -Bleed damage increased from 5 to 7 -Parry now unconditionally heals for 7 instead of 5 -Shadow's Blessing scaling changed from increasing all stats by 1 to 2 -Sprinting St |