Minor Update: Balancing, Polishing and Fixing 8.1

Released: May 26, 2026

Balancing, a new skill point formula and a strict boss damage limit.

Gameplay Changes#

Changed the skill point limit to 200, and fixed skill point progression with a new formula (30 * 1.4^level) (thanks soldierdonkey).
Added a strict boss damage limit: players deal at most 20% of a boss’s max HP every 0.75 seconds.
Removed the usage of max HP damage and most instances of current HP damage.
Added icons to skill tree nodes (thanks Canuckle Headed Viking and soldierdonkey), and balanced and adjusted the skill trees.
Reworked the Paladin class and reordered the class menu. The Keres bloodthirst ability now activates by sneaking.
Significantly buffed the stats of many Soulslike Weaponry legendary weapons, and fixed armor attributes (Nesil).
The Gravewatcher now drops more cursed souls (for Kamath summoning).
Increased exhaustion while flying and slightly decreased flight speed.
Added a message when a player tries to enter the Nether while it is not unlocked.
Added an automatic AFK mode after 20 seconds of inactivity, which can save power on laptops.
Fixed Runic Tablets not being lootable and increased their chance, and adjusted several quest rewards and fixed several quest errors.
Fixed instant-breaking equipment, disappearing hotbar items and spell balancing configs not applying on servers.

General performance improvements, including about 90% better performance for Tom’s Storage Networks.
Disabled unnecessary startup chat messages.
Fixed a crash on Apple systems and older Windows, and a Fancy Trail and AsyncParticles crash.
Updated mods.

Added: Tom’s Performant Storage, RestMode

Removed: Accelerated Rendering