October update: what to check now
October 1 rebuilt elevators: platforms align with floors, stop above obstacles and carry carts, items and players more smoothly. Continued cranking does not force a cabin down through an obstruction. October 9 also changes Gargoyle routing around moving cabins.
September 25: earlier corrections
Castle 2 descending lifts no longer push crouching players below the floor. Castle vertical-lift floating and hand shaking were corrected.
Quota marker visibility, elevator-call prompts and chapter-page navigation were corrected; tavern music follows the Music slider.
Use the current call-lever setup
Look for the call lever on the current level when the elevator is elsewhere. Do not search for a brake lever from an older guide: its removal is explicit in the September 18 notes. Exact input bindings should be checked in your current controls.
Move the crew and cargo together
The update fixed players and cart cargo riding elevators. Keep the load organized and check that everyone has arrived before continuing. A fix note describes intended behavior, not a guarantee that every physics edge case is impossible.
An elevator is not a certified safe zone
Man in Shadows had elevator behavior changed on September 10 and floor teleportation fixed on September 18. Do not infer that changing floors permanently strands it. Capture the floor, cargo and host role when reporting a repeatable lift issue.
Lift symptom, current evidence, next observation
The distinctions below separate the official change from the observation you can make in your own run. Practical next steps are guidance, not additional hidden mechanics.
| Situation | Evidence or example | How to use it |
|---|---|---|
| Lift on another floor | Call levers are present on every level. | Look for the current lever instead of relying on an older layout tutorial. |
| Missing brake control | Brake levers were removed. | Its absence is not proof that the location generated incorrectly. |
| Slow winch routine | September 14 reduces required turns by 2.5 times. | This is a relative change, not a published universal turn count for every lift. |
| Cargo or player left behind | September 18 fixes riding behavior. | Capture the specific repeatable case if the current build still fails. |
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Latest changes affecting this page
- 2026-10-09 · Meta-Progression is Out of Beta: Upgrade Cards, Day Restarts and a New Tutorial
Meta-progression reaches the main branch: personal coins and permanent upgrades, a shared card table, team day restarts and a chapter-progress reset.
Patch context · Official source - 2026-10-01 · Browse Open Lobbies and Ride Rebuilt Elevators
Find Crew lists open sessions and supports joining ongoing runs. Elevators were rebuilt; VSync, rum-bottle covers and cauldron/monkey interactions were corrected.
Patch context · Official source - 2026-09-25 · Mimics Finally Keep Their Cauldrons On, and Co-op Stays in Sync
Solo quota, shop balances and co-op synchronization changed, alongside Mimic, Ear, Anchor and Castle elevator fixes.
Patch context · Official source - 2026-09-18 · A Fresh Lobby, 70 More Places to Find Loot
Lobby previews and clearer host/code feedback arrived with 70 additional loot spawn points across 15 levels, lift corrections and recovery fixes.
Patch context · Official source - 2026-09-14 · A Working Tutorial, More Loot and a Store That Behaves
The tutorial loading blocker was fixed, quota progression corrected and store unlocks/prices rebuilt around the revised level sequence.
Patch context · Official source
How we verified this
- A Working Tutorial, More Loot and a Store That BehavesRetroStyle Games via Steam · checked Sep 26, 2026Published 2026-09-14Full official announcement reviewed in the archive. Date is the published calendar date; midnight does not assert an exact publication time.
- A Fresh Lobby, 70 More Places to Find LootRetroStyle Games via Steam · checked Sep 26, 2026Published 2026-09-18Full official announcement reviewed in the archive. Date is the published calendar date; midnight does not assert an exact publication time.
- Mimics Finally Keep Their Cauldrons On, and Co-op Stays in SyncRetroStyle Games via Steam · checked Sep 26, 2026Published 2026-09-25Full dated announcement verified in the official archive. Individual permalink689769594581157442 was not reliably readable; no SteamDB build number is asserted as official.
- Meta-Progression is Out of Beta: Upgrade Cards, Day Restarts and a New TutorialRetroStyle Games via Steam · checked Oct 15, 2026Published 2026-10-09Steam News API announcement 1846018067933888, main branch. Chapter reset, personal persistent coins, shared card table and day restart. No complete prices or vote threshold published.
- Browse Open Lobbies and Ride Rebuilt ElevatorsRetroStyle Games via Steam · checked Oct 15, 2026Published 2026-10-01Steam News API announcement 1845383656381966. Find Crew, elevators, VSync/FPS limit, empty rum bottles, cauldron/monkey and PC texture memory. The advertised sale ended October 8.