# Blade and Sorcery The Rakta Update is now available! - Product: Blade and Sorcery (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/blade-and-sorcery) - Vendor: WarpFrog - Date: 2025-10-07 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/629730/view/524229329545071789 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/blade-and-sorcery/releases/2025-10-07-the-rakta-update-is-now-available What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — Add 8 new canon Raike weapons including a katana and physics-based shuriken that spin when thrown - **added** — Add Raike Dual Crystal Staff that allows dual imbue with one element on each end - **added** — Add non-Eraden Raike armor available for purchase in Crystal Hunt or freely in Sandbox mode - **added** — Add Special Rakta Elite Duel 1v1 wave in Sandbox mode against Raike warriors - **added** — Add 37 achievements including hidden achievements based on in-game secrets and community references - **added** — Add Shopkeeper Rakta Items voice lines - **changed** — Improve video players to not drop frames - **changed** — Improve game mode title and description readability on the world travel map - **changed** — Improve Steam setting up callbacks for getting tickets Hello mates! The Baron here, with news from the Warpfrog front that _The Rakta Update_ is now available! This is update 1 of 4 in the free series of "Byeth Updates" Warpfrog is planning, from now until the end of 2026. If you want to read more about The Byeth Updates, what they are and what we have planned, [Warpfrog did a Q&A here.](https://www.reddit.com/r/BladeAndSorcery/comments/1nsifla/warpfrog_qa_about_the_byeth_updates_thunderroad/) The Rakta Update focuses on the nation of Rakta, adding Raike themed content into the game, officially expanding the canon of the Blade & Sorcery universe. Now, let's dive into what is new in the update! ːpraisesunː ##### New Raike Weapons The Rakta Update brings 8 new canon Raike weapons into the base game. Thematically they are inspired by an amalgamation of East Asian real life counterparts. Check out these renders of the new content: These exotic weapons can be purchased at The Baron's Bounty in Crystal Hunt, or accessed freely in Sandbox mode. It might have taken 7 years, but we did it guys - the katana is a canon part of Blade & Sorcery. ːsteamlaughcryː ##### Physics bases shuriken Among the new weaponry are physics-based shuriken (including a shuriken pouch). These shuriken will actually spin when thrown, with a little under-the-hood assistance to help ensure the blade actually sticks into the target. (annoying when you throw a weapon and it just bounces off an enemy ːsteamfacepalmː ) ##### Dual Spell Staff My personal favourite addition to the update: the Raike Dual Crystal Staff. Being a highly magical warrior nation, the Raike have developed a combat staff that allows for a dual imbue; one element on each end. This allows for some really cool and creative combinations! For example, you to have one end blasting a flamethrower spell while the other end is lashing a lightning whip. Or, double up on the element and unleash hell! ##### New Raike Armour Available in Crystal Hunt to purchase in the Baron's Bounty, or freely available in Sandbox mode, for the first time ever, a non-Eraden armour is available to wear. The armour reflects the warrior culture of the Raike, reflecting exquisite craftsmanship, functionality, and aesthetic. You can find the new armour under the plate section of the armour spawner. ##### Special Rakta Wave Fight in Sandbox mode against Raike warriors, equipped with their Rakta attire and weapons. Currently we have it limited to 1v1 duels, but expanding this is a real possibility in the future, if not in minor patches then possible as a bonus in the future Byeth Updates. You can find this special 1v1 wave in under the category Special > Rakta Elite Duel. ##### Achievements The Rakta Update brings 37 achievements to find and unlock. A couple of the achievements are listed and you can see what is necessary to unlock them. These are the really obvious type achievements, like complete X in the game, or collect Y items. However, we really, really wanted to avoid these grindy type achievements, because our vibe is that those kind of achievements always feel like they are just there to waste your time and keep you grinding hours. So in the case that we have visible achievements, we tried to make them more landmark accomplishments (mostly relating to the end game) but mainly we opted to make most of the achievements hidden. The idea here was we wanted to make them more easter eggy, and something fun for the player to try and find in game themselves through discovery. Typically they relate to an in game secret, or are a reference to some community in-joke, so the objective is to explore the game, and see what you discover. You can of course spoil the unlock conditions by simply revealing them on Steam, so no worries if you are a straight-up completionist type person and don't want to actually discover them for yourself. ##### What about Unity 6 and OpenXR? I mentioned in an earlier preview about the Rakta Update being the time when we would _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/629730/view/524229329545071789]_