# Blade and Sorcery The Khar-Tib Update is now available! - Product: Blade and Sorcery (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/blade-and-sorcery) - Vendor: WarpFrog - Date: 2026-07-06 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/629730/view/668369251018477730 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/blade-and-sorcery/releases/2026-07-06-the-khar-tib-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** — Kharese themed weapons including double-headed labrys axe with independent dual-side imbuing, one-handed scimitar and two-handed khopesh-inspired blades, dual-bladed dagger, war-scythe inspired weapon, and dual-bladed staff - **added** — Spiked Kharese shield with offensive spike functionality - **added** — Kharese automatic crossbow weapon category that shoots bolts automatically from a top-loader and can be used single or dual-wielded - **added** — Kharese themed T2 armor set made from desert creature carapaces available in Sandbox and Crystal Hunt modes - **added** — Three Kharese bomb variants: fire bomb with proximity trigger and wall-sticking capability, lightning bomb with assisted seek feature that homes in on targets, and gravity bomb that launches targets and player upward - **added** — New Khar-Tib enemy faction available in Sandbox and Crystal Hunt modes with dedicated faction map - **added** — Kharese Fortress map set in desert mountains with climbing and parkour opportunities - **added** — Interactable ballistae in the game - **changed** — Wrist blade now can be activated to extend and retract using the alt-use button - **changed** — Wrist blade can now be imbued in hand while holding it with a spell equipped, allowing dual wrist blades to be imbued simultaneously without unequipping Hello mates, Baron here! Update 1.3 is now released and this is number 3 of 4 in the series of free Byeth Updates, with the goal being to canonize some of the extended lore of Blade & Sorcery through additional content and maps. But of course it wouldn't be a Warpfrog release if I wasn't able to tell you that as per usual, the update completely derailed off plan and in a typical pattern of self-flagellation we ended up scope-creeping like crazy. ːsteamlaughcryː But the good news is that's extra content for you guys! ##### Welcome to Khar-Tib The desert nation east of Eraden and across the Khemenet Sea is known for its blazing sands, unorthodox weaponry and unique armour crafting. Update 1.3 brings canonical lore content from Khar-Tib to the base game, and a couple of new features to boot. This was a fun update for the design team as they were able to work on stuff that was more unorthodox than usual. Now, let's get into what's new! --- ##### Kharese Themed Weapons All Byeth Updates come with faction themed weapons, and Khar-Tib is no different. The Kharese make use of the unique resources available in the desert, crafting unusual weapons of bone reinforced steel. This makes Kharese weaponry quite unlike anything else seen in Byeth. For the first time in Blade & Sorcery, we have a double headed axe. This labrys inspired weapon has a cool feature in that it can be imbued independently on both sides, so each blade can have a different magical function. For sword enthusiasts, we have one-handed scimitar and two-handed khopesh-inspired blades, with a Khar-Tib spin. Both of these weapons have unique bone reinforcements crafted along their spines. For stealth fans, a new entry to the dagger category is this unusual little dual-bladed dagger. In larger weapons, we have a war-scythe inspired weapon and dual-bladed staff. The staff can be imbued with magic on both sides (like the labrys) but it is not a magical staff that sorcerers use, it is just a regular weapon. Next up, another unusual first for the Byeth updates; a spiked Kharese shield. The spike can be used offensively, giving the shield some extra function. ##### Retractable Blade And finally, a little bonus tweak was added to the current wrist blade in the game. The blade is visually unchanged, but now it can be activated to extend and retract the blade using the alt-use button. While holding it with a spell equipped, you can also imbue it in your hand like you can with arrows. So if you had two wrist blades equipped, you could imbue them both in your hands without needing to unequip one hand to imbue the other. ##### Automatic Crossbow A brand new weapon category for Blade & Sorcery: introducing the Kharese crossbow! The crossbow is small and versatile, and can be used single handed as a nice offhand weapon, or with both hands. It shoots bolts automatically from a top-loader, which is great for speed and convenience, but the top-loader would need to be reloaded once empty. Similar to the regular bow, you can also retrieve bolts from the ground to load back into the crossbow, since the bolts are physical. The automatic crossbow carves out its own little niche to separates it from the traditional bow and Sentari firearm. It's not as punchy as the larger longbows and nowhere near the explosive power of the Sentari firearm, but it is fast and reliable. With dual-wielding crossbows, a player could pepper the enemy in a shower of bolts before they even got close. ##### Kharese Themed Armour The Khar-Tib update introduces a new armour set. The Kharese make their unique looking armour from carapaces of desert-dwelling creatures. The armour is a mix of leather, cloth and hard carapace, making it a mid-tier T2 armour. It will be available in Sandbox and Crystal Hunt mode, appearing in the shop as a T2 item to purchase in the latter. ## ##### Kharese Bombs Another brand new weapon category is being introduced in 1.3: Kharese bombs. The Kharese use a mi _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/629730/view/668369251018477730]_