# Dead Cells Update 34 into beta phase plus incompatible version issues with save files fixed

- Product: Dead Cells (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/dead-cells)
- Vendor: Motion Twin
- Date: 2023-04-17
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/588650/view/6438500527887133181
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/dead-cells/releases/2023-04-17-update-34-into-beta-phase-plus-incompatible-versi

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- **fixed** — Fixed incompatible version issues with save files for Mac, Linux, and Windows
- **added** — Add new Survival weapon Sewing Scissors that instakills enemies if at least one dies to its standard damage
- **added** — Add new Brutality weapon Giant Comb that throws enemies upwards and deals critical damage to airborne mobs
- **added** — Add new NPC Tailor's Daughter in the Tailor's Room to freely change the look of your head
- **added** — Add new Speedrun Mode option to track and display completion time of each biome and compare with previous bests
- **added** — Add new Boss Rush DIY Mode to choose whichever bosses to face in a run
- **added** — Make the 3 Bosses from Return to Castlevania accessible in Boss Rush
- **added** — Add new UIs to Training Room to spawn specific weapons with set Level, Quality and Legendary-ness
- **added** — Add new UI to Training Room to choose a certain number of scrolls
- **added** — Add new UI to Training Room to choose overall scaling level based on selected biome values
- **added** — Add mini-bosses to Training Room mob spawners
- **added** — Add various traps to Training Room mob rooms
- **added** — Add Return to Castlevania Bosses to Training Room
- **added** — Add Training Dummy to Training Room for DPS calculation
- **changed** — Slow effects now stack up to 5 times with each stack having greater slowing effect and freezing at the fifth stack
- **changed** — Change Training Room UI to select mobs to a grid-based one
- **changed** — Remove scaling down of bosses to level 1 in Training Room
- **changed** — Berserker mutation can now stack and renders you immune to stuns
- **changed** — Combo mutation enables damage increase with every melee hit in a 2.5 sec window that scales exponentially
- **changed** — Dead Inside mutation now doubles your life but prevents ALL healing sources
- **changed** — Disengagement mutation has no more cooldown but can only trigger once per biome
- **changed** — Frostbite mutation now stacks with slow effects and acts as a full stack on frozen targets

Hey everyone,

Hope you're all doing alright!

First things first, we just published a fix to resolve incompatible version issues with save files for Mac, Linux, and Windows. Let us know if stuff's still breaking with our[ bug report form](https://forms.clickup.com/f/2b318-1807/WG3GMB5KUFQB4XRAHX). Fingers crossed that that link will stay un-clicked...

Anyway, the upcoming Clean Cut update is now in beta, one step closer to arriving for all the wary players avoiding the testing phase. Here's a recap of everything coming, you can skip to the end if you already know what we've stuffed into this one.

**New Survival Weapon:** Sewing Scissors. Instakills all enemies it hits, as long as at least one of them dies to the weapon's standard damage.

**New Brutality Weapon:** Giant Comb. Throws your enemies upwards, and deals critical damage to airborne mobs!

**New NPC:** Tailor's Daughter. Find her in the Tailor's Room, and talk to her to freely change the look of your head.

**New Speedrun Mode option:** Activate it to track and display the completion time of each biome. Also tracks your previous bests and compares them!

**New Boss Rush DIY Mode:** Lets you choose whichever bosses you want to face in a run.
The 3 Bosses from Return to Castlevania are also now accessible in Boss Rush.

**Training Room reworks:** We added a bunch of options to streamline the experimentation process, such as:

-  New UIs to spawn a specific weapon with a set Level, Quality and Legendary-ness.

-  New UI to choose a certain number of scrolls

-  New UI to choose the overall scaling level of the Training Room, based on the values of a selected biome.

-  Added the mini-bosses to the mob spawners

-  Added a bunch of different traps to the mob rooms.

-  Added the Return to Castlevania Bosses.

-  Bosses aren't scaled down to level 1 anymore! (no more 20 minute fights)

-  Changed the UI to select mobs to a grid-based one.

-  Added a Training Dummy for DPS calculation.

**Balancing**

-  Slow effects now stack up to 5 times. Each stack has a greater slowing effect, then the affected enemy is frozen at the fifth stack.

**Mutation reworks:**

-  Berserker: Can now stack, and renders you immune to stuns.

-  Combo: Enable a damage increase with every melee hit in a 2.5 sec window (of course the window refreshes after every hit). It scales exponentially, go crazy with it!

-  Dead Inside: Doubles your life but prevents ALL healing sources.

-  Disengagement: No more cooldown!.. but can only trigger once per biome.

-  Frostbite: Now stacks with slow effects and acts as a full stack on frozen targets.

-  Necromancy: Also now grants recovery instead of healing. It scales with the max health of the mobs you kill, which means you can get more recovery by killing a stronger enemy. The cap has been removed, but it’s less effective as you get closer to max health.

-  Networking: Marks enemies with ranged attacks now, there doesn't need to be an actual projectile stuck in the mob's body anymore.

-  Tainted Flask: Can recharge even if your flask is not totally empty. It also adds 1 more elite into every biome when equipped.

-  What Doesn't Kill You: Now grants recovery instead of healing.

**Return to Castlevania balancing:**

-  Dracula (Demon), Buer, Werewolves and Medusa are now considered to be Beasts (crits with the Crowbar).

-  Dracula (Humanoid)'s fire pillars are now slightly easier to avoid (in terms of intervals) but are not rollable anymore.

-  Elite Mermans should now fire 2 big fireballs instead of a big one and a normal one.

-  Haunted Armor (the one with an axe) should now activate at a slightly longer range.

-  Medusa's flurry attacks should now have a small pause after the end of the attack.

-  Holy Water has a bigger vertical hitbox, and the flame now deals damage.

-  Bible is now considered to be a heavy weapon.

-  Medusa Head deals more damage and bumps further.

-  Throwing Axe can no longer roll the Fire Bullet affix.

-  Rebound St

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