# No Rest for the Wicked Early Access Patch Notes - Together Hotfix 5

- Product: No Rest for the Wicked (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/no-rest-for-the-wicked)
- Vendor: Moon Studios GmbH
- Date: 2026-01-30
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1371980/view/514107648813040351
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/no-rest-for-the-wicked/releases/2026-01-30-early-access-patch-notes-together-hotfix-5

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- **added** — Added detection for HDD being used and warning that only SSD is supported
- **changed** — Reduced the amount of lights and shadowcasting lights on Eleanor tier 2 and 3 to improve performance
- **changed** — Moved crafting bombs to Alchemy Table from Workbench
- **changed** — Nerfed Durability enchantments and facets due to them providing way too much and overscaling with other enchantments
- **changed** — Reworked VFX on Shinies so that they are more clearly unique based on rarity and have better reaction to the wind
- **fixed** — Fixed pooling leaks
- **fixed** — Fixed localization for certain unlocalized strings in many languages
- **fixed** — Fixed Falstead Darak being missing in The Black Trench if you leave realm during or after 2nd phase and return back, and added fallback for those already affected
- **fixed** — Fixed enemies t-posing on death and trees disappearing abruptly after being cut down
- **fixed** — Fixed crash when using Plague Column rune
- **fixed** — Fixed a rare crash from an exception spam
- **fixed** — Fixed multiple enchantments that would not increase their stats when exalting them
- **fixed** — Fixed charged attack enchantments not working with Bow charged attacks
- **fixed** — Fixed player getting stuck searching chest during state change when burning an effigy
- **fixed** — Fixed areas not being infected over time if you have left the realm and return back later on
- **fixed** — Fixed player taking damage during cinematics and safe zones with continuous damage echoes
- **fixed** — Fixed attacking with a sword while lowering a shield causing the first part of animation to skip
- **fixed** — Fixed trying to dodge while holding up a shield doing run attack instead
- **fixed** — Fixed missing Decorations categories on Anvil and Sewing Table
- **fixed** — Fixed player being able to roll different element echoes from random echoes

**🛠️ Early Access Patch Notes - Together Hotfix 5**

Hey folks,

Another day, another hotfix! This time we’ve got some more stabilizing changes, a few improvements to performance and a fix for those of you who are stuck after Darak phase 2. We’ve also added detection for if you are using HDD to warn that its not supported.

**🛠️ Performance:**

- Added detection for HDD being used and warning that only SSD is supported

- Still lets you play but warns you that you may experience unexpected issues due to HDD not being supported

- Fixed certain leaks in pooling

- Reduced the amount of lights and shadowcasting lights on Eleanor tier 2 and 3 to improve performance

**🛠️ Loot:**

- Moved crafting bombs to Alchemy Table from Workbench

**🛠️ Balance:**

- Nerfed Durability enchantments and facets due to them providing way too much and overscaled with other enchantments to make you be able to overheal or take very little damage

**🛠️ VFX:**

- Reworked VFX on Shinies so that they are more clearly unique based on its rarity and have better reaction to the wind

**🛠️ Localization:**

- Fixed and updated localization for certain unlocalized strings in many languages

**🛠️ Bug Fixes:**

- Fixed Falstead Darak being missing in The Black Trench if you leave realm during or after 2nd phase and return back, and added fallback for those already affected

- Fixed another case where enemies can t-pose on death, trees can disappear abruptly after its cut down, etc

- Fixed crash when using Plague Column rune

- Fixed a rare crash from an exception spam

- Fixed multiple enchantments that would not increase their stats when exalting them

- Fixed charged attack enchantments not working with Bow charged attacks

- Fixed player getting stuck searching chest during state change when burning an effigy

- Fixed areas not being infected over time if you have left the realm and return back later on

- Fixed player taking damage during cinematics and safe zones with continuous damage echoes

- Fixed attacking with a sword while lowering a shield causing the first part of animation to skip

- Fixed trying to dodge while holding up a shield doing run attack instead

- Fixed missing Decorations categories on Anvil and Sewing Table

- Fixed player being able to roll different element echoes from random echoes

- Fixed weekly challenge Hold Back the Tide not being able to be completed

- Fixed enemy and boss colliders lingering for too long after death sometimes

- Fixed cooking popup not displaying proper min/max keybinds for keyboard

- Fixed player falling through geo when attempting to jump on the elevator near the temple in Marin Woods

- Fixed player position being saved inside the Crucible when crashing in a multiplayer session, resulting in player spawning back inside the Crucible room they were in

- Fixed bed statuses not being removed on death

- Fixed the sliders mouse input overlapping with side buttons so slider sometimes jump to its max/min state

- Fixed Burn screen inventory last row being cut-off

- Fixed not being able to navigate plague menu if you have maxed out all options in directions around currently selected option

- Fixed freeze visual effect sometimes leaking on pooled enemies

- Fixed crewmates respawning in Prologue

- Fixed missing quest marker for Iona’s Bloom during Potion Seller quest

- Fixed players being able to open the Map screen when interacting with the Scribe Table

- Fixed player not dying when jumping off rookery after Inquisition Arrival

- Fixed snapping to a ladder when facing away from it before moving onto it

- Fixed clipping plane and priority in Inquisition Arrival breaking shots