# Plague Inc: Evolved Plague Inc: Evolved - Patch Notes 1.23.0.8

- Product: Plague Inc: Evolved (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/plague-inc-evolved)
- Vendor: Ndemic Creations
- Date: 2026-04-09
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/246620/view/526498885413111945
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/plague-inc-evolved/releases/2026-04-09-plague-inc-evolved-patch-notes-1.23.0.8

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- **added** — Add "Shape the future" poll for Plague Inc where players can vote on what's next for Plague Inc
- **changed** — Improve crystal tracking during the game replay for Xenolith
- **changed** — Tweak starting DNA and trait costs for Leprosy
- **changed** — Increase score multiplier for Leprosy to make it easier to get 3 biohazards
- **fixed** — Fix the fill for the "Scenarios Completed" progress bar
- **fixed** — Fix "Vampires rule the world" victory screen text when playing Xenolith and killing all humans
- **fixed** — Fix an issue where the score in Xenolith could become negative
- **fixed** — Fix an issue where the Lattice Shedding gene generated too many crystal seeds when lots of countries or whole continents aligned, particularly on higher difficulties
- **fixed** — Fix an issue where the "Percentage Cured" could show an incorrect value on Xenolith save files

Glad you're all enjoying the update and the new DLC!

Thanks for all your reports and feedback!

##### Improvements

- Added "Shape the future" poll for Plague Inc - players can vote on what's next for Plague Inc.

- Improved crystal tracking during the game replay for Xenolith

##### Balance updates

- Scenarios

- Leprosy: Starting DNA and trait costs tweaked

- Leprosy: Score multiplier increased (easier to get 3 biohazards)

##### Bugfixes

- Fixed the fill for the "Scenarios Completed" progress bar

- Fixed "Vampires rule the world" victory screen text when playing Xenolith and killing all humans

- Fixed an issue where the score in Xenolith could become negative

- Fixed an issue where the Lattice Shedding gene generated too many crystal seeds when lots of countries or whole continents aligned. (Particularly on higher difficulties.)

- Fixed an issue where the "Percentage Cured" could show an incorrect value on Xenolith save files