# ULTRAKILL Fraud Hotfix #2

- Product: ULTRAKILL (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/ultrakill)
- Vendor: Arsi "Hakita" Patala
- Date: 2026-04-12
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1229490/view/498351387739950730
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/ultrakill/releases/2026-04-12-fraud-hotfix-2

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- **added** — Add a reduce HUD motion option which disables the weapon and HUD from swaying with velocity
- **changed** — Make level time leaderboards scrollable and default to showing the user's own time, which is now highlighted
- **added** — Add Wind state tech that allows for greater air control, activated via a non-damaging rocket jump, a walljump while diving, a dash extension or by dashing into an enemy step
- **added** — Restore Dash Extension speedrun tech
- **changed** — Improve consistency of duckboost speedrun tech
- **changed** — Make SSJ speedrun tech framerate independent and prioritize it over dash jumps
- **added** — Add a blue hookpoint to the vent to the maintenance room in 8-2 when the player is upside down
- **changed** — Increase Dual Wield powerup duration in 8-2 secret arena from 30s to 90s
- **changed** — Update Event Horizon and The Fall to match the updated mixes for the soundtrack
- **added** — Add a music outro to the end of 8-3
- **changed** — Make magnets work across portals
- **added** — Allow the player to mount rockets by holding down the jump button while pulling a rocket with the Whiplash
- **changed** — Make Guttertank rockets rideable when pulled from below with the Whiplash, like normal rockets
- **added** — Restore ability to shoot ridden rockets
- **changed** — Make riding a rocket into an enemy always cause a red explosion
- **added** — Allow players to keep the momentum of a rocket ride by performing a dive instead of a normal jump
- **changed** — Allow Core Eject Shotgun's alt fire to be fired immediately after the weapon is drawn
- **changed** — Allow Core Eject Shotgun's alt fire to be charged even while using the primary fire
- **added** — Add a trail to ejected cores to make them easier to see and track
- **changed** — Allow Core Eject and SRS Cannonballs to be pulled in front of the player with the Whiplash and inherit the player's velocity when done so

##### **Good luck. Have fun. _Read on._**

**General changes:**

- Added a "reduce HUD motion" option which disables the weapon and HUD from swaying with velocity

- Level time leaderboards are now scrollable and will default to showing the user's own time (which is now also highlighted)

- Added "Wind state" tech that allows for greater air control, activated via a non-damaging rocket jump, a walljump while diving, a dash extension or by dashing into an enemy step

- Restored "Dash Extension" speedrun tech

- Improved consistency of "duckboost" speedrun tech

- Made "SSJ" speedrun tech framerate independent and prioritized over dash jumps

- Added a blue hookpoint to the vent to the maintenance room in 8-2 when the player is upside down

- Increased Dual Wield powerup duration in 8-2 secret arena from 30s to 90s

- Updated "Event Horizon" and "The Fall" to match the updated mixes for the soundtrack

- Added a music outro to the end of 8-3

- Swapped mistaken "m" suffix on the Enemy Outline Activation Distance minor assist to "u" (units) for consistency

- Added developer plushies for Aaron Burzynski, Kennady Ray, Rhiannon Mitchell and Vylet Pony

**Weapon changes:**

- Magnets now work across portals

- The player can now mount rockets by holding down the jump button while pulling a rocket with the Whiplash

- Guttertank rockets are now rideable when pulled from below with the Whiplash, like normal rockets

- Restored ability to shoot ridden rockets

- Riding a rocket into an enemy now always causes a red explosion

- Players can now keep the momentum of a rocket ride by performing a dive instead of a normal jump

- Core Eject Shotgun's alt fire can now be fired immediately after the weapon is drawn

- Core Eject Shotgun's alt fire can now be charged even while using the primary fire

- Added a trail to ejected cores to make them easier to see and track

- Core Eject and SRS Cannonballs can now be pulled in front of the player with the Whiplash and will inherit the player's velocity when done so

- The Knuckleblaster's explosion wave now pushes player projectiles (Core Eject, SRS Cannonball) in the direction the player is aiming at

- Sawed-On Shotgun no longer resets the melee chainsaw's durability when swapping to another weapon in the middle of sawing

- Increased the sawblade/launched chainsaw's cooldowns between colliding with the same enemy multiple times

- Hitting the environment will now instantly reset a sawblade/launched chainsaw's same enemy hit cooldown

- The double damage boost from punching a sawblade/launched chainsaw now only resets upon hitting a second enemy (hitting the same enemy multiple times retains the bonus), instead of resetting when hitting the environment or entering a magnet's area of influence

- Shotgun projectiles and nails no longer get pushed around by explosions

- Nailbomb damage is now determined by the amount of nails at time of explosion rather than at time of impact

- Reduced the amount of bonus damage the default Piercer alternate fire gains from coins

- Firestarter oil now properly shoots from the middle of the screen when playing with centered weapons

- Firestarter Rocket Launcher can now consistently spray oil and fire rockets simultaneously

- Cannonballs and Screwdriver screws can now also break breakables

**Enemy changes:**

- Reduced non-boss Swordsmachine phase change knockdown duration

- Added a new Schism right in front of the player in the first encounter of 2-1 to incentivize the player to use the Knuckleblaster right away (and removed the single Stray from the second tower's interior)

- Destroying an Idol or Deathcatcher now counts as a kill (levels with Idols and Deathcatchers have had their rank requirements updated to account for this)

- Added a hint about being able to parry blessed enemies in the Idol bestiary entry

- Reduced non-boss Mirror Reaper's health from 80 to 70

- Mirror Reaper's vertical swings can no longer hit a sliding player

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