Here’s the clear update for The First Berserker: Khazan as of June 16, 2025:
🎮 June 16 Patch – Live Now (PC/PS5/Xbox)
🔧 Major Changes
- Difficulty System Overhaul
- Easy → Normal (formerly called Easy)
- Normal → Expert (formerly Normal)
- New Beginner Mode: No stamina damage when hit, higher player damage and HP—great for newcomers.
- New Hardcore Mode: Enemies deal more stamina damage on failed reflections, HP/Stamina/Defense reduced, exclusive camera lock-on, no Phantom Form or summons, enemy stats hidden—designed for veteran players firstberserkerkhazan.wiki.fextralife.com+15steamcommunity.com+15steamdb.info+15.
🛠 UI / Quality-of-Life
- Skill Presets: Save/load up to 10 custom builds for your skill tree psu.com+5steamcommunity.com+5firstberserkerkhazan.wiki.fextralife.com+5.
- Gear Presets: Save entire setups—equipment, shortcuts, skills—for quick loadouts firstberserkerkhazan.wiki.fextralife.com+2steamcommunity.com+2dsogaming.com+2.
- Storage Increased: Gear storage expanded from 100 to 500 slots dsogaming.com+2screenrant.com+2steamcommunity.com+2.
- HUD/Accessibility: New options to toggle HUD display (off/simple/custom) steamcommunity.com+1reddit.com+1.
- Combo Tutorials: Added new guided combo tutorials for all weapon types pcgamesn.com+1steamcommunity.com+1.
🎯 Balance, Drops & Bug Fixes
- Consumable Visuals Fixed: Adjusted grades and visual effects so loot rarities match expectations dsogaming.com+4steamcommunity.com+4psu.com+4.
- Drop Rate Boosts: Main mission bosses now guarantee set-crafting materials; Augment of Wisdom rarer item drop rate increased facebook.com+2steamcommunity.com+2x.com+2.
- Minor Fixes: Adjusted input timing for Brutal Attacks, stabilized camera, UI tweaks, and more dsogaming.com+1x.com+1.
🌐 Demo Suspension
- Online demo temporarily disabled on Steam and PlayStation (Xbox to follow later) due to divergence from the full game experience steamdb.info+1reddit.com+1.
✅ TL;DR Table
Category | Highlights |
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Difficulty Modes | Beginner, Normal, Expert, Hardcore added |
Presets | Skill + Gear presets for flexible builds |
Inventory | Storage slots increased (100 → 500) |
Accessibility | HUD toggle; combo tutorials added |
Balance | Consumables downgraded; boss/material drops guaranteed |
Demo | Online demo suspended on PC/PS5 |