- Hot Fixes EA 0.21.0.14345 - 19 September 2026
- Not displaying why we can't enter dungeon during tutorial if we have too many characters
- Patch Notes EA 0.21.0.14343 - 11 September 2026
Game Crash related to glyphs Chicken + borrow life exploit Burning glyph friendly fire End of dungeon stats not showing anymore Cannot enter dungeon when Crew Member exceeds limit (same logic as overflow chest) Removed Domination as a level up class skill (it was available by mistake) Removed small odds to get Flawless Empire items, as those items are meant to be introduced in a future update Cheers!
- Hot Fixes EA 0.21.0.14331 - 22 June 2026
- Resolved an issue with procs not working on offhand - Trying to improve pets movement
- Content Update 0.21: Instability/Thirst options & new Items! - 18 June 2026
This update introduces new ways to mitigate instability and thirst mechanics, new items and a training dummy to test your DPS!\ Altar of the hero (selected character has 50% less instability and can equip items attuned to other characters)\ New magic offhand items: Magic Orb (resistance to magic), Magic Book (10% proc damage bonus), Magic Lantern (random stat bonus), Demonic Skull (chance to re-imburse skill charge on cast), Rune Stone (random elemental damage bonus), Floating Eyeball (crit chance bonus)\ New consumable (stackable bandages which stop bleeding and heal a little, minor potion/scroll which clears statuses, minor potion/scroll of invisibility)\ Adding calibration options for instability in the difficulty system\ Adding calibration options for thirst in the difficulty system\ Added a training dummy in the HUB on which you can test your DPS\ Tracking inconsistencies of how bo…
- Hot Fixes EA 0.20.0.14218 - 7 May 2026
- \ Resolved an issue where non permanent pets could reduce the permanent pets cap - \ Restored insurances for dead characters through a victory, which had been disabled by mistake a while back
- Content Update 0.20.0: Unlimited Party Level Cap, New Dungeon Events and More! - 7 May 2026
Hello everyone! As we cruise toward a major end-game content update, we'll be releasing smaller content updates, which address recurrent player concerns and add bits of content originally planned for that major update. \ ⦁ \ Dungeon party cap is raised from 21 to 35 (full party), using a new Monster Scaling mechanic to reduce monsters group size. ⦁ \ 2 more character slots ⦁ \ 2 more vault slots ⦁ \ Dungeon Enchanting Event (free item upgrade 3 choices) ⦁ \ Dungeon Holo-Chest Event (3 items choices) ⦁ \ Dungeon Gems Vendor Event ⦁ \ Some resource icons polish ⦁ \ Overlord now casts Mass Silence instead of a permanent Aura ⦁ \ Vampire can no longer liberate pets ⦁ \ Dominate is capped to 1 per character (2 for puppet master) ⦁ \ Revamped the Bosses difficulty curve to better match level 35 party ⦁ \ 4/2 item sets can now give the bonus twice ⦁ \ Gems can now be stacked ⦁ \ Long character…
- Important Announcement, 1.0, & Future Roadmap - 1 May 2026
Hey Folks!It’s been a while, so we’d like to explain what has been happening behind the curtain over the last few months.We announce that from now on, we’ll be self-publishing Escape the Mad Empire. Paradox Arc and us (XperimentalZ Games) came to a mutually beneficial arrangement that will allow us to keep supporting the game for longer than planned for.We’re very grateful for this last 3 years of partnership, the game would not be where it is now without their continuous support!The original plan was to release in 1.0 last March with a big end-game content update, then probably put development on ice. Now, we’d like to take a risk and extend the development of this crazy project, for you the players but also for us, since this has been our passion-project over the last 8 years.So over the next few weeks/months, we'll address recurring concerns and release the content originally planned…
- Hot Fixes EA 0.19.0.13763 - 17 December 2025
\ rage going Idle sometimes\ Scrolls sometimes vanishing when transferring between full inventories\ Identificator does not reset timer when repositioning items\ character sheet button\ Enemy's Non-Verbal skills were incorrectly silenced\ loading screen crash\ Issue with Ghosts behavior
- Major content update 0.19.0: Biomes & Monsters! - 27 November 2025
Hello escapists! We come to you today with a NEW major content update! We wanted to diversify the gameplay experience with more various types of monsters & biomes, which is what we'll be bringing you today! Forest Biome The update includes: 4 new biomes: ⦁ Forest ⦁ Haunted Forest ⦁ Mushrooms ⦁ Ice Caverns Mushroom biome 31 New Monsters, which will be associated to specific biome: ⦁ Crypts: Grave Diggers ⦁ Prison: Jail Keepers & Bones Collectors ⦁ Barracks: 13 various types of Empire Soldiers ⦁ Caverns: Rockspit Worms and Stun Spiders ⦁ Ice Caverns: Yetis ⦁ Labs: Mad Scientists ⦁ Mushrooms: Small, Medium and Large Mushroom creatures ⦁ Mines: Rock Golems ⦁ Haunted Forest: Empty Spirits & Scary Ghosts ⦁ Fortress: Iron Golems ⦁ Forest: Rootwardens & Venom Spiders Ice cavern biomeWe've also done some other minor fixes & balancing: ⦁ Disabled attuning for uncommon and rare items ⦁ It’s now po…
- hotfixes EA 0.18.0.13292 - 3 October 2025
- Resolving a potential security issue with Unity
- Hot Fixes EA 0.18.0.13291 - 27 September 2025
- Resolved an issue with Shapeshift skill, which could result in losing an equipped item - Magic items which transform single attacks into AOE will only affect their equipped hand now - Slightly nerfed item of Mad Swings (-20% attack speed) - Total Mayhem now applies Flurry on self instead of target, as intended
- Hot Fixes EA 0.18.0.13234 - 19 September 2025
- Fixed issue with some chests items being weirdly placed and had missing items
- Hot Fixes EA 0.18.0.13231 - 18 September 2025
- Fixed an issue with the enchanting device, which prevented to enchant certain items.
- Hot Fixes EA.0.18.0.13227 - 18 September 2025
- Fixed issues with Dragaclaw to registering hits on 3 of its 4 hitbox tiles - Fixed issues with Vault sometimes having items erased - Fixed issues with some windows rarily getting stuck - Fixed missing text for Vault rebind option - Chicken Strike skill now transforms into chicken for 15 sec instead of 20
- Hot Fixes EA 0.18.0.13208 - 17 September 2025
- Added 'v' shortcut for the vault - Added 2 more Vault tabs - Empire Items Collector Achievements now requires 40 items instead of 50 - Banishment spell now excludes the caster - Fixed a few issues with armor adding HP - Failing Final Judgment on Pet now releases it
- Hot Fixes 0.18.0.13158 - 9 September 2025
- Resolved another issue for new players which prevented to enter the full tutorial smoothly - Disabled an exploit which allowed to loot shops
- Hot Fixes 0.18.0.13149 - 7 September 2025
- Fixed an issues which could prevent new players from entering the quick tuto on their first try
- Hot Fixes 0.18.0.13145 - 7 September 2025
- Preventing a black screen crash when loading tutorial for the first time as new player - Added checks for rest tutorial to help avoiding getting stuck - Solidified save game system to avoid losing characters from the reserve - Minor fixes
- Hot Fixes 0.18.0.13132 - 6 September 2025
- Resolved an issue which could block the progression of the player on the Skill Level-Up quest. - Fixed the weapon of Hit Streak which could result if temporarily losing attack speed. - Fixed the weapon of Cycle which could infinitely add stacks of damage.
- Hot Fixes 0.18.0.13130 - 5 September 2025
Fixed a number of issues: - Creatures getting stuck after being pushed - Party can now exit a boss fight when a character was left stuck on platform - Getting command 'fire a party member' at the wrong moment - Gem not being correctly identified - Localization 'wait for poison ball' - Bosses are now immune to morph/chicken strike - Sleep is now considered a 'hard cc' and will now trigger temporary immunity - A few other minor things
