

In addition, the developers explained that whilst the time until the next playtest might be longer than in the past, the team "will work our hardest to make the next one even better than before." Dark and Darker's playtests normally take place every two months. The next Dark and Darker playtest is scheduled to start on April 14 and run until April 19. We hope to test some pretty substantial additions for this playtest that require a bit more development time than in the past." It is for this reason we have decided to schedule another playtest prior to our Early Access launch. We realize we still have some important questions that need to be answered. On their official Discord, the devs told fans that the most recent playtest "gave us a lot of clues on how to proceed with development. The torrent address has been posted by developers in a coded format and must be decoded in order to use it.Ironmace Games have confirmed that the next playtest will take place in April 2023, ahead of an early Access launch, tentatively scheduled for late April or early May. There are instructions on how to download the patch in the official Dark and Darker Discord server.

Like the main client, all Dark and Darker Playtest 5 patches must be obtained via torrent.

Fixed an issue where Locust Swarm's extinction animation was unnatural.Fixed an issue where Locust Swarm could deal unintended amounts of damage.Fixed several issues regarding dungeon access and rollbacks.Arrows and bolts can now stack up to 15.Ghost King's health decreased slightly.Rangers start with 30 arrows as an initial supply.Wizard Meditation channeling time reduced from 30 seconds to 24 seconds, and cooldown reduced from 60 seconds to 45 seconds.Cleric Resurrection's spell tier has been adjusted from 8 to 7.Cleric Earthquake's spell tier has been adjusted from 7 to 8.Cleric Locust Swarm damage changed to 2 per second.Cleric Locust Swarm spell tier adjusted from 7 to 8 and count adjusted to 1.Cleric Lesser Heal's spell tier has been adjusted from 2 to 3.Rest fills a small amount of spells again.

The changes included in Hotfix 2 include:
