Subsequent month marks ten years for the reason that launch of Grim Daybreak, Crate Leisure’s darkish fantasy ARPG that sits alongside the likes of Titan Quest, Final Epoch, and Torchlight 2 as among the finest video games like Diablo that are not referred to as Path of Exile. 2026 is already set to be Grim Daybreak’s greatest 12 months in fairly some time, bringing us its third enlargement, Fangs of Asterkarn. Nonetheless, with the bottom recreation now a decade outdated, the developer has simply unveiled a serious UI redesign, and it is also about to liberate an enormous chunk of your stash.
Fangs of Asterkarn goes to be a fairly colossal overhaul for Grim Daybreak, with a land mass that clocks in at roughly half the scale of the bottom recreation. It additionally provides the sport’s tenth mastery, the Berserker, which for these of you maintaining rely brings the doable variety of dual-mastery combos as much as a powerful 45. For the reason that DLC’s announcement again in 2023, Crate Leisure has launched fairly a couple of updates to shine and enhance the core expertise, however it’s obtained one last spherical of enhancements on the way in which.
All of those deliberate UI enhancements are coming as a part of the free Grim Daybreak 1.3.0 replace, so you will get them whether or not you purchase Fangs of Asterkarn or not. “The purpose right here is to not reinvent the wheel,” Crate Leisure explains, “[as] we needed to maintain issues acquainted and useful.” The redesign solves the difficulty of menus not scaling to 4K shows, and polishes up every part from the on-screen HUD to the assorted class improve screens.
Crate Leisure can also be introducing an possibility it says “is certain to be a controversial change,” however one it has had many requests for: orbs. The brand new-look round life and mana shows convey a extra Diablo-like really feel to the underside of your display screen. “We took the chance to not solely clear up the area but in addition attempt one thing new for Grim Daybreak. However worry not, basic UI enjoyers,” the crew reassures, “the basic HUD has been refreshed as effectively and could be re-enabled from the sport choices at any time.”
There’s extra excellent news, and this time it is about your stash. “It has turn out to be widespread apply so as to add extra stash tabs with expansions, however we had greater plans this time round,” Crate says. Everyone seems to be getting two new devoted switch stash tabs to retailer and arrange all of your parts and crafting supplies. These will probably be robotically utilized when the replace lands, however that is simply the beginning.
Taking a cue from Final Epoch, there’s now a devoted button in your stock that can robotically suck all supplies and parts into your shared stash. One of the best half? “This may be executed from wherever within the recreation world. You’ll not even want to go to a smuggler.”
On high of this, the entire tabs have been given full customization choices to permit you to extra clearly designate which field comprises what stuff. As a result of the replace will apply to everybody, gamers who’re on the bottom recreation will discover themselves with three extra non-public tabs per character, whereas Fangs of Asterkarn will add 4 extra switch tabs to convey your complete as much as ten (plus the 2 new bins for parts and crafting).
“We perceive that stash mods are widespread, and for a few of you we anticipate that can stay the case,” Crate Leisure concludes. “Some gamers merely demand infinity, and our stance on that is still unchanged. However the vastly expanded official storage needs to be ample for many gamers.”
The Grim Daybreak Fangs of Asterkarn enlargement is at the moment deliberate to launch within the first half of 2026. A public playtest for model 1.3.0 will start in January, supplying you with an opportunity to get a primary have a look at these modifications in motion. If you happen to’ve lengthy had Crate Leisure’s ARPG in your radar however have by no means taken the plunge, make 2026 the 12 months you achieve this. You will not remorse it.
