{"id":127936,"date":"2022-09-08T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-137349"},"modified":"2022-09-08T18:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T18:30:00","slug":"dead-cells-huge-enter-the-panchaku-update-finally-arrives-on-switch-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/09\/08\/dead-cells-huge-enter-the-panchaku-update-finally-arrives-on-switch-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead Cells Huge &#8216;Enter The Panchaku&#8217; Update Finally Arrives On Switch Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3e3b3ae00973c\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3e3b3ae00973c\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Enterthe Panchaku Dead Cells Screenshot\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3e3b3ae00973c\/enterthe-panchaku-dead-cells-screenshot.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3e3b3ae00973c\/enterthe-panchaku-dead-cells-screenshot.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Enterthe Panchaku Dead Cells Screenshot\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Motion Twin<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After hitting &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/08\/dead-cells-enter-the-panchaku-free-update-gets-slight-delay-on-switch\">a snag<\/a>&#8221; (along with a few more delays) with the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/dead_cells\">Dead Cells<\/a>&#8216; latest free update, Enter the Panchaku, Motion Twin has announced that Switch owners \u2014 and other console players \u2014 can at last experience this latest batch of new content!<\/p>\n<p>There are a ton of new features in Enter the Panchaku \u2014 not just a set of frying pan nunchaku! which launched on Steam back in August. We honestly can&#8217;t quite believe the developer is still putting out big updates like this \u2014 years after the game&#8217;s release.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">All consoles now have access to the Enter the Panchaku update! In it you will find the deadly panchaku, Bobby skin, new legendary affixes, Soul Knight item &amp; outfit, plus the ability to pet your pets! We&#8217;ve also reworked some weapons to balance the item pool. Enjoy! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/deadcells?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#deadcells<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RUbaz6Q7D0\">pic.twitter.com\/RUbaz6Q7D0<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Motion Twin (@motiontwin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/motiontwin\/status\/1567890095797149696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>While you&#8217;ll be able to get a few new outfits and skins, there are a ton of changes and fixes that have also been implemented into this utterly fantastic game. it&#8217;s the gift that keeps on giving, and we&#8217;ll be dipping back into Dead Cells once again to check out everything that&#8217;s new.<\/p>\n<p>While you can check out the full list of changes over on <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/dead-cells.com\/patchnotes\/30\">the game&#8217;s website<\/a>, we&#8217;ve got the most important ones here for you:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Important features<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>New Weapon: Panchaku<\/strong> Two pans tied together by a string, the perfect DIY weapon to tear through the island!Crits on enemies facing you.<br \/>&#8211; <strong>New Outfit: Bobby Outfit<\/strong> A new outfit inspired by the Beheaded\u2019s design from the Dead Cells trailers, flaming head included.<br \/>&#8211; <strong>New crossover content with Soul Knight:<\/strong> Those features were already in the Mobile version of Dead Cells, we just brought them over to PC and Consoles!Weapon: <strong>Magic Bow<\/strong>, fires 5 slowly-moving, homing arrows.Outfit: <strong>Knight\u2019s Outfit<\/strong>, inspired by Soul Knight\u2019s character of the same name.New lore room in <strong>Prisoners\u2019 Quarters<\/strong> to unlock the blueprints!<br \/>&#8211; <strong>New Custom Mode Option: Legendaries Only<\/strong>Turns all weapons found in the run into legendary ones.<br \/>&#8211; You can now <strong>pet your Pets<\/strong> when you are in transition areas, by holding interact next to them!<br \/>&#8211; <strong>We completely reworked how Legendary Weapons work!<\/strong>\u2013 Removed the double stat scaling, but kept the colorless status. They now scale on your highest stat only. <em>It was mostly overpowered, rather counter-intuitive (you had to split stats whereas you should do the opposite in non-legendary situations) and not really fun (just adding more damage on top of your damage).<\/em>\u2013 Added a unique Legendary Affix to <strong>all<\/strong> Weapons. A Legendary Weapon will always have its Legendary Affix on top of its normal rolled ones. <em>You can find a list of all the Weapons and their respective Legendary Affix below.<br \/>&#8211;<\/em> Added new <strong>Double Stack<\/strong> Legendary Affix, which doubles the number of stacks applied by the weapon. <em>(Things like poison, fire, etc.)<br \/>&#8211;<\/em> Added new <strong>Global Shield on Kill<\/strong> Legendary Affix.<br \/>&#8211; Added new <strong>Better Secrets<\/strong> Legendary Affix, which upgrades the quality of secrets found in the ground or walls by one tier.<br \/>&#8211; Added new <strong>True Evil<\/strong> Legendary Affix, deals triple damage but locks out the rest of the loadout as long as the weapon is equipped.<br \/>&#8211; Added new <strong>God Slayer<\/strong> Legendary Affix, increases the crit multiplier of the weapon\u2019s last hit.<br \/>&#8211; Added new <strong>Death Root<\/strong> Legendary Affix, roots nearby enemies on kill.<br \/>&#8211; Added new <strong>Mega Crit<\/strong> Legendary Affix, increases crit damage by 75%.<br \/>&#8211; Added new <strong>Cascading Tomb<\/strong> Legendary Affix, unique to the <strong>Tombstone<\/strong>, doom effect can trigger recursively.<br \/>&#8211; Added new <strong>Rebuild on Kill<\/strong> Legendary Affix, unique to the <strong>Broken Toothpick<\/strong>, repairs the weapon on kill.<br \/>&#8211; Added new <strong>Speed Ball<\/strong> Legendary Affix, reduces the pause time between the attacks.<br \/>&#8211; Added new <strong>Super Slice<\/strong> Legendary Affix, unique to <strong>Queen\u2019s Rapier<\/strong>, increases greatly the range of the reality slices.<br \/>&#8211; Added new <strong>Fire on Hit<\/strong> Legendary Affix, puts hit enemies on fire.<br \/>&#8211; Added new <strong>Double Bullets<\/strong> Legendary Affix, doubles the number of projectiles shot by the weapon.<br \/>&#8211; Added new <strong>Triple Bullets<\/strong> Legendary Affix, triples the number of projectiles shot by the weapon.<br \/>&#8211; Added new <strong>Golden Damage<\/strong> Legendary Affix, buffs the weapon\u2019s damage based on the player\u2019s current gold count.<br \/>&#8211; Added new <strong>Stun Shield<\/strong> Legendary Affix, stuns any enemy parried by the shield.<br \/>&#8211; Added new <strong>Double Speed<\/strong> Legendary Affix, projectiles shot by the weapon go twice as fast.<br \/>&#8211; Added new <strong>Echo<\/strong> Legendary Affix, replays a grenade\u2019s explosion a second time.<br \/>&#8211; Added new <strong>Bigger Explosion<\/strong> Legendary Affix, increases a grenade\u2019s explosion radius.<br \/>&#8211; Added new <strong>Ice Walker<\/strong> Legendary Affix, unique to <strong>Ice Armor<\/strong>, the created armor never expires.<br \/>&#8211; Added new <strong>Super Back Damage<\/strong> Legendary Affix, greatly increases the damage when hitting enemies in the back. (Update 30.1)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>Version 1.20.0, which is the 30th free update for Dead Cells, is ready to download now on your Switch. So what are you waiting for?<\/p>\n<p>For a visual rundown of all of the updates, check out Motion Twin&#8217;s vlog from August.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"HbDcWYRv9pM\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p><em>Let us know if you&#8217;ll be diving back into Dead Cells in the comments!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Motion Twin After hitting &#8220;a snag&#8221; (along with a few more delays) with the release of Dead Cells&#8216; latest free update, Enter the Panchaku, Motion Twin has announced that Switch owners \u2014 and other console players \u2014 can at last experience this latest batch of new content! 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