Salt And Sanctuary V1.0.0.8 Direct
Enemies become significantly more powerful; players retain all items and upgrades
Community creators like Pax Empyrean developed extensive overhauls for this era of the game to address issues with overpowered shields and underwhelming heavy armor. Quick Game Reference Main Goal Average of 16.5 hours to complete Completionist Average of 32 hours for 100% completion New Game+ Salt and Sanctuary v1.0.0.8
Fixed a bug where the resolution would default to 1920x1080 if the config.ini file was missing, and updated default settings to "saner" out-of-the-box values. Updated internal tools to allow for faster initial
Introduced on-screen feedback during the patching process to notify users that the first boot after an update may take significant time. Enemies become significantly more powerful
Updated internal tools to allow for faster initial boot times by adding quality settings (ASTC) that could be manually toggled via the .sh launch file. Context in Development History
Patch Released (v1.0.1.0) · Salt and Sanctuary update ... - SteamDB
Enabled additional optimization flags to improve general stability; users were often advised to delete specific checksum files ( gamedata/.ver_checksum ) when updating to ensure a clean install.