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🐗 GRAVE HOG’S GRAVEYARD SHIFT: PATCH NOTES
Oct 25, 2026
NEW: THE LOOT MACHINE
Chests got a glow-up. Crack one open and the shift pauses while Grave Hog dives in headfirst, digs through the junk (bottles, bones, a lollipop, somebody’s skull necklace…) and comes up with the goods.
- Every chest now gives +1 level to a weapon or perk you already own
- All maxed out? You get a full heal + 25 wages instead
- Tap, click or press Enter to skip the animation
- Replaces the old +2% treasure bonuses, which weren’t worth the walk
ZOOM
- Zoom now works on phones and tablets: pinch with two fingers or tap the new ZOOM button
- On PC: mouse wheel, Z to cycle, or – / =
- On a controller: the bumpers
- You can now zoom out farther (up to 2×)
- Your zoom level is remembered between stages and sessions
PIZZA & THE MAINTENANCE OFFICE
- Pizza now heals a flat 5 HP (fixed a bug where it sometimes healed only 2 while claiming +20)
- NEW office upgrade: Extra Cheese, +3 HP per pizza per level (up to 5 levels)
- Visiting the office from the Shift Complete screen no longer ends your run. Back returns you to the results so you can continue
- The Stage 1 results screen now says CONTINUE TO STAGE 2, because yes, there’s a second shift
KEEPING THE ACTION ON SCREEN
- Enemies can no longer snipe you from off-screen. Mega Mart throwers, drones and forklifts (and the Widow and the King) only attack when you can see them
- Your weapons now focus on monsters on screen, so no more Deadanomicon black holes opening somewhere you can’t see
BALANCE
- Stage 1 fights back: monsters get much tougher as the night goes on. No more standing still to win
- Nail Gun reworked: +1 nail per level (up to 5), each nail a little weaker. Still strong, no longer absurd at level 5
- Forklifts: no more than 2 on the floor at once
- All bosses: +5% health
- The Cemetery King: his skulls track you harder and longer, and he aims later in his cast. Sidestepping early won’t cut it anymore
- The Cart Beast: 10% bigger. It was looking a little underfed
- Funeral Bell: no more knockback. Each toll now sends monsters fleeing in terror for 1 second per bell level. Scared monsters can’t attack or hurt you. Bosses are too stubborn to scare
POLISH
- The Grave Digger and Widow stay down a couple of seconds longer before fading. Enjoy the moment
- The Nail Gun sound now varies in pitch, so rapid fire sounds like a nail gun and not a metronome
- Long alert messages now wrap instead of running off the screen
- One-time tip on your first shift showing how to zoom
BUG FIXES
- Fixed the game freezing when opening a chest while playing the downloaded version from a folder
- Fixed pizza sometimes healing for less than it said