Lords of the Fallen Gets New Difficulty Modes With Revamped Bosses, Enemies in Latest Update

CI Games has released a significant update (version 2.5) for Lords of the Fallen on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S. This update introduces a new Legacy Mode with tougher enemies and bosses, and a challenging Veteran Mode designed for experienced players. A new trailer showcasing the update is available to view.

Legacy and Veteran modes now feature improved enemies and bosses with altered attack patterns, smarter behavior, and adjusted cooldowns. For instance, Pieta now uses more diverse and polished attack combinations, and her grab attack is more threatening. The Congregator of Flesh attacks more consistently, with less time between strikes. Regular enemies have also been tweaked – their damage and attack speed have been adjusted to make them react better to player actions, resulting in more challenging fights.

Finishing Veteran Mode unlocks a special reward: the Veteran of the Veil warplate. This powerful armor set boosts your chances of finding better items when you wear it. You can also earn unique achievements and trophies by completing this mode, though they aren’t required to get the Platinum trophy. Both Veteran and Legacy Modes can be played with a friend, but you both need to be on the same difficulty setting.

You can find a complete list of changes in the 2.5 update for Lords of the Fallen in the patch notes below. While you’re there, you might also enjoy reading our original review of the game. And if you’re interested in the sequel, check out the gameplay trailer for Lords of the Fallen 2 that was shown at The Game Awards 2025.

Lords of the Fallen Update Version 2.5 Full Patch Notes:

Further Changes and Updates

PvP and Consumables

Added usage caps to key consumables including Heavenly Vials, ammo types, and mana stones.
Reduced damage on Harrowed Dervla’s Crossbow, Lightreaper Daggers and Flickering Flail’s light attack.
Increased mana cost of Orius’ Judgment.

Improved Lock-On System

Refined distance weighting for target selection.
Fixed several cases where lock-on would fail to register.

Inventory Lock System

Added the ability to lock favourite items to prevent accidental selling or dropping.

Shop Inventory Sorting

Added improved shop sorting options, now consistent with the player inventory sorting system.

Quit Game Button (PC Only)

Added a Quit Game option to the Exit tab of the Pause Menu.
Players can now close the game directly from the Pause Menu without returning to the Main Menu.

Boss Weapons

Pieta’s Sword
Punishment and Judgment Hammers
Flickering Flail

Bosses Enhancements

Pieta, She of Blessed Renewal

Legacy Mode

Reduced frequency of special attacks to emphasize melee-focused combat.
Reduced special attack frequency to improve readability.
Smoother combat cadence for clearer telegraphs.

Veteran Mode

Includes all Legacy changes.
Reduced gaps between chained attacks.
More aggressive light-chain follow-ups.
Increased HP and damage.
Stronger pressure during phase transitions.
Increased damage, expanded combo variety, and more evasive behaviour.
Light beam variants now differ more noticeably in speed, demanding sharper reactions.
Longer anticipation on the grab attack with faster travel speed on execution.
Phase 2 revised to increase combo interruption, grab frequency, and variation in attack sequences.
Added a new close-range response: two fast swings triggered when the player remains near her for an extended period.
Added a quicker grab attack that can now occur mid-combo.

Congregator of Flesh

Legacy Mode

Camera position update.
Adjusted attack-string cadence for more readable punish windows.
Reduced maximum HP and significantly lowered stagger health to make the enemy easier to stagger. Since he cannot be hit with a finisher, staggering now functions only as a brief interruption.

Veteran Mode

Includes all Legacy changes.
Faster recovery on most swings.
Increased HP and damage.
Higher chance to chain heavy attacks.
New combo routes including more chained attacks and additional leap follow-ups after his side flop.
Adjusted cooldowns and attack triggers to make his offence more relentless.

The Hushed Saint

Legacy Mode

Retimed all unmounted attack sequences.
Most attacks are now parryable.
Reduced the time mounted and increased the time in a blocking stance.

Veteran Mode

Includes all Legacy changes.
Increased HP and damage.
Remixed and extended mounted attack patterns.
Earlier phase transitions.
Added new mounted pressure options.

Spurned Progeny

Legacy Mode

Adjusted animation timings to refine combat tempo, improving readability and reducing floatiness.
Slightly reduced aggression during ground-floor phases.

Veteran Mode

Includes all Legacy changes.
Increased HP and damage.
Several attacks now generate fire pillars and/or fire explosions.
Increased overall aggression.
Adjusted first-floor behavior to reduce early openings.

The Hollow Crow

Legacy Mode

Improved summoned enemy animations and accuracy.
Tweaked aggression levels of summoned enemies.
Reduced HP of summoned enemies, the Daughter, and the Crow.
Reduced how often the Daughter teleports out of the arena, and the time she remains outside.
Reduced the number of attacks during phase transitions.
Crow attacks now damage summoned enemies (but not the Daughter).
Daughter’s shockwave now damages summoned enemies.
Increased the number of summoned enemies that can appear at once, while lowering their aggression.
Reduced aggression of the large axe-wielding soldier enemies.
Reduced the total number of enemies spawned overall.
Reduced the size of multiple explosions.

Veteran Mode

Increased HP and damage.
A Kinrangr Guardian now appears in Phase 2.
In Phase 3, a Kinrangr Guardian will respawn each time the Daughter returns to the arena.
During Phase 2 and 3, while a Kinrangr Guardian is alive, the Daughter receives reduced damage.
Added a visual effect linking the Daughter to the active Kinrangr Guardian to communicate the damage-reduction mechanic.
The Crow will also attack during phase transitions and when the Daughter is teleported out of the arena.

Elianne the Starved

Legacy Mode

Improved unique animations not already covered in Pieta’s update.

Veteran Mode

Includes all Legacy changes.
Cooldown adjustments.
Added separate Veteran-specific behavior.
Added additional complexity and clone-spawn logic (aligned with Pieta-style Veteran design).

Lightreaper

Legacy Mode

Retimed several attacks.
Added variations to mounted attack sequences; Lightreaper now performs fewer repeated patterns and mixes between different variants, reducing the time spent mounted and preventing repetitive loops.
Increased the projectile speed of the half-moon attack.

Veteran Mode

Includes all Legacy Mode changes.
Phase transitions occur faster.
Multiple combos have been remixed for increased pressure.
Added a new combo.
Air Devastation moves now occur only in Phase 3.

Sundered Monarch

Legacy Mode

Reduced HP.
Added additional collision to close-quarters attacks.
Reduced cooldowns on several attacks during Phases 2 and 3.

Veteran Mode

Includes all Legacy Mode changes.
Increased tempo of close-quarters attacks.
Final rage combo now features a different sword-pattern spawn sequence.
Uppercut now chains into the charge attack.
Spiraling attack now spawns blades in five circles instead of three, with the final two returning inward.
Phase 3 triggers earlier.
Increased HP.
Increased poise HP.

Rest of bosses

Reinhold the Imprisoned, Tancred who delivers punishment, Dervla the Knight who keeps her vows, The Unbroken Promise, Judge Cleric the shining guard, and his corrupted counterpart.

Legacy Mode

No Legacy-specific changes.

Veteran Mode

Increased HP and damage.
Reduced cooldowns on major abilities.

Full List of Mini-Bosses

Holy Bulwark Otto

Legacy Mode

Increased damage.
Faster animation times.
Shorter cooldown between attacks.
Fixed instances where the boss appeared to slide across the ground during certain attacks.

Veteran Mode

All Legacy changes apply.

Scourged Sister Delyth

Legacy Mode

Small increase to HP.
Faster animation times.
Increased aggression.
Higher damage.

Veteran Mode

All Legacy changes apply.
Increased health and stagger health.

Gentle Gaverus, Mistress of Hounds

Legacy Mode

Increased HP.
Increased damage dealt.
Faster startup on attack animations.
Reduced cooldown of the smoke teleport move.
Increased HP of summoned Radiant Hounds.

Veteran Mode

All Legacy changes apply.
Reduced cooldown timings.

Mendacious Visage

Legacy Mode

Reduced cooldowns and reorganised the behaviour tree for more consistent pacing.
Increased damage and faster charge attack.
Improved animations.
Added conditions to stop repeated hand-slam loops when the player is too close.

Veteran Mode

All Legacy changes apply.
Reduced cooldown timings.

Ruiner

Legacy Mode

Improved attack animations.
Cooldown pass.
Can block more frequently during downtime between attacks.
Improved combo timing.

Veteran Mode

All Legacy changes apply.
Reduced cooldown timings.

Abbess Ursula

Legacy Mode

Improved attack animations.
Cooldown balance pass.
Increased the distance at which she transitions into close-range attacks.

Veteran Mode

All Legacy changes apply.

Griefbound Rowena

Legacy Mode

Improved animations.
Cooldown pass.
Slight adjustments to attack-trigger distances.

Veteran Mode

All Legacy changes apply.

Crimson Rector Percival

Legacy Mode

Retimed animations.
Reduced stamina damage dealt.

Veteran Mode

All Legacy changes apply.

Rest of Minibosses

Featuring powerful characters like the Infernal Enchantress, Folard the Kinrangr Guardian, the Skinstealer, the Bringers Trio, Sanisho the Blessed Carrion Knight, Abbess Ursula, Kyra and Lirenne, the Rapturous Huntress of the Dusk, and The Sacred Resonance of Tenacity.

Legacy Mode

Improved animations.
Cooldown updates.

Veteran Mode

No further updates.

Regular Enemies Full List

Enemies in Veteran Mode are now tougher, with improved stats and faster reaction times. We’ve also updated how enemies behave in both the original game and Veteran Mode. You can find a complete list of these changes below.

Remnant

Increased damage.
Faster animation times.
Shorter cooldowns.

Shrouded Remnant

Increased damage.
Faster animation times.
Shorter cooldowns.

Womb of Despair

Reduced HP.
Reduced cooldowns and idling behaviour.

Shrouded Sparrow

Reduced cooldowns on attacks and emote behaviour.
Retimed animations.

Mendacious Visage

Reduced cooldowns and reorganised behaviour.
Faster charge.
Improved animations.
Added conditions to prevent repeated hand-slam loops at close range.

Scarlet Shadow

Improved attack animations.
Cooldown updates.

Bringer of Stillness

Improved attack animations.
Cooldown updates.

Corrupted Pilgrim

Increased damage.
Faster animation times.
Shorter cooldowns.

Rhogar Hound

Increased damage.
Faster animation times.
Cooldown updates.

Raw Mangler

Improved animations.
Cooldown updates.
Improved attack range to reduce whiffing.

Proselyte

Increased damage.
Improved animations.
More aggression.

Trapper

Improved animations.
Cooldown updates.
Stops firing when the player gets close.

Ruiner

Improved attack animations.
Cooldown updates.
Blocks more often in between attacks.
Improved combo timing.

Skinstealer

Cooldown updates.
Improved animations.

Infernal Enchantress

Improved animations.
Cooldown updates.

Seared Soul

Reduced cooldowns between attacks.
Faster animations.
Adjusted attack-trigger distance.
Improved movement flow after attacking.

Pureblade

Increased damage.
Faster animations.
Increased aggression.
Improved shield usage.

Crimson Rector

Retimed animations.
Reduced HP and damage to stabilize pacing.

Carrion Knight

Improved animations.
Improved combo fluidity.
Cooldown updates.

Sin-Piercer

Faster attack startups.
Reduced cooldown on smoke teleport.
Behaviour tuned to punish players more effectively.

Receiver of Sacred Resonance

Cooldown updates.

Enslaved Miner

Cooldown updates.
Faster animations.

Kinrangr Guardian

Cooldown updates.
Improved unique animations.

Kinrangr Hunter

Improved animations.
Cooldown updates.
Improved rotation tracking and close-range behaviour.

Kinrangr Hound

Cooldown updates.

Shuja Warrior

Improved animations.
Reduced cooldowns.
Runs during attacks instead of walking.
Uses poison buff only at range.
Better rotation tracking.
Higher dodge chance.

Fetid Sacrifice

Reduced cooldowns.
Faster attack animations.
Adjusted attack-trigger distance.

Shuja Strider

Reduced dodge cooldown.
Adjusted dodge trigger distance.
Reduced idle time between attacks.
Improved melee and throw animations.

Griefbound

Improved animations.
Cooldown updates.
Adjusted attack-trigger distances.

Accursed Wretch

Cooldown updates.

Fungal Bowman

Increased transition distance for close-range mode.
Cooldown updates.
Improved attack rotation and animation timing.

Brogid

Reduced cooldowns.
Improved close-range movement to be more active.

Deep Sparrow

Reduced cooldown of attacks
Increased cooldown of emote action
Retimed animations

Ice Zombie

Cooldown updates.

Bug Fixes

Corrected dual wielding animation issues affecting head movement.
Additional community-reported fixes and stability improvements.
Fixed an issue where the game could crash during boss encounters if the host died, particularly when the client was also defeated.

2025-12-12 15:48

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