Hotfix 1.0.5 Patch Notes: Shader Compilation Stutter Fix

Seeing hitches and stutter on PC? Install Hotfix 1.0.5 before you change anything else. Released September 10, 2026, it makes a single change, and that change targets the performance complaint players have raised most since launch.

What changed

Rebel Wolves improved the game’s shader compilation pipeline. The official wording is measured: the change can fix stuttering for some players, not for everyone. Shader stutter usually shows up as brief hitches the first time a new area, effect or enemy appears on screen, so that is where to look for the difference.

If you still stutter

The earlier workarounds still apply:

• Run the game in Full Screen, not Windowed or Borderless. This has been Rebel Wolves’ own recommendation since Hotfix 1.0.2.
• If the game crashes while compiling shaders, make sure your BIOS is up to date.

Our PC troubleshooting guide walks through shader, driver and display-mode issues in order, and the PC settings guide covers upscaling and frame generation.

The update before this one

Hotfix 1.0.4, a day earlier, fixed a save blocker, blocking cutting out in combat, nine quest issues and controller FPS drops on Steam.