The Clean Cut update has arrived for Dead Cells, and here are the patch notes regarding the changes that arrived. We haven’t seen new updates for Dead Cells for a few weeks. It’s great to see a brand-new patch before the end of April. The update aims to fix bugs and optimization problems as much as possible and bring a few new features that improve playability. Here are the patch notes for Dead Cells Clean Cut update.
Dead Cells Clean Cut Update Patch Notes
- 2 new weapons
- Change your head to Bobby with most outfits
- Speedrun mode
- Boss Rush now has customisation options and Return to Castlevania bosses (including upgraded versions)
- Training Room has a ton of new customisation
Complete Patch Notes:
- New Survival Weapon:ย Sewing Scissors.Instakills all enemies it hits, as long as at least one of them dies to the weaponโs standard damage.
- New Brutality Weapon:ย Giant Comb.Throws your enemies upwards, and deals critical damage to airborne mobs!
- New NPC:ย Tailorโs Daughter.Find her in theย Tailorโs Room, and talk to her to freely change the look of your head.
- Newย Speedrun Modeย option.Activate it to track and display the completion time of each biome. Also tracks your previous bests and compares them!
- Newย Boss Rush DIY Mode, that lets you choose whichever bosses you want to face in a run.
- The 3 Bosses fromย Return to Castlevaniaย are now accessible inย Boss Rush.
- Lots of rework on theย Training Room!ย We added a bunch of options to streamline the experimentation process, such as:
โ New UIs to spawn a specific weapon with a set Level, Quality and Legendary-ness.
โ New UI to choose a certain number of scrolls
โ New UI to choose the overall scaling level of the Training Room, based on the values of a selected biome.
โ Added the mini-bosses to the mob spawners
โ Added a bunch of different traps to the mob rooms.
โ Added the Return to Castlevania Bosses.
โ Bosses arenโt scaled down to level 1 anymore!ย (no more 20 minutes fights)
โ Changed the UI to select mobs to a grid-based one.
โ Added a Training Dummy for DPS calculation.
Balancing
- Slowย effects now stack up to 5 times. Each stack has a greater slowing effect, then the affected enemy is frozen at the fifth stack.
- Bunch of Mutation Reworks:
- Combo: Enable a damage increase with every melee hit in a 2.5 sec window (of course the window refreshes after every hit). It scales exponentially, go crazy with it!
- Tainted Flask: Can recharge even if your flask is not totally empty. It also adds 1 more elite into every biome when equipped.
- Networking: Marks enemies with ranged attacks now, there doesnโt need to be an actual projectile stuck in the mobโs body anymore.
- Berserker: Can now stack, and renders you immune to stuns.
- What Doesnโt Kill You: Now grants recovery instead of healing.
- Necromancy: Also now grants recovery instead of healing. It scales with the max health of the mobs you kill, which means you can get more recovery by killing a stronger enemy. The cap has been removed, but itโs less effective as you get closer to max health.
- Frostbite: Now stacks with slow effects and acts as a full stack on frozen targets.
- Dead Inside: Doubles your life but prevents ALL healing sources.
- Disengagement: No more cooldown!.. but can only trigger once per biome.
- Return to Castlevania balancing:
- Whip Sword โ Whip Formย now passes through shields.
- Whip Swordโsย transformation attack hitbox tended to bug, it should now be consistent with its visual FX, which means it wonโt only hit one single target anymore.
- The ghosts gathered byย Deathโs Scytheย now have a slightly smaller explosion radius.
- Bibleย is now considered to be a heavy weapon.
- Alucardโs Shieldย has better parry windows, and the whole combo will now crit after a parry.
- Rebound Stoneย now deals slightly more damage, and has a smaller but longer window before being able to โcatch itโ (i.e., trigger the crit). Its cooldown now starts upon its destruction.
- Holy Waterย has a bigger vertical hitbox, and the flame now deals damage.
- Medusa Headย deals more damage and bumps further.
- Added a long cooldown when theย Catย is killed by theย Queen.
- Throwing Axeย can no longer roll theย Fire Bulletย affix.
- Medusaโsย flurry attacks should now have a small pause after the end of the attack.
- Haunted Armorย (the one with an axe) should now activate at a slightly longer range.
- Elite Mermansย should now fire 2 big fireballs instead of a big one and a normal one.
- Dracula (Humanoid)โsย fire pillars are now slightly easier to avoid (in terms of intervals) but are not rollable anymore.
- Dracula (Demon), Buer, Werewolves and Medusaย are now considered to be Beasts (crits with theย Crowbar).
Level design
- Theย Mimicย can now appear randomly in shops outside of theย Bank.ย Mwahahahah
- Switched theย Dracula Castle (Hard)ย Cursed Chest chance to 10%.
Graphics & UI
- Added a newย Petrificationย affect icon.
Bug fixes
- Fixedย Agitated Pickpocketย being able to hit throughย Global Shields.
- Fixed a crash when anย Automatonย falls off a platform while using itsย Dash Attack.
- Fixed a crash when saving a reloading while aย Petrifiedย enemy is on screen.
- Fixed a softlock when falling off the map duringย Dracula โ Final Form, while all platforms were destroyed.
- Fixed a crash when using theย Emergency Doorย during theย Queenย boss fight.
- Fixed theย Shop Mimicโsย hitboxes being too big compared to the visual.
- Fixedย Cursed Swordย not disabling other inventory items when switched slots.
- Fixed a crash inย Shipwreck, when a platform is destroyed at the same time asย Mushroom Boiย is spawned.
- Fixed being able to duplicateย Turretsย using theย Emergency Door.
- Fixedย Diverse Deck โ Foresightย tagging the blocked attacks as if they were blocked by a shield.
- Fixedย Serenadeย destroying deployables when activated.
- Fixedย Gold Platingย not protecting againstย Dracula โ Final Formโsย grab.
- Fixedย Bobby Headโsย disappearing in theย Tailorโs Room.
- Fixedย Bibleโsย projectile disappearing after a cutscene.
- Fixedย Heal Flaskย glow effect also affecting the playerโs glow effect.
- Fixed weaponsโ crit indicator sometimes not displaying.
- Fixedย Morning Starโsย chain detaching itself from the base.
- Fixedย Petsโย behavior being broken inย Draculaโsย opening cutscene.

As you see above, the changes are mostly bug fixes and balancing changes. The bug fixes will surely help the game to offer a more stable experience. Alongside those fixes, the balancing changes also look worth checking. The developers don’t reveal the update size, but we could estimate that it will be a big one. Just in case, ensure you’ve downloaded it before your playing hours.
Dead Cells is available on PC, PS4,