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Halloween Patch Notes
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Candy Hunt Event · October 19 – November 30Candy is hidden across Arctic, Temple & Sewers. Hold Interact to grab it. First come, first served! Ghosts get their own candy, so the hunt continues after death. Collect 100 pieces of candy to unlock the Wick ghost skin. Earn a new seasonal Steam achievement before the event…
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Candy Hunt Event · October 19 – November 30Candy is hidden across Arctic, Temple & Sewers. Hold Interact to grab it. First come, first served! Ghosts get their own candy, so the hunt continues after death. Collect 100 pieces of candy to unlock the Wick ghost skin. Earn a new seasonal Steam achievement before the event ends to keep it forever. Seasonal achievements don’t count against your 100% completion on Steam. Halloween LobbyThe lobby got a full spooky makeover. Make yourself at home. Briefly.NEW: Loadout TabEquip skins and ghost skins from the new LOADOUT tab. Preview your ghost’s Innocent & Impostor looks before equipping. Filter by All / Owned / Locked and sort by rarity or name. Skins now display their rarity. Changes made mid-match apply next match. Ghost SkinsThe default ghost skin is now named Spector. New ghost skin: Wick, unlocked through the Candy Hunt. Temple TorchesTorch perk rewards are now capped to prevent abuse. Before: every torch lit by Innocents or snuffed by Impostors offered a perk from the full perk pool. Now: perk choices appear on your 1st, 3rd & 6th torch only, limited to Common/Rare perks.12 Languages! English, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Turkish and Arabic. The game automatically uses your system language. Change it anytime in Settings › General › Language. Translations are early. Spot something weird? Let us know! How to PlayRebuilt guide covering all three maps, including Sewers. Clear steps, required tools and tips for every task. Switch maps with Q/E or LB/RB on controller. SettingsNew…
Get candy. Get betrayed. Keep farming. The Candy Hunt is on until November 30. Hunt down candy across Arctic, Temple & Sewers and collect 100 pieces to unlock the Wick ghost skin. Ghosts get their own candy too, so dying isn’t an excuse. We’ve also given the lobby a spooky makeover and added a Loadout tab, 12…
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Get candy. Get betrayed. Keep farming. The Candy Hunt is on until November 30. Hunt down candy across Arctic, Temple & Sewers and collect 100 pieces to unlock the Wick ghost skin. Ghosts get their own candy too, so dying isn’t an excuse. We’ve also given the lobby a spooky makeover and added a Loadout tab, 12 languages, a seasonal Steam achievement, and plenty of fixes and improvements. Bring friends. Lower their life expectancy.
Cactus Has Arrived: New Achievements, Fixes & More
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Cactus has taken root in Masters of Mayhem! With this update we are introducing a new playable character with six unlockable colour variants, each earned through a new achievement. We’ve also made improvements across gameplay, monsters, maps, menus, controllers, audio and progression. NEW CHARACTER & ACHIEVEMENTSAdded…
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Cactus has taken root in Masters of Mayhem! With this update we are introducing a new playable character with six unlockable colour variants, each earned through a new achievement. We’ve also made improvements across gameplay, monsters, maps, menus, controllers, audio and progression. NEW CHARACTER & ACHIEVEMENTSAdded the Cactus character with six unlockable colour variants! Complete the following achievements to unlock each Cactus skin: GREEN: LOST SPROUTSFind and approach the green Cactus remains on Arctic, Temple and Sewer. Each map counts once. BLUE: THIRST AIDDrop blue Cactus remains into the secret pond in Temple or the Goo in the Sewers spawn area. PINK: PRICKLY PAIRBring two pink Cactus bodies to the planter in Temple or the couch in Sewer, then interact to lay them to rest. Nearby players who helped deliver them can also earn credit. YELLOW: HERE COMES THE SUNBring yellow Cactus remains to the Temple obelisk. The send-off begins automatically once the obelisk is activated. PURPLE: BLOOM SERVICEBring purple Cactus remains to the plant area in Arctic, then place all three flowers in any order. Everyone who places a flower earns credit when the send-off finishes. BLACK: PRICKULARITY Use a Black Hole Crystal to consume black Cactus remains in its center, or eliminate a black Cactus player with it. The Monster’s black-hole ability does not count. Matching dead Cactus players can also be used instead of the remains found around the maps, except for the Green Cactus achievement. GAMEPLAY• Dead bodies now float on water.• Glider flight is temporarily limited to 10 seconds…
85% of 80 Steam reviews are positive, which after adjusting for sample size gives a reception score of 75.6. The developers have shipped 2 substantial updates in the past six months, adding 12.8.
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Last successful news check: Oct 21, 2026, 2:01 PM UTC. This is when we checked Steam, separate from when the developer last posted.
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Masters of Mayhem Update Adds Lobby Voting, Vote Kick, and Ghost Chat
A new update for Masters of Mayhem has arrived, touching social systems, gameplay balance, HUD presentation, and a string of bug fixes.
What changed
New features
Lobby Voting — players can vote on the next map, with anonymous voting and role reveals.
Vote Kick — a mechanism to remove disruptive players mid-match.
Impostor Recruit — a rare perk exclusive to the 1 Impostor vs. 6 Innocents configuration; the Impostor can convert an Innocent into an ally.
Ghost Chat — dead players may now communicate during matches.
Voice Options — push-to-talk and open mic modes, plus adjustable noise suppression.
HUD Meters — instability and noise meters added; the noise system is noted as a work in progress.
Gameplay adjustments
Monsters now target only Innocents.
Monster speed has been increased, with an additional boost during escalation.
Default discussion time is now 20 seconds.
Thunderblast gains a post-meeting cooldown.
The Float ability receives smoother movement and glider animations.
Fixes address duplicate perk offers, missing audio and visual effects on the Protect ability, Float activation and visual bugs, living players incorrectly seeing dead players' Float ability, and keybind saving and icon issues.
The developer also outlined future plans — including version matching, smarter Monster navigation, expanded noise interactions, more achievements, and continued UI and controller improvements — though none carry confirmed timelines.
For a game built around social deduction, the voting and communication additions are the most structurally significant changes here, giving players more agency over both the match roster and the map selection.
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Get candy. Get betrayed. Keep farming.The Candy Hunt is on until November 30. Hunt down candy across Arctic, Temple & Sewers and collect 100 pieces to unlock the Wick ghost skin. Ghosts get their own candy too, so dying isn’t an excuse. We’…
Cactus has taken root in Masters of Mayhem! With this update we are introducing a new playable character with six unlockable colour variants, each earned through a new achievement. We’ve also made improvements across gameplay, monsters, map…
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