Source of Madness Gets Free Krampus and Cold Air Update

Today, developer Carry Castle and publisher Thunderful Publishing launched a new, free update for their Lovecraftian 2D side-scrolling roguelite, Source of Madness, on PC.

The newly released DLC is dubbed the Krampus and Cold Air update, and is available to download now for all existing owners of the base game.

Accompanying the announcement is a brand new trailer shedding light on what to expect from the new content, which you can check out down below:

As you can see in the footage above, the new update introduces the titular hulking Krampus into the mix who appears as a boss encounter, as well as a new Icemancer class for players to enjoy, too. You’ll also be able to pray to a bunch of different elder gods who may gift you handy spells, or perhaps afflict you with a devastating curse. Sounds pretty risky, right?

For more information about Source of Madness’ Krampus and Cold Air update, here’s a general overview courtesy of a press release we received today:

Christmas’ pagan roots are on show to horrifying goat-cult levels in the big new update to Thunderful & Carry Castle’s roguelite action RPG Source of Madness, a Lovecraftian odyssey powered by procedural generation and AI machine learning that generates unique horrors for you to face on every run.

The Krampus and Cold Air update adds a towering eldritch horror for players to conquer in the form of Krampus, the ancient high priest of the goat people that has awoken and now blocks the path to the old age altar of the Icemancers. For those who manage to defeat this epic boss, the road to unlocking the Icemancer class awaits. This new class gives you an air-dash that allows you to glide atop a transmuted path of ice – with great skill, it can be a deadly weapon.

The goat people aren’t the only cult in Source of Madness’ twisted universe. With other cults springing into existence, This new update offers you the option to pray to a variety of outer and elder gods, whether they listen or not. It’s a gamble – you never know if you will receive some of the most legendary spells or a curse that will make you scream at the gods in anguish. The new Krampus and Cold Air update also brings changes to the Pyromancer class, with Pyromancers now dropping a timed explosive on dash, igniting creatures that dare to give chase in a ball of flame.

Source of Madness is available now for PC via Steam‘s Early Access program, and is scheduled to come to Nintendo Switch in 2022.