Master lunar-powered magic, complete the Bestiary, and uncover new encounters in the latest major Early Access update.
[June 15, 2026] – The moon rises over the Undermine today with the launch of the Lunar Magic Update for UnderMine 2. This major Early Access update introduces a powerful new playable character, expanded progression systems, new encounters, quality-of-life improvements, and more as developer Thorium continues the journey toward the game’s 1.0 launch.
What’s New in the Lunar Magic Update
- Play as Minerva, the Lunar Sorceress, a new playable character with her own unique upgrades and progression path. Players can unlock Minerva through a special sequence after discovering the Sanctum and unlocking the Roost.
- Complete the new Bestiary, now available in the Journal, featuring detailed enemy information including stats, strengths, weaknesses, defeat counts, and more. Players can also track, rename, and manage their charmed followers directly from the Bestiary.
- Enjoy major Journal improvements, including new sorting options, progression tracking for item unlocks and gilded completions, improved item visibility, and additional customization features.
- Share relics with friends through the Orrery, allowing players to gift relics to Steam friends for use in future runs.
- Discover new encounters and potions, including Blacksmith’s Respite, Librarian’s Respite, Alchemist’s Respite, and Wizardling’s Respite, alongside additional content throughout the Undermine.
The Lunar Magic Update also introduces new achievements, balance adjustments, quality-of-life improvements, and a variety of bug fixes designed to further enhance the UnderMine 2 experience.
UnderMine 2, the sequel to the acclaimed action-roguelike UnderMine, expands upon its predecessor with new intriguing characters, two-player local co-op, branching paths in which you decide which route to navigate, and a new Arcana system that introduces interactable relics to help you fight, heal, and explore.
The Lunar Magic Update arrives today as part of UnderMine 2’s ongoing Early Access development. Join the community on Discord, share your feedback, and help shape the future of the Undermine on the road to 1.0.
About UnderMine 2
- A Band of Hopeful Heroes: Discover, unlock, and play as new characters such as the lucky and ambitious Black Rabbit, or the dark and brooding Inquisitor Danté. The trusty Peasant is, of course, still an option. Each character has unique upgrades, abilities, and interactions, making for a fresh experience every run.
- Embrace Endless Challenge: The Well, a never-ending challenge, awaits you at the bottom of the Undermine. Powerful enemies and bosses will test your skills and build. Discover its unique challenges, plan your run to overcome them, and see how far you can truly delve in this highly replayable adventure.
- Harness the Power of Arcana: Wield new, interactive relics called Arcana. Each adds new abilities to your character. Leave your regular, basic abilities at the door, and form unique builds around devastating meteor barrages, sentient homing bombs, skeletal army totems, or dozens of other wild options.
- It’s Dangerous to Go Alone: Grab a friend and play through the entirety of UnderMine 2 with two-player local co-op. Discover character and item synergies that only exist when playing with a partner, or have someone to hold you if things get overwhelming.
- Full Mod and Workshop Support: Easily create new items, characters, encounters, quests, and more with paintable tilesets, a visual scripting editor, and other included development tools. You can also easily download other players’ creations through Steam Workshop.
About Thorium
Thorium is a 3-man studio with over 40 years of combined industry experience. We stay small and build deliberately to avoid compromise and maintain vision over our games. We partner with other individuals and teams that we trust to achieve what we couldn’t on our own.
