EVILBANE FAQ
The questions players actually ask: how to lock on, why jumps stop working, why loot disappears, how the 10-point Heavenstone budget works, and whether test progress carries over (it does not).
Official EVILBANE screenshot — Netmarble Monster / Netmarble.
The questions below are the ones the official playtest FAQ and the Steam discussions keep producing. Every answer is drawn from Netmarble's own material and describes the October 2026 playtest build.
Controls and moment to moment
Why can I not jump or roll any more? The green bar under your health is stamina. Sprinting, jumping and rolling all spend it, and with an empty bar you can do none of them. Watch the green bar, not just the red one.
How do I lock on to a boss? Press the Lock Target key — Tab on keyboard, RS on a controller. It works on mid-bosses and main bosses only, and it pins the camera to them.
Why does my lock keep dropping? Switching to a ranged weapon releases the lock by design, and pressing Lock Target while holding a ranged weapon auto-swaps you to melee. Lock-on is a melee state.
What is the blue glow on enemies? A QTE window. Press the prompted input at that moment for a heavy hit, a fast reload or another special effect.
What do red eyes mean? The enemy is charging a powerful attack and will not flinch. Stop attacking and get out of range.
I dodged but still got hit. Some attacks cannot be dodged even with perfect timing. The answer is to be outside the attack range entirely.
Weapons, skills and ammo
I cannot use my crossbow any more. Crossbow and scattershot bow run on Magic Ammo. Pick up the Magic Ammo Pouches — the pouches holding blue crystals — during the Operation, then reload.
Why can I not equip the Heavenstone I want? Every Heavenstone has a Required Cost and your equipped total is capped at 10. The number next to each skill is what is blocking you.
Can I get a Heavenstone use back? No. Once a Heavenstone hits its Max Uses in an Operation, it is unavailable for the rest of that run. Uses do not refill mid-Operation.
How do I use weapon skills? Land weapon attacks to charge the gauge, and collect the blue SP orbs dropped by kills and weak-spot breaks. Orbs come in three colours: red restores health, blue charges the skill gauge, light blue restores Magic Ammo and mana.
Progression and unlocks
How do I upgrade a weapon? Give Rodrik at the Headquarters the required gold and materials — Heavenstone Powder, Fragment or Essence — in the Weapon Enhancement screen.
How do I engrave a rune? Talk to Rodrik and press E (gamepad: RB). The weapon must be enhanced to +3 or higher, and slots open at +3, +6 and +10.
Can I take a rune back out? Yes, but removing or replacing an engraved rune costs separate materials. The screen warns you for a reason.
Why are weapons, appearance options and Heavenstones still locked? Some unlock through account level, some through specific materials, and some need both.
Loot and failure
I lost all the gold I collected. If you do not clear the Operation, the materials and gold you collected during it are lost. Clearing is the payout condition.
An Operation is locked. Some Operations only open after you clear another one. Click the locked entry and the game tells you which one it needs.
I joined an Operation already in progress. That is intended — Quick Play can drop you into a run that is already going, though some Hard Operations cannot be joined mid-run.
Who is the host? The player the game judges to have the most stable connection, not the first to join. That is also why a run's start can be delayed.
Test builds, wipes and tech
Does my progress carry over? No. All data from the first Steam playtest was reset when the test ended on 19 October 2026.
Is there text chat? No. There is in-game voice chat and there are emotes — F1 to F8 on keyboard, LB/RB plus D-pad on a controller — but no text chat, so share Private Operation codes through Discord.
Does voice chat get recorded? The official notice says voice chat is used only within the game and is not separately collected or recorded.
The game crashed with a FATAL ERROR. Switch the renderer: Settings → Graphics → DirectX → DX11. The developer note also suggests updating the GPU driver, checking memory, and closing overlays running alongside the game.
My screen glitches when a notification pops up. That is a Fullscreen issue. Set Display Mode to Borderless Windowed under Settings → Graphics.
Can I change my Call Sign? You set it the first time you launch the game. During the first playtest it could not be changed afterwards.
Can I replay the tutorial? At the Headquarters, press Esc (gamepad: menu button) and choose Replay Tutorial.
How do I take the survey? At the Headquarters, press R (gamepad: menu button).
Release questions
When is EVILBANE out? No launch day has been announced. The store page says To be announced.
How much will it cost? No price has been announced.
Is there a class list? No — EVILBANE has no classes. Your build is a melee weapon, a ranged weapon, the runes on them and a Heavenstone setup inside a 10-point budget.
Is the War system playable? Not in any public build so far. It was described by the producer in detail and explicitly excluded from the first playtest.
