Risk of Rain 2: Seeker of the Stormreleased to a lot of criticism from fans,partially because of lackluster content, but more so because of the egregious number of bugs and problems present in the game. Whether it was Xbox players being completely locked out of the game, or the final boss becoming almost invincible under certain conditions, the bugs were very omnipresent.

The worst part was that, even if you didn’t buy theSeeker of the Storm DLC, you’d still have to deal with these bugs. Even players who wanted nothing more than toplay their favorite gamewere unable to properly enjoy the experience. Fortunately, there is a somewhat easy solution to all of these issues:Downpatching.

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How to Downpatch in Risk of Rain 2

There are a few different methods of downpatching. The simplest, and most secure method is using the Steam console. Here’s what you need to do to downpatchRisk of Rain 2to an older version:

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Paste the code into the console bar

Players can use this method to download any older version ofRisk of Rain 2that they want. Different versions havedifferent balance changes, making them unique in their own way. you may check thechanges made in each version using the wiki. To download any specific version, here’s what you need to do:

To get older the Manifest IDs, you’ll need to log in to Steam.

The console will tell you when the download is over

download_depot [AppID] [DepotID] [ManifestID]

Risk of rain 2 in the steam library

Update tab in risk of rain 2 properties

Navigate to installed files for risk of rain 2

paste files from the depot to the RoR2 folder

Risk of Rain 2 Depot on Steam DB

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