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Why Now Is the Perfect Time:

• 50% Discount: Grab "A Hero's Rest" at its lowest price yet!
  
• Full 1.0 Release: Experience the complete game with all its features.
  
• Endless Possibilities: Customize your town, craft unique equipment, and guide your heroes to victory!
  
• Whether you're a seasoned simulation fan or a newcomer to the genre, "A Hero's Rest" offers a unique blend of colony simulation and RPG that you won't want to miss.
  

Bug Fixes

• Toggling Automatic Harvesting at the eligible vendors will now persist between saving & loading the game.
  
• Fixed a Bug With the "Trading Tycoon" Achievement not being awarded to players retroactively when loading a game that was started before the achievement was introduced.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue preventing players from adding templates to the recently added classes.
  
• Fixed a bug that was causing the Classes for templates to show in the same manner as it did in the previous version of this patch.

New Features:

Increased Maximum Active Classes:

• The total number of active classes has been increased to 10 up from 8 when the Training Grounds are built.
  
• This provides greater creative freedom when designing your unique classes.

Improved Production Farms:

• Vendors can now not only restock but also harvest ready Production Farms.
  
• A new "Automatically Harvest & Restock" option has been added to the vendor details panel. Enabling this will make vendors automatically harvest and restock farms.
  
• Vendors will only perform these actions if sufficient gold and resources are available.
  
• Because these actions take time, consider adding more displays or vendor counters to keep customers occupied while vendors are busy.

Holiday Event (December 22nd, 2024 - January 5th, 2025):

• Log in during the holiday period to permanently unlock exclusive seasonal decorations for your town!

Changes & Improvements:

• The display of lifetime profit in the details menu now supports values in the millions.
  
• Improved the way Template items display the classes that are using them in the inventory.
  
• Optimized pathfinding for heroes within the town.
  
• Improved Loading of Textures for Item Displays.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where heroes would sometimes get stuck sitting.
  
• Resolved a bug that caused incorrect item prices to be displayed in certain shops.
  
• Fixed a rare crash that could occur when rapidly switching between town menus.

Greetings honoured Proprietors!

Swift Travel:

• A new fast travel option to the Training Grounds has been added for quick and convenient access.
  
• This feature allows players to quickly return to the Training Grounds for class training and upgrades, saving valuable time.
  
• The fast travel option can be accessed through the in-game menu.

Template Improvements:

• Items with templates will now display compatible classes directly in the inventory, making item management easier.
  
• Templates that have unassigned classes, can now be removed directly from the inventory, providing more control over your items.

Endless Quests:

• A new Mutator was added to allow an unlimited amount of daily quests to be set.
  
• This Mutator will also make Daily Quests available from the beginning of the game.

Changes and Improvements

• Raiding Heroes will now attempt to purchase potions from the Apothecary before leaving on a raid but won't suffer morale penalties if there are none available.
  

• Stockpile Adjustments:

  
  
  • Small Stockpiles: Capacity reduced to 10 items.
    
  • Medium Stockpiles: Wood cost increased.
    
  • Large Stockpiles: Capacity increased to 60 items, wood cost increased.
  
  
• Favorite Heroes' arrivals will now be marked with a distinctive color for better visibility.
  
• Legacy classes will be automatically removed from active templates to avoid unwanted behaviour.

Bug Fixes

• A typo in the Raid Menu has been corrected.
  
• Fixed an issue that could prevent Heroes from turning in completed raids.
  
• Various typos in notifications have been fixed.

Happy Questing!

Event Duration:

Halloween Event

Play during the Halloween Event to unlock the following Items:

• Limited-Time Halloween-Themed Items:
  
  
  
  • New Exterior Decorations: Carved Pumpkins, Spooky Tree Lantern, Wrought Iron Fence
    
  • New Interior Decorations: Candle-lit Pumpkin, Assortment of Jars
    

Our Greatest Quest yet: Celebrating 10,000 Proprietors

New Features & Highlights

Reworked Building System

• The building system has been adjusted based on community feedback.
  
• Buildable Objects like floors & walls, can no longer be clicked outside of Build Mode.
  
• Interactable objects (like Workstations or Farms) remain clickable.
  
• A new "Legacy Build Mode" option has been added to the Settings menu.
  
• Legacy Build Mode reverts the changes made in this patch and allows for the old building behaviour.

Changes & Improvements

• The cost of creating new classes now includes the cost for the class's first proficiency.
  
• Increased the speed at which the player enters craft mode at modular stations when using the "No Zoom to Stations" Setting.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug with the Free Class Creation Cost Mutator that incorrectly checked for sufficient gold and tokens.
  

New Lands, New Adventures

New Map: Standfort Bay

• Explore a coastal paradise teeming with opportunities and challenges. Featuring four entry points and a grand fortress, this map offers a unique experience.
  
• Don't let your guard down as the threats of Felonia lurk around every corner, demanding your strategic prowess.
  
• Standfort Bay marks the conclusion of Milestone 4 and the gateway to A Hero's Rest's full release.

Survive the elements

New Feature: Dynamic Seasons

• Weather now affects your town in profound ways, demanding strategic adaptation.
  
• From bountiful summers to harsh winters, your management skills will be put to the test.
  
• Dynamic quest rewards: Quests adapt to the current season, offering unique rewards and challenges.
  
• Storms and blizzards are more dangerous than ever, affecting Hero quests and your town's well-being.
  
• Choose your difficulty: Dynamic Seasons feature three difficulty variants, including a challenging Survival Mode for those seeking a true test.

Harness the Power of Nature

New Class Attribute: Wisdom

• The new Wisdom attribute allows Heroes to cast powerful healing spells, providing essential support to your team.
  
• The Wisdom Stat replaces the Magic Stat in items, offering new possibilities for character builds.
  
• Wisdom heroes can use "Mending Hands" to restore the Health and Mana of allied Heroes in town, boosting their challenge rating at the cost of their own.
  
• Wisdom Heroes are invaluable in raid parties, providing critical support and improving your success chances.
  
• Experience a unique set of animations and spells designed specifically for Wisdom Heroes.
  

Improve your Heroes' Growth

New Specialization: Weapon Master

• The Weapon Master now features a Specialization menu with 12 new perks to bolster your Heroes' prowess even further.
  
• The specialization menu is unlocked once the player builds the Training Grounds.
  
• The Specialization menu can be accessed through the normal Weapon Master Menu, a new button has been added to facilitate that.
  
• Unlike the other stations the Weapon Master perk tiers are unlocked by the current amount of active classes at the weapon master (they don't necessarily need to be actively recruiting).
  
• The perks will stay active once selected even if the player removes some of his current classes. Resetting the perk tree will require the player to re-establish active classes to unlock their corresponding perk tier.
  
• If the player removes the Training Grounds Station, all its perk effects will be removed and restored once the player chooses to rebuild the station.
  
• A new Mutator has been added to allow the player to make the cost of training New Classes Free.
  

A Growing Hero Population

Increased Hero Population Cap: Expand Your Roster

• Choose your challenge and manage from 50, up to 120 Heroes for a more complex and rewarding experience.
  
• This experimental feature offers a new level of challenge and strategic depth but may have some performance implications in lower-end systems.
  

New Combat Animations & Customization

• Enjoy over 60 new combat animations, including a remake of two-handed sword animations, new attacks for staff users, and more.
  
• Watch your Heroes grow stronger and more confident as their Combat Rating improves.
  
• 5 new class badges have been added to further customize your Heroes' Classes.
  

New Milestones and Objectives

Embark on new Challenges

• Complete 12 new milestones and their corresponding achievements.
  
• Enjoy a wider variety of objectives as you progress through the game.
  
• Note: New milestones are not retroactive, so you may need to complete their objective again (if you already have) to unlock them.

Unleash Your Creativity

New Items:

• Customize your shops with 13 new items, including walls, decorations, and a new upgrade with the improved Building and User Interface.
  

Improved Gameplay & 4k Support

An improved Experience

• Enjoy improved visuals and performance on 4k High-resolution displays.
  
• Easily craft and complete visitor orders, directly from your ledger or workstations.
  
• The building menu has been improved to accommodate more building options.
  
• Some inventory tooltips have been improved for better visibility.
  
• And many more...
  

Changes and Improvements

Map Enhancements

• Improved aesthetics and navigation on various maps.
  
• The "A New Beginning" map received a major overhaul, with a focus on improving the town center and overall visual appeal.
  
• Added wooden fences to paths in Mountain Pass for improved aesthetics.
  
• Changed the Resources Notification from collecting resources from trees around the maps to make it easier to see.

Crafter Balance

• Reduced the effects of the Transmutation Cost Mutator under the "High" Setting as it made transmutation way too expensive.
  
• Balanced crafting costs for T2, T3, and T4 Cloth, Medium, and Heavy Armors.
  
• Crafters will now grant increasing Royalty Tokens rewards when leveling up, as the Item Tier increases.
  
• Added a new Button to access the quest log to the Quest Crafting Menu.

Crafter Perks

• Reverted the Apothecary Distillery to being a unique Item in your Shop, Instead it now provides between 1-3 Potions on each activation.
  
• Removed the Apothecary's Perk "Infused Orb" and replaced it with stronger counterparts now being Tier 2 & 3 Perks.
  
• Removed the Apothecary's Perk "Jewelcrafting" and replaced it with stronger counterparts now being Tier 2 & 3 Perks.
  
• Added a new Tier 4 Apothecary Perk "Potion Master" to increase the amount of potions received from the Distillery.
  
• Added a new Tier 4 Apothecary Perk "Genetic Engineering" to increase the Effect of Compost by 20%.
  
• Removed the Tailor's perk "Crystalized Dragon Essence" and replaced it with "Master Weaver" to increase the efficiency of the Spinning Frame by 20%.
  
• Removed the Tanner's perk "Crystalized Dragon Essence" and replaced it with "Hide Expert" to increase the efficiency of the Leather Soaking Tub by 20%.
  
• Increased the effect of the Blacksmith's perk "Miner's Diary" from 15% to 20%.
  
• Increased the effect of the Woodworker's perk "Reforestation" from 15% to 20%.

Crafter Upgrades

• All Tier 2 Upgrades related to visitors now require an additional workstation to unlock.

Other Changes

• Selecting a Difficulty in the mutator's Menu will automatically select a preset of settings for that difficulty, which can, of course, be further customized.
  
• All existing games will show as Custom Difficulty and will keep whatever settings they had.
  
• Improved Hit Detection in various interactable Upgrades.
  
• Improved Hit Detection for various floating Menus.
  
• Expected Visitors are more likely to appear than before.
  
• Added Tooltips to the sort buttons in the Inventory Menu.
  
• The Main Menu will now display the latest news related to A Hero's Rest.
  
• Added an option to the settings menu to accelerate the legendary crafting animation.
  
• When hovering over quest rewards in the Inventory & Hero List Menus, if the reward is being modified by any source, it will now display the sources affecting it.
  
• When selecting an object that can be interacted by Heroes/Visitors, new visual indications will show if the item is accessible to them.
  
• You can now switch the Recruiting State of classes straight from the Weapon Maseter's Menu, an improved Class Button provides greater information on each class.
  
• The Invocation Stage no longer requires the "Woodworker Station" to build, but instead requires 4 active classes.
  
• Added tooltips for the resources requested in the Royal Request Order.
  
• Improved Visuals & performance of the Weapon Master's Menu.
  
• The existing Stone fence was renamed to Simple Stone Fence.
  
• The Beer Keg can now provide between 1-3 Beers per activation.
  
• Exterior Lamp Post Gold cost reduced.
  
• Improved the Removal and movement of floors.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where some items would display empty Pictures in the Inventory Window.
  
• Fixed a bug where some threats would take Focus Gems as resources when failed.
  
• Fixed a bug that was causing Grass Patches to affect Heroes' pathfinding.
  
• Fixed a bug when changing classes that showed the incorrect progress of the class change.
  
• Fixed a bug where some items would stay coloured red in some situations.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused Items like the beer keg and some others to be placed in the same spot as existing objects.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused Heroes to fail to respec classes under some circumstances.
  
• Fixed a bug with the raid progress not showing in the threat's menu when loading a game.
  
• Fixed a bug where the workstation menu wouldn't show up while the game was paused.
  
• Fixed a flashing UI bug happening when trying to view the recipe tooltips with the game paused.
  
• Fixed a bug when switching items in the crafting menu while the item category is ready to be leveled up.
  
• And more...

Introducing Standfort Bay

Dynamic Seasons:

• Normal: A balanced gameplay experience with seasonal effects offering both opportunities and challenges.
  
• Hard: A more challenging adventure where the seasons have a greater impact on your town. Seasons will provide significant rewards as well as harsh penalties.
  
• Survival: A demanding test of your survival skills. Each passing year will intensify the seasonal challenges, requiring exceptional resource management and strategic planning.

The New Wisdom Attribute:

And More!

• Weapon Master Specializations: Customize your Heroes' prowess even further with 12 new perks available through the new specialization menu to aid your Heroes' Growth.
  
• Increased Hero Population Cap: Increase the size of your Hero roster up to 120 Heroes! And take your management skills to the next level.
  
• New Combat Animations and Class Badges: Enjoy improved visuals and customize your Heroes' classes with new animations and badges.
  
• Brand New Items: Enhance your shop with 13 new items, including walls, floors, decorations, and a new upgrade.
  
• Improved Building Menu and UI: Experience a more user-friendly interface with enhancements to the building menu and various UI elements.
  
• New Milestones and Objectives: Embark on new challenges and track your progress with additional milestones and objectives.

Celebrate with Us!

Here's a taste of what's to come:

Dynamic Seasons

New Core Attribute: Wisdom

Increased Hero Population Cap

And More!...

• A New Map
  
• Weapon Master Specializations
  
• New Milestone Achievements
  
• Enhanced Gameplay and Improved Experience
  

We'll also make numerous enhancements to existing features, including:

• Crafter perks overhaul for better balance and efficiency
  
• Various UI element Improvements for visual clarity
  
• Optimize performance and addressed various bug fixes