Curious Expedition 2

• Fixed issue where flood aftermaths often wouldn't sweep you away to a new tile, leaving you stuck either on the water or somewhere else unreachable
  
• Fixed issue where aftermaths that move you to a new tile (eg flood, chasm) would often place you somewhere unreachable. Now they always place you somewhere that you can at least reach the ship again

Changes

• Some harder enemies or enemy groups now show up slightly later in the campaign
  
• When you agree to let a Pacifist tribe bury your weapons, you now get an objective to dig them up
  
• Shrine aftermaths now ignore fog when checking that important locations are still reachable
  
• Made the fog move slower in Act 3 Part 3
  
• The Street Rat now adds a bonus challenge dice at level 1
  
• The Shady Dealer now always has a saddle for sale
  
• Using Annie Oakley's Sharpshooter on Elephants will now anger them
  
• Temporary Statuses from Shrine Carvings now last for the entire expedition
  
• The Lodestone item now also increases the Gimbal range as well as Compass accuracy

Bug Fixes

• Fixed not being able to dismiss or promote characters immediately after some events (like using the Ferry)
  
• Fixed the rival you can rescue at the end of Act IV Part 2 not getting the "Extra Character" status
  
• Fixed getting sanity events after a long travel (eg via Ferry)
  
• Fixed certain zero-sanity events not firing when they should
  
• Fixed certain sanity/rest events happening when they shouldn't due to low standing
  
• Fixed getting double XP/standing changes after combat sometimes
  
• Fixed hunt master sometimes removing the wrong zone
  
• Fixed combat being stuck when your entire party is at zero health when it begins (now you get a free 1 HP)
  
• Fixed the cave sometimes not spawning at the end of Act 2 Island 1
  
• Fixed some expeditions being impossible once you got to -10 standing
  
• Fixed treasure maps being hidden by the objective display
  
• Fixed not being able to use the Booby Trap against angry natives
  
• Fixed the Festering Bite being applied even when the attack is fully blocked
  
• Fixed the Practical Botany removing Needle Plants from the map
  
• Fixed Rubberised Waders having an effect when not equipped
  
• Fixed Improved Treasure not correcting giving extra treasure at levels 7 and 8
  
• Fixed the Kongming fan not correctly granting bonus understanding dice in the Missing Missionary expedition
  
• Fixed inconsistent challenge dice bonuses from certain characters and items
  
• Fixed Iron Man achievement being awarded incorrectly
  
• Fixed missing narrator text in various events
  
• Fixed gaps in the Mysterious Fog once it spreads onto land
  
• Fixed mounted characters being cut in half during triumph
  
• Fixed Made Corgi and Hunting Dog bonus dice not being consistent with their tooltips
  
• Fixed item infobox not updating when the item under the mouse cursor changes
  
• Fixed various visual issues with drylands landscape during events
  
• Fixed visual issues with fire visual effects in combat
  
• Fixed some rounding errors when displaying percentages
  
• Fixed issues with teleporting when mounting/dismounting in Paris
  
• Fixed the bug report window changing size while typing in it
  
• Fixed triumphal crowd having a big gap at the start of the Triumph scene
  
• Fixed enemy glossary overlapping their action preview in combat
  
• Fixed incorrect font usage for some numbers in non-latin languages
  
• Fixed Korean Kinetography summary containing "$val"
  
• Fixed other ferry stations sometimes not being revealed automatically when you find the first one
  
• Fixed enemy sailors using retaliation on their allies instead of themselves
  
• Fixed moonwalking characters
  
• Fixed club competition scores not fitting in their boxes
  
• Fixed missing animation for the Vulture ability "Caw of Doom"
  
• Fixed sometimes getting stuck on a black screen after a dice roll in the tavern before an expedition
  
• Fixed animals speaking sometimes when you're not insane
  
• Fixed mounted pack animals not granting extra dice in combat if you are overburdened
  
• Fixed Shady Trader hub location text being wrong in French
  
• Fixed incorrect value of Oryx Leather
  
• Various fixes and improvements to the Escort Shaman quest
  
• Fixed Pteranodon Skull not correctly receiving its Taxonomy fame bonus
  
• Fixed some ship-rest events not properly resting
  
• Fixed for incorrect Korean translation of British Soldier's perk
  
• Fixed fog shrine aftermath not properly triggering as much fog as intended
  
• Fixed cavern tiles with Bioluminscent Flies incorrectly hiding the trek
  
• Fixed the Monolith location overlapping some trees
  
• Fixed equipped item cooldown not being visible in combat
  
• Fixed missing controller pointer in Club Shops
  
• Fixed being taken to the wrong location when the villagers help you kill the monster in Act 4 Part 2
  
• Fixed the standing markers on the barter bar being missing when going to Trade in the village a second time
  
• Fixed some events not happening when entering a tile while using the Chronometer
  
• Fixed the Standing display not being shown during various first contact events
  
• Fixed the Mole Tinkerer recruit not getting the Tinker Box in some situations
  
• Fixed issue in the tutorial where Malin would not dance when she should
  
• Fixed first contact event where you help the natives hunt not working if you don't have any other humans in the party
  
• Fixed issue where explorer would try and mount both an animal and sit on a crate at the same time
  
• Fixed visual issues in stone circles in cavern biomes
  
• Fixed issue where the game wouldn't start if there was an error downloading/applying Club Competition data
  
• Fixed the fruit-picking first-contact event happening in Caverns where there is no fruit to pick
  
• Fixed being able to enter the Manage Trek screen while it should be disabled when using a Monolith
  
• Fixed teleporting cows in some native villages
  
• Fixed some statuses not being properly removed if you abandon the expedition
  
• Fixed some items not being properly added after you abandon an expedition
  
• Fixed Kinetographer getting extra film in each part of a multi-part expedition
  
• Fixed Famous Explorer equipment being removed if you agree to bury weapons in a Pacifist village
  
• Fixed characters being able to become a Nagual in the tutorial
  
• Fixed tavern recruits changing if you back out of confirming them
  
• Fixed multiple Continue buttons when convincing Moles not to fight in Act 4 Part 1
  
• Cancelling buying the salamander prince no longer sends you back to the map
  
• Annie Oakley's Sharpshooter can no longer target neutral zones
  
• Fixed Name-No-Match-Flags when entering village with a man/woman friendship

• Fixed tutorial sometimes not properly progressing after triggering the Ancient Machine
  
• Fixed sometimes not being able to meet village leader in Act 2 Part 1
  
• Fixed the Anthropological Studies item losing its fame when you save and reload the game
  
• Fixed Quack Doctor's buffs not working on the Herbalist (and other buffs against immune characters)
  
• Fixed shipwreck ghosts not counting for Meet Ghosts achievement
  
• Fixed double 'Continue' action when meeting thirsty wandering natives
  
• Fixed some incorrect "Exquisite" treasure fame values
  
• Fixed being able to not ask the wandering natives in Act 1 Part 1 where the village is
  
• Fixed party sometimes moonwalking into villages on first contact
  
• Fixed shaman ritual not taking any days
  
• Added info about Magnetic Mountains effect to their infobox

New

• Added Steam Achievements
  

Changes

• Desertification Shrine aftermath now teleports you and makes you lose time (like a desert storm)
  
• Adjusted budget ramp up to end on an even number and have more obvious scaling early on
  
• Tortoise Mobile Cover combo now applies armor and taunt to self
  
• Mushrooms now show their gameplay effects in the info box
  
• Strength mushroom now adds damage in combat and adds +2 capacity
  
• Strength and loyalty mushrooms now last for 10 trips
  
• Various minor balance changes to animal equipment to bring them more in line with human equipment
  
• Improved performance of changes to the map (eg volcano eruption, raise/lower ground scroll usage, etc)
  
• Sandworm now ignored Taunt on the leader when performing Engulf attack
  
• Intro cutscenes have vfx and animations now
  
• Added '(Hold)' text to item infobox Drop prompt when using mouse to make it clearer you have to hold the button
  
• When selecting a locked cosmetic, you can press Back but doing so cancels the selection automatically
  
• Reworked two older events and gave them new dice challenges
  
• Added a slightly higher chance to encounter ghost pirates at the shipwreck
  
• New sandstorm animations
  
• It is now possible to buy from the ship shop multiple times before starting an expedition
  
• Added slightly more Sanity gain and items to Act II on lower difficulties
  
• Scout Posts now reveal Locations as well as Tiles, making them more useful
  
• Stun is no longer applied to both Rider and Mount during combat
  
• Reduced the Fame gain bonuses from Cartography and Anthropology
  
• Increased the Fame bonus for Taxonomy
  
• Butterflies now get a Fame bonus from Taxonomy
  

Bug fixes

• Fixed map background not being drawn in caves in rare situations
  
• Fixed rendering artefacts around map background border
  
• Fixed barter skill did not behave correctly at high levels
  
• Fixed traveling through shallow river and swamp not clearing tar status
  
• Fixed freeze that could happen when starting certain expeditions in Easy difficulty
  
• Fixed Sinking Tower sinking before it was discovered (also fixes cartography checklist not being completable when there's a Sinking Tower)
  
• Fixed Strength & Weakness buffs not being properly applied to Traps when they are Summoned
  
• Fixed kinetographer bonus was not applied correctly
  
• Fixed zone borders becoming corrupted
  
• Fixed prey locations spawn on top of each other
  
• Fixed sacrileg/zealot event triggered incorrectly sometimes
  
• Fixed some UI issues in the tutorial expedition
  
• Fixed various issues when playing with gamepad
  
• Fixed perk/status icons not fitting in the character infobox when you have many of them
  
• Fixed some Club Challenge objectives being displayed when you hadn't joined the challenge
  
• Fixed various graphical glitches in Prehistoric biomes, in particular with volcanoes
  
• Fixed various issues where characters at locations would swap name/appearance when doing certain actions
  
• Fixed glossary being unreadable sometimes when in Manage Trek screen
  
• Fixed objective icons not being properly displayed after reloading savegames
  
• Fixed some weapons not being accepted in Act 4 Part 1
  
• Fixed large enemies being blurry
  
• Jules Verne should not give up hiking stick in pacifist village
  
• Fixed zone borders getting corrupted on map changes
  
• Fixed right-clicking to cancel travel/resting/waiting not registering sometimes
  
• Fixed salamander village spawning in an invalid location sometimes
  
• Fixed resolution not being correctly set when toggling full screen
  
• Fixed bad Japanese translation for 'Mysterious Fog'
  
• Fixed characters in combat not being properly selectable or highlighted with mouse
  
• Fixed combat info for characters with a lot of info being cut off below the screen edge
  
• Fixed some tribes having multiple traits that could conflict with each other
  
• Fixed some village rest events not triggering if you have to pay the villages first due to low standing
  
• Fixed cure ailment issues in the Avalon Club
  
• Fixed disappearing ghost pirates at the shipwreck
  
• Fixed items on sale not properly stored in savegame
  
• Fixed after trading the hunt master action was temporarily not available
  
• The warring Salamanders in Act 4 Part 1 can no longer be Pacifists and deny you from bringing weapons to be gifted to their village
  
• Using the Torch multiple times in a cavern now correctly refreshes the Torch status timer
  
• A bunch of Buried Treasure fixes, including a lot of corgi fixes
  
• Fixed several cases of second characters of a class already present in your party showing up as valid for recruitment
  
• Paying tribute for your sacrilege now correctly removes the Angry Natives that were following you
  
• Characters will no longer complain about the cooking of high-level chefs
  
• Fixed a number of issues with the Village Gift Quest's target selection and delivery events
  
• Prevented infinite rivals from spawning in Story 3A
  
• Fixed a handful of issues where high-level skills were not improving correctly between levels
  
• Recruiting in Mole Villages no longer boots you to the map
  
• Failing to Steal from Villages can no longer block story progress
  
• It's no longer possible to dig up the Missing Explorer's treasure more than once
  
• Any body equipment that grants Armor no longer lists it twice in its tooltip
  
• Fighting Moles in Story 4A will no longer make the Salamanders hate you
  
• Nurses now correctly apply their skills, even at higher levels
  
• Added taxonomy bonuses to a handful of items that were missing it
  
• Fixed numerous "Infinite Malin" exploits. There is only one of her, and an all-Malin party is not a valid strategy
  
• Fixed promotion preview infobox not showing new character dice
  

FAQ

• Fixed characters walking backwards out of scenes sometimes
  
• Fixed map not being properly visible when returning from events or loading some savegames

• Fixed Buried Pyramid not rising when there were 5 regions on the map
  
• Fixed Trials and Triangulations not tracking the remaning survey points when there were 5 regions on the map
  
• Fixed being stuck in combat after Inspecting Dice and then pressing End Turn
  
• Fixed being stuck in combat when a Sandworm uses Engulf on the explorer due to taunt and then you try and use an item
  
• Fixed issue in tutorial where shipwreck couldn't be interacted with
  
• Fixed combat sometimes not starting properly when triggered directly from events
  
• Added tutorial marker to Barter tutorial to make it clearer what to do

• Fixed stone circle expedition not completing when there were 5 regions on the map
  
• Fixed getting stuck in chasms and the event not putting you back out
  
• Fixed buttons not being visible if you quickly go to Manage Trek while they're fading in
  
• Fixed some hub events repeating if you aborted an expedition or changed difficulty
  
• Fixed events not properly progressing if you Promoted a character while they were happening
  
• Fixed bug where you could get multiple Malins
  
• Fixed possible texture memory leak
  
• Fixed volcanos sometimes missing their textures
  
• Improved rendering performance of scenes with many characters when at 1080p resolution or lower
  

• Fixed treasure maps never generating
  
• Fixed cartographic studies fame not being counted sometimes during Triumph
  
• Fixed being able to dig crystals forever at the crystal mine
  
• Fixed not being able to enter shaman hut in some worlds
  
• Fixed some zones not properly spawning in Act 4 parts 2&3
  
• Fixed not being able to load some savegames when using Norwegian Windows
  
• Fixed not being able to interact with Wandering Natives when having low standing
  
• Fixed being able to interact with zones after they've been removed from the world