Dread Delusion

General Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a collision issue in Pwyll that prevented players from traveling to Hallowshire
  
  
  

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General Changes:

• More artworks were added to the Player House trophies
  
• The innkeeper in Ferropolis now also functions as a merchant like the other innkeepers in the game. As such, the player can now purchase and sell items when interacting with this NPC
  
• Unlocked the door in the small Mausoleum island (There was an previous issue with the door's key)
  

General Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where a region transition in the Blinding Light could potentially cause the game to soft-lock
  
• Fixed an issue where active quests would darken in the journal as if they were completed
  
• Fixed an issue where the player's airship would disappear under certain conditions
  
• Fixed an issue where quests would disappear from the player's journal
  
• Fixed an issue where spells would unequip themselves when returning to the main menu
  
• Fixed an issue where spells would unequip themselves when using the airship
  
• Fixed a bug that caused enemy kills to sometimes register as player kills
  
• Fixed a bug causing player stats to show up as [?] instead of 0 on the Character Stats screen
  
• Fixed various collision-based issues
  
• Fixed various animation-based issues
  
• Fixed various texture-based issues
  
• Fixed various typo-related issues
  

General Changes:

• Increased damage for the Cipher Spear and Cipher Star spell
  

General Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where the icons for the Poison and Burn status did not disappear when the effect wore off
  
• Fixed an issue where the player couldn't interact with lower half of the steering wheel
  
• Fixed an issue where players could potentially get soft-locked in a certain area in the Endless Isle
  
• Fixed an issue where the snail ship wasn't animating correctly
  
• Minor geometry fixes
  

Creature Island

• Explore the innards of an ancient squid as you traverse through the Cephalok, a magical creature filled with rare materials.
  
• Encounter new enemies, including the Dredgers, who have claimed the Cephalok as their home.
  
• Acquire new powerful, late-game items.
  
• Discover the mystery surrounding the Cephalok and why it's shown up in the Oneiric Isles.
  

Hard Mode

• Enemies can take more punishment and deal more in turn. Players may also come across new groups and formations of foes across the isles.
  
• Attacks will ask more of the players' resources, with strikes and incantations costing more mana and stamina.
  
• Items and ingredients will be harder to come by, forcing players to plan and be more efficient in their adventures.
  

New Equipment

• New airship components to further customize your flying vessel.
  
• Shroom Weave Ore and Weapons to satiate your battle mage fantasies.
  
• Temporal Pickaxe to make collecting mineral-based ingredients quicker.
  
• A deviously challenging time trial to lavishly expand your airship.
  

Quest Fixes

• Fixed a potential soft-lock in the "Missing Persons" quest
  
• Fixed an issue where Lludd could potentially spawn inside of an object, leaving players to potentially miss the "Secrets and Spores" quest.
  
• Fixed a potential soft-lock with the quest "Sky Pirate Caxton Frost"
  
• Fixed an issue with NPC reactions after completing the quest "All Good Things"
  

Major:

• New Region: Creature Island
  
• New Game Mode: Hard Mode
  Changes in Hard Mode are as follows:
  
  
  • Increased enemy health by 50%
    
  • Increased enemy damage by 50%
    
  • Enemies respawn much faster
    
  • Stamina regenerates 20% slower.
    
  • Mana cost increased by 10%
    
  • Fatigue build-up increased by 25%
    
  • Potions must be bought or crafted. They no longer drop from enemies.
    
  • Enemy rare drop rates halved.
    
  • Herbs take an additional day to regrow.
    
  • Enemy placement has been changed.
    
  • Achievement added for beating the game in hard mode.
• New Ore Type and Equipment: Shroomweave Ore and Weapons
  
• New Side Quests
  
• New Equipment, Spells, and Items
  

Miscellaneous:

• Regular melee attacks, throwing knives/stars, and flechette spells no longer cause the enemy to stun (Normal & Hard Mode)
  
• The time an enemy is stunned when using a charged strike has been reduced significantly (Normal & Hard Mode)
  
• Some minor changes to enemy behavior and AI (Normal & Hard Mode)
  
• The reputation window has been retooled to show player statistics during a playthrough
  
• Changed the artwork for the Pass Time spell to better reflect how it works, lore-wise
  

Bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue where the coin counter wouldn't update properly
  
• Fixed an issue with the Auto-Serfs attacks not connecting with the player if they stood at a certain range
  
• Fixed an issue with the Entombed One's camera
  
• Fixed an issue where players could get potentially soft-locked in the Rotten Onions base
  
• Fixed an issue where players could potentially get stuck inside the crystal ramp while traveling to the Erudite Academy
  
• Fixed an issue where ranged weapons would not work on Striking Dummies.
  
• Fixed an issue that allowed players to disembark from the airship through walls
  
• Fixed an issue where certain entice-based clothing didn't give the correct buff to the player
  
• Fixed an issue where the airship would reset after certain conditions on Shipwreck Isle
  
• Fixed an issue where repeated boarding and disembarking would break the region system
  
• Fixed an issue where the game would load endlessly after selecting a save file
  
• Fixed an issue where the overworld music would get mixed in with the area music in certain isles
  
• Fixed an issue where players could potentially get locked out of their own airship
  
• Fixed a respawn issue that would leave players in Pwyll
  
• Minor performance fixes
  
• Various text/typo adjustments/fixes
  
• Various prop adjustments/fixes
  
• Various geometry adjustments/fixes
  

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PERFORMANCE & OPTIMIZATION

Performance:

• Merged meshes throughout the game, significantly improving CPU usage and fixing FPS drops when entering new regions.
  
• Adjusted lightning in the Underlands to increase performance.
  
• Tweaked how the game handles loading in The City of Progress region, improving performance.
  

General Changes:

• Some music tracks have been changed (Some areas were using an incorrect track)
  
• Added visual feedback when the player fails a charm check with the Entice spell.
  
• Added visual feedback so the player can tell when a critical cast was performed while wearing the Ring of Spellcraft.
  
• Made several changes to some of the roaming NPCs outside of Sepulchre to help guide players and provide general information about the region.
  
• Removed the mention of alchemy refining in Hallowshire.
  
• A visual aid was added on Shipwreck Isle to help players dock their airships.
  
• Added in a system that would teleport the player back to the tutorial island if they somehow skipped it.

Quest Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue causing quests to disappear from the player's journal.
  
• Fixed an issue during the "Whispers of Ghosts" that caused an important NPC to not spawn in the correct position.
  
• Fixed an issue where the player could not turn in a particular quest if the players had already stolen fromVernon Berwig.
  
• Made changes to the description in the "Madness of the King" quest to make it more clear what the player should be doing.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented the player from turning in the "Damn Fine Tea" quest.
  
• Fixed an issue where the caretaker wouldn't leave after completing the quest in Thornwood Manor.
  
• Fixed an issue in the "Madness of the King" quest where the correct dialogue option was not showing up, preventing player progression.
  
• Fixed an issue during the "Missing Persons" quest where quitting out would permanently lock a door required for progression.
  
• Fixed an issue that was causing Lludd to spawn inside a mushroom during the "Secrets and Spores" quest.
  
• Fixed an issue where a key item wouldn't be removed from the players' inventory after turning in the "A Divine Captive" quest.
  
• Fixed a UI issue during the Lost Purse quest.
  

General Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue causing a low-LOD model near the Lost City dungeon to remain loaded in, preventing player passage back.
  
• Fixed an issue causing the player to run through a staircase in the clockwork tower in Hallow Town.
  
• Fixed an issue causing the airship to dock improperly at Thornwood Manor.
  
• Fixed an issue that was causing items in a hidden cave in Hallowshire to disappear when approaching them.
  
• Fixed an issue where the player would get trapped on a railing in the Emberian Shipwreck
  
• Fixed an issue where enemies could pass through walls in the Sacred Shroom area if they were aggressive to the player.
  
• Fixed an issue that allowed the player to buy the airship more than once.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented the player from using the Apostatic Union's bed in Hallow Town.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented the player from interacting with the lore skull in the Lost Purse.
  
• Fixed an issue making invisible walls pop up after getting the airship.
  
• Fixed an issue causing the elevator in the Endless Isle mines to load in a weird position.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Emberian's name was displaying as ???.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Wikkan Faction Room was always accessible even if the player was considered disliked by the faction.
  
• Fixed an issue where players could purchase lockpicks beyond their inventory cap.
  
• Fixed an issue where thetentacleswould show up without a truth potion at Hallow Castle.
  
• Fixed an issue that was causing the Panoply of the Ancients achievement to not unlock.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused Emberian Ore not to stack.
  
• Fixed an issue causing certain traps to spawn under the floor geometry.
  
• Fixed an issue where the NPC Ezra Thornwood would repeat their dialogue.
  
• Fixed an issue causing a lore puzzle in Pwyll to drain all the players' mana.
  
• Fixed an issue that was causing a Deaths Veil resource to be inaccessible on a particular island.
  
• Fixed an issue where the river at the Thornwood Manor wouldn't animate.
  
• Fixed an issue where the player could get stuck on a stairwell in the Lost City of Progress.
  
• Fixed an issue causing an old spellbook description to run out of the text box.
  
• Fixed a gap in the geometry that would appear after helping the Entombed One.
  
• Fixed an issue that was causing Myghar's name to show up before he introduced himself.
  
• Fixed an animation issue with an NPC at the inn at Sepulchre
  
• Fixed an animation issue with an NPC in the Lost Purse.
  
• Fixed an issue where the player's reputation would increase instead of decrease when going against the Outlaws.
  
• Fixed a few dialogue issues in Pwyll that were causing NPCs to give the wrong location for quests and items.
  
• Fixed an NPCs dialogue in the Clockwork Kingdom where they mentioned a nonexistent poster.
  
• Fixed an issue where the background music would overlap with the Whisper of the Ghost quest music.
  
• Fixed the Emberian Key description so it doesn't appear out of the text box.
  
• Fixed a texture issue causing the stairs under the High Confessor in Blinding Light to overlap.
  
• Fixed an issue causing the lore puzzle to soft-lock the game.
  
• Fixed an issue where the count for iron ore would not increase visually
  
• Fixed an issue causing the music to pause when the player leaves an area
  
• Fixed an issue that was causing the Golden Typos Music not to start playing.
  
• Fixed an issue causing a specific section in The Cradle to have no collision.
  
• Fixed an open mesh in The Cradle.
  
• Fixed an issue that was causing coffin details to load improperly.
  
• Fixed an issue that was causing a rock to despawn.
  
• Fixed an issue where a door on the Emberian Shipwreck flickered after the player opened it.
  
• Multiple fixes to word-related issues throughout the game (e.g typos)
  
• Multiple fixes to texture-related issues throughout the game
  
• Multiple fixes to object-related issues throughout the game (e.g floating props, objects clipping into one another, etc.)
  

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General Changes:

• Added in feedback so the player can tell when they have failed a charm check with the Entice spell.
  

Quest Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where "The Hunt for Vela Calose" quest wouldn't update after talking to Jack Basalt.
  
• Fixed an issue where Ludd wouldn't move after rescuing him in the "Spores and Secrets" quest.
  

General Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue that was causing certain location-based achievements to not unlock.
  
• Fixed an issue that was causing a Low-LOD model in the Lost City to load in, preventing player passage back.
  
• Fixed an issue that would have the player stuck in the crouch position.
  
• Fixed an issue that was making an important NPC not interactable on the way to the City of Progress, preventing area entry.
  
• Fixed a certain NPC dialogue in the Underlands that would cause the wrong character dialogue to trigger.
  
• Fixed an issue where the player could see through a certain wall in The Cradle.
  
• Fixed an issue where Thornwood Manor could potentially be inaccessible when the elevator was up.
  
• Fixed an interaction bug with Vela in The Cradle
  
• Fixed a repeating dialogue issue with Jack Basalt
  
• Fixed an issue where a certain NPC in the Underlands was using the incorrect dialogue
  
• Fixed an issue that would cause a large low-LOD model to load while inside the Desert Island Ship.
  
• Fixed a respawn issue that would bring players back to Pwyll, despite being in a completely different area upon death.
  
• Changed out the model for the Sacred Shroom
  
• Fixed an enemy aggro issue with summoned skeletons.
  
• Fixed an issue where selecting certain dialogue options with the Seneschal could potentially soft-lock the player.
  
• Fixed an issue where certain areas of The Underlands didn't have collision for enemies and NPCs, preventing them from following the player.
  
• Several minor collision-based fixes
  
• Several minor texture & object-based fixes
  
• Several minor typo/text-based fixes
  
• Fixed several music-related issues
  

General Changes:

• Made some backend changes to improve overall performance in the game (This is part of an ongoing process towards improving performance.)
  

Balance Changes:

• Bomb damage has been significantly increased (To the detriment of you and your enemies!)
  
• Bow damage has been vastly increased to compensate for its slower attack speed
  
• Enemies in late-game areas have been balanced properly to match player late-game stats
  
• Increased strength scaling for all weapons
  
• Increased magic damage scaling to match strength-based damage
  
• Increased stamina damage to shielded enemies and reduced their stamina recovery rate to make breaking through their shield less tedious
  
• Fixed some inconsistencies with a certain weapons damage output
  

Quest Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where the player was getting locked into a cutscene during "Whispers of the Ghost" quest.
  
• Fixed an issue where the player could potentially get stuck on a certain piece of dialogue in the "Madness of the King" quest.
  
• Fixed an issue where the "Whisper of the Ghosts" quest would potentially not begin.
  

General Bug Fixes:

• Made it clear that the Rotten Onion guards cannot be affected by the Entice spell.
  
• Fixed an issue that was preventing players from accessing certain pockets of the small Endless Isle accessed via airship.
  
• Fixed an issue that left the elevator ramp clipping into the elevator that led to Caxton Frost's house in The Clockwork Kingdom
  
• Fixed an issue where the Clockwork Kingdom player housing unit would block players from accessing certain floors.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Seneschal's dialogue options
  
• Fixed an issue where the lamp outside of the weapon's shop in Hallow Town could be used as a forge.
  
• Fixed an issue that was causing NPCs to walk into each other in Hallowshire
  
• Fixed an animation issue with Jack Basalt in the Underlands
  
• Fixed a repeating dialogue issue with Jack Basalt
  
• Fixed an issue where a certain NPC in the Underlands was using the incorrect dialogue
  
• Fixed an issue that would cause the NPC near the Hallowshire Castle to repeat their dialogue.
  
• Removed dialogue from an NPC mentioning a non-existent property station in Hallow Town
  
• Fixed an interaction area issue with an NPC in Pwyll
  
• Fixed an animation issue with Vela in The Underlands.
  
• Fixed an issue where enemies were spawning in an incorrect position, leaving them stuck on a rock
  
• Fixed an issue where some players were getting stuck near the Emberian Vault Key
  
• Changed the SFX for the Emberian elevator to match the animations
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented the name window during dialogue from updating after meeting certain NPCs
  
• Fixed a duplicate dialogue issue in the final encounter
  
• Fixed an issue where players could clip into a house in The Underlands
  
• Fixed a texture issue in the Clockwork Ruins.
  
• Fixed placeholder text for the Sleeper Mask
  
• Fixed an issue where the Paradoxicus description would run out of the text box.
  
• Fixed the placeholder image for the Summoner's Earing.
  
• Fixed an issue that was making the Emberian Armor unrepairable
  
• Fixed a floating bush in the Clockwork Kingdom.
  
• Fixed an issue where enemies would lose interest in the player if they closed a door on them
  
• Removed a placeholder object in the sky
  
• Fixed several music-related issues
  

Misc. Changes:

• Added a dock to the entry point of the Shipwreck Isle to help direct players to its starting point.

Quest Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue that was causing the Caxton Frost quest "Bottled Visions" to not progress during a certain step.
  

General Bug Fixes:

• Fixed the description for upgrade requirements for shroomweave, void and clockwork weapons to display the correct material.
  
• Fixed an issue where equipping the Ring of Barter accessory would not increase the players Barter skill
  
• Fixed a collision issue on Shipwreck Isle that allowed players to potentially get stuck
  
• Fixed an issue with the Fade spell's behavior with certain enemies
  
• Fixed several music issues