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Expedition Agartha

3/20/23 Patch Notes- Server Region Selection! +bugs and balancing


  • Implemented Region Selection.
  • Player activity now displayed across regions and levels.
  • Backpack Names now display on the icon.
  • Gear Score now exists to help players understand the value of items.
  • Shift right click now works on gear on corpses.
  • Slowed movement on getting hit no longer stacks, and time shortened to 1.24s.
  • Performance updates related to net dormancy implemented.
  • Additional Lost Island prop decorations.
  • Ojore quest 6 now gives an Empowered rune as a reward.
  • All 2H weapons parry effectiveness increased by 30%, and massively increased block damage dealt as well.
  • Added proper sounds to UI when unequipping backpacks and insuring.
  • Serpent Key loot massivey improved.
  • Added new Gates to the Katar Asura Arena.
  • Aded crafting recipe to change a Cintimani Jewel to 5 fragments.
  • Fixed a stamina bug that allowed for infinite swinging if timed properly.
  • Fixed invisible knees on MTX boots.
  • Fixed Backpack Insurance Bug where you didnt get backpacks returned.
  • Fixed Hired Merc bugs where they didnt move properly or listen to commands. (they still can't sprint properly, will fix next patch)
  • Fixed Attacks per second bug where values were not proper.
  • Fixed Katar Asura particle placement on death
  • Fixed bug when uninsuring item causes infinite throbber graphic.
  • Fixed bug where Ming Draugr spawns in Ancient Caverns.
  • Fixed bug where skill tree would steal Cintimani Fragments.
  • Fixed exploit where you can drop quest items to duplicate them.

3/17/23 Patch Notes - Dev Hunt/Giveaway Stream

DEV HUNT AND GIVEAWAY STREAM
Stream Link: https://www.twitch.tv/papi_flan
Join us on a night of epic battles in the Freebooter Arena! Kill Developers to get Supporter Pack Keys!


  • Arena Leaderboards Enabled.
  • You can now only have 3 maximum backpacks/chests/containers, whether equipped or in inventory.
  • Crafting and Questing should no longer fail due to stash cap issue.
  • Minor Localization updates to prevent UI from breaking on various languages.
  • Lowered fireworks sounds radius on the Lost Island.
  • Changed all heavy attack collision to become spheres so they land better and tweaked humanoid entity collisions, improving hit registration.
  • Consuming items now causes the player to slow down.
  • Changed Exhaustion state to fix a variety of possible bugs during combat.
  • You can now switch between Stash and Inventory in the shop.
  • Katar Asuras in the Undercroft now will return to their spawnpoint if they move out too far, regaining all health in the process.
  • Downgraded the flasks potions in arena to vials because they were too expensive.
  • Added Throwing Kunais to the Arena in the second stage.
  • The first weapon chest in the arena now takes 4 seconds to loot to prevent rushing.
  • Fixed Gone Hunting Quest.
  • Fixed bugs regarding Scribe's Research, Fleet Captain's Journal, and Agartha Carvings quests.
  • Fixed quest screen Bug in Tutorial
  • Fixed immortal zombies in Tutotorial
  • Fixed hits not landing while exhausted in Tutorial
  • Fixed Allies not showing up as Green outlines.
  • Fixed UI bugs when dragging items would cause items to become spinning throbbers.
  • Fixed bug that hid attack speeds on some weapons.
  • Fixed bug where after crafting a weapon sometimes it wouldn't show the upgrade until you closed and reopened inventory.
  • Fixed bug where on the Lost Island a corrupted zombie spawn would not spawn with loot.

Expedition Agartha Free To Play Now Live!



Hello Expeditioners! Expedition Agartha is now officially Free to Play!

Be sure to watch out for our developers this weekend for our friendly neighborhood Dev Hunt! And we’ll see you in our Discord for that shiny Dev Hunter title.
If you haven’t already, make sure to check out the patch notes for today’s update here:

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1552620/view/3668783426297923407?l=english

Our Supporter Pack DLC will also be at an Early Expeditioners discount of 20% as well, so snatch that opportunity while it lasts!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2254510/Expedition_Agartha__Supporter_Pack/

As always, safe expeditions!

https://youtu.be/ZbPYkrDEMB8



Free to Play Patch Notes



Hello Expeditioners! We present to you our patch notes for tomorrow's update, listed below. Please read them carefully as many updates have been made.

One important thing to note is that localization is currently WIP, but we have added many new languages!

We’ve also added a new beginner friendly matchmaking system- If you have under 3 extractions, you are only queuing with other new players. Once you extract 3 times, as either freebooter or mercenary, you will enter matchmaking with the rest of the players.

Dev Hunt: This weekend 03/17-03/19, Developers will be playing and livestreaming on Discord. Join the Wandering Wizard Discord server if you would like to be notified of when developers are online. Players who defeat the devs in-game get a special Dev Slayer Discord tag!


General Changes:



  • Added a tutorial that will automatically begin after character creation (Existing players who have already created a character should skip character creation and go straight to the tutorial)
  • Massive improvements to server performance, which should put an end to server-wide rubberbanding and hit registration turning off in situations where it would normally register
  • Various combat improvements:

    • Tap inputs like light attacks now queue up, making actions such as combo attacks far easier and more reliable to pull off
    • Hold inputs like blocking should begin the moment you are able to block, rather than requiring you release and re-hold the block if you accidentally block when unable to (such as when flinching)
    • Dodging can no longer be interrupted by taking damage, fixing situations where it felt like the dodge key was not responding
    • Blocking icon now displays a green shield and sword to signal when the parry window is active; a parry will only occur if the attack is blocked during this window

    New Maps:

    • Forsaken Temple, a location hidden deep in a jungle which requires a Cintamani fragment to access
    • Arena, a solo and freebooter-only map where you fight for glory! Only one person will survive…

    New Merchants in the Forsaken Temple:

    • Each merchant offers special quests that grant keys that allow you to access loot chests locked at the top of the Forsaken Temple

      • Girardus sells Armour and Weapons
      • Fiadh sells vigorous blood chests
      • Fludd sells foods and resources via lootbags, Kunais, and crystals.

    • Players cannot sell items to Priest, Fiadh, or Fludd

  • Added various dynamic events that can happen on the Lost Island, with unique bosses and good rewards. Look for the blue fireworks and be prepared for a fight!
  • Achievement system added; Complete achievements in a single season to permanently unlock titles, cosmetics, or other goodies
  • Titles added. Equip titles so other players know what you’ve accomplished in the chat box and damage report!
  • Cosmetics added. Let other players know what you’ve accomplished on sight!
  • Trader drop-down replaced with new trader selection screen
  • Traders now have portraits in the trader selection screen and shop screen
  • Experience and level up system added. There are countless ways to get experience for every play style, how high can you go? (There is no use for XP other than bragging rights currently. In the future XP will grant skill points.)
  • Quests can be accepted via a dedicated button and no longer require buying a 0 gold item
  • Backpacks are now able to be equipped and insured, and will provide more inventory space when equipped. Can equip up to 3.
  • Tweaked the sizes and prices of backpacks
  • All specific type bags now have width of 6
  • Tooltips added to map select buttons
  • Quest completion shows quest name
  • Bots cannot take damage from other bots until damaged by a player
  • Quick-moving consumables will not equip them unless player inventory is full
  • Lots of stats now tracked.
  • Left-Clicking an item keeps its tooltip on until clicking the item again or clicking elsewhere
  • Item name text is now the same color as its rarity
  • Dual-wield weapons added, can be crafted with 2 of the same single-handed weapon.
  • All weapons, except daggers, slowed by 15%
  • Base inventory size now 6x3
  • Added new enemy type: Draugr, one-handed weapon wielding zombies, across all maps
  • Added new enemy type: Dual-wielding bandits, across all maps
  • Stash “loose capacity” removed; Now there is only total capacity
  • Stash capacity now starts at 200 and can be upgraded with gold and the Supporter Pack
  • Items now snap to the grid when drag-and-dropping to show clearly where they will go when moved
  • Insurance Screen overhauled
  • Can quick consume items by double clicking in inventory
  • Station level added to quick craft tooltip
  • Players are now automatically sent back to boat 60 seconds after extracting or dying
  • Gear now spawns pre-damaged in containers, but higher rarity gear is damaged less
  • Gear has a very high chance of spawning with upgrades if it has available upgrade slots; the chance of having slots remains the same
  • Moved kitchen stash to player’s room
  • Corrupted Zombie HP decreased to 3,000 from 4,000
  • Corrupted Zombie Damage decreased to 250 from 500
  • Desktop Icon no longer UE4 icon
  • Containers that get destroyed when emptied no longer awkwardly close the UI, instead they now hide their UI
  • Loot should spawn more consistently with more variety across all containers and there should no longer be situations where a brand new container spawns no loot
  • Stun animation from getting parried last 20% longer
  • Text warnings for Poisoned, Overeaten, Hungry, and Starving
  • Added new potion, Olfactory Augmentation Vial: sense all nearby animals as outlines that can be seen through walls, other players have purple outlines.
  • The yellow party member outline is now visible from a larger distance and can be seen through walls.
  • Looting speed of small containers in Forsaken Temple and Lost Island set to 0.5 seconds
  • Removed tutorial tips from the beginner area on the shore.
  • Various improvements to AI behavior

    • Leader/Captain bots now know how to command their minions to stop fighting certain enemies
    • All bots should be more aggressive in group fights
    • Human bots sprint more frequently and aggressively
    • Bots no longer lose sight of you when they are already in melee distance

  • Lost Island Dressers no longer spawn T3 loot
  • More languages added (Turkish, Dutch, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Polish, Ukrainian, Korean, Italian, Thai and Swedish)


Bug Fixes:



    Fixed various issues where it was possible to be so close to your opponent that your attack would go behind them and miss
  • Fixed various issues where it was possible for some creatures to backstab you while you were staring at them, thereby ignoring your block
  • Fixed rare bug that caused stamina to regenerate slower than intended until the end of the expedition
  • Fixed various Lost Island containers having inconsistent loot by type
  • Fixed issues with equipment swapping with corpses
  • Fixed lots of clipping, collision, and texture flickering problems across all maps
  • Fixed clipping issues with many armor pieces
  • Fixed issues regarding jumping, canceling, and sprinting
  • Fixed duplicate damage numbers in death/extract screen
  • Fixed loot boxes unable to be insta-purchased
  • Fixed cursor disappearing when clicking on empty space in UI
  • Fixed NPC voices not adjusting when ‘Voices’ slider was changed
  • Fixed chat window being un-clickable and non-scrollable
  • Fixed looting infinitely spawning items (such as lore books) causing infinite vibrating icon


We look forward to your feedback and support during this transition. Please join us in the Discord to chat with your fellow explorers. As always, thank you and safe expeditions!

Supporter Pack DLC Giveaway



Hello Expeditioners, we’re holding a giveaway!


To celebrate Expedition Agartha going free to play on March 16th, 25 lucky winners will receive 1 Steam Key each of our Supporter Pack DLC

Check out the link below to see all of your options to enter. If you have already bought the game, this is the perfect way to win keys for your friends as well! Winners will be announced/emailed their keys on March 16th, 2023. Good luck, and safe expeditions!

Click here to enter the Expedition Agartha Supporter Pack Giveaway



If you forget what is included in the Supporter Pack please check below!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2254510/Expedition_Agartha__Supporter_Pack/

The Supporter Pack includes:



  • Varangian Guard Armor Set Cosmetic- Armor is worn by the elite personal guards of the Byzantine Emperor. Primarily composed of Norse Mercenaries, these hardened warriors lacked political compass and could be counted upon to commit violence upon the people.
  • Steel Pagoda Armor set Cosmetic- This is the outfit of powerful cavalry units worn by soldiers of the Middle Kingdom. Advanced materials provide protection and mobility, transforming a warrior into an unstoppable tower of death.
  • Astradhari Armor Set Cosmetic- Legends speak of the Astradhari, mythical warriors from a forgotten past. They wielded Astras, divine weapons created by the Gods, capable of destroying entire armies with one attack.
  • Permanently Increased Stash size (Free to play players will have less maximum stash size)
  • Additional bonus backpacks and bonus loot bags every new season - Items Include:

    • Steel Greatsword
    • Steel Gladius
    • Steel Kiteshield
    • Iron Spear
    • Iron Sword
    • Iron Mace
    • Arbalest Crossbow
    • Resources: 1 bag of bolts(32 standard bolts), 1 bag of food (10 Fish Stew and 10 Goat Stew), 1 bag of potions (10 healing vials), 1 bag of wood (20 wood), 1 bag of nails (20 nails), 1 bag of iron (20 refined iron), 1 bag of stone (20 refined stone)
    • Adventurer's backpack
    • Expedition hauler

  • If you currently have purchased the game you will receive a special title, “Founder” for owning the game before we went F2P (additional requirements detailed below)
  • This supporter pack will be available to purchase for $24.99 as Steam DLC, which means F2P players can pay money for these bonuses! (except for the Founder title)

**the DLC does not include the Founder Title

As always, be sure to follow us for more giveaways, fun content, and game updates! Safe Expeditions!

Expedition Agartha: Free To Play



Hello Expeditioners, it’s time for a big announcement:



The development and publishing team have been looking into the next best steps for the future of our game, and are excited to announce that Expedition Agartha will be going Free to Play on March 16th! Along with this update we will roll out our new maps and features. Here are the important F2P details to know about:

Existing customers will receive a Supporter pack with cosmetic bonuses and more!

  • Varangian Guard Armor set Cosmetic- Armor is worn by the elite personal guards of the Byzantine Emperor. Primarily composed of Norse Mercenaries, these hardened warriors lacked political compass and could be counted upon to commit violence upon the people.
  • Steel Pagoda Armor set Cosmetic- This is the outfit of powerful cavalry units worn by soldiers of the Middle Kingdom. Advanced materials provide protection and mobility, transforming a warrior into an unstoppable tower of death.
  • Astradhari Armor Set Cosmetic- Legends speak of the Astradhari, mythical warriors from a forgotten past. They wielded Astras, divine weapons created by the Gods, capable of destroying entire armies with one attack.
  • Permanently Increased Stash size (Free to play players will have less maximum stash size)
    Additional bonus backpacks and bonus loot bags every new season - Items Include:

    • Steel Greatsword
    • Steel Gladius
    • Steel Kiteshield
    • Iron Spear
    • Iron Sword
    • Iron Mace
    • Arbalest Crossbow
    • Resources: 1 bag of bolts(32 standard bolts), 1 bag of food (10 Fish Stew and 10 Goat Stew), 1 bag of potions (10 healing vials), 1 bag of wood (20 wood), 1 bag of nails (20 nails), 1 bag of iron (20 refined iron), 1 bag of stone (20 refined stone)
    • Adventurer's backpack
    • Expedition hauler

  • If you currently have purchased the game you will receive a special title, “Founder” for owning the game before we went F2P (additional requirements detailed below)
  • This supporter pack will be available to purchase for $24.99 as Steam DLC, which means F2P players can pay money for these bonuses! (except for the Founder title)




FOUNDER REQUIREMENTS


In order to officially receive the title of Founder, you must log in and launch an expedition in the game before we go Free to Play on March 16th. This is a requirement EVEN if you bought the game, and must be completed since the game’s last wipe on 12/08/22.



WIPE


Accompanying this update will come with a wipe of our servers. This is to ensure that there will be no corrupted data moving forward and any new players will be welcomed in with a clean slate.




Servers will also be expanding back to global regions upon release of the Free to Play update. We are working to create the best game possible, and free to play is part of this plan in order to increase the amount of players in the game. As always thank you for your continued support! We look forward to growing with you as our community and game evolves. As always, safe expeditions!


New Year, New Update!

Hello Agartha Community, hope you all had a good New Years. We have a lot of updates for you to look forward to! At this time we do not have a projected release date for these features, but we will announce a release date as soon as we have that information available to us. In the meantime please check out discord for weekly progress sneak peaks. Now, on to the juicy details:

Improved hit registration- Weapons will now have much more precise collisions. Instead of using less precise attack sweeping with box collisions, our weapons now use a ray cast system that detects hits based on various collision points on a weapon, similar to other great games in this genre such as Mordhau.

Stamina Damage Grace Period- For a period of 1 second after you initially block a hit, you cannot lose stamina from blocking hits during this period. What this means is, if 3 players strike you all at once, and you are blocking, you will only lose stamina from the first strike that hits. This should make 1vX better since the solo player is less likely to be overwhelmed by simultaneous strikes.

Item Grid Snapping- For ease of user experience when manipulating the inventory, looting, and organizing your stash

Dual Wielding- Hold two weapons and defeat your enemies with furious strikes.




Draugrs- New tougher zombie type that uses one handed weapons. We hope this new enemy type bridges the difficulty level between zombies and humans.

Backpack overhaul- Backpacks slots will be implemented and they will also be able to be insured.

Random Faction Events- The Lost island will now spawn easily visible events that feature NPC factions such as bandits, zombies, crusaders, and samurai. These will be hotpoints with a lot of tough enemies, good loot, and a point for players to converge upon to find action.

Two New Maps- The Forsaken Temple and the Freebooter Arena. We are particularly excited to see how players react to the Solo Queue only PvP focused freebooter arena.







…And a lot more tweaks and bug fixes we are working on to improve the overall game experience. These details will be revealed when we come out with the official patch notes preview.

We hope you are as excited as we are for future updates, more news will be rolling out soon. We are hard at work making the game, and are looking forward to growing our community and substantiating that Expedition Agartha is the best melee looter extraction game on the market. Join our discord to get access to more visuals and sneak peeks of what we are working on. See you soon!

Patch 12/15/22


  • Leaderboard updates to show proper net worth and fix other bugs involving invalid accounts
  • Better spawning methods for corrupted zombies, they should be easier to encounter
  • Speculative fixes for overlapping Quest HUD bug
  • Quest with Explore Goals should trigger faster upon arriving at the location
  • Fixed issue where items could stick out of the inventory space
  • Weapon attack combos now queue propery, allowing for smoother light attack combos
  • More lipsyncs in the game across NPCs implemented
  • Fixed some bugs regarding equipment swapping and equipping
  • Improved inventory Hot-key guide
  • Iron Sword Texture Tweak
  • Insurance menu texts readability improved
  • Fixed bug where you couldn't parry corrupted zombie
  • Can no longer rotate square items (1x1, 2x2, etc)

Hotfix Patch Dec 09 2022

You can now toggle level coordinates by pressing ctrl+C (off by default)
Shitf+click instant move should no longer be dropping items into backpacks and should now work form backpacks properly
Specific Quest items should now be able to be located and looted
Fixed some Lipsync issues on NPCs
Polearms attack speed nerfed by 10%
Polearm third person animations tweaked to be more readable
Splints and Fine wine is now 1x1 to prevent a UI bug

Hotfix Patch Dec 09 2022


  • You can now toggle level coordinates by pressing ctrl+C (off by default)
  • Shitf+click instant move should no longer be dropping items into backpacks and should now work form backpacks properly
  • Specific Quest items should now be able to be located and looted
  • Fixed some Lipsync issues on NPCs
  • Polearms attack speed nerfed by 10%
  • Polearm third person animations tweaked to be more readable
  • Splints and Fine wine is now 1x1 to prevent a UI bug