Forewarned

• Fixed an issue related to mouse sensitivity which could cause crashes
  

A note from the developers:

• 25 new rooms, including 5 new dangerous trap rooms
  
• New tomb door style and lighting within the ruins
  
• New ambience and sound effects
  
• New enemy type lurking throughout
  
• New objectives unique to the ruins

• The long-awaited divining rod is now in stock in the shop! When activated, this powerful tool will serve as your guide while traversing the ruins, briefly rotating towards the nearest collectible treasure such as gold, lore pages, and rare artifacts. Be warned - using this tool will anger the Mejai, so use it sparingly... Upgrades can be purchased to decrease the cooldown time and enhance the tool in other ways.
  

• A new default item, the medkit, can be used once per round to restore health. The kit can be used either on oneself or on a teammate in close proximity. It can be upgraded up to level V to restore higher amounts of health per level.
  
• Medkits can be toggled on or off as a room option. Successfully completing a round with medkits disabled will grant additional gold and experience, scaled per difficulty level.
  Easy: +3% bonus gold and experience
  Normal: +6% bonus gold and experience
  Hard: +9% bonus gold and experience
  Brutal: +12% bonus gold and experience
  
  Developer Note: This introduces another way for players to control their experience with the game's difficulty. Players who appreciate a health restoration mechanic now have it, while those seeking the extra challenge of playing without medkits can disable them for increased rewards.
  

• As an added motivation for players to retrieve the Mejai's relic, upon successfully completing an expedition with the relic, a bonus gold multiplier will now apply to your total gold collected during the round, with higher difficulties applying greater rewards.
  Easy: +25% bonus gold
  Normal: +50% bonus gold
  Hard: +75% bonus gold
  Brutal: +100% bonus gold
  
• Successfully completing the banishment ritual will result in an even greater gold multiplier bonus:
  Easy: +125% bonus gold
  Normal: +150% bonus gold
  Hard: +175% bonus gold
  Brutal: +200% bonus gold
  
• Each time players successfully complete the banishment ritual, a new collectible type will be earned – an ushabti. In Ancient Egypt, these small figurines were often buried within tombs for the purpose of performing service on the deceased’s behalf in the land of the dead. There are 50 unique ushabti to collect, all of which will appear in your archaeological study with the rest of your collections as you progress. Note that ushabti are retained even if you prestige.
  
• The jeep now has room for players to place recovered documents and ancient treasure found during expeditions. Just like the relic, these items must be placed in the back of your jeep. Successfully doing so will grant a large portion of XP and gold when completing the round, with increased amounts rewarded per map size and quantity gathered.
  
• Five new achievements have been added to the game related to the banishment ritual.

• The gold collection objective is no longer pile-based. Instead, players will now be tasked with collecting a certain number of pieces throughout the ruins. The minimum amount required to collect will scale with difficulty.
  
• The previous concept of “objective” gold piles vs. “non-objective” gold piles is no longer applicable as all gold found within the ruins will count towards the objective.
  
• With the above point in place, the Team Split loot sharing mode will act as intended and split all gold collected by the team evenly. The Finder’s Keepers mode will continue to behave as designed.
  
• The more gold you and your team collect, the greater XP bonus you’ll earn. Collecting 100% of the tomb’s gold during an expedition will grant an even larger XP bonus.
  

• Players can now access all of their settings at any time while on an expedition using a newly designed settings menu found within the PDA. Mummy players now also have the ability to adjust their settings.
  
• Further sound control has been added in the game, allowing the volume of ambience, sound effects, and music to be adjusted at any time.
  
• Implemented a new interaction framework for generic items, in which PC players can pick up certain objects in their off-hand while continuing to hold and use a tool in their primary hand. VR players can continue to pick up such items in either hand.
  
• The archaeological study lobby has received several renovations, including a new room to house all relics and new ushabti collectibles. Many items throughout can also now be picked up.
  
• Given its importance to puzzles and counteracting certain Mejai, the Tablet is now a default tool.
  
• To signify the physical manifestation of the Mejai, prior to spawning, a visual effect will now occur for a few moments in the spot where the Mejai will appear
  
• Slightly increased the spawn-in time for Mejai after entering the inner tomb on Hard and Brutal difficulties
  
• Added additional variety to Ouphris' inventory when roaming in physical form
  
• The tutorial has been modified for clarity and additional information useful to new players
  
• Lore pages #88 and #100 have been modified to reflect the banishment ritual
  
• Interactive treasure chests have been added throughout all ruin variations
  
• Introduced 30+ new sound effects that the Mejai’s spirit can make for greater variety. Additionally, optimized the audio clips themselves.
  
• Applied visual effect improvements to fire stands, wall torches, and the handheld torch
  
• Interaction prompt tooltips will no longer show on levers that have already been activated.
  
• Performed thorough network optimizations to reduce latency and mitigate disconnections
  
• Improved volumetric lighting for the rare artifact display cases in the archaeological study
  
• Added a new means to cross an area previously impassable. When there’s a will, there’s a way.
  
• Added color variety to the objective monitor text to help visually distinguish / split up tasks
  
• A notification has been added upon falling below a certain health threshold for checking your smart watch, which displays the player's current health status
  
• Improved the menu UI of the lobby menu display for non-English languages
  
• Improved the material on the inner tomb's red button
  
• Improved the mouse sensitivity slider in the Controls menu for greater flexibility
  
• Minimized the verbiage of some hover tooltips to keep the language concise and the UI minimal
  
• Applied a new skybox to the Crypt of the Great Pyramid map

• Fixed an issue in which gold would not drop if a player disconnected from the game during an expedition
  
• Fixed an issue that allowed sarcophagi to be toggled while in a moving state
  
• Fixed issues that could cause certain objects to desync between players
  
• Fixed an issue with Necreph and Talgor’s pathing in tomb variation #3
  
• Fixed an issue that allowed ambient sound effects to play back-to-back
  
• Fixed an issue where phenomena would not get invoked after inner tomb entry
  
• Fixed an issue that would cause level I flashlights and headlamps to produce less light and range than intended
  
• Fixed an issue in which fire stands were not expiring after a certain amount of time
  
• Fixed an issue where players would not be shown a disconnect message on the lobby menu when disconnecting during an expedition
  
• Fixed an issue where XP would display inconsistently on the results screen due to certain tasks completion status not resetting between rounds
  
• Fixed an issue where Mejai could potentially spawn too close to players
  
• Fixed an issue where the Radar Sensor tool would not visually reflect its current upgrade level
  
• Fixed an issue with the inner tomb past-excavation note not appearing in tomb variation #3
  
• Fixed an issue related to capturing evidence of past explorations and the Mejai's spiritual rage value
  
• Fixed an issue with lighting the torch while swapping inventory items
  
• Improved certain font assets for crisper appearances
  
• Fixed an issue that caused inconsistent reflections off of certain materials
  
• Fixed an issue related to shadows cast by certain items like tools and relics
  
• Fixed an issue where players who launch the game in offline mode receive overlaid menu screens
  
• Fixed an issue with the expedition Timer that could result in several bugs with the objective system

Hotfix (v.16.4)

Changes

Fixes

• The Smart Watch tool has been redesigned and retrofitted with biometric technology that detects your character’s current heart rate as well as overall health status. The heart rate dynamically adjusts to your character’s movement, injuries sustained, and more.
  
• A new monitor has been added to the player tool area that displays each team member’s overall health status in real-time.
  
• The heartbeat sound has been further improved to smoothly fade in and out. Additionally, when audibly playing, it now beats in-sync with your character’s current heart rate shown on the health monitor / smart watch.
  

• Improved torch detection for Rathos
  
• Reworked Zealot behavior to more closely link Zealot aggression with number of objectives completed, as well as stalking/creeping behavior leading up to the attack phase
  
• Added footstep sounds to Zealots
  
• Added a check to prevent Necreph from teleporting directly onto a player
  
• Added a difficulty-based cooldown prior to Necreph attacking after teleporting
  
• Improved Dekan's targeting AI
  
• Added logic to ensure Ouphris properly changes into human form after entering true form
  
• Improved Dekan's attack animation sync in multiplayer
  
• Performed optimizations to prevent crashes during Mejai attacks
  
• Optimized the pathing around the wooden ramp areas that had previously caused AI to get stuck
  
• Fixed an issue that could cause Mejai to not spawn if another player left the game prior to the inner tomb opening
  
• Fixed an issue that caused mummies to stop wandering if the host left the game
  

• Implemented a resolution change confirmation timer to prevent players getting stuck with undesired display settings
  
• Added Czech language support
  
• Updated the Smart Watch descriptions and image in Archeobay to reflect the new design and functionality
  

• Fixed an issue causing torches to extinguish too frequently
  
• Fixed an issue where mummy VR players could not damage living players
  
• Fixed an inner-tomb related issue during map generation
  
• Fixed an issue where the flashlight would be equipped backwards in the left belt slot (PC)
  
• Added logic to prevent players from dying as a round ends to resolve several issues
  
• Fixed an issue with certain gold spawn locations
  
• Removed collision from pots/vases to prevent players from getting stuck in certain cases
  
• Fixed an issue with tooltips showing up on gold buried in sand
  
• Fixed an issue with tomb variation #3’s mesh protrusion between rooms
  
• Removed the possibility for levers to spawn on walls in quicksand areas
  
• Optimized memory usage in tomb variation #2.
  
• Improved Russian and Turkish language localization