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Update 0.31.1
Gameplay
- Inventory is now disabled in the Prologue. - Reduced the fish disappearance timer. - Clubs are no longer tied to any classes. - Changed the list of items dropped from vases. - The Mystic Cube rewards switch in favour of the Frozen Flame. - Changed the secret chest reward list. - Changed the fuel type for Big Torches and Lanterns. - While building, the roof is only required for the workstations. - Changed the energy requirements for heavy attacks. - Increased the energy decay speed, fixed the way itâs displayed in the UI. - All abilities become available after unlocking the respective class. - Changed the Skull Hunterâs Idol requirements. - Increased the straw roof module stability. - Runic stone hint activates at the same moment as the Ritual. - Changed the ability placement in the Ability Tree. - The âFlightâ skill can be activated after two seconds of falling.
Map
- Changed the markersâ color on the map. - The Sanctuary icon became brighter. - Added a new foragin resource - âtree beetleâ. - Removed monsters from the Titan Bastion. - Changed the Mithraâs position in the Sanctuary. - The markersâ size now depends on the map zooming. - Updated the windmill visuals.
UI
- Updated the visuals for class circles in the Ability Tree. - Player markers now display in the middle of the compass. - Added the âBlueprintâ to the name of purchasable blueprints.
Other
- Changed the Construction Core barrier visuals. - Screen now goes dark during teleportation. - Server settings no longer pop up in chat when joining the server.
Fixed
- Stations can now be properly placed on house foundation. - Enemies will no longer stay idle in the Prologue. - Big monstersâ healthbar no longer covers the Ritualsâ UI. - Fixed the shooting range Ritual on one of the small islands. - Fixed some texts and inscriptions. - Fixed the female modelâs cloth set. - Damage notifications are now properly displayed during online play. - Fixed straw roof collision issues. - Quest markers now properly disappear after opening the coin chest during the Bardâs questline. - Fixed old save file issues with the Ability Tree. - Some trees used to disappear a bit too early from the draw distance. - Some dialogue lines were not playing out. - Fixed the issue with the construction core teleportation forcing you to move around a bit before being able to actually move. - Fixed dialogue indicator not disappearing after being exhausted. - Attributes now properly change upon switching the equipment. - Fixed the colour indication of the equipment positive effects.
Update 0.31: Level Up!
Main Changes
Sanctuary and Prologue Update
Prologue Changes:
Reduced the amount of ghosts in the âAsylum of Facelessâ location. They no longer respawn after death.
Removed the Prologue intro cutscene.
Removed all spells from the Prologue.
Sanctuary Changes:
The portal to the Broken Valley is initially closed. Youâll need to talk to Chronos to activate it.
Mithra now meets players in the Sanctuary.
Flight ability unlocks after traversing the Broken Valley portal.
The Broken Valley main quest ends when you turn in the Portal Core in the Sanctuary.
Player Progression
Once upon a time, dragons shared the secret of the magic flame with humanity. The key to its power was Flame - the enegy permeating through the lands of Arkana. And throughout the years pilgrims have been using it to master various crafts.
Flame is gained by gathering resources, cooking food, performing rituals and slaying monsters.
After accumulating enough Flame, characters will gain a level and the âFrozen Flameâ, which can be spent on unlocking and leveling various Ability Tree classes using the Altar. Leveling up will also increase charactersâ max HP.
Ability Tree has been simplified in favour of clarity. For now it only has 3 classes: warrior, ranger and mage. Classes unlock their respective choice of weapons.
After death characters lose all Flame they gathered on the current level, but they can retrieve it at the place of their demise.
Lost Flame can now only be gathered by the character who lost it.
New Approach to Receipe Unlocks
Weâve simplified the crafting system. From the start youâll only have access to a few basic recipes. New recipes can be found by clearing the Cursed Camps, exploring various locations or buying them off the NPCs.
Building Update
Hard to believe, but over the course of a single update thereâs been an entire revolution in the way we approached the building system!
Improved the building UI.
Removed âextraâ modules.
Intorduced two new module tiers: wood and stone.
Crafting stations can be packed within the Construction Core area of effect.
Optimized the stability and cost of modules.
Crafting stations can only be placed indoors or in a shelter.
You can only place one Construction Core.
Construction Core barrier can only be seen by its owner.
Improved Navigation
As the members of our team say: âGive a man a fish, and heâll eat for a day. Give a man a main quest marker, and heâll get out of the Broken Valleyâ.
Compass changes:
Marked the cardinal points.
Thickened up the edging.
Main quest and death markers stand out a bit more among other objects.
Map changes:
Reduced the size of marks, removed the redundant ones.
Added landmark names to the Cradle of Keepers.
Added main quest marker.
Quest log now only displays main quests.
âFresh Facesâ of Arkana
Weâve introduced plenty of new NPCs to the Cradle of Keepers and the Broken Valley isles, all with their own stories and trouble.
Added 5 new NPCs: "Genie in a Bottleâ, "Titanâs Headâ, "Talking Treeâ, "Chestâ и âPhilosopher-Bubbleâ.
Added 2 new quest chains.
Fully reworked the visuals of the âAsylum of Facelessâ and âSanctuaryâ location.
New Tutorial Approach
This update brings a change of approach to our main tutorial systems: during the game youâll now get short video tutorial tips. If you feel like youâre experienced enough - you can just disable them in the game settings.
Updated Lighting
Lighting in Arkana has become more realistic and colorful.
Other Changes
Gameplay
New item: âGold Coinsâ.
New recipe: âFresh-Soupâ.
Added 3 new Rituals and 1 secret activity to the Broken Valley isles.
Rebalanced the heavy attack energy gain.
Reduced the default energy cap.
Temporarily disabled some power attacks.
Reduced the amount of Flame gained for cooking.
Nerfed the Furious Gruntâs damage.
Completely removed stamina.
Increased the drop-rate of pestilent boarâs hide to 100% for player groups.
Temporarily disabled spears.
Changed the first Ritualâs runic stone placement.
Changed the Hornheadâs placement.
Images on memorials with outdated mechanics changed into broken ones.
Added the ability to abandon Rituals.
Titan-destroyer devices no longer require Flame for activation.
Fixed resource node damage for tools, fists and arrows.
Bonfire now requires logs to function.
Increased the fuel burning time.
Reduced the decay time of bulding modules.
Reduced the weight of branches.
Removed branches from bonfire recipe.
Portal Core is contained in the Titan Bastion chest, and can be gathered by all party members.
Added armor level requirements. The better the armor, the higher is the level requirement.
Map
New resource model: âMedium geodeâ.
New model: âAir streamâ.
Upon placing a waypoint on the map, it will be illuminated by a ray of light.
New Cradle of Keepers area: âMountainous zoneâ.
Two islands has been reworked for building purposes: monster camps have been removed, and the number of resource nodes - increased.
Visual update for areas around the teleportation circles in the Cradle of Keepers.
UI
Updated the UI for NPC dialogues.
Map can no longer opened while falling.
Added inventory filters.
Expanded control settings.
Added teleportation confirmation.
Potions are now automatically added to the hotbar.
Updated save file information.
Reduced the icon size in the crafting menu.
Sounds
Pressure plate and iron door.
Female character meal.
âChain lightningâ spell.
âHigh jumpâ spellâ.
Gold coin pick up sound.
Construction core activation.
Mithraâs voice in Prologue.
Other
Expanded the hair color choice.
Aerial turning animations became smoother.
Changed the size and color of teleportation circles.
Added crafting animation.
Updated construction area effectâs description.
Added a new history book to the Bardâs house.
Updated heavy attack visuals.
Increased staff heavy attack damage.
Increased the interaction distance for some objects.
Removed the visual hint for pressure plates.
Increased the waypoint effect view distance for Rituals.
Added flying bubbles to the lakes of the Broken Valley.
Added falling leaves effect to some oaks of the Broken Valley.
Fixes
Fixed facial animations.
Fixed character eyes.
Fixed the âAdventurerâ NPCâs animations.
Removed the ability to directly interact with secret passages.
Fixed the gear break-rate formula errors.
Fixed some localization and item description issues.
Fixed the issue when charactersâ hair clipped through headgear after flight.
Fixed dialugue icons above NPCs.
Fixed the ghostâs behaviour.
Added staff durability damage.
Fixed close-range bow aim.
Fixed object collision issues.
Increased the object rendering distance.
Youâll now properly die if you fall off the Broken Valley isles.
Fixed female characterâs cloth pants.
Fixed sitting animations.
Fixed home altarâs packing.
Fixed Skellyâs dialogue.
We look forward to seeing you in the world of Arkana!
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TITANIC UPDATE 0.30: Story of the Floating Isles
Main Changes
Bardâs Story
The lonely Bard inhabits one of the Broken Valley islands. We advice you pay him a visit, as he can guide you to the key to the Titan Bastion.. for a small favour, of course.
Introduced the Bardâs quest to the Broken Valley.
Updated map
Our finest cartographers have improved the mapâs design! Fresh and new, itâs now perfectly adapted for traversing the floating islands!
Updated mapâs design.
Updated icons and their placement on the map.
Fast Travel
You can now fast travel from anywhere in the world through your map. Removed the now redundant âstone of teleportationâ.
Rage Bar
Combat system has received a brand new rage bar, which fills up during the fights. It can either be partially used to make strong attacks, or depleted fully to make a power strike.
Progression and Crafting Changes
This update overhauls the way character progression resources work, especially the related activities, and things you can spend those resources on.
Ability Tree nodes are unlocked with Dragon Stones. You can find those in various campsâ chests.
Flame can now be used to unlock various recipes. It can be gained by participating in the majority of in-game activities: collecting resources, slaying foes, cooking food, activating memorials. You can gain a large amount of Flame by completing quests and Rituals.
Ability Tree Spells
Ability Tree has been expanded with 9 different spells:
Sky Jump - spring into the air, ascending to hard-to-reach areas.
Arcane Trap - create an ensnaring aura around yourself.
Haste - boost your movement speed.
Water Walk - traverse bodies of water on foot.
Chain Lightning - send out a lightning that would jump from foe to foe.
Heal - heal yourself or your target.
Light Orb - create an orb of light to illuminate your surroundings.
Stone Skin - reduce the incoming damage to yourself or your target.
Fire Breath - ignite the foes in front of you.
You can have up to 3 active spells at a time. To change the active spell - pick it in the Ability Tree and press âactivateâ.
Titan Bastion
Somewhere among the Broken Valley isles thereâs the Titan Bastion. It is not easily reached, but rumors tell it is more than worth it. And what is the harm? Noone has seen a functioning Titan for years anyway.
Introduced a new island.
Added a âTitan Destroyerâ device.
Fixed the behaviour and animations of Titans.
Titans can now destroy some elements of the environment.
Other Changes
Gameplay
New resource: âAerial Flameâ, which can be found in the air around the floating islands.
New monsters: spirit boars and pestilent boars.
New NPCs: âTreasure Hunterâ, âBardâs Wifeâ, âSkeletal Musicianâ, âKuâ.
New recipe: âBurning Brothâ.
New secret activities: tavern basement in the ghost village, and rune-sealed chest.
New ritual: follow the path of magic emanations
Fixed camera shake and visual effects for Titanâs attacks.
Added the âHungerâ status, which regulates the food consumption limit.
âDodgeâ and âJumpâ separated. Default binding for âDodgeâ is âAltâ.
Camp monstersâ health now scales with the amount of players nearby.
Added a delay between Skull Hunterâs âArcane Trapâ activations.
Added rewards for completing NPC quests.
Introduced changes to bow aiming.
Increased starting maximum carry weight by 50%.
Increased resource node respawn rate.
Reduced the amount of gathered berries and apples.
Rebalanced some weapons.
Slowed down the mimics.
Blue crystals no longer drop from geodes.
Chests in common camps no longer drop items.
Removed the tent recipe.
Rebalanced the crafting recipes.
Changed the mystic cubesâ rewards.
Removed the stamina restoration delay after leaving combat.
Increased the safe fall distance.
The Cradle of Keepers is once again open to builders.
Introduced cooldown to the âFlightâ ability.
Spells no longer consume Flame on activation.
Changed Idolsâ activation requirements in the Cradle of Keepers.
Removed the rare blueprints.
Changed the spell in the Prologue.
Spear has been temporarily disabled.
Map
Added a basement to the tavern of the ghost village.
Fixed the placement of emanations for the Cradle of Keepers frozen area Ritual.
Added new abandoned buildings to the Broken Valley isles.
Removed landmarks from the map.
Increased the amount of fireflies in the Cradle of Keepers forest.
Added more teleports to the Cradle of Keepers.
Added a poisonous area to one of the Broken Valley isles.
Removed the poisonous temple from the Broken Valley.
Changed the âplace markerâ button from LMB to RMB.
UI
Introduced the first batch of keybinding options.
Updated the spell-bar visuals.
Updated the Ability Tree visuals.
Introduced visual improvements to the player UI.
Added an option of activating spells in the Ability Tree.
Improved gamepad controls.
Added a new animation for the âFlightâ ability unlock.
Improved the teleport interactions hints.
Updated the âFlightâ ability icon.
Sounds
Fully updated female characterâs voice acting.
Added a new sound for the âFlightâ ability unlock.
Improved Ritual and quest sounds.
Reduced the distance from which the altar can be heard.
Added sounds to Bonehead and Woodhead NPCs.
Updated the main menu theme.
Other
Bonehead NPC gained a few new lines.
Hornhead NPC gained new lines about the Dragon Stones.
Added the ârottingâ effect visuals to buildings.
Improved visuals of the Titanâs crystal.
Updated barrel and crate breaking effects.
Updated Eagleâs flight animation.
Updated sawmillâs textures.
Increased the amount of time given to read Mithraâs birdsâ lines.
Changed Crystaâs flight tragectory.
Improved the Sanctuaryâs atmosphere.
Fixes
Fixed Woodhead NPCâs visuals and animations.
Fixed ghostsâ behaviour in the Prologue.
Fixed elementalâs behaviour during its AoE attacks.
Fixed the Blacksmith NPCâs animations.
Fixed the Ancient Swordâs attacks.
Fixed the intro cutscene.
Fixed the Ice Zombiesâ behaviour.
Fixed the Smoldering Warlockâs behaviour.
Fixed the fog in the main menu.
Fixed the Flame-attacksâ effects.
Fixed the stairsâ collision in the Prologue.
Fixed the issue of monsters leaving their designated camps.
Fixed the sarcophagus collision.
We look forward to seeing you in the world of Arkana!
Weâve fully updated the model and visual effects for the Eagle used during the âFlightâ spell. General approach has changed too - now, instead of being carried by the Eagle, characters transform into the Eagle themselves.
The ability is also initially blocked. Characters can receive this gift from Chronos in his Sanctuary.
Storm Warning
The guardian of the Frozen Citadel, dragon Crysta, travels from biome to biome, summoning snowy blizzards in her wake. Beckoned by her call, frozen monsters awaken amidst the impenetrable storm.
Travelers would be wise to hide away in their houses during such harsh periods, only hoping that their shelters will withstand the unrelanting icy knocks.
Cradle of Keepers Pillars
Camps of the Furious Grunt, Smoldering Warlock and Skull Hunter got an update and were transfered back into the Cradle of Keepers. They all still keep the masks needed to activate the portal to the Sanctuary. The last mask can be received as a souveneir from your old pal Bonehead.
On top of that, the first floating island biome has received its own name - âThe Broken Valleyâ. Among those islands players will be able to find objects, holding the story of Arkana.
Magic Abilities Display
UI has received a new addition - the spell bar. It will display all abilities, that consume Flame.
New Approach to Building
The functionality of the Sentinel has been completely reworked, now providing all 3 functions needed to make a proper household: it now acts as a point of respawn, teleportation and a building area. Once you place the Sentinel, it will set and display the boundaries in which you can build your shelter. Needless to say, Sentinels now completely replace the building hammers.
Building âby handâ has also been changed. Now all crafted stations must be immediately placed on the ground, and can no longer be packed. The list of crafting stations has also changed.
Ability Tree Update
The ability tree is getting closer to its finalised state. This time weâve set the intended design and the positioning of nodes within the tree, while also adding more passive abilities.
Other Changes
Gameplay
- Dodge roll speed increased by 20%. - Rebalanced the Flame consumption during the Flight. - Allowed players to teleport and fly while being encumbered. - Fixed the staff special attack. - Replaced the greataxe power attack with the flame attack. - Increased the starting Flame limit from 100 to 250. - Reduced the spear sprinting attack damage. - Reduced the stamina consumprion of jumps and dodge rolls. - Fixed the stamina consumption of flame attacks. - Boars can now retreat to their allies.
Map
- Fixed the design of the ritual in a snowy area of the Cradle. - Added frozen zombies to the map. - Updated visuals of the Cradleâs Dungeon. - Updated the visuals of a couple of islands. - Updated Elite enemy camps in the Cradle. - Increased the distance between the islands, the Cradle, and the Citadel.
UI
- Added UI tips for learning new recipes, crafting and cooking. - Changed the animations and sounds of Flame Essense consumption. - Special attack tips transfered to the spell bar. - Added a tip to the building area. - Added a task log and task notifications to the game. - Switched the positions of the hot bar and the spell bar. - Changed the Flame icon in HUD. - Updeted spell key bindings.
Sounds
- Added new sound effects to the islands. - Updated the gameâs main theme.
Other
- Updated the visuals of ruins. - Changed Mandrakeâs name. - Blizzard visuals no longer affect the indoors. - Updated the fog on the map. - Added a new station destruction effect. - Updated the terrain visuals. - Updated the fish visuals.
Fixes
- Fixed the flickering location names. - Fixed the waterfallâs position on the Woodheadâs island. - Fixed the purple effect nerby the Air Pads.
Update 0.26: Awesome story time!
Main Changes
Stories of Arkana
Arkana. As mysterious as it is ancient. Its every detail holds its own story. Now players will be able to get to know Arkana a bit better, by interacting with the environment, notes of fallen warriors, and remnants of the Keeper.
The remaining heroes of the war against the cursed have their own stories to share. Theyâll watch over the players, reacting to their accomplishments and telling tales. Their locations are marked on the map.
Memories of Crafting
Warning! Experimental change. Can cause swift addiction.
Weâve significantly changed our approach towards crafting. The number of Memory Shards required to unlock recipes has been increased. On the other hand, memorials and waystone, which replaced the hidden stellas, now reward players with a greater amount of Shards. On top of that, Shards can now drop from destructible objects, like vases and boxes.
More advanced recipes require you to get rarer green Memory Shards, either dropping from Elementals, Titans and mystical cubes, or crafted from the regular Memory Shards.
Cunning Strikes of Titans and Elites
Elites and Titans received new dangerous attacks:
- When reduced to low HP the Furious Grunt and the Ironbound fall into rage, becoming faster and much more dangerous. - The Smoldering Warlock can now perform a powerful Fire Ball attack to scorch enemies in a large area of effect. - The Skull Hunter now deploys traps, that knockdown and inflict slowness on their victims. - Battles with Titans now have two phases. During the second phase they use their Star Fall attack, summoning numerous magical projectiles from the skies.
Skybox Update
Sometimes itâs better to see once than to hear a hundred time. This is exactly such a time.
Arkanaâs Secrets
You can now find hidden chests, sealed by magical locks. To unlock them youâll need to pay some extra attention to your environment.
Ritual Hints
You can now receive pretty noticable hints from Rituals involving runic stones. If you pay a small Flame fee first, of course.
Other Changes
Gameplay
- Re-balanced equipment effectiveness. - Changed effects involving heavy and medium armor. - Updated dialogues for Cradel of Keepers NPCs. - Enlarged the bottom area of effect of air streams. - Re-balanced cursed campsâ chest drops. - Raw food can now be consumed, but not without consequences. - Changed âSkull Hunterâsâ idol requirements. - Cursed archers now try to retreat in face of immenent danger. - Reduced the frequency of blizzards. - Cooked dishes with same effects now stack. - Reduced damage for boars and cursed.ХниМон ŃŃОн ĐžŃ Đ°ŃĐ°Đş кайанОв и ĐżŃОкНŃŃŃŃ . - Changed Ritualsâ descriptions. - Increased the amount of Flame dropped by ghosts in the Prologue. - Tent recipe is no longer unlocked by default. - Roots can now be destroyed by any weapon. - Strong attacks now consume Flame. - Stellas now give Flame with a 5 minute recharge time. - Changed the Memory Shard icon.
Map
- Added two new bigger islands: one with a forest, and one with an abandoned market. - Changed runes of the starting Ritual into the runic stones. - Removed the dungeon Ritual. - Added marks for potential NPC dialogues. - Removed Cradle of Keepers landmarks. - Transfered the Hermitâs tree onto a separate island, improved its visuals. - Transfered the Bardâs house onto the island near the Cradle of Keepers, imroved its visuals. - Added a natural ascent to the crag near the entrance to the Cradle. - Added a hint regarding teleportation to the map. - Removed extra markers for teleportation. - Removed a camp between the two towers in the Cradle.
UI
- Fixed Elitesâ names display. - Added the âCollectâ button to cooking UI. - Added Ability Tree skill effects. - Updated Ability Tree visuals. - Updated spell-bar visuals. - Updated dialogue window visuals. - Added UI tutorial tips. - UI now displays the armor type. - Added flying tutorial tips.
Sounds
- Added fish sounds. - Added sounds for âDestination Pointâ Rituals. - Added floating platforms sound. - Added cooking and recipe unlock sounds.
Other
- Removed the mageâs tower top segment in the Cradle. - Fixed âEarthquakeâ spell smoke effects. - Increased the /unstuck use timer to 20 seconds. - Optimized virtual textures. - Updated interactive hintsâ texts. - Increased the draw distance for interactible objects. - Renamed the NPCs. - Updated sprinting animation. - Added various visual effects for crystals.
Fixes
- Spell-bar is now properly displayed in different UI windows. - Re-entering building mode now properly highlights last picked module. - Bubbles are now less aggressive. - Fixed monstersâ stunned behaviour. - Fixed female modelâs cloth pants issues. - Fixed monsters getting stuck in place on islands. - Fixed light sources in the Prologue. - Fixed the functionality of the small Sentinel. - Fixed level disign errors. - Fixed the delayed idol activation sound. - Fixed drumâs collision in the Bardâs house. - Fixed blizzard sounds during the teleportation. - Removed unused Obelisks.
Update 0.25: Eat, Pray, Fly
Main Changes
Ability Tree Spells
Ability Tree now contains two new spells: "Bastion" will give you 10 seconds of protective barriers and health regeneration, and "Warrior's Call" will make surrounding enemies attack you, keeping your allies safe. And good old "Earth Stomp" received updated visuals and sound effects.
New Ways to Travel between the Islands
Back in the day some priests had forseen the appearance of wind currents, reaching from the frozen wasteland of Arkana all the way up to the flying islands. It wasn't an impressive foresight, but those winds proved to be useful, making it possible to upkeep the flight height while traveling between the islands.
For those characters who prefer expressing their creativity in every aspect of the game, we added a new floating platform module. It can be used to build bridges between the islands, or even entire floating houses and strongholds. The only catch is that they decay much faster than regular modules, so make sure to keep them protected by your Sentinels.
Sanctuary and Islands Update
You can now activate the portal leading to the Sanctuary. The fourth and the last mask is kept safe by the Plagued Thresher on the Poison Temple island. Having activated the Sanctuary, you will be able to teleport to the biome's main tower, from which you'd gain an easy access to all islands of the area.
Rituals Update
Every update brings more and more diversity to the magical world of Arkana. From now on players will get their own personolized rune placement for every Ritual, as well as different ways to accomplish some other Rituals.
Cooking Update
Cooking UI has experienced some changes. In particular - buttons for cooking and collecting fresh dishes are now bigger and placed higher than they used to be. At the same time we've significantly shortened the cooking time.
Nightly Mystic Cubes
We've been hearing reports of Mystic Cubes appearing in the world once again. Finding one will provide you a fancy reward. Yet finding them isn't so easy - they appear at night all over the flying islands. They are quite rare, and just getting out of your shelter to gaze into the skies to seek for the Cubes' beacons is worth your while.
Other Changes
Gameplay
- Added new resource - Flame Essence. - Added Flame Essense to the starting Sarcophagus. - Updated the Hermit's assortment of goods - added health potions and flame essence. - Reimplemented skeletons as night encounters. - Reintroduced crosshair to staffs. - Rebalanced the Ability Tree. - Added the "sheltered" status, providing protection against dangerous weather. - Rebalanced the night temperatures. - Rebalanced the "Hawk" ability flight and duration. - Rebalanced the amount of gathered branches and logs. - Updated Titan's behavior. - Changed the Beacon's activation cost. - Rebalanced staff attacks. - Rebalanced the gathering tools effectiveness to respective resources. - Sentinels can no longer be placed on Cradle of Keepers. - Boars can now break trees if they block their path. - Reintroduced teleporting functionality of Returnal Plinths.
Map
- Added a graveyard island. - Added an island with a returning Bard NPC. - Added portals to various islands. - Added stone shards floating around the islands. - Added haunted houses from the Ancient Valley. - The beacon was moved to the Cradle of Keepers.
UI
- Visual improvements to critical damage numbers. - Removed the button hints. - Visual improvements of the spell bar. - Visual improvements of the Ability Tree. - Quick slot number reduced to 6. - Updated the hints' visuals. - Added friend request notification.
Sounds
- Added ambient sounds to islands. - Added sounds for packing and destroying stations. - Added Ritual accomplishment sounds.
Other
- Reduced the /unstuck command timer to 5 seconds. - Added new blizzard visual effects. - Improved game performance. - Updated teleportation animations for female characters. - Updated returnal stone usage animations. - Updated the Elite Cursed textures. Implemented cloth fragments to the models. Updated Archers' quivers. - Added wind currents to the Prologue.Đ ĐŃОНОг ĐąŃНи Đ´ĐžĐąĐ°Đ˛ĐťĐľĐ˝Ń Đ˛ĐžĐˇĐ´ŃŃĐ˝ŃĐľ пОŃОки. - Removed certain visuals from the Prologue. - Implemented door access settings. - Updated Frozen Flame icon.
Fixes
- You will no longer get smited by a lightning during the calm weather. - Ritual accomplishment sound will no longer play randomly. - Fixed some collision issues on the map. - Fixed the waist cloth on the female starting armor. - Fixed the disappearing knees on the bone armor set. - Elite monsters will no longer leave the idols' reach. - Fixed night skeletons' torches.
Update 0.24: What's the weather like today?
Main changes
Weather
"Ain't no cloud in the skies!" - we'd have answered you a day ago. But the weather has changed drastically overnight: cold winds of the frozen wasteland below bring frigid storms to the islands floating above. At the same time all those fluffy clouds in between the islands erupt in thunder, making skies unsafe for travels. An unprepared adventurer venturing out of the Cradle is risking to become a frozen corpse in mere minutes.
Rituals
Once upon a time, dragons gifted humanity secret rituals of transforming flame into the frozen flame. With its help people gained unimaginable strength and ability to use magic.
But the details of such rituals were lost to time. Only lone Obelisks remain, rewarding players with frozen flame for solving their secrets.
New Islands
This time we've added 15 more islands to the outskirts of the Cradle of Keepers. Among them some of our seasoned players will find familiar locations - the Poisonous Temple and an island with a Titan.
This isn't the finalised version of the islands - we'll keep on improving them over the future updates. The portal in the Cradle of Keepers is still closed, meaning you can't enter the Sanctuary quite yet.
World Map and Beacons
The world map now works properly and accurately represents the placement of islands in the world. On top of that, you can now find a new device in the world, that will show the player nearby objects that they haven't discovered yet.
Basic Tips in the Prologue
We've added some basic combat and mechanical tips to the Prologue. It's just a start, and we'll be updating both the visuals and the tips themselves in the future updates.
Other Changes
Gameplay
- Removed the axe from the first chest. Now you have to craft it yourself. - Cooked food now grant you bonus temporary health. - Monsters don't hit so hard anymore. - Monsters will not despawn from their camps. - You can build under your friend's Sentinel's protection. - Disabled the mechanic that made two or more overlapping heat sources to cause overheat. - Rebalanced damage of basic and special attacks. - Campfires now have two cooking slots to make more diverce dishes.
Map
- Weather on the Cradle of Keepers is now always comfortable and will not make you freeze.
UI
- Skill Tree now displaces stat changes per level. - Elemental damage numbers now display in a different colour. - Updated icons for the small Sentinel and the Returnal Stone. - Entering building mode automatically opens the building category and highlights the active module. - Death Screen now displays you the cause of your death. - Improved tip visuals.
Sounds
- Updated character's first spawn sound. - Added insect sounds. - Sounds emitting from from secret chests are now more distinct.
Other
- Updated resource gathering animation. - Updated female sleeping animation. - Updated sprint animation. - Fixed leg placement on uneaven surfaces. - Updated Sanctuary's atmosphere. - Updated the visual effects and textures of the Cursed. - Added the /unstuck command usable from chat to recover from being, well, stuck. - Updated characters' hair material.
Fixes
- Character will no longer remain in vertical state during the flight. - Elite mage will take actions properly. - Building hammer will no longer be pulled out as a weapon. - Camera will no longer suddenly zoom in/out in customization mode. - Food now correctly displace the buff duration. - Attacking while not having enough Stamina will no longer stop it from regenerating. - Weapons will no longer become invisible if you pull them out and roll at the same time. - You can now properly load your save using "Enter" in the menu. - Character will no longer celebrate the spear throw with a kick.
Stream with Developers | 19.11.2021 | 2 PM EST
November 19th, 2 PM EST
Once again, showcasing the latest update and the progress we made so far. Prepare your questions, and we'll do our best to answer them! Come and join us!
