Our latest update is now available on the beta branch! This update includes a ton of new changes and content such as village islands, throwing bombs and knives, female character models, new quests, and localization.
The localization part of the update is still a work in progress and so you may find some words that are grammatically incorrect. If you are playing in a language other than English and find problems with the localization, please report them to us so we can get them fixed. You can use the in-game bug report tool to send any us any issues you find.
For now, it will not auto-detect your Steam language setting, so in order to change languages, you will have to go into interface tab of the in-game settings to change to your desired language.
If you wish to join the beta branch, you can find instructions on how to do so here. Please keep in mind the beta branch will likely contain bugs and balancing issues.
Patch Notes
Added village islands with new quests to complete.
Added localization. Available languages now include: French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), Russian, and Chinese (Simplified).
Added throwing knife and bomb items and a new throwing skill and talent tree.
Added female models.
Removed randomized prefixes to item names (these didn't work well with localization).
You can now lock the ship wheel in its position if you don't want it to automatically recenter.
Added explosive gunpowder kegs to some campsites and caves.
Added some new talents that can appear on armor and weapon items.
Fixed not being able to craft candle stand and piano at cartographer's station.
Fixed raft turning in mad king's shipwreck.
Fixed Witch Doctor Staff material receiving decals.
Slightly increased the drop rate of Sandstone and reduced the sandstone requirement in sandpaper from 2 to 1
If you have the required materials to craft an item but not the required level, the UI will now indicate that your level is insufficient.
Adjusted herbalism experience so that it doesn't slow down as much based on world tier.
Fixed Veiled Dagger doing slashing instead of piercing damage.
Fixed flare text on gold shovel recipe still calling it a platinum shovel.
Increased woodworking xp gained.
Slightly increased journal font size.
Fixed some UI formatting issues in the Help and Library interfaces for different resolutions.
Loot bags will now appear even if you die and respawn in the same zone.
Fixed weapon swing particles getting stuck on when collecting items during the swing.
Slightly reduced the amount of plant fibers required in some recipes.
Improved wording on some weapon effect descriptions to better indicate who the effect applies to.
Fixed an issue where creating a new game immediately after exiting an old game could spawn you in the wrong position.
Fixed shifting inventory pages when attempting to hotkey an item on gamepad.
Added a pop-up message when you are encumbered.
Fixed places in caves where you can get stuck.
Improved DualSense and DualShock controller support.
Fixed Fire Festivities quest requiring the wrong amount of charcoal.
Merchants no longer have a finite amount of money.
Fixed typos.
Update Preview: Village Islands, Bombs, and More
Ahoy mateys!
We are hard at work on the next update and we wanted to give you a preview of what you can expect coming down the line. We don't have an exact estimate on when this update will be available, but it will probably hit the beta branch within the next 4-8 weeks. Let's dive in!
Village Islands
In the next update we'll be introducing a brand new island type we are calling Village Islands. Unlike Seaport Islands which mostly just contain merchants, these islands will contain villages with homes where the townsfolk have set up their permanent residence. You'll be able to talk to the villagers, learn the history of their community, go on unique quests, and get some unique rewards. These are primarily self contained to the island and have a much more hand-crafted feel than other content in the game.
Throwing Knives and Bombs
We'll also be introducing a brand new weapon type in the next update we are calling throwables. To start, we are adding throwable bombs and throwing knives. Bombs will have a fuse time and do a large area of effect damage, useful for blowing up pirates when they are in a group. Throwing knives will be a much more stealthy approach and do a lot of damage but require careful aim. Along with these weapon types we are introducing a new throwable skill tree so you'll be able to unlock unique talents along the way.
Female NPC Models
The next patch will also include female NPC models. Now you'll occasionally find pirates, merchants, and quest NPCs that are females.
Ship Wheel Mechanics
In the next update we are also adding the ability to lock your ship wheel position. Currently the ship wheel auto rotates back to center when you let go. While this might be fine for some sailors, others may prefer more control and want to be able to leave the wheel in its position to maintain an angle or certain direction. We've added a way you can now lock or unlock your ship wheel while using it, allowing you to decide on the fly whether you want it to auto recenter or not.
Content Coming In A Later Update
Although this won't be included in the next update, we are also working on localization and cooperative multiplayer. Both of these are going well and we will need your help in testing both localization and multiplayer once those updates go live.
As always thanks for reading and we'd love to hear your feedback.
Bug Fixes
Changes
Fixed Klaus shipwreck not spawning.
Fixed stack sizes getting cut off on radial menu within equipment window.
Fixed gun master talent not showing up on boots.
Fixed interaction with storage chests being blocked from some angles.
Removed floating lantern in red raider hideout.
Fixed clubs increasing the wrong skill.
Fixed some typos.
Slightly increased the angle that you can look down, making it easier to pick up items at your feet.
Update - New sailboat, balance, and fixes.
This update includes an obtainable sailboat, some new items, balance changes, and bug fixes.
Sailboat
The sailboat is a new small boat that you can craft. It's too small to hold a lot of decorations like the larger ships but it's more maneuverable. The recipe for the sailboat can be purchased at a number of different merchants throughout the world.
New Items in Chests
Chest loot has been re-balanced slightly. A single chest now contains a fewer number of items than before but some new items have been added to their possible loot.
Patch Notes
Added new small sailboat. The recipe can be purchased at multiple locations around the world.
Added some new items that can rarely be found in chests.
Added a club weapon that can be crafted with woodworking.
Added some more stamp options to the map.
Added click sound when you try to fire a flintlock with no ammo equipped.
Added a graphic when there are no recipes that match the selected filter at a crafting station.
Added graphic when there are no items that match the selected filter in the merchant interface.
Slightly adjusted available filters on some crafting stations.
Allow ducking while placing ship decorations.
Skill xp gain is now shown as a percentage of the current level.
You now have to hold the retrieve button to pick up placed ship decorations.
Allow easier multiple placement of stacked ship decorations.
Placing a ship while you are already standing on one will put you on the newly placed ship.
Fixed cycling through previous handhelds after interacting with a ship helm.
Ship decorations can now be placed on your hotbar.
Ship decorations, food, and potions can now be placed on the radial menu.
Items with duration effects now show their duration in their descriptions.
Some loot table and merchant inventory balancing.
Updated the loot window UI background color for better readability.
The settings interface hotkey on the keyboard can now be used to close the window if it's already open.
Fixed wall lower sound being triggered if you enter the cave after getting the dead ringer, despite no wall visuals lowering.
Fixed an issue where the Megalodon fish couldn't be caught.
Fixed not being able to add or interact with a map waypoint on 3 of the 4 squares occupied by a large island.
Fixed keyboard/mouse attached to steam deck not working.
Fixed Skeletal Slayer achievement not unlocking when killing the Skeleton Warlord.
Fixed some ship decoration placement previews being too big.
Fixed an issue with some merchants selling the wrong tiered items.
Fixed a collider on a ladder in one of the shipwreck points of interest.
Fixed some items not being salvageable that should have been.
Fixed not being able to fast travel for 100 food despite having enough.
Fixed interacting with some journals playing a sound twice.
Fixed not being able to push the Greatship.
Fixed being able to open the map while in the pause menu.
Fixed some floating coins in one of the well caves.
Fixed plants and saplings not respawning properly.
Fixed some issues with the raft in Mad King's Shipwreck.
Fixed an issue that would rarely cause saving to fail.
Fixed double negatives in stat reduction descriptions.
Platinum pickaxe and shovel are now golden to better fit the crafting components of their tier.
Fixed Loot indicator popups overlapping ui elements below them.
Fixed Ignis Mallet dealing slashing instead of bludgeoning damage.
Fixed npcs in seaports sometimes spawning under their intended floor when entering and exiting a dungeon on the same island.
Bug Fixes
Changes
Fixed npcs in seaports sometimes spawning below their platforms.
You can no longer use a remembrance from within the same place it takes you to.
Fixed the size of the salt stained stool placement preview.
Fixed Momentum item talent showing its description twice.
Fixed the description on the book supply case item referring to the wrong quest.
Increased the drop rate of veiled fragments when salvaging.
Update: Main Quest Act 3, New Ship, Crafting Updates, Salvaging and More
This update introduces act 3 of the main quest, a new ship, crafting updates, item salvaging, and many more additions and bug fixes.
Main Quest Act 3
This update wraps up the main quest line with act 3 of the main quest. This includes the addition of several new locations to explore, bosses to kill, and items to obtain.
New Ship
A new ship is available, but it can only be found after you have completed act 3 of the main quest. It is the largest ship yet, with multiple floors to deck out with decorations that you have looted and crafted during your adventures.
Island Changes
As is often the case with updates, some islands may have changed slightly since you last visited them. Of special note, large islands have more visual variations affecting their foliage as well as the shape of their terrain.
Crafting Changes
There have been a number of minor changes to crafting recipes and their results. The number of food and potion recipes have been reduced overall. The ones that remain have had their effects slightly improved with larger stat increases as well as increased duration of their effects. Note that if you have previously learned a recipe that is no longer obtainable, you will still be able to use that recipe for now.
Many crafted weapons and armor now have a crafted bonus. This is a small benefit on top of the normal stats and talents that the item can have.
Parry Indicator
There is now a small parry window indicator that appears near the center of your screen. This indicates that you are in the parry window of an enemy's attack. Blocking while this indicator is active and before the strike lands will parry the enemy's attack. This indicator can be turned off in the in-game options.
Item Salvaging
As an alternative to selling excess weapons and armor, you can now salvage them. This destroys the item and grants you a few random resources, depending on the quality of the item. You can find the salvage option on an item, if it has one, by clicking to inspect the item in your inventory.
Keyboard/Mouse Quickbar
For keyboard/mouse users, the four quick slots have been replaced by an eight slot bar.
Future Updates
In addition to the playable content and changes in this update, we are still working behind-the-scenes to add co-op multiplayer support to the game. There is still no ETA on this, but it is progressing well.
Change Log
Below is the list of all changes and fixes included in this update.
Changes and Additions
Added Act 3 of the main quest.
Most quests now show a coordinate location and "Show on Map" button in the journal if you have a quest map in your inventory.
Large natural islands now have more visual variations.
Some crafted armor and weapons now have a "Crafted Bonus" effect in addition to their normal talents.
Added an NPC that helps you upgrade some items that you could only obtain once.
Added Shipwright NPC you can find at sea who sells ship decorations.
Added a chip log ship decoration item that can measure your ship speed.
Added new fishing poles.
Added new fishing lure recipes.
Added parry indicator and parry difficulty is now affected by your combat difficulty setting.
Added new Mythic Chests with unique loot.
Increased effect duration time from meals and potions.
You can now salvage some equippable items for a chance at resources.
Can now show/hide hud while interacting with a ship helm.
Added a setting to turn off blood visuals.
Friendly npcs are now tolerant of one hit before they retaliate.
Added sort options to the crafting interface.
You can now click a recipe component in the crafting UI and it will take you directly to that recipe if it is available at that crafting station.
Reduced the Iron Shovel Recipe cost.
Updated the name color of items in certain interfaces to reflect their rarity.
You now respawn to half health when you die.
Added option to teleport to outside or inside dungeon when dying in a cave.
Hotkeyed items now show the same icon as if they were on the radial.
Added a new hotkey bar if you are keyboard/mouse.
Added background to the crafting UI to increase readability.
Ammo and bait are now in their own inventory tab category.
Can now use items such as spyglass and sextant with right click in addition to left click.
Chef merchants now sell all cooking ingredients.
Increased the size of sunken island map icons to make them easier to see.
Lower tier shovels are now a little less likely to break.
Added new swing animation to some enemies.
Reduced material requirements of some recipes.
Adjusted some map loot drops to be more interesting.
Added some new ambient sounds at seaports to make them feel more lively.
Ores and breakable boulders no longer scale with difficulty settings.
Added confirmation when trying to add a new map waypoint when you already have the maximum number of waypoints.
Increased the drop rate of staves, daggers, and the rogue's pistol recipe.
Added a fast travel point outside Mr. Bones Tavern.
Changed appearance of confirmation window background.
When holding a book, spotlight lanterns now move to point at the entire book.
Increased the health of some quest NPCs and reduced their respawn time.
Breakable rock walls now save that they have been destroyed.
Updated recipe item icons to better indicate what they make.
Reduced the recipe requirements of some basic ship decorations.
Added "Dagger Specialist" talent to armor talent pools that increases damage with daggers.
Added new map stamp icons.
General merchants and pirate miners now sometimes carry rare pickaxe recipes.
Updated some quest maps to not be sellable.
Slightly reduced the amount of bullets that can drop in barrels, crates, and bags.
Improved performance at some points of interest.
Added check icon in the quest interface for quests that are ready to be turned in after you have completed their other steps.
When you die and respawn in the same dungeon, it now reloads the area.
Job board quests now show an objective beneath their description when viewing them on the board.
Added sound when hotkeying items.
Added climb down actions for ladders in interior buildings.
Added way to undeploy your ship when inspecting a ship item.
Some player beds will now give you a unique effect for some time after sleeping in them.
Added a notice to the player when they fast travel to an island whose fast travel point has changed due to a game update.
Health, food, and stamina restored by consumable items now have slightly modified descriptions to distinguish resource changes from other stat changes.
Added a wind flag ship decoration, obtainable from some merchants, such as the Cartographer.
Fixes
Using the sextant button on the map now closes the inventory too if it was open when the map was opened.
Fixed an issue where things would get strange if you opened another loot summary item before closing the last.
Fixed merchant ui icons getting stuck expanded like you were moused over them.
Fixed purchase/sell sound playing twice in the merchant UI.
Fixed xp bar getting stuck at full opacity sometimes.
Fixed an issue with the bullet model staying in your hand if you unequipped a pistol before the reload animation finished.
Fixed the ship outside the fisherman outpost island having an invisible collider.
Fixed crafting Salt increasing your blacksmithing instead of cooking skill.
Fixed an issue with the sun volumetrics showing underwater.
Fixed an issue where the King's Dungeon quest wouldn't progress.
Fixed interaction outline causing visual issues on puzzle spheres.
Fixed some interactable objects not having the appropriate interaction text.
Fixed projectiles not damaging breakable cave rocks from certain angles.
Fixed the arrow icon on puzzle crates disappearing when you interact with them.
Fixed an issue with the New Beginnings Quest where you could get multiple cartographer's compass quest items.
Fixed a bug where a talent in the slashing tree UI was indicating that it required a previous talent when it did not.
Fixed an issue where the sun would sometimes clip through objects.
Fixed various quest bugs.
Reading a book while a light is equipped is no longer so blinding.
Fixed the ebony pickaxe recipe being more expensive than it should have been.
Fixed a bug where enemies would run around a gate in the Red Raider Temple.
Fixed some journals in POIs being difficult to read due to the lighting.
Fixed an issue where you could loot the Dead Ringer pistol multiple times.
Fixed a bug where two chairs outside a seaport tavern had the wrong LOD positions, causing a visual oddity.
Fixed some typos.
Some small tweaks to improve performance.
Fixed compass materials receiving blood decals.
Fixed some candles showing their flames in an underwater cave.
Fixed scaling of commission interface.
Fixed the scale of some ship decorations.
Fixed torches carried by cult models have the wrong scale.
Fixed reticle setting not working right after equipping a flintlock.
Fixed issues that occurred when rebinding the inventory hotkey to 'q'.
Fixed an issue where an archery talent could cause bullets to be retrievable.
Fixed an incorrect description in the pirate cleanup commission quest.
The lone hunters will no longer try to offer their same quest again upon completion.
Added some safety checks to help mitigate physics bugs where the player would get launched at high speed.
Updated one of the High Seas Trading Company quests to be a little easier to complete.
Fixed the Veiled Dagger and Sickle scaling with the wrong stat.
New Update Now On Beta
Our latest update is now available on the beta branch! If you'd like to help us test this update before the full release, you can find instructions on how to join the beta branch here.
This update includes the final act of the main quest, new points of interests and loot, new crafting bonuses, salvaging, a ton of quality of life improvements, balancing, and bug fixes. Here are the full list of patch notes.
Changes and Additions
Added Act 3 of the main quest.
Most quests now show a coordinate location and "Show on Map" button in the journal if you have a quest map in your inventory.
Large natural islands now have more visual variations.
Some crafted armor and weapons now have a "Crafted Bonus" effect in addition to their normal talents.
Added an NPC that helps you upgrade some items that you could only obtain once.
Added Shipwright NPC you can find at sea who sells ship decorations.
Added a chip log ship decoration item that can measure your ship speed.
Added new fishing poles.
Added new fishing lure recipes.
Added parry indicator and parry difficulty is now affected by your combat difficulty setting.
Added new Mythic Chests with unique loot.
Increased effect duration time from meals and potions.
You can now salvage some equippable items for a chance at resources.
Can now show/hide HUD while interacting with a ship helm.
Added a setting to turn off blood visuals.
Friendly NPCs are now tolerant of one hit before they retaliate.
Added sort options to the crafting interface.
You can now click a recipe component in the crafting UI and it will take you directly to that recipe if it is available at that crafting station.
Reduced the Iron Shovel Recipe cost.
Updated the name color of items in certain interfaces to reflect their rarity.
You now respawn to half health when you die.
Added option to teleport to outside or inside dungeon when dying in a cave.
Hotkeyed items now show the same icon as if they were on the radial.
Added a new hotkey bar if you are keyboard/mouse.
Added background to the crafting UI to increase readability.
Ammo and bait are now in their own inventory tab category.
Can now use items such as spyglass and sextant with right click in addition to left click.
Chef merchants now sell all cooking ingredients.
Increased the size of sunken island map icons to make them easier to see.
Lower tier shovels are now a little less likely to break.
Added new swing animation to some enemies.
Reduced material requirements of some recipes.
Adjusted some map loot drops to be more interesting.
Added some new ambient sounds at seaports to make them feel more lively.
Ores and breakable boulders no longer scale with difficulty settings.
Added confirmation when trying to add a new map waypoint when you already have the maximum number of waypoints.
Increased the drop rate of staves, daggers, and the rogue's pistol recipe.
Added a fast travel point outside Mr. Bones Tavern.
Changed appearance of confirmation window background.
When holding a book, spotlight lanterns now move to point at the entire book.
Increased the health of some quest NPCs and reduced their respawn time.
Breakable rock walls now save that they have been destroyed.
Updated recipe item icons to better indicate what they make.
Reduced the recipe requirements of some basic ship decorations.
Added "Dagger Specialist" talent to armor talent pools that increases damage with daggers.
Added new map stamp icons.
General merchants and pirate miners now sometimes carry rare pickaxe recipes.
Updated some quest maps to not be sellable.
Slightly reduced the amount of bullets that can drop in barrels, crates, and bags.
Improved performance at some points of interest.
Added check icon in quest UI when a quest is ready to be turned in.
When you die and respawn in the same dungeon, it now reloads the area.
Job board quests now show an objective beneath their description when viewing them on the board.
Added sound when hotkeying items.
Added climb down actions for ladders in interior buildings.
Added way to undeploy your ship.
Fixes
Using the sextant button on the map now closes the inventory too if it was open when the map was opened.
Fixed an issue where things would get strange if you opened another loot summary item before closing the last.
Fixed merchant UI icons getting stuck expanded like you were moused over them.
Fixed purchase/sell sound playing twice in the merchant UI.
Fixed XP bar getting stuck at full opacity sometimes.
Fixed an issue with the bullet model staying in your hand if you unequipped a pistol before the reload animation finished.
Fixed the ship outside the fisherman outpost island having an invisible collider.
Fixed crafting Salt increasing your blacksmithing instead of cooking skill.
Fixed an issue with the sun volumetrics showing underwater.
Fixed an issue where the King's Dungeon quest wouldn't progress.
Fixed interaction outline causing visual issues on puzzle spheres.
Fixed some interactable objects not having the appropriate interaction text.
Fixed projectiles not damaging breakable cave rocks from certain angles.
Fixed the arrow icon on puzzle crates disappearing when you interact with them.
Fixed an issue with the New Beginning's Quest where you could get multiple cartographer's compass quest items.
Fixed a bug where a talent in the slashing tree UI was indicating that it required a previous talent when it did not.
Fixed an issue where the sun would sometimes clip through objects.
Fixed some quest bugs.
Reading a book while a light is equipped is no longer so blinding.
Fixed the ebony pickaxe recipe being more expensive than it should have been.
Fixed a bug where enemies would run around a gate in the Red Raider Temple.
Fixed some journals in POIs being difficult to read due to the lighting.
Fixed an issue where you could loot the Dead Ringer pistol multiple times.
Fixed a bug where two chairs outside a seaport tavern had the wrong LOD positions, causing a visual oddity.
Fixed some typos.
Some small tweaks to improve performance.
Fixed compass materials receiving blood decals.
Fixed some candles showing their flames in an underwater cave.
Fixed scaling of commission interface.
Fixed the scale of some ship decorations.
Fixed torches carried by cult models have the wrong scale.
Fixed reticle setting not working right after equipping a flintlock.
Fixed issues that occurred when rebinding the inventory hotkey to 'q'.
Fixed an issue where an archery talent could cause bullets to be retrievable.
Patch Notes Preview
Ahoy mateys!
Our next update is almost finished and we are hoping to get it on the beta branch some time next week. In the meantime, we thought we'd share a preview of the patch notes so you'll know exactly what to expect in this update. In summary, this patch includes the final act of the main quest, new points of interest and loot, tons of quality of life changes, salvaging and crafting improvements, balancing changes, bug fixes, and more.
Patch Notes Preview
CHANGES AND ADDITIONS
Added Act 3 of the main quest
Most quests now show a coordinate location and "Show on Map" button in the journal if you have a quest map in your inventory.
Large natural islands now have more visual variations.
Some crafted armor and weapons now have a "Crafted Bonus" effect in addition to their normal talents.
Added Shipwright NPC you can find at sea who sells ship decorations.
Added a chip log ship decoration item that can measure your ship speed.
Added new fishing poles
Added new fishing lure recipes
Added parry indicator and parry difficulty is now affected by your combat difficulty setting.
Added new Mythic Chests with unique loot
Increased effect duration time from meals and potions.
You can now salvage some equippable items for a chance at resources.
Can now show/hide hud while interacting with a ship helm.
Added a setting to turn off blood visuals.
Friendly npcs are now tolerant of one hit before they retaliate.
Added sort options to the crafting interface.
You can now click a recipe component in the crafting UI and it will take you directly to that recipe if it is available at that crafting station
Reduced the Iron Shovel Recipe cost.
Updated the name color of items in certain interfaces to reflect their rarity.
You now respawn to half health when you die.
Added option to teleport to outside or inside dungeon when dying in a cave.
Hotkeyed items now show the same icon as if they were on the radial.
Added a new hotkey bar if you are keyboard/mouse.
Added background to the crafting UI to increase readability.
Ammo and bait are now in their own inventory tab category.
Can now use items such as spyglass and sextant with right click in addition to left click.
Chef merchants now sell all cooking ingredients.
Increased the size of sunken island map icons to make them easier to see.
Lower tier shovels are now a little less likely to break.
Added new swing animation to some enemies
Reduced material requirements of some recipes.
Adjusted some map loot drops to be more interesting.
Added some new ambient sounds at seaports to make them feel more lively.
Ores and breakable boulders no longer scale with difficulty settings.
Added confirmation when trying to add a new map waypoint when you already have the maximum number of waypoints.
Increased the drop rate of staves, daggers, and the rogue's pistol recipe.
Added a fast travel point outside Mr. Bones Tavern.
Changed appearance of confirmation window background.
When holding a book, spotlight lanterns now move to point at the entire book.
Increased the health of some quest NPCs and reduced their respawn time.
Breakable rock walls now save that they have been destroyed.
Updated recipe item icons to better indicate what they make.
Reduced the recipe requirements of some basic ship decorations.
Added "Dagger Specialist" talent to armor talent pools that increases damage with daggers.
Added new map stamp icons.
General merchants and pirate miners now sometimes carry rare pickaxe recipes.
Updated some quest maps to not be sellable.
Slightly reduced the amount of bullets that can drop in barrels, crates, and bags.
Improved performance at some points of interest
FIXES
Using the sextant button on the map now closes the inventory too if it was open when the map was opened.
Fixed an issue where things would get strange if you opened another loot summary item before closing the last.
Fixed merchant ui icons getting stuck expanded like you were moused over them.
Fixed purchase/sell sound playing twice in the merchant UI.
Fixed xp bar getting stuck at full opacity sometimes.
Fixed an issue with the bullet model staying in your hand if you unequipped a pistol before the reload animation finished.
Fixed the ship outside the fisherman outpost island having an invisible collider.
Fixed crafting Salt increasing your blacksmithing instead of cooking skill.
Fixed an issue with the sun volumetrics showing underwater.
Fixed an issue where the King's Dungeon quest wouldn't progress.
Fixed interaction outline causing visual issues on puzzle spheres.
Fixed some interactable objects not having the appropriate interaction text.
Fixed projectiles not damaging breakable cave rocks from certain angles.
Fixed the arrow icon on puzzle crates disappearing when you interact with them.
Fixed an issue with the New Beginning's Quest where you could get multiple cartographer's compass quest items.
Fixed a bug where a talent in the slashing tree UI was indicating that it required a previous talent when it did not.
Fixed an issue where the sun would sometimes clip through objects.
Fixed some quest bugs.
Reading a book while a light is equipped is no longer so blinding.
Fixed the ebony pickaxe recipe being more expensive than it should have been.
Fixed a bug where enemies would run around a gate in the Red Raider Temple.
Fixed some journals in POIs being difficult to read due to the lighting.
Fixed an issue where you could loot the Dead Ringer pistol multiple times.
Fixed a bug where two chairs outside a seaport tavern had the wrong LOD positions, causing a visual oddity.
Fixed some typos.
Some small tweaks to improve performance.
Fixed compass materials receiving blood decals.
Fixed some candles showing their flames in an underwater cave.
Fixed scaling of commission ui.
Fixed the scale of some ship decorations.
Update Preview: Main Quest Act 3
Ahoy mateys!
We hope you all had a good holiday season and are enjoying the new year. We're currently making great progress on the next update and we wanted to go over what you can expect in the next patch and when you can expect it.
Main Quest - Act 3
One of the major features of the next patch will be the third and final act of the main story. This act will conclude the story of the Silvervale Sanctuary and their battle against the Hand of Chaos. This act will also introduce a handful of new quests, brand new and unique points of interests, and new weapons and loot.
Crafting Improvements
Another focus of this update has been to improve the crafting experience. As part of this goal, we've added the ability to salvage weapons and armor. Now, almost all weapons and armor can be salvaged into crafting materials. The higher the rarity of the item, the better chance at rare materials. In addition to this, we've reduced the number of craftable weapons and armor. We realized it was a way too bloated and most of the gear you could craft wasn't all that interesting compared to gear you could just loot. So to remedy this, we reduced the pool of craftable weapons/armor, but added something called a "Crafting Bonus" to craftable gear. This means that crafted weapons and armor will essentially have a guaranteed talent of some kind in addition to their normal talent rolls, making them a bit more appealing to craft.
We've also made some improvements to the crafting user interface. Now you can click on an ingredient in a recipe, say a copper ingot for example, and it'll immediately take you to the recipe for that ingredient, provided it's at the crafting station you are working on.
Combat Improvements
In the next patch we are including some improvements to ragdoll physics, a new attack animation for enemies, and improvements to parrying. Parrying difficulty will now be tied to your combat difficulty setting and we've added a parry indicator that pops up the moment at which the parry window starts. This should help the learning curve and make it easier to predict when to parry an enemy. This indicator can be turned off in the settings as well.
Quest Locations In Your Journal
One feature we've seen requested a lot is the ability to see the location of quest coordinates in your actual quest journal instead of having to find the relevant map in your inventory. We're happy to say this will be a feature in the next update and in addition to seeing the coordinates for the quest, you'll also be able to click on a button in your quest log that will open up the map and put a waypoint at the quest location, provided you have the relevant map in your inventory or at least in your ship storage.
Steam Achievements
The next patch will also include Steam achievements. We've added over 30 new achievements to for you to unlock, some of which will be part of your normal adventure, but others will require you to explore every nook and cranny.
Performance Improvements and Steam Deck Compatibility
We've also been working hard at improving performance in this update, particularly at certain points of interest. In addition to that, we've been improving performance and compatibility on the Steam Deck and hope to be fully verified soon.
Multiplayer Progress
We are also still consistently working on multiplayer and that progress is coming along great. Right now we are working on syncing up dungeons and caves and making sure scene transitions work correctly. So far we've got ships, weather, enemies, loot, animations, the ocean, and the day/night cycle syncing up so it's starting to be very playable.
We still don't have an exact timeline on when you can expect multiplayer to be available but we do feel like we're getting close.
We expect this update to hit the beta branch within the next 4-6 weeks. As always thanks for reading and we'd love to hear your feedback!
Update - Volcano Islands and Flintlocks
In this release, we've introduced some new content and features, as well as addressed various bugs. Your feedback is incredibly important in helping us improve the game, so do keep it coming.
Volcano Islands
A new island type can be found. Here you can find some new caves, challenges, and treasure.
Flintlock Pistols
A new ranged weapon is now available: The flintlock pistol. While a little slower than the bow, it can pack a punch at range with the right stats and talents. A number of different varieties can be found scattered throughout the world. Use them to work up your Marksman skill and unlock new talents.
Other Development
Along with the new accessible content, we are continuing to work behind-the-scenes on implementing co-op multiplayer where you can adventure across the world of Salt with your friends. It will still be quite a while before it is ready, and we don't have an ETA. However, good progress is being made.
A new game does not have to be created to experience the new content in this update.
Changes
Flintlock pistols have been added as well as a new talent tree for them.
New volcano island type has been included.
New dungeons have been built.
Some new quests have been introduced.
Improved compatibility with Steam Deck.
Some areas requiring lockpicks to enter now have better loot.
Reticle is now hidden when holding a book.
The Astrologer's Caves now have an increased spawn rate.
The maps that are exclusive to quest locations have been differentiated with a unique rarity color.
A new interaction sound has been added for the cooking station.
New lore books have been added.
Some of the earlier dungeons have been updated to match the standard of the newer ones.
Fixed clipping issues with wooden watchtowers.
Addressed the glitch where players could crouch and clip through some decks at seaports.
Corrected the Crimson Voyager Ship Recipe that displayed an incorrect sailing speed.
Fixed the wrong scale of some chests.
The quest "Let There Be Light" will now only guide players to normal-sized islands.
Fixed the issue of controls locking when the input field of bug report UI was selected using a controller.
Looted item indicators now correctly fit different resolutions.
Corrected the press any key button scaling for different resolutions.
Fixed gamepad bumpers not working to select sections in the settings interface.
Resolved the issue of rain visual effects appearing underwater during a storm.
Fixed a bug which caused the character to shake after fast traveling long distances.
Fixed some cave exploits related to out-of-bounds clipping.
Fixed some typos.
Fixed an exploit where players were able to trap some bosses in unreachable areas.
Steady as a Rock talent now functions as intended.
A rare fall damage bug related to ship wheel use has been corrected.
Improved hold wheel animation to eliminate visual popping when interacting with a wheel.
Fixed the issue of arrows colliding with invisible colliders in some places.
Animals are now more resistant to bludgeoning damage but slightly weaker to piercing damage
Increased the amount of woodworking experience you get from crafting.
Increased the amount of resources sold by prospector and lumberjack merchants.
You can now buy some wood items from herbalist merchants.
Improved performance at some points of interest.
Changed sail interaction text from Raise/Lower to Extend/Retract to make it more clear what is happening.
