The Bloodline

BUG FIXES

• HUD should now restore properly when closing the achievement window
  
• Arrow hits now show damage numbers properly
  
• Moved the objective for the “Hand in the Snow” quest
  
• Fixed issue with Dropkick skill that would cause player’s mesh to be rotated 90 degrees if used AFTER ragdolling
  
• Fixed issue with grapple, companion and mount windows not being able to be closed by TAB
  
• Fixed issue with goblin mold not spawning when starting a new game (hopefully)
  
• Fixed issue with Wizard Tower vendor not spawning
  
• The village overview board should now show the correct number of visitors in your village
  
• Valarie Westmoth now gives the correct slime bait for the slime taming quest
  
• Fixed issue with skill passive tooltip text clipping out of the box for some resolutions
  
• Fixed issue with Thunderous Smite not giving Electromancy EXP
  
• Fixed issue with Carrion Flock not giving Druidism EXP
  
• Fixed issue with Blood Spear not giving Blood Magic EXP
  
• Removed slash VFX from spear attack impacts
  
• Fixed issue that would cause the “Throw/Drop” controls to remain on-screen when some held items were destroyed
  
• Fixed issue with dialogue lock after speaking with Elderglen Lionsmane Quartermaster
  
• Fixed issue where accessory item wouldn’t be visible on character when loading into a new area. Would require you to unequip and re-equip to see the item
  
• Fixed issue where head and hair would be visible through full helms
  
• Fixed issue with stone spear that would block interaction
  
• Fixed issue with Sanguine necklace that would block interaction
  
• Fixed issue with Azure Necklace that would block interaction
  
• Removed odd, creepy hum sound in Khenmoore that could be heard when master volume was turned down
  
• Added city ambience to Khenmoore
  
• Fixed issue where city ambience in Elderglen would still be audible when volume as turned down
  
• Fletcher’s shop description now properly shows what is missing or included in the building
  
• Enemies now are bounced by summoned Spring Shrooms
  
• Fixed issue with Carrion Flock behaving strangely when exhausting all of your mana when casting it
  
• Fixed issue with hotkeyed weapons being consumed if you already have them equipped and use the hotkeyed item. (For example, if you had a Chapter Mace in one of your hotkey slots and you click that item while already having the Chapter Mace equipped, it would destroy the mace that is in your inventory. Now if you try to equip a hotkeyed item that is already equipped, it will unequip the item.) (Now also fixed for clicking the hotkey radial menu buttons as well)
  
• The metal puzzle block within the Temple of the Fatal relic can no longer be broken
  
• Fixed gender-specific dialogue with Pembroke Wells at the Harbinger Stronghold
  

ADDITIONS

• Added/expanded interior to Chapter’s Court in Elderglen. Now contains Paladins as well
  
• Added 3 new level tiers to engineer crafting
  
• Added Port-A-Pult deployable. (A small deployable catapult) to engineering crafting
  
• Added Stationary Ballista deployable to engineering crafting
  
• Added Self-Propulsion Boots to engineering crafting
  
• Added exhaust pipe
  
• Added Blastfuel
  
• Added Small Blastfuel Tank
  
• Added Dwarven Metal
  
• Added engineer level up console command
  
• Added new cosmetic item to the Golden Loom in Arema (Scribes Belt)
  
• Added new accessory – Hearthsong Lantern
  
• Added new cosmetic item – Assassin’s Belt (Firesmith’s in Arema)
  
• Added new cosmetic item – Simple Quiver (Dwarven crossbow shopkeeper in Arema)
  

HEARTHSONG HOLIDAY

• Find all 25 Hearthsong Candles scattered across the city
  
• Help Dromli deliver his gifts from Lonland to his friends in Arema (Quest gives the Hearthsong Lantern)
  
• 2 new armor sets: Winter Warden set and the Froststrider set!
  

CRYOMANCY

• Frozen Touch 1: Increases size of Frozen Ground by 25%
  
• Slick Frost: Makes Frozen Ground slightly more slippery for foes
  

• Frozen Touch 2: Increases size of Frozen Ground by 25%
  
• Frostbite 1: Increases the damage of Cryomancy spells by 15%
  
• Frozen Heart: Regenerate mana faster while standing on Frozen Ground

NECROMANCY

• Death's Embrace 1: Necromancy spells deal 10% more damage (does not increase summon damage)

• Death's Embrace 2: Necromancy spells deal 10% more damage (does not increase summon damage)

PYROMANCY

• Blazing Fire: Increases the duration of ground fires by 25%

• Flamesurge: Nearby burning enemies restore your mana.
  
• Infernal Grace 1: Increase all damage done by Pyromancy spells damage by 15% (does not increase ground fire damage)

• Infernal Grace 2: Increase all damage done by Pyromancy spells damage by 15% (does not increase ground fire damage)

• Flame's Favor: When igniting an enemy, the fire has a 25% chance to spread to other nearby enemies.

ARCANE

• Divine Grace: Blessing a corpse with Final Rites now heals you for twice the amount.

• Holy Retribution 1: Arcane spells deal 10% more damage

• Holy Retribution 2: Arcane spells deal 10% more damage

BOW AND ARROW

• Deadly Focus: Holding a fully-drawn arrow for a moment triggers Deadly Focus for half a second. If you release your arrow in this window, your arrow's damage by x2.
  
• Head Hunter: Headshots with bows and bolts now have a 40% chance to make an enemy dizzy

• Hamstrung: Shooting an enemy in the leg has a high chance of SLOWING them for 5 seconds.
  
• Ranger: Hitting an enemy at distance greater than 30 meters increases damage by 25%

• Hitting an enemy at distance greater than 50 meters increases damage by 25% (stacks with the “Ranger” passive)

ONE HANDED WEAPONS

• Charged Smash: Charged attacks with BLUNT WEAPONS (maces, hammers) now have a chance to ragdoll enemies
  
• Hatchet Master: Throwing axes deal 50% more damage when thrown.
  
• Duelist’s Focus: Hitting a crit spot with a rapier immediately spawns another
  
• Duelist’s Surge: Hitting a crit spot with a rapier restores 10% of your max stamina

ELECTROMANCY

• Honed Bolts 1: Increases Electromancy skill damage by 10%

• Capacitive Crit: Hitting a crit spot of an electrified enemy will add 5 stacks of Capacitive Surge to the target.
  
• Honed Bolts 2: Increases Electromancy skill damage by 10%

• Attunement: Electromancy skills deal 25% more damage during thunderstorms

DRUIDSIM

• Bestial Fury 1: Increase damage of shapeshifted attacks by 20%
  
• Nature's Wrath 1: All (non-shapeshifting) Druidism skills deal 15% more damage
  
• Piercing Talons: The "Peck" skill now has a 75% chance to cause bleeding.

• Bestial Fury 2: Increase damage of shapeshifted attacks by 20%
  
• Nature's Wrath 2: All (non-shapeshifting) Druidism skills deal 15% more damage

• Bestial Fury 3: Increase damage of shapeshifted attacks by 20%
  
• Nature's Wrath 3: All (non-shapeshifting) Druidism skills deal 15% more damage

BLOOD MAGIC

• Blood Scent: Nearby BLEEDING enemies will restore your mana.
  
• Nonequivalent Exchange: Blood Exchange takes half the amount of blood (health) from you.
  
• Bloody Might 1: Blood Magic skills deal 15% more damage

• Strengthened Leech: Bloodleech heals you for twice the amount.
  
• Bloody Might 2: Blood Magic skills deal 15% more damage

• Hemorrhage: ALL critical hits have a 20% chance to cause bleeding
  
• Bloody Might 3: Blood Magic skills deal 15% more damage

TWO HANDED WEAPONS

• Cleaving Crits: Hitting a crit spot on an enemy also damages nearby enemies

SPEARS

• Keen Edge: Thrown spears deal 25% more damage

• Binding Thrust: Hitting LEG crits with a spear now has a 75% chance to SLOW enemies for 5 seconds.
  
• Reach Advantage: While wielding a spear, crit spots appear 20% more often.

• Skirmisher: Hitting a crit spot with a spear has a 30% chance to immediately spawn another crit spot.

FLINTLOCK WEAPONRY:

• Skull Shrapnel: Headshots with flintlock weapons that kill an enemy now cause their heads to explode, damaging nearby enemies
  
• Began revamping the Tomb of the Betrayer
  
• Closed off unfinished sections of the Tomb of the Betrayer
  
• Added Tomb of the Betrayer questline “The Vigil’s Oath”, which will introduce the player to the Chapter guild (Paladin guild)

ADJUSTMENTS

• Changed how Reanimate Corpse functions. Now, the body of the enemy that is being targeted will spawn a skeletal companion. The higher the level of the dead enemy, the more powerful the skeleton that is spawned. This change will help streamline how summons work, allowing any reanimated enemy to draw from your passive Necromancer abilities and prevent unintended behavior from reanimated enemies.
  
• Refined civilian spawns at the Harbinger Stronghold
  
• Reduced rapier crit spot damage from x8 to x4 (was much too powerful with the new rapier passive!)
  
• Reduced Spark skill damage from 25 to 15
  
• Reduced damage of Rock Wall (when shoved) from 350 to 150 base damage
  
• Reduced Rock Hammer damage from 150 to 100
  
• Reduced Bomb Shroom damage from 50 to 15 (these were incredibly overpowered!)
  
• Increased Clot Orb base damage from 20 to 35
  
• Increased Velosian Leaf-tip spear hitbox size
  
• Removed Bronze Key drops as they will not have a use going forward
  
• Hallowed Eve has been set up to work with the in-game and real-world calendar. If it’s the month of Truill in-game, then Hallowed Eve events will be active. If it’s the month of October IRL, then Hallowed Eve will be active regardless of the in-game month.
  
• Greatly optimized Carrion Flock skill
  
• Changed hand-drawn filter slightly
  

IN THE LAST MONTHS...

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HALLOWED EVE OVERVIEW

• New harvest themed weapons!
  ○ The Corncleaver
  ○ Harvestlight Scepter
  ○ Harvest Warden’s Shield
  ○ Barbthresher Pitchfork
  ○ Baleshield
  ○ The Bramblethorn Rapier
  
• New Hallowed Eve clothing items
  ○ Scarecrow hats
  ○ Jack-o-Lantern Helms
  
• Special holiday enemies!
  ○ Scarecrow Reavers have swarmed the Hills of Delvenaugh!
  ○ Fieldscourge – Large versions of the Scarecrow Reavers, also stalking the Hills of Delvenaugh
  ○ Gloomkin have risen from the ground and haunt the grounds around Wolfden Priory
  
• Added new village decor, including new Hallowed Eve themed village decorations!
  ○ 3 pumpkins (Various sizes)
  ○ 2 jack-o-lanterns
  ○ 3 Haybales
  ○ Sunflowers
  ○ Scarecrow
  
• New Hallowed Eve questline - Flame of the Hallowed Harvest
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed dialogue at Squalls End
  
• Fixed issue when paying off your bounty would take twice the amount of gold required
  
• Fixed many grammatical errors
  
• The new dragon and griffon mount can now be spawned via the favorite mount button
  
• Fixed item values for Armorer shop contents (buildable structure)
  
• Fixed issue with moonstone meteorites hitting the top of an areas bounds, making the mining nodes float high in the sky
  
• The “Abandoned Research” quest now auto completes when destroying the research
  
• Fixed issue where you could close Bishop Groves dialogue before accepting the next stage of his quest, locking you out of the questline
  
• Fixed issue with Esros dialogue where game could auto-save between quest states, leading to the player being locked out of the questline
  
• Fixed issue with ranking up after max rank in the Lionsmane resulting in becoming a Footman in the guild
  
• Fixed issue with Fletcher’s Fowl quest that would lock controls if you already had the items required for the quest before the quest was initialized
  
• Fixed issue that would cause you to have fewer stat points to spend if you level up multiple times at once
  
• Fixed issue with the cooking station in the Fletcher’s Fowl tavern causing the players mesh to remain visible after exiting the cooking menu
  
• Fixed issue where enemies in separate area would spawn when entering the Cavern of Frozen Echoes, causing lag
  
• Fixed issue with city “Kill X at Y” jobs not tracking correctly
  
• Fixed issue with overworld merchant windows now showing the correct amount of gold in the player’s inventory
  
• Fixed various dead-end dialogues
  
• Fixed issue where player would spawn inside or below the caravan during Caravan Ambush events
  
• Electrified Reposition now only works if you have the Electromancy passive unlocked
  
• Removed t-posing birds from Aviary building
  
• Fixed issue that would cause Goblin Mold to not properly spawn at the Harbinger Stronghold upon starting a new game
  
• As a Vampire, your mana and stamina will now properly drain when exposed to sunlight. This is amplified when you are blood starved.
  
• As a Vampire, your mana and stamina restore faster at night or when you are not exposed to direct sunlight
  
• Closing mount, companion and grapple mod windows no longer causes movement lockup when closing with the TAB key
  
• Spear of Chaos special attack can no longer be triggered while the weapon is sheathed
  
• Fixed issue with Night Vision skill that would cause on-screen widgets to be unclickable while the skill is active
  
• Fixed issue that would cause the third person action camera to remain after the Spear of Chaos special attack was completed if the player blocked during the animation
  
• Fixed issue where unequipping a shield while wielding a spear would cause spear skills to not work
  
• Added additional enemy spawn checks for enemy ambushes events
  
• Player can no longer activate skills while viewing a vista
  

Adjustments

• Reduced stone spear damage
  
• Reduced copper spear damage
  
• The lava level at the Immolation Forge is now saved, preventing saves from being stuck in the lava
  
• Added a 10 second cooldown to the Spear of Chaos special attack
  
• Reduced overworld event victory fanfare volume
  
• Swapped rune wheel requirements in the Infernal Crucible since it led to lots of confusion
  
• Climbing no longer modifies camera roll, preventing tilted camera placement when dismounting
  
• Dismounting while climbing manually or by running out of stamina will now force-reset your camera, further preventing any odd camera rotation
  
• Removed old, unused interior to Woodhurst Castle
  
• Fixed projectile issue with Emberspike skill. Should no longer duplicate and have an odd trajectory
  
• Added exposure range, which should help prevent areas from being too dark or too bright
  
• Changed required items for Alchemist building
  
• Reduced jump height increases per jumping level
  

Additions

• New enemies
  ○ Scarecrows Reavers. Slay these enemies to turn them back into regular old scarecrows, which you can loot for special holiday currency!
  ○ Gloomkin – Living pumpkins that toss fire and explode upon death as a last resort!
  ○ Fieldscourge – large versions of the Reavers!
  
• You can now craft small animal traps through the field crafting menu
  
• Added new Vampire skills:
  ○ Bat form: Transform into a bat!
  ○ Grave Hunger: Consume a corpse. Restores 50% of your health, mana and stamina and boosts health regen for 2 minutes
  ○ Tyrant’s Grasp: Hold out your hand, pulling weaker foes to your palm. With the enemy in hand, you can consume their life force by attacking (restoring a random stat with each hit), or throw them by blocking.
  ○ Heartwrench: Plunge your fist into the chest of an enemy. If they have less than 20% health, they will be killed instantly. Has a 40% chance to rip their heart out intact, adding it to your inventory. Deals unarmed damage * vampire level damage
  
• New Necromancer Skill: Shadow Scythe – Conjure a scythe and sweep it in front of you.
  
• New lute – Acorn Lute
  
• New Ultrasword – The Oathkeeper
  
• New potion type – Bat Form Potions
  
• Added 2 new locations of interest to the Hills of Delvenaugh
  ○ The Ironbark Bastion (Contains 2 puzzles)
  ○ Grove of Silent Oaths
  
• - Added new spellsong:
  ○ Mending Melody (The Hills of Delvenaugh)
  
• Added new companion: Itzel Delgado. A master woodcutter!
  
• New questlines:
  ○ Flame of the Hallowed Harvest
  ○ The Keeper’s Burden
  
• The Alchemist building now spawns a shopkeeper and a potion crafting table
  
• The Herbalist building now spawns a shopkeeper
  
• Added new item: Hearts, which can be consumed by vampires to extend their feed timer
  
• The Necromancer Shrine building now allows you to use the doors and perform the necromancer ritual
  
• The Graveyard building now spawns a shopkeeper who sells bones and the Undead weapon set
  
• The Fletcher building now spawns a vendor who sells ranged weapons and ammo
  
• Added simple Guild Overview window to the character sheet screen
  

• Fixed issue with Old Splintered Staff not casting basic spells correctly
  
• Fixed issue with runereading not properly levelling pyromancy and cryomancy
  
• Fixed issue that would cause TONS of civilians to spawn when constructing a new building (when you already have buildings constructed)
  
• Fixed dialogue with Javad locking up when asking him to follow you
  
• Fixed overworld potion merchant shop contents
  
• Fixed Arcane Priest Staff point-black damage Taking the caravan back to Karraq will now update your overworld location properly
  
• Taking the caravan back to Karraq will now update your overworld location properly
  

BUG FIXES & OPTIMIZATIONS

• The portal to the Khenmoore Flatlands that can be opened at Parford Lake should no longer place you under the map after teleporting
  
• Speaking with Rostam after destroying the Warp Spire at the Fal Fadir Oasis and accepting his offer to ride the caravan back to the city no longer places you under the map
  
• Fixed dialogue with Ghost of Millshade
  
• Fixed issue with camera if players repeatedly casted Thunderous Smite
  
• Fixed issue that would cause the camera to rotate 90 degrees when casting spells (ones set your camera to third person) at extreme upwards or downward angles
  
• Can no longer ragdoll or be ragdolled while harvesting
  
• All items (except custom potions) now work with the hotkey menus (Z and ALT menus)
  
• Can no longer freeze dead enemies, which would cause the frozen FX to persist endlessly
  
• Fixed issue with staff projectiles doing much more damage when hitting enemies point-blank
  
• Overworld enemy encounters now function better. Enemies no longer wander off at the beginning of a battle, making it easier to complete the encounter
  
• Badbarrel Calendar Events should now spawn properly
  
• Fixed issue with Medium Health Potions spawning very tall
  
• Fixed issue with Damaged Airship event that would not update the player’s location, leading to the player falling through the world or high in the sky
  
• Fixed another issue with Damaged Airship event that would teleport the player even if the player hops off the airship
  
• Fixed issue with vampires not triggering grab+bite attack
  
• Fixed issue with enemy attack cooldowns (Certain abilities would skip their cooldowns, allowing some enemies to spam certain attacks)
  
• Fixed issue with the “Restocking the Dearest Leaf” quest which would allow you to complete the quest without the required item
  
• Fixed issue with Fragment of Iher not spawning properly inside cave where the fragment-related quest is recieved
  
• Lionsmane overworld goblin and undead assignments now track properly
  
• Fixed issue where you could receive duplicate spells from Bishop Grove if you already knew the spells before he teaches you them
  
• Player movement is halted when the level up screen is active
  
• Fixed issue that required the player to click on the level up screen to “focus” it, allowing them to then click on the buttons on the level up screen. It should now automatically be focused.
  
• Optimized fire VFX
  
• Astral Ingots now show the correct recipe when clicked
  
• Fixed issue with free camera now showing weapons properly. Also fixed issue with left hand missing in this camera mode.
  
• Beer now properly heals the player and adds the drunk debuff
  

ADJUSTMENTS

• Goblin Looters now run faster and are more aggressive
  
• Revamped aesthetic of the Moonhorn Cliffs
  
• Expanded enemy elemental weaknesses and resistances. If an enemy is weak to an element, they’ll take 25% more damage from the source of elemental damage. If they’re resistant to the element, they’ll receive 25% less damage. Enemies resistant to certain elements also are not debuffed by them. For example, a Fire Elemental cannot be set on fire and an Ice Elemental can’t be frozen or slip on ice
  
• Added a “Confirm Destruction” popup when destroying a fully constructed building
  
• Cancelling an ongoing construction now returns all materials to your inventory
  
• ESC now closes more windows properly
  
• Reworked the radial menu crafting window. Since village decorating has been replaced with the new-and-improved system, this old crafting menu is now a “Field Crafting” window, which allows you to craft arrows, bullets and camping supplies. It also allows you to craft physics objects because physics objects are always fun to have on-hand.
  
• Village decor now hides nearby grass
  
• The Harbinger Stronghold now can experience different weather
  

ADDITIONS

• New weapon class: Lute!
  ○ Hold BLOCK to enter plucking mode, where you can play Spellsongs.
  ○ Spellsongs are hidden throughout the world. The lute skill tree allows you to “favorite” spellsongs, which adds them to your screen when in plucking mode.
  ○ Added tutorial for lute when it is first equipped (You should also learn the “Performance” spellsong when you equip a lute for the first time
  
• New Electromancy Passives:
  ○ Electrified Reposition: Casting an Electromancy skill imbues your dodge with an AoE burst of electricity for 3 seconds. Repeated casts stack effect. (Deals your Electromancy level x5 damage)
  ○ Aftershock: Killing an enemy with an Electromancy skill has a 35% chance to leave behind an Electrical Remnant.
  
• New Lute Passives:
  ○ Bard’s Rhythm: Spellsongs with multiple charges gain an additional charge.
  ○ Lute's Embrace: Healing spellsongs now heal 50% more health.
  ○ Resonant Aura: Healing spellsongs now burst outward, healing friendlies as well as yourself.
  
• New skills:
  ○ Sticky Bomb
  
• Humanoid companions can now harvest ores, wood, mushroom and herbs! Companions have their own (static) harvesting levels, as well. For example, Malaya Of-The-Leaf is a great forager (level 15 foraging) but isn’t great at mining (level 3 mining) and can chop low level trees (level 5 woodcutting). Companions will harvest around their general location and will default to following the player if they wander too far.
  
• Testing out revamped companion dialogue system with Malaya.
  
• Several new overworld events/encounters
  ○ Roaming Bears
  ○ Roaming Wolf Packs
  ○ Deer Grazing Spots
  ○ Merchant Caravans
  ○ Goblin Armies (small)
  ○ Hallowed Bellkeepers
  ○ Goblin Boar Riders
  ○ Airships (Can transport players to cities quickly and safely)
  ○ Bandit Fortresses (semi-randomly generated fortresses that offer plenty of lute and challenging combat encounters)
  
• Overworld encounter rework (Pop-up windows with options of how to deal with a situation. Combat encounters allow you to run, speak with animals, climb trees, etc. to escape the situation. The different option success rate depends on player skill levels.)
  
• Overworld Mount System
  
• Added “Cragstone Shards”, scattered around the Molten Crag area. These shards can be given to the Cragsmith to forge new weapons.
  
• Added new status effect: Slowed
  
• Added telegraph FX to some enemy attacks
  
• Village passive income and resources! Every week you’ll receive resources and gold from your constructed buildings. For example, a Logging Hut will provide you with a delivery of x50 logs of all types!
  
• Village visitors – your constructed buildings will now attract visitors.
  

NEW ENEMY TYPES

• Chilled Geodite
  
• Ice Elemental
  
• Greater Stone Elemental – High-level gentle giants that aren’t hostile until attacked!
  
• Fire Elemental
  
• Armored Hill Trolls
  

NEW MOUNTS:

• Griffon
  
• Baby Dragon
  

NEW WEAPONRY

• Frostvein weapons
  ○ Frostvein Ultrasword
  ○ Frostvein Greathammer
  ○ Frostvein Lance
  
• Molten weapons
  ○ Molten Ultrasword
  ○ Molten Cleaver
  ○ Molten Daggers
  ○ Molten Spear
  ○ Molten Kite shield
  ○ Molten Buckler
  ○ Molten Round shield
  
• New unique weapon: Thurston’s Grimoire and Pen. Slay enemies with the pen, filling it with blood. Use the blood as ink in the Grimoire to summon bloody companions from the pages! (Kills with the sword (pen) add charges to the shield (grimoire). Summons require 2 charges.)
  
• New unique weapon: The Sorrowsong
  
• Adept Cryomancer Staff
  
• 2 different standard lutes
  
• Eirik’s Shield
  
• Lena's Lut

THE MOLTEN CRAG

• Added new location of interest: The Ashen Thicket
  
• Added Tomb of Kazarad the Flamebard
  
• Added Flamewrought Sanctuary (Contains puzzles)
  
• Added The Infernal Crucible location (Contains puzzle)
  
• Added interior to The Immolation Forge
  
• Added new dungeon: Thurston's Crypt of Tomes
  
• Added new dungeon: Pyreheart Hollow
  
• Added a bard tomb
  

THE MOONHORN CLIFFS

• Added new location of interest: Ancient Ruins (unnamed)
  
• Revamped aesthetic
  

THE ELDERGLEN WOODS

• Added vista points
  
• Added bard tomb
  

THE PILLARS OF MISRAFAL

• Added vista points
  

WHITEBROOK HAVEN

• Added new cave: Frigid Cavern (Contains puzzle)
  
• Added interior to Gin Badur (Contains the Frostforger, which will grant the Heart of Ice questline)
  
• Added new cave - Cavern of Frozen Echoes (Contains puzzle relevant to Heart of Ice questline)
  
• Added new location of interest – The Everfrost Citadel (Will be relevant for kingdom 3 intro questline)
  
• Expanded location of interest – Briarwatch
  
• Added new location of interest - Hovgard Bastion
  
• Expanded location of interest – Griffon's Peak (Unique puzzle using context and quests within area)
  
• Added new dungeon - Sepulcher of the Sorrowful Chord (Contains 2 puzzles)
  
• Added a few bards' tombs
  

GLENNHEIM HILLS

• Removed and replaced ugly rock formations
  
• Added new harvestable spawns
  
• Added a bard tomb
  

NEW QUESTLINES

• The Dragon’s Cradle
  
• Heart of Ice
  
• Lifeline to the Lost
  
• The Bound Souls of Briarwatch
  
• Rekindling

IN THE LAST MONTHS

NEW UPDATE INCOMING!

Follow the journey

ADDITIONS

• The player’s location and rotation are now saved
  ○ Nearby harvestable objects are saved
  ○ Enemy locations are not saved
  ○ Returning to the overworld resets the player’s save location
  
• Added brightness slider
  
• Added 17 new food recipes
  
• Added ~15 new armor pieces (Masks and variants of them as well as a new iron heavy armor set! Masks can be found at the Pillars of Misrafal and the new iron armor can be found at the Elderglen or Khenmoore blacksmiths!)
  
• Added ~5 new general weapons
  
• Added “Running” to the “IncreaseSkill” console command
  
• Added the Spear of Chaos
  
• Added the Greenwarden Axe
  
• Added the Black Flame Tongue
  
• Added new Proficiency Books, which level up their associated skill immediately upon reading them
  
• Added Cookbooks, which reveal recipes to the player. (If the player already knows the recipe, they earn cooking EXP)
  
• Added new skill – Concentrated Antigravity (Makes any physics object float!)
  
• (Test run) Dynamic Civilians! (Elderglen, Khenmoore, Woodhurst, Velosia and Arema)
  ○ Civilian jobs now dictate their dialogue in the listed cities
  ○ Every civilian with a job (in the listed cities) can give the player randomly generated quests (Assignments), which can be turned in at the city delivery box
  
• Changed overworld event display (Now shows event name, collapses when zoomed out, reducing screen clutter. Hovering over the event while zoomed out expands the details)

PARFORD LAKE

• Added 2 new locations of interest:
  ○ Warden's Glade (Contains unique item if the player is at least level 5 in Druidism AND 2-handed weapons)
  ○ Lakeveil Wood
  
• Added 1 new cave: Whisperwind Grotto (Contains Runewheel Puzzle)
  
• Added interior to Abandoned Logging Camp location with a unique NPC! (Kill the bandit leader to get the key to the cellar!)
  
• Added new interior elements and loot to Parford Castle
  
• Added new loot to the Bandit Woods
  
• Added more harvestable spawns
  
• Added interior to Dwarven structure (Contains puzzle!)
  
• Added more loot to Carifax's Tower
  
• Added Overgrown Church

PILLARS OF MISRAFAL

• Added new cave, the Scholar’s Hollow (Contains puzzle)
  
• Added Temple of the Fatal Relic (Contains 2 puzzles)
  
• Added Ignis Cavern (Contains puzzle)
  
• Added Nomad’s Pass
  
• Added Nomad’s Pass Cave (Contains puzzle)
  
• Added Misrafal Caravanserai
  
• Added Pillar Sandpool
  
• Added Nomad's Refuge
  
• Added Dymdall's Hall of Knowledge (ONLY opens on Dymdag. Pulling the lever on any other day will not open the passage)
  
• Added new enemy spawns
  
• Added more harvestable spawns
  

FLOWING SANDS

• Added Overgrown Academy (Contains loot, skill book and skill point)
  
• Added Sand Scarred Waytower Cave (Contains Puzzle)
  
• Added interior to Elder’s Tower
  
• Added Sunblazed Cove (Contains Puzzle)
  
• Added Crypt of the Warbound Underground (Contains special weapon)

BUG FIXES & OPTIMIZATIONS

• Fixed animation when climbing while unarmed
  
• Fixed Magic Carpet not working with favorite mount key
  
• Fixed White Direwolf not working with favourite mount key
  
• Poison Bolt now grants Druidism EXP
  
• Demon of Grief can no longer be ragdolled
  
• Fixed issue with Vazoirrig Fishbane not accepting Spineback
  
• Fixed spawn location for Korfil during his questline (Elderglen)
  
• Fixed issue when exiting cooking at certain cooking stations that would cause the player’s character model to be visible in first person
  
• Fixed issue with “The Spellweaver” quest not progressing under certain circumstances
  
• Fixed Oak and Ash tree woodcutting EXP
  
• Fixed issue with Goblin Infantry T-posing when disarmed
  
• Fixed issue with the Unarmed skill “Fist Projection” rotating the player character
  
• Fixed issue that would not allow for bonus loot to be obtained from mushrooms and herbs
  
• Fixed the issue with multiple bears being spawned when attacking them
  
• Fixed Basic Greatsword
  
• Clicking “Loot All” on a container that contains a bag of gold no longer adds the bag to your inventory. Instead, it adds the gold to your inventory
  
• NPCs that you speak with should no longer spin 360 degrees to face you
  
• Fixed day/night cycle speed in Woodhurst
  
• Ragdoll level is now properly tracked on the stat sheet
  
• The staff given from the quest “The Departed” should now be properly given upon quest completion
  
• Fixed many weapons that had issues with the “Throw Weapon” skill (mostly the weapon model not matching your actual weapon)
  
• Characters of smaller stature can now throw the Pumpkinade as intended
  
• Fixed quest progression issues with The Flames in the Sand questline
  
• Fixed various collision issues with buildings in Askil
  
• Civilians in Eldern cities should spawn with the proper dialogue
  
• Fixed issue with the climbing and decorating tutorial not properly appearing
  
• Fixed issue with skill book skill slots being misaligned after unlearning a skill
  
• Fixed issue with the “Leg Swipe” skill allowing you to cast another skill before it was completed which would create camera issues.
  
• Fixed issue with saved potion recipes not properly updating the potion icon
  
• Fixed issue with Molten Missile not properly colliding with many surfaces
  
• Player no longer gets stuck in a falling/jumping state when speaking with an NPC immediately after jumping
  
• Offhand dagger is no longer visible when daggers are sheathed
  
• Crashing on the Flying Broomstick or Magic Carpet should no longer ever break your camera rotation and interaction
  
• Fixed issue with the “Enhanced Jump” effect on potions
  
• Fixed issue with interaction being broken after interacting with certain objects
  
• Can no longer succeed in the harvesting minigame even when missing the target
  
• Fixed various collision issues at the Pillars of Misrafal
  
• Sunbreaker Maul VFX are no longer visible in the inventory screen preview
  
• Fixed dialogue with wine salesman in Arema
  
• Pressing ESC on the level-up screen no longer disables the cursor
  
• Corrected the weapon image for the Sunbreaker Maul
  
• Player no longer gets stuck in flying animation after using Eviscerating Blink and sheathing their daggers
  
• Tooltips should no longer show the incorrect heal amount
  
• ALL passives should now be working properly
  
• Enemies now freeze when starting the cutscene at the top of the Steps of Esros, preventing the player from being attacked if enemies follow them to the altar
  
• Character preview now works properly in the village of Kalava
  
• Fixed issue when progressing through “An Angler’s Revenge” questline
  
• Fixed issue with the harvesting minigame that would allow you to get a successful hit if you spammed the interact key
  
• Fixed cave entrance to the Valley Waytower Hollow at the Flowing Sands
  
• Fixed many visual issues
  
• Fixed aspects of the Elderglen Lionsmane Guildhall
  
• Fixed Mayzar’s dialogue in Turacca (no longer repeats quest intro)
  
• Fixed thumbnail for Grey Horse
  
• The console command “Increaseskill Running” should now work properly
  
• Failing to tame a Small Green Slime no longer spawns an oddly coloured slime with the name of “Deer”
  
• Fixed issue with Cataclysmic Split sometimes locking your attacks after use
  
• Fixed quest goal location market for stages of “The New Ralah” questline
  
• Fixed weapon name (if long enough) not properly fitting in the tooltip name location
  
• Fixed weapon name (if long enough) not properly fitting on-screen when swapping weapons
  
• The Decorating 101 quest can now be progressed with the new village decoration system
  
• Mounts can more reliably be mounted without having to be very close
  
• Selecting a female character when starting a new game and equipping a weapon no longer changes your torso to that of a male character
  
• Various grammatical fixes

ADJUSTMENTS

• Dramatically reduced chance to catch Ogrestench from Hill Trolls
  
• Reduced Updraft cooldown
  
• Block entrance to Gin Badur (Whitebrook Haven) until the interior is completed
  
• Adjusted how civilians are spawned and how they move around cities. Most cities should now feel more alive.
  
• Adjusted vendor purchase and sell prices to slow down player money acquisition
  
• Made the camera zoom in/out when speaking with an NPC smoother
  
• Moved spawn point at the Flowing Sands
  
• Status effect icons (Diseases, buffs) no longer fade off HUD, improving clarity for ongoing effects on the player
  
• Mortar Arrow, Frost Arrow, Fire Arrow, Rimeshot, Balloon Arrow, Homing Arrow, and Mind's Eye Arrow now work with Crossbows!
  
• Updated overworld spawn points for the Elderglen Woods (Camping near the locations of interest now places you near them when entering the area)
  
• Tripled the distance at which you can zoom in on the overworld
  
• Grapple no longer nullifies fall damage
  
• Completely reworked the Dropkick skill, which includes the following fixes:
  ○ No more jittery camera when activating the skill
  ○ No longer shoves you under the map when ragdolling immediately after landing
  ○ No more odd camera rotation after landing
  ○ More reliable hit detection
  ○ Should ALWAYS launch you in the direction you want to go.
  
• Lumistrike Crystals no longer show damage numbers
  
• Reduced overworld HUD size
  
• Reduced size of overworld event timer
  
• Doubled the distance at which overworld events can spawn
  
• Greatly reduced the duration of the “Sunburn” debuff
  
• Swapping to an enchanted item now shows the enchanted item’s name
  
• The text popup warning players about the Askillian sun should now only appear if they are not wearing protective gear
  
• Ents can no longer be ragdolled
  
• Opening the achievement window now fades HUD, preventing UI overlaps

Other important notes

• CROSSBOWS will no longer have their own skill tree – instead, they will share most skills with bows! Skills on the “Bows & Crossbows” skill tree will indicate if they can also be used with crossbows.
  
• For those affected by the broom mana regen bug (if your mana no longer naturally regenerates), you can type “Restore mana regen” in the console to fix this issue. The broom should no longer cause this issue as well.

IN THE LAST MONTHS...

THIS WASN'T HERE BEFORE...

WE NEED YOU!

ADDITIONS

• Added new quest: The Angler’s Revenge – THE FLOWING SANDS (Shack on Sungrub Island)
  
• Added new quest: The Shrine of the Luminary (Can be picked up in the Library of Turacca)
  
• You can now fish at the Flowing Sands, where 5 new special fish await you! (You need a Sand Fishing Rod to fish at these spots, received via the Angler’s Revenge questline)
  
• Added “Favorite Mount” button (Default key binding is ‘V’)
  To make a mount your favorite, open your mount selection window and click the yellow flag with the crown. With a favorite mount selected, you can press ‘V’ in game to quick-summon that mount
  
• Added new thumbnails for various weapons
  
• Added new thumbnails for mounts
  
• Added new heavy attack for Ultraswords
  
• Added new White Direwolf mount to the Woodhurst wolf merchant
  
• Added quest marker to Besslyn in Al’Mayya
  
• Added quest marker to Ali in Muscan
  
• Added quest marker to Parisa in Al’Thumralah
  
• Added quest marker to the final stage of The Flames in the Sand questline
  
• I've included a preview of the new village decorating system in this build! It's not complete, but I wanted players to access it now so I can gain feedback and improve the system before its full implementation.

BUG FIXES

• Enchantments should now work properly. You MIGHT need to return to the location to unlock the enchantment book again, but I tried to make it so you don’t have to do so!
  
• Fixed General Store rotation
  
• Removed debug cube from Tornado skill
  
• Blazing Trail now properly consumes mana
  
• Fixed T-Posing Finfolk
  
• Fixed various black weapon/armor thumbnails
  
• Fixed issue with certain overworld events spawning in the desert that shouldn’t spawn there
  
• Adjusted player footstep sounds
  
• Fixed issue with broomstick mount breaking mana regeneration
  
• Fixed issue with Askil Rascal quest not progressing
  
• Fixed issue with enchantments not properly unlocking on the enchantment table
  
• Death’s Claw now grants Spirit Essence for killing enemies
  
• Heavy attacks now grant the proper amount of weapon EXP
  
• Heavy attacks now properly track quest progress and weapon kill progress
  
• Fixed issue with companion dialogue popping up without and text
  
• Veiled Slicers now absorb mana properly when attacking enemies
  
• Fixed issue with guild and special vendor currencies not being reduced when purchasing items (Iuba, Tithes, Fragments of Iher, Coconuts, etc)
  
• Fixed issue with beams from the light beam puzzles flickering
  
• Fixed issue with final slab in the Shrine of the Luminary not progressing the quest.
  
• Fixed issue with Sandstone Dagger item recipe
  
• Fixed issue with the sun in Askil not draining stamina while mounted (other than when on an Askillian Scarab)
  
• Fixed issue with double “Small Warhammer” in level 5 Weaponsmithing
  
• Fixed collision issues with Askillian Waytowers
  
• Level 10 Unarmed Passives can no longer be unlocked at level 5
  
• Fixed issue with Warp Spire portals sometimes not appearing correctly
  
• ALL Unarmed skills should now properly grant the EXP
  
• Removed quest markers at scorched coast for quests that don’t take place in that location
  
• Can no longer jump while in ragdoll mode
  
• Undead Horde events should now work properly
  
• Goblin Horde events should now work properly
  
• Fixed birch tree color in Whitebrook Haven
  
• Fixed issue with Shrine of the Luminary quest not progressing past the slab section
  
• Fixed softlock for the “Strange Magic” questline if players left the Fal Fadir Oasis before speaking with the Askillian Captain
  
• Fast Travelling Via Portal Coins should now update your overworld position correctly
  
• Companions/friendly NPCs should no longer fall through the ground at the Pillars of Misrafal
  
• Fixed issue with 10th slot of offhand spells not saving properly
  
• Bijan should now appear in your companion tab after his dialogue discussing joining you
  
• Fixed issue with 10 Bijans spawning when accepting his as a companion
  
• Fixed Instant Reload animation for double barrel copper pistol
  
• Fixed item duplication exploit when trading
  
• The secret passageway that opens during the New Ralah questline should remain open when returning to the area
  
• Fixed issue where grapple would constantly pull you towards the hook point under specific circumstances
  
• Fixed issue where you could ragdoll in middle of the “Dropkick” skill, making your character fall through the ground
  
• Fixed dead-end dialogue with Fae store owner
  
• Fixed issue with female eyebrows not saving correctly
  
• Fixed issue with shield skill tree passives not unlocking properly
  
• Fixed issue with studded skirt appearing as a helmet for female characters
  
• The Wizard Tower 100 mana buff should now only be granted when construction is complete
  
• Fixed mismatched dialogue with the Living Flame
  
• The Magic Carpet mount should now be unlocked properly (If you didn’t unlock it through the initial dialogue with the Living Flame, you can return to the Temple of Sand to claim the mount)
  

ADJUSTMENTS/OPTIMIZATIONS

• Reduced Aloe size
  
• Increased price for arrows
  
• Increased price for bullets
  
• Reduced volume of buckshot
  
• Fixed fountain VFX
  
• Optimized Glowbugs
  
• Optimized Karraq
  
• You can no longer use the overworld button when in the Unknown Frontier
  
• ESC now closes the Arena Settings window
  
• Monk’s Cross (Unarmed Skill) now deals x25 unarmed damage when fully charged, x15 when partially charged
  
• Increased the amount of EXP gained from various Unarmed Skills
  
• You can no longer enter the first Warp Spire before speaking with the Askillian Captain first.
  
• Added missing water to the Waterveil Grotto at the Fal Fadir Oasis
  
• Updraft now has a cooldown and consumes mana
  
• The Askillian Sun should now function in the Pillars of Misrafal
  
• Closed segment in New Ralah cave that would give access to quest area before you should be able to access it
  
• Can no longer ragdoll while using skills