The Bloodline

IN THE LAST MONTH...

GOBLINS, YOU BETTER WATCH OUT 👀🎁

100% MORE FERGUSON 🫏

BUG FIXES

• Fixed issue with diseases not curing properly
  
• You can cure minor diseases by resting for 3 or more hours in a bed, drinking a Cure Ailments Potion, or by waiting for your character to naturally cure themselves
  
• Fixed issue where Logging Hut job board would not spawn properly
  
• Fixed issue with Quarry job board only allowing for interaction at certain angles
  
• Fixed issue with beds not progressing time when resting in them
  
• Fixed issue with library desks not allowing you to study magic until leaving and returning to your village
  
• Fixed issue with "Slide" skill causing camera displacement (Added cooldown as well)
  
• Fixed issue with completed building window not showing the proper building info
  
• The "Deathfog" event should now work properly - The Deathfog spawns have been changed to allow for 15 undead to be spawned at once, preventing hordes of 100's of undead which causes crashes
  
• Can no longer interact with most items when the console is open
  
• Fishing should no longer break equipping/unequipping (although, for now, the "Sheathe/Draw Weapon" key requires 2 clicks to work. Mouse wheel equipping seems to work fine!)
  
• Fixed issue with some guards not allowing you to pay your bounty if it's under 5000 gold
  
• Fixed issue where the overworld date would differ from the actual date
  

ADJUSTMENTS

• Diseases now appear under your health bar as a status effect. (Hold ALT to view active status effects)
  
• Various spelling error corrections
  
• Consuming an item from your consumables bag no longer closes the window. To close it, you'll have to press the consumable bag button again.
  
• Centered roof on Wizard Tower
  
• Increase mining node spawn rate for Rocky Hills areas
  
• Made level 3-5 fish slightly easier to catch
  

ADDITIONS

• The following actions can now be rebound to different keys:
  ○ Sneak
  ○ Sheathe/Draw Weapon
  ○ Throw Grapple (now works properly
  ○ Toggle Slow Motion
  ○ Open/Close Hotkey Menu
  ○ Open/Close Radial Menu
  
• Added new console commands:
  ○ "Additem" console command (not very item has been added yet) - " Additem {Itemname} {qty}"
  ○ "Cure Minor Diseases"
  ○ "Contract Disease {DiseaseName}"
  ○ "Cure Vampirism"
  ○ "BeginCalendarEvent {EventType}"
  ○ "Spawn Bed"
  

BUG FIXES/OPTIMIZATIONS

• Fixed issue where, at the end of a month, your calendar would not refresh with the new month
  
• Fixed dead-end dialogue with Nathan Cain
  
• Player should no longer automatically level up foraging upon starting a new game
  
• Fixed issue where some plots would not save donated resources
  
• Fixed HUD issues when interacting with plots at your village
  
• Optimized Woodhurst
  
• Optimized Velosia
  
• Fixed various lighting issues in Woodhurst
  
• Fixed broken dialogue with Castleside Inn tavernkeeper
  
• Fixed dead-end conversation with Woodrow Hemoth at the Fletcher's Fowl Tavern
  
• Ash Trees now reward the proper amount of EXP
  
• Summoned creatures should no longer throw enemies around by running into them
  
• Fixed issue where if you were above level 5 Weaponsmithing, the weapon quality bar would fail to increase
  
• Reanimated enemies should no longer attack you with their special attacks
  
• Fixed odd collision in Velosia corner
  
• Adjusted Millshade "ceiling" block volume to close small gap that allowed players to fly OoB
  
• Dialogue with Millshade citizen that would allow you to accept "The Wheatfield Groans" quest more than once
  
• Fixed issue where player could open multiple calendar windows at once
  
• Fixed odd collision at entrance to Arema
  
• Added ceiling blocking volume to Khenmoore to prevent player from going OoB
  
• Fixed Hill Troll health bar not appearing properly (and other collision issues with his capsule)
  
• Fixed the Unholy Corruption Zone spawning issue for "The Forest Grave" quest
  
• Fixed dialogue branch for Bishop Grove not detecting if "Blessings for the Dead" quest was active or not, resulting in a repeating conversation until quest is completed.
  
• "Leave Location" volumes now block mounts, including the Broomstick mount.
  
• Adjusted blocking volumes/leave location volumes in the Elderglen Woods, preventing players from being able to walk off the map
  
• Can no longer shoot a teleportation arrow past blocking volumes/leave location volumes
  
• Player can no longer interact with harvestables beyond their interaction distance
  
• "Tech" Category button now makes the proper hover & click sounds
  
• Ogre Den (Overworld Event spawn) now has collision when entering the event
  
• Askillian Wine now restores health
  
• Fixed issue where some pine trees would not progress objectives requiring you to chop down pine trees
  
• Fixed issue where “Fletcher’s Brew” quest would not complete when delivering the ale to Fredrick Simmons
  
• Fixed issue where character would slide around after being knocked off the broomstick mount
  
• Fixed issue with zipline that would create odd flying behavior for player character
  
• Added “Ceiling” blocking volume to Molten Crag
  
• Fixed issue with level 10+ fishing that would make fish impossible to catch
  
• Fixed issue with some shields not working with spears
  
• Fixed issue where some Goblins would not increase Goblin-based objectives when killed
  
• Foraging EXP boosts from food and potions now works properly
  
• Various optimizations
  

BALANCING/ADJUSTMENTS

• Testing out a new style of skill tree with the DAGGER TREE! This new form of skill tree refines the progression experience in a way that allows players to choose skills that they want to use, while also requiring players to level up the skill that the tree is based on. Any unlocked skill within the dagger tree can be refunded by simply clicking it again, allowing you to respec at will! (Currently, respecing a skill will not remove it from your skill hotbar until you leave an area.)
  
• Potion Bag is now a general consumable bag
  
• Player can no longer open windows when leveling up
  
• Added space between certain UI text elements in the Overworld HUD
  
• Changed wording for "The Fletchers Brew" objective
  
• Reduced EXP requirements for Woodcutting level
  
• Beds now show interaction text
  
• Dwarven enemies now spawn at Mun Dorul within the Khenmoore Flatlands
  
• Some buildings now require "Large Plots" to prevent building overlaps
  
• Building construction can now be canceled (it does not currently return resources, so be sure to empty any resources you have dedicated to the site first!)
  
• Constructed buildings can now be destroyed (it does not currently return resources)
  
• Buildings no longer require Wood Bundles (Except the preset buildings within the Harbinger's Stronghold - those will be replaced with various castle upgrades in the future!)
  
• Assignments can now be viewed and abandoned in your journal!
  
• Improved enemy AI
  
• Improved companion AI
  
• Basic dagger attacks now consume stamina
  
• The dagger skill "Infinity Slash" now does 1.25x weapon damage per hit, instead of a base 50 damage per hit (Which was way overpowered!)
  
• Adjusted various building plot locations
  
• Moved reputation change updates to the text feed on the bottom left instead of having a popup
  
• "WASD" letters for the Blacksmithing minigame have been replaced with arrows.
  
• You can now use the arrow keys OR the WASD keys for the blacksmithing minigame
  
• Adjusted weapon spawn rates in the Rotwood Fort in the Elderglen Woods
  
• Picking up items no longer adjusts your mouse sensitivity
  
• Added tops to towers in Arema
  

ADDITIONS

• Guards have been added! Speak to them to pay off your bounty. Bounties above 5000 gold will cause the guards to become hostile if you can't pay your bounty! Guards will, in the future, give you the option to be arrested and serve time instead of paying.
  
• Added "Camp Anywhere" feature. You can now camp anywhere in the overworld and be dropped into a small instance of your surroundings! This, in its current stage, is a test to see if this is what the players have been asking for.
  
• Added Autumnal Plains, Autumnal Birch Forest, Snowy Plains, Snowy Pine Forest maps to the Overworld
  
• New overworld events! While exploring the overworld, events can now spawn around you. From ambushes to harvestable hotspots to moonstone meteorites!
  
• New quests added to Arema: Culling the Bandits, True Relaxation, Stage Fright, Melting Point (WIP)
  
• New quests added to Woodhurst: Bark Plague, Woodcutter's Passage
  
• New quests added to Velosia: House Blend, Revenge
  
• Fixed dialogue with Barlow Amaury
  
• Time now pauses when you aren't moving in the Overworld! You can also progress time while standing still by holding SPACE.
  
• New Utility Gadget Skill! The Zipline - Found in the Utility Gadget skill tree in the "Tech" category
  
• Expanded and refined Arema
  
• Expanded and refined Velosia
  
• Refined Woodhurst
  
• Refined Khenmoore
  
• Added the Khenmoore Museum
  
• Added armorer to Khenmoore
  
• Added 8 new armor pieces! (all can be found at the Khenmoore Armorer)
  ○ Studded Iron Cuirass
  ○ Commander's Cuirass
  ○ Heavy Bronze Cuirass
  ○ Spiked Helm
  ○ Khenmoorian Armet Helm
  ○ Bronze Armet Helm
  ○ Bronze Leg Guards
  ○ Bronze Gauntlets
  
• Added new weapons (craftable only!)
  ○ Slime-Metal Daggers
  ○ Slime-Metal Shortsword
  ○ Slime-Metal Throwing Axe
  ○ Slime-Metal Ultrasword
  
• Added a new piece of special gear! Woodcutter's Harness - increases Woodcutting EXP gains while worn (Received via "Woodcutter's Passage" quest in Woodhurst)
  
• Paladin's Tower can now be constructed
  
• General Store can now be constructed, and it spawns a shopkeeper who sells basic goods
  
• Constructed Bakery now spawns shopkeeper who sells baked goods
  
• Bakery, General Store, Paladin's Tower, Blacksmith, Engineer's Workshop, Wizard Tower, Graveyard, Quarry and Church now all attract civilians to your village
  
• Farming (very basic, just to test the waters) has been activated! Find or purchase seeds to grow at your stronghold. Only wheat seeds, coffee beans and potato seeds are currently available in-game. (Farming plots can be found in your crafting menu under "Survival")
  
• Added a new tutorial window that gives brief overviews of aspects of the game
  
• Added Farming level
  
• Added new enemy: Infected Ents - Currently only spawn during the "Bark Plague" quest, but will be added throughout the world
  
• Began adding loot and interior decorations to Naeworth Keep in the Hills of Delvenaugh
  
• Added "Cure Ailments" potion that will cure your active diseases
  
• Added new disease: Ogrestench
  
• Added new companion: Malaya Of-The-Leaf (Woodhurst)
  
• Added Lionsmane Guildhall to Velosia
  
• Added Church of Arosa to Velosia
  
• Added new Utility Gadget skill - Zipline (Utility Gadget Skill Tree)
  
• Added new hidden skill: Kick Back
  
• Added a "Reset Controls" button to the settings window
  
• Added new cave to the Hills of Delvenaugh
  
• Added a ton more harvestable spawns to the Hills of Delvenaugh
  
• Added new “Job” assignments! General job boards can be found in cities, while specific job boards can be found next to constructed village buildings.
  
• Added job boards to every city
  
• Geomancy can now be studied with Rune Reading!
  
• The Fletcher (constructable village building) now spawns a job board for animal hunts!
  
• Added new constructable village building – Logging Hut!
  
• The Logging Hut (constructable village building) now spawns a job board for woodcutting jobs!
  
• The Library now allows you to study cryomancy, pyromancy, electromancy and geomancy!
  
• The Library (constructable village building) now spawns a job board for magic studying!
  
• The Quarry (constructable village building) now spawns a job board for mining jobs!
  
• You can now save potions! Press the save icon when you’ve completed your potion to save the recipe for future use. Clicking the recipe button will automatically add the reagents and prep them accordingly!
  
• You can now change the potion icon when crafting a potion. Click the potion icon next to the potion name entry box to view the potion styles!
  

A LOOK AT THE PAST

WHAT'S BREWING?

AND THE WINNER IS... 🏆

YOU GOT A #POG!

THE PATH AHEAD

BALANCING/ADJUSTMENTS

• Reduced blastspear heavy attack sound
  
• Elimination assignments (Lionsmane) now spawn the correct amount of enemies required for the assignment, and add their general location to your compass
  

ADDITIONS

• 5 new Necromancer skills (4 new summon skills and 1 new mobility skill)
  
• 1 new Halloween-themed skill, the Pumpkinade! (You need to keep your eyes open in the Hills of Delvenaugh...)
  
• 2 new Undead enemy types: The Undead Walker and the Undead Breaker
  
• Flying Broom mount (Search in the Wolfdover Timberland area!)
  

BUG FIXES/OPTIMIZATIONS

• Can now place a spell in the first offhand spell slot
  
• You can now complete "The Family's Pickaxe" peacefully
  
• Fixed "Drop Kick" not appearing in your skill book until reloading
  
• Optimized Overworld inventory sheet
  
• Bloodleech spell should no longer lock attacks
  
• Small Green Slime companion should now spawn with you, if you selected him as a companion
  
• Replaced flintlock on Artificer's table at the Harbinger Stronghold with a working version
  
• Now – when loading a save file – the game recognizes the correct folder and the 'Load Save' button is no longer greyed out

BALANCING/ADJUSTMENTS

• Wolves now have their level locked between 3 and 5
  
• Loot containers can now be quick-looted with the space button and quick-closed with the E button
  
• "Missing Miner" quest indicator now directs you to the cave entrance before leading you to the miner's location
  
• Molten Crag now has different exploration music
  
• Parford Monastery Crypt now changes exploration music when entering
  
• Reduced Jetpack Goblin health
  
• Removed "Clear Save" button from pause windows
  
• Removed the soft-cap for harvesting level

ADDITIONS

• Added taming hearts to Wolfdover Timberland
  
• To prevent players from getting stuck in the Overworld, you can now press shift+click to teleport in the overworld!
  
• Added "LoadLevel" command to custom console - just type "LoadLevel" then type in the area's name

• Fixed accuracy leveling bug when hitting headshots with ranged weapons
  
• Fixed Open World tutorial on bridge leaving the Harbinger Stronghold
  

• Get save files from "steamapps -> common -> TheBloodline -> Build5.51 -> WindowsNoEditor -> TheBloodline -> Saved -> SaveGames".
  
• Move them into: “Windows(C:) -> (username) -> AppData -> Local -> TheBloodline -> Saved -> SaveGames”.
  <*> If you don't see the "AppData" folder or "TheBloodline" folder in the appadata one, launch the game and create a generic new save to let the game automatically create those folders.
  <*> Sometimes Windows hides the app data so you may need to unhide it.

BUG FIXES & OPTIMIZATIONS

• Fixed Millshade stealable items not increasing bounty in Elderglen (Elderglen is the parent city of Millshade)
  
• Fixed issue where more than 1 reagent would be removed from your inventory when adding it to a potion
  
• Various grammatical fixes
  
• Health Regen buffs from food no longer make you borderline invincible
  
• Fixed issue with the secret not properly working at the top of the Steps of Esros (although it was hilarious)
  
• Fixed fishing bug where you couldn't fish at the same fishing spot after successfully catching a fish
  
• Wind, rain and thunder now are tied to the "Ambiance" volume slider
  
• Fixed bug where hotbar would not populate with number keys
  
• Optimized trading window - should no longer lag when selling and purchasing many items at once
  
• Replaced blastspear recieved from Soili Strenkann with the working blastspear (Note: Blastspears are meant to be used with shields!)
  
• Players should no longer receive empty calendar event updates ( "No Event" is happening here at "X" )
  
• All trees at the Entrace to Monlodir now have collision
  
• Removed entrance to the Mines of Monlodir (Will be added later as an entire dungeon that will connect Lonland and Elderheim)
  
• Blocked off some unfinished areas within Velosia
  
• Fixed journal entry for Slimy Business to reflect the proper item required
  
• Adjusted rate at which jump height increases per level
  
• Fixed corruption zone spawn for "The Forest Grave" quest
  
• Fixed odd angled roof in Arema
  
• Changed Boar mount sounds
  
• Fixed Wide Slash attack collision
  
• Fixed issue where players could throw their grapple while harvesting, breaking the minigame
  
• Fixed issue where screen would stretch when Dwarven Airship spawns
  
• Fixed opening in Parford Monastery Crypt
  
• Trees at Brittlebean Hold should have proper collision
  
• Fixed bug with Cinderbullet skill where you'd start with 5 charges, but would reduce to 3 when recharged
  
• Fixed "Earthen Crush" skill functionality
  
• Fixed tutorial at Harbinger Stronghold that would keep popping up
  
• Fixed bridge near Brittlebean not working properly in the Overworld
  
• New mining outcrop EXP adjustments should now work properly
  
• Can no longer trigger the Two Handed Skill "Leaping Smash" without the proper amount of stamina
  
• Moonstone Meteorite fire now deactivates when you start mining the outcrops
  
• Accuracy EXP now properly tracks in the passive stat window
  
• Fixed dialogue with Lionsmane Mercenaries in the Elderglen Lionsmane Guildhall
  
• Fixed Greg Hammond nameplate to reflect the proper name
  
• Can now recieve the family's pickaxe in a non-hostile way from Greg Hammond
  
• Moved coffins slightly to make them more easily accessible in the Parfod Lake Crypt
  
• Ichorian Blade particle effects no longer persist after blade despawns
  
• Clot Orb now only explodes once on impact
  
• Fixed issue where players wouldn't recieve the Skill Point from the Blessing Tree
  
• Fixed skill description for "Summon Tree"
  
• Players should now be able to open construction menu for General Stores
  
• Players should now recieve Arcane skill points when donating Divine Favor to Arosa
  
• Pressing A and D while in Wolf Form should now strafe instead of making you do an awkward turn
  
• Fixed dead-end conversation with Bishop Grove
  
• Hostage spawned via calendar events should now allow you to untie them
  
• Blood Rain skill should remain unlocked when challenge is completed
  
• Cloud Catch skill should remain unlocked when challenge is completed
  
• Grapple Mod in the Steps of Esros cave should now be grabbable
  
• Fixed broken doors in Tomb of the Betrayer
  
• General optimizations

BALANCING & ADJUSTMENTS

• Opening a loot container now centers your cursor in the middle of the screen
  
• Mining outcrops now reward more EXP based on their rarity instead of all outcrops giving 5 EXP per hit
  
• Updated all building recipes
  
• Updated all building descriptions and overviews (now shows what is coming soon/not currently implemented)
  
• Removed Deer Bait from the Fletcher's Fowl until Large Animal Traps are re-added
  
• Removed old mushroom patches from Glennheim Hills
  
• Optimized Glennheim Hills
  
• Right clicking on hotkey'ed items now removes it from your hotbar
  
• Potioncrafting reagents now have a scroll box, preventing the reagent buttons from becoming tiny
  
• Quest tracker now hides along with the HUD ( Crtl+U )
  
• Reduced Goblin spawn rate at Parford Castle (Parford Lake)
  
• Replaced broken crossbows at Fletchers Fowl
  
• Updated shop contents at The Troll's Loincloth in Millshade
  
• Removed dated tutorial dialogue
  
• Throwing your grapple no longer consumes stamina
  
• Pulling your grapple when moving on the ground now yanks you towards the grapple location (Before, you'd need to jump before yanking the grapple to allow the it to pull you)
  
• Base stamina regeneration doubled to prevent players from constantly being stamina-starved
  
• Reduced camera shake for Spear of Ice and Stalactite Spear
  
• ALL Cryomancy spells now consume mana
  
• ALL Pyromancy spells now consume mana
  
• ALL Geomancy spells now consume mana
  
• ALL Necromancy spells now consume mana
  
• ALL Arcane spells now consume mana
  
• Replaced Emberwall on the Pyromancy skill tree with the newer, better version
  
• Replaced Meteor skill with Solar Blast skill in the Pyromancy skill tree
  
• Removed "Steam Jet" from Pyromancy skill tree, as it is now hidden in the world
  
• Drastically reduced mana consumption for Conjure Rocks
  
• Removed money cheat left over from beta testing
  
• Can now only spawn 1 of each book type at the Harbinger Stronghold
  
• Enter-combat stinger now only triggers after being out of combat for 2 minutes
  
• Decreased volume of player breathing when running
  
• Reduced change for civilians to be sick
  
• Clamped rain volume to a lower value
  
• Entering the cave under the Steps of Esros should now change the exploration music to fit better
  
• Added lamp near stolen Lute for the quest "Lute of the Drunk", to make it easier to spot
  
• "Fixing the Fences" quest now gives quest rewards

ADDITIONS

• Added ~15 new cooking recipes
  
• Added new ore - Astral Ore (from meteor showers)
  
• Moonstone Meteorites now spawn Moonstone Ore (Requires lvl 8 mining)
  
• Added new questline to Velosia (Library)
  
• Added new loot spawns to Glennheim Hills
  
• Added new hidden skill book to Elderglen Woods
  
• Added new hidden skill book the Glennheim Hills
  
• Unlocked the "Tech" skill tree category (Very bare and only includes a single skill. Just let me know what kind of cool gadget skills or tech categories could go in here and we can slowly start beefing it up!
  
• The off-hand skill slots are now enabled and working! Look on the righthand side of your screen when opening your skill book. Those 10 slots can be accessed in game by holding CAPS then pressing the number associated with the slot
  
• Added new enemy! Dwarven Stonesplitters
  
• Added new enemy! Dwarven Blastspearmen. Watch out for those Blastspears! They deal a ton of damage!
  
• Added new enemy! Dwarven Scoutcopters. Dwarves flying these vehicles can not only shoot at you with their own rifles, but the cannon mounted on the bottom of the chopper!
  
• Added new enemy spawns to the Entrance to Monlodir (The Outer Dwellings)
  
• Added new enemy! Dwarven Recon Drones. These tiny drones patrol areas, and if they spot you, they'll try to gun you down with their mounted flintlock!
  
• Added new loot spawns to the Entrance to Monlodir (The Outer Dwellings) - Definitely needs more work, but this area will be pretty cool when finished!
  
• Movement controls can now be rebound
  
• Added loot boxes to Tomb of the Betrayer
  
• Potion bag and quicksave can now be remapped
  
• Game now auto-saves every 5 mins (when not in Overworld)
  
• Added 2 hidden skill books to the Glennheim Hills
  
• Added hidden skill book to the Entrace of Monlodir
  
• Added 2 hidden skill books to the Molten Crag
  
• Added new skill "Statuification" to the Geomancy skill tree
  

Status of Development

Future Plans

• Patches – will primarily be focused on bug fixing, performance improvements and balancing. They will depend very much on the reports we gather from the community.
  
  
• Content updates – also introducing fixes, enhancements and balancing as well as playable content such as new weapons, new Skills, new Points of Interest, new Quests, new Enemies, Guilds, new Events, etc.
  
  
• Kingdom Updates – Updates that will present a whole new distinctive kingdom with major cities and smaller villages, large map explorable areas with camping sites, specific region quests and additions to the main story questline, new faction of enemies and a dungeon… among many other surprises.
  

FAQ

• Get save files from "steamapps -> common -> TheBloodline -> Build5.51 -> WindowsNoEditor -> TheBloodline -> Content -> Saved -> SaveGames".
  
• Move them into: “Windows(C:) -> (username) -> AppData -> Local -> TheBloodline -> Saved -> SaveGames”.
  
• Sometimes Windows hides the app data so you may need to unhide it.