- Patch 1.7.38 brings the main version up to speed with the beta version - 27 February 2026
With the demo of our new game participating in NextFest, we finally had some time to get to work with the last bugs on our way to the big 2.0 release. This patch brings the default version of the game up to date with the beta, and fixes a couple of more bugs. Next week we plan to get rid of as many of the remaining bugs as we possibly can. If you haven't been playing the beta, the patch has significant updates to the library, the rumor system, and the end game. Add four new locations linked to the Ritual of Revocation. Bug Fixes - When you find yourself at a disabled map location you are automatically placed back at the last enabled location, or Haven if an enabled location cannot be found. - When the game tries to complete an machine objective while building the map it no longer freezes. - Potential fix for the bug that freezes the game when switching to a new wayfarer. - When switchin…
- Patch 1.7.35 Nerfs magic turrets a little in low challenge regions - 16 May 2025
We’re back to updating after a break of about a month. This update fixes a couple of bugs, but also adjusts the gameplay a little: in lower difficulty regions turrets will fire fewer missiles, for example. Gameplay Changes: - You cannot enter the training area with a character that is wounded or weary. - Magic turrets shoot less frequently in lower difficulty regions. - When you strike a magic turret, it is disabled much longer. - Harvestable plants that will not yield anything no longer prompt you to interact with them. - Small chests (that only hold one item) no longer prompt you to open them when they are empty and have their lid opened to indicate they have been looted long before. Big Fixes: - When you are in combat using mouse and keyboard with the auto face option off, the direction of the mouse takes priority over the direction of your movement in determining which direction you…
- Patch 1.7.34 Allows you to restart a location with a new wayfarer after you die. - 11 April 2025
After weeks of fixing bugs we decided to change tack for a little while and focus on something else. Going over the many feature requests posted to our discord server, we identified an opportunity to change the way the game deals with the death of a character. First of all, we brought back the mechanism that made sure the items you carry when your character passes on, can be retrieved later on. They might still end up in the hoard of a monster, though! Better yet, when you die you now get the option to restart at the entrance of location with one of the characters currently on your roster. In that case you can try to retrieve the lost gear immediately. If you dare... Gameplay changes: - Bring back the mechanism that stows your gear somewhere after you die. - Adds the option to restart from the current location’s entrance after you die. - When you change wayfarers in Haven, healing potio…
- Patch 1.7.33 fixes twenty bugs - 4 April 2025
We still have been mostly fixing bugs and this week’s patch fixes twenty of them. On our discord server we have also started a discussion about the mid-game balance and ideas to make the end game more exciting. Come join us if you have any opinions about those! Bug Fixes: - Potential fix for sigils used to power machines that go missing from after switching levels. - Repairs the smart camera setting. - On PC you should be able to make a new save every 20 seconds. - Small items that have multiple uses no longer stack in order to prevent incorrect consumption during journeys. - Hides the number of spirit guide roots you have from the travel panel as this info is not needed anyway. - If you have automatic face enemies switched off, you no longer keep facing inspirited thickets and similar enemies. - All signets have correct assets when they show up in your hand. - When the game spawns Earw…
- Patch 1.7.32 lets new players leave the temple in Haven again. - 21 March 2025
Just like previous week, our main effort has been fixing the bugs that were reported to our Discord Server. We have mostly caught up with the issues that were easily reproduced. We are especially happy to report that the newly introduced issue that prevented new players from leaving the temple in Haven has been fixed. Our top priority bug right now is an issue that is causing the wrong quests to register as complete at the wrong location and time. Unfortunately this issue has so far proven to be quite elusive. If you encounter it please send in a report! Bug Fixes: - While still onboarding you can leave the temple after you committed to the first quest. - Prevents underground rivers from spawning too high and creating accidental underwater tunnels (cool as they may be). - Taking casts at a forge no longer counts as stealing. - Adds the missing text for serpent gate quests. - Activating…
- Patch 1.7.31 fixes almost 31 bugs! - 14 March 2025
This patch fixes roughly thirty bugs. Some minor, some fairly major. Among the major bugs fixed is one that caused many smaller quests not to resolve correctly. We haven’t had a chance to check all the instances in which this applies, but we hope that this should be largely something of the past now. Many thanks to all the players (special shout out to Crystal Clod!) that have been so diligent in making reports to our discord server. Bug fixes: - Outside the training area you cannot investigate beams of light. - Dealing with a world machine or spirit tree only triggers a quest end when it was the active quest or when you didn’t have an active quest. - Plants and mushrooms are no longer allowed to ‘repurpose’ an area in a settlement. - You are not brandished as a thief for taking items from a monster hoard. - Quests to achieve a diplomatic status with a clan are actively suppressed when…
- Patch 1.7.30 Fixes bugs and removes friction from the training area. - 28 February 2025
Our main efforts this week have been removing friction from the training area, but we also managed to get rid of a few bugs. Many thanks to all the players that reported them so diligently! Gameplay changes: - When creating a new world you are taken to the roster page instead of the gameplay settings page. - Replaces traps in the training area with less lethal variations. - Moves the turret in the training area from the room with the well to the armory. - You cannot disable the turret if you haven’t learned about fortune tests first. - Adds more sparks to the start of the training dungeon. - You can investigate the automatons in the training area to get more information on how to deal with them. - You can investigate the sky source in the training dungeon to learn more about its purpose. - The floaters for parrying and blocking attacks are more prominent. - The number of sparks you have…
- Patch 1.7.29 fixes a dozen of bugs. - 21 February 2025
This patch contains a dozen bug fixes and a few improvements to the training area in Haven. No more, no less. Gameplay Changes: - Adds special idols to the training area that can be used to repeat automatic instructions. - The cave in the training area no longer is completely dark. - The blinking sources in the tutorial area are more obvious. - Adds an alternative, dark way to cross the chasm in the training dungeon. - Replaced the ‘staff of stars’ in the training area with the ‘orb of moonlight’ to distinguish it better from the ‘staff of missiles’. Bug Fixes: - Haven’s supreme trainer explains the inspector mode differently if you are playing with a controller. - Makes the basic fighting instructions less confusion for controllers. - Clarifies the magic training room instructions. - Clarifies ‘the dark cave’ training dungeon instructions. - Potential fix for a null-reference preventin…
- Patch 1.7.27 wraps up the construction of the training area - 29 January 2025
This patch further embellishes the training area in Haven. You can now fight shades in the combat area, and you will need to use magic to make it through the training dungeon. These additions wrap up the construction of the new training area. Although we are still improving and adding extra polish where needed. If you have any feedback we would very much like to hear about it on our Discord server! Gameplay Changes - Adds extra inscriptions and explanations about the Staff to the temple and training area in Haven. - Adds an extra room to the combat training area where you can fight shades. - Adds an extra section to the training dungeon with more traps and magic. - The tutorial button has been removed from the main menu. Bug Fixes - The Treasure Seeker trait does not give you sparks in Haven. - The training area in Haven doesn’t use a random seed (as the old tutorial did).
- Patch 1.7.26 Rebalances Haven's supplies and knowledge points - 22 January 2025
We’ve further expanded the training area this week. It is now very close to being finished. So close that we are starting to phase out the old tutorial. New players are now recommended to use the training area over the tutorial available from the menu. On top of that, we also addressed some balance issues. The rate at which Haven restocks supplies has been diminished a little, and there are new gameplay difficulty settings that allow you fine-tune the available stocks even further. Knowledge points are collected a little slower, and the number of points needed to buy a rumor now depends on the distance of the site to Haven. To compensate you should be able to find more fragmented notes while traveling. Gameplay Changes - Adds messages to explain the auto camera and camera presets when you start a run in the tutorial. - The sparring master directs your attention to the camera. - Expands…
- Patch 1.7.25 adds an extra section to Haven's training area - 15 January 2025
This week we have been working on the training area and onboarding experience. We’ve added, but not quite finished, a new room where you can learn about magic. Outside the Haven’s temple a new Travel Master npc can teach you about traveling. They will also provide you with the necessary travel gear if you are about to set out on the prologue mission. Gameplay Changes - When you enter the game the first time the prompt explaining movement appears. - Adds a travel master outside the temple in Haven. In the first run of the prologue they approach you and give you travel gear. - Adds a warning when you try to journey with unequipped travel gear that could have been equipped. - Starts a new room in Haven’s training area to learn about magic. Bug Fixes - Standing on or behind a teleporter doesn’t trigger the automatic camera change.
- Patch 1.7.24 kicks off the new year with a handful of bug fixes - 8 January 2025
Here is the first patch of the new year! We are getting back into the groove of weekly updates. This week there are only a handful of bug fixes. For next week we plan to keep improving the tutorial area in the Haven. Bug Fixes - Save games automatically recover if the game crashes in the game over screen after you died. - Ropes cannot be duplicated on spots where you can climb down, but cannot climb back up again. - Repairs a missing rumor text (“tiding.triava.kaban”). - The quest to claim a keep is no longer offered when you arrive at a keep. You must commit to such a quest with a clan leader. - When a game is restored lingering quest data is removed more effectively. - The map reflects the possibility of picking up quests at adventure sites more accurately. We wish you all a wonderful and adventure-filled 2025!
- Patch1.7.23 adds a new way to get rumors and brings back character customization - 18 December 2024
On our discord server several players indicated that they enjoyed interacting with the rumor system, and wanted more opportunities to interact with it. For that reason we added a new item ‘fragmented notes’ that you can occasionally find at abandoned campsites. If you have 3 of these notes you can study them to gain a rumor on the road. Even better, most old libraries now offer you an opportunity to study 2 of such notes to get a rumor. We also brought back the option to customize your character’s name and voice in the in-game menu. For the time being this is only really supported by mouse and keyboard. Gameplay Changes: - Adds a new item: Fragmented Notes. If you have 3 of these you can study them to gain a new rumor. - Adds a new type of desk in libraries that you can use to study 2 fragmented notes to gain a new rumor. - Occasionally you can find fragmented notes at old campsites. -…
- Patch 1.7.22 adds a room to the tutorial area to learn about the Empire - 11 December 2024
This week we have been expanding the tutorial area a bit. There are now new opportunities to learn about traveling and the empire. We also fixed a couple of bugs in and outside the tutorial area. For a full overview of the latest changes, please check out our discord server. Gameplay Changes: - Improves the instructions for combat during the tutorial. - Crevices show up in the inspector earlier and communicate their state better. - Changes the instructions and directions the first trainer in haven gives you. - Populates an extra room in the tutorial area where you can learn about the Empire. - Spots where you can spy ahead point in the direction you will be looking. - Wells no longer trigger the automatic camera. Bug Fixes: - Items picked up from chests during the tutorial are also removed when you leave the tutorial area. - Items picked up during the tutorial are not retained after the…
- Patch 1.7.21 further improves the new tutorial area - 4 December 2024
This week we have made some improvements to the new in-game tutorial set-up. Most importantly you will no longer get to keep anything you find in the tutorial, so there is no unintended incentive to play through it every time. In the mean-time we’re still collecting data and feedback to improve the experience for new players further. Gameplay Changes: - Items you pick up in the tutorial are removed when you leave the tutorial area. - Certain chests are always resupplied when you enter the tutorial area in Haven. - When you are in the tutorial area and you get wounded, you are healed instead. Bug Fixes: - If you are close to a wall you can correctly interact with level features on your side of the wall. - If you restore a save game in the tutorial cave area below Haven, the tutorial mode is correctly activated. - The tutorial cave allows you to leave.
- Patch 1.7.20 adds the first version of a new tutorial area to Haven - 27 November 2024
We have started on adding a new tutorial area dug into the bowels of the temple in Haven. We felt that the current tutorial no longer reflects the general philosophy behind the game very well. It actually even might build the wrong expectations. The new tutorial area is far from complete or perfect; it has not yet replaced the old tutorial. But at some point in the future it will! Gameplay Changes - Adds a first version of a new tutorial area accessible from the temple in Haven.
- Patch 1.7.19 Fixes some bugs as we prepare to overhaul the tutorial - 22 November 2024
This week’s patch only fixes a handful of bugs, as we are preparing to do a final overhaul of the tutorial to reflect all the latest changes to the game. Bug Fixes: - Potential fix for strangers and similar groups of accidentally cloning your gear when you finish a quest. - The quest to ‘find a way’ to revive the flame elemental can actually be finished. - Suppresses superfluous ‘learned quest’ messages when you reload a game at a quest location. - You can remove and replace the Staff of Yendor on the Prime Elemental Forge as often as you like without consequences. - When you have placed the Staff of Yendor on the Prime Elemental Forge you cannot leave the area by entering buildings.
- Patch 1.7.18 adds Edge Dungeons to imperial sites that safeguards treasure - 13 November 2024
This week we have been working on new ‘Edge Dungeons’. Small sites in the dark magic realm of ‘The Edge’ that can be accessed from imperial controlled settlements and some imperial camps. This is where the Empire keeps their treasure, and where you might want to go to liberate that treasure. Gameplay Changes: - Changing the population of the imperial capital. - Adds an ‘edge dungeon’ to imperial controlled settlements that allow you to raid them for dark sigils and well-made items. - Adds a smaller ‘edge dungeon’ to camps inside the Empire that also allow you to raid them for some ‘dark’ treasure. Bug Fixes: - Sky Portals are generated more consistently. - New worlds cannot generate a site where there needs to be a Sky Portal and a Scrying Device. - Lingering quest information no longer prevents you from committing to a quest with a clan leader.
- Patch 1.7.17 Adds the missing dark magic effects for shields - 6 November 2024
This week’s patch fixes some bugs and adds the missing dark magic effects for shields. It also rebalances the dark effects for melee weapons. We have also added a ‘pray for help’ cheatcode to get some dark sigils easily if you want to test out this new range of effects. Check out the announcements on our Discord server for more details. Gameplay Changes - Adds a ‘pray’ code to get a couple of dark sigils for testing purposes. - Adds dark magic effects for shields. - ‘Black’ and ‘annihilation’ weapons ignore negative modifiers from rusty, notched, damaged, and wrecked. - Increases the damage dealt by ‘black’ and ‘annihilation’ weapons when the magic weapon itself is damaged. Bug fixes - If the wayfarer dies at a quest location, quest data is properly cleared upon return to Haven. - Fix for one instance of the bug that prevented you talking to fellow wayfarers after finishing a quest.
- Patch 1.7.16 adds more dark magic sigil effects. - 30 October 2024
This week we have added more effects for dark sigils in armors, wands, scepters, rods, and staves. On top of that, we repaired one broken achievement and fixed a critical bug that sometimes prevented people from leaving Haven. Gameplay Changes - Adds dark magic effects for light armors. - Adds dark magic effects for heavy armors. - Adds dark magic effects for wands. - Adds dark magic effects for scepters. - Adds dark magic effects for staves. - Adds dark magic effects for rods. Bug Fixes - The game does not freeze when it tries to end a quest for which no info can be found. - The game does not offer to finish a quest when it cannot find the quest’s info. - Repairs the Grit achievement.
