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Steam News11 April 20264mo ago

Ancient Kingdoms v0.9.13.0 - Shifting Paths

A new update is now live! This patch brings a major round of class adjustments, new veteran skills, and improvements across combat, professions, and the world of Eratiath.

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What changed

2 fixes7 additions2 changes1 removal
  • Gameplay
  • Balance
  • UI and audio
addedA new update is now live! This patch brings a major round of class adjustments, new veteran skills, and improvements across combat, professions, and the world of Eratiath.
added⚔️ Class & CombatRogue • New Veteran Skill: Lockpicking
added⚔️ Class & CombatWarrior • Fearless Stance duration and cooldown increased to 5 minutes • Can now be manually removed by pressing the skill key
added⚔️ Class & CombatCleric • New Veteran Skill: Blessing of the Zealot • Divine Shield is now a base skill • Fortitude moved to Tier 1 • Aegolism now overwrites Divine Shield • Superior Healing max level increased to 5 • Divine Intervention is now an Ultimate Skill • Cleanse is now Veteran Tier 1 • Removed Innate Strength
removed⚔️ Class & CombatDruid • Poison Spray is now an Ultimate Skill • Purify is now Veteran Tier 1 • Reduced mana cost for Poison Spray • Removed Innate Strength
fixed⚔️ Class & CombatWizard • New Veteran Skill: Arcane Familiar • Reduced damage of Arcane Blast, Cone of Cold, and Dragon's Breath • Fixed Arcane Edge

Ancient Kingdoms changes

addedA new update is now live! This patch brings a major round of class adjustments, new veteran skills, and improvements across combat, professions, and the world of Eratiath.
addedRogue • New Veteran Skill: Lockpicking
addedWarrior • Fearless Stance duration and cooldown increased to 5 minutes • Can now be manually removed by pressing the skill key
addedCleric • New Veteran Skill: Blessing of the Zealot • Divine Shield is now a base skill • Fortitude moved to Tier 1 • Aegolism now overwrites Divine Shield • Superior Healing max level increased to 5 • Divine Intervention is now an Ultimate Skill • Cleanse is now Veteran Tier 1 • Removed Innate Strength
removedDruid • Poison Spray is now an Ultimate Skill • Purify is now Veteran Tier 1 • Reduced mana cost for Poison Spray • Removed Innate Strength

A new update is now live! This patch brings a major round of class adjustments, new veteran skills, and improvements across combat, professions, and the world of Eratiath.

⚠️ Important

Clerics and Druids may need to reset their skills due to recent changes (this can be done in the Elven Village).

⚔️ Class & Combat

Rogue • New Veteran Skill: Lockpicking

Warrior • Fearless Stance duration and cooldown increased to 5 minutes • Can now be manually removed by pressing the skill key

Cleric • New Veteran Skill: Blessing of the Zealot • Divine Shield is now a base skill • Fortitude moved to Tier 1 • Aegolism now overwrites Divine Shield • Superior Healing max level increased to 5 • Divine Intervention is now an Ultimate Skill • Cleanse is now Veteran Tier 1 • Removed Innate Strength

Druid • Poison Spray is now an Ultimate Skill • Purify is now Veteran Tier 1 • Reduced mana cost for Poison Spray • Removed Innate Strength

Wizard • New Veteran Skill: Arcane Familiar • Reduced damage of Arcane Blast, Cone of Cold, and Dragon's Breath • Fixed Arcane Edge

General • New Veteran Skill: Blight Ward • Added 0.5s delay between monster attacks • Improved hitboxes for frontal skills • Increased cast range for some AoE skills

🧠 Gameplay

  • Fatecharms are only consumed if they are in the main inventory • Fixed issues with summoned mercenaries • Slightly reduced pet window size and removed level icon

🌍 World

  • Removed Sage Renewal for Winterforge and World Bosses • Reduced respawn time for King Thrym, Hrimsorr, and World Bosses • Increased number of animals for hunting • Added more mineral nodes across Eratiath • Increased chance to obtain Radiant Sparks • Reduced spawn time for Heartflame • Reduced requirements for some Adventurer's Guild quests • You can now buy Adventurer's Guild runes using essences

🍖 Professions & Items

  • Reduced cooking and alchemy processing time • Adjusted success chances for cooking, alchemy, and herbalism • Updated stats for most foods • Reduced fear resistance from Dreadveil Ward Charm

🎨 UI

  • Added new icons for some skills

Thanks for playing Ancient Kingdoms ❤️

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Steam News / 11 April 2026

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