8.1 - Terrain Change & Squashing Bugs

The post I made yesterday did not anticipate the discovery of new bugs, so here we are. This post will serve as the 8.1.X.X patch notes update thread and will be edited/updated with new info rather than having additional posts for every X increment.

I am currently investigating the ability to return to the east side of the map when doing so is supposed to be locked behind main story progression. This may require rapid fire patches to test for a fix, if the problem can even be discovered in the testing environment which as of right now it could not due to the world map update.

8.1.0.0 Details - Adjusted the terrain of the world map, bringing an island location into view. - Added new lighthouse location near Auria with new gear forge exclusive to the zone. - Added new lighthouse location southeast of Sha'ri. - Added new Abandoned Farm zone between Ruins of Agartha and Sha'ri Desert, south of where The Heap used to be. - Adjusted terrain of Den An'ura in preparation of enabling the rear entrance from Mountainside. Access TBA. - Added unfinished Dock location to Shoreline with boat visible from the world map and inaccessible on Shoreline. Access TBA. - Mechs now block access to Castalia instead of trees. - Visible units in Scarlet Cavern should now despawn if the player finds their way back to this location before the Veil2Exit trigger. - The exit tile of the Zodiac Overwatch no longer offers players the ability to return to Zone 1. - Other problems may still exist from a lingering ability for the player to navigate back toward the east side of the map before they are intended to. This issue is actively being monitored - please submit any details you have if you come across the problem.

8.1.0.1 Details - Dialogue with Jack in Scarlet Cavern adjusted to include a tutorial about Electric Power, explaining its effective usage and directing players to understand the meaning of Electric Alignment. - Adjusted the tooltip of Lightning Rage to reflect sacrificing electric power.

8.1.0.2 Details - Adjusted the dialogue of the repeatable Rabbit's Foot vendor "Hunter". Changed his name to "Rabbit's Foot Quartermaster". Added a special shop to his dialogue options. A new pet is available in exchange for Hunter Tokens at this location! - Removed some unusable images from the game files. - Removed the 7.1.0.4 build from Steam. - Removed the 7.2.0.0 build from Steam. - Removed the crossofauria8 and crossofauria9 branches from Steam. - Disabled the testingrounds development branch - all of these updates will be tested in the live environment and accessible to everyone.

8.1.0.3 Details - Rabbit's Foot Quartermaster now sells a Small EXP Token in exchange for 1 Hunter Token until the Sheep's Clothing Crystal is purchased. - Hunter in Phoenix Ash now named "Phoenix Ash Quartermaster", who now also sells Small EXP Tokens in exchange for 1 Hunter Token starting on Day 2. - Adjusted the price of the Phoenix Feather from the Phoenix Ash Quartermaster. - Adjusted terrain of Ruins of Agartha, preparing access to the eastern location "Battle Tower". (Access TBA) - Gearcrafting Items now have a Battle Tower Coin purchase price. - Removed the 8.1.0.1 & 8.1.0.2 backups from Steam.

8.1.0.4 Details - - Minor terrain change to Colosseum. - Added background data for the third Colosseum event. Release TBA. - Colosseum Warden functionality offloaded to nearby terminals to support third rift exchange. - Scarlet Fire location renamed accordingly. - Changed icon identifier for Elite and Boss states - In addition to the standing +5% to stats and +5% action times, Elite flagged mobs now have a 10% resist to Blind, Silence, Confu, Sleep, Disable, Poison, Burn, Bleed, Petrify, Fascin., Stun, Sap, and Fear. - Some enemies in Rift An'ura and Scarlet Fire have inherited the Elite state. - In doing away with the "Rift" EXP classification, Colosseum event normal enemies have their exp gains drastically increased (~3-4x) - Added Steam guide for obtaining Soulsnatch View on Steam

DELAY ANNOUNCEMENT (4/15/26) - I got held up with an electrical and plumbing issue that required multiple days of attention and I just haven't had the time to push out 8.1.0.5 yet. At this point, Electric Power has a clear introduction from Jack. Psychic and Sacrificed info still TBA.

8.1.0.5 Details - Will be added here when there is an update. See the game version from the Info tab on the title screen. No new Steam threads will alert you to the next build being deployed.

Pre 9.0 Goals - Clearly explain to players the benefit of Electric Power, Psychic Power, and Sacrificed Power. - Add discoverable sidequests to multiple locations, not entangled with the main story or orc war campaigns. - Address difficulty spike when embarking on the main story's finale. As these are completed, they will be removed and added to the relevant patch section.

9.0.X.X Goals - Open Terra Anatis, location near Auria. - Open Sha'ri, southeast kingdom. - Enable travel to the east islands.

To report bugs quickly, please join me on Discord @https://discord.gg/EUpZrrnuda. This server is used for other things, but I've added a temporary Cross of Auria section to the bottom. I don't always see the Steam posts right away, but I check into Discord constantly.

Will update this post with more stuff soon, stay tuned. Expected completion of the 8.1.X.X bug fixing & adjustment series: 4/12/2026 (next Sunday)