Version 1.3 Update Notes - Major Content Update

New Content and Features

• A new leader character, unlockable through using a certain item in a specific place in new games.

• Salvageable objects are now scattered around maps, followers can be assigned to break these down over time and claim different resources from them.

• ”Aether Mine” buildable and upgrade added to Forgemaster

• ”Chapel Barracks” building added to Sage, allows the assignment of Paladins

• Sage upgrade "Take up arms!" replaced with new upgrade, “Advanced Tactics”

• Tips added to loading screen

• Improved and expandable minimap, points of interest will now remain marked on your map once you’ve seen them once, even if they’re out of view.

• Added severe weather: Thunderstorms and Blizzards

• Added Command that can designate rocks for destruction to clear space

• Added Command that cancels all Excavation work

• Item Catalog added to Codex menu

  • Displays all previously collected items, their descriptions, and additional info

• Manually destroying unfinished buildings now refunds the building resources

• New Items added

• New Enemy Gear added

• Idol offering rewards added and modified

• Rare Follower Traits added

• Map type can now be manually selected from the new game menu

• Guide tab added to Info Log

  • This Guide will give you suggested actions for the first few in game days.

• Reworked Hard Mode,

  • Removed faster threat scaling

  • Added new enemy abilities

• Key rebinding added to options menu

• 4K display support(Untested)

Gameplay

• Sage charged attack will now auto fire when fully charged.

• Digging speed for haulable objects now scales based on its weight.

• Gather rate slowed for Harvesters and Auto-Harvesters

• Gatherers now move slower when carrying Materials

• Build speed slowed for most buildings

• Selecting a unit will now clear the ‘Panic’ effect

• Combat followers idle or assigned to a rally point will now much more effectively share their targets, this should stop units from charging out into groups of enemies on their own

• Combat followers idle or assigned to a rally point now have hard limit to how far they’ll go chasing a target before coming back.

• Selecting or calling a unit will now cancel fleeing behavior

• Units will now prioritize targets near the center of an attack order when its issued, ignoring enemies closer to them.

• Excavators will now automatically collect nearby haulable objects around the area they were assigned, this is marked with a flag.

• Healers will no longer wander far from their idle/rally point chasing heal targets

• Unit spawn speed for Forge buildings slowed significantly

• Aether costs for building upgrades raised

• Aether Spikes can no longer be repaired in combat unless ‘Aether Overcharge’ is active

• HP of upgraded Iron Troops increased significantly

• HP of upgraded Clay Soldiers increased

• Skirm Hound enemy attack animation slowed

• Skirm Hound enemy direct damage lowered

• Skirm Hound enemy will be stunned and slowed if they take damage while attacking

• Skirm Hound enemy can now only use 1 Firebomb per unit on Normal, down from 2

• Golems can now be repaired by Settlers and Gearchanters when out of combat

• Skeleton Archer’s arrows are now slightly less accurate

• Lowered chance of weather specific enemies spawning at low threat levels

• Map generation tuned to provide a more consistently stable starting point

• ’Lifeglass Cross’ item changed from consumable item to cooldown based item, existing versions of this item in save files will remain consumables.

• Added building cap to walls and gates

• When pathing to buildings followers will now check the closest side first, this should prevent cases where followers run outside the walls to repair them

• Item drop rate lowered for many basic enemies

• Idol dormant period removed

• Addon buildings now lose their functionality when disconnected from their corresponding building

• Shade spawn patterns improved

Graphics

• Skeleton walk animation updated

• Aether Spikes no longer emit smoke when damaged

• Shield buff visuals tweaked

• Snow map background altered for visibility

• Optimized ‘Adv Shadows’ Setting

• Certain animations now scale with speed/slow effects

• Resolution option added for game scaling with 4k displays (Untested)

• Resolution can now be manually changed in fullscreen mode, however this is not recommended for most users

• Particle density for smaller objects lowered, should help visibility and performance when many objects are on the field

• Improved consistency of weather effects while moving

• Added new title screens

• Other improvements

UI

• Changed icon displayed over Harvest marker

• Harvestable materials are now highlighted when placing a Harvest marker or Material collection building

• When selecting the location for an addon building the nearest building it can be connected to is now outlined

• All Status Effects now display icons

• Status effect icons are now colored based on whether they are positive or negative, and whether they are applied to allies or enemies.

• Added informational text when the mouse is hovering over an assignable object

• Items are now color coded based on rarity

• Gate rotate key changed to ‘V’ by default.

• All units that can not change jobs will now display a lock icon next to their job on the Follower Info menu

• Added a limited Options menu to pause screen, full options menu must be accessed from the title screen

• Other general improvements

Bugs

• Fixed ‘Jittering’ of some in-field UI elements

• Fixed several in-field UI elements being rendered incorrectly at night, improves visibility of some UI elements at night.

• General Optimizations

• Fixed issue where assignment reticle would not disappear when hovering over non-assignable buildings

• Fixed issue where Monster Den guards weren’t being loaded properly causing excess spawning when loading a game

• Fixed building job assignment bar showing when units following can not change jobs

• Fixed several buggy menu interactions when objects were selected for use

• Fixed issue where Skirm Hound enemy attack animation would complete instantly

• Fixed building outlines showing while a building destruction animation played

• Fixed incorrect text displaying if the the crystal was destroyed in certain events

• Fixed several objects generating outside map boundaries

• Fixed issue where boss enemies could become stuck

• Fixed Bishops assigning themselves to the wrong building if their home building is destroyed

• Fixed other minor issues