Update 0.2

Mighty Heroes, fearsome Lurg Slayers, and greedy Pillagers!

The time has come and update 0.2 is finally here. It took us a bit longer than expected to finish, and we apologize for the delay. However, we believe this update will significantly improve your gameplay experience.

Update 0.2 introduces changes across multiple aspects of the game, so let’s take a look at the most notable ones. You can find the full changelog below.

File size reduction

We’ve managed to reduce the total file size to approximately 100 GB. Please note that this is an ongoing effort, and further reductions are expected in future updates.

We successfully transitioned to a new foliage pipeline, enabling faster rendering, more detailed trees, lower VRAM requirements, and significantly smaller asset sizes. Some trees that previously occupied up to 1 GB now take only around 20 MB - up to 50× smaller.

So far, we’ve converted approximately one-third of all foliage. The remaining assets will be updated in version 0.3.

General performance improvements

We implemented a shader recompilation process that reduces stuttering, especially on lower-end PCs. Performance optimization across all settings is still ongoing and will continue in future updates.

We also fixed many critical errors and crashes (e.g., during elite enemy encounters), resulting in a noticeably smoother gameplay experience. While there’s still work to be done, you should already feel a significant improvement.

A plethora of new content

Your journey will now be enriched with a wide range of new adventures. We’ve added 15 new crises - some designed to improve onboarding, others to challenge your time management. You can also encounter new high-risk (and high-reward!) random events.

Good news as well: many bugs in quests and game logic have been fixed. Now, the only thing standing between you and the final boss of the Early Access legendary quest is your courage.

Full changelog

Gameplay

Combat & Movement

• Parry no longer costs stamina

• Hits against weapon-guarding enemies now deal damage (previously this mechanic only applied to the player)

• Fixed technique damage multiplier persisting after a forced interruption (caused one-shotting enemies after a failed technique)

• AdjustedOverburden now only limits mobilityslower sprint, shorter dodge distance, increased stamina consumption

• Fixed death after teleporting to fireplace while falling off the map

• Fixed camera reset after death

• Fixed camera issues after destroying Lurg eggs

• Fixed interaction cancellation after death

• Fixed controls not working after player revival

• Polished analog stick movement (erratic behavior in menus)

• Fixed stamina regeneration during player death (no longer regenerates)

• Fixed Second Wind effect only triggering in combat

• Fixed crash when fighting elite characters

• Fixed occasional crash on death in rift

Balancing

• Balancing of selected weapon stats

• Tuned Prasohlav boss fight and added a gate to his arena

• Fate Points (golden upgrade points) have been fully disconnected — removed as both rewards and mastery upgrade requirements. They will return once the relevant game systems are better prepared.

• Warpath effect reduced from +5 to +2 bonus damage per killed elite enemy

• Tougher enemies received dedicated loot tables with guaranteed better drops

• Rebalanced loot and chest loot tables — some crafting components are now easier and more reliable to obtain (e.g. Fomor bile)

• Temporarily removed Tier 3 and 4 weapons and armor (blue and gold) from crafting menu until a recipe unlock system is implemented — if you want the best gear, you'll have to fight for it

• Temporarily removed high tier crafting gear from blacksmiths (will return under new mechanics)

• Doubled vendor stock and available funds for all vendors (blacksmith, druid, merchant)

• Enabled merchants