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Hello hunters!
What changed
- Compatibility
- Performance
Rotwood changes
Today we are opening up the Hunter's Path Beta to a wider audience!
For the past couple of weeks, our Discord community has been quietly testing our upcoming patch, reporting crashes, bugs, and giving feedback to help us prepare the content for a wider release. Thank you to everyone who has participated so far! A lot has changed about the game in the past 5 months, so if you're interested in being part of the final phase of testing the content (or even just getting an early peek at what's coming out soon) check out the beta!
| New Minibosses and HuntsAdded 9 new minibosses to the game, for a total of 16 minibossesAdded "miniboss hunts" for each miniboss in the gameHunter's Path challenges have been added to each huntHunter's PathThe Heartstone system has been replaced with a new "Hunter's Path" talent systemEarn Heart Shards by doing the Hunter's Path challenges in each huntHeart Shards can be spent to create talent builds that increase your hunter's powerUnlock new talents by collecting Heartstones from Boss RotsFrenzy System ChangesThe idea of frenzy 1 - 3 is gone, being simply replaced with "Frenzy"Miniboss Hunts with Anomalies are always frenzied, with increasing difficulty as you progress through the storyBoss Hunts become permanently frenzied after the final Boss Rot has been defeatedSuper Frenzy is unlocked after completing a boss hunt's frenzy modeAnomaly System ChangesMultiple anomalies can be active at the same timeAnomalies will only be active on miniboss hunts, boss hunts cannot have anomaliesAdditional Heart Shards can be earned by doing Anomalied huntsMarket Room ChangesEach Boss Hunt (and it's related Miniboss Hunts) now sell specific sets of armour and weapons that will only appear within those locationsRelationship SystemYou can now give gifts to the villagers in your town to increase your relationship level with them & get various benefitsAccess the relationship screen through your Diary, located near the ChestCharacter Selection & Creation FlowFaster creation of characters, and allows multiple characters to be created or selected at the same timeFull character creator still accessible in townMannequin ChangesThe mannequin is now used to access the new Loadout systemLoadouts save equipment, gem and talent selectionsYour loadouts can be accessed from any mannequinEquipment Screen ImprovementsYou can now upgrade & equip armour and weapons from the same stationNew Character Customization OptionsAdded new customization options to the Ogre species (now called the Neander species), allowing creation of a character that looks human.MiscQOL changes throughout the UI and TownAdded many new random events |
How to play
Close Rotwood if it is running.
In Steam, click on Library > Games.
Scroll down to Rotwood.
Right click, select Properties.
Go to the Betas tab.
In the dropdown, select the 'publicbeta'branch. (You may need to restart Steam to see this branch)
In that same properties window, go to the Installed Files tab.
Click Verify integrity of game files.
Your game will now be updated to the beta branch.
Save files The beta branch uses a completely separate save file, due to its experimental nature.
The beta branch is to gather feedback and ensure stability before release to the live game. If you were to copy over your existing savefile, it would work, but it is strongly recommended to store a backup of your save file if you did so. We are not treating this branch as a live branch, so we will not be taking extra precautions to support moving your save file back to the live branch.
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