Now that the presence of the Empire impedes travel, extra ways of getting past this barrier created the need to change the way the Serpent Gates and related magic works. Now they can be used as a somewhat inaccurate method to quickly travel to a destination a couple of map nodes away.
Go talk to the Serpent Guard in Haven if you want to learn more about it. Or check out the list of gameplay changes below!
Gameplay Changes
- The Serpent Gates lead to a linear Spirit World location connecting the gate to one other location.
- Serpent Gates now have a dial that can be used to control the direction of the path behind the gate.
- When a dial is set correctly it will light up to indicate the path connects to another, functional Serpent Gate.
- Serpent Spheres also create paths through the Spirit World and can be used to travel to other locations.
- The direction of the path created by a Serpent Sphere is controlled by the direction you throw the sphere in.
- Serpent Spheres have been added to the list of items that automatically appear in the Vault over time.
- A Staff of Serpent’s Call also adheres to the new Serpent Gate mechanics.
- Expands the Serpent Guard dialog in Haven to reflect the new Serpent Gate mechanics.
Bug Fixes
- Fixes an instance of the Bath House where the giants were missing.
- Improves a few generation rules to move trees into places where they don’t block the view of the level as much.
- ‘Level story’ challenge texts popup more consistently.
- Changed the fleder nest encounter so that the fleders actually can be defeated.