Today we wanted to give you a preview of our next content update, which we plan on pushing out within the next week. This update will also hit the beta branch first very soon so if you want to help us test and find bugs, you can opt into the beta branch.
Here's a look at what's coming.
New Ship Type
A lot of you have been asking for more ships and so this in this update we are including a new larger ship type for you to craft and discover. This update will include three color variations of the new ship with different rarities and speed. The new vessel is much bigger than the current Wave Skipper and includes a large interior deck for you to decorate and store your treasure. We have replaced some placeholder ships with the model, so if one of your ships looks different in the next update, you'll know why. We've included a pop up tutorial to show you how to easily gather all your decorations so you can set up your new ship as seamlessly as possible.
Of course there are more ships to come but we wanted to go ahead and get at least one new type out for you in this update.
New Questline
This update will also feature a brand new questline featuring a unique skeleton character named "Mr. Bones" and will eventually take you to Davy Jones Locker, a scary and atmospheric dungeon with a unique boss fight and loot. You may even be able to get a hook for a weapon. This dungeon will also be repeatable so you can farm for better gear as you level up.
New Points of Interest
In addition to the new areas featured as part of the questline, we've also added more points of interest to the marshland island type introduced in the last update. This means more caves and ruins for you to discover, as well as some new puzzles.
Balancing Changes, Quest Changes, and Bug Fixes
This patch will also feature a slew of balancing changes and bug fixes. We are constantly monitoring your feedback and adjusting spawn chances, recipe costs, and other things that affect the balance and progression of the game. In this update we've also made it to where you can turn in some side quests at a mailbox, instead of being required to go back to the quest giver. Previously you could only turn in quests found at a commission board to mailboxes. We've now extended this to most quests you get from lone NPCs found in the world. Note this does not apply to guild quests or longer questlines but it should prevent you from having to backtrack a long way for single delivery type quests.
Future Plans
After this update our plan is start working on additional map features. We know you really want the ability to mark more information on your maps and so that's top priority for us. As soon as this update is live we'll be switching gears to focus on adding new map features.
Thanks for reading and expect this update out soon!