Hey everyone,
Patch 1.5.0 is coming and this post is gonna outline some of the stuff I've been working on, but not all of it. With that lets see what's coming!
Biomes
The Valley is getting an expanded range of vegetation. From the large pine trees, to the wetlands next to the river or the tropical beach side towns.
While the above only shows 3 biomes there will be a total of 6 from; the standard forest biome you all know, pine forests, meadows with lots of flowers and few trees, a swamp, birch forests and tropical seaside's.
With this will also come changes to animal spawns and I'm looking at adding foliage that will spawn food like berries and more.
It should also be said, this change affects the entire map and not just the updated north west of the map.
POIs
The north west of the is going to filled with new locations including a large hotel, a large abandoned police station and others not mentioned. Each of these will come with their own puzzles for you to figure out and get unique loot from these locations. As well, there will be plenty of other smaller POIs, new towns and more.
Upgraded Random World Events
World events are getting changed to the point where most will spawn dynamically as you're playing the game. The only undecided factor is if this is communicated to the player via in game notification or should this only be allowed if you have a special item. For example, be hearing out for the sound of a crash of a military helicopter and more.
Events like the contaminated tents will not spawn dynamically and only at start up.
Upgraded Friendly Scavenger Camps
At the moment, scavenger camps are boring and pointless. With this update this will change. Expect to see new and expanded scavenger camps that act as smaller safe zones with vendors, survivors and a quest giver that will get added with this patch.
And More
From new buildable objects, to new items, inventory improvements, UI improvements, QOL changes and all the usual bug fixes. I'm really looking forward to the community getting their hands on this update and experiencing a renewed Valley that prepares you for the upcoming major patches!
Zurvivor