Hey,
The holidays🎄 have arrived in Driftland, and we've got a fresh batch of goodies to keep you warm (and slightly chaotic) through the season. Get ready for festive vibes, new items, and plenty of surprises that will only stick around until January 10, 2025. Let's dive into what's new!
🎄 Event Features (Limited Time Only!)
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❄️ Build Your Own Christmas Tree — Add a touch of holiday magic to your island by placing and decorating your very own Christmas tree. It's a seasonal special, so don't miss your chance to bring some festive charm to Driftland.
❄️ Monsters in Santa Hats — Some sneaky creatures managed to "borrow" Santa's hats. Keep an eye out for them — they might be up to something!
❄️ New Consumable: Candy Cane — Sweet, crunchy, and unexpectedly useful. Candy Cane restores +300 HP for Tru and Ragna. It's only available during the event, and it drops from certain enemies. Get 'em while you can!
🎉 New Content
- New Side Quest "Thunder in Paradise"
- New crafting Item: Electric Gel — it drops from electric type enemies after you finish "Thunder in Paradise" sidequest.
- New Chests with pickups on 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Islands.
⚔️ Gameplay Improvements
- Crossbow UI Hints Improved
- Contextual hints for the crossbow added. They explain how to aim and shoot,
- Added bolts counter to the UI.
- Crossbow slot now shows what bolts are equipped.
- Enemy Drop System Improved
- Enemies and animals now have a proper pickup animation for drops.
- Higher-level enemies have a greater chance of dropping rare items.
- BigFelf's Acid Attack Buff — BigFelf’s acid attack now inflicts an additional +5 acid damage for 3 seconds. Watch your step!
🏝️ Environment & Visuals
- 4th Island ruins update — Visual enhancements to the ruins’ landscape. We’ve added stones and closed up some awkward gaps.
- Island Adjustments — 4th Island got some extra love. We’ve refined the layout of spawners and hidden those "what's-that-hole-doing-there" gaps. It’s a cleaner, more polished experience.
🛠️ Fixes & Tweaks
- Resource Drop Adjustments — Picking up Acid pickup flowers in caves is now easier.
- Improved Item Pickup — Grabbing items on Mushroom Island has been refined for smoother collection.
- Fixed Iron Mine Placement — An issue reported by the community where an Iron Mine on Mushroom Island couldn’t be built due to a collision with a Mana Well has been resolved.
- Coral Respawn Timer — Coral now respawns every 24 minutes as intended.
- Fixed Trigger Issue — The trigger will now correctly disappear after retrieving the navigation stone.
- Enemy Reaction Time — Enemies at spawners sometimes took a little too long to notice you. They’re more alert now — you’ve been warned.
- Fixed Enemy Response to Perfect Block — Enemies no longer react when you perform a perfect block on their projectile attacks.
- Mana Well Interaction Fix — If you’ve unlocked a distillery but didn’t build it, you’ll no longer be blocked from collecting mana from a Mana Well.
- Improved AI at Spawners — Enemy spawners on the 4th island have been tweaked for better alignment with the landscape, walls, and stones.
- Ship’s Storm Effect for Player 2 — The storm effect will now properly trigger for Player 2 on the ship.
- and many more minor fixes and tweaks
Check out the highlight reel showcasing the key features and fresh content introduced with the 4th island update! 📺✨
That’s it for this update! Dive in, grab your Candy Cane, and deck the islands with Christmas trees. But remember — all event content vanishes after January 10, 2025.
Have a fantastic holiday season, and see you in Driftland!
be a rebel! ✊ Star Drifters team⭐️🚀