Progression Update 1: New players can now earn XP from the Training Mode until they reach Level 5. Training Mode will not grant XP once you are level 5 or higher. This will help new players feel more rewarded while learning / practicing as they prepare for their first Easy Mode dungeons.
Progression Update 2: Story quest XP has been reduced as a requirement for the addition of new story quests on the rise. However, the introduction story quest XP has been increased, which will bring players to level 2 prior to their first dungeon to make the story intro feel more rewarding for completing it.
Training Mode Evidence Messages last 45 seconds up from 15 seconds to give new players ample time to see the popup before it disappears.
New Dungeon Design:
New players are no longer required to complete training mode to move into the open world as a condition of the new Open World update coming soon, but players will still need to complete the Story "Page 3" Quest in order to start research and unlock difficulties / crafting stations.
Each Dungeon now has a training mode option, so that new and current players can turn on training in any dungeon they want! This greatly increases the freedom of the player and provides easier access to learning / practicing hunts on training mode rather than having to run all the way back to the train station to do so.
The story quest “Investigate the Train Station” which is part 3 of the story, has been changed to “Complete your First Dungeon”. This means that until players finish this story quest, their Dungeon Objectives will always default to the 4 “Training” objectives that was initially part of the Training Dungeon. The objectives can now be achieved on any difficulty in any dungeon, but they must be completed in order to progress forward and unlock research. This further increases the freedom of players while keeping core progression tied to the story.
The Train Station is no longer just a “Training Dungeon” it now counts as a 7th Dungeon. However, only Training and Easy mode are currently available. Normal and Hard mode will be added with new research as well in a future update.
Updated Research Site location look/feel as part of the new Open World Update coming.
Updated the Astral Shrines look/feel as part of the new Open World Update coming.
Removed Research Level Bar as there will be a new bar coming soon with the Open World update.
FIXES
Fixed a leveling exploit.
Fixed an issue where running into a dungeon as a cat was causing stamina to infinitely decrease.
Fixed a discrepancy with crafting Bio Fusion where the lighter fluid icon was incorrect.
Fixed a few environmental imperfections.
Fixed a few grammatical issues.
Thanks again to everyone who has supported and played / is still playing the game. All your feedback and help with bug reporting has been invaluable!