Hey Hellforgers! ⚔️
Steam Next Fest is close, and we're bringing a new hero along. This devlog covers Yllarion, the hunter joining the roster, plus two things that changed since the last update: every icon in the game is now hand-crafted, and the lore books are about to get a bigger role.
New Playable Hero: Yllarion, the Arrok Hunter
Yllarion is an Arrok hunter. His people have lived along the edge of the Forsaken Reach for generations - a wasteland full of old ruins and wildlife that would happily eat you. He wasn't part of the original expedition. Thoren and Mortenzia came down here without him. Yllarion found them later, after noticing strange activity across the Reach and starting to suspect it had something to do with their trips beneath the ruins. So he made them an offer: he knows the lands around the Undercrypt better than anyone, and he'll share what he knows in exchange for a cut of whatever they bring back up. Seems fair. We'll see how long it stays that way.
Broadhead Shot & Rapid Fire
Broadhead Shot is Yllarion's main attack. It fires a fast arrow that goes straight through enemies in a line and deals Physical damage, so it pays to let them stack up in front of you. Rapid Fire is his Overcharge, and it turns Broadhead Shot up for a few seconds. He fires much faster, and every arrow gets a chance to ricochet and pierce more enemies. In a packed corridor, that's a lot of arrows bouncing around.
Hunter's Snare
His new ability drops a persistent trap at his feet. When an enemy triggers it, the snare deals Physical damage and stuns everything within three meters. Drop it, then kite the horde back over it. Yllarion is playable in the Hellforged Demo during Steam Next Fest this October.
We're getting rid of the AI placeholders
In patch 0.1.20 we started swapping our icons for hand-drawn ones, beginning with equipment, relics and collectibles. The rest are done now. Every icon that was previously AI-generated has been redrawn by hand, which means Hellforged no longer contains any AI-generated content.
New Lore Books
If you've been killing elites lately, you may have already found a few journal books. Grab them during a run and you can read them back at camp. Each one fills in a little more about the world and what happened down here.
For now they're a small side thing. That will change. In future updates the books will play a bigger part and tie more closely into exploring the game's maps.
Tell us what you think of Yllarion in the comments or on our Discord. And if Hellforged isn't on your wishlist yet, now's a good time.
We are planning to release the updated Next Fest demo a little ahead of the festival, giving you an early chance to try the new content. Stay tuned!
We'll see you in Hell.
The MoonPyre & Grindstone Teams
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