Steam Patch #3 — October 8th, 2026

Playtest Updates

Bugs & Fixes

• Improved save/load reliability, including Guild data restoration, backups and recovery.

• Fixed Guild Journal history carrying between saves.

• Fixed duplicate Hero Record Origin and regional service entries.

• Added confirmation before overwriting or deleting saves.

• Improved save status, failure feedback and Autosave handling.

• Fixed “Report Ready” flickering with hero level text.

• Fixed Training Points displaying incorrectly for lower-level heroes.

• Corrected region unlock messages and World Map contract descriptions.

• Corrected Faction Trust and Tension tooltips.

• Added thousands separators to Gold, Renown, XP and other values.

• Improved Expedition Planner tooltip performance and removed duplicate Healthy status text.

Playtest Feedback Updates

• Fixed overlapping text in Recruit Inspect.

• Improved menu and tutorial layering to prevent overlap.

• Added confirmation before dismissing heroes.

• Expedition progress tooltips now show time remaining.

• Improved Rank 0 pacing:

  • Greenvale introductory story expeditions capped at 90 seconds.

  • Quest Board refresh reduced to 5 minutes.

  • Tavern recruit refresh reduced to 10 minutes.

  • Normal timings return at Rank 1.

• Expedition debriefs now include story outcomes, with an updated panel layout and clearer injury information.

• Quest outcomes are now recorded in the Guild Journal.

• Added Autosave notifications in the Journal and a timed popup when:

  • An Expedition completes.

  • Guild Notification rewards are accepted.

  • A hero falls in combat.

• Removed unnecessary item-hover tooltips from several menus, with further cleanup planned.

• Guild Chest storage is unlimited.

As always please leave playtest feedback so I can improve the game for all and happy playing!