A new area occasionally shows up in the forest. Depending on the number of players playing there will be one or more wild boars walking around. You have to chase them down, or hurt them from the distance to tame them. Once tamed, you can mount and ride them which gives you +2 speed.
While you are riding, all the damage taken is split between you and the animal. The boars eat all the food, which heals them. If you get the Hunger curse, you can remove it with the Dragonfire Potion, drink a Beer, eat a Mushroom, or find a way to get off the boar. For example, if a Goblin Shaman drops a meteor on you or someone stomps a Voodoo Doll you're marked with.
If your boar dies, you can use the Life Staff to revive him.
Changes made to the game code allow for more mount animal types in the future. I have some plans for a horse and maybe some bigger animals like elephants or even a dragon... still not sure how would that work with tight spaces in some rooms - maybe on levels 4+ there should be more open space for that.
The new version 1.6.5 also includes:
- fix for Fireball staff burning damage
- short pop animation for item descriptions
- bigger map shown when the game is paused
Have fun playing!