The wind howls, and there are strange whispers in the dark. The sound of soft footsteps come from empty, long forsaken rooms. Around a crackling fire, the elders tell stories of old – stories of hags and warlocks, wicked tricksters and evil spirits. Halloween is here, and the spooky season comes to Ellaria too!
It’s been some time since our last update; we’ve been hard at work developing new content for the game, and we’re really excited to share with you some details about the next update of Legends of Ellaria. This will be one of the biggest updates in a long long time, so buckle up to check what’s coming to your kingdom!
New locations to explore
Ellaria will be even bigger with new maps and locations to explore, with miles of terrain full of new dangers – and rewards for those brave enough to face these challenges. A multitude of new dungeons, caves, camps and villages will be added to the world map. Each new map is 2 in-game miles wide – about 8 times bigger than they were before, and with more things to do than ever!
New quests and events
We hope you have not stashed your weapon of choice too far if you felt at some point you were running out of adventures, we’re adding more than one hundred quests and events for you to experience, as well as new items to search! These quests may not only help you to level up your character, but also to affect your kingdom as a whole.
A new kingdom…
In the last months we’ve discussed how kingdom management was shaping up – you can read our dev diaries about it here and here. Finally, these features are coming to the game! Mine for resources, construct buildings in your cities (more than 20 new buildings added!) and research technologies to upgrade them, keep your army morale up and win battles to expand your borders.
…and new ways to rule it
You can be a ruler with an iron fist, expanding your kingdom through war and conquest, or an adventurer king who goes on special quests. You can hire mercenaries or improve your economy to keep a strong standing army. Real-time strategy battles have been revamped for a better strategic experience. There are many different approaches to governing – follow your heart and instincts to become the most powerful ruler of Ellaria!
Take detours
Ruling and going on adventures are just two of the many things you can do in Ellaria. Help your settlers working in the farmlands or mining for resources, talk to them to hear their personal stories, collect Artifacts for the librarian… even the new loading screen has minigames!
That’s is the tip of the iceberg: just about every feature of the game has received some kind of improvement, a huge step closer in our road towards full release. If all this sounds interesting… we have to say that it is only the beginning, for there is something even bigger coming to Legends of Ellaria: finally, the campaign main story is coming to the game! A story of heroes and villains, politics and intrigues, with many different characters, quests and epic battles, the main story spans through five chapters with multiple choices and side optional missions. In this next major update we’re releasing the first chapter of the main story – but that’s all we can tell you for now. We’ll give you more details about this in a few days, so stay tuned!