Main Changes
Meet the Ram
"The cutest creature of Arkana" according to twenty adventurers who explored the Ancient Valley's pine forests, and "the most unpredictable creature of Arkana" according to the only survivor out of those adventurers. Those facts alone were enough to include it in the name of this update. It's simply suprerbaa, isn't it?
Titans
Once upon a time, people used Flame to create giant machines for their protection - the Titans. But now, like many other creations in Arkana, they have fallen to the Curse.
To put one of them down you'll need to cooperate with other players and think through your tactics.
Titans' behavior and loot drops are WIP, but now you can actually kill them.
Updated Ancient Valley
Astrologers proclaim month of the Ancient Valley. The number of challenges, hidden chests and stellas has increased. There are now more Cursed camps, for those of you who like to smack their swords against wooden masks.
New Combat Spells
The department of magic has sent us several magic staffs with new combat spells. We hurried to include them in the game to give our beta-testers an opportunity to experience the might of ice and fire. You can craft the regular "Fireball" staff. The more advanced staff with "Ice Spike" and "Heal" can be received from the Smoldering Warlock - he probably won't concent to this, but we're sure you'll figure it out.
Introduced changes didn't only affect the spells, but also how the staffs are used in combat. You can now properly aim your attacks, flinging spells where they are most needed.
Other Changes
Gameplay
- Added new recipes: "Baked Apple", "Fruit Cake", "Fried Vegetables".
- Reduced the weight of "Exploration"-type items to "0".
- Building unprotected by the Sentinel of Chronos will slowly decay over time.
- Changes to progression balance from Tier 0 to Tier 1.
Map
- Reworked the ruins of Skull Hunter in Cradle of Keepers.
- Introduced visual improvements to portals in Cave of Chronos.
- Removed the wood stumps that used to summon Pestilent Boars from the Ancient Valley.
- Updated the world map.
UI
- Added module names to the building menu.
- Improved the cooking UI and recipes.
- Added the visual representation of magic books' durability.
- Improved spell UI.
Sounds
- Skull Hunter's shots.
- "Light Sphere" spell.
- Rebalanced the music and sounds in Cave of Chronos.
- Magic Staff attack sounds.
Other
- Introduced visual effects to water walking.
- Changed the "Meat Soup" recipe icon.
- Changed "Water Walking" and "Light Sphere" icons.
- Visual improvements to character spell-casting animations.
Fixes
- Lack of certain buildings' materials on the map.
- Incorrect lanscape textures.
- Magic book equipment sound.
- Skeleton behaviour.
- Prologue Ice Elemetal behaviour.
- Skull Hunter behaviour.
Known Issues
- Russian language isn't fully supported yet.
We look forward to seeing you in the world of Arkana!
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