⚔️ Update 18.0 — Adventure & Mystery is Out Now!
🗳️ Discord Community Choice!
A while ago, I ran a poll on Discord asking you to choose the next update’s direction: Power, Challenge, or Adventure & Mystery. Adventure & Mystery won the vote!
This required the most work and time from me, but it resulted in the largest free content update in a long time, and easily the most exciting one I've ever created!
🗺️ Sandbox Evolved: Welcome to Heroic Adventure Mode
The Sandbox mode has evolved into the brand-new Heroic Adventure Mode! Explore procedurally generated worlds wrapped in the Fog of War, filled with new points of interest, resources, and deadly challenges.
🎒 Global Map Exploration & Resources
Now you can gather resources while traveling across the global map! New points of interest include:
🌾 Mills: Yield food (be careful, Dragons love sitting right next to windmills!).
🪵 Lumber Mills: Provide wood.
⛏️ Iron & Stone Mines: Supply iron and stone.
⛵ Fishing: Sail on your ship to harvest fish (gives food).
🐍 Snakes with Crates: Mysterious snakes carrying crates on their heads that yield food.
🔥 Campfires & Resource Stashes: Pick up quick resources scattered around campfires.
...and many other unique objects and hidden surprises across the map! Note: Some nodes like mines and fishing spots naturally regenerate over time (with updated visuals), while others are one-time pickups.
💡 Quality of Life: * Press the M key on your keyboard to seamlessly open and close the Global Map! * The Global Map camera now zooms higher and dynamically adjusts its angle based on altitude.
🐍 Who is lurking beneath the Fog of War?
New unique type of structure have appeared on the global map!
🏰 Castle Sieges & Legendary Boss
⚔️ First Contact with the Human Faction: For the very first time, you’ll be taking on human armies in full-scale castle sieges!
🚪 Giant Stone Walls & Gates: Enemies are protected by massive battlements lined with archers and sturdy gates.
🐉 House of Dragons: Beware when attacking human strongholds — a dangerous flock of Dragons always guards these castles, defending them like their home.
💎 The Ultimate Challenge: There is only ONE Mega Castle per map. At the very end awaits the newest, powerful boss: The Crystal Dragon! (Honestly, I doubt most of you will even make it past the gates... proving me wrong is up to you!)
❄️ A Frozen Mystery: Deep inside the main castle lies a secret trapped in Endrian crystal.
🔮 Expansions & Content Integration
🏺 Cursed Pyramid: Previously campaign-exclusive, now available in Heroic Adventure mode! Defeat the Undead King to unlock the Regeneration ability.
👼 Archangel Boss: Now spawns on the Global Map in Heroic Adventure mode!
🐺 King of Wolves DLC: Wolf Packs now roam the Global Map (requires DLC).
🐉 Altar of War DLC: The White Dragon boss now appears on the Global Map (requires DLC).
🛠️ Fixes, Polish & Small Improvements
🌐 Global Map & AI
Fixed a Critical Bug: Fixed an issue where your army failed to exit onto the global map alongside the King.
Aggro Radius Increased: Enemy armies on the global map now defend their territories more aggressively — no more easy walks in the park!
More Enemies: Snake, Spider, and Goblin armies on the global map are now larger in number!
Visual Clarity: Enemy models on the global map have been enlarged for better readability.
King Model Upgrade: The King is now larger and wears a bright red cape for better visual separation.
Crown Button: Clicking the Crown button now correctly tracks the player's position, even while sailing on a ship.
Fix: Fixed a bug where pursuing global map mobs could fail to initiate battle upon contact.
Fix: Corrected rotation issues for Orc Camps and progress bars (applies to new games or newly generated camps).
🎵 Audio & Sounds
Global Map Audio: Added proper travel music and sailing ambient sound effects while aboard a ship.
💻 UI & Interface
Cleaner UI: Floating healing numbers will no longer appear when a unit is already at 100% HP.
Building Menu Fix: Fixed a bug where entering a scene from the global map would automatically force open the building menu.
🗡️ Combat & DLC Balance
Dragon Riding: Fixed dragon attack animations while mounted.
Projectiles & Dodging: Fixed a bug where the King was unable to dodge certain homing projectiles.
Wolf DLC Rebalance: Adjusted the spawn rate of artifact chests in standard forests. Thank you all for your continuous support and feedback! Jump in, test the Heroic Adventure mode, and let me know if you manage to reach (or even slay) the Crystal Dragon! 🎮🐉