And we’re back on track with the news and information of utmost freshness from the Elteria Adventures team! This time, we’re going to talk about the first part of our RPG system, and that is: the Loot system.
If we were to sketch out a tree of the currently available list of craftable equipment in Elteria Adventures, it would resemble an inverted pyramid with just a few simple items at the beginning of the game, a little bit more in the middle, and quite a lot of different, powerful options in the endgame. That, of course, is not ideal - while the fun in the endgame is important, it’s just as important to have fun on the way there.
To combat this problem and give this equipment tree a more rectangular (if a bit trapeze-ish) look, we’re about to introduce a number of downgraded, lesser versions of some of the late-game items as 1st-3rd Tier recipes, giving you the opportunity to try all these amazing abilities long before you can even reach the harshest biomes of Elteria.
And the ability itself won’t necessary be a downgrade. For example, the invaluable Glove of the Time Lord that reverts your character to their state 6 seconds prior, will receive a lesser version that will inherit this very ability, while the late game version will actually have its time reversing capabilities doubled to 12 seconds.
The cost to create a time-reversing glove is just a bunch of 2nd Tier materials. And that’s amazing.
Moreover, we’re adding quite a lot of alternative methods of acquiring all the best trinkets Elteria has to offer:
- Good old craft. It worked so well up to this point that we’re going to add even more ways to craft and improve your equipment, including field craft stations that you won’t be able to build on your home base, but will find somewhere on the islands of Elteria instead!
- Item drops. Some enemies, especially the Bosses, will have a chance to drop already completed, no-assembly-required items upon being defeated in a fair fight. Such good sports, aren’t they?
- Shop purchases. While there is no universal currency on Elteria, you’ll be able to exchange some of the goods (including essentia and foodstuffs) you find in your adventures for highly useful items and equipment by exchanging them with creatures of sentient races, including, but not limited to Coin Cats, Blue Hares, Seed Frogs and Crystal Llamas. Barter your way to victory!
- Quest lines. Complete quests to get goodies, and complete entire quest lines to get even goodier goodies! Yes, that is correct: the Quests are also soon to come to Elteria Adventures, and the reward for the completion of any particular Quest Line just might be something you’d rather not miss.
A simplified Insatiable Maw for you, and summonable obstacles for your foes.
And we certainly hope you did not forget that you’ll have three Weapon Slots to fill at any given time, so you’ll definitely need all the help in getting equipped you can get!
You’ll have much more pieces of equipment and trinkets to play with on every step of your journey - and much more ways to acquire them in the first place. Prepare to be equipped for any possible occasion -
And see you soon!