The Forbidden Monuments update is levelling up how you and your friends will advance in Smalland: Survive the Wilds.
Located at the North of the map, the Forbidden Monuments is a hallowed place in Smallfolk lore, filled with towering remnants of Giant civilisation. What bizarre rituals did they perform here? What is the meaning of the strange relics strewn on the ground?
Smallfolk scholars have debated this for centuries - but you'll have no time to ponder the answers if you brave this high level area.
Ringed by a fence, with an old dead tree in the centre, the Forbidden Monuments offer the most challenging creatures the game has to offer. Stinkbugs will inflict area-of-effect poison attacks, while territorial Blue Tit birds will swoop down and land devastating attacks from above.
And, if the whispers among the Vanguards are true, those may not be your only threats...
Look to one of the area's landmarks to find the latest NPC to join our cast, a new kind of merchant who will grant you the right to flight in a new story chapter that takes the most skilled Smallfolk in a new direction - up!
We've still got lots more surprises coming in this next update, and we hope you'll give a hoot as we reveal more between now and July 20th!
Stay tuned - in our next news story on Wednesday 12th July, we'll reveal more about the fearsome new bird enemy - a fearsome flying foe that changes the game in more ways than one!