Happy Holidays and Merry Frostfall from the Kindred Games team!
We're so excited to announce this HUGE update! 1.2.0 is now live and so much comes with it.
I know we took a bit of time to get this update out, but it's because we wanted to deliver some game-changing updates to streamline questing, update the inventory to work better with the gameplay and much, much more.
The most notable change though might be the Frostfall Festival Seasonal Update! We know everyone loved the Witch's Eve event so we thought why not outdo that event and bring a whole new area to the game, new NPC's, new quests and more new weapons and items.
But then we went one step further and introduced the very first boss to Swords 'n Magic and Stuff.
We can't wait for you to see what's in store for you.
Before we get to the patch notes though I want to apologize in advance for any lost items you may come across in this update. In order to keep things clean going forward with our new systems, many items were renamed, resulting in broken items. We did, however, take this into account and set up a system to hopefully transition your items into the new system, but we may have missed some and the system isn't perfect.
If an item was removed you'll be granted a bit of love from the dev team (worth some gold) so you can recoup your losses in gold. Sorry about your diamonds.
We also refunded your purchased bank slots with these hearts.
Thanks for understanding.
Without further ado, here's the patch notes you're all itching to get your hands on!
Update Beta 1.2.0 (12/22/2020)
New:
- Expanded inventory - 35 slots and backpacks coming soon!
- Journal layout with tabs Quests, Skills and Reputation
- Brand new UI
- Reputation system - More features coming soon!
- Map with player markers and quest tracking
- Main menu button
- Several new and updated quests!
- Frostfall Festival Seasonal Event
- New zone in the Northest North: Snowpeak Village
- Two new Frostfall enemies
- New Goblin behaviors
- 50+ new items including unique quest items, collectibles and legendary weapons!
- Encumbrance system - Infinite inventory with minor movement penalty
- Optional quest tracking system on HUD
- Ability to abandon quests
- Passive mobs will stop fighting you if you stop fighting them
- Equipment menu
- Ammo slot
- Cosmetic slots
- Backpack slot for expandable inventory - Backpacks coming soon!
- Augment stones of various tiers for upgrading weapons
- Mage bag resource node
- Guard quest chain removed temporarily
- Gretta’s quest removed temporarily and her house is closed up
- Rat Tail quest line removed temporarily
- HUD element to identify what you are looking at
- Compass on HUD
- NPC’s remember you
- Kill quests with progress shared amongst friends
- New staff and wand mechanics - Cast bar instead of cooldown
- Shields can be upgraded to reduce damage taken from passive blocks
- Scroll wheel now zooms camera in and out
- New hotbar for number keys or D-pad
- Gamepad cursor support
- Removed horses temporarily for updated mechanics - Update coming soon!
- Moved Penny
Improved:
- Moved to Unreal Engine 4.25 from 4.24
- Movement speed increased
- Tutorial Island got a makeover
- New bank system with 50 slots by default - Upgrades coming soon!
- Quest system overhaul
- Arrows are now consumed and add damage to the bow’s base
- Ranged weapons have infinite base ammo
- Upgrade benches are no longer usable
- When using ranged weapons, camera offsets so you can see where you are shooting
- Door physics removed for network performance reasons - polish coming soon!
- Mushrooms moved to central location
- Removed gardening shop; items changed
- Some shops have changed
- Dodge rolling now properly reduces character’s height to roll under low areas
- Ladders are now easier to climb
- Minor performance improvements
- Gave staves more damage or faster cast speed
- Slingshots are now one handed
- Upgrading weapons increases crit chance and damage
- Some items have had price reductions
- Upgrade materials have no current use, but will again soon
- NPC dialog now instant
- Storage chest will be going away
- Cannot add to the storage chest - Once you take an item out, you’ll need to store it elsewhere Be sure to empty your storage chest! - it will disappear a couple of updates from now
Fixed:
- Ponds by waterfall are swimmable again
- Roll jump launch exploit removed
- Various stair collisions fixed
- Reticle multiplayer bug squashed
- Various bugs when riding on horses - Horses will be back soon!