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Pax Dei Patch Notes

Market Square – Part 3 - 13/03/2025

Markets

Introduced remote market browsing within a Home Valley.
Added Heartland Markets view to the main menu.
Added the ability to create a waypoint leading to a market stall with a sale order selected from Remote Market Browsing.
Added the ability to edit own sale orders in Market Stalls.
Added filtering and sorting of sale orders in markets.
Added a new visual variant for Market Stall.
Added a limit to the prices.
Implemented various bug fixes to the inventory and market UI.
Fixed an issue that could accidentally cause the input field for gold deposit/withdrawal to be de-selected.
Fixed an issue that was making it difficult to close some market error messages.
Fixed an issue where sell orders in a market stall were ordered randomly.

Compass

Introducing the Compass – More details: https://playpaxdei.com/news/game-updates/spotlight-new-compass-system
Removed Guiding Wind from the game to make way for the Compass.

Building

Added new building pieces. More details: https://playpaxdei.com/news/game-updates/spotlight-upcoming-building-changes
Removed duplicate "Small Half-Timber Roof Support" entries from the construction menu.
Rebalanced resource costs for various roof building pieces.
Adjusted ingredient requirements of Stone Wall Foundations.
Rebalanced resource costs for Half-Timber building objects.
Adjusted window shutter and door recipes to use a single base recipe for both left/right and double variants.
Moved the Brazier from "Furniture" to "Lighting & Decorations" in the Furnishings menu.
Standardized the skill level at which new and old building pieces unlock.
Fixed an issue that could cause buildings on sloped ground to have lower structural integrity, leading to unexpected collapses.
Fixed an issue where an active area of effect spell could prevent plot placement.

Grace

Added audio when receiving daily Grace.
Fixed a bug where making an offering for Grace while falling was possible.

In-game chat via Discord

Added the voice chat to clan and party lobbies.
Reintroduced chat bubbles that appear above avatar heads.
Fixed an issue that could cause the chat to open when performing other actions.
Fixed an issue with Discord chat where the last opened UI wasn't persistent or retained.
Fixed an issue related to a Discord account linking error.
Fixed consistency issues relating to chat history when a player unlinks their Discord account.
Made several adjustments to the Discord UI.
Removed UI interactions from system messages.
Removed the timestamp from system chat messages.

Characters

Added new emotes (press B).
Added the ability to sit in chairs and specific emotes for when the character is seated.
Added the ability to interrupt emotes with other emote selections.
The appearance of the doublet was updated to be more accurate to medieval fashion.
Fixed various clipping issues.
Fixed an issue with the randomize name button during character creation.
Fixed an issue where the level-up notification was not displayed.

Combat

Improved the transition between weapons when an NPC is attacking.
Improved Ctrl-click input chord detection, allowing players to trigger special attacks while blocking by tapping Ctrl.
Fixed a bug that caused all spells to have Ctrl+1 as their confirmation key.
Fixed an issue that allowed players to gain more XP from chopping/mining nodes than intended.
Fixed an issue that could cause the spellcasting bar to display the names of spells cast by nearby players.
Fixed an issue that caused active spell AoEs to block plot placement.
Fixed a crash that occurred when rapidly swapping spells into resource chopping.
Teleporting to the Petra Dei while swimming is not working anymore.

Crafting

Added new icons and models for wooden crafting ingredients when dropped.
Unlocking recipes now sends a notification telling you what recipe you unlocked. If you click the Link to the Journal from the notification, the recipe you unlocked will be highlighted.
Fixed an issue where the "Open in Journal" button did not select the journal recipe.
Fixed an incorrect lock icon in the storage box UI when the player has access.
Fixed an issue that could sometimes prevent "Stop Crafting All" from working.
Fixed an issue where the inventory UI background remained visible after closing the inventory.
Fixed an issue where some crafting stations were not displaying item stats.
Fixed floating and misaligned props.
Corrected various grammar mistakes or typos from item descriptions and improved consistency of the item names.

Gathering & resources

Added a new way to gather resources from mining and woodcutting that automatically switches to the appropriate tool and back to your previously equipped items. The best tool available in your inventory is always used with this method. The former system has not been removed.
Tools now display the Hardness level separately from the Resource damage to clarify why a tool might not be good enough for use on a specific node.
Reduced the number of clay nodes but increased the quantity of clay gatherable per node.
Improved flint spawning amounts.
Updated item tooltips to update quantity and visibility when the stack count changes or the last item is used.
Items with 0 lifetime, including torches, are now removed from the repair list.
Updated Inferior Leather's icon and model.
Fixed an issue where item icons on a crafter would appear as "?".
Fixed an issue where Furnishings and Crafters had incorrect visual indicators during placement.
Fixed an issue that could cause container and crafter interactions to work unreliably if the system time was manually changed.
Fixed an issue that could cause the dropped 3D mesh of items to change when logging back into the game.

World

Expanded the plot name from 12 to 24 characters.
Optimized foliage shaders and the tree roots to cling to the ground surface.
Fixed an issue where a felled tree near an enemy camp would behave incorrectly.
Fixed an issue that prevented loot piles from showing the correct interaction prompt after resetting.

Graphics

Updated our Unreal Engine to version 5.4.
Improved material quality scaling with Medium and Low-quality settings through the overall quality level in Graphics Settings.

Hotfix - 14/02/2025

Fixed some flower pots and planters to improve performance.
Fixed several missing localization for French and German and fixed some English wordings.

Hotfix - 30/01/2025

Fixed an issue with the skill-buffing Miracles where skills could become permanently increased after relogging while the buff was active.
Fixed an issue that caused crafting skill XP gains to be calculated incorrectly when a skill was buffed with a miracle.
Fixed an issue where icon colors were faded, making them difficult to read.
Gneiss stone yields are now properly increased by the foraging blessing.
Fixed Pure iron deposit that was not dropping pure iron using the prospector blessing.
Added extra functionality to drag the clock hand on the grace exchange.
Zebian cultists now guard their piles of loot more carefully.

Verse 2 - Patch Notes - 23/01/2025

New features

Grace: Essence of the Divine’s power

Grace is an ethereal currency central to player progression, rewards, and social systems in Pax Dei. It symbolizes the Divine's power, enabling you to perform miracles for yourself or those you care about.

How to Acquire Grace

Daily Login: Receive a small amount of Grace for free each day just by logging in.
Gold Exchange: Spend gold to acquire additional Grace. However, the cost increases progressively—the more Grace you buy in a single day, the more expensive each point becomes. This scaling resets every 24 hours (real-time).

How Grace Works

Once obtained, Grace can be spent to perform miracles that provide powerful abilities, bonuses, or practical utilities. There’s no limit to how much Grace you can accrue, and your total Grace pool is shared across all your characters within the same server region (EU, US, or AP).
You can track your current Grace balance in the Grace menu and unlock its potential to shape your journey in Pax Dei.
Grace will be developed and become more prominent with future patches.

Miracles: Unlocking Divine Powers

Miracles are powerful and thematic abilities designed to enhance your experience in Pax Dei. Whether you're focused on exploration, crafting, combat, or socializing, there’s a Miracle for every playstyle and level of wealth. They allow you to perform supernatural feats, receive divine blessings, and harness extraordinary powers to shape your journey.

Costs and Accessibility Most Miracles require Grace to cast, though some are free. Notably, familiar abilities like the home Teleport and corpse-summoning miracles (previously in the utility menu, T) are now integrated into the new Miracle menu and remain free of Grace cost. You can access the Miracle menu by pressing T.

Introducing New Miracles The first wave of new Miracles focuses on boosting your gathering and crafting efficiency. These essential blessings are automatically granted to all players. Additional Miracles will be introduced over time, many of which will require exploration and progression to unlock.

New Miracles: Gathering and Profession Blessings

Gathering Blessings Gathering blessings increase the efficiency of specific resource-gathering activities, offering bonus yields when active. These blessings have a duration of 1 hour and can be refreshed by recasting the same Miracle. Different gathering blessings can be used simultaneously.

Bountiful Harvest: Increases yield from gathering plants, mushrooms, and other gathering nodes. *** Prospector’s Blessing**: Boosts yield from mining nodes.
Nature’s Favor: Enhances yield from tree chopping.
Hunter’s Favor: Improves yield from skinning (e.g., hide drops).

Profession Blessings

Profession blessings temporarily enhance crafting skills, increasing the success rate of crafting tasks and, in turn, accelerating XP gains. These blessings do not impact XP rewards directly or unlock recipes, as the base skill is used for those purposes.

Different profession blessings can be active at the same time.
If two blessings boost the same skill, only the strongest buff applies (e.g., Armorer’s and Weapon Smith’s blessings both buff Blacksmithing but won’t stack).

These blessings also have a duration of 1 hour and can be refreshed by recasting the same Miracle.

Alchemist’s Blessing: +1 Alchemy.
Baker’s Blessing: +1 Baking.
Carpenter’s Blessing: +1 Carpentry.
Cook’s Blessing: +1 Cooking and Charcuterie.
Jeweler’s Blessing: +1 Jewelry Making.
Tailor’s Blessing: +1 Tailoring.
Winemaker’s Blessing: +1 Winemaking and Brewing.
Armorer’s Blessing: +1 Armor Smithing and Blacksmithing.
Weapon Smith’s Blessing: +1 Weapon Smithing and Blacksmithing.
Hunter’s Blessing: +1 Leatherworking and Fletching.

Future Plans

In the future, higher-tier versions of these blessings will be introduced. These upgraded Miracles will offer greater benefits, come at a higher Grace cost, and may require unlocking through exploration and progression. We also plan to introduce other types of Miracles, such as ones that facilitate traveling. Miracles are just the beginning of what Pax Dei has in store—let the Divine guide you on your path!

Changes and fixes

Markets

Fixed an issue where the details panel would not refresh after purchasing an item.
Fixed an issue that would cause items to be dropped if the user attempted to drag and drop an item stack onto the Market Stall UI.
Fixed an issue where the "Market at Full Capacity" message was shown erroneously.
Fixed a crash that could occur when dismantling a Market Stall while the markets tutorial popup is open.
Hovering over an empty inventory slot no longer shows the selected Market Stall item in the details panel.
An Esc button prompt was added to the Market Stall tutorial screen.
Fixed an issue where it was possible to trigger a purchase without sufficient Gold, which resulted in an error pop-up with missing text.
Fixed an issue that prevented the Inventory backpack icon from updating when creating sell orders.
The original slot now remains selected when moving an item from one inventory slot to another.
The Market Stall's settings button now has a corresponding button prompt.
Fixed an issue where various Market Stall pop-up windows were missing button prompts.
The Sell button is now correctly greyed out when the market stall is at capacity.
Fixed an issue that made closing market error message popups challenging to close in some cases.
Button prompts for scrolling up or down have been changed from text to icons.

Gear & Crafting & Resources

Fixed an issue with a colorless gemstone centerpiece within a coronet.
Fixed a material and mesh issue on the mantle.
Fixed a performance issue when dragging items in inventory.
Fixed an issue where entering the crafting menu would cause a hitch.

Building

Fixed performance issues on various flower and plant assets
Fixed an issue that erroneously caused unsupported building elements to highlight green.

Combat & World Interactions

World interactions are now better prioritized based on proximity to the aim location.
Fixed an issue where the Hurt II proc chance was incorrect.
Fixed an issue preventing the use of the items in the hot bar while the inventory was opened.
The transition animation when falling now appears more natural.
Fixed an issue where resource harvesting would sometimes continue when switching between tools.
Updated the animation that plays when teleporting to a Petra Dei.
Fixed various PvE sites to prevent NPCs from spawning in unintended locations.

Chat

Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented chat messages from fading out automatically.
The General Chat feed now defaults to Zone Chat when joining the game.
Fixed an issue where some localized strings might not fit properly in the chat UI.
Fixed an issue where a player's own messages were not indented properly.
Fixed an issue that could cause the chat text field to not be focused when spamming the feed buttons.
Fixed an issue that could cause the first chat message to appear or not appear erroneously.
Social system messages will now show only in their relevant chat channels.
Added the character's portrait, character name, and Discord account name to the chat settings.
Party invites no longer require the party to already exist.

UI fixes

Added the keybind for name randomization to the character creation name selection screen [R].
Fixed word wrapping on storage headers.
Fixed an issue where the ESC button label was tiny in some UI elements.
Fixed an issue where the build reticle would remain after death.
Fixed an issue that caused the 'Offset' Construction tooltip keybind to not show correctly.

Localization

Added various missing localization strings.
Fixed and modified various texts in English, French, and German.

Hotfix - 19/12/24

Fixed an issue where food buff durations were incorrectly reset between sessions.
Fixed an issue where shield bash hit detection was offset incorrectly.
Fixed an issue where creating or purchasing a sell order could trigger a random error message even when the transaction was successful.
Fixed an issue preventing some players from receiving maintenance and system notifications.
Fixed a rare crash related to Steam autologin.
Fixed an issue causing excessive Iron nodes to spawn in Quarries.
Fixed a broken Discord link in the Early Access dialog for French and German localizations.

Market Square - Patch Notes - 13/12/24

New Feature: Gold and Markets

Gold

You can now obtain Gold in the game:
Kill some humanoid NPCs and check what they drop;
Gold operates as an 'ethereal currency' represented only in the UI;
When you receive Gold, the system adds it to a wallet in your inventory;
You can transfer Gold from your wallet to any chest where it will also appear as in a wallet;
Your Gold balance is unaffected by your avatar's death and can't be looted in PvP.

Market Stalls

You can build Market Stalls to sell and buy items for Gold.
Market Stalls are available with Carpentry level 5.
The recipe will appear in the crafters' list.
Each Market Stall has a maximum capacity of active sell orders. Currently, this limit is at 120 per Market Stall.
Permissions - currently only the Market Stall’s owner can change them
You can set the following permissions to determine who can sell goods at your Market Stall:
Private,
Clan,
Clan - Elders,
Clan - Alderman.
Actions you can't change the permission for:
Everyone can purchase from any Market Stall,
An order can be cancelled by the seller, the Market Stall owner, or the plot owner.
Creating a sell order
Put an item or a stack of items from your inventory on sale and give it a gold price. Each sell order size corresponds to one inventory slot.
Creating a sell order comes at a brokering fee gold charge.
This can only be done if the Market Stall is not at full capacity, the player can afford the broker's fee, and the player has sell permission.
Once created, each sell order shows the item, the stack size, the seller name, and the price.
Items with less than 100% durability and lifetime can still be sold. The buyer can see the durability state of the item in the details panel.
Market Stalls don't yet have detailed filters or sorting options, but you can use the text search to filter items by name or by the seller's name.
- You can also use a quick filter for a single item type by hovering over an item or sell order and pressing the input displayed as “Filter by item. “ This option automatically sets the item's name into the text search filter.
Purchasing an item
- Anyone can browse any Market Stall and purchase items from it.
- You can only purchase an item when you have available inventory space and carry enough Gold to afford it.
- Upon purchase, Gold is immediately transferred to the seller's avatar wallet.
Canceling an order
- Orders can only be cancelled by the seller, the Market Stall owner, and the plot owner.
- You can only cancel an order if you have free inventory space to withdraw it.
- Canceling an order withdraws the item from the stall and places it in the inventory of the player who canceled it. As with the permissions on your plot(s), you must trust the people you work with!
- When an order is cancelled, the fee spent upon creation is lost.
Market Stall Notifications
- When your sell order is filled out, you receive the gold immediately in your wallet.
- The initial release of the Market Stalls doesn't give you a visual notification when you sell a good. Your gold wallet updates as gold is transferred to it. We're still working on clear notifications for this and a Market Log where you review your active orders and trade activity.
Destroying a Market Stall
- Market Stall can only be destroyed if it has no active sell orders. The plot owner, the market stall owner, or the sell order owner(s) must cancel any active orders to be able to destroy a market stall.
If a plot with a Marker Stall is released:
- As there is no plot owner anymore, only the Market Stall owner and the owners of the different sell orders can cancel the orders.
If someone now places a plot on top of the Market Stall, they become the plot’s owner and obtain rights on the Market Stall. This means they can empty it by cancelling all orders and getting all the goods. Again, be careful with who you work with on the Market Stalls.

Changes & Fixes

Gameplay

A lot of stack sizes have been increased.
The system for selecting interactable items—loots, gatherables, and props—is now more reliable when the items are stacked on each other.
The interaction range has also been slightly increased.
The Unstuck ability can no longer be used during combat and now requires full stamina to activate.
Mining and tree-chopping animations have been enhanced.
Clan names will now consistently appear below player names in character nameplates.

Combat Balance and fixes

Projectiles can now penetrate water surfaces.
Reduced forward movement of all melee attacks by 10%.
The stamina cost of blocking in PvE combat has been reduced.
Base stamina regeneration is paused during blocking, but food and potion regeneration will continue.
The melee targeting has been improved to prioritize enemies close by.
The melee Aim Assist slider has been removed from the game.
The damage of all sword types has been increased.
Combat skills for one-handed and two-handed spears have been divided into Handspears and Polearms categories.
Fixed an issue where One Handed Spears incorrectly used Polearm damage on the final combo-chain attack.
The area of effect range of the two-handed mace special attack has been reduced.
Balanced the damage output of maces and spears to better align with their utility.
The axe special attack now reduces target physical resistances by 20% (used to be flat value).
The Hurt Proc effect has been adjusted to reduce stun duration, application chance, and flat damage.
Spell Casting now correctly displays the spell icon and text on NPCs' nameplates.
Fixed an issue where attempting to cast a spell on cooldown would prevent subsequent casts in the same slot.
Enemies stuck attempting to path to their target will now teleport to a valid spot near their target. This is a temporary workaround to a dungeon exploit where the enemy movement is blocked so they cannot reach their target.
NPCs will now verify their teleport destination to prevent unintended teleportation.
Fixed issues related to NPC disappearance, aggro, and pathfinding.
Fixed over-prediction of attacks against enemies moving near the player where some hits would be considered being done from behind, ignoring the blocking mitigation.
Fixed an exploit where it was possible to drop an item during combat and “hide” behind it to prevent receiving damages.

Audio

Improved Inquisitor grunts and sounds when fighting in groups.
Fixed the frequency of noises enemies make while idling.

Discord

Added several clan and party events to broadcast to the chat, e.g., new members joining, members leaving, or being kicked out…
Added a settings menu to the general chat that allows players to filter what chat lobbies they see.
Removed the Discord account name displayed in the chat under the player character’s name. The Discord account name information is still available in the interaction menu when clicking on a player's chat entry.
Updated the Discord button textures and text so they should not appear pixelated or blurry at different UI scales.
Fixed several issues with the Direct Message button usability.
Fixed an issue in which the friend requests, clan invites, and party invites were also displayed to the requester.
Fixed an issue where the nearby chat lobby might not appear in the general chat lobby selector.
Fixed an issue where you couldn't DM a player from the chat interaction menu after sending them a friend request.
Fixed an issue where texts with a line break pasted into the chat would automatically be sent.
Fixed an issue where successfully linking your account to Discord from the chat settings or friend list wouldn't trigger a pop-up.

World

Increased the size of the Skullcap resource for better visibility.
Added a missing icon for Green Apples.
Updated assets and icons for reeds and grain resources.
Updated the model and icon for Green Grapes.
Fixed an issue preventing the placement of blast furnaces on foundations and other flat structures.
Corrected the 3D model of wrought iron bars when dropped on the ground.
Addressed floating and clipping issues with decorative props in enemy camps.
Fixed the smoke effect emitted by Alchemy Tables.
Fixed lighting anomalies when entering and exiting water volumes in pre-dungeon catacombs.
Squared away some extra sound effects used to play when interacting with the map.
Improved the visual appearance of the Petra Dei.

Character Art

Beards and mustaches can now be selected independently during the character creation.
Subtle adjustments have been made to avatar faces.
Additional body shape options and normal mapping have been implemented.
Optimized several NPCs for better performance.
Adjusted some shaders to improve metal brightness.
Reduced excessive shininess on leather chest armor pieces.
Improved cape clipping behavior.
Ensured the "always cover body" feature persists in the characters' lobby.
Optimized texture scaling by removing dynamic bounding boxes for detail textures.
Fixed an issue causing head transparency when wearing specific clothing.
Corrected display issues with specific earring models.

Resources

Some resources and animals' spawn points have been updated.
Increased Tree Branch and Gneiss Stone density in starter areas.
Increased spawns for Level 14 boars, Level 24 bears, grapes, red onion, reeds, and pure iron deposits in the Wildlands.
Adjusted Meadowsweet to spawn more along the water in the grasslands and all non-tree biomes in the Home Valleys. Also added it to the wetlands biome in the Wildlands.
Ensured all quarries in the world have mineable spawning.

Crafting

Fixed an issue that caused the skinning skill to not always receive XP from looting animal corpses.
Adjusted recipes for starter professions to align with the stack amounts for the ingredients.
Fixed an issue that caused the map to no longer focus on the player's location in some cases.
Fixed an issue where holding shift and double-clicking G would move all items from one inventory to another.
Fixed an issue with inventory where the button prompts stack vertically.
Updated recipe names for smithy signs to be more descriptive.
Fixed an issue where items sometimes drop to the ground when moving them from the inventory slot to the hotbar.
Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause Craft All to stop functioning.

Localization

The game is now localized in French and German. Open the Setting, General, and pick your language in the drop-down menu. You won’t need to restart the game.
You can post feedback on our Discord channels dedicated to French https://discord.com/channels/1071081786962088018/1313517123359998022 and German localization https://discord.com/channels/1071081786962088018/1313517257078476811

Patch Notes - Hotfix 28/1/24

Crafting & Building

Rebalanced the XP Curves and lowered XP Requirements per level to match the progression of skills affected prior to the Verse 1 update.
Fixed an issue where players have lost access to some building recipes that they had unlocked before Verse 1 update.
Increased Limestone spawns in home valleys and significantly in the Wild making leveling up carpentry skill to 32 easier.
Iron Pickaxe can now mine Regular Iron nodes.
Standardized wood output from chopping trees of different sizes.
Simplified recipe flow for low-level cooking skills.
Increased the amount of raw meat chunks gotten from carcasses to make low-level cooking more accessible.
Materials for cloth pins recipes are now easier to obtain.
Craftsman forge no longer requires Fine Cotton Cord.
Added a conversion recipe for turning Gneiss and Limestone into Sand,
Increased stack sizes for sand, glass and charcoal.
Significantly increased the drops for wool. Also, bears and level 5 boars now have a chance to drop wool.
Increased green apple stack size to 20 so it falls in line with red apples.
Fixed an issue where XP earns were allowed to continue even if players have reached max level. XP accumulation will now stop at the defined level cap.
Fixed an issue where skill levels in the UI did not show the correct level cap (40) for all skills. Players who reached the level cap were erroneously shown the max level at level 41, even though their skills were capped at level 40.
Overall, XP curves have been lowered by an average of 20% of total XP up to level 40. The reduction per skill and specific level can differ. Below are the average reductions per skill.

XP Cost reduction up to lvl 40 - 28/11 Hotfix vs. Verse 1 05/11

Blacksmithing – 27%
Armor smithing – 26%
Weapon smithing – 28%
Tailoring – 28%
Leatherworking – 24%
Cooking – 3%
Charcuterie – 32%
Baking – 7%
Winery & Brewing – 11%
Alchemy – 33%
Fletching – 17%

Patch Notes – November 20, 2024

Chat, Friends list, Discord linking

Discord now powers the in-game chat.
More info here: https://playpaxdei.com/news/game-updates/pax-dei-chat-discord

World

Fixed an issue where oak trees were missing in specific biomes. Oaks have replaced some beech trees in the Rolling Hills and the Old Forest biome. This is a quick patch to help with the resource dependencies, and we’d like to do a more thorough pass next time there’s an opportunity to do a full world rebuild. Note: there’s a very small risk that some of the oaks will clip through some player buildings since the oaks are bigger than the beech trees.
Fixed a respawn point in Inis Gallia - Jura that was spawning players in the wrong location.
Resolved an issue causing various snowy terrain to appear black and jagged at higher elevations.
Enhanced graphics for entirely dark areas.
Adjusted PvE ruins geometry, lowering it by 10 cm for improved ground registration.
Fixed some missing or inaccurate collisions across multiple PvE ruins.
Fixed floating issues with various roadside fences.
Fixed the fog glare from the moon or sun so it’s no longer visible through the terrain.
Fixed the sharp snow transition on cliffs and terrain.

Resources

Added Faction Relics to loot piles.
Beehives now drop from all types of trees.
Added more Pure Iron deposits in Lyonesse.
Fixed an issue where an insufficient amount of hides was dropping from killed animals.
Fixed the lack of low-tier hides for high-level skinning.
New icons and meshes for various items were added.
Added proper mesh and icon for Red Cabbage.
Fixed the Red Cabbage to be gatherable.
Adjusted brightness for glass item meshes.
Reduced the size of Gneiss, Flint, and Clay 3D meshes.
Removed Silver Fir Branch from the game, at last.

Crafting/Building

Changed unlock levels for Fine Leather, Fine Leather Bands, and Fine Leather Strings to be lower.
Leatherwork Bench no longer uses the Linen Cloth resource but uses Inferior Leather and Iron Knife Blade instead.
Corrected recipe unlocks for furnishings and other props, allowing placement in the world when acquired.
Fixed the advanced Spit Roast that did not contain the basic Spit Roast recipes.
Fixed available recipes on the Alchemy Distillery to show the correct recipe levels.
Fixed an issue where Level 16 Winemaking & Brewing recipes contained items only available at Level 24.
Adjusted leather hide drop rates to prevent progression blocks in Leatherworking.
Lowered crafting difficulty for Leather Bands, Strings, and Fine Leather to 33, easing progression in Leatherworking past Level 30.
Rebalanced various potion status effects and adjusted recipe costs.
Removed some items from the loot tables that didn't have any use in the game.
Corrected the icon and status effects for "Dry White."
Fixed the Small Ladder build preview to prevent it from floating in the air by default.
Resolved an issue causing duplicate entries for Loios Tears Leaves Extracts.
All chests are now correctly categorized under 'Storage.'
Removed the 'Salad' recipe for good.
Improved alignment of crafting recipes for alcohol production.
Switched Charcuterie and Tailoring XP curves.
Removed duplicate entries from the Furniture & Props menu.
Level 41 Arcane Resistance potion now requires a vial in its recipe.
Fixed inconsistencies in glass recipe progression.
Renamed "Berserker Mushroom" to "Fly Agaric."
Lowered the volume of sound effects when crafting.
Added various new sound effects for crafters.

Combat

Status Effects now display in player and NPC nameplates.
Added casting bar for Summon Corpse, Summon Corpse Party, Teleport to Home and Revive.
Fixed an issue causing Lost Souls to use ranged attacks too frequently.
Fixed an issue where buffed stamina would still regenerate during regen pauses.
Fixed an issue allowing Whispering Souls to use ranged attacks while wielding melee weapons.
Corrected missing sound effects for certain humanoid NPCs when detecting and attacking players.
Added a notification for the Teleport Home ability (and other abilities blocked by Combat) when activation is prevented by Combat State.
Enabled spellcasting confirmation by pressing the spell slot key binding a second time.
Heal spells now skip targets that die during the cast animation.
Fixed an issue preventing some animals from leaving the area if the player is in an inaccessible location (e.g., on a large rock, in water).
Resolved an issue where NPCs would pathfind away if a player jumped on top of them.
Fixed missing spell effect indicators from the HUD unless the player re-logged with their avatar.
Corrected an issue causing Badgers to hit players twice in a single attack - but don’t pretend it is why they killed you.
Shield and torch can no longer be equipped together, as both use the off-hand slot.
Fixed a delay in displaying deducted stamina until the action was stopped.
Resolved an issue where the player would not reappear at their grave upon revival.
Fixed duplicated active spell icons on the HUD after zone transitions.

Character

Fixed an animation issue with a specific head model in the character lobby.
Updated icons for several wearables to better represent their appearance.
Resolved texture inconsistencies with Cloth Legwarmers, ensuring they appear correctly on all avatars.
Improved framerate when players move near multiple NPC corpses.
Created new textures and effects for Lost Soul NPCs.
Adjusted metal armor lighting in the character select lobby to appear less dark.
Fixed an issue preventing the Hide Clothing toggle in character creation from being turned off.

UI

Fixed the positioning of sliders across the game.
Fixed an issue that blocks the mouse click on some buttons.

Other

Fixed several log spam issues to improve performance.

0.1.0 Proving Grounds

World Update

Terrain update

We adjusted the terrain to have a more open and natural feel of the world and encourage exploration and travel.
Removed several steep cliffs.
Added several mountain passes to go from one area to another.
Added some paths to prevent players from blocking off some areas from other players.
Some mountain ranges have been lowered to make the valley more open.
Added new elements to the home valleys to make them more unique.
Added rock formations to some home valleys to facilitate building cliff castles.
Cliff meshes are better aligned with the terrain so that the landscape looks more pleasing and less noisy.
Improved puddles.
Tuned down some excessive rock clutter in some biomes (notably in Grasslands/Rolling Hills and the Lands of Stone).
Added some trees on cliffs and steep slopes.
Made the tree sizes more consistent.
Added new types of roads to increase visual variety.

Biomes

Redistributed biomes for a more logical progression, making wildlands and home valleys more distinct. The home valleys now host three base biomes and two additional, more advanced biomes. The advanced biomes differ between home valleys, while the base biomes are always the same.
A new demonic-inspired biome, the Corrupted Plains, has been added and will welcome some high-end enemies.
Removed the gaps areas between the biomes.
Wildlife distribution has been reviewed to fit the biome and zone difficulty better.
Various biomes updates:
Some ‘ancient trees’ appear in enchanted forests;
Demonic weird growths appear in demonic biomes;
Eerie Pine Forest got a new look for the trees;
Forest biomes should feel less uniform;
Improved tree clustering in non-forest biomes;
Most biomes have had their names reviewed to reflect better their atmosphere (normal, demonic, haunted, or enchanted).

Crafting/Building

General

Added ability to allow players to set permissions based on clan roles.
Taking damage now cancels crafting.
An option to move item stacks from inventory to container and vice versa has been added.
Revamped the recipe unlocks system that will now rely more on skill threshold than item discovery.
Update the resource distribution based on the progression of new professions' material.
Modified profession’s progression and XP scaling.
Added a new skinning skill that determines the quality of the hides you can loot.
Rebalanced all regular open-world wildlife to make skinning progression easier for solo players.

Gathering improvements

The no-spawn area around plots has been reduced.
A one-button woodchopping/mining feature has been added. Press the button once to start, and the action continues until your character runs out of stamina or the action is finished.
Gathering (wood/ore) is now target-assisted to reduce the likelihood of players missing the resource node and performing an attack instead.
Wood Cutting and Mining skills now provide a ‘resource damage’ bonus when leveled.

Journal

The Journal can be opened by pressing “J” on your keyboard or clicking the Journal Tab in the character menu (TAB).
The skills lists are now part of the Journal.
The Journal lists all the recipes a character has unlocked, including the ingredients and crafter they need.
The Journal lists all the ingredients picked up or used in an unlocked recipe.
Ingredients of recipes listed in the Journal can be clicked to open more information.

Building

New building piece variants: curved beams, new street signs, new doors, grapevine facade pieces, and a few miscellaneous pieces have been added - or readded.
Some of the largest crafters are now easier to place on a plot.
The character fades out from in front of the camera if the camera gets too close to the character. This improves situations where players build in a tight area, and the character model obstructs the view.
Players can now zoom in/out when holding the construction hammer.
Players can now zoom in/out while in building mode by holding CTRL and using the mouse wheel.

Combat

General

Added loot permissions to prevent ‘ninja looting’:
When an NPC dies, the system determines which player or party of players will have access to the loot. After a specific time (the timer is visible on the corpse), the loot will be accessible to everybody.
Active Combat Mode is when the character is considered ‘in combat’:
Active Combat Mode blocks players from using the teleport to Home Shrine and the spell Breath of Life (new spell).
Active Combat Mode is displayed on the HUD as a crossed swords icon when active;
Active Combat Mode is activated by:
Harming an opponent;
An opponent harmed your character;
Casting beneficial effects on someone who is already in combat.
Active combat mode persists when the opponents are alive and near you:
Killing all opponents ends the combat mode immediately;
Being within enough distance from all opponents allows the combat mode to be exited after a certain time.
Equipping was improved to work more consistently and responsively by removing limitations and making the animations faster.
Many enemies got their attack animations revisited, allowing more anticipation/telegraphing before an attack is performed.
Shields' durability has been increased.

PvE

Ennemies' progression has been reviewed, with the addition of more ‘easy-to-take’ camps inside the Home Valleys and a better progression through the biomes. In the Home Valleys, the enemies are weaker than in the Wildlands.
Note that caves have yet to get a similar treatment and remain unchanged for now.
The inquisitors' and lost souls' looks are being heavily worked on. They have not been finalized yet, but you will see the work in progress in the patch.
The props in the camps and ruins have been updated to reflect the faction that occupies the place.

Locomotion

The character now runs by default. Walk can be toggled with a separate input (default: Alt). The old method can be reenabled in the game options.
Running and Sprinting were reduced slightly to improve the overall combat experience when moving.
The sprinting cost has been reduced to compensate for its speed change.
Jumping stamina cost was reduced.
Swimming stamina cost was reduced slightly.
The falling damage system has been reworked for more consistent and predictable results.
The characters' feet now react to slopes in the environment and correctly place their feet up and down to reflect the height of the terrain.

Melee attacks / Weapons

Melee system - improvements on performing attacks while moving and makes it easier to hit an opponent:
The system now picks the melee target based on the melee direction;
The character will slightly move towards the target and try to keep up with the moving targets;
The system will rotate the character to keep it aligned with the target during a melee attack.
Melee attacks can be aimed up / down to be able to hit enemies above or below the character
This is automatically adjusted when a suitable target is in range.
Melee hit detection was reworked to represent the weapon’s path during an attack more accurately.
This allows spears to do line-shaped damage zones that hit fewer opponents and great axes to do big circular swings that hit enemies in a radius.
Combat responsiveness was improved by introducing animation cancels into melee attacks. This can only be done during the attack's beginning and ending phases. Players are forced to commit to an attack just before the damage is dealt.
Melee attack can be canceled by:
Casting a spell;
Blocking;
Jumping;
Special melee attacks.
Special melee attacks now cause increased stamina damage to blocking targets.
PvP - Damaging an opponent with melee causes them to be unable to sprint for a short duration.
All weapon animations were re-timed, and their mobility was adjusted to work with the new melee system.
All weapons are rebalanced, and their damage is distributed to be weighted to the end of the weapon attack combo.
All weapon special attacks were rebalanced.
Blaze and Viper special effects (procs) were reworked to apply buildup on every hit but will cause less damage.
Various fixes for special effects (procs) and other status effects to make them trigger more reliably.
Bows now correctly scale the damage based on the bow draw length.
Due to the work on melee, some weapons have been temporarily removed from the game. It includes:
- All one-handed combat axes and most greatswords;
- All the weapons with Ira Bene, The Slug, or Mosquito special effects (procs).

Spell casting

Spell targeting has been reworked to be much more accurate. The target is also displayed for the duration of the cast to increase combat readability.
Spell casting can now be canceled by:
New movement input;
Jumping;
Special melee attack;
Blocking.

Spells

Added new spells:
Breath of Life: Channeling self-only healing spell that can be used when out of combat.
Breath of Balance: Replenishes 60 stamina of you and the targeted player.
Breath of Joy: Increases movement speed for a short duration. Sprinting consumes no stamina and is immune to movement-impairing effects for its duration.
The Mesmerize spell had its cooldown and cost rebalanced.
The mesmerize now correctly breaks when the affected target is being damaged by damage over time effects.
Pacify 1/2/3 were rebalanced to provide a more straightforward progression through the spell ranks.
The stamina cost of most spells was increased.
The cooldown on The Haunting Memories spell has been extended.

UI

Nameplates are updated for improved readability and additional information
Hovered enemy will display their nameplate for a duration;
Any damage on the enemy will display the nameplate for a duration;
Nameplates fade in / out based on distance (as long as they are within line of sight);
The colour reflects the current ‘relation’ with the character:
Gray: Neutral;
Red: Aggressive NPC or Player in PvP;
Green: Party member;
Blue: Clan member.
The level number of the enemy is displayed next to the nameplate to allow players to evaluate the difficulty of an opponent.
Spell-casting bars to communicate spell-casting progress
The casting bar appears on spell casts on the player HUD and the Nameplates (on others)
The spell-casting bar is red for offensive/harmful spells and blue for defensive/neutral spells;
When a spell is interrupted, the casting bar flashes red and displays ‘INTERRUPTED.’
Healing numbers are displayed when a character is being healed. This does not apply to Heal over time effects.

Camera improvements

Camera collision events have been smoothed out and should reduce camera ‘jumpiness.’
New camera smoothing has been added as the melee update will add more sudden movements to the player character.

Audio improvements

Improved the overall mix.
Music has been updated to be unique for most biomes and times of day.
NPC Health will now affect the grunt types more.
Added more variations for the Zebian and Inquisitor grunt personality types.
Added subtle grunts for chained and combo attacks.
Wood chopping cone attenuation and listener are fixed.
Level up a skill now has its unique audio per skill and level.
Added UI sounds.
Added audible indication of trying to perform actions when no stamina is available.
Added better visual and audio feedback when blocking attacks.
A sound effect was added when equipping a shield.
A new sound is played when a character tries to collect an item while their inventory is full.
Doors and chests now have sound effects when interacted with.

Other Updates

Most of the emotes are now played until the player interrupts them.
Updated our Unreal Engine to version 5.3.

Bug Fixes

Auto-crafting at a crafting station no longer logs the player out due to inactivity.
Fixed an issue that caused Stone Pillar Foundations and Short Stone Walls to have lower-than-intended integrity values.
Clan member icons now appear in the correct location on the map.
Players can now invite avatars from different provinces to parties and clans.
Fixed an issue where some sliders in settings showed a different value after restarting the title.
Fixed an issue where players do not always see other players' moves correctly during attacks.
Temporarily removed the FSR3 upscaling method to resolve stability issues when it's used.
Fixed an issue that would cause players to be returned to the main lobby after logging in with a character for the first time.
Fixed an issue that could cause plots not to be released immediately when deleted.
Increased Tin drop rates from Tin deposits.
Red Onion was not used in recipes and has been removed from the game.
Porcini mushrooms were removed, as they were a duplicate of the Penny Buns. They are replaced by Bay Boletes.
Fixed an issue that caused the Settings menu to appear when loading in or out of dungeons.
Fixed an issue with the level-up notifications not appearing.
Added the option to close the game menu using the mouse beside the ESC button.
Fixed an issue that caused the "Primitive Longbow" to be duplicated in the crafting menu.
Fixed an issue where crafting some Charcuterie recipes with insufficient inventory space would not grant all the items.
Fixed an issue with some avatar arms appearing disfigured when wearing layers of armour.
Fixed issue where walls in caves are missing due to low streaming distance.
Fixed the size and shape of pauldrons that adapted to multiple layers of clothing in an awkward manner.
The Drowning Well inside The Farm dungeon is no longer an illusion and allows characters to swim.
Chests of deleted avatars should no longer display the character's debug ID.
Fixed an issue where the recipes filter blocked the ability to repair items.
Fixed an issue where excessive Short Log Beams could cause FPS drops for all nearby players.
Fixed an issue that could allow players to select a region that is in maintenance mode when creating a new character.
Fixed an issue where opening doors while standing close to them would cause a sudden camera zoom.
Fixed an issue where the player had no feedback regarding the unstuck option.
Fixed an issue where the Clan Heraldry would not be displayed at creation or after a change while in-game.
Fixed an issue where the Left-sided Door would not snap to doorways.
Fixed an issue where building decay was not present on released plots.
Added more visual effects to corrupted NPCs.
Fixed an issue where specific shields would clip into the player’s avatar when equipped.
Fixed an issue where it was possible to hold two offhand items simultaneously.
Fixed an issue that would cause the equipment menu camera to stop working when a building piece or world object obscured the player.

Items removed from the game after the deployment of Proving Grounds

Food & potions

Golden Brew
Mustard Tea
Lemongrass Tea
Red Currant Spirits
Red Apple Spirits
Grape Spirits
Plum Spirits
Pear Spirits
Hops Mead
Blackberry Mead
Elderberry Mead
Grape Syrup
Rosehip Syrup
Lovely Porridge
Sweet Porridge
Fine Venison Stew
Nice Bear Stew
Alpine Juniper Berry
Gooseberry
Hawthorne
Pineberry
Chlorine Lepidella
Porcini
Pear
Plum

Crafter

Distillery

Items

Conditioned Ale with Intense Flavor
Conditioned Beer with Intense Flavor
Conditioned Beer with Strong Body
Red Apple Distillation
Cloudberry Distillation
Grape Distillation
Pear Distillation
Plum Distillation
Red Currant Distillation
Conditioned Red Wine from Cloudy Base
Conditioned Red Wine with Intense Flavor
Conditioned Red Wine with Strong Body
Conditioned White Wine with Strong Body
Wolfsbane's Seeds

Weapons

Axe of the Fiery Eye
Axe of the Empty Shadow
Imp Feeders Steel Axe
The Withering Wilds
Tempered Battleaxe
Crude Hatchet
Crude Axe
Rugged Hatchet
Crude Hatchet
Impish Apparition Battleaxe
Willsapper
The Guard of Guardians
Battleaxe of the Lost
Torturer's Easy Axe
Bulimix's Axe
Axe of the Pura's
Demoncaller's Engraved Axe
Echo of Nago
Messenger's Heavy Stick
Priests Knuckle Crusher
Modified Shovel
Amabelle's Life Balance
Mothers Gift
Bon's Radiant Pike
The Great Tranquilizer
Tainted Spiral Pike
Spear of the Mighty Boar
Manflayer's Spear
Sword of the Pound
Fetid Zweihander
Poisoner's Clean Cutter
The Sting of Pellipis's Eye
Torturer's Broadsword
The Prize of Corruption
Tick's Prickler
Brutal Steel Zweihander
Fine Bastard Sword
Archdukes Brand of Fury
Blood Curators Fare
Sword of Peter deSalias
Toxic Zweihander
Pyrrhocoris' Longsword
Will of the Giant Boar
Cold Dark Arming Sword