Harbingers,

A new update is now available, and we are ready to celebrate the spooky season! 🎃

Have you seen something strange moving through the fields, or is it just my imagination? 👀


Thanks to Juan for this amazing showcase trailer!

HALLOWED EVE OVERVIEW

The Everfall region of Elderheim is celebrating Hallowed Eve! Visit Woodhurst to take part in the festivities.

• New harvest themed weapons!
  ○ The Corncleaver
  ○ Harvestlight Scepter
  ○ Harvest Warden’s Shield
  ○ Barbthresher Pitchfork
  ○ Baleshield
  ○ The Bramblethorn Rapier
  
• New Hallowed Eve clothing items
  ○ Scarecrow hats
  ○ Jack-o-Lantern Helms
  
• Special holiday enemies!
  ○ Scarecrow Reavers have swarmed the Hills of Delvenaugh!
  ○ Fieldscourge – Large versions of the Scarecrow Reavers, also stalking the Hills of Delvenaugh
  ○ Gloomkin have risen from the ground and haunt the grounds around Wolfden Priory
  
• Added new village decor, including new Hallowed Eve themed village decorations!
  ○ 3 pumpkins (Various sizes)
  ○ 2 jack-o-lanterns
  ○ 3 Haybales
  ○ Sunflowers
  ○ Scarecrow
  
• New Hallowed Eve questline - Flame of the Hallowed Harvest
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed dialogue at Squalls End
  
• Fixed issue when paying off your bounty would take twice the amount of gold required
  
• Fixed many grammatical errors
  
• The new dragon and griffon mount can now be spawned via the favorite mount button
  
• Fixed item values for Armorer shop contents (buildable structure)
  
• Fixed issue with moonstone meteorites hitting the top of an areas bounds, making the mining nodes float high in the sky
  
• The “Abandoned Research” quest now auto completes when destroying the research
  
• Fixed issue where you could close Bishop Groves dialogue before accepting the next stage of his quest, locking you out of the questline
  
• Fixed issue with Esros dialogue where game could auto-save between quest states, leading to the player being locked out of the questline
  
• Fixed issue with ranking up after max rank in the Lionsmane resulting in becoming a Footman in the guild
  
• Fixed issue with Fletcher’s Fowl quest that would lock controls if you already had the items required for the quest before the quest was initialized
  
• Fixed issue that would cause you to have fewer stat points to spend if you level up multiple times at once
  
• Fixed issue with the cooking station in the Fletcher’s Fowl tavern causing the players mesh to remain visible after exiting the cooking menu
  
• Fixed issue where enemies in separate area would spawn when entering the Cavern of Frozen Echoes, causing lag
  
• Fixed issue with city “Kill X at Y” jobs not tracking correctly
  
• Fixed issue with overworld merchant windows now showing the correct amount of gold in the player’s inventory
  
• Fixed various dead-end dialogues
  
• Fixed issue where player would spawn inside or below the caravan during Caravan Ambush events
  
• Electrified Reposition now only works if you have the Electromancy passive unlocked
  
• Removed t-posing birds from Aviary building
  
• Fixed issue that would cause Goblin Mold to not properly spawn at the Harbinger Stronghold upon starting a new game
  
• As a Vampire, your mana and stamina will now properly drain when exposed to sunlight. This is amplified when you are blood starved.
  
• As a Vampire, your mana and stamina restore faster at night or when you are not exposed to direct sunlight
  
• Closing mount, companion and grapple mod windows no longer causes movement lockup when closing with the TAB key
  
• Spear of Chaos special attack can no longer be triggered while the weapon is sheathed
  
• Fixed issue with Night Vision skill that would cause on-screen widgets to be unclickable while the skill is active
  
• Fixed issue that would cause the third person action camera to remain after the Spear of Chaos special attack was completed if the player blocked during the animation
  
• Fixed issue where unequipping a shield while wielding a spear would cause spear skills to not work
  
• Added additional enemy spawn checks for enemy ambushes events
  
• Player can no longer activate skills while viewing a vista
  

Adjustments

• Reduced stone spear damage
  
• Reduced copper spear damage
  
• The lava level at the Immolation Forge is now saved, preventing saves from being stuck in the lava
  
• Added a 10 second cooldown to the Spear of Chaos special attack
  
• Reduced overworld event victory fanfare volume
  
• Swapped rune wheel requirements in the Infernal Crucible since it led to lots of confusion
  
• Climbing no longer modifies camera roll, preventing tilted camera placement when dismounting
  
• Dismounting while climbing manually or by running out of stamina will now force-reset your camera, further preventing any odd camera rotation
  
• Removed old, unused interior to Woodhurst Castle
  
• Fixed projectile issue with Emberspike skill. Should no longer duplicate and have an odd trajectory
  
• Added exposure range, which should help prevent areas from being too dark or too bright
  
• Changed required items for Alchemist building
  
• Reduced jump height increases per jumping level
  

Additions

• New enemies
  ○ Scarecrows Reavers. Slay these enemies to turn them back into regular old scarecrows, which you can loot for special holiday currency!
  ○ Gloomkin – Living pumpkins that toss fire and explode upon death as a last resort!
  ○ Fieldscourge – large versions of the Reavers!
  
• You can now craft small animal traps through the field crafting menu
  
• Added new Vampire skills:
  ○ Bat form: Transform into a bat!
  ○ Grave Hunger: Consume a corpse. Restores 50% of your health, mana and stamina and boosts health regen for 2 minutes
  ○ Tyrant’s Grasp: Hold out your hand, pulling weaker foes to your palm. With the enemy in hand, you can consume their life force by attacking (restoring a random stat with each hit), or throw them by blocking.
  ○ Heartwrench: Plunge your fist into the chest of an enemy. If they have less than 20% health, they will be killed instantly. Has a 40% chance to rip their heart out intact, adding it to your inventory. Deals unarmed damage * vampire level damage
  
• New Necromancer Skill: Shadow Scythe – Conjure a scythe and sweep it in front of you.
  
• New lute – Acorn Lute
  
• New Ultrasword – The Oathkeeper
  
• New potion type – Bat Form Potions
  
• Added 2 new locations of interest to the Hills of Delvenaugh
  ○ The Ironbark Bastion (Contains 2 puzzles)
  ○ Grove of Silent Oaths
  
• - Added new spellsong:
  ○ Mending Melody (The Hills of Delvenaugh)
  
• Added new companion: Itzel Delgado. A master woodcutter!
  
• New questlines:
  ○ Flame of the Hallowed Harvest
  ○ The Keeper’s Burden
  
• The Alchemist building now spawns a shopkeeper and a potion crafting table
  
• The Herbalist building now spawns a shopkeeper
  
• Added new item: Hearts, which can be consumed by vampires to extend their feed timer
  
• The Necromancer Shrine building now allows you to use the doors and perform the necromancer ritual
  
• The Graveyard building now spawns a shopkeeper who sells bones and the Undead weapon set
  
• The Fletcher building now spawns a vendor who sells ranged weapons and ammo
  
• Added simple Guild Overview window to the character sheet screen