Artifact Escort is a new activity available on the Archipelago. Across the map a mysterious floating artifact will appear in the sky. The artifact will follow the heaviest nearby ship and any ship destroyed (no engines and no pressure wells) in its vicinity will be transmuted into resources by its unknown power. However, the artifact is always visible on the map and the work of its transmutation can only be claimed by delivering it to a contract fort on the map.



Details on the new activity are available through following the new quest "Artifact Recovery". Completing this quest will also unlock the new Lance Cannon, a new weapon using the same platform at the Flak Cannon.



Join us on Discord for public playtests Friday at 12pm ET, Saturday at 3pm ET, and Monday at 7pm ET.

1.13.0

Major Features

• Added Artifact Escort, a new expedition activity.
  

Minor Features

• Added the Lance Cannon unlocked by completing the Artifact Recovery quest.
  
  
• Slightly increased the accuracy of the flak cannon.
  
  
• Updated almost every ship cannon projectile with new bullet trail effects.
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where ships on defensive targeting would stop targeting ships with a bounty after the bounty is collected.
  
  
• Fixed flak cannons not centering in a leveled position.
  
  
• Fixed crew sometimes never loading in when launching shortly after their captain or dropping network traffic.
  
  
• Fixed flak cannons displaying a higher draw than intended in the hangar boards.