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Release Notes for Of Blades & Tails

Update alpha v0.19.0 (September 5th 2023)

"Challenge" difficulty mode has been added with these modifiers:
Other improvements and fixes

Update alpha v0.18.3 (August 4th 2023)


Update alpha v0.18.2 (August 1st 2023)


Update alpha v0.18.0 (August 1st 2023)

General
Game World
The Combat Arena

The arena can be found in the northern end of Murzork. It features 2 competitions:

The Leaderboard Challenge
The Tournament
Items & Equipment
Achievements

4 achievements have been added:

Fixes and Improvements
Savegame Compatibility

Savegames from version 0.17.x are compatible and future savegames will remain compatible as well :)


Update alpha v0.18.1 (July 24th 2023)


Update alpha v0.17.3 (June 26th 2023)


Update alpha v0.17.2 (June 19th 2023)


Update alpha v0.17.0 (May 30th 2023)

Illusion Magic

A new talent line "Illusion Magic" has been added. The abilities of this talent require expertise, which can be bought at the wand (magic supplies) trader in Immerfurt.

(Please note that the sources for receiving this talent expertise might change during EA.)

New Weapon: Knuckles

This new type of fist weapon can be used with the Unarmed talent, allowing "unarmed" players now to wield a weapon and gain access to related bonus stats. However, knuckles are limited to +1 physical damage, regardless of their item level.

New Arcane Magic Ability

A new perk has been added to the end of the Arcane Magic talent, which modifies the previous Mana Shield talent and make the absorbed damage being reflected to all nearby targets when the Mana Shield runs out.

The perk requires expertise, which can be bought at the wand (magic supplies) trader in Immerfurt.

Activation of Random Seeds

Each new playthrough will now use a random seed upon which many areas are generated. Depending on the type of area you will see more or less differences to the original level generation that has been used since day 1. Hand-made areas like the first quest dungeon or any settlements are not affected by the new seed. Most other dungeons and outdoor areas will have a new layout (once you start a new playthrough).

Existing savegames are not affected by this change.

UI & QoL improvements
Balancing & Fixes
Savegame Compatibility

Savegames from version 0.16.x are compatible, but your ability points will be reset and you need to redistribute them again at the bonfire.


Update alpha v0.16.0 (May 10th, 2023)

Equipment Modifications

You can now extract item mods and reuse them on your preferred equipment. Visit any crafting NPC like blacksmiths or carpenters to use this mechanic. Game World

Quests
Items & Equipment
UI, Controls & Accessibility
Achievements

3 achievements have been added:

Balancing and Fixes
Community Translations

Our community added support for the the following languages:


Update alpha v0.15.2 (March 31st, 2023)


Update alpha v0.15.1 (March 24th, 2023)


Update alpha v0.15.0 (March 22nd, 2023)

Engineering Talent

A new talent line around "Engineering" has been added. It allows you to place stationary weapons and other utilities in combat. In addition to the familiar resources like stamina or mana, these abilities also cost Toolkits . Each minor perk along the talent line grants you a chance not to lose any toolkit when using an ability. A master of engineering won't waste any toolkits at all, but the less experienced engineers have to deal with this extra resource cost.

All active abilities require expertise before you can learn them! A skilled woodworker in Immerfurt probably knows more about this craft...

(Please note that the sources for receiving this talent expertise might change during EA.)

Beastmastery Talent

Beastmastery has been added and allows players who earned the respect of the wild to tame beasts and make them fight on their side for some time. To earn the respect (read: expertise ;)) you have to complete newly introduced wave attack challenges, which are placed across the overworld.

Activating the challenge requires you to place a "Beast Bait", which has a low chance to drop from all insect or plant-based creatures in the game.

(Please note that receiving the bait(s) may require a good amount of grinding, if you want to rush it. However, for any new playthrough it should be something that just drops along the way at some point. Beastmastery is meant to be a supportive talent and nothing you can learn/focus on right from the start.)

New Ranged Weapon: Crossbow

Crossbows are now a thing and can either be found through random loot or be bought alongside bows. Note the 2 turns cooldown which the base attack of this weapon has.

Balancing
New Languages

I'm really happy to finally add new languages to the game on which members of our amazing Discord community have been working on over the past weeks.

Important: All of these languages are translated by volunteers who love the game and want to make it more accessible to players in their native language.

Please be aware that there might be issues with some texts. Any missing translations will appear in English. Especially after future updates, there will be times when new game content might not be translated into all supported languages in time for the update to be released.

Now to the additionally supported language and their level of completeness with the current update:

Ukrainian: 100% Finnish: 100% Brazilian Portuguese: 100% Korean: 100% Japanese: 100% Turkish: 82%


Update alpha v0.14.1 (March 10th, 2023)


Update alpha v0.14.0 (March 1st, 2023)

Story & Quests
Game World
Items & Equipment
Talents & Abilities
UI, Controls & Accessibility
Balancing
Achievements
Fixes
Savegame Compatibility

Update alpha v0.13.1 (February 7th, 2023)


Update alpha v0.13.0 (January 10th, 2023)

Treasure Hunt

You can now collect Map Fragments across the world and take them to a Cartographer who assembles a Treasure Map for you. The map contains clues on where in the world you can dig up a treasure chest, which contains new kinds of rewards.

Items & Equipment
Game World
Health Recovery & Balancing
Fixes

Update alpha v0.12.4 (January 3rd, 2023)


Update alpha v0.12.3 (December 30th, 2022)


Update alpha v0.11.0 (December 8th, 2022)

Talents & Abilities
Enemy AI
Game World
Items & Equipment
Misc
Savegame Compatibility

Update alpha v0.10.4 (October 28th, 2022)


Update alpha v0.10.3 (October 26th, 2022)


Update alpha v0.10.2 (October 24th, 2022)


Update alpha v0.10.1 (October 21st, 2022)