Oct 20
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Bug Fixes & Improvements
Fixed an issue with lion mane colors displaying incorrectly.
Resolved bugs affecting Trophy Editing and Photo Mode.
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Fixed an issue with lion mane colors displaying incorrectly.
Resolved bugs affecting Trophy Editing and Photo Mode.
We’re happy to share that our team will be attending SGC this year. While we’ll primarily be there for our other title, we’re really looking forward to meeting players and fans of Anchor’s Lament as well. If you’re attending, please feel free to stop by and say hello — we’d love to hear your thoughts and experiences with the game so far.
We also want to take a moment to sincerely thank everyone who played the Anchor’s Lament demo during Next Fest. Seeing your reactions and feedback has meant a lot to us, and it’s been incredibly motivating as we continue working toward the full release.
There’s more content on the way before launch, and we can’t wait to share what’s next. In the meantime, you can join our Discord — linked on the game’s Steam page — to stay up to date with news and updates, or just chat with us and other players.
Thank you again for your support. It really means the world to our small team.
– The Anchor’s Lament Team
Today, Patch 0.1.7 launches on the Beta Branch!
Among improvements and bugfixes, this update introduces the ability to summon elemental Orbs as a brand-new Wonder! Harness the power of Fire and Water for destruction and vegetation growth.
Read the changelog below for more information:
We have added the new very cool ability to summon fire and water orb as new wonder from the early beginning on
up to 5 orbs can be carried by the imp at the same time
orb can also be placed somewhere for later usage
fire and water orb can both be thrown
fire orb acts as a fireball when thrown => destruction
water orb kills fire and lets vegetation grow
added tutorial explaining how to handle orbs
Here’s your first look at the elemental Orbs! Stay tuned — when the patch moves to the default branch, we’ll showcase the orbs in action in the next Steam news!
Further improvements:
improved settlement border calculation in complex cases
size for border extension via towers is now dependent on map size
Bugfix:
fixed issue with settlement border calculation on higher progression levels
fixed issues with old savegames on the first map since our last update
Open your Steam Library
Right-click on Fata Deum → Properties
Go to the Betas tab
Select Open - Beta from the dropdown menu
Close the window – Steam will now automatically download the Beta version
We will extend this feature over the next weeks to also allow to summon orbs of earth and wind and to add additional possibilities to interact with them and create even greater wonders. Stay tuned!
While this is just a first step, it is one of the bigger features we want to add and extend to push this game more and more in the god game direction (as many of you currently see to much RTS and not enough god game in Fata Deum).
Thanks for your input! We will continue listening to your feedback!
Added barber functionality to major towns in the game. You can find barber NPCs in market areas and interact with them to edit the hairstyle and appearance options of selected characters.
Added a new quest related to "Disguise Potions." Completing this quest will unlock the disguise potion recipe, which allows complete re-editing of a character's appearance.
Added a series of "Gladiator" career storyline quests. Players can now register as a "Free Gladiator" at the Blackthorn Arena, showcase their skills in the arena, gradually become arena champions, and unlock various gladiator-exclusive rewards. Additionally, we have redesigned the gladiatorial combat mechanics to accommodate our new "Gladiator Career" gameplay.
Added a mechanism to unlock special shop items based on reputation/favor. This mechanism has been applied to merchants from the White Steed Knights, Green Leaf Guild, Wild Mage Mutual Aid Society, Mercenary Guild, and Arena Alliance.
After completing the "Shadow Hero Mystery" quest, a martial arts arena will now open in Bamboo Creek Valley, where players can obtain the Spirit Snake Palm technique manual through its ultimate challenge.
Added a new helmet to the Timekeeper armor set.
Added a new legendary weapon: Evil Slayer, which can be obtained with a chance from ultimate treasure chests in high-level dungeons.
Fixed issues where text was not fully displayed in certain UI elements for some languages.
Fixed an issue where dialogue would still appear after player defeat causing game over in certain situations.
Fixed an issue that prevented players from challenging certain arenas.
Fixed delayed updates of faction relationship information in the log window.
Fixed quest markers appearing below location markers on the map.
Fixed incorrect display of profession skills in character portrait tooltips.
Fixed layout errors in prisoner management and hiring interface character information.
Fixed an issue where some passively triggered monsters (such as Iron Guards, Skeletons, etc.) could not be attacked by players while attacking them.
Fixed an issue where Dark Wizards might not die properly when killed.
Fixed the arena leaderboard not displaying the Wild Mage Arena.
Fixed an issue where right-clicking to try to carry a merchant would open the shop interface.
Fixed an issue where controlling teammates to carry NPCs would not display favor reduction.
Please note: During this period, we have conducted very complex and comprehensive optimization improvements, many of which involve lower-level code and resource loading logic. Therefore, this update may have more instability factors compared to previous versions.
Optimized game resource packaging and management. The entire game's disk usage has been reduced, scene loading speed has improved, and memory usage has also decreased.
Fixed multiple pieces of code that could cause memory leaks, resolving issues where the game would become increasingly laggy or even crash after extended play sessions.
Mirage Swamp:
Ancient Treasure: Fixed the issue where Necromancers would not drop Necromancy school learning books upon death.
When pressing the middle mouse button to rotate the camera, there is now a mouse cursor UI change as an indicator.
Added new "Arena" type landmarks on the world map to mark arena locations.
Optimized and adjusted the game's lighting and depth of field effects.
Optimized camera zoom in/out and scroll speeds.
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Fix resolution problems on ultrawide monitors, including proper dropdown display of selectable 16:9 resolutions.
Fix harmless error that may appear when a Yajuu joins a normal battle.
Fix input error that could take place when spamming inputs in the Fuu Underground.
Fix residual errors that may pop up when finishing Okkake no Osakenori.
Fix the equipment type of two late game equipment pieces.
Fix very small navigation issue with buttons and controllers for a couple dozen spots.
Fix typos and other issues found in a few dialogue scenes.
Fix a progression bug that only occurs for some players in Labyrinth 10.
Fix an equipment duplication error.
We want to add a "Fast-Forward" (by holding a certain key) to some minigames so that they can be played and progressed through more quickly.
We've noticed some physics inconsistencies in Tatiana's minigame, Kotoba Kyuugi, and are looking to fix this soon.
We've noted that some bottles can get stuck in the path of play in Otogawa's minigame, Okkake no Osakenori, and are looking to fix this soon.
We've noticed that when holding a button to move, then sliding your hand (while still holding the button) to another button occasionally does not allow the player to rotate properly in the dungeon. We are looking to fix in the near future.
We may be able to prepare a Nintendo Switch-specific option that improves graphics for those playing on Nintendo Switch 2. ✅ UPDATE: This is done and waiting to be released later this month!
There are some users still experiencing issues with widescreen play, for example with selectable resolutions not appearing in the dropdown option. Although we were planning to revisit this issue in September, we ended up not having the bandwidth to do so due to the recent launch of the port on Nintendo Switch. We apologize for the inconvenience and plan on looking into this in October. ✅ UPDATE: This is done and is confirmed to work on every ultrawide monitor! Applying this fix to the Demo version will happen later this week.
Thank you Shujinkou players for your continued support and QOL requests! Feel free to join our Discord community if you need assistance with gameplay, want to suggest features or provide constructive feedback, or want to meet and chat with other fans of Shujinkou!
https://discord.com/invite/UdCdvSuwpk
Read more about this update on the official Rice Games website:
https://ricegames.net/2025/10/20/shujinkou-v1-43-patch-notes/
Smaller bug fixes added to patch 1.03:
Scene transition change to avoid crash on endgame
Fixed second time playthrough achievement not being awarded
If you played a second time, achievements will be checked on startup and should trigger the second playthrough.
