2:57am

Our biggest end-game content update of 2025

Idle Clans - Isam Games

New tasks, new bosses and a bunch of new items!

The biggest part of this update is the new Valley of the Gods boss, Mesines. Most of the new content in this update is in some way connected to it, either in the form of equipment or necessary preparations. Preparing to successfully fight Mesines takes a considerable amount of time, but if you commit and succeed, you'll have a chance of finding Otherworldly ore, which is used to create new Otherworldly armour with the smithing skill.

Also, as was was forecasted, completionist capes now require the Exterminating skill as well. You'll be unable to equip existing completionist capes if you don't meet the Exterminating level requirement for them.

Onto the patch notes!

Exterminating
- Exterminating mastery capes have been released. Fighting your Exterminating assignments will raise your damage output by 6%, 12%, 18% and 24% respectively when equipped
- Exterminating enchantments have been added. Similar to mastery capes, they also boost your damage output against active assignments. Boosts are 1.5%, 3% and 5% for Common, Rare and Exceptional enchantments
- Exterminating crates can now be purchased with Exterminating points or found from Exterminating demi-bosses. More on those below
Exterminating demi-bosses
- Grimwark
  - Level 110 Exterminating requirement
  - Drops Grimwark's sigil, which is used together with Bulwark shield to create the Grimwark's shield with Smithing - a new BiS offensive melee shield
- Otherworldly executioner
  - Level 115 Exterminating requirement
  - Drops Otherworldly coreplate, which is used together with a Dragonscale shield to create Otherworldly dragonscale shield - a very powerful shield against dragons of all types. When equipped, raise your damage against dragons by 20%
New Valley of the Gods boss, Mesines
- An extremely strong dragon that'll put your defensive abilities to the test
- Uses both melee and a dragonfire magic based attack. The dragonfire attack has a chance of one hitting anyone not using dragonfire protection (dragonfire potions)
- Weaknesses
  - 20% damage boost from Otherworldly dragon slayer crossbow
  - 20% damage boost from Otherworldly dragonscale shield
- Drops Otherworldly ore
- Available as a weekly quest as well
New tasks and quests
- Ignis log
  - Requires level 105 Woodcutting
- Ignis heartwood
  - Requires level 105 Carpentry & x3 Ignis log
- Smoldering mushroom
  - Requires level 105 Foraging
- Sunfire seed
  - Requires level 105 Farming
  - Produces x5 Sunfire berries
- Dragonfire potion
  - Requires level 105 Brewing
  - Blocks 75% of dragonfire damage
  - Costs
    - x5 Ignis heartwood
    - x30 Smoldering mushroom
    - x10 Sunfire berries
    - x100 Otherworldly essence
- Sunfire summit
  - Requires level 105 Agility
  - Unlike other courses, this one has an item reward: Sunfire seeds
  - Provides slightly less experience per hour than the previous course due to its lucrative item reward
- Not a new task, but Ancient tribe has received a new item in its loot table, the Ancient crossbow string. This is one of the item requirements to create the new Otherworldly dragon slayer crossbow
New items
- Otherworldly key
  - Obtainable from Exterminating crates and needed to fight Mesines
  - Untradeable
- Exterminating crate
  - Drops
    - 5% chance to find an Otherworldly key
    - Various supplies. Seeds, leather, arrows and such
  - Obtaining
    - Bought from the Exterminating shop for 100 Exterminating points. Purchasable at most 70 times per week
    - Exterminating demi-bosses (Drake & stronger) have a low chance of dropping them
  - Untradeable
- Otherworldly ore
  - Obtainable as a very rare drop by killing the new boss, Mesines
- Otherworldly bar
  - Requires a smithing level of 102 and the following items:
    - 1x Otherworldly ore
    - 2x Astronomical ore
    - 10,000x meteorite ore
    - 5,000x titanium ore
- Otherworldly helmet
  - Requires a smithing level of 104 and the following items:
    - 2x Otherworldly bar
    - 1x Astronomical helmet
- Otherworldly platebody
  - Requires a smithing level of 110 and the following items:
    - 6x Otherworldly bar
    - 1x Astronomical platebody
- Otherworldly platelegs
  - Requires a smithing level of 108 and the following items:
    - 4x Otherworldly bar
    - 1x Astronomical platelegs
- Otherworldly shield
  - Requires a smithing level of 106 and the following items:
    - 4x Otherworldly bar
    - 1x Astronomical shield
- Otherworldly dragonscale shield
  - Creation requires a Smithing level of 112 and a Crafting level of 110
  - Requires an Otherworldly coreplate (from Otherworldly executioner) and a Dragonscale shield
  - Provides a 20% damage boost against dragons
- Otherworldly dragon slayer crossbow (shortened Otherworldly DS crossbow)
  - Created in the Item creation tab
  - Requires an Otherworldly crossbow, Dragonslayer crossbow and an Ancient crossbow string (obtainable from Plundering the Ancient tribe)
  - Requires level 115 in Smithing, Crafting and Archery
  - Provides a 20% damage boost against dragons
  - Retains the effects of Dragonslayer crossbow and Otherworldly crossbow
- Grimwark's shield
  - Created in the Item creation tab
  - Requires 1x bulwark shield and 1x Grimwark's sigil
  - Requires level 105 in Smithing, Crafting and Defence
  - Stats similar to the Bulwark shield, but better. Best-in-slot melee strength
Reckoning of the Gods changes
- Monsters can now drop the Otherworldly gem
- You now have a low chance of plundering basilisk and Astronomical gear
- Warrior belt was appearing more often than it should have
A new tab was added to the bottom of the activity list, called "Item creation"
- The goal of this tab is to have a single place for all miscellaneous item creation tasks that have versatile requirements
- The Primeval fangblade, Divine hide buckler and Naga's blessed crown tasks were moved from the Smithing page to this tab

Smaller changes

One of my personal favourites, pressing the small button next to the "Activities" text on the left no longer opens a popup displaying available activities. Instead, it'll show activities below in a compact way so that you can see all available activities at once without needing to scroll. This setting is remembered and persists between sessions
To better control the currently massive influx of chests of all types and to return to their original goal of being items that you have to obtain via skilling, you no longer receive any chests from Reckoning of the Gods and no Exceptional chests from combat. Common and rare chests are still available via combat for enchantments to not be too big of a drag early game
The Valley of the Gods bosses now drop less gold than before. Their drop tables are already lucrative and we should aim to decrease gold influx where we can

Brewing tasks were slightly visually modified to be more compact and fit more item costs
Loot is now aggregated when opening multiple chests to reduce the amount of item entries you have to look at
Items powerful against specific monsters now display their damage boost percentage in their item description
Items in the Item creation tab can no longer be produced in double with Smithing gloves
Kronos' book was renamed to Book of Kronos
Attempting to enter Kronos' lobby without a Book of Kronos now gives a more informative error message about obtaining said books
Received clan credits from Skilling party is now multiplied by amount of tickets used
Sobek kill count now counts towards RotG entry requirement
Potato seeds were replaced with Tomato seeds in the Ancient tribe drop table

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where auto exterminating would cause your loot info to be inflated visually as your kills and loot were getting incorrectly multiplied
You're now able to interact with chests even if your inventory is full
Fixed a few items not being sorted correctly in the inventory
The item info popup when hovering quest item requirements no longer goes as far away

2:56am

Fatal Claw - Dev Notes #07

Fatal Claw - C2H_H

Hello, everyone!

Before we begin, thank you everyone who played the <Fatal Claw> demo, joined us for Steam Next Fest, and supported our Kickstarter. Your feedback has been invaluable.

In today’s Dev Notes, we’d like to share the heartfelt effort behind the recently released demo build.

If this look behind the scenes helps you feel the team’s intent and care, that alone makes us happy.

\[How the Current Demo Came to Be]

Although this is the first time the Fatal Claw demo has been released online, we previously showcased an offline build at TGS 2024 and several expos.

As we prepared the online release, we took another hard look at the demo. We found many areas to improve, and we couldn’t ignore them.

We moved back and forth across the intro, completed sections, and later areas—testing, fixing, and re-testing.

The result of that process is the demo you’re playing now.

◈ Strengthening the Opening: Better Immersion into the World

In the previous demo, gameplay began immediately after the opening cinematic as Kisha with just one HP in Origin Laboratory.

Many players took this as a simple start signal, and it didn’t spark enough curiosity about the world.

So we added direction right after the opening to naturally draw you in and raise questions.

“What is that number?”

“Whose voice was that?”

You won’t grasp the entire world at a glance, and that’s okay.

As you follow Kisha’s story, those early questions resolve and immersion grows.

◈ Feel the Controls Early: Demo-Exclusive Speedrun & Boss Challenge

The demo covers the early game, where only the basic Mutant Abilities are available.

That made it hard to showcase the late-game, Mutant Ability-driven thrill.

To address this and to preview the game's core thrills, we added demo-exclusive modes.

- Speedrun: Grants Mutant Abilities normally obtained later, so you can sample dynamic action and exploration ahead of time.

- Boss: Introduces a “teaser” boss you wouldn’t meet early in the main game, letting you experience the direction and pattern concepts of future boss fights.

◈ Easier Navigation: Landmarks on the Minimap

As we’ve shared before, Fatal Claw reduces path-finding stress using region-specific colors and landmarks.

However, the minimap still made orientation tough at times.

We improved the minimap by adding key landmark images as signposts.

Now, when you glance at the minimap, it naturally recalls the corresponding environmental features.

This change may feel subtle at first.

But as you keep playing, the icons and the real spaces click together, and navigation becomes much easier.

◈ Natural Combat Learning: Animation Hint from Kisha’s Downward Attack Against Mirkam

This is a tiny detail, but it carries our intent to provide an early boss hint.

You don’t have to use downward attack to beat Mirkam.

But if you employ it well, the fight gets much easier.

Small hints like this stack up and help you enjoy <Fatal Claw> in richer ways.

◈ “I Changed the World”: Power Restoration in Aurora Village

This improvement came directly from offline demo feedback.

In the earliest demo, only the drilling site visibly restarted.

Many players missed that the entire village had brightened.

So we added a sequence where power spreads back through the village.

Through Kisha, you feel the world changing, and sense what Aurora Village is meant to be.

We’re also developing more scenes with NPCs to sustain immersion as your journey continues.

◈ Wrapping Up: The Power of Small Details

Beyond the points above, we added and refined many other elements.

If you’re playing the demo for the first time, some changes may not stand out.

But no detail is too small if it makes the game more fun, so we’ll keep working on it.

Early Access and full release still have many milestones ahead.

We’ll keep communicating openly so <Fatal Claw> can become a welcoming, beginner-friendly Metroidvania game for everyone.

Even brief impressions are welcome. Please share them on Steam Discussions or Discord.

👉 \[Discord]

👉 \[Steam Discussions]

One more thing—we’ve uploaded a Developer Q&A video on the official <Fatal Claw> YouTube channel.

It’s packed with insights: controls, art, supported languages, and plans for release. Check it out! 👐

Thanks for reading today’s Dev Notes.

See you in the next update. 🙏

2:49am

[Dev Log] #2 Controller and Strategic Items

BLACKOUT: Zero Point - Mibuck

Hello, this is SILOEGI Operation.

Because we were busy preparing for Tokyo Game Show and Gamescom Asia, updates and news have been a little quiet. During that time, based on your feedback and bug reports, we focused on core improvements to the game.

In this dev log, we’d like to share two main areas of progress.

1. Controller Support

Controller support is now almost complete. After we finish the key layout, sensitivity tuning, and vibration settings, it will be added to the demo soon.

'BLACKOUT: Zero Point' requires a lot of inputs, so we’ve put serious thought into how the controls should feel on a gamepad. Your feedback will be crucial after the update.

2. Strategic Items

Among the ideas suggested on Steam and Discord, the most common request was the addition of **strategic equipment and items**.

Since the current demo focuses mainly on gunfights, we’re preparing new systems that enable more tactical play.

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Deployable special equipment:
We’ll first introduce defensive/support tools such as barricades, sentry guns, and drones. More tactical equipment will be added in later updates.

Melee weapon system:
In addition to sidearms, we plan to add melee sub-weapons such as hammers, axes, and knives. Each weapon is being designed to have a clear role and identity.

3. Roadmap

In parallel, we’re developing new stages and additional modes, plus a class/skill system to deepen player combat options.

We’ll be back soon with fresh content. Thank you for all your support and feedback!