Welcome to all the new players who've joined us since the free DLC launched last week! We hope you're enjoying the game — we've already published a couple of updates over the weekend for some of the bigger issues, and today we've released another patch.

Thanks to everyone who's been sending us bug reports! If you find a bug, please report it in-game using the button in the Options menu. That way, we get your savedata, logfiles and other useful information that helps us solve the problem faster.

If you haven't done it already, please remember to leave a review for the game on Steam, it really helps other people discover it!

Here's the changelog for the latest patches:

• A trek member now always gets only 1 Loyalty for being promoted
  
• Increased the price of the items for "Unpredictable Conditions" from 15 to 25
  
• Reduced the Sanity cost of Glowing Maggots to 5
  
• The Jellyfish's "Gatherer" perk now kicks in more frequently
  
• Items from the Jellyfish's ability will now be given at the end of the trip instead of during it (which could cause you to be overburdened during a trip)
  
• When all dice and rerolls are used in combat, an "End Round" button appears instead of "Choose a Dice" prompt
  
• Items that are part of the Unpredictable Conditions Director Mode Modifier can no longer be dropped or traded
  
• Malin can no longer be sent into the Cenote location
  
• Club Inspector will no longer ask to stay at a village
  
• Lemonade can no longer ever be on sale
  
• Animal Scent can now be used to add a dice when attempting to tame roaming wildlife
  
• You can now skip the tutorial as long as you've started it once (you don't need to finish it)
  
• Reroll Retaliation glossary entry now mentions that Stunned characters won't retaliate

• Fixed Fog Infected status not being curable at Avalon
  
• Fixed not being able to loot a Shrine Altar Room sometimes
  
• Fixed abandoning game during first expedition allowing you to continue playing after Hall of Fame
  
• Fixed Egg of Corruption not being properly exchanged for Fame during Triumph
  
• Fixed Egg of Corruption being able to remove objective-relevant locations
  
• Fixed Shrine aftermaths sometimes blocking off the only path to the objective
  
• Fixed being able to open Manage Trek while travelling
  
• Fixed objectives not being properly setup when using Restart Expedition Death Consequence and restarting the same expedition
  
• Fixed data from Club Competitions that have ended being used
  
• Fixed some levels of corrupted equipment not having the new corrupted effect
  
• Fixed Corrupted equipment being able to apply the Fog Infected status to invalid characters
  
• Fixed the extra teeth that the Taxonomist gets after combat not being given at the correct time
  
• Fixed being able to give a Native Trinket to a character without loyalty
  
• Fixed characters without loyalty being able to be Mercurial
  
• Fixed standing not being revealed when appropriate in some rest events
  
• Fixed characters sometimes floating in the tavern after recruiting the Mercenary
  
• Fixed standing-related achievements not being possible to get in Director Mode
  
• Fixed inventory & back button sometimes being hidden in Manage Trek screen
  
• Fixed missing mousewheel icon in map zoom tutorial
  
• Fixed making an offering at a Stone Statue while being Followed not having the correct effect
  
• Fixed combat item cooldowns not being properly decremented when getting a Free Round in combat
  
• Fixed wrong or no item infobox being shown when cooking meat sometimes
  
• Fixed Annie Oakley's perk causing non-hostile zones to be bigger (eg butterflies)
  
• Fixed bad cropping of character portraits in Leader Selection screen
  
• Fixed not always getting treasure when completing the "The Guardian and the Treasure" expedition

• Fixed game not starting sometimes after posting a score to the Hall of Fame

• Fixed not being able to finish expeditions when the Club Inspector is not in the party sometimes
  
• Fixed characters losing their perk levels when becoming Pale Masks

Dear Explorers,

We just launched The New Director free DLC for Curious Expedition 2! It's a free update, so it will be available to you immediately if you already own the game or if you just bought it.

This update features a new game mode (Director Mode) and plenty of new content. For those who like to discover things on their own, we suggest to stop reading here and just go play the game, you will eventually encounter some of the newest additions regardless of if you're playing the Campaign Mode or the Director Mode. For those who'd like a bit more information and are not afraid of spoilers, keep reading...




Since releasing version 1.0 earlier this year, many of you have asked for an alternative game mode, less focused on the story compared to the existing Campaign Mode, and providing more replayability. We've listened to your feedback, and that's where the Director Mode comes in.

Narratively this mode takes place after the original campaign, starting in 1890. You take over as the Director of the Exposition as you explore islands containing greater dangers than you've ever faced before. For each year you complete, you have to add a new negative modifier to your trek. The end goal is to collect all the different Director Modifiers, and then complete one final year with them. It's not going to be easy!

We also introduced a new Hall of Fame screen where you'll be able to keep track of all your runs in both game modes.




This is a chaotic and unfriendly place, but one that offers new opportunities for those who know what they are looking for. It's a mysterious landscape heavily influenced by the purple fog, and dominated by features that aren't quite right. It definitely stands apart for most things that you've seen in Curious Expedition 2 so far. It's only accessible through portals that will appear throughout the game, so keep your eyes open for those.

This biome features a brand new location (the Mirror Circle) and corrupted versions of existing locations, new items, new events, new enemies and new creatures, such as the Jellyfish (which can be tamed to join your trek) and a massive monstrous creature known as The Duke.

We don't want to reveal everything about this biome, if you want to know in detail what has been added check out the change notes (linked at the bottom of this post), otherwise just go play and enter those portals!




Who are these people? Can you trust them?

The Pale Masks are creepy occupiers who are related to the fog, spending their lives travelling through the corrupted biome. They are itinerant until they decide to settle down on an island, displacing the islanders who lived there before. They wear masks with wide smiles at all times. Exposure to the fog has left them fog-infected, with purple veins sometimes visible under their skin. Who knows what they look like behind their masks?

• New enemy: Tyrannosaurus Rex
  
• New recruitable character: Stygimoloch
  
• New recruitable character (temporary, will join you for one expedition only): Zouave Veteran
  
• New item: a cute truffle hog named “Joobee” (thanks to everyone who sent a naming suggestion!)
  
• Various other new items

• We've added a Hall of Fame where you'll be able to see information about your past expeditions in both Campaign Mode and Director Mode. It's accessible from the main menu and the Tavern.
  
• Last but not least, we made some changes to the way weekly Club Competitions work, let us know your thoughts!

We hope you'll enjoy this update and rest assured, we're not done yet! There will be more content updates coming in the upcoming months...

If you'd like to support us please tell your friends about the game, ask your favourite streamers to play it and if you encounter any issues, you can submit them using the Bug! button in Options screen.

You can find the change notes on our wiki.

Adventure awaits!

Dear Explorers,

We're excited to inform you that the first Curious Expedition 2 post-launch content update is coming on Friday, May 21st, and it's going to be a real big one! We don't want to reveal everything right now, but here's some of the things you can expect to find:

• A new game mode where you'll embark on a chain of expeditions in order to achieve as much fame as possible, bringing back some of the roguelike elements of the first Curious Expedition.
  
• A new biome, chaotic and unfriendly, offering new opportunities for those who know what they're looking for.
  
• A new masked tribe, related to the fog.
  
• Lots of new events, locations, enemies, recruitable characters and items to discover.

This will be a free update for all owners of the game.

Adventure awaits!

As you've probably heard, since the 1.0 release we've been busy working on new content and on a new game mode for Curious Expedition 2. We've been doing some playtesting already and are now looking for more players to join and give us their feedback.

In order to participate you need to own the game already, but besides that we don't have other requirements. It's not necessary to have completed the campaign.

If you're interested and would like to help please join our Discord server and follow the instructions in the #announcements channel. The playtesting phase is now over, thanks to everyone who participated!

We need your help! We're currently busy working on new content for Curious Expedition 2, such as the truffle hog you see pictured above, which is going find different items by digging around the map. But we have a problem: we don't know what to name it!

Please share your name ideas by commenting on this post or on our Discord server in the #namethishog channel — if your suggestion is picked we'll add you to the special thanks in the game and send you some merchandise (plus Steam keys of both games if you don't have them already).

Oh, one more thing: Curious Expedition 2 is currently 15% off!


https://store.steampowered.com/app/1040230/Curious_Expedition_2/

Today's update should improve the game's framerate on larger maps in particular that some users were experiencing. If you had a laggy framerate in the late-game, check it out now and let us know if it's an improvement!

There's also a couple of balancing changes, and a number of fixes to cases where you could get stuck in some maps. Those were fixed based on your Bug Reports, which are very helpful as they include your savegame and log files when you send them in-game. So thanks, and keep them coming!

• The Anthropologist's Standing bonus is now more linear
  
• Status "Disguised Scent" will disappear after combat so it can only be used to ambush once
  
• Added support for DualSense (PS5) controller
  
• Added new sounds for dice boosting, mole attacks, portals and golden seals
  
• Sinking shrine should not be revealed while traveling on turtle ferry
  
• Characters in active Nagual form can't use combat dice from equipped items anymore
  
• Fame Bonuses for items are now rounded correctly

• Improved performance on large maps
  
• Fixed location markers not showing sometimes
  
• Fixed important zones like Malin's Tracks or Village Quest Enemies being spawned on hazards like Fire or Fog
  
• Fixed case where lava would collapse and block of your only route to the objective if that route included fog tiles
  
• Fixed desert storm stopping travel when it did nothing
  
• Fixed issues where returning to the map while in a desert storm could show a black screen instead of the map
  
• Fixed Lost Explorer's Treasure Map sometimes saying the treasure is where another location is, but it isn't
  
• Fixed the game getting into a broken state if you Abandon or Save&Exit during a dice roll or combat attack
  
• Fixed Therapy Paddles being used up when action is cancelled
  
• Fixed "Cursed" status having no effect
  
• Fixed issue where nature rest event "Dancing with trek members" wouldn't progress properly
  
• Fixed enemy groups consisting of just two Native Scouts doing a pointless double vulnerability attack
  
• Fixed untranslated text when using Altar
  
• Fixed incorrect text displayed at the start of combat when fighting some boss enemies
  
• Fixed still having the Key Staff in your inventory if you let the Natives take it at the end of Act 4 Part 3
  
• Fixed Herder village enter event (with the cow licking) not working when you have noone else in your party
  
• Fixed Flood aftermath curse following you to the next island on a multi-part expedition
  
• Fixed corgis being too distracted by recent things like battles and deaths to dig properly
  
• Fixed baby animals that grow up not showing their character info when you get the option to recruit them
  
• Fixed capacity changes not being reflected properly in the Manage Trek inventory display
  
• Fixed dice added by Ornamental Revolver not getting a bonus from the British Soldier's Marksman Buff
  
• Fixed dice rerolled by other abilities not rollilng in the correct area
  
• Fixed losing standing on subsequent Islands if you didn't complete a "Deliver gift" village quest

Today's patch has includes a change to the Cartography ability that's shared by the Cartographer and Seeker. We love the Cartography playstyle that revolves around exploring the entire map using items like the Sextant and Theodolite - but both our internal stats and your feedback showed that the fame you could get from the maps created was significantly higher than that for the other Leader classes. Those classes now should be more in line with the fame-generating abilities of the other class-specific abilities.



There are also a number of bug fixes in this update, including a fix for bad performance that some players experienced on larger maps. We've also fixed a few issues where important locations could only be reached via the fog, which was often pretty unfair, as well as a number of problems when using a Gamepad. Check out the full patch notes below. Keep your bug reports coming as always, using the Bug Report button in the Settings menu - thanks!

And finally, in case you missed it, we recently updated the CE2 FAQ with some answers for the common questions about the state of the game and our plans for the future - check it out on the Steam forums.

• Significantly reduced the Fame increase for Cartography at higher levels to bring the Cartographer and Seeker more in line with the Fame generation potential of other explorers
  
• Slightly reduced the Fame bonus from the Seeker's Cartography ability relative to the cartographer's, to differentiate them more
  
• Reduced the amount of items for sale in the Shady Dealer's initial sale, to make it prohibitively expensive to get a full set of equipment so early in the game
  
• The game will now load the backup savegames that it creates automatically if there's no non-backup savegame for that slot
  
• Finding the ship in Act 3 part 3 now uses the Compass instead of Gimbal so you can find it eventually
  
• Fighting Salamanders in Act 3 Part 2 now grants standing with the Moles, rather than reducing it
  
• Added sounds for cooking raw fish and quail
  
• Made Totem Stick description slightly more explicit about what it does.

• Fixed bad performance on the map in large maps and in particular Act 3 Part 3
  
• Fixed combat abilities that heal not working on mounted characters
  
• Fixed Malin's Tracks spawning in a place that's only accessable via fog in Act 2 Part 1
  
• Fixed "Regeneration" & "Blessing of Healing" statuses not properly preventing Infection as described
  
• Fixed Treasure locations being able to spawn in locations that are only reachable via Fog
  
• Fixed getting double post-combat XP/standing/sanity after fighting Lava Crocodiles
  
• Fixed sandstorm shrine aftermaths looping the event multiple times
  
• Fixed Raider of Tombs perk not revealing Desert Tombs
  
• Fixed party count not being displayed after rescuing a frozen person in a Cave
  
• Fixed dismissing tutorials with controller also progressing narrator box with the same input
  
• Fixed Fog Burn Scrolls not working correctly in Act 4 Part 3
  
• Fixed item infoboxes being hidden sometimes in Barter
  
• Fixed Angry Natives spawning and then immediately despawning after stealing the Great Crystal in Act 3 Part 1
  
• Fixed single pixel line glitch sometimes flickering in background during cam transitions
  
• Fixed bats having wet feet while flying
  
• Fixed Tarred status showing during Triumph
  
• Fixed some terrain effects that come from items like the Transporter or Tide Wand playing again every time you return to the map
  
• Fixed display for claiming Club Competition rewards showing your current number of tickets instead of the number of tickets rewarded
  
• Fixed Machete not correctly cutting down some Prehistoric Jungle
  
• Fixed Ship Storage items appearing later in multi-part expeditions when they shouldn't, if you saved & reloaded during the first part
  
• Fixed inconsistent rules for corgi digging
  
• Fixed nothing being selected in some Barter screens when using controller if you had a Roma Trader in the party
  
• Fixed missing hand pointers when using controller at the Hatter
  
• Fixed map colours being saturated when returning from an event with a dice challenge and using controller
  
• Fixed losing map focus after using Weather Balloons with controller

If you were affected by the issue where you got a "Your Trek Perished" game-over screen after a successful combat, you might be able to restore a backup savegame from before the combat and continue your campaign. Check out your savegame folder at "C:/Users/<username>/AppData/LocalLow/Maschinen-Mensch/Curious Expedition 2/user" (replacing <username> with your windows username). You should see some files that end with the '.bak' extension - remove that extension and load the savegame, it should be from before the combat. Our apologies to anyone affected!

• Fixed getting a gameover screen after using an ability in combat that targets all allies and applies a buff, while mounted
  
• Blocked the village rest council funeral event from firing while you have a village-related quest

Probably the biggest change for today's patch is that the loyalty loss that you get when dismissing a character during an expedition no longer happens if the character being dismissed was only recently recruited. Hopefully this should prevent the frustration when you recruit more characters than you can have and are forced to dismiss one - now you can always dismiss the most recently recruited and not suffer the rest of your party being rather upset.

Other than that, we've hopefully fixed the remaining issues with mounting characters in combat, and some issues that prevented you from completing certain expeditions sometimes. Check out the full change list below - and thanks as always for your bug reports, they're very helpful: keep them coming with the bug reporting button in the settings menu in-game.

• Disabled loyalty loss when dismissing recently recruited characters
  
• Finding the ship in Act 3 part 3 now uses the Gimbal instead of Compass
  
• Changes in 'Jungle Explorer' perk to affect more tiles
  
• Increased range of some geo machine effects
  
• Combat Buffs that come from statuses & items can't be removed during combat (eg from "The Undoing")
  
• When mounted, Combat Buffs only are applied to the mount. But buffs on the mount that affect damage also apply to the rider (so you can still have your leader affected by strength/weakness)
  
• Unkillable characters such as Malin will no longer be affected by the 'Jungle Rot'
  
• Plateau "Climb Cost" display in the infobox shows the cost as modified by perks like "Climber"
  
• You may now have multiple Nagual trek members
  
• You can't cleanse Naguals while they are in animal form
  
• Added more Malin specific music tracks to the game

• Fixed locations not being destroyed by aftermaths sometimes
  
• Fixed yes/no buttons losing focus with controller sometimes
  
• Fixed sealed pyramid not being openable in some expeditions
  
• Fixed "Covered in Tar" not being removed when resting at Missions
  
• Fixed weapon burial spot being only reachable via fog sometimes
  
• Fixed some items/locations affecting multiple tiles did not work properly with controller
  
• Fixed barter screen not having anything selected sometimes when using controller
  
• Fixed not being able to buy hats with controller
  
• Fixed issues with fighting a mummy at the waterfall
  
• Fixed curses not being removed at the end of an expedition
  
• Fixed Rival zone being added multiple times in Act 3 Part 1
  
• Fixed certain aftermaths having no effect at Sinking Shrines
  
• Fixed sandworm's "Getting Hungry" vulnerability not being active during the player's turn
  
• Fixed cartography checklist displaying 100% complete when it wasn't 100%
  
• Fixed Escort Shaman quest not properly revealing the target location
  
• Fixed tutorial not progressing if you don't have the recruited native in your party somehow
  
• Fixed water/lava rivers sometimes not spawning
  
• Fixed sound on theodolite item
  
• Fixed missing narrator text box in wandering native reveal random tribe trait event
  
• Fixed event in Act 3 Part 2 ending abruptly when talking with the ruler
  
• Fixed ugly placement of camp on the beach
  
• Fixed untranslated text for "Bonded With Human" status
  
• Fixed visual issues with Rainbow Orchid goal location in Caverns
  
• Fixed being able to use Tinker Box without a Tinkerer in your party
  
• Fixed incorrect dice being added when you get dismounted in combat
  
• Fixed leader not getting HUD when mount is Engulfed by sandworm
  
• Fixed Club Competition scores not fitting in their boxes
  
• Fixed ghost not looking like a ghost at burial ground sometimes
  
• Fixed Jules Verne's "Take Notes" combat action not having a proper description when considering to take him in the Tavern
  
• Fixed not being able to click on a selected dice to cancel it in combat
  
• Fixed long pause before Moles with Magma Throwers attack
  
• Fixed Gimbal not animating when at the maximum detectable distance
  
• Fixed sealed pyramid expeditions generating very small maps in normal/hard difficulty (those should be easy mode only)
  
• Fixed Lux Labs upgrade screen not properly progressing if you enter the Options menu during the upgrade animation
  
• Fixed not being able to cancel out of the Club Shop tutorial if you don't want to (or can't) buy anything
  
• Fixed Iron Man achievement being awarded incorrectly
  
• Fixed Rope's "Lasso" ability being boostable with no effect (it's now not boostable)
  
• Fixed the warning visual that a tile is about to become lava as part of a Magma River being prematurely removed
  
• Fixed being able to manage Wong Fei-hung's equipment
  
• Fixed not getting Loot after combat if you click too fast
  
• Fixed some shrine aftermaths following you to the next Island or Expedition
  
• Fixed being able to use Therapy Paddles on characters with no loyalty
  
• Fixed tiles created by Tide Wand not showing their name or cost in their infobox
  
• Fixed Shamans wanting to be taken to sinking Shrines sometimes
  
• Fixed Academy Master not creating scrolls if you hadn't levelled up Taishi enough yet
  
• Fixed wandering natives should not randomly reveal sinking shrines anymore
  
• Fixed characters looking in wrong direction during prey tracking
  
• Fixed bugs in mole first rest event, adding a new recruit and adjusted the standing loss
  
• Fixed free ruler visit in Act 1A not triggering under certain conditions
  
• Fixed wrong character replacement during Nagual shape shifting

Dear Explorers,

Lunar New Year 2021 is starting on Friday, and in terms of the Chinese zodiac animal it's going to be the Year of the Ox. When we found out about this a while ago we immediately knew this would be a fantastic opportunity for a special hat reward for this week's Club Competition. So here it is, the Heavenly Ox (which is actually more of a mask than a hat):





Is this hat providing any advantages while playing the game?
No, all hats which are rewarded as part of the weekly Club Competition are purely cosmetic, they don't affect your in-game abilities in any way.

When is this Club Competition running?
The Club Competition has already started and will end on February 16th at 11am CET.

What is the goal of the current Club Competition?
The goal is to find baby dinosaurs. Go on expeditions and look out for dinosaur eggs, carry the eggs around and wait until they hatch. Any newborn baby dinosaur will get your club a point once you finish the expedition. While the prehistoric islands which are unlocked in 1889 most certainly have some dinosaur eggs to find, there is also a chance to find them elsewhere in the game.

What do I have to do in order to win the hat?
First of all, in order to participate you need to visit the Royal Avalon Society or the Taishi Academy in Paris and select Join Competition. This option will only be unlocked after completing Act I and reaching the year 1887 in the game for the first time. Once the Club Competition ends, if the Explorer Club you joined is the one that has found the most baby dinosaurs, you will automatically receive the hat.

What happens if the Explorer Club I joined doesn't win the competition?
As long as you joined the Club Competition and found at least 1 baby dinosaur, you will be able to purchase the hat (in exchange for 20 tickets) until February 23rd at 11am CET. After this date, you will not be able to purchase the hat anymore.

Can I switch to a different Explorer Club while the Club Competition is running?
No, once you joined one of the Explorer Clubs for the Club Competition, you won't be able to switch to a different Explorer Club until the competition has ended.

Good luck!