Today, the gates to the Oxbow finally open, and you can explore the new land 🗺️
Experience new adventures in the Oxbow, discover beautiful and exciting new places and build your own settlement in this wonderful neighbourhood. Set off solo or with your friends, and don't forget to personalize your appearance in the character creator.
The Oxbow launches on Steam today, 7 December 2023. The version for the PS5, Xbox Series X/S and other PC platforms will be released in Q1/Q2 of 2024. The update includes the Co-Op mode for up to 4 players, and several other features like the aforementioned new map, character creator and a playable female character.
In the near future, we will continue to improve our game to give you the best possible experience. However, as we reached the Co-Op Mode Update launch on Steam, it's a great moment to look ahead and update our Road Map.
🎮 Our next goal is to launch the Co-Op Mode Update on PS5, Xbox Series X/S and other PC platforms in Q1/Q2 of 2024.
🛡️ Then we will fire up our forges for the Armours, Crests, Shields, and More Update which is coming next year.
🤐 But that’s not all! We will have another surprise coming for you, but more on that later. 😉
Patch 2.0.0.0
Added
Co-op mode (Oxbow exclusive)
New map - the Oxbow (Oxbow exclusive)
New storyline (Oxbow exclusive)
New side quests (Oxbow exclusive)
New generic quests (Oxbow exclusive)
Character creator (Oxbow exclusive)
Playable female character (Oxbow exclusive)
Female player's husband can take care of an infant (Oxbow exclusive)
Ability to romance and marry men as a female character (Oxbow exclusive)
New flirting dialogue lines (Oxbow exclusive)
New gifts for men (Oxbow exclusive)
"Notice board" quests in the main village in the Oxbow (Oxbow exclusive)
Chat - accessible by default under the Y key on the keyboard and in the emote menu
Emotes
HUD settings with the ability to toggle parts of the UI
21 new songs (also for specific villages)
17 new notification sounds
UI sounds and animations
NPCs chatter with audio during gameplay
Facial expressions for NPCs
Lipsync for NPCs
Over 400 new NPC names
Over 50 new NPC presets
Cradle for infants in houses
42 New Furniture and Decorations
4 New Gates
5 New Fences
3 New house decorations
3 Tablecloths as table decoration
FX for building and destroying Fences
FX for building and destroying Gates
FX for building and destroying Furniture
FX for building and destroying Buildings Modules
Listen mechanic for dialogues in co-op (Oxbow exclusive)
Reading letters and notes mechanic (Oxbow exclusive)
Unique basic dialogue trees for every resident of the Oxbow (Oxbow exclusive)
Fixed
Player can change tabs when sorting selection
Player can change item/management category and book tab when sorting selection UI is open
Fixed inspector mode bug sound effect
Fixed bellows mesh in the smithy
Sound effects fixes and improvements
Animals stuck in building entrances
Wild animals ignoring players
Bleeding of a farm animal decreases reputation
Donkeys not sleeping
Owl hoots are now removed from the forest wind sounds
Improved sounds of roosters and chickens
Potential crash when waiting for all async tasks to end
Incorrect descriptions in the game configuration menu
Some standing torches do not have flames
and many more...
Updated
Quest items now have separate quest inventory in the inventory tab for better clarity
Village economy rebalance
Items parameters rebalance (price, durability and etc)
Wild animals' stats and loot rebalance
Husbandry animals rebalance
Farming rebalance
Talents rebalance
Technology rebalance
Costs of fast travel reduced
Reworked behavior of wild animals
Reworked behavior of husbandry animals in NPC villages (Oxbow exclusive)
Reworked animal collisions, animals can be pushed, characters do not get blocked on them
Reworked mount controls
Optimized animals
Improved animal animations
Terrain colour correction
Numerous tweaks and improvements to the terrain
Improved terrain quality with high FOV
Redesigned temperature system
Fog colour correction
Sun angle depending on season
Improved wind effect on vegetation
Redesigned Main Menu
Character in inventory - quality improvements, optimizations
Radial menus improvements - new category division, category markers, larger icons, empty slot first. Costs in fences and gate, level icon only visible in specific buildings.
Capacity of furniture has been added in the description section in the construction window
Improved player's visibility on the map
Containers show status when empty
Pots show status with flower names
Flowers (Pots, Items) change their appearance according to the season
Tutorials won't show during combat
Tutorials (some got added and some got changed)
Sounds for chickens (chirping, damage, death)
Sounds for picking eggs and feathers from hen's nest
Sound attenuation for rivers and waterfalls
Replaced gloomy night songs
Reworked models of Log Table, Log Stool, Log Bench
Reworked model of Simple Wooden Table
Reworked models of Plan Fence, Plan Gate
Reworked material of the stone walls (building modules)
Reworked animation synchronization system between workers and workbenches
Encumbered multiplier now stops and 50% speed reduction until max weight is reached
Some food give additional benefits (like temperature tolerance)
Maximum health potion now also increases current health
Goats now use a bucket during milking
Excavation Shed can extract copper ore
Failure to complete the tax task reduces reputation by 100 points
Increased penalties for killing livestock
All Racimir's clothes replaced with a new starting equipment (The Valley exclusive)
All languages updated
Known issues that will be fixed post launch
Herald is not available for quests so king can't be changed, nor his relation be improved.
No events right now.
Players can continue crafting after the building was destroyed by someone else.
The client in building radial menu cannot see a proper value of fences that are already built.
Missing the red ghost in destruction mode on an unfinished foundation for the client.
Players can see the "Free up workstation" option when another player is using a workstation.
The “Listen to conversation” mechanic is work in progress.
Fences have some replication issues when a player joins a game.
Player's husband has pregnant icon.
Two players can interact with same plot elements at the same time.
A client gamer can't give more than one gift to an NPC per session.
If client leaves a session this player is shown in management as [none].
Quest journals sometimes have no text client side.
Building's modules can sometimes unattach itself from a building on client side in ghost mode.
Items from a quest reward goes always to the host.
Player can die while waiting in bed for day/season change.
Problems with interacting with furniture at Sedowin's hut as a client.
Different numeration of fields for each of the players in the management.
As always, feel free to send us your feedback and questions here or on our social media channels!
Do you consider yourself a Medieval Dynasty fan? 🤔 If so, we have some great news!
To celebrate the upcoming release of the Co-Op Mode Update, we prepared a giveaway with a special Collector’s Set! 🎁
It includes must-have unique items for a true Medieval Dynasty buff. Interested? The contents of the package will be soon revealed, but if you like surprises, enter now! There are also standard copies of Medieval Dynasty up for grabs 😄
Join us live on our Steam page for an exclusive look into the new land that is coming in the upcoming Co-Op Mode Update. See what the Oxbow has in store in a never-before-seen pre-recorded gameplay session; Live-chat with the devs and publishers and ask them your most burning questions 🔥
We are going live on 1 December 2023
6-8 PM CET for the EU viewers (GMT -5; 12 PM EST/ GMT -8; 9 AM PST)
As we are approaching the premiere of The Co-Op Mode Update, we want to invite you to visit the Oxbow a little bit early.
If you are a YouTube creator or a Twitch streamer with a following and love for Medieval Dynasty, email us at social@rendercube.pl and sign up to our Creator Program and gain Early Access to the Co-Op Mode on Steam. Include a description of your channel and a link. We will contact the chosen applicants with the details.
We are looking forward to your submissions!
Regards, The Render Cube and Toplitz Productions Teams
Medieval Dynasty is eligible to be nominated in the “Labour of Love” category, and we think it is a perfect fit for us 😄
Since the launch, we are constantly working on our game to improve your experience. Most notably, we are currently approaching the premiere of the Co-Op Mode Update, which will be the biggest free expansion to the game. It will introduce a highly anticipated online Co-Op mode, as well as a brand-new map, story, and a character creator, among many others. We love developing the game, because we know that you always welcome our work with enthusiasm and warm feedback. We hope that you will consider nominating us in the “Labour of Love” category!