Just dropping in for a quick (not-so-quick) update.

As I mentioned previously we ran into a bit of an issue that caused a delay in the live update "Turn of Tides". Long story short we had some performance issues that required a decent amount of work to correct. While it's ok on a beta branch, we did not feel comfortable putting things out to the live game in it's current state. So we thought it be good to let you all know what's been going on and where we stand.

Things worked on during the delay:

• Put in Retrofitting (Adding new content to old worlds)
  
• Improving the reaction of land creatures to the water environment. (fixing things like bosses just walking towards the player even though they are stuck on the shore)
  
• Improved creature pathfinding when dealing with the water. (So they may or may go around a body of water, fly or swim across it if they can, depending on the situation)
  
• Ocean related stability improvements. (lag)

In progress:

• Making sure controller is properly supported for boating
  
• Improving the visuals of the water. (Separating biomes, putting an edge to the world.)
  
• Redesigned the gameplay of boat, mast, anchor and steering wheel for more interesting Ocean navigation.

We have done a lot of work that will prepare for future content so we do not expect upcoming content to experience this type of delay. We expect all future content to come on a regular schedule from here on out. We will have more details on that next week.
Because of the complexity in the changes that were made to the game, we need extra time to get this update out to console. We expect this to take an additional 3-4 weeks (hopefully less), and we will update you with the expected date as soon as we submit to cert and have a better handle on what the date will be.

We are very sorry for this and we know this is going to be disappointing, but we believe that given the extent of the changes we are making to the game, we need the extra time to make sure everything is ready.

We have also been working on a few other things. These things are mostly outside of the content team and doesn't affect the current content plan, but we have something new for you today.

We have been working on a system that will allow you to collect "points" on your account by doing various things like subscribing to our Youtube or following us on Twitter and then use those points to get items. Currently we will be using this to distribute our out of cycle Twitch items rather than selling them as we had previously suggested. This allows players to get what they missed before or just get them without going through Twitch.

The first version of this can be found on our accounts page here: https://accounts.klei.com/account/rewards

In the future we will update the rewards program with new ways to earn more points and pick up cool rewards they may have missed, or even possibly entirely new stuff. Let us know what you think here.

That's all I have for now. Thanks everybody, have fun out there!

A ship has dashed upon the shores of the island and our survivors have recovered a new member to add to their team; Warly! Armed with a variety of rare ingredients and fancy cookware, Warly can't wait to spice up the lives of his newfound taste testers... er, friends, with a full-course dinner of brand new meals and invigorating spices.

Here are his details:

• Warly can craft a Chef Pouch, which is a small backpack that also helps to preserve food items a little bit longer.
  
• Warly can craft a Portable Crock Pot, Portable Grinding Mill, and Portable Seasoning Station, usable only by him.
  
• The Portable Crock Pot cooks 25% faster and includes new exclusive dishes with unique bonuses and effects.
  
• The Portable Grinding Mill can be used to craft a variety of seasoning powders.
  
• The Portable Seasoning Station combines a prepared dish with seasoning powder to add bonus effects to the food.
  
• Warly has an increased max hunger of 250, but it decreases 20% faster than other characters.
  
• Warly can only eat prepared dishes from a Crock Pot.
  
• Warly remembers the dishes he ate for up to two days and will enjoy them less every time they are repeated.
  
• Added new vegetables, available to all characters: Toma Root, Potato, Asparagus, Pepper, Onion, and Garlic.
  
• Added several new Crock Pot recipes, available to all characters.

Warly is available for free for all DST players.
The Warly Deluxe Wardrobe is $7.99 and includes Warly's Roseate, Victorian and Trawler skin sets.




Next on the list of Character Refreshes is somebody we think many of you are going to be excited about. We are having a bunch of fun with this one and we hope you enjoy Woodie when his refresh comes to DST early September.

• New food recipes will now work with cooked ingredients.
  
• Added new Seeds to Catcoon’s random gifts.
  
• Improved resolution of most crops.
  
• Fixed animation bug with new crops being invisible when grown on Farms.
  
• Fixed crash when attempting to add seasoning to mod foods.
  
• Fixed crash caused by new Wardrobe Popup Screen.
  
• Fixed animation bug with Willow’s custom idle animation when using skins.
  
• Fixed animation bug with Victorian Warly’s beard.
  
• Fixed animation bug with WX-78’s Unfinished Robot Hands.

• Electric attacks from Volt Goat Chaud-Froid buff will now properly charge Volt Goats.
  
• Fixed animation bug with modded food being invisible in the Portable Spicer.
  
• Fixed some issues with the new Wardrobe Popup Screen.

A ship has dashed upon the shores of the island and our survivors have recovered a new member to add to their team; Warly! Armed with a variety of rare ingredients and fancy cookware, Warly can't wait to spice up the lives of his newfound taste testers... er, friends, with a full-course dinner of brand new meals and invigorating spices.

Here are his details:

Warly can craft a Portable Crock Pot, Portable Grinding Mill, and Portable Seasoning Station, usable only by him.
The Portable Crock Pot cooks 25% faster and includes new exclusive dishes with unique bonuses and effects.
The Portable Grinding Mill can be used to craft a variety of seasoning powders.
The Portable Seasoning Station combines a prepared dish with seasoning powder to add bonus effects to the food.
Warly has an increased max hunger of 250, but it decreases 20% faster than other characters.
Warly can only eat prepared dishes from a Crock Pot.
Warly remembers the dishes he ate for up to two days and will enjoy them less every time they are repeated.
Added new vegetables, available to all characters: Toma Root, Potato, Asparagus, Pepper, Onion, and Garlic.
Added several new Crock Pot recipes, available to all characters.
Warly is available for free for all DST players.
The Warly Deluxe Wardrobe is $7.99 and includes Warly's Roseate, Victorian and Trawler skin sets.

And, like always, Warly will have an animated short released on the same day. For now, here is some art from the making of that short.

NOTE: Steam has an issue right now and I can't post new images. So for some cool images we put together for this post head over here: https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/109036-warly-makes-landfall-in-dst-next-week/

Hey Everybody,

Dropping in to let you know that Warly will be coming July 25th, I will have a post next week with details about his upcoming skins and info as usual.

In addition I hope to have more info on the upcoming content for Return of Them too.

I understand that this has left console players out of the loop here a bit but we ran into an issue in testing where we found a pretty bad memory issue related to the new oceans. We were left with a situation where we would either have to release the next update without the new ocean and boats and rearrange the lunar islands or spend a bunch of time getting that fixed up so it was good to ship soon.

So, when I have more definitive info on the next live update I will let you all know. We also are working on something else... unannounced that I hope to share soon as well that I think you will all enjoy (especially console).

Once again, sorry for all the timing issues, we're getting it sorted out. Thanks for your patience.

Though the circumstances of his creation were unusual at best, Wormwood came into this world full of optimism and curiosity, ready to make new friends and see all that life had to offer. But as time wore on and he experienced the cold sting of rejection, he came to learn what the moon above had always known: Wormwood the Lonesome does not belong here.

• Wormwood can plant Seeds directly in the ground without using Farms.
  
• In Spring, Wormwood blossoms, gaining increased movement speed, draining hunger faster, and attracting Bees.
  
• Eye Plants are friendly to Wormwood.
  
• Wormwood has a Green Thumb crafting tab:
  
  • Living Log can be created at the cost of 20 Health.
    
  • Bramble Husk provides 65% Armor and shoots out thorns when hit, dealing 23 damage in a small radius. The wearer is also protected from thorns.
    
  • Bramble Trap shoots out Thorns when triggered, dealing 40 damage in a small radius.
    
  • Compost Wrap restores 30 Health to Wormwood. It can also be used as a very potent fertilizer. *
• Wormwood can use Manure, Guano, or Bucket-o-poop to fertilize himself, restoring 2 Health.
  
• Food items do not heal Wormwood.
  
• Wormwood takes 25% more damage from fire, and burns for slightly longer.*
  
• Wormwood loses sanity when plants are destroyed near him (e.g. picking flowers, completely chopping or burning down trees, digging up stumps, grass, saplings, or bushes, etc.) This excludes plants that are diseased or already burnt.
  
• Wormwood gains sanity when plants are planted near him (e.g. seeds, flowers, trees, grass, saplings, or bushes, etc.)
  
• Sanity effects from planting or destroying plants is reduced the further it happens from Wormwood.*

• Wormwood is available for free for all owners of Don't Starve Hamlet on Steam.
  
• Wormwood is available for purchase for $6.99 in the Wormwood Chest. Wormwood's Roseate skin set is included in this chest for free.
  
• The Wormwood Deluxe Chest is $10.99 and includes Wormwood as well as the Roseate, Oasis Bound and Hollow skin sets.
  
• You can weave Wormwood for 2700 spool.

With Wormwood now among new friends the team is headed toward our first big Return of Them content update titled "Turn of Tides" is coming later this month on June 20th. If you haven't checked out the content beta, you can find out more details in our roadmap post here.

• 
  
• Fixed controller bug with using items on yourself, such as eating.
  
• Fixed bug where Bramble Husk’s thorns are still triggered when the Player is mounted.
  
• Fixed missing sound FX for Wormwood’s /sleepy emote.
  
• Fixed death announcement for dying to Thorns.
  
• Fixed layering and hiding issues with Oasis Bound Legs.

• Added a new custom idle animation for Wortox.
  
• Fixed bug where an equipped Bernie gets damaged when Willow attacks on a mount.
  
• Fixed bug where waterproof gear did not protect Wes when crafting Pile o' Balloons.
  
• Fixed bug where Cactus destroyed by a Sinkhole did not drop Cactus Flower.
  
• Fixed inspection strings for Ancient Fuelweaver.
  
• Fixed various Wormwood skin bugs.

Wormwood the Lonesome is set to arrive in the Constant next week!

(Some details may change before launch but this is what we are expecting. Notable changes in DST are marked with an asterisk*)

• Wormwood can plant Seeds directly in the ground without using Farms.
  
• In Spring, Wormwood blossoms, gaining increased movement speed, draining hunger faster, and attracting Bees.
  
• Eye Plants are friendly to Wormwood.
  
• Wormwood has a Green Thumb crafting tab:
  
  • Living Log can be created at the cost of 20 Health.
    
  • Bramble Husk provides 65% Armor and shoots out thorns when hit, dealing 23 damage in a small radius. The wearer is also protected from thorns.
    
  • Bramble Trap shoots out Thorns when triggered, dealing 40 damage in a small radius.
    
  • Compost Wrap restores 30 Health to Wormwood. It can also be used as a very potent fertilizer. *
• Wormwood can use Manure, Guano, or Bucket-o-poop to fertilize himself, restoring 2 Health.
  
• Food items do not heal Wormwood.
  
• Wormwood takes 25% more damage from fire, and burns for slightly longer.*
  
• Wormwood loses sanity when plants are destroyed near him (e.g. picking flowers, completely chopping or burning down trees, digging up stumps, grass, saplings, or bushes, etc.) This excludes plants that are diseased or already burnt.
  
• Wormwood gains sanity when plants are planted near him (e.g. seeds, flowers, trees, grass, saplings, or bushes, etc.)

Sanity effects from planting or destroying plants is reduced the further it happens from Wormwood.*

• Wormwood is available for free for all owners of Don't Starve Hamlet on Steam.
  
• Wormwood is available for purchase for $6.99 in the Wormwood Chest. Wormwood's Roseate skin set is included in this chest for free.
  
• The Wormwood Deluxe Chest is $10.99 and includes Wormwood and the Roseate, Oasis Bound and Hollow skin sets.
  
• You can weave Wormwood for 2700 spool.

And of course, we will have a new Wormwood animated short and more details When Wormwood launches on June 6th. But for now, here is a nice image from the next animated short!

Originally posted by Bigfoot on the official forums.

Hey folks!

With the Willow refresh newly launched, it’s time for the next phase: new game content! I’d like to update you all on our current plan.

Over the next several months, we’ll be releasing a series of game updates available to all players, under the single thematic focus entitled “Return of Them”.

Charlie’s machinations have come to a head as she turns her attention towards the skies - and the mysterious entity that awaits there. Our Survivors will be forced to contend with terrifying monstrosities beyond their comprehension, and yet, there may be a silver lining: their minds and horizons will be expanded under the sublime light of an ancient moon.

Here is an overview of what is available in our first update, Turn of Tides:

• Added a new multiplayer-centric boat mechanic, where players can build and deck out a boat for multiple survivors to travel together on
  
• Added a new boating craft menu
  
• Added the Lunar Island
  
• Added Enlightenment
  
• Added 3 new Lunar Island biomes, along with new creatures, objects, and craftables
  
• For this first update, we’ve focused primarily on building the fundamental tech and infrastructure for Return of Them. Please know that we expect this update to be a bit content light, and over the following months we will be adding more content to both the islands and the sea.

Turn of Tides is available to play in a beta branch today, and will officially launch on June 20th. Head here for more info{/url][url]To access the beta see the instructions here.

In addition to new content, we are preparing for the arrival of the next new character. We’re happy to announce that Wormwood will soon enter the fray, fresh from his adventures in Don't Starve: Hamlet!



Wormwood is coming to Don’t Starve Together on June 6th, and will be priced similarly to Wortox. In addition, anyone who owns Don’t Starve: Hamlet will have access to Wormwood for free.

For the next character refresh, Warly will be sailing into the Constant from Shipwrecked on July 18th, and will be free to all players of Don’t Starve Together.



As with all character updates, Warly will be getting a design refresh and come with new abilities specific to Don’t Starve Together.

And that’s it! Onward and seaward!


What about console?
Since console does not have beta branch functionality, consoles will be getting Turn of Tides at the official launch in June.

When is my favorite character getting a refresh?
We will announce more characters refreshes as we get to them. If you have suggestions and feedback make sure to post them. We are watching and we do use that information to help us decide what we want to do next.

Will my existing worlds be affected if I switch to the beta branch?
No. Save data for the beta branch is kept separate from the live branch at: \\Documents\Klei\DoNotStarveTogetherReturnOfThemBeta

Will my existing worlds work in the beta branch if I copy them over?
Not at this time. For future updates, we will look into the possibility of retrofitting the new content into existing DST worlds, as we did for the A New Reign updates.

• Fixed crash that would occur when disabling lag compensation and using an oar.
  
• Fixed occasional crash when jumping onto a boat
  
• Fixed occasional when walking away from Gestalts
  
• Fixed Horror Hound spawning
  
• New art for the Seafaring crafting tab

• Fixed a crash when on or jumping onto a sinking boat
  
• Fixed a crash when hamming a Partially Assembled Altar
  
• Fixed overlap of beaverness and boat health hud meters
  
• Fixed chatter text when mining the Inviting Formations
  
• Fixed the Horror Hound spawning anim
  
• Changed oar inventory art

• Objects built on the edge of the boat should no longer get built on the water.
  
• Fixed equipped items not showing up
  
• Fixed boats getting stuck when the anchor is burnt
  
• Fixed crash when near Saladmanders with the ice hat on
  
• Fixed crash when the deerclops leaves
  
• Optimized lunacy overlay effect.
  
• Fixed missing beach turf inventory image
  
• Fixed crash when debug spawning wave effects in the caves

Added mod release id “R08_ROT_TURNOFTIDES” for modders
For more info see here: https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/106292-return-of-them-mods-beta-compatibility/

• Fixed boat health icon getting stuck open when jumping on and off a boat quickly
  
• Fixed crash when mods change the camera zoom limits
  
• Fixed crash when a steering wheel is removed while in use
  
• Fixed a crash when tall bird eggs try to hatch
  
• Fixed clients not being able to repair the boat.
  
• Fixed replanted/fertilized rock fruit bushes not growing or being affected by Applied Horticulture
  
• Fixed spoilage rate for Rock Fruit and tweaked loot chances
  
• Fixed Seawreath disappearing when dropped
  
• Houndius Shootius now renders correctly on boats
  
• Fixed Ocuvigil build on boats
  
• Fixed anchor and steering not saving/loading properly.
  
• Further optimized lunacy effect.
  
• Optimized ground/ocean shaders.
  
• Fixed not being able to place walls on the boat.
  
• Fixed tooth traps not being resettable
  
• Fixed Lucy possessing the Moon Glass Axe
  
• Fixed Werebeaver gnawing Rock Fruit

• Fixed Set Pieces overlapping the water (requires regenerating your world)
  
• Wormholes should no longer spawn too close to the water
  
• Lazy Explorer/Wortox teleports now work on boats.
  
• Fixed crash when Tallbird Eggs hatch
  
• Fixed a bug where players would not drop all their items when they died on a boat.
  
• Fixed resurrecting a player if they died on a boat when their inventory was full.
  
• Hound waves now spawn at sea
  
• Oars are now a weapon
  
• Oars will auto-equip a new one when broken
  
• Woodie will no longer be stuck when turning into a beaver while using the steering wheel.
  
• Fixed Moon Glass Axe durability when fighting shadows
  
• Red Fungal, Green Fungal, Deciduous, and Desert turfs have their inventory images back
  
• Fixed placer art for Sprouting Stone Fruit and Stone Fruit Bush
  
• Hounds are now wet while swimming
  
• Fixed hound art while asleep in the water
  
• Moved some of the tuning values for boats to Tuning.lua to make them easier to mod.
  
• Fixed a rendering issue causing some mods, such as Basements, to not render properly.
  
• Equipment that reduce wetness now work on failed rowing attempts.

Additional notes are now being posted in the Steam forums: https://steamcommunity.com/app/322330/discussions/0/1649919326331054755/

Hey everyone!

Here we are with our second character update! We have a few things to share, from Willow’s character refresh, to new skin sales and Twitch campaign.

Here we go!

From the Ashes
Every character has their story, and with each refresh, we will be revealing a bit more of their past. See what memories Willow has to share with you in our latest short:



Willow Refresh
With the memories of her tragic past reignited, Willow has tapped into formidable powers for her childhood friend and protector, Bernie, as well as receiving full fire immunity and other bonuses.

• Willow is now immune to fire damage.
  
• Willow is now more easily frozen (e.g. by Ice Staves or Deerclops).
  
• Willow no longer gets cold from low sanity.
  
• Winter gear is slightly less effective at keeping Willow warm.
  
• Willow takes more damage and loses sanity at freezing temperatures.
  
• Willow takes longer to overheat and less damage when overheated.
  
• Willow takes no burn damage while extinguishing smoldering fires and does it faster than others.
  
• Adding fuel to fires is 50% more effective.
  
• Bernie can now be equipped by Willow for sanity and warmth at the cost of durability.
  
• Bernie grows big and will taunt and fight most hostile creatures when Willow is nearby and insane.
  
• Bernie will still taunt Shadow Creatures when any other player is nearby and insane.
  
• In addition, Willow still gains sanity near fire and can still cook with her Lighter.

Willow’s Guest of Honor, Triumphant, Survivor and Rose Skins can now be purchased and are all now available for purchase. All owners of these classic skins prior to today are now upgraded to an “Heirloom” rarity, with full unraveling value (that is, an Heirloom Elegant can be unraveled for 1350 spool).

Willow also has some new items that can be dropped, weaved or purchased.



The Ghastly Attic Chest can be purchased for $3.99 and contains Ashley, The Cursed Sterling Lighter and the Baleful Lace Parasol. The Willow Deluxe Wardrobe contains 5 of Willow's item sets, including the new "Forlorn Doll" set for $12.99

Drop Changes
We have removed icons, vignettes and profile backgrounds from the drop table. These items are still weaveable, however you will no longer receive them as drops. In addition, we have added about 100 color and slight variants of many existing common drops.

Originally we added the icons, vignettes and profile backgrounds so that we had more items to collect, but as many of these items were seasonal items, it gave the appearance that these were being dropped unintentionally.

New Twitch Campaign
We are getting ready for a new twitch campaign with an entirely new theme.



Check out this post for more details.

That's all we have for you this time. As always we will be watching your feedback and bug reports. Have fun out there!

For more details (and the full update notes) see the official forums at: https://forums.kleientertainment.com/game-updates/dst/331773-r747/

• Fixed random crashes that were happening on some servers.
  
• Fixed some combat targeting bugs for BERNIE!
  
• Fixed bug where Willow’s freeze resist changes after she dies and resurrects.
  
• Fixed bug where Willow was not receiving the full sanity bonus from fires.
  
• Fixed animation bug when Willow is electrocuted while using The Forlorn Doll skin.

• Fixed string names for Driving Gloves.
  
• Fixed moonwalking Bernie.
  
• There can only be one active BERNIE! per Willow player, but they can now activate near each other.
  
• Willow’s fuel perk now applies to Night Lights.
  
• Updated Willow’s perk strings in the character selection screen.
  
• Using a Deconstruction Staff on a Gobbler, Varg, or Pig Shrine will now drop available offerings.

• Fixed bug where BERNIE!, Winona’s Catapult, and Houndius Shootius can end up targeting players who attacked with a Weather Pain or Fire Darts.
  
• BERNIE! will no longer target any players that attack him on non-PvP servers.
  
• BERNIE! will target non-Willow players that attack him on PvP servers.

Hey Everybody,

We’re just about ready for the next Character Refresh! Willow’s Refresh will be coming May 7th.

I am going to share some of the details of her changes. Of course, this is still subject to change and will likely see some adjusting before and after release.

• Willow no longer gets cold from low sanity.
  
• Willow takes more damage and loses sanity from freezing.
  
• Willow takes less damage from overheating.
  
• Willow gets fire immunity for the first several seconds and then reduced damage thereafter.
  
• Willow takes no burn damage while extinguishing fires and does it faster than others.
  
• Adding fuel to fires is more effective for Willow.
  
• Bernie can now be equipped by Willow for sanity and warmth at the cost of durability.
  
• Bernie grows big and will taunt and fight most hostile creatures when Willow is nearby and insane.
  
• Bernie will still taunt Shadow Creatures when any other player is nearby and insane.
  
• In addition, Willow still gains sanity near fire and can still cook with her Lighter.

After going through the first few rounds of character refreshes and introducing a brand new character, we have had the chance to regroup to see how our scheduling is working out and have decided to make a few small changes. The scheduling we initially set for ourselves was too aggressive and we’ll be pulling back a bit so that the dev cycle for new content isn’t as hard on our team.

We found that our schedule was just too demanding and we want to be able to make things interesting and not just pump out stuff as fast as we can.

As of this writing our schedule looks like this:

Willow Refresh: May 7th
Content Update (beta): Mid May
Unannounced New Character: Early June
Content Update (live): Mid/Late June
Next Refresh: Mid July

NOTE: As long time fans are aware, we do not prioritize dates above content or the team, so dates are always subject to change.

We have dates set for each of these, but at this point I think it may be best to not get too ambitious with setting a date publicly. Assuming that the dust is now settled, we hope that this will be our cadence for quite some time. We’ll review again after the content update hits beta next month.

As always, we look forward to your thoughts and feedback. Thanks everybody!

Hey everyone! Today we are launching Wortox, please enjoy!

A playful imp with a colourful past, Wortox was once a gentle (if rascally) forest creature without a care in the world -- until the day he inherited a terrible curse, and lost a close friend. Unlike the other Survivors, he does not appear to be trapped in the Constant. Perhaps he views this as some sort of game?

Wortox the Soul Starved has hopped his way into the Constant to join our intrepid band of Survivors. He’s a fun, mischievous fellow with a big, kind heart… minus the fact that he eats souls for sustenance.

• Wortox catches the Souls of creatures that die around him.
  
• Souls can be used for the following abilities:
  
  • Wortox can eat delicious souls (then loses some sanity).
    
  • Wortox teleports a short distance.
    
  • Release Souls to heal nearby allies.
• Unfortunately for Wortox, his body craves Souls. Food is only ½ as sustaining.
  
• Wortox can be overloaded with Souls, causing him to drop them and lose sanity.
  
• Wortox is less afraid of monsters.
  
• Wortox can be unlocked in the following ways:

As with Winona, we will likely be tuning Wortox with balance adjustments in the future. Please let us know your thoughts and feedback!

• Wortox is available for purchase for $6.99, in the Wortox Chest.
• Wortox’s Survivor skin set is included in this chest for free.
  
• The Wortox Deluxe Chest is $10.99 and includes the Survivor, Minotaur and Uncorrupted skin sets.
  
• You can weave Wortox for 2700 spool.

These are the different Wortox outfits we are launching with:



Unfortunately we hit a bit of a snag. XboxOne will get the update today but we aren't able to get it out today for PS4. It's possible we can have it out tomorrow, but we expect it to come next week. We're sorry for the delay.
The following bundles are now available:

• Wortox Deluxe Chest
  
• Voxola Warehouse Chest
  
• All Survivors Gladiator Chest

New to this release, our in-house Chinese specialist has reviewed our entire string library (more than 25,000 strings!) and we are now officially supporting Simplified Chinese. If you have any feedback on our translation, we would be happy to hear it.

At the end of April we are planning to release the first major game update. This first update will be focused on laying the groundwork for more content. 

In addition, the next character to be refreshed will be Willow, launching at the same time as the game update.

Onward and upward!

• Armor will no longer take damage when evading an attack during Soul Hop.
  
• Sand Spikes, Relics, Balloons, Meat Bulbs, and Nightmares will no longer spawn Souls.
  
• Sand Spikes, Relics, and Balloons will no longer trigger Abigail or Wigrid’s Battleborn.
  
• Minor fixes in Wortox’s speech strings.
  
• Minor fixes for Chinese translations.

• Creatures that die in traps near Wortox will now spawn souls.
  
• Fixed animation layering bugs during Soul Hop.
  
• Fixed various Wortox skins bugs.
  
• Improved error dialog for deleted accounts.