๐ฎ Champions of Cirin, we are thrilled to welcome everyone to the most exciting and fun Gaming Event of the year - Steam Next Fest! ๐ฎ
๐ฅ It is a multi-day celebration where everyone can try out new demos, chat with developers, watch livestreams and participate in many activities!
๐ฅ Guess which game is participating? You got it, it's Cliff & Field!
๐ค And what it means for you, young Champion? ๐ Daily Giveaways on Discord ๐ Cliff & Field: Speedrun Challenge ๐ Q&A Session with the devs ๐ Cliff & Field: Streams & Media ๐ Many other Activities!
๐ Fest Prize Pool: Up to 30 Cliff & Field full game keys! If you win a Cliff & Field Steam key - we will put you into the pre-order list. As soon as the game is out - you will get the key for free!
Have you ever found yourself thinking that you don't have enough snakes coming out of your back? You're not alone, and we're here to take care of that need.
Auspicious Pixiu Skyscale Skin
Have you ever seen a snoot this boopable? Wings this fluffy? We thought not. Behold the Auspicious Pixiu Skyscale in all its feathery majesty.
Discounts
For the next two weeks, we're offering a 20% discount on Bank Tab Expansions! Add an extra 30 storage slots per bank tab for just 480 gems.
Black Lion Chest Update
Starting this week, you'll find some new items when you open Black Lion Chests. Watch out for these great finds:
Playful Ghost Jade Bot
You won't mind being haunted by this phantasmagorically adorable jade bot!
Candlewick Sprite Jade Bot
Don't worry, that fire won't actually hurt youโit's totally safe. That's the Xunlai Jade guarantee.
Black Lion Guarantee
In every Black Lion Chest you open for the next two weeks, you'll find a Fine Black Lion Dye CanisterโBlue, which can be exchanged for the following four exclusive blue dyes:
The Jormag legendary variant skin collection is now available. Speak with Leivas after unlocking an Aurene-based legendary weapon to begin this collection!
You can automatically salvage crafted items for research notes from the recipe window. Using this option does not consume charges from your research kits; you donโt even need to have one in your inventory.
Item tooltips now display the types of salvage kits that can be used on that item.
Items that were salvageable prior to the 9/13/2022 update and were incorrectly flagged as unsalvageable, such as collection items for legendary trinkets, are now salvageable again.
World Polish
Fixed an issue that prevented the Hero panel preview from displaying correctly on high-resolution monitors.
Changed the environment map used for lighting in the character selection screen to match the Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons background.
Fixed an issue that prevented some players from entering the Tower of Nightmares encounter in a squad.
Fixed an issue that blocked players from accessing Canach's Lair through the Scrying Pool in the Eye of the North.
Increased the frequency of the Desert Highlands event chain that begins with "Defend Second Spear Nayrim from the Awakened" to make it more accessible for players completing their griffon mount collection.
Fixed an issue that prevented players who completed the story mission The Nightmare Unveiled from being awarded the achievement The Nightmare Unveiled (Historical).
Fixed an issue that caused the waypoint in the squad version of the Tower of Nightmares encounter to direct players to the public version of the instance.
Raids
Fixed an issue that caused Emboldened mode to reactivate after defeating challenge mode bosses, preventing some players from receiving the correct rewards for the encounter.
Time to talk about the immediate future of Empires of the Undergrowth, in video form.
This is the first of our new vlog format, which will act as a counterpart to the newsletters, running bi-monthly alongside and inbetween them. We recognise not everyone wants to read a 1,500 word essay to get their Empires of the Undergrowth news, so hopefully this video series fills in that gap!
If you have any better ideas for the vlog's name than just "Slug Disco Vlog" then please let us know.