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Dear Commanders:

The Book of Yog will have an update maintenance on 20:00, Nov. 1st. (UTC+8) The maintenance is expected to take 60 - 180 minutes.

The maintenance will be a mandatory update. After the maintenance, please update the client to the latest version before start the game.

During the maintenance, the players will be forcibly disconnected and unable to login. Please logout before the maintenance to avoid any data loss.


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【Fitch's Pumpkin Treasure Hunting】



Commanders can get [Fitch's Stitched Pumpkins] by consuming FP by exploring levels, and get [Fitch's Stitched Pumpkins] from the daily and weekly rewards. After opening the pumpkins, you can randomly get diamonds and Halloween items.
[Event Duration: Nov. 1st - next major update]

For specific details:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/1097430/partnerevents/edit/3359148902714450440

[S-Rank Striker Blackguard] Stormraven's Head - Ophelia



Ultimate Skill: [Blade Flurry] Ophelia stabs 5 times consecutively within 5 meters in front over 1 sec, each stab causes lightning damage equal to physical power, releases a fatal stab after 0.5 sec, causing damage equal to physical power, then knocks back the enemy and makes them electrocuted.
Combat Skill: [Glowstep] Charge 6 meters to the target direction, deal lightning damage equal to physical power to the enemies on the path, stun the enemy that in Electrocution state for 1 sec.
Support Skill:
[Thunderous Justice] Last attack of Blade Flurry will reset the CD of Glowstep, and the next Glowstep's crit chance increased by {0}.
[Onslaught Will] When Glowstep hits the enemy in Electrocution state, Ophelia gain shield equal to {0} of physical power, the Max shield equal to {0} of physical power, shield last for 20 sec.
[Flash Assault] When Glowstep causes crit damage, the CD of Glowstep reduced by {0} sec, and damage dealt of Glowstep to enemy in Electrocution state increased by 50%.
[Peerless Blademaster] When Onslaught Will triggered, Ophelia gain 1 stack of Blademaster, each stack of Blademaster increases Ophelia's skill crit chance and crit damage by {0}. And every 7 points of physical mastery will increase skill crit chance and crit damage from each stack of Blademaster by 0.5%, stacking up to 5 times and last for 20 sec.


■Event Details
During the qualification activation of the event, players who complete the chapter 1: area 3-2 [normal] can activate the 14-day limited-time sign-in qualification.
After activating the qualification, players can log to the game after 8:00 every day to sign-in at the event interface to get gifts.
[Qualification Activation Duration: From November 01 to November 14, 2022]
[Event Duration: From November 01 to December 6, 2022]

■Event Notes
During the qualification activation period, if players who meet the activation conditions do not activate the event, they will not be able to participate in the event after the qualification activation expires.
For players who have activated the sign-in qualification, if the sign-in is not completed after the event ends, the event interface will close.

■Sign-in Gifts



1. Ra's Tower will have 10 tower master positions for players to compete for (ranked from low to high).
2. The tower owner will get extra Lula every Monday (same arena time). If the tower owner is appointed as the [Sword Bearer] of the guild, he and his guild members can also get Guild Coins rewards every week.
3. Complete the specified number of floors in Ra's Tower can obtain the challenge qualification of the corresponding sequence of tower master. The higher the tower master sequence, the higher the completion number of floors required.
4. Players will occupy the sequence position immediately if he challenges the tower master success.

1. The structure of some exploration chapters has been adjusted, and most of the chapters have been merged. The original 26 chapters of exploration chapters will be adjusted to 9 chapters, and the total number of levels will remain unchanged.
2. New exploration chapter: Chapter 9, and chapter 9 will drop new gears: badges & pants.

【Ancients of Echo Level Rules Adjustment】
1. For players whose Ancients level is > 400, their Ancients of Echo will be reset to level 400. All materials will be 100% returned by mail.
2. The upgrade of Ancients of Echo will no longer consume Lula.
3. The level of Ancients of Echo can increase the upper limit (each mythical/eternal hero increases the upper limit of the level by 10/25).

New talent system of the Ancients of Echo [Extremis]
Ancients of Echo will get extremis points each time when level up, which can be allocated in the [Extremis] interface to enhance abilities.

Optimization of the Ancients of Echo upgrade operation.

1. The Misty Mountaions level has added 50 levels.
2. The number of floors in Ra's Tower has been increased to 6001 to 7000.
3. Four new exclusive equipment drops have been added to the Misty Level.
4. Two new heirlooms have been added to the Mist Shop.

Now, when the Blackguard upgrades the front line, his own quality needs to be at least epic +.

Replaced all blackstones' icon styles

Iterated the model of the SS-rank hero - Frozen Heart.



1. Fixed an issue that when equipping Lightning Master would cause damage to teammates.
2. [In order to avoid the presence of too many magic bullets at the same time and cause the lagging], the effect of the Magic Bullets set is adjusted as follows:
The skill damage of the Magic Bullets set is increased by 300%, and the fire interval of magic bullets is increased by 100%.
The magic bullet fired has been changed from group damage to single-target damage.
3. Fixed the problem that the effect of the gear [Finger of Yang Yan] could not take effect correctly.
4. Fix the problem that the gear [Redemption Angel] may cause the game to crash.
5. Verdant Ranger's passive skill [Ranger Training] has been changed to: increases 15% of dodge chance and 15% skill crit chance.
6. Asura's Blade's skill【Blessing of Kimono】has been changed to: When there are no enemies within 6 meters, Sakura will step through the shadow to flash behind the nearest enemy. The trigger chance of Shadowmeld increased by 10% and the duration increased.
7. Fixed the problem that the commander task could not be completed when the hero level met the commander task conditions.
8. Fixed an issue that the healing effect did not take effect on characters who were invincible.
9. Legendary Washing Stone and Immortal Washing Stone will still retain the existing attributes after use.
10. Now players can preview the loot drops from unlocked levels of the Misty Levels.
11. Now enter the equipment enhancement interface, the equipment that has not been enhanced to the full level will be selected by default.
12. Optimized the settlement display rules of the battle settlement.
13. Fixed the issue that when reset a hero, the heroes be obtained after reset would be regarded as a newly acquired hero and included in the Index.
14. Fixed the incorrect text description of equipment: [Wild Hunt] & [Crimson Lament].
15. Fixed the problem that the hero level-related tasks could not be completed after the Ancients of Echo breakthrough.
16. The arena tickets were renamed, and the purchase price was adjusted.
17. Fixed the problem that only one of the relics will be effective when multiple relics are equipped in the team.
18. Fixed an issue that the hero might not attack after teleporting.
19. Optimized the problem that all characters do not move during the idle.
20. Auto-battle function of The Misty Mountains is enabled

The new intro is now available for playtesting.

This quick update fixes a couple of minor bugs and rebalances some achievements. There is also a small QOL improvement for the late-game hangar.

• Improvements
  
  • The Hangar Tab will default to showing Innovations first if all Ship Parts have been unlocked.
  
  
• Balancing
  
  • A Pilot's Generation will now be randomized based on total prestige earned rather than number of retirements.
    
  • Removed the following Achievements: Plus (500), Minus (500), Speeder (200), Sunday Driver (200), Hardened Target (200), Superior Firepower (200), Bombing Fighters (200), Lead Foot (10K), School Zone (10K), Tough as Diamonds (10K), Punishing Photons (10K), Masochist (10K), Oblivious (2K), Tough Bird (500K), Tough Bird (1M), Scoring Higher (5G), Scoring Higher (10G), Scoring Higher (20G)
    
  • Added achievements Fighting Bombers (500), Fighting Bombers (1K), Bomber Defense (20K), Rock Pounding (2M), Blast Gates (1K), Blast Gates (2K), Going the Distance (500K), Elite Earnings (2P), Elite Earnings (5P)
    
  • Adjusted requirements downward for remaining Oblivious Achievements.
    
  • Adjusted requirements downward for remaining Tough Bird Achievements.
    
  • Adjusted requirements downward for remaining Masochist Achievements.
    
  • Adjusted requirements downward for Stunt Driver Achievements.
    
  • Adjusted requirements downward for Fighter Defense Achievements.
    
  • Adjusted requirements upward for tiers 5 and higher of Prolonged Achievements.
    
  • Added more levels of Multiplying Fortunes Achievement for a total of 12 levels ranging from x2.0 to x10.0 multiplier requirement.
    
  • Added more levels of Driving Perfection Achievement for a total of 5 levels ranging from 5 to 100 perfect hull completions requirement.
    
  • Adjusted requirements for Legacy Achievement series: Legacy of Success, Legacy of Perfection, Achievement Legacy, Seized Legacy, Distant Legacy, Damaged Legacy, Asteroid Legacy, Bomber Legacy, Fighter Legacy, Dismantled Legacy, Daredevil Legacy, Ignit Legacy, Legacy Income, and Dark Legacy.
  
  
• Fixes
  
  • Corrected currency symbol on debit card achievement icon
    
  • Adjusted a few object pool sizes for pools that were getting exhausted in late levels.
    
  • Fixed some minor typos and missing punctuation.
    
  • Fixed an issue where an item available in a store could not be purchased if it is the only item in the store.

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Celebrating the spooky season with a little Autumn creature reveal - Skullbeak! Spoopy borb.


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Back to the devlog - in October, I mainly worked on NPC content. Here's a summary:

For each romanceable NPC, you’ll learn more about them through two main mechanics: Heart Events, and Dates. What stories will they tell?




Each romanceable NPC will have 6 Heart Event cutscenes (Note: For Early Access, only 4 of such cutscenes for each romanceable will be implemented). These are unlocked at every heart level, and will be triggered when conditions (such as time and location) are right. Some of these cutscenes are tied to the main storyline, and others extend beyond it.


In a previous devlog (Devlog #9), I introduced “Hangout Events” where players can hang out with NPCs. I’ve updated the system, and now players can schedule “Friendly Dates” and “Romantic Dates”. Each romanceable NPC will have 2 “Friendly Dates”, which you can access once you become friends with them. To unlock romantic dates, players will need to show romantic interest at an appropriate juncture and be accepted by the NPC.


Example of 2 Friendly Dates and 1 locked Romantic Date


I've added more date locations and activities, such as a picnic date in the woods!

Work Day/Rest Days
All NPCs have fixed work days and rest days as part of their schedules. Some of the considerations I had when implementing this system is to have establishments being run on most days, even when the “main” NPC in charge is not working. For example, you’ll find Vallee running the Archive on most days, but during her rest days, Eira’s here to help!

This system allows players to schedule dates with NPCs on their rest days, while shops and other establishments continue to be available.

Routines
After adding routines for most of the NPCs, the town became quite lively! Especially when you visit the tavern at night:


The Tavern is getting lively!

NPC content

• Completing content for another 3 romanceable NPCs.
  
• Additional dialogue
  
• NPC hand-drawn portraits

Additional systems/side content

• Job board (i.e. fetch quests)
  
• Building & decoration mechanics
  
• Simple teleportation system
  
• More player customisation options

Content for a few more researchables

• Adding more fish, creatures, and plants.

Mines

• Mines where players can collect their ores.

Music & Sound

• Adding more music and sound effects.

With all that said, I’m hoping to do a release date announcement by the end of this year. Exciting times! I’ve said this many times and I’ll say it again - thank you to all of you following the journey of Research Story and truly, I wouldn’t be here without you!! Your patience, support and excitement for the game has been amazing. You’re amazing! :D I'm really excited to be making this game for you. See you soon!
- Miki

When I prototyped Gem Worlds in August of 2021, I thought it would take me maybe another month or two (at most) to finish the game. Here we are, after 15 months of evenings and weekends, with the end in sight!

I finished all the content for Gem Worlds as of a few minutes ago; all that remains is to play the game through and fix any bugs that show up. There are probably a lot.

Here's what you can expect for the next few weeks (in order):

• An updated v1.0 version of the demo
  
• The full game release
  
• Critical bugs that inevitably appear in the days after the release
  
• Some new features: Steam cloud save, and new accessibility options

Above all, I hope the game picks up a strong user base, so that I can get actual feedback to further improve the game. I hope you will give the game a shot, and let me know what you genuinely think of it!

Although she is commonly referred to as a 'comet', Rose is actually a celestial entity taking the form of a stone shrouded in flames. Rose joins Bea as the latter falls from exhaustion in the sands of Gula. Rose uses her powers to give Bea hope and motivates her to continue her journey in search of her home.



Rose is a very lively, expressive and emotional being - this is also how she is presented in the first concepts.



The comet's company influences the gameplay. While Bea could rely mainly on her canine skills - establishing relationships, using her senses or hiding and squeezing through narrow nooks and crannies - the company of Rose greatly expands her skillset. Rose's abilities with Bea make the gameplay much more dynamic and more dexterous.



One of the first new abilities we learn with a comet is a double jump. It allows access to previously inaccessible places, that previously required Bea to carefully balance flying islands or using her head are now traversed on the fly.



The second ability is telekinesis. It allows you to manipulate heavy objects. If for some reason a double jump is not enough to get to a high rock ledge - there will certainly be a box or a boulder nearby which, with the help of a comet, we can move into the right place.



The comet's third ability is shot, which allows it to destroy obstacles. It is useful both in clearing the road of dry thorny stalks, as well as in clashes with the enemy Artificial Intelligence technology. Until now, Bea mostly hid from hostile machines in the bushes, letting them pass by her. Now jumping the robot and hitting its power source is not a problem!



However, all these extremely useful and liberating skills are available to Bea only in the company of a friend. So it’s good that (almost) nothing can separate them!

Hello Envoy! 

 
It’s World Vegan Day and we’re celebrating for a good cause!  
 
Share your love for vegan food with your friends and the whole Aura Kingdom community.

Travel to your favourite green monster in Azuria to take a selfie or prepare your favourite vegan meal – either in Aura Kingdom or in real life.

Starting today until November 7, 2022, at 11:59 PM CET, 10:59 PM UTC, you can choose one of the 3 ways described above to share your love for vegan food with everyone for a chance to win the following:

*Real-life screenshot Raffle

5x 5000 Ruby Coins NT
2x Mount of choice released before September

In-game screenshot Raffle

5x 1000 Vouchers
3x Pet of choice

15 winners in total"
 
The winner(s) will be announced on November 14, 2022, on Discord & on our News here. 

 
1) Choose between a, b, or c:

a. Travel to your favourite green monster in Azuria to take a screenshot with your character clearly visible. 

b. Prepare your favourite vegan meal in Aura Kingdom and take a screenshot with your character clearly visible.

c. Prepare your favourite vegan meal in real life and take a photo of it.

2) Submit your screenshot or photo in our Discord channel #world-vegan-day
3) Include your character name, server language, and platform - and you’re all set! 
 
Please read our Terms of Participation here.

 
Let us celebrate and try out new things together Envoy, we’re excited to see your delicious creations! 

Best wishes,
Your Aura Kingdom team!

*100% powered by plants!

复刻祈愿“夜色幽焰”开启
鬼谷如子限时返场！

祈愿开启时间：11月1日～11月30日