Dear players,

The servers of NARAKA: BLADEPOINT will be suspended for maintenance from 12/21/2022 23:00 (UTC) to 12/22/2022 03:00 (UTC). We suggest that you log out in advance and enter the game again after the maintenance.

The details for this update are as follows:

Brand-new content!

Ⅰ. New Hero Feria Shen: The Powderkeg
She is a charming young girl with a charming personality, charming skills, charming talents and charming wisdom.
Whatever she makes, says, does and presents is full of charm!
"Don't pretend I'm not the best!"


(The third F skill and V ultimate are not yet available in this version. Once available, complete hero's Cultivation Quests to unlock. Unlocked automatically if you've already completed the required Cultivation Quests.)

II. J Cup Closed
Victory is reforged in tribulations. Only the last standing can hear the laudation.
2022 NARAKA: BLADEPOINT World Championship has come to an official end. Congratulations on the Solo Champion WBG.Spider and Trios Champion JTeam!
We also present great rewards for all players to celebrate their victory.
(Those will be sent through mail, please remember to check it.)

III. Limited-time Event: New Year Sign-in
A new year brings new fortune in the cold winter (Time shown in UTC format).
Event time: 12/23/2022 20:00 (UTC) to 01/09/2023 20:00 (UTC)
Event Rules:
1. Players can get special rewards by signing in on specific days during the event and can re-sign for yesterday if it was missed. If you sign in for 5, 10 or 15 consecutive days, you will get such event rewards as Epic Background of Feria Shen, Legendary Accessory or Dynastic Treasure Choice Gift*2.
2. You could re-sign for yesterday to get rewards.

IV. Limited-time Event: Score Bonus
Event time: 12/22/2022 updates to 12/26/2022 20:00 (UTC)
Event Rules:
During the event, players receive bonus Score by completing matches in the [Ranked Mode].
Details of this Score bonus are as follows:
If you gain a positive number of Score within a match, it will be boosted by 25%.
If negative, however, you do not lose any Score. Every player has three chances of Score bonus per day while the event is still running.
Note:
(1) When activating Rank Protection or the Settlement Score is 0, the chances will not be deducted.
(2) Both [Score bonus] and [No Score Penalty] consume one chance.

V. Limited-time Event: Snowy Ruins
In the snow-covered Yushan Ruins, a Snowman with a chivalrous heart, set out on a lengthy journey to defeat the tyrannical Snow Lord…
Event Time: 12/22/2022 update – 01/11/2023 20:00 (UTC)
Event Rules:
1. During the event, players can open the Troves to get event-exclusive [Frosty Coins] through the Ranked Mode, Quick Match, and BOT Mode. Up to 10 [Frosty Coins] can be obtained per day, which can be used to unlock the maze location in Frost-clad Journey during the event.
2. You can obtain Snowman-exclusive attributes, costumes and skills by exploring Frost-clad Journey. Continuously building up Snowman attributes, collecting Snowman costumes, and learning Snowman skills to win the event-only rewards.
3. Challenge the Snow Lord in H5 to win more gifts. If you fail to defeat the Snow Lord, you can let your Snowman continue to gain experiences and grow stronger in the maze of Frost-clad Journey.
4. Players can also get [Frosty Coin] by smashing the snowmen in preparation stage.

VI. Limited-time Event: Snowy Christmas Eve
The Forerunner Gingerbread escaped from the oven will open a Christmas ball for you if he is captured, so go to the Christmas tree and pick the one you want to open!
Event Time: 12/22/2022 updates – 01/05/2023 20:00 (UTC)
Event Rules:
1. During the event, players can get exclusive rewards Forerunner Gingerbread by opening the gold or green Troves in Ranked Mode, Quick Match, and BOT Mode. Up to 1 Forerunner Gingerbread per game, 3 at most per day. Forerunner Gingerbread will no longer show up in game after 20:00 Jan 5th, 2023 (UTC).
2. Players can tap the Christmas Ball in the event page to consume Forerunner Gingerbread to open rewards like Banner·Martial Artists and Legendary Outfit Choice Gift. Additional rewards can be claimed after a certain number of draws!
3. Rewards can be redeemed before 01/28/2023 20:00 (UTC), so don't leave it too late!

VII. Limited-time Event: [Torchbearer Gift]
Event time: From 12/22/2022 updates to 02/17/2023 00:00 (UTC)
Claim Rewards: From 02/17/2023 00:00 (UTC) to 02/19/2023 20:00 (UTC)
During the event, player that has completed a Torchbearer event can get an extra and limited-time Torchbearer Gift, which includes Tianhai Legendary Accessory [Monk's Staff], [Spark Torchbearer Gift]. Only the player that invites others to do the Torchbearer event can get this gift and only once during the event time.
Completion of a Torchbearer event: friends who accept the invitation has purchased the game, bound the code, entered the game and reached Lv. 9 to open Torchbearer event.

VIII. Limited-time Event: The Hero Returns event is Coming Back
Event Time: 12/22/2022 updates – 02/15/2023 20:00 (UTC)
Event Rules:
1. You are qualified to participate in The Hero Returns as long as you have not logged in for over 28 days since your last login.
2. Each round of The Hero Returns event lasts for 7 days which will be timed since your return date.
3. Complete the Hero Returns quests and get the Rebirth Seal, which can be used to redeem limited-edition rewards in the Rebirth Seal Store. You can also redeem the Rebirth Seal with Spectral Silk in the Spectral Silk Store.
Rebirth Seal Store
1. Added Weapon Skin [Devil's Baton], which can be redeemed by 20 Rebirth Seals.
2. Added Outfit [Wings of Aosagibi], which can be redeemed by 24 Rebirth Seals.
3. Added Accessories [Astrolabe] and [Shadow Prajna], which can be redeemed by 12 Rebirth Seals.
4. Added Outfits [Spring Silk·Midnight] and [Ritual Gusoku], which can be redeemed by 8 Rebirth Seals.
5. Added Weapon Skins [Ryuzan·Frost Reflection] and [Peacock's Talons], which can be redeemed by 7 Rebirth Seals.
6. Added Accessory [Ent Axe], which can be redeemed by 4 Rebirth Seals.
7. Added Accessories [Cleansing Salts] and [Candied Haws], which can be redeemed by 2 Rebirth Seals.
8. Added Bubbles [Justina Gu·Ling-er] and [Wuchen·Xiaoyao], which can be redeemed by 3 Rebirth Seals.
9. Added Item [Regular Treasure Choice Gift], which can be redeemed by 4 Rebirth Seals but 3 times at most.

IX. Limited-time Event: Hero Recall
Event time: 12/12/2022 updates – 02/15/2023 20:00 (UTC)
Event Rules:
1. All players can tap the recall button in the event page to invite their friends who haven't logged in the game for more than 28 days to return with a maximum of 3 friends at the same time
2. After the players log in the game again, they can accept one of the invitations from their friends to make the recall completed.
3. The inviter will get rewards from an accepted invitation. If the player who has returned completes daily quests of The Hero Returns event, the inviter can get extra rewards. During this event, you can no longer send an invitation to a friend who has already recalled by you. And each player can recall 12 friends at most.
4. When the event expires, you can no longer send new invitations, but can still receive rewards. Your unclaimed rewards will be deleted when the event is removed from the event page.

Hero Adjustments
I. Valda Cui
Within 1 sec after being freed from Dragon's Coil's bind under [Nether Nightmare] and [Nether Nightmare: Smite], enemies become immune to its binding. The rules are consistent to that of [Nether Nightmare: Bind]

II. Tianhai
Improved the performance of Vajra's posture when he stands without other motion.

Ⅲ. Tarka Ji
Duration of his ultimate [Blackout] is changed from 40 sec to 32 sec.
//Dev Note: Tarka Ji's durable ability makes him too forceful in the Realm of Yang of Solo and Duos modes. That's why we reduced the duration of his ultimate to ensure a more balanced combat.

Ⅳ. Out-game Adjustments
1. Adjustments to Talent Description
Simplified and rephrased Talent Description of all heroes.
2. Radar Chart Adjustments
Adjusted scores in some heroes' ability radar charts.

Weapon Adjustments
I. Staff
1. Optimized the hand move of many Staff's strikes.
2. Optimized the combo timing and slightly reduced the airborne distance of Staff's charged vertical strikes.

Souljade Adjustments

I. Staff Souljade
1. Now with [Merciless Havoc], Staff's third-stage strike can still be triggered even [Stanchion·Rising Cloud] misses its target.
2. Optimized the correction and special effects of melee strikes of [Merciless Havoc].
3. Optimized the combo timing of [Jabbing].

Ⅱ. Snow Souljades
Added special Snow Souljades of Cannon, Flamebringer and bare hands in Quick Match, Shadow Surge, Through the Fire and BOT Mode.

Showdown Adjustments

I. Combat Adjustments
1. Dharma-Ending Ruin Adjustments
(1) Adjusted the terrain of the Courtyard of Eventide Temple in Dharma-Ending Ruin to make monsters stuck less.
(2) Adjusted Mountain Ghost's behavior toward enemies on high.
(3) Optimized the combat moves of Mountain Ghost in Doom level.
2. Desert Tribulations Adjustments
(1) Now when an Evil-Ent Stronghold on any route of Desert Tribulations is cleared, an Enigmatic Rift that leads to the other two routes will appear at the first Evil-Ent Stronghold on each route.
(2) After players defeat Evil-Ents guarding the gate, they will get a random Buff item such as Attack Stone.
(3) In Nightscream level, Attack of boss [Stone Monster] is reduced by 29%.
3. Doom Adjustments
(1) In Racing level, Attack of [Omnius·Umbra Scorch] that appears in [Looming Shadow] Omen is reduced by 31%.
(2) In Racing level, Attack of [Omnius·Rock] is reduced by 30%.

II. Omen Adjustments
1. Spirit Erosion Adjustments
(1) When settled, one with Spirit Erosion will take high damage instead of directly running out of Health.
(2) Optimized the performance when Spirit Erosion is accumulated and settled.

III. Stone Monster General Adjustments
1. Greatly optimized combos and other behaviors of Stone Monsters in combats.
2. Lowered their strike frequency and attack tendency under all difficulties.
3. Degraded the attack performance of some strikes.
4. Changed part of Normal Strikes into Blue Focus Strikes.
5. Optimized the hit performance of some strikes.

In-game Adjustments

I. Holoroth Map
1. Mehtaab Adjustments
(1) Reduced the depth of most rifts in Mehtaab.
(2) Adjusted the structure of the Temple of Light and Shadow and Parand Hall.
//Dev Note: according to the questionnaire about the map, we found that players made negative comments on the difference in height and complex routes of Mehtaab. We hope the above adjustments can improve your gaming experience.
2. Adjusted the location of some high-tier loots. Gold and Green Troves are now lumped in the center of the area.
3. Enlarged the selectable area of spawn points in Holoroth.
4. Many stories that happened on this land left a lot of traces. Added some cultural landmarks with regional characteristics to the City of Tang and Empyreal Village, etc.

II. Omni's Nightmare
Grappling Hooks carried by default when heroes are reborn after being defeated are increased to 6.

III. Bot Mode
1. Now when players enter the Realm of Yang, another team of AI opponents will enter it too.
2. Fixed the issue where AI opponents would stay in Shadow Corruption and be eliminated, instead of proactively searching for players, in the mid-late phase of the match.

IV. Mechanism Adjustments
1. Spikes
Added a 1-sec warning. Player who trigger the Spikes will suffer an attack after 1 sec, along with vibration sound effect and performance.

V. Performance and Sound Effect Adjustments
1. Optimized the performance of Energy Bar.
2. Optimized the sound effect of Sliding.

Out-game Adjustments

I. Hero Badge
Added the category Tabs to make it convenient to view.

II. Spectral Silk Store Updates
Added the commodity filtering feature.

III. Justice Chamber
1. Added recommended chambers to the Justice Chamber list.
2. In Settings-Social Settings-Privacy Settings-Justice Chamber Name Setting, you can choose whether to make your chamber name public in personal profile.

IV. Store Overview
Commodities can now be previewed in Store Overview. Adjusted the filtering logic in Store Overview.

Client Optimization

1. Optimized the processing of multi-thread material animation to improve FPS and fluency greatly.
2. Optimized the loading of multi-thread shaders to improve fluency greatly.
3. Optimized the animation of crushing in the scene to improve fluidity.

Store Updates

I. New Packs
1. Added Feria Shen Exclusive Pack [Mystic Mechanism] that includes Feria Shen Legendary Outfit [Stowaway Shawl], Musket Legendary Skin [Heaven's Broken Heart], Feria Shen Epic Hairstyle [Violet Braids] and Feria Shen Epic Accessory [Aviation Goggles]. The standard price of the pack: 4,200 Gold; Now: 2,880 Gold.
 
II. Added New Discounts
1. Newly added Tianhai Legendary Accessory [Colossus of Sunwing]. Equipping it will change the appearance of Vajra in the Ultimate [Titan's Call]. Standard price: 4,800 Gold; Now: 3,200 Gold.
2. Newly added Staff Legendary Skin [Beggar's Staff]. Standard price: 1,500 Gold; Now: 1,250 Gold.
3. Feria Shen Legendary Base [Gear Twirl]. Standard price: 1,200 Gold; Now: 1,000 Gold.
4. Feria Shen Legendary Pose [Aim]. Standard price: 900 Gold; Now: 750 Gold.
5. Feria Shen Legendary Background [Firearms Division]. Standard price: 600 Gold; Now: 500 Gold.
 
III. Spectral Silk Store Updates
1. Added Feria Shen Legendary Accessory [Inventor's Hood], with the price of 12,000 Spectral Silk
2. Added Valda Cui Legendary Accessory [Reindeer Doe Antler], with the price of 12,000 Spectral Silk.
3. Added Tarka Ji Legendary Accessory [Reindeer Buck Antler], with the price of 12,000 Spectral Silk.
4. Added Male Epic Hairstyle [Male Hairstyle 08], with the price of 4,000 Spectral Silk.
5. Added Female Epic Hairstyle [Female Hairstyle 08], with the price of 4,000 Spectral Silk.
6. Added Yueshan Epic Base [Siege Platform], with the price of 4,000 Spectral Silk.
7. Added Feria Shen Rare Outfit [Deft Mechanic·White], with the price of 2,400 Spectral Silk.
8. Added Spear Rare Skin [Astral Spin], with the price of 2,000 Spectral Silk.
9. Added Temulch Rare Accessory [Gilded Flint], with the price of 1,200 Spectral Silk.
10. Added Viper Ning Rare Accessory [Rebirth Serpent], with the price of 1,200 Spectral Silk.
11. Added Justina Gu Rare Pose [Elegance], with the price of 1,200 Spectral Silk.
12. Added Yoto Hime Rare Pose [Tch!], with the price of 1,200 Spectral Silk.
13. Added Kurumi Rare Background [Sacred Circle], with the price of 800 Spectral Silk.
14. Added Tianhai Rare Background [Epiphany], with the price of 800 Spectral Silk.
 
Ⅳ. Discounts End
1. Ziping Yin Legendary Outfit [Melted Snow] has returned to its standard price of 1,800 Gold.
2. Yueshan Legendary Outfit [Laudation·Blaze The Thorn] has returned to its standard price of 2,000 Gold.
3. Greatsword Legendary Skin [Exalting Leap] has returned to its standard price of 1,500 Gold.
4. Viper Ning Legendary Accessory [Leopard Ears] has returned to its standard price of 1,200 Gold.
5. Viper Ning Legendary Accessory [Leopard Tail] has returned to its standard price of 900 Gold.

Bug Fixes

I. Hero-related Bugs
1. Fixed a bug where the counterattacks don't take effect when Tarka Ji using [Inner Fire] and [Inner Fire: Bide] from certain perspectives.

II. Battle-related Bugs
1. Fixed the bug where the Scale Rush cannot be used during the buffer time of using the Grappling Hook to enter the eaves from above.

Xbox Updates

I. Launch of Xbox One
We are bringing Naraka to all Xbox One players. After this update, you can play Naraka on Xbox One, Xbox One S, and Xbox One X. Download and experience the new version of NARAKA in the Microsoft Store.
Welcome to the Morus Isle! New Forerunners!
In later versions, we will gradually open the new map "Holoroth" and PVE mode "Showdown".

II. Graphics Optimizations
We have provided graphics options with higher quality in the Settings, come and experience it!
1. Anti-aliasing Algorithm options have been added to the entire Xbox series and can be modified in Settings - Graphics Settings - Anti-aliasing Algorithm:
SMAA Algorithm (new, recommended): to enhance the clarity.
TAA Algorithm: to enhance the softness.
Off (new): to reduce rendering pressure and improve the frame rate.
2. Added graphics options in Xbox Series S and can be modified in Settings - Graphics Settings - Graphics Options:
Quality (new): better graphic quality.
Performance: higher frame rate.

Hello to our community,

As 2022 comes to a close, we wanted to squeeze in one more update to help make the game a little easier for new players.

The so-called Big Boss Recalibration makes a number of changes to our current in-game bosses to make them easier for new players and also (possibly) a little more challenging for current players.

We hope you enjoy the update and we will see you in the new year!

• Camera zoom in boss fights has been tweaked, so it does not excessively favour looking at the bosses, limiting the visibility of the player.
  
• Players can not be damaged anymore after landing a killing blow on a boss.
  
• Both player ships now have a slightly faster recovery after force effects, especially the Manticore.
  
• An active grappling hook is now always retracted when the player gets stunned.
  
• Dealing a killing blow to a boss now properly destroys enemies that were in the process of teleporting in.
  
• All UI interactions are now disabled until the screen has completely finished a transition-in effect (fade). This should alleviate any unintended button presses on the UI.
  
• Player interactions are now disabled until the battle screen has completely finished its transition-in effect. This should alleviate any unintended skill uses at the beginning of combat.
  
• The ‘meanwhile’ screen (Some time later…) present in certain events is now skippable by pressing a button.
  
• Malfunction’s damage over time now ticks at the end of every second instead of at the beginning.
  
• The Shooting Star’s item tooltip now correctly displays its energy cost.

• Realm difficulty levels were sometimes raised for the wrong reasons which made life more difficult for some players. We’ve reviewed the triggers for increasing realm difficulty levels (indicated by stars on the galactic chart). This should automatically lower the difficulty of a realm (when you start a new run) if you haven’t been able to consistently clear the subsequent realm.

Note: We’ll keep an eye out for your feedback on this one and adjust in the future if needed.

• Dax is now less agile (turning speed has been decreased).
  
• Dax now lunges forward during attacks. This increases his overall attack range, but can potentially be sidestepped more easily.
  
• All cooldowns on Dax’s abilities have been increased.
  
• Quick and perfect attack animations are more telegraphed and have longer windup.
  
• Dax’s base damage has been increased to 7 (from 5).
  
• Perfect attack now deals less up-front damage (10), but applies a malfunction that deals 5 damage over 5 seconds.
  
• Dax is now more resistant to disorient effects and regains control faster when disoriented.
  
• Dax’s hitpoints per armour have been increased to 60 (up from 50).

Note: overall these changes should hopefully make the encounter easier for beginners (it’s our first boss fight after all) due to the more telegraphed and dodgeable attacks. Also, coupled with a few other general changes, it should make the fight last a bit longer for the more experienced players as well.

Due to these changes, we hope that this fight would feel much more like a proper space duel now.

• The Warchief now keeps his horses on a shorter leash (number of chains reduced).
  
• Warriors spawned-in by M’urdu now include only one elite instead of two.
  
• The Warchief now has a restraining order against you (surprise addition to enemy spawns).
  
• The Chariot’s harness no longer has a visible health-bar, only an energy barrier bar. When you destroy the energy barrier, a timer ring is displayed instead of the health-bar that fills up until the barrier is recharged again.
  
• The Chariot’s Harness now tries to actively avoid situations when it can not reach the player, but the player can damage the Chariot.
  
• Malfunction can now be properly applied to the harness of M’urdu’s chariot.
  
• M’urdu’s Blast-O-Mats now can be taunted by the Manticore’s Holo-Decoys.
  
• The Chariot’s visual appearance got a facelift.
  
• Added sound effects to the sawblades of the Harness and the Chariot.
  
• Fixed Murdu’s ballista aiming at seemingly random locations instead of the player.
  
• Fixed Murdu’s ballista not acting while being stuck in an animation-loop.
  
• Fixed some visual inconsistencies with Murdu’s purple projectiles.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Chariot wouldn't change phases while being taunted by the Manticore’s Holo-decoy.

Note: we hope that by giving the Warchief’s harness better visual clues on how it behaves, conveys a clearer idea for players on how to approach this fight more successfully. We’ve also ironed out a few wrinkles in the behaviour of both M’urdu and his allies, which will hopefully result in an encounter that feels less unfair for beginners and more challenging for the experienced players.

• Animations are now significantly faster when the Keep changes from one phase to another.
  
• The Endkeep will always spend a minimum time in each of its phases.
  
• When the Endkeep changes phases, it prefers some privacy. Prepare to be pushed if you don’t respect it.
  
• Reinforcement bastions now spawn more Warriors and Archers, less Acolytes and no Dischargers.
  
• Enemies now navigate much more fluently around the Endkeep and follow the player ship more effectively.
  
• Gaps between Keep bastions have been closed, so enemies are less likely to be stuck there.
  
• Enemies are now more effective at avoiding the Endkeep’s bastions when aiming long-range abilities, or charging attacks.
  
• Endkeep bastions can now properly receive malfunction.
  
• Endkeep bastions can now always be properly stunned by area effect skills, such as the Shock Thumper.
  
• The damage of the Endkeep’s catapult explosions have been drastically reduced (from 20 to 5), speed of projectiles slightly increased and their stun time slightly reduced.
  
• Enhanced the quality of some of the visual and sound effects associated with the Endkeep. As a result it’s hopefully more clear now which parts of the keep are destructible.
  
• Fixed animation issues with the Reinforcement bastion being stunned while spawning an enemy.
  
• Fixed an issue with the tooltip display very quickly switching between targets, when the Reinforcement Bastion was spawning an enemy.

Notes: the Endkeep is by far our most complex enemy/scenery in the game thus far, and our other enemy ships had to ‘learn’ their way around it. Hopefully, we’ve been good teachers and they will provide a greater and more consistent enemy force. The keep is currently the final boss of the current content in the game, so our goal here was to make it challenging while keeping the fight as clear and fair as possible. We hope that partially denying phase-skips is a step in the right direction. Let us know what you think!

Hi, everyone here.
We inform you of the update and bug fixes on December 21, 2022.



[Update]

• Add pad support and associated settings
  
• Fixed a phenomenon where tabs could be switched to keyboard and pad in certain situations
  
• Shooting Range Content Director
  ※The shooting range is a content designed to adapt to Riffle Effect's unique system.

[Balance adjustment]

• Balance some skills
  Gatekeeper, RageAbsover, SupplyKit, Mine, EarthQuake
  CircuitBreak, IncendiaryBomb, Succubus, Somersault
  Berserker, Hibernation, Every Little Bit Helps, Executioner
  TagMatch, Viability, LastStanding, Life Flashed Before My Eyes
  EnergyBattery, BatteryPack, EnergyCharger, EnergyRecovery
  WeaponCharger, UpgradeComplete, Grenade, Protector
  T-12 Turret, DroneManta, Robber

[Fixing the bug]

• Fixed an issue where grenades would go through walls when thrown at them
  
• Fixed an issue where some enemy hit judgments disappeared under certain circumstances
  
• Fixed an issue where you could pass through some walls while using Ghost Walk
  
• Fixed the phenomenon that settings are initialized when the game is closed
  
• Fixed a problem where operations other than menus were not possible when certain data was loaded
  
• Fixed an issue where Japanese text was not appropriate for some situations

※"Boss Rush" is a content that is currently being prepared, and we are working hard to show it at the official launch.

안녕하세요. 소울워커입니다.

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감사합니다.

Heya, as a big end of the year gift, I want to give an update on how I Hate You, Please Suffer - Complete - is going!



The first two of the last batch of quests (as well as the alternative version of the first) are basically done! The first quest has you restoring a lighthouse, which Devon has a vested emotional interest in. The second quest involves bringing in other NPCs for a whole big adventure investigating some weird petty crime, and Kyrie sure does hate crime.

A big thing with the second quest is that it introduces NPC helpers that has the chance to pitch in moves at the end of every turn. Plus, losing while they're in the party allows you to keep going - and in fact, boss fights will have different outcomes if you lose. The main challenge I had with this part of the game is balancing things so that NPCs have their presence felt and are helpful, but not too helpful to carry fights.



Why the NPCs? Well, a major idea I want to express in this game is that the main party isn't the heroes. They're heroic, (mostly), but they aren't the main characters of life. Other people are also on that adventuring hustle, and Ramona's ultimately just trying to establish a new normal for herself. In fact, to emphasize this, some tasks in the game are locked off at certain points, because well, some other adventurer did it already. It's not all about her.

But what if you do want her to be the main character of life? Well, that's what that alternative route is for. As opposed to the open world of trying to make money and pursue whatever JRPG tasks suits your fancy, the alternative route takes that last batch of quests and puts them on a linear route with a bunch of divergences from the normal game, railroading you toward a different kind of experience.



The last big area in the game available has also opened up! Going north from the harbor takes you to the beach, where you'll find a new assortment of things to do, including this completely normal building and the aforementioned lighthouse. While there's still a bunch of things I want to change or add, the last big maps that's going to be made for the game are the quest-only dungeons and the final floors of the Tower, where maybe Ramona can find some kinda closure for herself besides paying her rent and buying her way out of her lease.



In a major mechanics change, exhaustion is now a thing. Every battle/death makes your characters sleepy. It will eventually reach the point where they start developing Exhausted at the start of every battle. The only way to avert this is to get your ass in bed. Be responsible about sleep though! Sleeping too soon since the last time you slept in will make characters Sluggish, and while it's not as bad of a debuff as Exhausted, you probably wouldn't want that.

(I thought about doing a thing for hunger too but it's really annoying how using an item in the menu that has an event connected to it kicks you out of the menu entirely, so screw that.)

In another change, Uzbek's bar has also been updated! He'll now convert the stat raising pills you find into drinks that will remove the health draining problem downing random drugs will have. I figured that the bar is really unused, so I figured that I change it to something that will be more generally useful.









You may wonder, "when will I finish this game?" Well, I wonder that, too. Besides the game really expanding past my initial scope, I have a lot of real life things to deal with, along with my obligations to Indie Hell Zone. Sometimes, I feel like I'm destroying myself between all my wants and needs. But that's okay!! Hopefully this game will be successful enough for me to quit my shitty day job and establish a new life for myself, right!??? Developing this game totally isn't me crafting a world of wish fulfillment and developing a sense of control over my life!!!!

Anyway, I'm hoping to finish this game in 2023. Thank you.

ALSO I dunno if you played it, but I made a short separate game during the summer when I was fucked up with Covid. It's called Hand of the Goddess and it's a completely normal game. It's on itch but it's not on Steam yet. Maybe give me $100 so I can upload this here.

안녕하세요. 소울워커입니다.

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*(14:06추가) 점검 진행 중 워커 여러분들이
레이드 플레이에 지장을 줄만한 치명적인 결함이 발견되어
불가피하게 점검이 2시간 연장되었습니다.

​많은 기대를 갖고 계실 워커님들께 너무나도 죄송한 마음뿐이오나,
이슈 사항의 면밀한 파악과 해결을 위해 조금만 더 기다려 주시기를 부탁드립니다.

​최대한 콘텐츠를 다듬어 한명의 워커님이라도 더 많은 워커님들이 만족할 수 있는 콘텐츠를 보여드리기 위해서, 신속히 확인을 진행하여 약속 드린 시간 내에 점검을 끝맺을 수 있도록 노력하겠습니다.

​워커님들의 너른 양해를 부탁드립니다.

​감사합니다.

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■ 점검일시

2022년 12월 22일(목) 06:00 ~ 15:00 (9시간) 06:00 ~ 17:00 (11시간)

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■ 점검 내용
12월 22일(목) 업데이트 노트 바로가기
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■ 점검 보상

- 그루톤 코인 1200개 1700개
- [EV] 돗자리 5개 8개
- 비화의 아카식레코드 전송기 2개
- 에너지 컨버터 3개

※ 점검 보상은 12월 23일(금) 23:59 까지 수령 가능합니다.

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주의 사항
※ 점검 시간 중 게임에 접속하실 수 없습니다.
※ 점검일정은 내부 사정에 따라 변경될 수 있습니다.
※ 플레이 중 점검이 시작되어 소모된 행동력 및 버프 아이템 등은
복구에 도움을 드리기 어려운 점 양해 부탁 드립니다.


감사합니다.

1. Added 3 Christmas trees to the map. When players find and click on the tree, they'll receive the Christmas Gift and the tree will be automatically removed.
1. Census Register and Repair Division now displays a preview for construction time in the workshop, and their construction progress will be dynamically displayed during the construction.
1. Fixed some instances where acquired skins have disappeared.

We are extremally proud to inform that Everdream Valley WENT GOLD! PC Master version is finally here!💪

We just need to port the game on consoles and it's all YOURS! 🙂🙃

Hello Magistrates,
According to Hongye Geological Bureau, a number of strange trees have been discovered in the county. It is a unique phenomenon that these trees do not bear fruit. Instead, they are full of various gift boxes.

Anyone who touches the trees is said to acquire mysterious gifts. What gifts are in these boxes? What will you find for yourself? Prepare your eyes (and clicks) to discover!

Also, our winter salees have a sweet 20% discount. We hope that this discount will bring warmth to you in this cold winter.

Welcome to your warm stay in Hongye.

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