🌀 DISCOVERY & ANCESTRY CHANGELOG - 0.3.6.44

New Content & Changes

• Updated game engine to Unity 6.

• User Interface has been updated for the following menus and items:
• Cooking.
• Inventory & Storage.
• Crafting.
• HUD.
• Home Island.
• Quest Log.
• Machinery.
• Upgrade station.
• Tech Tree.
• Table-Map.
• Celebrations.
• Sailing.
• Debug console.
• Bug Report tool.

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World Generation has been updated:

• Open world (no sectors).
• Revamped world progression.
• More handcrafted islands and structures. 
• New placement of biomes and islands.
• More varied clusters and environments.
• Some non-Life Sapling or non-Life Tree islands spawn with an unhealthy ecosystem by default again and can be healed by players. 
• Added miscellaneous islands between clusters.
• Hot areas that require special clothing to prevent heat stroke. 
• High altitude areas require upgraded floaters and gliders to navigate. 
• Updated existing islands and fresco islands.
• More varied and interesting Lost Beacon destinations.
• Unique clusters with snow and Darkwood trees added. 

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• New Islands:
• 10 new Fresco Islands.
• 6 new combat-focused Wonder Islands.
• New Unique Islands.

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New World Events:

• Tornadoes.
• Fog Banks.
• Asteroid Fields.
• Loot Debris.
• Minable Debris Fields.

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Progression changes:

• Some resources require upgraded tools to gather.
• Arcadium Essence can be obtained through flowers, Frescoes, and Life Sapling islands,  and can be fed to the Wind Spirit to attain Insight. 
• Life Saplings no longer require removing corruption from all nearby islands. 
• Life Fruits can be found hidden in various locations.
• Life Trees now require Life Fruits in order to heal and gain access to their basin. 
• Healing a Life Tree now requires the destruction of massive chains anchoring it to the ground.
• New tech tree structure with different insight thresholds.
• It is no longer required to own all previous technologies to learn further ones in the tech tree.
• Excess Knowledge Points can be infinitely spent to learn miscellaneous decor elements once all tech tree items have been unlocked. 

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New machines:

• Wool & Linen floaters allow islands to sail to higher altitudes.
• Wind Vane to change the wind direction at any time with the help of the Wind Spirit. 
• Buildable Meditation Circles for fast travel.
• Dew Catcher that collects clean water over time.
• 4 New stockpiles: Well, Pantry, Cabinet, Organic storage.

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Misc changes:

• Wind direction now shifts over time.
• Coffee Plants now drop seeds when farmed.
• Rebalanced research steps in the Research Table. 
• Moonbloom Oil and Intricate Cogs for crafting advanced technologies.
• Shallow water does not apply the Wet condition anymore.
• Hay is now made from wheat.
• Pheasants now eat bird feed.
• All Fresco Islands now feature a large structure visible from afar.  

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Cooking:

• Meals now require to be preserved to be stored in the inventory. 
• Different recipes require different preservation materials. 

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Dirty water can now be boiled on a cooking plate for clean water.

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Navigation Overhaul:

• New Tablemap UI.
• Fog of War.
• Island Silhouettes.
• Improved Spyglass.
• New Stormchaser destinations.

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Wind Warp:

• Players can now fast travel from any Meditation Circle in any Life Tree, Life Sapling or those built by the player. 

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Quest Tracking:

• Quests can be tracked and untracked in the Quest Log menu to toggle their appearance on the HUD.
• Completed quests are listed separately in the Quest Log.
• Quest destinations appear on the Table-Map.
• New and updated quests.

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Wind Spirit:

• New Companion that follows you on your adventure.
• Interact with the Wind Spirit to pet it, exchange Arcadium Essence for Insight, change the wind direction, and restore Life Sapling & Life Tree islands.
• Can be dismissed or called back.

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Ancestral Memories:

• Interact with the Life Tree’s orb to enter the Ancestral Memory dreamscape.
• Learn new skills from your ancestors’ past:
• A second hotbar that can be quickly switched to at any time.
• Glider compass that highlights the islands of the cluster and whether they have been explored or not.
• A third personal crafting slot to craft more things on the go.
• The ability to track the position of critters.
• Being able to destroy floating debris with your glider for loot and minerals.
• And more!

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Expansion Pouches and Trinket Rings:

• Expansion Pouches can be crafted using Sewing Kits and Cloth. Can be used to increase the amount of inventory slots in any category. 
• Trinket Rings can be found in certain chests. Can be used to add more trinket slots to any tool. 

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Combat Moves:

• Corruption Hearts can now be found on heavily-corrupted islands.
• Claiming a Corruption Heart grants combat moves and abilities.

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Survival Conditions:

• Negative effects after not eating, drinking or sleeping for a while, which can be removed by eating, drinking or sleeping.
• The survival requirements can be adjusted or disabled in the options menu.

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Running out of health:

• Anomalies are tarnished.
• Defeat from combat causes the Wounded condition, greatly hindering the player.
• Can be removed by applying a bandage.

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These health consequences can be turned off in the options menu.

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Tarnished Anomalies:

• Anomalies must be gathered before cleansing an island, otherwise they become tarnished.
• Tarnished Anomalies can be restored by combining them with reishi mushrooms. 
• Tarnished Anomalies can be found in certain chests. 

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Treasure Chests:

• New chests can be found that require keys to open.
• All locked chests’ contents can now be claimed by each player in multiplayer.

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New Glider Behaviour:

• Gliders now require to be deployed for a short moment before being used (off a ledge/height).
• The new glider behaviour can be disabled and reverted to its legacy version in the options menu.

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New farmable plants:

• The following plants can now be farmed:
• Glasswort.
• Coffee.
• Brightsun Flower.
• Azure Sky Blossoms.
• Yellow Moonbloom.
• Purple Moonbloom.
• Aloe Vera.
• Wisteria.
• Arcadium Flower.
• Life Fruit.

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New variations of Moonblooms can be made by adding pigment to their seeds, allowing to grow a variety of colours that can be made into decorations.

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New tree species:

• Darkwood tree seeds can be found and planted.

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New plant:

• Desert’s Grace can be found, farmed, and used for green dye.

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Performance and Stability improvements:

• The game’s RAM usage no longer increases with extended play time, allowing for more stable long-term play. 
• Improved the way assets and materials load. 
• Optimized many materials and textures. 

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Graphics:

• More light sources can now cast shadows. Can be disabled in the options menu. 
• Added Screen-space Global Illumination. Can be disabled in the options menu. 
• Added new texture streaming options in the options menu. 

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Music and Sound:

• Main menu music has been added.
• A new track can play while sailing. 

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Bug Fixes:

• Fixed several cases where Crashed Gliders appeared inside island geometry. 
• Fixed several cases where hindrances in Life Saplings could not be reached. 
• Fixed several objectives for quests to ensure they give the intended instructions. 
• Fixed several cases of floating plants and assets on islands. 
• Fixed several cases of unintended holes in geometry for islands. 
• The Helm now stops producing sound if it is destroyed while unstable due to sail damage. 
• Corruption ambient sounds can no longer be heard in healthy islands. 
• Table-Map progress is retained when rejoining a multiplayer session. 
• Flogade Distiller and Brewing Labs now have distinct icons in the build menu. 
• Fixed several flow issues in the main menu when using a controller. 
• Jetstream explosives now play their intended ambience and SFX. 
• Cooking recipes are now available while in creative mode. 
• Player location is now correctly retained when reloading save files. 
• Fixed several localization typos. 
• Petting animals now plays the intended VFX. 
• Fixed an issue where some islands would spawn too close to each other. 
• The Field Guide now displays the intended information while on unhealthy Life Trees and Corrupted Islands.
• Fixed several instances of assets lacking collision. 
• It is no longer possible to pause the game while in the inventory screen.