What changed in For The King in 2018

Limited time Lore Store Unlock available until January 7th.

New holiday themed Hat and Backpack available in the Lore Store until January 7th.

Resolved a bug causing boat damages to double in some instances.

Addressed a problem where a treasure chest would crash if it turned into a mimic.

Reminds players of the safety stone when shipwrecked.

Addressed an issue where the item card could disappear and not reappear when mousing over belt items.

Resolved an issue where a particular treasure chest was not collectible.

Displays information over the player HUD when another player is in a haunt, sanctum, or stone hero.

Fixed the inability to use/equip/buy items with a brand new snazzy item interaction menu.

Fixed an issue where the item menu could remain open in combat permitting exploitation

Fixed a bug where you could not use the safety stone with a controller.

Added a snazzy new intro splash logo and screen.

Fixed an issue where resuming a game from Dungeon Crawl could result in a black screen

Fixed an issue where purchasing a boat with a controller would result in lost control

Fixed an issue online where the Treasure Hunter would not be unlockable if the host already had it

Fixed an issue where the new lore store items could become non-unlockable

Fixed an issue where getting killed by a powder monkey by splash damage would not trigger the Achievement

Fixed a freeze when a treasure chest, or treasure clam that turned into a mimic would result in a hang online

Boats can now be purchased from towns adjacent to water hexes.

Fixed an issue where the party could spawn on a very small island.

Introduces the 'Wet' status that removes immunities from players and enemies.

Submenus remain open after selecting an option, improving usability.

Fixed a bug where the Frozen Pool would deal double damage on failure.

Reduced camera shake in combat for most cases.

New weapon type with one-handed pistols, two-handed long guns, and handheld cannons.

Adjusted the appearance of the Noble Dress outfit.

New options to speed up gameplay and combat animations.

Players can now revive fallen characters during combat.

8 new achievements, 20 new items, and 23 new weapons added.

Adjustments to the Kraken battle to utilize new mechanics.

New water-based encounters and combat mechanics involving boats.

An ocean themed adventure with new weapons, items, enemies, and map generation.

Enemies that cause massive damage but kill themselves in the process.

Further attempts at addressing DisconnectByClientTimeout error for online resume games

Staff of the Goat Wizard now requires 4 slots for Ice AOE attack instead of 3.

Fixed an issue that would result in a crash if a player tried to hand in Gold in Gold Rush.

Tome of Wonder now requires 4 slots for Group Rush instead of 3.

Damage of Witch's Broom reduced by 1 and added standard attack.

Resolved a problem where players lost control of their characters due to another player taking over their turn.

Resolved an issue where the Load Game screen would freeze the game.

Corrected the texture issue for the Sea Cave trap.

Unique art added to sea caves.

Three new cosmetic items: Midnight Helmet, Midnight Backpack, and Midnight Clothes.

A new multiplayer mode where players compete to deliver 100 gold coins to Fergus the Mad.

Camera now pans to the middle of the destination realm for hidden locations.

Possibly in preparation for future updates.

A new item allowing instant teleportation to previously visited towns with a stat penalty.

New boats with different strengths and speeds, and a Boat Repair Kit for repairs.

Players can now manually select another weapon in place of their combat action.

Smaller islands added to break up the look of the sea.

Players can choose to hide armor and display cosmetic items instead.

A new realm featuring spooky nighttime enemies.

Now correctly picks up members in other boats.

A new (un)cooperative multiplayer mode where players compete to collect and return 100 gold coins.

Gold Rush mode will feature a new realm and unique Lore Store items available for winners.

Weapon Switching in Combat will be a thing, allowing characters with additional weapons to switch during combat.

Fixed a game hang where a character who was poisoned dies in a dungeon without any lives left, but still has a sanctum would not get revived.

Further work on the DisconnectByClientTimeout error when loading an online game.

Fixed a game hang when a character dies on his turn, and at the same time: a Chaos Shrine is revealed

Potential fix for DisconnectByClientTimeout error when loading an online game

Added some behind the scenes play-data analytics gathering (no personal information is collected)

Increased the difficulty of Hildebrant’s Cellar beyond Level 10.

Enhanced the end game screen in the cellar to display additional room tokens.

Resolved an issue where the Rooms display would go out of sync in online co-op.

Fixed an issue where you would not get control back of your character if he was confused and randomly used a panax to cure himself. The panax will now cure the confuse status.

Fixed the hobo becoming invisible if you selected the Demon Skin in character selection.

Fixed an issue where having an immunity to confuse would still cause you to become confused by Hildebrant’s Reserve

Added a touch of color to the dungeon room map

Fixed an issue where Orbs (eg: Smoke Orb, or Precious Pearl, etc...) were not sending their buff status effects across the network

Fixed a crash that could occur when dying at the end of Frost Adventure

Fixed an issue where in a very specific set of circumstances: a hex may be shown as 'explored' but would not reveal any hidden POI’s or Encounters on it.

Fixed an issue where you could not change the locality if loading a game from the Online Server Browser

Reduced Goblin max damage from 9 to 8

Fixed a bug where a crash could occur at the end of a dungeon that subsequently is cleared from the world

Fixed a problem where resuming an older game from pre-patch with a Treasure Chest would cause a game hang

Fixed a display issue where the online server browser would show improper values in the game description section

Fixed a bug where your trophies for completing adventures in various game modes / difficulties were not showing up

Fixed online lobby viewport size

Fixed an issue with Sanctums not syncing online in Hildebrant’s Cellar

Fixed issue with dungeon loot not leveling up

Fixed crashing at the end of a dungeon with a Busker

Polish language will now return the correct language

Fixed crash occurring in Hildebrant's Cellar at level 10

Reflect player’s actions.

Returns Lore store to original state, clears banked Lore.

Engage in a never-ending dungeon with new items, costumes, achievements, traps, and enemies.

Now shows game rules and more details per game.

Avoid losing access to gold or items.

Includes new high-end custom clothing.

Pipesmith encounter now includes a shop.

For totally non-discerning customers.

Added to various dungeons.

Customize key difficulty aspects like Chaos Frequency, Starting Life Pool, and Economy Inflation.

To be used with certain game modes.

Toggle Stat Bar button shows a breakdown of all relevant character statistics.

Adjusted burn damage to correct levels.

A new feature providing a full breakdown of all stats, effects, bonuses, and ailments for characters.

Added encounters like Sanctums, Dead Adventurers, and Stone Heroes to the dungeon.

A new adventure mode where players can fight through dungeons with various enemies and traps.

New toggles for creating games that allow players to adjust Chaos frequency, Life Pool, and Economy Inflation.

Includes 4 new traps, new enemies, 4 new items, and 9 new character customizations.

3 new achievements added to the game.

A new adventure set to release in Fall 2018, featuring new Lore Store items, special unlocks, and achievements.

A new game mode that is more contained and focused, with new Lore Store items, special unlocks, and achievements.

New feature allowing players to customize game rules and difficulty similar to traditional tabletop games.

Added pickup radius hex highlighting for boats and balloons.

Improved Owlbear attack FX.

General polish to dead adventurers.

Fixed Mimic placement in the Encounter Card.

Fixed an issue where you could Pickup Party and pull people out of other nearby boats or balloons.

Forest Protector now has group lightning attack.

When attacking a haunt from a boat: the portraits of characters pulled in to the fight are now accurate.

Forest Mystic/Protector no longer have pierce attack.

Added version validation check in the online browser.

Fixed an issue with the Kraken not dropping any loot in some instances.

Optimized Rainstorm FX.

Fixed an issue with some combat allowing players to use unlimited items per turn.

In certain circumstances during local co-op, a mouse may have lost the ability to control a boat.

In dungeon crawl online, the number of completed dungeons may have been incorrectly reported across the network.

Fixed issue where Owlbear’s death hug attack was always blocked.

Pixies now do full attack damage on their regular attack.

Fixed an issue where the Dungeon Merchant items would all be greyed out, despite having enough cash to buy.

In Frost Adventure online: the Tavern Pirate fight could be engaged by multiple clients online, and the enemies would double up.

Lightning Hawk Regular attack fixed (was too easily blocked) and now pierces.

Version Warning added to Online Lobby to show when the host’s version doesn’t match your version.

Toned down and optimized snowstorm FX.

Incorrect text was displayed when entering a carnival without a ticket while playing online.

Identify Scrolls cannot be used in the overworld on a treasure chest that a character is also standing on.

Very Low Quality setting now uses proper texture resolution which should result in slightly improved performance.

Added backing to HUD Vote Buttons to increase visibility.

Fixed bug where Embedded Blade encounter wouldn’t drop an item if you didn’t already have it unlocked in the lore store.

Fixed an issue with Quest Items not being removed from inventories when they are no longer needed.

Fixed issue where several 'icy' enemies weren’t properly tagged as Ice class.

End game credits would freeze if entering the menu.

Fixed some intermittent freezes on Linux due to primitive type conversions.

Jelly Cube attack FX now 300% more goopy.

Chaos Fairy now casts Protect Group instead of Protect Others.

Fighting the Kraken when Deimos is active now respects the original ocean diorama.

Hide boots set to +2 vitality and Fur Boots set to +4 vitality.

Improved Storm Lighting.

General polish pass on player models.

Increased the probability of the Forest Mystic event

Polish pass on special dead adventurer art

General improvement and corrections in translations across all languages

Fixed a bug where certain debuffs and conditions gave the player 100+ Armor/Resist

Glittering Mines Cultist Boss Armor Down attack now does 0 damage

Failed ambush now results in player being ambushed

Highly reduced mimic chance in Guardian Forest, For The King and Frost Adventure Mode

Resolved the issue preventing players from using orbs.

Fixed translation inconsistencies with Heal, Cure, and Restore

Added unique drops for several dead adventurers

New voice sets for several alt character skins

Mini Encounters that result in combat now can have max 2 enemies, typically only 1

Polish pass and optimization for Golden Plains diorama

Increased drops for several dead adventurers

Improvements to Linux Bug reporting behind the scenes

Equipped shields are now consistent among characters and crash less with backpacks.

Roc Nest encounter will no longer spawn prematurely.

Death Knight Boss crit chance reduced by 10% (now 10%).

Swamp Fly evasion reduced by 10%.

Ghouls' Piercing Attack changed to Regular Attack, with reduced evasion and crit chance.

Thief evasion reduced by 15%.

Typically now only birds and some special enemies have crit chances above 10%.

Fixed an issue with the enemy/encounter ratio of dungeons.

Hobo will now spawn only once and will stop asking for money.

Forest Knoll crit chance reduced by 10% (now 10%).

Pirate crit chance reduced by 10% (now 10%).

End Turn Tutorial is now properly localized.

Spiders have less/no armor, slightly reduced health, and do slightly less damage.

Leprechaun crit chance reduced by 5% (now 10%).

Players who achieved certain achievements pre full release will now see their unlocks when starting the game.

Crow crit chance reduced by 5% (now 10%).

Bandits crit chance reduced by 10% (now 5%).

Snow Goblin Assassin evasion reduced by 25% (now 25%).

Elemental ailment sound effects will no longer persist indefinitely.

Goblin Assassin crit chance reduced by 15% (now 10%).

Slowing an already slowed character will no longer remove their slow status.

The in-game encyclopedia has been updated.

New animations and models for both new and old assets.

Old saves are not compatible, but a legacy branch will be available.

Loads of improvements for controller support.

A new adventure added, taking place in a cold environment.

The Bug Report button will now be hidden by default.

Adjustments made to enemies, damage, and Chaos.

The game has officially launched its full release with three new adventures: For The King, Dungeon Crawl, and Frost Adventure.

Too many bug fixes and polish items to list.

Male and female variants for each class added.

The combat timeline has been re-worked for clarity and strategy.

The price of the game will increase to $20 USD on March 9 to facilitate a Day 1 sale with the full release.

Covered all instances of characters reviving with a Sanctum.

Hazard hexes will disappear after one character enters it.

Poison wasn't being removed on sanctum revive

Focus Button doesn't reset if mouse cursor is on button

Fire hex will not spawn on a character's hex

Resolved bugs related to Dark Carnival in online multiplayer games.

Focus Button doesn't reset if mouse cursor is on button.

Fixed issue where back-to-back Chaos message and Cult Device message would hang.

Fixed issue with back-to-back Chaos message and Cult Device message hang

Covered all instances of characters reviving with a Sanctum

Fire hex will not spawn on a character's hex.

Poison wasn't being removed on sanctum revive.

Hazard hexes will disappear after one character enters it

Resolved bugs related to Dark Carnival in online multiplayer games.