The wait is over. The Bard has arrived in Ancient Kingdoms! Update 0.9.32.1 introduces a completely new playable class, together with new equipment, profession improvements, class balance changes, smarter Mercenaries, quality-of-life improvements, bug fixes, and much more. 🎵 NEW CLASS BARD Take up your instrument and harness the power of music! The Bard brings a completely new playstyle to Anc…
A new update is now live! Ancient Kingdoms is taking its first big step toward reaching players around the world. 🌎 🇪🇸 Spanish 🇨🇳 Chinese 🇯🇵 Japanese All skills and items have now been translated into these languages! More languages may be added in the future depending on the player base and sales in each country. 🌐 TRANSLATIONS · All skills have been translated · All items have been tr…
A new update for Ancient Kingdoms is now live! Version v0.9.30.0 introduces the new DPS / HPS Meter , alongside several Ranger balance changes, combat improvements, bug fixes, and more progress on Old Valorath. 📊 DPS / HPS Meter A new DPS / HPS Meter has been added! You can show or hide the meter at any time by clicking the ... button in the Player Panel. 🏹 Ranger Balance ⚠️ Rangers may need…
This update introduces new Illusion Items , allowing you to temporarily transform into different races throughout the world of Ancient Kingdoms. Alongside this new feature, the update includes class balance changes for Ranger and Warrior, combat adjustments, quality-of-life improvements, item tweaks, bug fixes, and further progress on Old Valorath . ✨ New Illusion Items · Added new Illusion Ite…
A new update is now live! Barbers have arrived in the main cities, giving adventurers a chance to change their appearance — and humans can finally grow a proper beard! This update also brings a new friendly pet, Raccoons , new Crimson Bandages , improvements to mercenary combat and aggro control, Ranger and Rogue changes, several fixes, and more. ✂️ Barbers & Customization · Barbers have arrive…
* Mercenaries won't loss gear durability on death * Adjusted respawn time for Scaleblight (5h -> 3h) * Increased drop rate for Great Dawnward Tourmaline (10% -> 20%)
* Improved performance by 20% * Improved readability for buff timers * Changed buff timers colour when remaining time greater than 60s * Fixed bug in Great Tempest Shard tooltip
Hello everyone! Update v0.9.27.0 is now live, introducing one of the most requested cosmetic features alongside a large number of quality-of-life improvements, balance adjustments, and bug fixes. 🐾 Friendly Follower Pets Friendly Follower Pets have finally arrived! Collect cosmetic companions that will faithfully follow your character throughout your adventures. They won't participate in comba…
A new update has arrived with new features, balance improvements, bug fixes, and major performance optimizations . ✨ New Features · Implemented Equipment Templates . · Added Unique backpacks (only one can be equipped) and non-Unique backpacks (multiple can be equipped). · Added the new chat command /follow to automatically follow your current player target. · Development of the new Old Valorath…
* Improved click behaviour to attack or interact * Extended Target is now more stable * Simplified experience gain messages to reduce chat clutter * Adjusted death message clarity * Fixed Dreadveil Ward Charm tooltip * Improved stats for Dreadveil Ward Charm * Improved stats for Heartwood Reliquary * Fixed bug related with factions window
* New Elite: Slime King * Updated game engine to last version * Fixed bug with auto-attack cast range in multiplayer * Fixed problem related with respawn condition mobs * Adjusted critical resist given by Heartwood Reliquary to 35% * Adjusted fear resist given by Dreadveil Ward Charm to 35%
A new Ancient Kingdoms update is now available! Version v0.9.25.0 introduces the new Extended Target system, additional control over mercenary consumable usage, targeting and controller improvements, combat balance adjustments, and several bug fixes. ✨ New Features · Added Extended Target . · Added a toggle to enable or disable potion and food consumption by mercenaries . 🎯 Targeting and Contr…
* Skillbar locking is now disabled by default * Adjusted the colours of name overlays * You can now split stacks by a chosen amount using Shift + Click
* Fixed blurry affecting to characters and name overlays * Now you can move items from bank, chests directly to your mercenary * Increased bosses repositioning interval (60-120s -> 60-180s) * After casting a special ability, bosses will wait longer before using another one (5-10s -> 6-12s) * Improved mercenary repositioning * Improved entity click behavior * Cleric Mercenary: Decreased cast tim…
* Adjusted the stats of the MS and ToV armor sets * Wizard Balance: Increased Spellwind duration from 60 to 300 seconds, reduced Spell Haste from 20% to 15%, and reduced its cooldown from 10 to 5 seconds * Improved tooltip responsiveness * Added a skill bar lock icon and improved skill bar responsiveness * Fixed visual effects for spells with very short cast times * Fixed a minor mercenary bug…
* Mercenary Druid: Added new spell Erasis Wildfire * Druid Balance: Increased damage done by Immolate * Druid Mercenary now will start to use HoT under 70% (instead of under 60%) * Cleric Mercenary now will start to heal under 90% (instead of under 95%) * Fixed tooltip for resists buffs bonus * Leadership now increases attack and spell power by 1% per level * Wizard Balance: Decreased mana cost…
The biggest combat overhaul so far has arrived! This update is focused on making combat feel more fluid, more tactical, and less burst-oriented . Encounters should now be decided by sustained decision-making, positioning, healing, cooldown management, and mechanics instead of a few overwhelming hits. As always, this is an Early Access update. We'll continue monitoring your feedback and making a…
* Fixed bug when login into dedicated servers * Fixed bug with Avatar of Air spawn * Fixed bug with party panels position * Increased cast range for Staff of Flowers * Fixed bug with drag and drop consumables
A new update has arrived! This update introduces the new world boss Avatar of Air , expands the new Critical Resist system, significantly improves mercenary AI, and includes numerous balance changes, quality-of-life improvements, and bug fixes. ✨ New Features • Added a brand new world boss: Avatar of Air . • Critical Resist now reduces the bonus damage from monster critical hits. • Added many n…
* Fixed bug related with mercenaries healers behaviour * Improved mercenaries positioning while out of combat * Fixed bug where slayer gains were not being shown in chat
Hello everyone! A new update for Ancient Kingdoms is now live! This patch introduces the new Critical Resist stat, account-wide Slayer progression, new rewards and mechanics for Valaark , class balance changes, quality-of-life improvements, and plenty of bug fixes. Thank you all for your continued feedback and support during Early Access. ❤️ ✨ New Features · 🛡️ Added the new Critical Resist st…
Greetings adventurers! Today we're releasing The Controller Update , a major quality-of-life patch focused on improving controller support throughout Ancient Kingdoms. Whether you're playing with a gamepad, on Steam Deck, or simply prefer controller gameplay, this update should provide a much smoother experience. 🎮 Controller Improvements · Improved controller support across the game · Fixed a…
* Guilds (Phase 1) - Currently a social and cosmetic feature only. No gameplay bonuses or advantages, and can be used by solo players for their own characters and alts * Improved controller support * Increased the drop rate of "Pure Essence of Fire" * Increased the maximum stack size to 999 for many stackable items * Warrior Balance: Decreased Vindication damage but increased its healing * Fixe…
The mighty dragon Valaark has awakened stronger than ever. This update introduces new boss mechanics, the first Mythic Item, quality-of-life improvements, class balance changes, and several bug fixes reported by the community. 🐉 Valaark Update Highlights · Added the first Mythic Item · Added new mechanics to Valaark · You can now rebind keys to mouse and gamepad buttons · Added hotkey text for…
* Adjusted the size of Dwarves and Fire Goblins * Fixed a bug where quests could not be accepted or completed after changing targets * Fixed a bug where veteran Steam achievements were not working for multiplayer clients * Fixed a bug where profession-related Steam achievements were not triggered upon reaching 100% * Updated the game engine to the latest version
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