Mystical Focus! · You can now change and reroll your gear · After researching Basic Combat you now unlock the crafting recipe for Mystical Focus, a object that lets you change your equipment · At the Mystical Focus you can: · Upgrade a Rare to an Epic item · Upgrade an Epic to Mythic item · Randomize the Spell on an item · Randomize the Mythic Effect on an item · Randomize which Stats appear on…
New Spawn Area! · We've replaced the spawn area with an updated more interesting area · There is a now a tree, some stone and dirt to make the start of the game easier, especially in more hostile starting environments · The new starting area also includes loot chest of each level, separated by the corresponding ore. This gives you a nice reward every time you get a new pickaxe, simply by going…
Crops · We're adding a new Crop system to Ficterra to replace the Crop Plot. With this you can plant the new seeds in dirt and watch the crop grow · We'll be releasing this in phases, so expect new crops and for the experience to change over time · After all the phases, we'll remove the Crop Plot from standard play. It will still be available with modding, and for backwards compatibility · Thre…
New Locations! · We've added 8 new locations in total to visit in Ficterra. These are spread across several of the biomes that were a little lacking in locations · These locations are: · Buried Tower, a gardener tower buried under the Giant Crystalscape biome. Discover the secrets buried with it · Selenite Obelisk, a large obelisk made of selenite in the Giant Crystalcape biome, what lies at it…
Wintertime! · Added New Custom Map - Wintertime Isle - Chill out on this frosty isle filled with Taiga, Snow Rock Mountains and Obsidian Snow Plains biomes · Added two new Mythic items to Ficterra · Warmest Coat - Reduces ice damage taken by 50% · Glacial Wisdom - Gain extra Battle Regen and Elemental Power · Added "Ice Mage" a new monster to the game. Ice Mages cast ice bolt to attack, and ice…
Halloween! · Added New Custom Map - Skull Island - Can you survive this skull shaped island filled with Harrowing Woods and Dreary Beaches? · Added two new Mythic items to Ficterra · Dread Path - Turns cubes you walk on to their Dreary counterparts · Red Mask - Massive armor penetration boost, but you lose 80% movement speed · Added "Ghoul" a new monster to the game. Ghouls are faster melee ene…
Research Overhaul · There were a few issues we had with how Research played in Ficterra, so we wanted to change things up. · Each research unlocked too many things. This made it hard to keep track of what was unlocked or feel overwhelmed with too many item to craft at once, with no direction. To address this we have added 25 new Researches and spread crafting plan unlock out amount them. This d…
Added 11 new in-game achievements to Ficterra · Added 8 new Steam achievements to the game · Paint Chooser window now closes when pressing escape · Icons for some crafting recipes no longer have weird textures · Spiders now move correctly on half cubes · Fixed a bug causing descriptions to not show up from some crafting plans · Marble Tiles, Light Marble Tiles, and Angled Marble tiles now have…
Crosshair now shows the correct icon for equivalent crafting stations (like the marble furnace) · Trader window now closes when you press escape · Goblins should no longer be seen in t-pose · Goblins should now jump high enough to get over cubes
Fixed bug where spiders could eventually cause monsters to stop spawning · Marble furnaces can now be used to smelt things · Increased the disconnect timeout to 10 seconds up from 2 seconds for multiplayer games · Paraffin Wax can no longer be crafted at Machine Furnaces. It just ate up all the electricity, and turned it straight into wax · Road is now craftable at the Mixer instead of on perso…
Traders now follow clients in multiplayer · Added on screen helper keys for Miner bots · Lowered the minimum quality level required to run deferred rendering · Fixed a bug where you could call traders more than once · Fixed a bug where tooltips from your inventory would stick around after you closed the window · Fixed a bug where defeating an enemy in combat would snap the camera to look somewh…
Sound Effects · Dirt, Sand and Grass now have a different gathering sound from stone · Various Leaf cubes have a new gathering sound · Anvils now make metal sounds while crafting · Chests now make a sound when opening them · Doors now make opening and closing sounds · Eating Food now makes eating sounds · Equipping and Unequipping items now makes sound · Added new Golem aggro sound · Added new…
Music · We've added new music tracks for a number of biomes to make you feel more in the game. The following biomes have had their music changed: · Ocean · Glacier Sea, Obsidian Arctic Plains, Snow Rock Mountains · Lake · Swamp · Breezy Beach · Dreary Beach · Cheery Steps · Red Rock Desert · Taiga Mountains · Tropical Beach Sahel · Added 8 new hot locations to the Sahel Biome. · Discover variou…
Fixed a bug where the Mason Station would open wrong · Fixed errors that occur after using Power Strike with no weapon equipped · Highlight on equipment slots now disappears after item equipped · Added a recipe to craft Glass Cubes which was omitted when adding Glass Cubes to the game
Pirate Treasure · Added Pirate Chests to Ficterra! · Pirate Chests can be found at locations in the Ocean and Tropical Beach biomes · Pirate Chests have their own drop table and always drop a Treasure Map Piece · Combine 4 pieces of a Treasure Map pieces to make a full Treasure Map · Follow the X on the minimap/map to find a Hearrty Pirate Chest · The Hearrty Pirate Chest contains Mythic level…
Volcanic · Added 8 new scorching locations to the Volcanic biome · Jump across moving pillars over a massive pit of burning lava to reach the treasure in the Burning Pillar at the center · Hop over lava flowing hills and avoid pools of fiery pain · Find new power in a Research Base buried under lava · Added Thermoelectric Generators to Ficterra. These machines generate electricity from differen…
Tower of the Horizon · A massive tower stands on the dry rock waiting for adventurers! Explore the Tower of the Horizon, a trial filled legacy to the Gardener people. Solve and defeat the trials within for Epic and Mythic rewards. Reach the top to claim a unique item with infinite potential, and minor side effects... · The tower can spawn within the Dry Rock Bay biome · Added 'Books' to Ficterr…
Miner · We've added ways to automate mining in Ficterra. · The Wind-up Miner bot has bee added to the game and can now be crafted from the Woodshop. Press 'F' to wind up the miner and watch it go. It will mine in a straight line and store ores & stone in its inventory · A new Trader has added to Ficterra: 'The Miner'. They be called like other Traders after researching Social Skills. · The Mine…
Traders · Ficterra now has Traders. These are special NPCs that will trade you special items and services for your materials · The Blacksmith can improve your gear or craft some new ones · The Marble Sculptor can sculpt items out of marble you supply · The Technologist has several unique machines and tech that they are willing to trade · Added 'Social Skills' research to the game which unlocks…
Banners · Banners have been added to Ficterra! There are two types of banners; Standing Banners held up on a wooden post or Wall Banners that can be hung on walls · Banners come with a in-world editor that let you choose their design · You can change the following · Background · Line Pattern · Symbol · Border · You can also choose the colour for each of these elements · The designs you come up…
Mythic Items · We've added Mythic RPG Items to the game · These items are hard to find but offer unique bonuses · Search out mythic and epic chests or fight dangerous monsters to get your hands on these items · Some of the Mythics added are · Cold Feet - Turns water to ice as you walk over it · Lava Core - Immune to lava, but water hurts you · Super Science Tracksuit - Doubles your research spe…
Boats, Ladders and Booms! · Wooden Boats are now in Ficterra! Ride boats around oceans, lakes, and ponds. You can still mine and place cubes while riding a boat. Boats only work in water! If you beach your boat however, you can just pick it up and place it back in the water, no hassle! Wooden boats can be made with Planks at the Woodshop · Ladders have been added to Ficterra. Simply walk into a…
Locations · The Obsidian Snow Plains biome now has 7 new snowy locations to find and explore. Seek out the Snowman's Trial for an epic battle and some epic loot · The Obsidian Snow Plains biome now also spawns with Basalt on the surface. We wanted to make this biome a bit more habitable, and having a stone cube readily available helps that · The Swamp biome has 7 new humid locations to wade thr…
New Locations · Worlds now spawn locations to visit much more often · Smaller locations spawn more frequently while larger areas are more rare · In addition to biome specific areas, some locations spawn across all biomes · Added 7 new general locations · General locations adapt to the biome they are found in · Added 6 new locations for the Red Rock Desert biome · Every biome will be getting new…
Research and Crafting Plans now have tooltips showing their name and describing them · Updated the tooltip UI for items in your inventory with the more modern look. The tooltips now also contain a brief description of the item · Added descriptions and tooltips for the inventory sorting buttons. It was hard to tell what they actual did · Updated the descriptions for the Tier 'X' researches and T…
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