⚠️ OPEN BETA BRANCH — Read This First
This update is available on the OpenBeta Steam branch, not the main branch. The purpose is to get some testing and feedback before pushing it live to everyone.
How to access it: Right-click Wicked Island in your Steam library → Properties → Betas → select OpenBeta from the dropdown.
What you should know:
This is a beta. Expect more bugs and rough edges than a normal update.
Save games from the OpenBeta branch may not be backward compatible with the main branch. If you switch back to the main branch, your beta saves might not work. Back up your saves or use a fresh one for testing.
Bug reports are hugely appreciated, drop them in the Discord bug report channel or the Steam Discussion forums.
Update, Localization, Steam Achievements, Dragon Rework & New Quests
This is a big one. Here's what's new at a glance:
Localization The game is now AI-translated into Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, Turkish and Polish. This is a first pass — expect some rough translations that will be improved over time. If you spot issues, let me know.
Steam Achievements Steam Achievements are now in the game. Due to how Steam works, the achievements will be visible to everyone, but they will only be earnable on the OpenBeta branch for now. They'll go live for the main branch when the update moves over.
New Quests & Rewritten Dialogue 10 new quests across Baelin, Barnabus, Agatha and Aeron. Barnabus and Aeron have had their dialogue completely rewritten to give them more personality and depth. Parts of Isabell's dialogue have been reworked to better match her character.
Dragon Rework The dragon has been completely overhauled. New model, fully rewritten dialogue, and it's now locked behind a quest chain. Completing the quest makes the dragon a proper servant rather than just being freely available.
Changelog
Added
AI-translated localization for Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, Turkish and Polish (first pass — will need tweaks)
Steam Achievements
Dealing damage from behind an enemy now gives a 50% damage boost
Wall rack for weapon displays
10 new quests (Baelin, Barnabus, Agatha, Aeron)
Ambient sounds for some creatures (dragon, minotaur, werewolf)
New archdemon animation
New large dungeon behind graycott
Changed
Enemies and servants now only gain XP when an enemy dies. Not based on killing blow — if the player kills an enemy, all nearby servants/friendlies get the XP. Same applies to enemies (a werewolf killing a boar gives XP to nearby werebeasts/demons). When the player is killed, the killer gets a x10 XP boost, so enemies can level up fast by killing the player.
Increased Satyr projectile speed
Improved AI projectile prediction (predicts based on target movement more accurately)
Reduced max FOV based on speed
Replaced AMD FSR with Intel XeSS (FSR wasn't working as intended)
Reworked dismemberment system — limbs now fall off properly. Enough damage will gib enemies into multiple pieces. Should also be more performant.
Reduced servant armor gain per level
Rewrote Barnabus dialogue for more personality
Completely rewrote Aeron's personality and dialogue
Reworked parts of Isabell's dialogue to be more in line with her character
Completely rewrote dragon dialogue with much more content when a servant
Replaced dragon model
Dragon is now a servant, unlocked by completing a quest chain
Sex scenes now end automatically after 3 minutes
Upscaled several loading screen images
Fixed
Trading list changing after social level up
Buildings not dropping their contents on destroy
Container deleting items on sort
Duplication glitch involving the sort option in containers
Skill indicators being set to 0 on load
Display of materials for crafting now shows nothing instead of 0 (e.g. flour recipe)
Not being able to change pubic hair color
Not getting the proper item amount when buying more than a stack limit at the vendor
Price discrepancy between trade list and selected trade
Being able to turn a profit on bought items after a certain social level
Trade selection resetting after every level up
Invalid servant item when destroying a building
Servant not despawning when adding servant item to buildings
Bow being invisible when dropped
Struggle minigame slowness
Recipe consuming resources without starting craft
Wasp being hittable and dropping loot when dead
Runaway servant damage on level up
Damage sound on enemies using default sound instead of flesh sound
Tons of other minor fixes
Optimizations
Improved performance when attacking
Improved performance when spawning text
Improved performance when gaining action points
Optimized landscape shader
Tweaked draw distances for all meshes
Tweaked several foliage materials to reduce shader overdraw
Fixed some LOD settings
Skin shaders cheaper on GPU at low/medium settings
Removed old unused plugins to reduce init times and memory usage
Cleaned up code that slowed down save game loading and bloated save files. Old slow saves will be cleaned up on re-save. Save file sizes significantly reduced.
Optimized ragdoll performance on death