Threat used to be a number ticking up in the corner. Now the dark moves with it, the edges of the screen pull inward, the light thins, and past a certain point the map drops into full eclipse. When it lifts, the biome's Ancient has dragged itself onto the path. And it's marching toward you.
You do not want to still be there when it arrives.
Full patch notes 31/08/26.
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