Like a mighty eagle, the update #24 (aka 1.1.0) has just landed! And the bird brings you many sweet new treats.
It's kinda two-fold: there's the free content update part focused on building your new home, and the Underworld DLC that expands the game with a brand new open world map and all sorts of new recipes, features, skills, and whatnot.
Let's go through some of the new stuff! I'll try to separate which ones are part of the free update and which require the Underworld DLC.
Update Highlights
Tabula Rasa - The Builder's Isle
A new mini island has mysteriously appeared north of the Evac Site on the main island. There you will find a new quest that will walk you through the new build features. That's also your very own space where you can start building whatever you want. Your home. Your base. Whatever you want to call it.
As you complete the phases of the new quest, you'll unlock more and more new stuff to build: new walls, doors, furniture, and decorations. You'll be able to create your own hut/base/cabin/house/mansion from whatever pieces there's available. We'll be adding some more stuff to build in future free updates as well. Also if you bought the Underworld DLC, you'll unlock some special new buildables otherwise not available.
A well deserved rest.
The build limit has been greatly increased, so you'll able to place a lot more objects in the base game, and even more with the stuff you find in the DLC. We'll probably be increasing the limit in the future updates as well.
Home Portal
The Home Portal is a reward for completing the new construction related quest. Once invented, it allows you to create a quick portal that will take you to Tabula Rasa -- and back. Currently (as in 1.1.0.30) it only works on the main island, but we're hoping to make it work anywhere you may roam. (Except tombs maybe.)
Build Mode Usability Improvements
New hotkey for accessing the Build mode has been added. By default it's bound to B on the keyboard, but you can change it as you wish. It brings up the Build mode, so you don't have to spend your active inventory slot for Builder's Kit anymore.
Building your home is a delicate process. Sometimes you do make mistakes and place objects in ugly positions and unwanted angles. Destroying stuff should be familiar to you by now, but occasionally you need a tool finer than a sledgehammer. So we've added another usability improvement for deleting objects you no longer love. While in Builder's Kit mode, just hold down ALT on keyboard (LB on gamepads), and click away to delete (and refund) the ill-fated objects.
We'll also keep our ears open if you have any ideas how to improve things. (One thing we're thinking about is how to move the protagonist out of the way when you want to build something in that spot. We haven't yet decided how to do it, but we've got our thinking helmets on.)
Greener Grass
Farming used to be something you do outdoors only, but glad that's over now! You'll now be able to start farming indoors by constructing Planters. You can even build an elegant greenhouse made of glass around your to-be-vegetables, or maybe just have a garden in your living room. You do you!
Don't mind the skeleton. It was but a minor work mishap.
Seed Bag is also getting a fancier new version. It's waiting for you to find it deep below sea level in the Underworld DLC. Enhanced Seed Bag is what we call it. Single plant action with that bad boy plants 9 seeds at once (in a 3x3 grid)! It can also be upgraded to speed up the planting action, and be used to grow new Mana Plants. Prepare to harvest some nice little mana berries!
New Tools (aka Weapons)
There's a new tool meant for smashing in town, and it's called the Wrench. It sits in the Invent tree behind the Baseball Bat, and could be new blunt tool of choice. Give it a go!
The Underworld DLC also expands the selection of craftables with things like Sawed-Off Double Barrel Shotgun and a Crossbow, but those you have to find and earn first.
Fast Travel Between Campfires
In the Underworld you can travel freely between all the campfires you've lit. After completing a certain quest there, you'll also be able to take that knowledge to the main island. Fast Travel has never been so convenient and safe!
The Call of the Underworld
Obviously a big part of this new update is the Underworld DLC. I'm not going to spoil much of it here though. Once you purchase it, provided you've gotten yourself out of the first area (Capernaum), a new Quest will popup up and show you the way to the world under. Safe trips!
You can check out the DLC here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2004110/DYSMANTLE_Underworld/
CHANGE LOG
You can find full change log below.
ADDED
- Underworld DLC.
- Builder's Isle added to the main island north of the evac site.
- New building related inventions and objects, unlocked after Builder's Isle progression.
- Added "Wrench" as a tool to fill the gap between Baseball Bat and Sledgehammer.
- Built object names are now shown in the map.
- Added quick key access for Builder's Kit.
- Now remembering your previously selected buildable between sesssions.
- Delete function for "Builder's Kit".
- All headgear besides gas mask are now upgradable.
- Showing the map sector (like K23) in big map for the cursor location.
- UI navigation now works with any bound movement keys.
CHANGED
- Large metal objects now drop additional scrap metal when destroyed.
- Changed around "Combat" side of the invention tree to accommodate Wrench and shuffled some trinkets around.
- Buffed the build limit modifier on all "Builder's Kit" upgrade levels and on food recipes giving build limit.
- Quests now visible in build mode.
- Fisher skill now gives better fishing speed bonuses early on and rewards more XP for fishing.
- Tweaks to temperatures in areas with extreme temperatures.
- Nerfed items and food recipes giving enemy aggro range decrease so that maximum cap is now at most 70%
- Buffed the "Riot Shield" damage, shield hp and knockback distance.
FIXED
- Rare crash related to entering the pause menu.
- Destroyed built objects are now instantly updated in the big map.
- Usual open world glitch & terrain fixes.
- The survivor does not fall through built structures anymore when throwing knives.
- Fixed showing of negative numbers for item uses, now capped at 0.
- Inner "Fortress" doors van now be destroyed only after outer doors have been opened.
- Link tower achievement had incorrect number of link towers associated with it.
Up Next
Next we're going to bring this update to all the platforms out there, and then start working on the next update. In reality this work is somewhat simultaneous, but just don't expect the next update to come out before this one is available everywhere.
The work on the next big secret DLC after this one is already well under way. However, I don't dare estimate when it'll see the light of day. It's going to be different than this one, but it'll also feature a new big open world map.
We'll keep you in the loop! Happy building and see you in Discord!
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