Update Preview: Exploration Skill Tree, Pirate Vaults, and More.

Ahoy mateys!

We've got another new update we plan on pushing to beta branch probably within the next couple of weeks. Today we wanted to give you an overview of what content you can expect to come in the upcoming patch.

Exploration Skill Tree

In the next patch we're including a brand new skill tree related to exploration. As you discover new islands, you'll earn experience towards your exploration skill, unlocking new talent nodes on your exploration skill tree. These skills will have various effects like increasing your sailing speed, more weight capacity, extra materials when salvaging, and more.

Pirate Vaults

This update will also include a new pirate island with a pirate vault on it. In order to access this vault, you'll have to hunt down vault guards scattered across the island and obtain their key fragments, ultimately crafting these into the final key required to enter the vault. Once inside you'll face a dungeon with puzzles, traps, and enemies before arriving at the treasure.

POI Variety

Another area of focus for this update is improvements to exploration and more variety in points of interests. We've gone through a lot of the common islands you find, like pirate islands, and added more variety to the types of points of interest that can spawn on those islands, including more environmental story telling.

CO-OP Progress

We are very close now and expect the CO-OP update to hopefully be in a public testing stage within the next couple of updates. Mostly we are finalizing syncing boss fights and puzzle logic. That is almost done and then we'll be focused on a few other final fixes before heading to a public testing stage.