The first week of Early Access went the way it did because of you. Most of the fixes in this update came straight from your messages, screenshots and clips. Thank you.
Three new Kams
There are now 15 playable Kams, up from 12. Each of the three comes with its own Kam's Path.
- Toy Beyi (neutral): starts with two wedding games, Cirit and Whirligig. To unlock: Get Cirit and Whirligig to max level within the first 20 minutes.
- Kongıra (Tengri): formerly Kayçı. The iron rings on its robe chime, and its Bronze Bell stops the dark. To unlock: Holding Bronze Bell: Cross the Night.
- Od Kızı (Erlik): leaves a trail of ash wherever she walks. To unlock: Evolve Embers within the first 9 minutes.
One of the Kams on the Coming Soon list also has a new name: Kezer. When the time comes, you will find out on the Bozkır how to wake it.
There are new faces in the Otağ too: eleven new Kams wait their turn as silhouettes.
A new plaque in the Otağ introduces Kam Bitig, the lore book of ERLIK. Its ribbon shows COMING SOON, OUT NOW or OWNED.
A voice for every Kam
The game used to have one male and one female hurt sound. Not anymore. Each of the 29 Kams now has four hurt sounds that fit its character, from Tüngür's weathered grunt to Çor's rotten rasp and the crack of Kezer's stone.
Performance log
New: Settings > Accessibility > Performance log (on by default). During every run it writes your FPS minute by minute, your system info and your build to a small file. The file stays on your computer and is never uploaded, and only the last 20 runs are kept. Steam stats count only an anonymous FPS range. If you get FPS drops, press "Open log folder" and send us the file. It shows us exactly where the drop comes from. (Thanks for the idea, turret001!)
Bugs you reported
- Expedition: after the descent to Karaorman, chests and Töz left behind on the Bozkır still showed on the map but could not be reached. They now come with you when you descend. (Thanks iUV!)
- Thorn ring: the trees seemed to arrive late. The ring now forms at the same moment as the burst, so the trap closing around you and the elite reads from the very first moment. (Thanks turret001!)
- Night Gift cards had no art. They now have their own icons. (Thanks Hüseyin!)
- When the khan arrives, living mini-bosses and elites withdraw into the dark. Their rewards now drop to the ground instead of vanishing with them. (Thanks Hüseyin!)
- In the Endless Night, chests now always give the EVO to EVO II rank-up first, starting with your lowest-ranked evolution. (Thanks manwes!)
- The Whip has been retuned. (Thanks Aarshlut!)
- The button on the end-of-run card is now called Save Image in every language. In German it read like "save map". (Thanks Danielsun!)
- Törü that check your health now use the value shown on your health bar. (Thanks Aarshlut!)
- Erlik's Maw is now visible: every pit is drawn as a maw the size of its hit area.
- Missing Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters were added.
Balance
- Erlik weapons aim better at low levels: Red Mother hits the nearest enemy, Contagion jumps to a neighbor on its first hit, and Soul Hook throws 2 hooks at levels 1 and 2.
- Bull's Wrath: the 5th rank now gives +30% damage.
- The Campaign Oath "without opening a chest" is shorter: 1:30 or 3:00 instead of 2:00 or 4:00. (Thanks Aarshlut!)
- Achievements now ask for skill and variety. Everything you have unlocked stays unlocked, and some of the new goals also count your past runs.
Performance
- Late-game fog and cloud effects draw faster.
- Less work per frame in big crowds.
What's next
New Kams are ready and waiting their turn to open, and more will arrive during Early Access. Steam currently limits how many achievements we can add, so new achievements, new modes and more are lined up and ready to go as soon as that limit lifts. The content is done and on its way. ERLIK is growing fast, and it is growing with your support.
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