Hello, everyone!
This is the IfSunSets development team!
This Naval Battle update introduces an all-new way to experience IfSunSets' unique take on naval combat.
Take command in fast, accessible, and action-packed cannon battles, dive into a brand-new musou-style boarding combat system, and unleash powerful ship skills.
That's not all—new content, including the Underwater Base, has also been added. Check out the full update details below!
We don't aim to create ships that move with strict realism.
Instead, because this is a fantasy world, our goal is to deliver naval gameplay that is fast, lightweight, easy to pick up, and above all, fun.
The Missile Cannon currently controls differently from the other cannons, and its firing range may vary depending on the camera view.
We will address this issue in a hotfix as soon as possible.
We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.
The base movement speed and turning speed of both the Raft and Sailing Ship have been significantly increased.
At IfSunSets, we don't aim to create ships with slow, realistic movement.
Instead, because this is a fantasy world, our goal is to deliver ships that are fast, lightweight, easy to control, and above all, fun.
Ships in IfSunSets aren't just vehicles—they're designed to feel like an entirely new playable character.
Every Sailing Ship now comes equipped with a Booster and an Emergency Thruster by default, making every voyage more dynamic from the moment you set sail.
Powered by Bloody Kid's technology, these devices allow for incredible bursts of speed and rapid emergency maneuvers.
The Booster and Emergency Thruster help players dodge incoming attacks and reposition quickly, making high-mobility ship combat a core part of IfSunSets' unique naval action experience.
Booster
Hold the assigned key and choose a direction to rapidly accelerate, consuming Booster energy as you move.
The Booster functions much like a character's sprint, allowing for fast and responsive movement.
Emergency Propulsion System
Press the assigned key to instantly generate thrust in the direction of your choice, allowing you to perform sudden stops and sharp turns.
The Emergency Thruster works much like a character's dodge roll, giving you a quick burst of movement to evade danger and reposition instantly.
Craft Ship Repair Kits at the workbench to repair your ship yourself. (Looks like Bloody Kid just lost one of his sources of income...)
Think of Ship Repair Kits as the ship equivalent of a healing item for your character.
Store Repair Kits in the Ship Management menu and use them with a hotkey whenever your ship is in danger.
Even if your ship is destroyed, you can gather the required materials and repair it yourself.
Sailing Ships can now be equipped with Ancient Technology Devices that grant powerful new abilities.
Craft and install these devices to unlock ship skills that can be activated with dedicated hotkeys.
Use a variety of abilities—including a Flamethrower, Shield Generator, and an Underwater Scanner that detects items hidden beneath the sea—to gain the upper hand on your adventures.
New types of ship cannons have been added, each offering a unique combat style.
Auto Cannon – Fires rapidly with continuous shots.
Missile Cannon – Features a long reload time and delayed impact, but delivers the highest damage.
Torpedo Cannon – Launches torpedoes in a straight line to strike enemies directly ahead.
Buoy Cannon – Deploys floating explosive buoys that function like naval mines on the water.
New enemy sailing ships have appeared in the waters surrounding Luminora Island.
Assault Ship
The Assault Ship is a sailing vessel designed exclusively for ramming attacks.
Getting too close to this ship is extremely dangerous.
While it doesn't fire cannons, it will relentlessly charge at the player in an attempt to ram your ship.
Scout Ship
The Patrol Ship serves as the naval equivalent of a scout.
The moment it spots the player, it fires a signal flare to call in Suicide Ships.
Suicide Ship
The Suicide Ship has only one objective: crash into the player's ship and detonate, dealing massive damage.
The Titan is a colossal magical war machine with overwhelming power, almost as if it were a living creature.
Only a select few of the Empire's greatest captains are deemed worthy of commanding a Titan.
However, the Empire has suffered several incidents in which Titans were stolen. Some of those stolen Titans fell into the hands of pirates, giving rise to some of the most notorious pirate crews ever to terrorize the Empire's seas.
A new sailing ship boss, the Titan, has appeared in the waters surrounding Luminora Island.
The Titan is a colossal boss ship that rules the seas.
It spawns at designated locations and stands guard over the ocean, preventing players from escaping Luminora Island.
Each Titan is equipped with its own unique array of advanced weaponry and features exclusive attack patterns that set it apart from the others.
With far greater firepower and vastly higher durability than ordinary sailing ships, the Titan is an enemy that demands caution and preparation before engaging.
The Boarding Combat system has arrived in IfSunSets.
Boarding begins after you've defeated a Titan in naval combat and interact with it.
Titans feature enormous decks that serve as sprawling battlefields, transforming the encounter into a full-scale war on the open sea.
Hundreds of enemy sailors, led by their captain, will be waiting for you and your allies as you board the ship.
In Boarding Combat, the captain is the key to victory. Once the battle begins, one member of your team is designated as the captain, and it is your mission to protect them.
Defeat the enemy captain to win the boarding battle. Once their captain falls, the remaining enemy sailors will surrender.
If other players are aboard your ship, or if you have crew members assigned to it, they will join you in the boarding battle and fight alongside you.
The new Underwater Base system lets you build your own underwater sanctuary by connecting modular cube rooms.
Enjoy complete freedom in construction, create glass observation rooms with breathtaking views of the deep sea, and establish a safe haven where you never have to worry about oxygen. A whole new way to survive beneath the waves awaits.
Have you always wanted your own giant aquarium? Or do the dangers of the night outweigh its rewards? Then it's time to build your home beneath the sea.
While the required materials are expensive, an Underwater Base provides a secure refuge, protecting you from the dangers of both the sea and the land.
Connect modular cube rooms horizontally or vertically to expand your base however you like.
From enclosed rooms to fully panoramic glass chambers, enjoy breathtaking views of the deep sea and the marine life beyond your walls.
Build an Entrance Room to create an air-filled environment inside your base, allowing you to rest without worrying about oxygen.
Use ladders, stairs, and corner staircases to create multi-level underwater bases with complete vertical freedom.
No need to leave your base. Construct new rooms directly from inside by expanding through existing walls.
Customize your underwater home with decorative pillars, underwater lamps, and other furnishings to make it truly your own.
Massive sea creatures now roam the open ocean.
If you're lucky, you may encounter one during your voyage.
For now, they don't exhibit any special behaviors—but that may change in future updates.
Some of these giant sea monsters carry various collectibles on their backs for adventurous sailors to gather. (Don't worry... at least for now, they won't attack you.)
Previously, when Night Monsters encountered defensive structures surrounding a player's base, they would simply attack the first building directly in front of them—even if a much weaker structure was right beside it.
Now, Night Monsters prioritize weaker structures, lower-tier buildings, and more accessible targets.
They will also analyze the terrain and choose the shortest and least obstructed path to reach their objective.
Defending against Night Monsters will now require real planning and strategy, rather than relying on simple wall placement.
Improved buoyancy, allowing players to float naturally in water. (No more swimming in mid-air.)
Players can now interact with objects while mounted. (Yes, you can finally gather Yellow Flowers without dismounting.)
Monsters will now continue moving toward players even while performing attack animations, making combat more challenging.
Camera shake has been added when hitting monsters.
Hunger and Thirst have been standardized to a maximum value of 100, and food item values have been adjusted accordingly. (These values currently improve readability, but food statistics will become more detailed in future updates.)
Arrows fired by one player will no longer block or interfere with another player's attacks against enemies. (However, if the bow's ally-healing skill is enabled, arrows can still hit teammates.)
New Poise-boosting Jewels have been added and placed throughout the world.
When building ships through Logan, only the Raft is now shown. Sailing Ships have been removed from the list.
The Electric Club dropped by Aporates is now obtained as a blueprint and must be crafted using collected materials.
The selling prices of all ores have been increased.
The selling prices of blueprint items have been reduced.
The Purification Jewel Blueprint can now be obtained at the entrance to the Red Wetlands.
The item formerly known as Anesthetic has been renamed Powerful Healing Potion and has been reworked to serve as an upgraded healing item.
The default camera while sailing has been changed to a quarter-view. You can switch back to the previous third-person view using the camera toggle key.
Crafting items at workbenches are now displayed in a more organized order.
The early Survival Guide crafting objective now accepts any weapon, instead of only Spears and Clubs.
More Yellow Flowers can now be gathered in the Yellow Plains.
Added key guide prompts for firing cannons during naval battles.
Added new rewards to the area guarded by the Seaslayer.
The key guide and Main Quest HUD are now hidden while using the Ship Construction screen.
Increased the maximum HP gained per Health stat point from 5 → 7.
Reworked monster placement on the Blue Fragment Island. (More monsters have been placed near the entrance.)
Reduced the attack power of monsters on the Blue Fragment Island.
Increased the health of all monsters on the Blue Fragment Island.
Increased the health of Kazan, the boss of the Blue Fragment Island.
Glass has been added as a crafting material for the Copper Ring and Copper Necklace.
Increased the healing amount of HP recovery items.
Significantly increased the material requirements for crafting Sailing Ship parts.
Reduced the overall damage of weapon skills.
Removed ore nodes from the entrances of all Fragment Islands.
Added aggressive sea monsters to the waters surrounding the entrances of all Fragment Islands.
Doubled the hit detection size of Bolts and Arrows.
Adjusted the swimming speed bonus of the Flippers special equipment to 40%.
Improved the overall difficulty of the Blue Fragment Island, making it more challenging.
Increased the Poise damage dealt by successful parries based on Fairy Level.
Fixed an issue where traps could not be placed between stone floors and stone walls.
Fixed an issue where Kazan, the boss of the Blue Fragment Island, dropped the finished Electric Club instead of its blueprint.
Fixed abnormal cursor movement after unlocking the Secondary Bag skill.
Fixed an animation transition issue when switching from the third spear attack back to the first attack.
Fixed an issue preventing floor traps from being placed when stone walls were nearby.
Fixed an issue where deer on the Blue Fragment Island would not respawn after despawning.
Fixed an issue where Blifia's wings clipped through the character's arms.
Fixed an issue where certain sounds could still be heard even when the audio volume was set to 0.
Improved performance in the Ancient Castle region.
Fixed issues with several foliage building models.
Enlarged the camera and Ship Management guide UI while sailing.
Fixed incorrect crafting materials for the Shark Light Armor equipment set.
Fixed inconsistencies between the Anesthetic item's name, description, and effects.
Replaced floating ocean loot with collectible treasure chests.
Fixed an issue preventing players from boarding the shipwreck in the desert.
Updated the description of the Elf Tree.
Fixed multiple terrain collision issues on the Cursed Fragment Island.
Fixed conflicts between walls and floor traps.
Added a landing indicator UI when manually aiming ship cannons.
Fixed an issue where NPCs disappeared while riding mounts.
Fixed abnormal left/right cursor movement in the Traits menu when using a controller.
Fixed missing cannon firing guide UI.
Fixed an issue where Night of the Dead monsters failed to spawn in certain underwater areas.
Fixed missing translations in the Durability Management menu.
Fixed an issue where the Shark Tooth First Mate's Wrist Guard appeared too short, making the arm look detached.
Cannon skill icons now turn red while on cooldown.
Fixed an issue where Jewels were lost when crafting with equipment that had Jewels socketed.
Cthugha's Stone stored in the Shared Chest can now be used for revival during Night of the Dead.
Fixed an issue where dismantling stacked items only produced one dismantled item if the inventory lacked space.
Fixed an issue where missing status effect names and icons displayed as "English" in the English version.
Fixed the incorrect shape of the Sandstone Half Roof.
Fixed an issue where certain sea monsters that inflict special effects after being hit multiple times failed to function correctly.
Fixed several UI navigation issues when using the controller D-pad.
Fixed an issue where monsters respawned after reconnecting.
Corrected the Multi-World lock status display.
Fixed an issue allowing automatic trapdoors to overlap existing ceilings.
Fixed abnormal cursor behavior when upgrading traps with a controller.
Fixed an issue where assigned crew members disappeared after reconnecting.
Fixed incorrect colors on the returning miniboss during Night of the Dead.
Fixed a crash to the main menu when connecting through STOVE–Steam Crossplay. (User reported)
Fixed an issue where crew members could become stuck endlessly walking in place.
Fixed an issue where repeatedly selecting a ship cannon attachment caused it to disappear or fail to equip.
Fixed an issue preventing Phantom Limb UI from being controlled with a controller.
Fixed an issue where the Drill Spear continued dealing damage even after its durability reached zero. (User reported)
Fixed an issue preventing the Spirit's Promise Ring from being upgraded. (User reported)
Fixed an exploit allowing failed enhancement equipment to be duplicated. (User reported)
Fixed an issue where crew members floated in mid-air.
Fixed an issue where treasure chests next to the Blue Fragment Island Heart Crystal remained visible for guests after being opened.
Fixed an issue where dying during crafting consumed materials and erased the crafting progress.
Fixed locations on the Blue Fragment Island where monsters respawned in duplicate.
Fixed an issue where using ladders could force players underwater.
Fixed an issue where the cursor could move outside the screen.
Fixed an issue where Bombveil Junior could not be hit by projectiles.
POLYMORPH STUDIOS will never settle for where we are today.
We will continue to challenge ourselves, improve the game, and deliver an even more polished and enjoyable experience.
Thank you, as always, for your continued support.
We are continuously working on fixing crashes and errors in the game If you experience any issues after the patch, please tell us in our discord.
Your feedback is always welcome. You can write your feedback on Steam or Discord. Discord: https://discord.gg/Ifsunsets Bug report form (link)