Patch 1.9.4 (Deep Pond, Trader arrival)

Greetings, Viceroys!

We've just released a modest patch targeting issues that you've reported since the Brineworks Update (1.9) release. As always, we’re incredibly grateful for all the feedback, reports, and suggestions we’ve received. Thank you!

Important: one particular fix may cause a Loading Error for a very limited number of players who encountered a specific scenario in their game. Such an ongoing settlement will be closed, and the game will prompt you to start a new settlement in its place. Please find more information below.

Balance

• Adjusted trader arrival times to better match the balance from version 1.8 (before the introduction of the additional Dim Square upgrade).

• Removed Leather from Stone nodes spawned by the Petrified Necropolis modifier and increased the chance of Meat appearing as a secondary resource.

UX/UI

• Cyst spawning effects now display values broken down by difficulty when viewed from the world map (for example, in the case of the Blight-Ridden Viceroy world event).

Bug fixes

• Fixed a rare bug that prevented the Deep Pond from spawning after completing the Lurker glade Event.

• Fixed a bug that caused Basalt Trees in the Rocky Ravine to not drop Coal.

• Fixed a bug that caused the ruined Lumbermill to spawn with an incorrect rotation.

  • If you had a ruined Lumbermill in your settlement when this hotfix went live, you might experience a Loading Error. If that happens, your ongoing settlement may be invalidated, and you'll be able to start a new one in its place. If completing this settlement was particularly important to you, please message us. You can find more details below.

• Fixed a bug that caused certain Epic Cornerstones to appear in Legendary Sunken Chests.

• Fixed a bug that allowed players to complete the Crashed Airship world event even after finishing a settlement past year 9.

• Fixed a bug that caused the positive “More Resolve from Religion” effect to be incorrectly offered as a penalty in the Cornerstone Forge.

• Fixed a rare bug that caused a Forsaken Town game to add too much time to the Cycle.

• Fixed a bug that caused the glade event encyclopedia to open to the "Regular" category by default while displaying "All".

• Fixed a bug that caused the Blood Price Contract cornerstone to appear twice in the Forsaken Altar.

• Fixed a bug that prevented event consequences from appearing on the left side of the event panel if they triggered while the UI panel was already open.

• Fixed a rare bug that caused the wrong building entry to appear when previewing a blueprint in the in-game encyclopedia.

• Fixed a bug that caused the tooltip trigger area for species stats in the in-game encyclopedia to be too small.

• Fixed a typo in the Ukrainian localization (Shipwreck glade event).

The current game version is 1.9.4.

We hope you’ll enjoy the game and have a joyful weekend!

May the storm be gentle on you, 

Eremite Games

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Potential Loading Error

In a very rare scenario, one of the fixes might invalidate your ongoing settlement to prevent potential issues. The game will prompt you to start a new settlement in its place. When you click the “New Settlement” button, you’ll return to the World Map and continue playing as if the invalidated settlement never existed.

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding!

If the closed settlement was very important to you (e.g., you were close to completing a Deed that had eluded you for ages), please message us at contact@eremitegames.com or create a new post in the #bug-reports channel on our Discord. Please include a zip of your entire game saves folder, located at:

[c]%userprofile%\appdata\locallow\Eremite Games[/c]

We’ll manually correct the save file for you ♥