Update 23.247 Stable

■ 12/14 2025 EA 23.247 Stable (Translated by ChatGPT)

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[Highlights]

• Updated the Home quest "Into Darkness".
• Unlocked the map "Crypt of the Damned" (appears when Nefia is regenerated in existing saves).

[New Content]

• (Backer Wish) Added a new feat "Comat Arts".
• Updated the in-game art gallery.
• Added higher tiers of materials and several new high-tier materials (internal).
• Added a few new insult lines.
• Added a Farris background to the shipping screen. Also fixed missing parts in some background images.
• Added functionality and slightly cooler text effects for Special Actions (large-scale abilities mainly used by bosses). Set "Summoning Call (formerly Call Ally)", "Barrage", and "Soul Cry" as Special Actions.
• Added the Special Action "Womb of Darkness".
• Added the Field Effect system, which applies special effects to the entire current map. Active Field Effects are now shown in the date widget.
• Added Nerun's tutorial related to Field Effects.
• Added the status "Dark Concealment". Applied for a certain duration when affected by Dark Mist.
• Added the enchant "All Damage" (no random generation).
• Added the enchant "Gravity Immunity" (no random generation).
• Added the enchant "Farseer" (no random generation).
• Added the weapon "★Staff of Magus".
• Added flavor text to the weapon "Graviton Ray Emitter".
• Added the book "★Shared Diary" to the Platinum Merchant's stock (experimental).
• Added the book "Adventurer's Weekly Issue 13 'Festival'". Thanks Elin Community!
• Added the book "Adventurer's Weekly Issue 14 'Succubus'". Thanks Elin Community!
• Added the book "Adventurer's Weekly Issue 15 'Equipment Styles'". Thanks Elin Community!
• Added the book "Adventurer's Weekly Issue 16 'Ranged Weapons'". Thanks Elin Community!
• Added the book "Adventurer's Weekly Issue 17 'Thievery'". Thanks Elin Community!
• Added the instrument "Sax".
• Added the instrument "Koto". Also added exclusive performance music.
• Added two variants of the furniture "Hamster Generator".
• Added two variants of the furniture "Candy Stick".
• Added three variants of the furniture "Weather Vane Stand".
• Added the furniture "Weather Vane Stand Arrow".
• Added five variants of the furniture "Weather Vane".
• Added three variants of the furniture "Bone Wall Growth".
• Added four variants of the furniture "Roots". Also added recipes.
• Added two variants of the furniture "Roots (Ground Type)".
• Added the furniture "Large Stump".
• Added three variants of the furniture "Driftwood".
• Added four variants of the furniture "Fallen Log".
• Added back graphics to the furniture "Wall Growth" and adjusted placement.
• Added the enchant "Purification" (protection from vampirism) to the furniture "Jure Doll".
• Added a recipe for Blood Elixir.
• Added 15 new seed skins. Also changed some existing crop seed graphics.
• Added two new Felmera sketch reward paintings.
• Added the map object "Bone Heap".
• Added female graphics for Vampires.
• Added two variants of Wire Fence.
• Added Stone Fence.
• Added one new boss.
• Added six new monsters.

[Additions and Changes]

• NPC tactical types now affect NPC behavior more faithfully.
• NPCs will no longer use cursed Acid-Resistant Coating even if given.
• Companions and residents now prioritize eating food with the "Freshly Made" feat. Fresh food in shared containers is now taken from a separate pool from normal food.
• Extremely smelly food no longer changes in smell when made into cheese.
• NPC levels emerging from boxes now scale with the danger level of the map where the box is opened.
• Coffins now have a low chance to generate loot equivalent to treasure chests. Otherwise, they will contain zombies or vampires.
• Babies hatched from eggs now have their birthday set to that date.
• Non-stackable items are no longer selected as procurement targets.
• Unidentified items bought from shops and then sold back will no longer be auto-identified.
• Build Mode "Harvest" can now also remove decals such as bloodstains.
• Performing pleasant actions, pranks, or vampirism on characters with sufficient affinity for co-sleeping now has a high chance to increase affinity.
• Added various acquisition conditions for special feats to avoid overwhelming new players.
• Added diner signboards to some towns (Palmia, Kapul, Orvina, Yowyn, Mifu, Nefu). Town residents are now much more likely to eat at diners.
• Removed the level restriction for capture targets of the Silver Cat Capture Orb (captured Silver Cats can now only be released in the Garden of Eternity).
• Thrown weapons will no longer be generated in the rare equipment slot of boss chests.
• Shield enchantments from Shield Bash will no longer activate against hanging targets. Shield enchantments on hanging targets will also not activate.
• Set a maximum value for contribution gained from defeating bounty targets. Bounty rewards are now reduced using the same coefficient as boss chests.
• Temporary stat increases from status effects are now also displayed in green text in the info bar.
• Added an "Exit" button next to the Journal button on User Maps.
• Resetting widgets from the widget list now also resets items registered in the Build Mode hotbar (roofs, light toggles, etc.).
• Item count on mouse hover for placed containers is now shown only inside bases or tents.
• Added tooltip hints for companion growth types (late bloomer, etc.) in the companion info window. Also clearly shows whether conditions for "Awakening of Bonds" are met.
• Power generation and consumption of generators and electrical devices are now shown more accurately in tooltips.
• Enter key can now be used to buy and sell items in split item menus during trading.
• When movement fails while restrained, a sound and message are now shown. Failed movement no longer consumes a turn.
• When loading a game, if loading Mod custom class data fails, null will now be assigned.
• Enhanced random dungeon decoration features (mainly for the Cave of the Dead).
• Dirt up stairs and down stairs now support color variation.
• Slightly modified the map "Crypt".
• Auto-combat will no longer be canceled when the status "Berserk" ends.
• For the status "Paralysis", turn duration will no longer always be overwritten. The longer duration will be applied instead.
• Changed application types of the statuses "Stealth", "Silence", and "Suppression" from additive to overwrite.
• Removed Endurance and Dexterity penalties from the status "Broom Transformation". Added a penalty to Constitution instead.
• Added "Increased Exchange Diary effect" and "Increased experience bonus" to the feat "Awakening of Bonds".
• Improved HP bar display for characters with the feat "Mana Body".
• Added Fear immunity to the effects of the feat "Undead".
• While having the feat "Small Body", total equipment weight of 6.0s or more is now treated as heavy armor.
• Experience gained for the skill "Swimming" now increases as the danger level of underwater maps rises.
• Added diminishing returns to the global map travel time reduction of the skill "Traveling" to prevent time from not passing.
• Changed the amount of companion feats gained when reading the book "★Kumiromi's Secret Experience" from 3 to 4.
• Books "★Kumiromi's Secret Experience" and "★Shared Diary" now have an extremely low chance to be randomly generated in dungeons.
• Changed the material of the furniture "★Eternal Stone" to Eternal Sand.
• Changed the quality of the furniture "Jure Doll" to Miracle quality (as it would otherwise be sold when gifted to companions).
• Added the feat "Ashborn" to the race "Ghost".
• Adjusted the race "Machine" in various ways (mainly buffs, considering possible future playability).
• Added Negotiation to the starting skills of the class "Thief".
• Changed the stock refresh cycle of the NPC "Platinum Merchant" to one year.
• Added the Beast of Possibility feat to the NPC "Cocoon".
• NPC "2B" now equips a katana.
• Changed NPC "2B" material to copper and changed class to Tourist.
• Added the Swimming skill to the NPC "Machine Shark".
• Added Memory Chip as a guaranteed drop for the NPC "Dungeon Cleaner".
• Added the Miscreation feat to the NPC "VISHNU".
• Updated snow graphics.
• Updated Chinese localization.
• (English version) Renamed the Fairy feat "Little One" to "Tiny Body" to avoid name duplication.
• (English version) Fixed duplicate names for heavy boots. One has been renamed to great boots.
• (English and Japanese versions) Renamed the furniture "Mushroom Wall Shelf" to "Tiered Mushrooms".
• (English and Japanese versions) Renamed the ability "Call Ally" to "Summoning Call".

[Vampire-Related]

• When the player's race is Vampire, NPCs will now add ketchup to Love-Filled Bento.
• Adjusted base stats of the race "Vampire".
• Characters starting as the race "Vampire" will now receive a Dark Mist spellbook at game start.
• Activating o deactivating the ability "Bat Transformation" now checks for criminal status. Messages are now shown if someone witnesses the application or removal.
• The ability "Bat Transformation" can now be used on the global map. Vampire NPCs will also use it as needed.
• Added bonuses to the ability "Vampirism": always show Blood Meal traits, show an additional trait at level 15, and another at level 30.
• Slightly reduced the base multiplier of Blood Meal food effects from the ability "Vampirism".
• Added "Stat increase at night" to the feat "Lord of the Night".
• Applied -50% "All Damage" to the status "Bat Transformation".
• Added the status "Vampirism Infection".
• Adjusted nighttime stat boosts from "Vampirism Infection". Stats now rapidly rise to the cap at night. Changes are now also applied on the global map.
• Vampire residents will no longer take normal food from shared containers and will prioritize food with the Blood Meal trait.
• Vampire NPCs will now suck blood from other NPCs when hungry.
• Added the dialogue option "Please suck" for companions with Vampirism or (if the player is fluffy) the Cat Suck ability.
• Blood data is now stored in detail per character instead of only by seed value to prevent flavor changes when item tables change.
• Fixed an issue where blood food effects were biased and identical across different NPCs with the same flavor.
• Fixed an issue where cat blood could mix into blood.

[Fixes]

• Fixed an issue where UI offset options were sometimes not applied in side screen widgets.
• Fixed an error in the calculation formula when the skill "Traveling" had negative values.
• Fixed an issue where remaining elapsed time was reset when crossing midnight during large time skips on the global map.
• Fixed an issue where NPCs creating Love-Filled Bento would not learn the Cooking skill if they had no Cooking skill but had Cooking enhanced via Jure faith or similar.
• Fixed an issue where item variants for items with multiple variations, such as driftwood, were not being generated.
• Fixed an issue where the Miscreation feat would reappear after loading a game following a Kiria upgrade.
• Fixed an issue where Farris's appearance could not be changed from the resident bulletin board.
• Fixed an issue where animated item displays could become distorted underwater.
• Fixed an issue where items that should drop only one would drop two.
• Fixed glitches related to enchantment bonuses and display when dual-wielding weapons.
• Fixed an issue where cost adjustments applied to Blade Storm were not applied to the ability "Shred".
• Fixed an issue where the curve function could overflow.
• Other minor fixes and adjustments.

[Notes]

• Planning to release what may be the final stable build of the year before Christmas, including Juremas-related content and the epilogue to the quest "Into Darkness".
• Higher-tier materials are not planned for use for some time.
• Gimmicks and variations for the Void and Nefia will continue to be improved gradually. Planning a more focused enhancement around early to mid next year.
• Since the main story is fairly dark, Home story content is planned to be lighter, warmer, and include some comedy.
• Jure Dolls that become Miracle quality only apply to newly generated ones.