SETTLEMENTS CONTENT UPDATE: THE BLACK SWAMP!

SETTLEMENTS CONTENT UPDATE: THE BLACK SWAMP!

Welcome to the first content update for Settlements. As with all updates the focus is not just on more items, monsters and adventures but also on expanding or revamping current systems to improve the core game. The Black Swamp update brings you the following key additions: New Adventure The Black Swamp is a new adventure for Era 7 + characters. The swamp is a deadly place with many hidden treasures but most of all it is the home a the Swamp Vampire. Completing the adventure will award all characters on the adventure with a unique feat: Bio-Affinity, allowing them to do more damage with BIO weapons against the blight. Perfect for the challenges ahead.

New Boss Fight The Swamp Vampire is not limited to the confines of the adventure. She is also encountered in the wild as a new boss fight and fight mechanics harder than when she is encountered in the adventure. The new boss fight offers 2 new pets as well as new items in reward for defeating her, including an ultra rare item and difficulty modes for fighting her.

New Achievement The Swamp Vampire also expands the boss collector, in game book. Allowing for more boss fights in the future to be collected and steam achievements to be unlocked.

New Items

There are many new BIO-Melee weapons available in this update along with some basic items added to the lower ERAs and some more rares, including the first of many merchant only items.

New Merchant System This brings us nicely onto the merchant system revamp. Previously players have been stuck with only a few items for sale on the merchants and far too much money in the bank with nothing to spend it on. Along with an improved user interface, the merchants now not only bring more items for sale but will now have the ability to sell rare drops, merchant only items and for those who can afford them, skill books!

Character backgrounds The character backgrounds and borders have proved to be very popular so this update brings more of both.

STEAM TRADING CARDS

But that is not all, along with update 1 is also the release of Steam Trading Cards, backgrounds, Badges and Emotes!

What Next? The updates do not stop here. Next month will see the holiday update for Halloween and then content will start on Update 2 as well as improvement to Character management, the tutorial and giving new players more information at various stages of the game.

Full Update Notes

General

• Added: New Merchant System.

• Added: A new boss encounter for era 7. The Swamp Vampire.

• Added: Page options for the boss slayer book and the new boss is now available.

• Changed: Books are now sorted alphabetically.

• Added: The Black Swamp adventure.

• Added: Bio Affinity feat

• Added: 5 more character backdrops and 5 more character portrait rings.

• Added: Books to the merchant system.

• Added: New Achievement - Swamp Vampire Mastery

Era 2

• Added: Recipe - Quarterstaff

• Added: Item - Quarterstaff

• Added: Item - Fine Quarterstaff

• Added: Rare Item - Crown of Kings

Era 4

• Added: Recipe - Iron Shod Staff

• Added: Item - Iron Shod Staff

• Added: Item - Fine Iron Shod Staff

Era 7 - General

• Added: Rare Item - Carbon Steel Sword (Merchant Only)

Era 7 - Bio-Chemistry 4

• Added: Recipe - Bio-Mace

• Added: Item - Bio-Mace

• Added: Item - Fine Bio-Mace

• Added: Recipe - Bio-Sword

• Added: Item - Bio-Sword

• Added: Item - Fine Bio-Sword

• Added: Recipe - Bio-Axe

• Added: Item - Bio-Axe

• Added: Item - Fine Bio-Axe

• Added: Recipe - Bio-Arrows

• Added: Item - Bio-Arrows

• Added: Item - Fine Bio-Arrows

Era 7 - Boss Encounter

• Added: Pet - Large Crocodile

• Added: Pet - Lios Sprite

• Added: Item - Hag Heart

• Added: Item - Hag Blade

• Added: Boss Encounter - The Swamp Vampire.