Alpha 0.0.24: Better Drops & Party XP

Alpha 0.0.24

Type	Game update
Released	3 June 2026
Version	0.0.24
Announcement	Discord post
Previous	Alpha 0.0.23
Next	Alpha 0.0.24a

Alpha 0.0.24 is a game update released on 3 June 2026. This patch improves drops, adds exp for party members, opens Revival to free players, and tightens up combat.

Loot & Trading

• Added new loot to all creature types, plus unique drops for certain named NPCs.
• You can now loot, pick up, or trade only the items you want instead of taking everything.
• Items you drop now stay on the map, so you can pick them back up later. If you leave them for too long, the items will despawn.
• Gold in a trade now adjusts automatically to match the items exchanged.
• You can now see in the chat log when a character equips, unequips, picks up, drops, or hands over an item.

Party

• Your party members now earn experience as you fight and explore. You earn full experience; allies split a share.
• Party members who die are removed from your party automatically; if that drops you below the minimum, the party disbands.
• Elite enemies can only follow your party rather than join as full members; bosses and other powerful beings won't join at all.

Combat

• Fights now put you into a combat mode, shown by crossed swords next to your character's name in the HUD.
• While in combat you can't fast-travel, but you can still move to a nearby NPC within striking distance.
• Party members and enemies now advance toward an out-of-reach target instead of standing still.

Balance Changes

• Reforging and upgrading an item now requires reagents or catalysts; better materials yield stronger results.
• Bosses and certain enemy types have updated armor, movesets, and resistances, and some now hit harder.
• Items that spawned incorrectly as Mythic have been corrected to their proper rarity.
• Tiny creatures can no longer wield weapons or wear armor.
• Accompanying NPCs now deal less damage, party members are not affected.

Revival

• Revival is now enabled for free players, with one character revival per month.

General Improvements

• New areas and creatures added to the Glacial Wasteland.
• Unique locations you create during play (a forge, a camp) can now be tagged in chat.
• NPC loadouts and loot are now more consistent across enemy and character types.
• NPC names and titles now better reflect their race and cultural background.
• NPCs remember the agreements they made with you and why you gave them an item.
• The combat attack log is less cluttered, grouping different damage types from the same attack together.
• Enemies sharing a title in the combat effects log now each show their own name.
• The map now shows distinct markers for unconscious and dead NPCs, and tiny or small creatures as smaller dots.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where an NPC's map icon could vanish, show as "A Stranger", or not update on a hostility change.
• Fixed a bug where Continue could spawn combat encounters even in peaceful areas.
• Fixed a bug where some items would always spawn as worthless or common.
• Fixed a bug where a character with multiple attacks would often use only one.
• Fixed a bug where some characters could deal far more damage than their level allows.
• Fixed a bug where movement could send you to the wrong spot, and naming a monster or NPC could teleport it to you.
• Fixed a bug where burning/burying a corpse didn't remove it from the map.
• Fixed a bug where a drop in your max health could reduce your current health.
• Fixed a bug where a slain unique enemy could respawn at its lair or drop duplicate loot.
• Fixed a bug where you could invite party members far above your level.
• Fixed a bug where damage-over-time effects like poison didn't appear in the combat effects log.
• Fixed a bug where an item's image could change after a declined trade, and highlighted names could flicker while a message rendered.