Patch 0.3.8 is here and brings in a new exciting feature; Status Effects! This means that potions and other effects are finally implemented and can be further expanded in future versions. It also brings with it a brand new quest chain, the Ceth main quest. Someone has stolen a batch of Broadleaf and you’ll have to find out who by putting your detective skills to the test. The final big new feature is a complete overhaul of the trading system! Shops no longer have unlimited items for sale and will only buy certain item types from you.

Status Effects

Previously when drinking a potion, it would apply some effects like boosting stats which would not persist between saves. This is no longer the case. Drink a potion of strength, and you’ll stay strong the entire duration even if you load a previous save (as long as you had the effect at that time!). This system also ties into other effects like burning, freezing, stuns and the like. There’s also an interface where you can check your currently applied effects with the time remaining before it runs out. It’s found under the Character screen.

Ceth Main Quest

The island of Ceth has finally gotten its main quest and it’s a detective story about stolen Broadleaf which your character was planning to sell with his or her friend Tushar. Find out who stole it and sail to Uspya to sell it! You’ll have to create a new character that starts on Ceth to play this questline.

Trading System v3

This is something I had been planning to do for a long time but wasn’t entirely sure yet how to complete. But now it’s finally here; the third iteration of the trading system. Shops now have a limited stock of items and money and will only buy items of certain types from you. For example a blacksmith will only buy weapons and armor, or an alchemist potions and ingredients. Trading will now also add some faction reputation XP based on the total value of the trade. 

The patch also brings some fixes with the main quest for Sedresh, improved barber interface and much more, check it out below!

Known Issues

• The buttons to sort the item list have been temporarily disabled due to them crashing the game under certain circumstances. Functionality will be restored once I figure out how to fix it.
• Some clothing sprites may be misaligned during certain animations.

Added

World

• New secret cabin.
• New secret location to dock your ship.

Quests

• Ceth main quest! Requires a new character starting on Ceth to play. Find out who stole the bag of Broadleaf.

Systems

• Trading system v3. Shops now have a limited amount of items for sale which resets once a week (sometimes longer). Items sold to a shop will now also be possible to buy back, as they’re placed in the shop inventory. 
• Status Effects! Drink potions and tea to improve your abilities for a time. 
• Your character will now float near the top of water instead of sinking to the bottom. Diving is also possible by holding the Use Magic button.

Items

• Smoking pipe for consuming Broadleaf.
• Cactus Flower ingredient for use in Alchemy.
• Gooseberry bushes around northern areas.

Misc

• Coins can be tossed into fountains.

Changed

System

• Changed Leatherworking skill to Artisan.
• Reduced view distance of highwaymen.

Graphics

• Updated visuals in lots of houses and shops in Sedresh and Ceth.
• Custom furnaces for a lot of blacksmiths across the world.
• Updated water tiles across the world.
• Updated sign tiles and in some cases made icons a bit clearer.

World

• Some terrain changes around Uspya.
• New ground tiles inside Blackrock city.

Items

• Re-organized some shops and the items they sell as part of the trading system update.

Interfaces

• Re-arranged layout of the Barbershop interface slightly.
• Map screen pan speed increased.
• Map screen pan speed when using WASD/Joystick/Arrow Keys increased.

Misc

• Trading now adds a bit of reputation XP towards the shopkeepers faction.

Fixed

Systems

• Money not always being transferred between actors properly (both players and NPCs).
• Arena fights should now work as intended.
• Arena gravestones should now spawn correctly.
• Arena gravestones have the correct text when read and no longer use the legacy message system.
• Fire now deals damage over time as intended.
• XP gains for Sword and Blunt weapons. You get XP by using the different weapons in combat.
• The game would randomly enter a pause state after ending dialog with NPCs.

World

• Some terrain errors all over the world.
• East and West Kingswood in Uspya were named wrong.
• Missing banker in Nagana Bank.
• Broken ladders in Fort Valiant.
• Wall climbing in Fort Valiant would lead to the screen not fading in properly.
• Error when entering Fort Valiant from the west.
• Optimized collision boxes around Blackrock Gate.
• Crash when asking Muarno about work.
• Error when trying to go to the second floor of The Floating Barrel.
• Missing dialog for the Iceshore Guard.

Graphics

• Flipped horseshoe on horse carriage signs.
• Missing terrain tile blending in Redwood.
• Missing “Chopped” graphic for some trees.

Interface

• The “All Items” category button did not work while trading.
• Barbershop interface has been overhauled to include beards (if your character is male).
• Barbershops now have the correct hairstyles based on your gender.
• Scaling issues in the ship cargo shop.
• Wrong font in Current Time interface when interacting with a clock.
• Error if exiting a trading session with items in the basket and then entering a new session.
• “Tavern” quest showing up when clicking the All Quests button in the journal.

Items

• Some books would be removed from inventory when read.

Quests

• Kalli wouldn’t give the player a helmet when asked about it.
• Several issues related to the Sedresh main quest.

Audio

• Missing ambient audio on Trader Island.