Homebound: New Beginnings

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• Patch Notes·6 May 2025Official

  Patch 0.27 - Action Bar Management and Simple Spells

  This update brings in control of the Action Bar for both Basic and Combat Modes along with early iterations of spell classes. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43473770/dbe058bc89b3826d06281e1210c531de43de86e1.png New Content - Halberd (Weapon) Added with Basic and Alternate Basic Attack. - Shortsword (Weapon) Added with Basic and Alternate Basic Attack. - Action Bar Management Page. - Spellbook Page and Beginner Talents. - Added 2 Simple Spells per Spellcasting Class, as of now only Pyromancy and Necromancy apply their more complex mechanics of Damage Over Time debuffs. Improvements - Updated Particle FX for Torches. - Display Action/Sell Buttons as differences per platform (Better accommodates Gamepad UI Buttons). Bugs - Fixed Bug where the Market Stall wouldn't take the purchase price from your gold. - Fixed Tavern Visitors appearing as flying for non-host players.
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• Patch Notes·24 Apr 2025Official

  Patch 0.26 - Player Market Stall

  This patch brings Player driven market stalls, quest system stability and the first stage of the new introduction to a Class/Skill system. New Content - A Market Stall is up for Sale for players to use and sell their goods to visitors of the Island. - The Tavern is now open servicing NPC Visitors simple drink behaviours. - Quest Chain extended to guide to the Market Stall. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43473770/3b1c14048b3f9337c3916a740307f5dd7876e14f.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43473770/ef4c2922a8de6d3201e5da606aa1a3fb9cf8a396.png Improvements - Save/Loadstones are now only given to Host players of a Server. - Save/Loadstones now update your quest Progress. - Can only Destroy a building via Build Mode while it is not in use. - Building Bounds has been added as a mechanic. - Added Draconic Wing visuals to the Air Dash. Bugs - Fixed a bug where you could Sell/Action Items from the Skills Page. - Quest Systems Networking refactored so everyone is on the same quest/progression. - Dead Animals will no longer continue to wander as they play the death animation.
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• Patch Notes·30 Mar 2025Official

  Patch 0.25 - Bug Bashing

  Howdy, this patch is specifically aimed at dealing with a large portion of Networking bugs for primarily the Non-Host player. In the Background is some early setup for an eventual Player driven market stall coming in the next patch, here's an early look. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43473770/943e5c0209e6e6fa4e13b876c22b626ee8d1de25.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43473770/bc9a27ba06ae149484ccad9ca96ce69db2e187e0.png Improvements - Added Diagetic Audio to Bushes. - Improved AI Markup in Dolendale Village for Visitors. - Added Day/Night Cycles to Townsfolk to migrate to their Homes during night (excluding the Tavern). - Added Price Text font changes based on affordability. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43473770/3cc1f7cc7cbad15c8da7f846e937267ea6fc693f.png Bugs - Fixes systemic issues relating to players interacting with the same or similar interactables. Previously many players were able to interact with an item leading themselves and the interactable into a broken state, players are now given a simple message.
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• Patch Notes·23 Mar 2025Official

  Patch 0.24 - Villages and Visitors

  This patch brings in a bunch of bug fixes, performance improvements and most importantly daily Visitors to the Village via Skyship. New Content - Daily Visitors will appear via Ship to the Village and offer Trades of high value. - Wrecked Ship is now able to be repaired and the new Continent can be visited, but contains no more content at this point. - Added Elementium Stone entrance to Boss Battle. - Food is now able to be consumed, restoring health and essence. Improvements - Major improvements to Shop and Crafting interactions to make resources more visible and stylized. - Added Lobby Improvements (removing placeholder characters during Lobby). - Allow Aeromancy Spell to damage bushes. - Hydromancy on plants now increases odds of an optimal yield. - Player will pass out at 2am if they aren't able to find somewhere to sleep. - Added Extreme fall landing behaviour. - Non-visited Islands Characters, will not drain game performance until the Islands are interacted with. Bugs - Fixed issue with Drops not always spawning the correct amount of items on the ground. - Fixed In-Game Menu ? Appearing when playing with Mouse and Keyboard. - Fixed inability to destroy certain logs. - Fixed Non-Host Targeting issues. - Fixed Steam Profile not applying to User Profile. - Fixed issue where Supports could spawn inside environmental rocks and such. - Fixed Boss Immune Notification not appearing in certain scenarios. - Fixed Boss HP not updating for Non-Host in certain scenarios.
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• Patch Notes·11 Mar 2025Official

  Patch 0.23 - Quests and Tutorials

  The initial quest log has been implemented giving players some basic guidance with minor dialogue. The end goal is to help push players through the Isles and engaging the different experiences available, experimenting with the different game systems. Along with this comes some minor fixes and the implementation of neutral creatures (Goats and Rabbits). New Content - Quest Log. - Caster Introduction. - Added Goats and Rabbits as Neutral Creatures. Improvements - Added SFX and Music Volume sliders to Menu. (Visible ? Keys will be removed in fast follow patch) - Added Stats to Cloth Armor. - Simplified Cooking and Added Experimental Transport Disc. - Added Calendar. Bugs - Fixed issue with Equipping and Unequipping Armor removing Character Customizations. - Fixed Instances of Distant audio playing as 2D for all players. - Fixed Gary's Goods being available despite Gary not manning the storefront.
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