Hello, Chieftains!

This update introduces new Swamp exploration content and expands resource processing, cooking, research, brewing, and village life.

We have also redesigned the quest system, rebalanced farming, livestock, gardens, beehives, and cooking, and improved crafting, character traits, camera controls, and performance when large numbers of cards are in play.

New Area: The Swamp

The new Swamp entrance is now available.

Villagers can explore this wet and muddy region to find Clay, Reeds, Hallucinogenic Frog Toxin, and other resources while encountering new enemies and treasure.

New Swamp content includes:

• Frogman

• Poison Frog

• Poison Slime

• Swamp Serpent

• Clay

• Reeds

• Hallucinogenic Frog Toxin

• Serpent Scales

• Treasure Chests and other rare drops

New Resources and Production Chains

This update expands the production chains for copper, pottery, lime, and research.

New and expanded cards include:

• Copper Vein

• Copper Ore

• Copper Ingot

• Clay Pot

• Clay

• Limestone

• Lime

• Parchment

• Flour

• Magic Crystal

• Gel

• Wool

• Wheat

• Water

Copper Veins continuously produce Copper Ore. The ore can be smelted into Copper Ingots and used to construct research facilities.

Clay can be fired into Clay Pots for collecting water and preparing new food. Limestone can be processed in a Lime Kiln to produce Lime, which can then be used to make Parchment.

New Buildings

Research Table

The Research Table can be used to study fossils and other unusual items.

Combining a Fossil with a villager who has the Sage profession at a Research Table can produce a Mysterious Egg.

Lime Kiln

The Lime Kiln processes Limestone into Lime, providing a new production route for advanced materials such as Parchment.

Tavern

The Tavern gives villagers a place to drink and rest. Place a villager and Wheat inside to continuously produce Wheat Beer.

Canteen

The Canteen is a communal dining area for the village.

Villagers will prioritize food stored in the Canteen, making food reserves easier to manage and reducing the risk of villagers going hungry because supplies are scattered around the map.

New Food and Consumable Cards

New food and utility cards include:

• Jam

• Mushroom Soup

• Wheat Beer

• Decoy Skeleton

• Slime Summoning Scroll

Jam and Mushroom Soup give Clay Pots more uses. Wheat can now be processed into Flour or brewed into Wheat Beer.

The Decoy Skeleton draws enemy attacks and provides a new way to control combat. The Slime Summoning Scroll summons Friendly Slimes to fight alongside your villagers.

New Creatures and Companions

New creature cards include:

• Mysterious Egg

• Baby Fire Dragon

• Baby Ice Dragon

• White Imp

• Friendly Slime

Mysterious Eggs must be placed in an Animal Pen to hatch. They can produce different friendly creatures, each with its own attacks and special effects.

New Equipment

New equipment includes:

• Sage Robe

• Gel Whip

• Slime Hat

• Gel Heavy Shield

• Hallucinogenic Blowpipe

• Wolf Hood

• Wool-Padded Armor

• Serpent Scale Armor

• Slave Garb

• Slave Mask

These items provide new options for health, defense, attack speed, crowd control, and status-effect builds.

Recipe and Crafting Improvements

• Card descriptions now show the recipes in which each card can be used.

• Materials for the same recipe can be stacked together. Crafting consumes the required quantity directly from the stack.

• Fixed an issue that made the Life Tree recipe unobtainable.

• Added crafting routes for the Vault and Piggy Bank.

• Increased the auto-stacking search range to reduce scattered cards.

Farming and Livestock Adjustments

• Soil is now a consumable card with up to five uses.

• Cards with limited uses now show their remaining uses in their descriptions.

• Farms now have three plots and can grow three crops at the same time.

• Adjusted crop-growing and livestock-production times to prevent a small number of animals from supplying excessive amounts of food.

• Adjusted the functions and returns of Gardens and Beehives.

• Improved the Beehive production process.

Cooking and Eating Improvements

• Stoves now cook noticeably faster than Campfires.

• Reviewed the value, food points, and other stat changes of cooked food.

• Increased the speed at which villagers eat during the daily settlement.

• Improved food-selection logic to reduce unreasonable proximity-based choices.

Characters and Traits

• Characters obtained through the Life Tree now enter the character editor.

• Improved the display and effects of character traits.

• Added a new set of eyes, mouths, and facial features.

Combat and Balance Adjustments

• Reduced the Spear’s stats.

• Buff tooltips now display detailed effect descriptions.

• Improved the Traveling Merchant’s item pool to reduce repeated low-value offers.

• Added an “Inspiration” guarantee. After purchasing a set number of card packs, the player is guaranteed to receive Inspiration.

Quest System Overhaul

• Redesigned the quest structure, unlock order, and progression.

• Improved quest descriptions and progress displays.

• Added quests for Swamp exploration, new production chains, buildings, creatures, and equipment.

• Adjusted the triggers of several existing quests to match the current recipe and card-pack progression.

Camera and Control Improvements

• Improved the smoothness of map movement.

• Reduced the feeling that the map is assembled from separate regions.

• Improved camera transitions between different areas.

• The camera can now be moved while holding a card.

• Fixed an issue where the daily settlement reset the camera zoom after the map expanded.

Performance Improvements

• Improved performance when many cards are in play.

• Reduced slowdown caused by tall card stacks.

• Improved controls and responsiveness on large late-game maps.

• Reduced lag when returning to the main menu with many cards in play.

Thank you to all Chieftains for your continued testing and feedback. We will continue improving production pacing, balance, and the late-game experience. If you encounter any issues after the update, please let us know in the Steam Community.