Curious Expedition 2 News

Today's update fixes quite a lot of issues and makes a few small tweaks to improve game balance. Thanks as always for your bug reports - keep them coming using the Bug Report button in the options menu!

Steam Community Items are also now live! Trading Cards should be in your inventory already if you’ve played long enough, and we have point shop items available too, including animated stickers: https://store.steampowered.com/points/shop/app/1040230/



[h2]Changes[/h2]

• Some harder enemies or enemy groups now show up slightly later in the campaign
  
• When you agree to let a Pacifist tribe bury your weapons, you now get an objective to dig them up
  
• Shrine aftermaths now ignore fog when checking that important locations are still reachable
  
• Made the fog move slower in Act 3 Part 3
  
• The Street Rat now adds a bonus challenge dice at level 1
  
• The Shady Dealer now always has a saddle for sale
  
• Using Annie Oakley's Sharpshooter on Elephants will now anger them
  
• Temporary Statuses from Shrine Carvings now last for the entire expedition
  
• The Lodestone item now also increases the Gimbal range as well as Compass accuracy

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed not being able to dismiss or promote characters immediately after some events (like using the Ferry)
  
• Fixed the rival you can rescue at the end of Act IV Part 2 not getting the "Extra Character" status
  
• Fixed getting sanity events after a long travel (eg via Ferry)
  
• Fixed certain zero-sanity events not firing when they should
  
• Fixed certain sanity/rest events happening when they shouldn't due to low standing
  
• Fixed getting double XP/standing changes after combat sometimes
  
• Fixed hunt master sometimes removing the wrong zone
  
• Fixed combat being stuck when your entire party is at zero health when it begins (now you get a free 1 HP)
  
• Fixed the cave sometimes not spawning at the end of Act 2 Island 1
• Fixed some expeditions being impossible once you got to -10 standing
  
• Fixed treasure maps being hidden by the objective display
  
• Fixed not being able to use the Booby Trap against angry natives
  
• Fixed the Festering Bite being applied even when the attack is fully blocked
  
• Fixed the Practical Botany removing Needle Plants from the map
  
• Fixed Rubberised Waders having an effect when not equipped
  
• Fixed Improved Treasure not correcting giving extra treasure at levels 7 and 8
  
• Fixed the Kongming fan not correctly granting bonus understanding dice in the Missing Missionary expedition
  
• Fixed inconsistent challenge dice bonuses from certain characters and items
  
• Fixed Iron Man achievement being awarded incorrectly
  
• Fixed missing narrator text in various events
  
• Fixed gaps in the Mysterious Fog once it spreads onto land
  
• Fixed mounted characters being cut in half during triumph
  
• Fixed Made Corgi and Hunting Dog bonus dice not being consistent with their tooltips
  
• Fixed item infobox not updating when the item under the mouse cursor changes
  
• Fixed various visual issues with drylands landscape during events
  
• Fixed visual issues with fire visual effects in combat
  
• Fixed some rounding errors when displaying percentages
  
• Fixed issues with teleporting when mounting/dismounting in Paris
  
• Fixed the bug report window changing size while typing in it
  
• Fixed triumphal crowd having a big gap at the start of the Triumph scene
  
• Fixed enemy glossary overlapping their action preview in combat
  
• Fixed incorrect font usage for some numbers in non-latin languages
  
• Fixed Korean Kinetography summary containing "$val"
  
• Fixed other ferry stations sometimes not being revealed automatically when you find the first one
  
• Fixed enemy sailors using retaliation on their allies instead of themselves
  
• Fixed moonwalking characters
  
• Fixed club competition scores not fitting in their boxes
  
• Fixed missing animation for the Vulture ability "Caw of Doom"
  
• Fixed sometimes getting stuck on a black screen after a dice roll in the tavern before an expedition
  
• Fixed animals speaking sometimes when you're not insane
  
• Fixed mounted pack animals not granting extra dice in combat if you are overburdened
  
• Fixed Shady Trader hub location text being wrong in French
  
• Fixed incorrect value of Oryx Leather
  
• Various fixes and improvements to the Escort Shaman quest
  
• Fixed Pteranodon Skull not correctly receiving its Taxonomy fame bonus
  
• Fixed some ship-rest events not properly resting
  
• Fixed for incorrect Korean translation of British Soldier's perk
  
• Fixed fog shrine aftermath not properly triggering as much fog as intended
  
• Fixed cavern tiles with Bioluminscent Flies incorrectly hiding the trek
  
• Fixed the Monolith location overlapping some trees
  
• Fixed equipped item cooldown not being visible in combat
  
• Fixed missing controller pointer in Club Shops
  
• Fixed being taken to the wrong location when the villagers help you kill the monster in Act 4 Part 2
• Fixed the standing markers on the barter bar being missing when going to Trade in the village a second time
  
• Fixed some events not happening when entering a tile while using the Chronometer
  
• Fixed the Standing display not being shown during various first contact events
  
• Fixed the Mole Tinkerer recruit not getting the Tinker Box in some situations
  
• Fixed issue in the tutorial where Malin would not dance when she should
  
• Fixed first contact event where you help the natives hunt not working if you don't have any other humans in the party
  
• Fixed issue where explorer would try and mount both an animal and sit on a crate at the same time
  
• Fixed visual issues in stone circles in cavern biomes
  
• Fixed issue where the game wouldn't start if there was an error downloading/applying Club Competition data
  
• Fixed the fruit-picking first-contact event happening in Caverns where there is no fruit to pick
  
• Fixed being able to enter the Manage Trek screen while it should be disabled when using a Monolith
  
• Fixed teleporting cows in some native villages
  
• Fixed some statuses not being properly removed if you abandon the expedition
  
• Fixed some items not being properly added after you abandon an expedition
  
• Fixed Kinetographer getting extra film in each part of a multi-part expedition
  
• Fixed Famous Explorer equipment being removed if you agree to bury weapons in a Pacifist village
  
• Fixed characters being able to become a Nagual in the tutorial
  
• Fixed tavern recruits changing if you back out of confirming them
  
• Fixed multiple Continue buttons when convincing Moles not to fight in Act 4 Part 1
• Cancelling buying the salamander prince no longer sends you back to the map
  
• Annie Oakley's Sharpshooter can no longer target neutral zones
  
• Fixed Name-No-Match-Flags when entering village with a man/woman friendship

Here are the notes for the first small patch after launching Version 1.0! A big welcome to all the new players that have started playing since then - and thanks to everyone who's submitted bug reports.

We'll continue to fix bugs in the coming days and weeks - you can report a bug in-game from the options menu (just hit Esc and you should see the button). That's the best way to let us know about any issues you're having as we automatically get your savedata and log files, which is very helpful when it comes to investigating the issue.



Here are today's fixes:

• Fixed tutorial sometimes not properly progressing after triggering the Ancient Machine
• Fixed sometimes not being able to meet village leader in Act 2 Part 1
• Fixed the Anthropological Studies item losing its fame when you save and reload the game
  
• Fixed Quack Doctor's buffs not working on the Herbalist (and other buffs against immune characters)
  
• Fixed shipwreck ghosts not counting for Meet Ghosts achievement
  
• Fixed double 'Continue' action when meeting thirsty wandering natives
• Fixed some incorrect "Exquisite" treasure fame values
  
• Fixed being able to not ask the wandering natives in Act 1 Part 1 where the village is
• Fixed party sometimes moonwalking into villages on first contact
  
• Fixed shaman ritual not taking any days
  
• Added info about Magnetic Mountains effect to their infobox

Congratulation to all Lux Labs explorers for winning the competition! You can now go back to the Lux Labs Club and select Claim Competition Reward to get your Laurel Wreath as well as 150 fame and 5 tickets. The Laurel Wreath will always be available for you from the Hatter — go visit him if you want to equip it.

If you joined the competition with the Taishi Academy or the Avalon Royal society, you can go to your Club location and select Claim Competition Reward to get 75 fame and 2 tickets. And you can still purchase the Laurel Wreath from the Hatter (for 20 tickets) until February 9th at 11am CET. If you don't have enough tickets, all you have to do is complete some expeditions!

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Dear Explorers,

We made it! Curious Expedition 2 is leaving Early Access today. We'd like to thank once again all the players who supported us during the past few months and shared their feedback with us: you really helped us create a much better game.

To celebrate the launch, we've put the game on 10% discount for a week, so if you haven't joined the adventure yet, this is an excellent time to do it. Make sure to check out the Curious Expedition 1 & 2 Collection Bundle for an additional discount.

As we said before, please remember that this version 1.0 is not the "final" version of the game: we're already working on content updates to be released in the upcoming months.

Adventure awaits!



Here's the full changelog (also available on our wiki):


[h3]New[/h3]

• Added Steam Achievements
  

[h3]Changes[/h3]

• Desertification Shrine aftermath now teleports you and makes you lose time (like a desert storm)
  
• Adjusted budget ramp up to end on an even number and have more obvious scaling early on
  
• Tortoise Mobile Cover combo now applies armor and taunt to self
  
• Mushrooms now show their gameplay effects in the info box
  
• Strength mushroom now adds damage in combat and adds +2 capacity
  
• Strength and loyalty mushrooms now last for 10 trips
  
• Various minor balance changes to animal equipment to bring them more in line with human equipment
  
• Improved performance of changes to the map (eg volcano eruption, raise/lower ground scroll usage, etc)
  
• Sandworm now ignored Taunt on the leader when performing Engulf attack
  
• Intro cutscenes have vfx and animations now
  
• Added '(Hold)' text to item infobox Drop prompt when using mouse to make it clearer you have to hold the button
  
• When selecting a locked cosmetic, you can press Back but doing so cancels the selection automatically
  
• Reworked two older events and gave them new dice challenges
  
• Added a slightly higher chance to encounter ghost pirates at the shipwreck
  
• New sandstorm animations
  
• It is now possible to buy from the ship shop multiple times before starting an expedition
  
• Added slightly more Sanity gain and items to Act II on lower difficulties
  
• Scout Posts now reveal Locations as well as Tiles, making them more useful
  
• Stun is no longer applied to both Rider and Mount during combat
  
• Reduced the Fame gain bonuses from Cartography and Anthropology
  
• Increased the Fame bonus for Taxonomy
  
• Butterflies now get a Fame bonus from Taxonomy
  

[h3]Bug fixes[/h3]

• Fixed map background not being drawn in caves in rare situations
  
• Fixed rendering artefacts around map background border
  
• Fixed barter skill did not behave correctly at high levels
  
• Fixed traveling through shallow river and swamp not clearing tar status
  
• Fixed freeze that could happen when starting certain expeditions in Easy difficulty
  
• Fixed Sinking Tower sinking before it was discovered (also fixes cartography checklist not being completable when there's a Sinking Tower)
  
• Fixed Strength & Weakness buffs not being properly applied to Traps when they are Summoned
  
• Fixed kinetographer bonus was not applied correctly
  
• Fixed zone borders becoming corrupted
  
• Fixed prey locations spawn on top of each other
  
• Fixed sacrileg/zealot event triggered incorrectly sometimes
  
• Fixed some UI issues in the tutorial expedition
  
• Fixed various issues when playing with gamepad
  
• Fixed perk/status icons not fitting in the character infobox when you have many of them
  
• Fixed some Club Challenge objectives being displayed when you hadn't joined the challenge
  
• Fixed various graphical glitches in Prehistoric biomes, in particular with volcanoes
  
• Fixed various issues where characters at locations would swap name/appearance when doing certain actions
  
• Fixed glossary being unreadable sometimes when in Manage Trek screen
  
• Fixed objective icons not being properly displayed after reloading savegames
  
• Fixed some weapons not being accepted in Act 4 Part 1
  
• Fixed large enemies being blurry
  
• Jules Verne should not give up hiking stick in pacifist village
  
• Fixed zone borders getting corrupted on map changes
  
• Fixed right-clicking to cancel travel/resting/waiting not registering sometimes
  
• Fixed salamander village spawning in an invalid location sometimes
  
• Fixed resolution not being correctly set when toggling full screen
  
• Fixed bad Japanese translation for 'Mysterious Fog'
  
• Fixed characters in combat not being properly selectable or highlighted with mouse
  
• Fixed combat info for characters with a lot of info being cut off below the screen edge
  
• Fixed some tribes having multiple traits that could conflict with each other
  
• Fixed some village rest events not triggering if you have to pay the villages first due to low standing
  
• Fixed cure ailment issues in the Avalon Club
  
• Fixed disappearing ghost pirates at the shipwreck
  
• Fixed items on sale not properly stored in savegame
  
• Fixed after trading the hunt master action was temporarily not available
  
• The warring Salamanders in Act 4 Part 1 can no longer be Pacifists and deny you from bringing weapons to be gifted to their village
  
• Using the Torch multiple times in a cavern now correctly refreshes the Torch status timer
  
• A bunch of Buried Treasure fixes, including a lot of corgi fixes
  
• Fixed several cases of second characters of a class already present in your party showing up as valid for recruitment
  
• Paying tribute for your sacrilege now correctly removes the Angry Natives that were following you
  
• Characters will no longer complain about the cooking of high-level chefs
  
• Fixed a number of issues with the Village Gift Quest's target selection and delivery events
  
• Prevented infinite rivals from spawning in Story 3A
  
• Fixed a handful of issues where high-level skills were not improving correctly between levels
  
• Recruiting in Mole Villages no longer boots you to the map
  
• Failing to Steal from Villages can no longer block story progress
  
• It's no longer possible to dig up the Missing Explorer's treasure more than once
  
• Any body equipment that grants Armor no longer lists it twice in its tooltip
  
• Fighting Moles in Story 4A will no longer make the Salamanders hate you
  
• Nurses now correctly apply their skills, even at higher levels
  
• Added taxonomy bonuses to a handful of items that were missing it
  
• Fixed numerous "Infinite Malin" exploits. There is only one of her, and an all-Malin party is not a valid strategy
  
• Fixed promotion preview infobox not showing new character dice
  

Just as I'm about to nod off, a heated argument erupts around the campfire. Not to worry, I think, as I ignore them and close my eyes. Should have worried. The next morning I awake to find one of the arguers rocking back and forth in a stupor, having just cannibalised the other. Okay. Let's, um, march on, shall we? A few days later, an ally morphs into a flesh-eating ghoul. Another slips on a rock and cracks their head, losing the knowledge of vital skills. One fella just leaves. All this, just to acquire an orchid.

The Curious Expedition 2 is, at its heart, a machine for making rip-roaring adventure stories about heroic exploration and/or colonial plundering, depending on how generous you want to be to developers Maschinen-Mensch. It creates some fun narratives, like the one above. But it’s also a roguelike, and it really makes you bleed for them. If I’m honest, I wish it was a little more forgiving.

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Dear Explorers,

As announced last week, Curious Expedition 2 version 1.0 will launch on January 28th. For the last Club Competition during the Early Access period we decided to give as a reward an exclusive equippable hat which will never appear again as a reward in the future. This is a small way for us to say "thank you" to everyone who has supported us before the 1.0 release.

Here's the Laurel Wreath:



[h3]FAQ[/h3]

Is this hat providing any advantages while playing the game?
No, all hats which are rewarded as part of the weekly Club Competition are purely cosmetic, they don't affect your in-game abilities in any way.

When is this Club Competition running?
The Club Competition has already started and will end on January 28th at 11am CET.

What is the goal of the current Club Competition?
The goal is to collect and return crystals to Paris. To find crystals you need to seek contact with mole people, the miners of the curious islands, which you can meet in the cavern biomes, that are unlocked in 1888.

What do I have to do in order to win the hat?
First of all, in order to participate you need to visit one of the three Explorer Clubs in Paris and select Join Competition. This option will only be unlocked once you've reached the year 1887 in the game (completing the first story expedition) at least once. Once the Club Competition ends, if the Explorer Club you joined is the one that has returned the highest amount of crystals you will automatically receive the hat.

What happens if the Explorer Club I joined doesn't win the competition?
As long as you joined the Club Competition and returned at least 1 crystal to Paris, you will be able to purchase the hat (in exchange for 20 tickets) until February 9th at 11am CET. After this date, the Laurel Wreath hat will never appear as a reward again in the game.

Can I switch to a different Explorer Club while the Club Competition is running?
No, once you joined one of the Explorer Clubs for the Club Competition, you won't be able to switch to a different Explorer Club until the competition has ended.

Good luck!