Curious Expedition 2 News

Dear Explorers,

This one is a smaller update, with a simple goal: make your expeditions a bit harder! It's titled Endless Hazards and features 3 new map hazards: Geyser, Fumarole and Magma Spout. Let's find out more...


[h3]Geyser: Players can get washed away when the Geyser is active. Cycles between active and inactive.[/h3]



[h3]Magma Spout: erupting spout that creates periodic Lava rivers that flow across the map, before cooling.[/h3]



[h3]Fumarole: Creates a poisonous cloud that moves over the map for a certain amount of time.
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[h3]This update also features a new piece of equipment: the Agile Saddle, which provides a free ambush when attacking.[/h3]


Additionally, this update includes a number of changes and fixes — you can find the full change notes on our wiki (English only).




[h3]One last important thing... Curious Expedition 2 is now available on Nintendo Switch™! It features all the content released for the Steam version so far. The Playstation and Xbox versions will follow in the near future.[/h3]

Adventure awaits!

Arrrr! Those Skeleton Pirates are very sneaky, swindling you for a useless Treasure Map! But - no more!

[h2]Changes[/h2]

• Villagers will no longer bury weapons in fog
  
• It is now slightly more common to get a special location instead of a Sinking Tower

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed not being able to use the Ancient Keys to get past the guardian in Act 4 Part 2
• Fixed pirate treasure map not placing treasure sometimes
  
• Fixed Jellyfish & Giant Tortoise buttons being offscreen when mounted in some languages
  
• Fixed some buffs not being properly applied in combat when mounted (eg the Cutlass' "Marine Bonus")
  
• Fixed losing proper Inspect focus when mounting using Controller
  
• Fixed not being able to fully boost or target in combat sometimes when using Controller
  
• Fixed walking animations playing when mounted and trading in some situations

Dear Explorers,

Another month, another free content update. This one is all about SKELETON PIRATES. Here's what we prepared for you:




New Location: Undead Pirate Shipwreck. This is a variant of the Shipwreck where you can encounter Undead Pirates and recruit them, or do some trading.




New Recruit: Undead Pirate. Has the ability to fight when at zero health and an Ambush attack, making it perfect for combat-focused playstyles.




New Enemy: Undead Pirates. Undead skeletons that fight in groups, they can return from the dead if not killed fast enough.




New Wandering Trader type: Undead Pirate Gang. Trade for valuable goods, or engage in a friendly challenge. How intriguing!




New Weapons: Black Powder Pistol (powerful, but beware of self-stuns) and Cutlass (does extra damage when equipped by Sailor or Pirate).



This week's Club Competition reward is also fitting the update's theme: a Pirate Bandana! It's the kind of fashion item that never goes out of style.

Additionally, the update includes a number of changes and fixes — you can find the full change notes on our wiki (English only).

On the technical side, we want to higlight in particular that savegame backups are now stored in a different folder to avoid potential data loss caused by Steam Cloud (since some of you reported problems where your progress got lost). You can now find ".bak" files in C:\Users\\AppData\LocalLow\Maschinen-Mensch\Curious Expedition 2\backups (where is your Windows user name)

Adventure awaits!

A few tweaks and fixes for your expeditions!

• When sponsored by Taishi, you will now get two different scroll types in the ship shop at once, rather than just one
  
• The healing mushroom now only has a 30% chance of having a side effect, down from 50%
  
• The Zouave Veteran will no longer start with negative ailments
  
• Regular treasure maps now have a larger view
  
• It is now possible to dig with your hands if you run out of shovels on a Missing Explorer expedition. Digging with a shovel will yield a better treasure.
  
• Fixed being unable to cleanse ailments from Pale Masks at a Pale Mask shaman
  
• Campsites are no longer ever on sale
  
• Fix for not being able to use Leeches if you didn't have any characters with diseases
  
• Fix for not being able to start combat sometimes
  
• Fix for the cave in Act 2 Island 1 spawning in the fog sometimes
  
• Fix for statuses that could be applied in the Tavern events before an expedition not being active when the expedition begun

Dear Explorers,

We just released Dark Caves, a small surprise content update themed around caves! The game is currently 25% off to celebrate.

Here's what you can expect:



5 new events for the Cave location, to increase unpredictability and encourage exploration. You will encounter bats, fireflies, hermits and of course treasures, so make sure to always carry some torches with you and enter any cave you find!




New enemy: Infested Moles. These are moles that got infested by mushrooms, which they use to mind control you in combat. They look pretty disgusting.




New item: Pneumatic Pickaxe. Can be used on the map to destroy mountains, or during combat.




Finally, we just launched a new weekly Club Competition, and the reward is... a Mole hat!

We plan to release a couple more small content updates during the summer, and a few bigger ones afterwards, so stay tuned, the adventure is not over yet — there's still lots to come.

One last thing: thanks to everyone who played the New Director free DLC, the feedback has been overwhelming, we couldn't be happier about it!

As always, if you'd like to support us please make sure to leave a review (no matter how short), tell your friends about the game, ask your favourite streamers to play it and if you encounter any issues, you can submit them using the Bug! button in Options screen.