Fabled Lands News

I am very happy and proud to deliver the first major content update, the exotic empire of Akatsurai!

To celebrate its release, the Steam team has been so kind in providing me a Daily Deal so you could get the base game with an all time deepest discount to date of 50% off, only for the duration of this special sale!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2301070/Fabled_Lands__Lords_of_the_Rising_Sun/

I am so thankful for all the positive emotion and wonderful words from the community. The game just hit 8.2/10 Very Positive score from 300 reviews! It's a feat on its own to release a self-published indie game in today's market but to be so positively received by folks from around the globe is a blast! Watching people play on Twitch and YouTube, seeing their reaction, reading all the wonderful comments is simply amazing. People hopping on the Discord server just to say "Thank you, I am a fan" puts a big smile on my face.

A HUGE THANK YOU to the amazing community members who helped play-test the DLC during the beta! You, folks, are amazing and your input has helped shape up the experience for others.

I was worried initially if the lands of Akatsurai will fit well into the existing game and meta, but British authors Dave Morris and Jamie Thomson have absolutely done an amazing work and through their methodical world building, the game only benefits from adding the mysterious shores of the far-east empire. As an old-school RPG and tabletop addict, I am well satisfied beyond measure :)

I am glad I was joined once again by Bernar Aganchyan into this endeavour. I think he has done it again in delivering a vibrant representation of the world of Fabled Lands through his art.

Now, roll the dice and beat the odds with all the new goodies in the full changelog:





[h2]Incremented version to 1.1.0n[/h2]
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• Added the eastern empire of Akatsurai content update (46 000 words).
• Added 7 new Quests.
  
• Added 6 new Titles.
  
• Added 16 new Achievements.
  
• Added 27 new Encounters.
  
• Added 24 new Enemies.
  
• Added 36 new Items.
  
• Added 3 new tracks to the soundtrack.
  

[h3]Skills[/h3]

• Added Blood for Blood passive skill.
  The more the merrier. Whenever you apply Bleed to an enemy, increase the applied Bleed factor by 1.
• Updated Mage Blizzard's Bite passive skill: increased damage from all sources from +1 to +2.
• Updated Mage Ice Bolt skill: reduced required Action Points from 6 to 5.
• Updated Priest Cleansing Flame skill: reduced required Action Points from 5 to 4.
• Updated Priest Curse skill: reduced required Action Points from 4 to 3.
• Updated Resilient Companion: increased damage bonus to from +2 to +4.
  
• Updated Water Spirit ally: increased stats from 6 Combat, 6 Defence, 6 Stamina, 2-6 Damage to 10 Combat, 10 Defence, 8 Stamina, 1-7 Damage.
  
• Updated Fallen Warrior ally: increased stats from 6 Combat, 7 Defence, 8 Stamina, 2-3 Damage, to 10 Combat, 11 Defence, 3 Damage, 12 Stamina, 5% Chance to block.

[h3]Economy & Weaponry[/h3]

• Added new Ports.
  
• Added new Markets.
  
• Added new Weapons.
  
• Rebalanced various items.
  

[h3]Fast Travel[/h3]

• Added new tickets to ports.
  
• Added new locations to trap doors accessible via the verdigris keys.
  
• Added new location to the Vade Mecum.
  
• Added new location accessible via the Trau tunnels.
  

[h3]General[/h3]

• Added ways to switch profession in the story.
  
• Added a hard cap of 12 for Ranks.
  
• Added new blessing "Safety from Travel".
  
• Added new blessing "Divine Wrath".
  
• Added new blessing "Imperviousness to Storms".
  
• Added different prices in Akatsurai ports whether you're a merchant or not.
  

[h3]Fixes and improvements[/h3]

• Added DLC achievements to Steam.
  
• Added Lords of the Rising Sun DLC announcement to news box.
  
• Added Lords of the Rising Sun DLC installed indicator on Main Menu that links to the store page.
  
• Added backwards compatibility support for Lords of the Rising Sun DLC saves.
  
• Reworked achievements in order to better handle existing character save files and have the functionality ready for separation of achievements unlocked per character.
  
• Increased the amount of item slots and added a scrollbar to loot chests when you can loot more than 12 items to avoid vanishing gear.
  
• Changed how Items are removed from Inventory/Backpack when removed from Story text to fix old saves sometimes not removing items.
  
• Implemented resolutions support for larger than 1280x720 for Steam Decks that are plugged in external monitors or resolution settings are adjusted.
  
• Added new quest A Pearl Like No Other that is accepted upon meeting the Faceless King (only for new characters). Gaining rank is now a quest reward upon bringing a Tatsu Pearl to the Faceless King (as is in the books).
  
• Added Tatsu Pearl item to two locations in Harkuna.
  
• Updated required Court Status to visit the Faceless King from 7 to 8.
  
• Added a Hydra Tooth as a trophy reward from killing the Hydra in Golnir.
  
• Added Heal vfx to Potion of Restoration.
  
• Updated Black Axe, increased from +1 Combat, 4 Damage to +5 Combat, 6 Damage.
  
• Updated Marlock City ammunition buy and sell price from 5/4 to 4/1.
  
• Updated Max Stamina to behave as a Stats so that it has modifiers. You no longer automatically heal when you gain Max Stamina in the story (except on rank rolls).
  
• Removed Yarimura palace text telling you about Lochos Vehtu's quest in case you already have the Nightstalker title.
  
• Removed Duration from Cleansing Flame tooltip.
  
• Fixed loss of Max Stamina in several places not triggering Stamina loss if above new value.
  
• Fixed critical story error when trying to fight thorns with thorns in the Magic Arena.
  
• Fixed Sunken City of Ziusindra quest sometimes failing when already completed.
  
• Fixed not sinking your ship when you use the Recall Spell.
  
• Fixed losing item at random not working properly for existing character saves.
  
• Fixed Context menu showing on right click when no action is available.
  
• Fixed enemy afliction not being properly counted for the first time on older saves.
  
• Fixed Shadowfall enemy ability sometimes not triggering.
  
• Default button is now removed from Display settings.
  

Important Note: Considering the magnitude of these improvements and changes even with the extensive beta, there is little chance that I haven't broken something in the process. If you see something wrong, please flag it to me using the usual channels, like the Steam community forums and the official Discord.

Get the DLC:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2301070/Fabled_Lands__Lords_of_the_Rising_Sun/
Get the full game:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1299620/Fabled_Lands/

Folks,

On Feb 16 10:00 AM Pacific Time the first DLC for Fabled Lands will release! 3 days prior to the launch I am updating the base game to prepare for the release.

Read more about the DLC here:

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1299620/view/3644010459029031074?l=english

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1299620/view/3386171859245630023?l=english

By a community vote I decided to update the achievements of the base game to include the new achievements for the upcoming DLC. Steam doesn't provide the functionality to separate those so I was a bit perplexed what is the correct way to do this. It was, however, pointed to me that this is no precedent and was already done this way in popular indie titles such as Darkest Dungeon and Battle Brothers, so after the vote I decided to adapt the same approach for Fabled Lands as well.

Here are the patch notes for the changes in the base game:

[h2]Incremented version to 1.1.0n[/h2]
---

• Added DLC achievements to Steam.
  
• Added Lords of the Rising Sun DLC announcement to news box.
  
• Added Lords of the Rising Sun DLC installed indicator on Main Menu that links to the store page.
  
• Added backwards compatibility support for Lords of the Rising Sun DLC saves.
  
• Reworked achievements in order to better handle existing character save files and have the functionality ready for separation of achievements unlocked per character.
  
• Increased the amount of item slots and added a scrollbar to loot chests when you can loot more than 12 items to avoid vanishing gear.
  
• Changed how Items are removed from Inventory/Backpack when removed from Story text to fix old saves not removing items.
  
• Implemented resolutions support for larger than 1280x720 for Steam Decks that are plugged in external monitors or resolution settings are adjusted.
  
• Added new quest A Pearl Like No Other that is accepted upon meeting the Faceless King (only for new characters). Gaining rank is now a quest reward upon bringing a Tatsu Pearl to the Faceless King (as is in the books).
  
• Added Tatsu Pearl item to two locations in Harkuna.
  
• Updated required Court Status to visit the Faceless King from 7 to 8.
  
• Added a Hydra Tooth as a trophy reward from killing the Hydra in Golnir.
  
• Added Heal vfx to Potion of Restoration.
  
• Updated Mage Blizzard's Bite passive skill, increased damage from all sources from +1 to +2.
  
• Updated Mage Ice Bolt skill, reduced required Action Points from 6 to 5.
  
• Updated Priest Cleansing Flame skill, reduced required Action Points from 5 to 4.
  
• Updated Priest Curse skill, reduced required Action Points from 4 to 3.
  
• Updated Resilient Companion, increased damage bonus to from +2 to +4.
  
• Updated Water Spirit ally, increased stats from 6 Combat, 6 Defence, 6 Stamina, 2-6 Damage to 10 Combat, 10 Defence, 8 Stamina, 1-7 Damage.
  
• Updated Fallen Warrior ally, increased stats from 6 Combat, 7 Defence, 8 Stamina, 2-3 Damage, to 10 Combat, 11 Defence, 3 Damage, 12 Stamina, 5% Chance to block.
  
• Updated Black Axe, increased from +1 Combat, 4 Damage to +5 Combat, 6 Damage.
  
• Updated Marlock City ammunition buy and sell price from 5/4 to 4/1.
  
• Updated Max Stamina to behave as a Stats so that it has modifiers. You no longer automatically heal when you gain Max Stamina in the story (except on rank rolls).
  
• Removed Yarimura palace text telling you about Lochos Vehtu's quest in case you already have the Nightstalker title.
  
• Removed Duration from Cleansing Flame tooltip.
  
• Fixed loss of Max Stamina in several places not triggering Stamina loss if above new value.
  
• Fixed critical story error when trying to fight thorns with thorns in the Magic Arena.
  
• Fixed Sunken City of Ziusindra quest sometimes failing when already completed.
  
• Fixed not sinking your ship when you use the Recall Spell.
  
• Fixed losing item at random not working properly for existing character saves.
  
• Fixed Context menu showing on right click when no action is available.
  
• Fixed enemy afliction not being properly counted for the first time on older saves.
  
• Fixed Shadowfall enemy ability sometimes not triggering.
  
• Default button is now removed from Display settings.
  

As always, don't forget to wishlist the game and stay notified when the big update is live!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1299620/Fabled_Lands/

[h2]I'm incredibly excited to announce that Fabled Lands will have its first DLC on Feb 16th, 2023![/h2]

What an incredible journey it has been folks! It took a lot more months than I initially anticipated but I can proudly say that the time is nigh for the BIG content update, Lords of the Rising Sun!

The Lords of the Rising Sun DLC adds a new continent as well as variety of changes - new quests to find, new lands to explore, new layers of lore and world building to unravel! Defeat challenging enemies in exotic places and obtain new legendary loot that awaits you in places long forgotten by the living...

The game’s latest release wouldn’t have been possible without the incredible help of Fabled Lands’ dedicated community. The current closed beta has proven the content is as exciting as I have hoped for, bringing a smooth experience and adding lots of depth to previous choices and strategies.

I am immensely thankful for the opportunity to continue flying on the wings of my indie game dev dreams! It’s both a privilege and honor to bring these fantastic series by fantastic authors Jamie Thomson and Dave Morris as a full-fledged PC game.

[h2]Cost and Discounts[/h2]

The DLC will cost $3.99 USD and the Steam team has been so kind in providing a Daily Deal to celebrate the launch! The base game will have its deepest discount to date, and for the upcoming months, so make sure to wishlist the game, book this date and not miss on the news!

See you at the launch party!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1299620/Fabled_Lands/

[h2]Folks, I am happy to announce the sign-up for the closed BETA of Fabled Lands' first DLC release, Lords of the Rising Sun![/h2]

The DLC will include the entirety of the Akatsurai empire which comprises three islands, 14 new objectives, 28 new encounters, 34 new items, approximately 44 000 words, and more!

Akatsurai is a Rank 6 area that can prove challenging even for the seasoned adventurer.

All you need to do is:

1. Already own Fabled Lands on Steam.
   
   
2. Join Prime Games' official Discord server.
   
   
3. Direct message me (@ringlas) on Discord for short instructions.

[h3]Access will be given when the BETA build goes live.[/h3]

If you don't own the game but you still want in, don't worry! Several keys of the full game will be awarded at random through a raffle towards the end of the week. Just don't forget to do steps 2 and 3.

The DLC drops on Feb 16th so don't forget to wishlist the game so you don't miss the launch party!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1299620/Fabled_Lands/

Hey everybody! I am giving you my last dev-log and progress update for 2022 and what better occasion to do a wrap up of the year than to do it on my birthday with a cup of tasy afternoon coffee :)

The Fabled Lands theme has been vibrating in my being after a fantastic culmination of a 3-year journey.

The game released on May 26th and I am truly humbled by the faith you put in it and by the amazing results it achieved. It not only fulfilled my forecasts but also surpassed them, hence one of the greatest gifts for me is the ability to continue to practice game development as a full time independant, self-published developer.

Thank you!



[h2]Lords of the Rising Sun DLC[/h2]

If you have missed the announcement of the upcoming DLC, pause for a moment, go read about it in the last dev-log and make sure to come back afterwards :)

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1299620/view/3386171859245630023?l=english

The DLC update is in its final phase. The artist is currently rendering all the concept art and sketches and I am mostly waiting on several important updates from him to transition into alpha/beta testing.





[h2]Release Date[/h2]

Things are moving rapidly with daily beats but we're already approaching Christmas so realistically, we'll wrap it up in January.

Afterwards there will be Discord community mayhem of testers and bug fixing. All must be in perfect condition for the release date, which is going to be 16th of February!

The Steam team have prepared something special for the occasion and I cannot wait to share it with all of you when the time comes! So there's no delaying beyond this date. Be sure not to miss it by wishlisting the game:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1299620/Fabled_Lands/

I have updated the demo across all devices and platforms after the latest feedback round. I decided to keep it up permanently available to anyone who wishes to try out the experience first hand, and it's been up for couple of months now. Turns out it was a great decision as it didn't hurt sales but also helped positive reviews to flow more from people who know exactly what to expect.

Happy Holidays to all of you and stay safe!