[Neolithic]To the End News

Golden Week is a modern-day traditional holiday season in both Japan and China.
Thus, you can find many Eastern Asian games on sale during this period.
I am using my willpower to resist Capcom and Koei's sales right now. :3
Ours will be within the next 24 hours, all the way until May 7th or 8th, depending on which part of this planet you are living on.

Sorry for seemingly bombarding you with news every day since Friday, I am just being a bit productive. :)
Now, here comes a bit more teaser for the next free DLC

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
For people who cannot access YouTube, here is the backup: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1jjLkziEZj/
Hang in there, it's almost the Golden Week!


黄金周是中国和日本的现代传统节日。
因此，你能发现很多东亚的游戏在这段时间促销。
我正在用强大的意志力压制购买某些Capcom和光荣的游戏的欲望。:3
我们的促销会在24小时内开始，持续至5月7日或8日。（基于你所在的地球位置有所不同）

抱歉本周似乎每天都在用新闻轰炸大家。不过，我只是貌似很有开发的激情。 :)
现在，再来点下个免费DLC有关的东西吧
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
不能看YOUTUBE的同学们的备用地址: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1jjLkziEZj/
坚持住，马上就黄金周了！

OK， folks, over the weekend, we have had a very heated debate over all those dramas.
In case you missed it, here are the links to previous events:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1519140/view/507326880609730897
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1519140/view/507326880609730962

In short, here is a summary:

The action of Nexus is very disrespectful, ignoring the culture, traditions, laws, and regulations of China.
Thus, in this matter, I support my fellow Chinese developers.
However, the situation then escalated among our players.
Some consider that Steam may do the same, as they found that Steam is censoring those previous announcements and developer diaries that mention this event. I can confirm that those events' visibility got stuck in an infinite pending state on Steam's side. I am contacting their support personnel to investigate the issue.
Meanwhile, I don't think such an event should be used as a casus belli to remove our game's current existing LGBT content, as some of you suggested. I am still maintaining my "live and let live" policy. Most of our pro-LGBT players are not those LGBT extremists who want to murder everyone who uses "males' and "females."

Thus, I am calling a cease-fire among your factions.
Pro-LGBT faction gets:
All existing LGBT content remains. No persecution. No purge. No threats to call the police or other ridiculous things suggested by some members of the Anti-LGBT faction.

Anti-LGBT faction gets:
My support is to have a mod created by one of their members that reverts the game's gender option from 6 back to 2. Also, no persecution. No purge. No threats to call the police or other ridiculous things suggested by some members of the Pro-LGBT faction.

Certainly, some people are still not happy. Some people still don't see eye to eye with others. But this is a big, diverse community. You can block them, you can ignore them. But you are not going to suggest something like banning them or starting a genocide. Banning is only used against the enemies of NEOLITHIA.

I have been very patient in solving this issue. Don't push it, comrades.


好吧，各位同学，周末已经发生了很多很激情的关于那些欢乐的事情的讨论了。
如果你错过了，这是前情提要。
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1519140/view/507326880609730897
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1519140/view/507326880609730962
总结一下：

世界上著名的Mod网站Nexus因为给上古卷轴4黯灭重制版做汉化Mod的同学们使用了【男性】和【女性】就BAN掉了他们和他们的Mod。
我认为Nexus的行为是傲慢无礼并且极度缺乏对于中国Mod开发人员的尊重，无视中国法律法规文化传统的行为。所以，这件事上，我是全面支持Mod开发者的。
不过呢，这件事随后在我们的玩家中也发生了进一步的升级。
毕竟，我们中有人发现了，凡是提到这件事的游戏公告，都被Steam降低了流量。我能确认的是，Steam现在依然卡着对公告显示在游戏库中的审查。 因此，引发了大家对于Steam是否有同样的问题的顾虑。目前，我正在和Steam客服联络调查这件事。
与此同时，我认为不应将此类事件某些同学建议的移除游戏中LGBT内容的理由，我依然保持Live and Let Live的政策。我们这里的大多数支持LGBT的玩家并不是那些想要谋杀所有使用“男性”和“女性”称呼的LGBT极端分子。

因此，你们应该先消停一下。

支持LGBT的同学们获得：
所有现有LGBT内容保留。不受迫害。不被清除。没有威胁报警或反LGBT派别某些成员提出的其他荒谬建议。

反对LGBT的同学们获得：
我支持由他们的一名成员创建一个Mod，将游戏的性别选项从6个恢复到2个。同样，不受迫害。不被清除。没有威胁报警或支持LGBT派别某些成员提出的其他荒谬建议。

当然，有些人仍然不满意。有些人依然对于另外一些人不爽。但这是一个庞大且多元的社区。你可以屏蔽他们，你可以无视他们。但你不能提议BAN掉他们或对他们来一次种族屠杀。BAN只针对NEOLITHIA的敌人使用。

我一直在非常耐心地解决这个问题。不要滥用，同志们。




OK， now for today's update:
接下来，是今天的更新内容：


20250427
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[Localization]Restored the localization keys for "Male" and "Female" that were removed when we expanded the gender options to 6.
[Localization]In Chinese localizations, "创意工坊"(Workshop) is now specifically renamed to Steam Workshop to make it clearer, as we are going to support DEG Mods now, providing more choices for people to get mods.
[Menu]Various locations you can previously get mods from the Steam Workshop can now also lead you to DEG Mods.
[Menu]Various locations previously had the options of the "Steam Workshop" changed to "Get Mods," and then, you can choose which mod site you want to get mods from.
[Mod]The Scene_PassportMaker class is now better organized, allowing making gender related mods eaiser.
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【本地化】重新加入了本地化文本中的【男性】和【女性】用词，这些用词曾经在我们把游戏的性别扩展到6种时被移除了。
【本地化】中文文本的【创意工坊】现在被改名为了【Steam创意工坊】以便让内容更加明确。因为我们现在开始将会支持DEG Mods的Mod。
【菜单】各种此前你可以从Steam工坊获得Mod的地点，现在也可以把你带去DEG Mods。
【菜单】各种此前名为【Steam工坊】的选项，现在变成了【获得Mod】的选项。 随后，你可以进一步选择从哪里获得Mod。
【Mod】Scene_PassportMaker菜单的代码结构优化，让制作性别有关的Mods更加容易。



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Hi, everyone. The living test of our new mod system is a success!
We can now directly dump any mod contained in their folders into the game's Mod folder to use those mods directly. No need for Steam, no need for the Workshop.
As mentioned in the Developer's Diary yesterday.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1519140/view/507326880609730897
If you cannot see it appear in your library, it's likely that Steam may have censored it.

According to the Steam document, it should only take them 30 minutes to 1 hour to make it show in your library. Yet, it has been about 24 hours.
That's my point exactly. Big platforms may censor content they don't like. The power they hold may corrupt. Just like Neuxs in their ignorance, arrogance, and racism, to ban the Chinese mod developers for using "male" and "female" in The Elder Scrolls 4's localization mods. We didn't get involved in this culture war, yet they come to destroy our culture and tradition. So we shall fight back. For freedom, for liberty, and for everyone's right to use "male" and "female!"

Thus, today, I announce our cooperation with another mod platform that is more in line with our values.
From now on, you can find our mods here:
DegMods


You can post all your mods there, no matter how politically incorrect they are. In East Asian, many developers, including me, do not believe in that politically correct nonsense. Games, especially single-player games, are yours to play, yours to enjoy; you shall be able to share your local copy with whatever you want. I am also experimenting with a bot that allows people to post mods anonymously as an additional layer of protection.

There are no more restrictions. :)
Not even the Great Firewall that blocks the Steam Workshop currently blocks this mod site.

大家好！我们新Mod系统的线上测试大获成功！
我们现在可以直接将任何模组文件夹中的内容放入游戏的Mod文件夹中，以直接使用这些模组。无需使用Steam，也无需通过工坊。
正如昨天开发者日记中所提到的：
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1519140/view/507326880609730897
如果你的Steam库中没有显示该内容，可能是Steam对其进行了审查。

根据Steam的文档，他们应该在30分钟到1小时内让它显示在你的库中。然而，已经过去了大约24小时。
这正是我要说的。大平台可能会审查他们不喜欢的内容。他们手中的权力可能会导致腐败。就像Nexus那样，出于无知、傲慢和种族主义，禁止中国模组开发者在《上古卷轴4》的本地化模组中使用“男”和“女”。我们并未卷入这场文化战争，但他们却来摧毁我们的文化和传统。所以我们将反击！为了自由，为了个人权利，为了每个人使用“男”和“女”的权利！
因此，今天我宣布我们与另一个更符合我们价值观的Mod平台合作。
从现在起，你们可以在这里找到我们的模组：
DegMods
你可以将所有模组发布到那里，无论它们在政治上有多不正确。在东亚，包括我在内的许多开发者并不相信那些政治正确的废话。游戏，尤其是单机游戏，是属于你玩、属于你享受的；你应该能够自由分享你的本地副本，想用什么就用什么。我还在试验一个允许人们匿名发布模组的机器人，作为额外的保护层。
再也没有限制了！:)
就连是正在封锁Steam工坊的防火长城，现在也还没封锁这个网站。

OK, folks. As mentioned in yesterday's DD:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1519140/view/507326880609730897
The improved mod loading system is here. This is a live-testing version. A more formal announcement will be posted after everything is confirmed to be working properly.
All Hail NEOLITHIA!

诸君，正如昨天的日志中提到的：
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1519140/view/507326880609730897
一个进化的Mod载入系统现在已经上线。这是一个上线测试版本。更正式的公告会在测试完毕确认所有功能都正常后发布。
NEOLITHIA万岁！


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[Mod]Using mods is now much easier. You no longer really need to use Steam Workshop or manually set up any paths in any text files. You just need to dump your mod into the new Mods folder in the game's folder. The game will automatically load all mods at the start of the game.
[Mod]Loading order: Steam Workshop mods -> Mods in the game's mod folder -> Mods manually set in SteamWorkshopAdditionalPath.txt (It supports mods even on another machine in your local network.) In case of mod conflicts, the latter will overwrite the content of the one loaded earlier.
[Mod]Local test has been done on one of everyone's favorite NSFW mod. Everything works great.
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【Mod】使用Mod现在更加简单了。你无需通过Steam工坊或者手动配置路径。你现在可以直接把Mod的整个文件夹丢到游戏根目录下新出现的名叫Mods的目录下。游戏在启动时会自动读取这个文件夹里的所有Mod。
【Mod】读取顺序：Steam工坊的Mod -> 游戏本地文件夹的Mod -> 通过SteamWorkshopAdditionalPath.txt手动配置路径的Mod（甚至支持局域网中安装在其它电脑上的Mod。）后加载的Mod会在有冲突时覆盖掉之前加载的Mod的内容。
【Mod】已经对大家最喜欢的某个NSFW Mod进行了测试。一切均可完美运行。


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Hi, everyone. Welcome to this week's developer's diary.
You see that Indian flag out there, right?
Before we start, let's talk about something that happened this week.
A genocide happened,

Some terrorists massacred Indian tourists; they specifically told them to take off their pants and verify that they were Hindu. That's totally much the definition of genocide as an action with an intention to destroy a targeted national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. It's just like the Oct 7th massacre committed by Hamas in Israel. A similar incident also occurred in China in 2014, in Kunming. As a lawyer, I once talked with a survivor of such an incident and know how horrible such a thing is.
The Indian people are one of the most diverse yet united people in the world. They demonstrated great tolerance towards each other. I can tell you this because I had many Indian friends when I studied at UPenn and worked with Gameloft. Each of them has their unique traits, almost like they are from different cultures. Yet, they are all very kind and nice people. You can even learn that from how they greet others. They say "Namaste" (नमस्ते), which means "The divine in me bows to the divine in you." A demonstration of people's respect for the differences of others. Thus, all righteous people shall feel furious that they get murdered in cold blood by people who cannot tolerate them.
Thus, I shall voice my support to them just as I voiced my support to the victims of the Oct. 7th massacre, just as I voiced my support to the Ukrainian people who are facing the Russian terror bombing.
Unprovoked terrorism against civilians must be eradicated.
Most people knew that on October 7, 2023, strange things happened, and the narrative changed.
We will see how soon some university students will start to blame India, just as they blame Israel for the October 7th massacre. Maybe they shall also blame the US for 911. Maybe they want to make a deal with terrorists. Maybe they love Putin, too. Hey! Look! They are not so different than someone they claim they hate. :D
But, whatever they do, I stand with India in this matter.
Thus, this week, we got the Indian flag in the game.


Now let's go down to this week's other content updates.
The quest "The Lucifer Within Us" ended with three different endings.
Essentially, it's a tale about how good people can do bad things when they get absorbed by herd mentality, social norms defined by others, and organizations. Humanity is a social animal; everyone wants to be part of a group. It's programmed in people's minds from the Stone Age, when an exiled member of society could hardly survive alone. Thus, people give in and slowly lose themselves. Sometimes, they will not hesitate to commit all kinds of atrocities when they are ordered. For example, the Holocaust and the Holodomor. Most people inside the system felt no remorse for the victims until the system was destroyed.
Now, how do we fight this Lucifer Effect?
Last week, we got Nietzsche's path. You shall be your most authentic self to fight for what you believe in. You shall define your own value instead of playing along with the social norm that you know is wrong. Thus, we got an ending where you end up destroying an avatar of the herd mentality. Ultimately, you became a better person. (In the game, it shows us you get more attribution points as rewards.) The man who declaimed the death of God also defeated Lucifer.
This week's content explored a different path. Machiavelli's path. Why destroy it? What a waste? You shall take advantage of it. Play along, follow the rules, until you take control and become the ruler over it, and use it to control others. (Yes, this is very messed up.)

In this path, you don't need to kill Maria. But she remains possessed by the book.
As such, you can still learn skills from her and gain a deeper understanding of what exactly happened. (She will not lie to you this time.)
She also starts to have some chemical reactions towards Machiavelli

I will not call it romance. It's just another level of messed up.
After such an adventure, you get something to drink to toast your triumph.

Unlike Nietzsche's path, you cannot freely decide which attribution to allocate your bonus attribution points. But you can share powers with others if that benefits you.
Which one of those three endings is your favourite? Will you stay content to stay in a system without the burden to think about what's right and what's wrong? Will you let your most authentic self come forward and break the chain? Or, will you become a tyrant to rule with it? The choice is all yours. But this part of the story will need to end here for now.

Because more great adventure on the Jiru Island awaits!
It's time to revive ancient Draconians.
The first to come is a blue Draconian race known as the Yanchilos.

It looks very, very, very similar to the one from the Stone Age. Let's just call it Yanchilos-remake.
Back in the Stone Age online, there were only 2D sprites. Now I get an entire 3D model and animations for it. We will see if someone decides to sue me. :D
Oblivion is not the only game that got a remake after 20 years. The Neolithic has no remake, but it has continued to evolve without stopping over the past 20 years.

They do not look that formidable out of the battle thanks to the veil filter. :D

Easter also happened this week. Thus, we also got some food for Easter.

The name of the dish automatically changes depending on what vegetables you put in it. You may have noticed that more ingredients are involved in making this food. That's because my AI recipe generator can now create more complex recipes.
Also, some non-Easter food.

AI introduced me to this dish, and I tried to recreate it in real life; it turned out delicious.

Meanwhile, the Guide to Monster Hunting continues to expand as usual.

But, one more thing, you may know Oblivion remaster just released. However, its Chinese localization is far from perfect. Thus, someone made a better localization and published it to Neux. You know what happened next? Neux banned the localization mod just because it uses "male" and "female" from the original Oblivion more than 20 years ago, instead of "Body Type 1" and "Body Type 2." Even as someone you can call LGBT-friendly, I consider Neus has gone too far. We, the people in China, have no idea what a culture war or LGBT agenda is in the West. But it looks pretty ridiculous. Humanity has been using the terms male and female since the Stone Age. And now, some people try to force us to change our language and culture just to satisfy their own agenda? How arrogant they are.
Let me tell you this, LGBT is still considered a mental disorder in China. It was a crime before 1997.
NEOLITHIC tolerates and has LGBT content (you know we have six gender options in the game and a certain vampire lady loves girls. :D ) because I believe in a "live and let live" policy. Now, on the other hand, if certain LGBT extremists do not want to co-exist with people who have different opinions from them, they shall be declared enemies of NEOLITHIC. We shall not tolerate those who abuse our tolerance. Maybe such corruption has polluted this industry for too long. Maybe we shall take some action to fight it as well. After all, NEOLITHIC is the longest-living RPG in China and the longest-living RPG Maker game in the world.

That does not mean I will cut any existing LGBT content.
It simply means I will explore methods to secure people's content freedom and preference, allowing mods with more options. We do not rely on any potentially hostile Mod platforms that may censor, remove, or ban user-generated content based on their agendas. We existed long before they were. We have been the symbol of freedom for the past 20 years.

The full content update log for this week:
20250419
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[Guide to Monster Hunting]Added the entry for Twisted Nun.
[Guide to Monster Hunting]Added the entry for the Sphinx Boss. (Entry unlocked by default.)
[Guide to Monster Hunting]Added the entry for Serpent-Men Infiltrator
[Guide to Monster Hunting]Added the entry for Vampiric Researcher
[Guide to Monster Hunting]Everything above of monsters of different categories is a stress test to verify if the system can correctly scroll up and down on its UI.
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【怪物狩猎指南】加入了扭曲修女的条目。
【怪物狩猎指南】加入了狮身人面像Boss的条目。（条目默认解锁。）
【怪物狩猎指南】加入了蛇人渗透者的条目。
【怪物狩猎指南】加入了嗜血的研究员的条目。
【怪物狩猎指南】上述各种来自不同分类的怪物是对游戏系统的压力测试，来确认这本书可以正确地翻页。

20250420
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[Cooking]New Recipe: Easter Ham with Vegetable Feast (The name dynamically changes depending on which vegetable you put in. Happy Easter!)
[Cooking]New Recipe: Seaweed Fish Rice Bowl
[Wiki]Updated the cooking page.
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【料理】新料理配方：复活节蔬菜火腿盛宴 （名称基于你放入的蔬菜动态变化。复活节快乐！）
【料理】新料理配方：海藻鱼饭碗
【维基】更新了料理页面。


20250421
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[Guide to Monster Hunting]Added the entry for Scarecrow.
[Guide to Monster Hunting]Added the entry for Turkey. (Entry unlocked by default.)
[Guide to Monster Hunting]Added the entry for Hyena. (Entry unlocked by default.)
[Guide to Monster Hunting]Added the entry for Fire Imp.
[The Lucifer Within Us]The Machiavelli's path has been worked on. But it's not completed. Thus, it is not accessible right now.
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【怪物狩猎指南】加入了稻草人的条目。
【怪物狩猎指南】加入了火鸡的条目。（条目默认解锁。）
【怪物狩猎指南】加入了鬣狗的条目。（条目默认解锁。）
【怪物狩猎指南】加入了火焰小恶魔的条目。
【我们心中的路西法】马基雅维里路线施工中。因为没有全部做完。所以，目前无法进入。

20250422
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[Item]New Item: Essenza di Volpe e Leone
[The Lucifer Within Us]The 3rd ending (Machiavelli's path) is completed. There are some cleanups to be done in the aftermath of this path. It will be done tomorrow.
[Wiki]Updated the quest page of "The Lucifer Within Us."
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【物品】新物品：Essenza di Volpe e Leone
【我们心中的路西法】新的马基雅维里路线的结局达成。这条结局后续还有一些清理工作，会在明天进行。
【维基】更新了【我们心中的路西法】任务的页面。

20250423
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[The Lucifer Within Us]Added post-ending content for Maria if she survived and remained possessed. (Machiavelli's path) You can still learn skills from her. In addition to that, you can learn more about what exactly happened without deception this time.
[Guide to Monster Hunting]Added the entry for Naja Desertus
[Guide to Monster Hunting]Added the entry for Water Snake
[Guide to Monster Hunting]Added the entry for Mudscale Snake
[Guide to Monster Hunting]Added the entry for Ehecacoatl
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[Guide to Monster Hunting]Fixed some incorrect localization keys in the loot sections.
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【我们心中的路西法】为玛利亚添加了结局后的内容，如果她幸存下来并仍然被附身的话（马基雅维里之路）你仍然可以向她学习技能。此外，你还可以了解更多关于这次事件的真相的没有各种骗局的版本。
【怪物狩猎指南】加入了纳加·迪瑟图斯的条目。
【怪物狩猎指南】加入了水蛇的条目。
【怪物狩猎指南】加入了泥鳞蛇的条目。
【怪物狩猎指南】加入了埃赫卡科特尔的条目。
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【怪物狩猎指南】修复了部分条目的掉落物使用了错误的本地化文本的BUG.


20250424
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[Asset]Added the art assets for Yanchilos
[Element]Added new element: vs Draconian
[Enemy]Added enemy data for Yanchilos
[State Effect]New State Effect: Minor Reinvigorate
[Item] New Item: Draconian Blood
[Wiki]Updated the following pages: State Effect, Alchemy
[Race]New Pet Race: Yanchilos (Yes, all Draconians will have their unique race in the database.)
[Item]New Item: Yanchilos Meat.
[Loot]Added item drop list for Yanchilos.
[Butchery]Added the butcher data for Yanchilos.
[Poop]Added the poop data for Yanchilos.
[Takedown]Added the takedown data for Yanchilos.
[Pet]Added the pet data for Yanchilos. Yanchilos can now be turned into pets.
[Wiki]Updated the pet page.
[Guide to Monster Hunting]Added the entry for Yanchilos.
[Furniture]Added the Flag of India (I am against the terrorist attack that just killed 24 Indian tourists as much as I am against the Oct. 7th massacre. Thus, I am putting this here to support our Indian friends. नमस्ते!)
[Shopping]Various merchants who sell flags now also sell the Flag of India.
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【美术资源】加入了扬奇洛斯的美术资源。
【元素】新元素：对人龙
【敌人】加入了扬奇洛斯的敌人数据。
【状态效果】新状态：有限自愈
【物品】新物品： 人龙之血
【维基】更新了以下页面：状态效果、炼金
【种族】新宠物种族：扬奇洛斯 （所有的人龙都会在数据库中以不同的种族表示。）
【物品】新物品：扬奇洛斯肉
【掉落物】加入了扬奇洛斯的物品掉落列表。
【屠宰】加入了扬奇洛斯的屠宰数据。
【便便】加入了扬奇洛斯的便便数据。
【推倒】加入了扬奇洛斯的推倒数据。
【宠物】加入了扬奇洛斯的宠物数据。扬奇洛斯现在可以变成宠物。
【维基】更新了宠物页面。
【怪物狩猎指南】加入了扬奇洛斯的条目。
【家具】新家具：印度国旗 （我反对最近杀害了24名印度游客的恐怖袭击，正如我反对10月7日大屠杀。所以，我决定加入这个表达一下对于我们的印度朋友们的支持。नमस्ते!）
【购物】各种贩卖旗帜的商人现在贩卖印度国旗。

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[The Prince]The working in progress pop-up after you get back from the Floor of Religion no longer blocks other conversations you can have with Machiavelli.
[South of Dana]Yanchilos may now appear in this area. They are neutral towards local machine creatures.
[Guide to Monster Hunting]Added the entry for Skeleton Cultist
[Guide to Monster Hunting]Added the entry for Skeleton Miner
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【君主论】从宗教层回来后，施工中的提示现在不会阻碍你和马基雅维里进行对话。
【达那南部】扬奇洛斯现在会出现在达那南部区域，对此处的机械生物处于中立状态。
【怪物狩猎指南】加入了骷髅邪教徒的条目。
【怪物狩猎指南】加入了骷髅矿工的条目。



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