First Dwarf News

[p]Sorry, guys, this is not a normal update, but we just received a mysterious letter.[/p]
[p]We spotted a lonely scroll floating among the islands of Driftland. By pure luck, it landed right on the edge of one of them.[/p]
[p]Our hunch tells us that it's written in the Driftland dwarven alphabet, even if the message itself seems to have been originally written in English 🤔[/p]
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[p]Does this message hint at changes coming to the world of First Dwarf?[/p]
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[h2]Hey, everyone,[/h2]

A huge thank you for all the votes and name ideas you shared for our mech. We didn’t expect such a tight race, but the results were almost perfectly split across Steam Community and Reddit. Half of you voted for MEG and half for Runebreaker... Zero chance to pick just one without breaking hearts in the comments.

So we did what any respectable dwarven engineering team would do. We combined both winning ideas into one name:



MEG is the class of this machine, short for:

[h3]Mechanized[/h3] [h3]Excavation[/h3] [h3]Gear[/h3]

It fits perfectly with its role in exploration, construction and all the defense and combat you’ve relied on it for.

Runebreaker is the nickname Tru gives this specific MEG. It just felt right. And since Tru spends the most time inside the cockpit, we decided his opinion carries some serious weight here.

We love the result, and we hope you do too. It feels unique, lore-friendly, and very First Dwarf. And honestly, seeing the whole community so involved in naming our chunky metal friend made our week.

[h3]And now onto the exciting part![/h3]
This month, we’re not stopping at a named mech. We have not one but TWO updates coming your way.

[h3]First update[/h3]
A major update packed with new features. Settlers will start performing new jobs inside their colonies, new buildings are coming, you’ll meet a new story character, and there is more we can’t wait to show you.

[h3]Second update[/h3]
A little or for some a BIG surprise. Details coming soon 😉

Thank you again for taking part in the naming chaos. You made this fun.
And now, MEG Runebreaker finally has a proper place in the world.

See you in the next update! ⚙️🧡
Star Drifters team

[h2]Hey everyone![/h2]

[p]For the longest time, our dwarf pilot Tru and his dragon companion Ragna had their names proudly set in stone. But their mana-powered mech? For us, he was always just... the mech. 😅[/p]

[p]After dozens of updates and countless adventures, we thought it might finally be time to give our sturdy metal friend a proper name. And since he’s been part of your journeys just as much as ours - we’d love your help choosing it![/p]

[p]We’ve narrowed it down to two ideas:[/p]

• [h2]M.dverg mk.I (Mech Dwarf, first model - or just MEG)[/h2]
  
• [h2]Runebreaker mk.I[/h2]
  

[p]Which one feels right to you? Or do you have a better idea? 👇[/p]

[h2]TL;DR (for those who enjoy reading a bit more):[/h2]

[p]Ever since the beginning of First Dwarf, our mech has been a constant presence - building, fighting, exploring, and saving colonies across the floating islands. To us, he’s always simply been “the mech” - a trusted companion you don’t really think of by name. But lately we felt it’s time he finally got one.[/p]

[p]So we’re turning to you, our community, to help make it official.[/p]

[p]M.dverg mk.I sounds like something straight out of a dwarven workshop - practical, compact, and full of engineering pride.
Runebreaker mk.I, on the other hand, feels more ancient and mythic - a rune-forged construct designed to channel mana and push back the Taint.[/p]

[p]The blueprint below should look familiar - you’ve seen this mech in action across countless islands, taking hits so your colonies could thrive. Now it’s time to give him a name worthy of all those battles fought (and repaired parts replaced 😅).[/p]

[p]Drop your vote or your own name idea in the comments. We’ll read them all (and argue about them in the office, guaranteed 😅).
Once the dust settles, we’ll make the chosen name official in one of the next updates! ⚙️🧠[/p]

- the Star Drifters team (still arguing over mech names) 😅

[h2]Good day, fellow adventurers![/h2]
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[p]In this update, we’ve made several optimization improvements; the game should now perform more smoothly and stably. We've also fixed multiple crash issues. In the next few updates, we’ll continue working on further optimizations![/p]
[p]As an expansion to the previous update, we've improved Sursas; now you can tame them! You can build a lair for them, and they’ll produce peat. On top of that, a tamed Sursa will protect its surroundings, helping you defend your base! :)[/p]
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[p]We’ve also added mushrooms that grow in caves and, in the near future, will become an essential part of your settlers’ diet. But that’s not all, mysterious stone trees can now be found underground too![/p]
[p]If you’ve encountered any issues, check the changelog below. We fixed a lot of stuff! And if your bug isn’t on the list, let us know. We want the gameplay to be as smooth and bug-free as possible![/p]
[p]You can tell us about your bugs and experiences:[/p]
[p]❤️ Here, below this post[/p]
[p]❤️ In Steam discussions[/p]
[p]❤️ Via the in-game form[/p]
[p]❤️ On Discord[/p]
[p]Changelog for Update #31 (ver. 0.8.84)[/p]
[p]🌟 HIGHLIGHTS 🌟[/p]
[p]🔷 Better optimization[/p]
[p]🔷 Sursas can now be tamed[/p]
[p]🔷 New Technology: Animal Lair[/p]
[p]🔷 New Technology: Sursa Treats[/p]
[p]🔷 Tamed Sursas in the Animal Lair will protect your base when enemies enter their detection radius[/p]
[p]🔷 New Pickup: Meatshroom[/p]
[p]🔷 New Pickup: Highshroom[/p]
[p]🔷 New Stone Trees can now be found in caves[/p]
[p]🔷 Added a new cutscene for the first encounter with the Archseeker
[/p][p]🛠️IMPROVEMENTS & FIXES 🛠️[/p]
[p]🔷 More accurate and context-sensitive hints in RPG menu tabs[/p]
[p]🔷 Added an additional hint in Raven Popup when you have a whistle: “Approach the raven and use the Whistle to tame it.”[/p]
[p]🔷 Localization fixes (some text was in English even when another language was selected)[/p]
[p]🔷 Fixed missing icon for Peat[/p]
[p]🔷 Improved Fluffgig AI (sometimes they didn’t eat treats, especially when enclosed by walls with treats inside)[/p]
[p]🔷 Added a sound effect for the minecart puzzle in the second island quest “Coal And Stone To The Forge”[/p]
[p]🔷 Boosted Sursa attack damage[/p]
[p]🔷 Fixed disappearing Bundle recipes from the crafting menu[/p]
[p]🔷 Fixed a visual bug where item icons weren’t scaling properly in crafting menus[/p]
[p]🔷 Improved animal and settler pathfinding when passing near each other[/p]
[p]🔷 Polished sound effect when flying close to the ground with Ragna after a quick teleport to the mech[/p]
[p]🔷 Fixed Bamboo Fruit not regrowing in some cases[/p]
[p]🔷 HP auto-regen tweaked (now regenerates up to 50 HP at base character level)[/p]
[p]🔷 Improved Fluffgig animations[/p]
[p]🔷 Monster optimization improvements[/p]
[p]🔷 Fixed a bug in the Ancient Hammer quest where the wrong area was highlighted on the map and minimap[/p]
[p]🔷 Fixed Fluffgig not showing on the map or in notifications[/p]
[p]🔷 Polished island map backgrounds[/p]
[p]🔷 Fixed disappearing huge roots on the 5th island[/p]
[p]🔷 Fixed missing visual effects at the forge on the second island (client side)[/p]
[p]🔷 Fixed Community Hut not unlocking after being researched in the technology tab[/p]
[p]🔷 Fixed a bug where the watering can didn’t return to inventory after healing berries[/p]
[p]🔷 Fluffgig attacks are now more accurate[/p]
[p]🔷 Fixed a bug where leaving the airship healed characters and regenerated mana[/p]
[p]🔷 Fixed a bug allowing mana-powered high jumps even without the required mana amount[/p]
[p]🔷 Fixed an issue where the crow would get stuck in place after the recruitment cutscene on Canyon Island[/p]
[p]🔷 Added sound effect for Tru when walking slowly[/p]
[p]🔷 Polished visual effects when animals get sick or turn into monsters[/p]
[p]🔷 Environment polish[/p]
[p]🔷 Other smaller fixes[/p]

[p]Remember to give us your feedback, and see you soon![/p]
[p]See you in the skies of Driftland![/p]
[p]Damian[/p]
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[h3]Hello fellow adventurers![/h3][p][/p][p]We always wanted to make a fully working ecosystem, that’s why this update is very important to us. We are introducing wildlife AI to two "new" animals, Sursa and Brown Striped Fluffgig. They inhabit Canyon and Alltree islands.[/p][p][/p][p]Sursas are bear-like animals with hard beaks. If you come close to them, they will try to scare you off with roaring. But if you disturb them more, they will protect themselves.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Fluffgigs are the opposite of that, they are literally fur balls :D They developed interesting defense mechanisms. We don’t want to spoil all of them, so I’ll tell just one – if they spot Sursas nearby, they will keep close to them and use them as a kind of bodyguard and shield, giving them time to "run" away.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]These animals are also tied to our future updates linked with new production buildings and settler jobs :) We’ve also made user experience upgrades to the RPG menus and technology tab![/p][p][/p][h3]Changelog for Update #30 (ver. 0.8.67)[/h3][h3]🌟HIGHLIGHTS🌟[/h3][p]🔷Added new roaming mob Brown Striped Fluffgig[/p][p]🔷Added new roaming mob Sursa[/p][p]🔷Added shortcuts in RPG menu for every tab[/p][p]🔷Technology tree visuals and functionality upgraded[/p][p]🔷New Technology Item Fluffgig Treats[/p][p]🔷New Pickup Peat[/p][p]🔷Added enviro storytelling - Milo Shrine[/p][p]🔷Environment visuals upgrades on starter island[/p][p]🔷Hunter Felfs can now taint the bee nests (you can heal them with Taint Cleaning Extract)[/p][p][/p][h3]🛠️ IMPROVEMENTS & FIXES 🛠️[/h3][p]🔷Coop Fix for client not dealing damage with ranged weapons[/p][p]🔷Coop Fix for client not able to heal animals[/p][p]🔷New visuals for Sursa Caves (previously abandoned, now healthy Sursas can live in them)[/p][p]🔷Fix for quest with Eskoim Turrets when you didn't see "use" prompt[/p][p]🔷Added pickup Crystallised Mana in small dungeon on swamp island[/p][p]🔷Fixes to auto flashlight systems[/p][p]🔷Coop Fix to "It's Me A Mana Plumber" quest - client saw prompts even if the mission was completed[/p][p]🔷Fixes to the bees quests - now you get watering can blueprint properly[/p][p]🔷Added icon for Hammer Parts pickup[/p][p]🔷Fixes to the quest with repairing your airship, objectives now are displayed properly[/p][p]🔷Environment polishing on first three islands[/p][p]🔷Sound effects for the enemies polished[/p][p][/p][p]We hope that you will like the new animals as much as we do! Also, we want to invite those who haven’t joined our Discord to do so! Talk to us, don’t be shy, a lot of the changes we are making come from your feedback![/p][p]We are also trying to locate and fix the issue with the game crashing on loading and startup, we’ll keep you posted about that![/p][p]Rock and Stone![/p][p]Damian[/p][p][/p][p]
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