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Community Highlights | July, 2024

Hello, Realmwalkers!

Summer is in the air and so are our Realmwalkers thanks to the recent addition of the Pickle (aka the new grapple ability)! The latest Community Challenge tasked Realmwalkers with taking advantage of their newfound verticality in a skybound photo competition. Take a look below.

Elsewhere in this month's Community Update, we have more awesome builds, stunning screenshots, and delightful videos to share with you all...so let’s get into it.



[h2]Defy Gravity Challenge[/h2]
This month, we challenged our Discord community to take the best gameplay screenshot showcasing the new grapple hook. We received many awesome screenshots, but only one user can win the exclusive Fae Acolyte role! The community voted and our winner was…

Dacajun!



We want to thank everyone who participated and will see you at our next community challenge! Check out more entries below.





[h2]Developer Q&A Grapple & Travel Update[/h2]
With the recent launch of our Travel and Grapple Update, we sat down with our community to answer some of your questions about Nightingale. If you missed this event, we have uploaded the VOD version on YouTube. Stay tuned to our Discord to be notified about future Q&As.

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[h2]Estate Wonders[/h2]
Nightingale builders are the foundation of our community and we’re always excited to show off their hard work.


🛠️Leitha_Lthil


🛠️einzelherz



[h2]Realm Photography[/h2]
We love the Nightingale screenshots you all send our way. This month, we saw incredible images, and here are a few of our favorites!


📸Crow


📸Eagle131


📸Zaranil



[h2]Community Videos[/h2]
Temple of the Eternal Forest - CeritusOrbis
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Last month we showcased a couple of screenshots of CeritusOrbis’ build. Now you can watch their build video!

How to Build Custom Planters in Nightingale - Tenebris Infinite
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Want to take your building skills to the next level? Tenebris Infinite has an awesome guide to making custom planters!



Thank you all for your continued support and for creating amazing content! If you want to see more, please visit our Steam Community and Official Discord!

Add #playnightingale to your social media posts to help us see more of your awesome work!

Stay tuned for more highlights, creator spotlights, and game updates.

Thank you all again,

-The Nightingale Team


8 New Features Added to Nightingale Since Early Access

For Realmwalkers both old and new (but mostly new) jumping into this week’s Grapple and Travelling Update, here’s a handy summary of a bunch of new features and improvements that have been added to Nightingale since it launched into Early Access on February 20. Is there anything else you’d like to see added to Nightingale in the future? Let us know on socials or jump into our Official Discord and have your say.




By far the most requested feature since Nightingale went into Early Access, Offline Mode offers players more flexibility when venturing into Nightingale’s mystical and dangerous Faewilds. What’s more, the Gapple and Travelling Update introduces a few key features for Offline Mode, including Steam Deck compatibility, Cloud Saves, and the ability to migrate your online save to offline.



Your arsenal of fierce weaponry continues to expand throughout Early Access. Recent updates have added projectile weapons to the Realmwalkers' repertoire of deadly accoutrements, including Throwing Knives and Grenades. You’ll also be able to get your hands on firearms in the early game with the formidable Blunderbuss improving your ability to take down the dangers lurking in the Faewilds.





Surviving the Faewilds is tough enough without having to constantly jump around storage boxes or wait for timers to tick down. That’s why improvements such as craft from storage, build from storage and queued crafting have been added, allowing Realmwalkers to immerse themselves in the art of crafting. Speaking of QOL features, the latest Grapple and Travelling Update introduces the Pepy’s Box, a multi-Realmic storage device where Realmwalkers can deposit heavy or surplus items, freeing up crucial inventory space without needing to return back to the homestead. Place items inside the Pepy’s Box allows you to access the items from any other Pepy’s Box, in any location, in any Realm.



You know what’s better than a razor-toothed Bound hunting you through the moonlight Faewild forest? A razor-toothed Bound hunting you through the moonlight Faewild forest with a cannon strapped to its back! Several new enemies have been introduced in recent months, including the aforementioned cannon-wielding Bound Breaker, the shield-carrying brute Bound Aegis, and sharpshooter sniper Bound Marksman. You’ll also discover other enemy variants with a range of new behaviours and attacks as you dive deeper into the Realms.





With the introduction of new enemies, a Realmwalker must have a number of new combat abilities at their disposal. Several tools have been enhanced to include additional attacks and powers. Sickles now feature a boomerang ability (Boomsickle, anyone?), Hunting Knives can parry, and Hammers have a special flurry attack to overwhelm enemies. The Grapple and Traveling Update also introduces the grapple ability to Climbing Picks, allowing Realmwalkers to zip to walls and traverse the Realms in a whole new way.



It’s not unusual to stumble upon a lost Realmwalker here and there in the Realms. Each day more and more souls find themselves lost in the multirealmic void. Recently the likes of Joan of Arc, Edgar Allen Poe and Taliesin the Bard have offered unique quests and rewards for Realmwalkers who seek them out looking for further adventures.




It’s all well and good traversing the portal network in search of adventures and glory, but any intrepid Realmwalker worth their salt looks to do so in style. Thank Humbaba then that a variety of new outfits and character options have been added, offering further flourish to would-be Faewild fashionistas. Take a look at some of the dapper duds that have been added recently.



All of the above would be worth nought if it wasn’t for the performance updates and refinements that have been made in the weeks and months since the Early Access launch. New players can expect a more robust and smooth experience from the outset, both for online and offline players.




And that’s not all. We’re still very busy working on a bunch of new stuff coming in the weeks and months ahead. Take a look at our latest Developer Update on more of what you can expect in the future. We’ll be expanding build limits, adding new tilesets and build pieces, more weapons, creatures, and bosses, while also working on making Realms richer and more differentiated. And, of course, we’re also working on brand new biomes.

Keep your eyes on our socials, website, Steam page and Discord for the latest updates.

See you in the Realms!
The Nightignale Team

Nightingale - Grapple and Travel Update │ Gameplay Overview

Nightingale's latest update has a helluva hook - zip, climb and soar across the Realms using the new grapple ability! The Grapple and Travel Update also adds fast travel, a bunch of Offline Mode features (Steam Deck support, cloud saves, online character migration), an inter-realmic storage device called a Pepys Box, and more.

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0.3.2 Grapple and Travel Update | Server Maintenance Complete

Realmwalkers,

Our server maintenance has concluded and our servers are now back online.

Please update your game to ensure you can access Online Mode once again. The below items will not apply to the Offline Mode until you update the game.

It's recommended to restart Steam/Epic or verify your game files to make sure you're on the latest version. The game version shows in the main menu when you start the game.
0.3.2 Changelog

[h2]Highlights[/h2]
  • Pepys Box - allows players to access storage between other Pepys boxes
  • Zephyr Anchor Points - build to fast travel within Realms
  • Climbing Pick Grapple Ability
  • Online to Offline Mode Character Export - get your Online Mode character save here
  • Offline Mode now available on Steam Deck
  • Offline Mode now compatible with Steam Cloud
  • Closing the Spark of Hope event

[h2]Game Changes[/h2]
[h3]NPCs[/h3]
  • Community Event trader and Hopeful Wisps are no longer available
  • Prodigious Explosive Grenade Satchel and Dauntless Throwing Knife Sheath are now purchased at The Watch Dauntless Tools Essence Trader
  • Rugged Throwing Knife Sheath can be obtained in Ascended Provisioner Swamp Realms
  • Rugged Explosive Grenade Satchel can be obtained in Ascended Provisioner Desert Realms

[h3]Player Character[/h3]
  • Player loadout clothing recipes can now be obtained from Vendors

[h3]Resources[/h3]
  • Added Charm of Brawling which allows for friendly fire for all players who have it equipped and have opted in via doing an in-game emote
  • Hopeful Essence will no longer be dropped. Existing Hopeful Essence can be extracted into regular Essence
  • Adjustments to Basic Spyglass resource requirement
  • Raw Mushrooms should now list Attribute Bonuses in the description

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]
[h3]Building[/h3]
  • Carnute will no longer regrow trees through player estates. As long as a stump is under foundation or shelter, the tree will not grow even if the Carnute calls
  • Adjustments to the build limit counter to show more accurate item counts

[h3]NPCs[/h3]
  • Sun Giant should no longer summon unintended amounts of Automatons in Offline Mode

[h3]Resources[/h3]
  • Bound Ichor can no longer be refined into Spice
  • Tools built before 0.3 that lost their ability to use spells should now be able to cast

[h3]Misc[/h3]
  • Optimized shaders, reducing the installation size about about 10GB
  • Additional memory optimizations

Thank you for your patience and for joining us on this journey!

- The Nightingale Team (Inflexion Games)

0.3.2 Grapple and Travel Update | Server Maintenance Has Begun

Realmwalkers,

Servers have been taken down for maintenance to push a game update. Offline Mode can still be played at this time, but the Online Mode will be unavailable until the update is complete.

Please note the changes below will not be applied to Offline Mode until you update the game (you can see the version number in the main menu).

0.3.2 Changelog

[h2]Highlights[/h2]
  • Pepys Box - allows players to access storage between other Pepys boxes
  • Zephyr Anchor Points - build to fast travel within Realms
  • Climbing Pick Grapple Ability
  • Online to Offline Mode Character Export - get your Online Mode character save here
  • Offline Mode now available on Steam Deck
  • Offline Mode now compatible with Steam Cloud
  • Closing the Spark of Hope event

[h2]Game Changes[/h2]
[h3]NPCs[/h3]
  • Community Event trader and Hopeful Wisps are no longer available
  • Prodigious Explosive Grenade Satchel and Dauntless Throwing Knife Sheath are now purchased at The Watch Dauntless Tools Essence Trader
  • Rugged Throwing Knife Sheath can be obtained in Ascended Provisioner Swamp Realms
  • Rugged Explosive Grenade Satchel can be obtained in Ascended Provisioner Desert Realms

[h3]Player Character[/h3]
  • Player loadout clothing recipes can now be obtained from Vendors

[h3]Resources[/h3]
  • Added Charm of Brawling which allows for friendly fire for all players who have it equipped and have opted in via doing an in-game emote
  • Hopeful Essence will no longer be dropped. Existing Hopeful Essence can be extracted into regular Essence
  • Adjustments to Basic Spyglass resource requirement
  • Raw Mushrooms should now list Attribute Bonuses in the description

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]
[h3]Building[/h3]
  • Carnute will no longer regrow trees through player estates. As long as a stump is under foundation or shelter, the tree will not grow even if the Carnute calls
  • Adjustments to the build limit counter to show more accurate item counts

[h3]NPCs[/h3]
  • Sun Giant should no longer summon unintended amounts of Automatons in Offline Mode

[h3]Resources[/h3]
  • Bound Ichor can no longer be refined into Spice
  • Tools built before 0.3 that lost their ability to use spells should now be able to cast

[h3]Misc[/h3]
  • Optimized shaders, reducing the installation size about about 10GB
  • Additional memory optimizations

Thank you for your patience and for joining us on this journey!

- The Nightingale Team (Inflexion Games)