Closed Beta update: New Look, New UI, New Content & More QoL

A special thanks to all our Kickstarter Backers and Closed Beta Testers - you all ROCK!

New User Interface:

• Inventory window, quest window, npc windows have changed to a new skin
  
• Character selection and home screens have a new look
  Character screen's house now has an open deck, glistening water and a pretty boat!
  
• New UI when mounted on a ship that displays health, name of ship and its level (based on bulkheads)
  
  
• Added durability bars on items on the hotbar and equipped item slots
  
• New interaction text and icons when hovering your mouse on items and enemies in the world.
  
• Fixed an issue that was causing interactions with items while pressing E to be inaccurate
  
• You can now hover your mouse on an item or npc and press 'E or Double Click' to interact
  
• Inventory window is larger by 10%
  
• Closing Npc window (Shops or Quests at the NPC) will close Inventory automatically
  
• If your inventory is overweight, the weight text will turn red
  
• Storage Chests animate on open/close so you can tell which chest is open.
  
  

Keyboard Shortcuts have been adjusted:

• TAB now opens inventory, and I opens the character stats window
  
• T now cycles through possible targets on land in the ocean
  
• V fires cannon while mounted (requires cannonballs)
  
• R repairs ship while mounted (requires ship repair kits)
  
• Note: please be advised that a key remapping functionality is still in the works
  
• You can rotate an item while building with Mouse Wheel scroll or J/K
  
• Holding J or K will continue to rotate the building item when placing
  

Game Adjustments

• Bounty Stamp Rewards increased
  
• Tropical Trader has new items for sale
  
• Forest Trader has new items for sale
  
• New Wall Shelf added in the Decor section in the Build Menu
  
• The new Wall Shelf allows storage chests to be positioned on top of each other for better space management.
  
• More Decor and Furniture unlocked with Build Hammer
  
• A few recipes have had their level required to craft reduced
  
• You can now exchange Map Fragments for gold at a Trader
  

Graphics and Animations

• Ship wheel animations have been adjusted to fit the characters
  
• Adjusted morning fog to be more foggy
  
• New starter island experience:
  
• Plane can now be destroyed at the starter island for resources
  
• New Eyepatch item added that can be found in a chest on the starter island
  
• New starter island loot chest
  
• Opening Doors no longer pushes you
  
• Most crafted items will return materials used to craft it rather than the crafted item itself
  
• Ocean graphic resolution has been improved
  
• Hurricane has been optimized
  

Patch notes rolledover from a previous build:

Building Changes

• Some crafting stations have had a graphic model change:
  
• Workbench
  
• Windmill
  
• Smoker
  
• Compost
  
• Farm Plot
  
• Ship Building Station
  
• Smelter
  

New items added:

• Silo
  
• Herb Drying Shelf
  
• Large Iron Chest
  
• Temporal Harvester
  
• Anachron sword
  
• Time Keeper pistol
  
• Ghost pistol
  
• Snow Surveyor
  
• Carbon Fiber Hat, Chest, Pants, Boots
  
• White Pirate Hat
  

New ships added:

• Soul Queen
  
• Dark Soul Queen
  
• Regal Providence
  
• Mary Rose
  

• New Battle Royale Encounter
  
• Level cap raised to 50
  
• Pangea Invasion has additional enemy ships as you level
  
• New Ice Island added with new enemies, biome dangers, bounty and resources
  
• New daily quests added at Nyx
  
• New quests added at Sir Jim
  
• New items added to Sir Jim's Stamp Shop
  
• New items added to Shady Merchant's Shop
  
• New quest for Strong Logs added at the Forest
  
• Forts found in ocean have been changed to various elemental towers
  
• Fort added between Forest and Tropical Fruit Island
  
• Torch can now break down pyramid doors
  
• Enemies in pyramid moved to side rooms after Arrow room
  
• Added mouse icons for harvestables at hidden islands
  
• Ghost ships at the forest are yellow as they are weak to bio
  
• Ghost ships in the ice area are blue as they are weak to frost
  
• Damage to Chopping Stump by axes has been reduced
  
• Skill books can be stacked to 10
  
• Fixed Iron Axe not lined up in hands
  
• Fixed an issue where "E" was opening a different ship storage after
  

Note: the game is still under development. If you are interested in closed beta testing pre-release, please enter your email on our website below, and join our discord.

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