Peaks of Yore News

Greetings, peak baggers!

The Official Ascension Society is looking for an artist!



We're hosting an Art Contest on the Peaks of Yore Discord Community server, where you have a chance to get your art displayed in-game! 🎨

• https://discord.gg/FkkCBgm2
  

[h3]Rules ✅[/h3]

• You have to create a Peaks of Yore landscape representation of your choice. (A peak or a scenery for example)
  
• It must be a drawing, a painting or a digital art.
  
• It must be an original creation (no screenshots, or image directly taken from the game).
  
• AI generations will NOT be accepted.
  
• The art must be posted in ⁠⁠fan-art-contest-1 (the channel will become visible at the start of the event). Your art needs a title and you can also post a sentence describing your art if you want. However, no discussion will be allowed in this channel.
  
• Only 2 submissions maximum per participant.
  

[h3]Duration 🕛[/h3]

• The contest will last 3 weeks total.
  
• Submissions are accepted from 3rd February 2025 12pm CET to 17th February 2025 12:00pm CET.
  
• Voting starts from 17th February 2025 12pm CET to 24th February 2025 12pm CET.
  

[h3]Submission Requirements 🗒️[/h3]

• Art resolution must be 1920 x 1080.
  
• File type should be either PNG or JPG.
  

[h3]Voting ⭐[/h3]

• Once voting begins, you can vote for your favourite art by clicking the ⭐ reaction emoji under the art posted.
  
• The winner will be the person whose art will have received the most reactions.
  
• Any attempt to vote more than once with multiple accounts will not be allowed.
  

[h2]Rewards 🏆[/h2]

[h3]Winner 🥇[/h3]

• The winner's art will be displayed in-game until the next Art contest!
  The art will be displayed in a picture frame inside The Great Gales Cabin. Additionally, they will receive the OAS Artist role.
  

[h3]Honorable Mentions 🎖️[/h3]

• Admins and Moderators will select an honorable mention and their art will become the new discord banner for 2 months.
  

If you're artistically inclined, we'd love to see you participate! The official post with rules can be found in announcements.

We hope a lot of you will be participating so we can make this a returning event, ideally every 2-3 months. Good luck!
[h3]Discord server link below![/h3]

• https://discord.gg/FkkCBgm2
  

[h2]Patch 1.9.4[/h2]

[h5]Updates[/h5]

• Added 2 new cruxes to Mara's Arch.
  
• Few route tweaks and improvements on Tutor's Tower, Seaside Tribune, Mara's Arch, and Castle of the Swan King.
  
• Removed the downwards force pull from the roof on Castle of the Swan King and the path crossing the roof a bit more obvious.
  
• Idol of Cruelty and Idol of Feathers can no longer be used at the same time.
  
• Free Solo stamps are no longer awarded if Idol of Feathers is in use.
  
• Nerfed a glitch with the Idol of Feathers where you could fly infinitely by tapping "Pull Up" as the bird was flying upwards. You can still do this, but for a shorter duration depending on how much you pulled yourself up.
  

[h5]Bugfixes[/h5]

• Fixed a bug where you wouldn't fall to your death when walking or jumping off from high places.
  

[h3]Patch 1.9.4a Hotfix[/h3]

• Fixed a bug where you could fall to your death while grounded.
  
• Sound effect fix on Castle of the Swan King.
  
• Fixed some boundary collision issues on maps in The Great Gales.
  

[h2]Stats[/h2]

• You can now view your lifetime climbing stats from the Main Menu under "Stats".
  
• Stats shown are total summits, holds used, crampon jumps used, coffee drinks, and much more.
• You can also track total regular summits, free solo summits, night summits, and cruel summits on each individual peak under Stats > All Peaks.
  
• Stats will only show for categories that have been unlocked at least once.
  Time attack related stats will also only show up if you have acquired the Pocket Watch at least once.
  
• Stats won't be saved if you quit by using Alt-F4 or closing the game using the task manager. Stats are saved when you stamp a peak, set a time attack score, or quit.
  

[h2]All Peaks - Individual Peak Stats[/h2]

• You can now see Summits, FreeSolo Summits (including free solos on regular peaks), Night Summits, and Cruel Summits on each individual peak in both The Great Gales and The Great Alps.
  
• You can also see a total from each of these types of summits.
  

[h2]Time Attack - Overall Score Trophies[/h2]

• Under stats, you can now see your Overall Time Attack Scores. These track your time, holds, and rope usages scores across all maps.
  
• These scores are added together from each peak to display the overall score of each individual type. The Great Gales and The Great Alps are tracked separately.
  
• There are a total of 4 regular time attack medal tiers to obtain, including 2 secret ones.
  Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum. Gold, Platinum, and above can only be obtained after completing Great Bulwark and Solemn Tempest in any normal save file. If these two are not completed, the highest you'll receive is Silver. For the DLC, Gold, and Platinum can be obtained after completing the Eldris Wall.
  
• The different requirements for reaching any of these tiers can be seen under Stats > Score Tiers.
  
• 2 secret trophies can be unlocked for the extremely fast players. More on these in the section below.
  
• The Overall Time Attack Scores are only tracked from the first Normal Playthrough slot file (Slot 1).
  
• If you have completed the game, you'll automatically have at least one of each summit completed. For obvious reasons, it's impossible to backwards track things like total ice axe holds or chalk uses from before this patch, so some estimates have been done based on game progress.
  
• Note: For those that have played the game without ropes and would like to keep the total rope stat at zero, the initial load of the Stats screen will only collect "total ropes used" if you have used any when setting time attack scores on peaks. Please keep this in mind before opening the Stats screen.
  
• It might take a few seconds when loading stats for the very first time, as the game will try to gather your previous stat scores.
  
• You can find a list of the different Time Attack Score Tier requirements in Stats > Score Tiers.
  

[h2]Speed-climbing Trophies[/h2]

• On top of the regular new time attack achievements, there are 2 additional secret speed-climbing trophies that can be achieved for the Time scores. These are for the truly fast speed-climbers.
  
• The time requirements for them can be seen once Platinum is achieved.
  
• Achieving any of these will automatically grant the same reward to holds and ropes.
  
• GOOD LUCK LOL.
  

[h3]Updates[/h3]

• Added a tooltip for Wally Mode so that it's more clear that you need to start a fresh save file in order to progress.
  
• The Northern Range and Solemn Tempest are now visible from Giant's Shelf, Aldr Grotto, and Old Skerry.
  

[h3]Bugfixes[/h3]

• Fixed a bug where deleting a save file with Wally mode completed would prevent access to Avian Chaos. Both of these modes should now unlock permanently once initially unlocked.
  
• Fixed a bug with slopers while paused.
  
• Fixed a hole on Eldris Wall.
  
• Fixed a bug with the description on bird seeds.
  
• Fixed a bug with drinking coffee while setting a time attack score.
  
• Fixed a bug with reset colliders.
  
• Fixed a bug with arms while drinking coffee.
  
• Other minor fixes.
  

[h2]Patch 1.9.3a (Hotfix)[/h2]

• Time Attack Score Tiers have been updated to be more balanced.
  
• You can now select which modes and slots to display for Overall Time Attack. This will only load time scores in the selected files from the dropdowns, and will not change the Total values displayed on the left.
  
• Overall Time Attack achievements are now saved depending on which mode you play in. So you can achieve time attack achievements for both Normal, You Fall You Die, and Free Solo.
  
• Fixed a bug where reaching Platinum didn't show new tiers.
  
• Fixed a bug with the Alps entrance from the Northern Outpost Cabin.
  
• Fixed a bug with some secret time attack trophies.
  
• Fixed a bug with holds being recorded if the score was already 0 in the Expert Category.
  

[h2]Patch 1.9.3b[/h2]

[h3]Stats[/h3]

• Selecting Free Solo will no longer show rope scores since they aren't available.
  
• Removed the late game summit requirements to reach Gold.
  
• Increased the minimum time required to achieve gold in the Great Alps. Removal of late gate summit requirements from this achievement in both regions should make them a bit easier to reach overall. Platinum remains the same.
  
• Increased the time needed to achieve Silver in The Great Gales. From 2 hours to 2 hours and 30 mins.
  
• The initial Score fetching will now search through all slots in all modes. Previously, first-time setup of the stats would only fetch data from the first slot Normal Playthrough file.
  
• If you want to try fetching previous scores from all your slot files, you'll have to delete the file called "global_stats.es3" found in the location %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\TraipseWare\Peaks of Yore
• This paste the above line into the address bar of a folder or in windows search to open the location.
  

[h3]Bugfixes[/h3]

• Fixed a bug with Porter's Boulder and Wuthering Crest not storing stats correctly.
  
• Fixed some issues related to not storing summits correctly on initial load.
  

[h2]Patch 1.9.3c[/h2]

• Fixed a bug that would reset stats when entering and exiting the cabin in the Great Gales. If you experienced this bug, you can delete the "global_stats.es3" file found in the save location for the game.
  
• Fixed some bugs with the calculations of Stats for how many holds and ropes were spent.
  
• Fixed a bug with the stats on Porter's Boulder.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Great Alps would give a 0 ropes achievement regardless of ropes used.
  
• Fixed a bug with starting new save files.
  

[h2]Patch 1.9.3d[/h2]

• Fixed a few bugs and UI inconsistencies in the Score Tiers for required holds and ropes.
  
• Minor brightness fixes on a few materials.
  

[h2]Patch 1.9.3e[/h2]

• Fixed an issue with rope calculation for Stats on Expert peaks.
  
• Initial (first time) loading of Stats will now try to load Collectibles from The Great Gales collectible Items, Tool Unlocks, Ropes collected, and The Great Alps collectible Idols.
  
• The goat on the Alpinist's Cabin will no longer make any noise on entering the cabin when Dunderhorn is cleared.
  
• A button to reset creature sights such as mermaids, eagles and ghostly goats have been added in Main Menu > Options > Misc Options > Reset Creatures. This will only show up if you've seen any with the monocular. Resetting creatures should not reset any associated pins already achieved in the Great Alps.
  
• Eagles will no longer make any noise once all have been seen. This can be reset in Main Menu > Options > Misc Options > Reset Creatures.
  
• Fixed some issues with controller navigation in the Main Menu.
  

[h2]Patch 1.9.3f Hotfix[/h2]

• Fixed an issue with the Overall Time Attack Default Ropes score.
  

Just a few bugfixes this time around. Great Bók Tree should also have better performance in this patch, so be sure to check out the notes below.

• The barometer now priotizes regular items over Alpine flowers with a few exceptions for some of the bigger peaks.
  
• Fixed a bug where crampons wouldn't automatically set to 10-points after receiving them.
  
• Fixed a bug with using other idols while using monuments of cruelty.
  
• Fixed a bug with the monocular's sight collision causing lag.
  
• Fixed some issues with a few pinches not working on Mount Mhòrgorm.
  
• Fixed a visual bug in the sky on Towering Vísir after using Monument of Sundown.
  
• Fixed a couple of bugs and culling issues on Great Bók Tree. Also made some performance improvements.
  
• Fixed a bug where you could detach from a rope while in the menu.
  
• Fixed some UI bugs in the Alpinist's Cabin.
  
• Fixed a bug where you could move around while setting a time attack score.
  
• Fixed a bug where using the Arduos & Arctic compendium would darken the scene.
  
• Other minor fixes.
  

[h2]Patch 1.9.1[/h2]

[h3]Conquerer's Challenge Pin[/h3]

• The regular pin for Conquerer's Challenge can now be unlocked by summiting its required peaks individually with Idol of Cruelty in Free Solo Mode. This means that you won't have to do them all in a single save to unlock it.
  

[h3]Mad Conquerer's Challenge Pin[/h3]

• An "upgraded" version of the Conquerer's Challenge pin can now be unlocked by successfully summiting all 4 required peaks with Idol of Cruelty in Free Solo Mode with one save file.
  

[h3]Updates[/h3]

• The pin requiring all DLC summits using Idol of Sundown will now show which peaks have been summitted on the Map with a small icon of the Idol of Sundown next to its respective peak.
  
• Increased the opacity a bit on Ghostly Goats and increased the size of one of the goats.
  
• Added a few holds on Towering Vísir and Mount Mhòrgorm to allow alternate paths.
  
• Eagles will no longer be active during the night.
  
• You can no longer die if you are about to set a score a summit.
  
• Updated a few Alpine Peak Grades.
  

[h3]Bugfixes[/h3]

• Fixed some UI issues in the Alpinist's Cabin.
  
• Fixed a bug with being able to pick up the rope anchoring tool on Treppenwald.
  
• Fixed some incorrect text on some pins.
  
• Fixed some gold related issues in the Alpinist's Cabin.
  
• Fixed a collision issue on Ullr's Chasm.
  

[h2]Patch 1.9.1a[/h2]

• Monument of Sundown will now spawn a lamp if there isn't one in the map already.
  
• Updated the paintings in the Alpinist's Cabin to reflect Great Gales and Great Alps endings.
  
• Fixed a bug with Idol of Feathers.
  
• Fixed a texture issue on Mara's Arch.
  
• Fixed a bug with pins when using the barometer.