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Update 09.12.23

Version 1.0.22

Changes

1. A new unlocked character will definitely appear at the campfire, upon returning to the beach
2. After going to the Island will no longer show the dialog "Try to practice on a dummy first".
3. Optimized consumption of computer resources in the Swamp and Wasteland locations.
4. Villagers will always talk when interacting with them for the first time in a run
5. A quest item can fall from enemies during the quest of Leshy
6. A little bit reduced damage growth from the Rogue's Ulta
7. Koschei has learned how to defend himself against some ultimates abilities
8. Curse+Slowdown now works 1 second faster
9. Added unique icons for each potion type
10. Bleeding+Curse no longer resets Bleeding's stacks.
11. Sparks from Fire+Curse no longer disappear after an explosion.
12. Curse+Electricity's percentage of effect transfer to a neighboring enemy has been increased to 50.
13. Increased the value of knockback and damage from the rune of Knockback
14. Healing Stone and Wolf’s Tooth no longer react to rats in the castle.


Fixes

1. If you used Living Water to revive at least once, you could no longer watch some final videos and get the corresponding achievements in Steam
2. The Warrior's Jump aim was displayed before the Warrior could jump to the target
3. Maximum HP potion restored health when transitioning between locations
4. Sirin Cage Keys did not display silhouette behind objects
5. Lava did not deal more than three attacks
6. Lava could stop dealing damage to enemies
7. The true ending video showed a character selection window
8. Mines archer could appear and explode in another location, after the transition
9. In the window boatman, the description of the first item could be displayed incorrectly
10. Babai's quest text on the UI could be shaking
11. Revival in Lava might not work
12. Rogue drowned in water incorrectly
13. Pecheneg rogue in the Wastelands had arrows instead of daggers when thrown
14. Warrior's jump did not break barrels
15. Achievement Kill a boss without damage could be obtained after using Living Water in a battle with it
16. Rogue's Ulta did not target the Merman
17. Fixes in localizations and texts
18. Skeleton and Wasteland Mage appeared with incorrect animation on locations with elites
19. Firebird quest was not interrupted if you catch the right number of grains
20. The focus on the Character Selection bonfire disappeared after a second
21. Wasteland Mage's movement sound could not be interrupted after death
22. The music of the Forest Base was not stopped in the final clips
23. The visual effect of Fast walkers was not displayed correctly
24. Prisoner in the Castle could deal damage after death
25. The number of waves of enemies could appear incorrectly on the location with elites and a few Amber could be dropped.
26. The lever in Babai's quest could be pressed several times and get Amber
27. The visual effect of the Sturdy Log was displayed incorrectly after moving between locations
28. The Rogue's aim was not displayed if you point only with the left stick of the gamepad
29. Incorrect image of Rune merchants was used
30. Koschei's sword could be replaced by another item, so the endings may not appear
31. The text of the quest of Leshy did not change after talking to him
32. If Merman was killed by a spike, his tail would still come out.
33. Animation of some enemies could freeze during death
34. Bonfire in the Wasteland base was overlapping Tugarin's UI
35. The subtitles in the video with the true ending did not match the voiceover
36. Stamina potion increased Stamina when moving between locations

Update 02.12.23

Version 1.0.21

Changes

1. Smooth placement of enemies in Forest locations
2. Frost Gauntlets artifact value increased to 25%.
3. Improved behavior of the Final Boss
4. A camp with a chest always appears in large rooms

Fixed

1. The number of Guardian Spirits could become higher than the amount in the inventory
2. After failing a quest, it was possible to see the quest text again after the transition
3. Waterman was giving items that looked smaller than needed
4. Merchants could still not appear if you killed a Pecheneg soul nearby.
5. There could be more Pecheneg souls than needed for the quest
6. The Pecheneg souls appeared before the talk with Tugarin
7. Sometimes the location map could be generated with an error, which could cause a black screen
8. Arrows with slowdown flew through the Merman, without any effect
9. Quest items may not be available on the map to complete the quest (e.g. Forge Stones).

Update 24.11.23


Dear Players! Thank you for playing Folk Hero and letting us know about problems.

With your help we have collected a huge number of bugs, most of which have already been fixed.

We also take into account your wishes on balance and progression, and have made some important changes.

We will continue to improve the game, as well as add new content to make the game even better.

We would also like to ask you to leave a review about the game on Steam, we are very interested in reading your opinions and it helps us to make the game better!

Below you will find a list of changes and improvements in this patch. We have combined several versions at once, for easy understanding.

Thanks again!

Progression

1. Added a limit on the maximum number of enemies depending on the size of the location
2. Reduced merchant price increase after opening new locations
3. Reduced the prices of Talent columns
4. Increased the amount of reputation received for opening locations

Changes

1. There will always be a Rune merchant in the first generation
2. Reduced the percentage of items falling from enemies from the blessing of the Kikimora
3. Changed the values of alchemist's potions (XP = 30 units, Max XP = 20 units, Crit Damage = 20 units, Stamina 15 units).
4. Added item drop on locations with elites
5. Removed saving active Talents for each class separately. Now changing the active talent - will change it for all classes.
6. Improved the interaction of arrows with the environment and enemies. Added a separate, reduced Hitbox for interaction with the environment
7. Changed Hero Shield's duration time to 1.5 sec, instead of 2 sec
8. After killing a Boss, a Rune and Item will always fall out
9. The chain mail did not protect from some types of damage, now it gives full invulnerability.
10. Reduced the damage from the Waterman's Tail
11. Slightly reduced the movement speed of Boggarts.
12. Firebird grains now fly longer
13. Added disabling Screen Shake
14. Reduced the value of the Medical Dressing item
15. One of the merchant items will always be Active
16. Increased the value of the Hunter's Amulet
17. Increased damage from Archer mines and the speed at which they are planted
18. Warrior's jump damage and preparation speed have been increased
19. Slightly increased Rogue's movement speed

Fixes

Version 1.0.20

1. If you have the item " Thorn" and step in a spark of fire or bleed, you can get huge damage and the game may crash.
2. Revival Talent, Revival Blessing, or Living Water item may not work.
3. Silver could disappear before its time
4. The Leshy's Blessing that gives armor when using wells may not work
5. Achievements for killing with one bomb by Archer and one jump by Warrior did not work.
6. The Achievement to Kill 6 enemies at a time with a rogue's ulta did not work.
7. Health potions did not work
8. Invulnerability after revival may not work
9. Dexterity and Armor talents did not work on characters with default values of zero.
10. The Perfect Attack talent did not work
11. Talent Healing did not work

Version 1.0.19

1. Rune assassination tasks were saved for each class separately
2. Arrows hit invisible ghosts in the Castle
3. When disabling the gamepad, the Pause window was disabled
4. The three dots to show all items did not work
5. The whetstone was not counted in the Achievement to pump the first skill Recruit (Achievement for Warrior)
6. The time of action of the Chain mail and Fast walkers depended on the Cooldown, because of which the effect could disappear before the time, if you reduce the cooldown by Hourglass.
7. Pressing Pause while bleed sparks or other sparks were falling could create a huge amount of sparks and kill the enemy in the pause.
8. In the Achievement Kill 4 enemies in one dash Robber was written 4, but actually needed to kill 5. Now matches the description
9. The Firebird quest was not interrupted if you missed the maximum allowed number of grains
10. Archer's Ulta may have failed to deal damage to an enemy
11. Koschei's waves were not interrupted after defeating him

Version 1.0.18

1. Koschei's Skulls did damage through Defender's Shield
2. Swamp Traps could appear at the location where the Character appeared.
3. Whetstone could lower the level of a weapon when completing an Achievement.
4. Video sound did not respond to volume settings
5. The player could move during the dialog with the Cat, after the video
6. Slug's shooting range on the swamps was too long
7. The aiming was not pointing at the rats in the Castle

Version 1.0.17

1. The bridges on the swamp were overlapping the directional arrow of the Character
2. Healing delay from the Medivac dressing was too long
3. UI layout in inventory for Skills windows sometimes displayed Runes incorrectly
4. Damage from effects did not pass through the Defender's Shield
5. Lever might not appear in Babai's quest in the Wastelands
6. Babai's text in Blessings was mixed up
7. At the Forge in the Castle it was written Lever

Version 1.0.16

1. When selecting a character, it was possible to open an inventory that did not carry any information
2. In the window of sending to the Island, if you put the mouse cursor over No and press the spacebar, it still sent to the Island
3. If you talked to a villager and moved away from him, you could still sometimes hear his voice by pressing the Interaction button.
4. During transitions, you could see the Guardian Spirit's Tail flying in from another corner of the Map
5. Flies from the Fly Caller did not move if you moved the Fly Caller.
6. Mermaid had an incorrect interaction trigger.
7. Quests at Baba Yaga's House appeared and were done for Video

Version 1.0.15

1. Repulsion Spark did not drop when combining Repulsion and Fire Rune
2. Quest texts were disappearing too quickly
3. Forge Stones were not visible behind trees
4. Enemies in the swamp could appear on the edge of the screen
5. The fly caller was flying too fast
6. The Healing Stone had the wrong stroke color
7. Werewolf in the forest was dealing too much damage.

Version 1.0.14

1. Inventory item navigation was not working correctly
2. The shield effect of the Strong Log was not removed when giving the log to the Leshy
3. The Fat Man in the Castle could explode by himself in the distance.
4. In the Wastelands, instead of the Runes icon, there was an Alchemist icon.
5. Yaga gave latex gloves after the true ending
6. Red bushes did not disappear if triggered several times but did not do damage
7. Mermaid text disappeared too quickly after receiving Blessing


Version 1.0.13

1. Fixes in localizations and texts
2. Merchants and exits might not work next to the dead soul of Badger for Tugarin's quest
3. The second spirit guardian might not appear during the transition
4. Sirin could give Amber 2 times after the quest
5. Small stones in the swamp interacted with the player and arrows
6. Items could get stuck when dropping from Bosses
7. 2 cursors could appear in the talent window if approached by different characters

Version 1.0.12

1. By hitting the Fat Man in the castle, you can raise the kill combo and restore the item Healing Stone.
2. In the Wastelands, instead of the quest text of Firebird, the text of Sirin was shown.
3. The shield effect of the Sturdy Log item could not be displayed correctly in some locations.
4. The quest Light the Stones of the Forge could show 4 Stones instead of 3.
5. Kikimora could give Latext Gloves, which only Yaga gives
6. The unnecessary non-working button Select in the list of items Boatman
7. Intro video cut off at the end

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Update 03.11.23

Version 1.0.11

Fixed

1. the "Complete all quests in the forest" achievement may not have worked.
2. the True Ending might not work.
3. the "Purse" talent (starting money) might not work.
4. the "Rebirth" talent may not work.

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Версия 1.0.11

Исправлено

1. Ачивка "Выполнить все квесты в лесу" могла не сработать.
2. Истинная концовка могла не сработать.
3. Талант "Кошелёк" (стартовые деньги) мог не работать.
4. Талант "Возрождение" мог не работать.