Patch Notes 01.06.25

[h2]Features[/h2]

• New companion replacement system, available when you hire from your inventory, transfers items/experience/skill trees/etc. and grants a free skill-tree refund.
  
• Offline progress now appears in the bottom message log when the game window is reactivated instead of in a popup.
  
• Holding middle-mouse button now pans the map.
  
• Hold Ctrl and click to rotate worker influence shapes.
  
• You can now choose mercenary order (required researched Tactical Advantage).
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Mouse buttons 4 and 5 no longer navigate to the main page.
  
• "Destroy depleted Mines" works correctly in Permafrost.
  
• Demolish no longer counts empty cells during the tutorial quest.
  
• Aadibrosse and Stregon tooltips now show the correct biomes.
  

[h2]Quality of Life[/h2]

• Press a recipe's keyboard shortcut twice to clear the selection.
  
• Wooden supports are now shown under Aadibrosse trees in Soil.
  
• Added documentation explaining Scaffolding resource returns.