Banished Stone News

The following changes and fixes have been applied in patch v0.81.

• Fixed a bug that caused an error if your combat pet tried to take your damage BUT a trap was the one dealing the damage.
  
• Auto-skip intro added if you have a character already when you are making a new character.
  
• Added Shard spell to the Crafting station at Sanctum.
  
• Crafting recipe mouse over at the Crafting station now shows how many items you have.
  
• Added Greater Ring of Diving to the Crafting station at Sanctum.
  
• Fixed an issue with Pilfering that may have caused you to be unstealthed when you got money.
  
• Fixed an issue with stealth energy loss turning off when you change maps.
  

Once you gain access to your Sanctum you will notice it is in a state of disrepair.

While you can choose not to repair it, and live in it with the draughts and everything you can also choose to repair it.

Perks of Repairing the Sanctum

• Sanctum Level 2: +2 Defense Buff when entering Sanctum. Stacks with the +2 Health Buff.
  
• Sanctum Level 2: Guards return to the Sanctum, these NPCs may have quests for you to take.
  
• Sanctum Level 2: A special NPC may show up in the Library.
  
• Sanctum Level 2: Cracks on some levels are repaired.
  
• Sanctum Level 3: Additional Guards return to the sanctum.
  
• Sanctum Level 3: All cracks are repaired.
  
• Sanctum Level 3: A new NPC shows up that can be hired to act as your combat pet with ties back to your family.
  
• Sanctum Level 4: The exterior image seen in the Dark Grove/Stone Haven map is updated to a new one showing all of the repairs that have been made.
  

The latest patch to v0.79 brings more functionality to the Sanctum.

The Sanctum Management system now shows you stats for your Sanctum including it's level, Health, Supplies and the number of guards you have protecting it.

You can upgrade your Sanctum by putting various items into its Stores.

An upgraded Sanctum will unlock more features and possibilities moving forward.

This patch also includes the addition of Greysnout a new pet you can capture in the Back Alley Club Base.

Today sees the implementation of patch 0.77 which includes the new Pilfering ability.

What is Pilfering?
Good Question, it is the art of stealing from an NPC. Please note PILFERING raises your bounty, so is only intended for folks that like to embrace being naughty/criminal.

How to Pilfer?
Stealth, stand next to an NPC, click/select the NPC and click SPACE.

You'll receive either a random item, some money or a chest (rare chance). If you fail you may be unstealthed.

Also added to this patch:

• Some interface sound effects now play at 30% of your Effect volume level.
  
• Added Timid Tim and the Back Alley Club to the Alley behind Frontiersville.
  
• Added a fix to prevent the secondary pet from not loading correctly due to a scaling issue.
  
• The Quest Journal now groups Complete and Incomplete quests together, with Incomplete quests shown first. This makes it easier to find a quest you are working on.
  

The second patch containing updates to over twenty monster sound effects.

This patch will also become the new DEMO version.