Hello fellow delvers, Welcome to a fresh week and with it, fresh updates! Here's what has changed since our last update:

Features

• We've introduced a new dynamic: Area Cracks. When you explore an adjacent area within the same biome (either by digging or battling a monster), any present cracks will burst open, thereby revealing the area. This can trigger a chain reaction of exploration, adding an extra layer of satisfaction to your journey.

User Interface / Quality of Life

• Interface for assigning workers and choosing a task has been reworked. Our goal here is to create a more intuitive experience for new players.
• The actions interface for workerless areas has been tweaked to make it more understandable and user-friendly.
• We've improved the performance of the warehouse window. If your inventory contains thousands of items, you'll notice this improvement immediately.

Balance

General

• Sand amount received from exploring and monsters has been slightly reduced.
• Exploration cost now increases when digging sideways, up to x5 at horizontal distance 300 and higher.
• The Smelter, Herbalist's Hut, and Blunt Spade have been rebalanced, with adjustments made to their costs and build times.

Monsters

• Monsters damage has been slightly reduced (no change at level 1, -15% at level 200).
• Monsters life and healing power have been slightly reduced (no change at level 1, -10% at level 200). Base life of Evil Tree has been additionally reduced.
• Evil Tree Roots now have a quarter of their previous life, but they are summoned in pairs.

Elementalist

• Introducing a new Keystone skill tree node - "Abyssal Overload". This multiplies Chaos damage but prevents the mercenary from inflicting any other damage types.
• Flame Burst radius has been increased by 25%.
• Snow Wind has been buffed, with increased base damage and decreased Mana cost. Its width has also been increased.
• Arc now does slightly less damage but chains one additional time.
• Ice Arrows now chain one time and use less Mana.
• Plasma Breath damage has been significantly decreased. Its explosion and burning parts now have different sets of tags, making it harder to scale both.