Greetings delvers, In today's news we'll talk about the upcoming Closed Beta, changing the Demo scope, and some key development updates.

Adjustments to the Demo

• Monsters will be restricted to spawn only within a certain region.
• Rare biomes (Permafrost, Mineral Caves) won't spawn.
• Existing cells will remain unaffected.

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Updates to the demo

General

• Itemized companions now have separate "contract" icons to indicate that they are not hired yet.
• Worker indicators on the field now use the worker icon. They get more visible on low zoom levels.
• If you ever zoom out too much and get lost, there is now an arrow indicating where your base is.
• Revamped the UI of the initial area: new art for the sky with parallax, rocks instead of pines, and grass!
• While using Arc, players must now select a unit, not its shadow.
• In response to concerns about intimidating level 20-30 monsters encountered early on, we've revised the max monster level from 200 to 50, to better align with mercenary levels. This is a purely cosmetic change, the scaling is the same as before.

Balance

• Elementalist: To help new players understand the Frost Shield mechanic, one of the initial nodes now includes Frost Shield regeneration.
• Elementalist: Frost Blink is now available from the start, with Mana Field shifting to level 7, instead of 10.
• Upon exploration of the first area, Aksauth Dust and Sticky Rope are now accessible at all Sawmills.
• Upon first exploration of a Mineral Caves area, the Bruckdot Frame will be unlocked at all Forges.