What's New in The Volcano & Beyond Update?

Vast New Worlds & Epic Dungeons Await!

Embark on grand adventures across entirely new territories and challenging special maps:

• The Volcano: Discover a brand-new Discovery map teeming with perils and opportunities, featuring 5 unique defensive maps within its fiery depths.

• Story Mode & More: Uncover untold tales in the new Story Mode dungeon, "Forgotten Islands," located in the Winter map.

• Specialized Challenges: Test your mettle in the new Tower Defense dungeon, "Forge," on the Forest map, and face off in the Elimination dungeon, "Desert," on the Dead Plains map.

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• The Final Boss: Confront the ultimate challenge in the Elimination dungeon, "Final Boss," within the Volcano map.

• Arena 5: Prove your combat prowess in the latest addition to the Arenas!

Unleash New Power: Weapons, Units & Skills!

Arm your clan with an expanded arsenal and command powerful new allies and abilities:

• Advanced Weapon Forms: Unlock Form 8 for your Sword, Axe, Pickaxe, Spear, and Shield, bringing unparalleled power and visual upgrades.

• Evolved Wands: Harness new magic with Forms 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 for Wizard Wand.

• New Foes & Allies: Confront the cunning Sphere Robot and the mighty Dwarf King. Beware the Fire Fox and unpredictable Undead Knight.

• Deadly Traps: Fortify your defences with the potent new Fire Trap.

• Master New Skills: Devastate your enemies with the brand-new active skill, Circle of Death. The Thunderbolt Skill has also been completely reworked to chain damage more effectively!

• Empowered Projectiles: Wield the Magic Ball Strong as a new wand projectile and harness the new Empowering effect projectile.

• Resource Rarity: Discover and utilize the valuable new Crystal resource, found exclusively in the Volcano map.

Deep System Revisions & Quality of Life Enhancements!

We've meticulously refined core gameplay mechanics and implemented crucial quality-of-life improvements:

• Eco-Friendly Building: Get 99% of resources back when destroying buildings (up from 95%), encouraging more strategic base adjustments.

• Optimized Game Management: Disabled NPC movement and spawning after game end for cleaner session transitions.

• Fairer Combat: Friendly fire has been removed from most explosive effects, attacks(up to 80%), skills, and projectiles, allowing for more coordinated tactics.

• Skill Balancing: Numerous skill stats have been rebalanced, including a reduced mana cost for Electric Skill (8 to 6), modified Regeneration and more.

• Dynamic Environments: Experience the world like never before with weather added to the game!

• Refined Town Hall: The Town Hall laser system has been completely reworked, and Town Hall Form 7 has been added. Plus, a new button allows you to destroy your Town Hall when needed.

• Improved UI: Enjoy increased readability for resource notifications.

• Personalized Loadouts: Your weapon effects and projectiles setup are now saved, so you can jump right back into the action with your preferred configuration.

• New Player Onboarding: New players will now be prompted to start a tutorial, making it easier to jump into Aleprok's world.

Crucial Fixes & Performance Boosts!

We've squashed numerous bugs and significantly optimized performance for a smoother experience:

• Major Performance Gains: Significant CPU performance improvements for traps and overall performance fixes, including fps drops in the main menu.

• Stability & Saving: Critical fix for a bug where incompatible operating system cultures could corrupt clan databases, ensuring your progress is safe!

• Visual Fidelity: Fixed incorrect turret rotations, Town Hall form 6 lagging/visual bugs, and wrong text visualizations.

• Combat Precision: Addressed bugs where units on different height levels couldn't see each other and fixed the shield equipping bug on Warriors.

• Reworked Physics: Improved the behaviour of physics forces throughout the game.

• Localization Complete: Enjoy a fully translated and localized experience!

• Unity Upgrade: We've migrated Aleprok to the latest long-term supported Unity 2022 version, paving the way for future stability and advancements.

• Security update: Added security headers to Home page Aleprok.

• Menu Accessibility: Fixed a critical bug that prevented the in-game menu from opening, ensuring seamless access to vital functions.

Beyond the Battlefield: Cosmetic & Achievements!

• New Player Skin: Customize your look with a new player skin that also provides a +20% mana regeneration bonus!

• Steam Achievements: Conquer new challenges and earn prestigious Steam achievements like: Elder Dragon Slayer; Fire, blood and three tails?; Even robots now? Really?; De-Knighted; My Throne Now, Little Guy.