[h3]Hey everyone,[/h3]

Great news, everyone: today we at Lost Pilgrims are excited to announce the release of a new Praetor Edition of the game coinciding with Steams Spring Sale. Similar to the Centurion Edition, the Praetor Edition will feature the updated soundtrack, which we wrote about at length here, the Patronage Pack, and heres the kicker: the Season Pass, too. The Season Pass is a package that includes our major expansion, Sunfire and Moonshadow, and two upcoming DLCs we plan to release: a Companion DLC and a Region DLC. Picking up this is a great way to support the ongoing development of Vagrus and nab some of our upcoming content at a slight discount to boot.



Perhaps the best thing about the Praetor Edition aside from the glorious art, mind is its simplicity. Weve set it up so that buyers will always receive the package discount on the products they dont already own; this way, no matter how many Vagrus products you own, you only ever get the ones you dont. This discount is cumulative with any ongoing sales that are taking place on various platforms, like Steams Spring Sale. And yes, we are taking part in that sale, so if youre looking to get the best bang for your buck, keep your eyes peeled for us.

But wait, theres more! Wed be remiss if we didnt mention our plans to expand the Patronage Pack to include more goodies for those who wish to support the team in such a generous way. Another way to show support is via our Patreon page, where you can unlock wallpapers, early access to articles, and more for a monthly contribution.

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/37029/vagrus__the_riven_realms_praetor_edition/?utm_source=steam&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=post&utm_content=art

The Praetor Edition is a great way to complete your set of Vagrus products. Its the games Collectors Edition, except without all the wasteful spending and tedium other such editions force you to endure. Perhaps most interestingly, when our next two DLCs are released, any Praetor Edition owner will have immediate access to every conceivable extra to boot. What will those DLCs contain? What locales or adventures will they explore or delve into? Well, well keep that close to the chest for now. Development continues apace as we strive to bring you more of the wasteland, so until that time, do as you always do: stay tuned, stay vigilant, and conquer the wasteland!

- The Lost Pilgrims Team
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[h3]Hey everyone,[/h3]

As we have mentioned before, while we are working on the upcoming DLCs already, we would also like to expand Vagrus with smaller content drops both the core game and the Expansion. The first of such additions comes in the form of this update, which adds the starting segments of a lengthy questline to all owners of Sunfire and Moonshadow. Without getting into spoilers, the quest deals with the Dreamwalkers followers and will take you to places previously unseen. To start it, you have to have interacted with these strange fanatics several times and explored the Bronze Desert.



With this update come a handful of fixes, too, as usual. Now let's jump into the details:

Important Note: Considering the extent of the improvements, there is little to no chance that we broke nothing in the process. Assume that we did not want to make anyone's life harder. If you see something amiss, please flag it to us using the usual channels, like the inbuilt reporting tool (F1 button), forums, and our Discord server.

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[h2]Update 1.1.60 - Codename: Clandestine Part I. [/h2]

[h3]New Content :gift:[/h3]

• The first part of a new, extensive questline was added to the Expansion Sunfire and Moonshadow.
  
• A new settlement can be revealed during the questline with a lot of interactions and locations.
  
• New enemies and new rewards make their first appearance during the questline.
  
• Cadmador, a Draconic Faction, can now be revealed during the questline (albeit they are not a fully-fledged Faction by intention).
  
• Some new banners can be acquired for your comitatus - can you find them?
  
• Added a way to gain the Spires Codex Entry for those who already completed Vraks quest and somehow missed it.
  

• Skornars Level 3 Commanding Shout Skill was tweaked: it does not give an additional Action for two Rounds but instead gives Skornar an additional Action for the active Round, too. This additional Action on Skornar cannot be used for Commanding Shout (see why below).
  
• Some Skills received a new effect called Enervated. This prevents these Skills from being used more than once per Turn.
  

• Renamed several banners to be more in-line with the setting.
  
• Ending texts can now be scrolled.
  
• Escort Tasks that have a midpoint destination will now provide information about the status of that objective (ie. whether you have already been there).
  
• Tooltip transparency now also allows you to click on buttons under them.
  
• We got rid of the small node/diamond symbols at the bottom of the Whats new? window and pages are numbered instead.
  
• The close icons on Price History are now distinct the left one (-) closes only Price History, the right one (x) closes the Chart, too.
  

• Fixed a Companion Combat AI issue that caused the erroneous calculation of the usefulness of Skills with certain effects (Buffs, Debuffs, DoTs, and HoTs). The AI will now use these Skills more often. This will also cause calculations to go faster, so Companion Combat will be quicker with some enemies.
  NOTE: This may cause certain enemies to overuse previously neglected Skills. We are testing it as well but please let us know if you come across such cases. Thank you!
  
• We concluded a round of optimization, so the game will not chew through graphical memory so vigorously.
  
• We have identified and finally fixed the bug that caused infinite turns in Companion Combat, preventing the end of battles even after all enemies have been defeated in the Sunken Tower.
  
• Many text inconsistencies, as well as stylistic and grammatical errors were fixed across a number of Events.
  
• The expanded location images in Events should now always display the proper artwork.
  
• Tooltips for entities below the Journal can no longer appear while the Journal is open.
  
• Characters with Spell Penetration will no longer get a -15 Resist All debuff at the beginning of each combat Round.
  
• You can no longer equip several different Tent type Equipment on the comitatus.
  
• The Prince of Kabur can no longer intervene on your behalf in the Ahari-Chimera Legion war once the breaking point is reached.
  
• The rare case of a tooltip blocking its own button (happened in some resolutions) was fixed.
  
• Inconsistencies caused by the glitchy Display Mode setting that prevented certain resolutions to show up were fixed.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused certain Escort Task-related Passengers to trigger an Event outside the settlement where they joined you that said they joined you (again).
  
• Fixed some mismatching Escort Task flavor texts (regarding their objectives).
  

• The tooltip on the Equipment Burheks Traps is misleading, but it actually works as intended.
  
• The F1 bug reporting tool may not work for certain users under certain circumstances.
  
• Certain enemies might overuse previously neglected Skills (those with Buffs, Debuffs, DoTs, and HoTs). We are testing it as well but please let us know if you come across such cases.
  
• Crew Combat success and fail percentage displays are one step behind the actual state of things (calculations work under the hood though).
  

• Pilgrims of the Wasteland rework and tweaks.
  
• Outpost tweaks to enhance its earlier usefulness.
  
• Clandestine Part II.
  
• Additional content for the core game and the expansion.
  
• Fixes, balancing, and tweaks.
  

[h3]Hey everyone,[/h3]

Our original plan was to kick the year off with a neat content update (more about it here) in early February together with a host of fixes but the team crushed so many bugs in January some of them critical that we decided to release the update earlier. So here we are. Well follow this up soon with what we originally intended. Very soon, actually. As always, the majority of the bugs we have fixed were reported by our amazing community. We cant thank you enough for helping us improve Vagrus, but well try with additional content in the future.

Now let's jump into the patch details!

Important Note: Considering the extent of the improvements, there is little to no chance that we broke nothing in the process. Assume that we did not want to make anyone's life harder. If you see something amiss, please flag it to us using the usual channels, like the inbuilt reporting tool (F1 button), forums, and our Discord server.

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[h2]Patch 1.1.151 - Codename: Primo [/h2]

[h3]Updated Content :gift:[/h3]

• We took steps to alleviate the narrative dissonance caused by the setup of Certain Crew Combat encounters versus their defeat texts in Events. Setups were significantly altered (e.g. in the Criftaa tower fight at the end of her questline or the Sand Wyrm fights at the entrance of Tectum Carvos) so that enemies in them do not disengage so easily (or at all), causing a defeat for the player when, in fact, they won.
  
• Interactions with the Darkstone Garrison of Hakhtarast after finishing the Ahari quest there have been improved to better depict the state of the settlement.
  
• Lady Zahrajas comment on the state of the north will be more context-sensitive depending on dates and/or having interacted with Sunfire and Moonshadow content.
  
• Added a new way to acquire the Sand Wyrm codex entry if you missed it during the questline concerning Tectum Carvos.
  
• Faruds comments on Tamarra are now more context-sensitive to the state of her questline.
  

• Tooltip sizing was rebuilt from scratch: the new system is more robust with various fixes. For instance, tooltips can never float out of the screen.
  
• Event choice dependency tooltips in Kadaath or your Outpost now correctly display owned Equipment, Gear, Items, and Goods even if they are in the warehouse.
  
• Tasks will no longer disappear from your Journals Active pane while standing on the target Node before actually turning them in. They will be shown as Ready while standing on the target Node but revert to Active when moving away from it.
  
• Maximum Resourcefulness upgrade tooltips on the Leader UI have been clarified further to make a distinction between your current maximum and the absolute maximum of 12 Resourcefulness. Now they always display how much Insight it costs to raise the stat and mention only the absolute maximum until it is reached.
  
• The display of potential Faction rewards were changed to show all contextual/conditional requirements for certain rewards (e.g. a specific Beast Type to gain a bonus) and you can also see which of these requirements you currently satisfy.
  
• Updated how Trade Tasks display the Goods you have to deliver to the destination to be more streamlined.
  

• The yields of Critical Successes in Hunting were tweaked to give more Supplies but less random Goods.
  
• Hidden Compartments and Smuggers Compartments Equipment received the minimum 100 Cargo capacity requirement, thus preventing vagri from hiding everything they own if it was a small enough haul.
  

• Numerous fixes to wording and style in Events, correcting typos, and improving texts otherwise.
  
• Bandul and Ahari no longer take slaves in Crew Combat Appease interactions.
  
• The Esc button can now be used to navigate back from the Savegame menu tab.
  
• The tooltips of effects that belong to the comitatus (like Crew Properties) will now add up bonuses for the same stat from different sources.
  
• Fixed the way Tasks can be arranged alphabetically and chronologically. This was working in a very confusing manner previously. Chronological ordering takes the date of gaining Tasks as a basis for the arrangement (Tasks that were taken later are toward the top of the list) with Active Tasks and the date of turning in (those turned in more recently are toward the top of the list) for Completed Tasks.
  
• A very rare DLC requirement inconsistency preventing certain players from loading their manual saves was resolved.
  
• Camp Events can no longer trigger during nights spent in settlements.
  
• Characters can no longer Evade twice in the same Turn of Companion Combat (for example, when Evading from an attack and into an overwatched position), and thus will no longer cause a softlock by doing so.
  
• Gifting Beasts of Burden to the locals of Shahsgabat will now work as intended (removing a Beast properly).
  
• Non-hovering Characters who were floating over positions in Companion Combat no longer do so.
  
• The Suncallers tiny shadow was fixed. They might revel in sunlight but they do cast shadows like everyone else.
  
• All characters that were offset in their Companion Combat position were fixed.
  
• Multiple instances of the Resistance stat from the same source (e.g. the same Gear) are now calculated and displayed correctly on Companions (i.e. added together).
  
• The infinite swarming of certain enemies in Defend Tasks was fixed.
  
• Fixed the location artwork issue at the Umbra River Bridge location.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused Abolitionist faction location unlocks (via cyphers) to not work if you have reached the maximum unlocked locations in the base game. Cyphers are counted separately between the Expansion and the base game now as intended.
  
• A lot of named enemies had their (modified) stats erroneously displayed or (in some cases) their stat modifications did not work at all. These were fixed, causing some boss fight encounters to be significantly more difficult, as intended.
  
• Activating Auto-Scouting no longer causes issues with the calculation and display of Movement Points and March Movement Points.
  
• Pieces of Equipment can not be placed into locked slots directly from the Market panes list.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused Faction reputation rewards for delivering certain Passengers to be displayed differently in the Journal and in the popup window upon their arrival, preventing the right amount of reputation to be added to your standing (often this meant no reputation at all).
  
• All legionnaire and elite legionnaire enemies that belong to the Chimera Legion now use their proper, unique artwork instead of the common Imperial variants.
  
• Fixed an issue that allowed an exploit to use infinite Insight when generating a new player character.
  
• Hunting and Foraging will now actually grant yields when successful even if the comitatus is camped via an Event.
  
• Fixed an issue that allowed the skipping of compulsory camping during Event sequences.
  
• Tooltip flickering on high refresh rates was fixed.
  
• Machine Localization: Certain characters from Chinese and Japanese fonts that caused display issues specifically on the character creation screens and ending slides should now appear properly.
  

• The Dreamwalker questline Part I.
  
• Bug fixes and balancing continue at full speed
  

[h3]Hey everyone,[/h3]

Its that time of year again and so we at Lost Pilgrims wanted to wish you all Happy Holidays! Enjoy your well-deserved rest, spend time with your loved ones, or just chill, play your unplayed games, read, eat, or do whatever makes you happy.
We are winding down as well after we take care of a few things and although well monitor the usual channels, well hunker down until early January because the last half a dozen months have been quite exhausting for the Pilgrims.



Of course, we wouldnt want to leave you without something of a holiday gift as well as a bunch of fixes weve been busily working on with a lot of help from our awesome community. The former is a quest that is available to any vagrus with enough Handjari reputation to visit Prince Faisal, called The Canvas of Fate. Its replete with tragedy, ambition, and a dedication to art we hope youll like it.

As for the fixes, the list below provides the most important ones, so lets jump right in.

Important Note I.
It has also come to our attention via crash reports that for some reason, quite a number of our players are on earlier versions of the game (pre-hotfixes). So please make sure that Vagrus is updated to the latest version at all times.

Important Note II. Considering the extent of the improvements, there is little to no chance that we broke nothing in the process. Assume that we did not want to make anyone's life harder. If you see something amiss, please flag it to us using the usual channels, like the inbuilt reporting tool (F1 button), forums, and our Discord server.

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[h2]Patch 1.1501207T - Codename: Winter Canvas[/h2]

[h3]New Content :gift:[/h3]

• The Canvas of Fate quest for the Handjari was added (access at Prince Faisal)
  

• Mysteries of the Dead Forest quest can now be completed when you have at least 25 Deadwood Samples
  
• Faction presence in Ahar Kadah end states were altered (Ahari, Chimera Legion, and Handjari)
  
• Ahar Kadah now proudly displays the House Ectorius banners in their victory state of the Of Survival and Blood quest
  
• Several soft-locks in the Breach of Stygios Lumber Camp were fixed
  
• Mehdar Ahara is no longer accessible to vagri with less than Tier 2 Ahari faction reputation at any given time
  
• Further fixes were applied to the quest Suboptimal Efficiency so that players with older saves (specifically with wrong objective states) can also progress the quest
  
• You are no longer able to perform the slave nourishment step in Oil Field Daratan twice in quick succession
  
• Upon reaching Tier 4 reputation with Nemesis factions now turns the opponent factions reputation to Tier -5 automatically (as was originally intended)
  
• Upon completing either of the Nemesis questlines, changes occur in Ahari and Chimera Legion faction presence across a number of settlements (retroactive for those who had already completed a Nemesis questline)
  
• Upon completing the quest Princes Triumph, Handjari faction presence rises in several settlements (retroactive for those who had already completed the quest)
  
• From now on, the Blessings of the Sadirar quest will now show up in a completed state in the Journal properly for those who have completed it
  
• Some soft-locks in Events were fixed
  
• Some portrait and background artwork issues in Events were fixed
  
• The spreading of Abolitionists in the Bronze Desert now works as intended
  
• Fixed an issue that caused some objectives in the repeatable quest Princes Commissions to trigger their reward sequences twice
  

• When a Passenger disembarks via an Event choice and thus offers no regular Passenger reward, the UI display is now clearer about this fact
  
• Added all missing enemy and ally Skill texts
  
• In Crew Combat, we fixed some texts that could overlap
  
• The mixed Beasts warning (Outpost) window shows up only at the right times now
  
• Non-available Companions should not show up in tests as modifiers
  
• The Odd Jobs window not showing up to display results was fixed
  
• Fixed the appearance of the word comitatus on the Task pane in the Journal
  
• The Legionnaire Peltas combat characters Trench obstacle visual displacement was fixed
  
• Enduring Effect name font size now scales with the available space on the UI
  

• Selling salt to the Handjari at your Outpost now properly gives reputation with the faction
  
• Fixed anomalies caused by the renaming of the Outpost
  
• Fixed the issue of two entities occupying the same position in Companion Combat
  
• Rolling a critical success on hunting and foraging provides extra loot now properly (as originally intended)
  
• Tarkian Tents were fixed and they now provide the advertised bonuses
  
• Odd Jobs now correctly use 2 MPs if the player has enough remaining MPs instead of always using up Vigor
  
• It is no longer possible to enslave 0 enemies in Crew Combat
  
• You cannot enslave more enemies than the number of living characters in Crew Combat
  
• The Archive Rumor button has returned in all its former glory
  
• Various minor crash fixes
  

• Escort Tasks and related anomalies
  
• Equipment and Goods art assets are sometimes loaded a bit late or even mixed up
  

• Further bug fixes and balancing tweaks for Sunfire and Moonshadow
  
• Additional Content for Sunfire and Moonshadow
  
• Outpost UI and balance tweaks
  

[h3]Hello everyone,[/h3]

Fresh off of our expansions release exactly two weeks ago, were right back into bringing you an offer for Vagrus at the Steam Autumn Sale. Starting today, anyone looking to pick up the base game receives a whopping thirty-four percent discount on it, as well as on our patronage pack, and the original soundtrack.


On top of all this, as is typically the case around this time of year, the Steam Award Nominations are now open! Wed certainly be grateful if you were to nominate Vagrus for the Labor of Love Award; and, if youd like to, you can do so here.

If, like many of our dedicated players, youre enjoying Sunfire and Moonshadow, our new expansion, wed just like to say that were grateful for your support. A sprawling new area jam-packed with content approaching half of that of the base game is yours to explore, and, were we able to, wed offer a discount on that, too. Unfortunately, the expansion is on its 30-day sale launch cooldown along with the Vagrus Season Pass. The latter is a discount for 3 DLCs in and of itself, as well as helps support the production of future content we have planned. So, if youd like to see more of the wasteland in the coming year, you can do so with the Season Pass.

Thats all for today, pilgrims; stay safe out there, stay fresh, prepared, and vigilant and most importantly conquer the wasteland!

The Lost Pilgrims Team
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Why are we reposting this?: Apparently, Steam does not allow a build to be linked to a DLC release announcement type post, so the game was shown to be last updated in August. Hence, we are reposting our patch notes along with the Hotfix I-II notes to be able to provide the algorithm a post about a new build. #indiedevlifehacks

[h3]Hey everyone,[/h3]
Hot on the heels of our expansions release, we were ready to deploy our first hotfixes. These hotfixes address a swathe of bugs weve become aware of since the content first went out a few days ago. Among the matters addressed are those that appeared in yesterdays known issues and several others that we are still working to fix. Please bear with us while we do our best to clear any problems and bugs as they become known. Checking the "Send Crash Reports" box on the Disclaimer screen helps a lot in becoming aware of things early, so thanks to everyone who did that.

It has also come to our attention via crash reports that for some reason, quite a number of our players are on earlier versions of the game (pre-hotfixes). So please make sure that Vagrus is updated to the latest version at all times.

Important Note: Considering the extent of the improvements, there is little to no chance that we broke nothing in the process. Assume that we did not want to make anyone's life harder. If you see something amiss, please flag it to us using the usual channels, like the inbuilt reporting tool (F1 button), forums, and our Discord server.

[h3]Hotfix I-II. v1.1501109Z - Live as of Nov 9, 4 AM for all OSes[/h3]
Hotfix I

• Deputy tutorial crash fixed- it is extremely awkward that we put this bug in with a performance improvement "fix" the day before release, sorry about that...
  
• Camp UI calculation glitch solved
  
• Several behind the scene crashes solved
  
• Ambition texts still referring to the in-game 10-year limit were removed (Explanation here)
  
• Allies can now be properly recruited in the later stages of the Nemesis questlines
  
• A rare controller bug during the tutorial right before leveling up Morwen was fixed
  
• A rare Steam Deck specific navigation issue in the Outer Realms was fixed
  
• The occasional Movement Point weirdness in the Outer Realms was fixed
  
• Fixed a Nemesis questline Companion Combat "boss" animation
  
• Some NPCs received additional talk options sensitive of the state of the Nemesis questlines
  
• The Forsaken Colony Codex entry can be attained by new means now
  
• Some quest markers were updated
  
• A number of smaller spelling and text issues were ironed out
  
• A bit more informative "What's new?" pop-ups were added to point out where to start the Expansion
  

• Outpost capacity miscalculations from extremely old saves solved and some tweaks applied to the calculations, too
  
• Outer Realms movement glitch with controller was fixed and some polish was applied
  
• Settlement art enlargement related UI issues were fixed
  
• Various smaller Event fixes, including some background image updates in old quests
  

• Sunfire and Moonshadow Expansion is released at the same time as this update.
  
• Content and quests that come close to half the vanilla campaign in size.
  
• The gigantic, seething Bronze Desert and the twilit Lands of Shadow are accessible
  
• New settlements and points of interest in the added regions, including oil fields, oases, and frontier outposts.
  
• New faction: the Handjari work for them to earn their friendship and rewards.
  
• Nemesis factions: The Chimera Legion and the Ahari are embroiled in a cruel fight for survival. Choose a side and fight for their victory!
  
• Brand new music to accompany the Expansion, soon to be added to available OST.
  
• Breathtaking artwork featuring the new regions and locations of the Expansion.
  
• A great many new NPCs with their own stories and personalities.
  
• An abundance of new Gear and Equipment.
  
• Well over a dozen new enemy types, both in Companion and Crew Combat encounters.
  
• New banners for your vagrus to display proudly.
  

• New content related to the Outer Realms was added for everyone (No DLC required). It involves a quest and a new unique location with its own Outpost.
  
• Some new art assets were added to previous Events in the main campaign.
  

• The Twilight mechanic was introduced with a new Lamps Equipment slot and all sorts of lamps to counter the negative effects of darkness.
  

• The main campaigns in-world time limit was removed entirely for various reasons. You can read about it here.
  
• Day of the week type of dependencies were added, so you might come across choices that only appear on a certain day of the in-game week.
  
• Camp defense Fighter requirements were reduced for all voluntary crew members.
  
• Outposts were reworked in a major way (see below).
  

• A brand new Outpost User Interface was added
  
• Warehouse: you can store your Goods and Equipment at your Outpost
  
• Statio: your own mansio at your Outpost where you can store your Mounts and Beast, as well as switch between beast types
  
• The Outpost license fee was reduced by 2000 Bross (upon loading a save where you already paid for it, you get that money back as a reimbursement automatically)
  
• The Outpost upgrades resource requirements were somewhat reduced
  
• The Outpost production was tuned down to be in line with the cheaper setup
  
• Mounts are no longer used for salt production
  
• Certain pieces of Equipment stored in your Warehouse provide bonuses for Outpost activities (e.g. Mining Equipment enhances resource yields)
  

• The Camp UI now uses a single lock feature that locks all in your current settings for rations, guards, and so on.
  
• The Price History tab has been improved, offering new sorting options and making it easier to navigate between settlements for easy comparison.
  
• The Scouting UI has been enhanced to make the available options clearer.
  
• The Custom Notes UI has been improved, making it easier and more enjoyable to jot down your thoughts.
  
• Chart legend improvements have been made for clarity, including the introduction of multiple-category Chart entities.
  
• Giving away Equipment in Events has been improved. Now, you can choose to give away or keep your currently equipped pieces of Equipment and you are warned if you are about to part with your only piece of a type of Equipment.
  

• Breaking camp conditions are now synchronized with the tooltips, providing a clearer understanding of the requirements.
  
• The process of moving Gear between Companions has been improved. Unequipped Gear of the same type will be equipped first if available. Furthermore, in Events and Tasks, you will offer unequipped Gear to meet conditions first.
  
• The Insight tooltip is now clearer about the purpose and use of Insight.
  
• Various elements on the Camp UI have been fixed.
  
• Passengers are now more willing to indicate their desired destination: before you take them, you can click on the Destination icon to see where they are going on the Chart, and you can also click the new button at the front of each Passenger entry now to see their destination on the Chart.
  
• Some node background anomalies have been fixed, primarily those related to the day and night cycle in settlements.
  
• The delay and graphical glitch when the Codex is opening has been fixed.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the travel time between settlements in some cases to appear out of place.
  
• Resourcefulness can no longer overflow.
  
• Discovered settlement and POI nodes are now consistently displayed on the Chart, whether or not the player has clicked on them or merely moved through them.
  
• The Loader's Guild storage unit lottery now provides rewards as indicated on the UI. The Guild has been kindly asked not to deceive players any longer.
  
• If an Event is active, you can no longer use hotkeys to interact with inactive windows.
  
• Events sometimes caused you to exit settlements when it was not intended, and at other times, you remained within the settlement despite the narrative suggesting otherwise. The entire system has been adjusted to ensure consistency.
  
• Anomalies in Beast type swapping have been resolved, especially in cases where the settlement did not possess the type of Beast that matched that of your comitatus.
  
• The text overlapping on Crew Combat buttons has been fixed.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused unresponsive Camp UI buttons after engaging in Companion Banter.
  
• At times, it was possible that theme-specific music was not playing in certain regions. The orchestra has been instructed to be more attentive to the surroundings and play the appropriate tunes for each location.
  

• There is a rare controller-related bug during the tutorial right before leveling up Morwen
  
• Allies are not recruitable for the nemesis show-down quests (fix coming very soon)
  
• A rare Steam Deck-specific navigation issue in the Outer Realms
  

• Bug Fixes and Balancing Tweaks for Sunfire and Moonshadow
  
• Additional Content for Sunfire and Moonshadow
  
• Outpost UI and balance tweaks
  
• Machine translations for the Expansion
  

[h3]Hey everyone,[/h3]

Xeryn is about to become even more captivating as we proudly announce the release of our highly anticipated expansion: Sunfire and Moonshadow, featuring a vast new region to explore. As of now, it is available to the public on all major PC platforms and it can be purchased as part of our Season Pass, which includes two future DLCs. Check out the trailer here: [previewyoutube=KgoVBmy15zw;full][/previewyoutube]
Brace yourselves for adventures filled with treacherous challenges and untold secrets waiting to be unveiled. A swathe of new settlements, new enemies to conquer, new stories to be a part of, a large cast of characters, and new quests to complete through which you can make your mark on the continent await you. Thats not all, however, as the Bronze Desert introduces a central conflict involving three new factions the Ahari, the Chimera Legion, and the Handjari. The expansion features content approaching half the size of the core game.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2297000/


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It is also important to note that weve just done away with the in-game campaign time limit (those elusive 11ish years). This became necessary because theres just so much to do now (with all the free DLCs and now the expansion) that it would have created a requirement from players we felt would be against the slow and methodical style of Vagrus. Unfortunately, expanding the time limit was not a good option either, especially considering future content. More on this in the article we penned on the issue.

We have also hammered out quite a number of issues in our latest update.

Now let's jump into the details!

Important Note: Considering the extent of the improvements, there is little to no chance that we broke nothing in the process. Assume that we did not want to make anyone's life harder. If you see something amiss, please flag it to us using the usual channels, like the inbuilt reporting tool (F1 button), forums, and our Discord server.
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[h2]Patch 1.501106U - Codename: New Realms[/h2]

[h3]New Content (Sunfire and Moonshadow) :sun: :moon: [/h3]

• Sunfire and Moonshadow Expansion is released at the same time as this update.
  
• Content and quests that come close to half the vanilla campaign in size.
  
• The gigantic, seething Bronze Desert and the twilit Lands of Shadow are accessible
  
• New settlements and points of interest in the added regions, including oil fields, oases, and frontier outposts.
  
• New faction: the Handjari work for them to earn their friendship and rewards.
  
• Nemesis factions: The Chimera Legion and the Ahari are embroiled in a cruel fight for survival. Choose a side and fight for their victory!
  
• Brand new music to accompany the Expansion, soon to be added to available OST.
  
• Breathtaking artwork featuring the new regions and locations of the Expansion.
  
• A great many new NPCs with their own stories and personalities.
  
• An abundance of new Gear and Equipment.
  
• Well over a dozen new enemy types, both in Companion and Crew Combat encounters.
  
• New banners for your vagrus to display proudly.
  

• New content related to the Outer Realms was added for everyone (No DLC required). It involves a quest and a new unique location with its own Outpost.
  
• Some new art assets were added to previous Events in the main campaign.
  

• The Twilight mechanic was introduced with a new Lamps Equipment slot and all sorts of lamps to counter the negative effects of darkness.
  

• The main campaigns in-world time limit was removed entirely for various reasons. You can read about it here.
  
• Day of the week type of dependencies were added, so you might come across choices that only appear on a certain day of the in-game week.
  
• Camp defense Fighter requirements were reduced for all voluntary crew members.
  
• Outposts were reworked in a major way (see below).
  

• A brand new Outpost User Interface was added
  
• Warehouse: you can store your Goods and Equipment at your Outpost
  
• Statio: your own mansio at your Outpost where you can store your Mounts and Beast, as well as switch between beast types
  
• The Outpost license fee was reduced by 2000 Bross (upon loading a save where you already paid for it, you get that money back as a reimbursement automatically)
  
• The Outpost upgrades resource requirements were somewhat reduced
  
• The Outpost production was tuned down to be in line with the cheaper setup
  
• Mounts are no longer used for salt production
  
• Certain pieces of Equipment stored in your Warehouse provide bonuses for Outpost activities (e.g. Mining Equipment enhances resource yields)
  

• The Camp UI now uses a single lock feature that locks all in your current settings for rations, guards, and so on.
  
• The Price History tab has been improved, offering new sorting options and making it easier to navigate between settlements for easy comparison.
  
• The Scouting UI has been enhanced to make the available options clearer.
  
• The Custom Notes UI has been improved, making it easier and more enjoyable to jot down your thoughts.
  
• Chart legend improvements have been made for clarity, including the introduction of multiple-category Chart entities.
  
• Giving away Equipment in Events has been improved. Now, you can choose to give away or keep your currently equipped pieces of Equipment and you are warned if you are about to part with your only piece of a type of Equipment.
  

• Breaking camp conditions are now synchronized with the tooltips, providing a clearer understanding of the requirements.
  
• The process of moving Gear between Companions has been improved. Unequipped Gear of the same type will be equipped first if available. Furthermore, in Events and Tasks, you will offer unequipped Gear to meet conditions first.
  
• The Insight tooltip is now clearer about the purpose and use of Insight.
  
• Various elements on the Camp UI have been fixed.
  
• Passengers are now more willing to indicate their desired destination: before you take them, you can click on the Destination icon to see where they are going on the Chart, and you can also click the new button at the front of each Passenger entry now to see their destination on the Chart.
  
• Some node background anomalies have been fixed, primarily those related to the day and night cycle in settlements.
  
• The delay and graphical glitch when the Codex is opening has been fixed.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the travel time between settlements in some cases to appear out of place.
  
• Resourcefulness can no longer overflow.
  
• Discovered settlement and POI nodes are now consistently displayed on the Chart, whether or not the player has clicked on them or merely moved through them.
  
• The Loader's Guild storage unit lottery now provides rewards as indicated on the UI. The Guild has been kindly asked not to deceive players any longer.
  
• If an Event is active, you can no longer use hotkeys to interact with inactive windows.
  
• Events sometimes caused you to exit settlements when it was not intended, and at other times, you remained within the settlement despite the narrative suggesting otherwise. The entire system has been adjusted to ensure consistency.
  
• Anomalies in Beast type swapping have been resolved, especially in cases where the settlement did not possess the type of Beast that matched that of your comitatus.
  
• The text overlapping on Crew Combat buttons has been fixed.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused unresponsive Camp UI buttons after engaging in Companion Banter.
  
• At times, it was possible that theme-specific music was not playing in certain regions. The orchestra has been instructed to be more attentive to the surroundings and play the appropriate tunes for each location.
  

• There is a rare controller-related bug during the tutorial right before leveling up Morwen
  
• Allies are not recruitable for the nemesis show-down quests (fix coming very soon)
  
• A rare Steam Deck-specific navigation issue in the Outer Realms
  

• Bug Fixes and Balancing Tweaks for Sunfire and Moonshadow
  
• Additional Content for Sunfire and Moonshadow
  
• Outpost UI and balance tweaks
  
• Machine translations for the Expansion
  

[h3]Hey everyone,[/h3]

Its been quite the year since we started developing Sunfire and Moonshadow, our first expansion. Those of you whove been following us know that it is introducing a new vast region to explore with a swathe of new settlements, new enemies to conquer, new stories to be a part of, a large cast of characters, and new quests to complete through which you can make your mark on the continent of Xeryn. Thats not all, however, as the Bronze Desert introduces a central conflict involving three new factions the Ahari, the Chimera Legion, and the Handjari. The expansion features content approaching half the size of the core game.

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We have already shared many of its numerous teasers and tidbits, and now we have very good news for those who have been looking forward to getting their hands on it. *Drumroll* The release date for Sunfire and Moonshadow is officially the 7th of November! Weve been looking forward to it for quite a while now and we are eager to share the anticipation with you all. So much love has been poured into its development; we can only hope that when the time comes, youll be able to enjoy playing it as much as we have creating it.


Furthermore, we are adding a Season Pass that will allow players to buy both the expansion and a further two upcoming DLCs! This way, we will gauge interest in our unannounced DLCs, one of which will be adding two companions to the core game (planned release in the first half of 2024) while the other will add a new region (expected around the end of 2024). The Season Pass will grant you a small discount on all that is included, and will greatly support future content creation as well.

Until then, stay patient, stay vigilant, and conquer the wasteland!
- The Lost Pilgrims Team
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It is the Year of Our Lord 2754

You will never feel the suns warmth under a blue sky, never hear the wind in the branches of a tree, and never swim in the ocean, all because you had the misfortune to be born on the Ship, chained to a fate you didnt choose. You have never seen Earth and youll never see Proxima Centauri either. Youre doomed to live and die on the Ship in the name of the Mission, like your father before you, like his father before him.

The Ship is old. She had already been twenty years in service when she was rechristened Starfarer - a pretty name for a retrofitted interplanetary freighter. No one is certain the Ship will actually reach its destination, and nobody much cares, since no one alive now will live to see it. Might as well get on with your life and try to make the best of it.

From our friends at Iron Tower Studio comes COLONY SHIP - an isometric, party-based RPG inspired by Heinleins Orphans of the Sky. Your character's world is a generation ship, a massive spacecraft on a centuries long voyage to colonize a distant planet. The Ship's original government has been disbanded following a violent mutiny and you must negotiate a treacherous path among your fellow passengers and the contentious factions striving to dominate the Ship. Your choices will determine who your friends and enemies are.







A generation ship is a perfect ant-farm where different societies can coexist within a limited space, influencing and affecting each others' development while fighting for that limited space, which adds 'the end justifies the means' pressure.



Your adventure starts in the Pit - a sprawling heap of vacant cargo containers slowly getting filled up with those who couldn't afford to stay in the Habitat or needed to get away from its bosses and factions. Out here, folks live free and die fast...



Once tasked with adapting Terran plants and grasses to the alien environment of Proxima Centauri, Hydroponics was abandoned during the Mutiny. Quickly overwhelmed by out-of-control mutant vegetation, it more closely resembles a deep jungle than a research complex. In addition to the abnormal plants, oversized pest control species bioengineered to safeguard the colony's farmlands are also on hand to punish the careless.



Before the Mutiny, the rooftops of the Habitat supported a sprawling amusement park. There, the people of the Ship could experience at least a few of the novelties they would never enjoy on Earth or Proxima: walk barefoot on real green grass courtesy of Hydroponics or soft, red-tinted 'Proxima' sand; sit under tall, artificial trees; and watch the sunrise on gigantic screens suspended all around. This last was said to be indistinguishable from the real thing, not that anyone aboard had ever seen it.

Nowadays, the three remaining rooftops are heavily fortified platforms, patrolled by armed guards. The sky-screens went dark long ago, a frivolous luxury in a decaying world. The grass underfoot and simulations of golden fields have likewise vanished, replaced by watchtowers and checkpoints. With enemies on all sides, cheap entertainment is a useless distraction from reality and its harsh demands.


Come try the demo and play through the entire first chapter:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/648410/Colony_Ship_A_PostEarth_Role_Playing_Game/?utm_source=steam&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=vagrustherivenrealms

Its been a while since we posted an update on the release of Sunfire and Moonshadow, and given our previous announcement in May on aiming to release the expansion in Q3 2023, its only fair that we share a project update.

In the last few months, the whole team has been hard at work to set up and fill the huge new region we picked for our upcoming DLC that slowly grew into an Expansion. Its been a daunting task given the size of the Bronze Desert and our goal to keep the standards we set in the main game regarding engaging storytelling and activities. We wanted to pick a region that was not tied up by existing in-world historical events too much, so we could be free of those constraints when designing new storylines but that freedom also meant that there were more things to expand upon and work out the finer details of locations, NPCs, dynamics, and storylines. Overall, it has taken a lot longer to create all the content we set out to but we are finally getting there.

Our progress has been impacted by external factors as well, namely sickness and some changes on the team. Life is turbulent these days with the economic pressure mounting up on firms and individuals alike so its natural that such changes occur even if their timing wasnt ideal.

Another factor that played into delaying the expansion beyond Q3 as you have surely figured we were gonna share here was the crowded RPG release schedule of the last two months with Baldurs Gate 3, Starfield, and a number of smaller titles. Not wanting to be overshadowed by those giant games and their marketing machines, we decided to go further: expand and polish our DLC until we are happier with it, and, of course, find a more suitable release slot. While we have not nailed down the exact date yet, we are still aiming for this year, so just bear with us a little longer.



Thanks for your continued support.
The Lost Pilgrims Team
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Our friends at Kitfox Games and A-Sharp just released Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out today! Combining rich narrative, deep world-building, and strategy gameplay, the stand-alone sequel to 2019s Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind launches today at $24.99, with a 10% launch discount, click to buy now! A bundle including the game and its soundtrack will also be available on Steam at a discount.
Watch the launch trailer:

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The Six Ages 2 Soundtrack is also available for purchase:



Six Ages 2 is all about life after myths. Death, disaster, despair.

This new installment in the Six Ages series is a stand-alone survival-storybook combining interactive fiction and turn-based strategy. The world is ending, and your small clan's survival depends on how you manage its relationship with the remaining gods and their followers.

[h3]Managing your clan is complex, but may require you to:[/h3]

• Explore the wilderness
  
• Trade with (or raid!) your neighbors
  
• Settle disputes mundane, spiritual, or political
  
• Improve livestock pastures
  
• Make offerings
  
• Build altars
  
• Travel to the Otherworld
  

[h2]All rejoice for we have excellent news![/h2]

First of all, Vagrus the Riven Realms has finally gained verified status on Steam Deck! Its been a long haul, but we have finally reached our goal. We were originally able to attain the simple playable badge, and then, through continuous testing and grit among certain team members, we created and released a build last week that Valve was able to test and approve for verified status. Wed like to express our gratitude to you, the players, without whom we might not have made it this far. The game is already live on Steam Deck, but if you are familiar with it, you may now notice the presence of a new, shiny verified badge. Naturally, we recommend you give it a go!


These efforts have been part of a general push to get the game to as many platforms as possible, while continuously bringing new quality-of-life features to Vagrus. This includes support for controllers and most small screens, translations into a variety of languages (mostly machine-based), and an overwatch rework to name but a few. Then theres our forthcoming expansion, the most recent devlog of which you can check out here. All in all, weve had our hands quite full.

In other news, we are delighted to inform everyone that we have partnered with the devs over at Worldwalker Games LLC and Trese Brothers to present you with a kickass bundle! Get ready to grab three award-winning games: Vagrus The Riven Realms, Star Traders: Frontiers, and Wildermyth, all in the Endless Adventures Bundle offering a 10% discount on all three games! It is very important to note that the bundle is here to stay and the 10% can be combined with any other sales discounts, so if you are looking for a good deal, it might be worth checking back during a Steam sale.



Each of these award-winning games offers hundreds of hours of playtime, with a wealth of stories and character-building opportunities, and all in all, a simply stunning amount of content. Lets look into the details, shall we?


With more than 30 character classes, hundreds of talents and ship components, and nine factions to champion (or use entirely for your own ends), Star Traders: Frontiers presents countless ways to play this sci-fi captain RPG. Discover black markets and smuggle your way to a fortune; rise through the ranks and command a starfighter carrier; brave wild worlds and discover new stories and become the kind of captain you want to be.


Wildermyth is an imaginative fantasy adventure RPG that uses an incredible procedural storytelling system to take your unique heroes on their own journey every playthrough. Tactical combat encounters are rich with options and enemies, and even having a character taken down offers choices that will impact your partys story. Get new heroes, new enemies, new story events, and new maps every time you play.


Last but not least, Vagrus The Riven Realms offers a vast, open world to explore, filled with unique locations, strange factions, and a colorful cast of characters in this caravan-based RPG with an immersive and detailed dark-fantasy setting. Recruit a wide variety of companions to aid your ventures, fight cruel and terrifying foes, uncover secrets, and survive challenges that make it immensely satisfying to succeed.



Intrigued? Do check out the bundle and remember: the discount can be combined with any other discount during any Steam sale event! In the meantime, stay tuned, stay safe, and conquer the wasteland!

The Lost Pilgrims Team
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[h3]Hey everyone,[/h3]

While the main focus of our team is, of course, working on our upcoming Expansion, Sunfire and Moonshadow, we have also been making some progress with bug fixes and smaller improvements. We finally managed to get a bit of time from Valves Steam Deck assessment team and received their recommendation, so we have applied some changes to remediate their concerns. Hopefully that will do the trick to receive the Verified badge. We have also eliminated a number of localization related issues. Mostly, we moved hardcoded stuff to dictionaries or text templates, but there is much to do on that front still, so stay tuned!

Now let's jump into the patch details:

Important Note: Considering the extent of the improvements, there is little to no chance that we broke nothing in the process. Assume that we did not want to make anyone's life harder. If you see something amiss, please flag it to us using the usual channels, like the inbuilt reporting tool (F1 button), forums, and our Discord server.

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[h2]Patch 1.1.340721K- Codename: Decked [/h2]

[h3]Bug Fixes :bug:[/h3]

• Fixed an issue where the hyperlinks were not working in the bottom textbox of the Main Menu.
  
• Fixed an issue related to the buttons of the Crew UI.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Imperial comitatus icon in the Task pane of the Journal was blank.
  
• Companion Combat in the Crystal Library will no longer crash.
  
• Fixed a visual bug where the campfire in Agoss scene had a blank white rectangle in its place while the asset was loading.
  
• Fixed an issue where some Equipment had the wrong art.
  
• Fixed a bug related to using the Companion Combat effect Cleanse.
  
• Fixed a stuck UI issue related to buying and butchering Beasts and Mounts.
  
• Multiple issues related to the Initiative Order in Companion Combat were fixed.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Back to Cargo button was unclickable on the Offer Items part of the Crew Combat UI.
  
• Fixed a bug where comitatus upkeep was only deducted after every other turn.
  
• Fixed the Event UI sometimes scrolling down all the way to the choices by default after displaying the steps text.
  
• Fixed a bug where the event UI would become stuck after sending a bug report.
  
• Fixed an issue where Equipment icons were not visible after butchering every Beast of Burden.
  
• Fixed a rare issue caused by opening the Rest UI in a settlement, then the Deputies UI and switching tabs then closing the window, which caused a stuck Camp UI.
  
• Fixed a bug where during vagrus creation players would not get the bonus perks from Race, Ambition, etc. if they left everything as default.
  
• Some UI elements were unselectable using a controller. This should now work as intended.
  
• Fixed an issue where the game would crash if you used a controller and a character was down during the Aid/Inspire tutorial in the second tutorial fight.
  

• Escort Tasks and related anomalies.
  
• The Event UI can act funny in 21:9 aspect ratio.
  
• Blank Equipment icons appear if the throwout UI is triggered from a Settlement (they refresh later).
  

• There are many places in the UI where the translated text still appears in English. We are progressing with fixing these slowly but steadily.
  
• No mod.io Language packs for a number of languages. Volunteers are welcome.
  

Hey everyone,

In this next installment of our little devlog series focused on the upcoming expansion Sunfire and Moonshadow, we are taking a look at the three new factions that your vagri will be able to ingratiate themselves with, earning their respect and a slew of rewards, of course.

Note that this post contains mild spoilers, so if you wish to wade into the expansion completely blind, perhaps postpone reading this until you have done so.

Before we talk about each of the three, we have to make a distinction between the regular factions the type the ones already in the game belong to and the new type, the nemesis factions.

Nemesis Factions

Nemesis factions come in pairs and they relate to each other exactly how it sounds like: they hate each others guts and will not be reconciled nor tolerate anyone allying themselves with their foe. For this reason, befriending a nemesis faction will ultimately lock you out of befriending their opponent in the given playthrough. Sure, you can play both sides for a while when you begin exploring the new regions but it will come to a decision soon enough.

This is fundamentally different from regular factions where you can essentially tank your reputation by working against them or for their enemies but you will almost never reach a point of no return even if you lower your reputation to the absolute minimum (in theory, that is, because crawling out of such a pit is extremely time-consuming). Not so with nemesis factions. Once a certain threshold is reached with one, their foe will forever be closed off from interactions and they will become your dedicated enemy, too.


Also, due to their nature, nemesis factions are more local and will only have effects, tasks, and interactions in their own areas of interest, not in all regions of Vagrus. They are still powerful, with their own forces, bases, bonuses, boons, and rewards, but they will not have a faction presence or interest outside of their zones.

The Ahari and the Chimera Legion

The first pair of nemesis factions ever to appear in Vagrus are the Chimera Legion of the Bronze Deserts Legate and the Ahari, Bandul insurrectionists opposing the Imperial occupation.

The Ahari are a faction of Bandul who follow the guidance of Ahar, the Great Sun, whom they worship as their one and only god. The Suncallers, spiritual guides who originally looked after holy oases and can channel Ahars devastating magic, have taken up leadership of the secretive group recently. Ever since then, the Ahari have been growing and becoming bolder, not content with resisting Imperial harassment but waging a guerilla war against the Empire, and to hell with collateral damage. When allying yourself with the Ahari, you will have to find them first, as they are a clandestine and elusive organization, hiding in the deep desert, where their kind are masters of misdirection and survival. Rumors are circulated about a new leader emerging recently and taking the Ahari into an even more violent direction but nobody has managed to substantiate those claims yet.


The Chimera Legion, on the other hand, are not at home in the Bronze Desert at all. Having completed their previous assignment by the Imperial Senate, they were stationed in the arid wasteland when their commanding officer was appointed as the Legate of the region. This task might seem like unimportant guard duty but because of the war against the Green Continent beyond the Bronze Desert, Imperial forces making their way across the wasteland require constant supervision. As for the Legate, a decorated career military officer, keeping the locals in check and securing the Path of Glory has been a challenge, but some say that it has also moved her into position to carve out her own fortune in this remote, chaotic region.


One thing is certain: no quarter will be given by either side of this escalating conflict. When pressed and having to take sides, who will you choose the expansion drops?

The Handjari

Handjari are a new faction that were adding to the roster of currently existing ones. And, yes, this means that if you own the expansion, their faction presence will show up in the main game areas, too. Competitors to Imperial Trading Houses (but on fairly good terms with them), the Handjari are the alliance of a loosely connected Tarkian trade princes and their substantial commercial empires. Specifically, Prince Faisal al-Turhen, the Coiner, Patriarch of Akena, Victor of the Battle of Garesh, is the leader of the Bronze Deserts Handjari and he oversees most of the regions trade in the name of the Empire, their allies, of course.

The Handjari of the Bronze Desert have their own interest in the conflict between the Ahari and the Chimera Legion but they are rarely directly involved. On paper, they support the Imperials but you might find that their agenda is more complicated than that. In general, staying on their good side unlocks a great number of opportunities for enterprising vagri.


That concludes our second devlog on the expansion Sunfire and Moonshadow. In the upcoming weeks, well have more of these posts on certain aspects of what weve been brewing up. Until then, stay tuned, stay vigilant, and conquer the wasteland!


The Lost Pilgrims Team
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Hey everyone,

With the announcement of Vagruss first expansion behind us, we thought that itd be a good idea to create a short series of devlogs about certain frequently appearing topics regarding Sunfire and Moonshadow. The first of these the one youre reading is about the region itself and its boundaries, with some lore tidbits sprinkled in. So, lets get to it!

How Does it Measure Up?

Lets not beat around the bush. The playable area of the expansion has the following borders:

• The Brown Mountains in the west and northwest
  
• The coast of the Northsea in the north
  
• The River Lethe in the east
  
• Voldanos Shield, the Dead Forest, and the River Umbra in the south and southeast

The time has finally come to announce our upcoming expansion for Vagrus and go into a little detail about what weve been working on for the past seven months. Its been a long, hard road, and while were slowly making our way to the finish line, we still have a great deal of testing to do, plus numerous final touches to iterate upon. Its a terribly exciting time at Lost Pilgrims Studio, and its time to share at least some of it with those who made it possible: you, the players. The expansions store page is available for viewing and is ready to be wishlisted here on Steam.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2297000/

Those of you who watched Tacticon may have already seen our short teaser, but rest assured, weve embedded it in this post for your perusal (and speculation!). First, we want to answer the most pressing question, however what exactly is this expansion about? Weve put together some of the key details below, as well as the trailer beneath it:

Occupying the northwestern corner of the continent of Xeryn, a desert older than the Calamity lies between the Brown Mountains and the River Lethe: the Bronze Desert. It is a realm torn by war in more than one way. The Empire rallies its immense legions here, sending them north toward the Green Continent to lay waste to its lush lands while the elite Chimera Legion remains behind to oversee this arid staging ground. Deep in the desert, however, lurks a different threat that of the Ahari. Birthed by the native Bandul and tempered by their unwillingness to yield in the face of Imperial oppression, the Ahari seek to win back their sacred oases and holy sites, fighting an impossible campaign of terror. Amidst it all are the Handjari, sworn allies of the Empire and stewards of the greatest city in all the Bronze Desert Kabur, the Jewel of the North.

The stage is set, the stakes are high. Who will you, a mere vagrus, align yourself with? The mysterious Ahari and their Sun God or the cruel Chimera Legion and their ruthlessly pragmatic leader, the Legate? Your decisions will shape the fate of the region writ large, paving the way for a new, uncertain future throughout the Realms.

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Sunfire and Moonshadow offers a new, vast region to explore complete with a swathe of new settlements, new enemies to conquer, new stories to be a part of, a large cast of characters, and new quests to complete through which your vagrus may make their mark on Xeryn. With all this, as well as the introduction of a central conflict involving three new core factions the Ahari, the Chimera Legion, and the Handjari the expansion features content roughly one-third the size of the core game.

We hope youre as excited as we are to return to the Riven Realms and explore and exploit an entirely new region. Well keep updating you on the exact date of the release as we know more, but for now, rest assured the expansion will drop sometime in Q3 of 2023. Until next time, stay vigilant, stay awesome, and conquer the wasteland!

Oh, lest we forget: we have also deployed our latest Public Beta built to the default branch here on Steam. Enjoy!

Important Note: Considering the extent of the improvements, there is little to no chance that we broke nothing in the process. Assume that we did not want to make anyone's life harder. If you see something amiss, please flag it to us using the usual channels, like the inbuilt reporting tool (F1 button), forums, and our Discord server.

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[h2]Patch notes v1.1.340510E[/h2]

[h3]User Interface Improvements :pencil:[/h3]

• Removed the option to show the current version number in the upper right corner. It is still visible in the main menu under the Currently Known Issues section.
  

• Redesigned Overwatch mechanics.
  
• Implemented a new diagonal Push/Pull feature that opens up more strategic opportunities and challenges for Companion Combat.
  
• The Main Menu background can be changed now with the corresponding button on the bottom-right of the screen.
  
• We have added a wider range of available resolutions.
  

• Fixed a bug where the enemy Flee chance increased with actions that give additional Chase.
  
• Implemented an array of controller improvements.
  
• The tooltip of Explore is now fixed on the node radial menu.
  
• We have made some fixes related to the Settlement UI.
  
• Fixed a bug where there was no sound the first time a new game was started.
  
• Fixed a rare crash at the beginning of PotW.
  
• Fixed a bug where the quantity of remaining goods were displayed incorrectly when a stack was bought by dragging.
  
• Some faction related UI issues were fixed.
  
• Fixed crashes caused by gears in the deploy.
  
• Fixed a crash related to scouting.
  
• Longer tooltips can no longer go out of the screen.
  

• Escort Tasks and related anomalies.
  
• The Event UI can act funny in 21:9
  
• Blank Equipment icons if the throwout UI is triggered from a Settlement (they refresh later)
  

• Obstacles in Companion Combat.
  
• Outpost UI
  

[h3]Hey everyone,[/h3]

For those of you who have been brave enough to venture on our Public Beta Branch, we have just deployed a new build for you. Check it out and let us know how you find these changes.

P.s.: the work on additional content is still going on full steam, dont get worried by the slim Public Beta build.


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[h2]Public Beta Patch 1.1.340419T[/h2]

[h3]New/Updated Features :shiny:[/h3]

• Implemented a new diagonal Push/Pull feature that opens up more strategic opportunities and challenges for Companion Combat.
  
• Redesigned Overwatch mechanics.
  
• The Main Menu background can be changed now with the corresponding button on the bottom-right of the screen.
  
• We have added a wider range of available resolutions.
  

• Fixed a bug where the enemy Flee chance increased with actions that give additional Chase.
  
• Implemented an array of controller and Steam Deck specific improvements.
  
• The tooltip of Explore is now fixed on the node radial menu.
  
• We have made some fixes related to the Settlement UI.
  
• Fixed a bug where there was no sound the first time a new game was started.
  
• Fixed a rare crash at the beginning of PotW.
  

• Escort Tasks and related anomalies.
  

• Controller support /Beta/ refinements.
  
• Obstacles in Companion Combat.
  

Hello everyone,
[h2]Are you ready for our Community Items?[/h2]

Many of you might be familiar with Steam Trading Cards and other community items. Essentially, you can collect cards for playing games for which the feature is available. Complete sets of cards can be crafted into game badges that appear on your profile, earning you marketable items, such as profile backgrounds, emoticons, and coupons. They contribute to your Steam Level and are a fun way to show your love and dedication to the games you love.



Since we most definitely love Vagrus, we wanted to provide you with yet another way to engage with it and so we proudly present our very own community items. By playing the game, you are able to collect Steam Trading Cards, which you can turn into backgrounds, emoticons, and coupons. Players already owning the game should retroactively receive a number of cards corresponding to the amount of time they have spent playing Vagrus (capped at 6, half the maximum available by Steam default).



Our trading cards feature companions, backgrounds are beautiful displays of (mostly) location art, while badges and emotes consist of a set of coins and fun icons from the game, respectively.



The full list of all the neat little goodies to collect is as follows:

• Badges (6)
  
• Trading Cards (12)
  
• Profile Backgrounds (9)
  
• Emotes (10)
  
• Animated Profile Backgrounds (3)
  
• Animated Avatars (3)
  
• Animated Avatar Frames (3)
  
• Stickers (2)

As you may know, terra supra, the northern part of Xeryn, is dotted with perilous and deadly places most people tend to avoid. Now, we are going to take a look at these, focusing on the ruined cities of yore. Embark with us upon a dread journey into the most dangerous ruins in the Riven Realms. Be warned, though, they are not for the faint of heart!

Arx Mortis

The Desert of Black Sands is a terrible place where no living thing can exist for more than a few hours due to its life-draining curse. At night, a strange bluish-white, sickly glow can be seen on the horizon: the dread mirage of Arx Mortis, the City of the Dead, and the source of all evil in the region. The place used to be Calderum, and it was the capital of the Sanvorati province. Known as the City of Light, Calderum was turned into its most horrible caricature by the Calamity. These days it is a dead city filled with eerie moaning and groans, cast in perpetual twilight, and beset by bone-chilling cold and a pale, warmthless light emanating from the faded rocks that are almost all that remain from its beautiful buildings and walls. The curse affected the surroundings of the city as well and thus the Desert of Black Sands was born, bereft of life and joy, and light forever.



Rhadamantis

Rhadamantis lies in the ancient valley of the River Lethe. It is known far and wide on the continent that touching the rivers waters will almost certainly erase ones memory. Constant change storms rise from the valley and strike out north and west. Furthermore, the cursed ruins of the city itself are rumored to change people in even more despicable ways. Everything in the region is considered accursed, and it is said that people exiled from their tribe often wandered up the valley to meet their doom. Still, most travelers maintain that no sane person has any reason whatsoever to venture even close to Rhadamantis, so this region is largely abandoned. Unfathomable dangers lurk in these lands and the shattered city, the gray, broken ruins of which spread out on both sides of the Lethe for miles under strange skies. Is the doom that reached ancient Rhadamantis, oldest of cities, the same as the creeping blight that took over Agathon to the southeast?



Scorponar

The strange desert called the Plains of Bone used to be a place of rolling flats and gentle hills, but now it is a rocky desert region of gray and beige sands, as well as large piles of bones. In its heart, travelers can find the ruins of the once beautiful Madrigos, an Imperial city famous for its wealth, hospitality, and snow-white marble walls. Today it is a forsaken ruin that has become the capital of the Scortaur, a race of scorpion-men who hunt all other races mercilessly and uncompromisingly on and around the Plains of Bone. They call their city Scorponar, and very few can tell the tale of seeing its shattered buildings and crumbling walls. Those who did see it talk about bone scaffolding and fortifications from ivory taken from the surrounding plains , flayed bodies hanging from battlements, and banners crafted crudely from the skin of the Scortaurs victims. Scorponar is a place of horror and despair, with the old white stone of Madrigos peeking out from under the colorless sands like broken teeth or shattered bones. Much like a dreadful nest of poisonous wasps, Scorponar belches forth vermin when kicked, which has happened whenever someone decided to put an end to the Scortaur threat by attacking the ruins and failed spectacularly every single time.



Vaelenesthil

Vaelenesthil is a great Elven ruin in the region of hills on the southern edge of the Bronze Desert. Before the Calamity, the place was a city-state of Elves that was loosely associated with the elder races realm of Dor Anthelas. Its inhabitants were famous for creating a magnificent garden in the otherwise arid regions of the northwest, although these Eldin (or Green Elves) were disinclined to contact and educate humans though they were not hostile either. They traded with the Imperials and the Bandul locals but remained diplomatically detached from them.

The Calamity devastated the tranquil hills and great forests south of the city, turning them into cragged, arid rock desert and into the Dead Forest, respectively. Vaelenesthil's Elves did not survive the magical cataclysm and no account of their fate exists. Today, the city's ruins are half-buried under rocks and sand at the center of maze-like ravines and valleys that make them very difficult to approach. The few travelers who dare enter speak of cracked marble towers and domes, heralds of a faded beauty, but not much else. No gardens or riches remain, except perhaps deep below the ruins, though none have lived to tell the tale after delving below. There is talk of strange noises, voices, eerie lights even odd scents during nights that make people avoid Vaelenesthil altogether. However, in truth, most ruins on the continent have such phenomena attributed to them.

Some whisper of the great ruins being haunted, fearing in equal measure the terrifying, azure apparitions that lurk in the night and at its tenebrous crannies and nooks. Such accounts are few and far between in the Fourth Age of Xeryn, though one such story does exist a story we wrote of a comitatus that dared venture forth into its depths, facing down Yrg and the even more horrifying denizens that reside there.

If you fancy a read, you can find that story here. Sadly, as of yet the story remains unfinished, but we dont want to give everything away now, do we?



Carravon, the Howling City

Carravhon, called the Howling City, is one of the most prominent ruins of the middle regions of Xeryn. It is of Elven origin, and it is said that the ancient magic of those fey people made the winds around its silver towers go mad. For that reason, no living soul has been able to enter Carravhon since its fall during the Calamity.

Carravhon was an independent Elven city-state on the edge of the Empires arboreal middle provinces. It seceded from Dor Anthelas - the Elven kingdom of the continent - many thousands of years ago when the Elven Queen Orowen aen Mur Dramwa took her people over the continent and settled at the foot of the Sepis Mountains. There the Elves built a city of wonderful white marble and clear silver, and were foremost among those that taught the humans, thus aiding in their rise to dominance. Cultured and learned, Carravhons Elves were the masters of music. Orowens singing voice was said to be able to make people weep in joy, and her magic worked wonders through that voice. When the Calamity burned and destroyed everything, Carravhon was not spared either: the magnificent city shook and collapsed, its residents and music falling silent forever. Now situated at the far end of the Singing Winds, Carravhon is a haunted place.

The ruins look pristine from afar. The city was built of white marble with Elven decorations of silver and gold running in floral patterns along its slender towers and clean walls. Golden domes were rising above gardens and parks. Now only desiccated trees remain but the shining metal decoration and white marble can be seen even from afar, drawing many treasure hunters close who then fail to return. People speak in hushed tones of the voice of Queen Orowen being carried on the melodious winds of the desert but anyone going close to the ruins themselves tell tales of a horrid, deafening cacophony coming from there on the brutal gales and tornadoes.

Quite recently, the city has seen a lot of activity. A series of earthquakes and terrible, screaming winds burst out of the ruins northward, opening up the earth in giant, snake-like chasms. Ever since, the wind does not relent, burning the mind of anyone who ventures too close.



The Dread City of Agathon

Once a marvel of culture, creativity, art, tradition, and learning, Agathon stood as a symbol of prosperity long before the Calamity struck. Nestled in the ancestral lands of ancient Daromar southeast of the River Lethe, the great city fell into ruin in the wake of the Calamitys decimation, and it is said that it has now been entirely consumed by a fleshy, membranous mass of interwoven organic matter, infused with an entropy that corrupts everything it touches. The dreadful corruption is said to have originated from the nearby source of River Lethe to the northwest, from whence it spread, enveloping and consuming everything in its path.

During the Restoration Period in the Fourth Age, legionnaires and settlers attempted to retake the city, only to perish against the tide of otherworldly corruption that the strange organic growth brought with it a growth, which, according to some accounts, ails its victims with a sickness not dissimilar from the Taint or as is sometimes the case in the area, through Change Storms. For these reasons, the Imperials soon learned that survival in or near the confines of the Dread City was an impossibility, though their losses were already manifold. They named the accursed region the Plains of Agony and forsook their attempts for good. To this day, the reasons for the citys surrounding corruption and deadly effects remain an enigma, for few dare to approach its dreadful, looming presence, and even fewer have returned to tell the tale in the thousand years that have passed since its thaumaturgical downfall.



As you can see, the Calamity has caused great damage to the once-great cities of the Empire but even worse - it cursed them so that they now cling onto a bleak, terrifying existence, waylaying travelers and corrupting whole regions around their sad remains. However, if you like reading about these kinds of things, we might return with another round of perilous ruins from the wasteland.

Until then, stay safe, stay sane, and conquer the wasteland!

-The Lost Pilgrims Team
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[h3]Hey everyone,[/h3]

Today we are releasing a large patch with features that weve been talking about for some time, most of which are a reiteration from the post we released about a public Beta weeks ago. With that Beta now over, you can now scroll down to see all of the details regarding our implementation of full controller support, UI and text zooming, improved initial game loading times, and much, much more. Alongside these, we have also implemented a new pop-up window for players to see whats new when they load up the game, and a DLC catalog, which lets you see what content you already own, as shown below.



Indie Cup Celebration 2023

As part of our recent participation in the 2023 Indie Cup and this patchs release, we will be offering a 28% discount on Vagrus - The Riven Realms between the 22nd and 27th of February. So, if you have a friend who has been waiting to buy the game at a discount, now is the time!



Hand-held Porting, Screen Optimization, and Accessibility

Were proud to finally release what our best and brightest pilgrims have been working on here at Lost Pilgrims Studio. The first major change is porting.



Included under porting is the optimization of Vagrus for all mobile devices, tablets, and, of course, the recently released Steam Deck. Naturally, the main goal of these projects has been to bring the game to a larger audience; an audience that can play on the move, which certainly suits turn-based games such as our own.

Another key aspect it has allowed us to address is accessibility. Players have, at times, expressed concerns about the font size in Vagrus, and with us focusing on porting, we have also been able to implement a zoom feature for the PC client. We are still in the process of fine-tuning and fully integrating the feature, but we are confident that in doing so we will improve user experiences across the board.

First, we optimized the formatting of the text to be legible on handheld devices. But is it possible to read all the wonderful prose that players have come to expect from the Riven Realms on a small screen, you ask? Absolutely! Just use the new double-tap to zoom in, as shown below.



Weve also included another screenshot of a closer view after the player has used the double-tap feature, of course! Check it out below.



Because we want to make sure that players user experience does not suffer even slightly while using a small screen, players will also be able to scroll or swipe to navigate the UI, as captured below with the Journal.



Heres the subsequent result of the player swiping left



Multi-platform Controller Support

We have now implemented full controller support for standard X-box controllers and Switch gamepad layouts. Although everything should work on most other controllers, assuring that is our future goal and the feature needs to be adequately tested before we can ensure flawless functionality. We have created a modern navigation system on the UI and for all functions from scratch, specifically for controllers. In other words, it isnt simply the existing cursor-based system repurposed for controllers.

Direct buttons have been assigned for specific functions to make things easier.



Selecting and switching between UI elements during gameplay is also comfortable.



What about analog stick use? Weve come up with a radial menu to best tackle that.



We have also implemented an easy drag & drop system to be used at various points of gameplay.

We have simplified Perk selection and trading functions in settlements, too.



After a long time in development, we are ecstatic to finally release these new features, and hope that they will improve player experiences across all platforms.

Now let's jump into the patch details:

Important Note: Considering the extent of the improvements, there is little to no chance that we broke nothing in the process. Assume that we did not want to make anyone's life harder. If you see something amiss, please flag it to us using the usual channels, like the inbuilt reporting tool (F1 button), forums, and our Discord server.

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[h2]Patch notes v1.1.300221S - Codename: Magnificatus est Controls[/h2]

[h3]Content Changes[/h3]

• Knowledge victory questline: Increased the drop rate for Pristine Crystals in the Crystal Archives.
  
• Slightly better price for Spice in Larnak, should you bring some from Tectum Carvos when it becomes available.

• Controller Support! Now you can also use your controller to conquer the wasteland.
  
• DLC status can be checked on the updated Extras screen.
  
• A new pop-up window has been added so you can see whats new in Vagrus.
  
• Dissonance mode has become a little easier.
  

• Revamped Bug reporting screen (and backend integration on our side).
  
• A new, Full UI Zoom feature can be activated in the Video Settings. It makes the games texts easier to read and manage on smaller screens.
  
• Tutorial windows have been resized and repositioned while UI zoom is active.
  
• Players can zoom in on an active UI window using the UI Zone Zooming feature also found in the Video Settings. UI Zone Zooming has 3 modes: Pinch, Double Tap, and Direct Button.
  
• A button has been added to check the location info of newly acquired Rumors.
  
• We replaced the Hold Space text with a button which you can use to go to the next step of the tutorial. You can still hold space as before.
  

• The game no longer freezes on the Throw-out pane after a Mount-up + Dismount Outrider combo
  
• Fixed a bug where Movement Points were not refreshed on a new day after inventory overflow
  
• A number of tooltips that were disappearing have been fixed
  
• Predicted Authority can no longer exceed 6
  
• Fixed a bug where Event texts were chopped off on resolutions higher than 1080p (Full HD)
  
• Fixed a bug where the Heat Shielding Crystal was not working in some cases
  
• Some UI inconsistencies in Pilgrims of the Wasteland have been fixed
  
• Reenabled shadow effect on Load Game/Save Game screens
  
• Fixed a bug that caused certain Companion Combat preparation animation phases to be missing
  
• Fixed a bug where the decals of DOT Skills were missing
  
• The name field of the description in Companion Combat is now empty when theres no character to show the description of
  
• Fixed a bug where sometimes the combat background was black if Companion Combat was triggered in a settlement
  
• Finndurarths missing Skill SFX has been added
  
• Fixed a visual bug where the positions of the frames in the key bindings menu were off
  
• Fixed the issues with the Autoscout features chance to find Events and/or fights
  

• There are still some inconsistencies with UI zooming and the new tutorial windows
  
• Sometimes escort/rescue Tasks do not work correctly
  
• The character sheet pictures are sometimes not correct in Companion Combat
  
• Sometimes Gear is shown to be still used by a Companion who has already left the comitatus
  

• Controller support /Beta/ refinements
  
• Obstacles in Companion Combat
  

[h3]Hey everyone,[/h3]

finally, we got to a point where we are able to share with you what we have been working on for the last few months, albeit on the newly created public Beta branch (join at your own risk!) to allow the bravest of our vagri to take whats coming for a spin.

Here's how you can join:


So whats new on that public beta branch? Basically, everything we have added for hand-held porting and controller support, as well as screen optimization and accessibility features. A more detailed rundown of these can be found in our previous devlog here.

As a small surprise, the Patronage Pack DLC now includes two additional wallpapers, one for each of our free DLCs: Vorax & The Seekers of Knowledge. Enjoy!

Now let's jump into the patch details:

Important Note: Considering the extent of the improvements, there is little to no chance that we broke nothing in the process. Assume that we did not want to make anyone's life harder. If you see something amiss, please flag it to us using the usual channels, like the inbuilt reporting tool (F1 button), forums, and our Discord server.

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[h2]Patch 1.1.30.0126J - FIRST OF ITS KIND PUBLIC BETA[/h2]

[h3]Content changes[/h3]

• Knowledge victory questline: Increased the drop rate for Pristine Crystals in the Crystal Archives
  
• Slightly better price for Spice in Larnak, should you bring some from Tectum Carvos

• Revamped Bug reporting screen (and backend integration on our side)
  
• A new, Full UI Zoom feature can be activated in the Video Settings. It makes the games content easier to read and manage on smaller screens.
  
• Tutorial windows are resized and repositioned when the UI zoom is active.
  
• Players can zoom into an active UI window using the UI Zone Zooming feature also found in the Video Settings. UI Zone Zooming has 3 modes: Pinch, Double Tap, and Direct Button.
  
• A button has been added to check the location info of newly acquired Rumors.
  

• The game no longer freezes on the Throw-out pane after a Mount-up + Dismount outrider combo
  
• Fixed a bug where Movement Points were not refreshed on a new day after inventory overflow
  
• A number of tooltips that were disappearing are now fixed
  
• Predicted Authority can no longer go over 6
  
• Fixed a bug where Event texts were chopped off on resolutions higher than 1080p (Full HD)
  
• Fixed a bug where the Heat Shielding Crystal was not working in some cases
  
• Some UI inconsistencies in Pilgrims of the Wasteland were fixed
  
• Reenabled shadow effect on Load Game/Save Game screens
  
• Fixed a bug that caused certain Companion Combat preparation animation phases to be missing
  
• Fixed a bug where the decals of DOT Skills were missing
  
• The name field of the description in Companion Combat is now empty when theres no character to show the description of
  
• Fixed a bug where sometimes the combat background was black if Companion Combat was triggered in a settlement
  
• Finndurarths missing Skill SFX was added
  

• There are still some inconsistencies with UI zooming and the new tutorial windows
  
• Sometimes escort/rescue Tasks do not work correctly
  
• The character sheet pictures are sometimes not correct in Companion Combat
  
• Sometimes Gear is shown to be still used by a Companion who has already left the comitatus
  

• Controller support /'beta'/ refinements (e.g.: campaign map movement)
  
• Deal with the slaves option at the end of Crew Combat
  
• Obstacles in Companion Combat
  

[h2]Happy New Year everyone![/h2]

We hope all of you had a great holiday season, feel recharged, and are looking forward to the New Year. After a much-needed break on our side, we are ready to start the year now, reinvigorated to bring Vagrus to more devices and deliver a new DLC this year.

On the development side, we have been working on implementing small screen and controller support to enable playing Vagrus on Steam Deck (and eventually, other handheld devices, too). We did expect that tackling these additions would be a daunting task, though truth be told, it has proven even more difficult than we had hoped. Nevertheless, we are nearing a point where our progress may be worth sharing on a public beta branch so more folks with Steam Decks and controllers could chime in.
We are implementing a new version of the in-game reporting tool. Not just to make it easier on the eyes but to improve their classification and automate part of the process on our end, thereby helping us not to lose track of anything important. Stay tuned for these changes.

[h2]Important Notice - Price Changes Coming[/h2]
We published a thread on our discussion forum back in November about this but we would like to draw everyones attention to the upcoming price changes again. Especially, as the currently running discount cycle (Jan 12-16, 2023) is the last sale during which Vagrus can be bought at its current price.

As you may have read in the news, Steam has updated (and is said to be doing so more frequently) its regional pricing tables to better reflect the turbulence of current exchange rates, and we are following suit. In some currencies, the game will actually become cheaper, while in others the price will remain the same or increase slightly.

Some background on this: in our view, regional pricing is a great thing, allowing players who live in regions where their purchasing power is much less to buy games via Steam at a reduced price. Steam's system requires developers to set a fixed price for those regions which, as the exchange rates move, becomes outdated. We can also see that countries with the lowest prices account for a disproportionate amount of copies sold, which indicates that despite Steam's region-lock efforts, these currencies are also being used for resales.

We understand that no one likes price increases. We live in a country with 50%+ inflation on food, so we get it. We also have to pay for said food, so sadly, we do not exactly have the luxury to ignore these changes. We want to stay afloat and keep enriching the world of Vagrus. We hope everyone can appreciate this.

• Currencies with no price change: USD, CAD, AUD, NZD, RMB, JPY, IDR, PHP, VND, CLP, COP, ZAR, SAR, AED, and ILS.
  
• Currencies with the price decreasing: MYR, SGD, THB, MXN, TWD, PEN, KWD, and CRC.
  
• In any other currencies, the price will increase (including the CIS regional USD price).

[h3]Happy Holidays everyone![/h3]

Oh, its that time of the year: jingles and laughter. Not in the Riven Realms or at the Lost Pilgrims office, though. We close this year by preparing with new dangers, difficult decisions, and harsh consequences for our upcoming DLC. Its gonna take quite a while still but we hope that itll be worth the wait.

Meanwhile, on the development side, we have been working on implementing small screen and controller support to enable playing Vagrus on Steam Deck (and eventually, other handheld devices, too). We expected tackling those to be a daunting task but truth be told, it has been going even slower than we had hoped so, despite our best efforts, we are not able to share it before the holidays. It would be just too risky to release it before its thoroughly tested by enough people.



And with that, we are closing the books on this year. We will also be taking a little time off to recharge our batteries. As for the greeting card above, we did hold a photoshoot in the office for it but we worked so much on Vagrus that our images turned into in-game characters in the end.

To anyone who doesnt have Vagrus or its DLCs yet, we would like to wish you Happy Holidays with some pretty neat discounts, too.



Stay tuned and conquer the wasteland!
- The Lost Pilgrims Team
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Our friends at MuHa Games (Thea I-II.) and Slitherine have just released their amazing game here on Steam.



Imagine yourself looking into an arcane mirror and finding the other side calling out to you,
promising great power and knowledge. You step through

Imagine you see before you a realm where all the mirrors connect, where the very essence
of Magic resides. The twin worlds of Arcanus and Myrror, ripe for the taking

Whatever power and status you might have had before, here you must start anew. You will
need to re-learn your magic and prove your worth to your new subjects.

Imagine leading your new subjects to conquest, carving a mighty empire, one that can fuel
your thirst for knowledge and power.

In time, you would meet other Wizards, each rising from equally humble beginnings, each
striving for the same prize - the ultimate power promised by the whispers from the mirror.

They will be your rivals. You might ally with them, for a time but war is inevitable. Crush
their armies, conquer their cities, and take their spellbooks.

For, In the end, there can be only one Master of Magic



[h2]Master of Magic is out now.[/h2][h3]Are you ready to become the most powerful wizard?[/h3]

Master of Magic is developed in partnership between Slitherine and our friends from MuHa
Games. It is the reimagining of the timeless classic released in the 90s: the original Master of
Magic can be considered a milestone in the fantasy strategy genre, inspiring a whole range of
titles. The new Master of Magic stays faithful to the original, with an updated game experience and
in-depth content.



Fight and conquer the two parallel dimensional planes of Arcanus and Myrror, forge alliances,
expand your dominion or dominate the world, every spell counts on the way to rule the world.

Lead 14 fantastic armies of otherworldly creatures, from orcs to elves and draconians for a total
of more than 200 unique types of units. Use powerful spells based on a complex system of 5
schools of magic and 18 customizable wizard traits.



Research over 200 spells, and use over 60 special abilities and 250 unique items, to become the
Master of Magic.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1623070/Master_of_Magic/?utm_source=steam&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=vagrustherivenrealms

[h3]Hello everyone,[/h3]

As some of you may remember, roughly one and a half years ago we started the initiative known as #TurnBasedThursday. At the time, the goal was to bring together other game developers and allow them to show off their games on inclusive Twitter threads. At first, the threads were small, the engagement scarce, but these soon grew along with the developers involved with them. The developers integral to the efforts included the likes of Terra Randoma, Trese Brothers Games, Hugging Dragons (responsible for Wicked Lands), and, at the time Strateture.

After much hard work and collaboration, with a number of new devs joining the effort, we worked hard alongside these other creative indie devs, growing #TurnBasedThursday to such an extent that we felt it warranted its own event and sale on Steam. Thus, through petitioning Valve, Turn-based Fest was born. Now, we are thrilled to announce that the festival we and others worked hard to create is finally here starting on the 8th of December and continuing through until the 12th. Naturally, it involves large discounts on a plethora of great titles, including Vagrus. You can find all the details on the Steam sale page or on the Turn-based Fest website.

More than 300 titles participate, including RPGs, sims, grand strategy, deck builders, roguelikes, city builders, and much, much more.

With all that said and done, its come time for us to take a look at those awesome deals ourselves, so, on that note stay vigilant, stay safe, and conquer the wasteland!

The Lost Pilgrims Team

https://store.steampowered.com/app/909660?utm_source=steam&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=website&utm_content=footer
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[h3]Hello everyone,[/h3]

Recently, we have shared posts pertaining to various areas of development, such as multi-platform controller support (featuring an adaptive button UI and drag & drop system), mobile and tablet porting & screen optimization of Vagrus for all mobile devices and the recently released Steam Deck, and finally, Localization in the shape of community translations. This post is going to be a bit different.



Steam has just launched its Autumn Sale as well, filled with huge discounts! This is an excellent opportunity to take advantage of an amazing deal and stock up on hundreds of hours of the splendid SRPG experience that Vagrus has to offer for the coming rainy, cold, and dark days.



In other related news, the Steam Awards nominations are now open! Allow us to ask for a little assistance here. If you feel like nominating Vagrus for the Labor of Love Award, please do so here! We have been working on Vagrus for over a year since its initial release, which has been made possible by the unwavering support of our players. Moving forward we will keep pushing to make our beloved game better, to create more content, and bring it to more people. We owe you a debt of gratitude for keeping us going; your support and encouragement is indispensable.

Stay safe and conquer the wasteland,

The Lost Pilgrims Team

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[h3]Hello all,[/h3]

This week were proud to reveal a little more about what our best and brightest pilgrims have been working on here at Lost Pilgrims Studio. The first major change is something we foreshadowed in a Steam post a while back porting. We will also be covering the integration of controller support across platforms later in this post, so read on if youd like to know more about that.



For now, back to porting. Included under that heading is the optimization of Vagrus for all mobile devices, tablets, and, of course, the recently released Steam Deck. Naturally, the main goal of these projects has been to bring the game to a larger audience; an audience that can play on the move, which certainly suits turn-based games such as our own. So, without further ado, lets examine what weve been able to achieve so far, starting as so many players do with Agos the enigmatic vagabond who introduces players to the Pilgrims of the Wasteland scenario.

Another key aspect it has allowed us to address is accessibility. Players have, at times, expressed concerns about the font size in Vagrus, and with us focusing on porting, we have also been able to implement a zoom feature for the PC client. We are still in the process of fine-tuning and fully integrating the feature, but we are confident that in doing so we will improve user experiences across the board.

As you can see above, weve optimized the formatting of the text to be legible on handheld devices. But what about in-game? Is it possible to read all the wonderful prose that players have come to expect from the Riven Realms? Absolutely! Just double-tap to zoom in, as shown below.



For the sake of following up, weve also included another screenshot of a closer view after the player has used the double-tap feature, of course! Check it out below.



Luckily, thats not all. Because we want to make sure that players user experience does not suffer even slightly while using a small screen, players will also be able to scroll or swipe to navigate the UI, as captured below with the journal.



And since weve set a precedent of following up, heres the subsequent result of the player swiping left



Multi-platform Controller Support

We are working on full controller support for standard controllers and gamepad layouts including PCs, mobile devices, and at some point we hope we can get things working on hand-held and desktop console ports as well.

It is important to note that all this is still very much work-in-progress, most of what you are about to see and read is subject to change, and the implementation is quite time-intensive, so please bear with us. That said, PC players are likely to be the first ones to enjoy controller support.

We have created a modern navigation system on UI and for all functions from scratch, specifically for controllers. In other words, it isnt simply the existing cursor-based system repurposed for controllers.

Direct buttons will be assigned for specific functions to make things easier.



Selecting and switching between UI elements during gameplay will also be comfortable.



What about analog stick use? Weve come up with a radial menu to best tackle that issue.



We are also working on an easy drag & drop system to be implemented at various points of gameplay.

We are simplifying Perk selection and trading functions in settlements, too.



Though they are deep in the pipeline currently, we hope that when released these changes will help improve player experiences across all platforms. In the coming months, we will be able to share more and more of what weve been working on and intend to release.

Vagrus is also currently taking part in Steam's Autumn Sale, so if you or a friend is looking to pick the game up for a discount, the time is now, pilgrims!

As always, stay safe stay tuned and conquer the wasteland!

The Lost Pilgrims Team

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[h2]Hello everyone,[/h2]

Good news, everyone: Lost Pilgrims Studio will once again be participating in Adventure Xs Narrative Convention. For those not in the know, the event is held annually in London and its primary goal is to bring together devs and gamers passionate about interactive storytelling. As it stands, AdventureX is the UKs only convention dedicated to narrative-driven gaming, which is why we attended in 2019, and are ecstatic about being a part of it again, if only online this time. Aside from the in-person event, there will also be a live stream that you can check out here, and if youd like to follow updates from the organizers, you can do so via their Twitter account here.

Perhaps most importantly, this also means that well be running a sale as part of the event, so if you have got a friend who is a little on the fence about purchasing any narrative games, now is the time!



For those interested in a little trip down memory lane, you can also find some pictures of our attendance in 2019, with the first featuring a wonderful snap of our creative director and world builder, Geri:



The second shot below shows our amazingly talented graphic artist clearly deep in an explanation Szonja:



Thats all for today. Be sure to check the convention out, and of course stay safe, stay sane, and conquer the wasteland!

Take care and conquer the wasteland!

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[h2]Hello everyone,[/h2]

This one is going to be an update on localization. A while back, we cited the games complexity, size, and it being a niche game that resulted in a relatively low sales volume as factors that made any kind of localization unlikely. Despite that, we have been encouraging players to still wishlist the game and let us know what languages they would like to see it translated into in a dedicated localization thread and promised to reassess the situation after a while to see what is desired and viable and what is not. A year has passed since, and it is time for us to do just that, which led to a good and bad news kind of situation. The bad news is that sales figures and declining wishlists in non-English-speaking regions made the prospect of official translations not viable.

BUT the good news is that we have been and still are eager to reach people to show them the world of the Riven Realms. We would like to ensure that even those whose level of English proficiency represents a language barrier can have a chance at adequately understanding and enjoying the game. Thus, we have already started working on things that would help them. Sadly, the way we built the game and stored data were unconducive for effective localization. We had to restructure our Event Editor tool and change several things in Unity, etc. This was quite tiresome and the process has been ongoing for months now. However, weve been gladly dedicating working hours to pave the way to localize larger chunks of text. Smaller things in the UI, however, are very tedious work, so we cannot promise to make it work for every little detail. Admittedly, our focus lies in making the story and the most used elements translatable.



Since the base game and the DLCs combined contain about 1.3 million words worth of text, volunteer translators are unlikely to pop up. As a result, our approach was to subscribe to a machine translation tool called DeepL and generate localization files in various languages that will be made accessible and editable in order to facilitate fan translations through polishing said files. We are still not entirely sure as to the demand for such an endeavor or if the underlying technical facilities are indeed there. In case it could work and it garners sufficient interest, we are planning to allow fan translation groups to add their own translations and improved machine translations through Steam Workshop. Signups for such groups will be open for whoever wishes to undertake translations. This is all still subject to deliberation along with the exact details and the way of going about the entire process. A reason for this approach is that we are not planning to actually incorporate the fan-translated texts into the game proper, merely to facilitate translation for community translator groups who would be actually working on them and under whose banner their respective addons will run.

As a result of all that outlined above, we still dont know how much interest this project will generate and how enthusiastic our players will be, so we are not expecting quick developments in the matter. Naturally, the quality of machine translations is very far from the level of an official translation, making them rather unfit to create the kind of atmosphere and immersion we believe is needed to fully enjoy the game. Thus we cannot in good conscience recommend using them as the main language, of course. In short, these machine translations are more likely to be a sort of an aid for those who, from time to time, wish to look at raw translations in their native tongue. The player will first have to acknowledge a disclaimer stating that what is to follow is machine translated and not intended to be taken as a full-fledged official translation for the game. Once that is out of the way, the player will be able to set a primary and a secondary language through the UI. All events and codex entries will be displayed in the primary language and the secondary language texts will assist in understanding the primary language texts.



The machine translation tool DeepL has its limitations and so we go as far as the subscription options go. Thus, initially, only some supported languages will be covered. We aim to create this localization model in a way that will allow contributors to set up files that match the structure. The game itself will then be able to manage these files and make new languages selectable as primary and secondary languages in-game. Due to versioning, every non-translated text will automatically be displayed in English.

[h3]That said, we are looking for community translation coordinators for each language. [/h3]
Since we are not going to have adequate capacity or competence to review translations, we welcome volunteer groups to form and start working together, but we cannot take on the role of an arbitrator either. Eventually, if enough progress is made and the files become available through Steam Workshop, they can be submitted and maintained by said volunteers as well. Coordinators will receive beta branch access to the game to cooperate with us to set up this localization file system. During the selection of coordinators, prior participation in such projects and credentials will play important roles to make sure they are reliable and competent, as they will be responsible for the translations and reviews. In order to improve translations based on machine learning, compiling a dictionary of specific words and expressions for the machine would go a long way, so that the AI does not come up with its own strange translations. Teams working on such a dictionary will also be encouraged.

Last, but not least, we are overjoyed to have been able to afford long development hours to lay down the groundwork for the localization environment and for the whole thing to even be able to kick off. The whole venture, however, will be tons of effort and consist of countless iterations, so we kindly ask for your patience.

Take care and conquer the wasteland!

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Today we celebrate the 1-year anniversary of the full release of Vagrus The Riven Realms. We are happy to have reached this point, and perhaps most importantly, we couldnt have done it without the help of our backers, supporters, and players along the way. So heres to you, vagri, for all your encouragement, assistance, feedback, and goodwill! In this post, well be taking a little bit of a trip down memory lane, from the beginning and creation of the game to its release exactly one year ago. Well finish up with a small glimpse into the future of Vagrus and what players can expect moving forward.

We first imparted our vision for Vagrus back in 2017, establishing Lost Pilgrims, with a small team of just four developers. We had and still have a love of games, strategy, and tabletop roleplaying, but when it all started, we might say that we were a little naive. Not because releasing a game we could all be proud of was impossible indeed, where we stand now makes it more apparent than ever that it wasnt. However, we were naive in that we did not fully comprehend the gargantuan task in front of us, nor the intensity with which we would have to work to create the game we wanted and promised to our backers. Weve always said that the game is a labor of love, and thats exactly what we needed to cross the finish line: love. Oh, and a lot of hard work, naturally!



Nevertheless, in July 2020 we released our first public build an Early Access version of the game already featuring a ton of content. We continued to plod forward before eventually dropping a full release of the game on October 5, 2021. We were blown away by some of the critical reception to the games launch, some of the highlights (like being included in IndieDBs PlayersChoice top ten), having the game covered by numerous high-profile media outlets, along with receiving a plethora of awards and nominations, most of which can be found on our Steam page for those interested.



All in all, we were greatly honored by the critical reception of the game, and by the wealth of positivity about it from many independent content creators on YouTube, such as SplatterCatGaming, who covers indie games extensively (and covered ours here). After the success of the games full release, we immediately set ourselves to the task of finding a new office, and to recruiting additional Lost Pilgrims. The process began with kos, a graphic and UX/UI designer. Then, in February, we took on Viktor and Beni as coders and programmers, and finally, in April, we welcomed James and Zeli to the team as new writers to be able to keep adding content in the long run.

We were also able to create various merch for the game provided to those who backed us on higher tiers or who purchased the Emperors Edition. While we were certainly elated to see what we had worked on brought to life in physical form, the process was far more daunting and difficult than we had anticipated. Regardless, you can take a look at merch here, and wed also like to say that there are those who have still not claimed their goodies because we do not have their addresses; if thats you, please dont hesitate to get in touch with us and we will send it along.



Moving forward now, lets focus on what has happened since release. We have continued to improve the game, adding a slew of quality-of-life features such as custom notes, map movement UI reworks, a slew of Companion Combat improvements, and a complete overhaul of Scouting as requested by the community on many occasions.

On the content side, we started out with Kingpins of the Realms: a sizable patch introducing new questlines for the Loaders and Carpenters guilds, then releasing our first free DLC with the new companion Vorax in May. More recently (last week) we released Seekers of Knowledge, our second free DLC and major content addition, which has further expanded the ways players can achieve victory in the game by acquiring Codex entries and working towards the Knowledge Ambitions fulfillment. It is our hope that these pieces of content will pave the way for our next big DLC a paid piece of content that we have just begun working on, and that will open up an entirely new region for vagri eager to continue or resume their journey in the Riven Realms! Provided that everything goes swimmingly when we can release this content next year, we have many more ideas for future additions to the game moving forward.



We hope you have enjoyed this little trip down memory lane, and a short glimpse into the future. We have a great deal more to speak about in the coming weeks, so until then stay tuned, stay safe and conquer the wasteland!

Stay tuned and conquer the wasteland!
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[h2]REVERTED DUE TO MAJOR EVENT ISSUE[/h2]
A number of players reported that after the patch they could not reach the bottom choices in events which made the game unplayable. It does not always occur - probably why our regression tests did not pick up on the issue - and we are unable to reliably repro and thus fixed so until the root cause is found and the issue is resolved we had to reverse this patch. Sorry about the inconvenience.


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[h3]Hey everyone,[/h3]

Thanks for the amazing welcome of the Seekers of Knowledge DLC and our patch published parallel with all kinds of improvements. Seeing so many new players and hundreds of old ones who picked up the game again made the whole team very happy, especially with the games full release anniversary coming up soon. Expect a post on the day from us with a summary of the first year.



So, with a content and code update of such size, there were indeed some issues that we needed to iron out. Thanks for everyone reporting them and sorry for the inconvenience they may have caused. This hotfix will make the game much more stable while we continue to work on further fixes, improvements, and who knows, we might even start on new content. ;)

And now, let's jump into the patch details:

Important Note: Considering the extent of the improvements, there is little to no chance that we broke nothing in the process. Assume that we did not want to make anyone's life harder. If you see something amiss, please flag it to us using the usual channels, like the inbuilt reporting tool (F1 button), forums, and our Discord server.

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[h2]Patch 1.1.250930K The Seekers of Knowledge - Hotfix[/h2]

[h3]Bug Fixes :bug:[/h3]

• Game will no longer crash when ESC is spammed before an Event loads
  
• Crash while Finndurarth used Electrify to kill an Orc Marauder with Die Hard perk was fixed
  
• Fixed a crash related to the tutorial pins
  
• Icons are no longer multiplying when dragged repeatedly in the Cargo menus Owned Equipment section
  
• Crash involving Nedirs Conflagration and a Wights Grave Call cast on the same position was fixed
  
• Texts and event choices are now fully visible in ultrawide resolutions
  
• Fixed a bug where in rare occasions, the game crashes when entering the first fight of Pilgrims of the Wasteland
  
• In case the comitatus moves via a camp/quick camp order, and the movement is interrupted by an Event, camp/quick camp will not come up automatically
  
• Various problems related to the comitatus having excess cargo were fixed
  
• Heat Shielding Crystal will no longer be unequipped automatically
  
• Fixed a bug where the game crashes during vagrus creation in rare instances
  
• Sedarias will start the second PotW fight in Block mode as originally intended
  
• Fixed a bug where the game crashes if an Event comes up after camping in rare instances
  

• Escort tasks-related anomalies
  
• Crew combat chance percentages are sometimes shown in reverse
  
• Some infrequent crashes are still being investigated
  

[h3]Hey everyone,[/h3]

This time, we've got a new free DLC for you, along with revamped Scouting, a Glossary to clarify gameplay mechanisms and UI elements, as well as major backend improvements. It would be no understatement to say that this is a huge stepping stone for us and the Riven Realms.



Before we get into anything, feel free to check out our highest-ever discounts as Vagrus - The Riven Realms is participating in the TactiCon sales between September 22nd and 26th.

Having already touched upon some elements that this patch will be covering, lets get into the most important points and details.

[h3]Scouting Rework[/h3]

We think we have managed to enhance player agency by bringing Scouting to a place where it offers a great deal to those who are willing to make use of its more niche qualities while incorporating enough concrete drawbacks that it does not become a default or even mandatory choice for vagri traversing the wasteland. To support that, scouting results remain visible for three in-game days (or turns).



Manual Scouting is conducted in your general surrounding area, which can be expanded greatly if you have enough scouts at your disposal. Covering a large area can be a great way to find specific things you really need or want; for example, great hunting and foraging nodes, or combat encounters if you play an aggressive comitatus. It is also important to note that the more distance covered, the lower the chance of success becomes in general. Also, Vagri may now use Resourcefulness to guarantee success during manual scouting, which can be especially useful if you absolutely need to know specific results.



While out traversing the wasteland with Auto-scouting on, you are not prompted by results in the same way you are when you initiate Manual Scouting. Results that can be moused over will show on the campaign map, but to get a full overview, you will need to click the emblem in the top left corner. Contextual options allow you to set up rules about when to stop the comitatus if you want to investigate something you found along the way.

[h3]Glossary[/h3]

The Glossary does not contain story or lore content but rather it is aimed at clarifying game mechanisms and UI elements. It is accessible in the game by pressing G or clicking on the eye icon in the top-right corner of the screen.



The Glossary is structured into seven main categories representing the main facets of Vagruss gameplay mechanics. These categories are Story, Combat, Comitatus, Factions, Trading, Settlements, and the Campaign Map. All of these have subcategories, which in turn have their own subcategories, making the Glossary appear in a three-tier structure. Thus, when you browse the Glossary, you can read more about a certain topic by navigating to subcategories, after which you can easily switch back to higher levels.

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Entries contain references to other entries of relevance. You can just click on a highlighted word or expression to navigate to its entry. There is also a search function that comes in handy when you know what you are looking for, but youre not sure where to find it.

Please note that the Glossary is still very much in Beta; by no means do we consider it final. Therefore, we would appreciate your feedback so that we can improve its usefulness to players (the easiest way to provide feedback is always our discord server or via the bug-reporting in-game tool).

[h3]Seekers of Knowledge Free DLC[/h3]
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We are also releasing our second free DLC Seekers of Knowledge! With it, we are aiming to enrich the already vast playable realm and to further add to the victory paths available to players. The DLC introduces the Sunken Tower, a massive new dungeon and the focal point of the releases new stories.

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Once known as the Tower of Akarius, the Sunken Tower was home to a host of esteemed Elven, Human, and Dwarven scholars all of whom worked tirelessly toward the unified pursuit of knowledge. Millennia have passed since that time, however, and due to the Calamity, the Tower now wrestles with a different fate. A fate where its once proud denizens languish in the recesses of its hallowed halls, seeking respite, unable to escape the terrible curse that has beset the place.

This free DLC introduces a variety of new enemies, NPCs, quests, and the new Knowledge Ambition, which tasks the player with amassing and uncovering all kinds of knowledge to achieve victory. The quest encompasses a story that will inevitably see vagri descend into the darkest depths of forbidden knowledge and madness-inducing truths that are best left forgotten.

A bit of a designer's note (or notes, we should say) for Seekers of Knowledge and how to play it:

[h3]The points below are not really spoilers but do NOT read more if you want to go in completely blind.
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[h3]Hey everyone,[/h3]

Great news, vagri: after testing our new content as much as possible, we can now put down a release date for what will be our second free DLC Seekers of Knowledge. Thats right; mark your calendars, because Seekers of Knowledge will be dropping on the 22nd of September.

With this DLC we are aiming to enrich the already vast playable realm and to further add to the victory paths already available to players. The DLC itself unlocks a variety of extensive questlines and introduces the Sunken Tower; a massive new dungeon and the focal point of the releases new, unique stories.

Once known as the Tower of Akarius, the Sunken Tower was home to a host of esteemed Elves, Humans, and Dwarves all of whom worked tirelessly toward the unified pursuit of knowledge. Millennia have passed since that time, however, and thanks to the Calamity, the Tower now wrestles with a different fate. A fate where its once proud denizens languish in the recesses of its hallowed halls, seeking respite, unable to escape the terrible power that has beset the place.

Along with the Sunken Tower, this DLC introduces a variety of new enemies, NPCs, quests, and the new Knowledge Ambition questline, which tasks the player with amassing and uncovering all kinds of knowledge to achieve victory. The quest itself encompasses one of the largest stories yet to be told in the Riven Realms a story that will inevitably see vagri descend into the darkest depths of forbidden knowledge and madness-inducing truths that are best left forgotten.

Conquer the wasteland!
The Lost Pilgrims Team



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[h3]Hey everyone,[/h3]

Revamping campaign map movement and scouting into a sleeker system finally allowed us to move on to other things our players have expressed the need for. First off, many of you wanted more information and clarity on gameplay mechanics to be able to better understand its complexity rightly so. That is why we are publishing a Beta version of the new Glossary.

The Glossary
This feature doesnt contain story or lore content, but is aimed at clarifying game mechanisms and UI segments. It is accessible in the game by pressing G or clicking on the eye icon in the top-right corner of the screen.



The Glossary is structured into seven main categories representing the main facets of Vagruss gameplay mechanics. These categories are Story, Combat, Comitatus, Factions, Trading, Settlements, and Campaign Map. All of these have subcategories, which in turn have their own subcategories, making the Glossary appear in a three-tier structure. Thus, when you browse the Glossary, you can read more about a certain topic by navigating to subcategories, after which you can easily get back to higher levels.

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Furthermore, entries contain references to other entries of relevance. You can just click on a highlighted word or expression to navigate to its entry. There is also a search function that comes in handy when you know what you are looking for, but youre not sure where to find it.
As stated above, the Glossary is still very much in Beta; by no means do we consider it final. Therefore, we would appreciate your feedback so that we can improve its usefulness to players (the easiest way to provide feedback is always our discord server or via the bug-reporting in-game tool).

Unity Addressables
There is something else we have been spending a lot of time on, and probably most of our players wont even realize its outcome. It is about the Unity Addressables function. Essentially, it assigns keys to assets (most prominently art), acting as a reference ID, enabling us to move art assets out of the so-called Resources folder in Unity. The primary purpose of using Addressables is for game assets not to take up memory when they are not being used, only when they are.



This is because the way it used to be was sub-optimal and hindered the porting of the game to Android and iOS. Doing things this new way will allow the game will run more smoothly on more low-end PCs and eventually, on smaller devices, such as tablets. In practice, this means that location arts in settlements and events or combat backgrounds along with all character assets including animations, icons, and portrays are now treated as addressables, which required a lot of restructuring.

We have been working on this for almost two months along with other tasks and we dare say we are more than content with the outcome. This way, we managed to reduce the initial loading time, the games memory usage, and the installed game itself is now 3.4 GBs instead of the 4.6 GBs it used to be.

We are definitely planning to pursue further optimization not only in this direction but also to achieve a more enjoyable gameplay experience on smaller displays. Furthermore, we are going to explore the possibility to add controller support benefiting devices such as Steam Deck or eventually other consoles as well.

With all that said, we are gearing up for the next (free!) content DLC, Seekers of Knowledge. More on that very soon. Until then, stay tuned and conquer the wasteland!

Thats all for today, so for now stay tuned, stay safe, and conquer the wasteland!
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[h3]Hello All,[/h3]

As it has become standard since the release of Vagrus, the team has been hard at work on another much-requested update this time its scouting were addressing. Players have been expressing their concerns about the state of scouting for some time now, and were happy to announce that we think we have managed to bring it to a place where it offers a great deal to those who are willing to make use of its more niche qualities while incorporating enough concrete drawbacks that it does not become a default or even mandatory choice for vagri out traversing the wasteland.

The end goal of these changes is indeed quite similar to our aims with the recent hunting, foraging, and marching changes adding player agency. We consider agency to be a central design philosophy at the core of all these changes and we intend to continue iterating on both present and future updates with this in mind.

Manual Scouting

So, lets delve into the specifics of manual scouting first. Previously, players had to choose which nodes they wanted to check, allocating scouts appropriately. Now, manual scouting instead uses your general surrounding area, which can be expanded greatly if you have enough scouts at your disposal. Covering the same amount of surrounding terrain will inherently cost more if you have a smaller number of scouts, and less if you have more scouts. Lets illustrate with a few examples. In the image below, the player is about to scout the surrounding area.



In the next example (below), the player has many more scouts to utilize, and thus, not only is the movement cost reduced, but the distance available is far, far greater.



Examining these two examples, the question quickly becomes well, how much is it possible to cover? And the answer is: a lot. It will cost you dearly in more ways than one but covering a large area can be a great way to find specific things you really need or want; for example, great hunting and foraging nodes, or combat encounters if you play an aggressive comitatus. Here is an example of a much larger area covered, shown near the outskirts of Deven.



It is also important to note that the more distance covered, the lower the chance of success becomes in general. Another large change weve made to manual scouting relates to the use of Resourcefulness. Vagri may now use Resourcefulness to guarantee success in one of the four categories shown above, which can be especially useful if you absolutely need to know specific results, regardless of actually failing or succeeding.

Manual Scouting Results

When you receive your scouting results, each node will be flagged by a small banner that corresponds to an item on the scouting result list.

Below is an example of this flagging, in an instance where a large number of scouts were sent out to explore many nodes surrounding the comitatus, and where Resourcefulness was used to guarantee the success of finding Events. Looking closely, both failure and success can be seen at different nodes, but because the search for Events was bolstered, those results show even on the nodes where that failure occurred, or, specifically, nodes 54 and 59.



Additionally, from now on, when scouting in general, the results shall remain for three in-game days (or turns, gameplay-wise) on the campaign map. This allows players to plan their trips around areas that they had already scouted, consequently maximizing their returns on scouting endeavors. Simply mouse over the previously scouted nodes before the three days expire, and you can check those results again, as shown below:



Having now covered the overhaul to manual scouting, lets do a deep dive into our newest feature: Auto-scouting.

Auto-Scouting

Auto-scouting allows you to scout ahead of your comitatus without spending movement points. The main trade-off of doing so is that your chances of success are significantly reduced when compared to manual scouting, which also means that you may lose scouts more frequently while doing so.

There are also two modes you can switch between one where you simply scout the terrain directly in front of your comitatuss current trajectory, and one where you cover adjacent nodes, too. The former is represented by the highlighted rightward arrow shown below on the UI, while the latter is depicted by the three multiple arrows which branch outward:



In this situation, the comitatus is set to scout everything on its path, and to stop automatically when a node has a base hunting and foraging chance of 45% or higher, along with an average yield of 245 Supplies. Other conditions can be set, too, one merely needs to toggle between the other options here: the axe represents conditions set for Crew Combat encounters, while the scroll represents conditions that can be set to stop in the case of Events or Mercenary Tasks scouted.

Auto-Scouting Results

While out traversing the wasteland with Auto-scouting on, you are not prompted by results in the same way you are when you initiate manual scouting. Results that can be moused over will show on the campaign map, but to get a full overview, you will need to click the emblem in the top left corner. Results will then be shown in a list as below:



The path scouted is also represented to the left of the list, displayed as an orange line on the campaign map. The results of each node and its corresponding number (shown as 11-15 here) remain visible for three in-game days (or turns, gameplay-wise), which means that charting your return journey from a settlement can prove to be a very fruitful endeavor indeed.

Now lets look at a few more examples, this time using the second mode of auto-scouting through which your comitatus scouts the surrounding terrain. In the below example, Ventures (meaning Events and Tasks) are the conditions through which the caravan stops automatically, set at a minimum of 15% on nearby scouted nodes:



Two things become apparent from this example firstly, your chance of success drops dramatically when scouting both forward and adjacent nodes, and secondly, when you set conditions such as these your comitatus will stop less frequently because of auto-scouting. This is because it is generally harder to scout for Events than nodes that are ripe for hunting and foraging. Lets take a look at the results in this instance:



In this final example, we can see both the nodes already scouted (denoted by the orange coloring) and an Event that was scouted and is now shown by the emblem with 89 next to it. As it turns out, this node has a 100% chance to trigger an Event this is because it is a fixed Event. Whats most important, however, is that Auto-scouting allowed the vagrus to see the Event before moving forward onto it, thus giving them a moment to consider how they might prepare for such a situation.

Along with Manual scouting, which is great for feeling out a larger area all around the comitatus as well as looking for something specific in a given region, Auto-scouting, which is great for finding opportunities along a journey, is the final piece of the puzzle that reworks campaign map movement and scouting into a newer, sleeker system. We are looking forward to hearing from our community about both Manual and Auto-scouting and hope that it opens new avenues to exciting gameplay.

Thats all for today, so for now stay tuned, stay safe, and conquer the wasteland!
The Lost Pilgrims Team

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Our team at Lost Pilgrims Studio is delighted to announce that we have been chosen for an ongoing event this week, which aims to showcase some of the smallest studios and their indie games. Called the Tiny Teams Festival, the event is run by Yogscast and will be covered online through both Twitch and YouTube. Several streamers who are involved in the event have requested keys to play Vagrus The Riven Realms and naturally, were happy to comply. You can check out those streamers below:

• Hylian Fiend: https://twitch.tv/hylian_fiend
  
• Shambugi: https://twitch.tv/shambugi
  
• Pagrax: https://twitch.tv/pagrax
  
• Freyn: https://twitch.tv/freyn
  

• http://youtube.com/yogscast
  
• http://twitch.tv/yogscast
  

[h3]Hey everyone,[/h3]

Originally, we havent scheduled a patch before the next DLC, but since that is still in progress and youve reported a few larger bugs which is always much appreciated we decided to release one anyway. The new major scouting features are still being tested, however, we squeezed in a few smaller changes into this build, so its more than just a simple hotfix. Event image panning is a new effect you may have heard of already, while House Venari and the Carpenters Guild becoming one anothers associates is a meaningful change in the life of the comitati roaming Terra Supra.
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Furthermore, we have turned on Cloudsaves. Its supposed to be easy-peasy but getting the config and cross-platforms sync right took longer than we initially anticipated. Nevertheless, we managed to crack it eventually! Please give us a shout if it works or not. Thank you!
Important for macOS users: if you cannot find your save files, please refer to this post about the possible folders they may be located in.

Now let's jump into the patch details.

Important Note: Considering the extent of the improvements, there is little to no chance that we broke nothing in the process. Assume that we did not want to make anyone's life harder. If you see something amiss, please flag it to us using the usual channels, like the inbuilt reporting tool (F1 button), forums, and our Discord server.

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[h2]Patch 1.1.21 - Codename: Spectacular[/h2]

[h3]Content update :gift:[/h3]

• Carpenters Guild and House Venari are each other's associates from now on
  
• Some crew stats (mostly Reptile beasts) have been slightly tweaked
  

• Event and Settlement image panning added
  
• Closing enlarged settlement picture with ESC now works
  
• Finndurarth's Fly II skill will not change skill slots
  

• Deploy max number of characters is working properly again (no more exploits here, sorry)
  
• Dead Weight related crash fixed
  
• Bladedance layering fixed
  
• Taunted AI improved
  

• Scouting Changes
  
• Glossary (beta)
  
• Knowledge Ambition (Codex-related victory)
  
• Sunken Tower free DLC
  

• Escort tasks-related anomalies
  
• Crew combat chance percentages are sometimes shown in reverse
  

[h2]Hello all,[/h2]

The team has been hard at work on a variety of impactful changes; this build is the culmination of those changes in the lead-up to our upcoming free content: The Sunken Tower (DLC). A teaser about the Tower and its associated knowledge victory questline is coming soon.

The build itself introduces several quality of life improvements to general gameplay, including Quick Camp, automarch, daytime hunting and foraging, and automatic supply acquisition. The goal of these changes is to streamline core gameplay loops and minimize micromanagement for players who enjoy those less while still leaving the same options open for others. For more information about specifics regarding these changes you can view our recent devlog post, which covers each change in detail and check out our summary video below:
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Important Note: Considering the extent of the improvements, there is little to no chance that we broke nothing in the process. Assume that we did not want to make anyone's life harder. If you see something amiss, please flag it to us using the usual channels, like the inbuilt reporting tool (F1 button), forums, and our Discord server.
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[h2]Patch 1.1.20 - Codename: Roamers of the Wasteland[/h2]

[h3]New Features[/h3]

• Daytime Supply Acquisition (aka Hunting and Foraging)
  
• Set up Auto Supply Acquisition rules during camp
  
• Automarch option
  
• Quick camp option
  

• Slice and Dice animation sped up
  
• Overwatch skills now break move+attack skills
  
• Conduit now has its proper POW animation
  
• Various smaller fixes/polish
  

• Scouting design changes
  
• Glossary (beta)
  
• Sunken Tower free DLC
  
• Knowledge Ambition (a Codex-related victory path) and related quests
  

[h3]Hello All,[/h3]

Back in October, when we published the game, we opened up a pinned discussion on our Steam Community Hub where our players were encouraged to post improvement ideas. The topic received 82 posts containing hundreds of ideas. Weve been monitoring them but between managing a steady supply of ad hoc issues, hiring new Pilgrims, and creating and publishing the Vorax DLC, we didnt have much time to give the matter the attention it deserves until recently!

After combing through these posts, we then further consolidated repeated requests and related ones, eventually arriving at the list of 48 suggestions shown below. From there, we were able to discuss, debate, and eventually categorize everything to a point where we could move forward with development for those features.



After examining and considering various suggestions, it quickly became clear that the most talked-about improvements were pertaining to map movement, camping, and scouting. As a result, we ended up focusing on the first two of these, and we will be releasing a new build with a variety of additional features that correspond to the requests made in the near future. In this post, we would like to discuss a few of those features.

[h2]New Features[/h2]
[h3]Automarch and Quick Camp[/h3]

Quick Camp and Automarch will make exploring the Wasteland easier and more efficient. While they will be turned off by default, you will be able to turn them on in the Options menu under Game Settings.

Toggling Automarch on will make it so that when you choose to travel beyond your normal Movement Points (MP) limit, your comitatus will proceed forward and expend March Points automatically. With this feature toggled off, you will instead automatically stop moving when you run out of MPs.

Multiple quality of life changes have been made to camping, too. First off, you will no longer need to go to a node before deciding to camp, you may now also simply click the normal camp icon at your destination node, and when you get there, the camp UI will pop up automatically.

Quick Camp, on the other hand, is an entirely new feature. When toggled on through Game Settings, it will give you an additional option from the radial menu when you travel, which allows you to instantly camp, ending the day without the usual camp UI popping up. Quick Camp will use all the settings you have locked in from your previous regular camp, such as how much you wish to pay your crew or how many rations you want to give them.

The below image shows exactly how these features will look: the top left tent icon will make your camp UI pop up when you reach that destination, while the colored tent icon is for Quick Camp.



[h3]Daytime Supply Acquisition[/h3]

As an alternative to acquiring supplies when you camp and end the day, you will be able to also acquire supplies during the day! This can often be useful, as the node you choose to hunt or forage on may have a significant impact on the results.

In almost all cases, this will cost 2 Movement Points (MP). If you do not have any remaining MP, it will instead cost 1 Vigor. You can send out multiple hunting and foraging expeditions during a day, though these will face increasing penalties depending on the outcome of previous attempts.



[h3]Supply Auto-acquisition settings[/h3]

You might also notice that we have renamed the whole process to Acquire Supplies, partly because of another new feature we will be integrating, namely, Auto-acquire Supplies. This feature functions just how it sounds: it allows the player to set predetermined conditions that will automatically get your workers, scouts, and slaves to the task of hunting and foraging, provided that the node you occupy meets those conditions.

In the example below you can see the new feature in action; the top slider below each category represents the minimum chance of success for that action to be triggered when you next strike camp. Here, the auto-action requires an average base chance of success of 48% for hunting and 30% for foraging, respectively. Below that, we can see another slider that represents the minimum average supply yield from a node, which can function as an independent condition or together with the above slider, simply by toggling the two buttons that sit between them.



Thats all for today. We will be releasing our new build shortly (probably next week), and are currently developing a large piece of free DLC content: The Sunken Tower. A teaser about the Tower and its associated knowledge victory questline is coming very soon.

Until then as always stay safe and conquer the wasteland!
The Lost Pilgrims Team

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[h3]Hey everyone,[/h3]

We fixed a bug that broke a few major questlines. Also, the Prologue (free Demo version of the game) has been updated, so if you have been hesitant to give it a go, now is the time to check out what the game looks like for free!

[h2]macOS save folder back and forth glitch[/h2]
Previously, there had been a macOS issue, wherein the game created new save game folders, thus leading players to believe that their saves were lost. That issue could be solved manually, but the game once again uses the correct folder, so the saves need to be placed back into their original folder.

In both cases these folders can be found following this path:
/Users/username/Library/Application Support


If you have any problems, feel free to contact us on our Disord server.

Important Note: Considering the extent of the improvements, there is little to no chance that we broke nothing in the process. Assume that we did not want to make anyone's life harder. If you see something amiss, please flag it to us using the usual channels, like the inbuilt reporting tool (F1 button), forums, and our Discord server.

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[h2]Patch 1.1.15 - Hotfix: [/h2]

[h3]Bug Fixes :bug:[/h3]

• Wealth victory fixed
  
• Vorax questline fixed
  
• Skornar questline fixed
  
• Fort Larius questline fixed
  
• Mac save folder destination fixed
  

[h3]Hey everyone,[/h3]

As usual, weve been working on fixing issues and adding new features as well as improvements. The most significant additions include our new name generator, along with the custom journal and chart notes features. As for improvements, besides smaller optimizations across various parts of the game, we have made the Companion Combat AI significantly faster while the initial loading time has been shortened as well.

Now let's jump into the patch details!

Important Note: Considering the extent of the improvements, there is little to no chance that we broke nothing in the process. Assume that we did not want to make anyone's life harder. If you see something amiss, please flag it to us using the usual channels, like the inbuilt reporting tool (F1 button), forums, and our Discord server.

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[h2]Patch 1.1.15 - Codename: Notas Et Effectus [/h2]

[h3]New/Updated Content[/h3]

• Four new random events
  

• You can add custom notes to your Journal
  
• You can add a maximum of five custom notes to each point of interest on the Chart
  
• Vagrus creation random name generator has been added (with lore-friendly names)
  

• Additional Codex tagging has been added to existing entries
  
• Companion Combat performance has been improved
  
• The Black Rot condition has been fixed - it now affects crew and companions
  

• The Character UI has new parchment frames
  
• Enchanted/Impervious color changed from purple to turquoise
  
• Some character portraits have been adjusted to better fit their frames
  
• Scrollbar corrections on the UI so that it is more streamlined
  

• Enemy portraits on an opened Character sheet during combat now face the intended direction
  
• Companion Combat action-related crashes fixed (Nedir's Famulus and Assassin's Battle Narcotics Skills were the culprits)
  
• Skornar's Defender Perk bonus is now granted on the same turn when someone is moving next to him
  
• The maximum available Codex entries are now properly shown in each game type
  
• Fixed a Camp UI-related soft lock (there might be more!)
  
• Fixed the Deputy tutorial related soft-lock if Morwen is severely wounded
  
• Frame misalignment is fixed in Companion Combat
  
• Combat Traits have been reworked, so upgrading more levels at once is now possible if other requirements are met
  
• Initiative order icons now only appear after the fight has begun
  
• A Burrow Skill related bug has been fixed
  
• Fixed the bug causing the frame of the Companion who got placed the last to disappear on the combat field
  
• A proficiency point exploit has been fixed
  
• A vagrus creation exploit has been fixed
  
• Crew change is now visible on the Camp UI on the first day
  
• Several tooltips that lacked color coding are now fixed
  
• The hotkey for Empower and Inspiration are now fixed (they are no longer inverted)
  
• Item and Gear lists, as well as the Passenger scroll bar disappearing, are now fixed
  
• Waiting multiple days in Events now works properly
  

• Map movement and Scouting changes
  
• Knowledge Ambition (a Codex-related victory path) and related quests
  

• Escort Task-related anomalies
  
• Crew combat chance percentages are sometimes shown in reverse
  

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Old World plays like a marriage between Civilization and Crusader Kings: how you interact with your family and rivals is just as important as how you manage your growing empire!

There's a 10% launch discount on Old World, and if you buy the game before June 1st, you'll get the brand-new Heroes of the Aegean DLC included for free.

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Check out Old World, and tell our friends at Hooded Horse that we sent you!

[h3]Hey everyone,[/h3]

the new update is here, and with it comes a free DLC Companion! Note that all the features and changes are automatically accessed via the update, while the Undead chef Vorax is available by downloading the new DLC for free. Now lets see in a bit more detail what each of these additions bring. As ever, you can find the detailed patch notes at the end of the page.

[h3]Companion: Vorax[/h3]
First and foremost, the update brings a new free DLC, which adds a new Companion to the game: the garrulous Undead cook called Vorax. You will find that Vorax is a good fit for almost any comitatus, bringing perks to the table such as his Deputy role Supercargo, as well as his cooking during camping and combat Skills that make him a great support fighter. He comes with his own, expansive Loyalty quest chain, which involves a cooking challenge as well as a less gleeful delve in his dark past.



[h3]Initiative Track Changes[/h3]
To grant more immediate agency to the player during combat and to brush things up for increased visual clarity, weve adjusted combat design so that changes to Initiative will take effect from the active moment when they occur. Furthermore, downed and stunned characters will now show up in the Initiative order, along with new visual adjustments that show their diminished state.



[h3]Key Bindings[/h3]
Responding to your requests, we have added key bindings to this update. From now on, you will be able to find customizable bindings in the menu you may assign up to two bindings for each action.

Now let's jump into the patch details:

Important Note: Considering the extent of the improvements, there is little to no chance that we broke nothing in the process. Assume that we did not want to make anyone's life harder. If you see something amiss, please flag it to us using the usual channels, like the inbuilt reporting tool (F1 button), forums, and our Discord server.

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[h2]Patch 1.1.00 - Codename: Voracious [/h2]

[h3]New Content :gift:[/h3]

• New Companion: Vorax with his own Loyalty quest-chain, combat Skills, and abilities
  

• Passenger details UI was changed in the mansio, we streamlined the representation of information
  
• Key bindings were added to the options menu
  
• Selection skirts are now in front of characters instead of behind them
  
• UI tooltips (such as Codex or Journal) now pop up in Settlements, too
  
• Added Equipment and Gear drag&drop highlights
  
• Equipment will automatically unequipped when a requirement is no longer met
  
• New Initiative order animations have been added
  
• Crew change list on CampUI will not cut off longer texts
  
• Further improvements to the Game Log
  
• Drag & Drop sound effects were added for character portraits, as well as highlights for Equipment and Gear
  
• Now you can turn on/off Crew Combat and Companion Combat animations separately
  
• Various fixes for ultrawide screens
  

• Game Log now indicates if Equipment is unequipped automatically and specifies the reason
  
• Added option to turn Ambience and Narration on/off
  

• Fixed the bug causing Outriders to dismount in case of maximum Cargo
  
• Maximum Cargo will no longer exceed 600 on the UI
  
• Anomalies with resolution changes have been fixed
  
• The position of Conflagrations circle has been fixed
  
• Companion selection now filters Deputies in Event choices
  
• Fixed a UI-wide related bug that resulted in the vagrus being kicked out of a settlement sometimes
  
• Various Achievement fixes
  
• Taunt Skills are now working as intended
  
• Fixed the bug causing Hireling Loyalty changes being listed in the Game Log
  

• Companion Combat performance drops
  
• Escort Task-related anomalies
  
• The occasional disappearance of sliders from Equipment and Item lists
  

• UI improvements and bug fixes
  
• Free note-taking feature on the Chart and in the Journal
  
• Obstacles in combat
  

[h3]Hey everyone,[/h3]

here is another short list of much-needed fixes that should stabilize the latest build while maintaining the quality of the game. A huge thanks to everyone who reported issues and gave us feedback over at our discord server!

Important Note: There is always the chance that despite our best efforts we broke something. Assume that we did not want to make anyone's life harder. If you see something amiss, please flag it to us using the usual channels, like the inbuilt reporting tool (F1 button), forums, and our Discord server.

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[h2]Patch 1.0.51 - Easter Hotfix[/h2]

[h3]Bug Fixes :bug:[/h3]

• Camp shadow pops up parallel with the camp UI (will no longer slow down the transition)
  
• Fixed the bug causing Movement Points to not replenish after camping
  
• Fixed the Perk UI-related crash that occurred on Hirelings
  
• Fixed disappearing allies in more instances after starting Companion Combat
  
• Fixed a Game log crash when clicked on reputation tier change during events
  
• Fixed an Event script error that led from the authorities of Deven to another storyline altogether
  
• You can now talk to Renkailon while on his recruitment quest (he reiterates what needs to be done)
  
• Eylani is now always deployed in the last fight of her questline
  

[h3]Hey everyone,[/h3]

We managed to squeeze in quite a number of improvements and reworks while new content is being created by the team. It includes a lot of things that we have been unable to rework until now, so we're super satisfied that we got around to them. In this patch, we specifically concentrated on Companion Combat UI and the Game Log, but there are a lot of other additions and fixes, too. We've collected a few here for your convenience, but you can find the detailed patch notes at the end of the post, too.

[h2]Companion UI[/h2]

We reworked the majority of the UI pane for Companions and much of what we did was based on player feedback. The interface now comes across as much more obvious, easier to read, including targeting information on skills as well as other information represented by icons (each with its own tooltip). Power cost is also prominently featured now.



[h2]Gear and Prowess Options[/h2]

The improved Companion UI is now readily accessible during combat deployment and Companion selection (during Events) to provide more agency to players. This means that you can now change Gear and level up Companions on these screens, too (except in Crew Combat ambushes and its subsequent rounds).



Matching these changes, enemies in Companion combat also received their own pane with stats and information that you can browse to be able to make decisions regarding your Companions' Gear and Perks.

[h2]Companion Selection Rework[/h2]

This specific rework involved moving the Companion portraits from the left onto the Event scroll itself so that the Companion UI can open in its place.



[h2]Assigning Deputies on the Fly[/h2]

A new feature snuck into this new build, too: you will be able to reassign Deputies during the day at the cost of Resourcefulness from time to time. The timer is an in-game week just like with some of the other Leadership skills (lowered by the Authority stat).



[h2]Game Log Changes[/h2]

We've felt for a while now that despite providing important information, the game log is not as informative as we would like it to be. And so we took our tools to it to give it a nice facelift and rework.



First off, important items in the log will now be clickable: codex links, journal references, chart, and so on. This change makes it much easier to find the things the log is about and dig deeper if you wish.

Additionally, save files now include the entries in the log, so if you open the game after a hiatus, you will be able to get back into the swing of things much easier using the game log.

[h2]Companion Combat UI Changes[/h2]

Health bars received a major overhaul - gone are the round meters divided into 5 parts. They were often quite difficult to decode, as a single segment in the case of larger enemies often represented 5-8 Vitality points. Thus, it the meter did not budge even after several smaller hits, confusing players.

We've been looking for the right design for a while and now we think we've found it, so we took the time to implement it. The new health bar displays Vitality in a percentage-based gauge.



Enemies that take up two spaces received extra care: we got rid of their weird double round bases and gave them a longer health bar along with a single, large targeting box.



Another addition is that the bars will indicate expected damage (or heal) when hovering over them with an activated Skill.



We've rolled with this display style and implemented it so that now after a damaging attack (or healing Skill use), the Vitality meter shows the damage for a moment before subtracting the value from the target.



[h2]New Blood on Hit Types[/h2]

Another small, albeit quite immersive, change we've finally gotten around to is that creatures that do not bleed or have an irregular blood color received their own blood decal when hit. No longer will Cinderborn and Splinters bleed but have their specific kind of damage represented in combat.



[h2]Character Sheet Changes[/h2]

In Part I. of upcoming changes, one of the most significant changes was the updated character sheet that can be opened and used in the deployment phase and during Companion selection in Events. You may have noticed it there that the sheets themselves received an overhaul, too. The whole Skill section was revamped to be more informative and less cluttered with text. All sorts of information is now displayed that Skills were lacking, along with new icons to ease the identification of combat Skill attributes and effects.



Targeting now has its own block with sets of icons that make a simple reading of the Skill more intuitive. Categories like Impediment were broken down into sub-classes such as Push, Pull, Stun, and so on, so now you get more detailed information on what will happen upon using the Skill. A large number of tooltips were added to compliment the changes.

Whew, and that was only the big stuff. And now, let's jump into the patch details.

Important Note: Considering the extent of the improvements, there is little to no chance that we broke nothing in the process. Assume that we did not want to make anyone's life harder. If you see something amiss, please flag it to us using the usual channels, like the inbuilt reporting tool (F1 button), forums, and our Discord server.

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[h2]Patch 1.0.50 - Codename: Prepared [/h2]

[h3]New/Updated Features :shiny:[/h3]

• Character UI is:
  - Now openable before Companion combat (except in ambushes) so you can change Gear or level up to be able to face the adversities
  - Now available for enemy characters so you can check their stats and Skills in advance
  - Now also available during Companion selection in Events, allowing you more freedom to change Gear or level up Prowess, too (or simply check what's what)
  
• Camp shadow added to camping for more immersion
  
• Shift + left click now works on Crew in the mansio (for hiring or kicking them out in bulk)
  
• Changing Deputies during the day is available for some Resourcefulness
  
• Game log now shows more updates and most entries are clickable to access the relevant information
  

• Reworked Companion selection UI in Events
  
• Completely reworked Vitality and Power bars in Companion Combat
  
• Campaign map node radial menu highlights were added
  
• Enduring Effect tooltip updated on Crew and Character UIs
  
• A new standalone Character UI was implemented, which is now visible in the deploy phase and during Companion select
  
• Unused Skill boxes were removed from the enemy Character UI
  
• Simplified the Outrider feedback on the Crew UI
  
• Added tooltips to main menu options
  
• Added a new option to remove the Companion Combat position frames (for those that want a less busy UI)
  

• Skornar won't retaliate when in Guard Stance if the triggering attack Downs him
  
• Out of Action is now logged only once in the Combat Log, not twice
  
• Stats affected by Gear now update instantly
  
• Vagrus background dependency tooltips were reformatted to avoid script-like text
  
• Fixed a bug preventing converting Mounts to Outriders when having less than 1 cargo slot
  
• Locked foraging will not trigger working odd jobs in settlements from now on
  
• Workforce related calculations were fixed
  
• The smelter in Avernum deducts 15 Scrapmetal instead of 20, as displayed
  
• The Ahskulite retinue will now properly remove themselves from the party when you convince them to go back to Deven by themselves
  

• Vitality bars sometimes blink briefly during Round switching
  
• Combat performance drops
  
• Escort task-related anomalies
  

• New Companion: Vorax - FreeLC for all owners of Vagrus
  
• Options to change key bindings
  

A fellow indie developer team from our hometown has just released their role-playing game so we are very happy to share this Steam cross-promotion post with you all.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1374930/Black_Geyser_Couriers_of_Darkness/

If youve ever played Baldurs Gate or Icewind Dale, youll feel right at home in the old school Black Geyser. Developed by a small indie studio in Budapest, Hungary, its a love letter to those titans of the genre, with plenty of its own twists. Developed since 2015, backed on Kickstarter, and having entered into Early Access in August 2022, its launch is today at 11 AM EST (4 PM GMT).



Black Geyser is set in Yerengal, a world where dark gods have brought nothing but venality and greed. For centuries, the Devil-god Rothgor has spread fear and terror, waging war upon the mortal races. Eventually banished, the nation of Isilmerald has enjoyed a time of peace and prosperity. Yet discontent has begun to fester once more, and a bloody civil war is brewing between the capital Isilbright and the wealthy mining town of Deron-Guld.

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Like any classic isometric CRPG, life starts out at the character creator. There are 5 playable races (Human, Dwarf, Elf, Feldegug and Rillow) and 13 unique classes, from 4 unique class groups (Priest, Outlaw, Warrior, and Wizard). Each plays completely different from the other and theres enough here to suit all styles. After tinkering on the attribute screen (time to panic over those points!), youre dropped into a world thats plagued by pestilence and mysterious abductions. Without wishing to spoil the story, its your job to uncover the hidden legacy of your birth, across a world youre free to explore.

Since its Early Access and over the last seven months, Black Geyser has taken the time to improve almost all areas of its game. The entire purpose of getting the game into the hands of players as soon as possible was clearly to refine its vision, identify problem areas and put them right. Having delivered over 20 huge updates, including Mac and Linux support, Black Geyser has made sweeping changes. From vastly improved loading times, to clearer player tutorials, improved crafting, new zones, enemies and questlines, the small development team have ensured they've focused on addressing and reacting to key player feedback.



As a CRPG with a large open world with dozens of unique locations, exploring, interacting with NPCs and managing Black Geysers tactical-combat-with pause is key. Just like most party-based titles of old, youll need to recruit key allies, discover their motivations, choose your formations and deck them out in any weapons and armor you can lay your hands on, whether thats from taking on epic bosses, or stealing from a nearby inn (just dont get caught by the guards).

Black Geyser is undoubtedly a challenging experience, but first and foremost it puts its story and unique greed mechanic at the center. The choices you make will either advance the cause of the Goddess of Greed, or maintain the flame of hope to impact directly on the game world. Yerengal is brimming with content to discover, with varied grim biomes that have plenty of atmosphere that are filled with dangers. If you camp for the night, theres every chance youll be ambushed. If you stray too far from the beaten track, dont be surprised if you encounter enemies waiting to smash you to a pulp.

With a branching narrative spanning more than 300,000 lines of text and multiple endings, theres more than 60 hours of content available here, not including all the side quests and secrets to uncover. Scratching that old school itch is the name of Black Geysers game, and with future launch plans set to bring pets, strongholds and additional content, its launch this week is only the beginning.

Available now on Steam at a discounted price before it launches into 1.0 today ($29.99).

Are you ready to be corrupted by Black Geysers greed?

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[h2]Happy International Women's Day[/h2]
First of all, on behalf of us at Lost Pilgrims Studio, we would like to thank all the fantastic women in our lives and by extension, commend all women everywhere. Keep on rocking, ladies!





[h2]Our New Office[/h2]



With the new year come new challenges and new momentum as well for Lost Pilgrims. As a part of that we've now moved into a new office space after a long period of working exclusively from home. During the Covid years the studio had to adapt to the unfortunate situation and admittedly, this arrangement was quite hit-and-miss for the majority of the team. Now that we are also recruiting, we decided to move into an office again - at least those of us who have to communicate and iterate on a daily basis.

As fates would have it, the new office is just a block or two away from our previous one and is in an office building that is in a better general condition.

Here's a photo of the empty office on the day of moving. It was a cold day, the first Monday of the new year.



Moving into a new office is a logistical hurdle on its own but due to the general wood shortage and IKEA being literally empty after Christmas, we could only get used desks - at least it's easier on the environment, eh?



The photo below shows phase 2, when we were looking for the screws as well as good places for desks. It was slowly coming together.



Phase 3 (below): desks are in place and a handful of chairs were also deployed. We could not procure used shelves in the desired color and style but we managed to get a Kallax shelf set from the IKEA on the other side of Budapest. Irafons smiled on us!



Phase 4: the Kallax and the rest of the furniture were assembled. Great success!



With that, the new office was conquered and since then, the team's core has been working there every weekday. The personal interactions were sorely missed and we're very excited to be able to hang out and work on Vagrus again.

Just like with game development, while the front end looks good, there are still a few things to be tied off in the back. :D





[h2]Pizza Time[/h2]



Because of your continuous support, we are still up and running and now that we have moved into our new office, we can finally enjoy the pizzas you have bought us via the supporter option. This is the sorta treat that the inhabitants of the wastelands would go to war for! Fortunately, our delivery arrived in time so we haven't had to raid the local pizzerias.





All jokes aside, we are grateful to be able to share these simple, fun moments in the team (and with you with these posts) while working on the game.



[h2]All Merch Dispatched & Fig Campaign Closing[/h2]



We are happy to report that after a long, drawn-out battle with boxes, wrappers, and the employees of the postal services, we managed to send out all the physical rewards we could. All that remains are a handful of rewards where some information is missing (we did not receive a name or an address from the customer) or that wasn't picked up. But the vast majority of the rewards are on their way - if not at their destinations already. (A number of US packages are still held up and waiting for entry at Customs.)

Altogether, the process was quite exhausting but the moments when the various items of merch arrived were great. By the time of penning this post, everyone on the team has received their T-shirts and had a chance to fiddle with the physical rewards.



The artbook turned out to be a fan and team favorite. Picking the finished order up from the printer and moving it around on this tiny cart was quite a funny sight to behold.



They barely fit in the trunk of the car!



Packing for delivery was much less exciting but there is a certain pressure involved: you want to make sure that everything arrives to its destination intact.



Of course, those that have no funds to hire people to handle fulfillment, nor to rent a warehouse, have to face the consequences: no living room for a couple of months!



Luckily, order has returned by now and all that remains is a stack of Collectors' Editions - which, turns out, is quite an amazing sight!



[h3]Closing our Fig Campaign in March[/h3]

Fig is shifting their focus to investments only without the crowdfunding side, so it's time for us to move on as well. With barely a few pledges in the last few months, it was a no-brainer to decide that we are closing our Fig campaign down (on 13th March), and will eventually look for a new place to sell our merch through.

A big Thank You! to everyone supporting us over there - our earliest supporters along with our friends on Patreon. Stay tuned and conquer the wasteland!

Stay tuned and conquer the wasteland!
The Lost Pilgrims Team

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[h3]Hey everyone,[/h3]

we have a new patch for Vagrus, which is incidentally the first to add sizable new content - namely, the faction leader NPCs and interactions for the Loaders' and Carpenters' Guilds, something that has been lacking compared to other factions. Each of them can give you a new quest to further get into their good graces (and get a little something-something for yourself in the process, of course). Below are the detailed patch notes.

Important Note: Considering the extent of the improvements, there is little to no chance that we broke nothing in the process. Assume that we did not want to make anyone's life harder. If you see something amiss, please flag it to us using the usual channels, like the inbuilt reporting tool (F1 button), forums, and our Discord server.

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[h2]Patch 1.0.20 - Codename: Guilder [/h2]

[h3]New/Updated Content :gift:[/h3]

• Carpenters' and Loaders' Guild bases of operation, their Faction Leaders, and a faction quest each were added
  

• Loyalty feedback: the game log and Event results now show what companions like and dislike (but deliberately do not expand on how much they like or dislike the choice)
  
• Dissonance mode difficulty was further lowered in several ways:
  - Simply trading Goods on the Market is now slightly more profitable
  - Faction Tasks now pay slightly more
  - Supplies now cost less in certain regions
  - The chance of running into Crew Combat encounters is now slightly lower
  - Working and defending crew requirements got a bit lower
  

• New, unique Deputy art assets on the Deputy screen for each role
  
• Added "and" and "or" in event dependencies to clarify them
  
• "Not" dependency tooltips have been added
  
• Mercenary/Trade Task tooltip on Chart was added
  
• Faction descriptions were streamlined
  
• Chart default position added when opening for the first time
  
• Keyboard zoom on Chart was implemented
  
• Overlapping Markers now shuffle
  
• Added a new button in the Codex that opens the Chart for Point of Interest entries
  
• Vagrus creation text lengths altered to fit boxes
  
• Deputy tooltip now shows the available characters for that role
  
• Relevant Camp UI tooltips also show up on the Crew UI
  
• Leadership Perk tooltips now indicate the Resourcefulness cost of use Renown gained from reaching
  
• Faction standing thresholds are now indicated in the game log
  
• Cargo throw-out visual was polished
  
• Companions screen visual was polished
  
• Crew Details box visual was polished
  
• Deputy screen buttons were improved
  
• Campaign map radial menu buttons now react to hover and clicking
  
• Main menu options colors were adjusted
  
• Journal visual was polished
  
• Market Buy and Sell buttons were improved
  
• Camp UI's End Day button was improved
  
• Chart text outline was tweaked to be more legible
  

• Incorrect Ward (defense) calculation in Crew Combat was fixed
  
• Beast Swap and Slave Sell buttons' tooltips are updated and indicate the real reason when inactive
  
• Various Proficiency-spending-related bugs have been fixed
  
• Chart text corrections
  
• In restricted settlements, hotkeys will not open Mansio/Market anymore
  
• Force Shield III now grants buff to Finndurath as it supposed to
  
• Perks going negative after Gear swap issue fixed
  
• The stickyUI stuck on the screen (pun intended) issue resolved
  
• Wind shaman icon asset resolution fixed
  
• Criminality feedbacks are now hidden everywhere as was always intended
  
• Fixed some broken Codex links in events
  
• Broken Crew Combat enemy and comitatus mini-flags fixed
  
• Avernum smelting yield was rebalanced
  
• Average price shows up on Goods tooltips in settlements on both the Market and Cargo sides
  
• Sell button tooltip fixed
  
• Grit calculation has been fixed
  

• Companion Combat performance drops
  
• Escort Task-related anomalies
  
• Occasional disappearence of the slides from Equipment and Item lists
  

• User Interface improvements and bug fixes
  
• New Comapnion Free-LC
  

Hey everyone,

we are happy to share that Vagrus has been included in the Big Adventure Event (#theBAE) on Steam organized by Hitcents. The event will be running between January 20 -24 with 100 demos and games.

As part of #theBAE and with our schedules finally lining up with our dear content creator friend, KormakrTv, we recorded a special Vagrus session for you all. While showing off the game, Kormakr have had a little chat with Sztaszov, Lost Pilgrims' co-founder and game designer on Vagrus - The Riven Realms. Check out the event if you missed the actual livestream!

The event will be on air here on Steam from 12:00am CST/7:00am CET, 22st of January.

We hope you will enjoy the show. Conquer the wasteland,

The Lost Pilgrims Team

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Hey everyone,

we are happy to share that Vagrus has been included in the Big Adventure Event (#theBAE) on Steam organized by Hitcents. The event will be running between January 20 -24 with 100 demos and games.

As part of #theBAE and with our schedules finally lining up with our dear content creator friend, KormakrTv, there will be a special Vagrus Let's Play on his twitch channel. While showing off the game, Kormakr will chat with Sztaszov, Lost Pilgrims' co-founder and game designer on Vagrus - The Riven Realms. It's a great opportunity to ask any questions during the stream, so come along and watch it if you can.

The event will be on air from 8:30am CST/3:30pm CET, 21st of January.

We're looking forward to talking about the game and our future plans as well. See you around,

The Lost Pilgrims Team

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[h3]Hey everyone,[/h3]

we've had a final patch for this year in the works for a while now. This one also includes fixes and tweaks primarily before we move on to adding chunks of new stuff next year. Still, rounding these glitches out first was more important than rushing headlong into creating new stuff, so we hope you appreciate the work we put in this one.

We would hereby like to express our appreciation and gratitude to the awesome people who have been active on our social media platforms, sharing articles and links, voting on Vagrus in award shows, giving advice to people on our discord and other platforms, or helping us by reporting a lot of large and small things that could be tweaked or fixed in Vagrus. It would be difficult to list you. But you know who you are. :)

Now let's jump into the patch details:

Important Note: Considering the extent of the improvements, there is little to no chance that we broke nothing in the process. Assume that we did not want to make anyone's life harder. If you see something amiss, please flag it to us using the usual channels, like the inbuilt reporting tool (F1 button), forums, and our Discord server.

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[h2]Patch 1.0.17 - Codename: Bombus Magnificus[/h2]

[h3]Content Tweaks[/h3]

• House Venari faction rewards have been reworked
  
• Various faction reward tweaks (Only reclaimables, not Enduring Effects. The new rewards are claimable in addition and will not replace the old ones. We are uncharacteristically generous in this regard... but the Holidays are coming up, so enjoy!)
  
• Some Equipment and Gear stats were tweaked
  
• Explorer starter item changed to be more in line with other Callings
  
• You can get a second Heat Shielding Crystal in case you accidentally sell the first one (it might not be easy, however)
  
• Hollow Eyes are now silent in combat, as they should be
  
• Killing tax collectors will have more severe consequences: Bounty hunter attacks start on a slightly lower Imperial Criminality rate (as a warning) while on higher criminality, the legionaries try to apprehend you
  
• Small economy tweaks so that the rumors do not contradict actual market prices
  

• Loyalty tooltip has been updated to indicate the order of Loyalty levels
  
• Authority and Resourcefulness tooltips have been updated to be more precise and informative
  
• Companion background texts and Faction descriptions were tweaked (fixed length and polished texts)
  
• Blessing of Unbinding description now refers to a more generic source of the effect
  

• Several journal inconsistencies were fixed
  
• Choices leading to the wrong step in several Events were fixed
  
• A lot of Event text has been polished across the board
  
• Garrik is no longer recruitable twice (sorry)
  SPOILERS AHEAD
  
• The final showdown in Garrik's questline was tweaked not to spoil a surprise ahead of time by applying a certain buff too soon
  
• Eylani's loyalty adjustments in events have been revamped and some gift-related choices are now visible in her banter
  
• You can no longer ask about ingredients from Thadraz during Gor'Goro's questline when you've already delivered them
  
• Skornar's stealthy prison break now does not refer to fighting patrols if it was successful
  
• Eylani's personal quest progression related to Tectum Carvos was rewritten a bit not to refer to the town's current state so much (seeing that it could be vastly different depending on the time of doing her quest)
  
• Finndurarth-related story inconsistencies have been fixed in Salum
  
• Agoram now blesses the party with Unbinding in Finndurarth's last quest step (if you called him to the Conclave)
  
• The Source of Discord quest was tweaked so that you can complete the (optional) dream-catching step even if all the required sub-objectives are already completed (this makes it so that patient players are unlikely to miss this optional objective)
  
• The description of the forum of Tectum Carvos - as well as its initial description - now reflects the town's state better in relation to the major questline there
  
• The shamans are always back at Kotrar when you return the trial contingent
  
• A Terathion's Fall event softlock when there were no choices is now fixed
  
• There are now no rumors about Wyrms after their final defeat
  

• Camp UI soft-lock related to the throw-out UI resolved
  
• AOE attack Skills now hit all intended targets
  
• Fixed the bug where Companions could occupy the same position
  
• Various Acrobatics-related positioning bugs have been fixed
  
• Jhakra Alpha's Roar accuracy has been nerfed further
  
• Morgarthan's strange glow should be gone now
  
• Victory screen texts were improved where they were a bit wonky
  

• Combat performance
  
• Various Escort tasks related anomalies
  

• Faction leaders for the two criminal syndicates (with a faction quest each)
  
• A new companion as a Free-DLC
  
• Criminal system tweaking
  
• Continued bug fixes and tweaks
  
• UI improvements
  

Hey everyone,

this last month has been slow but we managed to push out new builds for both the main game and our demo last week, so that's a relief.
Throughout November, most of our team members were either on sick leave or vacation, while the rest of us were trying to finish tasks related to our physical Vagrus products or were busy formulating plans for the future of Lost Pilgrims. Bear with us though, as we are getting closer to realizing these plans. For now, let us look at what we are working on in more detail.

[h3]Producing Merchandise is Hard[/h3]

When you have a game full of content, you might think that it's easy to "pull together stuff" and produce merchandise from it but in reality, anything you want to use needs some rework to fit for that new purpose. Still, that was within our domain. What came as a bigger shock was how hard it was to find partners for the actual production. No one wants to deal with small order numbers or produce on the level of quality we aimed for. Just as an example, we tried four suppliers to produce our Emperor's Edition boxes but in the end, we ended up giving the job to a creator who makes them by hand because that was the only way that the final product would meet our expectations. But hey, at least now we can say they are truly "handcrafted".

With the little delays eating into our timeline and due to the game's rocky launch, we had to pause our merch production for October but once our hotfixes were rolled out, we got back to it and everything seems to be on track. So expect some new posts about the ready products soon.

Overall, it also means that we will only be able to start merchandise deliveries this month (December 2021).

[h2]Planning Our Future[/h2]

We promised to share our plans soon after launch, but to do that, we needed to make said plans first: assess options and decide where and how we would like to get to with the game and with our studio.

Video games, especially indie games, often earn half of their lifetime revenue in the first month of their release. From that perspective, the launch of Vagrus was satisfactory. Not bad but not particularly amazing either. We have enough runaway to continue but we also need to find and create additional revenue sources within a reasonable time to ensure our long-term financial stability, especially considering our debt payments in the future.

[h3]Continuing with Vagrus[/h3]
With Vagrus, being short on content- and improvement ideas has never been an issue. The challenge we face now is how to split our resources between improving the base game and creating new revenue sources like DLCs, ports, and so on.

We received tons of great insights from our players. That helps us in prioritizing our endless improvement-idea list. So we would definitely like to implement some of those sooner rather than later. The question is how far we can go with those before switching to porting and other endeavors. We are a tiny team, you see, with a single coder, so presently that is a bottleneck we have to account for.

[h3]Hedging long term[/h3]
The solution to the above conundrum would be to grow the team (aka: hire more people), so improvements and other development areas could run parallel. It's a risk but one we are leaning toward taking, hoping that our community will appreciate those efforts and supports us on the way.

Of course, hiring and onboarding new folks take time too, so if we do that, it will slow down things even more for a period of time. But then, afterwards, the new speed can be higher, so naturally, it's an investment into the future.

[h2]The Next Months and Beyond[/h2]

There is little left of 2021 but we do hope to get some work done and then build on that in early 2022.
So here's a vague outline of what to expect (subject to change of course, due to a number of unforeseeable reasons):



[h3]Plans for PC:[/h3]

• Continue with general bugfixes
  
• UI design improvements based on community feedback
  
• Smaller content bits (stories, NPCs, additional options, portraits, etc.)
  
• DLCs
  

• DLC1 (Free) - A new Companion [yes, a Supercargo steamthumbsup]
  
• DLC2 (unsure if Free or Paid) - Additional major storyline(s) within the currently available playable area
  
• DLC3 (Paid) - A new region with new stories

[h3]Hey everyone,[/h3]

While our team is recovering from Covid/other illnesses, we finally managed to pull together a patch worth of bug fixes. More fixes are coming soon, but for now, let's take a look at what else we're working on.

[h3]Merch Shipped Soon[/h3]
Despite all the hurdles (production issues, massive paper shortage, etc.) our Vagrus-related merchandise is in the last stages of production. Shipping will start as soon as we receive the finalized items from the printing factories. We are sorry about the delays, it has been a difficult road to get here.



Should you be interested in placing a last-minute order, you can do so on our Fig page making a $1 pledge and shop for 'Add-Ons'. Note that considering all the global shipping issues we can hear about on the news, we cannot guarantee delivery before the Holidays.

Now let's jump into the patch details:

Important Note: Considering the extent of the improvements, there is little to no chance that we broke nothing in the process. Assume that we did not want to make anyone's life harder. If you see something amiss, please flag it to us using the usual channels, like the inbuilt reporting tool (F1 button), forums, and our Discord server.

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[h2]Patch 1.0.16 - Codename: Lil' Bugger[/h2]

[h3]Bug Fixes :bug:[/h3]

• Outpost progress-related bug (image and required crew not advancing properly) in older saves has been fixed
  
• Various Outpost management related tweaks
  
• Longer Journal entries can be scrolled all the way down
  
• Goods placed in Hidden Compartments will stay there after loading the game
  
• Camping during events can not be interrupted
  
• Mercenary Task-related throw-out UI bug has been fixed
  
• When a Perk is unlocked but we have insufficient Proficiency, a tooltip line now indicates how many points you lack to buy that Perk
  
• Some save file exploits fixed
  
• Fixed a few Event script issues
  

• Combat performance
  
• Various Escort tasks related anomalies
  
• A shed-load of bugs you folks reported but we have not gotten to process yet. On it!
  

• Bug fixes and tweaks
  
• UI improvements
  
• Early 2022 - A new companion as a Free DLC

Hey Folks,

Having played decades of tabletop RPG campaigns in the setting and Vagrus' narrative landing north of one million words in the form of stories and codex entries, Story-Rich certainly rings true when it comes to our game.

If you enjoyed the setting and stories of Vargus, it would be an honor to receive your nomination in the Outstanding Story-Rich Game category.

Thank you very much for your support!
The Lost Pilgrims Team

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Ps.: the category template art of Steam does seem a little off from the dark tone of Vagrus but hey, here goes anyway. :D

Hey, everyone!

While we work on our next patch and formulate our plans for this and next year, we wanted to say thanks to our indie developer friends at Sever studio who helped us with a great Vagrus cross-promo post on their The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante Steam community page at the time our launch.

The timing is just great as they have just announced their new game:Mother of All Secrets, an RPG of mythical intrigues and occult mysteries.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1747660/Mother_of_All_Secrets/


If you are one who's into the text-based game, consider following and wishlisting the game, so you won't miss the upcoming news, latest devlogs, and sneak peeks!

Mother of All Secrets, a mystery RPG about an orphanage where the fates of the heroes irreversibly change with every tick of the clock. Become one of the pupils and unravel the mysteries of the House by influencing the minds, hearts, and plans of its inhabitants.

Here's their official trailer:

[previewyoutube=nlJLqRXFtbA;full][/previewyoutube]

Get ready to dive into the very heart of the events that unfold inside the orphanage's closed society. Hand-drawn graphics will immerse you into the reality of your new home.

Create your own character and live out a unique story only you decide how to spend each and every hour. Go about uncovering the asylum's secrets however you like. Make friends or enemies at your own discretion. Explore the darkest and most dangerous corners of the House. Unravel other people's schemes and draw up your own plans. Obey or risk breaking the cryptic rules that govern the orphanage and face the consequences.




Also don't miss other games from Studio sever and 101XP, including critically acclaimed narrative-driven RPG The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante. If you are interested in getting a glimpse of the game, check its free prologue now OR participate in the community event to win your personal Deluxe Edition.

[h3]Hey everyone,[/h3]

We are putting out another round of fixes today. Though the list is shorter than usual, it has some bugs on it that we've been trying to squash for a while now. Hopefully, they won't cause any trouble from now on.

Important Note: Considering the extent of these improvements there is little to no chance that we broke nothing in the process. Assume that we did not want to make anyone's life harder. If you see something amiss, please flag it to us using the usual channels, like the inbuild reporting tool (F1 button), forums, and our Discord server.

Now let's jump into the details:

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[h2]Patch 1.015. - Codename: Wasted[/h2]

[h3]New Content :gift:[/h3]

• New Jagged Waste codex entry added to all vagri
  

• "P" hotkey now opens and closes Price History (the Chart remains in the background)
  

• Merging UI glitch (causing several interfaces to merge into a mess) is now fixed
  
• "Less than a stack" drag&drop exploit is no longer possible
  
• The issue causing various New Game related anomalies like ruined Velarias or Fort Larius has been fixed so it should not reoccur in the future
  
• 'Cull Their Ranks' now shows the correct number of deployable companions
  
• Withdrawing money from the outpost causing a crash fixed
  
• Mount crew stats not showing up when 'All mounted' is now fixed
  
• Abolitionist-related Tasks now always point to valid destination settlement (with unlocked Abolitionist presence)
  
• Shift + click on the Outrider converting buttons (+/-) now work on the Crew Combat UI
  
• Settlement UI no longer pops up randomly during Crew Combat
  

• A rare soft-lock when various UI actions follow each other mixing Event, camping, crew, and companion combats in a particular fashion we've not been able to reproduce
  
• AI taking too long in Companion Combat is still being looked at by the team
  

[h3]Hey everyone,[/h3]

A new week, a new patch! We keep tweaking things and adding smaller stuff for now while fixing bugs. Some are tougher than others, of course, so bear with us. Most of the fixes and tweaks were made possible due to a passionate and active player base - we can't thank you enough!



Important Note: Considering the extent of these improvements there is little to no chance that we broke nothing in the process. Assume that we did not want to make anyone's life harder. If you see something amiss, please flag it to us using the usual channels, like the inbuild reporting tool (F1 button), forums, and our Discord server.

Now let's jump into the details:

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[h2]Patch 1.012. - Codename: Settled[/h2]

[h3]Improvements and Tweaks :gift:[/h3]

• GorGoro receives a tiny Loyalty boost if you visit Drius every 40 days or so
  
• You can now buy booze for the crew in Larnaks Bumbling Boatman
  
• 3 new equipment added (Perimeter Alarms and Traveling Saddles can be bought in some markets, while Mount Blankets can be acquired via other means)
  
• Removed the Evade malus from GorGoros Armor so that certain builds are not unfairly gimped retroactively (Dragonsteel IS very light and flexible!)
  
• Several characters received the ability to invest Proficiency points into the Religion Perk (to variable degrees)
  
• Skornars Guard Stance was tweaked so that he retaliates once in a round (maximum) on Level 1, twice on Level 2, and three times on Level 3
  
• Lowered Skornars insanely high Cold Resistances across the board (he is still very good at resisting cold)
  
• Specters received a new combat Skill called Chill of the Grave, which can lower the targets Cold Resistance for 3 rounds
  
• Mining stealthily at the Hills of Plenty was tweaked so that your actual mining skills and workforce decides your yield, not your skill in sneaking (yields from this can never reach the potential of legitimate mining, but you can still mostly avoid being caught with the right amount of stealthy Perks)
  
• Skornar can now enter the Tomb of Kathovras with more of his buddies
  
• Added a long, long codex entry to all characters called 'the Imperial Calendar' (you asked for it!)
  
• Tectum Carvoss Tarkian population is now willing to sell you some specialized equipment (some only after helping the town with the siege)
  
• Reworked the faction quest rewards and for Houses Venari, Darius, and Oquo to make them more in line with each other (including Oquos presence rising in case of your success in Larnak)
  

• We unlocked the Companion and Deputy buttons on Leader UI again
  
• Inactive effects on Statuses now indicate why they are inactive similarly to Equipment inactive effects
  

• Players whose Outpost questline was locked from progressing (because they progressed far before 1.01) can now fix their questline via an Event step at the Officium Factum in any of the major cities
  
• Consumption and Workforce calculated erroneously while fully mounted are now fixed
  
• The 'Cull Their Ranks' action in Crew Combat now always allows for the maximum number of Companions to be deployed
  
• Prowess nodes on the level-up UI now indicate the gated levels correctly
  
• Frenzy Perk granted by the Smoldering Heart is now working properly
  
• Some Outpost-related background calculations were fixed
  
• Now you can actually profits from your outpost's piggy bank
  
• Garrik and Skornar personal questline Achievements are fixed (should be retroactively restored with the right journal entries completed)
  
• Corrected the faulty turn-in step of the Golden Theory once you finish Kandakes requests
  
• Fixed an instance where the Event choice took you to the wrong step in Avernums Carpenters Guild
  
• Skornars Prowess unlocks occurring at the wrong points in his questlines are now fixed
  
• Skornar's Axe Swing not triggering from Guard Stance fixed (again, hopefully permanently this time)
  
• Fixed another instance of softlocking paths in the Wayward Souls quests Artakin Tomb
  
• The test dummy bandit was again removed, this time from the final battle of the Wyrm War questline (replaced with the correct battle)
  
• Living Shadows as Mercenary Task opponents are now properly indicated as Impervious
  
• Corrected Kral Hestaeras NPC portraits across her appearances in Tectum Carvos
  
• You can no longer deploy other characters alongside GorGoro in his one-on-one duel in his questline (and the fight now has the Arena Maximus background)
  
• The Dread Reavers guide quest marker repositioned again (hopefully to its final place - note that it is not retroactive, so if you were on the quest step before the update, you see the old marker)
  
• You can ask the Stinger Lord and the Quiet Man about Wyrm-related things when on the right quest step (but dont expect much from them)
  
• The Perk Flyer was removed and the single instance it was in a Test was replaced with Finndurarth (she is the only character with limited flight abilities)
  
• Fixed some quest items not being removed (not retroactive)
  

• A rare soft-lock when various UI actions follow each other mixing Event, camping, crew, and companion combats in a particular fashion we've not been able to reproduce
  
• AI taking too long in Companion Combat is still being looked at by the team
  

[h3]Hey everyone,[/h3]

We've been trying to catch up since the launch last Tuesday and get on top of some of the bugs that many of you reported while also rounding out the missing Outpost and Wealth victory path ending parts. Although some bugs are still being hunted, the latter two are now being added to Vagrus.

This means that you can now build your own outpost out in the wasteland (one specific spot for now, room for expansion later), and upgrade it bit by bit so that in the end it yields you profit from time to time if managed properly. It is important to know that no new UI or feature comes with the outpost, since Vagrus is not a game that involves building stuff - the outpost is instead presented in Event format like it was envisioned from the beginning (and similar to other victory paths). Once completed, the outpost can be used for vagri with the Wealth ambition to win the game (but can be completed with all vagri). It's super expensive to do that, mind you, giving you a nice endgame goal and challenge.

Along with this comes a list of bug fixes and adjustments. Thank you for highlighting these! Your help in identifying and squashing issues is priceless.

As for the future, we can see that many of you have been very vocal about which direction the game should go and we truly appreciate all the constructive input and the potential you see in Vagrus. That said, the last few months especially were unbelievably exhausting for our tiny team, and we are not ready to decide on where exactly to go just yet (we have plenty of exciting ideas and plans, of course). We'll take a little break to recharge and start working out our plans for post-release Vagrus with fresh minds. Again, thank you for all the support we received from you all! Bug fixing will continue in the meantime, of course.

Important Note: Considering the extent of these improvements and additions, there is little to no chance that we broke nothing in the process. Assume that we did not want to make anyone's life harder. If you see something amiss, please flag it to us using the usual channels, like the inbuild reporting tool (F1 button), forums, and our Discord server.

Now let's jump into the details:

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[h2]Patch 1.01 - Codename: Outpost[/h2]

[h3]New Content :gift:[/h3]

• Your outpost can be completed and upgraded via related Events
  
• Wealth victory is now achievable via the outpost questline (although vagri with other Ambitions can also buy and upgrade the outpost to its full potential)
  
• The Venari Agent and Senior Agent hirelings have been added
  
• Added more character portrait options to Dark Elven and Demonkin vagri
  

• You can now use Shift+click to mount/dismount by 10 units
  
• The Deputy UI drag-and-drop area has been enlarged (it's easier to drop Deputies into circles)
  
• In settlements without slavery, the tooltip will now correctly indicate the reason for not being able to deal in slaves
  
• Crew condition tooltip effects now roll-up from Perk levels into individual lines
  

• Companion Prowess storyline gating was moved to 4, 6, and 8 (from 3, 5, and 7) to alleviate the unintended combat difficulty increase with the addition of companion loyalty events
  
• Winning a battle against enemies lessens the impact on your material losses (fleeing survivors can still take stuff and the enemy can still cause harm to beasts and perishable cargo during a fight, so some losses will remain)
  
• Choosing the 'enslave' option lowers Abolitionist faction reputation
  
• Staying on the lowest or highest reputation point barrier with a faction disables their knock-on reputation effects for other factions
  
• A number of market- and economy-related tweaks
  
• Removed the estimation of days of travel from settlements in your Chart that are not reachable in the game (though this may be somewhat immersion-breaking, the Chart this way might cause less confusion when planning journeys)
  
• Beast lures received a buff, making them more useful during Appease
  

/Contains spoilers for some quests/

• Mansio 'Rest' button fix (it will no longer kick you out of the settlement, nor will it cause any other UI issues)
  
• You can no longer assign Deputies without them actually having the right Perk
  
• Settlement Artwork collapses properly upon clicking and does not get stuck on your screen (see Known Issues for an exception that still remains for now)
  
• Skornar's upgraded Axe Swing will properly trigger in his Guard Stance
  
• Multiple listings of the same equipment will not show up as equipped, only the one that really is equipped
  
• Fixed a crash caused by riposte-type skills killing the attacker
  
• Combat Skill Cleanse effect tooltip was fixed
  
• Your companions after Bestiaris Arena fights will now properly be deselected (making subsequent fights like the challenge battle non-restricted companion-wise)
  
• Statistics are now shown (and work) on several previously glitched pieces of Gear and Equipment
  
• The first navigation Equipment slot is open by default while the second gets opened up by assigning a Scout Master deputy
  
• Skornars slave trading in Pilgrims of the Wasteland is now not repeatable ad nauseum (used to allow you infinite money with enough clicking)
  
• Cleaned up some Companion portrait mistakes in Events
  
• The Golden Theory delivery steps now show the correct amount of goods you need to bring to Kandake
  
• Corrected various errand quest errors in the initial Kernak Waystation event
  
• The aptly named BottomFront Dark Elf mercenary was replaced with a regular one, sadly
  
• Wayward Souls quest blocked progress fixed (when delving into the tomb)
  
• Dread Reavers guide chart marker repositioned to the correct place
  
• Various Garrik personal storyline fixes, including: specialists are now recruitable only once, the final achievement for storyline fixed, brothel interaction that blocked progress is fixed, some wording at the smuggling den improved, and the bug that prevented you from picking up the gang in Lumen is fixed (you should get the passengers in your savegame if you progressed further without getting them)
  
• Blessings of the Sadirar quest (with the 4 blessings to access the upper village) fixed
  
• Criftaa will get to fight alongside all your companions at the last stage of her quest at the tower (not just the few she skulked around with)
  
• Harveks personal villa fight will now have the correct enemies (although the 50 VIT Brigand test dummy is very sad about this)
  
• You can no longer tell Caepasius that you failed after turning on him in the Trouble at Fort Larius questline (he holds grudges, that one)
  
• The rumor about Ashs slave market was reworded not to confuse anyone about the slave prices there
  
• The issue preventing Eylani from joining the comitatus is fixed (she will magically appear in your comitatus if you recruited her but then never showed up)
  
• Fort Viridium now allows you to rest there and to stock up on some (expensive) supplies and sell them some goods (via event choices, not the market tab)
  
• Successfully investigating the lizard symbol for Finndurarth will not unlock the last part of that questline, too
  
• Thadraz now actually returns your Smoldering Heart when he completes the armor for GorGoro (sneaky Dwarves!)
  
• Morgarthans Gaol can now be equipped on other Companions beside Nedir, as originally intended (its bonuses were also tweaked)
  
• Skornars Shield Bash upgrades now have and show the proper requirements
  
• The Dread Reavers will be now less confusing when it comes to their destinations during a certain part of their questline
  
• We added options to lower your criminality in Larnak and Avernum, too, you scoundrels, you!
  
• Harveks payback in the Mines of Plenty now actually requires him to be there with you
  
• Various objective markers were updated or fixed
  
• Half-Elves receive minor maluses for Imperial factions at character creation to offset their great potential a bit
  
• Added clarification to Attributes tooltips as well as some Leadership abilities
  
• The Draconic Trading House factions now correctly indicate which settlements are included in the tax exemption on Tiers 3+ (the previous, unfortunate wording created some confusion)
  
• Several Companion storyline fights were tweaked (especially Skornars and Nedirs early battles)
  
• Criftaa now actually dies when you have her murdered following the KrogVor showdown
  
• Victory screen slides where the text was too large to fit the box are fixed
  
• Your weird nightmares will not give you insight infinitely from now on (just several times, as it was intended)
  
• Certain Crew Combat encounters that caused issues in Events when the foe retreated too early were tweaked - they might be tougher now but cases when they flee and can not be stopped, causing a defeat should be lessened)
  
• The unintended, overly eager interest in metal (resulting in crazy prices) in Sadirar settlements have been toned down to what was originally intended
  

• A few Settlement and Camp buttons are disabled until we find the cause of lockups they cause
  
• Edge cases can softlock UI - you can load the game to fix it for now
  
• Loading the game while the settlement art is open causes the UI to crash
  
• AI taking too long in Companion Combat is still being looked at by the team
  

[h3]Hey Folks, [/h3]

This one is mostly just a quick temporary fix, for the time being, aimed at circumventing an underlying UI bug that causes several interfaces to soft-lock or to stop responding, breaking the game for some players. We are working on a permanent fix for the issue but until then, some buttons on the UI that cause the lock are disabled:

• Companion and Deputies while on the Leader UI
  
• Assign Deputies on the camp UI
  
• Companion Stats button on the camp UI

• Garrik's personal storyline's final NPC portraits were added
  

• The issue causing drag and drop not to work properly (or at all) for Deputies is now fixed
  
• For now, UI-related issues can be fixed by reloading a savegame (instead of restarting the whole game as before). NOTE that it is a temporary solution aimed at lessening the impact for you while we are investigating the underlying cause of the UI bug. Because of this, until we fix the major UI-related bugs, some buttons will be deactivated! These are: Companion and Deputies while on the Leader UI; Assign Deputies and Companion Stats buttons on the camp UI.
  
• A lot of Event-related small fixes based on player feedback
  
• The quest 'One Last Job' can now be turned in in Deven without having to unlock the Dark Elf Prince
  
• Fighter and Outrider consumption is now properly affected by Equipment and other effects
  
• Hunting extra loot (like Hides, Bones) is no longer accidentally overwritten by Supplies
  

• The above-mentioned UI glitches still persist
  
• The later part of the Wealth victory path / Outpost building is not yet in
  
• Some performance issues (including longer initial loading time)
  

• The rest of the outpost building and Wealth victory path
  
• Faction leaders for the two crime syndicates
  
• Smaller user interface fixes/improvements
  

[h3]Hey Everyone,[/h3]

Let us begin by thanking you all again for all the constructive feedback as well as the positive reception of the release of Vagrus! Of course, as most releases go with complex games, we managed to slip some glithces past testing before hitting 1.0, so today we're releasing a hotfix for these as well as adding more variety to character creation for the open world campaign.

Important Note: There is a small chance that we broke something with the update. Please assume that we did not want to make anyone's life harder. If you see something amiss, please flag it to us using the usual channels, like the inbuild reporting tool (F1 button), forums, and our Discord server.

Now let's jump into the details:

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[h2]Patch 1.001 - Codename: No Rest for the Wicked[/h2]

[h3]New/Updated Features :shiny:[/h3]

• Three new leader races (Dark Elf, Demonkin, and Kalani human)
  
• Leader races and backgrounds received a major overhaul
  
• Additional leader portrait variations
  

• The confusion-causing Prowess tooltip is fixed (the right one appears from now on)
  
• Gear tutorial bug circumvented (equipping the talisman on Morwen is optional)
  
• 'Delayed' achievement triggering prematurely is now fixed
  
• Smaller Event script fixes based on player feedback, including reduced Insight rewards for some story stages (they used to be quite outlandish)
  

• The later part of the Wealth victory path / Outpost building is not yet in
  
• Some NPC portraits are missing in Garrick's personal storyline
  
• Some performance issues (including longer initial loading time)
  

• The rest of the outpost building and Wealth victory path
  
• Faction leaders for the two crime syndicates
  
• Smaller user interface fixes/improvements
  

The day is upon us! Vagrus - The Riven Realms is out now!

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And by Ahskul what a journey this has been so far. Speaking of which, there is a bit of a parallel here that could be drawn between caravans trudging across a barren, post-apocalyptic dark fantasy world and a tiny studio scrambling to deliver a huge open-world game but we let's not go there on this fine day! :D

What's truly important in this whole journey is that it would not have been possible without the continued, constructive, persistent support of so many of you, the players. Everyone who spent hours and hours delving into the Early Access, everyone who dropped a few kind words or a review of the game, shared posts, talked to friends about Vagrus, sent bug reports, pointed out typos, and of course, bought the game - you are what made all this work worth it. If you could keep this up by playing the game and sharing this post we would be eternally grateful.

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Size and Content
With companion questlines, a new companion, and a new region, the game grew by about 30-35% compared to the last public Early Access build, with a lot of UI and feature improvements. Because of this large amount, there are certainly still glitches here and there but the team is ready and eager to address those as they rear their ugly heads. We also have some unfinished business regarding the Wealth victory path and the adding of new playable races, which we'll get around to presently.

For a detailed description of what is to come, check out the previous devlog post here. Below you will find the full patch notes, which is basically the same in a bullet point list.

The Future
Because the Riven Realms have been part of our lives in one form or another for 30 years, rest assured that we have no intention of abandoning the game now that 1.0 is out, of course. On the contrary, our plans involve improving mechanics, adding content, and creating DLCs if there is a demand. We'll share more detailed plans when the tumult of the release abates somewhat.

And again, thank you for coming along for the journey with the Lost Pilgrims!




Important Note: Considering the extent of these improvements there is little to no chance that we broke nothing in the process. Assume that we did not want to make anyone's life harder. If you see something amiss, please flag it to us using the usual channels, like the inbuild reporting tool (F1 button) and our Discord server.

Now let's jump into the details:

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[h2]Version 1.0[/h2]

[h3]New Content :gift:[/h3]

• The westernmost region of the Searing Plains (with a number of settlements and lots to do)
  
• Eylani, a new recruitable Companion added
  
• Companion Personal Storylines (for all 9 available Companions)
  
• Wyrm War Storyline (a long, late game storyline)
  

• Most of the UI was completely overhauled (Crew, Settlements, Companion Perks)
  
• New Conditions tab on the Crew UI
  
• Now you can track the Loyalty status of your Companions (Companion pane)
  

• Equipment tooltip improvements (Lances, Guard Animals)
  

• In Crew Combat, when checking actions that involve Companion Combat, the number of maximum deployable Companions is now visible
  
• Hunting and Foraging now has quantity caps
  
• Multiple types of wheels can not be equipped at the same time (sorry!)
  
• Outrider-related background calculations are updated
  
• Workforce calculations are updated
  
• Disappearing settings in the Options fixed
  
• Traverse button random deactivation fixed
  
• No longer will loosing a Deputy slot unassign all Deputies
  
• Fixed the bug that caused Tasks to disappear after using the Exploit Leadership Perk
  
• Encourage button fixed
  
• Banners will not carry over to new games (sorry!)
  
• Fixed the bug that allowed Equipment to be equipped in a locked slot
  
• The market of The Last Oasis now restocks its goods over time (finally!)
  
• Prowess tooltip in Events fixed
  

• Slight performance issue in certain stages of the game
  
• Loading times on certain hardware take a bit long
  
• Some NPC portraits in late stages of certain storylines are missing
  

• Wealth Victory and outpost building storylines' later stages (so that you can complete them and win the game)
  
• The two crime syndicates will each receive a glorious leader and a quest
  
• New playable races
  
• More leader portraits
  

This weeks devblog is all about the plethora of quests being added to Vagrus with the full launch on October 5th. The update will include a revamped UI, a new companion to recruit, and plenty of quests to find on your journies across the wastelands. Lets take a look at whats coming!



[h3]Revamped User Interface and Extended Campaign Map[/h3]
The cartographers of the wastelands have been hard at work preparing a new version of the Chart. There will soon be eight new points of interest on the campaign map with the remaining part of the Searing Plains becoming accessible along with them. These locations are deep in the desert so don't forget to resupply your comitatus before you set out on an expedition.

Vagrus crew and settlement UI panes are also getting some much-needed upgrades to make navigating the menu a more user-friendly experience. We previously covered some of the changes in Devlog #56, and you can even find a short video showcasing many of the changes on our YouTube Channel.

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[h3]Companion Quests[/h3]
In Devlog #57, we detailed how each companion in the game will have a loyalty questline. These long, complex stories will allow characters to level up to Prowess 9 and give you some incredible rewards, though you might need to raise their loyalty through gifts and other means as well. Multiple endings are also available for some of the companion quests.



[h3]Introducing Eylani, the Newest Companion[/h3]
An opportunity for recruiting a new companion is opening up! We are adding Eylani, a Half-Elven warrior, wanderer, beastmaster, and huntress. Not only is she a formidable frontline fighter able to tank a lot of hurt but can also use Striker, her falcon, to disrupt enemies, as well as overwatch positions to cause good damage. You will be able to meet with her in one of the new locations. Additionally, Eylani will also have her own companion storyline!



[h3]The Sand Wyrm Invasion Quest[/h3]
Take caution while traversing the endless dunes! It has been reported that hordes of abominable Sand Wyrms have attacked comitati traveling across the Searing Plains. Try to slay the monstrous Wyrms with your allies before the creatures cause even more mayhem!



[h3]Embark on a Spiritual Journey with the Sadirar Tribes[/h3]
Among the scorching dunes of the wastelands, you may stumble upon its native inhabitants, the spiritual Sadirar. As a part of a new questline, you'll be guided by the Shamans of the four tribes who will enlighten you about the four elemental Great Spirits.



[h3]A New Ambition[/h3]
We're also planning to add a new Ambition: Wealth. It's still in development and has to undergo a thorough testing phase, which means that while it will be available at character creation at the time of the launch, it may not be implemented all the way through, but rest assured: even what's left out will be coming to the game in a matter of one or two weeks. The challenge it poses comes from its appeal: as part of their win condition, players will be able to build their own outpost. Wealth will be coming as the second available Ambition for new vagri, next to the already available Renown option. Changing from Freeplay to Renown or Wealth will be an option as well.

[h3]Centurion Edition[/h3]
On October 5th, the Centurion Edition of Vagrus will be released. It includes the base game, Soundtracks, and the Patronage Pack at a special launch price. Those who already own the game base will be able to purchase the DLC individually as well.



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As we get closer to the launch, wed like to take a moment to thank all of you for your continued support - this game would not have been possible without you, the players. We look forward to sharing exciting news with you all post-launch!

Stay tuned and conquer the wasteland!
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The time has come to reveal the miniature of Finndurarth that is packed in the game's Collector's and Emperor's Editions (available via fig)! It is a 40mm scale figure and here you can see the 3D model that is the base of the final product. [Shipped in three pieces so it needs assembly.] Soon, we'll reveal painted versions of it, too.

Although we are thinking about releasing these minis for sale separately, we can't make promises due to the difficulties involved with their production. But if you are dying to get your hands on one, you can still upgrade to the Collector's or Emperor's Editions - for now.



For a long while now, Geri has been working on what we call loyalty questlines for the eight companions in the game. These are long, complex stories, often with branching endings, personal to each companion. In this project update, we wanted to give you a heads-up about certain aspects of these without spoiling any content.

How Loyalty Questlines Work

Until now, players have not been able to start these questlines (although the beginnings of some of these were available in certain cases, like Criftaa or Harvek) but now companions will open up more easily about what they want or proceed with their personal story. This means that you'll always need the specific companion to continue their quest. By following these stories, you'll have the chance to earn the companions' trust, discover more about them, and gain Insight as well as a wide variety of other rewards.

Prowess Gating

The other important aspect of these personal storylines is companion progression. Prowess levels have been gated from the beginning because the design was that you have to progress with the loyalty questline to be able to level up a companion. Prowess levels 3, 5, and 7 can only be unlocked if you progressed past certain points in the companion's storyline (with 7+ levels only available after completing the whole story).



Loyalty

Another great addition of these questlines is that a lot of sections provide opportunities to gain Loyalty for the given companion. Until now, you could only use gifts to raise Loyalty, but that will not be necessary if you follow the quests. No longer will your most trusted lieutenants complain over and over again while you wait for gifting cooldowns.

Rewards and Endings

Unique Gear or Equipment, valuable Faction reputation, treasures worth a fortune - these and more can be yours if you follow through with companion quests. Of course, not all companions are made equal, nor are the rewards or endings of their stories are equal in any way.

Lastly, although some companions have only one ending to their personal questline, most have choices and consequences in their story that produces several outcomes, often with differing rewards.

Hope you are just as excited for the upcoming 1.0 release as we are.

Stay tuned and conquer the wasteland!
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As we teased in our latest post, IGN has picked up our Official Release Date Trailer as an exclusive for the live show they hosted as part of Gamescom.

Watching our game trailer live on such a prestigious event was a blast, and now it is time to share it with all our players and followers!

[h2]Vagrus 1.0 will be released on October 5, 2021.[/h2]
Regional pricing is also coming on that date.



Here's the video posted on IGN's Youtube channel. Feel free to like, comment, and share to spread the official release date, and also to motivate IGN to continue releasing Vagrus related news in the future as well. It helps a great deal.

[previewyoutube=ROY7ieCcWWc;full][/previewyoutube]

We hope that you folks are just as excited as we are! Now comes the final push before the release.

Thank you for the continued support,

- The Lost Pilgrims Team

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So Steam has this new Event type called 'Game Discount' and we thought we would give it a go now that Vagrus is discounted* by 10% to celebrate its upcoming new trailer with the official full release date.

Tune in to Gamescom Studio. between 12:50 pm and 1:15 pm PDT (9:50 pm -10:15 pm CEST) if you want to watch the reveal live! [It's a live show hence the wide time frame.]



If you are new to Vagrus try the FREE Prologue to get a taste of what to expect.



Thanks, cheers,
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We have some amazing news to share with you all today: IGN - the biggest gaming news site - has picked up our Vagrus release date reveal trailer as an exclusive for their live show streamed from the


That means that our full release date will be revealed live on August 27 as part of the Gamescom show. It's a huge opportunity for us and the game to reach new audiences and help us with a final push before the release. Tune in to Gamescom Studio between 12:50 pm and 1:15 pm PDT (9:50 pm -10:15 pm CEST) if you want to watch the reveal live! [It's a live show hence the wide time frame.]

You can find all the various ways to watch Gamescom shows here (details are being added by the IGN team).

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This week's devlog post is about the shiny new User Interfaces for settlements and crew.

Settlements

There are a large number of settlements (cities, towns, villages, outposts, encampments) that you can visit in Vagrus, all of them unique locations even though they share some characteristics and features. For a long while now, we have planned a rework for the original UI - as we usually do with all UI elements, really.

The most apparent change is that we did away with the tabs on the side and introduced buttons on top that now match other UI elements (but kept the stack of papers design that everyone knows). This allowed us to fill out the larger available space and show more on one screen.

The Stories pane now also has hover effects (in the same way as the Event choices) and numbering, so you can use the keyboard to select from the available stories. There have been other changes in the background, too, like the subtle substitution of a better-quality parchment under all of it, or tweaks to scrolling, among other things. With all these, we feel that the settlement UI has become more user-friendly and intuitive with some QoL elements you can personalize in the menus. We hope you'll like it!

Reworked Crew UI

In the long line of UI reworks, our next stop is the crew UI where all the panes will now receive a lot of changes and upgrades. We planned to make these changes earlier but the design was in motion all the time - with new stats and mechanics being added - and so other things were completed and added before these in the end. And so now, so close to 1.0, we finally got around to implement the new crew UI.

Apart from tweaking the visuals, there were technical considerations as well. Most importantly, we had to have UI elements on a single paper instead of four overlaid ones, with buttons switching between different contents of the page. This is not only more efficient with resources but also solves issues with the overlaid pages getting stuck, leading to soft-locks, which had us blocking this UI during settlement resting. The redesign solves this issue at last. Additionally, the buttons on top now share the same design as on other UI panes, resulting in a more unified look, which boosts usability.

The most spectacular changes appear on the Crew Pane since new stats were added to the display here. Among these is the workforce requirement and production of crew members, as well as their Combat Strength and Defense scores, along with the usual Upkeep and Consumption values. The same is true for Passengers, too, making it clearer when some of them pay with work beside coins.

The other vastly reworked part is the Companion Perk sheet. The formerly tiny and crowded Perk pane now opens onto the larger sheet and is thus easier to see and navigate. We love this new, clean design and we hope that it'll be well-received.



As ever, we are grateful for the continued support - this game would not have been possible without you, the players.

Stay tuned and conquer the wasteland!
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As we are gearing up for the 1.0 release of Vagrus, we are finally coming around to implement the victory mechanics, which means that you will soon be able to complete a playthrough! There are caveats, of course, since we are still in Early Access, but we thought it was time to discuss what to expect (now and later).

The Design

Even in the first game design documents, winning the game was connected to Ambitions - Wealth, Fame, Knowledge, as well as some hidden ones perhaps. That is, you will select an Ambition at character creation and you win the game by reaching that Ambition through gameplay, then completing an Event that will reward you with a victory.

Freeplay

Once victory is achieved, the game offers you to continue in Freeplay Mode. This is mostly for fun or if you wish to complete some additional stories, because Achievements are turned off, and the longer you go, the less sense some stories will make when you put them in the context of elapsed time. Still, we wanted to give players the chance to keep on wandering the wasteland if that was their desire.

Victory Screen(s)

Once you complete a victory, you will receive a victory screen - for now. We are planning a series of screens touching upon the most important storyline states and companion questlines, but initially, only the single Ambition-related screen will be added, primarily because we want to hold back on story reveals and endings until 1.0. Also, only a Renown Victory is available for the time being as some things are still being worked out for the other two.

Abolitionist Rework



We've been working on the Abolitionists, too. It is a unique faction that is a bit hidden and up until now, their presence was very minor apart from their main base of operations. The build now includes a new system that you will be able to use to unlock new faction locations for the Abolitionists. This involves getting ciphers from an already unlocked location (initially their main base) and taking it (within a time limit) to a new settlement where it will unlock the faction's presence there.



What is the point of this? Most importantly, it allows you to get Tasks from these locations, making it possible to raise your Abolitionist reputation to its maximum more fluidly. Apart from that, some quests involving the faction at certain places now require you to unlock the specific location before interacting with the cell there.

This system fleshes out the somewhat shunned Abolitionist more and we hope that it will lend the much needed depth and infrastructure to a slaveless playthrough. We hope more of our players are now motivated to try a successful Abolitionist run.

New Wyrms



By 'alternative Wyrms' we do not refer to a group of odd subculture, but a series of new enemies that are coming to ruin your day! These Sand Wyrm variants share the general look of the basic creature with slight modifications (and in some cases, differences in size). The reason for this diversification is that the long, high-end storyline involving them we are working on called for more and more varied enemies to make fights interesting and keep players on their toes.

And so please welcome the Armored Wyrm, the Frenzied Wyrm, the Spitter Wyrm, and the Great Wyrm. We hope that they will cause the right amount of trouble. We are looking forward to hearing your reactions to the Renown victory aswell and see how easy or difficult you find it to reach.

Stay tuned and conquer the wasteland,
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Hey Folks,

In case you have not heard the good news yet, we are participating in DreamHack Beyond with Vagrus between July 24- July 31.
This unique game show does not only have their Steam sale page active already, they have also created a video game that you can log into, pick your avatar, and walk around in a Rick and Morty reminiscent world.



Within the game, you can roam around and check out rooms full of video game and creator booths, talk to NPCs, and complete quests.
You can claim a free ticket with the link here, and start playing here: DreamHack Beyond Game.

Enjoy! Cheers,
The Lost Pilgrims Team


During the event, Vagrus is available with a 10 percent discount.

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[h3]Hey Folks, [/h3]

with so many of you well over the hundred hours mark in the game, it was high time for us to add the opportunity to actually win it. The first winning condition we have implemented is the Renown victory. The other two, Wealth and Knowledge will become available in the 1.0 release later this year.

No worries, though, meeting the winning condition and actually retiring with your vagrus are two separate things. Even after you are able to win the game, you can decide to continue playing and trigger the victory screen later in the associated in-game Event, essentially postponing the victory (and the game's end).

[h3]The Movement (Warning: mild spoilers in this paragraph!)[/h3]
The Abolitionist faction is a secretive one that only engages a vagrus when they see a like-minded individual, so many players have never met them. Still, even the vagri who did may have felt that their reach was rather limited in the previous builds. With this release, they receive a new mechanic that allows players to unlock interactions with them in many other locations over time as they gain the trust of the faction. This spreading mechanic also serves as the means to get faction Tasks from them in those unlocked locations and even have the chance to increase their faction presence in the settlement of your choosing.



There are a number of other improvements as well, detailed in the patch notes below.

Important Note: Considering the extent of these improvements there is little to no chance that we broke nothing in the process. Assume that we did not want to make anyone's life harder. If you see something amiss, please flag it to us using the usual channels, like the inbuild reporting tool (F1 button), forums, and our Discord server.

Now let's jump into the details:

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[h2]Patch 0.7.00 - Codename: The Famous and the Furtive[/h2]

[h3]New/Updated Features :shiny:[/h3]

• Renown Ambition can be selected during vagrus creation
  
• Renown win condition implemented (triggered by the player from an Event)
  
• The option to change from Freeplay to Renown Ambition added (at the same location as the Renown victory Event chain)
  
• Callings now grant a temporary commission boost on the applicable Tasks (Trade or Mercenary)
  
• A great number of market, task, and equipment related tweaks
  
• Shorter initial loading time
  

• Option to unlock Abolitionist faction locations in numerous settlements via contacting cells
  
• A new NPC and quest line added that leads up to Renown victory (but part of the Event chain is playable by any vagri)
  
• New types of Wyrm enemies added
  
• New Jhakra and Legionnaire visual variations added
  

• Companion combat area targeting perspective added
  
• Leader UI rearranged a bit so the vagrus's details would not overlap
  
• Companion Perk UI runs a bit smoother (but still needs further improvement)
  

• Various trade and Task generation related fixes and tweaks
  
• Very rare Kindly Sister VIT to POW convert crash fixed
  
• Occasional Oghre Tantrum crash fixed
  
• Encourage now works during +1 Days in Events
  
• Liberating slaves now yields the correct amount of reputation with the Abolitionists
  
• Several animation sizes have been fixed
  
• Applied a great number of combat decal refinements
  
• Various other UI and/or bug fixes
  

• Companion Perk UI is bugged and lags - this will be fixed in a later build
  

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This week, we return to talk about the recently updated Companion Combat targeting options that suit different play-styles. The changes include a number of options from the main menu that allow the configuration of the way you target your foes and friendlies during the fights in Vagrus:

• Using keyboard only? Aside from picking a Skill with the keys '1-4' (and '5' for Move), you can use 'Tab' to switch between available targets, and 'Space' to confirm the action.
  
• Are you fine with mousing over stuff while resting your index finger? Hover over the target and trigger the skill from the keyboard without ever having to click with the mouse.
  
• Want to do away with having to confirm? Sure, attack like a pro without having to click twice by switching off confirm in the options.
  

The greatest thing about running open development is receiving amazing feedback from players that helps improving your game. The hardest thing about open development is identifying what the actual problem is that your players are having an issue with.

The perfect example of all this is Crew Combat in Vagrus, which is an aspect of the game that players complained about fairly regularly. After adding the Flee/Appease option, it got slightly better but not as much as we had hoped. While digging for the reasons, we came to some interesting realizations. Whenever we heard someone getting irked about how they bled out against a much stronger enemy, we asked whether they tried appeasing them and they pretty much all said "No, 'Flee' implied losing big time".

So we renamed the button from Flee to Buy off/Lure Away to better indicate the appease options lying underneath it. It got slightly better again. Yet many players still ignore it. When we asked why, we learned that they had a bad experience with it. They used the Auto Offer function that gave away all their slaves, which in turn resulted in a workforce shortage and sent them into a death spiral. Boom. Never touched the option again.

The Auto Offer function was indeed something that we left unfinished. It only offered money and crew, but not cargo, nor items. Thus, it often proposed a deal that was far from being optimal. So from the player feedback, "Crew Combat is insanely hard" we got to "a small piece of the Appease feature was left unfinished and coupled with no explanation, it led players to fight unwinnable battles they should be just avoiding".

The good news is: the current build has Item Offers and improved Auto Offers in it. And hope to see more players get the hang of when and how to avoid fights that are way out of their league.

Item Offers

Items are a resource that is often overlooked. They have no weight to be considered in the cargo hold and can accumulate silently. Items looted from events or combat encounters can turn otherwise unfortunate ventures profitable - if sold in the right place.

It also makes sense that these valuables be traded or used during Crew Combat appeasing. They can even add new flavor, since the various enemy types are interested in different items - tribal folk in trinkets and charms while Necromancers in ancient tablets and arcane texts. We even decided to introduce beast lures and Undead charms that are highly effective against those kinds of foes.



Items are split into two categories. Well, more like three. The items listed in blue are the ones that will help the player the most to successfully Appease the enemy (or aid their Flee in case of Beasts or Undead). The second group lists the items that can also be used but with less efficiency. There is also an implicit third category of items that the player owns but cannot be leveraged in the given situation.

Auto Offer Improvements

With Item Offers added into the mix and considering the feedback we deciphered, we spent some time shoring up our Auto Offer logic, too. For one, now it offers cargo and items as well, though it does not apply advanced mathematics to optimize the offer, there is an underlying logic that takes the enemy's goal into account. It will offer Supplies and edible goods first to voracious opponents, valuables to looters, mounts to poachers, and so on.

We think - and hope - that these changes brought us one step closer to addressing some of the unintended difficulties players face in the game as we continue to improve other features as well.

As ever, we are immensely grateful for all the support and feedback!

Stay tuned and conquer the wasteland,
The Lost Pilgrims Team

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Companion Combat is an important facet of Vagrus even though players have quite a lot of control over how much they want to engage in it. At the same time, it is the most complex part of the game when it comes to code, so whatever changes we make requires more time relative to other parts.

After we added Mercenary Tasks, our focus has moved back to improving Companion Combat, partly because a lot of players opt to enter it from Crew Combat, so it is our goal to keep these fights interesting for as long as possible. The current set of changes are thus aimed at spicing things up a bit: more movement and thus further emphasis on positioning instead of spamming Skill 1 while standing still. The changes include:

Push-Pull Improvement:

When enemies are pushed into or pulled into another enemy, instead of being damaged slightly and staying at the previous position, the two combatants switch places, potentially setting weaker targets up for attacks or messing with their available Skills.



Skills Involving Move Action:

These Skills no longer require a free position to move into. Instead, the acting combatant will switch places with the one on the target position. In the example here, Gor'Goro charges forth, switching places with Harvek in the front line.



Here, Harvek jumps back, taking Renkailon's position while throwing his dagger.



Multi-phase Skills:

Speaking of Renkailon, one of the changes is not mechanical but visual, namely that Skills that have multiple phases will now perform these during the same camera zoom clash animation as originally intended, making it much more pleasing to the eye.



Acrobatics Perk:

Acrobatics is a Perk that is typically used by certain very agile characters - and opens up a new mechanic for them. When a combatant with this Perk Evades an attack successfully, they do not move onto a random empty position but can choose where to Evade, even onto an occupied spot, thereby opening up new tactical considerations.



Diehard Perk:

This Perk essentially saves a combatant from becoming Downed 30% of the time. When successful, Diehard makes it so that the character stays standing. Although far from reliable, it can save you in a pinch.



Although that's it for now, more improvements on the way for Companion Combat.

Stay tuned, stay safe, and conquer the wasteland!

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[h3]Hey Folks, [/h3]

it was amazing to see how our latest patch was received. So many great new reviews and quite a few previously negative ones flipped to positive. We appreciate you all immensely for your vote of confidence! Especially as apparently we left a huge bug in the game that made the late game easier, instead of the early game, as we originally intended. So that's getting fixed but what else comes in this new patch, you might ask? Let's dive in!

Crew Combat Appease Improvements
Appease is a feature that is still not used by many players, though it often holds the key to avoid major losses. With better Appease conversions, the option to offer items going forward, and the improved Auto Offer function, hopefully more players will benefit from this feature. Have we mentioned adding Beast Lures and Ahskulite Charms to distract beasts and Undead from your fleeing forces? Yep. Those. too, are now in the game.



Companion Combat Targeting
Changes to targeting include making a number of new options to configure how you preferred to target your foes and friendlies:

• Using ony the keyboard? Beside picking the Skill with keys 1-4 (and 5 for Move), now you can use 'Tab' to shuffle through available targets, and 'Space' to confirm.
  
• Okay with mousing over things but want to rest your index finger? You can now hover over the target and trigger the Skill from the keyboard without ever having to click with the mouse.
  
• Want to do away with having to confirm? Sure, attack like a pro without having to click twice.
  

• Tweaks to the starting comitatus crew composition and beast type stats to enable an easier start
  
• New open-world starting tutorial added about the game being hard, and also Wasteland vs Dissonance Modes
  
• Dissonance Mode Heal (camp & event) boost
  
• Increased the workforce offered on a number of low-income passengers
  

• Area targeting as an option (instead of having to click on the character bases)
  
• Area targeting visual update
  
• Previously targeting steps only worked in this order: Skill > Target > Confirm; now you can also do Target > Skill > Confirm
  
• You can switch Skills without having to select the target again
  
• Character selection refreshes the Skill bar to show which Skills can be used on the given target
  
• Change between targets using 'Tab'
  
• Confirm Skills with 'Space'
  
• Option to 'Target First Available' - after selecting a Skill, the first available target gets automatically selected
  
• 'Hover as Selected' option added
  
• UI, logic, and performance improvements to the new targeting features
  
• Unfocused enemies will fade to have a better focus on the target(s)
  
• Added SFX for a number of enemies
  

• Item offering option added to Appease/Bribe
  
• Auto Offer functionality extended to offer Cargo and Items as well
  
• Beast lures and Undead Charms added in Events (mostly shops in settlements)
  

• Supply price limit period (Late vs Early game) corrected
  
• The disappearing character UI during successful Evade with the Acrobatic perk fixed
  
• Maxed out Cargo hold vs Stash anomalies solved
  
• Vitality mod anomalies in Dissonance mode after combat & camping fixed
  
• The bug where market and events did not refresh after 'One more day' fixed
  
• Journal scroll bar no longer cuts into text/assets
  
• Exquisite Banner Renown modifier counts towards Event dependencies now
  
• Various Task/Passenger related validations and auto-repair jobs added
  
• Rare Discipline/Liberate crash bug fix
  
• Fixed when some Trade Tasks were not visible on the Chart
  
• Failed Escort Tasks and stuck Passengers are fixed
  

• There is a rare bug where the skill selection with keyboard misfires. Planning to apply a hotfix once we are able to reproduce and resolve the issue
  
• The Companion Perk UI is buggy (lags). Planing to rebuild it.
  
• Long initial loading time - we will see if we have time to do something about it before 1.0
  

What is this 'Dissonance Mode', you ask? Essentially, it is a game mode you can select when starting a new game, and that shifts the experience toward a more narrative route, easing up on the management and combat mechanics to transform Vagrus into more of an exploration game with a strong visual novel element for those that find the challenge too taxing.

We decided to include this game mode due to player feedback, but the decision to do so was not an easy one because we dreamed up Vagrus as a game that closely fits its setting: a cruel, harsh, merciless world that pulls no punches but once the challenges presented by it are conquered, the sense of accomplishment would be all the more satisfying. So if the world is presented as savage and unforgiving while the difficulty is lower, it can easily cause what is called ludo-narrative dissonance, which in the broadest terms means that what you are told in a game does not match what you play.

This kind of dissonance has been reported by a number of players in times when more experimental patches caused the economy to pour money on enterprising vagri. Most of this feedback described the lack of challenge and the resulting tension, which caused the dissonance, eventually leading to players to abandon a playthrough.

However, not everyone is looking for the same thrills when they play video games, and those players that do not enjoy the tactical combat or the strategy aspect of managing resources and logistics will ultimately feel that they want to delve into the world but not at the cost of a steeper learning curve. Well, Dissonance Mode is tailored for them.
In general, it comes with easier combat challenges and a more forgiving economy, allowing players to explore more freely. However, with the removed challenge comes the removal of Achievements, too. It is our hope that those who still wish to earn these badges will get practiced in Dissonance Mode and then go on to enjoy the full experience that we'll from now on call Wasteland Mode.

The list of what Dissonance Mode and 'an easier playthrough' exactly entails is not final yet and will probably change quite a lot until the final release. We'll see what to add partly based on future feedback.

Here is the list of impacts [effective from v0.6.02 going live (hopefully next week)]:

• Cheaper supplies
  
• Significantly distorted RNG in the players' favor
  
• Higher level Trade and Mercenary Task commissions available from the start
  
• Easier Mercenary Tasks (lower opponent combat stats)
  
• Higher trade-distance market premium (wider price differences between source and sell locations resulting in higher possible profits)
  
• Constant 'Favored' Property on Companions granting them extra Vitality and Accuracy
  
• Lower chances of Crew Combat encounters, especially in the early game
  
• Slightly easier Crew Combat encounters
  
• Lower defense rate requirements to guard your camp
  
• More allowing workforce rate requirements before the Severely Understaffed and Critically Understaffed states are triggered
  
• Healing chances are higher (both during Camp and via Events)
  

[h2]Wildermyth is out of Early Access![/h2]

Our friends at Worldwalker Games have just released the 1.0 build of their amazing game.

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Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. Its a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.

Sometimes described as "Fantasy XCOM" or "Single Player D&D", if you like turn-based squad combat and characters who grown and change in response to your choices, check it out! There's a 20% sale running this week.

[h2]Here's what's new in the 1.0 release:[/h2]
[See the full patchnotes on Wildermyth's community site: here]

[h3]All the Bones of Summer[/h3]

A five chapter campaign focused on Drauven. This story follows both human and Drauven heroes over the span of the campaign. It's complex and beautiful. Something the team can be extremely proud.

[h3]Achievements![/h3]
Over 50 achievements have been added to the game. Each achievement unlocks a piece of concept art or a theme skin. You can browse your achievements in the legacy browser or on Steam.

[h3]Theme Skins[/h3]
Some themes now have skins that can be unlocked with achievements. Theme skins are cosmetic variants, and once unlocked, they can be chosen in the customize section in the character sheet.

[h3]Ability Upgrades[/h3]

When a hero levels up, they will now often see 4 choices instead of 3. The 4th choice is for upgrading an existing class ability or theme attack. This is a very big change to how heroes are built, and it will allow players to be more intentional with their builds, and differentiate heroes more.

[h3]Generic Campaign Chapters[/h3]

The team has revamped their generic campaigns, and it's a huge improvement!

Now instead of seeing generic events, each chapter will have an omen, capstone, and victory events that fit together, with a custom capstone mission. Some chapters also include custom keystone missions. These chapters will be mixed together to create a whole campaign. Some are monster specific, and some work for any monsters, but they all have unique battle maps and stories that match what's going on in the overall campaign. Right now there are over 20 chapters in the game, with several more on the way.

[h3]Launch Week Schedule[/h3]

• Tuesday: Nookrium
  
• Wednesday: Penny Arcade Acquisitions Inc. C Team
  
• Thursday: ReformistTM
  
• Friday: Paul Soares Jr
  
• Saturday: Seri! Pixel Biologist
  
• Sunday: Blind IRL & friends
  

As we teased in our latest devlog post about Mercenary Tasks, we have extended Crew Combat with a new feature: you can decide how to deal with the enemy from now on following a victorious battle.

The option appears on the Crew Combat UI at the end of the fight opposite your heal options provided that your enemy surrendered (remember, only humanoids can), fled, or retreated but you caught some of them while pursuing them.



Your options are:

Recruit: Depending on their willingness to join, this results in a few fighters, scouts, or workers to be added to your ranks. That, of course, will not sit too well with your existing crew who have fought them just moments ago, and the result is Morale loss. It's also considered to be a 'kind' action and certain companions may like or dislike it for the same reason.

Conscript: Somewhat similar to Recruit, except joining is not voluntary, and so in this case, neither your existing crew nor the newly added members are happy about it, leading to an even more significant Morale drop.

Enslave: Instead of joining as free crew members, all surviving enemies are pushed into slavery. As expected, a massive drop in Obedience accompanies this decision.

Release: Once you stripped the foe of their valuables, you set them free. It may sound kind but in fact, it's a relatively cruel decision given the dangers of the wasteland.

Execute: This is a drastic measure that is considered 'malevolent' and brings no benefits since the valuables of the enemy have been turned over anyway at the time they surrendered or got caught.

Imprison: The last one is an option that players will only see when they have an active Mercenary Task to capture such enemies (be them bandits or other faction rivals). Hence the timing of us implementing this feature alongside Mercenary Tasks.

These expanded options provide further incentive, strategic depth, and even immersion to Crew Combat encounters and we hope you'll like them and provide us with the usual valuable feedback.

Stay tuned, stay safe, and conquer the wasteland!

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In Part I. of our breakdown of Mercenary Tasks, we discussed what this new kind of gameplay element brings to Vagrus, how it works, and began describing the types implemented in the current build. Now it is time to delve into the rest of the Mercenary Task Types:

[h3]Escort[/h3]

This type is a classical RPG task: take someone (or several people) to a location and protect them on the way there. There are simpler variants - usually lower level Tasks - where you have to take them between settlements. In contrast to most regular passengers, these have known enemies hunting them, so an attack during your journey is almost certain - with several attempts at higher Task levels.

Losing Crew Combat against the attackers fails the Task. A future update would change this so that certain passengers can be killed and then these Escort Tasks will indeed focus on keeping them alive in the fight.

A more difficult variant is where the passenger's destination is out in the wasteland and once you take them there, you need to wait until they finish their business, then escort them to their final goal.


[h3]Abduct and Rescue[/h3]

These types are the opposites sides of the same coin in some respects. Both would have you find a location in the wasteland, win a battle there, be joined by a passenger whom you need to take to their destination. The biggest difference is that the passengers do not join you voluntarily in Abduct Tasks, of course.

Both types carry the risk of being attacked on the way to the final destination as the foe tries to recapture the passenger.


[h3]Capture[/h3]

In this type of Mercenary Task, you do not escort or take certain passengers but rather have to gain them from defeated enemies, that is, capture prisoners and turn them in at the given location. Most of the time, this can be accomplished in more than one Crew Combat encounters, but it depends on how many of the enemy flee or are killed during the battle.

Somewhat connected to this is the mechanic that allows you to decide the fate of the remaining captured enemies after a Crew Combat encounter. This means that during Capture Tasks, you could take the right kind of enemies prisoner, hastening your Task completion. The details of this will be discussed in a future post.

Be sure to try Mercenary Tasks with the right kind of comitatus now that they are added to the game and tell us what you think!

Stay tuned, stay alive, conquer the wasteland!

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One of the latest content updates (Patch 0.5.30 Codename: Brimstone and Bones) brought with it a spacious region to explore, the most prominent part of which are the Smolderbone Flats. Players who took the 'Pilgrims of the Wasteland' standalone story for a spin surely recognize this place, as it was an important location in that story. And yet you will find that much has changed since your last visit, with 10 years passing, allegiances shifting, and new threats rising.

[h3]Companionship[/h3]
One of the most important additions is a new companion you can hire to serve in your comitatus. It is none other than Skornar, the kingpin and former marauder who ran a gang of smugglers in 'Pilgrims of the Wasteland'. What trouble did he get himself into? You will have to find out for yourself.

Skornar is a stout man who can take quite a beating despite his age, but he can also dish out one. His shield and armor allow for a defensive play-style enhanced by his ability to retaliate against attackers. He's also a veteran traveler, marauder captain, and lover of tall tales. He'll most likely fit right in.


[h3]Avernum[/h3]
Avernum itself is home to the private army called the Avernus Legion and its master, the Prefectus. Although Imperial in name and culture for the most part, the city has always been fairly independent. And with the sources of attainable ore in this metal-starved world, as well as the blacksmiths to work it into weapons and tools, Avernum has become a power in its own right, overshadowing all but the greatest of Imperial cities.



Should you not be drawn to the metallurgists and forges, worry not. Avernum has other services and attractions for enterprising travelers, such as the Carpenters' Guild's headquarters, the Imperial arena, or the odd but certainly very powerful mage who set up shop here decades ago.

[h3]The Sadirar[/h3]
A peculiar tribal people, the Sadirar are made up of several tribes, each worshiping the Great Spirits that embody the elements. They are masters of the western deserts and on the whole are a relatively peaceful folk. In this build, you can visit the village of the flame-worshiping Utvorar and the oasis of the water-worshiping Vitrar. Their shamans deal in special goods and services that might interest any industrious vagrus.



[h3]Paths To and Fro[/h3]
There were quite a number of story-lines that led to this very region and most of these can now be concluded or at least continued. Have you undertaken a job for House Venari or are you looking for the Invisible Arena? Or perhaps you are interested in stories that begin here? Bounties, investigations, errands, and quests will present themselves to those that look.



It is a good time to return to the Riven Realms if any of these grabbed your attention. With Brimstone and Bones, the main campaign's size grew considerably and we are now very close to adding the final zones to round out the map. But that is not the end of the story content - we'll be working on companion quests and longer, more complex questlines, too.

Stay tuned, stay alive, conquer the wasteland!

The Lost Pilgrims Team
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[h3]Hey Folks,[/h3]

it's been a long time coming but finally Mercenary Tasks are live in today's build. These not only add a ton of variation and replayability but also go a long way in softening up story content and allow the running of a combat oriented comitatus for players. Fair warning, though: just like none of the other income sources work by themselves, Mercenary Tasks do not either. Combine them with Trade Tasks, passengers, and stories, with an emphasis on whichever you prefer over the others.

Mercenary Tasks are received from factions. Each faction is unique when it comes to the ratio of Trade and Mercenary Tasks you can get from them as well as the type of mercenary contracts they hand out. Enemies in these missions can be almost any kind, from beasts to outlaws and Undead - even the mercenaries of other factions.

It's perhaps good to clarify here that major changes to Point of Interests on the campaign map (like razing a settlement) are always the result of an active choice by players in story-lines and not Mercenary Tasks. Mercenary tasks are similar to Trade Tasks: both are repeatable, procedurally generated options that influence Faction relations and serve as a way to earn money. Accordingly, they always involve locations out in the wasteland on unnamed nodes.

Perhaps the easiest way to learn more is to watch a video about this feature:
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You can read more about Mercenary Tasks in our design posts: Part I. (already here on Steam) and Part II. (on our website).

[h3]Dissonance Mode[/h3]
Another big change that comes with this build is Dissonance Mode, which you can select when starting a new game from now on. While based on our statistics (thanks to everyone for ticking the box!), the vast majority of players gets the hang of the game after a few botched trials, there are others who are looking for a more relaxed experience. Dissonance Mode is still not 'easy', so we try to avoid calling it an Easy Mode, nor is it a Story Mode since it is the cruel story itself that is left unsupported by the more lenient gameplay, but still, it's something along those lines, easing up on the management and combat mechanics so that you are less likely to be wiped out during a playthrough. Note that Achievements will be disabled in Dissonance Mode.



[h3]Combat Improvements[/h3]
Just like for Mercenary Tasks and the Dissonance Mode, we will have a detailed design post about all the combat changes that are rolled out in this release but in short: skills involving movement or push-pull mechanics now switch around enemies making the tactical aspect of the companion combat more challenging and - hopefully - more exciting. You can find additional information on the exact improvements below.

Important Note: Considering the extent of these improvements there is little to no chance that we broke nothing in the process. Assume that we did not want to make anyone's life harder. If you see something amiss, please flag it to us using the usual channels, like the inbuild reporting tool (F1 button), forums, and our Discord server.

Now let's jump into the details:

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[h2]Patch 0.6.00- Codename: Conquers and Dissonance[/h2]

[h3]New/Updated Features :shiny:[/h3]

• Mercenary Tasks were added to the game
  
• Wasteland and Dissonance Modes are now selectible upon New Game
  
• 'One More Day' option to continue your playthrough after the 10 year mark added (alas with Achievements disabled)
  

• Push/Pull now switches the characters behind each other. Both roll Resist & immunities apply (Stunned, Immobilized, and Downed combatants can also switch place this way)
  
• Move +Action Skills no longer need an empty space but auto-switch with the other party member occupying the target position
  
• Downed Companions can now be dragged away to switch places with an active Companion using a full Move action
  
• Combat Skills with multiple phases are presented in the same camera zoom
  
• Garrik's 'Salvaged Rune' Skill now works as intended: it randombly draws a rune from several possible ones - each affects the enemy in different ways
  
• 'Acrobatic' Perk now available (you can select where to Evade!)
  
• Decide the fate of the foe if they surrender in Crew Combat or if you capture them as they flee or retreat - they can be let go, enslaved, and more!

• Passengers and Trade Tasks now have chart markers by default
  
• We have also added a selector that allows you to filter which markers you want to see
  
• Inside a settlement, you can see the destinations of all available tasks and passengers with the :eye: filter turned on
  
• Factions - Active tab filter buttons added
  
• Equipment filter buttons on the Market added
  
• Event choice hover SFX added
  

• Boosting Chain Lightning now works as intended
  
• Some end of the day exploits prevented
  
• Various smaller fixes and Event script tweaks
  

• Load times are getting higher and higher. We plan to address the issue closer to the final release.
  

The Riven Realms, the setting of Vagrus, is a harsh, violent place. Up until now, many players have felt that their ventures are the primary targets of this cruelty but with Mercenary Tasks, you will have the opportunity to return the favor. This facet of gameplay has been in the works since we began developing Vagrus, and it not only adds a ton of variation and replayability but also goes a long way in softening up story content. Along with the branching story and trading, we consider mercenary work as one of the three pillars that hold up the game. Of course, we leave it to players which facet they want to concentrate on at times in each playthrough. Mercenary Tasks even allow for a completely combat-oriented gameplay, concentrating on forging a warband from your comitatus.

Mercenary Tasks are received from factions. Their orientation influences the ratio of Trade versus Mercenary Tasks with a given faction and also the type of mercenary contracts they hand out. Enemies in these missions can be almost any kind, from beasts to outlaws and Undead - even the mercenaries of other factions.


[h3]Eliminate[/h3]
The simplest, most common type. You have to reach a location indicated on your chart, find the right node, then defeat the enemies, sometimes once, other times in a series of Crew Combat encounters. Victory and crushing the enemy is all that matters.

[h3]Defend[/h3]
You have to reach a location and defend it against the enemy. An option to reinforce the location with fighters from your own crew is always present in this type. The cunning vagrus plans ahead and brings extra forces to be able to reinforce, of course, for weakening yourself before a battle might prove disastrous even though the number of warriors given thusly lowers the fight's difficulty somewhat.

After the decision of reinforcing or not, there is some waiting, since the enemy you have to defend against takes some time to arrive. This also makes planning ahead with supplies important. Just like with Eliminate, there can be a single enemy wave or several.

[h3]Conquer[/h3]
This type is a sort of a combination of Eliminate and Defend: first you reach the location, then defeat the enemies already present there, then organize the defense (you can reinforce it similarly to Defend), wait for the enemy to arrive and beat it back. Should you fail the first time, you can attempt to complete the Task again until the deadline is reached.

Alternatively, you can move on after defeating the enemies the first time and hope that the place defends itself. In this case, you must reinforce it with fighters, however.


[h3]More To Come[/h3]
As you can see, Mercenary Tasks mix things up in the best way possible and add a huge amount of variation. In Part II. we are going to discuss the rest of the types: Escort, Abduct, Rescue, and Capture. And who knows, in the long run, we might be able to add even more Mercenary Task types.


Mercenary Tasks are coming to Vagrus soon so stay tuned and let us know what you think once you give this new feature a spin.

Conquer the wasteland,
The Lost Pilgrims Team
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There has been a number of Quality of Life changes to the game in the last couple of months and we wanted to collect them in one post.



[h3]Comitatus UI[/h3]
The comitatus UI on the top left over the campaign map is one of the most frequently used interfaces in the game and we wanted to add several stats to make it more informative. To save space, we changed text to icons and now it also displays Nutrition and Obedience, as well as Combat Strength and Defense for Crew Combat.

[h3]Traverse[/h3]
Another addition to the comitatus UI is the button to use the Traverse Leadership Perk - the last one missing from that category. Activating it converts 3 March Movement Points to regular Movement Points, which can be done every 3 days for 4 Resourcefulness.


[h3]Deployment Autofill[/h3]
When deploying your companions in Companion Combat, now you have the option to autofill the positions using the new button. The order in which they are deployed depends on their health (Wounded entities come later).


[h3]Formations[/h3]
Similar to Autofill, this improvement helps with Companion Combat deployment. You can save and load three different formations. Especially since you can enter Companion Combat from Crew Combat, players have come up with their preferred setups so using Formations, they can access them very easily.

[h3]Chart Node Cards[/h3]
These cards unify settlement and POI cards with quest and Task markers. Button mechanics are the same now and there is a significant visual tune-up, too. For settlements, Codex, Price History, and Mark buttons are available, while quest and Task markers have buttons opening the relevant Journal entry as well as Mark options.


[h3]Chart Markers[/h3]
These were improved to show how many nodes fall into the area designated by the marker. They are color-coded to be easier to differentiate even at a cursory glance. Better yet, preview versions of these same markers are available for Tasks and Passengers (if the destination is unknown for your character), so you can better calculate travel times and risks.

We hope you'll enjoy these changes - we have put a lot of work into them.

[h3]Also great news[/h3]
Vagrus has made it into the finalists in the Digital Dragons Indie Celebration competition!

Besides the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places awarded based on the votes of the jury, there is also a Community Vote you can participate in here. The list is in alphabetical order, so Vagrus is the last one. ;)



By the way, the voting for Untold Games Awards' community award is still on, so if you haven't, head over there, too, and have your voice heard.

Words can not express how much we appreciate your continued support. Stay tuned, stay safe, and conquer the wasteland!

-The Lost Pilgrims Team
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