Greetings Adventuers! Today marks the first of our Dev Diaries leading up to the release of our newest DLC: The Wolf Wars! We know you want to know more about the DLC, but we're going to take a small detour and talk about our previously teased update, Patch 1.1, which will be releasing alongside The Wolf Wars! This update will be completely free for all Across the Obelisk players. For this Dev Diary, well be taking an in-depth look at the two new zones, as well as the bosses youll encounter in them.
The Black Forge, a once powerful settlement the Dwarves built deep in the Volcano of Velkarath has long been sealed away. What led them to seal away this once great city? All will be revealed in time. You and your friends may stumble upon the entrance of the lost abandoned city at the base of the Volcano, the looming Gates of the Black Forge barred and heated to the touch. Should your party tempt fate, seeking treasures and knowledge locked away, be prepared to fight the machinations the Dwarves left behind. From constructs to living crucibles, be ready to suffer the heat of the Velkaraths Volcano given form! All the enemies within the Black Forge embody their environment, representative of the heat that helped forge them into existence. As you reach the deepest depths of the Forge You'll come across a relic of a bygone era, a Machine of War left to rust.
DT-800, fueled by the flames of Velkaraths Volcano is our Zone Boss for the Black Forge! Serving as a 4-piece Boss, youll need to quickly prioritize the order in which you dismantle DT-800 whilst managing the burn stacks he applies - gaining shielding for every stack of Burn you let linger upon your party!
Velkarath is not the only place with secrets hidden below the surface. Deep in the sewers below the Elven city of Faeborg lies a place where the Ratmen once settled. During the activation of the Obelisk, the descent of the Frost Calamity laid waste to the Sewers of Faeborg, freezing everything in its wake. Youll find two entrances into the Sewers of Faeborg: one locked by key, the likes of which youll learn to obtain on your own! The other, is a crack in Faeborgs walls, leading to icy-waters thatll see you descend into the Sewers. The skittering hordes of Ratmen, long frozen by the Frost Calamity are now under the command of Faeborgs Dracomancers. Yet not everything is under the Faeborgs Dracomancers control, The once Great Rat King Ratone has escaped the freeze! King Ratone, benevolent in his own ways, may offer you a pact that you may choose to accept. The terms of Ratones offer are yours to discover on your own when the patch releases! Be warned - if you do not accept his offer, be prepared to fight. The Great King of Rats will not take your refusal lightly.
Blessed by the Frost Calamity, King Ratone embodies the elements of Frost and the Curse of the Ratmen. We wish our players the best of luck in taking on the challenges patch 1.1 presents! Join us at this time next week as we dive into what else we have lined up in the next free update coming to Across the Obelisk that we think you'll really be excited about. We promise that before we launch The Wolf Wars DLC, you'll get a full dev diary about that, too! Thank you to everyone who continues to support our game! Be sure to join our Discord for future updates and announcements!