New playable area: Albaneve Summits Embervale has just gotten much bigger. We are introducing the "Albaneve Summits", a vast and treacherous mountain biome expanding the north of Embervale. Accessible through the Nomad Highlands and Kindlewastes, this new region demands your strongest and most skilled Flameborn! The Albaneve Summits are teeming with exciting locations, icy lakes, frozen rivers, deep snow, and unique alpine flora and fauna. Glide through new aerial updrafts for added height and extended flights. Face formidable new foes with fresh tactics and beware of a powerful creature rumored to haunt the highest peaks. Discover friendly wildlife eking out a living on the edge of the world. New Shroud roots can be felled to gain additional skill points and rid the world of evil. Uncover Embervale’s tragic past through a series of new quests, and unlock exclusive achievements. New level cap and crafting tier The maximum level has now been increased to 35. Discover and collect rare resources exclusive to the Albaneve Summits. Unlock and construct new crafting stations needed for higher-tier items. Every class and subclass can craft unique armor sets, while new spells, skills, and perks expand your capabilities. Dynamic Weather The first iteration of our weather system is finally there. Experience a living world as weather changes dynamically across Embervale, so prepare to get wet or find some shelter. High-altitude areas are prone to snowfall and freezing temperatures, which can drain your body heat. Use specialized armor, special foods, and consumables crafted from recipes available through NPCs to survive the cold. Simple tools like campfires and torches provide additional warmth when navigating the coldest areas. New Townsfolk The Flame's power has brought more souls back to life, ready to join your settlement! Discover Townsfolk across Embervale, unlock their quests, and bring them home. Place new assistants in secondary bases, giving you full crafting functionality away from the main settlement. Townsfolk now wander, sleep in beds at night, and engage with the Flameborn. Fresh cosmetic outfits inspired by Townsfolk clothing are now available for the Flameborn. Farm Animals and Pets Your base is about to get much livelier with farm animals and pets! Non-hostile animals can now be tamed and brought home to produce valuable resources, provided you give them some food and shelter. With shelter and enough food, in time your animal flock may grow. Find and tame new pets across Embervale to join you, and yes—you can pet them! Visual Update and Scene Rendering With update 4 we are introducing major improvements to scene rendering. Our aim for this update was to work on the quality and feel of the rendering of the scenery and work on better and faster reactions to bright and dark scenes. A new tone mapper was introduced, which allows a better overall image with more consistency in the colors and an improved overall impression of the final image of the scenery. Work on the sky rendering allows the display of a more realistic and convincing atmosphere and more realistically illuminated clouds. This also includes more realistic and dramatic color changes in the sky during the day- and night cycles. The addition of local tone mapping and adjustments to exposure compensation produces a better balance between bright and dark areas of the scene. At the same time, the dynamic global illumination now also reacts faster and more correctly to changing light conditions. A reworked bloom rendering helps reduce overly dramatic effects while allowing for a more pleasant overall image. Noticeable Gameplay Changes The grappling hook can now be used to pull airborne enemies into melee range or close the distance to large foes. Check the skill tree to unlock these new abilities. Experience more challenging gliding mechanics with air turbulence affecting flight paths. Use the gameplay settings to switch turbulence off if you prefer to sip some tea while gliding across Embervale. The game can now be paused in single-player mode. Text size can now be adjusted in the UI.