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Closed Beta update: New Look, New UI, New Content & More QoL



A special thanks to all our Kickstarter Backers and Closed Beta Testers - you all ROCK!

New User Interface:
  • Inventory window, quest window, npc windows have changed to a new skin
  • Character selection and home screens have a new look
    Character screen's house now has an open deck, glistening water and a pretty boat!
  • New UI when mounted on a ship that displays health, name of ship and its level (based on bulkheads)

  • Added durability bars on items on the hotbar and equipped item slots
  • New interaction text and icons when hovering your mouse on items and enemies in the world.
  • Fixed an issue that was causing interactions with items while pressing E to be inaccurate
  • You can now hover your mouse on an item or npc and press 'E or Double Click' to interact
  • Inventory window is larger by 10%
  • Closing Npc window (Shops or Quests at the NPC) will close Inventory automatically
  • If your inventory is overweight, the weight text will turn red
  • Storage Chests animate on open/close so you can tell which chest is open.



Keyboard Shortcuts have been adjusted:
  • TAB now opens inventory, and I opens the character stats window
  • T now cycles through possible targets on land in the ocean
  • V fires cannon while mounted (requires cannonballs)
  • R repairs ship while mounted (requires ship repair kits)
  • Note: please be advised that a key remapping functionality is still in the works
  • You can rotate an item while building with Mouse Wheel scroll or J/K
  • Holding J or K will continue to rotate the building item when placing



Game Adjustments
  • Bounty Stamp Rewards increased
  • Tropical Trader has new items for sale
  • Forest Trader has new items for sale
  • New Wall Shelf added in the Decor section in the Build Menu
  • The new Wall Shelf allows storage chests to be positioned on top of each other for better space management.
  • More Decor and Furniture unlocked with Build Hammer
  • A few recipes have had their level required to craft reduced
  • You can now exchange Map Fragments for gold at a Trader


Graphics and Animations
  • Ship wheel animations have been adjusted to fit the characters
  • Adjusted morning fog to be more foggy
  • New starter island experience:
  • Plane can now be destroyed at the starter island for resources
  • New Eyepatch item added that can be found in a chest on the starter island
  • New starter island loot chest
  • Opening Doors no longer pushes you
  • Most crafted items will return materials used to craft it rather than the crafted item itself
  • Ocean graphic resolution has been improved
  • Hurricane has been optimized


Patch notes rolledover from a previous build:

Building Changes
  • Some crafting stations have had a graphic model change:
  • Workbench
  • Windmill
  • Smoker
  • Compost
  • Farm Plot
  • Ship Building Station
  • Smelter


New items added:
  • Silo
  • Herb Drying Shelf
  • Large Iron Chest
  • Temporal Harvester
  • Anachron sword
  • Time Keeper pistol
  • Ghost pistol
  • Snow Surveyor
  • Carbon Fiber Hat, Chest, Pants, Boots
  • White Pirate Hat


New ships added:
  • Soul Queen
  • Dark Soul Queen
  • Regal Providence
  • Mary Rose


  • New Battle Royale Encounter
  • Level cap raised to 50
  • Pangea Invasion has additional enemy ships as you level
  • New Ice Island added with new enemies, biome dangers, bounty and resources
  • New daily quests added at Nyx
  • New quests added at Sir Jim
  • New items added to Sir Jim's Stamp Shop
  • New items added to Shady Merchant's Shop
  • New quest for Strong Logs added at the Forest
  • Forts found in ocean have been changed to various elemental towers
  • Fort added between Forest and Tropical Fruit Island
  • Torch can now break down pyramid doors
  • Enemies in pyramid moved to side rooms after Arrow room
  • Added mouse icons for harvestables at hidden islands
  • Ghost ships at the forest are yellow as they are weak to bio
  • Ghost ships in the ice area are blue as they are weak to frost
  • Damage to Chopping Stump by axes has been reduced
  • Skill books can be stacked to 10
  • Fixed Iron Axe not lined up in hands
  • Fixed an issue where "E" was opening a different ship storage after



Note: the game is still under development. If you are interested in closed beta testing pre-release, please enter your email on our website below, and join our discord.

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Name Change Announcement


As part of the rebranding effort, we have changed the name of the game to "Forgotten Seas"
We believe that this change is in the best interest of the game. The underlying game is completely unchanged but has received some new facelifts.

It is still the nautical adventure you were promised.
This name change will help us with various marketing efforts and localization to different languages.

Thanks for all your support!

Performance Update - Tremors of the Forest



  • More performance optimizations
  • Fixed a bug that was causing resources to not show up at a Sunken Island when the Sunken Island rose up a second time in the same game day.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Sasquatch monster to linger around a player for an increased duration without attacking.
  • Improved the drop rate of Grape Seeds in the Swamp.
  • Brandy now sells for a little more at the market stall.
  • Added some Ghost Ships inside the tempest near shipwrecks.


New:
  • New Tavern questlines and dailies added at Fort Pangea Tavern
  • Two new wall art pieces added at the Tropical Trader

  • New Bounty "Giant Alligator" added at the Swamp Sunken Island



  • New Blender, Advanced Fermenter, and Advanced Aging Barrel added to the Trader



Disclaimer - this is an Alpha/Closed Beta update, not available publicly. If you are interested in testing and providing feedback, please visit our website www.piratesofpangea.com and subscribe. We have limited keys available, and we will send them out on a case-by-case basis. Thank you!









Major Alpha Update - Tremors of the Forest



New Content:

  • The level cap increased to 40
  • New Questlines unlocked
  • New Ship "Providence" now unlocked. Providence is a treasure hunter ship with increased storage and speed. Providence can fire backward cannons at chasing enemies. Providence can be upgraded using bulkheads to boost its Physical Avoidance that will make the ship significantly stronger against ocean creatures and smaller pirate ships.
  • New Forest Survival permanent island, with several new challenges, is now available for exploration
  • The New Sunken Swamp hidden island will now appear on your compass when it resurfaces from the ocean.
  • New Emerald Forest hidden island will now appear on your compass when it resurfaces from the ocean.
  • New Shady Trader will occasionally show up in the ocean with Shady Deed missions and Shady Crate trading opportunities that lead to great rewards.
  • New Ocean Fort anomaly will show up in several key ocean locations. Destroying an ocean fort will yield new resources and rewards.
  • New Items, New quests, and new recipes!
  • New gear added - Pistol offhand, Lucky Rabbit's Foot Charm, Black Pearl Ring, Camo Gear, Fur Gear, Torch, Vicious Cutlass
  • New ammo added - Iron Pistol Ammo, Iron Cannonball, Iron Bio Cannonball, Omni Cannonball
  • New socket gem added - Temporal Emerald
  • New Iron Stove with new cooking potentials unlocked.
  • New crates are added for trading at a market stall.
  • New Crate recipes added to the Packing Workbench - Boiled Egg, Cheese, Wine, Brandy, Ale, Animal Hide, Dark Rum
  • New skill fire gun now unlocked for use with pistol off hand.
  • Lost Pyramid final treasure room now has new artifacts, treasures, and items for collection and trading.
  • Lost Pyramid artifacts can be exchanged for gold at a trader, or used in crafting.
  • Tempest has additional ghost shipwrecks to plunder


Rebalances

  • Log homes are now constructed with Strong Logs found in the permanent Forest Island instead of logs from driftwood.
  • lost Pyramid is up for 24 hours from discovery
  • Map fragment 2 can now be exchanged for 50 IOU instead of 100 IOU
  • Crates are divided up between Market Stalls.
  • Crates including resources from tropical areas can be sold at the Tropical Market Stall.
  • Crates including resources from the forest and swamp areas can be sold at the Forest Market Stall.
  • Some items can be sold at both market stalls.
  • Shark Necklace now has 40% resistance to Bio Damage element that will help against the weather elements and ghosts.



QoL
[h3]Revive on a ship![/h3]
  • Upon death, players may revive on a ship, or a saved spawn point (whichever is closer).
  • You may now see the details of ship blueprints and other items by clicking the icons in the trader shop.
  • Sunken Island and Ocean Anomaly timers will now show on the player UI in ticker style format.
  • Players may now open the storage of the boat while piloting by pressing E. Without having to dismount first, and while auto piloting using numlock.
  • A new Inventory sort feature (experimental) is now available in the player inventory window. Click the "S" button to sort.
  • Flotsams now show a beam in the ocean when your ship is closer to it
  • Players may now press X to mount or dismount the vehicles. The old functionality of click to mount is still available in the game, but may slowly be phased out due to conflict with click to attack. For example fighting a shark or ocean creatures with melee weapons.
  • Players can now sit or lay down on furniture.
  • "Fire gun" skill will now automatically fire upon clicking when a pistol is equipped in off hand, and a sword is equipped in the main hand.
  • New and optimized hurricane and tempest effects.
  • Building Damage Ward no longer takes damage in weather and can be destroyed and picked up again.


Disclaimer - this is an Alpha/Closed Beta update, not available publicly. If you are interested in testing and providing feedback, please visit our website www.piratesofpangea.com and subscribe. We have limited keys available, and we will send them out on a case-by-case basis. Thank you!









Alpha Update - Ship Fittings & Ghost Ships!



Ghost Ship Encounter
Ghost ships can be found roaming in lightning storms or tempests near maelstroms. Defeating them can provide items of great benefits. Ghost ships deal extensive 'Bio Damage' so bring the right ship that can handle storms well and is resistant to Bio Damage type.

Introducing Ship Fittings
Fit your ship with Bulkhead Upgrades of various tier levels. Each ship in the game has special Tier benefits. For example, interceptor class ships (such as Naval Cutter) are resistant to Bio Damage
Cruiser class ships (such as Soul Queen) are resistant to Frost Damage and so forth. Check the blueprints of your ship for more details.

Installing a bulkhead in your ship will boost its tier level and make the ship even more resistant to its specialized damage type. For instance, installing a bulkhead in a Naval Cutter will make it more resilient to lightning storm damage and ghost ships. Making it an ideal ship to take to these encounters.

Other Changes:
  • Fixed some leaky roofs in player buildings to avoid rain from leaking inside!
  • Optimized the rain in hurricane for smoother visuals.
  • Outdoor rain visuals are now properly seen through windows and from under shelters.
  • More additions to the Storyline Quests. Check Sir Jim at Fort Pangea
  • New Bulkhead recipe added to workbench.
  • New Upgrade Shards drop from Common and Rare Treasure Caches (ingredient for Bulkheads)
  • New Temporal Residue ingredient for higher tier Bulkheads
  • New Bulkhead Tier 1 - 3 craftable at workbench
  • New Bulkhead Blueprints for Tier 1 - 3 at the Trader
  • Bulkhead may be placed in your ship inventory to increase ship tier level. Each ship tier bonuses may be different. Press E near the storage location on your ship to open storage.

  • Loot items dropped in ocean can now be picked up at a larger range while mounted. Allowing you to press F while mounted on ships, while the loot beam is under you.

  • Quest window "Q" shows Stamps that you will earn after quest turn in
  • Bug fix for multiple empty drops when a campfire or storage chest is destroyed.
  • Animation improvements
  • Tool/weapons adjustments now properly align in hands
  • Increased amount of copper in Rare Treasure Caches
  • Increased tab target range for ocean entities
  • Adjusted shoreline objects so boat doesn't get stuck
  • Treasure Island is up for 24 hours
  • Added some harvesting sounds


Open ship inventory while mounted (coming soon)
Inventory sort/filter (coming soon)


Please Note: This is Alpha content, currently not available publicly. If you wish to test it, please apply for beta on our website www.piratesofpangea.com - we have very limited keys, so please be patient. We will notify you by email if you are selected for Alpha or Closed Beta testing.