0.181

Monetization: Player name decorations

Name plate backgrounds are the new cool thing and they’re coming to a premium shop near you. These come in 5 tiers, each tier more visually cluttered than the previous one. Pictured - tier 5.

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Tier 5 nameplate "Amaze"

Tier 5 nameplate "Cool"

Tier 5 nameplate "Cute"

Tier 5 nameplate "Heart"

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Beach Walkers are called Ogopuu

That one Elderwoods specific hunting creature now has a confirmed name. They’re called Ogopuu and drop scales.

Ogopuu poo, I mean scales. Yes.

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Summer event(?): Prismbeard’s ship

While we still don’t know if the Summer Event is cancelled due to S6’s recent acquisition (and because it’s already summer…), a Grimalkin ship has been found in the game files, along with some further hints about Prismbeard’s story. Ulfe for scale.

Prismbeard's ship

The ship’s figurehead resembles a mer- ~~dog~~ ~~cat~~ otter…?

Cat-mermaid or something

Prismbeard’s wanted poster included in 0.181 release:

Poster of Prismbeard. Wanted.

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AZ2: what exactly is Ghost Village?

While Elderwoods is pretty much confirmed, this map file that aligns with the most recent look of AZ2 was also spotted. But - confusingly, it’s called “Ghost Village”.

Ghost village map

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New decor: summer furniture set, soundscapes and more

Summer decor

A new furniture set including the following decor items:

Popsicles
Toy sailboat
Beach ball
Sand castle
Camera
Surfboard
Flip flops
Towels
Sunglasses
…and more

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Soundscapes

Currently in development, ability to play one of 8 music tracks in each room of the player’s house.

Track names:

Feather Dance
First Rainy Day
Goodnight
Lost in Thoughts
Morning in Bahari
Out There Things
Purple Waters
Where Are You

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More housing biomes

Upcoming biomes include:

Air temple
Fire temple
Dragon Shrine
Elderwood
Bahari cave
Ancient Ruins
Volcano (actual one)

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House tour reactions

Newly announced house tour will allow players to leave emoji reacitons, hinting at the ability to have player house tours.

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New harvestable wood type and Koppa seeds

A new tree type exclusive to Elderwoods, and the associated materials.

Elderwood tree

Elderwood tree seed, Elderwood plank, and Elderwood wood (how much wood could a woodchuck chuck).

Elderwood seed Elderwood plank Elderwood wood ood od d

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Housing: Pool

This model uses placeholder textures for now and will most likely look better.

Housing: Pool

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Old Alpha maps

There’s still some remnants of how old Alpha maps used to look like in the game files. Take a look and see if you can spot the differences (click to enlarge).

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Remaining temple maps

These were added to make navigating the temples easier. Click to zoom.

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0.178

AZ2 is Elderwoods

AZ2 has changed again. It now includes enough trees to be called Elderwoods.

This also hints that the previous iteration of AZ2, that included a fortress and a broken aqueduct, must have been a bad merge. Either Ancient Forest was scrapped in favor of Elderwoods, or these are two separate maps.

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Beach walker coastline

This area includes a gazebo with a pier, and some static Beach Walkers. Possibly a setup for promotional renders?

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Mushroom caves

Mushroom caves are making a comeback in this verion of the game archive.

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Abandoned villages

There are two different village-like areas in the map, with suspended walkways and buildings. The second area appears unfinished. It is safe to assume this is where we meet Ulfe.

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General landscape

Map is mostly filled with dense forests with occasional clearings. Moreover, there are multiple distinct structures that will most likely serve a gameplay purpose.

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Summer event

New summer event was spotted. Some of the activities involve competitions in gathering colorful shells, and treasure hunts. Not much more is known, other than that it takes place on a separate island map.

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Air temple map

A hand-drawn map of the Air Temple was added, with blue eggs required to progress the main quest clearly marked.

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0.177.1

4th map? Ancient Forest?

This map was shipped in 0.177.x under AZ2, but it’s different from the current AZ2. It’s unknown if it was scrapped in favor of Elderwoods, or if it’s indeed the 4th map. The rocky area int the back seems to just be a chunk merge error, and belongs to the current AZ2.

The map is half empty and uses placeholder pillar structures. It most likely doesn’t represent the final look of the zone.

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Map size in perspective

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Landscape vs working draft

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New ore: Illuminium

Illuminium ingot Illuminium ore

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New fish, bugs and forage

Forage
- Elderflower
- Elderwood Lotus
- Elderwood Orchid
- Fern Fiddlehead
- Kopaa bush
- Waterflower
- FLOWTATO 😂
- Mushrooms
  - Floatfish mushroom
  - Baby clam, Elder clam shroom
  - Staircase mushroom
- Black pearl
- Beehive and Honey

Gatherables in ancient forest

Bugs
- Butterfly: Dayshadow butterfly, Moth Kitsuu, Cottonhop butterfly, Vampire butterfly,
- Beetle: Blood beetle, Banshee beetle, Draugr beetle, Shadvaraak
- Moth: Hummingbird moth, Whispering Widow, Witch’s Eye
- Piksii: Brightshroom piksii, Flame piksii, Zephyr piksii,
- Grasshopper: Flamehorned rockhopper, Floating Lantern rockhopper, Grumpy Granite rockhopper, Pumpkin rockhopper,
- …and more
Fish
- Gouramis Grim, Sabertoothed anchvoy, Elderwood betta, Halfmoon betta, Umbraan betta, Flounder Fluttering, Nova Bitterling, Ancient Eel, Lightrail, Majiri of War, Midnight floatfish, Moon floatfish, Piksii floatfish, Toadstool floatfish, Umbraan floatfish, Dappled Discus, Frillyfin, Ancient Koi, Brightshroom Oranda, Inyrevn Mermaid, Mullet Minnow…
- Sharks: Elder shark, River shark
- …and more
Hunting: Fungopher

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Earth temple concept

Compared to the released version, some side areas have become inaccessible, and the whole pipe maze section is missing. The final galdur-gardener area was also changed completely.