Greetings Exiles! 

The new major update is here! Let your war cries fill the air in welcome to the Age of Heroes. Glorious times are upon us! 

Embark on new exciting quests with two new Companions, transform your base into a living settlement full of workers and warriors, and more! 

Now, witness the consequences of taking everything from a warrior of the Aesir, and leaving them alive. This is Freya, one of the Companions who will join you. 

 Patch Highlights

In this first Chapter of the Age of Heroes, meet Liu Fei, the Khitan sorcerer, and Freya, the Aesir warrior. Embark on each of their epic questlines to gain their loyalty as a permanent Companion. These fully voiced characters will each gain perks unique to them based on your actions during their story. 

The time has come, Exile. Lead these heroes through the blaze of corruption and vengeance – to glory! 

Today, all of your worker thralls are transformed into living, breathing people. No longer mere items in your inventory, workers will now also go about their business in your base, socializing and meeting needs like sleep, hunger, and rest. Don’t worry, their duties will still be tended to, even when away from their crafting table.  

When danger is present, some succumb to panic and flee, while others will stand and protect their leader. They are the lifeblood of your settlement. 

This is a major overhaul that comes with many quality-of-life improvements, new UI, knock-on effects, and other details, so make sure to check out in the patch notes below. 

Along with these two major features, today’s update brings a slew of bug fixes and improvements. We are aware of a persistent issue causing some players to fall through foundations or die suddenly. We will continue to investigate this and will fix it as soon as possible. Thank you to everyone for their reports and patience while the team finds the solution. 

Keep your eye on our channels for news on what we’re crafting for the next Chapter in the Age of Heroes. 

Slay and survive, Exiles! 

• Companions!
• Living Settlements!
• Cages in the Exiled Lands!
• Bug fixes!
• …and much more!

Companions

• Rescue and recruit new unique followers who will join your pursuit to dominate the Exiled Lands.
• Help them overcome challenges through multi-day quests across various locations and encounters.
• A Disembodied voice summons you to a perilous situation east of the Celestial Plaza. Hear the plight of the sorcerer Liu Fei and aid him in his struggle to survive.
• Billowing black smoke will lead you to Freya’s Hovel in the Highlands. Discover what tragedy has befallen the warrior Freya and help her overcome her demons.
• Each Companion has several unique Perks to unlock. The perks they receive are based on the actions taken during their questlines.

Living Settlements

• All new functionality for crafter thralls and crafting stations throughout your settlement.
• Crafter thralls are now fully functional NPCs.
• A new section has been added for all crafting station interfaces, allowing you to select which crafting bonus you would like to apply to your crafts as well as displaying the details of those bonuses.
• Crafter thralls will now go about their lives within your settlement fulfilling their daily routines, including work, relaxation, and entertainment as they see fit.
• Each individual placeable now has a toggle from the radial menu allowing or disallowing followers to use them.
• Server-wide Toggle for Living Settlements added.

Additional

• Barkeepers can now be found and rescued from cages across the Exiled Lands.
• Engaging in combat with a Tavern Patron will now kick them out of your tavern.
• Crafters are now able to be rescued from prisoner cages found within Stygian Legion camps after successfully thwarting a purge.

The first chapter of the Age of Heroes offers a diverse array of content for the Bazaar! Expect new offerings from from the wilderness with the Pictish Hunter and Pictish Furniture bundles, stargazing with the Corinthian Noble, Corinthian Observatory Lounge, and Argossean Observatory Building Sets, and the Zingaran Vintner bundle!

• Fixes
  • Arcane Motif Stonebrick Frames bundle has new icons that accurately show the contents of the bundle/feat.
  • Poitain Tilt Barrier has been updated where players can now joust and hit their targets from across the barrier. 

Mod Devkit

The Mod Devkit is now updated for the live release of Age of Heroes. This version does not contain major changes from the beta version of the devkit, but we recommend authors recook their mods.

• Delving now works more reliably and has been restructured internally to use gameplay tags.

PlayStation 5

• Improved shadow effects on PS5.
• Updated controller image under Bindings menu for PS5.

Xbox/Game Pass PC

• Player Gamercard is displayed properly when viewed from the Clan interface.
• Players can use a joystick or d-pad to change between maps/difficulties when starting a new game.

Exiles on Steam, Epic Games Store, and Sony platforms can now Share and Verify their Email Address directly in-game to join our mailing list. This is purely optional.

• Xbox and Microsoft Store (PC) will receive this feature in a future update.

For more information please check this article on our [Help Center].

While this isn’t a gameplay feature per se, we thought it worth mentioning a new function for all platforms where you can redeem codes in-game for rewards. The first batch of codes and shinies using this system is coming soon, so keep an eye out!

For more information please check this article on our [Help Center].

• Battle Pass and Challenges have been removed.
• Main Menu now plays background videos.
• Purge performance improved.
• Reduced health for Stone Thrones, Large Water Wells, and Battle Standard from 300000 to 10000.
• Adjusted weight for alcoholic drinks and Spiced Fowl from 1.75 to 0.1 to match other food/drinks.
• Survivalist Expertise now depletes hunger and thirst 33% slower instead of 50% slower.
• Reduced base stamina damage for Baal-Pteor’s Lodestone from 30 to 3.
• It is now possible to fur, layered fur, and layered silk in Storage Container: Skinning.
• Balance changes to health for several NPC factions.
• Chain bindings can now be repaired using Steel Bars and don’t require Weapon Repair Kits.
• The Blacksmith Journey step that used to read “Harvest coal” now reads “Obtain fuel” and now better represents various fuel types. In addition, players can obtain any type of fuel to complete this step.
• Changed the crafting station for the Pride of Aesir armor so that it can be crafted on the Isle of Siptah.
• The following emotes can now be found on Siptah by interacting with emote-teaching books:
  • Cross Arms
  • Fistpunch
  • Submissive
  • Spit
  • Pushups
• (Gamepad) Sorting type and/or Filter can be reset with a long press on R3/L3.
• Search tab under Knowledge can now be used while on gamepad on PC/PS5.
• Market Windows can now be converted/replaced/upgraded into walls, frames, and windowed walls, and vice-versa.
• Adjusted door health to be more consistent for Pyramid, Yamatai Tower Sliding Door, Yamatai Tower Door, and Turanian Door.

Followers

• ‘Smart Object’ (aka green ghosts) Placement scale and pathing have been improved.
• Multiple smart objects can be interacted with at once.
• All beds now count as valid placement spots for both players and thralls.
• NPCs no longer teleport far away from their chair when attacked.
• Followers and pets now take food from thrall pot and feed box.
• Follower Status is now hidden in nameplates when they are not actively in Following, Guarding, or Scouting mode.
  • Followers set to Guarding or Scouting retain this nameplate status. Otherwise, their nameplate status hidden by default.
• Nameplates of active followers have been expanded to display more useful information.
  • Instead of showing as ‘Following’, the character now displays their current engagement behavior, as set within its behavior menu (e.g. Passive, Defensive, Aggressive)
    • The exception to this is non-combat followers (such as mounts), who should continue to display “Following”.
  • The nameplate also now displays the current orders being executed by your follower, such as attacking, moving, fleeing, etc.

• Fixed an issue causing Kick to not always deal damage and knockback while dual-wielding.
• Large crystal nodes can now once again be harvested by axes, pickaxes, and picks. Lay rest thine blistered hands.
• Male character model hands no longer clip through Bloodletter Shield.
• Grave Matters Event no longer overlaps with camp at New Luxor.
• Raid Base NPCs are no longer moved great distances when put into the fatality state.
• Forgotten Tribe & Accursed NPCs now have the correct Natural Armor Value.
• Fixed overlap, stacking, and clipping issues for Owl-on-a-perch, Grape Stomping Tub, Corinthian Chests, Pictish Warlord lamp, Corinthian Couch, Bowl of Grapes, and Multiple Crate of Spices.
• Fixed an issue where you can fall through the map upon respawn.
• Ballistas now grant the correct amount of resources back when dismantled.
• Mirror Image spell and Globe of Yezud will no longer taunt non-friendly thralls in PVE.
• Foundations can now be dismantled if placed deep into the ground.
• Exiles no longer become stuck in latrines. Huzzah.