Greetings Creatifriends!
As promised, R6 is a big update.
We’re most excited for you to meet Keepa, a new mob who’s found his way into your worlds (and our hearts). He’s rare, though, so you’ll have to figure out how to bump into him.
He’s also hoarding a new type of resource — the super shiny Arcstones! Arcstones are used in a whole slew of new craftable items, so be prepared for a lot of close encounters with the Keepa creepa if you want to deck your halls with, say, Grand Arc Lanterns.
You’ll see the beginnings of a new buff system in this update. Once you’ve crafted and knocked back a few questionably smelly potions, you’ll know what we’re talking about. Try walking around the corruption layer after imbibing the mysteriously named “Corruption Resistance Potion” and see what we mean.
For you builders out there, check out the new Romanesque blocks. Finally, you can put all that limestone and bedrock to good use and build the city of your dreams. No really, please build the city of your dreams and decorate our community hub with screenshots. We love seeing that stuff!
Enjoy and as always — let us know what you think!
P.S. We finally fixed the mouse wheel so you can scroll through your hot bar instead of having to manually punch in numbers like some kind of troglodyte.
New Features and Content
- “Keepa” mob (warning: rare and elusive!)
- New crafting component: Arcstones
- Buff system, including UI indicators for status effects
- New potions that activate buffs:
- Health Regeneration Potion
- Stamina Regeneration Potion
- Fire Resistance Potion
- Freeze Resistance Potion
- Corruption Resistance Potion
- “Romanesque” crafted blocks:
- Bedrock Wall
- Limestone Wall
- Decorative Limestone Wall
- Straight Column
- Spiral Column
- Pedestal
- Obsidian Floor
- Limestone Roof
- Additional craftable items:
- Force Bomb
- Flare (unique recipe reward for validating e-mail address)
- Arctek Chest
- Grand Arctek Chest
- Arc Torch
- Grand Arc Torch
- Arc Lantern
- Grand Arc Lantern
- Arc Table
- Advanced Arc Table
- Grand Arc Table
- Red Lamp
- Blue Lamp
- Yellow Lamp
- Colorized lighting system
- New touchstone icon
- Additional audio and sound effects
- System for validating an email address with your account
Improvements
- Improved extractor UI – now allows for partial pick-up of extracted materials
- Teleporter UI now properly supports drag-and-drop
- Player’s own touchstone always sorts to the top of the list
- Improved stack-splitting: right-click with held stack now single-drops.
- Modified (improved) loot drops for the Thing
Bugfixes
- Fix for mouse wheel skipping slots
- Quickbar no longer vanishes when using teleporters / touchstones
- Significant memory usage improvements
- General lighting bugfixes
- Join Worlds “friends” panel updates properly when new world selected
- Icons restored for corrupted leaves and grass
- Minor fixes for Rockzilla
- Max view distance reduced from 15 to 13 for performance
Known Issues
- Red, Yellow, and Blue Lamp icons may not display properly
- Death statues may be placed a block or two into the terrain from where death occurred
- Multiple light sources of different colors may light areas differently depending on the order of placement
- Slightly slower lighting refresh due to memory improvement changes
- Slightly more pop-in at distances due to memory improvement changes