Changelog for Version 22.000 HF05.2, August 7, 2024

Adjustments to UI

• Standard and Compact Menu: Based on the survey result, the order of the menu icons has been changed to reflect the importance of the assigned features from left to right. (Browser, Steam and Mobile Landscape mode)
• Taproom: A pop-up is now displayed when entering the taproom for the first time during a game session, indicating that you can switch between expeditions and classic adventures in the settings.

Fixed bugs

• The pop-up informing you about the possibility to choose between different menu layouts in the settings now also appears if you only have local characters (not connected to S&F account) and the character selection has not been opened before.
• Dungeons: If you play the first expedition during the tutorial, the client may crash in rare cases if you enter the dungeons during this time. This bug has been fixed.

Mobile Apps

Fixed bugs 

• Menu: When changing the menu layout, the buttons for companions and Hellevator features were only displayed after restarting the app. This bug has been fixed so that these buttons are now displayed immediately after changing the layout.
• Blacksmith: Upgrading companion items now works reliably again. (Android only)

Changelog for Version 22.000 HF05, July 31, 2024

UI Improvements

• Menu: The classic menu can be optionally activated in the settings to restore the old menu appearance. A message for this option appears the first time you log in after the update.
• Backpack: In the weapon shop, magic shop and at the witch, the respective selling values are displayed on the items that you receive for selling/sacrificing an item. This display can be controlled in the settings.

 Fixed Bugs

• Witch: Enchantments are now correctly unlocked once the brewing process is completed.
• Character Screen: The mannequin could no longer be selected if all battles against heroes in the underworld had already been conducted. This error has now been fixed.
• Events: The event background in the stable is now correctly displayed again when the "Assembly of Awesome Animals" event is active.

Steam

Fixed Bugs

• Hall of Fame: Rank 1 can now be selected again using the arrow keys.

Changelog for Version 22.000 HF04, July 24, 2024

UI Improvements

• Menu:
  • Compact view: An optional compact view of the menu can now be displayed, showing all feature icons.
  • Timer: Optional timers can now be displayed on menu icons instead of progress bars.
  • The graphics of the menu icons have been adjusted to achieve better readability and align more closely with the old look.
  • Progress bars are now displayed at the bottom of an icon.
  • The oder of buttons was re-arranged to be united accross platforms and the most-important button is now always on far-right to be most easily accessible for all players.
• Battles:
  • An attack on a player can now be repeated by pressing the Enter key.
  • The attack button of foreign characters now displays a timer.
• Blacksmith: If an item cannot be upgraded due to missing resources, the tooltip now shows the costs for the next upgrade.
• Expeditions: If no mount is active, the corresponding warning is now displayed more prominently.
• Backpack: The backpack has been divided into sections to allow for better sorting of items and a clearer overview.
• Shops:
  • The graphics of the shops have been optimized to prominently display the characters there. (!)
  • The readability of information in the context box of items has been improved.
• City Guard: After completing or cancelling the city guard task, you now remain in the city guard view.
• Character Screen:
  • The Attributes tab has been adjusted so that you no longer need to scroll to see all the information.
  • The background color of companions now corresponds to their classes, and the flags retain their color even in the expanded state.
  • Character and guild names are centered again.
• City:
  • The Goblin Gleeman is now visible in the city again.
  • The click area of the portal has been adjusted to the size of the graphic.
  • If an event is upcoming, the countdown is now displayed directly on it through an adjusted graphic and no longer floats in the air.
• Goblin Gleeman: The event tab no longer flashes when event tasks are active.
• Guild: The color for the arrows indicating whether a guild is ranked above or below your own guild has been swapped to provide more clarity.

Fixed Bugs

• Blacksmith:
  • When dismantling an item via the interaction menu, the dismantling points now update correctly.
  • Extracting a gem now reliably works again.
• Goblin Gleeman: The Goblin Gleeman now reliably opens in the city if info pop-ups were shown there before.
• Character Screen: Enchanting is no longer offered in the interaction menu for shields, which previously led to a client crash.
• Cup Player: If you do not own purchased mushrooms and therefore cannot bet mushrooms in the dice game, the slider is no longer displayed there.
• Hall of Fame: The tooltip now correctly closes when comparing items in every situation.
• Guild:
  • The preferred guild chat language can now only be determined by the guild leader in the requirements.
  • The guild description is always displayed correctly when switching between different guilds in the hall of fame.
• Character Screen: The correct weapon factor is now displayed in the tooltip for the Berserker.
• Witch: If an enchantment is completed and an action is performed with an item while in the cauldron view, the text no longer appears stating that the witch requires a specific item as a sacrifice to complete an enchantment.
• Adventures: The correct tooltip is now displayed when it is possible to receive a guaranteed epic during adventures in Epic Quest Extravaganza events.
• Achievement: the achievement "Explorer" is now fixed. 

Mobile Apps

UI Improvements

• Character Screen: Long-pressing a skill button in the Attributes tab now continuously increases the corresponding skill as long as enough gold is available.
• Menu:
  • The order of the menu icons now corresponds to the landscape mode (e.g. browser or Steam).
  • Categories and the active feature in compact view are now visually highlighted.
• Pets: 5 pets are now displayed in a row, and the attack button is now located at the bottom right for easier access.
• Guild: The event icon no longer overlaps the guild chat.

Fixed Bugs

• Character Screen:
  • The Info tab can now be scrolled correctly to easily see all information and perform actions (e.g. guild invitation).
  • The action buttons for changing equipment and displaying the mannequin no longer shrink under certain conditions in portrait mode.
• Menu: When the collapsible menu is activated on tablets, the correct icon is now displayed.

Changelog for Version 22.000 HF03, July 17, 2024

Adjustments to UI

Mobile Apps 

• Backpack: The scrollbar has been enlarged to facilitate easier inventory management.

Guild

• Guild Overview: Clickable areas are now more clearly marked with buttons.
• Guild Search: Search results are now sorted by guild rank.
• Members: The number of members, average level, and Knight Hall points are again displayed above the member list.
• Guild Attack:
  • The opposing guild members who have signed up for the battle can now be viewed again.
  • When initiating a guild attack, the list of potential guilds to attack is now sorted by guild rank.
• Guild Requirements:
  • The maximum character limit has been increased from 120 to 300.
  • Nationality has been removed and chat language is now displayed.
• Hydra:
  • The name of the Hydra is now always displayed, making it easier to see how many heads the Hydra currently has.
  • The Hydra's class is now displayed.
• Tooltips: In the guild hub, the character names for "Guild Leader" and "Hero of the Day" are now displayed.

Bug Fixes

• Guild:
  • Management: In the guild emblem editor, the "Apply" button is now only visible to guild leaders.
  • Attempting to join a full guild no longer generates an error message and no longer prevents joining another guild.
• Blacksmith: Extracting gems now works reliably again.
• Beginner Tasks: The beginner task "Found a guild" is considered completed if you are already a guild member.
• Settings: Switching between expeditions and adventures works reliably again.

Changelog for Version 22.000 HF02, July 11, 2024

Adjustments to UI

• Character Screen: The attributes tab will be swapped with the info tab and displayed first when opening the character screen.

Bug Fixes

• Blacksmith: The appearance of items can be changed again.
• Guild: When viewing guild members, the selected info tab in the character screen now remains the same when switching to another guild member and does not revert back to the attributes tab.
• Character View: The comparison function for all item attributes now works again between items of all rarities.
• Event Tasks:
  • Provided a fix for players who were stuck in the tutorial phase and, consequently, had difficulty unlocking event tasks. Workaround: If this issue occurs with your character, you should complete the daily tasks. The event tasks will then be unlocked the next time they become available.
  • If the tutorial has not been completed, there will no longer be a notification about a reward available for a completed but still locked event task. If the problem occurs, you should complete the daily tasks so that the next event tasks are displayed correctly the next time they are available.
• Magic Shop: The tooltip for hourglasses now shows the correct price again.
• Arcane Toilet: Throwing enchanted items into the arcane toilet no longer causes the game to crash.
• Tooltips: Tooltips now take brightness settings into account again.
• Fortress: In the mine, the button for gem search is no longer clickable if you do not have enough gold to start a search.
• Potions: A medium potion is now correctly displayed in the tooltip again.
• Localization: Some missing translations have been added.

Mobile Apps

• Guild: When viewing the character screen of a guild member of a different guild, the app no longer crashes when exiting the screen via the X button.

Changelog for Version 22.000 HF01, July 4, 2024

Fixed Bugs

• Expeditions: If you have finished the tutorial you will now get a random item and no longer only breast plates as reward.
• Shops:
  • Weapon Shop: If the tutorial was not completed, weapons in the weapon shop are no longer locked.
  •  The state of the backpack does no longer change after performing an action on an item.
  • Goblin Gleeman: The title for beginner tasks is no longer displayed as daily tasks but as beginners tasks.
• Character Screen:
  • The mount of characters in the hall of fame will now be visible.
  • Items to be used for companions or mannequin are now highlighted.
  • The backpack will now always be in closed state in the character screen in portrait mode.
  • The attribute dexterity translated properly.
  • Class description is no longer misplaced if it contains special characters.
  • The comparison value for the mannequin will now be displayed properly for items in the backpack (landscape mode) and will now update correctly.
• Guild:
  • The join guild button is now translated properly.
  • If an guild invitation is being cancelled the client does not crash anymore.
  • It is no longer possible to enter more characters for a guild name than the allowed max of 16 characters.
  • The guild search is now functioning properly.
  • Using a slash in the guild description will no longer lead to display issues.
• Blacksmith: It could happen that you get a server error when trying to customizing an item. This was fixed.
• Tutorial: Characters which have been created before the update 22.000 and have level higher than 2 but lower than 10 will now be able to access the training camp.
• Mail: Twitch Drop to be claimed will no longer block you from watching guild fights.
• Inventory: Selling price for all items will now be displayed correctly in the tooltip.
• General:
  • Some tool tips are no longer overlapping.
  • The auto login function works properly again.
• Dungeons: In the training camp the first opponent may kill the player character.

Improvements

• Inventory: The backpack's icon size was increased.

Changelog for version 22.000, July 3, 2024

New features

• New tutorial

  • Removed tooltips, but implemented two hints for level 1 characters (expedition tutorial remains unchanged)

  • New first Training Camp dungeon is unlocked when reaching level 2. Characters with a minimum level of 2 when the update is deployed will automatically defeat the first monster in the dungeon, but need to defeat the other 9 monsters regularly. The Training Camp monsters count towards the progress of the scrapbook.

  • Beginner’s to-do list: Level 1 characters unlock it by defeating the first monster in the Training Camp. This list isn’t displayed to all other character levels.

• Info screens: All complex features have a detailed info screen now including all classes (top-right “i” button)

• Legendary Dungeon: implementation of a new Legendary Dungeon

• Vacation Mode: The new Vacation Mode will be available soon! You need to upgrade your Adventuromatic to level 15 so that after paying the fee of 30 mushrooms, the character can receive resources such as e.g. XP, gold and other daily bonusses automatically while being absent for up to 30 days.

• New event: Driving Dungeon (July 12-14)

• To-do list: implementation of new event tasks with the focus on fortress, pets, Legendary Dungeon and Hellevator

• UI/UX rework

  • Town and menu: new menu with main categories, individual icons and new town map with a separate building for every feature including respective menu icons for a better overview. The icons of buildings and menus that haven’t been unlocked yet, have details how they can be unlocked.

    • New timer above the menu icons that displays the countdown with a tooltip.

    • Exclamation marks next to a menu icon inform you about an innovation in a feature (which is also displayed in the menu’s main category).

    • The upgrade arrows of menu icons tell you when you can enchant gear at the witch for example. This can be disabled in the game options.

    • Gambler/game of dice: is called cup player and is a separate feature with its own background now.

    • City guard: is a separate feature with its own background when selected

  • Backpack: new backpack that can be expanded and scrolled with all slots being displayed at the same time (including slots for upgrading the treasury). In addition, the backpack has a faster overview of the interaction of items and screens (witch, blacksmith, equipping items etc.).

  • Extensive rework of the guild, witch, blacksmith and toilet screens

    • Guild

      • New hub to navigate the individual guild features. The hero of the day will be immortalized with their avatar here too.

      • The list of members shows who already attacked the Hydra on the current day now.

    • Witch

      • You need to actively select an item to enchant it now as scrolls were removed.

    • Blacksmith

      • Dismantling an items displays the amount of dismantling points now.

      • Changing the looks of an item displays all available options at once now.

    • Toilet

      • Tooltips were removed, new graphics added, and the fill level of the mana tank is displayed with numbers on the mana tank now.

  • Character screen

    • Arrows to switch to the mannequin and the companions have been removed.

    • You can view your three companions via the colorful buttons above the character’s avatar now.

    • Mannequin buttons have been moved to the attribute tab.

    • The buttons to attack another player (in the underworld or arena) have been moved to the attribute tab of the respective player.

    • In addition, the attribute tab displays extended info on equipped items (active rune bonuses including maximum values, active enchantments and upgrades). Moreover, the main attribute has a golden frame now, and attributes with active potions are yellowish.

    • The buttons to interact with another player (send message, add friend, compare values, ignore function, guild invitation) can be found in the info tab of the respective player now (scroll down).

  • Item interaction menu: has been reworked completely so fewer clicks are needed when interacting with items. Can be accessed by right-clicking an item in the browser and Steam version or tapping it in the mobile apps.

  • The golden coin used for switching between two features, has been removed from the arena, arena manager, fortress and underworld.

  • Events are no longer displayed at the bartender, but in the town (top-left button) including a timer now. Clicking the button opens a window with individual info on an event.

  • Daily login bonus: is located at the Goblin Gleeman in an additional tab now, and resources (souls, hourglasses etc.) will be added to the character instantly without being stored in the backpack.

  • Frame dealer: has been moved to the mushroom dealer.

  • Character HUD: displays gold, mushrooms, hourglasses and lucky coins now. Depending on the aspect ratio the order of resources might be different in portrait mode of the mobile apps.

  • Logging in loads the town screen first.

  • Arena manager: implemented new graphics for runes so that they can be distinguished more easily.

  • To-do list: Every task has the respective symbol of the feature the task redirects to.

  • Tooltips have been unified visually.

  • Minor UX optimizations in other features, e.g. the Legendary Dungeon screens

• New shortcuts for the browser and Steam versions:

  • t = Taproom

  • n = Game of dice; press it again to switch to the shell game

  • 0 = toilet of the Arcane Gods

  • j = pets

  • y = mushroom dealer

  • q = to-do list

  • p = mail; press it again to navigate the mail tabs

  • k = witch

  • b = blacksmith

  • h = National Hall of Fame; press it again to navigate the respective tabs

  • i = International Hall of Fame; press it again to navigate the respective tabs

  • l = Library of Meticulousness

  • e = events (Hellevator, Legendary Dungeon etc.)

General adjustments

• Removed magic mirror

  • The achievement for the magic mirrow has been changed to “Complete 50 expeditions”. All characters that already had the old achievement, will receive the new one automatically.

  • A character can fight in the arena and dungeon while being on an expedition or quest.

  • A character can fight in the arena and dungeon during a city guard shift.

• Scrapbook: The scrapbook is automatically unlocked now when reaching level 10 in addition to unlocking the Library of Metisculousness.

• New Shakes & Fidget logo

• Equipment tooltips: no longer display the required class, but the required armor (light, medium or heavy) or weapon class (melee, ranged, magic weapon).

Improvements

• To-do list: Event tasks have been reworked based on community feedback and are easier to complete now.

• Gold cap: The gold cap of 400 million for 100 Thirst is activated when reaching 632 again. Until then, the value will slowly approach the gold cap as the level rises.

Fixed bugs:

• Character deletion: You can delete a character under level 10 that hasn’t bought a mushroom pack yet even after collecting the free weekly mushroom in the WebShop.

• Companions: fixed a bug that attribute tooltips displayed an incorrect total value

• Dungeons: fixed a bug with interchanged cold and fire resistances

• Guild: fixed a bug that the attack times on guilds were not displayed alike for all characters on a world

• Underworld: The graphics of the keeper, trolls and goblins are instantly loaded without a delay when opening their attribute upgrade windows now.

• Mail: fixed a bug that Twitch Drops could be claimed multiple times

Mobile

New features

• Portrait mode

  • Menu: is located in the bottom-right corner now, expands when tapping

  • Arena: The display of how many of the 10 daily opponents that give you XP have been defeated is permanent now.

  • Guild: You can switch between members in the list of guild members by swiping left or right now

  • Fortress

    • You can only search for gems via the gem mine now

    • The button for the secret storage has been moved to the treasury.

  • Hall of Fame: You can switch between players by swiping left or right now

Fixed bugs

• Hellevator

  • Fixed a bug that you could no longer sign up for Hell Attacks after defeating the 500th floor if the “Fewer animations” setting was enabled in the game options.