Sands of Salzaar

Sat Feb 14 2026

[New] Added a story arc for Berserkers, featuring three distinct story paths and all-new skill trees.

This story follows the Ursine tribe, whose future hangs by a thread after they are brutalized by a force even more savage than their own.

Strength defines the Ursine berserker. Will he continue down the same path, or seek an entirely different way?

[New] Added a brand-new in-party character interaction feature, giving heroes with different personalities and backgrounds completely new ways to converse.

Each character has their own story, and their relationships with one another are intricate. You can uncover these connections through their dialogues.

[New] Added over a hundred random backstories and dialogues for procedurally generated characters.

Previously, only the most renowned heroes had recorded stories. Now, many of the less important characters have their own backgrounds and personalities.

They too help bring life and color to the vast sands.

[New] Added attack speed and reworked hundreds of skill effects. The basic attacks of heroes and troops are now affected by attack speed.

Previously, attack speed only affected the interval between your character's attacks.

We improved attack speed in a previous version, enabling it to affect heroes' basic attacks.

This time, we've taken it further: attack speed now affects most skills' fore- and backswing times as well as channeling durations.

We previously made it compatible with heroes; now, troops benefit from it too!

[Optimization] Greatly improved map loading times for much faster map switching. (Performance tests show roughly a tenfold improvement.)

[Optimization] Reworked the top UI information display to improve readability when obtaining large amounts of items.

[Optimization] Improved world map unit behavior logic, improving smoothness in late-game saves.

[Optimization] Improved the world map unit loading algorithm, reducing lag when large numbers of units appear.

[Optimization] Reworked the character pop-up dialogue UI, improving clarity and readability.

[Optimization] Restructured pathfinding and collision algorithms. This should fix issues where troops got stuck in walls and resolve other pathfinding problems.

[Optimization] Improved aura trigger checks for the user, which should reduce lag.

[Optimization] You can now rename randomized characters in the Intel menu.

[Optimization] Added a toggle for combat damage numbers in the settings, with options to customize which units' damage numbers are displayed.

[Optimization] Added a Screen Shake toggle, available under Settings.

[Optimization] The Berserker's Outburst (++++) can now be cancelled manually.

[Fix] Fixed a bug where missing character attribute fields could prevent battles from starting, and then ultimately the game crashing.

[Fix] Fixed an issue preventing the Tavern Girl from triggering quest prompts, which affected the Spiritmancer and Bounty Hunter main quests, among others.

[Fix] Fixed a bug where character entries could appear blank when joining a faction.

[Fix] Fixed a bug where some character action sets (e.g., hammer, harp, dual blades) lacked transition animations.

[Fix] Fixed an issue causing skill tree lines to render incorrectly when node order was inconsistent.

[Fix] Fixed an issue preventing auto-equipment updates for characters able to wield all weapon types.