Travelers of the Otherworld!

We have just released patch version 1.2.3. It contains small bug fixes, which you can read about below.

We have a format called Behind the Pixels. There we will upload a new episode every Sunday and answer your questions about Drova or game development (video is in German, but with English subtitles).
https://youtu.be/-V4XCseVMjw This time it's about modding and game development.
We are working hard on our next patch 1.3, which will be released at the end of March.

Have fun with Drova and have a nice weekend,
Just2D
________________________

Finally, here's a list of other bug fixes, balancing changes and the like that we've done in the context of this update:

Soft- and Deadlocks

• Fixed a case where items could not be given to Adalgis for the quest
  
• Fixed a bug were Doro doesn't move to Nemeton during the quest

Changes/Tweaks

• Tweaked all hit boxes and timings on humanoid melee attacks
  
• Improved pathfinding of Leshens

Fixes

• Fixed aggro behaviour sometimes triggering through walls
  
• Fixed worms sometimes healing themselves while being in combat
  
• Fixed a bug where the door for missing weapons quest was not opened in time
  
• Fixed a bug where Ivera moves back and forth
  
• Fixed NPC journal entries when using letters that are not included in English alphabet
  
• Fixed Jagged Knife not actually causing proper bleed damage
  
• Fixed a bug when dragging & dropping of abilities on themselves in the spell panel
  
• Fixed Bady not regenerating health after fighting him
  
• Fixed a bug where a new character was loaded after dying without autosave being active and never saved manually yet
  
• Fixed a case where water creatures in the moor left the water
  
• Fixed lots of typos
  
• Fixed lots some obstacle colliders in the world

Hello,

we fixed some smaller issues.

• Fixed freeze during the dialogue with jendrick when chopping wood with him
  
• Added some missing tooltips in English and France for food consumables
  
• Removed Unity splash screen when starting the game
  
  Best,
  Johannes

Dear travelers of the Otherworld,

We have just released the patch version 1.2.2 in which we mainly fixed bugs. Below you'll find the change log.

If you are interested in having a custom statue of yourself added to the game, we currently have a challenge going on.
You can find more information and rules on our Discord for that.

We have now started working on the next (and last) big content Patch 1.3 (The Flesh Rises).
We are very much looking forward to the patch and hope that it will round off Drova.

Have fun with Drova,
Just2D


________________________

Finally, here's a list of other bug fixes, balancing changes and the like that we've done in the context of this update:

Soft- and Deadlocks

• Fixed a bug where player could get stuck in dialog with Irmina after brawling her
  
• Fixed bug where player could avoid Asmus in the beginning
  
• Fixed dialog with Jendrik when chopping wood that caused the dialog to freeze
  
• Fixed a bug where cutscene with Jendra in the deep mine didn't trigger properly
  
• Fixed bug where Karotte has wrong dialog when expedition is about to start
  
• Fixed a bug where Cay stopped finding truffles

Changes/Tweaks

• Increased light area for certain Spark colors
  
• Increased space for map names
  
• Improved tooltip for food buffs
  
• Improved NPC behavior before the Nemeton arena fights start
  
• Improved jump behavior of hostile Froglets
  
• Improved aggro ranges/behavior on bandits
  
• Adjusted dialog when betting on arena fights to make it more clear when/how to bet
  
• Improved how NPCs in a group move to avoid pinning players in a corner
  
• Improved hit boxes on some bear attacks
  
• Improved hit boxes on some boar attacks
  
• Improved hit boxes on some harpy attacks

Fixes

• Fixed Teigens crime behavior in chapter 1
  
• Fixed some bugs with destroyable spider eggs
  
• Fixed a sound bug when inspecting Aldos traces
  
• Fixed a bug with Kolinas equipment after the "Missing" quest
  
• Fixed a bug in the "Rats!" quest where a condition was triggered at the wrong place
  
• Fixed a bug on Primeval Forest Town statue puzzle where other items could be removed from inventory again
  
• Fixed a bug that caused Drivanius fight to not work properly
  
• Fixed Josi to not walking through walls sometimes
  
• Fixed brawl behavior with Kendrick in the weapon cave
  
• Fixed Jeans crime behaviors after expelled from Nemeton
  
• Fixed block direction on Leshen life steal attack
  
• Fixed Doros brawl behavior after she reaches the farm
  
• Fixed a bug with buff durations after saving/loading
  
• Fixed respecc potion to not cause animals to be lootable again
  
• Fixed an issue when giving 2000 coins to Boris for his vote
  
• Fixed a quest with Delani when progressing to later chapters
  
• Fixed quest with Lobo where player could return the quest multiple times
  
• Fixed Elgars position when chapter 4 begins
  
• Fixed Heniks location in journal after helping him in the moor
  
• Fixed a bug where Kilian doesn't get moved by the elevator
  
• Fixed a bug where arena announcements were wrong after loading a savegame
  
• Fixed a bug where NPC participants couldn't enter the arena
  
• Fixed lots of typos
  
• Fixed lots of obstacle colliders in the world

Hello,

we got many reports about some issues currently in the game.

• Fixes Asmus is not teaching you after joining nemeton
  
• Fixes some crashes during the sequence with jendrik in the beginning
  
• Fixes compatibility with some mods

Best,
Johannes

Hello,

we fixed some issues with this hotfix.

• Fixed that with an old save some bandits (west of the ruin camp) didn't appear and one of them has a key. (You probably need to wait for some time 10-15mins until the bandits will appear)
  
• Fixed that the PS button icons were shown on steam deck. (Shoulder buttons are still wrong)
  
• Fixed getting dmg when blinking and having thorn cetus equiped
  
• Fixed that some hair accessoirs were visible when wearing a helmet
  
• Fixed that the loading symbol was visible for too long

Have a nice weekend.
Best,
Johannes

Hello,

there was one cave southwest of nemeton which you coudn't enter. You was stuck in an endless loading screen. We fixed this with this Hotfix.

Best,
Johannes

The year is coming to an end, and looking back it definitely was the best year for our studio since its foundation. Drova's release was a great experience and the following months after were a huge source of joy. It's been extremely motivating for us to read all of your feedback and thoughts about Drova and we're looking forward to a future of developing games together with you, our community.
But now it's finally time! We've been hard at work for the past two weeks to be able to now present to you our second major Content Patch.
We proudly present to you Version 1.2, the "Insane Patch". We're very excited (and slightly nervous) to see your reactions to the additions and changes!

As usual, we've prepared an Update Video for you as well. The spoken language is German (as usual) but English subs are available.

This Update is mainly about our new difficulty, "Insane", and the new Save mode, "Hardcore".
Both are completely new additions to the game that will offer new possibilities to experience the world of Drova.

The "Insane" difficulty is for those players who feel like they've already mastered what Drova had to offer on "Classic" and are yearning for a more difficult challenge. It's been important to us to not just skew around some numbers to increase enemy HP. We also integrated new behaviors and attacks for known enemies that were not in the game previously.

The Save mode "Hardcore" is an iteration of the mode "Iron". It's a special challenge mode in which your character is not allowed to die - once you do anyway, your save will get changed to the "Iron" mode automatically. This will be applicable to both classic and insane difficulties.

To be able to play any of these new modes you'll have to start a new game- In the character creator you'll now have the choice between the difficulties Explorer, Classic and Insane. It is not possible to change your difficulty from a lower one to Insane nor from Insane to a lower during the game.


When starting the game, you'll be asked for your save mode of choice. Next to "Classic" and "Iron" you'll now also be able to choose "Hardcore".

To properly celebrate the occasion, we came up with something special:
Starting from today, there'll be two special challenges running. The first players able to master them will receive a special role in our discord and will be put into the game itself in the form of a statue in the Remnant's camp.

Challenge 1 - No Hit Run
Whoever manages to beat the game first without their character being hit one singular time will be the proud bearer of the title "The Invulnerable". But be aware! Just a single scratch, and you're out!
You'll have to choose either Classic or Insane difficulty for this, Explorers may not enter the fray. Save mode doesn't matter. No reloading previous saves!

Challenge 2 - Insane Hardcore
Whoever first triumphs over death and insanity will be known forthwell as "The Invincible". Everyone can have a go at it, but only the fiercest warriors in all of Drova will have a lick of a chance.
This challenge asks to be the first player to beat Drova on Insane difficulty and Hardcore save mode.


Both of these challenges come with some stipulations, naturally:

• The entire run will need to be given to us in video form.
  
• The game timer must be visible for the entirety of the run. We've added one in the options, in the “interface” subsection. When active, the time will be visible in the top right of your screen.
  
• The use of mods that change the game experience is disallowed, especially the cheat console, excluding translation mods. If you’re still having any uncertainties or doubts concerning mods you are using, feel free to ask us directly.
  
• After finishing the game having beaten a challenge, you'll have to send us your corresponding save files. This can be done, on PC, using the Bug-Report feature on the F2 key.

Apart from these handful of things, feel free to use all your knowledge and skills gained in your adventures through Drova to be able to master the challenges at hand.

We're looking forward to seeing your attempts and are excited to see how long it'll take until the winners emerge!


The Insane difficulty will prove to be a challenge even to those that have already explored every nook and cranny of Drova, putting to test their mastery of skill. Behaviors of most enemies have been reworked to create new challenges.
From the getgo, your character receives 30% and gives out 20% less damage. You will, however, also be offered settings to further modify these values to customize the game further to your liking.


In the new difficulty a bunch of enemies have learned a few new tricks to surprise you with.
This will of course mix up the battle and cause some new situations to occur.

The Stone crusher follows the player while continuously hitting the ground- you should better keep a safe distance away!


The magically changed spiders are now able to channel their energy to buff themselves- making them doubly as dangerous in impending attacks!


The red Froglings will try to get as close to you as possible to catch you in the explosive force of their own bodies. Better keep away to not also be torn apart!


These were just a few examples for the new attacks enemies will use, but there are plenty more. Have fun discovering them!


We've received plenty of feedback from you, our players, on a multitude of platforms over the past few weeks. Taking your wishes and ideas to heart, we've decided to implement a few more general changes that'll influence all difficulties. Here are some we'd like to put to your attention:

To make the riverbed Snaptors more exciting and interesting to fight we've decided to add some more variants to their flock.

The blue Snaptor is a new edition to both normal and insane difficulty, while his green sibling only appears in Insane. Both of these variants have unique attacks that discern them from their kin.


The bandit camp in the north west of Drova has been expanding by adding another cave that's got good use as storage space for, well, whatever a bandit's heart may desire.

Since most players seem to spend most of their time in Chapter 1, we've thought about how to improve the armor progression after the long ebb following the leather armor.
We've decided to add the new, stronger Heavy Leather Armor to remedy this.

Since food loses its potency in the late game, we've been thinking about ways to make it more useful in the long run. Food will now heal 1-3 life every 4 seconds while losing 1-3 charges depending on the dish.
This should make the healing effect significantly more noticeable even at higher levels.


________________________

Finally, here's a list of other bug fixes, balancing changes and the like that we've done in the context of this update:

Tweaks/Changes

• Added two new achievements for Hardcore and Insane
  
• Added blue Snaptor variant
  
• Added an additional harder fight with Bady after teaching the player
  
• Added a new armor that bridges the gap between leather armor and first faction armor
  
• Added new options to disable fog and rain
  
• Added new option to display playtime in the corner
  
• Changed behaviour when enemies are leaving the combat
  
• Added a screen effect when being hit by the dirt throw of Digpig
  
• Added a new cave at the bandits camp in the north-west
  
• Added new rooms to the ruin on the Knoll in the Floodplain Forest
  
• Added stagger animation to the young waterrat
  
• Added new environmental hazard to the moor
  
• Added prevention to autosaving in the challenge cave with the two golems
  
• Added aiming indicators to some range attacks of enemies
  
• Removed damage reduction from Blackflames when wearing the Gladiator armor
  
• Bloodfly no longer trigger traps on the floor
  
• Added autosave area before the traps in the bandit mine
  
• Reduced audio clutter in moor areas when frogs and Bloodfly are fighting each other
  
• Removed some mud zones from the Riverbed
  
• Moved pickaxe in the Deep Mines to make it easier to find
  
• Gras weapon is no longer lootable from below the cliffs

Balancing

• Changed damage calculations to always deal at least 1 damage
  
• Stamina cost of Unarmed Kick increased from 20 to 33
  
• Critical damage multiplier of Unarmed Strikes decreased by 50%
  
• Strength scaling of Unarmed Strikes decreased by 15-30%
  
• Green Frogling Mortar attack spread increased
  
• Magic Vision duration increased from 120 to 300 seconds
  
• Placement of ambush enemies iterated
  
• Ring of Blood healing reduced by 25%
  
• Expanded the ruins basement on the knoll of the floodplain forest
  
• Expanded the bandit camp in the mountains to the north
  
• Root trap poise damage reduced from 50 to 5 per tick
  
• Tinker's Revenge bonus damage reduced from 100% to 50%
  
• Crow's Feet bleeding damage reduced by ~50%
  
• Changed needed materials and prices for Acid Bombs, Bear Trap, Crows' Feet, Cluster Trap and Cluster Bomb
  
• Reduced duration of hitbox with axe attacks
  
• Reduced duration of hitbox of Charge

Fixes

• Fixed a bug where the weapon set indicator wasn't updating in the HUD
  
• Fixed some teleporter positions when using trap doors
  
• Fixed a bug where traps disappeared from the world
  
• Fixed Leyna going throught the void
  
• Fixed a dialog option with Ede (was selectable twice)
  
• Fixed that you can fight the bodyguard of Fawini if you kill Fawini and keep him alive
  
• Fixed missing Baltus position in the journal
  
• Fixed an edge case where the bandits on the road to the Pit don't want money from you
  
• Fixed a state where you couldn't start a fight with some bandits
  
• Fixed some situations where Owain triggered a cutscene from the wrong position
  
• Fixed a bug where sheeps started to attack enemies
  
• Fixed some equipment was not lootable from NPCs
  
• "Treasure: Floodplain Forest" can be maked as garbage now
  
• Fixed buff icon of Shadow Fragment
  
• Fixed some shadows of room fading in the mine in the Riverbed
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the water to be red in the world
  
• Fixed movement speed of strong bear
  
• Fixed a bug where the ring at the end of the quest "Sticky Fingers" was not removed
  
• Fixed lots of collider issues in the world
  
• Fixed lots of small graphical issues in the world
  
• Fixed lots of typos

Hello,

we fixed two annyoing bugs with this hotfix.

Best,
Johannes

Changelog
* Fixed soundglitch in the morbid moor
* Fixed softlock in the red tower

Dear travelers of the otherworld,

We have just released the patch version 1.1.4. We have added the French localization for 1.1 and there was an unpleasant bug where you could walk on water.

We are starting today with the Insane Patch 1.2, which will be released at the end of the month.

Have fun with Drova and have a nice weekend,
Just2D

• Fixed water collider north of woodcutter camp
  
• Fixed a bug where sigil could be bought from Boris even after stealing it
  
• Fixed a bug on gamepad where when closing menus an additonal action could be triggered when rebinding buttons in a certain way
  
• Fixed a bug where Fawini didn't have loot after combat
  
• Fixed a bug where NPCs didn't attack
  
• Fixed a bug where certain NPCs where semi-naked for a few frames when they reapplied equipment
  
• Fixed a bug where the flesh enemies played sounds at the wrong time
  
• Reduced time it takes when using fast travel
  
• Fixed a bug where Fawini didn't stop talking
  
• Fixed a bug where camera moved away from the expedition in a cutscene
  
• Fixed lots of typos
  
• Fixed obstacle colliders in the world