Soedesco has released the Beta 10 for its dwarf city builder HammerHelm which is the first massive update for the game since its release in Early Access last year. Despite the game getting many smaller updates since its release, Beta 10 is the biggest update to date and it brings with it tons of new content for players to explore and build in their city. Players now have access to a new collectible resource feature along with new Décor items.
With the new collectible resource feature, you will now be able to gather plenty of wilderness resources as you travel out of your town and complete different quests. These new resources will not only keep your villagers happy but will also give you access to new items that could be crafted in the game. Some of the new resources added to the game include:
- Beehives – Used to make Apiaries
- Rose Bushes and Fireflies – Allows you to place Rose Bushes, Rose Trellises and Firefly Lamps in your town and home
- Cherry Blossom and Birch Tree Seeds – Allows you to place Birch Trees and Cherry Blossoms
- Medium Ore Deposits and Small Ore Deposits
- Supply Crates – Give you leather, raw meat, raw veggies, wheat, cotton, handles or coal
- Alchemy Logs – Give you alchemy logs
During your early stages, you will find only a small amount of these resources in the game but as you progress in the game, you will continue to find a lot more of these resources in the game. Some of the resources are found in specific locations only so you will need to explore and find out what is found where.
Another major addition to the game is the new town and home décor. You have the following items in this category:
Town Items
- Apiaries – Placing an Apiary near your Breweries will improve the mood buff bonus from having Beer
- Rose Bushes and Rose Trellis
- Birch Trees and Cherry Blossoms
- Firefly Lamppost
Player House Items
- Firefly Wall Lamp and Firefly Standing Lamp
Apart from this, there’s a brand new animation for when you level up in the game with spinning hammers. You also play a brand new quest to find a lantern. The grass and flower textures have also been updated. Smashing crates in dungeons have better animation and the UI has been updated as well for better inventory management. Detailed patch notes of the Beta 10 update for HammerHelm include:
Town Updates
- Increased the build area for the town by about 10%.
- Picking up a Brewery now correctly removes the entire path
- Fixed a big that sometimes caused placing a Gazebo to fail to load the Gazebo asset
- Fixed a couple of bugs related to the Town Resource manager UI
- Fixed the blocking volumes on the Brewery so NPCs won’t walk through the walls
- Fixed some bugs related to mood affecting structures such as sewers, water wells, etc.
Economy Updates
- Having a Woodchopper allows you to chop a tree in three hits rather than four
- Increased the amount of ore needed for armor and weapons a small amount to account for finding more ore in the wilderness
- Updated a bunch of the resource icons to look better and changed the beer icon from a mug to a keg
Combat Improvements
- Fixed a bug that caused Dash Attack to not do any damage
- The potion cooldown graphic will no longer appear when closing the Build menu
- Added text making it more clear that pressing ESC cancels your target
- Fixed a bug that caused the Kick tutorial UI to display the wrong key
- Monsters will no longer slide towards you when knocked down and will remain in place until they get back up
- Randomly spawned monster camps (those that aren’t tied to a quest) will now have campfires, making them a bit easier to spot
Controller Updates
- Added full 360 directional movement when using the left stick
- The left stick can now be used to interact with the UI in addition to the D-Pad
- Jumping with a controller now has height
- Added the close button to the Settings menu for controllers
Other Changes and Fixes
- Fixed a bug that caused the UI for buttons to read ESCAPE rather than ESC
- Fixed a bug related to the display of shadows
- Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the player to not perform a run animation when strafing
- Fixed a bug that caused you to get stuck on the second Orc Hut quest
- Updated sandstone so you always automatically collect it after breaking it apart
- Fixed a bug that caused Dwarves to not get a mood buff from Beer (worst bug ever!)
- Fixed a bug related to the place furniture UI
- Fixed a bug that caused Hunters to get confused when getting a quest
- You will no longer get the Orc Beachhead quest twice at the same time
- Fixed a few typos
We previously previewed a very early access version of HammerHelm and we really liked the game back then. We cannot wait to jump back to try out the new update for HammerHelm.
Are you planning to jump back in HammerHelm to try out the new update? Let us know in the comments section below.
