Hi Mercenaries! The fourth update is now live! With this update we have replaced the existing tutorial window with a more comprehensive and expansive [b]"Guides" section[/b]! This new section will be the source of all information for statuses, effects and mechanics. Together with the updated explanation of mechanics, we are also deploying [b]more bugfixes, QOL improvements and UI upgrades[/b]. The patch notes can be read in detail below. [b]UI[/b]

• Updated the minimap for the Church District. The Banquet Street landmark is now placed on the correct street.
• The turn indicator visual is updated for better readability.
• The tutorial window has been replaced with a more expansive “Guides” tab in the party menu. The areas that would normally open the tutorial instead open up the Guides tab on the relevant category.
• The “start combat” button is larger to better accommodate localization.
• There is now a question mark next to “use of philosophers stone” difficulty setting that can be hovered to show what the philosopher's stone’s effects are.
• A one-time highlight has been added to the “select class” button and “inventory healing” buttons to further emphasise their importance.

[b]Bugs[/b]

• Fixed Flammen (Dragoon) not properly applying nigredo.
• Fixed Pocket Sand (Mercenary) not properly applying nigredo.
• Improved the visualisation of the Pyrotechnics (Dragoon) area of effect so it always shows all tiles that will be hit.
• Using the fast travel well no longer prevents you from opening the pause menu upon arriving at your destination.
• The loading screen is no longer stretched on widescreens.
• The Mercy Stroke dagger now drops during the main quest Scouting the Scouts.
• The free movement UI no longer vanishes upon entering new game plus.
• Players can no longer reach the City Center early, which would result in getting softlocked by the gate back to the Commoner District.
• There can no longer be situations where a fifth party member is added, causing issues.
• Ogier should no longer be invisible when talking to him in front of the church.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the world map toggle button to become unbound.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the second Maarten you recruit to have negative HP.
• Grand Piers has further strengthened his resolve and properly prevents you from killing him from the back or sides.
• Fixed an issue causing tightly packed groups of enemies to freeze up or crash the game when engaging combat with them.
• Maarten no longer changes his hair colour at times.
• Fixed an issue that could cause generated party members to have mismatching names and visuals.

[b]Quality of life[/b]

• Autofill for consumable items is now always on by default and only disabled when explicitly disabling the auto fill for a certain slot.
• The currently selected unit during the pre combat placement phase is now highlighted white to clarify it’s being moved.
• Whenever the game asks you to select your facing before ending your turn, the camera recenters on the currently active character.
• The sprint action for controllers has been moved from the left joystick press to the right face button (B on Xbox controllers).
• The tab key can now also be used to open the inventory.
• Treasure chests now have a glowing material, to make them easier to find.

[b]Balance[/b]

• The price of molotovs has been increased to 1000 per molotov (from 250).
• First Aid (Mercenary) no longer grants experience.
• Christiaan’s anchor has been reworked to now maintain damage taken when it is grabbed, making it more reasonable to bring its health down.
• The tutorial enemies scale with difficulty settings and NG+ cycle.