Stoneshard – Equipment Update Release Date and Details

Ink Stains Games are aiming to release the big “Equipment Update” for their turn-based RPG Stoneshard on December 25, 2020. Apart from expanding the game’s item pool, like its name would suggest, and adding a couple of new skill trees, this update will also introduce a number of miscellaneous new features that include a new “hearing system,” berry bushes, two new NPCs, new consumables and enemies.

Here’s what you can expect to see once the update goes live:

Hello everyone!

In today’s devlog we’ll tell you about the remaining new features of the Equipment Update II and also announce its release date – December 25th!

Hearing System

The noise system will now work not just for your enemies, but your character as well, allowing you to better plan out your actions. As you explore the surface or dungeons, you’ll be able to hear enemy activity, which will mark their location on your screen. The chance of hearing the enemy depends on their actions and your Perception: enemy steps are the hardest to detect, but the noise from a fight will be heard from many tiles away.

Berry Bushes

Berry bushes will come in handy if your character is starving. Depending on the biome, you’ll be able to encounter six berry types: bilberry, raspberry, blueberry, lingonberry, gooseberry, and barberry.

New NPCs

Two new characters will be added to the game: Bran the Trapper and Unar the Scribe.

The trapper will periodically appear in either Osbrook or Mannshire, offering you some hunting gear, including the new traps.

Unar the Scribe can be found selling treatises in the Mannshire castle – you’ll be able to shop from him after completing three Osbrook contracts and gaining access to the castle.

New Consumables

We’ve added a number of new narcotic substances to the game. Consuming them provides powerful buffs for a short period of time, however you’ll have to pay for them with a long and painful aftermath.

• Al’qud will give you a stamina boost, increasing Max Energy and Energy Restoration, while decreasing Abilities Energy Cost.
• Abasa will put you into the state of narcotic rage, granting bonus Weapon Damage, Crit Efficiency, Armor Penetration, and Pain Resistance.
• Hornet Honey will sharpen your reflexes, improving Accuracy as well as Counter, Dodge, and Crit Chances.
• Nikkaf will improve your concentration, increasing Vision, Experience Gain, Hunger Resistance, and decreasing Fumble Chance.
• Paregoric is a potent painkiller which will decrease Pain and Pain Limit while improving Morale, Pain Resistance, and Healing Efficiency.
• Stardust has already been available for quite a while, but its effect is now different: it will grant Magic Power, Magic Resistance, Bonus Range, and decrease Cooldowns Duration.

New Enemies

The enemy roster has also been expanded: this update will add 10 new brigand enemies, armed with two-handed maces and axes, and a few new minibosses, including the skeleton ones – eliminating the latter will be a part of a new contract.

That’s all for now. Until the next time!