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Also: clicking a monster you can't walk to now says "You can't reach that from here." instead of your character swinging at nothing.

Wild boars root along the beaches near Saltmere, and timber wolves hunt anyone who strays far from the roads. Hunting pays the same experience as fighting, so it's worth a bow.

Out in the wild, animals fit the land they live on: deer in the woods, hares in the open country, goats on the heights, sand lizards in the desert, snow hares in the far north.

And a new Wallet tab on the right of the screen lists the ASHVALE gear and resources in your arcade wallet - NFTs as gear, tokens as Gold. It only reads: nothing moves from the game.

The sea around Saltmere looks right now: no more pale shelves or steps where the water meets the sand, and the surface reads as one flat sheet out to the horizon.

The piers and the quay sit at the waterline instead of floating above it or sinking into it. Same harbour, same docks, same places to climb - only how the water and the planks meet is fixed.

Ashvale village sits just inland from the coast, and a trail leads down to Saltmere, a new harbour town on the shore with piers, warehouses, a market and houses two and three storeys tall. Walk in and click the stairs to go up.

Also: running can stay switched on (Settings, Run: always), and Shift while you click does the opposite of that click. Your character and progress carry over.

The land has climates: desert, grassland, rainforest, taiga and tundra, each with its own trees and ground. Mountain ranges have passes and valleys, a tree line, and snow on the high tops. Weather follows the climate wherever you are.

Fixed: New character in Settings really starts over now, the shop screen keeps every item in place, and monsters no longer stand frozen when you come back to an area another player stayed in.

Also fixed: other players now show the right tool while they chop, mine or fish, and their gear can no longer go missing on your screen. And enemies fight back now, even if you attack them from outside their area.

How it works: the game opens through one launcher inscription that never changes. Each update only inscribes the small pieces that changed, plus a new list of them, and the launcher always loads the newest list. Your save lives in your own wallet, under that launcher.

That also keeps fixes small: one or two tiny inscriptions instead of a whole new game. Coming next, being tested now: firemaking and campfires, a Frost staff that freezes enemies, fog, rain and snow, and drag and drop in your pack.