Hi Everyone!

Today, we are releasing a new patch with many fixes for the bugs that have been encountered after our recent update. Most of them were caused by loading the older saves and playing on the newest build. Thank you so much for your patience and understanding, some bugs are really hard to predict and they caught us by surprise, but thanks to your amazing help and all the saves you’ve sent us, we managed to solve the most important issues.

• Now you can build while using the Airship
  
• From now on newly uncovered map icons will be saved after loading
  
• Reworked quest that now provides a better introduction to flying with the Airship and its associated mechanics, plus:
  • Anchor Spots and bundles are now available at the 1st technology level in Shipmakers guild
    
  • Now you earn 2 technology points during this quest
    
  • Bigger area for Ragna to return to the Airship
    
  • While flying with Ragna outside of the Airship you can choose to return to it with the character circle menu
• Fixed the issue with Airship not being able to fly up and down after loading an older save
  
• Fixed the issue with missing stranger/Archseeker on the 3rd island and the quest with Eskoim Turrets
  
• Fixed the issue with talking to the Guild Chief on the 1st and 2nd island
  
• Fixed the issue with missing blueprints for Thread and Plant Fiber
  
• More Reed on 1st and 2nd island
  
• Fixed missing quests on the 3rd island
  
• Fixed Anchor Spot placement, it will better fit the grid
  
• Updated world map of the 3rd island
  
• Fixed issue with Tru going through the Iron Deposit model while gathering Iron
  
• New animations for the scared settlers

Anchor Spots and bundles are now available at the 1st technology level in Shipmakers guild and you can also build structures while in the Airship. We also added additional objectives that should guide you better through Airship related mechanics.

Now you can use the circle menu to go back to your Airship when you fly with Ragna after exiting it.


Some of you couldn’t find the stranger on the newest island, now the Archseeker is here and ready to talk with you all. As well as the missing quests are now ready to be taken care of. Good luck Adventurers!


Finally icons on the map won't disappear after reloading the saves. Those nests and tainted creatures won’t escape you now. When you discover them now, they will stay in place.

Remember, if you load an older save, you need to discover them one last time 😉 and from that moment on, they will be saved.
Thank you again for your help, it really means the world to us. We try to solve the problems you’re having as fast as we can and check our Steam Discussions, e-mails and Discord regularly to keep track of what we can make better. Also we love hearing your feedback on different aspects of the game and chatting with you.

[discord.gg]We are getting back to work and we wish you a great gaming weekend!
Star Drifters Team🌟🚀

Hi Adventurers! 👋

If you read the title, you already know what’s up! We are adding the 3rd island - more than double the game area compared to what was available during Early Access. But it's not just about quantity.
The size of this island gives us many opportunities for further development. We'll be working on adding new content and we will continue to polish this new area.

We’re really excited about the direction the game is heading, and it’s all thanks to you — our amazing community. Your incredible support, invaluable feedback, and relentless bug-hunting have been crucial in shaping the game. We couldn’t have done it without you!

• NEW island (the biggest to date) including:
  
• NEW Scholars Guild
  
• NEW Technology to unlock
  
• NEW buildings
  
  • Scholars Research Center
    
  • Scholars Community Hut
    
  • Anchor Spot
• 3 NEW variants of weapons to unlock in the Technology Tree
  
• Monster variants of animals improved and added into enemy waves and dungeons;
  
  • new coloration added for all enemies based on their type
• First iteration of the Airship
  
  • you can enter and exit Airship in the Ports and buildable Anchor Spots
    
  • Ship can’t fly into the tainted areas marked on the map as purple clouds
• New consumable items (you can see the full list on our >>Discord![discord.gg]<<
  
• UI rework
  
  • added equip tab for every character where you can assign weapons and consumables
    
  • quick access slots for consumable items
• New pickups in the game world

• DLSS is now available for Nvidia (joining earlier available XeSS in the menu)
  
• Now you can set your own marker on the map
  
• Now you can knock on the settler’s house to make them come out

It’s not just a new island… It is the biggest island from the three we currently have in our game. What does the mysterious fog hide?

You’ll find there new Scholars Guild and following it - new technology to unlock and new buildings, such as Research Center, Community Hut and Anchor Spots.


The more the better, right? Now you have three NEW weapons to unlock in your Technology Tree, which are:

• Ancestor’s Pickaxe - 50% more efficient than normal pickaxe.
  
• Dwarven Hammer - classic dwarven hammer, gives higher chances to stagger enemies.
  
• Artifact Hammer - ancient hammer, tarnished and rusty, but still noble. Very powerful.

Fighting monsters can be tricky, we know. That's why… We are giving you ANOTHER challenge! You're welcome! Now, Monster versions of animals join the enemy waves and will attack your colonies. Be prepared!


What, did you think that only Ragna could fly? Dwarves are masters of engineering after all!

The first iteration of Airship is here, you can now obtain it after finishing the quest "Colony for the Shipmakers" on the 2nd island. You can enter and exit Airship in the Ports and buildable Anchor Spots. Make sure to unlock the Anchor Spot in the Technology Tree first!

But first you’ll need to clear the port of dark magic…

To transport resources between islands, we added Wood, Stone and Iron Bundles that you can craft. You can use them at any time to gain 100 pieces of the chosen resource. We will be expanding systems related to airship transportation. We’d love to hear what you think about this!


Now you can use consumables, by accessing your inventory and pressing “use” with a correct key or button.
OR you can use new quick slots at the bottom of the screen where you will see the items you've assigned in the equipement tab in character menu.

Every character has its own set of things that can be equipped. Some of the consumables can be used by multiple characters.

Thank you all so much for all your amazing feedback and ideas. Your input in First Dwarf is absolutely irreplaceable. 🙇

Here is a little work in progress, first concept art of the mysterious creature.


If you're having any troubles with this new feature and progressing to the 3rd island, we prepared a guide that might be helpful for you here.

One last thing!


Some time ago our voting on Discord ended. Thank you for all the cat pics you’ve sent us, the kitty with the most reactions was Nomik 😋 Big congratulations! 🏆 However, we decided that we want to add more than just ONE new cute cat to our game, so we took MiMi who got 2nd place! 🥈

We added them to our game as a placeholder for upcoming unlockable content in Technology Tree. Who knows, maybe we will hold the contest once more in the future?

Have a great day!
Star Drifters Team🌟🚀