Ahoy, today we are introducing combat quests in Exploration! So, load the cannons and raise the sails for our foes be encroaching on Parrot’s Perch, and it be time for them to taste our iron!

Game

• Exploration has been updated to include Combat Encounters! Traverse the Infinite Isles and keep an eye out for enemies in need of a taste of your iron to earn rewards. Please note, this is an early implementation of the feature and there are only a handful of encounters presently, and they repeat often and share a timer with like encounters.

• The Exploration Coordinates system has been updated to be more intuitive.

BOOTY Points

• Wen live BOOTY Points scoring? This is not currently updating and is a known issue

Known Issues

• BOOTY Points are still not updating live.

• The streak calculation is not updating live.

• BOOTY Points are still not updating live. (Yes, thrice.)

• Players may briefly see the Lost at Sea page when loading into the game.

• Combat Cards can appear overlapping the Deck and Discard pile numbers on either side of the card tray.

• Combat Encounters are not removed from the world after they are defeated.

• After a Combat Encounter you will be transported to Parrot’s Perch for a moment before returning to the spot where the encounter took place.

• You can get in a state where your ship moves through land blocks (islands).

Future Work

• We intend to expand the variety of encounters, including rare combat encounters with rare item drops. We will also expect to adjust the spawn locations, frequency and cooldowns in upcoming releases.

• The Combat Encounter does not take energy to start, only to complete. This means that if you lose, you don’t spend energy. This may change in the future to instill that sense of risk/reward.