ASKA OCTOBER PATCH: FARMERS & FIGHTERS

Are you a farmer or a fighter?

Hey Vikings!

We’re thrilled to announce that the second major ASKA update, Farmers and Fighters is now LIVE! The team at SandSailor have been working incredibly hard to get this one shipped out to you all and we cannot wait to see what you think! Check out what’s new below:

 MILITIA? I HARDLY KNEW HER

Villagers can now be assigned to a village Militia who will jump to the village’s defence when it comes under attack. And bonus news: they also answer rallying calls from the newly added Horn!

Horns are a new special tool which allows players to raise the alarm in a specific area, and to rally Militia to a specific point. With the horn, your village will never sleep through an attack again!

Horns are made from Smolkr horns which you will have to hunt for. To do this, ASAK now has new hornless Smolkrs, so make sure you hunt those with horns! Towers can also be upgraded with horns, allowing you to set up automated alarm towers.

CROPS CROPS CROPS CROPS CROP CROPS – EVERYBODY!

Exciting news for all you farmers out there: you can now set up automated crop rotation schedules at the crop fields meaning farmers will automatically reseed plants according to the schedule. 

The team have also implemented a small fix: closing the crop menu that was opened from the farm menu, will no longer close the farm menu too.

And finally, you’ll find some new deeds and rewards have been added as well!

TRIBE LEADERS NEVER LOOKED THIS GOOD

Love character customisation? You’ll love this! The latest updated brings a whole host of new customisation options for Aska and Ragnar, but there’s a catch…

The Deeds system has been upgraded with a new meta-progression system. The new customisation options will be unlockable by completing deeds for the various gods. To add to this, all gods received new god deeds and new tiers. This is the first step in deepening the game’s progression by setting the stage for new vanity items to better showcase your in-game accomplishments.

CAVES, CRAWLERS AND CAVE FINGERS OH MY!

The caves have also received an upgrade, as they now feature new iron deposits, special stones where you can place torches and an improved crawler encounter. Caves can also now be cleared of baddies for good by eliminating the dens.

Another bright update: Villagers working in the mine will now light the cave using the new wall torch mechanic meaning miners no longer need torches in hand!

Finally, the team has reworked how Cave Fingers are gathered.

IN THE CLOUDS

This one’s very exciting: Steam Cloud Saving has now been added! You can now save your progress remotely using Steam Cloud saves and continue playing on any machine, anywhere!

OTHER UPDATES

• Settlement issue menu has been improved thanks to community feedback;
• Villager schedule can now be changed using a dropdown;
• Workers are more eager to drop their junk and recyclable iron parts.

FIXIN THOSE BUGS

As always, the update came with a range of bug fixes such as:

• Fixed farmers AI getting stuck due to various reasons;
• Fixed farmers AI complaining about not finding seeds without any reason;
• Fix farmers not complaining about storage is full in some cases;
• Fix farmers complaining about storage is full when not needed;
• Fixed password field being show when creating a normal singleplayer world;
• Fixed fishermen dropping their bait near the bait barrel;
• Fixed huge frame drop when depositing many items to storage;
• Fixed for season music in games with custom season length;
• Fix gatherers stuck complaining;
• Small navigation events fixes when using the gamepad;
• Improved gamepad navigation in deeds page;
• Fixed the villager left notification not showing up for clients in some cases;
• Fix archery range having 0 defence points when used as a patrol point if no archers are assigned to it.

We hope you enjoy this update and don’t forget to follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok or join our community Discord to stay up to date on the latest ASKA news.

Skal!