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· These are important patch notes that significantly improved the gameplay experience before and after Everwind's release.
· In particular, issues that caused bottlenecks in early progression have been resolved, allowing for smoother gameplay.

Category	Details
Motiva Lord	Guaranteed skill drop on kill (resolves progression bottleneck)
Item Durability & Repair	Rebalanced (increased repair kit efficiency, decreased item breakage speed)
Staves & Spellbooks	Increased drop rate
Enemy Equipment Drops	Increased chance for enemies to drop equipped gear
Container Loot	Fine-tuned (hope for blueprint reduction)

· You spawn with only a 'Steam Metal Pipe' at the start of the game. Collect all surrounding resources and go down the stairs.
· Check the containers and open the basement door to defeat your first enemy. Left-click to attack, and hold to perform a strong attack that can break blocks.
· Get a shovel and move to the next room to find mushrooms and wooden chests.
· Light a fire at the cooking station to make 'Mushroom Stew'. This is your first healing item, restoring 60 HP over 30 seconds.
· Early on, resources are scarce, so focusing on 'Roasted Meat' (obtained from all creatures) and 'Fried Eggs' (obtained from bird nests) is the most efficient way to restore HP.

· To use a repair station, you need a 'Repair Kit', which is made from 'Copper Ingots'.
· You can smelt copper ore into ingots in a furnace. Copper ore is a valuable resource essential for repairs and crafting.
· Once you get the 'Log Hammer' blueprint, right-click to learn it. You can get additional loot and 'Wooden Chestplate' from wooden dressers and wooden chests. Chestplates can be equipped instantly with Shift+Left-click.
· Get a pickaxe to mine copper ore. Ore is very important, so use it sparingly.
· Put wood in the furnace and smelt copper ore into ingots. 'Repair Kits' are crafted with 1 copper ingot and 'Forest Wood Planks'. Planks can be obtained from under towers or by breaking wooden plank blocks.
· Craft branches and a stone pickaxe to increase resource gathering efficiency.
· Key Tip: You can break existing crafting tables, furnaces, campfires, and chests with a pickaxe to retrieve them without resource loss. Use this to save early-game resources.
· Craft a 'Plank Hatch' to get a better weapon than your starting one.

· Open the hatch and jump down to defeat enemies. Breaking containers can yield valuable resources like nails and lockpicks.
· Wooden chests with 'Beginner Lock' can be opened by getting a key from a skeleton. Inside the chest, you'll find recipes and a sword.
· You can break chests to place them on your airship later. Breaking skeletons or other destructible objects can yield additional resources like bones.
· Break stacked barrels to discover hidden treasures.
· Breaking the window bars with a pickaxe leads to a hidden room with arrows, firewood, potions, and more.
· Break the scaffolding to find another treasure (marked with an X).
· Break the wall to get your first 'Crystal Dust'. This will be useful later.
· Break the boat to leave and complete the tutorial. It's a good idea to interact with all surrounding items to understand their uses.
· You can find copper ore near the coastline. If your tools' durability drops, repair them immediately with a repair kit to maintain efficiency.

· Learn blueprints and mine copper efficiently.
· Early on, avoid fighting strong enemies and hunt docile 'Capybaras' to easily secure food. Capybaras with tangerines on their heads yield more loot.
· Gather lots of grass to make fiber, rope, and cloth. Pheasants near nests are also good prey for eggs.
· When you reach Level 2, press 'Tab' to check the talent tree. The game has three classes: Warrior, Arcanist, and Engineer. The Engineer is still under development.
· Early on, you might consider the Engineer talent for crafting advanced tools or the Athlete talent for exploration.
· Arcanist is a talent for spellcasters.
· In the Warrior class, 'Parry Master' is one of the best early upgrades. It allows you to parry enemy attacks. Overall, it's good to focus on weapon upgrades to increase combat efficiency.

· Find a broken ship on the island and interact with 'Steam Parts' to receive new objectives. Your goal is to craft a cockpit, energy generator, wooden engine, and wooden balloon.
· Press 'T' to scan for parts with your compass. Break the ship's components (a regular axe is efficient) and collect surrounding debris and pipes. Pipes are valuable resources for fine-tuning your airship later.
· If quests don't appear, press 'G' to check the last tab of your quest list and pin active quests.
· Airship Part Crafting:
· Craft parts at the crafting table.
· Energy Generator: Easiest to make with nails and copper.
· Cockpit: Requires branches made from planks.
· Engine: Requires more planks.
· Balloon: Requires a lot of thread made from fiber obtained from grass, and cloth and rope made from thread.
· Once all parts are crafted, you need to find an abandoned airship. Aim for the white light floating in the sky.
· Use the rowing boat you obtained earlier to travel to the shipwreck. You can explore Everwind's vast world and floating islands.
· Telescope (T): Hold 'R' to use the rotation wheel, select the telescope, then right-click to zoom in and explore islands. Check 'Explored' or 'Unexplored' status and look for Points of Interest (POI).

· Upon arriving at the shipwreck, you can set a respawn point by doing some building.
· Break unnecessary items on the shipwreck to clear space.
· Set up a workbench and a block crafting table (requires 4 ropes). About 40 standard blocks should be enough.
· Break and retrieve the existing block crafting table.
· Hold 'R' to check various block shapes. Blocks don't snap to each other, so you'll need to place them manually.
· Airship Basic Structure: Create a 7x5 floor with additional 3x2 blocks on each side to form a ship shape.
· Place the cockpit (at the back), hot air balloons (on the sides), and the engine. You can add more hot air balloons later.
· Connection Check: Ensure parts are connected by flashing yellow lines. If not connected, you'll need to use pipes to link them.
· For space efficiency, you can break the floor and place treasure chests in its place to create storage.
· Place a campfire (at the front), furnace, anvil, block crafting table, and crafting workbench. If you need more space, you can expand the ship later.
· Place additional chests to store valuable ore, and prepare delicious meals at the cooking station.
· You can make torches from animal fat. Always carry snacks like roasted meat, along with a portable repair station and repair kits, when adventuring.

· Energy Generator: Insert planks and press 'Start' to activate the engine. Turning it on and off every time you arrive at an island can be cumbersome, but it's an essential step for flight.
· Flight Controls: Use 'Spacebar' to increase altitude and 'Shift' to decrease altitude. You can adjust speed with the forward/backward keys.
· Airship Upgrades:
· Speed Upgrade: Increases flight speed.
· Size Upgrade: Allows you to build larger airships.
· Altitude Upgrade: Enables exploration of higher and more challenging terrain.
· Finding Dungeons with the Telescope: When viewing an island through the telescope, if a dungeon indicator appears on the right side of the screen, it means that island has a dungeon. You can also check for other Points of Interest like coliseums.
· Important Compass Functions:
· The compass displays important information.
· Utilize the 'Scan' function in the Engineer tab.
· Teleport: Abandon your airship and hold the compass to instantly return to it. This is very useful when taking fall damage or being far away, and your airship also acts as a respawn point.
· Caution: Be careful, as destroying the cockpit will remove your respawn point.