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· The Soulmask 1.0 update expands the possibilities of survival games.
· Beyond simple walls and roofs, you can now build flying fortresses with crews.
· It's receiving 'Very Positive' reviews on Steam, with over a million players excited.
· This update includes numerous quality-of-life improvements based on community requests.
· To celebrate the 1.0 launch, a massive DLC that more than doubles the game's size is being offered for free for a limited time.

· Let's take a detailed look at the core content: the airship building system.
· You start with a humble airship, but you can customize it however you want with the free building system.
· You can also easily create cool-looking airships using the blueprint system.
· You can place various facilities necessary for survival on your airship, such as crafting stations and respawn points (campfires).
· You can assign tribal members to automate crafting and material gathering.
· Airships can be expanded with multiple floors to develop into even larger 'flying fortresses'.

· You spawn on a small island at the start of the game and learn basic progression through the tutorial.
· Upgrading your mask abilities and unlocking new ones is crucial.
· You can reveal fogged areas and identify camp locations using NPC symbols on the map.
· At camps, you'll encounter rewards, chests, and enemies that drop powerful gear.
· Before facing the first boss, the Giant Crocodile, you need to head to the Ancient Pyramid area.
· Materials needed for the boss fight can be obtained by hunting wild animals, especially high-tier ones for premium fresh meat, bones, and blood.

· Summon the boss through the altar in the center of the Pyramid boss arena.
· Summoning the boss requires items like premium fresh meat, bones, and blood, which can be easily obtained by hunting high-level animals.
· As you go further north, you'll encounter higher-level enemies.
· It's important to upgrade your armor and weapons as much as possible before the boss fight.
· Defeating elite monsters within camps can yield rare items like 'Worship Vials'.
· Defeating the Crocodile boss rewards you with a Temple Key and items needed for mask upgrades.
· With the 'Oceanic Anti-Gravity Skid', 'Small Anti-Gravity Engine', and 'Wings' obtained after defeating the boss, you can craft your first airship.

· You can create an airship by attaching anti-gravity engines and wings to the airship obtained early in the game or to a floating boat stolen from enemies.
· You can expand your airship by adding blocks or stacking them in multiple layers.
· While your first airship has size limitations, you can build larger and more advanced airships as you progress.
· The airship serves as a mobile base during gameplay, and you can respawn here via the campfire when you die.
· Maintaining the campfire prevents the airship from corroding and allows it to be used as a spawn point.

· As you progress, you can unlock airship crafting-related technologies through the tech tree.
· Defeating the Crocodile boss grants you the 'Abyssal Lord' mask, which provides abilities specialized for underwater activities.
· Mask abilities include increased oxygen capacity, faster swimming speed, underwater HP regeneration, and increased critical hit chance.
· The 'Blood Armor' ability enhances defense by forming a shield when you defeat enemies.
· It's important to collect and level up a total of four masks to utilize various passive abilities.

· The game's default settings can be quite challenging, but you can optimize your play experience by adjusting various multipliers like gathering and mining rates in the 'Advanced Settings' of your save file.
· This allows you to reduce tedious grinding and focus on enjoyable content like airship building and boss battles.
· Soulmask has significantly improved the game's volume and completeness through continuous updates since its early access launch.
· The game has now expanded to more than double its size since its initial release, offering diverse content such as airships, large-scale base building, PvP, and servers for up to 70 players.

· The 'Shifting Sands' DLC, which doubles the game's size, is available for free for a limited time, making now the perfect time to play.
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