Against the Storm: Sentinels of the Forest Update Patch Notes

If you want a fresh take on the RTS genre, Against the Storm might be the game for you. This title adds rogue-lite elements to your playthrough, making every run different. Besides that, the game avoids medieval or steampunk themes and embraces fantasy with some fun species and creatures. While the game is still in early access, Eremite Games released the Sentinels of the Forest update for Against the Storm, which has the most extensive patch notes yet. With new species, orders, buildings, and more, we’ve compiled all the changes here for you to read.

Against the Storm Sentinels of the Forest Update Patch Notes

New Content

• New Species: Foxes
• Fox attributes:
  • Base Resolve: 5
  • Break Interval 2:00
  • Resilient: low
  • Demanding: low
  • Decadent: medium
• Foxes Needs:
  • Any Housing
  • Fox Housing
  • Porridge
  • Skewers
  • Pickled Goods
  • Brawling
  • Luxury
  • Treatment
• Foxes are completely resistant to the Hostility of the Forest.
• Fox firekeeper ability:
  • Forest Affinity – Fox Firekeepers have an unusual ability to calm the forest. Hostility from opened glades is lowered by two.
• Fox specializations:
  • Forest
  • Rainwater
• New Buildings:
  • Fox House
  • Tea Doctor
  • Tea House
  • Distillery
  • Beanery
• New food item: Porridge
  • Porridge can be produced in the Field Kitchen, Tea House, Distillery, and Beanery.
• 11 New Orders
• New Perks:
  • Fox Pack Support
  • Puffed Grain
  • Filling Dish
• New Glade Event:
  • Fallen Fox Scouts
• New Citadel Upgrades
• Level Cap Increased to 18
• 2 New Deeds:
  • Fox Settlement
  • Fox Utopia
• 2 New Decorations:
  • Overgrown Fence (Aesthetics)
  • Overgrown Fence Corner (Aesthetics)
• Added a new mechanic – Starting Abilities.
  • Each species has a unique special ability (unlockable via Upgrades in the Smoldering City).
  • Humans – reveal the location of 1 of the nearest patches of fertile soil.
  • Beavers – extend available trade offers by 1 in each neighboring town.
  • Lizards – start with 10 Tools.
  • Harpies – start with 50 Coats.
  • Foxes – reveal the location of 1 of the nearest geysers.
• Added a new species attribute – Hunger Tolerance.
  • Each species now has a new attribute: Hunger Tolerance. The exact value of this new stat can be found in the Encyclopedia in the “species” tab.
  • A villager dies when the number of hunger stacks exceeds the tolerance.

Related:

Against the Storm March 2, 2023, Update Patch Notes

Balance

• Removed the Stormforged version of Mist Piercers to avoid overlapping with the Ancient Pact perk.
• Added the Rainwater specialization tag to multiple buildings:
  • Brickyard
  • Finesmith
  • Advanced Rain Collector
  • Cooperage
  • Rain Collector
  • Greenhouse
  • Geyser Pump
  • Clay Pit
  • Apothecary
  • Rainpunk Foundry
  • Alchemist Hut
• Added the Forest specialization tag to all Glade Events.
• Reshuffled some needs for Humans and Harpies.
  • Humans no longer require Jerky and want Porridge instead.
  • Harpies no longer require Brawling and want Clothing instead.
  • Harpies no longer require Skewers and want Biscuits instead.
• Changed the Cleanliness need to Treatment (renamed it and changed the icon).
• Changed the Cosmetics resource to Tea (both the name and icon).
• Added the Porridge recipe to the Field Kitchen.
• The Tavern can now fulfill the need for Luxury instead of Brawling.
• Changed the names of several perks.
  • Cosmetic Delivery Line changed to Tea Delivery Line.
  • Mortar and Pestle changed to Tea Infuser.
  • Cosmetic Specialization changed to Tea Specialization.
  • High Hygiene changed to Health Infusion.
• Rebalanced the biome effect in the Coral Forest. Inspiring Pressure now gives a bonus of 3% instead of 5%.
• Rebalanced the Archeologist’s Office upgrades in the Scarlet Orchard.
  • Ancient Strength – changed the bonus capacity from 5 to 3
  • Carved in Stone – changed the scout working speed increase from 10% to 5%.
  • Decryption – changed the Hostility reduction from -15 to -10.
• Removed two Orders:
  • Tooled Up
  • Outerwear
• Changed the reward for completing the Harpy Resolve Order.
• Reshuffled multiple Citadel Upgrades.

UX/UI Improvements

• Added unique icons for every species in Orders that require achieving a certain resolve threshold with a given species.
• Changed the objective name for all objectives based on delivering resources in the Orders UI.
• Changed the icons for multiple resources in the game
  • Wildfire Essence
  • Pipes
  • Drizzle Water
  • Clearance Water
  • Storm Water
• Changed the icons for several order objectives and ghost requests
  • Solve Events with Empathy/Corruption/Loyalty.
  • Burn Blightrot Cysts.
  • Have Blightrot Cysts.
  • Attack a trader.
  • Starve villagers.
  • Use rainwater.
  • Forbid needs.
• Changed the icons for upgrades in the Mine and Geyser Pump
  • Minecart
  • Box Crib
  • Pit Pony
  • Tank Capacity
  • Automaton
• Changed the icons of the unique effects on all biomes.
• Changed the icons of Rain Engine effects.
  • Efficiency
  • Reliability
  • Low Strain
• Changed the names of the favoring buff (Lighter Treatment) and debuff (Unfair Treatment) to Negligence and Favoring to avoid confusion with the new Treatment need.
• Updated the Encyclopedia entry about food and hunger to consider the new mechanic of hunger stacks.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug with two orders (Pyromancer and Deeper Into the Wilds) having the same rewards.
• Fixed a bug with some small glades having incorrectly generated resources and geysers.
• Fixed a bug with some glades being incorrectly generated with the Untamed Wilds modifier.
• Fixed numerous edge cases related to glade generation and event/resource placement on the map.
• Fixed a bug with the Destroyed Caravan Glade Event having the same decision label twice.
• Fixed the wording of the Monastery of the Holy Flame modifier description. It now correctly states that the effect applies to all needs, not just food.
• Fixed an issue with Lizard Scouts having no animation when working on the Altar of Decay Glade Event.
• Fixed an issue with the UI displaying arrow keys as Num keys.
• Fixed an issue with scouts working on Archaeological Discoveries, not showing any animations.
• Fixed a bug that caused the Lightning Forest Mystery to appear in the Coral Forest.
• Fixed a bug with the state previous of the Long Live the Queen perk not showing correct values.
• Fixed a bug with amount indicators overlapping with checkmarks in the upgrade UI of geyser pumps.
• Fixed a bug with the Resolve Preview breaking when hovering over the favoring button as the last villager of a given species leaves.
• Fixed an issue with scaled-down ‘i’ letters looking jagged in some places in the UI.
• Removed the state preview from the Improvised Tools Cornerstone.
• Fixed an issue with numerous sounds not stopping when the game was paused.
• Fixed a bug with the Twitch Integration occasionally breaking when a chat poll was created.
• Fixed an issue with the Engine Corrosion effect having an incorrect border color.
• Fixed some typos and grammatical errors in Russian and Japanese.
• Fixed an issue with the decision highlight in the event UI being cut-off.
• Fixed a bug with some Small Abandoned Caches requiring stone in both solving options.
• Fixed a bug with the Forsaken Crypt “Calm Spirit” option giving Amber as a reward.

Other

• Improved the overall performance and stability of the game and updated the game’s engine to a newer version. This should eliminate numerous crashes and freezes and improve overall FPS.
• Added official support for five new languages. The game is now fully translated into:
  • Italian
  • Czech
  • Ukrainian
  • Hungarian
  • Turkish
• Added a new music track to the Coral Forest.
• Improved and tweaked a lot of ambient sounds in the game.
  • Cleaned up some tracks to avoid mismatched background sounds.
• The Apothecary was changed visually from a Harpy building into a Fox building.
• The Clothier was changed visually from a universal building into a Harpy building.
• The Herb Garden was changed visually from a Beaver building into a Fox building.

Remember to visit the official site to check all the Sentinels of the Forest update patch notes for Against the Storm. You can get it if you haven’t played the game while it’s on sale. It is a fantastic title that fans of the genre looking for a fresh take on it should play.