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• Unique inventory system — physically pick up, carry, and throw resources. No grid-based inventory management.
• No tool/weapon durability — your gear never breaks, reducing tedious repair loops.
• Deep RPG systems — equip armor, weapons, trinkets; consume buff foods; level up skills; unlock talents via god favors.
• God worship system — choose which Roman gods to restore; each offers unique buffs and technology unlocks.
• Procedurally generated world — vast explorable map with multiple biomes, dungeons, and secrets.
• Boss fights — 5 legendary bosses with unique mechanics and loot.
• Town automation — recruit citizens, assign roles, build trade routes between settlements.
• Expanded EA content — new buildings, citizen vocations (including the Carpenter), and richer settlement systems beyond the demo.

1. Gather basic resources — pick up rocks, lumber, and fiber from the area around your starting location. Remember: you physically carry items — no complex inventory screens.
2. Build a Crafting Bench — this is your first essential structure. It unlocks basic tools and building components.
3. Construct a Food Storage — food spoils if not stored properly. Get this up early.
4. Build a Farmstead — start growing crops for a sustainable food supply. Farmers will deposit harvests in their own storage; you must manually move food to communal storage.
5. Find and recruit citizens — explore the map to locate lost Romans. Bring them back to your settlement and assign them roles.
6. Build housing — citizens need homes. Construct basic shelters to increase your population cap.
7. Erect defenses — walls and torches keep the Fallen at bay during nighttime attacks.

At character creation, you pick a vocation that gives early-game bonuses. All skills can be leveled up regardless of choice:

• Legionary — starts with a sword. Best for combat-focused players.
• Scholar — research bonuses. Faster technology unlocks.
• Woodcutter — starts with an axe. Faster gathering, good for builders.

• Skipping the Shrine — many players ignore the shrine early on. Make offerings to the gods ASAP — this is how you unlock the technology tree and new buildings. Players who skip this get stuck with no progression.
• Ignoring food logistics — farmers store crops in their own buildings. You need to manually transport food to communal storage or citizens will starve.
• Neglecting defenses — the Fallen attack every night. Without walls and torches, your settlement will be overrun.
• Expanding too fast — more citizens means more mouths to feed. Scale up food production before recruiting aggressively.

Instead of a traditional grid-based inventory, you physically pick up and carry resources. Rocks, lumber, crops — you hold them over your head and walk them where they need to go. You can even throw resources at enemies as a desperation attack.

This system was designed to reduce menu fiddling and keep you in the action. There's no weight limit — just the physical constraint of carrying one item at a time (upgradeable later).

1. Extract nearby resources around your settlement
2. Once local resources are depleted, venture into the wilds for rarer materials
3. Bring everything back to base for crafting and building
4. Build Trade Stations to automate resource transport between settlements

New crafting recipes come from three sources:

• Research — invest resources to unlock new tech at the shrine
• Artisans — recruiting specialized NPCs unlocks their unique recipes
• Boss drops — defeating bosses grants unique crafting materials and recipes for boss-themed gear

As your settlement grows, you can automate production:

• Recruit a Carpenter — they assist with construction and automate daily building tasks
• Build Trade Stations between settlements for automated resource transport
• Advanced buildings unlock production line automation

All weapons have no durability — they never break. Upgrade to higher-tier versions (Copper, Iron, Boss-tier) through crafting.

Trinkets and consumable foods provide additional buffs that stack with your gear.

• Master the dash — most enemy attacks can be avoided with a well-timed dash.
• Watch attack tells — enemies have clear animations before attacking. The Guardian of Minerva lifts her head before her explosion attack, for example.
• Cook buff food — always have food buffs active before tough fights.
• Fallen swarm at night — stay near torches and walls after dark. Special variants include exploding bloaters.
• Build roads — paved roads let you move faster, which helps with combat positioning and corpse runs.

How to find: While exploring, you'll see the message "You feel a presence in the skies above." Look for a giant bird shadow moving across the ground. Follow the shadow — if you lose sight of it, continue in the direction it was moving. The nest contains a giant white egg. Break the egg to start the fight. Defeating her also completes the Giant Owl world quest and unlocks new buildings and items.

Recommended gear: Flint Gladius or Hasta + full Leather Set + buff food.

Phase 1 (203 HP → ~50 HP):

• Jump/Lunge — dashes toward you. Dodge when she flaps her wings.
• Explosion — small AoE near her legs. She lifts her head before this — get some free hits in while she charges, then dash away.

Phase 2 (below 50 HP): Rain and thunder begin. More aggressive.

• Lightning Jump — lunge with lightning bolts along the path. Dodge when flapping starts.
• Lightning Bolts — 1–4 lightning strikes near her. Her eyes glow — reposition.
• Trail Explosion — 5-block explosion trail from left foot. Dash right.
• Wind Attack — wing flap gust. Triggered when behind her head — dash sideways.

Rewards: ~18 Coal, ~5 Copper Bars, ~14 Poisoned Arrows, ~29 Quadrans + 2 Denarius, 3 Guardian's Feather, 2 Guardian's Talon, 1 Guardian's Eye, 1 random Feathered armor piece (Hood/Armor/Boots).

The demo featured 3 bosses; Early Access adds the Volcanic biome with extra dungeons and 2 new legendary bosses, for 5 total. Community sources have not yet confirmed all official names beyond the Guardian of Minerva. Remaining bosses are found through exploration or clues at statues. General tips:

• Over-prepare with the best available gear and buffs
• Level up citizens before attempting later bosses
• Farm earlier bosses for materials to craft boss-tier gear
• If stuck, pivot to base-building and return stronger
• Minibosses are tied to altar quests but can be found and defeated without the quest

1. Build a Shrine early — this is how you unlock the technology tree.
2. Earn Worship currency by completing quests, pledging resources, and making offerings.
3. Choose which god to restore — each god offers unique buffs and technology unlocks.
4. In co-op, your party collectively decides which god(s) to worship.

Each god provides:

• Passive buffs — combat bonuses, gathering speed, defense boosts
• Exclusive technologies — unique buildings and recipes
• Talents — skill tree nodes unlocked via favor

The specific pantheon and optimal choices are still being discovered by the community. Jupiter, Mars, Minerva, and other major Roman deities are confirmed to feature.

Do not ignore the shrine. Many new players get stuck because they skip making offerings. The shrine is your primary source of technology unlocks and progression. Make it a priority in your first hour.

• Lost Roman citizens are scattered across the procedurally generated world
• Find them during exploration and bring them back to your settlement
• Each citizen can be assigned a role (farmer, blacksmith, carpenter, etc.)
• Special artisans unlock unique crafting recipes

• Citizens need food — maintain adequate food storage
• Citizens need housing — build enough shelters for your population
• Decorations boost happiness, which improves productivity
• Unhappy citizens work slower and may leave

The Carpenter is a special profession (added in Early Access) that can:

• Assist with construction projects
• Automate daily building and repair tasks
• Free you up to focus on exploration and combat

The public demo included 2 biomes. Early Access expands the world with a fiery Volcanic biome, bringing the launch total to 3 distinct biomes:

• Grasslands/Forest — starting area. Rich in basic resources, wood, and fiber. Home to the Guardian of Minerva.
• Volcanic Region — new EA biome with environmental hazards, unique resources, tougher enemies, exclusive dungeons, and 2 legendary bosses.
• Mountains/Highlands — rare minerals and ores. Home to advanced mining opportunities.

More biomes and bosses are planned throughout Early Access development.

• Mini-dungeons — Zelda-style puzzles and combat encounters. Good loot, manageable solo.
• Boss dungeons — larger, more complex, culminating in a legendary boss fight.
• Dungeons contain traps, puzzles, elite enemies, and unique treasure.

• Daytime — explore, gather, build. The Fallen are less active.
• Nighttime — the Fallen emerge in large numbers. Special variants appear (exploding bloaters, etc.). Stay near torches and defenses.
• Strategy: explore and fight during the day; farm, craft, and decorate at night.

• Host a world or join a friend's world
• World seeds are shareable — play the same map as your friends
• All progress is shared within the hosted world
• Loot is shared — coordinate gear distribution

• Specialize roles — one player focuses on farming/building, another on combat/exploration
• Coordinate god choices — your party collectively decides which gods to worship
• Share resources — physically hand items to teammates (or throw them!)
• Boss fights scale — bosses are harder with more players but drop more loot
• Build together — construction is faster with multiple people carrying materials

• OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
• Processor: Intel Core i5
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: DirectX 11 compatible
• Storage: 2 GB available
• Notes: 16:9 aspect ratio recommended

• OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
• Processor: Intel Core i7
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• Graphics: DirectX 11 compatible
• Storage: 4 GB available
• Network: Broadband Internet connection
• Notes: 16:9 aspect ratio recommended

• Additional biomes and environments
• More legendary bosses
• Higher progression tiers
• Additional points of interest and secrets
• More decoration options
• Controller support
• Overall polish and balancing based on community feedback

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