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Nightingale update adds new quality of life features and content

by Adam Cook on April 24, 2024

Inflexion has released an update on Nightingale which adds a lot of things based on community feedback, include quality of life improvements.

Last month a roadmap was released, but this update goes into specifics, after checking out the latest developer diary, below.

Changes to Combat: Players now have more ranged combat options to the early game (throwing knives, grenades and blunderbuss), and improved one-handed weapons with defensive moves such as a parry for the knife, a boomerang move for the sickle and a flurry of blows from the hammer.
Two new Bound types: Players can encounter the Bound Aegis which uses two massive shields for defense, and the cannon-carrying Bound Breaker which fires ranged explosives
Crafting Improvements: Players can now craft directly from storage and queue crafting recipes
New NPCs and quests: Additional challenges and storylines have been implemented across the Realms.
Smaller enhancements: Players will also notice temp icon replacements, the ability to purchase items directly from the Guidebook, the dodge ability for two-handed weapons and more.

The full patch notes are also available, here.

We’re enjoying the game so far, with Mick saying: “Right now at around 15 hours in, I’m really enjoying Nightingale’s core loop, and the premise of Realmdiving and facing the unknown with nowt but a Victorian stiff upper lip and a kit-bashed crossbow is compelling, but it needs a lot of work before it comes out of early access. The crafting economy is just too complex and feels a little too much like busywork, while the Realms do start to look a bit samey after a while. The biggest issue though, is the combat, which needs considerable tightening up – not to mention the bugs and glitches. Enemies spawning inside mountains is all fun and games until you realise you need to kill them all to proceed”.