We're there.

The big summer update is finally here. We almost made it within the calendar frame of summer, so it basically counts.

As requested, the main story took a backseat in this one, though there are some definite developments by the end of it. The main focus though are the completely optional sidequests, wilderness treks and treasure hunts. Also a proper finish to the farm girl's storyline, and another guest (and a second hidden one) at the hot springs resort.

You can expect at least a few of borderline infuriating fights, with rewards that'll then make any random encounters or even storyline ones a breeze.

To get the north of the forest unlocked you first need to finish the fairy mission which was at the end of the previous update. This will unlock one path near Almerra village, and fix the broken bridge in the north west part. Both have fun things, though some of them are more hidden than others. Eventually I'll expand even those paths to have even more stuff happening in them, but so far I'm rather happy with the result.

To be 100% sure you won't get system errors because of some missing item I'd recommend starting a new save. You can skip the prologue now and start in the forest, so at least that'll make it easier.

Alright, here are the links. They're identical to the ones from July, even the file name is the same and wrongfully calls them ,,1st update". (That's to confuse the heathens who don't believe in Poppy.)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/4nguziui3grv6ol/Soles+of+Divinity+(1st+Summer+Update).7z/file
https://www.mediafire.com/file/4zlojsompftbpg1/Soles+of+Divinity+(1st+Summer+Update).zip/file
(Password is still 321w.)

I don't know what else to add, most of it was already mentioned in the previous post and in the suggestion chat. Thanks for all the feedback and continued support. I'm sure there'll be some things that need looking into, so feel free to let me know. At the very least <this time> I made sure it's all playable without softlocks. (Famous last words. :v)