It’s CoC2’s launch anniversary once again, and with it comes an all-expenses-paid beach trip just for you!

Now, I wouldn’t necessarily call the bleak, stormy, demon-infested east coast of the Kingdom of Khor’minos an idyllic vacation destination, but it certainly isn’t lacking in adventure for an enterprising Champion — especially when there’s still demons afoot. Today we’re introducing the Coastlands, the game’s last explorable zone, along with the penultimate level (9th).

Thank you all for sticking with us for another year. I hope you enjoy what we’ve got in store for you today, and throughout the rollout of the Coastlands and Tychris.

0.8.29 Patch Notes:

• The level cap has been increased to 9! Along with this come two new perk options for each of the game’s five classes (and a new perk for each of your Companions, too).
• To go along with this new level comes a new area: The Coastlands. This is the last planned explorable area of the game, and can be accessed after finishing The Siege of Khor’minos, then going right from the colosseum in town through a new tunnel. Of course, a new area would be nothing without some encounters to occupy it, including:
• New Random Encounter: Succubus Blackguard. After Tira’s temple fell, her now-demonic fallen paladins began to stalk the Coastlands, seeking to slake their hermaphroditic lusts on anyone unfortunate enough to cross their paths. (by Bluebird)
• New Random Encounter: Orc Raiders. A pair of lady-orcs and a hung lizardman thrall have come to pillage the Khor’minoan seaside while the legions are distracted by war. (by Crab)
• New Additional (Non-Sexy) Encounters: Outlaws & Mountain Goats (by Savin) and the Stone Titan (by Aury).
• New Busts: Succubus Blackguard (by Moira)
• Defeating or immediately fucking Charys, the salamander in the Temple of Elosa, now properly yields up her magic girdle — previously only some paths through the encounter would. (Thanks Zag)
• Corvid is now recognized as a race by the game, and Corvid Crumble gives you a tail as expected.
• The game should no longer crash if you play offline in a browser and it tries to load a CG.

A couple parting notes: there’s a quest to repair a lift in the Coastlands to unlock a shortcut back to the Waystone; that won’t be possible to complete for another patch or two, when Wsan’s shark-girl Maidensbane gets added. Leek’s already coding away on it.

There are also four sub-areas to the Coastlands that aren’t accessible yet: Khor Elthos, an abandoned village by the seaside; a cultist encampment (which will progress the new Champion Quest: At the Edge of the World); the estate of Prince Vrannus, located in the villa near the zone’s start; and the lair of Saltmantle, an ancient sea dragon whose skull is on display in the palace (an optional dungeon). These areas will start rolling out after Tychris is in-game — I gotta get my Mayternity commitments out of the way, and those need manderville to go anywhere!

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