Life is Feudal - First major update

United game worlds

Game worlds have now been united and you can travel freely between them (once a week for regular players, once every two days for Premium subscribers). All game worlds will be shown on the global map and divided into Red (Full PvP and destruction) and Green (99% safe town claims and less PvP) worlds. Regardless of which area you reside in, you can now communicate with everyone in Global Chat and trade between the worlds via Trade Posts!

What are the ‘Red’ and ‘Green’ Worlds

Green worlds are high security zones, which are 99% safe for players. Green worlds offer a more protected play-style for those interested in a peaceful life, farming, crafting or roleplaying.

If, for example, someone without permission attempts to enter a city claim, they will find themselves bounced back, and shown a warning message. Judgement Hours are rare here and scheduled 1-3 times per week with a duration of no longer than one hour (settings may vary between different worlds). Your home will be safe, though, as you can’t lose anything on your city claim during Judgement Hours.

However, total safety and invulnerability of city claims and guild monuments may lead to certain players attempting to exploit these mechanics. We introduced a distinctive feature of Green worlds to counter such behavior: Ostracism. If a guild in the Green world behaves too aggressively, it may be ostracized by other guilds. This will happen if the guild takes up arms in too many wars and/or if many guilds set a ‘Hostile’ standing towards this guild. The ostracized guild receives the status, ‘Derelicted’. If this guild has a Tier 1 monument, its monument and its city claim become vulnerable to any damage during Judgment Hours. In other words, the Ostracism feature helps to neutralize overly aggressive guilds - it is a powerful instrument of Green world politics!

Red worlds are low security zones with free PvP and maximum hardcore PvP rules, similar to Life is Feudal: Your Own. These worlds are better suited for the hardcore and battle-thirsty players, who want to dive into the harsh world of free PvP battles. Red worlds have no private claims at all; you can rob, kill or even enslave other players. Burn your foes’ properties to the ground almost anywhere and anytime.

Make the War God proud of your warrior skills! Judgment Hours here are as frequent as possible. You can deal maximum damage to your opponents during JH: for T1 level - destroy their monument and immovable objects, steal their property, burn their buildings and more; for T2-4 level, you can steal horses, loot containers, and more. Only in red worlds can you turn other players into your obedient slaves, putting them to work on your outposts. Also, here me back the ability to put movable objects on realm claim. Now you can attack more efficiently!

Red worlds players can travel to Green worlds to recoup after a major defeat or to retire from the endless fighting and strife of the Red worlds. Equally, Green worlds players can journey to Red worlds to participate in large-scale PvP battles without the threat of losing their buildings.

Trade & economics between the worlds

Both Red and Green worlds will be economically interconnected, making it possible to trade between the worlds through Trade Posts. Crown coins cannot be obtained in Red worlds; these coins are only disbursed in the Green worlds, whereas only in Red worlds can you find two special types of outposts with unique resources:

Slaves - a workforce used to improve the efficiency of production, both in the Red and Green worlds. Slaves can be obtained by enslaving knocked out players or building and controlling the Slavery Outpost.
Baromsag - a special substance that can be used to increase the quality of basic ground resources (ores, sand, clay, rock, granite, marble, etc.). Baromsag can be obtained by building and controlling the Geognosy Pit.

Travelling between the worlds

Players can transfer between worlds with their inventory and equipment by praying once a week - or even once every two days with our Premium subscription. If you have a guild waiting for you in that world, you can enter a guest password and be transported directly to the guild’s monument (this feature will be soon).

Differences between Green and Red worlds

	Green worlds	Red worlds
Security	Green worlds are high security zones, where players are 99% safe inside their town claims and their monuments are protected from total destruction. Open world PvP, realm claims raids, and Judgment Hours are still active.	Red worlds are low security zones with free PvP and max hardcore rules similar to Life is Feudal: Your Own
Personal Claims	Working as intended.	Disabled completely to prevent PvP-based exploits.
Resources	Crown Coins - can only be obtained here by selling your production to the Crown. These Crown coins are required to support Tier 2, 3, and 4 Monuments.	Two special types of resources are available only in Red worlds: Slaves - workforce, which accelerates the extraction of resources in outposts Baromsag - special substance that can be used to increase the quality of basic ground resources (ores, sand, clay, rock, granite, marble, etc.).
Judgment hour	JH is rare and scheduled 1-3 times per week with a duration of 1 hour (may vary in every world settings). You cannot lose your claim during Jugement Hour.	JH is as frequent as possible. Rob, slave, smash and destroy!

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PVP ARENA

Showcase your fearsome warrior skills on the PvP Battle Arena! Receive prizes for winning battles, and become the top combatant of the PvP ranking!

The Arena is made for ranked, hardcore PvP skirmishes and support up to 20 foot warriors. Mounts are prohibited. Every round lasts 12 minutes and every player has unlimited resurrection with no skill loss. Equipment durability consumption is slower than in the main world.

The arenas are free-for-all and the victory condition is the highest ranking score. Upon death, ranking points received will be lost. At the end of the round, every player takes their place in the results table. Players who received the top 3 prize-winning places will be awarded with coins and overall PvP ranking points.

Get valuable rewards for winning arena skirmishes!

duration: 12 minutes
1-st place: 100 points +75 Silver coins
2-nd place: 50 points + 35 Silver coins
3-d place: 20 points + 15 Silver coins

Get valuable rewards for winning arena skirmishes!

All you need to do is apply for the battle in the Character Window on the Battle Tab.

As soon as there are at least 10 players ready, you will receive a notification, and your character will be transferred to the Arena.

Every arena battle consists of two phases

Preparation Phase
The preparation phase lasts 2 minutes - during this time, players can freely move in the arena, prepare for battle and tease rivals by using emotes. Damage and other abilities are locked. When the three minute countdown is over, the next phase commences.
Fight Phase
At the start of the fight phase, all players are spawned in random places throughout the arena. Then a 10 second countdown begins (displayed on the HUD), and during this time, character control is unavailable. The battle begins at the end of this countdown and a timer runs until the end of the fight. At the conclusion of the battle, the results are announced.

Leaving arena

You can leave the arena ahead of time through the ‘Disconnect’ button in the ESC-Menu. Your character will be moved to the main world, at the original point before you initially entered the arena. If a player leaves in an emergency during the arena fight, they can reconnect to the arena battle if it is still in the fight phase.

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Clergy

Every god now has their own rating system. Players who please their gods by their activities and sacrifices through the week can become Makthrids (cardinals), and the user who achieves the highest score between all of the gods can become Archimankur (Pope). Rank up and garner power through impressing the gods of Life is Feudal; be bestowed with a fitting title and become a powerful favorite of one or several gods!

Utilize your power of a Archimankur: broadcast your messages to the whole world, excommunicate guilds and create your indulgence to pardon repentant criminals. Prepare for politics and intrigue, though, because each of your edicts must be voted for by Makhtrids!

It’s possible to become a Makthrid (even of several gods) and an Archimankur
simultaneously.

Gods’ ranking and points

There stands 13 deities within the pantheon, with 12 of the gods in the rating. Each god looks over certain aspects of life (e.g. harvest, hunting, craft), thus each of them desire a specific sacrifice or achievement. You can read more about the gods in the lore section

Pleasing the gods and earning points

With every action taken into account for a particular god, you will receive a message stating that it is satisfied. Ratings are reset on a weekly basis.

Becoming a Makthrid or an Archimankur

Each real-life day during prime time, those who have earned the first place ranking of each god rating will become Makthrids. The player that takes the first place in the rating of the Sleeping God will become an Archimankur.

Only online players can become Makthrids and Archimankur (if you were offline at the time of the announcement, you are not eligible for the title).

At the end of the week after IB Prime time each Sunday, the list of cardinals and rating lists for each god are reset. You have a chance to start building your rating from scratch and make a dash forward towards the top! Open the Character window to check out the necessary ranking for each god.

What can the Archimankur do?

The Archimankur can propose an edict once a day, and Makthrid can vote in favor (or not):

1. Excommunication - chosen guild members have a Excommunicated status for 20 hours and can be killed by any player without losing alignment. A message regarding this will be broadcast to the whole server.

2. The Archimankur can also cast a global message to the entire server once a day (no cursing or offencive language, etc.)

3. Create an indulgence that gives +5 alignment points, regardless of which alignment the player has (disregards the -50 irreversibility). It can also be used once and can be passed, sold, and lost like a regular item.

List of gods and their requirements for the ranking

God	What patronizes	How to wheedle god’s top
Sleeping God The top of the Sleeping God’s ranking will become an Archimankur	God of War and Hard-Work	Number of prayers for the player Sacrifice coins Get other Gods’ points
Aori Goldenhanded	Master & Craftsman	Sacrificed coins Regional items crafted
Gloom	Trickster & Expert in Poisons	Crafted poison preparations & cocktails Crafted regular preparations & cocktails
Holza the Spinstress	Mistress of Time	Time spent online in the game Total cost of sacrifice (yarn, fabrics, clothes)
Kallente	Goddess of Fertility	Cost of sacrifice of young (up to the age of fertility) animals Units of manure cleared Number of trained combat horses
Amate-Maksha	The Sunmaiden	Amount of harvested crops Total cost of sacrificed food
Velent-Elianne	Mother-Night	The number of unique murders that lead to the alignment decrease The total price of jewelry sacrificed
Terskell and the Three	One-Armed Warrior who Protects the World from The Sleeper	Total weight of building materials that were used during the construction
Jodenande, the Dead Maiden	The Maiden of Death	number of kills in Instanced Battles number of Instanced Battles held
Jomfrutotte	The Old Woman-Death	the Arena rating
Sófaþek-king	God of Knowledge and Wise Council	Unique non-guild prayers for the player (how many other non-guild players prayed for this player) Unique prayers for the player (how many other players prayed for this player)
Rob the Shoveler	God of Agriculture and Mining	the number of unique places where you performed terraforming actions (lowering, raising, flattening, digging mines, mining)

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New outposts

Gather resources faster with our new outpost feature! Devote yourself to more important tasks by building any of the outpost types wherever you see fit. Also, Red worlds have two additional outpost types to produce unique resources: slaves and Baromsag.

You can also purchase slaves to gather resources from outposts even faster, saving you time and energy - which could be better spent seizing other outposts, disposing of your foes’ slaves, or even enslaving your enemies for your own!

Outposts could become an integral part of war - engage in the small scale open world PvP raids to ruin those who stand in your way by hitting their resources; claim outposts from other players and guilds or kill their slaves to ruin their economy!

Outpost types:

Mine Shaft (ore mining)
Herbalist's Hut (herbs gathering)
Lumber Mill (lumber production)
Quarry (clay/sand extraction)
Forager's Hut (fibers, berries, mushrooms gathering)
Mill (Farm) (farming products)
Knackery (leather and meat)
Geognosy Pit (Baromsag production) - red worlds only
Slave Camp - red worlds only

Outpost Construction:

Only guild player can build and manage an outpost, then the guild becomes the owner of the outpost. Simply construct it with the ‘Build outpost’ ability on the unclaimed land within a 150 cell distance from any other outposts or guild monuments. But note: Outposts have limited storage for collected resources. You will not be able to produce any more resources if there is no space in the container.

Claiming an outpost:

Players have the ability to reclaim an outpost during JH - a process that takes ten minutes. All members of the guild that owns the outpost, receive a message that claiming has started with the name of the outpost that is being captured. They have the ability to cancel the reclaiming of the outpost, but they need to actually control it and eliminate the attackers!
Only guild members that own the outpost can interact with it outside of JH.
Outposts have a small realm claim around it, which becomes vulnerable during JH. This claim can be used to build small fortifications, or containers for storage. The outpost itself also becomes vulnerable during JH.

Slaves and productivity:

Every outpost has one NPC Overseer, but you can add up to four slaves and improve performance of any outpost type (except Slaver Camp). Each type of resource has its own basic rate of accumulation and the final rate depends on the number of slaves/NPCs alive in the outpost. An outpost fully packed with 100Q slaves will have up to 5x production rate. An outpost without slaves and an overseer that was killed during a raid generates only 50% of its resources.
Slaves can live in an outpost for up to 10 game days. After that, they die and disappear from the outpost. You are able to keep slaves in your inventory, where they won’t disappear.
With each production cycle, slaves in an outpost lose 5 durability. If the durability of the slave is below zero, they will die and will be removed from the outpost (the bonus from them is still taken into account for the past cycle).
Slaves actually work in the outpost and can be killed by an owner or other raiding players. They drop no loot upon their death, but the outpost will lose the bonus from this slave until they respawn the next in-game day.

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Slavery

No need in wasting your time on gathering resources manually! Save your time and energy by taking advantage of the new slave mechanic. Players can place up to four slaves per outpost, each additional slave speeding up productivity and earning even more production.

There are a couple of ways one can get slaves in Life is Feudal. You can acquire them by controlling the slave outpost in a Red World, buying from other players, or enslaving knocked out players! This feature works only in Red worlds. Now you can make the best of your conquered foes!

How to enslave you enemy:

During JH, you will be able to use the ‘Enslave’ ability on a defeated player from a guild that is at war with yours. When an enslaved player dies, you receive ‘slave’ in your inventory.
The quality of the slave depends on craft, combat skills and stat cap of the enslaved player.
After being taken into slavery, the player is endowed with the unchangeable title ‘Enslaved’ for the next 48 hours, but the gameplay doesn’t change for them. Fortunately, with this title, the player cannot be taken back into slavery.

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Guild Ranking

Each guild will have a value calculated based on the amount, type and quality of all buildings, objects and items on its town and realm claims. Controlled outposts are also included in the calculation. At the end of every real life day - after prime time - all guild ratings are recalculated. Based on the rating, each guild is placed among one of 10 (ten) ranks. Ratings are calculated based on the amount, size and quality of unmovable objects, items and outposts that the guild controls on its claims.

The allowance of the guilds that can declare the IB on yours, and those that you can declare IB on, depends on how big the rank difference between the specific guilds. For instance, Rank 1 guild cannot be IBed by a Rank 3 or lower rank guild. And Rank 6 guilds can IB a Rank 5, 6 and 7 rank guilds. This is in order to minimize the usage of ‘proxy’ guild claims in the Kingdom vs Kingdom warfare and also to promote wars and IBs between similar sized/developed guilds. Consider it as a weight division in guild vs guild boxing!

We plan to monitor this system closely and adjust rating calculation algorithms along with the ranking IB limitation rules. We do not plan to apply this system on the war standings, since we believe that red worlds should not have such artificial limitations, while green worlds will have the Ostracism feature, which should promote minimization of unneeded wars.

Minor updates and awaited fixes

MINOR FEATURES

PVP

Window for all PvP events that you’re eligible for (IBs, public IBs, Arenas)

Guild life

Heraldry on the map
Players can now see heraldry on the map, making it simple to determine who is whose lord or lady and glance at overall political situations.
Damage movables for defenders on claim.
Allies of a defending guild will be able to damage movable objects of the attacking guild to aid their allies in battle.

New music & sound system

A New audio system, which provides:more realistic sound physics; new audio effects and surrounding sounds; more detailed sounds in character animation, and new music from the Theodor Bastard band.

AWAITED FIXES

Working cross server border traveling on horses and carts!
Fixed (fingers crossed, it seems to be fixed)! Transport freely between servers safely knowing that your horse and cart will make it across with you
Fixes and changes on Newbie Island that includes:
- Tutorial quests have been improved, fixed and updated
- You will be unable to use an ability if you do not have enough resources
Stamina bug
Stamina bug was fixed - no more weirdness in massive PvP battles.
Characters Limit Increase:
Limit of characters in one region will be increased from 10 to 30
Defending the IB & Tile Loss
If the enemy does not defend the IB, they lose twice the amount of tiles
Horses collision bug
Fixed a bug that has caused horses to get stuck in each other in some mounted combat situations
Walls bug:
You can no longer select movable items through the walls.

Skins now travel with you:
Skins now travel with you no matter where you go: between worlds, in battles, to the arena.
Even if you have put a skin on a premium spade, for example, on Newbie Island - it will travel to the mainland with you.
‘Criminal’ effect can not be prolonged by reapplication of the trespassers ability.
Battle Stance tweak:
You can no longer use food and powders in a battle stance
Death Window Exploit:
Fixed the exploit with closing Death window.
100 skill + outfit ability fix:
Fixed a bug where, upon leveling up to 100 skill level and wearing appropriate skill outfit (alchemist's outfit, carpenter's outfit, etc.), used abilities’ duration lasted for inadequately long.
Stuck bug:
Fixed the bug that affected stuck players who could not re-login after getting stuck. You should now be able to get unstuck without support team help.
New Animal AI:
Dramatically reworked animal AI to improve animal behavior
‘Repair’ Ability repair now depends on the ‘Damage Resistance’ of the construction
Exceptional item bonus (+20% quality) now applies after metal types cap
‘Combat tweak’:
Anti-cavalry weapons can only stop a horse at a trot or gallop speed
Polearms can stop a horse at galloping speed with a hit to the head (if it does not have active unstoppable effect)
If pike skill is more than or equal to 60, a horse can be stopped with a pike even if it has unstoppable effect
Horses will no longer get stuck into each other
No decay outside of claims for certain types of objects
Poisons now can not be applied on training weapons
Fixed crash when player receives multiple invites to separate battles at the same time
Fixed Broadaxe physics upon hits
Fixed green visual effect from poison and added visual effect intensity depending on poison strength
Fixed the bug where potions gave double full effects
Fixed the bug where a character's animation disappeared after swimming
Fixed FOV reset after client restart
Fixed bug with level 90 Artisan ‘Can find rare ingredients’ ability not working
Character's title now displayed in target window
‘Overweight’ items dropped to Trade Post are no longer deleted and are now stored until there is space free in Trade Post, or Trade Post’s expansion is paid.
Trade Post status changes take action after next in-game day or simply server maintenance
Fixed Sacrifice ability on the monuments: you can now add items up to the limit to the monument, and the items over limit will not be sacrificed.
If, during an active subscription, the land is expanded a certain amount while there are available funds, but the subscription runs out before maintenance is finished, and there is no longer enough funds to continue the expansion, the transaction will be canceled and there will be a charge attempt made for the current amount
Added gates to Large Stable
Tweaked Lamp Post so that it is displayed properly on flat ground

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