Hello, Dragon Hunters,

Since the start of Early Access, we've been putting a significant amount of effort into improving itemization and specifically its flexibility, a core part of the gameplay experience that we know many of you have been eagerly awaiting.

The Nurõrgartt update introduces 5 new services to unlock in the City of Montescail, along with an entirely new storage system: the Fragment Chest.

These additions will give you greater flexibility and control when building your loadouts.

• The Enchanter
  
• The Memorialist
  
• The Grand Benedictor
  
• The Artificer
  
• The Arsenal
  
• The Fragment Chest

With the launch of these new features, we’ve decided to reset city points, allowing players to redistribute them freely.

This reset is also a great opportunity to fix any mistakes or experiment with a different upgrade path than the one previously selected.

Please note:

This reset is not a feature, but a one-time adjustment made specifically for the introduction of the new functionalities.

This reset does not include the Abbey, the jailer, the Order, and the Pythia.

Without further ado, let’s deep dive into what’s coming.


This new service allows you to modify one of the affixes on a piece of equipment or a “modifier” type hexagon on an ancestral fragment.

The Enchanter will reroll the selected affix or modifier, changing both its type and values.

After the first modification, the other affixes or hexagons will be locked, and only the enchanted affix or modifier can be rerolled again.

Please note:

• Rerolling a Divine affix or hexagon is guaranteed to retain the affix.
  
• Draconic affixes cannot be modified/reroll.
  
• You have unlimited attempts, but each reroll increases the cost.

Visiting the Memorialist allows you to permanently inscribe the bonus effect of a skill modifier, taken from a sacrificed skill fragment, onto a piece of equipment.

If a fragment contains multiple modifiers, the Memorialist will randomly select one from those present in the fragment.

The equipment then gains this bonus modifier for the associated skill, as long as it is equipped.

This allows you to benefit from a character or wyrmling skill modifier without having to place the fragment into the ancestral grid.


That new service enables you to manage your Codex of Talents and Skill Modifiers.

By sacrificing legendary and mythic items, as well as fragments of any rarity, you can permanently record bonuses within your Codex.

As your Codex fills up, you'll be able to select one talent and two modifiers from the skill of your choice.


That new service allows the transfer of draconic attributes from one piece of equipment to another.

Please note:

• This process sacrifices the original piece of equipment.
  
• You can only transfer Draconic affixes to a piece of equipment of the same type.
  
• This is the only way to obtain a Mythical Divine Draconic item, as Mythical items do not drop with the Draconic affixes.

This new feature allows you to save up to 4 build presets.

You can save your Equipment, including your currently equipped Wyrmling and its armor, but also your Attributes, the Grand Benedictor, and most importantly, your Ancestral Grid!

This new Service should let you experiment freely with different builds without the hassle or fear of losing your layouts.


Many players have expressed frustration over the limited storage space for Fragments and we've heard you! That’s why, in the upcoming update we introduce the Fragment chest!

You’ll now find several Fragment chests scattered throughout the city, right alongside the familiar Equipment chest.

Additionally, we're also adding another kind of chest type that provides quick access to the Arsenal.


This wraps up our DevBlog on the upcoming City features.

We can’t wait for you to experience all these new Services!

As always, we’re eager to hear your thoughts on everything. You can expect more changes and adjustments throughout Early Access, as we hear your feedback on things.

If you want to have your say or keep up with all our news and updates, feel free to join our Discord or visit the Steam discussions! We do our best to reply to everyone and answer any questions you may have.

And yeah, we’ll keep saying it, but wishlisting our game helps us a ton. If you like our game, spread the word and let your friends know about Dragonkin: The Banished.

See you next week !

Greetings Dragon Hunters,

Today marks our very first Community Spotlight!

While everyone’s eagerly awaiting the upcoming major update, Nurõrgartt, we wanted to take a moment to highlight some members of our community and what’s been up to since the release of the Early Access on Discord.

Here are a few of our favorite picks:

We’re always grateful to see new videos from players, and it’s exciting to see how players are exploring Dragonkin. We’ve spotted some fantastic guides and creative builds that we think you’ll enjoy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKbgz8cvgLshttps://youtu.be/GKbgz8cvgLs?si=OSCJ0f09KRCLoC80
@idodmg

We couldn’t do that DevBlog without mentioning idodmg that has been making videos over and over for Dragonkin, and we’re so grateful for his enthusiasm! We’re convinced his tips & tricks video will help you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiNVgi6CHPQ
@prixm

Prixm is one of our Bug Hunters on our Discord server and there they showcase a Barbarian build on the highest difficulty available!

https://youtu.be/kyEwIK5uEAE?si=0n6n9xb5BNtufthO
@SlashingCreeps

We couldn’t hold ourselves from adding a bit of French to this DevBlog, SlashingCreeps! Check his take on the Oracle.


We love looking at the builds of our community and seeing how our players approach the Ancestral Grid differently ; here are some community builds that caught our eye since Early Access launch:

@mumpitzmaster

Mumpitz shows us a Meteoric Projection Barbarian build using the Electric wyrmling, obliterating enemies on its path.

@Wormweed

Wormweed presents us a Knight build using 'Shatterng Shield', creating an electric tornado of shields that can slaughter anyone who gets too close…

Happening now on Discord until April 18, 2025, 3:00 PM

Help us decide which sneak peek we’ll reveal for the upcoming customization pack!

We’re giving YOU the power to decide which class gets the next sneak peek for our upcoming customization pack! The choice is between the Knight, Barbarian, and Oracle.

Here’s the deal:

• Head over to our server and add your vote!
  
• At the end of the event we drop the sneak peek for the most voted class.
  
• Make sure you get your vote in before time runs out!

Also happening on Discord! For an unlimited amount of time!

Have an idea for an awesome new skill or modifier? Come share your ideas on Discord! We’re really curious to hear what you’d love to see added!

Try to keep it realistic and consider how the existing modifiers and skills in the game will interact with each other.

Here are some ideas that the community has already submitted:

To participate, simply:

• Lead to ⁠#skills-and-modifiers channel on Discord
  
• Specify if it's a skill or a modifier
  
• Write your idea and a short comment on what makes it cool, fun or how it can scale

We've got tons of ideas already, but we'd love to pick or get inspired by the ones that you come up with!
We'll also let you know which ones came from the community in our future patch notes.

Disclaimer

• Skills / Modifiers created and submitted by the community does not mean they will be integrated into the game.
  
• Similarities to future Skills / Modifiers that make it into the game are fortuitous.
  
• Basically, it's for fun purposes!

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Thank you for joining us again and keep an eye out for another community spotlight very soon. If you want a chance to be featured, feel free to share your creations with us on Discord!

Until next time!
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