EverCraft 2 Changelog
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v0.69
- Boats (speed units) can now be used in heroic expeditions to reduce duration
- Fixed expedition card income rate not being formatted for large numbers

v0.68
- Tweaked inventory panel alignment

v0.67
- Fixed combat tab message to say "expedition units" instead of "military unit"
- Altar tab hidden until first tier reset; Artifacts tab hidden until an expedition unit has been crafted
- Added dismissable tip under crafters about right-click to assign/unassign all

v0.66
- Mobile browser support: responsive layout, collapsible inventory sidebar, horizontally scrollable tables and crafting grids, smaller fonts and spacing on small screens

v0.65
- Expedition dialog: replaced unit assignment buttons with role-specific controls — Army gets +10% and 100% success rate buttons, Fleet/Beacons get three scaled static-amount buttons

v0.64
- Added favicon (T1 gem icon)
- Altar of Sacrifice: removed extra border wrapper, moved section labels into table headers

v0.63
- Prepared realm tab to support R3
- Fixed realm portal button shrinking on narrow browsers
- Removed title header from nav bar to give tabs more space
- New display setting: Tab Highlighting toggle — disables glow and count indicators on tabs

v0.62
- Reduced R2 sword gem cost scaling from x10 to x4 per tier for T4+ (T1-T3 unchanged)
- New R2 research upgrades: T4/T5/T6 Sword Efficiency — reduces sword input costs by 12% per level (max 8 levels, costs flasks + swords)

v0.61
- Auto-Prestige unlocked at T2: checkbox next to each prestige button to automatically prestige when affordable. Click "Auto" column header to toggle all in a category.
- Heroic expedition setup is now automatically cleared when the expedition finishes
- New Realm 2 expedition: T5-T6 Quest (difficulty 2M) — grants scaling output bonus to T5 and T6 recipes

v0.60
- Reduced T1 Knight Strength research base cost from 50k to 1k flasks
- Expedition unit tooltips now show on icon hover and explain how stats affect success rate, duration, and rewards
- Expeditions now consume all assigned units on success (previously half were returned)

v0.59
- Prestige now subtracts the requirement cost instead of resetting the recipe to 0
- Pause state now persists across refresh — no offline time is processed for a paused game
- Expedition modal: unit icons now have hover tooltips showing role description and strength formula

v0.58
- New artifact: Combat Artifact (x1.1 combat strength per level, max 100, 50 shard base cost)
- New artifact: Crafting Speed (+5% crafting speed per level, max 40, 200 shard base cost)
- Fix: Expeditions 3 and 4 no longer reset to locked on page refresh

v0.57
- Removed Cave Exploration expedition; remaining expeditions renumbered
- Expedition unlock requirement reduced from 20 to 5 completions
- Expedition difficulty reduced: Mountain Pass, Ancient Ruins, Wraith Stronghold
- Beacons now increase rewards by twice as much as difficulty (was equal), and beacon effect strengthened 5x
- Knight strength exponent increased from 0.7 to 0.8
- Prestige tab: explanation section is now collapsible, collapse state persists across saves

v0.56
- Prestige tab: added mechanics explanation, split bonus column into separate Recipe and Total columns

v0.55
- Reduced base cost of knight strength research from 1M to 50K flasks
- Fixed inventory panel scrollbar not flush with right border

v0.54

v0.53
- Crafting tab now always shows per-craft amounts, with per-second rate in parentheses when crafters are assigned
- Fixed Altar tab in Realm of War showing Nullstone and Artifact Shard sacrifice options (these are only earnable in Realm 1)

v0.52
- Fixed tooltips getting clipped when near the bottom of the screen

v0.51
- Fixed collapsible sections breaking the page when collapsed

v0.50
- Mountain Pass expedition rebalanced: difficulty 50k→10k, duration 3h→1h, shards 400→150

v0.49
- Tier tab warning now guides players to advance through expeditions when Realm of War is not yet unlocked
- Recipe output rate now displays in green when crafters are actively producing
- Renamed Upgrades tab to Research
- Fixed research upgrades table showing blank Level, Cost, and Effect columns
- Added "Hide maxed upgrades" checkbox to Research tab (on by default)

v0.48
- R1 military unlock thresholds now scale per unit (x100 craft cost) instead of flat 100k
- Buffed all ring artifact upgrade bonuses from x1.3 to x1.35 per level
- Reduced T2 ring shard cost from 100 to 50 and T3 ring shard cost from 1000 to 500
- Forest Patrol expedition difficulty reduced from 10 to 5 and duration from 2m to 1m

v0.47
- Reduced T1 tier reset mana requirement from 1e21 to 1e20

v0.46
- New research upgrade: Cheaper Gems — reduces gem input costs by 5% per level (10 levels)
- New research upgrade: Cheaper Expedition Units — reduces military input costs by 5% per level (10 levels)
- New research upgrade: Cheaper Flasks — reduces flask input costs by 5% per level (10 levels)
- Buffed T4–T8 gem mana multipliers (T4: x1.6→x3, T5: x2→x4, T6: x2.4→x5, T7: x3→x10, T8: x5→x20)

v0.45
- Mana tooltip now shows cleaner format: "605 T2 gems → x605 multiplier"
- R1 military unlock thresholds increased to 100k lifetime gems
- R1 boat and beacon gem crafting costs increased

v0.44
- Knight strength upgrades are now hidden until the corresponding knight has been produced
- Expedition unit unlock conditions increased (more lifetime gems required)

v0.43
- T2 global military changed: only Realm of War T4+ Swords are usable cross-realm (previously all units were global)
- Gem Manufacturing research upgrade rebalanced: 16 levels with alternating 10/50 flask costs climbing through tiers

v0.42
- Fix: Inventory panel nullstone/shard rates now include prestige and sacrifice bonus multipliers
- Fix: Expedition rewards/s now factors in success rate instead of assuming 100%
- New military unit: T7 Knight (Realm 1)
- Auto-buy checkboxes on upgrades tab are now hidden before Tier 1
- R1 Military Strength upgrade split into 3 per-knight upgrades (T1/T4/T7). Existing levels migrate to all three.

v0.41
- Playtime clock now visible for all players
- Fix: Time Warp button now appears immediately after migration grants charges

v0.40
- Major rework, too many changes to list
- V0.39 incompatible. Receive time warps as compensation based on tier reached.

v0.39
- T1 Mana Gems are now free to craft (no mana cost)
- Starting mana is now 0
- Fix: crafting progress bars now animate correctly

v0.38
- Fix: offline time calculation no longer undercounts production

v0.37
- Internal: centralized UI update system with dirty flags for better performance
- Internal: split large combat and artifact UI modules into smaller files
- Internal: removed code duplication with tab manager factory and fingerprint utility
- Fix: mana regeneration tooltip no longer cut off by inventory panel

v0.36
- Ring artifacts now only increase output (no longer increase input costs)
- Tier milestones now display in chronological order

v0.35
- New artifact: Mana Globe (x10 mana generation, x10 per upgrade level)
- New artifact: Crafting Speed (+30% crafting speed, +2% per upgrade level)
- New expedition: Abyssal Rift (artifact shards + combat points)
- New expedition: Void Sanctum (nullstone)
- New heroic expedition: Combat Mastery (scales combat point drops)
- Added 3 more artifact slots (6-8)
- Expedition reward icons now reflect heroic multipliers
- Added T5 Sword and T6 Sword military units in Realm of War
- Molds now always give 100% of their effect (no longer need to be slotted)

v0.34
- Fixed tier reset corrupting Realm of War military crafters (NaN bug)
- Expedition UI simplified: compact reward squares replace icon cards
- Click any expedition square to open the setup dialog
- Category labels shown to the left of each expedition group

v0.33
- Heroic expeditions no longer have a 9,999 unit cap
- Expedition unlocks now persist across tier resets

v0.32
- Expedition UI redesigned: side-by-side icon cards replace table rows
- Custom expedition icons for R1 (Forest Patrol, Cave, Mountain, Ruins, Wraith)
- R2 quest icons now use gem icons instead of enemy icons
- Heroic expedition cards show victories and bonus multiplier
- R2 quest cards show completions and output bonus
- Setup dialog: unit controls use table layout for proper alignment
- Setup dialog: expedition icon enlarged to 96x96
- Performance: separated lightweight progress bar updates from full state updates

v0.31
- Added automatic update notification when a new version is available

v0.30
- Upgrades and Tier tabs glow when an action is available
- Expedition setup now saves and starts in one click
- Expedition log is now collapsible
- Early game pacing tweaked to be faster

v0.29
- Removed mold artifacts from the game
- Artifact shards spent on molds (purchase + upgrades) are refunded automatically

v0.28
- Added Heroic Expeditions

v0.27
- Fixed inventory sections not collapsible in R2
- Removed spinner arrows from expedition unit assignment input
- Fixed +/- buttons not working on expedition assignment until ++ was used first
- Fixed expedition log not updating when switching realms while on Expeditions tab
- Removed misleading "T3 reset only here" from Realm of War tooltip (T3 resets both realms)
- R2 expedition dialog now shows the bonus formula per completion

v0.26
- Added UI Scale slider in Settings under new Display section (0.8x to 1.3x)
- Moved Background Image toggle from Game to Display section

v0.25
- Added realm background images (blended with 70% black overlay)
- Added "Background Image" toggle in Settings under Game
- Crafting row backgrounds now semi-transparent to show background image

v0.24
- Expedition log now shows last 20 entries per expedition type
- Added filter dropdown to expedition log to view specific expedition types
- Tab content now scrolls independently instead of the whole page

v0.23
- Added Combat Artifact: costs 100k Artifact Shards, 100k Ghost Knights, and 100k Wisps
- Combat Artifact grants +30% military strength (+3% per upgrade level)
- Expeditions can now reach 100% success rate (was capped at 80%)

v0.22
- Added Realm of War tooltip on realm switch button and portal gate
- Added Q hotkey to swap realms
- Added rebindable hotkeys dialog in Settings

v0.21
- Increased max units per expedition from 5,000 to 9,999
- Lowered military research upgrade costs
- Increased T6 gem multiplier from x2.0 to x2.4

v0.2
- Added Realm of War

v0.17
- T2 reset now grants x1.4 total crafter speed and unlocks Military Research
- Added Military Research upgrades: Knight Strength and Wisp Strength
- Improved Tier milestone UI with two-column layout

v0.16
- T4-T6 ring and mold artifacts
- Added T5-T6 Output combat upgrade
- Added T5-T6 Output mana upgrades
- Rebalanced artifact slot and artifact costs
- Fixed expedition unit assignment buttons firing multiple times when switching tabs
- Fixed military strength formula to apply exponent to count before multiplier

v0.15
- Added Tier system - prestige mechanic with permanent bonuses
- Added Altar of Sacrifice - sacrifice items for permanent output bonuses
- T1 reset requires 1e21 mana, grants x1.2 crafter speed and unlocks Altar
- T2 reset requires 1e40 mana, grants x1.4 total crafter speed and unlocks Military Research
- T1 gems require minimum 5 to prevent softlock when sacrificing
- Craft time display now reflects tier speed bonuses

v0.14
- Removed Village system (did not playtest well)

v0.13
- Added military crafting speed combat upgrade
- Fixed crafting input display to include artifact bonuses

v0.12
- Added keyboard hotkeys: A/D to cycle main tabs, [/] to cycle inventory tabs

v0.11
- Renamed Combat tab to Expeditions
- Artifacts tab now shows a message when you have no lifetime artifact shards
- Expeditions tab now shows a message when you have no lifetime ghost knights
- Added lifetime artifact shards tracking
- Added changelog to settings

v0.1
- Initial release