Jhakrae are usually a nuisance - critters that most armed travelers can deal with easily. This fellow, however, is a much larger issue. Its animation is somewhat different from its lesser kin, so we wanted to show it off separately.

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The time is upon us! As we have previously announced, a permanent version of Vagrus' free Demo has finally landed on Steam today (July 10) following the success of the temporary Demo of the Steam Summer Event. You will probably be pleased to know that this incarnation of the Demo has a small set of achievements you can complete, too.

In this video, you can see a short display of the Trade Task system that has been added recently to the live builds of Vagrus. It starts with accepting Tasks on the new Faction UI in settlements, then goes on to show the Tasks and their related data in the Journal. Finally, the demonstration ends with traveling to the destination and turning in a Task for the promised rewards.

This time, you can take a gander at the mighty Splinter's idle animation. He can't wait to get cracking.

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We promised that we would bring Vagrus - The Riven Reams to you in Early Access on Steam and GOG.com when we felt the game was ready for it. Today we are proud and exhilarated to announce that the time has come, and now we know the exact date.

Vagrus - The Riven Realms enters Early Access on Steam and GOG.com simultaneously on July 22 2020.

Dragon Mages are spellcasters who specialize in Draconic magic, especially in manifesting their arcane powers as destructive spells. They are typically attached to Dragon Army or Dragonguard contingents, which is where you will encounter most of them in Vagrus. Dragon Mages are armored, sturdy, have amazing resistances, and regenerate Power that is used to fuel their magical attacks.

We have long been talking about improving the experience with factions in Vagrus. They are currently in the game and can be interacted with one way or the other but there is no UI to track your standing with them, nor is it possible to claim rewards for each unlocked reputation tier (although there are already a lot of implicit benefits and rewards for high reputation with almost every faction). With Tasks being implemented and so intimately intertwined with factions, we thought we'd give you a rundown of what to expect from the next large addition to the game.

The Demo of Vagrus is more story-driven, so we would not want to spoil it for you. However, our dear friend Nookrium agreed to stream the open-world part for you.

Another enemy joins the animation showcase this week! Standing firm with his mighty scutum, the Murmillo gladiator is ready for battle.

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Based on the ton of feedback concerning initial difficulty and learning curve, we have listened to you, our players, and implemented Trade Tasks to make the initial experience smoother in the open-world campaign. While there, and because they are deeply intertwined, we also decided to include the brand-new Factions UI and the faction tier system. We were happy to see that everyone who tried it in the preview build loved it and we are also satisfied with the result. To top it off, we also have a long list of adjustments, fixes, and tweaks (see patch notes at the end of this post).