Palia The Royal Highlands expansion update release date and all new features

Palia’s gearing up for what might be the biggest update yet, with The Royal Highlands expansion set to debut quite soon. If you’re eager to see what this addition features, you’ll want to know when it’s finally arriving.

Palia has seen plenty of exciting updates since it first launched, but this one is certainly one of the biggest, so you’ll want to be ready to start exploring as soon as it’s possible to do so. Here’s when The Royal Highlands expansion update will be released and all the new features it’s bringing to Palia.

When does The Royal Highlands expansion update release for Palia?

The Royal Highlands expansion for Palia is confirmed to launch on May 12. With this free update, the largest adventure zone that’s been added yet will become unlocked, bringing with it plenty of new features to dive into.

All Palia The Royal Highlands expansion features

As the name of the update hints, The Royal Highlands expansion is built around a new explorable area called The Royal Highlands in Palia. This vast new region is bringing lots of fresh content with it, so here’s a full breakdown of all the features that have been revealed for it.

New explorable area

A stunning, vast new adventure zone called The Royal Highlands unlocks with this update. It’s the biggest region yet, offering plenty of space to explore. Getting around this massive area might be tiring, so it’s also bringing a new way to get around.

Mounts

Horses are debuting with this update, allowing players to mount up and set out to explore much faster than ever before. Although their main purpose is to be helpful for traversal, horses are also designed to help you stop and take in the sights and sounds as you explore. You can raise and breed your very own horse using the ranching skill, shaping their overall traits and performance abilities as you progress.

New materials and resources

As you explore, you’ll come across loads of new materials and resources to collect. This includes an array of minerals, fish, insects, creatures, and so much more. You’ll also come across a mysterious material called Amber Echo, which impacts the environment in unique ways, trapping anything it touches to freeze it in time for years or even longer.

New villager

In The Royal Highlands, a fresh face is waiting to meet you. A new romanceable villager by the name of Eshelon can be found in this area. He’s the heir to the Bahari Dukedom, Eshe’s and Kenli’s nephew, and the cousin of Kenyatta. You’ll have to work with him to uncover a strange mystery involving mysterious Amber Echo that’s spreading throughout the highlands.

Other additions

Outside of all the main features, there are lots of smaller additions worth getting excited about, too.

• The Ancient Human Home Line introduces a more refined architectural look for your home plot that’s inspired by The Royal Highlands. There’s also a new third-story upgrade, expanded storage, and fresh decoration sets to go with it.
• The clothing dye and tint system is getting a big upgrade. This upgrade will allow players to apply unlocked colors to outfits, either as small, subtle details or as complete color overhauls.
• The Lunar Path: Path of the Pony event begins with this update, offering a new collection of optional unlockable rewards.

There’s plenty to get done while you wait for The Royal Highlands update to arrive. If you’re not sure what to do, consider tackling the Do Not Go Gentle quest, finding and catching a Kilima Grayling, or hunting for the various Eggs hidden around the world, including Red Eggs, Yellow Eggs, Green Eggs, and Blue Eggs.

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Vampire Crawlers offers different Gems for you to obtain on your run, and you can use them to modify the cards in your deck. They’re obtained randomly, but some of them will dramatically change how your drafted deck works.

You can use this guide to keep track of how every Gem works before you choose one on your run.

All Gem effects in Vampire Crawlers

The table below has a list of every Gem along with its in-game effects.

Name	Effect
Amount	Adds the number of projectiles.
Area	Adds the area effect of a card.
Armor	Adds Armor.
Armor Strike	Deal Armor as damage when played.
Bombard	Adds an explosive bomb.
Coin Card	Creates Coin Shards.
Copy	The card is copied when used.
Countdown	Mana cost reduces when not used.
Crawler Caller	Summon all Crawlers to Hand.
Decimate	Deals 10% of enemy’s health as damage.
Destroy	The card gets destroyed, but you get coins in return.
Double Damage	Hits twice as hard.
Drain	Heals when the card kills an enemy.
Draw	Draws an extra card.
Duration	Increases Duration stat.
Easy Combo	The card always benefits from combo.
Echo	Replays the previous card’s effect.
Evolution	Evolves the card into a more powerful weapon.
Greed	Increases Greed stat.
Growth	Increases Growth stat.
Increase Mana Cost +1	Mana cost is increased by 1, so it can be used in a higher Combo.
Increase Mana Cost +2	Mana cost is increased by 2, so it can be used in a higher Combo.
Kill Count	Deal current kills total as damage to a random enemy.
Leader	Attacks deal extra damage while the card is in your Hand.
Magic Hat	Beckons a dove from above.
Magnetic	Draws another of the same card, if you have one in your deck.
Mana Rebate	If the card would reduce Mana to 0, receive double Mana instead.
Midas	Playing cards earn coins while this is in your hand.
Might	Increases Might stat.
Mug	Earns coins when the card kills an enemy.
Nduja	Deals spicy damage.
Purple Trigger	Adds Purple color trigger.
Quick Draw	The card is always drawn first at the start of an encounter.
Rainbow	Adds all color triggers.
Recycle	Card skips the Discard pile.
Reduce Mana Cost -1	Mana cost is reduced by 1.
Reduce Mana Cost -2	Mana cost is reduced by 2.
Refund	Refunds Mana to play.
Restore HEalth	Recovers health after an encounter.
Retain	When the card is drawn, it stays in Hand until used.
Return	Returns to hand after playing.
Reverse Combo	Allows the next card to continue the combo while breaking the base rule of increasing mana ascendancy.
Triple Damage	Does three times the base damage.
Wild	Makes the card Wild.
Yellow Trigger	Adds a Yellow Color trigger.
Yin Yang	If you’re on even mana, you’ll gain 1 mana. If you’re on odd mana, you’ll draw 1 card.

When drafting in a Gem, you should always pay attention to the character that you’re using in your deck. Vampire Crawlers offer 21 characters to unlock and equip, and they have their unique strengths. Also, pay attention to the weapon combinations and evolutions since the effectiveness of a specific Gem will depend on your existing deck components.

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