Version 0.8.4

Released: February 21st, 2025.

Gameplay changes

• [NPC] The Mountain Man trait will now cap STRENGTH at 200 (was 190).
• [NPC] Mountain men can no longer increase DEX at The Assembly Plant or at Furry's Tavern.
• [NPC] Gold+ necklaces now have a chance to increase Affection up to Loving for Materialistic NPCs.
• [NPC] Made smaller tweaks to the Pure trait: increased Corruption loss, rewritten popup texts etc.
• [NPC] Akari now starts with a default Normal body type and 150 Fame points.
• [NPC] Other NPCs will no longer suffer Affection loss or increase Anger if you execute prowlers.
• [NPC] Prestige (100/300) now provides a bonus (up to +20) to an NPC's Herald skill.
• [NPC] The Nerd Trait will now activate when the traitnerd value reaches 75 (was 1).
• [NPC] The Brawler Trait will now activate when the traitbrawler value reaches 51 (was 1).
• [NPC] You can now only press the Sandman Pic button while at home.
• [NPC] Aisha's underwear now provides her with a +2 Beauty mod.
• [NPC] You'll now increase your Power Value if you have Clea (+3) and/or Milou Skye (+1) assigned to your household.
• [NPC] Clea now provides a barkeeper bonus (+35, chaos -10) if her Affection is Amiable+, her WILLPOWER is above 0, her Corruption below 89 and if she's either your wife or a paragon.
• [NPC] "Free roaming" goldwalkers will now increase vaginal and oral xp up to a maximum of 100.
• [NPC] Added unique texts and fixed various descs for when asking Averil about hopes and dreams when those dreams are already fulfilled.
• [NPC/INVENTORY] Hovering over an applicant now displays all its effects.
• [MC] The incense burner from Marston Swamps will now provide +2 devotion during prayer sessions if you're a Christian.
• [EVENTS/QUESTS] The orbital bombardment event during The Dengi Invasion no longer has a required City Control threshold.
• [MARKET] You can now sell artifacts to collectors at Redhaven Market (under Miscellaneous).
• [WORLD] You can now buy gunpowder in batches of 1 up to 2,500.
• [WORLD] Hunting rolls at Imogen's Barrow are now negatively affected by dwindling lumber availability at Darkmere sawmill. Penalties start at *below* 300k (maximum -65 at less than 10k available lumber).
• [WORLD] Added a Westside night map.
• [WORLD] Added a Bela's Marsh night map.
• [WORLD] You can now move workers *from* Kahill and Silfren mines *to* Darkmere.
• [WORLD] Raiders will no longer attack near-depleted mines.
• [LOG] Added Administration and Medicine to the Conclude Day log.
• [CCP] You can no longer combine the Lawful and Kingpin traits.
• [UI] The "taken captives" number will now be greyed out if you're in a district that doesn't allow selling taken enemies.

Character sheet

• Added the MC Household's Power Value (Power) to the character sheet.
• Hovering over the MC's age will now display "number of days" passed since his last birthday.

Sex engine

• Driving a female NPC to orgasm during standard or bondage vaginal sex now has a 12% chance of decreasing her Lesbian Devotion (-1) down to a minimum of 40 - if her Affection toward you is Amiable+.

Random NPCs

• Added 1 new random NPC set (Av182). Includes limited wardrobe and completed sex scene renders. Thanks @Deleted User!

Increased NPC cap and The Annex

NPC cap has been increased from 96 to 128.

After upgrading your dorms, you'll get access to a new building type called "Annex". The Annex can be placed anywhere inside your yard and features four different building appearances based on where you construct it.

The Annex opens up a new sleeping accommodation that provides various effects to the NPCs placed in that building, based primarily on upgrades.

You can only construct one annex (for now) and the building cannot be demolished.

Housemaid overhaul

• New clothing added: Maid dress. This attire can be bought at Nika's for $495.
• Added 'Maid dress' to story NPC archives (~25 renders).
• Doubled Influence bonus and chance of increasing the Domestic skill for assigned maids with equipped maid dresses (+4 influence / 30%).
• Assigned maids now have a 10% daily chance (20% with maid dress) to increase Discipline (cap: 60).
• An assigned maid has a 15% daily chance of decreasing her Sloppy trait (upcoming feature).

Head maid title

The head maid title is now only available for *assigned* house maids. Giving a House maid the title of "Head Maid" makes her the chief/boss of all other maids.

• Head maids now only affect *other* maids and slaves (not servants).
• Head maids will no longer automatically affect WILLPOWER.
• Malevolent or unkind (24 or less) Head maids will slowly (15% chance per day) lower other maids' WILLPOWER down to 0, if those maids' WILLPOWER is *lower* than the Head Maid's.
• Pure or Kind (60+) Head maids will slowly (15% chance per day) increase other maids' WILLPOWER up to her own WILLPOWER.
• Head maids can now increase other maids' Discipline up to her own Discipline (15% chance per day).

New profession: Footman

A male version of maid has been added (Footman). These manservants are very similar to maids in terms of effects (see above).

New title: Butler

A male version of head maid with similar effects. Only affects male footmen. Automatically provides the "good start" ability to the MC if Affection is Amiable+ and INT is 60+.

New clothing: Footman's suit (males)

Works similar to the maid dress with increased influence and skill chance gains.

Maid/footmen requirement

The upper classes of Ikaanos are defined by their servants. Having a team of cleaners, valets and waitresses are crucial when it comes to maintaining your status as a influential citizen of the republic. There's now a new framework that takes this very important lore factor into account.

Once you hit 25,000+ Influence, other noble citizens will start judging you based on how many servants you can muster. Is your burgeoning household a tidy palace where a visitor can expect a valet will take his coat and pour him a glass of whiskey? Or is it a messy sod-house filled with gunpowder-smelling warriors, "bros" and floor crawlers?

Based on your influence, there's now a "Maid/butler requirement" to uphold this status. If you fail to maintain this *level of service*, you'll suffer a daily Influence loss. The requirement is dynamic: more influence means a higher number of required servants (max: 10) and harder penalties (max -1,000 influence per day). If you can only partly fill this requirement, the influence loss will also be less severe.