Changelog

0.0.38 — summon camera shake fix

• Removes continuous camera shake from the local summon sound copies before they start. Native buildup and arrival audio remain enabled for every boss.
• Uses the sound prefab's native cleanup time instead of extending every sound object to at least 30 seconds.
• Retains the server summoning and trophy behavior from 0.0.37. Server and all clients must update to 0.0.38; preserve configuration and progression.

0.0.37 — summon atmosphere and reward diagnostics

• Restores native preparation and arrival sounds locally for nearby players, including single-player and dedicated-server challenges. Sound cues cannot create network objects, damage effects or another boss.
• Keeps native visual/gameplay effects on the host and retains referenced summon assets for their lifetime.
• Logs why a death earns no Ascension trophy when nobody meets the participation requirement. Kill commands alone do not earn progression; weapon damage and other configured participation still do.
• Reward checks cover every boss and tier in local-host and remote-owner paths, including exact trophy identity, duplicate death reports and altar upgrades.
• Server and every client must update to 0.0.37. Preserve existing configuration and progress.

0.0.36 — remote altar summoning

• Summoning can read the native altar definition from saved world data without loading its arena on the server.
• The summoning client checks native terrain and clearance; the server checks altar identity, proximity, offering, unlocked tier and spawn bounds before creating the challenge.
• The initialized boss uses normal network ownership on the nearby client. Duplicate requests reconcile the existing boss instead of creating another.
• Mounted offerings can be read from saved ritual stands. A disconnect before spawning cancels the ritual and keeps offering recovery available.
• Server and every client must update to 0.0.36. Preserve existing configuration and progress. Live dedicated-server validation remains in progress.

0.0.35 — altar compatibility and loading rollback

• Removed the 0.0.34 server area-loading workaround and preparation retry, which did not resolve the reported dedicated-server altar failure.
• Rejected summons close the menu and release input immediately while offering recovery continues.
• Existing vanilla trophies at the sacrificial stones establish normal blessings and unlock one-star challenges, including in worlds created before installing the mod. Higher earned tiers are preserved.
• Trophy display upgrades no longer overwrite the saved native attachment or affect removable decoration stands.
• Retains the 0.0.33 server progression fix. The original dedicated-server summoning failure remains unresolved; this update restores the earlier behavior rather than claiming a server summoning fix.
• Server and every client must update to 0.0.35. Preserve existing config and progress.

0.0.34 — dedicated server summoning

• Fixed remote summoning altars being rejected as unavailable when their saved objects were not instantiated on a dedicated server.
• Temporarily loads the altar's native static area for spawn and offering checks, with bounded loading and automatic cleanup.
• Retries an unready altar briefly before taking offerings and displays the rejection reason if preparation fails.
• Preserves existing progression, configuration and offering recovery. Server and every client must update to 0.0.34.

0.0.33 — dedicated server progression

• Fixed progression synchronization for dedicated servers where Valheim leaves the connection's legacy player ID unset. F8, challenge selection and trophy blessing descriptions can now receive the server's progression.
• Applied the same character identity fix to summoning, trophy offerings, claims, sailing blessings and boss participation tracking.
• Preserved existing progression and settings; no reset or migration is required.
• Both the server and every client must update to plugin 0.0.33.

0.0.32 — gameplay screenshots

• Added a horizontal screenshot strip showing a five-star Eikthyr fight, challenge selection and a permanent trophy blessing.
• Listing-only update; gameplay DLL and default configuration are unchanged.

0.0.31 — feedback note

• Added a short notice about expected bugs and balance issues, welcoming player reports and feedback.
• Documentation-only update; gameplay and configuration are unchanged.

0.0.30 — listing cleanup

• Shortened the description and removed Beta labels from the listing.
• Focused the README on features, progression, blessings, boss moves and compatibility.
• Removed the detailed install, test results, known issues, reporting and credits sections from the listing.
• Documentation-only package update: gameplay DLL and configuration remain identical to 0.0.29.

0.0.29 — beta testing tools

• Added host-only fa_test spawn <boss> <stars 0-5> [stage 0-7] for all seven bosses with current configured scaling, skins and cumulative moves.
• Added native altar/arena shortcuts, loaded test boss information, location lookup and test boss/guard cleanup.
• Test bosses suppress native/Epic Loot drops, boss defeat flags and progression reports; reload/death handling retains the test tag. Regular altar challenges retain their reward flow.
• Added command argument coverage and 42 real Character Awake spawn fixtures. Live AI, console/terrain placement and co-op still need gameplay testing.
• No balance changes or fixes to the previously documented Fader/Elder beta issues.

0.0.28 — beta

• Added five cumulative move unlocks each for Elder, Bonemass, Moder, Yagluth, Queen and Fader: thirty additional boss mechanics.
• Added destructible roots, wards, crystals and ritual stones, plus capped temporary guards.
• Added warned Queen native rush and waypoint-based emergence with floor/path checks.
• Preserved Eikthyr's existing five unlocks, normal fights and accepted fight snapshots.
• Added six independent boss-moveset config switches.
• Prepared a Gale/Thunderstore package with dependency metadata, icon and automatic-progression defaults. Gameplay DLL matches the previously verified 0.0.28 playtest build.
• Known beta issues remain documented in the README; this packaging pass does not change gameplay.

0.0.27

• Replaced fresh one-star Eikthyr Antler Rush with a warned Antler Sweep.
• Added continuous subtle electrical arcs to storm-touched boars.

Earlier playtest milestones

• Added cumulative Eikthyr mechanics, challenge skins, repeatable beaten tiers and world-progression scaling.
• Added permanent simultaneous blessings, tiered trophies, offering/progression interfaces and optional loot integration.

Earlier development milestones are summarized here; this is the first prepared Thunderstore-format package, not a claim that earlier versions were publicly published.