Changelog

0.1.6 — BETA

Increased the Cape du lien bestial recipe to 12 Black Metal, 16 Linen Thread, 10 Fine Wood, and 3 Wisps.
Added a real cost to every cape upgrade level: 4 Black Metal, 6 Linen Thread, 4 Fine Wood, and 1 Wisp.
Increased the Sac à dos de créature recipe to 12 Black Metal, 12 Linen Thread, and 10 Fine Wood.
Fixed the Creature Backpack item not always being consumed when permanently equipped on a creature.
Fixed duplicate progression stars when Wire's Enemy HUD is installed.
Fixed the Beast Bond Cape ground drop by using the native Ashlands cape ground model and restoring the custom cape identity before pickup.
Kept the official 0.1.5 loading and registration lifecycle to avoid the world reload and equipment issues found during testing.
Preserved existing creatures, XP, capes, backpacks, configuration, worlds, and characters.

Fixed the Cape du lien bestial XP bonus: XP earned by tamed creatures is now correctly doubled while the cape is equipped.
Preserved existing capes, including already upgraded ones, when loading characters with equipment-slot mods such as ExtraSlots.
Stabilized the cape animation by retaining the normal Ashlands cape model and physics.
Added real material costs to every cape upgrade level.
Added cape progression bonuses: frost resistance from quality 2, then frost and fire resistance from quality 3 onward.
Reworked the French cape tooltip so the orange XP bonus and unlocked resistances appear directly below armor.
Removed the quality-unlock explanation from the flavor description for a cleaner in-game item card.
Continued the 0.1.4 offline-XP balance and all earlier Dvergr and modded-creature XP corrections.
Recommended LetMeTameYou for players who want to tame and progress a wider range of creatures.

Reduced the default offline progression rate from 5 XP to 0.2 XP per inactive minute, equivalent to about 1 XP every 5 minutes.
Added fractional offline XP storage so short inactive periods accumulate correctly instead of losing progress.
Existing configurations still using the previous default of 5 XP per minute are migrated automatically to 0.2. Custom values are preserved.
Combat XP and normal level progression are unchanged.

Fixed the tamed Dvergr support/healer mage not receiving XP when its pink magical projectile or healing orb was reported as the attacker.
The nearby tamed support mage now receives XP itself when it participates in a valid combat encounter.
Added limited offline progression: a tame can receive simulated training XP when its zone is loaded again after being inactive.
Added automatic XP support for creatures introduced by other mods. Tamed modded creatures can gain XP, and unknown defeated creatures receive a balanced reward calculated from health, level, and boss status.
Added a configurable healing-radius increase for the tamed Dvergr support mage as it gains levels.
This is a beta used in the author's own playthrough; bugs may still occur while testing continues.

Documented a known compatibility issue affecting the tamed Dvergr support/healer mage: some magical killing blows do not identify the mage as their attacker, so no XP is awarded.
No gameplay behavior was changed in this documentation update.

Created a new Thunderstore package identity: Tamed_Creature_XP_LevelUp.
Added persistent XP and configurable levels for tamed creatures.
Added difficulty-based creature progression and configurable per-prefab multipliers.
Added combat participation XP sharing.
Added configurable healing and a short shield on level up.
Added a one-time level 6 Legendary Companion achievement.
Added the Cape du lien bestial, with a custom icon and 3D appearance, which doubles tame XP while worn.
Added the 15-slot manual Sac à dos de créature, bound to one creature when equipped.
Added the violet backpack wisp and custom backpack interface.
Added French backpack and cape names and descriptions.
Kept the stable backpack inventory behavior and fixed the backpack frame remaining visible after closing other containers.