Developed by The Wandering Band LLC comes their newest free replace for the Airborne Kingdom titled the The Lost Tundra which provides in a difficult new biome to the sport.

We’ve beforehand lined the bottom sport earlier than and when you’re curious about checking that out, you are able to do so over right here.

To those that are unfamiliar, Airborne Kingdom is a sky metropolis builder the place you need to handle and construct up your airborne kingdom, all when you got down to accumulate sources and recruit staff to maintain your kingdom within the skies. The overarching plot for Airborne Kingdom is that you’re set off to unify the twelve floor kingdoms and convey peace to the world as soon as extra.

Airborne Kingdom: The Lost Tundra

The Lost Tundra is a free new replace for Airborne Kingdom which provides in a brand new biome, new buildings and new story to the sport in addition to different Quality of Life options. Returning gamers might want to rethink the whole lot that they’ve realized so far in an effort to keep afloat.

While The Lost Tundra is accessible to gamers early on into the bottom sport, however the builders have really helpful that gamers ought to full the marketing campaign beforehand as a result of I can let you know this that it’s fairly difficult when you don’t take the required preparations earlier than setting off to the brand new biome.

As the identify suggests, the brand new biome that the builders added into the sport is a snowy Tundra area the place the chilly climate is harsh and unforgiving for many who lack preparation by way of sources as a result of one of many principal challenges for this replace is the climate and the way it’s in a position to have an effect on your buildings.

To get to the brand new area, gamers with a earlier save file will get a message immediate indicating that the replace is loaded in for you.

The Indicator provides gamers a short description of the lore and in addition some hints of the issues that you just want to remember when you’re planning on touring to the brand new area. The issues you may have the take into account are that a variety of your buildings will probably be affected by the climate, so it is advisable keep your kingdom’s Lift, Propulsion and Resource manufacturing buildings in order that it gained’t hinder your progress.

On high of the climate, gamers might want to fill up on Coal, Water and Food earlier than heading off to The Lost Tundra as there gained’t be any of these deposits obtainable. So like a squirrel storing nuts in its mouth for the winter, you’ll must fill up on these sources earlier than it runs fully dry throughout your travels within the new area.

Once you’ve made positive that you just’re all stocked up on the sources that aren’t obtainable within the new area, you possibly can head as much as the far North a part of the map the place it’s best to be capable to see a whole area lined in white. While you’re nonetheless in a position to journey again to the earlier areas when you want extra sources, I wouldn’t actually advocate it as a result of the journey again might be very lengthy and tedious.

From first look, the brand new space is fairly huge so there’s tons of stuff for gamers to discover and luxuriate in from this free replace.

Entering The Lost Tundra

Once you head far North and see a desolate plain lined with ice, you’ve reached the Lost Tundra. The second you step foot (or fly previous contemplating you’re up within the air) within the new area, the sport will as soon as once more notify you in regards to the harsh circumstances of The Lost Tundra and the way it’ll have an effect on your buildings.

At the identical time, when you go searching, it’s best to be capable to discover a small campsite the place it seems to be a Frozen Encampment the place they’ll provide you with a quest to search out the misplaced explorers who went out to hunt for treasures however haven’t made their approach again house.

This is how gamers will be capable to begin off The Lost Tundra questline and get entry to some of the necessary buildings for this replace – The Furnace.

The Dropping Temperature

The chilly climate will probably be a mechanic that’s current solely within the Lost Tundra the place it’s going to have an effect on the general effectivity for many of your buildings. The sport will present if the participant is below the impact of the chilly climate from a visible indicator the place the icons on the high of your sport UI will flip gentle blue and have a snowflake icon over them.

There’s additionally a meter beneath your coal reserve that exhibits the totally different ranges of coldness. The deeper you journey into the Lost Tundra, the colder the temperature will probably be and thus lowering the effectivity of your buildings even additional.

Bring Back the Warmth

To fight the challenges in The Lost Tundra, gamers will want the assistance of the Furnace. With the chilly climate making your buildings much less efficient, the furnace is there to go towards the legal guidelines of Mother Nature by making the buildings be again at most effectivity.

The blueprint for the Furnace might be bought from the Frozen Encampment for five Relics and after researching it by way of the Academy, you’ll want a complete of 10 Wood, 5 Glass, 5 Adobe, 5 Iron and 4 Active Workers for every Furnace. The Furnace will present warmth in a round space and can have an effect on the buildings surrounding it.

But with how the furnace will solely have an effect on the buildings surrounding it, you’ll must plan beforehand on the location of every of the manufacturing buildings in an effort to absolutely maximise its impact in addition to avoiding spending extra sources for any pointless placements because it does take up fairly a little bit of sources and the dearth of Wood within the new area will make issues tougher than standard.

Since I used to be reusing an previous save file to play by way of The Lost Tundra, the placements of my buildings weren’t taken into consideration of that so I had to spend so much of time simply to rearrange the placements by transferring buildings and destroying pathways in order that the necessary buildings are clumped up and be in impact of the Furnace.

Once you place a furnace down, there will probably be a visible icon of a thermostat the place the buildings affected by the Furnace will present an orange color whereas buildings that aren’t have an effect on by it’s going to keep gentle blue.

Quality of Life Features

Customisation

Along with the brand new replace comes a handful of Quality of Life enhancements to Airborne Kingdom, first of which is extra customisability in your flying kingdom, the place you’re in a position to change the general theme, the metals, the lights, the partitions and in addition the ground tiles of your kingdom.

And whereas the customisation is proscribed to the presets throughout the sport, there’s nonetheless a hefty quantity of them to look by way of. This doesn’t have an effect on the gameplay in anyway but it surely positively doesn’t kill you to be fashionable and it additionally permits gamers to provide their very own private aptitude within the sport.

There’s additionally 4 new buildings below the “Wonders” tab, these being the Sapphire Crane, Ruby Hawk, Topaz Owl and Emerald Dove. Having these will solely unlock new customisation choices.

New Modes

One of the suggestions that was given for the bottom evaluate of the sport was the sport wasn’t as tough in comparison with different sim / technique video games. But on high of the brand new area, Airborne Kingdom additionally provides in a brand new Hard Difficulty of the sport.

Another mode that was additionally added into the sport from the free replace is the Creative mode. As the identify suggests, it give gamers a sandbox function for them to take a look at all of the buildings and customisation choices since they’re all unlocked and also you don’t have to fret in regards to the inhabitants and their wants.

Verdict

All in all, the brand new Lost Tundra replace for Airborne Kingdom is ideal for many who search a problem when taking part in by way of the sport. The total setting of the Lost Tundra completely encapsulates the barren and desolate lands in addition to giving the sport much more depth by way of gameplay with the addition of the climate mechanics in addition to the addition of the Furnace.