Aetherial Endeavors

Aetherial Endeavors

Aetherial Endeavors expands Outward Definitive Edition with new classes, magic, quests, equipment and crafting options. It's for players who want more to discover in Aurai, more ways to build a character and useful improvements to inventory management, travel and co-op.

The goal is to add variety and keep the game challenging. Alongside the new content, the pack reworks existing skills, weapons and combat mechanics, so expect some things to work differently from vanilla Outward. It is intended for both solo and co-op play.

What the pack adds and changes

• More character builds. Additional trainers and skill trees include Crusader, Dragon Knight, Necromancer, Martial Artist, Juggernaut and Kazite Blademaster. Champions of Elatt adds Paladin and Cleric, while Mendicants adds the Itinerant Scholar and its Ki-based skills. Classfixes also changes existing skill trees, giving familiar builds different options.
• More magic and support skills. Rune and sigil changes, mana weapons, runic equipment and scrolls expand the magic available. Supportive Rune Sage and Crusader add options for players who want to heal and support their co-op partner. Runic Barrier adds a ward that shares incoming damage between health and mana.
• More equipment to find and craft. New knives, crossbows, weapons previously used by NPCs, armor, backpacks, tents and enchantments give you more gear to choose from. Elemental Armory adds craftable elemental weapons, including options for Stormcancer's weapons. WeaponBalancePatch and the equipment mods also change some existing items.
• More quests and recipes. Champions of Elatt adds a questline, a boss encounter and holy relic weapons to restore. Quests of Aurai adds more quests, while the cooking, alchemy and crafting mods expand the meals, potions, bombs and equipment you can make. AntiAlchemyAbuse is included to limit profit from potion crafting.
• Clearer information and easier inventory management. CombatHUD, improved item descriptions, stash filters, crafting categories, enchantment previews and water skin improvements help with the everyday parts of playing. The Swamp Map shows the missing bridges on the Hollowed Marsh map. Instant Take Items removes the need to hold the pickup button. Pickup Notification Adjustment shows item icons and combined quantities above the bottom-right hotbar, with a queue for large loot hauls. Waterskin Reslotting replaces a waterskin in your hotbar with another from your pouch or backpack. Hold to Aim Bows lets you aim by holding the button and stop aiming when you release it.
• Travel and recovery. Soroborean Travel Agency adds caravan travel options, travel potions help you get around, and meditation restores health, stamina and mana. Press Fn + F5 while in-game to change available mod settings. Find SkilledAtMeditation in that menu to adjust how quickly meditation restores your stats.
• Co-op features. Share recipes, use the host's stash and help each other with support skills. To change the difficulty, player limit or shared quest rewards, press Fn + F5 while in-game and find Raid Mode. Everyone should use the same pack version and gameplay settings.

New in 2.4.2

• Runic Barrier 1.0.0: cast Dez then Shim to raise or dismiss a ward that shares incoming damage between health and mana.
• Pickup Notification Adjustment 0.1.2: clearer pickup messages with item icons, combined quantities and a queue above the bottom-right hotbar.
• Waterskin Reslotting 1.4.0: replaces a waterskin in your hotbar with another from your pouch or backpack.
• Aetherial Endeavors Fixes 0.1.19: keeps Runic Barrier's cast actions available alongside Classfixes Part 2 and Supportive Rune Sage. All previous fixes are included, including Mendicants compatibility, co-op interactions and safer Crusader NPC setup.

The fixes install automatically with the pack and run when the game starts; there is nothing extra to set up. Existing Raid Mode settings and 0% bank interest are retained.

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