Caves of Qud: Diaspora

The world currents are in flux. Glacial flooding ousts the peoples of the north combs, and in the warming clime, a thousand new pollens lead the kingdom of mousy fauna into the common weald. Across the Pale Sea, the tuyuldars of Odrum lay siege to the colossal freehold of Nanru, and their war wake sends migrants scattering across the Great Salt Desert, into the caravans of the dromads, and from there – to strange and blinding new lands. With this diaspora, the culture-rich fluid of life spills into the far-flung caves of Qud.

What is Diaspora?

Diaspora is the first expansion to Caves of Qud. It includes several new features arcs centered around the influx of riotous life and culture into the region. Over the course of its Early Access development, we'll be adding several more features as well.

PLAYABLE PLANTS & ANIMALS

Along with the Mutated Human and True Kin genotypes, you can now play as a Mutated Animal or Mutated Plant. Choose from one of several animal and plant stocks and customize your character as before. Play as a dog, cat, frog, chameleon, vine, tree, etc...

NEW TRUE KIN ARCOLOGY

Play as one of the denizens of the Great Rondures on the Ocean of Iber — Propeller, Starsteer, Man of Kelp, or Delphine.

NEW MUTATIONS

Choose from a host of new animal and plant mutations to outfit your character. Create an even more protean Mutated Human than before, or upgrade your animal's Species Traits with new animal mutations. Claws, Muzzle, Tail, etc. Take your animal's Tail and mutate it into a Prehensile Tail!

NEW WEAPON SKILL TREE: SPEARS

Wield many kinds of spears and attack your enemies from two tiles away!

NEW CREATURES & ITEMS

From across Moghra'yi, a host of new creatures have migrated to the surface and subterranean habitats of Qud. And along with them, hauled inside the dromad freight chests, artifacts of disparate cultures begin to speckle the great layer cake anew.

DROMAD CARAVANS & MOUNTABLE SALTBACKS

Dromad trade caravans have received a big makeover. Mount the saltback and treat with the dromads on their motile shell-bazaars.

BETTER ROADS & RIVERS

Road and river networks use a much more sophisticated set of worldbuilding algorithms to snake their way through Qud. Follow a road and there's a good chance you'll arrive at an interesting location.

MUCH MORE TO COME!

Over the course of Diaspora's Early Access development we'll be adding many, many more features, including:

• A new, multi-step questline dealing with the infusion of migrants into Qud and an idiosyncratic dromad named Je'ome the Bounty

• More animal and plant stocks to choose from at character creation

• Foxen and Snailfolk — two new humanoid factions from across the Great Salt Desert

• Roaming mega-caravans

• Underground villages

• Large, multi-zone dungeons/arcological spaces

• New dynamic quests

• Many new creatures, items, item mods, biomes, ingredients, diseases, and fungal infections

• New music

• More features, yet to be revealed...