The Temple of Elemental Evil news & patch notes

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Years ago a demoness’s elemental cult ruled from a temple near Nulb until the Circle of Eight razed it. Now bandits stalk Hommlet and dark forces gather at the ruins. In this classic party‑based D&D RPG, unmask their true purpose and confront the reborn evil before chaos engulfs the land.

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Adventurers! Patch #3 is now live with the following changes:

Changelog

• Bard song Fascinate now correctly applies its special effect to the target

• Added additional unlock checks for several achievements to help ensure they trigger properly

  • Heir of Furyondy

    • Added a check for whether the knighting process has started

    • Added a check for whether the "Knight of Furyondy and Veluna" reputation has been achieved

    • Added a direct check for whether Thrommel is in the party

  • Beautiful Friendship

    • Added a check for whether the "Friend of Lareth the Beautiful" reputation has been achieved

    • Added a direct check for whether Lareth is in the party

  • Hommlet's Most Wanted

    • Added a direct check for whether Dispel Magic was used to free him

  • Achievements should unlock retroactively where applicable

As always, we wish you good luck in your adventures in The Temple of Elemental Evil!

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Adventurers! A major patch has arrived for the classic RPG The Temple of Elemental Evil. To celebrate, the game is featured in a Daily Deal with its first-ever 33% discount.

Changelog

• Steam Achievements added - forge your legend, one achievement at a time

  • Achievements will unlock retroactively upon loading existing save files, except for location-based achievements. Players will need to revisit those locations to trigger them

• Fixed Melf’s Acid Arrow - the spell now deals damage as intended

• High-level crafting fixed - experience gain at level 10 has been restored, allowing crafting to function correctly again

• Curse removal adjusted – lifting curses using scrolls or spells should now work more reliably

We hope these changes help your party face the dangers of The Temple of Elemental Evil with greater courage and determination. Good luck, Adventurers!

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A new patch is now available, focused on improving camera smoothness, usability, and stability, along with fixes for merchant inventory issues and several smaller script problems. Full details are below.

Changelog:

Changes

• Camera movement now always updates internally at 60 FPS, regardless of gameplay framerate. This results in smoother movement and ensures camera speed settings accurately reflect actual scrolling speed.

• Mouse acceleration is now disabled by default. The default game speed has been set to 2 to better match the updated camera movement. If mouse acceleration is enabled in your settings, we recommend turning it off.

Additions

• Added an option to enable WASD camera movement in the game options menu (Extra tab, enabled by default).

• Added an option to highlight containers while holding TAB, making objects such as chests and barrels easier to spot (Extra tab, enabled by default).

Fixes

• Fixed a potential crash that could occur when Python 3 is installed on the system under specific circumstances.

• Fixed an issue where merchants would not refresh their inventory properly. Please note that some merchants restock only after 1–7 in-game days, depending on the merchant.

• Various minor script fixes.

Important!

While this patch fixes the issue with empty or non-refreshing merchants, there is still a chance that a merchant in an existing save file may be corrupted.

If this happens, the merchant inventory scripts can be reset to restore proper functionality. This only affects shop inventories, no other data is reset, and story progress remains unchanged.

Any new merchants (those the player has not yet spoken to or interacted with) will not require this workaround.

How to reset merchant inventories

The Temple of Elemental Evil: A Classic Greyhawk Adventure is now available on Steam!

Originally developed by Troika Games and released in 2003, this beloved adaptation of the iconic, genre-defining DUNGEONS & DRAGONS module returns for a new generation of adventurers.

Built on the 3.5 edition ruleset, The Temple of Elemental Evil challenges players to delve into the infamous dungeon, confront sinister monsters and cultists, and navigate the deadly rivalries of four elemental factions locked in conflict.

This Steam release stands on the remarkable work of the Circle of Eight and Temple+ modding communities, whose dedication over the years has elevated the game far beyond its original form. Fixes and enhancements include:

• Improved performance on modern systems

• Refined UI elements

• Smarter AI

• Smoother pathfinding

• Better stability

• Countless quality-of-life upgrades

Are you prepared to challenge the Demon Queen Zuggtmoy, the Lady of Fungi? Or will you join the countless adventurers who have fallen to her power?

The gates of the Temple of Elemental Evil are open once again.

Step in, adventurer.