Reki here. Big update, so a little later in the week than usual. The first perk update! Introducing monster hearts. They drop from their corresponding monster and can be consumed to obtain abilities. They last for one day, but you can make them permanent with a soul. You can view and remove hearts at the red, green, and blue slots found around the world. Some are missing abilities, or have placeholder effects, but I hope this update turns out to be a lot of fun despite the lack of polish. There are some pretty ridiculous ones to find.

CONTENT:
- Added 25 monster hearts.
- Added an unused monster to Belly of the Comet God.

GAMEPLAY TWEAKS:
- Added particles to damage sources. Red is regular damage, green is damage that cannot be blocked. It is unintentional that some of the player's attacks show these, and it will be adjusted in a future update.
- You can now ride monsters between area transitions.
- Damaging enemies by jumping into them is now more reliable.

FIXES:
- Fixed crash involving certain objects dropping into acid.
- Fixed rain lasting forever in areas with hotter climates.
- Slightly improved optimization of rain, water, and other effects.
- Added a safeguard to every area to ensure native creature populations cannot disappear.
- Shellbug Bludgeon no longer disappears when entering a different area.
- Fixed cases of the game freezing when certain objects would try to turn around.