Legacy of the Ark: The Long Awakening

⚡ v1.9.8 "Restitution" is live Your progress is safe — no reset, and nothing you already own is taken away. This one gives back things the game was quietly taking. 🕐 Offline time no longer vanishes Coming back after hours away sometimes credited you 0 or 1 second. Your time away was being wiped by the game's own start-up before it was ever counted. It's now measured before anything can touch it. Reported by Xeen and kokoro3694. 🔋 Max boost is yours to spend Max-boost rewards (daily, objectives, season pass, comeback) no longer start burning the second they arrive. They're banked — press PLAY when you want them, PAUSE to keep the rest. It pauses itself when the bank runs out, so nothing is spent while you're away. The bank holds up to 24 hours, and the panel shows exactly what you have. It also now says plainly that max boost applies to the three main Surge bars only — not Deep Surge. ☁️ You can overwrite your cloud save Saving to cloud used to do nothing when the cloud held a higher-level save — while still telling you it saved. You can now replace it deliberately, after two confirmations showing both levels. Automatic saves are unchanged and still protect you from a stale device. Reported by Omega Guardian. 📖 The Story Archive tells you what it wants Records you haven't recovered yet now list what unlocks them, instead of just counting how many are missing. 🗄️ Archive Recompiling now needs 180 total branch upgrades instead of 300. The old target cost astronomically more than it paid. Reported by Xeen.

⚡ Legacy of the Ark: The Long Awakening — Update 1.9.7 "Clarity" The Archive now keeps everything it promised, Recovery Orders complete however you get there, and the Ark Map stops pointing you at something you already own. Your progress is safe — no reset, and nothing you own is taken away. The Archive is fully preserved now • 📚 Own Preserve Archive Research? The Core Index nodes at the bottom of the Archive — the ones bought with Memory Cores — now survive a Legacy Cycle too. Before, only the six branch tracks came back and you had to re-buy the rest. (thanks Xeen) Recovery Orders • ✅ "Open the ___ tab" steps now complete when you open the tab yourself, not only via the order's GO TO button. Affected the Core Matrix, Archive, Crew, Memories, Equipment, Boost Upgrades, Daily and Player tabs. Ark Map • 🗺️ The Ark Map no longer lists the Core Matrix as your next unlock after you've already unlocked it — it now points you at the Legacy Cycle. (thanks DiamondG) Translations • 🌍 The whole Ark Map panel — every goal, next unlock and prestige explanation, plus the phase and campaign headings — is now translated in all 32 languages instead of showing English.

**Legacy of the Ark: The Long Awakening — v1.9.6 "Reckoning"** Your progress is safe — a Legacy Cycle now keeps MORE than before, and nothing you own is taken away unless you choose to Hard Reset. **KEPT THROUGH A LEGACY CYCLE** • Your Research ▸ ARK upgrades now stay with you through a Legacy Cycle — they only reset on a full Hard Reset. • Own a Preserve Exploration card? Your crews stay unlocked right after a cycle — no restart needed. **CHALLENGES NOW HELP THE MAIN GAME** • Every Challenge you clear gives a permanent +2.5% to all basic and exploration resource production. Clear more to stack it — the total shows on the Challenges page. **FASTER LEGACY RESET** • The long freeze when starting a Legacy Cycle on a deep account is greatly reduced. **FIXED (thanks Xeen)** • Global Goals now counts your Memory Cores contribution, and your share no longer shows above 100%. • Deep Ark-Side Capital resolutions matter again — the Names bonus per rank is no longer capped. **CLEARER** • The Signal page now explains, on hover, exactly how each readiness bar reaches 100%. • Starting a Legacy Cycle reminds you to spend your banked time, Lessons and resources first. **HARD RESET** • A Hard Reset (normal and ARK-Cores-included) now also resets your player level. A Legacy Cycle keeps your level, as before.