Stretch Goals

Kickstarter Stretch Goals

Stretch Goals are your opportunity to help expand on the vision for Underworld Ascendant, extending the experience, along with innovations that push the game’s boundaries.

Some of the Stretch Goals include exclusive rewards for Kickstarter Backers. Upon achieving these Stretch Goals, all backers at Adventurer Tier or higher will receive them for free. While these rewards are fun and exclusive, none provide a competitive edge over players who might not have them, so as to keep the game balanced for all.

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8,000 BACKERS STRETCH GOAL REWARDS (Achieved)

• As a pat-on-the-back for all Backers, if the Kickstarter for Underworld Ascendant exceeds 8,000 uers by noon (EST) on Sunday, February 15th, everyone who had pledged $5 or more will be gifted this special Kickstarter Exclusive in-game item: a pair of 'Little Friends' claw knuckles!
  
  These dwarven-crafted claw knuckles pack a surprising punch for such an inconspicuous weapon. And for every 500 new Backers past 8,000 that join us by Sunday, our dwarven smiths will set an extra fine Blue Opal stone in the knuckles of the Little Friends. Let’s go for the bling!
  
  Finally, if the $1,200,000 Stretch Goal (which includes co-op mode) gets unlocked during the Kickstarter, we’ll upgrade everybody’s Little Friends with an Enchantment of Stunning.

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9,000 BACKERS STRETCH GOAL REWARDS (Achieved)

• If the Kickstarter for Underworld Ascendant exceeds 9,000 uers by noon (EST) on Sunday, February 22nd, everyone who had pledged $5 or more will be gifted this special Kickstarter Exclusive in-game item: a dark elf sling with Splatter Seeds!
  
  A handy sling, popular with the Dark Elves. This one comes with rare Splatter Seeds. The elves harvest these seeds from a creeping vine that thrives in their domain. The seeds have sharp thorns that can damage a foe, but they also split open on contact to spray a phosphorescent goo. Great way to tag a foe in the dark! The 5 8 seeds that come with this sling have a one-of-a-kind, extra long-lasting, purple goo. For every hundred additional backers over 9,000 that join us by Sunday noon, the elves have offered to include a bonus purple seed.

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10,000 BACKERS STRETCH GOAL REWARDS (Achieved)

• Ages ago a nobleman, whose own name is long-forgotten, had a favorite court jester, Bartholomew. Bart was famously sharp-witted. Sadly, Bart drowned in a huge vat of mead one evening after feasting. The nobleman had a necromancer animate Bart’s skull so that, in death, Bart could still chatter up a storm.
  
  Years later the Shambler elders somehow came into possession of this curious artifact. Now the Shamblers are offering to share this artifact with each and every member of our community if we reach 10,000 Backers by noon (ET) next Saturday, February 28th.
  
  Bart is also chipping in. He will let the community write extra quips for him. For every 200 Backers over 10,000 reached by next Saturday, Bart will select from the fan submissions a bonus quip to use in his repertoire. So go to the forums HERE, and suggest quips for Bart’s consideration. PG-13 please. Bart will utter these exclusive quips only when his skull is held by one of our Kickstarter Backers.

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$650,000 STRETCH GOAL REWARDS (Achieved)

• The Underswamp – Dank and dangerous, The Underswamp is home to some of the odder inhabitants of The Stygian Abyss. For those who know where to look, there is a wild, earthen magic to be found.

• Rotworm Skin Swamp Boots - These boots allow for somewhat faster trekking through swamps than usual, and are quite fashionable in or out of the muck! A Kickstarter exclusive in-game reward item.

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$700,000 STRETCH GOAL REWARDS (Locked)

• Tracy Hickman prequel novel for Underworld Ascendant.

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$750,000 STRETCH GOAL REWARDS (Locked)

• Lizardmen - These tribal creatures hunt in groups across The Underswamp. They are cunning, and speak a strange tongue of clicks and clacks. Perhaps you can befriend them and learn their ways?

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$800,000 STRETCH GOAL REWARDS (Locked)

• Companion Creatures – Players will be able to have a faithful little creature tag along on their adventures. They are not much use in a fight, but they can help in other unexpected ways. And they are cute.

• Vorpal Bunny or Mini-Brain - To coincide with companion creatures, get one of these rare and exclusive breed to tag along. Which one? Fans VOTE to decide! A Kickstarter exclusive in-game reward item.

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$850,000 STRETCH GOAL REWARDS (Locked)

• Enhanced, dynamic music & SFX – More musical tracks and SFX, and a more sophisticated dynamic contextual in-game audio system.

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$900,000 STRETCH GOAL REWARDS (Locked)

• Language localizations - We will localize the game in French, Italian, German and Spanish.

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$950,000 STRETCH GOAL REWARDS (Locked)

• Necropolis of the Ancients – New area of The Stygian Abyss to explore! Darkness upon darkness; ancient beyond reckoning. Only the stout-hearted enter this accursed city. Those who dare may discover arcane treasures.

• Silver Ankh of the Undead – Stand still while wearing it and lessor undead will ignore you, mistaking you for a corpse. A Kickstarter exclusive in-game reward item.

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$1,000,000 STRETCH GOAL REWARDS (Locked)

• The Haunt – This new monster is ethereal and powerless in the light, but in darkness will doggedly pursue its chosen victim, while its ghostly rattle attracts unwanted attention.

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$1,050,000 STRETCH GOAL REWARDS (Locked)

• Underworld Builder Toolkit – All fans get access to the Toolkit, the essential suite of tools our design team is using to create the areas of the Stygian Abyss. Build your own areas and share them with friends!

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$1,100,000 STRETCH GOAL REWARDS (Locked)

• Deeper Lore & Backstory – We’ll add design resources to the team to plunge deeper on the backstory and arcane secrets of the Underworld. A lore aficionado’s dream come true!

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$1,150,000 STRETCH GOAL REWARDS (Locked)

• Co-Op Play with a Friend - This is a big one, folks! Now bring along a friend on your adventure. Play together online, tag-teaming the challenges. Or if your buddy is offline, a magical spell will bring them in as an ethereal doppelganger, run by an AI.

• Odoriferous Throwing Net - A small, throwing net that friends can toss back-and-forth to each other. The holder of the net will tend to attract hostile beasts to themselves. What fun! A Kickstarter exclusive in-game reward item.

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$1,200,000 STRETCH GOAL REWARDS (Locked)

• More extensive Avatar customization - Greater variety of faces, hairstyles, tattoos and accouterments to choose from during character creation, and to show off to friends. Can also try out with new looks as your character grows.

Trivia

• The rewards were revamped in Update 23 to rearrange some items and space them out more evenly.