Version 1.10.0 M1 Released

Beastbound Arena — The Menagerie

Version 1.10.0 begins a new development cycle linking the Tavern Hunt Board to a persistent monster collection.

New Tavern workspace

The Tavern now contains a fourth tab: Menagerie. It presents the owned roster, an animated habitat, individual monster profiles and the 24-species launch catalog.

Bind monsters through Hunts

Completing the first matching non-Apex Hunt Board contract for an eligible launch species permanently binds one copy.

Repeating a matching contract:

• grants Menagerie XP to the lowest-progressed copy of that species;
• increases its Hunt victory record;
• binds one duplicate after every third additional successful matching contract;
• preserves duplicate progress when the 120-monster capacity is full.

A full Menagerie blocks a first-time species binding cleanly and displays a warning rather than creating an invalid record.

Persistent individual monsters

Every copy stores:

• species and unique record ID;
• level and XP, with a current level cap of 60;
• Arena-oriented role;
• one deterministic species-appropriate trait;
• protection state for the future Fusion system;
• acquisition source and time;
• Hunt wins and training history;
• reserved Arena win/loss fields for later milestones.

Existing-save compatibility

When an older save has no Menagerie state, Version 1.10.0 M1 checks verified Bestiary records. Every launch species with at least one recorded kill receives one reconstructed bound copy. Historical kills are not converted into speculative duplicates or large amounts of XP.

Practice Drill

A selected monster can complete an immediate Gold-funded Practice Drill for XP. This is deliberately a small M1 bridge; timed offline Training Grounds, abilities and star progression are planned for M2.

Pixel habitat

Owned monsters appear as animated two-frame pixel creatures in the habitat. The roster is responsive, supports desktop and mobile layouts and becomes static when Reduced Motion is active.

Not active yet

M1 does not enable Monster Arena battles, leagues, monster abilities, star advancement or Fusion. Those systems remain staged for later 1.10.0 milestones.