Gather resources, build a base, and explore islands and ruins in a myth-inspired survival game. Improve your equipment for tougher enemies, or share gathering and building with a co-op group.
Dawn of Defiance hotfix 0.5.0.2 adds further VRAM adjustments and addresses several crashes. It also fixes Poseidon's Temple bosses not awarding inlays and enemies or fauna passing through objects. The changes follow the Hounds of Zeus update during Early Access.
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