Obsidian have published the fourth installment in their series of Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Fig updates showcasing various features of the game that Josh Sawyer has posted about on his social media feeds. The highlight of this episode is the introduction of Deadfire's four "sidekick" companions - Konstanten, Ydwin, Rekke and Fessina. The first and last of these have apparently replaced Bonteru and Radora from the original sidekicks stretch goal. Another cool feature demonstrated in the video is the game's simulationist injury mechanic, where you suffer different injuries depending on the attack that knocked you out. Watch the whole thing here. As usual, Katrina Garsten narrates:


The text part of the update has some details about a couple of Deadfire's backer rewards, but I'll let you read that for yourself. One thing you should definitely check out is this DLC survey that Obsidian have been running for the past two weeks. I imagine it's going to help determine what sort of DLC the game is going to get. The next update will have details about the long-awaited backer beta, so stay tuned.