A new developer blog has cropped up at the Mortal Online site giving details about the recently announced content expansion called "Dawn". Dawn will bring a host of new and improved features to MO including a new mount and gene system, improvements to attribute reserves, hunger and sleep systems, tutorials, housing updates and more.

Cooking

The new cooking profession allows players to cook food with the right tools and skills. Almost all resources in the game can be used in cooking, although we strongly advise against using many of them such as rocks.

Food will play an important role in Mortal Online as it is used to recover reserves (read more below). The cooking system is extremely open-ended and will allow for a lot of experimentation, and the complex calculations behind it will even take metabolism rate and calories into account. Now, grilling some random road kill (or simply eating it raw) just to refill your health reserve will be very straightforward, however cooking more complex dishes will require a lot more skill and specific tools.

Read more here.