I've been playing permadeath runs to spice it up and that has been fun. It has added some extra mileage to the game, though I haven't jumped on the test server and will just wait for that. Also I haven't made it to the mountains in that mode yet, which is mostly what's on test at the moment.

Hearth and Home made some changes to combat and blocking and added new recipes and a new ingredient, also found in the mountains, and a new building material and new critters in the plains. (Not sure if you were here for that update or not.) We've also had a swamp update adding a new big bad and a new armor set.

Mistlands is not out yet but they are actively working on it.

Up to you if that's enough to get you back into it.