Build 0.13.650

! IMPORTANT !

• This patch contains substantial adjustments to game lighting. In general, nighttime when outdoors should now be navigable without a light source in most areas. Light sources will still be needed in deep shadows or in underground locations such as caves. As a result of these changes, Lantern Belts have been removed from the game and will no longer be available. Players are advised to purchase torches for use in dark areas.

• This patch contains a major update to the Woodworker crafting profession. Our other crafting professions will be receiving similar updates in the future. Please read the sections below for information on specific changes. While we have attempted to minimize the impact of these changes to existing characters, you may find that many schematics and resources you had previously acquired and stored are no longer usable. You will be able to sell old items to NPC vendors and use the money to purchase the new schematics, if needed.

• This patch contains a new level 17-24 dungeon area (Mad Run). Extremely challenging opponents lurk within its depths. Venture there at your peril.

Known Issues

• Crafted tools and items using a dropped component in their construction are not always properly receiving their stats.
• Buffs and debuff icons will sometimes show negative timers and remain on the UI after the effect's duration has expired.
• Animations and sound effects may sometimes play while skinning animals.
• Group gathering is not currently functioning.

General

• A player in a group can now target themselves or their group members by number or name using the /targetgroupmember (also /tgm) command, such as: /tgm 1 or /tgm Fred. Valid member numbers are 1 (self) through 6. Like other commands, this can be used in macros.
• After killing a skinnable npc, if loot is left on the npc, it is now possible to ctrl right click that npc to begin skinning and on completion, the loot from skinning will be added to whatever loot was left on the corpse.
• Keypad keys are now mappable.
• You can now change the font size of the chat windows using the Chat Font Size slider to the General tab of the Settings window.
• Macros now support the /utility command, which will trigger an ability on the utility hot bar. Valid numbers to use after the command are 1 - 6, such as: /utility 2
• Increased the font size a bit on tooltips and added some tooltips.
• Added a few newbie tips to the list of messages shown on the loading screen.
• This list of abilities in the codex is now sorted by level.
• Pet abilities are now displayed on each pet's UI element. These abilities can be set to 2 different states: manual or automatic (this state is changed per ability by right-clicking on the ability icon on the bar):
  • Manual - pets won't use abilities set to Manual unless the player manually activates the ability by clicking it or pressing the corresponding mapped key (can be remapped in the input settings).
  • Automatic - pets will automatically use abilities set to Auto on cooldown, as long as Mana permits. This is the default mode and when enabled, a small green dot will appear in the upper left corner of the ability icon. If no green dot is displayed, the ability is in manual activation mode and you will need to manually trigger that ability.

Class Abilities

• It is no longer possible to have multiple versions of the Windstrider effect applied to the same character. Stronger versions will overwrite weaker versions if they are present. Weaker versions will fail to apply because a more powerful version of the effect is already active. A broader pass on ability stacking rules is forthcoming.
• New VFX for Enchanter's Mesmerize line. Note: It is a known issue that the pendulum does not animate correctly (may swing too far or not far enough)

Enchanter

• Added new ability "Unravel Magic", sold on vendors. Will be very useful in Mad Run (hint hint, wink wink).

Cleric

• Slightly reduced the amount of damage absorption for each rank of Barrier.
• Using Barrier will now also apply the Fatigued Spirit debuff, making the target unable to be shielded by any Barrier spells again for 10 sec.
• Reduced the duration of Bolster to 30 sec and increased the cooldown of Bolster to 2 min.
• Reduced the Endurance regeneration bonus of Invigorate to 10%.

Shaman

• Hurry the Past no longer refreshes the duration of HoTs on affected targets.
• Using Interlocking Stones will now also apply the Weakened Frame debuff, making the target unable to be shielded by Interlocking Stones again for 20 sec.
• Interlocking Stones duration reduced to 20 sec and cooldown increased to 60 sec.
• Reduced the Endurance Drain component of Wind Strider to a base of -20% and a max of -40% at Mastery level 3.

Wizard

• Surespell is now only effective on targets up to 6 levels above you.

Rogue

• Reduced Wall Climber Endurance pool increase to 15 down from 25 and the Endurance drain reduction while climbing to 10% down from 25%
• Fixed a bug with Sprint to the Shadows - now properly checks for Escape Artist instead of Flash Bomb

Warrior

• Shield Block and Shield Slam now properly require a shield to be equipped in the offhand slot.

Paladin

• Duration of Oath of Might and Oath of Valor increased to 2 min.
• NPCs pulled by Edict of Celestial Might should now immediately fire their assist check as intended.

Caster

• Magelight moved to level 20 and now has a Mana upkeep cost while active.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed various line of sight issues in dungeons.
• An issue with wolf fangs has been corrected. As a result of this some pre-existing wolf fangs may no longer be usable in alchemy.
• Crafted Signets should now properly receive bonus stats from celestium dust.
• The scavenging schematics for the climbing claws and grappling hook should now create the appropriate items.
• Group members leaving the group should now get removed properly for members in different zones.
• Fixed a bug where old groups would sometimes get reformed when entering a zone.
• Fixed issues with Warrior Battle Points and Paladin Reckoning Points not being displayed properly.
• The ability hot bar should now remember where you left it.
• Adjusted the item tooltip to fix the name and flags (no trade, lifebound, etc.) sometimes overwriting each other.
• Fixed an issue with pets where they were still attacking when they had been ordered to back off. They will no longer defend themselves if attacked after being ordered to back off until they are ordered to attack or guard.
• Fixed an issue where crates/chests weren't closing after the player finished looting them.
• Group spells, such as Echo of the Rainlands, now affect the pets of those in the group as well.
• Fixed an issue where the player's level wasn't updating on their nameplate.
• Fixed an issue where the group UI wasn't updating when players left the group.
• Fixed dragging and dropping of items and abilities so they function as drag and drop (click and hold mouse button to move, release mouse button to drop), which also fixed a bug where moving an ability on the hot bar would activate the ability (Paladins trying to move Lay on Hands rejoice).
• Fixed a bug where the stats listed on the item tooltip would sometimes change the order they were listed.
• Fixed the ability tooltip where the cooldown text was overwriting the description in some cases.
• Fixed a bug where the character model wouldn't be displayed in character select after being in first person in the game and logging out and back in.
• Fixed an issue where the player would stop gripping the torch in their offhand if weapons had been sheathed.
• Fixed several issues related to NPC pathing where the NPCs could become stuck in terrain, become unattackable, or be unable to properly return to their spawn points.
• Cackling skeletons should now be properly affected by spells that target undead opponents.
• The Dark Flame guards now attack creatures that weak Dire Lords drag back into their presence out of sheer bloodlust, not empathy.
• Fixed a bug where equipped items with an endurance penalty would cause characters to enter the exhausted state permanently.
• Crafted potions that apply a buff (such as resistance effects) should now properly apply their buff to the user.
• Possible fix for players getting put under a bind stone in certain cases.
• Fixed an issue where human female rogues weren't looping their shadow walk animation.
• Fixed a bug where quests that give items to players weren't allowing them to be stacked when adding them to the player's inventory.
• Fixed a bug that was causing mastery upgrades to not be saved sometimes.
• Fixed the mastery points display in the character sheet to work with larger numbers.
• Fixed some places where players were getting stuck.
• Fixed an issue where tooltips and the screen settings panel were sometimes rendering behind the character creation panels.
• Pathfinding updates.
• NPCs will now flee at more appropriate speeds.
• NPC leashing bug fixes.
• NPC ability use improvements.
• Torch and player lighting improvements.
• Several name plate rendering bug fixes.
• Fixed target bug when selecting an NPC on an undiscovered faction.
• Fixed NPCs (seemingly) randomly not responding anymore.
• Fixed NPC navigation in areas where zones overlap.

Tasks

• The order of the "Night Warden" task series has been adjusted.
• The introductory/tutorial tasks for Woodworkers have been adjusted to reflect changes to the profession.
• Several new crafting and gathering tasks have been added to Thronefast.

Crafting

Woodworking

• The progression of wood materials has been reworked. Maple is now the entry-level wood material, followed by Ash. A larger variety of wood types will become available for use at higher levels.
• Logs may now be refined into lumber which may be further refined into staves.
• Branches from previous versions of the game are no longer usable in crafting.
• Polished versions of woods from previous versions of the game are no longer usable in crafting.
• Most woodworking schematics now require additional materials. Some of these materials may be gathered directly, others are created by alchemists, outfitters, or blacksmiths. To allow new woodworkers to be reasonably self-sufficient, the new materials that are used in entry-level schematics may also be purchased from NPC vendors.
• The minimum skill requirements for woodworking schematics have been adjusted to better match the intended skill progression.
• Minimum skill information is now listed in the item description for woodworking schematics (as well as other new schematics)
• Bulk refining schematics for lumber and staves have been added to the game. There are two levels of bulk refining schematics available for woodworkers who satisfy the appropriate requirements.

Alchemy

• New alchemy tools and combinations have been added to provide support for other crafting professions.

Outfitting

• New outfitter schematics have been added to provide support for other crafting professions.
• Burlap Thread, Cotton Yarn, and Linen Thread schematics now yield 3 thread/yarn per combine.
• Stitched Leather has been renamed to Cured Leather.

Blacksmithing

• New blacksmithing schematics have been added to provide support for other crafting professions.

Gathering

Woodcutting

• The population of gatherable trees in Thronefast has been adjusted to match the updated material progression from woodworking.
• Gatherable trees have been added to playable areas of Avendyr's Pass.
• Gatherable trees no longer yield branches when chopped down but will instead yield additional logs.
• Apple and Walnut trees no longer yield logs or branches when gathered. The gathering animation for these tree types will be adjusted in a future update.
• Celestium dust may now rarely be found when gathering from any available tree type.
• Additional types of items may now be gained when chopping down trees.

Harvesting

• Adjustments have been made to harvesting nodes in Thronefast.
• The number of active fiber harvesting nodes in Avendyr's Pass has been increased.

Mining

• The number of active mining nodes in Avendyr's Pass has been increased.

Skinning

• Holding control and right-clicking a skinnable NPC corpse will allow you to begin skinning immediately without first looting the items from a corpse. Skinning yields will be added to the loot window when the action completes. Note that you will still have to open the loot window on the corpse before you can start skinning.

Items

• The stack size of most gathered resources has been increased to 30.
• Cobalt weapons now have a minimum level requirement of 99 and should no longer drop from Gadai Quickblades or Gadai Monks.
• Several weapon and armor crates in Thronefast have been adjusted to yield more level-appropriate items.
• Roughspun cloth armor, Functionary Cloth armor, and Spectral Cloth armor are now usable by all classes.
• Humanoid NPCs will now drop usable armor pieces slightly more often.
• The AC values of several dropped armor items have been increased.
• Shields now have a new stat (Block Value) that influences the amount of damage the shield will mitigate on a successful block. This is different from Block Rating, which influences the chance of a successful block.
• Lantern Belts may no longer be purchased or used.
• Torches may now be purchased from many vendors.
• New characters will now start with a torch in their inventory.

Build 0.13.288

Known Issues

• Crafted tools and items using a dropped component in their construction are not always properly receiving their stats.
• Buffs and debuff icons will sometimes show negative timers and remain on the UI after the effect's duration has expired.
• Animations and sound effects may sometimes play while skinning animals.
• Group gathering is not currently functioning.
• If you are using Fast Mode for your graphics quality setting, cave entrances will not display properly. You can still walk into the cave but it will look like a wall is there.

Bug Fixes

• Audio issues cutting out and randomly causing crashes has been fixed.
• Bandages should now be able to cure the bleeding caused by the NPC ability "Mangle".
• The mages of the Arcanery have been politely asked to stop their experiments on the local fox population. As a result, fox paws should now be the appropriate size for the age of the animal.

Crafting

General

• Crafting skills now cap at 3 points per level.
• Crafting skill gains will now occur in partial increments similar to combat skills.

Items

• The "Student's Feast" food may no longer be crafted.

Build 0.13.276

Known Issues

• Crafted tools and items using a dropped component in their construction are not always properly receiving their stats.
• Buffs and debuff icons will sometimes show negative timers and remain on the UI after the effect's duration has expired.
• Animations and sound effects may sometimes play while skinning animals.
• Group gathering is not currently functioning.
• If you are using Fast Mode for your graphics quality setting, cave entrances will not display properly. You can still walk into the cave but it will look like a wall is there.

Bug Fixes

• Merchants in Avendyr's Pass should now properly display their wares to adventurers. (Please let us know if you find any that are not doing so).
• Genetic abnormalities in large bats have been corrected, and they should no longer drop mismatched teeth when killed.
• Fixed an issue where %dt wasn't working with three letter player names.
• Possible fix for pets sometimes popping up and down while standing in place.
• Fix for DoT damage not showing when the npc that put the DoT on the player was dead/despawned.
• Possible fix for a case where players were getting stuck in combat.
• Possible fix for pets fighting unseen enemies.

Avendyr's Pass

Additional food and alchemy harvesting nodes have been added to some sections of Avendyr's Pass that were lacking them.

Additional

Just in case you didn’t notice previously, you can now bind more keys, which makes Bronsun super happy.

Build 0.13.266

IMPORTANT

AFTER THE NEXT WIPE, players will be able to make and use any character on any running server. This is subject to change in the future but for the time being your characters will not be locked to a particular server.

Known Issues

• Crafted tools and items using a dropped component in their construction are not always properly receiving their stats.
• Group gathering is not currently functioning.
• Buffs and debuff icons will sometimes show negative timers and remain on the UI after the effect's duration has expired.
• Animations and sound effects may sometimes play while skinning animals.
• If you are using Fast Mode for your graphics quality setting, cave holes will not now show properly. You can still walk into the cave but it will look like there is a wall there.

General

• Hot bar ability buttons can now be triggered in a macro with the /use command, such as "/use 1" to trigger the first ability button, with valid button numbers being 1-8.
• Double tapping the target self key (F1 by default) will target your pet if you have one and it isn't already targeted.

Bug Fixes

• Mining nodes in Avendyr's Pass should no longer respawn immediately in the same place.
• Potential fix for incorrect NPC loot and experience on NPC death.
• Potential fix for the issue where gathering nodes stop respawning over time.
• Potential fix for an issue that would cause operations such as zoning and ability use to begin failing after the server had been up for a long time.
• A status change (such as a buff expiring, or auto attack being toggled) should no longer interrupt a casting or gathering action.
• Potential fix for items not being properly added to inventory while crafting.
• Improved client performance in caves and AVP.
• Fixed broken cave lighting in some places.
• Fixed VFX not rendering at some POIs.
• Fixed NPCs in some areas of Avendyr’s Pass being unable to move.
• Fixed an issue where "/who joppa" didn't show a player named "Joppa".
• Fix for pets UI starting offscreen for some resolutions on the first use.
• Fixed one case where pets were being dismissed when they shouldn't have been.
• Fixed an issue where NPCs would sometimes spawn with buffs they shouldn't have.
• Fixed an issue where NPCs would sometimes appear to be fighting something invisible.
• Fixed an issue where pets couldn’t attack some NPCs.
• Possible fix for players getting stuck in combat.
• Fixed an issue where clicking the social button on the main menu wasn't closing the window if it was already open.
• Pets should now be able to attack ghost vipers and other NPCs that players are able to attack.
• No more ordering pets around while dead or in various states such as stunned, asleep, etc.
• Fix for players getting stuck at the entrance to the goblin caves.
• Fixed group chat not going to group members in other zones.
• Fixed the craft button not being set to inactive during the crafting process.

Avendyr's Pass

Additional food and alchemy gathering nodes have been added to some parts of Avendyr's Pass.

NPCs

The merchant Volus was last seen fleeing into the mountains after it was determined that the goods he was selling were of dubious origin.

Several NPCs have been reminded of the importance of having their feet firmly planted on the ground in case of strong winds or low-flying birds. If you find NPCs who are seemingly disobeying gravity (and do not seem like they should be able to do so) please report their locations.

Items

The deathbound flag has been removed from many dropped items that were not supposed to have it. If you find other items that are deathbound please report them so that we can make sure we got them all.

Classes

Cleric:

• Clerics now receive Frail Barrier at level 3, Weak Barrier at level 10 and Barrier at level 18.
• Purify now only cures Weak Poisons. Clerics now receive Cleanse at level 15, which cures Weak and Strong Poisons.
• Clerics receive Remedy at level 5 which cures Diseases.

Paladin:

Paladin now receives Valiant Cross at level 6.

Audio

• Integrate new ambient sounds in AvP for day.
• Incorporate Sketch theme Music into AVP.
• Implement dynamic music based on time of day.
• Compose new music for Night / Day in TF area.
• Introduce new music for Goblin cave.
• Mix audio for Wwise refactoring.
• Add SFX audio for trees and Ambience objects in AvP.
• Develop new music for Night in Throne fast area.

Build 0.13.207

Known Issues

• Crafted tools and weapons using a dropped component in their construction are not always properly receiving their stats.
• Buffs and debuff icons will sometimes show negative timers and remain on the UI after the effect's duration has expired.
• Buffs and pets are removed when crossing a zoneline.
• Animations and sound effects may sometimes play while skinning animals.

General

• Shamans can call their wolf companions at level 10 again. Awwooooo!
• Lowered the reuse time on /stuck to five minutes.
• More UI windows are now movable and/or allow for their scale to be changed by the user.
• Players should now be able to equip an item from their inventory and have it swap with an item that is currently equipped even if their inventory is full.
• The player window now remembers its position.
• The pet command buttons for back off, guard, follow, and stay now show status indicators for the selected pet(s), so when a pet is following, it will have a small green dot lit on the follow button.
• Each pet summoning ability is limited to just one summoned pet at a time.
• Adjustments to make pets follow their master up and down hills better and path better over uneven ground.
• Added some feedback to /assist to let the player know who they are assisting.
• Players can now use %t and %dt to specify their offensive target and defensive target in chat commands and macros. Typing “/assist %dt” (without quotes) will assist your defensive target.
• Some adjustments to the NPC interaction window to better accommodate long task names and multiple quests.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where tooltips would sometimes appear behind other UI elements.
• Possible fix for players getting stuck in a release death loop.
• UI window scale should now be loaded and restored correctly.
• Possible fix for players getting stuck on the loading screen because their character was beneath the ground.
• Fixed a crash that would happen in certain cases with group member UI elements.
• Fixed an issue with merchants sometimes not displaying the items they have for sale.
• Fixed the issue where clicking a bind stone multiple times would bring up multiple bind confirmation dialogs.
• Partial fix for rain and snow in caves.
• Fixed an issue where it would pop up the bind confirmation dialog from too far away from a bind stone to be able to bind.

Classes

Shaman

Shaman are now able to summon a wolf companion at level 10. In the future, this ability will be the result of a quest rewards. For testing purposes, you can purchase it from the Shaman spell vendor for now.

Cleric

New ability added: Barrier (level 3). "Envelope the target in a luminous shield for 20 sec, absorbing damage up to 15% of their maximum health before dissipating."

Paladin

New abilities added: Righteous Flame (Level 3). "Imbue your weapon with celestial flame for 20 sec, giving your attacks a chance to deal additional Divine damage."

Lightguard (level 5). "Imbue your weapon with celestial light for 3 sec, parrying the next source of Physical damage."

Avendyr's Pass

• The first section of Avendyr’s Pass is now available for testing. As our seamless zoning technology is still being implemented, you will encounter a loading screen when going between Thronefast and Avendyr’s Pass. The need for a loading screen will be removed in a future update.
• Many NPCs have been added to Avendyr’s Pass. Most are not friendly. Proceed with caution.
• All NPCs in Avendyr's Pass up to level 20 have been given loot to drop and skinning yields (if applicable).
• Note: NPCs above level 20 have not yet been itemized and will not drop (much) loot. These NPCs will receive their items in an upcoming update.
• Mining nodes have been added to most areas of Avendyr's Pass.
• Fiber harvesting nodes have been added to most areas of Avendyr's Pass.
• Food and alchemy harvesting nodes have been added to some areas of Avendyr's Pass. More will be added in future releases.
• Note: Woodcutting nodes will be enabled in Avendyr's Pass in an upcoming update.
• Crafting stations have been added to the village of Demith.
• NPC vendors have been added to Demith and several other areas in Avendyr's Pass.
• Several campfires that may be used by adventurers for cooking and alchemy have been added to Avendyr's Pass.

NPCs

Most humanoid NPCs will now drop usable armor pieces slightly more often.

Mining

Adjustments have been made to mining node spawns in Thronefast.

Crafting

Blacksmithing/Jewelcrafting

Further adjustments have been made to the number of ore lumps needed to create metal bars at low levels.

Smelting yields have been adjusted.

Outfitting

The number of materials required to refine thread/yarn and cloth have been increased.

Items

• The weight of crafted metal bars and ingots has been increased.
• The weight of ore chunks has been slightly reduced.
• Deer Eyes and Snake Skulls now correctly identify their source animal in the item name.
• Wolves have been genetically altered to all share the same blood type.
• Wolf Fangs should now be more consistent.
• The weight of crafted bags has been adjusted.
• The Stitched Cloth Shawl and Student's Shawl may now be appropriately equipped as a shoulder item.