Build 0.14.756

Released: 12th Sep,2024 (Hot fix: 0.14.615)

Known Issues

Chaotic Imbuement always chooses physical damage.
Sniper Shot scaling on charge up does not work correctly.
Monks do not have the crushing skill, so they can equip clubs but will miss a lot.
Long quest objectives in the journal do not wrap and the text will obscure the counter.
Weathering's armor reduction value is incorrect and too low.
The bleed effect from Ice Cryptlings is hitting for more damage than intended.
Sometimes when zoning while grouped, the leader may lose the group member's health bars from their UI. The group still exists, and passing lead to another member via the /leader (name) command should cause the group UI to reappear for them.

General

Base stats for all classes have been adjusted for new characters.
Added phase 1 of guilds. More features will be added to guilds in later phases, but the following things are supported for this initial phase:
- The guild name is displayed on the nameplate under the player's name.
- Guild chat channel. Use /guild to chat with your guild mates.
- The following guild commands:
  - /guildcreate <guild name> - Creates a guild with the supplied name.
  - /guilddisband - Disbands the guild.
  - /guildinvite [player name] - Invites someone to the guild.
  - /guildremove [player name] - Removes someone from the guild.
  - /guildpromote [player name] - Promotes someone from member to officer.
  - /guilddemote [player name] - Demotes someone from officer to member.
  - /guildroster - Lists everyone in the guild.
You will now stop dragging a player corpse if you get more than 50 meters away from it, such as when you die and return to bind, go through a teleporter, /stuck, etc.
Items the player has equipped will no longer be counted toward quest requirements or taken off the player when a quest is turned in that requires an item like one the player has equipped.
When dragging a corpse, the corpse will now teleport to the player if they get more than 10 meters away, but if they get more than 50 meters away, it will stop being dragged and left where it was at that time.
Modified the quest journal objective UI's formatting to better fit two-line objectives.
Non-magical armor and weapon drops have been updated for several NPCs in Halnir's Cave.
The respawn times for ground spawn items in Halnir's Cave have been increased.

General Balance

We are starting to add stat weight to formulas and abilities again.
Auto attack damage now gains STR contributions. It is a known issue that ranged auto attacks are not gaining this contribution.
Group NPC armor and resistances are now closer to intended starting values (feedback welcome).
NPCs should have a chance to resist spells again (based on magical defense).
Exposure gained with Bladed skill ups.
Tank [Expose] and Healer [Opening Gap] should now be working and have a 30s cooldown.
Percent of base mana pool should now accurately capture players' ungeared, unbuffed mana pool.
Debuff/technique aggro was reduced.
Adjusted tank threat generated by Techniques.
Fixed an issue with Haunting Slash, Condemning Blow, and Mocking Blow threat.
Uthiran NPCs are now killable.
NPC move speed slightly reduced.
Hanggore animal NPC templates and skill loadouts normalized (orcs soon).
Many bleed effects (PC/NPC) had their damage normalized.
Normalized most DoTs to 4-second ticks, adjusted durations.
Lull skills should now properly reduce assist radius (Lyrith's Calm, Edict of Stillness, Soul Shuriken).

Wizard

Novice Elemental Focus moved to level 20.
Cinder Lance Focus cost now properly consumes 10 Fire Focus upon full charge.
Cinder Lance now bypasses a portion of resistances.
Fixed tooltip on Static Storm (3 Focus).
Snowball cooldown changed to 30s.
Static Arrow damage increased.
Added a new spell, Personal Blizzard at level 24 to vendors.
Ice Volley should always hit 4 times.

Rogue

Deceptive Strike no longer removes Opening Gap.
Caltrops is now a targeted AoE, turns into a ground target if no target is selected.
Bloodletter put back on GCD.
Flash Bomb toggles auto attack off, allowing you to remain stealthed after use, removed blind.
Moved Toxin Craft Synthetic from level 8 to level 6.

Ranger

Sabotage no longer removes Opening Gap.
Fray line damage increased significantly, cooldown shared (level lock removed), now gains armor penetration on both strikes.
Glass Arrow line cooldown shared (level lock removed).
Added Sniper Shot to vendors at level 20.

Monk

Blazing Hand Punch damage increased significantly and bypasses a portion of Armor. Knockdown and additional cooldown removed at max charge. Base cooldown increased from 10s to 15s.
Added a new skill Chi Guidance at level 6 to vendors.
Wheel Kick activated and passive damage adjusted and bypasses some of the NPC's armor.
Wheel Kick passive proc rate increased to 20%, cooldown reduced to 20s.
Elbow Strike activated and passive damage adjusted and bypasses some of the NPC's armor.
Elbow Strike passive proc rate increased to 20%, cooldown reduced to 20s.
Sweep cooldown increased to 30 seconds.
Resonating Strike readiness cost removed.
Monk Feign Death cooldown reduced to 5 seconds.

Shaman

Echo of Rainlands healing increased, changed to 20% of base mana cost.
Cleansing Flame changed to 8% of base mana.
Interlocking Stones changed to 20% of base mana cost.
Mantle of the Stream healing increased.
Fixed mana cost on Hurry the Past.
Strike of the Snake increased to 48 second duration with 4-second ticks.
Crown of Ashes increased to 48 second duration with 4-second ticks.
Choking Thirst increased to 48 second duration with 4-second ticks.
Sting of the Hornet increased to 48 second duration with 4-second ticks.
Sting of the Hornet moved to level 18.

Added techniques

Skill Level	Technique Name	Effect
1	Serpent Strike	Poison based attack
10	Ancestor's Rest	Mana regen
16	Fanged Bite	Fang mana free
22	Force	[Opening Gap]
34	Ancient Strength	STR
46	Soothing Waters	Regen
58	Elk's Constitution	CON
70	Ready the Pack	Readiness
88	Dexterous Spirit	DEX
100	Congeal Poison	Bonus Poison dmg
118	Stoke Ember	Bonus Fire dmg

Cleric

Bond of Protection fixed
Divine Favor healing reduced
Purify changed to 8% of base mana
Remedy changed to 8% of base mana
Cleanse changed to 8% of base mana
Edict of Stillness increased to 50% assist radius reduction, and only causes aggro when resisted.
Added Prayerful Combat to vendors at level 12
Added Minor Divine Healing to vendors at level 10
Added Lesser Divine Healing to vendors at level 24

Added techniques

Skill Level	Technique Name	Effect
1	Divine Brand	DD
10	Prayerful Rest	Mana Regen
16	Labored Blessing	Celestial Line Free
22	Forced	[Opening Gap]
34	Fortifying Presence	AC Buff defensive target
46	Quick Discipline	Multi-hit
58	Blessing From Above	Divine Healing Instant Cast
70	Warding Blow	Undead attack
88	Focus Swing	Spell Crit Chance
100	Channeling Ward	Ward Undead free and instant
118	Dampen Magic	Lower Spell dmg

Enchanter

Enchanter mez tax reduced
Delayed Wound is now usable when acquired regardless of Enervation skill level
Mez line cast times reduced by 25%
Forceful Will threat fixed...for real this time
Chaotic Imbuement damage reduced
Lyrith's Calm increased to 75% assist radius reduction, and only causes aggro when resisted
Unravel Magic cast time reduced to 1 second

Paladin

Edict of Celestial Authority threat was adjusted to scale with the player, instead of adding a flat amount (also removed wrath it was incorrectly generating)
Faithful Strike damage and healing increased
Venger's Vow Wrath generation increased to 750. Venger's Vow debuff reduced to 10% damage and 10 sec duration (down from 25% and 15 sec). Venger's Vow also increases outgoing damage by 10% for 10 sec

Items

The vendor purchase price for skins of milk has been reduced.
The size of the Mooncloth Satchel has been increased. It has also been marked as Unique.
Vendor prices for jewelcrafting schematics have been adjusted to match other crafting professions.
The healing effect for Shadow's Kiss should now properly heal the wielder of the weapon instead of their target.
Ground spawn items in Halnir's Cave may no longer be sold to vendors.
The slot capacity of most usable bags has been increased by 2 slots.
Vendor sell prices for precious metal ingots have been reduced.
The weight of precious metal ingots has been reduced.
The weight of smelted metal bars has been reduced.

Quests

The order for the third and fourth woodcutting quests from the Scavenger has been switched. In order to complete the quest Lining the Nest you will now need to have completed the quest Barons of the Forelyn first. If you have either of these quests active in your journal, you may need to abandon and retake them in order for them to function properly.
The nightbane toad should now properly drop its quest item.
A series of starting quests has been added for Paladins to undertake.

Gathering

Woodcutting

The number of logs obtained when gathering Maple trees has been increased.
The maximum number of logs that can be obtained from gathering Ash and Cedar trees has been slightly increased.

Crafting

When crafting, a player will now need to have enough free space in their inventory to receive all possible items that can be produced by the crafting combine. This should mostly affect smelting, which now can require up to six free slots available in the player's inventory. The items produced by the combine, provided they are stackable, will stack with any existing items in the player's inventory if they are able, and those partial stacks will count as a free slot if they have enough space remaining on the stack.

Smelting

The number of copper nuggets received from smelting caspilrite ore has been increased.
The number of copper nuggets received from smelting tascium ore has been increased.
The number of iron lumps received from smelting padrium ore has been increased.
The number of iron lumps received from smelting slytheril ore has been increased.
The number of iron lumps received from smelting glittering slytheril ore has been increased.
Bismuth flakes may now sometimes be obtained when smelting asherite ore. This resource will be used in a future update.

Blacksmithing

The number of arrowheads produced when crafting arrowheads has been increased.

Jewelcrafting

The innate bonuses provided by using various precious metals in crafted accessories have been updated as an interim step towards the upcoming rework of this crafting area. Further changes will be applied in a future update.

Alchemy

The ingredients required to create Minor Frostifor Infusions have been adjusted.

Woodworking

Bear fur should now be usable when making scribe's brushes (we really mean it this time).
The number of arrow shafts produced when crafting arrow shafts has been increased.
The amount of arrowheads, arrow shafts, and twine required to craft usable arrows has been increased.

Bug Fixes

The Outcast's Shiv should now have a visible weapon model when equipped.
Fix for some food items not properly updating the hunger bar when used.
Corrected an issue that was causing many crafting schematics to be sold by vendors for up to 10 times the intended price.
When crafting a simple great axe using a carved weapon haft, the appropriate item should now be generated.
Fixed trees pile driving you into the ground when they fall over.
Fixed crates and chests not animating properly when opened/closed.
Fixed an issue where player corpses summoned by a GM were not able to be summoned through walls, cliffs, etc.
GM summoned player corpses will now remain where they were summoned to.
Ground spawn items in Halnir's Cave will now properly despawn after being looted.
The schematic for cedar arrow shafts should now produce the appropriate item.
Fixed an issue where the player's total weight was still including items that had been dropped on the player's corpses.
Fixed an issue where a player would be left encumbered from the heavy lift quests after death.
Fixed multiple bugs with looting stackable items from player corpses.
An inventory full message will now be shown when a player tries to loot a single item from their corpse and they don't have enough room in their inventory to loot it.
Fixed an issue where you could start dragging a targeted player corpse from any distance.
It is now possible to enter the tent of a notorious bandit leader.
Fixed a bug where NPCs were calling for help when hit with a lull before their assist radius was reduced.
The oversized backpack is now properly marked as unique.
Celestium dusts may now be used when crafting Round Shields with the appropriate schematics.
Fixed an issue where a player was soloing with a pet and would sometimes not get experience and loot rights for a kill.
Fixed a damage shield ability stacking issue.

Build 0.14.667

Released: 25th Aug,2024 (Hot fix: 0.14.615)

Known Issues

Animations and sound effects may sometimes play while skinning animals.
Quests may sometimes disappear from your journal or recently completed quests may reappear when zoning or when logging out or back in. This issue is actively being investigated. Please continue to report it in Discord if you experience it happening to you.
Player corpses may sometimes spawn with a collider, or have one after relogging. It may look like you can't loot your corpse when this happens - if you position your camera more directly above the corpse and look down, you should be able to get a loot cursor.

General

The sale values for commonly dropped weapons and armor have been slightly decreased.
The amount of coin carried by most humanoid NPCs has been slightly increased.
The notifications panel (which shows things like skillups and items gained, etc.) is now moveable and should stay where you put it. You'll have to do something to trigger a notification (such as looting an item) and then click and drag the notification that pops up to where you want it. Take care to not position it such that notifications appear offscreen.
The buffs/debuffs panel is now moveable and should stay where you put it. You'll need to get a buff/debuff on you and then you should be able to click and drag that buff to move the panel where you like it. Take care to not position it such that buffs will appear offscreen.
The group mob chevrons on the offensive target UI now point up instead of down. This is not a final solution, it's simply a quick change that should hopefully be more intuitive than when they were pointing down.

General Tuning

NPC abilities and templates have been adjusted, please report any over/under-tuned NPCs or NPC abilities.
Overland NPC mitigations reduced.
Reduced group NPC armor mitigation.
Fixed an issue with slows not reducing attack speed as heavily as they should.
Fixed an issue where Divine, Curse, Nature, and Chemical Resistances couldn't be reduced.
Increased Paladin Wrath generation.
Increased Direlord Essence generation.
Class debuff cast times reduced from 4s to 3s:

Divine Weakening
Weathering
Scorched Fog
Forceful Will
Mental Fatigue

Added threat to arcane cords.
Tanks get Exposure at a skill of 20 (30s cooldown).
Healers get Force at a skill of 20 (30s cooldown).

Class Updates

Rogue

Fan of Knives damage increased.
Backstab damage and penetration increased.
Waylay readiness cost removed.

Wizard

Ice Volley now consumes Focus even if it's interrupted early.

Cleric

Cloak of Light - increased healing amount.
Remedy - Added drawn sickness to cure disease list.

DireLord

Provoking Phantoms - initial aggro increased.

Monk

Bruiser trait switched from 10 AP to 2 STR.
Resonating Strike - heal scaling adjusted to 150% of damage dealt.

Ranger

Sabotage no longer requires [Opening Gap] to apply states.

Shaman

Skymane's Pact scroll description updated to 20% and 45 min duration.
Hurry the Past mana changed to 10% of base mana pool (cost reduction at 10, scales with player).
Mantle of Mist scales for an additional level, healing increased by ~20%.
Mantle of the Stream scales for an additional level, healing increased by ~20%.
Mantle of the River scales for 2 additional levels, healing increased by ~20-25%.
Replenish healing increased by 2-3 per tick.
Shaman pet damage reduced.

Enchanter

Enchanter's Expose should now use the proper version (25m range).
Mana Guzzle is no longer interrupted by auto attacks. Threat greatly reduced.
Significantly reduced threat on the mesmerize line.

Items

The drop rate for the Misshapen Bag has been reduced and its weight has been increased. The item is now also marked as Unique.
The drop rate for wolf blood has been increased. Some other loot items from wolves have had their drop rate slightly lowered as a result.
The damage and delay values for all hand-to-hand (fist) weapons have been adjusted.
The damage values of all weapons tuned for level 15 and above have been increased.

Quests

The fourth harvesting quest (Under the Moonlight) from the Scavenger has been revised with a new name and a new objective. If you have this quest active in your journal, you may need to abandon and retake it in order to complete it.
The fourth skinning quest (Better Quality, Pt. 2) from the Scavenger has been revised with a different objective. If you have this quest active in your journal, you may need to abandon and retake it in order to complete it.
The fourth woodcutting quest (Lining the Nest) from the Scavenger has been revised with a different objective. If you have this quest active in your journal, you may need to abandon and retake it in order to complete it.
New low-level, class-specific tasks have been added for Monks and Rangers. Tasks for Shamans and Dire Lords were added in previous updates.

Crafting

Outfitting

The resource requirements for creating cloth and leather panels have been adjusted.

Smelting

The number of asherium lumps obtained from smelting chunks of asherite ore has been slightly increased.
The frequency of obtaining rock salt when smelting chunks of asherite ore or caspilrite ore has been increased.
The frequency of obtaining copper when smelting chunks of asherite ore has been decreased.
The amount of rock salt that can be obtained when smelting chunks of tascium ore or slytheril ore has been increased.

Bug Fixes

Tarnished Knuckles may now be salvaged using the appropriate tool.
The quests "Head Protection" and "In Uniform" can now be turned in to the proper NPC.
Fixed a bug with channeled wizard abilities where they weren't expending focus when interrupted.
Shimmering celestium dust should now be usable in the appropriate crafting schematics.
Fixed a crash that was happening with certain chests.

Build 0.14.646

Released: 22nd Aug,2024 (Hot fix: 0.14.615)

Known Issues

Animations and sound effects may sometimes play while skinning animals.
Corpse dropping needed to be disabled for now because of a last minute bug.
Quests may sometimes disappear from your journal or recently completed quests may reappear when zoning or when logging out or back in. This issue is actively being investigated. Please continue to report it in Discord if you experience it happening to you.

General

NPC mitigation from armor formula has been reworked. A singular AC debuff should increase melee damage significantly. This should prevent groups from feeling forced into stacking AC debuffs. (Discord contains a current state of the game post with more details in general-feedback).
We've added (mitigated damage) to the combat log so you can see what you would have hit for unmitigated. Hopefully, this helps players understand what is happening in combat and how they can improve their damage.
The sale values for commonly dropped weapons and armor have been slightly decreased.
The amount of coin carried by most humanoid NPCs has been slightly increased.

Crafting

Outfitting

The resource requirements for creating cloth and leather panels have been adjusted.

Bug Fixes

Tarnished Knuckles may now be salvaged using the appropriate tool.

Build 0.14.639

Released: 21st Aug,2024 (Hot fix: 0.14.615)

Known Issues

Animations and sound effects may sometimes play while skinning animals.
Corpse dropping needed to be disabled for now because of a last minute bug.
Quests may sometimes disappear from your journal or recently completed quests may reappear when zoning or when logging out or back in. This issue is actively being investigated. Please continue to report it in Discord if you experience it happening to you.

Bug Fixes

Rare wolves should now sometimes drop usable wolf fangs when killed (instead of unusable ones).
The description for the food item 'Fox in the Henhouse' has been updated to reflect its actual effect.
Crafted bows should now display properly when equipped.
Drawn sickness will now be cleared if a character dies while it is active.
Food buffs should now properly add stats to characters when used.
Fixed a bug where mobs were sometimes dodging, blocking, and parrying DOTs.
Fixed an issue that was causing a chain reaction of mobs crying for help, which would pull more mobs than was intended.
Fixed a bug where the social button in the main menu wasn't opening the social window.
Fixed a bug that would prevent the player from moving and using other controls if they closed the settings window when an input dialog was waiting for a response from the player.
Fixed an issue where splitting items in the bank wasn't displaying the new item stack that was created.
Doors in Halnir Cave now disable collision when opening and closing.

General

Fixed a bug with NPC assist radius pulses. Previously, every NPC who joined the fight during a pull would also send out an assist radius pulse. This behavior could chain infinitely as long as NPCs were within distance of each other. Now only the first NPC aggro'ed will use that assist radius pulse. Players should be able to more accurately predict how many NPCs will assist an enemy when pulled.
The experience formula has undergone its first adjustment. Exp rate has been reduced slightly. Solo exp will be slightly less rewarding. Players will receive less experience for trivial encounters (light blue and lower).
Group NPCs have been added to the overland populations. This should provide engaging, rewarding encounters for lower-level players who desire to group before options like the goblin caves are available. (Feedback on these NPCs is welcome)
Physical and spell crit rating stats are now displayed on the item tooltip if an item has them.
Beneficial class buffs are now single target instead of mass AoE.

World

Ranger and Summoner trainer NPCs have been added to Demith village in Avendyr's Pass.

Combat Difficulty Tuning

Adjusted the combat formula to use a ceiling rather than floor for damage calculations. This should significantly reduce the number of 1's players see in their log. Previously, a 1.1 dmg hit and a 1.9 dmg hit were both regarded as a 1 dmg hit, rather than a 2. Additionally, the 2.1-9's will jump to 3's, etc. This should help the combat look/feel much better and increase melee DPS against enemies with mitigation more consistently with levels and upgrades. A lot of intended damage was being squished/removed/lost because of that rule.
Adjustments have been made to some combat formulas related to damage and mitigation.
Several NPC abilities have been updated.
Removed unintended mitigation from NPC Resistances and Armor contributions.
Many NPCs that were previously too strong have been adjusted. (Please post any missed culprits in discord).

Class Updates

Wizard

Focus recharge rate increased from 6s > 8s.
Fixed a bug that caused focus refresh timer to restart if you casted a new spell.
Focus should no longer be consumed if a spell fails to trigger due to LoS or range.
Cold Blast updated to only consume 2 Cold Focus.
Snowball knockdown duration fixed from 0s to 4s.
Volcanic Ash changed to instant cast targeted, added stat scaling, mana cost increased slightly.
Shock Focus vendor level adjusted to 7.
Cold, Fire, Shock Focus now have unique icons.
Surespell Scroll description updated.
Cold Snap Scroll description updated to consume 2 Cold Focus.
Cold Snap snare properly applies.
Novice Elemental Focus moved from level 10 to level 15.
Static Storm damage reduced slightly (-5 tick).
Ember Blast maximum damage reduced slightly, minimum damage increased slightly (variance was really high).
Reduced damage variance on most DD skills (buff).
Evoker Trait passive penetration now works correctly (+10%).
Elemental Piercing penetration now works correctly (+15%).

Shaman

Weathering Scroll description updated from 10% > 25%.
Scorched Fog Scroll description updated from 20% > 25%.
Threat from Weathering and Scorched Fog reduced.
Increased replenish heal per tick.

Enchanter

Forceful Will threat reduced.
Stun threat reduced significantly.
Mental Fatigue threat reduced significantly.
Fixate duration increased to 12 seconds.
Mezmerize duration increased to 24 seconds.
Entrance duration increased to 33 seconds.
Entrance mana cost reduced from 10 to 8.
Fascinate duration increased to 45 seconds.
Fascinate mana cost reduced from 12 to 10.
Expose should now work properly.

Paladin

Faithful Strike properly unlocks at level 1.
Shock Undeath base damage increased.
Missed this with last patch notes - Paladin Wrath was reworked. Max Wrath pool set to 2000, slowly normalizes at 250 Wrath out of combat (up or down). Offensive actions now contribute to Wrath generation at a greater rate than defensive. Wrath costs were adjusted.

DireLord

Doubled initial threat when applying Provoking Phantoms.
Lifetap damage increased.
Bloodfiend duration increased to 30 seconds (CD 60s).

Rogue

Shadow Walk provides penetration to the first attack while stealthed.
Sinister Strikes no longer breaks stealth, duration increased to 10 seconds.
Sinister Strikes now properly provides penetration to all damage used while active.
Blackjack kick cooldown reduced to 15 seconds.

Ranger

Rangers now have a second axe in their starting inventory.

Cleric

Divine Weakening is now usable at level 5.
Conviction fixed to be self only, duration reduced to 10s.

Monk

Slightly reduced the scaling on unarmed h2h damage so weapons of similar level will always result in a damage increase.

Techniques

Force and Expose techniques had their threat reduced.
Caster techniques now properly respect enemy mitigation.
Caster technique range increased to 25m (not including level 1 skills).
Added diminishing returns to the [Exposed] and [Opening Gap] states.
Changed magical techniques cost to 4% base mana, rather than 5 flat mana.
Changed the state manipulation descriptions to reduce Resistances by 25% instead of Resilience. These buffs remove 25% of magical damage reduction that enemies have per debuff up to 75% total.

Quests

The Heavy Lift quests have been moved to a different NPC in Availia.
The Gadai Trappers quest has been moved to a different NPC in Availia.
Additional low-level tasks have been added for Shamans and Dire Lords.
If you have any of these quests in progress, you may need to abandon and retake the quests in order to be able to complete them.

Salvaging

The chance to obtain usable cloth when salvaging cloth items has been slightly increased.

Audio

Extra sound effects for Halnir Cave

Build 0.14.615

Released: 17th Aug,2024

Known Issues

Animations and sound effects may sometimes play while skinning animals.
Corpse dropping needed to be disabled for now because of a last minute bug.
Quests may sometimes disappear from your journal or recently completed quests may reappear when zoning or when logging out or back in. This issue is actively being investigated. Please continue to report it in Discord if you experience it happening to you.

Combat Systems Update

This update introduces major revisions to the mechanics that govern combat in Pantheon.

Most abilities, spells, and items have been updated to work with the new combat mechanics.
Debuffs have had their effectiveness increased (cast times and costs also adjusted).
The effect of attribute scores such as strength or dexterity on combat calculations has been rebalanced.
The effect of the armor stat has been reworked.
The effect of the various resistance stats has been reworked.
Resistances now apply spell mitigation rather than avoidance.
The speed of melee weapons has been increased, however damage per hit has been reduced.
NPC health, resistances, avoidance, and mitigations have all been rebalanced.
Group tuned NPC's will now have significant mitigations that can be reduced through various debuffs and states.
NPC's higher level than you will now pose a much greater threat.
NPC's lower level than you will not fall in power as quickly.
Disclaimer: Many abilities are using base values without significant stat contributions.Once we have our baseline balance in order we will be shifting away from the static numbers and leaning more into stat contributions. (Gear may not feel super impactful for some classes yet)

As with any revision of this type, tuning will be occurring on an ongoing basis and balance issues may occur. Testers are encouraged to provide feedback on their experiences to help us identify issues and ensure consistent challenges throughout the game.

Death Penalty

~~Players will now drop a corpse and lose experience starting at level 5.~~

Earned Experience Changes

In this update, we have reworked the way that experience is earned by characters for participating in combat, as well as the experience required to progress in adventuring levels. The pace of levelling will be different from previous tests as a result.

Kill Credit Changes

The rules to determine who gets credit for a kill have been modified. It's still based on who does the most damage, however, the damage of all group members now gets totalled in the comparison, so if there are multiple groups fighting the same mob, the group that did the most total damage will get the credit. Pet damage also gets added into the group's total, or to their master's total if their master is not in a group.

Technique Changes

Techniques used in combat by all classes have been substantially revised.

Added the new Techniques hot bar. Techniques that were placed on your action hot bar before this patch will need to be right-clicked to remove them from the action bar and then re-memorized (right-click the techniques in your codex to put them on the new Techniques hot bar). By default, ALT+1 through ALT+4 are mapped to the four technique slots, but those can be remapped to your liking in the Settings window in the Input tab. Finally, if you would like to trigger the technique slots from a macro, you can use /technique followed by the slot number (1-4), such as "/technique 1".

Techniques will now play a significant role in the state manipulation system, resulting in powerful debuffs. To leverage these debuffs players must progress [States] provided by another archetype to meet the conditions of applying a debuff.

Melee DPS will create the starting state [Exposed].
Caster DPS will create the starting state [Opening Gap].
Utility classes will be able to create a wide variety of starting states.
Casters can progress [Exposed], while Melee can progress [Opening Gap].
Opening states will start with a 30 second duration (diminishing returns applies).
Most major debuffs will have a two minute duration once applied.

Type of Reduction	Opening Gap (caster start)	Exposed (melee start)	Off-Balance
Resistance (magical mitigation)	Overwhelmed Mind	Susceptible Mind
AC (physical mitigation)	Pierced Armor	Severed Armor
Slow (auto, ability, spell)	Restrained	Constrained
Power (outgoing damage)	Grappled	Rattled
P Def (physical avoidance)	Defenseless
M Def (magical avoidance)		Unguarded
Anti-Heal	Traumatized	Doomed
Vulnerable (more mag dmg)			Vulnerable
Weakened (more phys dmg)			Weakened
Knocked-Down			Knocked-Down

Loot Controls

This patch introduces the first iteration of group loot controls for Pantheon. Group leaders may now choose additional options for how loot is handled within their group. These loot controls apply to all loot obtained while in the group from any source, including gathering.

Coin loot is now split among group members.
Added the /lootmode command, which allows a group leader to set the loot mode the group will use. The modes currently supported are Free for All (the default, where anyone can loot), Round Robin (group members take turns looting), and Master Looter (designate one group member to do all the looting and they decide who gets what). Note that this is just a basic, initial implementation. More functionality, UI elements, and additional modes will be added later.
If a player is in a group when something is killed and then leaves the group to try to get around the group's loot mode restrictions (such as not being able to loot because it isn't their turn), they won't be able to loot that corpse. If they left the group by mistake, they can rejoin the group and will be able to loot if they're allowed to according to the loot mode of the group.
Added the /skiplooter (also /skip) command, which allows a group leader to skip the current looter's turn if the group's loot mode is set to Round Robin. This could be useful when the current looter is AFK.

World

This update allows players to access Halnir's Cave. Halnir's Cave is a major dungeon area designed for groups of players between level 10 and level 30. Many dangerous enemies and ancient secrets await within its depths, but the rewards for those who survive the experience are great. The entrance to Halnir's Cave may be found within Avendyr's Pass for those brave enough to seek it.

General

The /assist command now allows you to assist a player's pet by name (defensively targeting a pet and typing /assist already worked).
The escape key will now open/close the game menu if the player has no targets to clear or windows that should be closed with escape first.
Added window settings button to the chat tab settings dialog, which will bring up the window settings for the chat window (allows for setting the window opacity, scale, etc.).
There is now a scale value for tooltips in the Settings window General tab. Tooltips can be scaled from 50% to 200% of their normal size.
Added some basic tutorial popups. More will likely be added over time as time permits and we see more places where new players get tripped up. Feel free to suggest other instances where tutorials may be needed/helpful. If you don't want to see any tutorials, uncheck "Display Tutorials?" on the character select screen. If you have already seen the tutorials, but want to see them over again, uncheck "Display Tutorials" and then turn it back on to reset your tutorial progress.
Corpses now decay/despawn immediately after the last item is looted from them (as long as they aren't skinnable).
Pressing the "Sheathe Weapon" key (default: Z) now cycles through the primary and ranged weapon visuals for your equipped weapons each time they are unsheathed. Primary and Secondary -> Sheathed -> Ranged -> Sheathed -> etc.
It is now possible to trade acclimation glyphs. Please note that acclimation glyphs will always reside in the glyph pouch (within the acclimation portion of the character sheet) rather than in main inventory.
The L key now opens and closes the social window.
For classes that have stances, the first stance is now mapped to T by default, and the other two possible stances are unmapped. You can remap them in the Input tab of the Settings window.
Added a key binding for Climb, which defaults to shift, but can be remapped in the Input tab of the Settings window.
The default autorun key binding now ignores modifier keys, which means that autorun will be toggled even if you are holding shift to sprint. However, you'll need to reset your key binds (button in the Input tab of the Settings window) for this to start working.
Added a "Never Show" setting to the Show Endurance Bar option (found in the settings window General tab), which will turn off the endurance bar in the 3d view and display it on the player panel instead. When one of the other settings is used, the bar will only be shown in the 3d view.
Beneficial class buffs are now single target instead of mass AoE.

Class Changes

Wizard

Wizard Focus pools changed to start full and regen over time instead of starting empty and building from spell use. When a wizard casts a spell that has a focus cost (such as fire), but the wizard doesn't have any of that focus, the spell will pull from other focus pools at double the original focus cost, expending one point of focus at a time from the highest other focus pool in order to distribute the drain evenly across the other focus pools. If all pools are even, it will use a random focus pool. If the wizard has no focus left, the spell will then draw from the wizard's health.
Removed the wizard arcane focus, and spell weaving bonus damage.
Wizard is still undergoing some major changes over the next few weeks, expect some issues with their new skills and buffs.

Summoner

There is now a list of the abilities a summoner pet knows on its pet sheet window (accessed by right-clicking on the pet's UI element). Right-clicking on an ability in the list will make the pet memorize it (add it to the pet's ability bar), and pet abilities can be unmemorized/removed from the bar by right-clicking the ability in the ability slots at the bottom of the pet sheet window. Pet abilities can also be dragged from one slot to another in those ability slots by left-clicking on them and dragging and dropping them in a different slot.
Any pets that are summoned will now persist across zone lines and logout/login.
If a pet has been summoned, it will be despawned if its master removes the ability that summoned the pet from the hot bar/LAS.

Bug Fixes

Gadai Picklox will now drop the appropriate grinding stone for their level range.
Shady Outdoorsmen and Wayward Trappers now count as Humanoids for tracking purposes.
The Ceremonial Collar may now be equipped by players.
Roan Grizzlebacks and Roan Wolves now count as animals in the Tracking window.
Fixed an issue where the say chat channel color would sometimes get set to black without user intervention.
When crafting a simple axe with a dust of might, a usable axe will now be properly produced.
Fixed a kill credit bug that would prevent a group from getting XP and loot rights if a pet did the most damage to a mob but the pet died/despawned before the mob was killed. Credit will now be given to the entity that did the next highest damage.
Fixed the pet back off command so that if a pet was ordered to attack something and it's moving toward it, back off will now cause the pet to stop immediately, rather than only responding after attacking.
Fixed a bug where the window settings dialog wouldn't display the first time you right-clicked on a UI window.
When accepting a quest, the quest rewards now properly display the amount of silver that will be given.
Possible fix for quests returning to the quest journal after they had been completed and turned in.
The range too close message will no longer be displayed when you have a ranged weapon equipped and auto attack enabled but are within melee range of your target.
Fixed an issue where text in the chat bubbles wasn't wrapping and was exceeding the bounds of the chat bubble.
The quest 'Ulthirian Presence' should now update correctly when the objective is reached.
Fixed a bug that happened when a stackable item was only partially added and there wasn't any other free space in the inventory, which caused the rest of the amount that couldn't be added to be lost.

Items

Equipment Rebalancing

All equipment items have been rebalanced due to changes in underlying combat formulas. These changes impact all equippable items in the game, regardless of how they are obtained.

The armor values on most armor pieces have been increased. Please note that the impact of the armor stat becomes more noticeable at higher levels when more damage is being dealt to you by NPCs.
The amount of bonus attributes granted by rare items has been reduced.
The amount of resistance bonuses granted by rare items has been reduced. However, due to changes in the underlying formulas, resistance bonuses are now much more effective than they were before this update.
The amount of health and mana bonuses granted by rare items has been reduced.
The attack power and spell power stats are no longer used except in very special circumstances and bonuses to these stats have been removed from items that had them.
The delay values of all equippable weapons have been significantly reduced. Damage values have also been reduced. This means that your character will attack more frequently in combat, but that the amount of damage you deal with each hit will be smaller.
The damage values of clubs, staves, and bo staves crafted using Ash have been slightly reduced to maintain balance with other weapon types in their level range.
Shield block chances have been rebalanced. Small shields should now be more effective at low levels for all classes that can use them. Warriors and Paladins should find that larger shields are more desirable when they become available.

Other item changes

The resistance bonuses provided by the food items Crunchy Frog Legs, Glazed Wolf Skewers, Roasted Boar Meat, and Snakebite Stir-fry have been adjusted.
The resistance bonus provided by the drinks Frostcider and Thronefast Cider have been adjusted.
The effects of the alchemical potions Essence of Flames, Essence of the Forest, Essence of the Golem, Essence of Health, Essence of the Serpent, Essence of the Shadow, Essence of Snow, Essence of the Sun, Essence of the Toad, and Essence of the Wisp have been adjusted.
The effects of the Sage's Philter and Soldier's Philter created by alchemists have been updated.
The effects of the Lesser Acid Flak, Lesser Fire Flask, Lesser Freezing Flask, Lesser Shocking Flask, and Lesser Toxic Flask created by alchemists have been updated.
The effect of the Entangle Flask created by alchemists has been updated.
The duration and effects of the Time Twister potion have been updated.
The drop rate of Fox Fur used in crafting has been slightly increased.
The stack size of all varieties of celestium dust has been increased to 20.
The stat modifiers on the Oversized Backpack have been adjusted.
The effectiveness ratings of the Ancient Mining Pick, Boal's Chopping Axe, the Ceremonial Sickle, and Krane's Skinning Knife have been increased.
The Night Warden's Jerkin has been upgraded based on the tasks required to obtain it.
Most wooden clubs may now be used by Monks.

Tasks

Additional adventuring tasks have been added to Thronefast. Speak with NPCs to discover them.
Additional adventuring tasks have been added to Avendyr's Pass. Speak with NPCs to discover them.
The introductory tasks for Woodworkers, Outfitters, and Blacksmiths have been reworked and expanded.
The gathering introductory tasks named "Into the Dark," "Barons of the Forelyn," "Better Quality," and "Under the Stars" have been adjusted.

Salvaging

It is now possible to salvage most looted weapons and armor for crafting materials.

To learn the Salvaging skill, undertake the quest "Reuse, Recycle!" from the Scavenger in Availia.
Salvaging uses the Scavenging Workbench crafting station. You can find these in Availia and Demith.
When you learn the Salvaging skill, you will acquire a Crude Salvaging Tool. This item is a special crafting schematic and is required to enable salvaging. You may purchase more advanced salvaging tools from the Toolsmith vendors, which are used for salvaging higher-level items. Please note that due to technical limitations, you must still use lower-level tools to salvage lower-level items at this time.
When salvaging, there is a chance to receive crafting materials based on the type and level of the item that you salvage. Higher-level items will yield more and better materials (including rare materials) than lower-level items. There is also a chance to fail the salvage and receive a scrap item instead.
The Crude Salvaging Tool can break down items dropped by enemies between levels 1 and 15.
The Simple Salvaging Tool can break down items dropped by enemies between levels 15 and 25.
The Basic Salvaging Tool can break down items dropped by enemies between levels 25 and 35.
It is currently not possible to salvage crafted items. This capability will be added in a future update.
As this is the first iteration of this system, only common drops can be salvaged at this time. Rare drops will become salvageable in future updates, and will potentially yield special materials when salvaged.

Gathering

In preparation for the reintroduction of group gathering to the game in a future update, the following changes have been made to all gathering activities.

Gathering time for normal-sized nodes and skinning has been reduced.
Gathering time for large and huge nodes has been significantly reduced.

Please note that using tools that are below the difficulty level of the gathering target will still increase your gathering time.

Gathering yields for all node types are now identical with the exception of dust/shards. When group gathering is re-enabled, that will allow players to work together to obtain additional resources from large and huge nodes.
It is no longer possible to gather celestium dust or shards from normal-sized nodes of any type.
It is no longer possible to gather celestium dust from the lowest-level gathering nodes of any size.
It is no longer possible to gather celestium dust from skinning NPCs below level 10.

Crafting

Outfitting

The skill requirements for leather panels have been reduced.
The amount of leather needed to create armor harnesses has been reduced.
Outfitters may now craft Bow Grips to support woodworkers.

Blacksmithing

The number of asherium nuggets required to smelt ashen bronze bars has been reduced.
Blacksmiths may now craft arrowheads for use by woodworkers. There are several different types of arrowheads which may be crafted. The required schematics are available on the Toolsmith vendors.

Woodworking

Woodworkers may now craft short bows and long bows. The required schematics are available on Woodworker vendors. The strength of the bow is based on the materials used in construction. Crafting these weapon types has similar requirements to other wooden weapons.
Woodworkers may now craft arrows for use with short bows and long bows. There are multiple types of arrows which may be constructed, and some types of arrows have additional effects in combat in exchange for lower damage values. The required schematics are available on Woodworker vendors.
Please note that as with other low-level crafting, most materials necessary to produce entry-level bows and arrows (such as asherium field point arrowheads and burlap twine) may be purchased directly from the Woodworker vendors. However, higher-level materials must be crafted by the appropriate professions.
New schematics have been added to the woodworker vendors to support Inscription.

Jewelcrafting

Jewelcrafters may now learn the Inscription skill, which allows them to create acclimation glyphs with the appropriate schematics and materials. Be warned, the path to learn this skill is not easy, nor is the act of creating a glyph.

Alchemy

The quantity of oil produced when using the oil press has been increased.
An additional alchemy kit has been added to the game. This kit may be used to craft more complex potions as well as various other substances. Please note that additional potion combinations will be added to both alchemy tools as the world continues to expand.

Provisioning

A new cooking tool is now available for provisioners who have completed the necessary requirements.
Cooking tools now show the minimum number of ingredient types required in their item description.
New cooking combinations have been added. Please note that additional cooking and brewing combinations will be added to provisioning as the world continues to expand.

Audio

New music in Halnir Cave
New Ambiance in Halnir Cave
New Reverb in Halnir Cave
Added new Stinger system that play once only
Add new SFX on Ultharian