Build 0.14.86 (24/05/11)

! IMPORTANT !

• This patch contains a major update to the Outfitter crafting profession. All pre-existing Outfitter schematics are no longer valid and will not work. If you have some of these schematics, you can resell them to an NPC vendor for the same price that you would have paid originally. You will need to purchase new schematics to craft leather and cloth items. If you have any Outfitting-related tasks active in your journal, you will need to abandon those tasks and talk to the NPC again to accept the new versions of them.
• This patch reintroduces the climate system to Pantheon. Climates are progressive environmental effects that are primarily mitigated using items called glyphs. While glyphs will help you withstand the conditions, they will not completely block the effects of the climate. To fully mitigate the effects of a climate you will need to spend time in it so that your character naturally acclimates to the environment. To acquire a set of glyphs to use for testing, you should complete the quest offered by Thame Ashmane in Avendyr's Pass.

Known Issues

• Crafted tools and items using a dropped component in their construction are not always properly receiving their stats.
• Animations and sound effects may sometimes play while skinning animals.
• Group gathering is not currently functioning.
• Food buffs are improperly stacking (only one food buff should normally be able to be active at a time). We ask that testers refrain from stacking multiple food buffs on their characters to help ensure the integrity of testing data.

Bug Fixes

• The Chaotic Imbuement scroll should now scribe the correct spell.
• The Amulet of the Venom Lair may now be worn by adventurers.
• Fixed an issue with pets where they were trying to return to where they were spawned and would stop following and responding to commands.
• Auto attack will no longer be activated by certain debuffs that do damage.
• Adjusted scrolling buff text to not overlap other scrolling buff text.

Crafting

• Rare Schematics
• Schematics for Gadai Patchwork Armor, Cultist Armor, Ceremonial Plate Armor, Brigandine Armor, and Windwalker Armor as well as their associated emblem types may no longer be obtained from NPCs and are no longer usable. If you have some of these schematics, you can sell them to a vendor.
• Rare Components
• Rare drop armor components have been removed from Gadai, Cultist, and Thug NPCs in Thronefast.
• Woodworking
• Skill requirements for Cedar and Oak have been updated to reflect a change in intended progression.

Outfitting

• The material progression for cloth materials has been updated. Linen, Plainsweave, Papyrus, Damask, and Blackweave cloth types have been temporarily removed and will be reintroduced in future updates as the game world continues to expand.
• The material progression for leather materials has been updated. Plain Leather, Wolfhide, Deerskin, Bearskin, Boarhide, and Catskin leather types have been removed. Variations of these materials will be reintroduced as part of future content updates as the game world continues to expand.
• Cloth Padding is no longer used as a component. Schematic types which previously used Cloth Padding have been converted to use Cloth Cord instead.
• Additional component types are now required for more advanced Outfitting schematics.
• Many Outfitting schematics now require more materials in addition to the cloth and leather materials. These items may be obtained via gathering or by fighting NPCs.
• Some Outfitting schematics now require materials or components made by Jewelcrafters and Blacksmiths.
• The skill requirements for Outfitting schematics have been spread across a range of skill values. In most cases, when you level up and improve your skill, there will be new schematics available for you to craft. This should also help smooth out the pace of skill progression.
• Martial Cloth armor for Monks has been re-implemented and is available for crafting beginning at Level 1.
• It is now possible to craft cloth cloaks. The first cloak schematic requires a skill level of 60 in Tailoring.
• Celestium Dust may be used to add a bonus stat to crafted cloth and leather armor beginning with the second set of armor components (currently skill level 36). The types of Dust which may be used will depend upon the component being created. The value of the bonus stat is based on the cloth or leather material that you use to create the component.

Blacksmithing

• New schematics have been added for Armorsmithing to help support the Outfitting changes.

Jewelcrafting

• New schematics have been added to help support the Outfitting changes.

Provisioning

• Several new food and drink combinations have been enabled.

Gathering

• Skinning
• The chance of receiving low-quality, normal-quality, and high-quality pelts from skinning animals has been adjusted. In general, you will need to target animals that are level 10 or above to receive low-quality pelts, and level 20 or above for normal-quality pelts. High-quality pelts will primarily be found on animals that are level 30 and above.
• Low-quality and Normal-quality Snakeskin pelt types have been added.
• Skinning may no longer be used to gather spider silk from spiders under level 15.
• Some adjustments have been made to skinning difficulty for various NPCs.
• Mining (Smelting)
• Nickel has been added as a rare yield for smelting Padrium Ore.
• The chance to smelt nickel from Caspilrite Ore has been increased.
• The chance to smelt silver from Caspilrite Ore has been reduced.
• Tascium Ore can now rarely yield nickel, but will no longer yield silver.
• Hardened Caspilrite Ore will now yield silver rarely instead of gold.
• Woodcutting
• Cedar trees have been added to the world and may now be chopped down for logs and other items.
• Harvesting
• New harvested resources have been added to the game.
• Some adjustments have been made to node difficulty to bring harvesting nodes in-line with other professions.

General Combat Changes

• DoTs and certain buffs gained from debuffs can now stack from different players (please report any that were missed)
• Unified technique hit ratings across all classes and types
• Disorient state should now last it's full duration
• Shiv hit rate increased
• Skewer hit rate increased
• Pierce Armor hit rate increased
• Heavy Slash hit rate increased
• Cross Slash hit rate increased
• Bash hit rate increased
• Strike hit rate increased
• Bludgeon hit rate increased
• Gadai's 'smoke trick' and 'mesmerize' should be used less frequently

• Warrior
• - Taunt removed from GCD
• - Taunt adds scaling base threat
• - Mocking Blow hit rate increased; formula adjusted
• - Forward Swing hit rate increased
• - Cross Strike hit rate increased

• DireLord
• Provoking Phantoms fixed (completely reworked under the hood)
• Insulting Slash hit rate increased, formula adjusted
• Insulting Slash can now add a stack of Provoking Phantoms
• Arcane Tear can now add a stack of Provoking Phantoms
• Ready Blade can now add a stack of Provoking Phantoms
• Increased Ready Blade buff duration to 40 seconds
• Runecarver can now add a stack of Provoking Phantoms
• Bloodfiend no longer adds Provoking Phantom stacks for every offensive action
• Devour Con + Dex hit rate increased (updated tooltip to indicate they add additional threat)
• Devour Con + Dex can now add a stack of Provoking Phantoms
• Essence Harvester hit rate increased
• Essence Harvester can now add a stack of Provoking Phantoms
• Essence Leech now lasts 30s base duration
• Essence Harvester should now stack with multiple DL's on a target
• Increased the scaling on Lifetap
• Leaden Blood can now add a stack of Provoking Phantoms
• Essence Thief is now on the utility bar
• Boil Blood now costs 250 essence
• Boil Blood formula adjusted, significantly increases threat over time, duration reduced
• Sanguine Shield increased to 15% of total health
• Deafening Whisper changed to instant cast

• Paladin
• Incite removed from GCD
• Incite now adds base scaling threat
• Condemning Blow hit rate increased, formula adjusted
• Flanking Blow hit rate increased
• Faithful Strike hit rate increased
• Righteous Chop hit rate increased
• Fervent Strike hit rate increased
• Valiant Cross hit rate increased
• Lance of the Lightful hit rate increased
• Lay on Hands moved to utility bar (remove it from your bar and re-add it)
• Cleric
• Luminous Surge low end healing increased
• Luminous Surge should now properly cast from the Cleric to all allies within 20m
• Focus Swing hit rate increased
• Bond of Protection no longer blocks barrier
• Prayerful Rest applies weakness properly
• Divine Favor now correctly heals the buff wearer

• Shaman
• Replenish interrupts do not lock players out of other restoration skills
• Pets should be much more responsive as players move away from the area where the pet was summoned
• Scorched Fog mana cost reduced from 15 to 8, duration reduced to 2 minutes (fixed debuff tooltip)
• DoT mana costs reduced
• DoT durations increased to 36s
• Replenish top end scaling reduced slightly
• Replenish no longer becomes unusable at 26% mana
• Adder Fang hit rate increased
• Stoke Ember hit rate increased
• Spirit Strike hit rate increased
• Crush Spirit hit rate increased

• Enchanter
• Runeskin stacks properly
• DoT's break mesmerize effects now
• Reduced threat on the initial portion of mesmerize lines
• Updated Enchanter mez line tooltips to indicate upkeep cost
• Slightly reduced the mez line upkeep costs
• Delayed Wound hit rate increased
• Dazzle hit rate increased
• Mana Leak hit rate increased
• Chaotic Imbuement scroll gives the correct spell
• Illusion Graft Mental Fatigue hit rate increased
• Illusion Graft Tired hit rate increased
• Illusion Graft Tired now slows enemies attack speed by 15%
• Mass Hallucination should now work more consistently
• Shock and Awe should now remain for the duration

• Wizard
• Manaskin duration is no longer reduced by haste
• Manaskin now consumes mana equal to damage taken
• Radiate Heat damage scaling reduced
• Radiate heat only procs on successful hits
• Overcharge scaling reduced slightly
• Enveloping lightning should now consume Surespell / Overcharge
• Lightning Slash hit rate increased
• Frost Slash hit rate increased

• Rogue
• Corrosive Brew tooltip fixed
• Blackjack Kick hit rate increased
• Sinister Strikes should now work correctly

• Monk
• Iron Palm should now do the appropriate damage
• Soul Shuriken assist reduction increased to 30% and 5-second duration
• Soul Shuriken Chi cost reduced to 300
• Chi Spear Chi cost reduced to 300
• Resonating Strike hit rate decreased
• Wandering Fist hit rate increased
• Wheel Kick hit rate increased
• Elbow Strike hit rate increased
• Blazing Hand Punch damage should now scale with charge time

Build 0.13.913

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

• NPCs will now turn to face the player when they begin to sense them and depending on the NPC may start slowly moving toward that player before they decide to attack them.
• NPCs will now be more aware of enemies all around them for 30 seconds after leaving combat (provided they are still alive).
• Pets should no longer break mesmerize, and the caster of the mez will now receive a message in their chat window to notify them of who broke their mez if someone breaks it.
• The /camp command is now distinct from the /quit and /exit commands. /camp will begin the camp process, where you must sit uninterrupted for 30 seconds to leave the game. Using /quit or /exit will immediately disconnect you from the game, but your character will remain in the world for 30 seconds, during which time you might be killed by nearby enemies.
• Increased the maximum distance that group members are awarded xp and loot rights.
• Channelled spells now have a 50% chance to be interrupted by direct damage.
• Reduced NPC flee speed a bit.
• Added Ice and Snow surface types.
• Reduced runtime memory requirements (1gb to 1.5gb depending on the area).
• Improved grass rendering performance.

Class Updates

In order to help us to make sure all abilities are useful and bring the game to a better baseline point of balance, we have decided to disable mastery again. In spirit of that, here is a list of changes to help bring more abilities in line with each other and other classes. Please let us know if you experience any bugs with these changes. More adjustments can be expected as we move forward each season. These skills were selected as either critical to class functionality or because they didn't perform well without mastery points being invested. Thanks for your help in identifying some of these issues. The class feedback section in discord is a great place to provide additional insight for the next round of adjustments.

Shaman

• Scorched Fog hit rate increased
• Headwinds hit rate increased
• Weathering hit rate increased
• Hurry the Past base cooldown set to 15s
• Hurry the Past is now instant cast and off GCD
• Replenish is now a channeled heal
• Base mana cost of 3, plus 2 per second for up to 8 seconds. Receives bonus healing based on which Mantle spell is on the target
• Mantle of the River reduced to 15 mana and scales with level properly (bug fix)
• Mantle of the River cast time reduced to 1.5s
• Mantle of the Mist, Stream, and River have had their spell power scaling increased
• Shaman DoT damage reduced across the board
• Slashing Techniques have been removed
• Adder Fang cost reduced to 1000 Readiness
• Adder Fang should properly scale when target is affected by Sting/Strike Line
• Stoke Ember cost reduced to 1000 Readiness
• Stoke Ember should properly scale when target is affected by Crown Line
• Spirit Strike cost reduced to 1000 Readiness
• Crush Spirit cost reduced to 1000 Readiness

Cleric

• Dampen Magic hit rate increased
• Censure low end damage increased
• Censure mana cost reduced to 8
• Rebuke low end damage increased
• Rebuke mana cost reduced to 15
• Conviction cooldown reduced to 90 seconds
• Celestial Flicker spell power scaling increased
• Celestial Glow spell power scaling increased
• Celestial Light spell power scaling increased
• Celestial Dawn spell power scaling increased
• Luminous Surge mana cost reduced to 20
• Ward Undeath low end damage greatly increased
• New Ability - Bond of Protection (off GCD) (Restoration 25)
• 8 mana to receive 20% of target's damage for 8 seconds 45s CD
• Target can only be bonded once per 45s
• New Ability - Divine Favor - targetable buff (Restoration 57)
• Melee attacks proc heals
• Slashing Techniques have been removed
• Dampen Magic cost reduced to 1000 Readiness
• Focus Swing cost reduced to 1000 Readiness
• Focus Swing now properly adds 20% spell crit chance for 4s

DireLord

• Removed basic techniques
• Ready Blade is learned automatically at level 1
• Insulting Slash is learned at any weapon skill reaching 7
• Arcane Tear is learned at any weapon skill reaching 10
• Rune Carver is learned at any weapon skill reaching 31
• Eviscerate is learned at any weapon skill reaching 55
• Removed Essence Harvester from the vendor
• Essence Harvester is learned at any weapon skill reaching 76
• Reduced Essence Harvester damage by 50%, increased base duration to 20s
• Lifetap hit rate greatly increased
• Lifetap damage should now scale
• Vital Cage duration increased to 4s
• Dire Grip cost reduced to 200
• Sanguine Shield cost reduced to 250
• Boil Blood cost reduced to 200
• Deafening Whisper cost reduced to 200
• Deafening Whisper reduced to 20s CD

Warrior

• Shield Slam now generates more threat
• Shield Slam increased to 20s CD
• Storm should now properly generate a battle point
• Rageful Shout no longer consumes a battle point
• Rageful Shout cooldown reduced to 60s
• Mocking Blow threat increased
• Furious Howl duration and cooldown changed to 60s (temporary)
• Strike of Breaking removed from vendor
• Strike of Breaking learned at any weapon skill reaching 7 points
• Strike of Breaking increased to 8s CD
• Strike of Breaking now scales with Strength
• Strike of Breaking deals increased threat
• Mocking blow is learned at any weapon skill reaching 10 (was 12)
• Cross Strike is learned at any weapon skill reaching 31 (was 33)
• Disarming Slash is learned at any weapon skill reaching 55 (was 57)

Paladin

• Removed basic melee techniques
• Disciplined Swing is learned automatically at level 1
• Removed Faithful Strike from the vendor
• Faithful Strike learned at any weapon skill reaching 7 points
• Faithful Strike readiness cost removed, 8s CD
• Faithful Strike hit chance increased
• Faithful Strike healing increased to 80% of damage dealt
• Condemning Blow is learned at any weapon skill reaching 10 points
• Flanking Blow is learned at any weapon skill reaching 31 points
• Devout Strike is learned at any weapon skill reaching 55 points
• Righteous Chop is learned at any weapon skill reaching 76 points
• Righteous Flame proc rate increased to 100%
• Righteous Flame duration decreased to 15s
• Righteous Flame increased to 60s CD
• Righteous Flame cost increased to 200 Wrath

Rogue

• Shadow Walk is now a stance (keybinding will be available in the future)
• Umbral Edge hit chance increased
• Opportunism increased to 500 readiness (up from 250)
• Backstab base damage increased to 200%
• Waylay base damage increased to 200%
• Blackjack Kick removed from GCD, increased to 16s CD, dmg reduced to 50%
• Blackjack Kick now provides 2 opportunity from side or rear
• Corrosive Brew cast time removed
• Sprint to the Shadows should now work properly
• Escape Artist should now work properly
• Caltrop duration persists for 3s after NPC's leave radius

Monk

• Wandering Fist hit rate increased
• Wandering Fist now scales with Strength
• Rock stance now adds scaling AC
• Rock stance now properly adds Block and Parry
• Rock stance cost reduced to 200 Chi
• Rock stance now reduces attack speed by 50% instead of disabling auto attacks
• Union cooldown reduced to 2 minutes and cost reduced to 200 Chi
• Harmonious Frame cost reduced to 250 Chi
• Backflip cost reduced to 250 Chi
• Focus Chi reduced to 400 Chi and damage increased to 150%
• Gate of Anger threat reduced slightly

Enchanter

• Lyrith's Calm duration increased to 5 seconds
• Mass Hallucination hit rate increased
• All mesmerize spells have additional hit rate
• Forceful Will hit rate increased
• Commanding Will hit rate increased
• Delayed Wound cost reduced to 1000 Readiness
• Mana Leak cost reduced to 1000 Readiness (mana drain aspect waiting on feature)
• Confusing Blow cost reduced to 1000 Readiness
• Dazzle cost reduced to 1000 Readiness
• Fixed Chaotic Imbuement proc
• Discord now reduces cast speed by 25% (unlimited targets, 2 min duration)
• Mental Fatigue reduces cast speed by 50% (1 target, 5 min duration)

Wizard

• Surespell and Overcharge should now stack properly
• Surespell now adds 15 hit rating, instead of 25% hit rating
• Overcharge now scales with level
• Manaskin AC granted now scales with level
• Manaskin calculates damage absorbed after mitigations, rather than before
• Phoenix Fire healing amount fixed (decimal issue)
• Enveloping Flame cost reduced to 1000 Readiness
• Enveloping Lightning cost reduced to 1000 Readiness
• Frigid Terrain cost reduced to 1000 Readiness
• Burning Soil cost reduced to 1000 Readiness
• Lightning Slash cost reduced to 1000 Readiness
• Frost Slash cost reduced to 1000 Readiness
• Ember Arrow's DoT will no longer land if DD portion is resisted
• Wizards saw the most improvement from the resist changes of the last patch, no further changes until we see how they are impacted by mastery removal

Misc

• Vulnerable state should properly be consumed when a target receives magical damage
• NPC's Explosive Wind-Up can now be CC'ed
• Sonic Screech's Blurred Vision debuff adjusted more appropriately

Bug Fixes

• The Alchemist should now properly sell alchemy tools for making stain and glue.
• Extremely large snakes should now drop their intended items.
• Spore Beetles can no longer be skinned to receive tattered pelts.
• Orphan hatchlings can no longer be skinned to receive spider silk.
• Supply crates will no longer provide invalid crafting materials from an earlier version of the game.
• Fixed a bug where players were being allowed to start gathering from the same gathering node.
• Fixed a bug where a player wasn't allowed to start the skinning process again if the skinning process had been interrupted previously.
• Fix for one case where pets were teleporting to their master instead of moving to them normally.
• Fixed an issue where pets weren't turning to face their target sometimes.
• Fixed a case where pets would sometimes not follow their master.
• Fix for another case where chests would be left open.
• Fixed an issue where the clouds would move rapidly across the sky at certain times of day.
• The Lost Crewmen can now move about the cabin, as it were.
• The shared cooldown on offensive potions should now be 3 minutes in all cases.
• Gatta Farrow should now properly attempt to defend himself in all circumstances when adventurers assault him.
• The adventuring hot bar will now automatically be displayed if the player enters combat after having switched to a gathering hot bar.
• Fixed Sprint to the Shadows and Escape Artist being removed immediately after activation.
• Fixed an issue where some mobs were seeing through Shadow Walk when they shouldn't have.
• Changes to make it not rain/snow inside caves and buildings.
• Nameplates should now be turned off when the UI is hidden (using F9).
• Fixed a bug where the current health and mana text on the character sheet was only correct if those values changed while the character sheet was open.
• Fixed a UI rounding display bug causing some numerical stat totals in the character sheet to appear less than they should.
• Fixed absorb shields not properly updating in the UI.
• Fixed buff stacking.
• Fixed codex showing wrong required levels for abilities.
• Fixed rendering issues at certain quality levels.
• Fixed light flashes when transitioning between day/night.
• Fixed large fog volumes not loading from far enough away (caused fog to suddenly appear around you).
• Fixed rare audio bug when an NPC would kill itself with its own cast.
• Fixed audio global state getting lost when transitioning between zones many times.
• Fixed being able to remove an ability while casting it.
• Fixed corpses potentially moving while dead.

Items

• The stack sizes for most crafted potions have been increased to 10.
• Feathers gained from woodcutting are now tradable.
• The stack sizes for refined metal lumps and nuggets have been increased to 30.
• The stack sizes for refined lumber have been increased to 30.
• The stack sizes for thread, yarn, twine, leather strips, nails, glue, and stains used in crafting have been increased to 30.
• The schematic for the Medium Storage Box is now correctly named and should properly display when crafting.
• The descriptions of several food items have been updated to match their effects.
• The stack sizes for several dropped items used in scavenging have been increased.
• Sale prices on some items dropped by higher-level humanoid NPCs have been rebalanced slightly.
• Axes are no longer usable by clerics and shamans.
• Existing polearms are longer usable by Dire Lords. A poleaxe designation will be added in a future update, and weapons of that specific type will be usable by Dire Lords once they are available.

Tasks

• The scavenging schematic for the task "Foxfur Paintbrush" has been updated to use a Woodland Spider Silk instead of a gathered spider silk. If you currently have this task active in your journal, you will need to abandon it and retake it in order to obtain the updated schematic.

Gathering

Skinning

• Spider silk may no longer be gathered from spiders that are level 15 or below. Larger, more dangerous spiders may still be harvested for their silk after they are defeated.

Crafting

General

• The weight values of crafted items that use both components and other materials in their construction should now no longer add the weight of those additional materials to the finished item.

Smelting

• Surface ores such as Caspilrite and Padrium ores now yield slightly less raw materials when smelted. Underground ores such as Hardened Caspilrite, Tascium, and Slytheril ores will provide better smelting yields of the same resources.

Woodworking

• The skill requirements for many higher-tier woodworking schematics have been slightly reduced in preparation for future season releases. Please note that materials used in these schematics may not be available in game for some time.

Alchemy

• Flux distillation now yields 3 alchemical flux per combine.

Audio

• New SFX for encounters (Phase 1)
• Panther
• Werewolf
• Wolfkin
• Griffin
• Wyvern
• New SFX & VOFX for Keragos
• New Ambient Sounds in MADRUN
• New SFX for Night general bed
• New SFX for Night general
• New SFX for TF Day ambient bed
• New Generic Spells SFX
• New Music for AVP Village
• New AVP Time of Day Music
• Reworked Combat Intensity Music
• Music System Rework for Intro Song of a Zone
• New Audio Ducking system between Combat Music and SFX
• Rework on VO, lower probability of playback on Encounters & Players
• Rework on Combat music transition segment
• Bug fix with audio manager managing the wrong zone
• This bug occurred when dying and respawning
• Bug fix on FootStep events that were lost globally in certain sector
• Bug fix on Excessive amount of AkGameObj Register for UI Objects
• Mix reverb. pHASE 1 /3
• Mix Global Game

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.