Happy New Year - 2026!! New Models - 2026 Roadmap and Steam Patch
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Happy New Year
[p]New Character Models[/p]
[p]We were lucky enough to bring some incredible talent to the team in 2025, Zmay went hard on these new character models and helped implement the foundation for our armor system. The new characters are far more performant and optimized than the previous and will give a lot more room for artists to create insanely cool gear for everyone[/p]
[p]Trading Post - base implemented early December, polishing + expanding 2026[/p]
[p]New Char Models - male implemented on development server, female being painted, implementing + polishing + variants 2026[/p]
[p]Smooth Terrain - system implemented, rolling out broadly in 2026[/p]
[p]Combat/Movement Polish - getting better but not good enough yet! - more to come 2026[/p]
[p]Art Style - direction established, full rollout in 2026[/p]
[p]Content Roadmap - maps system foundation in place, legendary + uber items + more skill progression 2026[/p]
[p]New Game Icon[/p]
[p]We've landed on the final game icon and pushed it live with the new build, we hope you love it![/p][p][img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/37580799/137c8b6d8f91ee90bb332a774ea401789b9a6306.png"][/p]
[p]Steam Patch 12.31.2025[/p]
[p]Added Discord Rich Presence integration[/p]
[p]Added region-based music system[/p]
[p]Added Trading Post order history[/p]
[p]Added telegraph visual effects for use with abilities[/p]
[p]Cast bars now display different colors for interruptible vs. non-interruptible abilities[/p]
[p]NPC nameplates are now white by default, turning green when targeted[/p]
[p]Improved nameplate visibility scaling based on distance[/p]
[p]Improved nameplate color options[/p]
[p]White Player Names added to settings[/p]
[p]Disable CTRL scroll added to settings[/p]
[p]Fixed mounted entity nameplate positioning[/p]
[p]Added region-based skybox overrides with 6-second crossfade transitions[/p]
[p]Improved sun/moon angles for better lighting[/p]
[p]Smoother entity rotation sync[/p]
[p]Reduced memory allocations and garbage collection stutters[/p]
[p]Optimized camera occlusion calculations[/p]
[p]Added Sushi Recipe[/p]
[p]Added rare and epic Fishing chests[/p]
[p]Added Woodcutting Pet[/p]
[p]Added Wickster Pet[/p]
[p]Primordial Hydras should now count towards MH task Progress[/p]
[p]Cooking tasks added[/p]
[p]Chefs outfit / Recipes can now be purchased from Master Chef Sim[/p]
[p]T1-3 Alchemy tasks added[/p]
[p]Progress on the Calderian Isles which will be accesible with a certain MH level[/p]
[p]Added Smerfed status for a little community fun. Tag, you're it![/p]
[p]Added 75 new research items / blueprints, rewards system coming January[/p]
[p]Added breadcrumb quest to start map system[/p]
[p]Monster SFX pass[/p]
[p]Add All Res jewelry enchants to the map drop table[/p]
[p]Residues added to 40+ mobs[/p]
[p]Known Issues[/p]
[p]Possible Client Crash when changing floors[/p]
[p] Holiday Event (from 12.25 Patch, will keep it up for a week or two)[/p]
[p]Chisme + Zach - Level Designer cooked on a few more maps for you guys, featuring unique mob mechanics and pretty crispy visuals, we hope you enjoy these new additions[/p]
[p]Legendaries[/p]
[p]Clebarius has been absolutely cranking on legendary weapon designs over the past year and has improved tremendously, we're excited to release what we have complete in January[/p]
[p] Thanks so much for your support, we're super excited to bring a LOT of new content and polish in 2026 to our beloved players. [img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/37580799/60348c7dbbda5167c6df6613222462cbb87614fb.png"][TAG-300][img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/37580799/1e3e67e94186a6bc46ab65aa8eb15e53966baec2.png"][TAG-302][/p][p][img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/37580799/78f6af9fb3b37ac8c5e869344a19a18f86806032.png"][TAG-306] [img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/37580799/6f92ac724913151705feef82244ca1f51e66117f.png"][TAG-308][/p][p][/p][p]-Team OG[/p][p] [/p]
Steam Patch 12.12.2025 - Skill XP Gains , Trading Posts and Ethyrial API
Steam Patch 12.12.2025
[p]Skill XP Gain[/p]
[p]Bumped up skill XP gain as a % of damage/healing/damage taken, let us know how this feels vs. before.[/p]
[p]Multiple monsters, when killed, now have a gatherable corpse. This corpse has a chance to give materials which can be consumed for XP in: Light Armor, Medium Armor, and Heavy Armor.[/p]
[p]We will continue to add more methods and strategies to control how to gain Skill XP, keep sharing your feedback![/p]
[p]FOR TESTING: Trading Post + Banking[/p]
[p]Trading Post Clerks have been added for testing in the West Edrivine Market Square, near the leyline.[/p]
[p]We've done some extensive testing on the system and would like to open it up for broad feedback.[/p]
[p]The trading post is not perfect, so please only buy/sell items for testing purposes for now.[/p]
[p]New Chest Armor Enchants[/p]
[p]Three new chest armor enchantments have been added to the Blood Lord's Cache loot table. One for DPS, Tank, and Healers.[/p]
[p]Ethyrial API[/p]
[p]@iShot - Spin To Win has put together an alpha Ethyrial API, which will enable creation and update of 3rd party database websites, build creators, & more. If you have built something awesome and need access, please reach out![/p]
[p]Misc[/p]
[p]Reworked how terrain chunks are loaded to be far faster - still noticing bugs here and will keep improving.[/p]
[p]Training Grounds has been made accessible again via the Arcane Orb in Farwood.[/p]
[p]1v1 and 2v2 Arenas have been made accessible to queue again for testing - let us know if you encounter any issues or bugs.[/p]
[p]Player Mouseover Tooltip has been fixed.[/p]
[p]Research Info should no longer get stuck un-updated when advancing research levels for a monster.[/p]
[p]Gatherable corpses should now show the context menu option to gather.[/p]
[p]Crits had a flaw in their logic and were ignoring armor, this has been corrected.[/p]
[p]Deadlands has had some buffs and adjustments to make the area more interesting.[/p]
[p]Set Bonus tooltip text has been updated to remove the +, which was confusing.[/p]
[p]Max Cast Time has been set to 3x the base cast time, which will prevent massive cast times while encumbered.[/p]
[p]Using the Giant's Ring will now teach the trinket recipes.[/p]
[p]T9 damage enchants have had their tooltips updated to clarify that the damage scales slightly with the player's level.[/p]
[p]Player and monster movespeed has been slightly increased, we still felt it wasn't perfect despite saying last time it was just right. We'll keep working to dial it in![/p]
[p] Thanks for supporting development and as always, let us know your feedback / ideas / roasts on Discord⭐ I LOVE Ethyrial⭐ I HATE Ethyrial
Notes: We've added two new small group bosses to the game: [/p]
[p]The Pumpkin Golem, a rare spawn when killing Harvest Reapers near Blackwood,[/p]
[p]Malbem, a giant roaming Mummy found somewhere in the desert,[/p]
[p] They both have a chance to drop rare seasonal items, including a new Demonic Grimtech Chopper "Prime Evil" Malbem is a slash-resistant boss with a 100% chance to drop a Loofah which is "ten times better than the original!" and clears active bleed conditions from the user. [/p]
[p]T9 Personal Food has been added to the game,[/p]
[p]Bug fixes for Map abilities & content,[/p]
[p]Monsters now scale appropriately up to level 55 (Map T20) with XP scaling to match,[/p]
[p]Performance improvements & backend fixes,[/p]
[p]Added pop up notifications when starting and completing maps,[/p]
[p]Bug fixes and encounter improvements to Seething Brood,[/p]
[p]Special Rare Item Added to DLP
Spooky scary OG Team! [/p][p][img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/37580799/f5b4655dd2f7fbc9a106d29aaff70f5ab8454aa2.png"][img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/37580799/ba5769e3d83eb14ef8bd5ff798efb1945cadfc0e.png"][img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/37580799/94998977d1e8610982f93fcddd43b891b1b8239f.png"][img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/37580799/51472ad5807d1e6a4f68e680f78600c4deba40f6.png"][/p]
Steam Patch 10.22.2025 - New skyboxes, ground textures and More!
Steam Patch 10.22.2025
[p]New Skybox/Environment lighting system implemented.,[/p]
[p]New grass, dirt, and snow textures added,[/p]
[p]Chronostone Vendor "Christoph" added to the Cobalt Tower with new items to obtain.,[/p]
[p]Fixed a bug where fireball was not stacking Ember with Meteor Shower,[/p]
[p]Fixed a bug where Jolted was not being applied correctly on Elementalist spells.,[/p]
[p]Fixed some Elementalist proccing interactions,[/p]
[p]Added information to HUD when a player starts and completes an Astral Key,[/p]
[p]Fixed a bug where Twilight Shards were not stacking,[/p]
[p]Adjusted loot for DLP. Eclipse now drops Twilight Shards and has a low % chance to drop a Twilight Prism. You need six Twilight Shards to make one Twilight Prism.,[/p]
[p]Added two trinkets that you can get from DLP,[/p]
[p]Adjusted the stat distribution of T9 Leather sets to favor primary stat over constitution.,[/p]
[p]Fixed a bug where Venom Harbingers were adding Demonic Rage statuses to the player.,[/p]
[p]Changed Fortified Iron Helmet from "Light Armor" to "Heavy Armor",[/p]
[p]Fixed an issue where Primordial Turtles had incorrect resistances.,[/p]
[p]Adjusted Shadewood Wand's cast speed % from 8 to 9.,[/p]
[p]Fixed a bug where Ancestral Roots spell from Barklings was not dealing the proper amount of damage.,[/p]
[p]Adjusted % Dmg modifier on DLP 2h Weapons.,[/p]
[p]Monsters will now wait a random second or two before casting abilities after entering combat,[/p]
[p]Monsters will now drop up to T7 items rather than up to T6,[/p]
[p]Warden bug fixes,[/p]
[p]Item Icon updates,[/p]
[p]Performance improvements,[/p]
[p]Added scroll bar to talents tab in the character panel,[/p]
[p]Monsters now smoothly rotate to face the enemy while in combat,[/p]
[p]Black Lunarion Rare Boss added - has a chance to drop a Black Lunarion mount,[/p]
[p]Spirit Widow mount added as a rare drop,[/p]
[p]Strafe animations removed and replaced with more natural smooth directional running animations (will continue to polish these),[/p]
[p]Unit Frames will no longer cut off part of enemy names [img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/37580799/8e0f16b30c684c5faf19d9a0769d3c19e10c6197.png"][img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/37580799/978b1cea86d3dcf45e0022335679f2465b944554.png"][img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/37580799/1ebd0718d2363c52349ffd18e9e3b7d08d0e8788.png"][img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/37580799/320fb709f835655233a2f02feb5cfdd1eedd0a4d.png"][TAG-120]That is all for this update!
Thanks to the community for reporting bugs and exploits so far - It is truly a great help to us as we work to improve Ethyrial
[p]We've been working hard on the new terrain system, which will lay the foundation to begin transforming the look & feel of Irumesa! [/p]
Legendary Weapon Updates:
[p]Clebarius has been hard at work on more legendary items, currently going hard on the Demonic themed weapons! [img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/37580799/eb9e29461e22418c6ff525a49db4e8162e4b3442.gif"] [img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/37580799/9d7f748c1f52c3d4eb52dc1434c6b3788da142ad.png"][TAG-50][/p]
Miscellaneous:
[p]-Books of Knowledge added as Dungeon repeatable quest rewards[/p][p]-Campfire duration updated[/p][p]-SoM fast travel reward now available somewhere in game[/p][p]-BoC grave from Wraith to Shadow Weaver fixed[/p][p]-Imbue Mind: Clarity mana cost removed[/p][p]-T8 Blacksmithing crafts will now support any base type of log[/p][p]-Void/Radiant Wand/Rod procs fixed[/p][p]-Bloodthirst/Vampiric effects reworked to correct egregious hps scaling for AoE and highly geared players[/p][p]-Wand tooltips corrected[/p][p]-Added failsafe to prevent Silenced targets from casting.[/p][p]-Equipment can no longer be swapped in combat[/p][p]-Loot history is now properly recording when looting items with Need/Greed[/p][p]-Added protection against recursive damage loops from damage being converted too many times[/p][p]-Warden + Spellblade Imbues were impacted to prevent bugged interaction with coatings[/p][p]-Max Nameplate distance is now 30 tiles vs. 15 previously.[/p][p]-Pet spells should always be received even if the pet dies or is resummoned.[/p][p]-Additional Wisdom now grants half of the mana it used to. This was a bug, as Wis gives more mana regeneration while Int gives more max mana.[/p][p]-Nameplates will now be hidden when the view of the target is obstructed[/p][p]-Ctrl+Click to interact setting added.[/p][p]-Attempted fix to prevent WorldCache mismatch[/p][p]-Nameplates will now stack/avoid other nameplates again[/p][p]-Attempted inclusion of Ctrl+Click to add items to trade windows[/p][p]-Attempted fix to prevent the bank from opening on login[/p][p]-Party Panel fixes[/p][p]-Enabling 'White Damage Numbers' will also combine all damage into a single value per enemy.[/p][p]-Added contrast glow color to targeted hostile nameplate[/p][p]-Removed Background on central notification (i.e Entered Irumesa)[/p][p]-Performance improvements[/p][p]-Fixed a bug where Corrupted Grove mushrooms would lock you in place[/p][p]-Arcane Wave's Cooldown has been increased from 2 to 5 seconds.[/p][p]-Arcane Slash Cooldown has been decreased from 5 to 2 seconds.[/p][p]-Reduced Arcane Slash damage scaling factor.[/p][p]-Reduced CD of Barlon's Strike for 4 seconds to 3 seconds[/p][p]-Reduced CD of Barlon's Whirlwind from 6 seconds to 5 seconds.[/p][p]-Increased the Strength and Constitution scaling of Mantle of Ethersalos[/p][p]-Decreased scaling of Executioner's Blow[/p][p]-Removed attack speed bonus of Dragonwrath buff[/p][p]-Reduced the scaling of Bless: Dragonfire[/p][p]-Adjusted the mechanics for Pact of Malady: Pact of Malady deals an extra source of spell damage to the target and to nearby targets.[/p][p]-Imbue Mind Clarity now costs 0 mana.[/p][p]-Reduced the Wisdom scaling of Flame of Judgement.[/p][p]-Reduced the Wisdom scaling of Empyrean Brand[/p][p]-Added zone logic to the golden road to always apply "Paved Road" Status[/p][p]-Added a system to classify and scale damage for spells in maps[/p][p]-Fixed an issue where where "A Lunchless Lad" quest was stuck if you did Karotte before Sternbrand's questline[/p][p]-Doubled the wisdom scaling of Spirit Blast and Lifeburst[/p][p]-Fixed a bug where Battlecry was not applying to allies[/p][p]-Added 2 more primordial wolf spirits to the tutorial[/p][p]-Fixed a bug where the player's tutorial pickaxe was not removed from inventory after tutorial[/p][p]-Fixed bugs in Simon Horvath's rank up quests that didn't allow players to proceed[/p][p]-Added Mining rank up quest 3[/p][p]-Added new hidden repeatable task
See you all in game![/p][p]-Team OG[/p]
Game Update - New Boss, Trade Skill expansion and bug fixes!
NEW Boss: Mama Manabear:
[p][/p][p]captaindave5393 presents an epic new boss encounter, Mama Bear! Tuned for Level 30, mama's encounter rewards an entirely new set of powerful Manafused weapons, mana-infused rinthistle, can drop a mama bear mount and pet, and a lightning res Manafused Fur Cloak. Access this encounter near the Voracious Predator quest location. Drop some feedback on our discord channel: https://discord.gg/tTwDUTKRWx
[p]simsinister has placed new Trading NPCs in the following towns: [/p]
[p]Ironsheen,[/p]
[p]Silverlake,[/p]
[p]Coinfield,[/p]
[p]Shieldholm,[/p]
[p]Ardholm,[/p]
[p] XP and Gold multipliers are increased the further you travel from Edrivine. We will continue to expand the skill and allow crafting from Silverlake and Ardholm soon! [/p][p][/p]
Bug Fixes:
[p]We spent some time trying to squash some really annoying UX bugs: [/p]
New Tutorial @captaindave5393 has put together a new tutorial based on feedback from players. Let us know how you like it in #ideas-and-suggestions
Performance Improvements We've been working hard to improve performance and have seen even more significant gains in FPS, with far less hitching on our test hardware. Server stability should be greatly improved as well
World Design Updates @captaindave5393 spent some time going over much of central Irumesa, improving roads/paths, creating PoIs, and adding a new mini boss, Kresh, in the swamplands near Marshdale!
Trading Post Progress @sprocket_bbf is very hard at work on the Trading Post - we're in the testing phase, making sure everything is working properly and is very user-friendly. Should be ready soon!
Next Up: Lightning Weapons @samael5142 is hard at work on modeling the legendary equipment - check out one the epic new lightning weapons in progress!
Loot Table Tweaks As requested, we're starting to reduce pure raw silver (a quick & dirty solution I added long ago) and add a variety of drops to monster tables to make loot more interesting! This is not a nerf to gold per kill but a re-allocation to more loot
Miscellaneous -Right clicking Blessed Orbs, Radiant/Void Cores, and Molten Cores will now teach the associated recipes -Right clicking Pristine Dragonscale teaches you all Lair Of Exiles Tier 2 Gear Recipes -Added Vilethorn Rebels to MH Task System (Level 30 Monsters) -Added Frostmaw Colossus to MH Task System -Added Thundercoil Djinn to MH Task System -Added Wind Golems to MH Task System -Hills of Deliverance received a massive buff in enemy damage and health -Added Walls to Golden Road -Overall changes to the world, including a major revamp to Marshdale area -Paladin's ability have been properly scaled with mana -Added a jail where infamy players will spawn -Fixed an issue where black drakes were not spawning at location 2383, 2505, 4 -Increased CD for Shadow Goblin's "Constricting Shadows" from 8s to 12s (also changed % chance to cast from 100% to 75%) -Fixed a bug where you could get the Forgotten Book before starting first Empyrean class quest -Improved all profession quest dialogue to instruct player how to craft an item -Added Woodworking and Leatherworking Quests to their respective trainers -Added zone logic that triggers call to action dialogue boxes for NPCs in Solitary Isles -Fixed a bug where Elementalist's Chain Lightning's proc'd effects were not working properly -Fixed a bug where Elementalist's Frost Shock's Thunderstruck proc was incorrectly adding fire damage -Added an outline to the interactable Stalagmite for the "Elemental Surveying" Quest -Added "Healing Received" XP modifiers to all relevant Demon Knight abilities -Added Alchemy Profession Experience for Alcohol and Grape Paste -Fixed loot table for Kresh -Added a variant of Half Ork to the Monster Dex: "Half Ork Bruiser" -Added Vampire Guards and Vampire Mystics to the Monster Dex -Fixed T1-T3 jewelcrafting tasks to reflect the appropriate gem -Set T3 task to craft level appropriate rings -Apple trees now gatherable with WC axe in inventory -Changed tree model to optimize overall polygon count (15k -> 3k per tree) -Reduced the number of materials for walls and terrain tiles in Solitary Isles -Deleted unnecessary and high-cost doodads in Solitary Isles -Consolidated and updated the shaders of all the materials in Solitary Isles -Non-hotspot water will now only catch up to t3 fish. -Rod CD increased to 6s up from 4s - Fixed a bug where the quest marker wouldn't show on the world map when tracking a quest - CTRL + ALT no longer stop movement
**Note:** I will be traveling next week with less availability than normal, @captaindave5393 @sprocket_bbf & @simsinister will be around to assist with anything you need. Don't hesitate to ping us!
The Citadel Beckons... Game Update is live
BloodOath Citadel
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High amidst the jagged peaks of the Westpine Mountains, the Blood Lord has bound himself by a dread oath to the demon Nalazar, granting him immense power and a host of infernal legions. Within the shadowed, ancient halls of the Citadel, brave souls must confront unspeakable fiends and unravel the dark horrors within, lest the shadow of ruin fall and the world of Irumesa be consumed by an unending tide of doom.
Presenting a brand new Level 40+ Dungeon - now available for players to discover and defeat!
Five New Boss Encounters - featuring the most challenging mechanics in the game so far Powerful New Level 40 Armor - Int/Wis Cloth, Int/Wis/Dex Leather, and Str/Con Plate Tier 9 Gatherable Resources - Bloodwood, Sanguinite, Vyrehide, & Bloodvine Epic Rare Drops - The Blood Lord's Warhorse, Five New Trinkets, a Demonic Cloak, & much more :Sinister: Primordial Catalysts - A new vendor has appeared in the mage tower. Cassandra exchanges crafting catalysts for primordium.
Awesome work by Karlsson, Chisme, Cubano and Clebarius putting all of the pieces together for this content! We hope you enjoy!
New Team Member
Boh has joined the team to assist with class/combat design and balance - many tweaks and adjustments from his analysis have been implemented and can be seen here:
With tens of thousands of hours of experience in MMORPGs - Guild Leading + Raiding, he'll be a great asset to the team!
Cloak Reworks
Clebarius has re-done the mammy and Dragonscale cloaks with incredible new designs!
Fishing Lures
SimSinister is hard at work implementing the fishing lure system. Better rolls, better fish when you're using bait!
Travelling Merchants
Chisme has placed a handful of traveling merchants around the world, featuring a variety of useful items such as random potions, elixirs, and tier 4 armor pieces for purchase.
Maps Progress Check out @Cubano's "Hall of Heroes" map design for the upcoming keys system!
Gathering Tasks Morgan has been working hard to implement and fix bugs with the new gathering tasks. Skinning task is up next!
Pally is BiS thanks for coming to my ted talk
Miscellaneous
Interrupted Spells will now have at least a 1s CD
Remains of players will now show the players actual name
Entering Wildlands Warning messages will now appear more than just once
Trade Packs now always drop on death
Task cooldowns are visible when attempting to take a task
Death messages now include Guild Name and Class
Enemies will now move toward the target if they fail a cast
Equipped items will now be ignored for task turn-ins
Players now gain more infamy when killing others unprovoked
Infamy no longer clears on death
Max infamy set to 500, up from 400
Mounting up should properly snap the player to the mount point
Mounts should no longer drift when running diagonally
More windows can now be closed with ESC
Nearly all UI windows are draggable
Quest marker animation bugfixes
Icon updates
Custom Fog color support added per map
Party/Raid panel fixes
Hide/Show Self Nameplate+HP Bar
Upgrade Recips for 30+ Dungeon Items should now be learnable by interacting with the corresponding special crafting material
Memory leak fixes
Humanoid loot sparkles light issue fixed
More windows now close with escape key
Lots of Leaderboard / 👑rankings fixes
Void/Radiant Claws + Spellbook Recipes added
Post #2 tomorrow: class changes, legendary items, monster abilities, new monsters
Thanks for all of your support, we're so glad to see everyone enjoying the world of Ethyrial!
-Team OG
Steam Update - Inventory changes & more Leaderboards!
Steam patch live now
Sprocket presents:
Single Inventory Window Inventory Converted into one window Should auto refresh slots on equip/unequip of containers Switch between your inventory & quest bags in one window You can toggle which bags you want to be shown You should be able to filter items by materials Window should scale with amount of slots visible When looting an item, it should find an existing stack and fill that now When looting an item, without the skill to equip it, it should now go to your bags
Leaderboards
HC, IM & HCIM Rankings Total Level & Total Skill Level Combat level Profession level Discipline level Class Breakdown
QuickBar
Updated Quickbar Editing UI
Quickbars: When a player now deletes a character, it should delete all of their quickbar files Quickbars: Quest Items should save on Hotbar Quickbars: Removed Save/Load buttons Quickbars: All saved quickbars should load on edit Quickbars: You should be able to delete a quickbar now Quickbars: Spells players cannot use should not be added to the quickbar
Render Distance (Experimental)
By popular demand, we've implemented a way to improve the render distance of objects on the client. You'll find a new slider in Settings -> Graphics which will allow you to adjust your distance from 25 to 100 tiles
NOTE: This is an experimental feature and may cause the client to crash. We recommend slowly increasing the value to find a balance of performance and quality.
GameMode Icons in Chat
We've implemented Chat Icons for game modes (HC, IM, HCIM)
brought to you by Chisme:
New Area: Pasho's Place
Stop by this tinkerer's workshop near Marshdale with an anxious friendly grimbear and his automaton creation
New Monster: Troll Sage
Added troll sages - A goblinoid creature that communes with the trees around them. They are strong amongst the trees, but if you separate them, you'll feel their wrath.
Monster Resistance Tweaks
Monster resists and weaknesses were a bit aggressive for open world, so we tuned them back a bit and will ramp them in future endgame content. We may tweak these values for primordial spirits and other mobs - expect more improvements
Capped Resistances to 25% damage reduction Capped Weaknesses to 25% additional damage taken Modified weaknesses and resistances for most monsters
Miscellaneous
Minimum character name length set to 2 characters
Non-HC deaths will no longer trigger a death message
Server stability improvements
HC will no longer be removed on death in Training Grounds
Item on Ground Despawn Timer reduced to 3 minutes from 30 minutes
Caravan Spawns disabled while they get reworked
Switching Gear in Combat bug fixed
Spell Type has been added to all tooltips (Spell vs. Ability)
Removal of excessive colliders and geometry in Solitary Isles, which may improve performance in the area
Re-ran the Icon Update script, which should ensure items have visible icons
Disabled some settings on lights in game which could cause deterioration of performance
Open Nearby Corpses renamed to Open Loot Windows
Currency should now stack properly in corpses
Trade Packs should no longer be bankable
Dropped Items (Or on death) should retain previous ownership if a player logs out/dies
Items dropped on ground due to failed add item conditions should now hold previous ownership and game mode settings.
Hardcore players should only be able to trade with Hardcore players
Hardcore players should only be able to party with Hardcore players
Limited MiniMap zoom
Flashbang/lighting fixes
Trees have been updated to look more distinct and accurate to their real-life counterparts
Expanded goblin area near marshdale
Tutorial Island tweaks
Memory leak fix
-Team OG
Game Update - Lighting, movement animations improvements and more!
Lighting, movement animations improvements and more!
Book of Knowledge
Completing a Monster Hunter Task will now reward you with a Book of Knowledge. This Book can be used to apply skill XP to Melee, Ranged, Magic, Light, Medium, or Heavy -- or, you can gain XP toward your character level!
Water Lighting Improvements
Water previously was unaffected by light after moving to Unity 6. Now, we've updated the water shaders to react to light. This brings the aesthetic together a lot better than before! Hope you like it.
Multi-Directional Movement Animations
We've added directional movement for all weapons, so things should feel a lot more fluid/natural now! These animations aren't the final versions, but are better than moonwalking!
Jasconian Rings
We often make items in honor of our most dedicated and loyal players. Jasc O Nine joins Scabbybob [TM] The Greener and more who have something special in game to thank them for being amazing and helpful as we build the game
Jasconian Rings - one for each gathering profession have been added as rare drops - With a special secret if you collect them all
More Legendary Weapons
Clebarius continues to pump out siiiick new items that you'll be able to obtain with the keys system. Check them out!
Sporehaven - Elite Zone
A new zone has been added to the game, featuring content for 15-21 and 30-34 with mobs, quests, and lots of humor
Chisme describes it as "An ecosystem of fungal life and mysterious darkness." Good luck!
New Quests
Morgan bring you some epic new stories! New rank based WC task system with 5 quests New Edrivine quest: "City of Priests and Crazy Men"
Miscellaneous
Fixed an issue where Eternal Tools would sometimes fail to gather resources due to the speed being too fast
Fixed an issue where Fire Imbuements were not calculating the correct damage for Zealots
Fixed an issue where Zealots of Alphyrion did not have the correct armor value
Fixed an issue where Elementalist applied status effect logic was not working correctly
A few Feygold nodes added near Grimbear spawns
A few Palladium nodes added near Slimestone Spiders
All Tasks are now shown on the Taskboard rather than randomly selected tasks
Interrupting an enemy or player will now trigger a 1s CD at minimum
"Member has come online / gone offline" message now appears in system chat when a guild member logs in
Monsters that die on a different layer than they spawn will now properly respawn when killed
Fixed a bug with coins stacking multiple times in bags
When overweight, movespeed is now reduced by 90% instead of 80%. This may not be enough, so let us know any feedback on this!
Added code to prevent hostile actions between guildies
The HC status effect should now apply to both HC and HCIM properly
Party member details should now be visible throughout the entire map instead of when the party members are nearby. We are working on eventually passing information cross-map too
More SFX added to monsters for death and hit triggers
Player collider tightened to fit the form of the player instead of extend far to the sides
Movement fluidity improvements
Implemented code to prevent higher floors from culling in weird ways, specifically this will be noticeable on mountains
The Camera will now collide with more objects and zoom in closer to the player when necessary
5 New Rare monsters have been added - killing them may drop some epic loot!
Right-click stutter bug fixes
Hitboxes will no longer be ovular
Friendly/Hostile targeting improvements
More flashbang fixes
New Title added
New Mount added
New Pets added
We've been continuing to make improvements to performance as much as possible
Thanks for all of your support as we continue to build an MMO that everyone can enjoy!
