Reign of Guilds

DLC Rework

• [p]Starter DLCs now get 2 kits (Basic and Advanced) to ease early-game progression;[/p]
• [p]All DLCs receive Zlatys;[/p]

• [p]“Commoner”:[/p]
  • [p]3 Zlatys;[/p]
  • [p]"Commoner Pack" that includes:[/p]
    • [p]Phantom Pouch IV;[/p]
    • [p]Phantom Cauldron IV;[/p]
    • [p]"Phantom Minor Learning" powder (3 pcs.)[/p]
• [p]“Knight”:[/p]
  • [p]7 Zlatys (10 overall);[/p]
  • [p]New “Commoner” rewards;[/p]
  • [p]"Knight Pack" that includes:[/p]
    • [p]Phantom Recipe Book IV;[/p]
    • [p]Phantom Token Box IV;[/p]
    • [p]Phantom Armorer’s Tools I;[/p]
    • [p]Phantom Weaponsmith’s Tools I;[/p]
    • [p]Phantom Enchanter’s Tools I;[/p]
    • [p]"Phantom Learning" powder (3 pcs.);[/p]
    • [p]"Pack Mule" powder (3 pcs.)[/p]
    • [p]Tender Souffle (20 pcs.)[/p]
    • [p]Token: Fazira Portal (3 pcs.)[/p]
• [p]“Black Knight”:[/p]
  • [p]5 Zlatys (15 overall);[/p]
  • [p]New “Commoner” and “Knight” rewards;[/p]
• [p]"Banneret”:[/p]
  • [p]5 Zlatys (20 overall);[/p]
  • [p]New “Commoner”, “Knight”, and “Black Knight” rewards;[/p]
• [p]"Raubritter":[/p]
  • [p]5 Zlatys (25 overall);[/p]
  • [p]New “Commoner”, “Knight”, “Black Knight”, and "Banneret” rewards;[/p]

(Audio) Localization

• [p](EN) Added voiceovers for tutorial content on Rivulet Island and Harbur;[/p]

Mail System 2.0

• [p]Mailbox functionality;[/p]
• [p]Inbox with time-limited and permanent messages;[/p]
• [p]Parcels delivered through mail (item transfer through mail);[/p]

Other

• [p]Fall Damage: Revised detection logic – now applies in all cases (including dodges);[/p]
• [p]Invisibility abilities: powder spell VFX when held in hands are now also invisible;[/p]
• [p]Quest Log: Added notification for accepted quest limit;[/p]
• [p]Tutorial: Notifications for cumulative rewards;[/p]
• [p]Tutorial: first tutorial quest in Harbur is highlighted immediately upon appearing in this location;[/p]
• [p]Shields: Fixed physics calculation issues during blocks;[/p]
• [p]Standardized equipment descriptions;[/p]
• [p]Localization fixes;[/p]

Optimization

• [p]Initial game launch accelerated by 9-15% (system-dependent);[/p]
• [p]Material optimizations for settlement objects (some color adjustments will be standardized in future patches);[/p]
• [p]Improved voiceover localization pipeline;[/p]

In-Game Store

• [p]Game edition requirement for skins lowered to "Base" (free) edition;[/p]
• [p]The pricing policy for Zlaty has been partially returned to the previous level;[/p]
• [p]New shield skins added:[/p]
  • [p]“Shield of the Sword’s Order”;[/p]
  • [p]“Singeing Clasp”;[/p]
  • [p]“Shield of the Royal Guard”;[/p]

Closing Notes

• portals will be open to all comers for several days;
• start: scheduled server reboot, June 12;
• end: Monday evening, June 16;

• increased experience (+150%);
• increased coin drop (+25%);
• increased cloak drop (+10%);
• "Freeze" powder added to loot from creatures;
• more profitable exchange of herbs at NPC exchanger;

Vocation Movement Speed

• Physical Vocations (except Hunter): +10%;
• Universal Vocations: +5%;
• Magical Vocations: 0%, except for Necromancer. Their bone-thin legs carry their nearly negative HP 5% faster.
• These are values meant to be tested. We intend to to implement more detailed Vocation adjustments later, including within each specialization;

AOE Magic

• Added obstacle penetration checks originating from spell centre of origin with specific offset rules;
• Currently, spells don’t consider obstacle material but account for thickness (generally penetrates if it’s lower than 5cm)
• Obstacle height matters. "Immolation" cast directly under a low fence won't damage targets behind it;

Shields

• Melee weapons/crossbow bolts/magic projectiles: Shield defense stats apply when hitting shields;
• Targeted (single-direction) buff/debuff magic: Dispelled when hitting shields;
• AOE Magic:
• Fire: Shield defense applies when facing the centre of spell’s origin;
• Air: Ignores the shield completely;
• Water and Earth: Damage/effects is fully blocked by shields

Magic Rebalance

• Air: AOE — min. damage decreased by 20%, CD increased to 4.3s, range decreased to 25m;
• Fire: AOE — CD increased to 5.5s, range decreased to 15m;
• Earth: S and М missiles — damage increased by 15%, AOE — damage increased by 20%;
• Water: AOE — damage increased by 40%, range increased to 24m;

Other

• Satiety depletion was decreased 4 times, until we make changes to the mechanic;
• Added T7-T9 equipment merchants; T4-T9 equipment prices increased by 40% on average;
• Redistribution points (Tabula Rasa) now granted immediately upon entering the circle, along with the the scroll in the tutorial;
• Now items with red frames drop even with “Rookie” level of karma;
• Fixed excessive item drops for "Ugly" and "Psycho" karma levels;

Resource Gathering Changes: Why?

• T1 Counties: Primarily low-weight, low-quality resources:
• 80% of slabs, logs, and ore chunks spawn with size S, the rest 20% is evenly split between M and L;
• 80% resources is low quality, other 20% is of medium and high quality;
• T2 Counties: Primarily medium-weight, medium-quality resources:
• 80% of slabs, logs, and ore chunks spawn with size M, the rest 20% is evenly split between S and L;
• 80% resources are medium quality, other 20% is of low and high quality;

In-Game Store

• Added 10 new skins for shields;

Tutorial 2.0

• “Rookie” karma level:
• No experience or item loss upon death (except "red" items);
• Killing a character with such karma level decreases karma by 1000 points;
• Removed upon reaching level 31 or after killing 3 characters;
• Tax Exemption:
• Exempts players from paying castle taxes;
• Removed upon reaching level 21;

T2 County: Unsund

• Added 2 settlements:
• Added T7-T9 powder merchants;
• Added T4-T6 equipment merchants;
• Planned for the near future:
• Settlement minimaps;
• Addition of T7-T9 equipment merchants, quest givers, and other NPCs;
• Real estate;

Damage Formula 2.0 (General and PvP)

• Formula no longer smooths out significant advantages of attack over defense;
• Removed effective melee weapon range and hidden additional critical damage chance stats;
• Minimum damage when defense exceeds attack is now simply "1" (was 10% of attack value), with simplified attack/defense comparison;
• Body parts and hitboxes:
• Head/neck hits: pull weapon damage toward MAX attack value and add damage multiplier ONLY to weapon attack (x1.5 crossbow, x1.4 melee, x1.45 magic);
• Torso/arms: No modifiers;
• Leg hits: pull towards MIN weapon attack, multiplier (x0.8 crossbow, x0.9 magic), energy drain increased 2-2.5x;
• Improved and fixed hitboxes for male and (significantly) female characters;
• Powder heating: Fixed incorrect bonus calculation. Heating bonus now only affects powder's own attack value but stacks with headshot bonus;
• Planned for the near future:
• Balance adjustments for new formula;
• Rework of minimum damage to move away from "1" damage;
• Rework of shield interactions with different weapon types, including AOE magic;

Damage Formula 2.0 (PvE and Scaling)

• Added a "partial scaling" mechanic when the character level significantly exceeds the AI level:
• The greater the positive delta between character and AI level, the more attack value the character loses and the AI gains;
• Fixed formula error causing double attack values for certain AI attacks;
• Fixed experience calculation error for killing blows – now considers all attack values instead of just weapon attack;
• Due to overlapping new damage formula, scaling mechanic, and AI stat revisions, we apologize in advance for potential artifacts;

Combat System:

• Disabled prediction system for melee weapons:
• Client now always waits for server response about attack results instead of simulating parallel calculations;
• This will add ping-based delay to hit reaction SFX/VFX (hit sounds, blood, crosshair color, weapon recoil animation, etc.)
• But eliminates discrepancies between client/server calculations (where client showed hit but server registered miss)
• Fixed crosshair focus issue when target is in range;
• Increased melee weapon recoil animation speed;

Disenchantment Changes

• The concept of "disenchanting" has been removed along with its overly strict rules;
• Enchanted items can now be re-enchanted without prior disenchanting;
• However, re-enchanting requires a recipe of EQUAL OR HIGHER quality than the item;
• Initial enchanting still allows using lower-quality recipes with risk of failure and item breakage;

Changes

• Increased sprint speed in Red and Black zones by 11% (now 4.8 m/s);
• Increased crossbow bolt speed and flatness by 20%;
• Reduced radius of Air magic S_/M_ missiles by 10% and 15%, respectively;
• Increased Shroom spawners in Daerkunn, Unsund, and Oer;
• Removed Vocational quest CD;
• “Tax Evader” karma now gives the same penalties as “Bad” karma;

Optimization

• Various background sublevel loading improvements;
• Loading screen no longer disappears prematurely;

Tutorials 2.0

• Added a task for processing skins (changed the order of accrual of cumulative rewards);
• Added display of the monetary component of rewards in cumulative rewards;
• Recycling tasks now do not have an intermediate step with a teleport (description changed, display range of teleports on the compass increased);

Movement speed and “In combat” status

• Sprint speed now depends on zones when the character is not in combat:
• Green - 5,6 m/s;
• Yellow - 5,12 m/s;
• Red/Black - 4,32 m/s;
• “In Combat” status::
• slows sprint speed to 4,32 m/s;
• ring swapping is allowed (temporary - solution to the problem of applying positive buffs to yourself);

Traders of T4-T6 powders

• Added T3 Warlock in Harbur (instead of T0 Warlock);
• Added T4-T6 Warlocks in Isgollyne (all three are namesakes);
• DVB (price change depending on supply and demand) for all Warlocks has been “softened” by 4-7 times;

Map/Compass Markers

• Added NPC markers in Isgollyne;
• Compass: significantly increased display range of portal markers, locations with black zones, decreased display range of NPC markers in cities;
• Changed the approach to the priorities of markers layers;
• Map: partial corrections to localization and duplication of names;
• Fixed a number of markers on the map with outdated coordinates;

Added

• Delayed deletion of characters - 24h real time (temporary - default UI design);

Changed

• Rewards for “local” quests have been updated (increased);
• Wolf skins are now always recyclable, but only to thin leather;

Fixed

• Impossibility of interaction "E" in case of a number of teleports/transitions between servers;
• Chance of losing powders during cooking in case of pouch overload;
• Duplicate NPCs have been removed, as well as a number of outdated ones;
• Localization;

Other

• Loading screen: sword guard element from the logo replaced with a diamond;

Optimization

• (Server) Mob spawning;
• (Client) Loading optimization;

In-game store

• Added Slavic helmet skin;

Known issues:

• (Rare) client crash when closing the game related to music;

Changes

• Temporarily blocked the deletion of characters until the cooldown is added;
• The monetary part of the cumulative reward is awarded only one time per account;
• Revised the proportion of monetary rewards between direct and cumulative;
• Disabled interaction with the Exchange from the Island;
• Disabled cancellation of main quests in the tutorial;
• The rewards now give identical copies of items, but have no value when sold to NPCs;
• Fixed a situation where when processing wood you could only get a beam, without any explanation about the possibility of processing a beam into boards;
• Fixed a number of duplicate marks on the map;
• Changed the loading screen;

New Game Introduction Format

• New Rivulet Island, featuring 11 optional tutorial steps covering core mechanics (HP/MP recovery, buffs, combat system, powder brewing, gear/weapon crafting, attribute redistribution):
• Characters spawn with starter gear and essential items pre-loaded on hotbars;
• Rewards granted per completed step plus cumulative bonuses for multiple completions;
• Final rewards: Level 10.10, 300k+ talers, high-quality gear, and unique items (rings, helmet, cloak);
• Leaving the island now requires level 10.10;
• Special visual effect zones mark each tutorial step area;
• Path illumination guides players through recommended step sequence;
• Harbur Phase follows the same structure but introduces real estate, merchant interactions, enchanting mechanics, repeatable quests, teleport system, resource gathering/refining, Vocations, and abilities;
• Final rewards: Level 15.15, 800k+ talers, T3 high-quality gear, T3 containers, cauldron, and useful powders;

Legacy Rivulet Island

• All characters on the legacy island will be migrated to new island:
• Saved hotbars preserved (may cause minor tutorial tooltip mismatches);
• Required tutorial items available in marked areas;
• Legacy island real estate:
• Access relocated to Harbur (check property descriptions for tavern backyard door marker (BYD ;)).
• Revised Island Tax thresholds/distribution: 50% burns, 50% is allocated to "royal" treasury between existing castles in Dwarrhan.

Harbur Updates

• Added all Vocations trainers (Tiers 1-6) to main village hall;
• Added map/compass markers for key NPCs (market, weapon and armor sellers, community cauldron, quests from guard captains, hunters, and butchers, warlocks, and token sellers;
• Many dummy-NPCs were replaced with quest-relevant NPCs;

Daerkunn County

• AI spawn adjustments within 1.5km of Harbur: decreased AI levels, removed bears and rare, dangerous animals;
• Added teleport points to streamline Phase 2 tutorial;

Movement Speed & Energy

• New sprint multipliers: out of combat -- x1.75, in combat -- x1.35;
• "In Combat" status triggers on damage dealt/received (15s duration) and any attacks (5s duration);
• Base sprint energy cost increased to 2 pts/sec;
• Idle energy regen boosted to 10%/sec;
• Reduced the volume of and standardized heavy breathing SFX;

Miscellaneous

• Revised automatic castle tax payment system (now applies to all castle lands);
• Fixed item pickup vulnerability during teleport activation;
• Added rune interaction lock during castle the white phase;
• Refiner DVB and its recovery speed were doubled;
• Fixed T2-T3 mana burn abilities;
• Reworked T1 county castle forts;
• Corrected food buff tooltips;
• Fixed event Fazira teleports;
• Addressed back-sheathed weapon skin display issues;

Previous Hotfixes

• Marketplace: commissions on average reduced by 50%, set 1% listing fee regardless of duration;
• Phazira Quests: fixed coin-to-gear exchange errors, migrated to new quest system, localization fixes;
• Castle Runes: fixed unintended rune disappearance;
• lternative Routing: achieved 100% efficiency for players who provided feedback;

In-Game Store

• Skins:
• Set of Luxurious Cloaks;
• Demon Mask Set;
• Fiend Mask Set;
• Ancient Centurioun Helm;
• Golden Centuriou Helm;
• Ancient Footman Helm;
• Golden Footman Helm;
• Sun Mask;
• Northern Helm;
• Old Wizard Hat;
• Grand Wizard Hat;

Our Plans

• Chapter 1:
• Will close after addressing critical tutorial bugs
• Ongoing tutorial refinements (steps, UX, details) to continue alongside Chapter 2
• Adding NPC voiceovers for tutorial
• Chapter 2:
• Damage formula overhaul;
• Related bug fixes;
• Partial rebalance;
• Castle capture mechanics (including teleportation);
• Chapter 2-3 Additions:
• "Saint" karma (up to Lvl 21) and tax exemption (up to Lvl 31) for new players, tax evasion penalty for players over Lvl 31;
• Royal treasury redistribution among castles;
• Solo/group dungeons as alternate gear/recipe sources (using legacy island assets);
• Adding T4-T6 powders to NPC vendors
• Relaxed VDB restrictions with normalized cooldowns
• Map markers for NPCs in remaining villages/towns
• Reduced UI clutter in marker system
• Higher priority for:
• T2 settlements
• T3 counties
• T10-12 items

• In PvP, the increased speed was, to put it mildly, received poorly;
• While for non-PvP situations it was received well;

Our Plans

• Base movement speed will remain increased by 14%;
• Sprint speed multiplier during combat will be 1.35x;
• Sprint speed multiplier outside of combat will be 1.75x;
• The "in combat" status will activate not only when dealing/receiving damage but also during any attack or spell cast;
• There will still be many questions about why sprinting is slowed due to self-casting, but buffs can include regeneration, and where there’s regeneration, healing (HP/MP, etc.) is often nearby. For now, this is what we’ll stick with.

Movement Speed

• Base speed remains unchanged (still +14%);
• Sprint speed multiplier reduced from 1.75x to 1.35x, resulting in an absolute speed close to the previous sprint (now 4.32 m/s, previously 4.23 m/s);

Energy

• Energy regeneration is now percentage-based (1%/2%/6% of max energy for running/walking/standing still)
• This significantly surpasses the previous flat regeneration values for higher-level characters;
• Energy costs adjusted as follows:
• Sprint: 0.75 units/s + 1.5*(carried weight/carry capacity);
• Flat cost reduced by 25%, overload penalty reduced by 70%;
• Jump: 4 + 8*(carried weight/carry capacity) + 20% penalty for repeated jumps within 3 seconds;
• Overload impact increased by 60%, penalty duration reduced by 2 seconds;
• Dodging: 8 + 16*(carried weight/carry capacity) + 20% penalty for repeated dodges within 3 seconds;
• Flat cost reduced by 20%, overload impact increased by 60%, penalty duration reduced by 5 seconds;
• These changes standardize overload penalties relative to flat costs and adjust cooldowns for repeated jumps/dodges;
• Energy drain effects now scale as:
• 1% of dealt damage for melee weapons;
• 0.75% for crossbow bolts;
• 0.5% for magic ("projectiles");

Magic and Crossbow Bolt Speed/Radius

• Flight speed increased by 30%;
• Radius increased by up to 12%;
• Curvature range set to 50m;

• Small projectile powders: speed +25%.
• Medium projectile powders: speed +25%, radius +20%;

• Small projectile powders: radius +20%;
• Medium projectile powders: radius +30%;

• Small projectile powders: speed +15%, radius +40%;
• Medium projectile powders: speed +15%, radius +40%;

• Small projectile powders: speed +20%, radius +20%
• Medium projectile powders: speed +15%, radius +10%.

Anniversary

• Warming Brew х3 per character;
• Anniversary Cake x10 per character;
• Token: Mountain Pass x3 per character;
• Phantom Major Learning x5 per account;
• Special Cloak Skin;

EU Region and Alternative Routing

Quests

• The new quest system has received multiple improvements, along with detailed logging for faster bug fixes;
• Fixed the issue with quest activation probability (availability);
• Fixed quest tracking in the new system;
• Added guaranteed (always available) mob-killing quests;
• The gradual migration of quests to the new system continues;
• Completely reworked hide quests based on the mob-killing concept (description below);
• Fixed an issue with the reroll timer deviation (the event determining quest availability and rewards) for mob-killing quests, which caused a gradual increase in the frequency of this event;

Fazira | Mountain Pass

• Reworked the mountain pass leading to Fazira.;
• Added a teleportation token to the entrance of Fazira (almost to the entrance). NPCs for creating the token are located in Anthernolle and Oergrad;
• • Added a blizzard to the event version of Phazira. This weather condition:
• Has its own distinct visual design;
• Applies a negative effect to the character (v1);
• To remove the negative effect, characters can warm up by campfires or use warming items;

Movement Speed | Energy

• Character movement speed increased by 14%.
• Additionally, sprint speed increased by another 16% (a total of 32%).
• Sprinting will consume more energy;
• Fixed the visual mismatch between female character animation speed and movement speed;

Changes

• Removed the restriction on using items during combat (now only equipment changes are restricted);
• Added a sprint restriction for all medium (M) attack powders during casting (similar to AOE attack powders);
• Added a weapon swap restriction during dodge;
• Replaced the VFX for the "Meteor" magic spell;
• Invulnerability upon spawning in Black Zones now follows the same rules as in Red Zones, meaning stricter conditions for losing invulnerability;

Miscellaneous

• Localization fixes;

(Footnote) Settlement Quest Features

• The average quest reward has been increased by 35%;
• Each settlement favors two types of mobs: quests for these mobs become active 10% more often and offer 10% higher rewards;
• Rewards for hare hides have been increased several times;
• Quests with the highest rewards are given by hunters in remote areas, followed by city hunters, and then village hunters;

• Anthernolle and Dyrivoy:
• High rewards with high variance;
• Medium quest activation chance;
• Medium DQB stability;
• Isgollyne and Harbur:
• High chance of "bulk" quests appearing;
• Highest rewards and highest variance;
• Low DQB stability;
• Medium quest activation chance;
• Camlasse and Buddre:
• Medium rewards and variance;
• Medium DQB stability;
• Medium quest activation chance;
• Oergrad and Reniche:
• High quest resistance to DQB;
• High quest activation chance;
• Low rewards and variance;
• Oer’s Wilderness:
• Bulk quests with medium rewards;
• Brabat’s Wilderness:
• High rewards;
• Unstable DQB;
• Gwasgar’s Wilderness
• High DQB stability;
• Low reward;
• Daerkunn’s Wilderness:
• Medium stability;
• Medium rewards.

Events

• Added a system for scheduled regular events;
• Our trial event will be Fazira (starts daily at 00:00, 08:00, 16:00 UTC+0):
• Duration: 2 hours;
• Increased experience gained in the location (+150%);
• Increased Ice Token drop rate (+25%);
• Increased cloak drop rate (+10%);
• Increased level of all creatures (+20%);
• Added "Freeze" powder to the loot;
• NPC herb exchanger in the Green Zone exchanges herbs at an average rate (3:1);
• Added an NPC herb exchanger in the Black Zone with a favorable exchange rate (1:3);
• The teleport to the event Fazira is located at the previous Fazira teleport spot;
• After the event ends, all characters return to Harbur;

Former Fazira and Mountain Pass

• Added a new location: Mountain Pass, a Black Zone rich in Frostleafs;
• Entrance to the original Fazira will be located in this Pass;
• Experience from spiders reduced by 50% in former Fazira;
• NPC herb exchanger in the Green Zone exchanges herbs at an unfavorable rate (10:1);

Quests

• Introduced a new quest system, with a gradual migration of current quests:
• Mob-killing quests;
• Seasonal bill quests;
• For feedback, quests that have already been transferred have the prefix (NEW) in their names;
• Fixed an error in quest appearance probability calculation that significantly lowered it;
• Fixed an error causing quest progress rollback when switching between servers (seamless transition);
• Fixed an error causing setbacks in “collect” quests that were being completed gradually;
• Fixed an error in DQB* update where it only occurred during daily (in-game time) reward rerolls for quests**
• *DQB — Dynamic Quest Balance: NPCs change quest requirements based on how many times a quest has been completed while keeping rewards unchanged;
• **Daily quest reward changes: once per in-game day at a specific time (usually location-dependent), the taler rewards for quests change (range up to +/- 90%);

NPCs

• (Fazira) Added an NPC processor for exchanging coins of different types;
• Changed the type of NPC processing bills from a quest giver to a processor;
• NPC quest givers with seasonal bill offers are now 60% more profitable;

Shields and Blocking

• Significantly increased the drop chance for T4-T9 shield recipes and blanks;
• Improved shield usage physics;
• Temporarily changed the blockingmechanics; now when a shield is raised and hit:
• Magic of the "projectile" type (magic arrows) and crossbow arrows deal no damage;
• Air magic deals damage considering shield bonuses;
• Magic of the "projectile" type with (de)buffs (e.g., Purification Powder) does not apply (de)buffs;
• (Temporarily) Melee weapon attacks deal no damage;
• The current shield blocking system is being prepared for a new formula and a new parameter for weapons/magic—whether to deal damage when hitting a shield.

Additions

• T0 powder vendors in Harbur and Buddre;
• A new item type that drops on death but does not block teleportation (includes: Ice Tokens, Frostleafs, rune shards);
• Ability to sell Fazira coins on the Market;

Changes

• Druid's mana restoration powder ("Inspiration"): Cooldown reduced to 5 sec, cast time reduced to 4 sec, added sprint restriction during use;
• 25% reduction in debuff from AOE powder "Thunder";
• Visual improvements for objects used on mountains;

Fixes

• Various inaccuracies in map markers;
• (Gwasgar, Oer) Spawn points for stone blocks in quarries;
• Localization, names, and NPC titles;

Other

• New system for logging all taler transactions in the game;

In-Game Store

• “Magenta Panther”;
• “Scarlet Panther”;
• “Turquoise Panther”;
• “Brown Panther";

• Northern Cloaks Set;
• Black Wizard Hat;
• Emerald Wizard Hat;
• Red Wizard Hat;
• Sapphire Wizard Hat.