Upcoming Features

Top Player Issues

• Voice chat bugs [source]
  
• Fixing Godstone abilities so they work as described [multiple sources]
  
• Ability to reroll enhancements gained from the enhancement stations [source]
  
• Allow joining instances with parties smaller than 8 people [source]
  
• Better ways to make Zen [source]
  
• Guild menu improvements like adding a scrollbar and showing which shard members are on [source]
  
• Switching daily and weekly quests [multiple sources]
  
• Allow dailies to be completed more than once [multiple sources]
  

New Roadmap

Major 1.2 Community Alpha

Join the Community Alpha:

1. First, join our Discord: https://discord.gg/zenith
   
2. Go to the #bot-commands channel and enter !joinalpha
   
3. Check your DMs for your special access code. You'll also be granted a special role and access to private discussion channels with us.
   
4. Switch your build to Community Alpha by following the instructions below.
   
5. Boot up Zenith and enjoy!
   

How to Switch Builds:

• Navigate to the Oculus store page on your computer or phone.
  
• Tap/click on the version number.
  
• Change to the channel named 'CommunityAlpha' and the app will update on your device.
  

• Navigate to the game in your Steam library.
  
• Right click on Zenith > Properties > Betas.
  
• From the drop down, select 'communityalpha'.
  

New Content

• Find Lia, the new NPC in the plains near Mika by the lake for the new quest events
  
• New daily quest that grants Sunshine coins
  
• New synthesis station to craft the new Sunshine Cosmetic
  

Feature/System Updates

• Crafting stations now get disabled when an instance has been found. Before, they would get disabled when matchmaking started.
  
• A popup now shows up when the user is removed from queue after 15 minutes.
  
• Referral code input box in registration menu now says that it's optional
  
• New accessibility option to toggle grip and configurable hold and release sensitivities [source]
  
• There is now an indication if a friend is online on a different shard [partially addresses this source]
  

Resolved Issues

• Updated Steam VR binding support. This fixes issues with the HP Reverb, Vive wands, and oversensitive grabbing on Valve Index [source]
  
• Fixed matchmaking status carrying over when queueing solo and logging out.
  
• Equipped godstones are now being remembered when logging back in [source]
  
• Fixed another cause for Essence Mage orbs not colliding with enemies/ground [source]
  
• Fixed invisible mushrooms when cooking [source]
  

New Content

• Find Ali, a new NPC in the city alleyways, who will start you on your swag journey
  
• New quests, including dailies, across Zenith that grant Neowear coins
  
• New synthesis station to craft the new Neowear gear
  

Feature/System Updates

• Changes to instances:
  
  
  
  • Shortened player respawn time in instances
    
  • Damage contribution for Dungeon and Raid bosses now last longer [source]
    
  • Added 2 hour time limit to instances before they close
    
  
  
• Changed to the Infernal Core [source]:
  
  
  
  • Moved the player respawn point to be on the platform
    
  • Extended the time it takes for the boss room to close
    
  • Set the door next to Vulkane as unclimbable
    
  
  
• Added full body haptics support so you can now experience a more immersive experience using bHaptics hardware
  
• (Edit 8/5 - this was scheduled for a previous update and is now in) The in-game referral page has been moved to the sign up screen
  
  
  
  • When you first create a Zenith account you'll have the opportunity to enter a referrer as a part of the process. The referrer will no longer be entered while you are in-game.
    
  
  

Resolved Issues

• Fixed beater cosmetic blade weapons - they can now be equipped in the cosmetic slots to give your swords a futuristic appearance.
  
• Fixed cooking stations being able to spawn in the air so they now always spawn on the ground as intended
  
• Essence Mage blasters are now rotated correctly when holstered
  
• Fixed collider on the altar in the Vault of the Ancients boss room
  
• Fixed a building in the city not showing up for desktop platforms unless on low graphics.
  
• Removed blank hair icon from character creation
  
• Fixed the SFX that played when moving items around in inventory
  
• Fixed floor collider in Forsaken Reliquary so players don't appear to be floating
  
• Fixed invisible collider in Ruler's Reach
  
• Fix cosmetic items not getting added to the cosmetic tab
  
• General VFX bugfixes
  
• (Edit 8/5 - adding the following)
  
• Fixed missing "Veteran Sylphids" (purple) in "Reclaim Blossom Village" public event and Macabre Menagerie open-world dungeon in Emerald Desert
  
• Fixed an issue where the Founder's Headgear made your character bald when applied
  
• Fixed popup that incorrectly said "You received 0 item!"
  
• (Edit 8/15) Fixed stamina not being granted after completing Aetheric Upgrades.
  

Feature/System Updates

• New Drift animations and voice lines for regions
  
• Improved Matchmaking UI/UX that includes:
  
  
  
  • Icon indicators for queued players
    
  • Matchmaking status in the mini map text pop up
    
  • New "Instance Ready" pop up with a countdown to join [source 1, source 2]
    
  • Players time out when queueing for more than 15 minutes
    
  • Crafting stations are disabled while queueing and crafting ingredients get refunded
    
  
  
• Changes to the Celestial Throne climb:
  
  
  
  • Moved some platforms to show a clearer path forward
    
  • Moving platforms pause for longer before moving again
    
  • Added safety rocks beneath dangerous sections
    
  • Fixed colliders on moving platforms and vines
    
  • Added mines in some sections and adjusted the timing for explosions
    
  
  
• Dungeon updates:
  
  
  
  • Minor improvements to the dungeon boundary system
    
  • Added previous action completion requirement for boss to spawn in Forsaken Reliquary
    
  • Added previous room completion requirement for bosses in Seething Depths and Infernal Core
    
  • Increased laser damage for traps in Forsaken Reliquary
    
  • Improved wording on Terms of Service buttons
    
  • Sound polish for the Celestial Throne content
    
  
  

Resolved Issues

• Reduced crashes and other stability and performance improvements [source]
  
• Fixed the Amara's Tear counter to display the correct amount in some regions
  
• A further fix to repeatable quests to resolve an issue where they could show up as available but be unselectable
  
• When a player dies, the revival tether will always appear above the ground now
  
• Fixed a duplication bug for the Cloak of Amara flower [source]
  
• Party markers on the map no longer pop when a party member is moving
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed turning in the same items more than once when completing certain quests
  
• Fixed lasers not activating in the Defiled Gardens sometimes
  
• Fixed a bug where players could rejoin already completed instances
  
• Players prevented from switching characters while matchmaking
  
• Fixed item level requirement bug for roulettes and raids
  
• Made Essence Mage thrown abilities more reliable [source 1, source 2]
  
• Visual improvements for armor like the Gothic Raven
  
• Visual bugfixes and upgrades for various dungeons
  
• Fixed network sync and collision bugs in various dungeons
  
• General backend system improvements
  

Preamble

Warnings/Cautions

• We’ve fixed the “speed flying” glitch and restored gliding back to its intended state
  • “Speed flying” was a glitch that essentially broke the way gliding was designed to function. It was never meant to be a feature in the game. That said, we're always looking for ways to improve the gliding system so you might see some more updates to it in the future! We know users like moving fast and having competitions, so rest assured we will be continuously looking for ways to improve the feeling of gliding and velocity
  • [6/12 update] To make sensitive and basic gliding more fun to compensate, we've increased the maximum velocity without exploits by 25%, we've reduced stamina drain by 20%, we've increased the amount of takeoff velocity you can accumulate significantly, and we've reduced the cost of jumping significantly as well. All of this should lead to a much smoother, legitimate, gliding experience
• The in-game referral page has been moved to the sign up screen
  • When you first create a Zenith account you'll have the opportunity to enter a referrer as a part of the process. The referrer will no longer be entered while you are in-game.
• Game Balance
  • Essence Mage Tank
    • Right now, due to a bug with certain essence mage tank abilities giving 100% lifesteal and an infinite shield, we know that EM tank is overpowered in many situations. We are looking for ways to shift the balance so that EM tank is still really fun and plays the same, but is more in line with other class utility. Ideally, we'd like to reduce the lifesteal percentage and make the shield not last as long. As of the release of this patch note, we still haven't come up with a way to do this, as the change is not trivial and we wanted to get this out a week before launch, but in the interest of transparency, please note that there will be additional balancing changes
      • Reduced Essence Mage Tank Culling Beam max damage and reduced the ammo refill rate from 6.6s to 8s
      • [6/14 Update]:
        • Decreased Spirit Burn damage by 26%
        • Antimatter Shell now correctly fades after 5 seconds
        • Fixed an issue that was causing Antimatter Shell to give more shield than intended
  • Added 2.5% stagger damage to fully charged Essence Mage DPS Searing Shots
  • Changed level scaling so that enemies can be 7 levels above you before the hard cap takes place
  • [6/12 Update]
    • Increased experience gained from repeatable quests by 20%
  • [6/14 Update]
    • Reduce healing aggro generated by 20%, increase tank aggro by 28%
    • Essence Mage DPS:
      • Lightning Strike now grants a [20% AP] shield for [5s].

New Features/Systems

• Instanced Dungeons and Raids
  • Parties of agents can now test their mettle in instanced dungeons and raids! Currently dungeons require 4-person parties and raids require 8. (Not enough players in your party? Check out Matchmaking below!) Dungeons and raids can be unlocked via several methods including all new quest lines, and they have multiple difficulty ranks.
  • Artifact dungeons have 3 ranks of difficulty, and Celestial Throne raids have 2 ranks. You must have sufficient item level
• Matchmaking
  • Our new matchmaking system allows you to queue for dungeons alone or with a party that is under the size limit. You'll be matched with other players and then your complete party will join the dungeon together.
• Roulettes and roulette rewards
  • Roulettes provide a way to get extra rewards for playing random dungeons and raids. Join a roulette to be placed with other players in a random dungeon. In addition to the original rewards, you'll gain bonus rewards for participating via roulette!
• Daily and Weekly Dungeon Rewards
  • The first time you complete a dungeon that day you will get bonus rewards. You can keep playing them and receive the original rewards as many times as you like, but you'll only receive the bonus rewards once per day/week. Daily and Weekly rewards will be crucial in your quest to gear up and get the most powerful armor in the game
• Daily and Weekly Quests
  • Certain NPCs now offer quests once a day and once a week with special rewards!
• [6/15 Update] Collectible Counters will be added in a later patch
  • Your inventory now contains a counter that lets you keep track of how many collectibles (like Amara’s Tears) you've found in each zone.
• Headgear
  • Headgear with stats (not just cosmetic) is available for multiple armor sets
• Item Levels and Infusion
  • Armor and weapons still have a level, which determines whether you can equip it at your level. Now they also have an “item level”, or ilvl, which contributes to their effectiveness. Enhancement stations now have an “infusion” option that lets you increase the item level of a specific piece of end game gear that can only be found in the raids. In the future many other types of armors will be infusab
• Left handed controls
  • Any UI menus with pointers and abilities that require a single hand can now be used with either hand. To switch hands when using a menu, click with the other hand and the pointer will transfer to that hand.
• New AI/Combat mechanics
  • Ring-shaped AOEs: circular AOEs that you can stand in the middle of
  • Stacking AOEs: an AOE that is placed on a player. Any players that join the target player will share the damage.
  • Bullet Hell: enemies can now rapidly fire projectiles
  • Traps/Environmental Damage: watch out for lava, steam vents, poison pools, and more!

New Content

• Instanced Artifact Dungeons (4 person)
  • The Forsaken Reliquary: Strange sounds have been heard from deep within the Forsaken Reliquary. Investigate what's brewing and protect the Obsidian Fortress!
  • The Seething Depths: The Seething Depths has been overrun with enemies, delve the dungeon and confirm the artifact is still in place.
  • The Vault of the Ancients: Flashing lights have been seen emanating from within the Vault of the Ancients, venture inside and find out what’s going on.
• Raids (8 person)
  • The Infernal Core: The heart that keeps the Celestial Throne afloat - the Infernal Core feels like a living organism. Fiery vents blast out superheated flames that forge the weapons used by Sidion's machine of war, all under the watchful glare of the Forgemaster Vulkane...
  • The Pillar of the Architect: A testament of Zenithean engineering, this impressive technical construct is now in a state of disrepair. Its crew of robotic workers have long since succumbed to corruption of their AI, becoming something much more lethal than their programming intended.
  • The Defiled Gardens: Once a lush oasis in the center of the Celestial Throne, this horticultural facility has become overgrown, and twisted elemental creatures now roam its halls.
• Overworld Artifact Dungeons
  • The Forsaken Reliquary: located in the Obsidian Fortress
  • The Seething Depths: located in Radiant Coast
  • The Vault of the Ancients: located in the Emerald Desert
• Armor Sets 3 epic, and 1 legendary per set
  • Blade Master
    • Dark Omen
    • Myrmidon
    • Dragonhunter
    • Ancient Hero
  • Essence Mage
    • Astromancer
    • Primalist
    • Wandering Wizard
    • Ancient Magician
• Weapons
  • [6/16 Edit] Artifact Weapons -- beneath the Celestial Throne lies a new friend who will lead you on your quest for these powerful endgame weapons. In the future, you will be able to empower these things to become even more powerful!
    • Blade Master
      • The Falling Star (DPS)
      • The Falling Star (Support)
      • The Falling Star (Tank)
    • Essence Mage
      • Deadly Nova Trigger
      • Defending Nova Trigger
      • Healing Nova Trigger
• Endgame Currency (acquired from dungeons/raids)
  • Mark of Thaedris
  • Mark of Ancients
  • Fractured Armor Pieces and Celestial Armor Pieces
• NPCs
  • "The Surveyor", they meet you at the bottom of the Celestial Throne, and then race you to the top with new quests!
• Zones
  • The Approach: the base of the Celestial Throne, climb to the top if you dare!
  • The Celestial Throne: a gigantic floating tower that has appeared above the Obsidian Fortress
• 20+ new quests
• New music for dungeons and raids and new zones

Feature/System Updates

• Guilds
  • Only relevant buttons are now visible (ex. “Create” is hidden when the guild is already created)
  • Creating guilds now has a cancel button so you can change your mind
  • Guild creation now waits for the result and only switches back to the guild list when guild creation was successful
  • When guild creation fails, you get a message why it failed
• NPCs
  • Improved animations and SFX for multiple NPCs
• Movement
  • Smooth Turn now has a sensitivity slider
• Synthesis
  • New synth stations added to Nexus District for endgame gear
• [6/13 Update] Updated artwork for Mark of Sidion

Resolved Issues (change sets)

• [ZEN-3400] Fix all broken godstone modifiers (24222)
• [QA-241] fixed good-smoothie quest missing HUD title (23566)
• [QA-240] fixed basil noodles to my buddy completing with only 2 of the 3 required items (23566)
• [QA-93] fixed missing salted basil cracker icon - using temporary stand-in (23566)
• [QA-228] fixed offer text in Leaves of Red to reflect updated zone name (23566)
• [ZEN-3400] Fixed Armor modifiers not modifying armor (24733)
• Sporadic cooking station bugs (24757)
• [ZEN-3458] Some hairstyles appeared broken when wearing headgear (22729)
• [ZEN-3448] Fixed: Doom godstone bug that caused it to deal way too much damage (24308)
• [ZEN-3400] Fixed Erupting Spring Heal over Time: Was flat 20 HP per tick, now is AP 40% per tick as in description (24674)
• Numerous performance and framerate fixes
• Improved graphics (ex. better textures) in several areas
• Patched several exploits

Known Issues

• When entering an instance, players sporadically stay in Global chat.
  • Workaround: Manually switch to Party chat.
• Some platforms experience occasional crashes, e.g. when entering and leaving a few instances.
• Water in Galian Valley doesn't always render properly and sometimes disappears.
• Some of the water in Skysong Summit does not render properly on some platforms.
• Loot pops out of chests in different directions, sometimes you may need to reach into a wall to grab it if it lands behind it.
• There is a bug where godstones appear as level 1. This is a visual glitch; no progress has actually been lost.
  • Workaround: Kill a few mobs and the level will appear correctly.

Celestial Throne Trailer: https://youtu.be/C4efvBVzHaU

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The Celestial Throne Update

• Six new instanced dungeons filled with interactive puzzles, traps, adversaries, and an abundance of treasure
  
• Instance matchmaking for parties of 4-8 players
  
• Quality of life enhancements like left-handed controls & much more!
  

Developer AMA on Tuesday, May 31

Minor Patch 23728 - Core Architectural Upgrades & Bugfixes

Architectural Upgrades to Support the Future of Zenith

Breaking Changes

• 30 godstones limit per ability
  
  
  
  • While we won't be removing any existing player's godstones, you won't be able to pick up additional godstones of that ability until you trash them.
    
  • For convenience, we've included a clear godstones button that will remove all low level godstones with no XP from your inventory.
    
  
  

Resolved Issues

• Fixed several issues with referral points. In some cases the number of points shown in game was incorrect (too low), and in other cases the number was correct but the rewards did not unlock in the store.
  
• Fixed an issue with party members sometimes not being able to leave a party after previously disbanding a party.
  
• Guild members can no longer promote a party member above their own role.
  
• Fixed bug where the player was able to climb in the air after an object that was currently being held de-spawned.
  
• Fixed quest journal sometimes not appearing until the player switched tabs back and forth.
  

Feature Updates

• Add a button to remove all low rarity godstones with no XP on them.
  
• Capped the amount of godstones a player can hold to 15 (this will be increased to 30 for the public release due to player feedback!)
  

Testing Philosophy

• Hired 6 external QA testers and 1 new internal QA lead to test these builds non-stop leading up to launch
  
• Have been testing with 40 trusted community members on early versions of the PTR for the past several weeks
  
• Built a new phased rollout system that will let us dynamically increase the percentage of users on the new systems overtime.
  
• Several internal playtests where the entire team tested and reported bugs
  
• Public load tests to stress test our server tech
  

New Features/Systems

• Polished Create Account and Keyboard Usability.
  
• Major Polishing on Shard Selection:
  - Filter by region
  - Show home shard always on top
  - Sort by name
  - Sort by shard population
  - Make shard names human readable
  
• The next Main Story Quest is always displayed in your inventory.
  
• Added extra inventory pages and cosmetic inventory tabs.
  
• Equipment slots position and rotation can now be customized.
  
• "Beater Gear" and "Arik's Gauntlet" rewards are now available in the Nexus District store if you have them unlocked.
  
• New in-game referral system. Refer players to Zenith using your code to get exclusive Beater Gear cosmetics! 1 point per referral, 10 points for the full set! The referral screen can be found in the Social tab alongside your friend list. Use it to check the current number of points you have or to enter the name of the player that referred you. Linking your Discord account and adding a referrer will also give you 1 point each. You can pick your rewards up at the Nexus District store.
  

Feature/System Updates

• Polished Guild Creation UI.
  
• Show contribution and reward tier medals when completing events.
  
• Rewards pop ups for quests. Show item rewards in the public event pop ups.
  
• Add party member count to UI, increase max party member count to 8.
  
• Opening and closing the in-game menu is now much faster.
  
• Added modifier descriptions to item and godstone tooltips.
  
• Make the starter weapons trash-able. Add a repeatable quest to Mika in Galian Plains that gives new starter swords or launchers (depending on which class you are). That way if you trash your original starter weapons you can replace them later on.
  
• Distance grabbing is now disabled while in combat, to prevent accidentally grabbing loot.
  
• Add player's email and account ID as tooltip to the login screen.
  
• PS4: Update Shard Filter availability properly when coming from PSN Only.
  
• Godstones now properly say when they are fully leveled
  
• Hide "remaining XP" on logout panel when level 40 because the value was misleading
  
• Improved readability of in-game system messages (shard restart warnings)
  
• Redesigned Agreements for better performance (paging instead of scrolling)
  

Resolved Issues

• Fix some enemy AOEs not being visible on Quest.
  
• Prevent Arboruht and other enemies from not counting towards Public Events when kited out of the PE.
  
• Fix overlapping quest journal lines.
  
• The in-game menu could be opened while loading which could cause accidental interactions. Also, disabled spells and weapon grabbing while loading. This also solves the issue that items (e.g. food) could be grabbed and lost while loading.
  
• Fixed issue that role-levels were not properly updated in Godstones UI. Also fixed issue that current role button was not properly disabled, so it was possible to switch to the same role the player already had.
  
• Fixed "Must Shroom" quest completing without going to NPC
  
• Fixed Quadruped mobs sliding
  
• Fix base godstones getting regranted on every login and level up.
  
• Fix synthesis stations breaking when taking out stacks of different qualities.
  
• Fix Shin quest in Forest 2 not rewarding the player.
  
• The help menu now works properly on all platforms.
  
• 'Shrooms in the Desert' quest now has a Boundary Circle indicating location of the Pond.
  
• 'Noodles to the Palace, Pronto' quest now completes at Amani in Emerald Palace.
  
• 'Mikas Large Order' quest now available from Brimm at level 40 and Tier-2 Rosemary Rare Mushroom Noodles.
  
• Fixed Oculus ID not showing up anywhere; this also caused players on Oculus to show up as offline in the party list and broke all tooltips in the login area (for Create Account and Login)
  
• Fixed Vivox Volume Slider (its range went too high); it's still possible to create distortions when going all the way up and the other player is at max volume but this should now happen much less frequently
  
• Collect - Fire Seeds quest: Fixed incorrect "Return to" text.
  
• Floating Island Treasure quest: Fixed incorrect pre-requisites, separated collect nodes for better tracking.
  
• Fixed framedrop issues in credits.
  
• Fixed godstone points not saving properly.
  
• Updated the current epic equipment to have the same stats as the retired legendary equipment.
  
• Players are no longer able to sell the Orange Creamsicle Smoothie Recipe.
  
• Avatars' feet now have proper IK and don't clip through the ground.