-Mob Ability Balancing-
Goring Horns
- Reflected goring damage now respects your armor and resistances, just like every other attack. Previously, it ignored them, causing massive 400- to 500-point hits.
- Added a cap on how much damage a single gore can reflect, so one big swing can no longer spike into a huge retaliation.
• Lesser cap 40
• Substantial cap 53
• Greater cap 66
• Exceptional cap 80 - On-screen messages now report the actual damage taken after resistances, not the raw pre-resist amount.
-Casino Poker System-
Getting Started
- Find the Poker Dealer at the casino and double-click them to open the Poker Lobby.
- From the lobby, you can see every open table, the blinds, how full each table is, and whether it is waiting or in play.
- Use the Join button to take a seat, the Watch button to observe, or Create Table to host your own game.
- If you ever lose track of your table window, a Re Open Table button appears in the lobby whenever you are seated at or observing a table.
- Anyone can create a table and set its rules.
• Table name
• Small blind and big blind
• Minimum bet and minimum raise step
• Minimum and maximum buy-in
• Maximum players, from 2 up to 22
• Optional password for a private table - When you create a table, you are taken straight to the buy-in so you can sit at your own game.
- Joining prompts you for a buy-in amount between the table minimum and maximum, taken from your bank box.
- Password-protected tables ask for the password before you can sit.
- Texas Hold 'em rules apply, with blinds and the dealer button rotating each hand.
Starting a Game
- Once a table has two or more players, a 30-second countdown begins before the first hand.
- Each player has a Ready button. If everyone clicks Ready, the game starts early; otherwise, it starts automatically when the countdown ends.
- After the first hand, new hands are dealt automatically with no countdown.
The Action Timer
- When it is your turn, you have 60 seconds to act. The live countdown is shown at the table for everyone.
- At 10 seconds remaining, you hear an audio cue and receive a warning.
- If the timer runs out, you automatically fold and take one Timeout.
- Accumulating 5 Timeouts in a single match removes you from the table, just like leaving.
- Your current timeout count is shown on your table window and under each player who has any.
Auto Actions
- To speed things up, you can queue your next move before your turn using the Auto Action buttons in the table window.
• Auto Check, Auto Call, Auto Fold, Auto All In, Auto Bet, and Auto Raise - The queued action is applied the moment it becomes your turn, then cleared. If it is not a legal move that turn, you are asked to choose normally.
Running Out of Chips
- If you bust and can no longer cover the big blind, you stay at the table, and a rebuy window opens.
- You have 60 seconds to add more gold from your bank and keep playing.
- If you do not add gold on time, you are automatically removed from the table.
Leaving a Table
- You can leave at any time; no waiting or leave request is required.
- If you leave in the middle of a hand, you fold and forfeit anything you already put in the pot.
- Your remaining chips are returned to your bank box. The confirmation window spells this out before you commit.
Disconnects
- If you log out or disconnect, you stay seated. You are only folded and removed once it is your turn and your action timer runs out.
- Reconnecting automatically restores your table window.
Observer Mode
- Use Watch in the lobby to observe a table without playing.
- Observers cannot see any player's hole cards during the hand. A player's cards are revealed to observers only when that player folds, and all hands are shown
in the game log at showdown. - Click Stop Observing at any time to leave the watch view.
Game Log and Sounds
- Every table has a running game log showing each action, the showdown hands, who won, how much they won, and the casino rake taken for the jackpot.
- Audio cues play for dealing, your turn, bets, checks, folds, community cards, and wins. These sounds are heard only by the players at that table and by anyone observing them.
The Casino Jackpot
- A small rake from each completed pot feeds the casino-wide jackpot.
- Every time you are paid in gold, whether by winning a hand or in other casino games, there is a super-rare chance to hit the entire jackpot.
- If you hit the jackpot, it is delivered as a blessed check straight to your bank account, even if your bank is full, and a server-wide announcement celebrates the win.
Fair Play
- Only one character per IP Address may sit at the same poker table.
- If you are on a shared connection, such as multiple people playing from the same IP. Contact staff to discuss options.
-Anti AFK Checks-
What You Will See
- While gathering resources, you may be served an AFK check. Staff can also send a hunting AFK check to anyone they suspect of fighting monsters while away from the keyboard.
- The check shows a random 3-digit number drawn with gold coins. Read the number, type it into the answer box, and press the button to pass.
Countdown and Failed Attempts
- A separate countdown window now floats just above the check. It updates every second and shows exactly how much time you have left to answer.
- That same window shows how many attempts you have failed and the limit before the check fails.
- A wrong answer, or letting the timer reach zero, each counts as one failed attempt.
If You Fail
- Failing a gathering check places an account-wide Gathering Ban, and repeat offenses escalate further.
- Failing a hunting check sends you to jail. A repeat hunting offense results in an account ban.
-Gathering Guardian Update-
Guardian Strength Fixed
- Guardians spawned from common resources like iron, plain wood, and plain leather were appearing with almost no health or combat skill and dying to a single hit. They now spawn at full
strength. - Guardians scale up with the resource tier you are gathering, growing up to 45% stronger at the highest tiers. Expect a real fight, especially from Destroyers.
- Guardians still drop a pile of the resource tier they spawned from when killed.
Spawn Cooldowns Now Visible
- When a guardian spawns, you now receive a message telling you exactly how many minutes until another guardian can appear from that gathering skill.
- Cooldowns by guardian tier
• Low tier 5 minutes
• Mid tier 10 minutes
• High tier 15 minutes - You can check your remaining cooldowns at any time with the [CheckGuardianCooldown] command.
Guardians Now Despawn
- Guardians that are not killed now fade back into the land after 30 minutes. Previously, they lingered forever, which is why some mines and forests were crowded with leftover guardians while other spots had none.
- Any old guardians still standing around from before this patch will clean themselves up shortly after the update.
Skinning Guardians Now Spawn
- Leather guardians never actually spawned before this patch. Skinning corpses with a skinning knife can now summon them to defend their kin.
- Guardian tiers unlock with the Forensic Evaluation skill
• Skitter Skavenger at 40 skill
• Skinwarden Beast at 85 skill
• Gore Horned Punisher at 100 skill - Skilled skinners with an 80 or higher Forensic Evaluation now have a chance to find 2 to 4 intestines while skinning. This bonus was not working before.
Guardians Now Despawn
- Guardians that are not killed now fade back into the land after 30 minutes. Previously, they lingered forever, which is why some mines and forests were crowded with leftover guardians, while others had none.
- Any old guardians still standing around from before this patch will clean themselves up shortly after the update.
Lumberjacking Egg Bonus Fixed
- Lumberjacks with 80 or higher skill now correctly have a chance to find 2 to 4 eggs while chopping wood. This bonus existed but never triggered before this patch.
-New Talisman: Vanguard's Talisman-
The Frontline Defender
- A new Defense-focused Talisman is now available. The Vanguard is built to hold the line, mitigating, avoiding, and enduring damage, whereas the other Talismans deal it.
- You can buy one from the Talisman vendor, and it is also available on the Test Center from the Talisman System Stone.
- As it levels to 20, it grants three always-on buffs that grow with each level.
• Armor Bonus up to 13 percent
• Parry Chance up to 12 percent
• Bandage Healing up to 15 percent
Aegis (Signature Ability)
- When you take damage, you have a chance to raise an Aegis, a protective ward that grants a burst of bonus Armor for 8 seconds.
- The chance and the amount of Armor both increase as your Talisman levels.
- Aegis currently protects you alone. (subject to change before launch)
-New Vanguard Legacy Gems-
Five New Defense Gems
- Five new Legacy Gems can now drop from tougher monsters and are available on the Test Center. They socket into any Talisman, and their power grows with the gem's quality and level.
• Bloodguard (Defense / Attack): a chance on successful parry to heal you for a portion of the damage that the parry blocked.
• Guardian's Aegis (Defense / Pet): a chance when struck to shield you and your pets with bonus Armor.
• Last Stand (Defense / Magic): while below 30 percent health, a chance when struck to surge with heavy Armor and a large heal. Does not trigger in player-versus-player combat.
• Retribution (Defense / Attack): a chance when struck to raise a thorned ward that reflects damage at attackers.
• Sanctuary (Defense / Magic): a chance when you cast a spell to ward yourself with bonus Armor and increased Spell Healing.
-New Talisman: Survivalist's Talisman-
The Self-Sufficient Gatherer
- A new Gathering-focused Talisman is now available. The Survivalist is built to live off the land, pulling more from every node, more often, with
fewer wasted swings, whereas the other Talismans focus on combat. - You can buy one from the Talisman vendor, and it is also available on the Test Center from the Talisman System Stone.
- As it levels to 20, it grants three always-on buffs that grow with each level.
• Yield Increase up to 25 percent
• Yield Increase Chance up to 13 percent
• Gather Success Chance up to 13 percent
Harvester's Momentum (Signature Ability)
- Every successful harvest builds a stack of Momentum, up to 5 stacks, and each stack grants bonus Damage and Spell Damage for 90 seconds.
- The bonus per stack increases as your Talisman levels, reaching 3 percent per stack at level 20 for up to 15 percent Damage and Spell Damage at
full stacks. - The rhythm of the pick and axe carries into the swing and the spell. Keep working the land and you stay primed for the fight; stop gathering and
Momentum decays stack by stack.
-New Survivalist Legacy Gems-
Six New Gathering Gems
- Six new Legacy Gems can now drop from tougher monsters and are available on the Test Center. They socket into any Talisman, and their power grows
with the gem's quality and level. Each one has a chance to trigger on a successful harvest.
• Barkhide Ward (Gathering / Defense): a chance on harvest to sheathe yourself in bark, granting bonus Armor and a chance to reflect damage at
attackers.
• Elemental Reaping (Gathering / Summoner): a chance on harvest to empower your active summons with bonus Damage and Spell Damage.
• Refiner's Instinct (Gathering / Crafting): a chance on harvest to enter a refiner's focus, increasing the chance your following gathers pull a
higher grade of material.
• Tender of Beasts (Gathering / Pet): a chance on harvest to heal your nearby pets and increase your Veterinary Healing.
• Verdant Attunement (Gathering / Magic): a chance on harvest to restore mana and increase your Spell Damage.
• Whetstone Rhythm (Gathering / Attack): a chance on harvest to gain Attack Speed and Hit Chance.
-Legacy Gem Balancing-
Proc Buff Accuracy
- Temporary buffs granted by Legacy Gem abilities now apply their exact value. Previously, they were rounded to the nearest 10 percent, which often shrank small buffs to nothing or rounded them up unevenly.
- This affects every proc gem, not just the new ones. Existing gems such as Barbaric Rage now deliver their true rolled values, and every gem's per-level growth is felt smoothly rather than in large jumps.
-Buff System Overhaul and Bug Fixes-
Defensive Buffs Now Work
- A full audit of the buff system revealed that nearly every defensive buff was silently doing nothing. That is fixed. All of the following now work everywhere they appear, whether from Talismans, Legacy Gems, Nexus Crystals, buff foods, or bard songs.
• Armor Bonus now absorbs a percentage of incoming monster damage
• Damage Reflection and Damage Reflection Chance now reflect monster hits back at the attacker
• Pet Armor and Pet Damage Reflection now protect your pets
• Summon Armor and Summon Damage Reflection now protect your summons - This means abilities like Mana Shield, Guardian Bond, and the entire Vanguard Talisman kit now deliver their full effect.
- Parrying a monster now fully blocks the hit, turning the entire swing aside with a visible flash.
- The Parry Chance buff now correctly increases your chance to parry, and it now benefits weapon wielders as well as shield users.
- A hidden math error that made shield parry behave wildly for characters under 80 dexterity has been corrected.
- Shields still provide their normal partial absorption on hits that are not parried.
- Mana Cost Reduction now actually lowers the mana cost of your spells. Previously, it only gave a small bonus when a mana refund was triggered.
Arcanist Talisman users will feel this immediately. - Pet and Summon mana cost reduction now works the same way for your companions' spellcasting.
- Mana refunds are now calculated from the reduced cost, and the refund messages have been cleaned up.
- Pet Ability Cooldown Reduction and Summon Ability Cooldown Reduction were never connected to anything. They now shorten your pet's cooldowns and summon special abilities.
- This makes the Beastmaster Talisman's third buff work for the first time, along with every food and crystal that grants these stats.
- Bandage Healing Increase now adds a true percentage to your bandage heals. Previously, it added a fraction of a single hit point.
- Arrow Refund Chance now works. Archers with the buff will keep their ammo on a successful roll.
- Durability Refund Chance now protects your shield and all armor pieces in addition to weapons, and it now correctly reads your own buff instead of your attacker's.
- Regional Damage Reduction now applies to melee hits as well as spells, and now also protects your pets and summons.
- Critical hits now announce themselves on screen. They were landing silently before.
- Pets and summons that cast spells can now be interrupted by damage, like everyone else. A quirk made them immune to interruption.
- Pets no longer automatically pierce monster magic resistance, and monsters no longer automatically pierce pet resistance. Both now follow the same rules as players.
-Crafting Buffs Now Live-
Seven Crafting Buffs Hooked In
- The entire crafting buff line existed in name only. All seven now function at the crafting table.
• Crafting Success Chance raises your chance to craft successfully and shows in the craft menu percentages
• Exceptional Chance Increase raises your chance for exceptional quality
• Resource Refund Chance gives a chance to have the materials used in a craft returned
• Durability Increase and Durability Increase Chance give crafted armor, weapons, and shields a bonus maximum durability
• Tool Use Increase and Tool Use Increase Chance give crafted tools and instruments bonus uses - Rare crafting materials such as Mystical Blueprints and other rare loot ingredients are never refunded by Resource Refund Chance.
- The crafting buff foods you may already own now actually do something.
-Gathering Buffs Now Live-
Five Gathering Buffs Hooked In
- The gathering buff line is now fully functional for mining, lumberjacking, and fishing.
• Gather Success Chance gives a failed gathering attempt a second chance to succeed
• Resource Upgrade Chance can transmute your harvest into the next resource grade up
• Yield Increase and Yield Increase Chance grant bonus resources on top of your harvest without draining the resource node
• Tool Use Refund Chance gives a chance not to wear down your tool - The gathering buff foods you may already own now actually do something.
- Skinning corpses also benefits from the gathering buffs.
• Yield Increase can grant bonus feathers, wool, meat, and hides from a single corpse
• Resource Upgrade Chance can transmute your hides into the next leather grade up - The crafting buff foods you may already own now actually do something.
-Gathering Buffs Now Live-
Five Gathering Buffs Hooked In
- The gathering buff line is now fully functional for mining, lumberjacking, and fishing.
• Gather Success Chance gives a failed gathering attempt a second chance to succeed
• Resource Upgrade Chance can transmute your harvest into the next resource grade up
• Yield Increase and Yield Increase Chance grant bonus resources on top of your harvest without draining the resource node
• Tool Use Refund Chance gives a chance not to wear down your tool - The gathering buff foods you may already own now actually do something.
- Skinning corpses also benefits from the gathering buffs.
• Yield Increase can grant bonus feathers, wool, meat, and hides from a single corpse
• Resource Upgrade Chance can transmute your hides into the next leather grade up
• Tool Use Refund Chance can spare your skinning knife from wear
-Nexus Crystals and Region Buffs-
Crystals Can Now Roll Every Buff
- Nexus Crystals can now roll Crafting and Gathering buffs. Every buff in the game is now both obtainable and functional.
- Crafter and gatherer characters can finally build a Talisman loadout dedicated to their trade.
- Dungeon damage, spell damage, and damage reduction buffs now work throughout the entire dungeon, including entrances, passages, and connected side areas.
- Previously, they worked only in the main chamber of each dungeon and silently switched off elsewhere.