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Villagers and HeroesEventsPatch 5.36 Grinchtas Lair is now live!
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Patch 5.36 Grinchtas Lair is now live!

Villagers and Heroes · published 18 Nov 2024, 19:57 UTC

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Grinchta's Lair (5.36)


Grinchta's Lair has arrived! It's that merry, scary, time of year again when a snow filled wonderland, rich with sparkling rewards and deadly challenges, has descended upon the Seven Realms! An exotic new mount, homestead items, and more await in this festive holiday build, which also includes the addition of The Gulch – a terrifyingly fun new feature in the Crux, for those who are willing to accept the risk in order to reap the gains. Happy Holidays!

New Features

  • Activated the Christmas event!
  • The Gulch is now active! This is a new activity for players in the Crux.
  • Improvements
  • Increased the drop rate of Zorian Spores from bounties in Grinchta's Lair.
  • Zorian Spores will now drop for bounties within Grinchta's Lair.
  • Reduced the requirements for "Firefly Plasma Dollop" to 5 (was 15) for the quest, "Sustenance for Socorro".
  • Increased the drop-rate chance of Mantiscite Scales in the Crux.
  • Dropped weapons at levels below 30
  • have a better chance to have more runes on average
  • are more likely to drop than other gear

Bug Fixes

  • Changed title of Fantin in the SW Crux to be "Registrar" instead of "Registar".
  • misleading goal for the quest, "Debt Collector":
  • * **OLD**: "I need to find a way of making fake hands."
  • * **NEW**: "Turn in a pair of fake hands to Torvel."
  • missing collider at -51 -693 124 (top right of D7) in the SW Crux.
  • issue that caused level 96+ preparations to give less bonuses than level 95.
  • formatting issue with level 95 Elder reward descriptions.
  • talent text for level 97 crafted runes:
  • * Hivesoul
  • * **OLD**: "Your glyphs are increased..."
  • * **NEW**: "Your dodge chance is increased..."
  • * Cruxian Awareness
  • * **OLD**: "Your glyphs are increased..."
  • * **NEW**: "Your hero XP rate is increased..."
  • * Socorium Precision
  • * **OLD**: "Your glyphs are increased..."
  • * **NEW**: "Your defensive breach is increased..."
  • * Crux Pathfinder
  • * **OLD**: "Your glyphs are increased..."
  • * **NEW**: "Your mounted speed is increased..."
  • the display name of Gulchhide Tracker Cap to match the recipe:
  • * **OLD**: Gulchhide Nature Hat
  • * **NEW**: Gulchhide Tracker Cap
  • daily raid reward tooltip being overridden by Zorian Spore reward.
  • Added level 96 shield recipes to Aegmon.
  • Removed Thornhoof mounts from the Miscellaneous tab in event vendors.
  • Slightly adjusted the positioning of some mushroom in the NW Crux.
  • Note: Some mobile players are reporting that XP reward chests aren't working now. They are working! We just changed they work. The XP is granted the moment the player claims the quest reward (by talking to the NPC) -- and not later when they open the reward chests as before.
  • trees that couldn't be harvested from in the NW Crux at 669 -672 21 (bottom right of F6).
  • an issue that caused "Scent Thrower" to not be able to be started after completing "Crystal Fish Catcher" if dialog with Rocko was exited early.
  • an issue with the quest, "Bustling for Bridges". It asked for 5 Cruxian Centipedes, but internally required 50. It will now require 5.
  • an issue that caused level 95 items to sometimes be auto-selected as the base item when gnogging with a level 96+ item.
  • an issue that caused walls to disappear in the NW Crux at "250 -571 18" (middle of E6) when graphics were on low settings.
  • stuck area in the SW Crux at 509.0 124.3 41.3 (middle of F4) in the SW Crux.
  • Added missing bounty Arachna in the SW Crux.
  • text issue with the text in the quest, "Bustling for Bridges" in the SW Crux:
  • * Old: "Collect 5 Cruxian Centipedes, which can be found in Trunktail burrows."
  • * New: "Collect 5 Cruxian Centipedes, which can be found in Lavendar burrows."
  • an issue with the text of the item, "Valor Berry Liquid Scent Pouch". It will now show the following text if it is used in the wrong location: "You are not in the right location to use that."
  • missing quest icon for Cheedle during the quest, "Goosebumps for the Gulch" in the SW Crux.
  • some gathering issues with Teak trees in the SW Crux.

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an issue that prevented Zorian Spores from being shown as a reward after completing a daily/weekly raid.
Gnogmenting button now shows up when Unequip button is visible so that text doesn't overlap the gnogmenting button.

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