0.7.3 Monday Content Update
## Content
New Dungeon - The Hidden Grove (Level 20+)
- New 4 player dungeon in the far reaches of the map
- Fight through corrupted nature enemies to reach the boss
- Boss: Verdanthos, the Blighted Archdruid - 3 unique abilities with new VFX and SFX
- Blight Storm - poison AoE cloud around himself
- Entangling Roots - roots burst from the ground, rooting players in place
- Nature's Wrath (Phase 2) - massive nature explosion, dodge or die
- 10 new dungeon items including 3 weapons, 3 armor pieces, 2 trinkets, a shield, and a cowl
- Dungeon NPC inside with lore context
New Skill - Agility
- Agility obstacles placed in the world, interact to attempt a jump/sneak
- Fail chance is a base 50%, ~2% per level, caps 96%
- Levelling is done via successful completions
- Shortcuts provide alternative routes and access to otherwise unreachable areas
15 New Quests - Traveller in Melis Village, Riley the Horse Salesman, B.M. Boatface, Thoryn, the Druid, Melistra, and Luwara all have some new content!
7 New Enemies - Plague Bearer, Dark Ranger, Withered Hexer, Cursed Spirit, Skeletal Champion, Tormented Spirit, Withered Revenant
- Spawned in the higher level areas of the overworld, leading up to the Hidden Grove
- Level range roughly 12-21, scaling in difficulty as you get closer to the dungeon
20 New Boots and Gloves - full upgrade chains across all 3 armor types
- Plate: Bone > Withered > Drowned > Reinforced Drowned
- Leather: Highwayman > Stalker's > Brine > Reinforced Brine
- Cloth: Bone Weave > Blighted > Tidewoven > Reinforced Tidewoven
8 World Boss Epic Drops - 4 per boss, 3 weapons + 1 trinket
- Skeleton Overlord: Overlord's Greatsword, Marrow Staff, Spine Bow, Overlord's Sigil
- Dread Admiral: Admiral's Maul, Abyssal Staff, Drowned King's Longbow, Admiral's Medallion
- World boss gold rewards significantly increased
New Mount - Dire Wolf
- Faster and tankier than the Brown Horse (380 speed, 200 HP vs 350/150)
- Drops from the Dread Admiral at a very rare rate
- Cannot be bought, drop only
4 new quest gather items
16 New Crafting Recipes - Upgrade path for boots and gloves using Withered Samples and Drowned Essence
- Highwayman Bracers & Boots (Leatherworking 8, Tanning Rack) - pelt scraps + bone fragments
- Withered tier (Skill 9) - corrupt your bone/barbarian gear with Withered Samples into L10 gear
- Drowned tier (Skill 12) - infuse your withered gear with Drowned Essence into L12 gear
- Waterlogged Cloth now used as crafting ingredient
## Economy Changes
- Potions no longer drop from overworld enemies. Buy them from shops or craft them. Dungeon rewards still include potions.
- Brown Horse mount price increased to 1000 gold
## Audio
- New boss ability SFX for Verdanthos fight
- Waypoint fast travel now has a sound effect
- Epic and legendary item drops play a special sound
## Fixes
Party System
- Shared quest kill credit, party members WITHIN range get kill progress when anyone in the party kills a target.
- Shared quest gather drops - party members who need quest items get independent rolls when party kills enemies
- Live party HP/mana - updates 10Hz with health and mana
- Party leave/kick/disconnect properly notifies remaining members when party disbands
- Party XP shared with all members in the zone, not just damage dealers. Healers get XP too.
Combat and Abilities
- Haste stat - reduces cooldowns and cast times, scales from DEX
- Stun/freeze/root blocks movement and attacks
- Single-target abilities no longer hit multiple enemies (sorry Warrior)
- Mana regen no longer truncates to zero
- Charge ability cooldown refund works correctly
- Fury passive description matches behavior
Dungeons
- Dungeon instance no longer breaks when first player leaves
- Reward portal click to walk now works
- Dungeon enemies never drop chase and gain speed when kiting
- Enemy leash no longer oscillates, enemies clear threat on return
- Wall slide for enemies stuck on collision
- Dying in a dungeon respawns you at the dungeon entrance instead of the overworld
QoL
- Gather quests credit items already in bag
- Bank withdraw updates gather quest progress
- Chat filters and tabs created for whispers
- Attribute respec NPC in Melis
- World boss respawn timers set to 30 minutes
- Enemy retreating indicator shown to client above enemies head