Ruin Update — 19–20 September

Battlegrounds

• Blackwood Castle now ends at 2,000 points, with the castle base earning double points.
• Added live and final match statistics showing kills, assists, healing and base captures.
• Added team scores beneath the compass and coloured base markers showing ownership and distance.
• Bases now have proper names, with announcements showing which player and team captured them.
• Blackwood castle gates take 10 seconds to open and automatically close after 30 seconds.
• Dying in a battleground now shows the Release window instead of immediately releasing you.
• Added three level 10 Callboard quests for winning at Blackwood, killing opponents and capturing each base.
• Improved match countdowns, team colours on flags and music in Blackwood Castle.

Battleground Rewards

• Participating winners now receive one Epic-or-better item, coins and Embers.
• Item rewards go to your mailbox when your inventory is full, with a chat message letting you know.
• Participating players on the losing team receive a smaller coin and Ember reward, but no item.
• Coin and Ember rewards scale with participation, and chat shows the exact amounts received.

Guilds & Building

• Guild leaders can now manage access to furniture and usable guild buildings, including gates and flags.
• Permission replaces Default as the first guild-building action for the guild leader.
• Choose Everyone, Guests and Guild, Guild Only, a guild rank and above, or Guild Leader Only.
• Everyone allows outsiders to use the object, while guest permissions also allow invited non-guild players.
• Buildings now display their selected permission beside their name, matching furniture.
• Adding or removing Town Hall guests updates building and furniture access without needing to relog.
• Guild flags now act as Callboards and no longer create a circular claim.
• Guild defense demolition refunds now drop on the ground where the building stood, not at the player.
• Regular mobs no longer respawn inside a completed Town Hall’s claim.

Interface

• The quest tracker can now be moved using its top bar and resized from any edge or corner.
• Chat, sailing and the quest tracker now use matching drag and resize controls with highlighted edges.
• Quest tracker position and size are saved per character.
• The PvP window now opens to Battlegrounds first, and PvP can be added to your shortcut buttons.

Groups & Chat

• Leaders can queue battleground groups of up to 15 players, or correctly sized parties for team Arena.
• Battlegrounds now use temporary team groups and restore your original party or raid when you leave.
• Use /party for your subgroup and /raid for the whole team; battleground chat defaults to Raid.

Sailing

• Sailing now grants up to 100% bonus sailing speed at skill 100.
• Higher Sailing helps in poor wind, providing at least 20% sail power at skill 100 with a fully raised sail.
• Fixed raft sails and gates appearing to change position when moving the camera.

Combat & Fixes

• Fixed active guardians incorrectly becoming unavailable for commands.
• Nearby dungeon players now enter combat with an active encounter, and pet pulls keep their owner involved.
• Fixed crafting controls becoming stuck after disconnecting during Craft All.
• Gate doors now lower vertically instead of moving in the wrong direction.
• Open and Close Gate actions now target the doorway rather than the surrounding stonework.
• Improved movement over ramps, stairs and wall edges to address invisible blocking and pushback.