This update brings new character looks, hand-painted armor and weapons, richer landscapes, a new world map, smoother combat and a long list of fixes.
New male and female characters, with armor fitted to both.
Hand-painted armor and weapons, including the Tier 9 Blood Oath Citadel sets and more color choices.
Rivers, lakes and seas, changing skies, wind-driven rain and falling ash.
A redesigned world map that opens faster and shows the whole world.
A new character-selection screen showing your character in their saved equipment.
More reliable enemy targeting, blocking and spell casting.
Hardcore characters, fall damage and a Biggest Catch fishing leaderboard.
Faster loading, smoother travel and fewer crashes, lost items and duplicated items.
The full notes follow, grouped by what you do in the game.
[IMAGE 02: 02-character-select.png] Getting into the world is clearer and more forgiving, and your character now greets you on a lit stage.
A clear "Logging in..." message shows while you connect. If something goes wrong, you return to the login screen and can try again.
Your character stands on a lit stage wearing their saved gear. Drag to turn them around. The game returns you to your last-selected character automatically.
Character previews stay sharp, including on very wide screens.
If Steam is closed, you get a clear message and a Retry button. Launching the game outside Steam takes you through Steam properly.
Outdated versions of the game show a clear message instead of leaving you stuck.
Old password-reset windows no longer appear during Steam login or while you wait in the queue.
After a lost connection, the game can reconnect you and return you to your party dungeon. Choosing Log Out stops the automatic login.
Character creation explains problems with a name, rejects blank or duplicate names, and reliably shows your character.
Character renaming is available, and duplicate-name problems have been resolved.
Fixed missing class icons, errors when entering the world, and failed character creation or deletion.
[IMAGE 03: 03-male-female.png] Male and female characters have been rebuilt, with outfits fitted to each body and more ways to make your hero your own.
Male and female characters have a new look, with complete outfits fitted to each body.
Townspeople and enemies wear outfits suited to their role and hold their weapons properly. Several incorrect appearances have been corrected.
Create your character in a properly lit view of the world.
More skin tones, hair colors, hairstyles and skirt options, including new male hairstyles.
Hair looks smoother, and closed helmets keep it tucked away.
Hide your helmet without taking it off. Character previews follow your Show Helmet setting.
Armor catches the light more naturally. The undersides of shoulder armor and clothing no longer look black.
Hovering over or selecting a character highlights their full outline.
Feet sit properly on the ground, hands grip weapons more naturally, and standing characters no longer stare at the floor or leave their mouths hanging open.
Female characters have their own running, jumping, falling, landing and backward movement.
Improved one- and two-handed weapon grips. The Divine Sword now points the right way.
Fixed the Character and Change Look windows opening incorrectly, and characters flashing while their appearance changes.
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Pictured: the Etherforged Blade, Brightforged Bow, Darkforged Greatsword, Flameforged Greataxe and Stormforged Staff. Cloth, leather and plate across the world have been hand-painted, and dozens of weapons have been redesigned.
Hand-painted cloth, leather and plate outfits now appear on male and female characters, including Blood Oath Citadel, Dolenars, Darkfiend, Darkmist, Hemp and Elvencloth.
Female characters have fitted armor. Tier 4, 6 and 8 plate fit properly, and the Tier 7 plate helmet shows its complete shape.
New looks include Tier 1 and 2 Leather, Tier 6 Cloth, Elvencloth, Miner, Crab and Chef outfits, plus refreshed Blood Oath Citadel plate and leather.
New wolf, bear and pumpkin helmets.
31 armor sets have two extra color choices. Crafted gear keeps its familiar colors, dungeon gear has colors tied to its dungeon, and rare drops and quest rewards use the alternatives.
42 older weapons have been replaced with hand-painted designs. Higher-tier weapons have more detail, and rare and quest weapons have matching colors and icons.
New weapons include the Etherforged Blade, Spikestar and Shatterstar. Etherforged weapons have magical effects.
Brightforged weapons show the correct appearance again.
Fixed missing leg armor, invisible Darkfiend pieces, gaps in armor, misplaced cloaks and missing colors on a staff and lanterns.
[IMAGE 05: 05-armor-grid.png] The world feels alive overhead and underfoot, with new water, regional skies and weather that moves with the wind.
Rivers, lakes and seas have a new look, with cleaner shores and natural-looking connections between waterways. They appear on your maps too.
Shallow water has a sandy bed, and lights no longer leave bright green patches on the sea.
Fishing checks that your line is actually being cast into water.
Different regions have their own skies, moonlight and sunlight. Deserts have warmer skies, and the moon is a little smaller.
Beams of sunlight move naturally with the sun and shadows.
Regions have their own weather patterns.
Rain moves with the wind, catches the light and creates splashes and ripples. Storms fill the view with rain while keeping the world readable.
Dark ash falls in volcanic areas.
Rain and snow no longer follow you indoors or underground after stairs and teleports.
Fog blends more naturally into the distance, and lights fade gently instead of suddenly appearing.
Characters have soft shadows underneath them, with improved shadows on Medium through Ultra settings.
[IMAGE 06: 06-trees-terrain.png] New trees, painted scenery and far longer views make every region feel larger.
Harvest snowy pines and firs in both cold regions.
More tree varieties: leafy Elven trees in seven colors, new swamp trees, decayed trees and rugged pines.
New hand-painted rocks, scenery, fences and a lamppost.
See trees, ruins, houses and landmarks farther away, with forest canopies and gentle haze instead of empty views.
Trees and resources you harvest disappear from distant views too.
Ground surfaces blend more naturally, slopes look smoother, and gaps between patches of landscape have been cleaned up.
Grass coverage has been adjusted for each region, with less unwanted grass on snow and less shine on the ground.
Trees and walls fade when they block your character, making it easier to see where you are.
Roofs and caves open up more reliably. Hills stay visible outdoors, Axeholm interiors reveal properly, and nearby roofs no longer disappear just because you walk along a road.
The camera moves more smoothly around creatures, trees and bridges.
Irumesa's dock planks sit above the water again. Missing people, enemies, flowers, trees and scenery have been restored in the town and swamp.
Improved lighting in NexusHub, with visible Darklight Crypt and dungeon portal effects.
Dying in The Lost Mines returns you to Edrivine Main Gate instead of a Guardian pack.
Fixed a place where players became stuck near the Edrivine tailor shop.
[IMAGE 07: 07-world-map.png] A brand-new hand-painted world map shows the whole world from the moment you open it.
A new hand-painted world map shows mountains, hills, coastlines and water depth across the whole world, without fog of war.
The map opens much faster, starts centered on you and remembers your zoom while you play.
See coordinates for both your position and the spot under your cursor.
The map changes with the world: felled trees disappear, new objects appear and changes to the landscape are reflected as you explore.
Snowy trees look correct on the map.
The map fills its window properly, and distant views no longer look speckled.
The minimap has a new painted look, with shaded hills, shoreline foam and a paper-like finish.
Enemies that disappear no longer leave stale markers behind. Quest markers are more reliable, and teleports no longer make the map slow down.
[IMAGE 08: 08-armor-grid.png] Enemies pick their targets more fairly, ranged classes reach farther, and casting feels more responsive.
Enemies choose their targets more reliably. Tanks can hold their attention, while other players draw them away only when they build enough threat.
Taunts have a limited duration and become less effective when repeated, so they cannot keep an enemy locked onto one target forever.
See how close you are to drawing an enemy's attention through the threat meter and health bars.
Healing can attract enemies that are fighting the person you heal.
Applying a damaging effect gets an enemy's attention straight away.
Attacks and spells respect walls and other obstacles.
Longer reach: caster spells and heals reach 26 tiles, short-range control spells reach 18, bow, crossbow and rifle abilities reach 30, and wands reach 26. Enemy attack ranges are unchanged.
Blocking now reduces a hit by 33%, as intended.
Press a spell just before its cooldown ends to cast it as soon as it is ready.
Weapon swings line up better with attack timing, and moving cancels your cast promptly.
Targeting and spell range are more reliable. With no target selected, a hostile skill picks the nearest enemy within reach.
[IMAGE 09: 09-armor-grid.png] Damage, protection and control effects now behave consistently, and many spells have been fixed.
Repeated stuns and similar control effects become less effective. Bosses that are immune to them can no longer be kept stunned or interrupted.
Armor protects you consistently against weapon attacks, spells and damage over time. Successful hits always deal at least 1 damage.
Damage reductions in fights between players and for pets are shown correctly in damage numbers, meters and item effects.
Helpful and harmful effects end on death as intended. Damage-over-time effects stop when their caster dies, and respawn protection applies properly.
Frostburst and Ray of Frost apply their chill through the new Shivering effect.
Fixed Fiery Facade, Extract Soul and the Hexweaver's Malefic Grasp. Fire Breath has been retired.
Spirit Shot's arrow is visible again. Interrupted channelled spells no longer fire afterwards.
Filled in missing spell and effect descriptions, and corrected more than 140 inaccurate descriptions.
Tier 9 Wisdom food improves healing, and Tier 9 Constitution food improves damage protection. Vocations improve the main attribute they advertise.
Falling from a height now causes damage.
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Melee enemies spread around you instead of piling into your character. Bosses keep their position.
Bosses, outdoor elites and hostile enemies at level 20 or higher can chase you up to 32 tiles, making it harder to attack safely while leading them around forever.
Enemies return home correctly on every map. They no longer freeze at certain patches of ground, walk on roofs, sink below the ground or run to a map corner when trying to retreat.
The Juggernaut, The Alchemist and the Old Mine pirate boss can target healers again.
The Mana Bear can be defeated again.
Armed characters hold the correct combat stance when they appear.
Practice and training dummies recover their health.
Nearby monsters no longer freeze or repeatedly disappear and reappear.
Pets follow their passive, defensive and aggressive settings and remember which abilities you set to cast automatically.
Companions give up on unreachable targets and return to you. Summoned companions appear beside you, keep their own behavior settings and leave when their owner dies.
[IMAGE 11: 11-armor-grid.png] Your belongings are safer, crafting is fairer and every trade gives exactly what was agreed.
Certain dungeon keys and other area-bound items must stay in their own area. They cannot be traded or put into storage.
Removed duplicate recipes and fixed recipes that did not make a valid item. Forged bows, staves and croziers use Mythic Frame and the correct station. Added an Infused Slimeskin recipe.
Crafting takes only the materials it needs, and building leaves you with unused materials.
Processing stations give each player their own workspace. Scheduled restarts no longer erase your processing progress or queue.
Woodcutting task items work with all ten tree types.
Dragging an item out of your bag drops it at your feet. Large stacks move and split correctly.
Bags containing items cannot be sold, used in crafting or turned in, protecting what is inside.
Rewards given when your bags are full drop at your feet instead of disappearing.
Choice-based rewards give you what you selected. Existing item enhancements are kept when their description or effect changes.
Large amounts of gold are counted correctly, change is not lost and party loot shares pay out properly.
Trading Post orders use the best available price and cannot complete twice. Refunds are reliable, and trophies and damaged items cannot be listed.
Player trades exchange exactly what both players agreed to, or nothing.
Subscribers receive extra bank and Trading Post slots. The bank opens on the first click.
Failed guild creation returns your gold and releases the name.
Closed several ways to duplicate items and gold, and improved protection for other players' belongings.
[IMAGE 12: 12-desert-grove.png] Hardcore characters arrive, early leveling slows down, and quests and group play are more dependable.
Hardcore characters have one life. Fallen heroes are remembered on the Fallen leaderboard.
Levels 1 to 30 take longer to earn. Mid- and late-game leveling are unchanged.
Compete for the Biggest Catch fishing leaderboard, ranked by fish weight.
New characters begin with their starter spells already on the hotbar.
Fixed broken quest conversations, storage interactions, messages and rewards, including the Korvaxis and Xander Grimshadow trade-pack turn-ins.
Mining Rank-Up III completes correctly, the Letter to Lenisha step takes the letter, and task turn-ins keep track of partial progress.
Corrected spelling and grammar in creature descriptions and item names.
The Wildlands danger warning appears when you enter and clears when you leave. Characters in the Wildlands no longer reveal their equipment when inspected.
Arena teams that miss a ready check return to the queue. Ready checks show a countdown, and logging out during a match no longer leaves a missing player in the party.
Appear Offline stays private in whispers. Chat, whispers and player-report history are more reliable.
Party health and resource bars update correctly, guild problems have been fixed, and homesteads support 25 players reliably.
Respawn times stay correct when the clocks change.
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More graphics choices let you balance picture sharpness and smoother performance.
Choose how many spell effects you see. Your own effects, your target's effects, your party's effects, boss effects and nearby ground attacks remain visible.
Widen the camera's view, with better support for very wide screens.
Shadow settings work correctly, and graphics options no longer slip underneath the Save bar.
Nearby hostile monsters show their name and health without needing a click. Hills no longer hide the labels, and labels sit at the right height without piling on top of one another.
Names are sharper and a little larger. Your own name stays steady while you move, and defeated enemies show "Dead" instead of a health bar.
Names, overhead speech and damage numbers stay underneath open windows.
Hold ALT to see ground-item labels. They follow the camera and do not show through from behind you.
Menus close after you choose an option.
Backpacks show their contents on the first open, loot windows stay on screen and stack numbers are easier to read.
Lootable bodies show their sparkle and Loot cursor reliably. Empty loot-window problems have been fixed.
Vendors do not offer to buy bags that still contain items.
Click-to-walk works more reliably, and building placement resumes after an interrupted walk.
Loading screens appear properly, and logging out fades smoothly.
[IMAGE 14: 14-female-animations.png] Movement looks grounded again, and the world sounds the way it should.
Restored the original movement animations and reduced sliding feet. Some dodge, block, hit-reaction and weapon-drawing animations are temporarily turned off while they are reworked.
Punches alternate correctly. Moving sideways with a bow no longer plays a backward-running animation, and overburdened characters use the proper slow walk.
Mounts' legs match their speed. Riders stay seated after equipment changes, mounts do not get stuck partly invisible, and dying while mounted dismounts you.
Other players move more smoothly in crowds. Their casting bars finish at the right time.
Improved movement down mountains, jumping and moving between floors.
Farm carts animate, other carts no longer glide or fly into view, and doors show whether they are open or closed.
Footsteps match the ground beneath you. Your own footsteps take priority, and riding does not play walking sounds.
Restored missing combat, loot, spell, map and coin-pickup sounds. Discovering new territory plays a short musical cue.
Background sounds no longer pile up after you travel, and sounds fade in and out properly.
[IMAGE 15: 15-harbor-grove.png] Faster loading, fewer stutters and more reliable saving across the board.
Smoother towns and busy scenes, with less slowdown from grass and open interface windows.
Faster world loading, without the pause caused by music when entering the game.
Fewer and shorter stutters during teleports and travel between regions.
Long play sessions are more reliable as you explore.
A smaller installation takes up less space.
Fixed crashes during teleports, map changes and other parts of play.
Busy areas respond more smoothly, with fewer pauses while areas load or progress is saved.
Movement handles connection hiccups more smoothly, and loading nearby ground no longer freezes monsters.
Your progress is saved reliably when you log out, including during a shutdown.
More reliable login at busy times, smoother restarts and fewer disconnected characters lingering in the world.
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Fixed objects turning pink or losing their appearance, including missing fires and candle flames.
Scenery no longer flashes before fading into view, and missing pieces of the landscape appear correctly.
Fixed enemies flickering, remaining invisible or looking wrong after death. Clicking a body or mounted character works more reliably.
Spell effects and temporary costumes no longer leave stray dark shadows.
Medium and Superior Water Elementals no longer look like white speckles.
Spirit Shot's arrow is visible, and projectiles on upper floors follow the correct path.
Beam spells end cleanly, and their lights fade smoothly.
Fixed walls in the Trading Post cellar and the stone double gate blocking movement incorrectly.
Cooldowns and casting bars no longer get stuck or jump backwards. Helpful and harmful effects no longer stop working unexpectedly.
Fixed a Shadowblade enhancement dealing the wrong kind of damage.
Death drops no longer go missing if you respawn quickly.
Fixed getting stuck after changing areas, problems with the starting area, empty leaderboards and enemy speech.
Fixed disconnections with the Looking For Group board open.
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