PATCH: July 1 – Guild Favor & Arcane Rune Bonus Updates, Beach Wrap Swapping and more

Public Moongates

• Players will no longer be able to use Golden and Crimson Moongates in dungeons to travel to Shelter Island or the Arena

Damage Resistance/Reduction

• Players can no longer have their damage reduced by more than 90% for any damage they take (unless specifically for an ability or effect that reduces that reduces damage to 1)
• Tamed and Summoned followers can no longer have their damage reduced by more than 90% for any damage they take (unless specifically for an ability or effect that reduces damage to 1)

Guild Favors

• Boss Damage guild favors now provide bonuses of Common: 10% , Uncommon: 15% , and Rare: 20%
• Boss Damage Prevention guild favors now provide bonuses of Common: 10% , Uncommon: 15% , and Rare: 20%
• Damage (regional) guild favors now provides bonuses of Common: 15% , Uncommon: 20% , and Rare: 25%
• Damage Prevention (regional) guild favors now provides bonuses of Common: 15% , Uncommon: 20% , and Rare: 25%

Arcane Runes

• Empowerment Rune spell damage bonus has been reduced to 10%
• Spell Shielding Rune spell damage resistance has been reduced to 10%
• Focus Rune meditation rate bonus has been reduced to 10%
• Fury Rune melee damage bonus has been reduced to 10%
• Fortification Rune melee damage resistance bonus has been reduced to 10%
• Toxicity Rune poison damage bonus has been reduced to 15%
• Poison Warding Rune poison damage resistance bonus has been reduced to 15%
• Healing Rune healing amount bonus has been reduced to 15%
• Immunity Rune special damage resistance bonus has been reduced to 15%
• Chemistry Rune potion effectiveness bonus has been reduced to 15%

House Placement

• House Deed and House Survey Tool targeting placement checks now have a max range of 24 tiles (previously was unlimited range)
• Players using House Deeds and House Survey Tools to make target placement checks is now a Revealing Action (will remove them from hiding)

Clothing

• Players now have the option to switch between two different visual styles for limited edition Beach Wraps by shift-clicking the item in their backpack and then clicking the “Restyle” button

Stygian Rifts

• Fixed an issue where Stygian Rifts player ELO was reset at the start of the new season (players have been returned to their previous ELO ratings from the end of the season)

Atlases and Hiking

• Fixed an issue where some players had the incorrect number of Custom Hiking locations unlocked or had unusable locations

Mastery Chains

• Mastery Chains should now automatically sort links displayed in order of Bronze, Silver, and then Gold

Arena

• Players will only get free Resource Consumption for Reagents, Bandages, etc while actively in a Duel, rather than simply being in the arena region

Summoner’s Tomes

• Fixed an issue where some Summoner’s Tome Upgrades were still working despite players not having the necessary amount of Spirit Speak required to be able to have those upgrades unlocked (typically players choosing upgrades, and then Echoing)

Omni Bosses

• Fixed an outlier bug issue where an Omni-Boss would spawn 10+ waves of monsters all at once
• Fixed an issue where on death Omni-Bosses sometimes wouldn’t distribute its last Mastery Chain Link

Tomes

• Mastery Chain Link Tomes will now sort their contents alphabetically
• Lore Page Tomes will now sort their contents alphabetically
• Spell Scroll Tomes now allow players to take a variable number of scrolls out at at time

Achievements

• Fixed the display name for Echosmith (Advanced) achievement [was displaying as (Basic)]

Explosion Potions

• Explosion Potions stuck to another player with Telekinesis will now follow their target even if they change regions, such as crossing dungeon levels, exiting dungeons, recalling/gating/hiking, or using moongates (players should be aware this could result in a different Notoriety Flagging between the thrower and target based on the new destination region of the target player)

Weapon Codexes (Codices)

• The damage bonus for Archery Longshot Ammunition should now display in the [Stats page for players

House NPCs

• Players who are Owners or Co-Owners of a house can now change the worn equipment on Stablemasters, Dockmasters, House Stewards, and Battle Trainers inside the house
• Players can now rename House Stewards and Battle Trainers

Storage Shelves

• Players can now target Pack Animals (including Tamed creatures with the Mule trait) as the target for Restocking to to a Storage Shelf

Server Ranks

• Fixed an issue that was causing seasonal [ServerRank rewards for Guilds to distribute incorrectly

Stealing

• Stealing has been re-enabled for the Casino region

Society Jobs

• Society Jobs progress has been re-enabled for Urukton Bluffs

Strangelands

Sorcerer Template

• The Sorcerer Template has been updated to have Taste ID skill
• Adjusted the Wizardry Grimoire bonuses for Sorcerers and their starting spells
• Sorcerers now start with a “Herb Bundle” that when double-clicked will apply a Delectable Food Bonus for the next hour (unlimited uses)