Avatars,

Release 67 of Shroud of the Avatar goes live this Thursday, June 27, at 10:30 AM US Central Time (15:30 UTC).

Release 67 is the third and final release in which we were planning to focus on the current iteration of our Top 10 Priorities (from Q2 2019 Schedule Update), however we have deviated significantly from that strategy. While we made some progress on these priorities we are also working on a major overhaul to the New User Experience as part of a capture and recapture email campaign that has caused us to pause and/or delay some of the originally planned for R67 deliverables. Additionally we have been transitioning our development to a continuous integration model of development where we are pushing content out weekly, sometimes even daily. This of course disrupts the concept of a regular monthly update and is why you will see many items below with tags like This was patched into Release 66. or We actually brought these back in Release 66 for extra evil!

There is a ton of new content going live this release including:

Battle of Solace Bridge (New User Experience Polish): Edvard the Wanderer is now found only at the boat launch and does not require an escort across the bridge. Additionally an Adventurer Trainer Automaton is now a part of the starting experience to help new players understand the basics of obtaining new skills. His training is required in order to progress in this scene, and following his instructions will be the only way to unlock the Solace Bridge gate.



Summoned Pet Skills: Last release tamers got a number of new skills to enhance their tamed pets. For R67 magic summoners get a similar treatment. There are three new skills that can enhance the power of summoned pets.

Gustball Improvements: Gustballs now have movements that are more realistic (physics based) so that they will now behave more like actual balls when Gusted. Additionally Charged Gust now pushes gustballs farther!

Material Bonuses for Crafted Rings and Necklaces: Rings and necklaces can now be crafted out of metal materials and have bonuses based on the metal type. The existing ring and necklace recipes have been renamed to Metal Ring and Metal Necklace. Updated recipes for these items require less ingredients than previously. There are recipes for each item and material type. Recipes for metal, iron, bronze, gold and silver items can be purchased from Blacksmiths. Recipes for advanced metals can be found in supply bundles dropped from humanoid creatures.

Release 67 Rewards Program Items: Players really loved our hero-themed stretchgoals from Release 65 so we decided to make the Rewards Program items for Release 67 be some of the items we did not reach during Release 65. Reminder to receive these exclusive rewards all you need to do is join the Rewards Program during Release 67 and login to the game during Release 67.

and much, much more!

For all the details, please read the entire R67 Instructions and Updates Notes post, as well as the linked Instructions and Known Issues within the post to ensure a smooth update to your game client.

Have fun exploring New Britannia!