Greetings, brave adventurers! The gates of Winterforge are now open in this massive update, bringing new content, balance tweaks, bug fixes, and quality-of-life improvements. Dive into the changelog below and prepare for epic adventures in Ancient Kingdoms!

Major Features

• Winterforge is now open! Explore this new area and conquer its challenges.
• New Armor Sets: Equip multiple pieces to unlock bonus stats and unique skills based on the number of pieces worn.
• New Veteran Skills: Master Guard Break, Alacrity, Celerity, and Natural Balance to dominate in combat.
• Staff of Flowing Waters upgraded to Legendary status.

Balance Changes

• Armor Class (AC) Block Chance: Adjusted to grant +0.25% Block Chance per 10 AC (from equipment and buffs).
• Block Chance Cap: Increased from 70% to 80%.
• Combat Advantage: Now boosts hit success probability by 20%.
• Slam (Warrior Skill): Reverted changes; now stuns as it did originally.
• Wildheart Blessing & Savage Surge: Max level increased to 20.
• Mercenary Skills: Continue improving from veteran levels 100200.
• Respawn Rates:
  • Increased spawn probability for Nivalis, Chief Lizardman, and Skeleton Emissary.
  • Decreased respawn time for most standard mobs.
• Drop Rates: Slightly reduced gem drop rate from mobs.
• Sage Renewal Cost: Increased for higher-level dungeons.
• Nyxarion Follow Distance: Extended to prevent fight resets due to fear effects.
• Item Stacks:
  • Primal Essence max stack increased to 9,999.
  • Bags of Gems max stack increased to 10.

Quality-of-Life Improvements

• Elven Village Lighting: Reduced light intensity for a better ambiance.
• Leadership Skill: Added detailed tooltips explaining stat increases.
• Tooltip Enhancements: Improved size and readability for items and skills.
• Combined Backpack:
  • Increased size and number of backpacks that can be added.
  • Fixed bug preventing non-backpack items from moving to Combined Backpack slots.
• NPC Shouts: Improved randomness for more immersive dialogue.
• Experience Bar: Now displays two decimal places for precision.
• Combat Targeting: Added a red blink effect to clarify selected targets.
• Vignette Effect: Removed post-processing vignette for a clearer screen.

Bug Fixes

• Chieftain Grukk Quote: Fixed incorrect dialogue when calling orcs.
• Tide Fatecharms: Fixed issue where they werent consumed when used on Avatar of Water.
• Block Chance Bonus: Now correctly accounts for buffs, not just equipment.
• Boss Pet Summons: Addressed a bug affecting some bosses pet summoning (hopefully resolved).
• General Fixes: Squashed various bugs and made performance improvements.

Technical Updates

• Game Engine: Updated to the latest version for improved stability and performance.