Date: 25.01.2024, 10:30 AM CET.
*The client will automatically download the update when restarted, so we recommend restarting it.
Hello, Taernians!
The time has come for us to give you the expansion entitled Shadow of Hope! The whole update is focused mostly on it, but there are also a couple of other changes. Read on.
New zone - Thalia:
The new content is meant for characters level 55+. Of course, you can get to Thalia earlier but at your own risk - the mobs there may prove to be too strong. ;) The entrance is located on the Shore in a tent near the Lighthouse. If you want to go there immediately, without doing the quests from the main storyline, speak to Humboldt.
However, if you wish to continue the main storyline to visit Thalia, you don’t need to go to anyone in particular - the quest To Be Continued that you had in the quests tab will automatically change to a new one called Visitors from Overseas. Start tracking it and… happy questing!
Apart from the next act of the main storyline, you’ll get some other activities - an instance with Heurokratos as the boss and five new, legendary pieces of gear to loot. There’ll also be a sidequest that will introduce you to the instance, a dynamic event, two daily quests, three tasks, and many new types of mobs to kill, including three champions and one elite. The world map will surely help you discover everything - Thalia will be a separate zone there. You can discover the new content by yourselves or take a look at the list below.
- Thalia - a new zone that contains a couple of areas and NPCs. The entrance can be found on the Shore. The requirement is completing the new quests or talking to Humboldt - he’ll require payment in the form of one Flask of Medium Life (one-time payment).
- Some new areas that are not part of the Thalia zone created for the purpose of the main storyline (including one that can be accessed freely - the Hidden Grotto inside the Caves under the Towers).
- The next part of the main storyline - five new quests: Visitors from Overseas (replaces To Be Continued), Two-Headed Beast, Dark Paths, Costly Hunt, Return. The new quests require level 55.
- A sidequest related to the boss instance called Enemy Mine. It requires level 55 and can be taken from Grozdan.
- Two daily quests (with a cooldown of 24h) - Formula (taken from Rayna) and Memento (taken from Shaggy). They require level 60.
- Three tasks: Burkan Hunt (taken from Grozdan, requires level 55), Weeding (taken from Brazier, requires level 60), Research Ingredients (taken from Door, requires level 65).
- The dynamic event Mutant Invasion - it will activate every 6h in the University District.
- A boss instance with three difficulty levels and the following mobs: Heurokratos (boss), Therionax and Excubitor (boss’ entourage), Voracious One (elite), Shrieker, Malformed One, Utorian Brute, Utorian Mage, Utorian Soldier. You can buy the entry item from Shaggy in the Remnant Hideout for 100k gold and 5 minor flasks of any type.
- New legendary gear for levels 55-66 lootable from Heurokratos: The Eye (ring), Drakhgard (shield), Will Breaker (one-handed hammer), Traces of Events (magical boots), Heurokratos’ Ribbon (physical belt).
- Normal opponents encountered in the University District: Burkan, Striped Burkan, Sarcophagus, Cadavria, Vortex, Plasm, Transmuted Guard, Transmuted Mage, Infected Shrieker.
- Champions encountered in the University District: Raging Burkan, Witheria, Dritan the Fervent.
- Achievements for all mobs in the Thalia zone.
Miscellaneous changes, fixes, and new features:
The most important change is the new Premium Store where you can find skins (effects and items will remain in the old version for now). Even if you’re not planning on buying anything, you should still take a look - the free birthday armor skin will be waiting for you there (once per account). Hurry up, because it’ll disappear on February 29th at 12 PM CET!
Apart from that, we’re introducing some changes, new features, and fixes. We focused mostly on efficiency and adding new mechanics that you will be able to notice when exploring Thalia. We also fixed several quest mechanics that had been causing problems in certain situations. However, there are still some minor changes that are not related to Thalia. Take a look at the list below.
- Overhaul of the Premium Store - for now only skins are available.
- Added new mob skills: Energy Aura, Infection (used by the AI of some of the new mobs).
- Added new mechanics mostly related to quests and fixed some current mechanics.
- Improved the quest compass and fixed some errors that were making it choose the wrong path.
- Disabled the quests Choice, Business is Business, Black Sheep, and For the Motherland! due to them contradicting the main storyline. Because of this, entering Lower Khemenak will have no extra requirements.
- Changed the size of the flasks used to enter the instances of Ivravul and Draugul - Ivravul will now require medium flasks, Draugul will now require major flasks. Due to this, we will spawn the Flask Merchant in the Garrison. Without any payment, you’ll be able to exchange minor flasks for medium flasks and medium flasks for major flasks (it’s an option for those who stockpiled flasks to enter the instances - any type of flask will be exchanged for Medium Destruction and Major Strength). The NPC will disappear on February 8th at 10 AM CET.
- New Tournament League reward - the Segnisek armor skin.
- The experience bar of drifs will now contain information about the total psychoexperience gained and the amount of psychoexperience missing to the next level.
- Changed the way characters flee from combat after logging out - fleeing will no longer be skipped when assigning AP. The character will assign the maximum number of AP to flee and the rest to defend. If there’s not enough AP available, the character may fail to flee.
- A new icon and a visual effect for abilities that apply the Pain effect.
- Fixed a bug allowing players to summon Selena below level 110.
- Fixed a bug allowing players to gain experience, psychoexperience, and gold from mobs in the extra Puppet Master instances on the Path of Challenge.
- Fixed some bugs related to the arena or some other maps appearing for a second when exiting combat, traveling between areas, etc.
- Fixed a bug causing tournaments not to complete the faction task in some situations.
- Fixed a bug causing screen dimming to linger after teleporting to the guild (this bug occurred in the Ivravul/Draugul instances).
- Fixed other minor bugs, quest bugs, and critical errors.
- Improvements to graphics and animations.
- New mob avatars.
