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Game Update - New Boss, Trade Skill expansion and bug fixes!

NEW Boss: Mama Manabear:

captaindave5393 presents an epic new boss encounter, Mama Bear! Tuned for Level 30, mama's encounter rewards an entirely new set of powerful Manafused weapons, mana-infused rinthistle, can drop a mama bear mount and pet, and a lightning res Manafused Fur Cloak. Access this encounter near the Voracious Predator quest location. Drop some feedback on our discord channel:
https://discord.gg/tTwDUTKRWx

Skill Expansion:

simsinister has placed new Trading NPCs in the following towns:

  • Ironsheen,
  • Silverlake,
  • Coinfield,
  • Shieldholm,
  • Ardholm,

XP and Gold multipliers are increased the further you travel from Edrivine. We will continue to expand the skill and allow crafting from Silverlake and Ardholm soon!

Bug Fixes:

We spent some time trying to squash some really annoying UX bugs:

  • Party UI Bug,
  • Private Chat Tab Bug,
  • Mouseover Frame Bug,
  • Chat Bubble Stays Open Bug,
  • Damage Numbers Appearing behind Monsters Bug,
  • Disable Dye Tooltips,
  • Quest Spam Loop Bug,

Let us know if these have been fixed or you are still encountering some issues.

Miscellaneous:

  • Players can now type in chat while dead,
  • King Crab has been added to a new beach area near Seaholm,
  • Attempted fixes for respawn lag,
  • Players will now spawn with basic armor in the tutorial,
  • On entering an Instanced Map, you will now automatically dismount,
  • Fixed a bug where you could drop tutorial pickaxe and woodcutting axe,
  • Added a gate to Balneus boss to prevent exploitation,
  • Changed the Large Mutton Chop in Chombles fight to place at player position, not target ground tile,
  • Added one of each gathering node to Third Floor of Tutorial,
  • Reduced height of messages for Primordial Secretary to improve readability.,
  • Nerfed the health, armor, and basic attack damage of attic spiders,
  • Fixed a bug where Emberhoof was spawning at 3 boss kills instead of 4 in Corrupted Grove,
  • Fixed a bug in the Shadows in Narrowbane quest where the quest wouldn't advance after speaking to Reginald,
  • Fixed a bug in Temple of Ethersalos where the boss portal for Chombles was teleporting you to Balneus's Room,
  • Infusers have received a new ability: Unstable Infusion,
  • Infuser's mana cost for Leyline Stream has been massively reduced,
  • Infuser's mana cost for Infuser's bolt has been reduce,
  • Infuser's Leyline Stream Out of Combat healing and mana regen has been doubled,
  • Fixed a bug in the Chombles fight in Temple of Ethersalos where the meat was not able to be placed on the ground,
  • Fixed a bug in Temple of Ethersalos were the leave portal for Balneus was not working properly,
  • All profession insignias (minus Seal of Narrowbane) can now be consumed to gain a Talent that gives the same buff,
  • Unstable Infusion range increased from 5-6,
  • You can consume the Cooking and Tailoring Insignia to get their respective talents,
  • Crystalized Demon Watcher Hearts have been added to Demon Watchers,
  • Crystalized Bear Hearts have been added to bears,
  • Reopened Shadow Manifestation spawn near Marshdale,
  • Added resources to Forest Drakes, Tricksters, Dragons, Umbral Goblins, and Satyrs,
  • Fixed Fighter Pit’s Ladder of Doom and False Hope,
  • Fixed Archer Smuggler (Xander’s Basement),
  • Item Slot bow wasn’t set to a slot,
  • T3 JC task now gives appropriate rewards,
  • Added blueprint: Mythical Bloodwood Logs,
  • Removed fee to learn spirit weapons from NPCs. Can now just “Learn Recipe”,
  • Added Blueprint for Radiant/Void Crozier,
  • Mama Manabear's "Hungry Mama" status causes 100% from 75% damage reduction,
  • Mama Manabear's Poop buff increased to 100% damage from 30%,
  • Mama Manabear's charge always targets the player,
  • Mama Manabear 's "Hungry Mama" status gets removed on the start of her next phase,

Thanks for playing Ethyrial - we're very grateful to all of our players and are excited to continue making fun content for you all!

- Team OG

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