PATCH LOG May 2021 - Patch Log

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Changes

• As mentioned HERE the special Arcane Circle at West Britain Bank has been moved to Yew and some new shops have appeared in Yew.

Bug Fixes

• T-hunters should now correctly be able to find human skull swords and skull gnarled staffs.
• It should no longer be possible to push containers into a negative item count when removing Powerscrolls from a Powerscroll Book.
• When using the skill remove trap you must now remain within 2 tiles of the target.
• The Prism of Light Admission ticket now has a correct life span of 12 hours. Was never supposed to be 7 days like some other master keys.
• Charybdis is now immune to bards.

 

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Additions

• Linzrom The Guard Captain's quest has been added and the quest NPC can now be found in the Throne Room of the Ter Mur royal palace. Question information can be found HERE.

Changes

• Public Moongates
  • Delucia and Papua have been added to the Public Moongates on the Trammel and Felucca tabs.
  • Cove is no longer listed on Public Moongates.
  • The Sea Marker no longer appears on Public Moongates.
• Region Changes
  • It is no longer possible to mark or use travel spells in The Lost Lands Trammel.
    • Various spawn changes listed HERE.
  • Players can now mark and use travel spells to access the Sea Markets in Trammel and Felucca.

Bug Fixes

• Players will no longer be able to accept new quests if they currently have 10 or more active in their quest log.
• There is no longer a pre-requisite quest to access the Shrine of Singularity.
• Various fixes and updates to quest items and updates to the question quest menus.

 

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Bug Fixes

• Some chest containers that appeared as backpacks when opened should now correctly display a chest container graphic.
• Water Trouth deeds will retain the color of the addon. (may have to place and re-deed)
• Vendor Search Maps should no longer be able to be dropped outside of the main backpack.
• Various quest items that should be unable to drop/destroy on drop have been corrected.
• When pets use Detect Hidden they will no longer attempt to target/affect their owners.
• A few House Only constructables have had their names corrected. (Rough Angled Pillar being one of them)
• Tiger Cub enclosures should no longer become bugged when trying to do the puzzle.

 

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Additions

• The Black Gates corruption of the classic shrines has been complete. While the shrines in Felucca are barely holding on the shrines in Trammel are now also in various states of decay. Stop this decay of the Trammel shrines before it is too late!
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  • Starting Friday 5/14/2021 @ 1pm EST players can embark on this virtuous quest to restore the shrines.
  • This is a TEMPORARY quest that will end, right before this year's Summer Festival, on July 1st, 2021.
  • This spoiler guide was used when coding this event - https://www.uo-cah.com/events/the-black-gate

Changes

• Slightly increased the chances to mine up rare gems. The chance of no bonus resource before was 99.2 It is now 98.8.
  • Old Chances

    • new BonusHarvestResource(0, 99.2, null, null), //Nothing
                      new BonusHarvestResource(100, .1, 1072562, typeof(BlueDiamond)),
                      new BonusHarvestResource(100, .1, 1072567, typeof(DarkSapphire)),
                      new BonusHarvestResource(100, .1, 1072570, typeof(EcruCitrine)),
                      new BonusHarvestResource(100, .1, 1072564, typeof(FireRuby)),
                      new BonusHarvestResource(100, .1, 1072566, typeof(PerfectEmerald)),
                      new BonusHarvestResource(100, .1, 1072568, typeof(Turquoise)),
                      new BonusHarvestResource(100, .1, 1077180, typeof(SmallPieceofBlackrock)),
                      new BonusHarvestResource(100, .1, 1113344, typeof(CrystallineBlackrock), Map.TerMur)

  • New Chances

    • new BonusHarvestResource(0, 98.8, null, null), // No bonus
                      new BonusHarvestResource(100, 0.15, 1072562, typeof(BlueDiamond)),
                      new BonusHarvestResource(100, 0.15, 1072567, typeof(DarkSapphire)),
                      new BonusHarvestResource(100, 0.15, 1072570, typeof(EcruCitrine)),
                      new BonusHarvestResource(100, 0.15, 1072564, typeof(FireRuby)),
                      new BonusHarvestResource(100, 0.15, 1072566, typeof(PerfectEmerald)),
                      new BonusHarvestResource(100, 0.15, 1072568, typeof(Turquoise)),
                      new BonusHarvestResource(100, 0.15, 1077180, typeof(SmallPieceofBlackrock)),
                      new BonusHarvestResource(100, 0.15, 1113344, typeof(CrystallineBlackrock), Map.TerMur)

• Harpiscord Rolls will now be slightly harder to come across when hunting in Ter Mur.
• Harpiscord Addons are no longer sold in the store. They are now obtained as a rare drop from either The Slasher of Veils, The Stygian Dragon, or Medusa.

Bug Fixes

• Creatures that can be tamed will no longer spawn as one of the treasure map guardians but instead simply as accompanying spawn.
• Helm of Venegence can now be dyed with special dyes.
• Compassion Sage now correctly drops from Golem Controllers in Ilshenar. (2% chance)
• No sea champion is supposed to drop power scrolls and this has been corrected.

 

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Changes

• The Library Community Collection NPC once again accepts boards.
• The Help menu accessed from the paper doll has been slightly changed.

Bug Fixes

• Seeds can no longer attempt to be planted in a garden bed that you don't own.
• Trade order Ambushers can no longer be tamed.
• Various spelling errors and conversation tweaks made to the Black Gate quest NPCs and reward items.

 

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Hunger(Full Factor)/Food Changes

• Being well fed now has the added benefit of increased Luck. Visit a cook for provisions prior to your next adventure and maybe that luck boost will help you land that coveted item!
• How Hunger has always worked and will continue to work:
  • Your Full Factor has a range of 0 to 20.
  • Full Factor decays at a rate of one point per ~5 minutes.
  • Different foods increase this pool using a variable called Fill Factor
  • The messages that are shown when eating change in increments of 5.
• What has changed:
  • Every time your Full Factor is 10 or greater you will now get a luck bonus of 200.
  • Every time your Full Factor is 15 or greater you will now get a luck bonus of 250.
    • This bonus will appear on your status bar.
  • Foods will now display their Fill Factor.
  • Food sold by NPCs have had their prices slightly increased.
  • The magery spell Create Food can now only create food with a fill factor between 1 and 3.

Gargoyle Drops/Alter Changes

• Rewards that drop from Cora will now always be human. All of these can be altered by crafters into their gargish versions if one desires.
• Unicorn Mane Woven Sandals and the Hailstorm artifacts will now only drop their human versions from the Despise bosses. These can be altered by crafters into their gargish versions as well.
• Britches of Warding, Cuffs of the Archmage, and Gloves of Feudal Grips can now all simply be altered from their human forms to gargish forms. There is no longer a need to visit Vrulkax the Exalted Artificer.
• Asclepius, Clockwork Leggings, Dupres Sword, and Bracers of Alchemical Devastation now will always drop in human form from the Exodus encounter. All of these artifacts can now be altered by crafters into their gargish versions.

Bug Fixes

• Compassion Sage, if consumed, now increases Compassion by the correct value.

 

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Additions

• Champion bosses who produce skulls will now also always drop a 1 charge pigment when killed in Felucca. This item will drop on the champion's corpse and must be looted. The pigment a champion drops correlate with the color of the skull they drop. The label of the pigment will be the name of the skull that the champion drops.
  • Power Brown - 2724
  • Venom Green - 2758
  • Greed Blue - 1462
  • Death Red - 2751
  • Pain Yellow - 2721
  • Englightenment White - 2498

Changes

• VvV potions can now be used by anyone but can still only be obtained by those in VvV.
• Wrangling Gloves now display an informative menu when double-clicked.
• When the luck bonus from food expires it will now auto-update the status bar luck display correctly.

Bug Fixes

• Bow of Infinite Swarm can now be altered into the Glaive of Infinite Swarm by a blacksmith.
• If a trade order calls for a necklace the following 3 types will fulfill that requirement.
  • typeof(Necklace), typeof(GoldNecklace), typeof(GoldBeadNecklace)
• Triceratops, the T-Rex, and Raptors now correctly drop dino ribs.
• Maddening Horrow now correctly drops basic loot.

 

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Bug Fixes

• Discordance now correctly lowers overall barding difficulty.
  • This can allow for the peacing and provoking of various creatures that otherwise would have been considered "bard immune" prior.
• Seed Box access issues with Owners/Co-Owners have been resolved.
  • Previously secured Seed Boxes may need to be released/secured again.
• Scouring Toxin will now correctly stack and unstack.
• Trade Order crates with the requirement of "Book" will now accept any of these NPC sold books:
  • typeof(BrownBook), typeof(TanBook), typeof(BlueBook), typeof(RedBook)

 

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Changes

• Eodon as a standalone facet is no more. Parts of it may appear in future quests/events.
• Dungeons that were previously located in Eodon can now be accessed from the Lost Lands Trammel.
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• Visit the public Moonstone Crystal in Delucia Trammel for quick access to the new entrances.
  • Moonstone Crystals obtained from completing the old Eodon quest have been updated.
  • Moonstone Crystals will be a random chance reward obtainable in a future custom Lost Lands quest chain.
• Monsters and tamables previously located in Eodon have had new spawn points added for them in the Lost Lands Trammel.
• Quests that were previously located in Eodon will be re-coded/re-themed around exploring the Lost Lands.
  • All quest items/rewards previously obtainable in Eodon will soon be re-introduced in the Lost Lands.
• Special armor set and recipe drops unique to killing creatures in Eodon can now be obtained by killing creatures in the Lost Lands Trammel.
• Treasure Maps will no longer spawn for Eodon. Maps previously listed as Eodon should revert to Ter Mur. If a location is unreachable, please give the map 30 days and it will naturally re-set on its own.
  • Special items obtainable only in Eodon chests can now be obtained in Ter Mur/Trammel chests.
• Weapons/Armor should no longer spawn with Eodon/Eodon Tribe slayer/Protection properties.
• Hawkwind, for the Skill Masteries quest, can be found in Delucia Trammel.
• The Holy City in Ter Mur has been added to the Public Moongate.
• The City of the Dead, in the Lost Lands Trammel, is now host to a copy of the Land of the Lich's Renowned spawn usually reserved for the Abyss dungeon.

Bug Fixes

• It is no longer possible to trash spell book straps, regardless if a book inside is worth clean-up points.

Known issues that will be addressed in a future publish

• Eodon/Eodon Tribe slayers that exist in the world will be converted to Dinosaur slayer.
• Eodon/Eodon Tribe protection items will be given a new protention in a future publish.

 

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Additions

• The Dark Father now drops the Skeletal Cat vanity mount.
• The Dragon Turtle champion will now drop either a Dragon Turtle Egg or Eowmu (Ridable Peacock) vanity mount from its Unique list. (5% chance)
• The Coconut Crab vanity mount is now a possible tier 4 reward from the Fish Mongers.
• The Capybara vanity mount is now a very rare (0.001%) reward for completing trade orders.
• The Lasher vanity mount now has a very rare chance to appear in Cache, Hoard, or Trove treasure chests.
• The Windrunner vanity mount is now a 50,000 silver VvV reward item.
  • The statue can be freely traded between VvV and non-VvV players.

Changes

• The following old eodon stealable artifacts can now be found in the Lost Lands Trammel:
  • Stretched Dinosaur Hide
  • Carved Myrmydex Glyph
  • Waku On A Spit
  • Sacred Lava Rock
  • White Tiger Figurine
  • Dragon Turtle Hatchling Net
• These stealables now also show their weight and artifact rarity.
• Their new locations will have to be discovered.

Bug Fixes

• Resolved an issue where some Sovereigns were not stacking correctly.