Melvor Idle News

[h2]Atlas of Discovery[/h2]

[h3]New[/h3]

• Almost all Points of Interest in Cartography now provide some kind of reward. Rewards include GP, Slayer Coins, Items, and temporary bonuses for the next 10 travels.
  
• ^^ If you have already discovered these Points of Interest, all new rewards except the temporary bonuses will be provided to you retroactively when loading a character.
• The Monolith Point of Interest is now classed as an Active POI providing -5% Cartography Dig Site Map upgrade interval, +5% chance to preserve resources in Cartography, and +5% chance to preserve a Dig Site Map charge in Archaeology
  

[h3]Changes[/h3]

• Reduced Ship Combat Overhaul shop upgrade item costs to 2k each, down from 10K each.
  
• Decreased Master Crafting Relic in Ancient Relics mode chance to enchant urns to 90%, down from 100%. This is to stop the possibility of not being able to achieve 100% completion in the mode due to urns automatically enchanting.
  
• Aranite Brush Shop Purchases now only requires 5 Aranite Brushes from a Dig Site to purchase, down from 25.
  
• Crystal now sells for 100GP, down from 500GP.
  
• Refined Pure Crystal now sells for 1K GP, up from 500GP.
  
• You now produce a base quantity of 2 Barrier Dust per craft in Crafting, up from 1.
  
• You now produce a base quantity of 6 Barrier Dust per cast of the Barrier Dust Alt. Magic Spell, up from 3.
  

[h3]Performance[/h3]

• Cartography will now automatically throttle the frame rate when you are on any page other than Cartography.
  
• This is a general reminder to check the Settings page as there are some extra Cartography settings to assist with performance.
  

[h3]Fixed[/h3]

• Fixed incorrectly calculated modifier for increased Slayer Coins per poison damage in Ancient Relics mode.
  
• Fixed issue where more than 1 Divider was being consumed per Dig Site Map Refinement.
  
• Fixed visual error with Prayer Relic 2 displaying the incorrect percent modifier.
  
• 0 / 0 completions will now display as 100% progressed in the Completion log, instead of 0% (You can see this with Thieving Mastery completion for AoD)
  
• Fixed issue where Crystallization and Crystal Sanction could be applied to Monsters who are mean't to have player debuff immunity.
  
• Fixed missing Ranged Level requirement for Enchanted and Arcane Bolts.
  
• Fixed incorrect Ranged Level requirement for Enchanted & Arcane Diamond bolts.
  
• Fixed incorrect Ranged Level requirement for Enchanted & Arcane Jadestone bolts.
  
• Fixed incorrect survey interval reduction on the AoD Completion Cape.
  

[h2]Base Game[/h2]

[h3]Changes[/h3]

• Equipment tooltips now display the special attacks of the item.
  

[h3]Fixed[/h3]

• Fixed setting to disable Birthday Event present drops.
  
• Fixed issue where the increased GP Flat modifier was not working as intended in Thieving.
  
• Fixed incorrect text listed on Stop Fishing Contest button.
  
• Updated wording for Toggle Ignore Bank Full setting.
  
• Fixed bug where Artisan Skills would display you have no costs to continue, even though you do. This only occured when the Skill stopped on a full bank.
  
• Fixed issue where increased flat GP modifiers were applying during certain Combat scenarios where you earned 0 GP (It should only apply if you earned at least 1 GP for the action).
  
• Fixed issue where it was possible to lose GP per Combat action if you managed to have negative GP modifiers active.
  
• Fixed issue where equipment event assignments would continuously grow without being cleared after successful even unassignment.
  

[h2]What's being worked on[/h2]

• Steam Client updates for Windows, MacOS & Linux (Including Steam Deck)
  
• iOS App update (Delayed due to issues with iOS 17 release)
  
• Performance improvements
  

[h2]Atlas of Discovery[/h2]
New

• Tortoise Familiar in Summoning now also accepts all other Barrier Gems as recipes.
  

Changes

• Heavily increased the sale price of all Barrier Gems. This in turn makes the Tortoise Familiar in Summoning require less quantity of Gems per craft.
  

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where the Astrology Master Relic & Agility Master Relic in Ancient Relics mode were not applying correctly.
  
• [Steam] Fixed a bug where opening the Wiki from a link in the Game Guide would not open your default browser.
  
• Fixed incorrect XP provided for Crystal Fletching gear, Aranite Shield, Crystal Sanction Potion and Crystallization Potion.
  
• Fixed incorrect image assets for Unholy Potions.
  
• Barrier gear (B) that is upgraded in Crystal Gear (C) no longer lose their chance to dodge crystallization
  
• Fixed incorrect chance to dodge crystallization for the Crystal Helmet.
  
• Fixed incorrect stats for the Pure Crystal Platebody (G)
  
• Fixed Golden Wreath GP multiplier not working with Thieving NPCs
  
• Fixed incorrectly applied flat GP modifiers for Alt. Magic and Thieving Auto Sell.
  
• Fixed Ancient Whetstone using a charge when attacked by the Enemy.
  
• Fixed Runecrafting Lesser Relic using charges during Combat. Also fixed it not using a charge in Cooking.
  

[h2]Atlas of Discovery[/h2]

Changes

• Pure Crystal from Mining now sells for 750GP, up from 500 GP.
  
• Tiny Spice Jar Artefact now sells for 3 GP, down from 24 GP.
  

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where the Cape of Completion (Base Game) and the Superior Cape of Completion (TotH) were not inheriting the modifiers from the Standard & Superior Cartography / Archaeology Skillcapes.
  
• Fixed issue where Haunted Ring was providing the wrong Max Hit modifier.
  
• Fixed an issue where Impending Darkness completions in Ancient Relics mode was not providing the intended Skill cap increase rewards.
  
• Fixed Bone Ring modifier not working.
  
• Fixed issue where Mark, the Summoning Pet, would require the new Atlas of Discovery familiar marks to be located to unlock (Pet should only require base game Marks).
  
• Fixed a visual bug where Archaeology Dig Site values would not automatically update the reflected new refinements applied to Dig Site Maps.
  
• Fixed unintentional item doubling in Thieving in Ancient Relics Mode.
  
• Fixed issue where Crystal and Pure Crystal Ore nodes in Mining did not provide gem rewards. This in turn also fixes the Gem Gloves not working on these nodes.
  
• Fixed unintended sale price for Elemental Scrolls in Archaeology.
  

Modding

• Removed hard coded properties that handle Skill level cap increases and Skill selections, moving moved them to the namespaced gamemode object. This change allows Mod creators to determine how their custom Skills are handled in Ancient Relics mode with ease, and increases compatibility of this adjustment when multiple custom Skills are installed.
  

[h2]Atlas of Discovery[/h2]
[EN] = Visible to English language only until translations are complete.

[h3]New (UI)[/h3]

• [EN] Added an explanation of the Hex Mastery system to the View Hex Mastery popup.
  
• The View Hex Mastery popup will now display how many hexes you have mastered.
  
• The Hex Mastery popup will now explain what Hex Mastery is, and how it works.
  
• The Hex Mastery popup will also display how many Hexes you have mastered.
  
• Compacted some Mobile UI elements for Cartography.
  
• Added Max Hex Level indicator to the Hex progress UI.
  
• Hovering over the Barrier Bar or Icon within Combat will now display the Barrier information just like it does for the Combat Areas themselves.
  

[h3]New (Settings)[/h3]

• Added a setting to throttle Cartography Map frame rate cap while inactive. This caps the frame rate to 10 FPS after 5 minutes of inactivity.
  
• Added a setting to set Cartography Frame Rate Cap while active.
  
• Added a setting to toggle the cat image for undiscovered dig sites in Cartography. This is disabled by default.
  

[h3]Fixed[/h3]

• Fixed issue where the Cartography Map Quality setting had no effect on iOS
  
• Fixed hidden POI markers not displaying automatically when locating a required item.
  
• Fixed issue with how Max Skillcapes handled their requirements.
  

[h2]Base Game[/h2]
[h3]Balancing[/h3]

• Summer Season in Township now also provides -10% Repair Cost
  
• Fall Season in Township now also provides -15% Repair Cost
  
• Reduced Trading Post GP cost to build to 500K, down from 2.5M.
  

[h3]Fixed[/h3]

• Added a failsafe to the game which will prevent it from loading if there is a file version mismatch. This kind of thing can only occur during the 1-5 second process of a game update.
  
• Ash no longer drops from Firemaking in the Tutorial. Should help prevent issues where players are getting stuck on Tutorial Island.
  
• Tutorial Island will now allow you to purchase Feathers and Bowstring after steps have been completed to unlock them. This should also fix issues where players get stuck on Tutorial Island.
  

A Steam Client update is on the way for Windows to fix some reported issues we have received.

I'm so happy to announce that our 2nd expansion, Atlas of Discovery, is now available!

If you're thinking about starting fresh, now is a fantastic time to do so! This expansion focuses on adding content from Levels 1-99. If you're brave enough, you could try out the new Ancient Relics Gamemode!

If you're looking to purchase it, or see more information regarding the expansion, you can do so below.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2492940/Melvor_Idle_Atlas_of_Discovery/