Ethyrial, Echoes of Yore News

**Notes, in no particular order (Part 1):**

- Base movement speed has been increased by 12.5% to reduce sluggish gameplay
- Updated UI scaling slider to have a max value of 125%, up from 115%
- Irumesa tree overhaul is nearly complete - many t1-t3 trees were re-placed over the past month
- Various locations now contain resources which do not require combat to harvest
- Celestial Dust icons updated
- Netherscale, Valehide, & Celestialhide icons updates
- **Sickles** (Herbalism tools) are now craftable at the blacksmithing table
- XP loss on death corrected for previously missed zones
- T3, T4, & T5 Enchanting materials now drop from enemies around Irumesa
- Imp damage output and health reduced slightly
- Lvl 36 Yetis can be encountered in the Eternal Mountains
- Lvl 34 Superior Arcane Elementals can be found in game
- Lvl 39 Naga Warriors have been discovered on Jade Island... as well as a Dungeon Entrance for a future instance
- Successfully harvesting an ore, plant, or tree has a chance to grant crafting-related Enchanting material
- Dual-wield armed run animation has been updated
- T8 Duskroot trees have been added
- T8 Duskthorn plants have been added
- T8 Leysilver has been added
- T8 Cloth Armor, Leather Armor, & Jewelry is now craftable
- T8 Potions are now craftable
- Hellhounds, Paragons, Superior Elementals, and Moonspawn enemies are rigged and are nearly ready to be implemented into the game
- Various monster spawns have been updated to use fixed spawn locations, such as the Imp cave SW of Edrivine. This should reduce unpredictable and unfair 'over-pulling' due to bad spawn RNG
- Many elemental spawns have been converted to host a specific tier of enemy. For example, the Wildland Fire Ele spawn only has greater elementals now
- Misc QoL updates, such as a log bridge north of edrivine to more easily access fire elementals
- Training Grounds teleport location updated
- Ebonshade self-healing output reduced
- Wasps updated to level 11, from level 6
- Rubberbanding while moving should be nearly eliminated
- Density of rabbits, hornbucks, deer, and other wildlife slightly reduced
- Earthguard cooldowns, status effects, tooltips, and animations slightly adjusted to improve the polish of the class
- Assassin cooldowns re-worked significantly, to improve damage output relative to other DPS classes
- Removed misplaced lamps south of Marshdale
- Demon Tyrants added to taskboards
- Taskboard tasks no longer have a maximum level
- Hurry spell is now granted to players who interact with Hawizz on the Edrivine Docks
- Shadowgrowth added to more Shadow Manifestation spawns
- Occlusion updated when the character is behind a tree, which will make gameplay less cluttered when objects are blocking the player's view
- T8 Bags are now craftable
- T8 Backpacks are now craftable
- Backend update: The Development Server is now hosted in the US and we will move the Live Server over soon.
- Gloves have been corrected to properly equip when double-clicked
- Login Screen reverted to standard environment
- New stylized cursor has been added to the game
- Goblins now talk in chat much less frequently

We pushed through a Steam update last month, but did not include patch notes! This post details the new game elements from our mid December update.

UI Overhaul:
We've tuned the UI to feel a bit more in line with the Ethyrial brand colors. Let us know your feedback on the new look!

NEW SKILL: ENCHANTING 💫

We've added tier 1 and tier 2 enchanting materials into the game for proof-of-concept testing. These materials are:

Essence - nearly all monsters have the ability to drop essence at a fairly high rate. Essence can offer various effects, such as + attributes, + damage/healing, or lifesteal and weapon procs, and more.
Celestial Dust - a material which can be purchased at the "Dust Dealer" in southern Farwood. Irumesan mages have found a way to extract this dust from meteorites, enabling players to take advantage of it's power, for a price.

Various Updates:
XP loss on death removed during the development phase
Shadowblade mana costs reduced slightly
Elementalist fireball is no longer tile target
Elementalist spell added "Zap", a short range teleport obtained at level 20
Right click "Repair" option added to NPCs
Narun's Blast now applies seed stacks to friendlies near the target enemy
Corrupted Disease now clears on login/logout
'Dragonheart' shield added to the 25-29 Rare Drop Table
Leshii, Lunarion, and Tyrants now have a level range of 33-35
Lair of the Exiles Dragon Boss now grants 1 Pristine Dragonscale to each party member
Hunter Barbed & Ensnaring Trap animations updated
Dolenar Castle elite area added to the East of Cobalt Tower
Guardian cooldown and skill behavior re-work
35-39 Rare Drop Table implemented
T7 Cloth & Leather now have Set Bonuses
Brawler martial combo stacks drop gradually over time

Character Reset:
In mid-November, we experienced a ransomware attack and accounts were lost during this event, contact us in Discord if you still need items and characters restored.

The Pumpkin Festival has arrived in Irumesa at Blackwood Village! 🎃

• Talk to Savgar the Pumpkin Trader, to hitch a ride to the event. He can be found in Farwood, Edrivine, Silverlake, and Ardholm!
  

He may be willing let you adopt some spooky companions too 🐱




The Festival Includes:

• Pumpkin themed decorations in Farwood and Blackwood Village
  
• 4 new quests
  
• 2 new themed NPCs
  
• New instanced mini boss encounter
  
• 3 New mischievous level 14-18 mobs to encounter
  
• 4 New Pet Companions to adopt
  
• 5 new Halloween themed cosmetic drops
  
• Harvestable pumpkin food items & new recipes
  

Miscellaneous Updates:

• NEW Login Screen Theme to welcome you to Irumesa with Pumpkin Festival vibes
  
• Over 20 new music tracks implemented to the client for exploration, dungeons, and cities.
  
• Scythe and Spears implemented. These are still being tested and we look forward to hearing your feedback regarding these weapons!
  
• Model sizing adjustments for many items in-game, such as dungeon loot drops.
  
• Adjustments to T8 plate attribute scaling.
  
• Corrections to T8 weapon level requirements.
  
• New DPS Staff added to 30-34 Rare Drop Table: Lost Echoes
  

Join our discord for more frequent updates and community discussion!

Robin was able to get the servers live and is still working on the patching software for us. Thanks so much for your patience this past week and a half. We're excited to bring you:

Training Grounds are live!
Test all classes with a temporary level 30 character and all class skills. We want to hear your feedback in #class-discussions!
ctrl + right click the Orb and then select “azh’dehl’kuar” near the training dummies in Farwood Town to travel there.




Dev Build - We enabled dev mode within Unity. Report any console errors you get!


Client:

• New tree & log models updated
  
• New ranger & infuser pet models
  
• New crystallized heart models
  
• New enemy models (Demon Tyrant, Leshii, Lunarion) for future enemies
  
• New attack animations setup for future use
  
• Book & wand models updated (not available yet to craft)
  
• 4 new ambient music tracks, with many more to come
  

Server:

• Loot table updates for various mobs
  
• Arcane Orb NPC placed in Farwood
  
• Shrine of Melrenor balanced & loot added (Please test if you are able to ❤️)
  
• Onions added to Library Looters
  
• Ranger skill adjustments
  
• Transmute stone fixes
  
• Training grounds map implemented
  
• 2x Wildlands XP removed
  
• Infuser & Ranger pet armor value changes
  
• Infuser pet respawning issue fix
  
• Jewelcrafting tutorial quest text updated
  
• t6 Shoulder color fix
  
• Barbed trap enemy despawn fix
  
• Portal stone fixes
  
• Grimbear armor fixes
  
• Stump attack speed adjustments
  
• Small damage buff to 2h weapons to increase viability vs other types
  
• Seething brood boss mechanics updated (Thrum still in progress)
  
• Warbringer orks hp and damage updated
  
• Profession & Gathering xp tuned so that certain skills aren't much faster to level than others
  
• Buff potions (i.e. Oxbloom Potion) renamed to Elixirs
  
• Adjustments to Greenskin Sinew drop rate
  
• t6 Forest Canna potion granted buff has been corrected
  
• Seething Brood encounters and balance ready for testing
  
• New t4-t7 trees placed around Irumesa
  

Join our discord for more frequent updates and community discussion!

Hello everyone,

We will be taking the server offline from Friday to Sunday so that we can complete a data migration and rigorously test our new client/server patching system.

This will result in the server location being in the EU during the maintenance mode of the game, we apologize for any inconvenience this causes.

Keep an eye out for future updates with more information soon!
Join our discord for more frequent updates and community discussion!

Thanks for all your support and great feedback.

-Team Gellyberry