ETHYRIAL News

Crossposted from our Discord

@Updates @everyone

# Patch Time! :catdance:

**NOTES:**

:gift_box: Bumped from **8 to 10 free character slots** for everyone - enjoy!

:japanese_ogre: Added another **17 Monster Hunter Tasks** across various levels. Current total, nearly 70 tasks available to complete, and we're just getting started!
- Medium, Greater, & Superior Fire Elementals
- Medium, Greater, & Superior Earth Elementals
- Medium, Greater, & Superior Water Elementals
- Medium, Greater, & Superior Air Elementals
- Medium, Greater, & Superior Lightning Elementals
- Brood & Umbral Goblins

:pepesword: Added a new Raid quest to the Taskboard! Take out the Level 16 **Hills of Deliverance** bosses - they have pretty good loot for that level range!

:mushroom: New Campestris location added near Edrivine with Ore and some Alchemy catalysts! We used the Lithos (Blue) corruption designs for this location.

:goblinmale: Umbral Goblins are now found in Irumesa, in the Wildlands and near Marshdale. They're level 37.

:coin: New Level 30 Crafting Insignias: **Woodworking, Tailoring, & Leatherworking**. I'll try to get the guild locations added soon so everyone can talk to the NPCs to get these instead of having to ask me to give them out.

:drinkwater: A new Greater Water Elemental spot was added West of Darklight Tower. Nice density and spacing, perfect for a rotation!

:candle: Light spells should actually be 10m now instead of 5m

We'll be back tomorrow with more content. Let us know what we need to fix or add in #suggestions-feedback :saluting_face:

Peace! :v:

Crossposted from our Discord

@Updates

Just hit a quick server patch :thumbsup:

**Notes:**

- The automated restart now occurs at 5am EST daily.
- Trade stocks have been overhauled to encourage more gathering.
- The Thistlebrook Mine has been updated with quite a few new veins to mine. This should be a great destination for new players to explore and level their mining when they land on Irumesa!
- The Edrivine Bridge which was previously invisible on the map has been re-worked to make it easier to find and less buggy.
- Champignon should be harvestable with Sickles, for real this time!
- Some minipets have been rescaled as they were too small.
- Radiant and Void Motes & Cores have had their models updated.
- Dolenair Raiments (Wisdom) can now drop from the relevant bosses in Dolenar Castle.
- Mushroom Hunting Shot damage output corrected.
- All light spells now last 10 minutes. Let us know if you encounter any issues with the effects.
- Abyssal Bow's DoT effect has been buffed slightly.
- More minipets created and added to the game for various monsters.
- The Buster Sword (minus the lightning effect) has been added to the 35-39 Rare Drop Table.


Thanks for your support as we continue to build the world of Irumesa :pray: Let us know *any* comments or feedback in #general !

Crossposted from our Discord!

Steam Patch 3.0.4 is now available for download :salute:

Server Patch was pushed a few hours ago - another likely coming later tonight.

New Keybinding: Auto Run
Head on over to your Settings -> Controls to setup a keybinding to toggle auto-run on or off. Let us know if you encounter any bugs or have any requests for this feature. Should make travel a bit more smooth!



New Zone: Shadow Crypts
A new area underneath Darklight Tower has been opened! You'll find Shadow Cultists and more Shadow Manifestations & Duskhounds. This place has a really badass look & feel, handcrafted by @SudsMcDuff :AppleCatRun: Let him know what you think of the area when you check it out.

Tree Occlusion
Trees no longer have the pitch black occlusion material when running underneath them, so your view won't be obstructed while in dense forest areas! Thanks to @Karlsson for saving the day on this one.

Thanks again to everyone for hopping in to check out Ethyrial! We hit another record peak online of 26 players last night. We'll keep pumping out content and hopefully those numbers keep going up! :peepoCheers:

Miscellaneous:

Fishing is now working again
Spider Hunters in Seaholm should no longer do just 1 damage to spiders.
Ebonshade, Trollhide, and Reaperhide leather should now be blue rarity instead of purple.
Reaperhide can now be used to make backpacks.
Fortified Crimsonite Dagger now requires level 33 to equip.

See you in game!

*Crossposted from Our Discord

Server patch just went live :saluting_face:

# Cloak Updates
- In honor of my birthday today, we want to give a gift that you've all been asking for. :birthday: Dropped/Crafted **Cloaks now have stats!** Nothing crazy, just some HP/Mana and some cloaks have a small amount of resistance to an element.
- The **Cloak of the Alpha** is now upgradeable to silver and gold trimmed. I've attached some gifs mauling some chickens to show them off :EvilChickenEoY: Thanks @scabbybob for this awesome suggestion.
- We've updated the color of the cloak to match the pelt of the Alpha wolf as well.
- Dragonscale Cloak rarity updated.
- Spellslinger, Black Knight, Dragonscale, Ritualist's, Cloak of the Alpha, and Dolenar Cloaks stats updated.

# New Monster Hunting Tasks
- The 40+ bracket has been separated from 36-39 with new tasks set-up for high level players.
- Tricksters (Level 24-27) are nefarious little forest imps. These are a nice alternative to Imps/Harbingers for farming vamp and demonic hearts.
- Hydras (Level 40+) are three-headed serpents can be found on Jade Island.
- Werewolves (Level 40+) are lycans that *might* shadowstep to you when entering combat :eyes:
- Dragon Brutes (Level 40+) are formidable dragons with a stomp ability.

**Miscellaneous:**

- Hellhounds added outside of WL. Check around Western Irumesa. :smile:
- Vekiun Task added to task boards as rewarding group content.
- "World Bosses" task group renamed to "Raids" and a "Suggested Players" text added to each of the tasks in this group.
- The 40+ Global Essence table now has only t7 enchants in the pool. Let us know if you like this change.
- Dragon Brute, Hydra, Werewolf, and Trickster hearts & minipets added.
- Gold and Silver Leyline Threads added to Irumesa.
- Draketooth and Drakewing Recurve proc effects updated.
- Purple Dye recipe bug fix.
- Red Goblins should now count for Monster Hunting tasks.
- Spirit wolves should now retaliate automatically, for real this time :monkas:
- Paragons now have an ability like their counterpart Shadow Knights.
- Dawn and Duskhound leash range extended.
- Black Knight Gloves model corrected. The model was previously missing gloves.
- Infuser: Summon Infused Mage no longer allows multiple summons of different tiers.
- Illusionist: Overload now grants 10% damage dealt instead of 20% cast speed.

Thanks for supporting us while we build out Irumesa :pray: let us know if you have any feedback or requests!

Steam Patch 3.0.2 is now live!
Server has been restarted and patch applied.



# New Skill: Monster Hunting :crossed_swords:

Monster Hunters **Van** and **Selene** have arrived on Irumesa and are offering players the opportunity to slay monsters and gain Monster Hunting XP! They can be found in two locations: **Edrivine** and **Blackwood**

**Here's the gist:**
- You'll receive a random kill task based on your level.
- Gain 25% of earned combat XP as Monster Hunting XP when killing a monster on task.
- You'll gain currency/points for completing tasks (work in progress)
- Skip/Extend tasks as desired with points (work in progress)

The total pool is now 25+ available monster tasks with this update.

We're excited to build out this skill and welcome any ideas to improve!

# New Mechanic: Multi-Stat Weapon Scaling :sparkles:

We're testing something new with weapons. You will now gain weapon damage with any attribute rather than a single one. If you want to use a mace on an Enchanter, go ahead! A sword on an Assassin? Try it out!

We'll monitor this change and make sure it isn't broken - thanks for testing!

# New Music :musical_note:

Has been added to Irumesa - *Along The Sacred Path*, composed by the incredibly talented **Jake Lives**. Check it out!

** Additional Notes:**
- Missing Shadowgrowth resources placed thanks to @jasconine :pray:
- Slimespawns now have a slightly higher chance to drop Oozeling cores.
- Slime Pools are now gatherable with Herbalism, however your sickle is useless on the slimy goo...
- Darklight Pinnacle boss encounter tweaks to help tanks and healers kill within a more reasonable time frame.
- Axe of the Titan now deals *physcial* Earth damage.
- Captain's Log proc rates now increase with higher weapon swing speeds.
- Duskweave and Mystic bags now have corrected container slots. Thanks @scabbybob
- Superior, Sovereign, and Majestic Redban and Rinthistle potions now have updated rarity text colors.

See you in game! :heart: