Ancient Kingdoms News

Greetings, brave souls of the realm! The latest update, v0.6.19.0, has stormed in with epic changes, bug fixes, and a frosty new challenge to conquer. Ready your blades and spells—here’s what awaits you:

• Chief Lizardman Hungers: Increased spawn chance—face this scaly menace more often!
  
• Loot & Scoot: Loot window closes faster when empty, and corpses vanish quicker. No more lingering ghosts of lootless foes!
  
• Keybinding Victory: Fixed rebinded keys not loading on restart—your setup, your rules.
  
• Quest Polish: Typos fixed in The Sands of Corruption, The Warrior’s Beverage, and Messengers in the Shadows. Immerse without distraction!
  
• Stun Smarts: Skills now go on cooldown if stunned mid-cast. Timing is everything!
  
• Target Precision: "Next Target" key now favors living monsters over mercs, pets, or corpses. Hunt smarter!
  
• Gamepad Glory: Character movement with gamepads? Hopefully fixed—let us know!
  
• Bosses Respawn: Fixed respawn bugs for all bosses.
  
• Steam Shine: Updated Steam Library Icon—spot us in style!
  
• Gear Tweaks: Adjusted Myrthok’s Withered Hoop stats and fixed Radiant Aether crit spam.
  
• Global Names: Player names in Chinese/Japanese now display correctly in panels.
  
• Merc Fixes: Cleric merc heals while rooted, ranger merc bow graphics cleaned up, and Druid’s Manaflow lasts 60s!
  
• Arrow Cleanup: No more arrows sticking to mobs—battlefields stay tidy.
  
• Winterforge Beckons: A chilling new entrance to the Snow Giant Fortress awaits in Everfrost. Dare to enter?
  
• Veteran Power: Skill buttons glow with available veteran points, plus a new Cleric skill: Aegolism!
  
• Party Freedom: Move party member panels anywhere on-screen—customize your HUD!
  
• Blazeheart & Beyond: Fixed typos and bugs like Call of the Heroes with no mercs and Blazeheart Dagger.
  

Grab your gear, rally your party, and dive into the fray! We’ve squashed bugs, boosted the action, and opened new paths. What’s your next conquest? Share your tales in the discussions, and report any gremlins lurking in-game.

See you in the Kingdoms,
The Ancient Kingdoms Team

* Fixed a performance issue (pending confirmation).
* Disabled Player.log until the performance issue is fully resolved.

* Fixed issues with Japanese and Chinese localization
* Resolved a bug affecting the Exploring skill
* Added support for canceling casts with WASD movement keys
* Warrior Balance: Reduced rage from basic attacks (33% → 25%)
* Rogue Balance: Reduced rage from basic attacks (33% → 25%)
* Enhanced stats for the Celestial Hammer of Light

Greetings, adventurers! The realm of Ancient Kingdoms grows stronger with Update v0.6.18.0. This patch brings fixes, balance changes, and exciting new additions. Here’s what awaits you:

• Fixed a map treasure location impacted by recent changes.
  
• ADDED RADIANT SPARKS shimmering around Eratiath!
  
• Selling legendary items now prompts for confirmation.
  
• Combat advantage can now be triggered even if the enemy isn’t targeting another.
  
• ALL QUESTS ARE NOW FULLY LOCALIZED!
• Adjusted stats for Orc Scout and Orc Centurion.
  
• Rogue Balance: "Master Poisoner" upgraded to a Veteran Skill.
  
• Rogue Balance: "Ghoststab" reclassified as a Class Skill.
  
• Corrected minor typos in various quests.
  
• Reduced crafting, cooking, and alchemy time to 3 seconds.
  
• Shortened trap disarming time to 2.5 seconds.
  
• Expanded bank storage from 20 to 30 slots.
  
• Boosted aggro and cast range for "Battle Shout" on warrior mercenaries.
  
• Warrior Balance: "Taunt" now generates more aggro with a higher rage cost.
  
• Warrior Balance: "Threat" increases aggro but raises rage cost.
  
• Fixed a bug allowing rare spawns to be forced by repeated logouts and logins.
  
• Added "Reload UI Elements Position" option in Settings.
  
• New craftable item: Mystic Bag!
  
• Clarified instructions for "Vyrithar's Veil" with improved text.
  
• Reduced aggro range for all World Bosses.
  
• All weapons now clearly display their type.
  

[h2]Ready to Explore?[/h2]
Jump into the updated world of Ancient Kingdoms and experience these changes for yourself! We’d love to hear your feedback in the discussions. What’s your favorite part of this update?

Thank you for your continued support, brave warriors!

* Fixed multiplayer performance bug
* Fixed problem with Formidrax follow distance