Ancient Kingdoms News

Balance Changes ⚖️
* Reduced Veteran Level experience requirement by 45%
* Increased Fatecharm fragments drop rate
* Extended Slow debuff duration from 60s to 120s
* Reduced Hrimsorr's Ice Shards damage
* House prices and Sage Renewal fees now scale with Charisma
* Improved Ruinforge (Avatar of War skill)

New Features 🌟
* Added Augmenter NPC in Felarii Village to safely remove equipment augments
* Added Veteran Master NPC in Felarii Village to reset veteran skills
* Added tutorial message for first-time dungeon entry (respawn time & Sage Renewal)
* Northern Wastes 90% complete: frozen landscapes, epic quests, and hidden secrets await!

Fixes & Improvements 🛠️
* Fixed multiplayer Party HUD not showing all mercenaries
* Added dragon dying sounds 🐉
* Fixed knockback bug sending players/mercs behind walls
* Fixed Nature's Bulwark cast range
* Loot All button now attempts to loot everything despite full inventory issues
* Fixed armored bears and Frostmaul collisions
* Hopefully fixed aggro issues with invisibility/enthrall
* Fixed merchants offering repair augments
* Fixed Everfrost lanterns light bug

Feedback welcome in our community discussions! 🗡️

* Increased Spirit of Wolf buff duration
* Fixed bug with Spirit of Wolf ranger merc spell
* New Veteran Skill: Elemental Resilience
* Increased resists given by craftable resists gear
* Fixed bug on Slayer Level gain showing incorrect values in Professions Window
* Fixed bug with wizard familiars not casting their buffs
* Increased exp given by "Path of Scales" quest
* Increased exp given by "Severing the Chains" quest
* Fixed bug where mercenaries could spawn behind of a wall

* Added new potion recipes to bosses
* Fixed opacity too low for some elements of skillbar
* Fixed bug with Vital Essence potion
* Fixed bug with Deceiver Mask look
* Fixed bug where a knockback could get you behind of a wall
* Fixed pivot point for some flags

New Features

• Supreme Potions: Healing, Mana, and Rage added
  
• Potions for all resistance types added
  
• New Veteran Skill: Elixir Endurance
  
• Added "Make All" button to Alchemy Table
  
• Hotkey added to switch between skillbars
  
• Druid and Wizard mercenaries gain Circle of Protection buff
  
• New Open Zone: Northern Wastes (70% complete)
  

Changes

• Renamed "Magical Potion Recipe" to "Vital Essence Recipe"
  
• Frostbloom Healing Wraps healing increased to 300 HP/sec (level 20 required)
  
• Mercenary buffs are now AoE and used in combat
  
• Felarii now follow Ancient Gods faction
  
• UI window opacity reduced to 95% for clarity
  
• Increased respawn time for mobs near King Thrym and Morwyn
  
• Moved Frostheart Renewal from North Gate's Guardian to Hrimsorr
  
• Increased drop rate for 3rd floor VoV key fragments
  
• Increased drop rate for "Waterstone of the Ancients"
  
• Angry Librarian: 100% drop rate for "Small Rusty Key"
  
• Karnok the Warden: 100% drop rate for "Urord Gatekey"
  
• Added shadows to house chests
  
• Reduced Snow Giant Mages' fire damage
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed potion crafting failure at 100% success chance
  
• Corrected tooltip typos for gear with new resistances
  
• Fixed resistance buffs not scaling with WIS
  
• Resolved mercenary dismiss issue in multiplayer
  

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* Fixed a bug causing mercenaries to have 0/0 HP after relaunching the game
* Fixed a bug preventing mercenaries from receiving proper base values for HP multiplier, mana/energy, and damage
* Fixed a bug where magic-based mercenaries did not receive a level-based damage boost
* Reduced the mana cost of Celerity
* Reduced the damage of Zarothak’s AoE fire skill
* Reduced the cast time of Celerity and Alacrity
* Added new Veteran Skill for Druids and Wizards: Circle of Elements
* Adjusted certain gear to include new resistance stats
* Improved the Leadership skill description to be more detailed and clarify that Charisma enhances its bonus