THRONE AND LIBERTY News

[p] [/p][p]THRONE AND LIBERTY Update 2.20.0 downtime will begin at 10:30 p.m. PT (5:30 a.m. UTC) on July 23 and last approximately 6.5 hours. Find the full list of changes below.[/p][h3]Summer Splash Event[/h3][p]Hunt down Tidebully Goblins, join the Splash Bash arena for refreshing fun, and receive a Blessing of Summer Buff from Beach Party Gigantrite. The Summer Splash event will send waves across Solisium from July 24 through August 13.[/p][p]Beyond the sandcastles, colorful parasols, and tropical decorations will be event exclusive fish, cooking recipes, and login rewards. Earn Splash Coins through different festivities for event-specific rewards like the Llama Playful Morph or check out the Store for new summer swimsuits.[/p][p]For more details on the festivities, see the event article \[HERE].[/p][h3]Performance Improvements[/h3]

• [p]Optimized some large-scale combat FPS performance for content like Arch Bosses, Field Bosses, and War Games. Significant FPS improvements should be noticeable depending on your hardware setup.[/p]
• [p]Improved performance when casting multi-target skills against large groups, and reduced motion blur and camera shake effects triggered by critical hits on multiple targets.[/p]
• [p]Improved positional desync when jumping onto or off of lifts or breezelines.[/p]
• [p]Improved movement desync when landing on a sloped surface when gliding.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a client hitch encountered when entering the underground section of Doomrot Grove.[/p]

[h3]New Miscellaneous Inventory[/h3]

• [p]A Miscellaneous inventory has been added to store Fish and Cooking Ingredient type items.[/p]
  • [p]The default storage size is 100 slots, expandable up to 300 slots.[/p]
  • [p]Currently stored Fish and Cooking Ingredients will be placed in your warehouse, and once moved into the Lifestyle inventory, cannot be stored in the warehouse again.[/p]

[h3]Artifact UI Improvements[/h3]

• [p]The layout of the Artifact UI has been adjusted to make it easier to see the bonuses of individual artifacts in your inventory.[/p]
• [p]Added search functionality so you can search Artifacts by set, primary, and secondary stats.[/p]
  • [p]You can also save search filters for easy re-use.[/p]
• [p]Added the ability to compare a selected artifact against a currently equipped artifact's stats.[/p]
• [p]Added recommended artifact equipping based on saved search filters.[/p]
• [p]Added bulk lock and unlock functionaliy for artifacts.[/p]

[h3]General[/h3]

• [p]Combat: Fixed an issue preventing some heal over time effects from applying.[/p]
  • [p]Precious Health Regen Crystal[/p]
  • [p]Overture of Eternal Salvation Wand[/p]
  • [p]Greatsword: Davinci's Courage[/p]
• [p]Arch Boss Weapons: Skill Cores extracted from Tier 1 Arch Boss Weapons can now be crafted into the upgraded Tier 2 version Arch Boss Skill Core.[/p]
• [p]Davinci's Favor: Weekly Resistance Contract missions now count the additional completion bonus from Davinci's Favor.[/p]
• [p]Davinci's Favor: Gaining Abyssal Contract Tokens while having an amount above max quantity will no longer reset your total to the max quantity.[/p]
  • [p]Nebula Island: You can now purchase Advanced Nebula Stones for 15 Nebula Stones at the Nebula Stone Merchant.[/p]
• [p]These items no longer need to be crafted using Nebula Essence, and Nebula Essence is no longer available. Dissolve any leftover Nebula Essence to receive 5 Nebula Stones.[/p]
• [p]Nebula Island: Reduced the Map Icon clutter at the entry point for Nebula Island.[/p]
• [p]Nebula Island: Exodus and Grimturg now appear at the same time on the Sunday Nebula Island schedule. We'll keep an eye on feedback and participation after this schedule adjustment and may adjust it again in the future.[/p]
• [p]Arena: Completing the Weekly arena mission will now automatically grant mission rewards and display them as a system message in the chat window instead of requiring an additional UI confirmation.[/p]
• [p]Boss Instances: Slightly increased the amount of time between the boss' death and the instance closure to allow players who resurrect late in the fight additional time to pick up loot.[/p]
• [p]Field Boss: Increased the common rune rewards from Field Boss rune boxes.[/p]
• [p]Arch Boss: Fixed the Peace and Dominion gates for Giant Cordy despawning after 3 minutes instead of 5 minutes.[/p]
• [p]Arch Boss: Deluzhnoa: The terrain below Deluzhnoa no longer rotates to increase combat stability and performance. Some of Deluzhnoa's skills have been adjusted to account for the change in ground movement to keep a more dynamic fight experience.[/p]
• [p]Dagger: Specialization: Thundering Bomb: Fixed an issue preventing Thundering Bomb from consuming Thundercloud stacks.[/p]
• [p]Crossbows: Concentration Stance: Fixed this ability causing the player to run to the targeted ally when having auto move settings enabled.[/p]
• [p]Item: Talus' Crystalline Staff: Fixed an issue where being stunned did not trigger the weapon skill.[/p]
• [p]War Games: Fixed a case where War Games chat was not displaying.[/p]
• [p]Adventure Codex: Chapter 14: Fixed an issue where the name and codex marker for the NPC Felix were not displayed during Appendix: New Life.[/p]
• [p]Lithograph Book: Added 9 new collections using Heroic equipment items to the Lithograph Book.[/p]
• [p]Cooking: Adjusted the names of Cooking recipes to make searching for recipes easier by removing the quality marker from the name.[/p]
• [p]Crafting: Fixed an issue preventing fishing rods from being crafted at Sundries Crafter NPCs.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where health would be restored when equipping and unequipping certain armors.[/p]
• [p]Guild Contracts: Increased the amount of Guild Contract refresh attempts from 10 to 99.[/p]
• [p]Map Pins: The default interaction for map pins has changed from Left/Right mouse click to CTRL+Left/Right Mouse Click.[/p]
• [p]Cosmetics: Fixed an unintended change where dyed metallic materials on costumes and illusions was not properly displaying the mettalic effect.[/p]
• [p]Cosmetics: Fixed an unintended change to the display of dye color D8BE68.[/p]
• [p]Morph: Shapeshift: Wraith Hound has learned how to climb stairs.[/p]
• [p]Graphics: Fixed a case where the Resolution Scale option wouldn't take effect if you had DLSS/FSR/XESS active.[/p]

[h3]Raid: Altar of Calanthia[/h3]

• [p]Removed some persistent raid buff icons from displaying in the party UI and blocking visibility of other effects.[/p]
• [p]Calanthia: Fixed the aggro radius of the boss arena to prevent attacks on players in the resurrection area.[/p]
• [p]Arkeum Shadowmancer's fury attack indicator now matches the actual attack range.[/p]
• [p]Controller: Fixed an issue where players could not target themselves after certain mechanics in the Altar of Calanthia raid.[/p]
• [p]Raid Board: Fixed recruitment posts remaining on the raid board after leaders disband the party.[/p]

[h3]Spectator Mode[/h3]

• [p]Added the ability to hide the Spectator Mode control UI while in Spectator Mode.[/p]
• [p]You can now set a focused team while spectating PvP content to highlight that team's used skills for better visibility.[/p]
• [p]Increased the number of lines displayed on the kill feed.[/p]

[h3]Interface Improvements[/h3]

• [p]Buffs: Remaining buff timers now display in buff tooltips on the main HUD.[/p]
• [p]Warehouse: Added options to adjust the displayed item icon size as well as hiding equipped items from the list.[/p]
• [p]Vanguards: Added Vanguard UI to the available HUD editing functions.[/p]
• [p]World Map: Adjusted the size of the content settings window when viewing the Schedule → Content Settings UI.[/p]
• [p]War Games: Fixed a case where the Kill and Assist counts in the Guide UI could be reset.[/p]
• [p]Guild UI: Fixed an issue that could cause duplicate entries for individual Guild Raids in the raid history UI.[/p]
• [p]Party Matching: Added status messaging to the standby UI when waiting for Party Matching.[/p]
• [p]Party Matching: Fixed an issue where the Raid tab would not be visible when opening the Party Matching UI through a shortcut key.[/p]
• [p]Character: A red notification dot now appears on presets that have unspent stat points.[/p]
• [p]Waypoints: Using Waypoints from the Schedule UI now works without showing the local map.[/p]

[h3]Material Transmutation UI Improvements[/h3]

• [p]Tradable equipment in your inventory is now shown in the Material Transmutation item list to help display that you have it, but it is unable to be selected or used as a material.[/p]
• [p]Adjusted the sort and filter display on the Material Transmutation UI.[/p]
• [p]A notification dot now appears on the Material Conversion icon in the main menu when automatic material conversion is complete.[/p]

[h3]Controller[/h3]

• [p]Fixed an issue where the Weapon Mastery Battle Pass bonus reward button could not be selected.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue preventing the Vanguard Party controls from opening when using a controller.[/p]
• [p]Mirror Boutique: Fixed an issue leading to unintended results when confirming changes while hovering over hairstyles.[/p]

[h3]Localized Spanish Support Update[/h3]

• [p]To better focus our resources on future updates, all web and in-game content moving forward will no longer receive localized support for Spanish. This content will instead be localized into LATAM Spanish.[/p]

[p]Thanks for your support! We’ll see you in Solisium.[/p]

[p]The new Orb weapon, Housing, 24v24 Battlegrounds mode, Hyperboost Servers, and more are coming soon. From gathering progression and handicraft features for furniture, to a Dimensional Trials rework, new achievement system, and major quality of life updates, we’re happy to be implementing more player-driven changes as Solisium continues to become an even better experience for every type of player. Join Tico and godspeed for the full reveal.[/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][p]This video is just of tease of what’s coming in the next few months. Stay tuned for deep dives as well as additional information as we get closer to release. In the meantime, you can soak up the sun right now during our new summer event.[/p][p][/p][h2]Summer Splash[/h2][p][/p][p]Hunt down Tidebully Goblins, join the Splash Bash arena for refreshing fun, and receive a Blessing of Summer Buff from Beach Party Gigantrite. The Summer Splash event will send waves across Solisium now through August 13.[/p][p][/p][p]Beyond the sandcastles, colorful parasols, and tropical decorations will be event-exclusive fish, cooking recipes, and login rewards. Earn Splash Coins through different festivities for event-specific rewards like the Llama Playful Morph or check out the Store for new summer swimsuits. As part of the celebration, you can also link your Amazon Games iD for a new set of special rewards.[/p][p][/p][p]Check out our announcement article for everything you need to know, including details on the limited-time Event Pass.[/p][p][/p][p]Thanks for your support! We can’t wait for everyone to further immerse themselves in Solisium through this upcoming content.[/p]

[p]Hunt down Tidebully Goblins, join the Splash Bash arena for refreshing fun, and receive a Blessing of Summer Buff from Beach Party Gigantrite. The Summer Splash event will send waves across Solisium from July 24 through August 13.[/p][p][/p][p]Beyond the sandcastles, colorful parasols, and tropical decorations will be event exclusive fish, cooking recipes, and login rewards. Earn Splash Coins through different festivities for event-specific rewards like the Llama Playful Morph or check out the Store for new summer swimsuits. As part of the celebration, you can also link your Amazon Games iD for a new set of special rewards.[/p][p][/p][p]Here’s everything you need to know to soak up the sun, including details on the limited-time Event Pass.[/p][p][/p][h2]Splash Bash[/h2][p]Splash Bash is a 6v6 limited-time PvP mode on the new Arena map, Soggy Sandcastle. Transform into a summer Amitoi with DPS, Tank, or Support traits and unleash unique abilities, but stay out of the shark-infested waters. You’ll have to dodge giant waves for even more rewards each week.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Weekly Arena Rewards[/h3]

• [p]Play 3 games[/p]
  • [p]Reward: 50 Splash Coins[/p]
• [p]Win 5 games[/p]
  • [p]Reward: 150 Splash Coins[/p]
• [p]Play 10 games[/p]
  • [p]Reward: 300 Splash Coins[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Tidebully Goblins[/h2][p][/p][p]Keep an eye out for Tidebully Goblins on the beach. Those pesky thieves think they can blend into the festivities. Take them out for event-specific loot, including Splash Coins, a Summer Splash Profile Frame, and the Big Tidebully Goblin Playful Morph.[/p][p][/p][h2]Blessing of Summer Buff[/h2][p]Every so often Beach Party Gigantrite will bestow you with a special buff. Defeat monsters or gather materials while the Blessing of Summer Buff is active for a chance to receive Splash Coins.[/p][p][/p][h2]Event Rewards[/h2][p]Summer Splash is all about Splash Coins. Collect this event-specific currency through daily login rewards, Tidebully Goblins, the Blessing of Summer Buff, and the Splash Bash.[/p][p]Your spoils can be exchanged for the following rewards:[/p]

• [p]Precious Weapon Growthstone[/p]
• [p]Precious Armor Growthstone[/p]
• [p]Precious Accessory Growthstone[/p]
• [p]Trait Unlock Stone[/p]
• [p]Trait Extraction Stone[/p]
• [p]Trait Conversion Stone[/p]
• [p]Weapon Mastery Seal: 100,000 points[/p]
• [p]Precious Chaos Rune Selection Chest[/p]
• [p]Title: 2025 Summer Splasher[/p]
• [p]Playful Morph: Big Tidebully Goblin[/p]
• [p]Playful Morph: Tidebully Goblin[/p]
• [p]Profile Frame: Splash Damage[/p]
• [p]Playful Morph: Llama[/p]
• [p]Ceviche Vegetable Kit[/p]
• [p]Quality Golden Rye[/p]
• [p]Quality Stellarite x10[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Event Pass[/h2][p]The Tidal Weapon Set, Flower Bed Gneiss Amitoi, Bubbles Gesture, Plateau Gryphon Morph, and more are yours for the taking through this limited-time, exclusive Event Pass. Similar to the Battle Pass, you’ll complete event challenges to level up and obtain additional rewards.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]Summer 2024 Swim Bundle[/h2][p]The latest in Solisium summer fashion will be available throughout this event. This bundle features the Summer Splash and Summer Essentials swimwear as well as the Lifeguard Wolfie Amitoi. What will you wear to the beach?[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]Fishing and Cooking[/h2][p][/p][p]Special dishes are available for the season, if you’re willing to put in the extra effort. There are 10 event-specific fish waiting to be discovered. Obtain the right bait, lure in an unsuspecting ingredient, and grab a Ceviche Vegetable Set.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Once you locate an open fire pit on the beach, plus some Vegetable Oil, you’re ready to prepare Ceviche. Each Ceviche bolsters your Weapon Specialization experience and Solant gains by 100%.[/p][p][/p][h2]Amazon Games iD Summer Refresh[/h2][p][/p][p]Create your Amazon Games iD and get instant rewards![/p]

• [p]Festival Glynt Amitoi[/p]
• [p]5 Precious Chaos Rune Chance Chests[/p]
• [p]1,500 Ornate Coins[/p]
• [p]Precious Growthstone Chest[/p]

[p]If you’ve already linked accounts in the past, you’ll automatically receive your rewards.[/p][p]Thanks for your support! We’ll see you on beaches of Solisium.[/p]

[p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]What's up gamers! Welcome back to Tico Talks for the latest updates on all things THRONE AND LIBERTY. Learn more about how community feedback will continue to drive development decisions and priorities, our design philosophy behind Raid difficulty, recent changes to Guild versus Guild Portals, core PvP improvements, and more in this month's episode. [/p][p][/p][h3]Community Question[/h3][p]Given the complex nature of alliances – balancing server power, maintaining epic battles, and ensuring fair competition – what incremental changes do you think would most improve the alliance system?

Thanks for your support! We’ll see you in Solisium.
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[p][/p][p]THRONE AND LIBERTY Update 2.18.0 downtime will begin at 10:30 p.m. PT (5:30 a.m. UTC) on July 9 and last approximately 4.5 hours. It includes the new 4-Star Dimensional Trial: Crypt of Augmentation. Find the full list of changes, including bug fixes, below.[/p][p][/p][h3]New 4-Star Dimensional Trial[/h3][p][/p][p][/p][p]Challenge Velentra in the latest addition to Dimensional Trials, the new 4-Star Dimensional Trial: Crypt of Augmentation.[/p]

• [p]This update marks the end of Dimensional Trial Season 2. Strive for new personal bests alongside new seasonal score rewards, including a new Morph, Title, and Epic Chaos Runes when Season 3 starts after maintenance.[/p]

[p][/p][h3]New Arkeum Invasion Field Event[/h3][p]Fight back invaders from the Arkeum Legion for unique rewards, like an event gesture, Amitoi, and Morph after maintenance through July 23. Remember to exchange your event currency with special NPCs in town to reap your hard-earned spoils of war.[/p]

• [p]The Arkeum Invasion field event will spawn 3x per day on weekdays and 4x per day on weekends, across multiple zones.[/p]
  • [p]Weekdays (UTC): 01:30, 05:30, 12:30.[/p]
  • [p]Weekends (UTC): 01:30, 05:30, 12:30, 21:30.[/p]

[p][/p][h3]Field Boss Guild Portals[/h3][p][/p][p][/p][p]Guild Portals for Field Bosses will now occur only twice per day at 20:30 and 23:30 local server time. The half-hour time offset is to allow players to participate in Peace/Dominion Field Bosses separately from guild portals.[/p]

• [p]New Rune Box reward: Guild Field Bosses now offer a Rune box that guarantees a rune, plus the occasional Rare or Epic Chaos Rune. Both guilds will receive 1 million Weapon Mastery Experience per participant upon victory.[/p]

[p][/p][h3]Obsidian Fragment Adjustments[/h3]

• [p]Obsidian Fragments have been added to the Arena reward shop for purchase.[/p]
• [p]Obsidian Fragments now have a chance of dropping from mining nodes on Gigantrite.[/p]

[p][/p][h3]Raid: Altar of Calanthia[/h3][p][/p][p][/p]

• [p]Items: Added two new earring drops to the second encounter in Altar of Calanthia.[/p]
• [p]Items: Polished Crystals dropped during the Altar of Calanthia raid will now go directly to personal inventories and not into guild loot distribution.[/p]
• [p]Calanthia: Fixed an issue where the Fury attack indicator for Chain Lightning appeared for the wrong players.[/p]
• [p]Codex: Altar of Calanthia: Fixed an issue where the third stage of the Exploration Codex for the Altar of Calanthia raid didn't recognize completion.[/p]

[p][/p][h3]General[/h3]

• [p]The Forbidden Ritual milestone end date has been extended by two weeks to August 21. This milestone will unlock the new Altar of Calanthia Nightmare difficulty.[/p]
• [p]New Accessories have been added, including set bonus effects for four different sets.[/p]
  • [p]These accessories provide additional defensive stats that pair well with the increased offensive power gained through upgrading Heroic raid weapons.[/p]
  • [p]12 new Accessories can be acquired from each of the following sources:[/p]
    • [p]4-Star Dungeons and Dimensional Trials[/p]
    • [p]All Things Workshop[/p]
    • [p]Material Transmutation[/p]
    • [p]Nightmare difficulty Hall of Illusion[/p]
• [p]14 new Accessories can be crafted from Crandace the Special Equipment Crafter, requiring a Lv. 12 version of their existing counterparts as material.[/p]
• [p]Expanded the level cap for Runes to level 90.[/p]
• [p]Rare quality Chaos Runes can now be obtained from a variety of gameplay sources.[/p]
• [p]Nebula Island: Added a Nebula Accessory Chest purchasable at the Nebula Stone merchant for 350 Nebula Stones.[/p]
• [p]Weekly Missions: For the following two weeks, Chaos Prisms can be obtained through Weekly Mission rewards. These replace the previously available Entropy Shards.[/p]
• [p]Inter-Server Siege: The team with the most attempted throne captures will now properly determine results in the case of a tie between teams.[/p]
• [p]Inter-Server Siege: Fixed an issue causing all participation rewards for Inter-Server Sieges to get sent to a single guild.[/p]
• [p]Inter-Server Siege: Reduced the duration of the preparation time from 10 minutes to 4 minutes to reduce the overall wait time before matches.[/p]
• [p]Field Boss events: Reduced the duration of the preparation time from 5 minutes to 3 minutes.[/p]
• [p]Raid matchmaking: Your currently active raid progression is now selected by default when opening the Raid matchmaking or party board UI.[/p]
• [p]Battle Pass: The "Use Recovery Crystals" Battle Pass mission will now progress when using Precious Recovery Crystals.[/p]
• [p]Spectator Mode: Fixed players incorrectly entering a dungeon or raid as a spectator if they were invited to join the group after previously observing them as a spectator.[/p]
• [p]Movement: Fixed abnormal rubberbanding at the top of waterfalls.[/p]
• [p]Movement: The camera will no longer rotate on its own when teleporting while moving the camera.[/p]
• [p]Settings: Fixed a variety of UI issues that occurred if a non-default Contrast setting was used.[/p]
• [p]UI: Fixed an issue causing a placeholder string to be shown in the Matchmaking Success popup.[/p]
• [p]UI: The search bar in the Party/Raid Board is no longer case-sensitive.[/p]
• [p]Console: The Chatbox Settings menu is no longer empty.[/p]

[p][/p][h3]Combat[/h3]

• [p]Wand: Vampiric Contract: Fixed an issue where the range for the passive effect was being determined by equipped weapon melee range.[/p]
• [p]Wand: Calanthia's Doctrine of Chaos now animates appropriately.[/p]
• [p]Longbow: Blitz can once again reset the cooldown of Swift Healing, Frenzied Sword Dance, and Valiant Brawl.[/p]
• [p]Longbow: Flash Wave's visual indicator now properly matches the ability's range.[/p]
• [p]Spear: Culling Arc will now automatically re-trigger when the respective Ability key is held down.[/p]
• [p]Sword and Shield: The Mastery effect Roar Amplifier now only activates on melee damage.[/p]

[p][/p][h3]Items[/h3]

• [p]Cordy's Warblade of Creeping Doom: Giant Cordy's Spore Poison effect now follows the victim of Death Blow.[/p]
• [p]Deluzhnoa's Serrated Shard: Increased Rising Slash damage by 60% for the Deluzhnoa's Waves effect.[/p]
• [p]Deluzhnoa's Arc of Frozen Death: Fixed an issue where Deluzhnoa's Cold effect would trigger even when blocking Arrow Vortex.[/p]
• [p]Deluzhnoa's Arc of Frozen Death: Deluzhnoa's Cold effect has been changed to deal damage to the first enemy hit by Arrow Vortex, then deal damage and collision effects to targets within a 3m radius.[/p]
• [p]Deluzhnoa's Edge of Eternal Frost: Replaced the Deluzhnoa's Annihilation effect with a new skill, Deluzhnoa's Touch.[/p]
• [p]Deluzhnoa's Touch: Controlling Rake's hit area width increased to 4m and reduces movement speed of all enemies in the area by 60%. On hit, increases damage reduction by 3 for 5 seconds, stacks up to 10 times.[/p]

[p][/p][h3]Crypt of Augmentation[/h3]

• [p]Velentra: Defense is reduced even further if Velentra is stunned.[/p]
• [p]Velentra: Reduced the hit radius of Velentra's Phantom Bullet.[/p]
• [p]Fixed icons and tooltips that appear when Velentra becomes charmed by players with the 'Echoes of Seduction' status.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where Velentra's charm status would occasionally not be removed after being charmed by players with the 'Echoes of Seduction' status.[/p]

[p][/p][p]Thanks for your support! We’ll see you in Solisium.[/p]