Patch 10.998 - Two New Dungeons, Shard Dungeons System Increased to +15

Today's patch increased the two new level 30 dungeons - The Abandoned Mine and The Ancient Temple. Along with that comes an increase to the endgame Shard system, increasing the upper limit to +15 with new mutations to challenge you, and new gear to acquire.

The patch also includes a shard vendor to trade in equipment shards, and a new questline for a luxury mount.

• Abandoned Mine dungeon now available, access through the Scav’s Den cave in the Wastelands
  
• Level 30 dungeon un-matched, currently not part of the Random Dungeon Queue
  
• Ancient Temple dungeon now available, access through entrance near Bears Hollow
  
• Level 30 dungeon un-matched, currently not part of the Random Dungeon Queue
  
• Trash mobs in both new level 30 dungeons have a chance to drop a piece of transmog only gear from the set of “Conqueror Gunner” gear (Based on old Orbus Muskteer Spiro gear)
  
• Level 30 Dungeon gear will be the “Conqueror” set of gear (Based on old Orbus Mage,Ranger,Warrior Spiro gear), along with a new set of weapons.
  
  
• The “Scav Shaman” boss must be defeated to gain a key into the Ancient Temple Dungeon
  
• There is a small chance that all Lvl 30 bosses in the new dungeons will drop the “Mining Cart Mount”
  
  
• Shard Level 11-15 has a chance to drop the “Challenger” set of gear
  
• There are new legendary weapons that have a chance to drop from shards 11-15, with a greater chance as you progress up shard levels
  
  
• Shard levels 11-15 will not include Airship Dungeon, but will include the rest, with shards 14 & 15 having an increased chance of rolling the two new dungeons (but will still include the rest excluding the Airship Dungeon)
  
  
• New Minor shard mutations will be included in the pool active on all shards 1-15
  
• New Minor mutations are: Afflicted, Hot Foot, Fatigued
  
• New Major shard mutations will be included in the pool active on shards 11-15
  
• New Major mutations are: Golden Egg, Back Bug
  
• New Brutal mutations will be included in the pool active on shards 11-15
  
• New Brutal mutations are: Shared Pain, Reflective Strikes
  
  
• Shard Levels 10-12 will give +4 gear, Shard levels 13-15 will give +5 gear, with Shard level 15 having a chance at dropping a +6 legendary weapon
  
• The Legendary weapons given out in shards 11-15 will be a new weapon model different from those given out in 1-10
  
  
• There has been a “Shard Vendor” added to the Rainforest camp, once you complete the Explorers League questline to help the camp the Scav trader will appear next to the newly built huts.
  
• This allows you to trade up shards all the way to Effervescent Shards.
  
• It costs 10 Minor for 1 Major, 15 Major for 1 Glimmering, 20 Glimmering for 1 Effervescent
  
• The icons of the different shard levels have been changed to avoid confusion
  
  
• There is a “Ottathamine Merchant” located at the Leisa Port inside Hulthine’s Basin that sells the “Luxury Mount”
  
• Must have the Explorers League questline to help Port Leisa before his shop will appear
  
  
• New achievements have been added for completing higher tier shards along with achievements for the Lvl 30 dungeons
  
• Added a fix to Fellowship Chest logs that should only show movement in and out of the chest instead of item movement inside players own inventory
  

We hope you enjoy the new content, and we look forward to showing what else we've been working on!