Lands Awakened Patch 4 is Here
Lands Awakened Patch 4 is now live! This patch brings some important quality-of-life improvements, extensive combat balance changes, adjustments to Static Dungeon mobs, and much more. Read on for details…
[h3]Quality-of-Life Improvements[/h3]
This patch sees some very welcome quality-of-life improvements introduced, for example:
- Party markers now persist when changing zones
- An overhead message displays when the effects of food expire
- Silver piles now behave like loot bags with their visual effects, no longer showing the "rising particle" effect until lootable
- Certain visuals in Royal Cities have been reworked and improved, in line with the reworked biomes that came with the Lands Awakened update
- And much more…
[h3]Static Dungeon Mob Rebalancing[/h3]In order to better balance the performance of certain Static Dungeon mobs, and allow more counterplay opportunities, some adjustments have been made to their abilities. For example:
- Gifted Sorceress (Morgana): Enfeeble Blades damage reduced by 33%
- Earthdaughter (Keeper): Frenzy spell adjusted to put more pressure on tanks
- Various alterations to cast times, cooldowns and areas of effect for Morgana, Keeper and Undead Factions
In addition, across all factions a number of Static Dungeon mobs have had their avatars updated to better reflect their characteristics visually.
[h3]Combat Balance Changes[/h3]
This patch sees the largest combat balance update since Lands Awakened launched. Firstly, certain combat systems – Resilience, AoE Escalation, Crowd Control, and Diminishing Returns – have been adjusted, broadly in favour of smaller groups in combat. In light of these adjustments, changes have also been made to some weapons and armors - such as Cursed Staff and Cleric Robe - in order to keep their gameplay fair and competitive.
Numerous further changes have also been made, including:
- Various War Glove E-abilities improved
- Rain of Arrows channel duration decreased and damage increased
- Capes with effects triggered by auto-attacks no longer activate while Hostile Dismount status is active
[h3]Other Changes and Improvements[/h3]
- New Loadouts and Wardrobe buttons added to the Player Inventory Screen
- "Appearance" menu now opens to Wardrobe by default
- Players can now use "escape dungeon" (Hotkey: A) while in active combat (though getting hit will interrupt it)
- Energy Surge Season statue furniture items are now placeable
- …and much more
As always, you can read the complete list of changes in the official patchnotes.
FROST RAM: This month's Challenge brings back the popular Frost Ram, a sturdy mount with an impressive leap spell. With its relatively fast move speed and ability to carry plenty of weight, it's the perfect companion for gathering missions.
AVATAR RING: Along with the Frost Ram, you can unlock the Frost Challenge Avatar Ring to give your avatar an ice-cold aura all year long. This non-tradable item permanently unlocks this avatar border for one character, or it can be traded for one Adventurer's Token at the Vanity Merchant.
SEASONAL SPECIALS: All month, unlock Frost Challenge chests to get valuable rewards like Adventurer's Tomes and Silver bags, along with furniture items like the snowman and snowball pile, classic ice sculptures, the epic Frost Igloo, and a rare chance for the Rich Noble vanity skins.