Highmark and Bugfix Update (v104)

Highmark and Bugfix Update (v104)

Notice: this update keeps the v102 save format, so save files from v102 should continue to work.

This update focuses on Highmark and Stonecleft quest flow, blackglass gear tuning, dungeon pacing, and a set of small gameplay and display fixes.

Changed

• Reworked the Stonecleft Runeforge flow so Master Smith Throkk handles the Runeforge Core and blackglass forge setup, while Dorran handles the armory and Old Mineworks follow-up.

• The Stonecleft magic armory now opens after the Runeforge Core is returned, then upgrades further after Old Mineworks is resolved.

• Redistributed several Highmark-adjacent quest level gates so level 10 has less quest crowding.

• Changed Tharec's Beacon Prism tower aid reward from random generated +2/+3 gear to a random elixir.

• Tuned Throkk's blackglass gear toward heavier, ARM-focused tank equipment.

• Improved blackglass weapon tuning, including raising blackglass spear pierce chance from 20% to 25%.

• Reduced world-map point-of-interest danger spillover so nearby dangerous sites affect a smaller area.

• Shrank generated Underway Pass floors to the standard fixed canvas size.

• Made traveler's clothes weigh 0.

Fixes

• Fixed the White Seal handoff after reaching Highmark so the quest directs the player to speak with High Canon Tharec before the Beacon Prism task begins.

• Fixed the White Seal I quest completion timing when Tharec starts the Beacon Prism sequence.

• Fixed the White Seal aid package message to list the actual supplies granted.

• Fixed tutorial first aid recognition so bandages count properly.

• Fixed inn rest duration so full sleep uses the intended full camp duration.

• Added deterministic variation to door and chest lockpicking, kicking, piton pry, and acid lock DCs.

• Reduced door-kick backlash chance.

• Strengthened the Floodgate Cistern water drake boss.

• Fixed Old Mineworks using the wrong compact status tag.

• Fixed several requested glyph displays, including Runeforge Core and a Floodgate Cistern corpse marker.

• Fixed simple decoration props appearing in deep water.

• Fixed statues so they block movement.

Polish

• Cleaned up Northern Watch harpy text so it gives clearer directions and stops reporting exact harpy counts in dialogue.

• Improved Stonecleft Runeforge and Old Mineworks journal text.

• Normalized dwarf NPC glyphs and colors in Stonecleft.

• Retinted important Stonecleft dwarves for clearer visibility.

• Matched the Highmark jeweler's vendor color with other vendors.

• Added restrained decoration to the Highmark White Seal hall and moved one extra priest out of the High Canon room.

• Stopped coloring character-sheet resistance rows, making the sheet easier to scan.

Game version is now v104.