0.7.3 Monday Content Update

0.7.3 Monday Content Update

## Content

New Dungeon - The Hidden Grove (Level 20+) - New 4 player dungeon in the far reaches of the map - Fight through corrupted nature enemies to reach the boss - Boss: Verdanthos, the Blighted Archdruid - 3 unique abilities with new VFX and SFX - Blight Storm - poison AoE cloud around himself - Entangling Roots - roots burst from the ground, rooting players in place - Nature's Wrath (Phase 2) - massive nature explosion, dodge or die - 10 new dungeon items including 3 weapons, 3 armor pieces, 2 trinkets, a shield, and a cowl - Dungeon NPC inside with lore context

New Skill - Agility - Agility obstacles placed in the world, interact to attempt a jump/sneak - Fail chance is a base 50%, ~2% per level, caps 96% - Levelling is done via successful completions - Shortcuts provide alternative routes and access to otherwise unreachable areas

15 New Quests - Traveller in Melis Village, Riley the Horse Salesman, B.M. Boatface, Thoryn, the Druid, Melistra, and Luwara all have some new content!

7 New Enemies - Plague Bearer, Dark Ranger, Withered Hexer, Cursed Spirit, Skeletal Champion, Tormented Spirit, Withered Revenant - Spawned in the higher level areas of the overworld, leading up to the Hidden Grove - Level range roughly 12-21, scaling in difficulty as you get closer to the dungeon

20 New Boots and Gloves - full upgrade chains across all 3 armor types - Plate: Bone > Withered > Drowned > Reinforced Drowned - Leather: Highwayman > Stalker's > Brine > Reinforced Brine - Cloth: Bone Weave > Blighted > Tidewoven > Reinforced Tidewoven

8 World Boss Epic Drops - 4 per boss, 3 weapons + 1 trinket - Skeleton Overlord: Overlord's Greatsword, Marrow Staff, Spine Bow, Overlord's Sigil - Dread Admiral: Admiral's Maul, Abyssal Staff, Drowned King's Longbow, Admiral's Medallion - World boss gold rewards significantly increased

New Mount - Dire Wolf - Faster and tankier than the Brown Horse (380 speed, 200 HP vs 350/150) - Drops from the Dread Admiral at a very rare rate - Cannot be bought, drop only

4 new quest gather items

16 New Crafting Recipes - Upgrade path for boots and gloves using Withered Samples and Drowned Essence - Highwayman Bracers & Boots (Leatherworking 8, Tanning Rack) - pelt scraps + bone fragments - Withered tier (Skill 9) - corrupt your bone/barbarian gear with Withered Samples into L10 gear - Drowned tier (Skill 12) - infuse your withered gear with Drowned Essence into L12 gear - Waterlogged Cloth now used as crafting ingredient

## Economy Changes

• Potions no longer drop from overworld enemies. Buy them from shops or craft them. Dungeon rewards still include potions. - Brown Horse mount price increased to 1000 gold

## Audio

• New boss ability SFX for Verdanthos fight - Waypoint fast travel now has a sound effect - Epic and legendary item drops play a special sound

## Fixes

Party System - Shared quest kill credit, party members WITHIN range get kill progress when anyone in the party kills a target. - Shared quest gather drops - party members who need quest items get independent rolls when party kills enemies - Live party HP/mana - updates 10Hz with health and mana - Party leave/kick/disconnect properly notifies remaining members when party disbands - Party XP shared with all members in the zone, not just damage dealers. Healers get XP too.

Combat and Abilities - Haste stat - reduces cooldowns and cast times, scales from DEX - Stun/freeze/root blocks movement and attacks - Single-target abilities no longer hit multiple enemies (sorry Warrior) - Mana regen no longer truncates to zero - Charge ability cooldown refund works correctly - Fury passive description matches behavior

Dungeons - Dungeon instance no longer breaks when first player leaves - Reward portal click to walk now works - Dungeon enemies never drop chase and gain speed when kiting - Enemy leash no longer oscillates, enemies clear threat on return - Wall slide for enemies stuck on collision - Dying in a dungeon respawns you at the dungeon entrance instead of the overworld

QoL - Gather quests credit items already in bag - Bank withdraw updates gather quest progress - Chat filters and tabs created for whispers - Attribute respec NPC in Melis - World boss respawn timers set to 30 minutes - Enemy retreating indicator shown to client above enemies head