Update 56: Archetypes and Archvillains has arrived!

Update 56: Archetypes and Archvillains Release Notes

Here are the release notes for Update 56, released on Wednesday, August 31st, 2022.

Of Special Note:

The Temple of Elemental Evil has been updated!

The Temple of Elemental Evil has received an update, including new rewards! This classic adventure now supports Legendary difficulty (CR 34), and has been divided into multiple quests, among other changes detailed more in the release notes below. To get started, visit the Gatekeeper's Grove in The Harbor and speak with Bagnam the Gatekeeper on the east side of the Grove! Anyone who owns the Temple of Elemental Evil Adventure Pack can access this newly-updated Classic. FREE to VIPs and available in the DDO Store! Features Dungeon Master narration and audio journal discussion by actor Wil Wheaton!

Archetypes have arrived!

Archetypes are a new way to play a class! We're debuting with three Archetypes FREE TO EVERYONE:

Dark Apostate (Cleric)

A Negative energy, dark magic using, Undead-shrouded necromancer!

Sacred Fist (Paladin)

A Handwraps-using Paladin that combines Ki with Holy energies!

Stormsinger (Bard)

An archetype focusing on Sonic, Cold, and Electric storm-based spellcasting!

When you select a class during character creation, a side window will appear that will contain the Base Class along with any of its associated Archetypes. Read more in the release notes below!

Bank and Reincarnation Cache User Interface Update!

We've updated the User Interface for the Character Bank, Shared Account Bank, and the Reincarnation Cache! Everyone will have the same amount of space they had prior to the update, but functionality has been greatly improved, including the ability to create tabs with editable names!

News and Notes:

Temple of Elemental Evil Temple of Elemental Evil Part One has been turned into two separate quests, with the first containing the Upper Temple and the Earth Temple and the second containing the Lower Temple. Temple of Elemental Evil Part Two has been turned into five separate quests, with each Elemental Node becoming its own quest and the fifth quest leading into and including the fight against Zuggtymoy. Additionally, several quests have had objectives added to make their game play flow more clearly. The Zuggtmoy and Falrinth encounters have had their difficulty adjusted. The rewards for Temple of Elemental Evil have been adjusted: NOTE: Existing Temple of Elemental Evil loot is NOT changing, and everything you have will remain unchanged, including its minimum level. New items now appear in Temple of Elemental Evil at Minimum Level 8 in Heroic difficulty and Minimum Level 31 in Legendary difficulty. These items will appear in End Chests in ToEE quests. There are now four Set Bonuses, one for each of the four elements in the Temple. Some new Augments can be found in random encounter chests, in both Heroic and Legendary difficulty. Some new wands can be found in random encounter chests as well. Old Temple of Elemental Evil named items will now be located in various tougher optional objectives in the new quests. These items remain unchanged. The old Temple of Elemental Evil item crafting system has been removed, although existing Ingredients will continue to exist. Existing base and crated weapons and armor will continue to exist, but will no longer drop. The old crafting station remains in its prior location. Archetypes Archetypes are new ways to play existing classes, and three Archetypes are now available. Here are specific details pertaining to archetypes: If an ability requires you to be a specific class, any Archetype of that class will also qualify. For example, Dark Apostate (Cleric) will qualify for any ability that requires you