Steam Patch 2.16.2026 - New Astral Key Types, Combat Balance & Fixes

Steam Patch 2.16.2026

Class Balance - Share Your Thoughts!

Class balance coming, help us make the classes super fun: ⁠⭐ Disciplines and Classes

New Features

• Astral Key Types: Added elemental Astral Key icon variants (Arcane, Demonic, Divine, Earth, Fire, Frost, Lightning, Nature, Shadow, Water, Wind)

• Special Currency System: Expanded the special currency framework to support up to 3 special exchange currencies if needed

• Spell Scaling Info: Players can now view spell scaling details in the UI

Combat & Balance

• Mitigation XP Handling: Improved how XP is awarded for damage mitigation

• Void & Radiant Weapons: Updated DamageSource wiring on Void and Radiant legendary weapon sets for proper damage meter tracking and skill XP

• Spell Updates: Updated Imbue Weapon: Arcane, Pact of Protection, Radiant Shield, Stormshield, EarthSlash, SeismicSlam, Retribution, and "Bug Boy" spells updated

• Target Name Color: When you target a hostile monster and engage combat, its nameplate text smoothly pulses between red and orange

• Level Up Stats: When you level up, a message appears in System chat showing the exact attribute points you gained (e.g. +2 STR, +4 INT), based on your current class

• Facing Requirement: You must now face their target (180° front cone) to cast spells and land auto-attacks

• Warden Imbue: Now applies to both weapons

Content Updates

• Corrupted Grove: Fixed respawn point

• Darkreach Map: Wall opened to make a nice flowing loop

• NPC Updates: Updated Quendra Oss in Farwood, Markus Luddberg, and several world boss entities (Mammoth, Tundrath)

• Talent Categorization: Organized 70+ talents into proper categories

• Guard Conversation: Fixed a bug with dialogue

• 40 Cloaks: Exchange your level 30 cloak + 2 platinum leyline thread with Quendra for the level 40 version

• Dol Ring Exchange: Exchange 25 blessed orbs with Strider for the other ring variants that you need

• Demonic Temper: Added the Demonic Temper reward from The Dungeoneer, which is now completeable

• Tempered Rings: Added upgraded Dol Rings • Tasks: Tundrath, Dolenar Tasks added

• Shrine of Melrenor: Moved the dungeon quest off of the ghost, added automatically on enter and completed upon killing Melrenor.

Items & Crafting

• Tempered Ring Set: Added Tempered versions of Erudition Loop, Ring of Glory, Sovereign Band, Stoneheart Ring, and Sylvan Wreath

• Epic Cloaks: Added Epic variants for Black Knight Armor Cloak, Dolenar Cloak, Dragon Scale Cloak, Manafused Fur Cloak, Ritualist's Cloak, and Spellslinger's Cloak

• Mount Tooltips: Mount speed values now display on mount item tooltips • Untradeable Text: Replaced all "Can't be Dropped" item text with "Untradeable" flag

• Blacksmith Repair Skills: Blacksmith NPCs across 18 towns now offer equipment repair services

• Combat XP Gain Mods: Soulseller's Pact now correctly boost combat skill XP gains

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bank withdrawal bug • Fixed trade issue when receiving items with a full inventory • Fixed spawn direction for entities not being set properly • Fixed Humanoid animation issues • Fixed icon display issues for several items

Other Changes

• Updated over 100 item icons across multiple categories (enchanting shards, blueprints, rings, weapons, farming, insignias) • Added new sound effects for quest start/complete • Currency now converts at 100 copper/silver • Players now receive a red system chat message telling them how much infamy they gained and why, including the victim's name Appreciate all of the feedback so far - you guys are legends!

-Team OG