ETHYRIAL
Steam News 21 March 20262mo ago

Steam Patch 3.20.2026

@everyone @Updates # Steam Patch 3.20.2026 # New Features • **Air Key Boss - Korvaxis, Windborne:** Check out the new Air Map Boss encounter atop the Altar of Wind! Can be accessed when using a Celestial Key (Feedback t…

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  • Maps
  • Balance
  • Performance
  • Server
  • Gameplay
added# New Features • **Air Key Boss - Korvaxis, Windborne:** Check out the new Air Map Boss encounter atop the Altar of Wind! Can be accessed when using a Celestial Key (Feedback thread: https://discord.com/channels/540514574462615552/1484379354371719338 ) • **Bone Dragon Task:** New task to kill Bone Dragons deep in the Progean Desert; more loot added to Bone Dragons; Group content with longer TTK for chill grinding (Feedback thread: https://discord.com/channels/540514574462615552/1475313910998630661 ) • **Boss Bones:** @simsinister Added boss bones worth more XP + research blueprints (Colossal, Mama's Thick, Mummified, Primeval, Scorched, Timeworn)
fixed# Combat & Balance • **Staff Attack Range Fix:** Corrected attack range values across all staff-type weapons • **Turtle Balance Pass:** Rebalanced Blue, Green, Red, and Yellow turtle variants (male + female) • **33 Items Rarity Fix:** Corrected mis-applied rarity values across 33 item presets • **Greater Firestone:** Added missing XP value • **InfusedCharge:** Updated spell to scale with owner's INT • **Shrine of Melrenor:** Reduced skeleton cultist mana pools and healing output • **50+ Spell Tooltip Corrections:** Full spelling, grammar, and syntax error pass across all spell descriptions
added# Items & Crafting • **Herbalism Trade Tags:** Added proper herb tags to 25+ gathering items (Aetherthistle, Arcanebloom, Cotton, Hemp, Minweed, Sunthistle, and more) so the Special Herb Bags correctly accept all of the herbs • **Legendary Int/Wis/Book Variants:** Added 84 new elemental-forged weapon blueprints and items - Croziers, Pernachs, Rods, Sageblades, Spellbooks, and Tomes across elemental types (Bright, Dark, Earth, Ether, Flame, Frost, Hydro, Soul, Spirit, Storm, Wind) - NOTE we need to add the method to learn the blueprints; will be added next restart • **Staff Overhaul:** Updated 50+ staff attack ranges across all tiers • **Item Spelling Fixes:** Radiant Pernach, Radiant Recurve, Void Recurve, Umbral Hood, Trophy Fish Bags (Small/Medium/Large), Quenching Stewed Turtle, Trader's Fried Dragon, Desert Curios (Ancient/Gilded/Resplendent) • **Processing Tooltip Clarity:** Improved crafting station and processable item tooltip descriptions to clearly convey that the items are instanced to you
fixed# Client Improvements • **Smooth Monster Movement:** Implemented a first pass of smoothed monster movement to eliminate the rigid/stepped tile-based movement • **Spawn VFX:** Disabled poof effect on entity spawn, will replace with a clean fade-in • **Jumps:** Fixed vertical collision detection during player jumps; Fixed more issues with falling through the world • **Performance:** Status effect slots, spell slots, item slots, party panel, and canvas optimizations
changed# UI & Performance • **Track Only Self XP:** XP tracker now filters to show only the local player's experience gains instead of all nearby players
changed# Infrastructure • **Fish % to Leaderboard:** Fishing completion percentage now tracked on leaderboards • **Trading Post:** Attempted to fix bugs causing ghost items to remain in the UI • **Server Monitoring Dashboard:** Full server montioring stack so we can stay informed of server health and identify issues to fix at scale

@everyone @Updates

# Steam Patch 3.20.2026

# New Features • **Air Key Boss - Korvaxis, Windborne:** Check out the new Air Map Boss encounter atop the Altar of Wind! Can be accessed when using a Celestial Key (Feedback thread: https://discord.com/channels/540514574462615552/1484379354371719338) • **Bone Dragon Task:** New task to kill Bone Dragons deep in the Progean Desert; more loot added to Bone Dragons; Group content with longer TTK for chill grinding (Feedback thread: https://discord.com/channels/540514574462615552/1475313910998630661) • **Boss Bones:** @simsinister Added boss bones worth more XP + research blueprints (Colossal, Mama's Thick, Mummified, Primeval, Scorched, Timeworn)

# Divine Legendary Previews • @samael5142 has been hard at work on more Divine Legendaries - you'll be able to craft them in game soon

# Combat & Balance • **Staff Attack Range Fix:** Corrected attack range values across all staff-type weapons • **Turtle Balance Pass:** Rebalanced Blue, Green, Red, and Yellow turtle variants (male + female) • **33 Items Rarity Fix:** Corrected mis-applied rarity values across 33 item presets • **Greater Firestone:** Added missing XP value • **InfusedCharge:** Updated spell to scale with owner's INT • **Shrine of Melrenor:** Reduced skeleton cultist mana pools and healing output • **50+ Spell Tooltip Corrections:** Full spelling, grammar, and syntax error pass across all spell descriptions

# Items & Crafting • **Herbalism Trade Tags:** Added proper herb tags to 25+ gathering items (Aetherthistle, Arcanebloom, Cotton, Hemp, Minweed, Sunthistle, and more) so the Special Herb Bags correctly accept all of the herbs • **Legendary Int/Wis/Book Variants:** Added 84 new elemental-forged weapon blueprints and items - Croziers, Pernachs, Rods, Sageblades, Spellbooks, and Tomes across elemental types (Bright, Dark, Earth, Ether, Flame, Frost, Hydro, Soul, Spirit, Storm, Wind) - NOTE we need to add the method to learn the blueprints; will be added next restart • **Staff Overhaul:** Updated 50+ staff attack ranges across all tiers • **Item Spelling Fixes:** Radiant Pernach, Radiant Recurve, Void Recurve, Umbral Hood, Trophy Fish Bags (Small/Medium/Large), Quenching Stewed Turtle, Trader's Fried Dragon, Desert Curios (Ancient/Gilded/Resplendent) • **Processing Tooltip Clarity:** Improved crafting station and processable item tooltip descriptions to clearly convey that the items are instanced to you

# Client Improvements • **Smooth Monster Movement:** Implemented a first pass of smoothed monster movement to eliminate the rigid/stepped tile-based movement • **Spawn VFX:** Disabled poof effect on entity spawn, will replace with a clean fade-in • **Jumps:** Fixed vertical collision detection during player jumps; Fixed more issues with falling through the world • **Performance:** Status effect slots, spell slots, item slots, party panel, and canvas optimizations

# UI & Performance • **Track Only Self XP:** XP tracker now filters to show only the local player's experience gains instead of all nearby players

# Infrastructure • **Fish % to Leaderboard:** Fishing completion percentage now tracked on leaderboards • **Trading Post:** Attempted to fix bugs causing ghost items to remain in the UI • **Server Monitoring Dashboard:** Full server montioring stack so we can stay informed of server health and identify issues to fix at scale

# Coming Soon • **Bloodscale Dogfish:** A new T9 trophy fish is in the works and will be added soon - let's see who can catch a World Record and secure their spot on the Trophy Fish leaderboard :pepefishing:

Thanks to everyone who recently left a positive review and has shared the word about the game - we appreciate it and look forward to seeing the community continue to grow!

-Team OG

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Steam News / 21 March 2026

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