Realm of the Mad God Origins

In late 2009 a game development competition called Assemblee began on the TIGSource forums. The competition was broken into two parts:

Part 1: Artists and musicians created graphics, sound effects, and music.
Part 2: Developers used the winning art from Part 1 to create a game. RotMG came in third place.

Many games were made for this competition using these free non-commercial resources. You'll find some of these still out there today. WildShadow purchased commercial licenses for the works they used and continued working on the game long after the competition was over. Original credits: Design and programming: Rob & Alex, Wild Shadow Studios Additional design and programming: Amit Patel Art: Oryx, Geeze, Oddball Sound Effects: John Nesky, feeblethemighty, Big Lon, boomlinde Music: Craig Stern On June 20, 2011 Realm of the Mad God was released on the Chrome Web Store. This was the first time RotMG was made available outside of the official, original website. On October 31, 2011 the game was released on Kongregate. A new developer, Willem Rosenthal, was hired sometime in November or December 2011 and was tasked with creating artwork and design. On February 20, 2012 the game was released on Steam. Wild Shadow announced on June 18, 2012 that they had been acquired by Kabam. Alex and Rob both departed to explore new challenges while Willem remained with Kabam and continued developing new content until his departure on June 21, 2013.

Release History

Hotfix 16.4 is now Live!

9/16/2013

New Dungeon: Battle for the Nexus
Drops: All new untiered vanity weapons

Arbiter’s Wrath (Katana)
Doctor Swordsworth (Sword)
Sunshine Shiv (Dagger)
KoalaPOW (Staff)
Spicy Wand of Spice (Wand)
Robobow (Bow)

Email Verification: In light of of the recent influx of spam bots that have plagued the game, an email verification system has been added to the realmofthemadgod.com, Kabam.com and kongregate.com platforms. Please Read HERE for more details: http://ow.ly/oVxTj

All players must provide a valid email to play the game.
If your account isn’t verified, the game will prompt you to update your email or allow you to resend the verification email.

Server

Change build version to 16.4

Hotfix 16.2 is now Live!

8/28/2013

Build 16.2 is now LIVE! This fix resolves minor issues and updates

Epic Dungeon Key titles and description now display correctly.
The Feed Value of the Keys for the Epic Dungeons has been updated to 270 each.

Hotfix 16.1

8/27/2013

We've resolved a few errors since the release of build 16.0.0. Please review list below for a complete overview of the corrections. Woodland Labyrinth

Resolved an issue affecting the loot drops in the Woodland Labyrinth. The Woodland Labyrinth will now drop the Leaf Bow as originally intended

Deadwater Docks

Resolved an issue that caused the game to crash when entering Jon Bilgewaters Grotto.

Release 16.0.0 Is now Live!

8/26/2013

Build 16.0 is now LIVE! This build introduces 15 more vault chests, 3 new dungeons, and many bug fixes. Fixes

Fixed pet yard app engine bugs
Added Fame bonuses to Ninja Skills
Disabled right click in flash player. Increase flash version requirement from 11.1 to 11.2 Note: You can still alter your player quality on the main screen
Removed Floating Enemies tag that caused users to crash when entering Epic Forest Maze
Changed default Nexus Key to Alt. Only affect new players
Item Purchase Confirmation Button
The option to disable contextual purchase now works
Fix for Arena Leaderboard not populating
Pet Heal’s while the character is affected by Sick will correctly show “No Effect”
Pressing interact key when buying an item now bring up a confirmation prompt.
Potion price now displays correctly when price reaches 600
Pets can move in the pirate cave
Users can not place on the weekly leaderboard if they are on the all time leaderboard

Godlands

Lucky Gods (slightly enhanced versions or their early Godland incarnations) should now spawn more often.
Deadwater Docks Now spawns from the Crystal Prisoner

Items

Epic Pirate Cave Dungeon Key
Epic Forest Maze Dungeon Key
Epic Spider Den Dungeon Key
15 new Vault Chests added to outer edges of the Vault Room

Dungeons

Deadwater Docks

Enemies

John Bilgewater
Epic Pirate Lieutenant
Epic Pirate Commander
Epic Pirate Captain
Epic Pirate Admiral
Epic Cave Pirate Brawler
Epic Cave Pirate Sailor
Follow behavior now faster and more predictive
Acquires targets farther away
Epic Cave Pirate Veteran

Loot

Pirate King’s Cutlass
- Damage: 184-231
- Rate of Fire: 1.2
- Distance: 3.25

Woodland Labyrinth

Enemies

Grizzled Armored Squirrel (aka epic armor squirrel)
Mecha Squirrel (aka Epic Ultimate Squirrel)
Forest Goblin Necromancer (aka Epic Forest Goblin Mage)
Forest Goblin Bruiser (aka Epic Forest Goblin)
Micro Megamoth Sentinel (aka Epic Mini Megamoth)
Megamoth Larva (aka Epic Larva)
Mammoth Megamoth (aka Epic Mama Megamoth)
Murderous Megamoth

Loot

Leaf Bow

Rate of Fire: 1.5
Damage:95-125
Distance: 6.3

The Crawling Depths

Enemies

Epic Blue Spider Hatchlings
Epic Grey Spider
Epic Red Spotted Spider
Epic Green Spider
Silver Son of Arachna Giant Egg Sac
Blue Son of Arachna Giant Egg Sac
Son of Arachna
Epic Black Spider
Epic Black Spotted Spider

Loot

Doku No Ken

Damage: 130 - 150
Rate of Fire:1.25
Distance: 5.2

Release 15.0.0

6/24/2013

Here’s a complete list of what to expect as soon as Release 15.0.0 hits your Server:

Teleporting while in the Nexus has been shut off until further notice.
All Items will be temporarily soulbound until further notice.
Payments update: Player Gold balance will now update in game within 30 seconds of purchase confirmation.
New anti-spam measures
Improved stability concerning a memory leak issue in the Battle Arena with mobs that have a flashing phase

Hotfix 14.2.0 Now Live

6/18/2013

Hotfix 14.2.0 is live! The following is a list of adjustments have made to Realm of the Mad God as of 6/18/2013:

Resolved issues affecting new player accounts created on Thursday 6/13 and Friday 6/14.
Resolved an issue displaying duplicate Stats in the Stats tab.

Hotfix 14.1.0 Now Live (Updated 6/14 4:55pm)

6/14/2013

Updated Hotfix 14.1

Resolved an issue preventing players from registering new accounts.
Adjusted New Anti-Spam Features (No more Red Text in Chat)

Hotfix 14.1.0 Now Live

6/13/2013

Hotfix 14.1.0 is live! The following is a list of adjustments the team has made:

Introducing New Anti-Spam Features.
You can now set a Hotkey in the option menu to cycle through tabs.
Resolved an issue that caused Armor to not appear in the Nexus Shop.
Resolved an issue where the Stats tab would disappear when players drag it anywhere across the game screen.
Resolved an issue affecting the players ability to type a message if the /tell hotkey was set to a letter.

Arena

Resolved an issue in which the frame rate drops when close to Arena walls.
Only named player accounts can access the Arena
Arena Drop Prize Adjustments!
Bomb Devils now throw Lava bombs at random locations, rather than at the player
New Bomb Devil art!
Introducing the Quiet Wizard and Silent Wizard, these new monsters will Quiet players, rendering them unable to use their abilities for a short period of time.

Build 14.0.0. : Release Notes

6/10/2013

Prepare yourselves. The Battle Arena is here! Please keep in mind that shortly after the initial release of build 14.0.0 we encountered brief issues with our data and had the option to push an older build. Our devs were since able to resolve the issues affecting this new build and no longer needed to push the former. The servers are slowly updating to the resolved release 14.0.0. in pristine condition! We hope you enjoy your time in the Arena! Thank you for your patience. You can discuss any issues encountered with the initial push here: https://forums.wildshadow.com/node/211632

Locate the Arena Portal in the northwestern section of the Nexus.
Enter the Arena using either Fame or Gold.
Begin each wave after a brief five second countdown. As you progress each wave gets harder.
Earn Effusions, Health/Magic Potions, and even Stat Pots in the Arena. The further you get the better your prizes.
Take on the Bomb Devils... just beware of the pools of lava they leave behind.
Don’t spend too much time on one wave, or the Arena will slowly fill up with water, affecting your ability to slay monsters.
Earn a spot on the Arena Leaderboard to see who can get the furthest and in the fastest time.
Compete in future Arena tournaments and earn EPIC prizes.

Pets Adjustments

In our efforts to adjust game balance, the Pet Heal ability was slightly altered.

Fixes to the chat system.

Introducing new Anti-Spam Measures
Pressing TAB (or /tell hotkey) only works if you don't hit the Guild chat or don't cycle past the user who sent you a message.
TAB (or /tell hotkey) now cycles through all the different people that PM'd you. If there were 5 people that PM'd the account then the user should hit tab 6 times to get back to the last one.
PM chat will now hold the names of users who have sent the you a message as long as you do not change areas. Chat will be cleared upon changing areas (i.e. Nexus to Realm)
When using Page UP to review prior chat, new chat will adjust the text box by one line, instead of snapping the user back to the bottom of the text box

The team is aware of and working to resolve the following issues:

Duplicate stats appear for players that have changed their name
Guest account data conflicts with Arena functionality. To use the Arena to its full potential you must have a registered account.

P.S.: Certain Arena Tournaments will include new types of prizes. Some of these will have rewards up to and including Crowns with the ability to resurrect your character (no zombie resurrection either).

Patch Notes - Release 13.3.0

5/20/2013

3 New Pet Abilities have been added to the game! Find and train pets with these awesome new powers:

Decoy - Your faithful pet will draw monsters and enemy fire away from you so you can attack from the shadows!
Savage - Though not a primary ability, Savage allows your pet to rush your enemies and enhances existing attack abilities. Savage is incredibly strong when combined with abilities like Electric or Attack Close!
Rising Fury - Your enemies won’t like your Pet when it’s angry! Watch your pet charge up its fury and mercilessly unleash it upon your foes!

New Animation for Your Pet’s Electric Ability.
Added a Portal of Cowardice to the Forest Maze Dungeon.

Hotfix 13.2 Patchnotes

4/30/2013

Backend Performance Improvements
Resolved an issue that caused the game to crash when purchasing Gold.
Grayed out language selection on testing
Fixed configuration order so character list is loaded and account populated at appropriate time
Fixed a double spacing issue with the last word spacing before end line in chat
Fix parsing for comparing two poisons that are not equipped

Introducing the all new Forest Maze Dungeon!: Hidden beneath canopies of tall trees and brush, this shadowy maze is found deep in the Realm’s Forest. Certain to test even the mightiest adventurers. Heroes will first need to navigate the twisted terrain using only their wits, while still combating the terrors that lie within.

Hotfix 13

4/23/2013

Hotfix 13 Release Notes:

All Un-tiered items Soulbound (More info here: https://forums.wildshadow.com/node/203489)
Resolved an issue causing some Pets to appear in Pet Picker after being sacrificed when equipped on other characters
Resolved an issue in which shooting and walking in opposite directions causes a minor animation error
General performance enhancements

Releases 13 and 13.1

4/16/2013

For the initial release of 13.0 we have introduced a Pet Remove feature in your Pet Yards. Please note that there will also be an additional release later today. (13.1) We are aware of the impact the current soul-binding of Untiered Items has had on a lot of players. Due to this, we have convinced the Mad God to temporarily lift the Soul-binding restraint on all Untiered Items so you can move them to your main accounts.

Release 12.5-2: Hotfix

4/11/2013

Here are a few fixes that went live today:

Added range and bounds check to grenade
Drop rate fix
Guild renouncing now works
The next highest rank is now promoted when a guild leader leaves the guild
Resolved an issue in which reconnecting to a server caused a delay connection

Release 12.5: Hotfix

4/9/2013

The Team has recently released a Hotfix to address the following issues.

Resolved an issue in which chat lines breaks in the middle of a line instead of on a space.
Resolved an issue in which a Player Icon does not always appear in the nearby player list.
Resolved an issue in which which new learned pet abilities were empty.
Fixed item description on the Seal of Blasphemous Prayer item
Optimization Fixes

Sprint 12.4 Patch Notes

4/5/2013

12.4

All Untiered Items and all Pet Eggs Uncommon and above are soul bound
Performance enhancements

12.3

Users can now renounce Guild Membership
Starting Gold is now 50 Gold
Art Editor is now saving new art
Locking onto a player highlights their name without having to change Maps
“Trade Successful” text appears in chat box after confirmation
Chat font can be set to high quality with low resolution settings
There is now an option to turn off player chat (turns off whispers)
Guild Leaders can remove players from their Guilds
Beginner's Package can be successfully purchased
Adjusted the mid-ranged attack of a level 30 Demon Frog
Time Remaining text no longer shows up behind the “Buy Now” button in Packages
Adjusted “Trade” button animation
Cherry Blossom Trees are no longer missing from the Ancient Spawn Locations
The “Trade” text disappears after the user clicks the button

Release 12.2: Hotfix

4/1/2013

Release Notes:

Various Backend Changes
Oryx April Fools switch
The feeder/fuser displays persistent data after exiting the pet yard fixed
Updated version to 12.2

Release 12: Hotfix

3/29/2013

A Hotfix for Release 12 has just been pushed out into the game. You will notice the following improvements:

Duping patch
Chat fixes
Pet sorting
Oryx will no longer speak in numbers!
Items are tradeable again

Please note some items will stay Soul-bound

/tell name Fix
Egg Drop Rates Increased

Release 12: Pets Patch

3/26/2013

Pets have arrived and are now live on production. Please take a moment to review the notes to review the changes this new feature brings to the game. Please also take a look at the listed bugs, these are issues that we are aware of and will be fixed in a future release. Please add any additional bugs you find below. Pet Updates

Pets will drop in Egg form and can either be found in game as drops from monsters or purchased in the Shop.

Pet Eggs will contain the name of the Pet Family and the Rarity
Mystery Eggs will hatch a Pet from a random Family.
As of right now, higher rarity Eggs can only be looted.
Pet Eggs must be opened in the Pet Yard.
All old/existing Pets will be grandfathered into the new Pets system.

Pets come in different families: Feline, Canine, Farm, Humanoid, etc.

Only Pets in the same Family can be Fused together

There are 5 Different types of Pet Rarity.

Common
Uncommon
Rare
Legendary
Divine

Pets will have 1-3 Abilities, 1 at the lowest Rarity Level and 3 at the highest

Abilities will help the player with Attacking, Healing, Magic Healing etc.

The functional uses of Pets and their different Abilities are tailored to different gameplay circumstances.

Choosing the Pet to take on an adventure should correspond to the dangers that lie ahead!

Pets will exist across all of your characters; all of your characters will have access to the same Pet Yard
Each player will have a personal Pet Yard accessible through the Vault. From the Pet Yard players will be able to do the following:

Use an Egg (either purchased or looted) to create a new Pet
Upgrade the Pet Yard to hold higher level Pets (via the Caretaker)
Select a Pet to follow the player (You can only have one Pet follow you at time. Selecting a new Pet to follow unequips any other Pet.)
Feed Items or Food to Pets Items to increase the strength of their Abilities
Fuse Pets to upgrade a Pet’s rarity level.

Enhancing Pets

“Feed” Items to Pets to raise their Ability Levels
“Fuse” two Pets of the same Family and Rarity to increase that Pet’s Rarity.

You can only Pets of the same Family and Rarity

A Pet’s Ability Level increases after Feeding and Fusing.

The only way to get a fully maxed out Pet is to maximize its Abilities at each Rarity level

Feeding, Fusing, and Upgrading the Pet Yard can all be achieved by spending either Gold or Fame.
Pet abilities are specific to Pets and are not replicable through Items

Fusing and Feeding

Interact with the Pet Yard’s Control Console and select Feed Pet

Open Feed Screen
Place item from your Inventory into the Feed Menu to feed your current Pet.
Choose to use Gold or Fame to feed your Pet
Pet ability bars visibly increase in the modal

Interact with the Pet Yard’s Control Console and select Fuse Pet

Open Fuse screen
Choose a Pet to fuse with the equipped Pet
- OR -
Select another Pet to fuse other Pets into.
Choose to use either Fame or Gold to Fuse
Gain a New Ability or watch your Pet evolve!

The Caretaker and Upgrading The Pet Yard

Interact with the Caretaker in the Pet Yard.

Select Info

The Caretaker will provide you with information about the Pet Yard, Pets, Pet Abilities, Feeding, Fusion, and Evolution

Select Upgrade Yard.

Pay in either Fame or Gold; the Pet Yard will increase in size and allow you to fuse rarer Pets.

The Pet Yard houses all of your Pets.

Level up your Pet Yard to support the Fusing of different Pet Rarities.

Other General Updates

Change Character NPC replaced with Pet Yard Portal. You can now change your character with the NPC near the northern Nexus corridor.

Release 11: Hotfix

2/8/2013

1:30 PM PST Hello Everyone. I want to take a moment to assure everyone that the team is aware of your concerns regarding last night's release, and is considering possible solutions to the issues that occurred. If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to discuss them here. We will be providing you all more information as it becomes available. Updated 4:23 PM PST Our Developers are now pushing a hotfix, that will replace any Lair of Draconis Keys with the newly coined Consolation of Draconis keys. Consolation of Draconis Keys will open a portal to a small room where you can find a random Stat Potion. Updated 4:48 PM PST We have become, aware of an issue with the latest build. At the moment all servers are down. Unfortunately we do not have an estimate as to when the servers will be brought back up. On behalf of the Realm of the Mad God team I want to sincerely apologize to all of our players for any inconvenience this may have caused. The team is here and working hard to get our servers back online. Updated 5:56 PM PST We're happy to announce that all Realm of the Mad God servers have been brought back online! Log in, find a Rock Dragon, rage on it, get some good loots and maybe a Stat Potion. Happy hunting folks!

Release 11: Are you ready to rock?

2/7/2013

The Realm of the Mad God team is proud to introduce the launch of the new Rock Dragon boss encounter. Just in time for Chinese New Year and the Year of the Snake, this new encounter is sure to challenge even the worthiest adventurers. Hibernating for a millennia deep beneath the surface of the Realm, legends tell that the beast would awaken at the dawning of the new age. Those adventurers brave enough to have the rare opportunity of encountering this monstrosity had better have their wits about them. To defeat the beast, adventurers are going to have to ensure its complete obliteration; just going for the throat on this one might prove... futile. [Mike's mundane additions: we'll be pushing a new release to production shortly. Other than the truly awesome Rock Dragon, this consists of infrastructural changes internal to the client and server. Even more good stuff coming soon.]

Release 10: Let's try this again

1/24/2013

Tonight we've taken the unusual step of doing a new release just three days after our previous one. This is unusual for something that's not just a hotfix, but we felt (and I'm sure most of you will agree) that this was needed. What's new in Release 10:

Potions have returned to the godlands! They now drop from all the monsters that used to drop them.
Drop rates of potions within dungeons have been increased. In particular we have made defense potions a little easier to get.
Dungeon drop rates in the godlands have been reduced somewhat, but not to their former levels.
Drop rates of loot items in dungeons (especially rare and UT items) have been significantly increased. (Rare pets in dungeons are still really rare.) Edited to add: UTs are still very, very rare. They're just not as insanely rare as they were before. And as you know, if they become too easy to get, we'll dial them back down again.
The Nexus Crier is back! Now with new, helpful, and informative things to tell you.
Behind-the-scenes work on Fame and some other things we're working on.

Bug Fixes:

The "interact key" will no longer send you someplace you didn't want to go. There is an edgecase involving the Cloth Bazaar that we're aware of and are working to fix.
Clicking "Play" no longer defaults chosen character to a Wizard on the Loading screen / Skin selection modal
Tab feature now functions correctly in the registration modal
New characters no longer have a Health Potion occupying an inventory slot
Character names are no longer cut off in the list of nearby players
Ninja class now displays class unlock requirements
Package icon display properly in the realms

Release 9: Bazaar Party

1/21/2013

New Additions

Cloth Bazaar added to Nexus

You'll find new doors amidst the shop in the Nexus. These doors will take you to the new Bazaar area where a wider variety of cloth and dye are available at all times! Half of the current dyes and cloth are available at the same time and the other half will be rotated in often.

Game Changes

Stat potions no longer drop from mobs in Godlands. They will still drop from encounter bosses in the Realm.

Clarification: Removed potions from the following monsters: Sprite God, Medusa, White Demon, Ent God, Beholder, Flying Brain, Slime God, Ghost God, the Rock Constructs, Djinn, and Leviathan

Drop rates of dungeons in the Realm have been increased
Drop rates of Stat potions within dungeons increased across the board
Rare pets have been added as drops to the following dungeons

Tomb of the Ancients
Ocean Trench
Mad Lab
Davy Jones' Locker
Haunted Cemetery
Candyland
Sprite World

New Content

New treasures are now dropping in some of the dungeons. The purpose of these treasures is a mystery for now, but be on the look out and make sure to hold on to any you find!

Known Issues

We are aware that players are experiencing difficulties playing on Chrome, and the engineers are looking into it. However, it appears to be a somewhat complicated issue and may take some time to fix.

And lastly, players will be able to redeem Kabam Gift Cards in the game!

Release 8: Happy Holidays!

12/20/2012

Better Package linking and internal fixes
More flexible character skin functionality
Anti-spam bot measures
Connection bug fix (at least partial; we'll be monitoring it as this may have nailed the whole thing)

And last but not least:

Special skins and pets that we'll be releasing in packages during the holidays. Each will be purchasable for a limited time only (but once you've bought them you'll keep them even after the holidays are over).

Edited to add: Since many have asked, no the new Fame redesign is not included in this release. We'll have that out as soon as we can, but it's not quite ready to go yet.

Release 7: Now with Ninjas!

12/11/2012

Ninjas are now available to players on any platform
New package containing: unlock the Ninja class (if you don't already have it), new Ninja skin, new dragonfly pet, and a bonus item: wine cellar incantation
Character skins can now be worn by existing characters, (not just new ones)! You can change your character's look by using the armoire in your vault (this will not take your character to Narnia, unfortunately).
Winter Nexus is here! (All "Winter is coming" jokes are now obsolete.)
New dreidel pet!
Ghostly Prism has been redesigned: more powerful, better tactical uses, less mp
The Mad Lab has been overhauled. This includes better drop rate of the dungeon, reduced boss turret's health, Dr Terrible is no longer healed by his minions, and fewer minions can congregate in a room together.
We have updated our payments system, so we're now integrated with Kabam payments

Other improvements and bug fixes:

Teleporting has changed: now you can teleport only to characters, not objects. This should change the behavior of certain teleporting bots in the Nexus, for example.
Removed internal error when two players attempt to loot the same item at the same time (note: this will not remove all instances of "phantom item" problems, but should resolve many of them)
Steam accounts linked to Kongregate can now get the Ninja
We added protective measures against un-pausing when monsters wander on the screen
Oryx 2 can now shoot through barrels (he's been practicing).
Fixed some problems with Loot Tier Drop potions
Fixed problems with players not being directed back to the game after a purchase
Players now see a warning modal if they attempt to chat while muted
Enemies in stasis can no longer be healed by other enemies
Fixed a problem with Tomb of the Ancients switch
"Potion Purchased" text no longer appears over character
The "Accept" button on the Trade UI is no longer one pixel too high!
Miscellaneous other bugs (infrastructure, annoyance, overall experience)

Release 6.0: Character Skins Ahoy!

11/21/2012

Character skins! You can read more about character skins [HERE](https://forums.wildshadow.com/node/163357)
Updated News Display! We've redone the way news is displayed to highlight important stories.
Updated the Nexus with a new Fall theme
We've created a tool that will allow us to offer more Packages. The first package to use it will feature the new skins listed above.

Bug Fixes:

Fixed Amulet of Resurrection's name and description to reflect its new functionality.
If you switch weapons quickly you may disconnect from the game

Updates on some Known Bugs:

Players on Steam are sometimes unable to purchase Gold. We are still working to resolve this issue.
Items in soulbound bags are not put into normal bags if dragged into the play area
We are also aware of and are using the [OFFICIAL GENERAL UNIFIED BUG MEGATHREAD](https://forums.wildshadow.com/node/162527). Great way to keep track of all the community submitted bugs!

Release 5: Onward to backpacks!

11/14/2012

Backpacks! They are for sale in the Nexus market
Haunted Cemetery Dungeon

Notable changes:

Amulets will no longer resurrect you (well, not as a human)

Bug fixes:

Bonus attribute stats now stay within stat window boundaries
Sound icon is no longer covered on the screen
Beginner's packages now show up on the screen when you start a new account
Potions with a time limit display this in their tool tip
Player's Gold balance now refreshes properly when paying for a character class unlock
Double-clicking a potion outside of your inventory now behaves correctly (adds or drinks it)
Players are able to purchase potions correctly now

Release 4.0 now on Production

11/01/2012

Big Inventory UI update:

Health and Magic Potions have a dedicated inventory slot
Health and Magic Potions will stack so you can hold up to 9 each
Health and Magic Potions are purchasable if you don't have any
Health and Magic Potions slots have new hotkeys [mod edit: [Check your hotkeys everyone!](https://forums.wildshadow.com/node/156776)]

Amulet of Resurrection Changes:

The Amulet curse seems to have corrupted the amulet's ability to prevent death. Amulet users beware!
The Amulet fame price is being lowered

Other additions:

New Pets available for Hurricane Sandy Relief efforts. See my other post here for more info.

Bug Fixes:

Fixed profanity filter bug. It should now work how it was originally.
Resolved chatting issues between users on different maps(fixed earlier this week)
Fixed disconnected halls in the Candyland Hunting Grounds
Fixed various typos in the game
Servers/Legends are now in their correct place
Character names in the UI are now back in their correct place

Build 3.0 is now LIVE!

10/24/2012

New Dungeon: Candyland Hunting Grounds!
New Dungeon drops from the elusive Candy Gnomes now found in the Realm
New candy Items and Equipment added
Big Nexus re-design. Way more shop space- more dyes, pets, everything!
All older pets get big price cut! (490 Gold)
New boost potions added:
- Loot Drop Potion - increases the chance that you'll get items! (all items dropped will be in soul-bound bags)
- Loot Tier Potion - has a chance to increase the Tier level of items dropped. (+1-3 tiers)
- XP Booster 1 hr - 2x EXP boost that lasts for 1 hour of gameplay time. (Both of these do not effect Fame)
- XP Booster 20 min - 2x EXP boost that lasts for 20 min of gameplay time.
Big loading time fix
Big lag time fix

Release 2 is now LIVE!

10/09/2012

Feature additions:

Added TOS in compliance with government age requirements
Extended tutorial to give more info about the Nexus, shops, and guilds
Option for paid class unlocks!
Anti-spamming measures (better chat filter; character limit in chat; unregistered unnamed characters banned from Chat)
More weapons in the battle against spammers and RWT coming soon

Bug fixes

Zero defense on monsters bug + balancing
Katana fixes
Ninja gear drops in appropriate bags and has appropriate fame bonus
And many more – but still more left to be fixed

Build 124.0 is now LIVE!

10/04/2012

Added Gift Chest in Vault - dedicated space for gifting items to players
Added Ninja Class - available on Kongregate first (will be everywhere after 60 days)
New weapon type: Katana
New ability item: Ninja Star / Shuriken
New pet: Ants in honor of Kongregate promotion (when you reach level 10 with a character)
New special dungeon: Treasure Dungeon - your reward for reaching level 20 with the ninja
New secret god in realm: Beer God - in honor of Octoberfest
New pet: Beer Slurp - helps you find the hidden Beer God
Updated ProTips
Cracked crystal skull mp cost lowered to: 120

Click HERE to read about how to get the Ninja class if your account isn't on Kongregate.

Build 123.5.0 is now LIVE!

08/29/2012

New Dungeon (Mad Lab!)
New Dungeon drops from Flying Brains in the Godlands!
New Items and Equipment added
New loading screen animation / fade
Mad Lab Key added to the shop (390 Gold)
XP Booster added to shop (100 Gold) - NOTE: Does not impact Fame

123.4.4 is now LIVE!

08/14/2012

New "Loading..." screen when loading between areas
Can no-longer get exp and fame from respawning armors in castle
Can no-longer get exp and fame from respawning skulls on the Ghost Ship Battle
Chicken leg buff - now on par with obsidian dagger
New GM Tools
Backend Updates (for GM Tools)

123.4.3 Hotfix

08/07/2012

Fixes for Kabam.com, Steam, and Kongregate Users; these accounts should now be able to log in.
We've changed the orientation of the shop.

Build 123.4.1 is now LIVE!

08/03/2012

New Dungeon (Davy Jones's Locker!)
New Trickster Equipment Set
Tier number now displayed on applicable equipment
Equipment comparisons added
Unusable equipment now appears highlighted in red
Ring of Divine Faith Changed (5 Vitality, 5 Wisdom, 3% Fame Gain)
Beginner's Package added to game

Limited time offer for all new and current players
Exclusive Pet included
2 Free Character Slots
3 Free Vaults
2600 Gold

New Pet will be available TODAY! *(Hint: It is dino-mite!)*
Contextual Click added to Control Opetions; Double clicking now preforms set actions on items

Can be toggled on / off
Double Clicking on an item places it into your inventory
Double Clicking on consumable items will use that item
Double Clicking will equip equipment and spells/abilities that your class can use

Interact/Buy added to Control Options, default key is "0"

Set a key that enters you into realms, portals, etc

Double Click for Gold added to Control Options

Can be toggled on / off
Default OFF
Double Clicking on Gold/Fame information will allow user to buy Gold

Fame and Gold are now viewable in Realms
Added addition methods to prevent duping
Minor tweaks and bug fixes

Build 123.3 is live!

06/12/2012

God walls fixed. Gods will happily walk into landing zones now.
Small improvements to Oryx's battle.
Oryx Slayer achievement has been fixed.
VIT overhaul!
Wizard nerfs!
Dagger buffs!
Sword tweaks!
New incentives to clear dungeons! Two existing dungeons have new treasure rooms now. Have fun exploring and experimenting!
Lord Ruthven's bats no longer grant EXP.
/ignore can work on people hiding in private areas. (guild hall/vault)
Several bug fixes & back-end improvements.
Changed the way settings are dropped with monsters.

Vitality

VIT caps reduced. Rogue, Archer, Wizard, Priest, Paladin, Assassin, Huntress, Mystic, Trickster now all cap at 40. Necromancer caps at 30. Warrior, Knight, and Sorcerer stay at 75.
VIT redesigned. Now essentially has double regen rate.
VIT growth per level scaled with new caps.

Wizard

Reduced spell damage.
WIS cap reduced to 60.

Daggers

Obsidian Dagger raised to 35-65 damage.
Assassin caps at 75 SPD with a mana cost reduction.
Trickster caps at 65 ATT, 75 SPD, 75 DEX.

Swords

Paladin caps at 75 WIS.
Helm of the Juggernaut decreased to 4.5 seconds of Armored.

Build 123 is live!

04/22/2012

New randomized set of attacks in Oryx's Chamber
Lag/disconnect will no longer cause you to run out of breath in the Trench
Teleporting to invisible rogue never activates cooldown
Manor tweaks
Castle drop tweaks
Fix movement during options screen
Change Horrid Reaper sound
Fix target regeneration movement
Fix a few typos
Fix a few missing dye/textile pixels

Build 122.3 is live!

03/31/2012

New Realm Quest: Kage Kami
New Dungeon: Manor of the Immortals
New untiered items: potion, dagger, wand, robe, trap, tome
Sword range increased, Stone Sword damage increased
Condition effects now have individual unique icons
Improved wall drawing a little
Dungeon exits spawn in a fixed location instead of where boss died
Thessal drops an air pocket where she died
Added new Oryx taunts for a couple encounters
Two-step password reset
"[H] for help" message replaced
White Demons nerfed a bit to make them melee-able
Sphinx now has a setting
Coral Venom Trap now does Paralyze instead of Slow

Build 122 is live!

02/13/2012

New high-level dungeon: Ocean Trench
New mid-level Dungeon: Forbidden Jungle
New structure in midlands
When a new guild is created, the creator will now be the "Founder"

Founders can demote/remove Leaders
Existing Guilds won't get a Founder (sorry)

Guild Fame

When a player earns fame, his guild earns an equal amount of Guild Fame.
Guild Fame can be spent by the leaders of the Guild.
Currently Guild Fame can only be used to buy better Guild Halls, but it will be given more uses in future builds.

New status effect: Sick. Disables healing.
Armor Pierce shows up as purple numbers now, instead of a status effect
White Demon now "swipes" twice before cooldown, and all shots ignore defense
Leviathan and Red Demon now sound different from other godlands enemies
Djinn awards EXP
Warrior Helms have a cooldown equal to duration + 1 second to prevent stacking with Untiered's Armored effect.
The chatbox notifies you when a guild member has signed on
Grey Blobs deal less damage
Some encounters create a structure when they spawn
The quest marker will always point to the quest closest to your level, aka No more Lich hunt
Drinking a Tincture from the ground produces a boost
Poison shows range, damage, and duration on tooltip
Lord of the Lost Lands awards kills properly and has a health buff
All dungeon exits drop from boss now
Lots of backend stuff to improve performance/avoid lag
Potions now trigger heal effects, mp heal is also now visible
New encounter: Hermit God (drops Ocean Trench)
Modified Castle and Castle minions to make rushing more difficult
Bridges in Castle are longer
White Demon has new projectile graphic
Tutorial/Kitchen polished
Items to be traded are more visible
Spider Den

Darker walls
Eggs and broken eggs litter the floor (aesthetic only)
Boss chamber has pillars surrounding it

Snake Pit

Grey stone floors at spawn and end
4 walls surround Stheno for cover
Destructible paths darker on minimap

Undead Lair

Candles placed at spawn and end
Blood splattered on various floors

Abyss of Demons

Bones littered around paths
Malphas' chamber is surrounded by a lava moat with two rings of bridges

Ocean Trench

Key is available for 390 gold at Rank 4
+5 Max MP (Mana) Pots drop from boss
When your oxygen is depleted, you rapidly lose health

Oryx Castle

Last wall is now three blocks thick
Last wall has quiet towers firing at you

Wine Cellar

New enemy that leaves a slime trail that Slows and Sickens.
New enemy that throws wine at you. Inflicts Drunk.
Destructible barrels
Wine pools flowing out of walls (aesthetic only)
Enemy animations added

New untiereds: Bow, Staff, Skull, Leather, Robe, Ring, Potion

Build 121 is live!

01/10/2012

Guilds

Can create a guild for 1000 Fame at Guild Register
Guilds can have up to 50 members
Guilds have 4 ranks: Leader, Officer, Member and Initiate
Guild Hall is a shared space for players in a guild
Guild Chronicle shows current players in the guild
Guild Board is a text shared by the Guild
Players in a guild can chat with each other via "/g hello"

Oryx's Castle

You can not reach Oryx now without fighting through his castle
Teleportation disabled in Oryx's Castle, Chamber and Wine Cellar
New encounter: Lord of the Lost Lands
New low lands monster: Sumo Master
Lots of new untiered weapons and specials
Trickster ability made more tricky
Warrior only boosts speed of self (still boosts dex of allies)
Tells now work across all servers
Tomb of the Ancients starting/boss room changed
Septavius's minions a little stronger, do not give XP
Fix to Sandsman King conventions
Horrid Reapers always disappear after Grand Sphinx death
Name change now costs 1000 Gold
Fewer constructs
Only 1 Grand Sphinx per realm

Build 119 update

10/20/2011

Thanks for all the feedback on Build 119. We are listening. We did expect this to be a pretty controversial update. I have also pushed an update (119.0.5) that makes the following changes:

Potion drop rates in mountains increased by ~33%
Cube God and Skull Shrine both give a guaranteed potion (like dungeon bosses)
Pentaract potion drop rate increased
Minor changes to make Oryx slightly harder

On the subject of Wine Cellar change, we should have been clearer with our intentions here. We would definitely like to support "private runs" of dungeons and even Realms in the future but Incantations where never supposed to be that. They were basically an idea that worked in nearly the opposite way that we intended. This change was to get them back more in line with our original intentions. I also realize that the changes in this build were targeted at improving the experience of newer players. I promise that the next build will have new end-game content. Thanks and keep the feedback coming (everything except the death threats :-))

Build 119 is live!

10/19/2011

High level loot is soulbound
Gravestones no longer contain a player's equipment
Different loot bags depending on loot type
Small fix to make objects/grenades thrown near walls more likely to appear
Small fix to make partial seconds work for conditions
Anti-Spectators now stasis immune
Fame bonus from high level items at death
Gold should update faster
Drag items to the map from a soulbound loot bag to make them public
Pentaracts should no longer end up in deep water
Escape to Nexus works in a slightly different way internally to avoid "Character is dead" bug.
Wine Cellar portal now only exists for 2 mins after Oryx's death
minor fix: if you drop multiple items, they will end up in the same bag

Build 118.7 is live!

9/28/2011

Legends! Weekly, Monthly and All time leaderboards
If you are a legend (top 10 on any leaderboard), you will get a red glow
At level 20, XP bar now shows Fame
Keep track of who killed a character and show on Fame screen
Toggleable offensive language filter
Fixes to cheat detection

Build 118.6 is live!

8/23/2011

Most of the work was under the covers. The user-visible changes are:

Improve network bandwidth and memory use
Add ignore/unignore menu option & make it permanent
At level 20, XP bar now shows Fame
Keep track of who killed a character and show on Fame screen
Toggleable offensive language filter
Fixes to cheat detection

Build 118.3 is Live!

8/6/2011

Most of the changes are behind the scenes to address lag and other issues. Here are the visible changes:

First Oryx encounter updated. Specifically:

Oryx has more HP
During his "If I see you, I will kill you" phase, Oryx fires at a slightly higher rate.
During his initial ring phase, Oryx will repeatedly fire an unavoidable nova effect that inflicts quiet. If you've remained in the ring, you will need to fight him without mana. Folks who stay outside the ring will need to contend with minions and deadly satellites that orbit the ring.

Necromancer heal now visible
"/teleport [name]" command
Pirate Cave walls look slightly improved
Equipment tooltips now show which classes can use an item
Soulbound bags are only visible to person to whom they are bound
Mouse wheel zoom now works when focus is on map
Choose spawn point based on enemy density

Build 118 launched

7/15/2011

Lots of new & improved monsters, behaviors, projectiles and loot
Trading interface
Lag fixes
Stat pot drops in the mountains are soulbound-only
New item tooltips
New accounts will no longer have case sensitive email addresses
Name changes can be purchased
Better healing feedback

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