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January 13
Hello Realmers,
Oryxmas is over. Long live Oryx. 2021 looks brighter than ever. This is a small update to have the Realm return to normal, make some Item Forge adjustments and fix some minor issues. Please remember that although the Oryxmas Campaign is over, you still have until Jan 14th (Thursday) at 12 PM UTC to claim all the rewards that you have unlocked. This week we are announcing a Speedrun contest that will take place on the Testing server during the weekend, but we’ll give you more details on that on our Thursday blog post.
Item forge tweaks:
- Adjusted daily Forgefire charged value to 300.
We plan on adding new high-end items to the Item Forge, but at the same time we are gathering data and trying to adjust and balance the values of materials. We realized we will need a new tier for these high-end items, which will require more materials. This will happen in a future update and we’ll keep you updated on it. Also, we are happy to put the forge to more use and consider different options for new craftable items.
Other Changes:
- Removed Jack Frost from the realm
- Removed Oryxmas tokens
- Added Third Dimension Key to the Epic Mystery Key description
- Minor fixes.
January 26
Hello Realmers,
This patch brings important changes to the Rune System, as announced, but also to the Item Forge and some rework done on end-game dungeons.
While “cleaning” the portal monuments at the wine cellar, one of Oryx’s minions spilled a bottle of wine into the system that regulates the opening of the Sanctuary. He managed to clean it up before Oryx could see the mess, but the mechanism has never been the same since.
Oryx’s Sanctuary access
- Drop Rates for all runes have been increased.
- In particular, Shield Runes have gotten a great increase.
- We have introduced a new event quest in the Tinkerer that will help you recycle Runes, converting them to each other, with the extra cost of 4 Oryx Marks.
- There’s a little chance that portal monuments for Oryx’s Sanctuary will just open by themselves when you complete the Wine Cellar.
Item Forge
We are very happy with the incorporation of the Blacksmith to the game! We have made some balances to the material values required for items.
- Balanced crafting values for certain high-end items.
- Added new Blueprints to the game, amongst them: Fractured Gemstone Wakizashi, Star of Enlightenment, Orb of Conflict, Tablet of the King’s Avatar
- Tweaked drop rates for high-end blueprints, O3’s miniboss Blueprints now drop only from Oryx’s Sanctuary.
- As a reminder, in the last patch we adjusted daily Forgefire to 300.
- We want to share the material values with you.
Please be reminded we are still monitoring closely the values of the system, adjusting balances, and will continue doing so. Thanks for your feedback!
We are also aware that the naming and icon colors could cause a little bit of confusion, so we are studying changes to both names of ores and colors, in order to improve usability. Also, we want to add new types of craftable items! You will hear more about it in future notes.
Dungeon Changes
We are introducing a variety of polish, balance and quality of life changes, focused mainly on endgame dungeons.
Lost Halls
- Agonized Titan now only spawns 3 Evil Spirits at a time and at a much lower rate.
- Agonized Titan only requires 3 Evil Spirits out of 5 to have been found to activate.
- Adjusted dungeon generation: Loops can no longer appear on the side paths. Side paths now have a lower max length.
- Crusaders and Spectral Sentry should no longer appear in the first 2 rooms beyond spawn rather than 1 room beyond spawn.
- Champion of Oryx will now only spawn minions initially, once the minions are defeated he’ll follow the player with a 3 shot attack.
- Marble Colossus’s final stand Void Attacks have had effect duration and damage revised down.
- Void Ring: 1 -> 0.6 sec Petrify
- Void Spear: 250 -> 200 damage
- Void Blast: 185 -> 150 damage and 1 -> 0.6 secs Paralyze
Cultist Hideout
- “The Cult” quest marker now disappears when players approach the boss room to avoid clutter
- “Malus 2” now is a quest once again
The Void
- “All now ends” now leads directly into middle attack with Greater Void Shades, skipping the build up entirely, the phase now also only lasts half as long as before.
Fungal Cavern
- Crystal Worm Mother should now have a small grace period when going back to the arena after Father/Child has been defeated where she will not shoot.
- Crystal Worm Mother should now have a small grace period when the tail has been destroyed to avoid stacking shotguns.
Crystal Cavern
- Added a delay and telegraph to Crystal Bats explosion on death
- Crystal Bats now circle players at a slower speed
- Fixed an issue where Crystal Bats didn’t always grant XP
- Added a delay to Crystallized Scorpion’s first shotgun
- Fixed a stacked shots issue related to split Crystallized Scorpion
As a bonus we’ve also reworked how Constructs in the mountains work. Rather than heal each other in a circle, they now only heal the construct stronger than them. This means that now any characters can defeat them as long as you take care of them in the right order (Wood > Rock > Steel). Their overall behavior and shot patterns has also been adjusted, they also now all share the same drop table meaning all give Potion of Attack, the same XP and The Machine dungeon.
Fixes
- Apostrophes now appear correctly for the names of Keys, Token and Item names.
- Fixed the issue that caused some players to get DCed in Mad God Mayhem dungeon
- Blueprints that give items belonging to Exaltation dungeons can now only be obtained from their specific Dungeons.
- The Third Dimension Marks now appear in the Token type category in the vault.
- Fixed the problem of too many breath updates on Katalund. Will not cause DCs anymore.
- Bard Lute Reskin “Oryxmas Carol” had the wrong XP bonus and is now fixed.
- Updated stats for the Botany Book.
- Added HP scaling to the Sentry on The 3rd Dimension.
- XP distribution is now consistent for nearby users when Regular enemies are killed by other users.
- Improvements to minimap.
- Quest completion check mark for Defeating Heroes of Oryx now updates under the extended tab when the user completes the requirement.
- Removed requirement of seasonal dungeons from Hero of the Nexus Fame Bonus.
New Skins
https://imgur.com/a/IvSl2YE#W4VbAEM
A big shoutout to CrystalPX, Zquidx and Mizumi for the skins
Content Creator Skins
Our Twitch and Youtube content creator partners now have exclusive skins of their own. Say “Hi, mom!” and wave to the camera if you see one of those in game!
https://imgur.com/a/IvLnT01#42fxwec
Febuary 9
Hello Realmers,
This release makes some important changes to the realm. We are introducing Nilshards and Nildrops and renaming the ore. We are bringing new STs (for the Knight and Necromancer). We’ve also been preparing Belladonna for Valentine’s day, so expect a few tweaks.
Nilshards
In the ancient times, before Oryx was born, the paladins who guarded the Realm discovered a strange but mighty powerful source of energy: The Void. Being wary, and guided by the old precepts of the angelic realms granted to them, they developed a way of channeling the Void into crystal-like forms.
They called them “Nilshards,” as they were made of the rare Nil material.
Nil was forbidden for a long time, mostly due to the disappearance of the paladin church and all the problems it caused during the “White Titan Project,” where the Void Entity caused havok.
However, back in the times, Nilshards were used for a variety of purposes.
The first one is crafting Ores, which will provide materials for your craftings. The Blacksmith will gladly change stacks of Nilshards into Ores depending on their rarity.
Ore Naming
With the introduction of Nilshards, the Blacksmith had to sit and explain to us we have decided to change the name of the Ores themselves to better reflect the material type they grant, as we got to understand the Ores’ properties a little bit better.
Acquiring Nilshards
Nilshards would be obtainable in the Shop and the Daily Login Calendar.
Nildrops
Back in the day before Nilshards were forgotten from existence, elixirs, tonics and other consumables distilled from them were commonly used, and the paladins would use them to enhance their battle capabilities and sustain long, difficult battles when defending the Realm.
Few can forge them today, as the crafts of the old paladin church are seemingly lost. However, they seem to be a piece of cake for the Blacksmith, if you provide her the right amount and rarity of Nilshards, and a little bit of Forgefire.
“Standard” Nildrops
They provide a stat boost for 5 minutes for everyone around you, and also clears negative status effects when you apply them. The stat boost depends on the Nildrop color.
They can be forged with Rare and Epic Nilshards.
“Minor” Nildrops
They are a lower version of the standard Nildrops. They also provide a boost for 5 minutes (only for you) and they cannot clear your status effects. Still, they’re a great way of accelerating your early game.
They can be forged with Common Nilshards.
“Special” Nildrops
They are hybrid versions of the standard Nildrops, born from the Blacksmith’s experiments. They require rarer Nilshards, but they provide a stronger boost to two attributes simultaneously for 5 minutes, also clearing your negative status effects on usage. They work for allies around you too!
They can be forged with Legendary Nilshards.
New ST’s
We have two new amazing sets for the Knight and Necromancer!
Cuboid Necromancer Set
Nordic Knight Set
Belladonna
We have made a few balancing tweaks to Belladonna in preparation for Valentine’s Day. Here’s what changed:
- Reduced the radius of Bella’s berry bombs
- Reduced the damage of the Bella Bud wiper attack (150 -> 100) in exchange for a short Stun effect
- Fixed the rare possibility of a stacked shot occurring when the wiper attack transitions to its faster mode.
Item Changes
- Perennial Cranium
- Heal: 25 -> 40 HP
- MP Cost: 130 -> 115
- Cooldown: 2 -> 0 seconds
- Hanagasaku
- Explosion Range: 3 -> 3.5 tiles
- MP Cost: 120 -> 110
- Vitality: 4 -> 9
Both UTs have had slight sprite changes.
Valentine’s Day Resprites
- Heartstruck Bow
- Quiver of Dazing Love
- Cupid’s Garments
- Ring of Unbound Love
16×16 Skin
The Gardener
For this year, we are introducing a new encounter for Belladonna. His name is “The Gardener” and he is ready to take on all of you!
You will find this new encounter in the Realm around St. Valentine’s Day.
“The Gardener” will spawn somewhere in the highlands after defeating all the cyclops gods in the realm. But watch out, or you might get soaking wet and have your clothes covered in pieces of green and pink balloons!
The Gardener Drops:
- Cupid’s Bow
- Diamond-Bladed Katana
- Gem of Adoration
- Gem of Tenderness
- Heart of Gold Prism
- Heartfind Dagger
- Hearticles
- Large Heart Cloth
- Large Pink Dot Cloth
- Lovebird Pet Skin
- Small Heart Cloth
- Small Pink Dot Cloth
- Soulful Affection
- Staff of Adoration
- Stat Potions
- Valentine Launcher
- Vinesword
- Wand of Budding Romance
Fixes
- Fixed an issue where Constructs would slowly drift out of the mountains.
- Fixed the ability for Sting Spiders to be dragged infinitely
Misc
- Rebalanced the Void Blade to be closer to the version the Master Rat uses (stays still for a little over a second, then accelerates with 6 tiles of range). We realize this alters some of the use cases of the weapon, but in our testing we believe this has made the item noticeably more versatile and practical, beyond just extremely niche situations and unintended instakill methods.
- Removed some rock spawns throughout the realm, making the environment less cluttered.
New FP Items
To celebrate love across the Realm, we are introducing a new, truly romantic pet food: the Chocolate Bonbon! This powerful, caloric treat stacks until you can finally double-click the Chocolate Bonbon x6 stack to turn it into an even tastier item: the Heart-shaped Chocolate Box. With this stackable food, you can choose a small FP reduction for an opportunity to save up on feeding costs.
New Cosmetics
Themed around love and otherwise, here are the beautiful new cosmetics about to hit the Realm.
https://imgur.com/a/SOEMbnQ#74yd2Th
Febuary 10
Hello Realmers,
This patch introduces fixes to some issues reported after the latest release. We are also introducing a free pack today, and a fame box on the weekend to thank you for your patience.
Events’ loot tables will now have additional Nil drops in them.
Fixes:
- Fixed disconnection issues while logging in for some players
- Fixed softlocking issues with O3 minibosses
- Bonus points now show only when a campaign is available
Free pack:
- 1x Legendary Mystery Skin
- 1x Mystery ST Chest
- 10x Shards of the Advisor
- 5x Mystery Stat Pots
March 2
Hello Realmers,
Today we bring you the equivalent to seatbelts in cars. Well, better than seatbelts because you can see those. We are making security improvements. Like we said before, we have the whole team committed to fixing the issue that caused the weekend exploits and will be releasing a fix for it soon. This one is a programmed release with many fixes for previous issues.
Fixes
- HP and MP potions now cannot be accidentally used if your HP/MP is at 100%.
- You will notice the cooldowns of some item effects tooltips (procs) have been changed to show a different value. Actually this is correcting these procs back to be exactly like their 1.3.1 functionality: A lot of proc tooltips were incorrect due to a bug, whose fixing in 1.3.2 accidentally nerfed some of these items, such as Divinity and the Vampire Rogue set.
- Adjusted and fixed certain issues in Oryx’s Sanctuary. For example, Beisa is not able to be dragged out of his room anymore, and some of Oryx’s attacks are now more precisely telegraphed. Even so, more work is in the making and we will continue improving this dungeon.
- We made it more difficult for toxic behaviors to happen, like opening keys on top of portals that could confuse players, especially in dungeons susceptible to this. Still, please be aware this is a non tolerated behavior as it results in the disruption of the normal gameplay.
- User’s will not be able to shoot and gain xp from the wall shooting bullets in phase 1 and 3 while engaging with Leucoryx
- Fixed an issue that made some assets appear glitched in the new Macbooks with M1 Chips.
- Ground elements that have alpha will no longer render as black.
- Fixed an issue that gave some users the “Build doesn’t exist” error while trying to load the game.
- Typing the euro symbol (€) in the chat no longer causes DC to the player
- Updated Mystery ST Crate description
- Fixed an issue that allowed items being equipped in incorrect slots
- Users should not be able to bypass the realm limit and should stay in the queue
- Other minor fixes that don’t affect the gameplay
Misc
- Improved Security
- Removed change password option from the options menu
- There is now an option to turn off Shadow rendering in options menu to increase performance
- Implement a button to change servers along with “Quit” button when the user presses the esc key during the loading Screen.
- Item description tooltip remained on the screen when the user pressed ESC key while the tooltip is on from the Nexus Shop
- If you used the testing launcher to participate in the previous public testing sessions, please remove it. This update allows you to connect to testing from the main launcher if needed.
New Cosmetics
https://imgur.com/a/gWsSiic#N9KgoZY
Fame prices update
During the next days or weeks, you might notice a change in Fame prices. This update is related to our adjustments based on the new behaviors and rhythm at which players gain Fame with the new Fame system. This adjustment may affect items in Shop, Nexus, Pet Yard (feeding and Pet Yard upgrade) and Bazaar.
Please note:
If you, or anyone near you have been affected by ‘keying’, please report to us by sending screenshots / video links of the incident so we can investigate.
