The wait is over. The Bard has arrived in Ancient Kingdoms!
Update 0.9.32.1 introduces a completely new playable class, together with new equipment, profession improvements, class balance changes, smarter Mercenaries, quality-of-life improvements, bug fixes, and much more.
🎵 NEW CLASS BARD
Take up your instrument and harness the power of music!
The Bard brings a completely new playstyle to Ancient Kingdoms, using songs and instruments to support allies and turn the tide of battle.
The update also introduces new Bard equipment and armor, while Charisma has been added to multiple existing items.
The Drum of War is now an instrument used by Bards.
⚔️ CLASS & SKILL CHANGES
Wizard
• Mystic Spark mana restored increased from 25% → 35%
• Arcane Familiar now grants 15% Spell Power
• Blue Familiar now grants 16 Mana Regen per second
• Red Familiar now grants 8% Accuracy
• Manaburn damage increased from x2 → x3, with an increased cooldown
• Pool of Mana now grants +50 bonus Mana per level
Warrior
• Two-Handed Mastery is now a Passive Skill
General
• Master of Arms and Arcane Resolution damage bonus reduced from 10% → 5%
• Innate Dexterity is now a Tier 0 Skill
• Innate Charisma is now a Tier 0 Skill
• Added new Veteran Skill: Disease Resistance
• Increased Mana Regen provided by Mana Shards
• Manastone Charm Mana Regen increased from 8 → 25
⛏️ PROFESSIONS
Profession progression has been improved with faster early gains and a smoother difficulty curve toward mastery.
• Increased success rates for Alchemy, Cooking, Herbalism, Mining, and Fishing
• Fixed an Alchemy bug that could consume ingredients when your skill was too low
🛡️ MERCENARIES
• Improved Mercenary AI behavior
• Fixed melee Mercenaries having trouble hitting fleeing enemies
• Fixed Mercenaries occasionally moving into another room when the player was near a wall
• Pressing Revive will now also resurrect all your Mercenaries if you have enough gold
📜 WORLD, QUESTS & ITEMS
• Gather quests now count required items directly from your inventory, except quests requiring unique quest items
• King Darin is now considered a Notable NPC
• Slightly increased gold from no-key chests around Eratiath
• Stealing from city chests will now improve your faction with The Forsaken
• Scroll materials can now be purchased from the Adventurers Guild (requires +50% Adventurer level)
• Removed Nightveil Hood from Velkrax's loot table
• Added Charisma to multiple items
• Added new items and armor specifically created for Bards
🔧 FIXES & OTHER CHANGES
• Fixed rarity name colors in multiple item tooltips
• Familiars are no longer shown in the DPS Meter
• Fixed AC and Resistance bonuses in debuff tooltips
• Controller: Fixed an issue that could prevent quests from being accepted
• Updated the game to the latest engine version
🎶 THE BARD UPDATE IS AVAILABLE NOW
Grab your instrument, gather your party, and begin a new adventure.
Thank you for playing and supporting Ancient Kingdoms. ❤️