Welcome to the 24th edition of The Brighter Leek.
Last week saw the launch of a new side quest - "Beecause". The feedback has bee-n great! We are really buzzing about it. Alright, thats probably enough bee puns for now!
Work on Project Milestone continues, with improvements to personalized combat striping, more work on bounties, more professions updated, and lots of new graphics being integrated into the updated professions.
Milestones
As promised, here are some more details on the Milestones update. This week we will focus on Miner, Blacksmith, personalized combat striping, and bounties.
Miner
• We are adding a new metal called Duraben, which is unlocked by reaching miner milestone 1, and is used exclusively for crafting shields in Blacksmith.
• Deathstone is now unlocked by reaching milestone 1, and is used exclusively for crafting shields in Stonemason.
• Mine cart work is now unlocked by reaching milestone 2, and has been extended to have 8 different variants, one for each milestone. The 3 new materials you have to transport are Nickel, Gravel and... Horseshoes!
The intention behind these changes, is to make it so some activities are saved for later milestones, so leveling up is more rewarding.
Blacksmith
• Shield crafting is now unlocked by reaching milestone 1, because shields are now crafted using Duraben.
• We are adding a new 'making horseshoes' passive activity to Blacksmith. Making horseshoes does not require any items nor does it fill your backpack, making it a nice easy passive to set up which Blacksmith was missing before.
• We are adding a new 'recycling scrap metal' passive activity to Blacksmith. Recycling scrap metal uses the scrap metal you collect in Forager. This is another example of what we are doing to improve the links between professions.
Personalized combat striping
• We are significantly overhauling the personalized combat striping system.
• The aim is to eliminate the oddity of personalized quest requirements, and to stop personalized striping from assigning foe levels in a way that is very hard to understand.
• Instead we are making it so YOU choose what order the combat stripes come in. Each time you reach a new milestone you can choose which episode's foes you want that next milestone to feature. This is both simpler, and brings back the concept of you being able to choose which episode to train combat in next, whilst still maintaining a merged combat profession.
• The base foes (i.e. the first stripe) in every episode always have a fixed combat level.
- The Hopeport base foes are combat level 0-24.
- The Hopeforest base foes are combat level 25-49.
- The Mine of Mantuban base foes are combat level 50-74.
- The Crenopolis base foes are combat level 75-99.
• Boss foes also have a fixed combat level.
• Crime Den foes have a fixed combat level (based on the detective level of the crime den, like it was before the combat merge).
• In addition to the 'base foes' described above, when you unlock a new Combat milestone, you now choose which episode's foes you want that next milestone to feature. This is called a 'foe pack'. This allows you to specialize in an episode (for example you may wish to focus on a newly launched episode), or experience a variety of episodes as you choose.
• Purchasing a premium pass will not change which foe packs you have selected (and will therefore not affect your personalized striping). The fixed 'base foe' and 'boss foe' levels, as described above, ensure you will be able to experience the premium content immediately without having to finish the current milestone first.
• Launching a new episode will not change which foe packs you have selected (and will therefore not affect your personalized striping). The fixed 'base foe' and 'boss foe' levels, as described above, ensure you will be able to experience the new content immediately without having to finish the current milestone first.
Bounties
• We are adding common, uncommon, rare and epic rarities of bounties. Rarer bounties give better rewards, but appear less frequently on the bounty board.
• Certain milestones in each profession will be "bountiful milestones". In a bountiful milestone, bounties are replaced as soon as they are completed, making bounties the main focus for leveling up during that milestone. The intention here is to make some milestones have a different feel to others, so it feels less repetitive.
• For Chef, we are adding new 'common' rarity bounties (which involve cooking, but not delivering the food), and the existing delivery bounties will be used by uncommon, rare and epic rarity bounties.
Launch Schedule
The Mine of Mantuban 4 ⭐️ quest is scheduled to launch on the week commencing 17th Nov 2025.
The Christmas event is scheduled to follow 2 weeks after that, launching on the week commencing 1st Dec 2025.
We are still working out the dates for the Milestones beta. There will be more information on the beta in a future leek.
What we've been working on this fortnight.
Technical Team
Andrew (Bossy Leek) has been working on:
• Milestones - New combat personalized striping system.
• Milestones - New passive reward system.
• Milestones - New bounty system.
James B (Legendary Leek) has been working on:
• Milestones - Improving Bonewright, Stonemason and Leatherworker professions.
• Milestones - Improving Miner (new mine carts).
• Fixes for the Beecause quest.
• Coding for the Mine of Mantuban 4 ⭐️ quest.
• Preparing this Brighter Leek.
• Reading and replying to support requests and customer complaints.
Ian (Multipurpose Leek) has been working on:
• Mapping for the Mine of Mantuban 7 ⭐️ quest.
• Boss coding for the Mine of Mantuban 4 ⭐️ quest.
• Fixing the 2d map for Fortunehold farm.
• Milestones - Mapping Hopeforest.
Content Team
Paul (Hairy Leek) has been working on:
• Coding for the Mine of Mantuban 7 ⭐️ quest.
• Milestones - New adjectives and descriptions.
• Crenopolis 6 ⭐️ quest play through.
Daniel (Thin Leek) has been working on:
• Coding Alchemist bounties.
• Fixes for the Beecause quest.
Steve (Lanky Leek) has been working on:
• Coding for the Mine of Mantuban 4 ⭐️ quest.
• Milestones - Coding for the Filtration Station minigame.
Rod (Charred Leek) has been working on:
• Coding for the Crenopolis 6 ⭐️ quest.
Graphics Team
Nic (Cactus Leek) has been working on:
• Milestones - Forager, Botanist, Carpenter, Miner and Bonewright meshes and materials.
• Fixes for the Beecause quest.
Greg (Laid Back Leek) has been working on:
• Milestones - Forager inventory icons, Miner (explosives) inventory icons, Botanist inventory icons.
• Milestones - Concept art for the new Blacksmith metal recycling passive activity.
• Graphics for this Brighter Leek.
Lewis (Sloth Leek) has been working on:
• Milestones - Forager, Combat (satyr) and Miner (mine cart work) meshes and materials.
• Milestones - Graphics for the new Leatherworker passive activity.
James T (Jimmy Leek) has been working on:
• Milestones - Graphics for the Filtration Station minigame.
• Milestones - Botanist meshes and materials.
• Milestones - Graphics for the new Blacksmith making horseshoes passive activity.
Alex (Octo Leek) has been working on:
• Milestones - Forager and Miner meshes and materials.
• Milestones - Graphics for the new Detective passive activity.
Audio Team
Joe (Crunchy Leek) has been working on:
• Audio and particles for the Mine of Mantuban 4 ⭐️ quest.
• Milestones - Miner (explosives), Alchemist (new potions) audio and particles.
Infographics
The major features of Project Milestone are:
Botanist
• A new profession that replaced Gatherer.
Milestones
• A better structure for leveling up, based around reaching a milestone every 50 levels, with a new XP curve to match.
• Adjusts the level of repeated (i.e. reskinned) activities, such that there are no repeated activities within a milestone (and therefore there are no repeated activities within the first 50 levels of a profession).
• Milestone unlocks, such as new activities, bounties, world events and dungeons, which deliver meaningful rewards for reaching a milestone.
• New activities in many professions.
Bounties for all professions
• Bonus objectives, which add variety when leveling up.
• Rare bounties will sometimes appear, which give better rewards, but appear less frequently on the bounty board.
World events
• Time-limited multiplayer events.
Dungeons for all professions
• Solo and multiplayer excursions into unexplored regions of Adothria.
• Remixes the profession in a whole new way, adding more options for leveling up.
Minigames
• Unique activities that give you a new way to level up the profession.
