In this content release, players will be able to journey to the infamous Black Rose Keep. Here are some highlights that players can expect:
- Explore a vast new dungeon: The sprawling fortress is filled with challenges, secrets and treasures for groups of adventurers from level 15 to 40.
- Conquer Black Rose Keep: Delve into the fortress to face two epic boss encounters and hunt down over 20 rare NPCs. Loot and glory awaits.
- Descend into the Chasm: Venture far beneath the Keep into the chasm labyrinth where you may chance upon the camp of the nomadic Aridola. But tread carefully… Zakaat goblins and countless other deadly creatures have made the maze their home.
- Peer Into Thronefast's past: Players can gain insight into pivotal moments in the kingdom's recent history and the shadowy intrigue surrounding E'mani Karos and his Black Rose.
- Use your perception: Investigate rumors, overhear whispered conversations, and unravel a web of intrigue behind Thronefast's recent turmoil, from the disaster in the Veil of Azeris to the shadowy organizations vying for power in its wake.
Rumors persist of merchants, nobles and even Thronefast Regulars being attacked across the southern lands. Some have reported seeing mercenary soldiers manning the Keep's walls. But with no official word on the status of the Keep itself, some adventurers have been compelled to investigate.
Those that do should be prepared for a hostile reception.
World
- The Black Rose Keep zone has been added to the game
- Merchants and Trainers in the village of Demith now consider themselves residents of Demith and have mostly cut ties with their old hometowns.
- An Alchemist trainer now resides in Demith.
- Goblin junk stashes in Thronefast are now less likely to respawn immediately after being looted by enterprising scavengers.
NPCs
- We are beginning a process to increase the strength of many of our named NPCs to provide more of a challenge. This is an ongoing process, and tuning adjustments will be made over the next several content releases
- Ash Breathers now consider the ubiquitous beetles infesting their home to be less of a threat and should be less likely to attack them.
- Zaruk the Sightweaver's Life Drain ability should no longer be able to drain additional life from players after they have died and released to their bind point.
Items
- Corrected tooltip for Myrmidon's Battlegrips
- Increased duration of the proc on Scepter of Smoldering Symbols from 6 to 9 seconds
- Fixed Twisted Dragonbone Ring usable classes (added WIZ, removed SHM)
- Adjusted the distribution of items in Tel'Daedras' loot table so that some of the rarer items have an increased chance to drop.
- Changed Draconic Adept's Headband appearance to something more appropriate
- Updated Soldier's Kite Shield and Reinforced Tower Shield
- The description text for Ruddy Mushrooms now properly explains their effects when consumed.
Quests
- Corrected an issue that was preventing the final quest item from being awarded to players that successfully defeated Tel'Daedras. Players who previously did not obtain the item will need to defeat her again; however, the item should then be awarded properly to all players present. Players should make sure they have at least one inventory slot open and are present in the room when she is killed to receive the quest item.
- Updated the quest objective for The Secret of the Stones. Players who have this quest active in their journal will need to abandon it and then retake it from the quest giver. However, once that is done, the quest will be able to be completed after obtaining the quest item (mentioned above) from defeating Tel'Daedras.
- The Molten Sentinel should once again drop their associated key.
- The quest “Burlap for Elawin” has been retitled to use the correct NPC's name. If you have this quest currently active in your journal, the title change may not be reflected, but you can still complete the quest.
Gathering
- Apple trees have been updated for better visual identification from a distance.
Class Adjustments
Necromancer
- Lifetap line healing increased from 33% to 50%
Rogue
- Toxic Elixir duration increased from 20 seconds to 30 seconds
Bug Fixes
- Fix for zone names not having spaces between multiple words when being displayed below the compass.
- Fixed an issue where sometimes it wasn't possible to change chat channel colors.
- Fixed a group issue that happened sometimes after zoning where a group member would be told they weren't in a group, despite still having group UI elements and other group members seeing them in the group.