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***This patch contains a bug that causes a full set of thorns gear to drop from bosses and full drops on enemies, so we will be rolling back progress to this morning before the update. It is recommended that you do not log in and play, as that progress will be lost. I apologize for this inconvenience, stay tuned for updates.***


Gameplay

• The Druid's Bear Form attack no longer has a charge component.
  
• The attack is now a swipe that shoots 9 short-range projectiles in a half-circle formation, with a short delay between each. The closer you are to an enemy, the more bullets will hit it. (Visually, picture a clock with the first bullet firing at the 3, then 2, then 1, 12, 11, 10, and the last one firing in the 9 position.)
  
• Notifications for the Resurgence attacks have been updated to be more informative.
  
• Pings now send out a growing circle so that even if the location is not visible the direction can still be inferred.
  
• The caps on Well duration and Valr earned are being met far too easily, so the formulas setting Wraith stats and Valr rewards have been updated.
  
• The layout of the Well has been updated to limit locations where the wraiths can get stuck.
  
• Rewards now scale with party size (ex: with a full party size, drop rates are doubled)
  
• Wraith behavior has been updated so that they are far less likely to start ignoring you.
  
• The Followup Ancestral Legacy has been deprecated is no longer awarded to new players, as it could be abused for infinite health energy. The legacy will be reworked and will return in a few weeks. (It was intended to be deprecated, so this will happen in the next patch.)
  
• Some objects in the world that looked like they should have collision but didn't, now have collision
  
• Updated the text for the T1 Stage 2 Daily Quest to indicate where the insane to be treated are located
  
• Reduced the number of Leo Chimera that must be killed during the T3 Stage 1 Daily Quest
  
• Reduced the number of totems that must be collected during the T3 Stage 2 Daily Quest
  
• Increased the numbers of flowers that drop during the T4 Stage 1 Daily Quest
  
• Reduced the number of tombs that must be visited during the T4 Stage 2 Daily Quest
  
• Fixed a bug where T10 crafting was not accepting modified gear properly
  
• Fixed a bug where socketing an item was not functioning
  
• Fixed a bug that was allowing monsters to spawn while in view
  
• Fixed a bug where scroll position was not maintained in the Vault
  
• Fixed a bug where a portion of the environment was floating in T8
  
• Fixed a bug where two different Hindering debuffs could stack on the player
  
• Fixed a bug where an incorrect name was given for the T2, T4 and T5 Daily Quests
  
• Fixed a bug where the key for the Conduit of Fire was not being sold in the shop
  
• Fixed a bug where Greater Well Wraiths would stop spawning

Gameplay

• The Bounty Board quests have been replaced with a Daily Quest system using the existing quest chains plus a number of new chains (one per tier). The new Quest Board, of which there is now one next to every Waypoint Shrine, will now provide directions to the local quest givers.
  
• The Influence of the Signs has been replaced with a Weekly Quest system. These quests can be accessed through the Objectives UI or through a NPC in the Tower settlement.
  
• Target values for come Challenges have been changed.
  
• Rewards for Challenges and Achievements must now be claimed.
  
• The Character UI has been updated, adding a link to Challenges and a unified inventory.
  
• The Crafting UI has been redone to increase usability.
  
• Multiple Relics can now be consumed at once.
  
• Added an option to disable screen shake when other characters die.
  
• Reduced the benefit of the Rationing Ancestral Legacy.
  
• The Berserker Ancestral Legacies have been deprecated.
  
• Increased the speed at which the total Valr is displayed upon death.
  
• The health regen ground effect now triggers health regen immediately.
  
• Improved the performance of the Lineage UI.
  
• When banned, the error message displayed is now more precise.
  
• Fixed a bug where one of the boulders was flagged as resin, so standing behind it was doing damage.
  
• Fixed a bug where bulk purchases were not always respecting purchase caps.
  
• Fixed a number of text typos.
  
• Fixed a bug where adding only one imprint during crafting would always guarantee an affix.
  
• Fixed a bug where long duration buffs were being canceled early.
  
• Fixed a bug where some long duration buffs were incorrectly stacking with each other.

Visuals

• More visual and audio queues when the Well Wraiths get more powerful.
  
• Fixed a bug where ice was being incorrectly set to lava near one of the Borderlands buildings.
  
• Fixed a bug where the chat window was toggling on a set of rules different from other HUD UI.

Technical

• Client optimizations
  
• Bandwidth optimizations
  
• Server optimizations
  
• Added additional anti-cheat measures

Editor’s Notes

After releasing our preview we received feedback that our relic update needed some reworking. We also wanted to let you know that our crafting UI changes will not go live on Wednesday as planned - there was a delay in completing them and we want to have a little extra time to test them before they go live.

Revised Relics

• Your first relic consumed will provide a major stat increase
  
• Reaching level 2 requires that you consume 5 more relics (provides the pre-patch equivalent of consuming one relic)
  
• Higher levels will require additional relics but the benefit of this update is that now you can keep consuming relics to get higher stats instead of the previous low cap
  
• By consuming a total of 40 relics, you will reach the equivalent of double the pre-patch stats cap from relics
  
• You can continue to gain greater power by leveling up your relic level to 99

Week 10 Hotfix 1

• Fixed a bug where the benefit of Relics consumed before the last patch were not stacking properly with newly consumed Relics.
  
• Fixed a bug where the benefits of Celerity Response, Defensive Response, Evasive Escape, Rapid Escape and Restorative Response could stack.
  
• Fixed a bug where equipment that had level requirements would sometimes be unequipped when logging out and back in again.
  
• Fixed a bug where Light and Medium Heirloom armor could receive an affix on creation.
  
• Fixed a bug where loot drops were appearing a long ways away from the source of the drop.
  
• Fixed a bug where 0s was sorting to the top of the Well Time Leaderboard.

And as a final note, we are currently working through a bug with crafting recipes that cost Bloodstone. To get around that you can now buy a "Bloodstone Cluster" from either the crafting vendor or the Treasure Hunter if you want to craft an Offering. This is a temporary fix, and once the real fix is done those clusters will be removed from the game. (Please don't horde them. They won't be worth anything in a few days.)


Gameplay

• Well Leaderboards have been added, one for survival time and one for kills, that can be accessed from an object near the entrance to the Terrace
  
• Well layout has been updated
  
• Well Wraith behavior, spawning rules and rewards have been updated
  
• The cap for Well duration is now 20 minutes
  
• The cap for Valr earned from killing Wraiths is now 250,000
  
• Multiple Relics of the same type can now be consumed (the first provides a large stat boost, with additional smaller boosts requiring increasingly more Relics be consumed)
  
• Players can now adjust their focus target with the TAB key
  
• Players can no longer delete mail messages with attachments
  
• Accelerating shot no longer provides increased range
  
• Resource nodes in dungeons now drop T1 crafting materials
  
• Resource nodes in Conduit of Fire now drop T3 crafting materials
  
• Loot tables that had a random quantity have been updated to increase the number of items awarded
  
• Increased Blue Jade drop rates by 50% (100% on bosses)
  
• Increased T3 material drop rates from T9 monsters by 50%
  
• Reduced time to upgrade crafting station for all tiers except 8 and 9
  
• Reduced crafting times for T1, T3, T5 crafting materials and T1, T3, T4, T4, T6 gear
  
• A number of crafting materials were updated to spawn directly when awarded rather than appear in a loot bag
  
• Fixed a bug where monsters were using the wrong Critical Defense formula, resulting in critical hits occurring far too often
  
• Fixed a bug where the XP for killing an Orb Spider was 4x what it should have been
  
• Fixed a bug where players that logged out of the Well were able to log back in with their timer reset
  
• Fixed a bug where Space Between and Paradise Undone keys could be purchased from the Store
  
• Fixed a bug where equipment could be unequipped when logging in
  
• Fixed a bug where the Locus could remain invincible even after the legs were destroyed
  
• Fixed a bug where T4 enemies could spawn in the Conduit of Fire
  
• Fixed a bug where T4 spiders could spawn in the T9 Frozen Haven dungeon
  
• Fixed a bug where one of the T8 shrines had unseen collision
  
• Fixed a bug where AimUp and AimDown bindings were inverted
  
• Fixed a bug where Toggle Settings was only opening Settings
  
• Fixed a bug where the Heavy weapon prefix could be upgraded
  
• Fixed a bug where hitting Backspace while entering text would exit the text field
  
• Fixed a bug where players could not bind a function to the escape key
  
• Fixed a bug where binding a key could exit the binding menu
  
• Fixed a bug where it was possible to increase the level of a Legacy to 51
  
• Fixed a bug where players could move slightly when logging in and out
  
• Fixed a bug where the Spawning Nest could generate a dead end
  
• Fixed a bug where players could continue to move and shoot after dying
  
• Fixed a bug where the water in the Kraken boss fight was behaving like ice

Visuals

• Tower settlement layout updated to prepare for future crafting changes
  
• Several item descriptions updated to reference how they are obtained
  
• Several descriptions were updated to better fit in the available space
  
• Fixed a bug where incorrect crafting station upgrade prices could be displayed
  
• Fixed a bug where selling materials to the Treasure Hunter caused a dark screen
  
• Fixed a bug where secondary stats from equipment were not being displayed properly in the UI
  
• Fixed a number of text typos
  
• Fixed a bug where loot drops were not always disappearing after being picked up
  
• Removed a building in the Southern Expanse that was not displaying properly

Tech

• A number of stability improvements have been made
  
• A number of bandwidth improvements have been made
  
• A memory leak has been resolved

Hello Ancestors, this week’s update features a few bigger changes in relation to materials, item recovery, dangerous chests, and more! We’ve listened to your feedback and are trying to work towards the following goals.

• Create a more fair path to item recovery
  
• Increase the value of high level crafting materials
  
• Increase more smoothly the rarity of materials earned over time
  
• Make dangerous chests more rewarding
  
• To that end, we’ve introduced a few changes.

Item Recovery Changes

Prior to this update, Ancestors could only pass one item for kin for free. We recognized there were concerns about how item recovery worked and hoped to address them. Now we’ve added a special item that you can use to recover your items upon death. Meet Offerings - a consumable that you can offer in exchange for a single piece of gear at death.

Offerings are obtained by:

• Purchasing them from the Returner in the Tower for Electrum (35 each)
  
• Crafting them from Blue Jade and Waystone fragments

Before you can craft an Offering, you’ll need:

• Blue Jade, dropped by bosses, Dangerous Chests, and bounty targets
  
• Waystone Fragments, a potential reward from Rank II and III Challenges and a guaranteed reward from Rank IV Challenges.

Additional Offering notes

• Offerings and Waystone Fragments are bound to the character that earns them, but Blue Jade can be exchanged with other players
  
• You’ll need to have your Offerings before dying in order to pass them down your lineage

Materials Restructure

In order to make high-level crafting materials more valuable we’ve adjusted the drop rates for T9 and T10 enemies so that they provide rewards more often, but at a lower tier.

Changes to Drop rates for T9 normal enemies

• Before: Dropped T5 materials
  
• Now: Drops T1 materials and T3 materials

Changes to Drop rates for T10 normal enemies

• Before: Dropped T5 materials
  
• Now: Drops T3 materials and T5 materials

Enemies below T9 will have the same drop rate and materials that existed prior to this update.

Revamped Dangerous Chests

In addition to making high level materials easier to find in T9 & T10 we’ve also revamped the dangerous chests to have better material drops and in some instances better quantities.

Changes to Dangerous Chests

• T2: Increased amount of materials dropped
  
• T3: Upgraded drops from T0 to T1
  
• T4: Upgraded drops from T0 to T1, increased quantity
  
• T5: Upgraded drops from T0 to T3
  
• T6: Upgraded drops from T0 to T3, increased quantity
  
• T7: Downgraded drops from T5 to T3, increased quantity and drop rates
  
• T8: Downgraded drops from T5 to T3, increased quantity and drop rates
  
• T9: Increased drop rates, removed T8 drops, reduced pool of material to 2 per dungeon, added chance for L5 and L6 charms (pool per dungeon limited to no more than 3 charms)
  
• T10: Increased drop rates, removed T8 drops, increased quantity, added chance for L5 and L6 charms (all)

To balance these new rewards for chests we’ve also taken a look at the types of enemy encounters that you face to make them more challenging and thus more rewarding for seeking them out.

Changes to Dangerous Chest encounters

• Spawning Nest (T2 and T9), reduced size of burrowers, increased burrower speed, reduced burrower count, added defenders, increased defender size and Health, increased defender projectile count
  
• Other encounters are currently being worked on and we will share details once the time comes!

Let us know if you have any questions!

- The Survived By Team