Changelog Spring Season

The 15.20 update introduces several core gameplay systems and engine-level improvements that significantly enhance combat, progression, and overall player experience.

🧬 Core Systems Introduced

The following systems form the foundation of the new gameplay experience and redefine progression, combat efficiency, and player interaction with the world.

• Weapon Proficiency System — introduces weapon-based progression, allowing players to gain bonuses and improve performance through active combat
• Task Board System — replaces Thomas the Hunter and introduces a structured system of Bounty and Weekly tasks
• Monster Reference System — provides players with direct access to detailed information about creatures and their attributes
• Bestiary Rework — introduces RL-like mechanics and adds experience rewards for completing entries

⚙️ Imbuing & Equipment Systems

Item customization and progression systems have been expanded to provide more flexibility and better integration with gameplay systems.

• Imbuing Shrine now supports Scroll Imbuing

🎮 Combat & Interface Improvements

Several new mechanics and interface improvements have been added to make combat smoother, faster, and more responsive.

• Multi Hotkey support
• Hotkey on Mouse Target functionality
• Attack First Target shortcut
• Spell transparency system
• Condition status display
• New NPC interaction UI — introduces a dedicated chat window for conversations with NPCs, improving clarity and interaction flow

🛡️ Gameplay & Control Enhancements

Additional improvements have been introduced to give players better control over combat and interaction with the game environment.

• Ability to report bots and macros directly in-game

This update introduces a wide range of balance changes aimed at improving combat flow, class viability, and overall progression. The focus was placed on making gameplay smoother while maintaining meaningful challenge across all stages.

⚔️ Combat Adjustments

Core combat mechanics have been reworked to improve responsiveness and class balance, especially for melee-focused gameplay.

• Knight Healing
  • Cooldown of Wound Cleansing and Fair Wound Cleansing increased to 2 seconds
  • Healing values adjusted after initial release to maintain balance
• Savage Blow critical damage reduced: 35% → 25%
• Utito Tempo redesigned into a stance system with 6s cooldown
• Forceful Uppercut cooldown reduced: 60s → 24s

🧪 Vocation & Potion Balance

Potion access and defensive options have been adjusted to improve class flexibility and survivability.

• Knights can now use Great Mana Potions
• Paladins and Monks can now use Ultimate Mana Potions
• Mana Shield Potion added to NPCs (Cledwyn & Nishat)
• Magic vocations can no longer equip Energy Ring

⚔️ Weapon & Item Balance

Endgame weapons and item-based bonuses have been rebalanced to better align with the Weapon Proficiency system.

• Tainted / Grand Sanguine weapons
  • Critical damage bonuses removed
  • Skill values reduced by 1 point
  • Attack values reduced (melee and distance weapons)
  • Bonuses moved into the Weapon Proficiency system

📈 Progression & Rewards

Progression systems have been adjusted to better reward active gameplay and boss encounters.

• Experience stages have been rebalanced to smooth out early and mid-game progression:
• Level 1 – 30: x20
• Level 30 – 50: x15
• Level 50 – 80: x10
• Level 80 – 130: x8
• Level 130 – 200: x7
• Level 200 – 251: x6
• Level 251 – 300: x5
• Level 300 – 451: x4
• Level 451+: x3
• Master Task experience increased: 12% → 15% of level progression
• Charm points increased for selected monsters: 50 → 100

💰 Economy Adjustments

The in-game economy has been tuned to better reflect progression and reduce excessive gold generation.

• Gold drops from monsters reduced (Platinum & Crystal Coins)

🎯 Gameplay Adjustments

Additional changes were introduced to improve overall gameplay feel and resource management.

• Stamina regeneration: 4 minutes → 5 minutes
• Arrow weight reduced: 0.70 oz → 0.50 oz

This update introduces a wide range of quality of life improvements designed to streamline gameplay, reduce friction, and make progression more intuitive across all stages of the game.

🎒 Delivery Loot Pouch Improvements

The Delivery Loot Pouch system has been significantly expanded to better integrate with gameplay systems and reduce inventory management overhead.

• Task-related items are now automatically sent to the Delivery Loot Pouch
• Added support for a wide range of creature products and loot items
• Items stored in the pouch can now be managed using the “stow” option
• Additional creature drops and task items have been continuously added to the system

🎓 Character Progression Support

New systems have been introduced to make early and mid-game progression smoother and more accessible for all players.

• Players receive useful equipment and runes automatically as they level up
• Monk vocation now receives equipment upon promotion, consistent with other vocations

📦 Item & Inventory Improvements

Several improvements have been made to item handling and equipment interactions to improve overall usability.

• Improved handling of equipment bonuses and item interactions
• Better consistency across containers, backpacks, and equipment slots

⚙️ Gameplay Flow Improvements

Changes aimed at improving the overall flow of gameplay and reducing unnecessary interruptions.

• Combat damage is now visible for all players
• Improved interaction with various in-game systems and mechanics

🧭 System Integration Improvements

Several systems have been better integrated with each other to provide a more cohesive gameplay experience.

• Task Board integration with item systems and loot handling
• Improved interaction between progression systems and rewards

This season significantly expands endgame and PvE content, introducing a wide range of new boss encounters, additional minibosses, and improved reward scaling for high-level fights.

👑 New Boss Encounters

The following boss encounters are now available and form the core of the current PvE progression.

• Wrathful Archivist
• Vladrukh
• Court Warlock
• Sir Leonard
• Blight Mariner
• Tropical Desolator
• Inkwing
• Adventurer Group
• The Gravedigger
• Eldritch Dragon Lord
• Ice Horror
• Bone Overlord

⚔️ New Minibosses

Additional miniboss encounters have been introduced to increase variety and provide more dynamic combat opportunities across the world.

• Ayana the Crimson Curse
• Tamru the Black

⚙️ Boss Encounter Improvements

Improvements have been introduced to enhance boss accessibility and overall encounter flow.

• Added second levers to the following bosses:
  • Goshnar's Megalomania
  • Timira the Many-Headed

📈 Raid Boss & PvE Scaling

Selected raid bosses have been significantly rebalanced to better reflect their intended difficulty and importance in progression.

• Zomba: 3,000 → 50,000 HP
• Pale Count: 50,000 → 250,000 HP

🎯 Boss Rewards & Progression

Experience rewards from boss encounters have been increased, making high-tier fights a much more valuable source of progression.

• Bane: 500 → 5,000
• Archfoe: 5,000 → 15,000
• Nemesis: 15,000 → 25,000

This update brings a major expansion of the game world, introducing new hunting grounds, a brand-new custom city, and extensive reworks of existing locations to better support progression and the Task Board system.

🌍 New Hunting Grounds

A wide range of new hunting areas has been introduced, expanding available content across multiple level ranges and playstyles.

• Book World
• Crumbling Caverns
• Norcferatu Dungeons
• Norcferatu Fortress
• New Ice Library section
• Burster Spectres Zah'din
• Arctic Fauns Island
• Isle of Ada
• Draconia Crypts

🏙️ New Custom City — Ashkara

Ashkara is a new custom city designed as a high-risk, high-reward environment, offering multiple hunting grounds and expanding endgame content.

• Flimsy Cavern
• Lava Lurkers & Dragon Lords
• Brawling Dwarfs
• Roshamuul
• Dread Roshamuul
• Grimeleech Sanctum
• Hellfire Fighters & Furies
• Doom Pit (Doom Warlord, Doom Devastator, Doom Bringer)
• Ashbound Warfront
• Mutated Human Sewers

🌊 Greenshore

A new location has been introduced, expanding travel options and world accessibility.

• Accessible via Captain Greenheel
• Integrated into the ship travel system
• Adventurer Stone is now usable in this area

⚙️ Hunting Grounds Reworked for Task Board

A large number of existing locations have been expanded or adjusted to better support Task Board objectives and improve overall hunting flow.

• Added Nomad Cave — Ankrahmun
• Added Female Nomad Cave — Turtle Island
• Expanded Isle of Evil
• Expanded Furious Fire Elemental Cave
• Connected Wildening Gazers corridors
• Increased Grave Robbers spawn
• Increased Mine Worker & Undead Prospector spawn
• Expanded Gloom Wolf Cave
• Increased Hungry Wolves density (Ab'Dendriel)
• Increased Barbarians on Tyrsung
• Expanded Issavi Exotic Cave + added 3rd floor
• Expanded Carlin Cults
• Expanded Crystal Golems
• Added Coryms in Carlin
• Increased Lions in desert areas
• Expanded Mad Mage corridors
• Added Orc Riders (Orc Fortress & Zao)
• Expanded Hyena spawns (Ankrahmun & Darashia)
• Isle of Kings: Monks & Demon Skeletons added
• Increased Mutated Humans & Mercury Blob (Yalahar)
• Expanded Summer Castle underground (-1, -2)
• Expanded Winter Castle underground (-1, -2)
• Expanded Court of Dusk
• Expanded Court of Dawn
• New rooms — Wardragons (-1)
• Expanded Werecreatures Cave (Ul'den)
• Expanded Warlocks & Infernalists + new floor (Ul'den)
• New floor — Mother of Scarab Lairs
• Expanded Worker & War Golems (Quest Room)
• Increased Worker Golems (Yalahar)
• Increased Tarantulas (Port Hope)
• Increased Slugs (Venore)
• Improved Lava Lurkers density (Ul'den)
• New floor — Mini Rosha (Feyrist)
• Expanded Grimvale (-4)
• New rooms — Giant Spiders (Port Hope)
• Unlocked Blue & Green Djinn access (Ankrahmun)
• Expanded Exotic Cave corridors

🌍 Additional World Improvements

Several global changes have been introduced to improve accessibility and interaction with the world.

• Access to quests, trainers and casino added in all starter cities
• New creatures added across the world (e.g. Rabid Wolves)

The Task Board system is one of the core features of this update, replacing the previous hunting system and introducing a structured, reward-driven progression model based on Bounty and Weekly tasks.

🎯 Bounty Task System

Bounty Tasks provide a flexible and repeatable system focused on short-term objectives, allowing players to customize their progression and rewards.

• Players start with 3 Preferred Task slots
• Reroll system:
  • Maximum reroll tokens increased to 20
  • New players start with 20 Daily Rerolls
• Rewards:
  • Completing a Bounty Task grants two reroll tokens
  • Igla Tokens are now correctly awarded and stack up to 100
• Task difficulty and rewards:
  • Bounty tasks are divided into Bronze, Silver, and Gold tiers
  • Task chances have been rebalanced:
    • Bronze: 65% → 50%
    • Silver: 25% → 35%
    • Gold: 10% → 15%
  • Bounty point rewards have been adjusted:
    • Bronze: 27 → 54
    • Silver: 54 → 81
    • Gold: 108

📅 Weekly Task System

Weekly Tasks provide longer-term objectives with higher rewards, encouraging consistent gameplay and progression across multiple sessions.

• Weekly Tasks now reset twice per week on a fixed schedule (Monday and Thursday)
• Kill requirements adjusted:
  • 850 → 550 kills (initial adjustment)
  • Further tuning:
    • Minimum: 350 → 300
    • Maximum: 550 → 450
• Experience rewards increased:
  • Beginner: x2
  • Adept: x1.5
• Task logic improvements:
  • Task item pool now scales with player level
  • Unwanted monsters are always skipped
  • Missing creature products added to task pools

📌 Task Board System Changes

The Task Board fully replaces the previous hunting system and has been integrated with multiple gameplay systems.

• Thomas the Hunter has been removed and replaced by the Task Board
• Task Board is no longer available on Rookgaard
• 15.20 monsters added to task pools
• Multiple monsters removed or reclassified to improve balance

🧠 Integration with Game Systems

The Task Board has been deeply integrated with other systems to create a cohesive progression loop.

• Delivery Loot Pouch integration for task-related items
• Map reworks and hunting ground adjustments to support task completion
• Improved reward distribution and progression scaling

The Weapon Proficiency system introduces a new layer of character progression, allowing players to develop bonuses based on the weapons they actively use. This system replaces traditional item-based bonuses and creates a more dynamic and scalable combat experience.

⚔️ Core System

Weapon Proficiency is a progression system tied directly to weapon usage, rewarding players for actively fighting with specific weapon types.

• Players gain proficiency experience when defeating creatures, based on their contribution to the fight
• Each weapon type progresses independently
• Higher proficiency levels grant increased combat effectiveness and bonuses

📈 Experience & Progression

The way proficiency experience is gained has been redesigned to better reflect actual combat contribution and group play.

• Players who actively deal damage to a target are eligible to receive proficiency experience
• Boss kills grant full proficiency experience to all valid contributors
• Boss proficiency experience:
  • Bane: 5000
  • Archfoe: 15000
  • Nemesis: 25000

🧪 Proficiency Catalysts

Catalysts provide a direct way to accelerate weapon progression by granting fixed amounts of proficiency experience.

• Normal Catalyst: 25,000 XP
• Greater Catalyst: 100,000 XP

⚙️ Mechanics & Improvements

Several improvements have been introduced to make the system more consistent and intuitive.

• Missing proficiencies have been added for specific weapons (e.g. bow, crossbow of destruction)
• Damage and healing scaling has been corrected for all vocations
• Elemental pierce now respects monster immunity and intended mechanics

🎯 Gameplay Impact

The Weapon Proficiency system shifts progression from static items to active gameplay, rewarding consistent combat and long-term weapon specialization.

• Encourages active combat and weapon specialization
• Reduces reliance on static item bonuses
• Creates a more scalable and balanced progression system

The website and account systems have been expanded to improve accessibility, account management, and communication between players and the support team.

📧 Account Access Improvements

Logging in and recovering access to an account is now more convenient and aligned with modern standards.

• Accounts can now be accessed using an email address
• Account recovery is now available through email reminders

🪙 Account Overview Improvements

The account panel has been expanded to provide better visibility of owned resources.

• Players can now view the amount of non-transferable coins on their account
• The coin balance is available after logging in, in the Accounts section

🎫 Support System

A new ticket system has been introduced to make communication with the team more structured and efficient.

• Integrated ticket system added to the website