REVELATIONS OF MALICE

We are headed back across the sea to some of your favorite dungeons! With this Game Update, venture back to the Ossuary, Castle Highhold, Ssraeshza Temple, and Zavith'loa to fight the dark forces once again. Gather your forces for more fabled loot to prepare you for what's coming next!

GENERAL

  • Character creation flow has been reworked. Instead of the selection of a server type in the beginning of the flow you now pick the exact server to create a character on and the UI will display information about that server. This allows for the subsequent menus to provide pre-filtered options to choose from that are available on the server.

  • It is no longer possible to create a Trial Heroic character.  Existing Trial Heroic characters will remain as is (with restrictions in place). Trial Heroic characters can still be converted to full Heroic characters.

GENERAL - Origins

  • Character creation flow has been reworked. Instead of the selection of a server type in the beginning of the flow you now pick the exact server to create a character on and the UI will display information about that server. This allows for the subsequent menus to provide pre-filtered options to choose from that are available on the server.

USER INTERFACE

  • Experimental UI Scaling

    • Added the ability to scale the UI by a specific percentage. This is an experimental feature that is available on all servers. Please provide feedback and bug reports on the forums and our social media channels.

      • Is is recommend to use 200% for 4K monitors.

      • Using a value between 100% and 200% may cause text to have artifacts.

    • To enable this, open the Options window => User Interface => Game Windows => Global Scale UI

  • The mount training slot has been moved to the main Mount tab in the Character UI.

    • This allows you to train a mount that isn’t currently equipped / summoned.

    • The mount currently being trained must remain in the Mount tab.

MARKETPLACE

  • Extra item slots for houses can now be purchased via the house UI.

    • Each purchase adds 5 slots (up to a max of 200 extra slots).

  • Extra mount slots can now be purchased on the Mount tab on the Character UI.

    • Each purchase adds 1 slot (up to max of 100 extra slots).

MERCENARIES

  • Optimized the mercenary AI to reduce overhead and improve responsiveness.

TUTORIAL SYSTEM AND UPDATED HELP

  • New Tutorials will now open automatically when gameplay features are first encountered by a character.

    • These windows display relevant information to introduce new features as they are added to the game and to reintroduce returning players to core gameplay systems.

    • Tutorials can be disabled or re-enabled, through the Options => User Interface => Disable Tutorial Tips checkbox or disabled by using the Disable Tutorials checkbox on any tutorial window.

  • The Help window has been edited for relevance and clarity.

    • Help articles are now sorted into one tab rather than two sections that were sometimes redundant or contradictory.

    • Removed features should no longer be referenced.

HOUSING AND GUILD HALLS

  • Fixed an issue where the house UI may not update immediately after paying upkeep.

ITEMIZATION

  • Removed restrictions from appearance items.

    • Sathirian Curse - Illusion can now be used while on a mount.

    • Nights of the Dead Human Ghost Costume - Illusion can now be used while on a mount, with ghostly results.

    • Nights of the Dead Sarnak Skeleton Costume - Illusion can now be used while on a mount.

    • Nights of the Dead Orc Ghost Costume - Illusion can now be used while on a mount, with ghostly results.

  • All "Abomination Annihilation" items are now spelled correctly.

  • The drop rates of Immunity Runes in Rage of Cthurath content have been increased by 100%.

  • Corrected an issue preventing the final boss in Untold dungeon zones from dropping common loot such as adornments and spell scrolls.

  • The Raid Rune "Void Flow II" has had it’s duration increased to 60 seconds and "Void Flow III" has it’s duration increased to 90 seconds.

QUESTS

  • Burning the Black Sun Grizzly Rug

    • Quest is now properly categorized as a "Kaladim" quest.

  • The Bone-Bladed Claymore

    • Bixies are now properly classified as sentient creatures.

  • Remembrances - Tel'riia'mil'an'ane'ie

    • Quest now requires all beasts, including evil eyes, to be hunted inside Obelisk of Lost Souls for updates, making it consistent with all other Obelisk of Lost Souls "Remembrances" book quests.

  • Obelisk of Lost Souls "Remembrances" book quests.

    • The Return of the Light - Quest journal grammar error fixed.

QUESTS - Origins

  • A Meeting With Grumglub

    • Citizens of Kelethin, Gorowyn and Neriak can now speak with Jabber Longwind in Tenebrous Tangle to be offered this quest.

  • Following Through

    • Placing the mushroom and berry mixture into the injection barrel in Sammial's Room now updates the quest, as intended.

  • She Has the Answer

    • Quest category is now correctly listed as "Fens of Nathsar".

  • Fulgation's End

    • Fulgation's End - Use of the Terra-Cog Phonulator on Remmy Fulgation will now successfully record when he is giving a command to his Slambot, as intended.

  • Her Cleanliness

    • Someone has been littering along the highway in Antonica, again. Cleaning it up will properly update this quest now.

TRADESKILLS

  • The Amber Marble building blocks are no longer listed with odd pluralization when two items are crafted.

  • 'Snot A Problem

    • Sturdy Target Dummy is no longer placed in the expendables perk tab.

  • You're In The Gnarmy Now

    • Durable Target Dummy is no longer placed in the expendables perk tab.

    • Gnarmy! (testing prototype) is no longer placed in the expendables perk tab.

    • Troll Snot Flinger (testing prototype) is no longer placed in the expendables perk tab.

  • Breaks Away!

    • Reinforced Target Dummy is no longer placed in the expendables perk tab.

    • Tinkered Turkey Launcher (testing prototype) is no longer placed in the expendables perk tab.

ZONES AND POPULATION

  • Zon Zobboz: Revelations of Consequence [Raid]

    • A new raid zone has been activated within the Zon Zobboz hub for raiders with a Rage of Cthurath Raid Progression Rank of 20 or higher.

  • Stage 80 in Untold Heroics is now unlocked.

  • Reduced health across all Untold Heroic encounters.

  • Encounter health in Untold Heroics will stop increasing at stage 70. Only Resolve and Combat Mitigation will continue to grow.

  • Reduced the Combat Mitigation on boss buffs that increase based on number of adds.

  • Gerion: Realm of Conquest [Untold Heroic]

    • Sentry Dillius' Pillar buffs now grant high Ability Doublecast Avoidance to prevent doublecasting dispels.

    • Sentry Dillius's Listless Life wounds less health per stage.

  • The Unknown: Sacrificial Pursuits [Untold Heroic]

    • Goligok's swarm of blightflies will no longer cause Goligok to lose all Combat Mitigation when killed.

    • Molderbeard's Wilting Bloom reduces less Healing Received.

  • Zon Zobboz: The Graftwerk [Untold Heroic]

    • The Abominable Dreadarou's Bloodcurdling Bleat is now incurable, instead being removed only upon reattachment of its abominable head. It also provides damage reduction proportional to the amount it wounds and persists through death.

    • Lu'Gul of Zob's External Experimentation duration countdown can now be delayed.

  • All of the denizens of the Ning Yun Retreat now have the proper spelling.

  • The Unknown: Voidborn Emergence [Raid]

    • Corrected an issue with the "Surging Domination" spell in the Aveliur, Born of Cthurath encounter that caused the spell to be percentage power decreases if the Void Flow III adornment is active instead of static power decreases.

    • Corrected an issue with the "Surging Domination" spell in the Aveliur, Born of Cthurath encounter that prevented reactive triggers from activating on damage over time.