DREADHOLM News & Patch Notes

Adjusted collision that allowed players to escape into the water at certain places in the map. Adjusted pathfinding to be smooth when clicking to walk to a skill node.

No new version this update, these features were a part of the last update, but they needed fine tuning before release!

## Systems

Added a player pathfinding system. It may still have quirks and need fine tuning, but you should be able to click an area and find your way to it.

## QoL

Can now craft multiples at a crafting bench with +/- and max buttons on applicable crafting stations and crafting UIs.

Relatively short and sweet update, but I think a need. I have been trucking away on the guild system to have it ready hopefully for next week. I can hopefully say the same thing about the seasonal event as well! Sorry for the boring update, will be back next week with GUILDS!

Quick hotfix to address an incorrect name for the Mining skill in the client not allowing the player to mine Orac ore.

## Content

Added two new quests, Melistra now has a quest to give, enabling access to Mel's Wings again.

Riley now has a quest as well, rewarding a new mount for those that may not have the gold saved to buy a mount yet and have reached level 10.

Added a level 8 mage ability FIREBOLT. 60% INT scaling, 35% chance to burn an enemy, stacks up to 5 times. Burn scales 60% as well.

Added a level 28 berserker ability SHATTERING BLOW. 100% STR scaling, applies a NEW debuff to enemies which cause them to take 20% more damage from ALL sources for 8 seconds.

## Adjustments

Removed rage requirement for taunt ability, increased taunt AoE to 400 from 200.

## Fixes

Fixed a server crash when building nav mesh on zone changes

Fixed a server mapping issue causing abilities that aren't available to appear on hotbar after creating new characters.

Fixed a client sided issue where taunt ability was visually launching a projectile.

Fixed a bug where taunt required a target to use successfully.

Boring update, but a needed one none the less. For the time being we are using some Steam implementations to avoid some very annoying blockers until I finish up my custom protocol. No longer using any HTTP requests to connect, and all requests hit a relay before it hits the server. Should fix the hacky fix that some players needed to employ by using a VPN in order to connect to the game up until this point.

Later in the week I will be releasing some new quests, and hopefully will have something exciting to share for next weeks update!

Hotfix hopefully addresses some connection issues by routing through UDP instead of our WS to connect!

We are now running a 15% XP boost event in game. This XP boost applies to quests and the killing of enemy mobs. It will last until 7/6, and may be extended into 7/7 depending on the timing of the next weekly update! Get out there and get those gains!

## Content Multiple new quests, continuing off the storyline after Captain Voss, eventually leading the player to Melis.

Framework for events, titles, chat badges, world buffs, and more to be revealed at a later date. Lighthouse quest now completable, our first LONG quest!

## Adjustments

Pretty much every enemy across the board got an XP buff, to make the 1-20 ish area much easier. An average of 40 more XP per enemy.

Quest XP also adjusted up as well, an average of 225 more XP per quest completion.

Mining now uses the same system as woodcutting.

XP for mining adjusted, Targe from 10 - 25 xp per ore, orac from 25 -> 50 per ore.

## Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where the client wouldn't immediately reflect items that were area looted.

Fixed a bug where NPCs that contained dialog to end a quest wouldn't show a "?" above their head as intended.

Fixed a bug where the server would overwrite the client's prediction when chopping/mining causing the player to face the wrong direction for one frame of the action.

Fixed a bug where damage buffs from potions couldn't stack with damage buffs from abilities.

Fixed a UI scaling bug on the character select screen causing text overflow out of the buttons.

0.7.10 Loot Improvements

## QoL - Press Shift + Area Loot Keybind to open the loot filters page. Work in progress, will be more robust in the future, for now it supports rarity and having or not having affixes.

## Bug Fixes

- Rate limited a few things to prevent some race conditions with player stats and bank inventories and item equips.

- Fixed an edge case where players could still move while dead.

- Fixed a few edge cases where things could still be accessed WHILE dead.

- Fixed some AoE projectiles not correctly using the AoE ranges (ie Fireball).

- Fixed some issues with Fletching skill when players bag was full would sometimes have a delay in retrieving bag information allowing a crafting and losing resources.

- Mutex applied to starting dungeons to prevent unsafe data writes.

## QoL - Added an area loot key (default F), loots boxes within 100 units of your character. Can be rebound via the keybind menu. - Increased the range at which loot drops combine into one from 200 -> 300 units.

0.7.9 Content Update

## Content - Two new crafting skills: Fletching and Artificing. Using a knife (buy one from Rao) on logs opens the Carving panel, where you can (for now) craft unstrung bows and unfinished staves.

Bows can be finished by using a bow string (flax dropped from goblins and then created at a loom) on an unstrung bow. Next weeks content additions will have higher tiers of bows and the ability to enchant your staves.

## Fixes

- Mounted players now properly dismount when attacking. Previously, using an ability silently failed and left the player on their mounts.

- Fixed a crash caused by hovering items with no set rarity.

- Fixed ghost damage numbers appearing at the world origin coords.

- Fixed worldboss deadlock that could occur in certain spawn/attack edge cases.

## Content

- New skill system: Woodcutting. Equipping or having a woodcutter's axe now allows you to harvest logs, and level up your woodcutting skill.

Currently one type of tree, but one step towards using more animations in the game as well with this node system.

This system will lead into a new crafting system I have for next week opening up the ability to craft bows/staves for our casters and bow users.

- New agility course for early level agility training west of Ashvale.

## QoL

- Migrated WS connections globally to hopefully mitigate some connection issues that have risen.

- Improved client side collision predicitions to lessen the feeling of rubberbanding when close to a polygon.

- Refactored inventory bag and character sheet skill updates to sync more "live".

This will fix the icon for the new leg guards not appearing, trading will now function again player to player, and offhand items should now render in your offhand slots.

## Content

- New Dungeon: Thornhaven Castle

- Level 50+ - New Area: Thornhaven. Reach it via charter ship south of the Mourhas WB.

- New Mechanic: Charter Ships, opening up a new way to travel in the cursed kingdom of Dreadholm.

- 3x new armor sets to bring us closer to end game dungeons.

- Lord Vaelor, the King's advisor. With fresh new mechanics and 3 phases with unique and deadly mechanics. Very deadly.

## QoL

- Adjusted hit feedback for AoE circles and new lines.

- Adjusted the game tick in its entirety to be more stable.

- Improved stability around zone broadcasting and enemy despawning.

- Various combat and ability fixes that make fights more responsive.

0.7.6 Content Update ## Content - New Dungeon: The Sunken Pit - Level 40+ - New Legendary Weapons - Earth damage themed, one for each class - New Legendary Trinkets - One for each class ## Balance - Lifesteal reduction overall across multiple items. ## QoL - Brightness slider now in settings - Character stats panel now scrolling so no text flows outside (needs to be adjusted for certain scales)

0.7.5 Content Update ## Content New World Boss - Morhaus Ascendant - The chirurgeon refused to die in the Silent Ward. He spawns in the new area to the South East of the Silent Ward on the same timer as other World Bosses. - 5 Unique drops, 4 class specific off hand equipments, and 1 trinket for all classes. - New mount - 2 new crafting materials for next weeks update dropped from new trash mobs and world boss - Regional music, you may notice new music in 3 spots. More zones will have music replaced as fast as possible! ## Combat - Shattered enemies now drop loot boxes - Crit CD passive applied a 15% multiplicative reduction per crit, better aligning with new description - Mage passive tiers are now matching other passives for other classes ## Adjustments - T4 Boss Morhaus, slowed his entire kit, and lowered the cast multiplier on enrage to give players a chance to survive the circle of death - Gold drops globally nerfed outside of WB and Dungeons - AH listings now show item value in both the listing and the mailbox payout - Player stats now transmit crit mult, mana regen, lifesteal, and heal power ## Stability and QoL - Leaving a dungeon while dead now revives you instead of teleporting your dead self making you effectively immortal - Fixed the "limbo" bug where a player could end up trapped in a dungeon. - The dungeon lobby will now refuse to start if anyone is still physically in a dungeon isntance - Reward portal exit uses same safety net so a victory cannot teleport you to a dead instance somehow

0.7.4 Content Update ## Content New Dungeon - The Silent Ward (Level 30+) - A plague ravaged cathedral ward, once used to store the sick at the beginning of the Withering Plague that spread across Eldergard. Some say they can still hear the sounds of Morhaus, the church's chirurgeon from the halls below. - 3 full armor sets : Plaguesworn, Harbinger, and Chirurgeon sets. - 2 new trinkets : Vial of Last Rites, and Morhaus' Heart New Stat - Wisdom Full Wisdom stat now live - a new axis for healing and support builds. WIS scales healing and shield abilities and gives mana regen. Full stat rework New Mage Abilities : Arcane Explosion (L4), Arcane Barrage (L16), Arcane Surge (L20) New Mage Passives : Expanded Mind, Arcane Focus, Spell Echo, Arcane Overload, Arcane Mastery ## Combat Total combat overhaul Ranged attacks should no longer "miss", and should travel and land like true projectiles. Desync may still exist, but the projectiles should more "home" to their targets. Dodge chance actually functions as intended. Damage formula unified - stats, armor, weapon damage all interact consistently across all paths. Crit chance and crit damage from passives now show up in your character panel. Bosses enrage phases actually work as intended. Bosses properly reset aggro when a player dies. Floating damage numbers on boss abilities now show real damage after defense so you know what actually hit you. Warrior Execute ability now 1.5x base, scales up to 2.5x on targets with low HP. Priest healing progression rebalanced across levels. DoT/HoT scaling is now total contribution rather than per-tick, and DoT scales off of class' main stat. Hidden Grove weaponry scaled up to fit between l14 - l20 weapons from WB. Unique weapon mechanics properly wired in. New crit mult / mana regen on gear. Multishot abilities actually server-side multishot rather than just visually. ## Adjustments Tidecaller Bolt (Tidecaller's Staff) now applies cold stacks with a 25% chance to proc slow, faster cooldown. Briar Shot (Briarwood Longbow) damage reduced to be more in line with other weapons of its level. Living Blade (Grovekeepers Greatsword) now heals for 5% of damage dealt. # QOL Mobs drop aggro on death correctly, instead of chasing you to respawn in dungeons. Auction house now shows which class is required for an item.

Hotfix fixing Agility courses, a defense bug, and an edge case that caused the server to hang.

Fixed a deadlock caused by parties progressing quests.

0.7.3 Monday Content Update ## Content New Dungeon - The Hidden Grove (Level 20+) - New 4 player dungeon in the far reaches of the map - Fight through corrupted nature enemies to reach the boss - Boss: Verdanthos, the Blighted Archdruid - 3 unique abilities with new VFX and SFX - Blight Storm - poison AoE cloud around himself - Entangling Roots - roots burst from the ground, rooting players in place - Nature's Wrath (Phase 2) - massive nature explosion, dodge or die - 10 new dungeon items including 3 weapons, 3 armor pieces, 2 trinkets, a shield, and a cowl - Dungeon NPC inside with lore context New Skill - Agility - Agility obstacles placed in the world, interact to attempt a jump/sneak - Fail chance is a base 50%, ~2% per level, caps 96% - Levelling is done via successful completions - Shortcuts provide alternative routes and access to otherwise unreachable areas 15 New Quests - Traveller in Melis Village, Riley the Horse Salesman, B.M. Boatface, Thoryn, the Druid, Melistra, and Luwara all have some new content! 7 New Enemies - Plague Bearer, Dark Ranger, Withered Hexer, Cursed Spirit, Skeletal Champion, Tormented Spirit, Withered Revenant - Spawned in the higher level areas of the overworld, leading up to the Hidden Grove - Level range roughly 12-21, scaling in difficulty as you get closer to the dungeon 20 New Boots and Gloves - full upgrade chains across all 3 armor types - Plate: Bone > Withered > Drowned > Reinforced Drowned - Leather: Highwayman > Stalker's > Brine > Reinforced Brine - Cloth: Bone Weave > Blighted > Tidewoven > Reinforced Tidewoven 8 World Boss Epic Drops - 4 per boss, 3 weapons + 1 trinket - Skeleton Overlord: Overlord's Greatsword, Marrow Staff, Spine Bow, Overlord's Sigil - Dread Admiral: Admiral's Maul, Abyssal Staff, Drowned King's Longbow, Admiral's Medallion - World boss gold rewards significantly increased New Mount - Dire Wolf - Faster and tankier than the Brown Horse (380 speed, 200 HP vs 350/150) - Drops from the Dread Admiral at a very rare rate - Cannot be bought, drop only 4 new quest gather items 16 New Crafting Recipes - Upgrade path for boots and gloves using Withered Samples and Drowned Essence - Highwayman Bracers & Boots (Leatherworking 8, Tanning Rack) - pelt scraps + bone fragments - Withered tier (Skill 9) - corrupt your bone/barbarian gear with Withered Samples into L10 gear - Drowned tier (Skill 12) - infuse your withered gear with Drowned Essence into L12 gear - Waterlogged Cloth now used as crafting ingredient ## Economy Changes - Potions no longer drop from overworld enemies. Buy them from shops or craft them. Dungeon rewards still include potions. - Brown Horse mount price increased to 1000 gold ## Audio - New boss ability SFX for Verdanthos fight - Waypoint fast travel now has a sound effect - Epic and legendary item drops play a special sound ## Fixes Party System - Shared quest kill credit, party members WITHIN range get kill progress when anyone in the party kills a target. - Shared quest gather drops - party members who need quest items get independent rolls when party kills enemies - Live party HP/mana - updates 10Hz with health and mana - Party leave/kick/disconnect properly notifies remaining members when party disbands - Party XP shared with all members in the zone, not just damage dealers. Healers get XP too. Combat and Abilities - Haste stat - reduces cooldowns and cast times, scales from DEX - Stun/freeze/root blocks movement and attacks - Single-target abilities no longer hit multiple enemies (sorry Warrior) - Mana regen no longer truncates to zero - Charge ability cooldown refund works correctly - Fury passive description matches behavior Dungeons - Dungeon instance no longer breaks when first player leaves - Reward portal click to walk now works - Dungeon enemies never drop chase and gain speed when kiting - Enemy leash no longer oscillates, enemies clear threat on return - Wall slide for enemies stuck on collision - Dying in a dungeon respawns you at the dungeon entrance instead of the overworld QoL - Gather quests credit items already in bag - Bank withdraw updates gather quest progress - Chat filters and tabs created for whispers - Attribute respec NPC in Melis - World boss respawn timers set to 30 minutes - Enemy retreating indicator shown to client above enemies head

To celebrate our first level 70 in game, we have a few changes hotfixed today! -

Added world bosses
UI Scaling now in ESC menu
Tooltips have been improved with more information
New gatherables
New consumables, and crafting for said consumables
Player buff/debuff bar moved to center of screen just above XP bar
Level cap set to 70 accordingly
Tidecaller staff buffed. Now has unique ability called Tidecaller Bolt. Instant cast water attack. 110% damage with 70% int scaling

0.7.2 Update - The Drowned Den New Dungeon: The Drowned Den: Dungeon aimed at parties for 13-15, accessible to the East of Melis Village Defeat the Drowned Admiral for the chance at 3 unique armor sets, 4 unique weapons, and 3 trinkets. Added overworld enemies that also have their share of unique drop tables Added future crafting material "Waterlogged Cloth" New Gear: Orac ore can now be smelted into Orac Bars starting at level 10 Smithing Orac bars can be turned into Plate Boots, Greaves, and Chestplate (smithing 11-14) Priest/Cleric Fixes: Int scaling now benefits all heals, HoTs and shields Holy Shield now correctly absorbs damage and scales Prayer of Mending and Blessed Renewal can now stack on the same target Overflowing Light now triggers from all healing sources including HoT ticks Empowered Shields now boosts Overflowing Light's shield Holy Fire's DoT now scales with INT Swift recovery CD reduction is now visible on hotbar Combat Improvements: Chare ability now interrupts boss casting Holy Fire DoT and weapon DoT effects can now stack on the same enemy Different DoT and HoT sources no longer overwrite each other UI: New World Map panel (hotkey N) Enemy debuff icons no longer hidden behind party frames Bug Fixes: Heroic Charge no longer displays a magic projectile Mana Potions can no longer restore Warrior rage Improved (hopefully 100%) inventory and bank save reliability Character panel now shows correct stats Unstuck command (hotkey U) no longer triggers while typing in party invite text field Party invite text field now clears text buffer before allowing input

Bug Fixes : "Bones of the Fallen" fixed to track bone fragment pickups. "Choose your Path" quest now completes when specializing Fixed players, enemies, and NPCs going invisible (hopefully) Fixed players showing wrong animations when attacking Fixed party member HP bars not updating during combat Fixed bank panel preventing inventory from being closed Fixed ranged players sometimes stopping too far away to attack Fixed dungeon rewards claimable an infinite amount of times Fixed auction house race condition Performance: Server batches enemy and player state updates Write pump now drains all queued messages per cycle Send buffer doubled Zoom-out prevented to prevent render lag

Lowered sprite cache cap to drastically lower VRAM used while playing the game.

Hotfix:

Client:

Enemy attack sounds are no longer global Dungeon lobby/ NPC dialogue now close upon death Chat input overflow fixed

Server:

Level broadcasted to other players.

Join in discussions, and help us prepare for the steam release of DREADHOLM! We have earlier versions you can test to get the feel of it in Discord. We would love to hear your opinion and let us show you the progress we have made to making the steam release of this game a great one!

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