Test Update Notes: Friday February 5, 2021

ITEMS

• Zavith'loa Mushroom - Zavith'loa is now spelled correctly.
• Zavith'loa Pulsing Egg - Zavith'loa is now spelled correctly.
• Needlite Chitin armor items are now spelled correctly.
• The following items are no longer stack-lore or lore and can be put in the shared bank:
  • Shadowed Expulsion Rune
  • Orb of Brilliant Energy
  • Vibrating Phantastic Core
  • Precarious Lashings
  • Twisted Rod of Balanzite

LIVE EVENTS

• Bow of the Huntress Statue - House item now stacks properly.
• Falling Rose Petals - House item now stacks properly.
• Flirtatious Red Rug - House item now stacks properly.
• Red Ribbon Mum Plushie - House item now stacks properly.
• Hatching the Heart Shaped Egg on a TLE server will now reward a Carina Cuddleblaze flavor pet scroll, instead of a familiar.
• Heartbreaker - Erroneous quest ROI for speaking with the traveling flower merchant has been removed.
• Owlbears in Shadeweaver's Thicket and Savage Weald no longer drop ogre hard candy.

PUBLIC QUESTS

• The drop chance on Reign of Shadows PQ rares has been slightly increased.

TRADESKILLS

• The Vibrating Phantastic Core recipe should now be able to use either "Shadow Balanzite Crystals" or "Shadow Balanzite Gems" to be made. The new gems can be found within Vex Thal: Labyrinth of Solace [Raid].
• Creating the Scepter of Illumination should now broadcast a message to the server when completed.
• The visual effect played by using the Shadowed Staff of Luclin or the Glass Orb of Swirling Shadows has been changed to something that hogs the screen less.

TRADESKILL RESEARCHERS

• Gwennie in Fordel Midst should now offer the "Recuso Specialized Reconnaissance Helmet" for purchase if the Unlock: Fordel Midst Green Marble Tileset: Volume I has been successfully researched.

ZONES AND POPULATION
Savage Weald: Backwoods Brawl [Challenge]

• Rare collection pieces are now less rare.
• A crash bug involving named encounters within the zone has been identified with a speculative fix.
• Bulwark of Order should no longer be interrupted by Fire Bomb or Barbed Vines.

Savage Weald: Fort Grim [Event Heroic]

• Bulwark of Order should no longer be interrupted by Skull Crack.

Shadeweaver's Thicket: Untamed Lands [Heroic]

• The "Xakra" specters in Desolate Grounds will now lose their Desolate Dominion buff when they leave the fields of black lightning.
• The Desolator will summon portals less often.
• The Kela Zov Xakra will now fully repair your weapons during the encounter with The Desolator.

Shadeweaver's Thicket: Untamed Lands [Solo]

• The Desolator will summon portals less often.

Shadeweaver's Thicket: Spirit Harvest [Raid]

• Precarious Lashings should now have a chance to drop on all bosses with Khati Sha the Twisted always dropping one.

Echo Caverns: Expedition Precarious [Raidventure]

• Corrected an issue that caused the aggressive creatures within the Fungus Grove area to not properly path to players when attacked.
• Precarious Lashings should now have a chance to drop on all bosses with Grieg Veneficus always dropping one.

Echo Caverns: Zelmie Sortie [Heroic and Solo]

• Reduced the number of Zel Manann spores near Frindel Sporemiser.
• Unearthed mold eaters no longer spawn at Frindel's most hated target, and spawn slightly less often.

Echo Caverns: Zelmie Sortie [Solo]

• You will no longer be outright killed if caught within an unearthed mold eaters' maw.

Vex Thal: Labyrinth of Solace [Raid]

• Added a new type of crystal to bosses that can be used in place of the Shadowed Balanzite Crystal within the Vibrating Phantastic Core recipe.
• Xakra Fu'un's "Mind Breech" and "Remote Observance" area effect abilities should no longer trigger as many hits of damage causing stutters in performance upon being applied.
• Sezjin the Betrayer's "Traitor's Ruse", "Traitor's Obedience", "Traitor's Admission", and "Traitor's Vassalage" area effect abilities should no longer trigger as many hits of damage causing stutters in performance upon being applied.
• To start the encounter with Sezjin the Betrayer, you must now be the raid leader or assigned raid looter to speak with him. This is to prevent any accidental triggers.
• Removed power costs from Mantle of Mindlessness, Mark of the Many, and Armor Flash from the Zun Thall Heral encounter.

Reign of Shadows Raids

• The contested Grimling Hero should no longer attempt to cast the ability "Surge: Pulse" on the entire zone when engaged.
• The weekly raid mission "Moon Platoon II: The Return [Raid]" should update more reliably.

Shar Vahl: Siege Break [Heroic]

• Bulwark of Order should no longer be interrupted by Shadowstatic Discharge.