Update Notes - August 8, 2023

Centuries of war have left their mark on the continent of Kunark. Explore this massive region and discover a world full of intrigue and danger. Engage in all-new adventures as you embark on a crusade to reveal the truth of the wars between the reborn Iksar Empire and the Sarnak and uncover artifacts long since thought lost to history. Rise of Kunark is now unlocked for the Varsoon TLE server.

GENERAL

• The solufugid collection in Takish Badlands now is properly spelled as solifugid. We apologize to solifuges everywhere for misrepresenting their creepy, crawly selves.

ITEMIZATION

• Fear and Loathing: Charm adornment will now work through The Shadow Odyssey expansion.
• PvP
  • Poisoned Seeds of the Tender will no longer function in PvP combat.
• Updated several familiars to be classified as flying for appearance familiar compatibility.
• The Sunbrite Clothwork Pegasus will now function as a flying mount appearance.
• Elemental Dominance and Vazaelle, the Mad will now enhance the summoners primary pet, instead of summoning a pet of it's own, functioning similarly to how the epic repercussions version of the weapon buff functions. This is due to pets that are summoned by item effects being modified by several types of buffs on the caster.

MISSIONS

• Kingdom of Sky mission rewards are now available on the Priest of Discord during Echoes of Faydwer for Sanguine Seal of Discord tokens.
• PvP
  • Zarrakon PvP token rewards from daily missions and weekly missions have been reduce by half.
  • Zarrakon Daily PvP writs are now available every 60 minutes. Weekly missions have not changed.

ABILITES

• PvP
  • Increased mage mitigation in PvP combat by 15%.

TRADESKILLS

• Recipes for Bash II (Grandmaster) and Overpower II (Grandmaster) have been moved to Fighter Grandmaster Recipes Volume I to match the level of the combat arts. The recipes have also been changed to use tier 1 ingredients instead of tier 2 ingredients.
• Tradeskill quest recipe for Bloom Experiments will now return the Elddar Blooms if the player fails the combine.
• Tradeskill quest recipe for Plaster Cast will now return the Elddar Soil if the player fails the combine.
• Tradeskill repeatable quest "Continued Fuel for the Fire" will now grant 2 mysterious blue coins upon completion instead of a single coin.

ZONES AND POPULATION

• General
  • Entering The Protector's Realm and The Execution Throne Room will now pull everyone in the raid who are in the adjacent zones.
• Buried Takish'Hiz: Empire of Antiquity [Contested]
  • Heroic bosses will now correctly heal themselves and dispel hostile effects when inflicting deathblows against players as has been denoted by their Mortal Coil buff.
• Sultan's Mahallah: Daggers Drawn [Raid]
  • Corrected an issue with the "Poacher Paol the Persistent" encounter where the peafowls' wounds were not properly decreased upon Astra being defeated.
• Great Divide
  • Ruffin will spawn more consistently on the Icy Fingers.
• Loping Plains
  • Certain werewolves have been spotted running around the Loping Plains with some new PvP drops on the Zarrakon Server.