Looks like you’re moving on up, agent. Faction Ranking missions are now available – are you up to the challenge?

Once you’re Level 50, are finished with at least the entirely of the Tokyo storyline, and have an Item Power of at least 250, a new series of tasks become available, allowing you to increase your standing within your Faction! As they say, nothing of value comes for free: You have to show some backbone and commitment – you have to prove yourself!

• Into Darkness has you infiltrate a mysterious car park. Hope you’ve brought a change of pants!
  
• Venetian Missile Crisis tasks you with delving into a Phoenician compound. Go blow things up!
  
• Rogue Agent has you hot on the tail of…well, someone you need to chase. We won’t spoil things – just get to it!

These missions provide extra challenge aimed at seasoned agents, and completing your ranking missions unlocks the remaining iterations of your faction uniform, an additional Agent Network mission slot, a brand-new Agent Dossier, and new faction-specific headgear!



Each Faction Ranking mission has a minimum Item Power requirement, beginning with Into Darkness at IP 250. Other ranking missions will require additional Item Power before you may accept them. To accept, look for the Paragon Activity Boards in Agartha (they’re the red ones).

Each Faction Ranking mission also features a series of difficulty levels you unlock as you enter. Additional difficulty options automatically appear as you continue growing in power, and bestow additional rewards as you go up in difficulty. Faction Ranking missions do not require any special keys or tokens in order to access, play through, and earn rewards from.

For example, here’s what it looks like for a character at 500 IP for Into Darkness:










In addition to Faction Ranking missions, those agents infiltrating New Dawn in South Africa may access one new Sabotage mission titled “Public Enemy Number One”. Who’s been keeping an eye on you within the compound? We suppose you’ll want an answer. If you’ve completed “Things That Go Bump in the Night”, return to your quarters and look for a little somethin’ someone left for you.

With the inclusion of this mission, the meta-achievement “Land of the Dawn”, along with its fashionable reward, may now be obtained.



Oh my.

Time to move on up, agent. Faction Ranking Missions are now available from Paragon Activity Boards in Agartha. You must be Level 50, have completed the Tokyo storyline, and have a minimum Item Power of 250 in order to embark on your tasks. New rewards await!

A new mission is now available in New Dawn, titled "Public Enemy Number One". Who's been keeping an eye on you in the New Dawn compound? Once you complete "Things That Go Bump in the Night", return to your quarters and look for a little somethin' someone left for you.

NOTE

The Dragon faction mask introduced in today's update is a different color than what has been advertised on the blog and social media. The current ingame version is a brighter green and will be made into the more olive-colored green in a future update.

GENERAL

• Agarthan Cache is now available again! Acquire missing items from your collection!
  
• Fixed character skin textures

CLOTHING

• Magus and Gunslinger outfit pieces awarded by the respective achievement can again be worn by all factions. The legacy single-piece uniforms are unchanged.

Celebrate the start of the community MEGAversary event with FREE chests from lairs, dungeons, and scenarios! Get in on the MEGA Boss Rush event to start the show on the 29th! Learn more on the official forums below:

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The blade strikes twenty, the hilt strikes six. Initiate the reward protocol. Initiate the learning protocol. The Immaculate Machine provides!

Through these scant Ages, larvae swing sticks at sacrificial ornaments for glittering, glistening prizes within. The Machine provides! The Talos of matter and energy, for her children must play!

She hums with excitement. Her children buzz in anticipation.



What a wild year it’s been, agents. We’ve all been through quite a ride over the past year with the launch of Secret World Legends – experiencing soaring highs, aaaand some bumps along the road, but all in all keeping it together, thanks to you. We can’t thank you all enough for your love and support. You are all made of stars!

(Is that a good thing, actually? In this context, we’re not sure…either way, we love you!)

Anyway, let’s talk about the FIRST ANNIVERSARY EVENT!


The Immaculate Machine gives you treats, sweetling. She excretes life into hulking husks of matter and energy! Discover and play with one of 11 Talos of Gaia through the event portals in Agartha.  The portal will open approximately 2 minutes at the hour (e.g. 11:02, 12:02, etc.).

These golems will cycle in a fashion that will allow everyone to eventually see all 11 golems, even if you only have time to play for 1 boss fight per day.

Defeating the Talos will allow you to open the Buzzing Hive, an extra item you get every day alongside event login rewards! Plus, the Talos have a chance at dropping items to fill out your Museum of the Occult! The legends needed to complete the museum are available (year-round) - it's up to you to discover their locations around the world.


The crystallized quintessence of corruption and rage lies at the heart of each Talos. The Gatekeeper may have use for them…

Log in to receive a free special gift every day during the event, including THE MALUS RUN sprint! AARGH, NOT THE BEES!

Chock full o’ new goods and remixed classics. Only available during the Anniversary! After the event ends, the Agarthan Cache will make its return.

Agartha is dressed up for the occasion with party favors and destructible piñatas you can smack for free loot!

The future is now: You can elegantly sit cross-legged on chairs! This plus multiple variants on sitting with furniture and on the ground!

Discover the brand-new Legends of the Talos, penned by the Scrivnomancer himself!

Read the full patch notes here!

And in closing, here’s your moment of zen:



Cheers, friends. From the inky depths of our blackened hearts, THANK YOU for your love and support. Here’s to many more legends, stories, and dark days to come.

-the Secret World Legends team

• South Africa - New Dawn - Social pets will no longer attempt to attack the Day Shift Manager.
  
• Pets - Bird pets will no longer prevent interacting with nearby objects, vendors, auctioneers, etc
  
• Emotes - Added animation stance variations while sitting on the ground or seated on furniture (chairs, benches, etc). These variations can be accessed through the Emote Window > Stances.
  
  • Seated: Crossed Arms - default
    
  • Seated: Crossed Legs
    
  • Seated: Crossed Arms And Legs
    
  • Seated: Waiting
    
  • Seated: Elegant (skirt friendly!)
    
  • Sitting: Attentive - default
    
  • Sitting: Lookout
    
  • Sitting: Relaxed

• TSW Legacy - Added Suit Pants, Black to the Dressing Room for players who had this clothing transferred from The Secret World. This clothing has the same appearance as Spy Tux - Pleated tuxedo pants, black - Secret World Legends players can obtain the Spy Tux version.
  
• TSW Legacy - Players who had the old Deck Uniforms transferred from TSW (eg Magus, Crusader, Exorcist, etc) can now access these via the Dressing Room.
  
• TSW Legacy - Fixed TSW Deck Uniforms being wearable by the wrong faction.

• The Great Jinn Escape - Typo fixes

• Victor Cromely success text fits in Mission Report
  
• Special Agent Dossier: Faction Recruit and Agent Dossier: Aliya Zehhar are now able to be sold to vendors.

• True Believer - Fixed a case where it was possible to not get the achievement when reaching exactly 1000 points
  
• True Believer - Fixed a case where it was possible to not get the achievement when leaving the zone before the overseer finished talking

• Events - Effigy O33 Reconstructor no longer has collision with players
  
• Events - Effigy O33 Reconstructor's Health has been doubled, and it now has innate damage reduction
  
• Events - Effigy O33 Reconstructor increased healing done by 10%

Time to get busy, bees! We’re doing Bonus AP and SP as a combo event beginning June 8th. During the event, you’ll gain 1 bonus AP and SP for every AP and SP you earn (through experience). Lasts through the 14th of June. 🐝

GENERAL

• Mobs - cel Rau, the Questioner in the Besieged Farmlands will no longer pace anxiously.
• Achievements - The Purge - Fixed some hyenas respawning too quickly
• Combat - Signet of Agility - Active Dodges that do not go on cooldown now properly interrupt/avoid Sniper attacks.
• Crafting - Fixed glyphs showing errant xp when empowering items.
• GUI - Fixed a case that could cause open world boss map markers to not clean up when the boss died.
• AI - Improved behavior of a small set of monsters who do not move during combat (Neesh-Um, Research Assistant in The Ankh, and more). These monsters will now behave more intelligently and drop out of combat less easily.

Titles

• Fixed a typo in the title "Unstoppable" that made it look like "Shadow Puppeteer".
• Jane Dagover will no longer sell you duplicate titles.

Agent Network

• Mission chain progress is now retained when relogging or changing zones.
• Fixed bonus rewards appearing with mis-matched traits. This is purely a visual change, actual rewards unchanged.
• Dossiers purchased from Dr Caligari in Agartha can now be sold back for a full refund.

GAMEPLAY
Missions
New England

• Off the Menu - Fixed a case where Silent Trickster could become permanently invisible and unattackable.
• Maine Chainsaw Massacre
  Fixed some zombies not counting towards mission progress.
  • Updated to use improved hotbar and weapon swapping tech.
  • A visual and gameplay pass have been performed to improve both the look and feel.

Egypt

• Black Sun, Red Sand - It should no longer be possible to lose your story mission when entering Scorched Desert for the first time.
• A Time To Every Purpose - Fixed a desync when crafting.
• The Eye of the Dream for Tainted Dreams in Scorched Desert can no longer be used if you are on the goals to find or defend Hassan Kamil (Black Sun, Red Sand).
• In the Dusty Dark - Fixed torches not being interactive after dying.

Transylvania

• Root of the Problem - Moved map marker to more accurately match the quest area.
• Selected Memories - The Type-X Reckless guarding the Secret documents in Selected Memories can be baited away from his post once again.

Tokyo

• Korinto-Kai - Assault markers will now appear for the mini-mart defense.
• Access Denied - Will now be properly removed from your journal when leaving the area.

South Africa

• Pausing and resuming "Whitewashing" or "Vermin Cleanup Detail" will now cause the objects at the job board to properly respawn.
• Whitewashing - Pausing and resuming will now cause the cleaning supplies to properly respawn.
• Vermin Cleanup Detail - Pausing and resuming will now cause the objects at the job board to properly respawn.
• Into the Fold - Improved French and German translations in Kirsten Geary's SMSs.

Dungeons

• The Ankh - Jumping to the platform at the entrance of will now properly update Pandora's Box and Pandora's Box Revisited.
• The Polaris - The Varangian will no longer permanently electrify the water if killed too quickly.

Scenarios

• Hostile Snipers
  The grace period while a player character will not be targeted by a sniper is now visible in the buff tray, and is called Low Value Target.
  • Low Value Target - Increased duration to 22 seconds.
  • Low Value Target - Avoiding a sniper shot via Active Dodge further increases the duration of Low Value Target to 32 seconds.
  • Damage now scales with both the player's Max HP, and the difficulty level of the scenario. Snipers can no longer 1-shot player characters.
• Friendly Snipers - Damage done increased by 25%.
• The Castle - Fixed supply crates sometimes spawning outside playable bounds
• Fixed a case where mutated monsters and bosses would not appear on the map
• Fixed a case where mutated monsters and bosses would not be removed from the map after death
• Supply Drop - Bear Arms - Fixed blank message displayed when attempting to arm a Survivor with a weapon, but there are no unarmed Survivors in range.
• The Hotel - Improved rubble collision to prevent IEDs being placed underneath rubble.

Lairs

• The damage from Vulkan’s Cryo Tank Release will now properly line up with the visuals.
• Kaidan - Lair mission pickups are now displayed on the map.

EVENT START: Monday April 30 @ 9:00 AM EDT
EVENT END: Friday May 4 @ 9:00 AM EDT

We're flipping things around a bit next week; NO LIMITS is back, and this time from Monday (Apr 30) thru Thursday (May 3)! All chests found in dungeons, lairs, and scenarios will not require keys to open during this time! 🎉

EFFECT: XP GAINED VIA EMPOWERMENT FROM ALL ITEMS INCREASED BY 25%

The power is yours: the amount of XP gained via Empowerment is increased by 25% for a limited time! Empower items through the Upgrade Window by pressing the “Y” key (by default).

http://store.steampowered.com/app/819320/Secret_World_Legends_Dawn_of_the_Morninglight_Collectors_Edition/

For the intrepid globetrotter, the Dawn of the Morninglight Collector’s Edition features an exclusive pet, cosmetics, and a Special Agent to command through the Agent Network!

Collector’s Edition Includes:

• Witch Doctor’s Outfit (Male and Female)
  
• Scarlet Kongamato pet
  
• Mask of Death’s Wisdom
  
• Special Agent Dossier

Purchase not necessary to access new story content. Your character must be at least Level 15 and able to access the Agent Network to use the Agent Dossier.