We're back in action after taking a few weeks away from livestreaming. We'll talk a bit about our adventures at Gamescom and PAX West, show off incredible player-created art, answer your questions, plus our famous giveaways
Trove Livestream Start Time: Friday, September 14 at 12:30 PM PDT / 19:30 UTC Duration: 45 minutes
This week we're excited to once again host the Underrated54 during our normally scheduled livestream! The dev team will be back with a vengeance next week.
You can watch the stream on our channel, but to take part in this week's giveaways (and chat directly with his community) you'll want to join him directly on his channel:
In addition to the new event, we’re also happy to announce the arrival of the Tome: Ancient Gears in the Trove Store! Earn these Tier 5 Geode Cave materials while playing anywhere. This tome is located in the Geode tab of the Trove Store for Credits.
It’s that time of year for heading back to school, so we’re commemorating the occasion with a week of sales you won’t want to miss plus another chance to reroll the second stat on your equipment!
Save 50% on Greater Neon Caches and stock up on crafting resources used at the Resistor Workbench. In addition, you’ll have a chance to unlock rare costumes, mounts, or allies.
If you’ve been waiting to try out the Vanguardian there’s no time like the present! For the first time ever you can save 25% off the Vanguardian Pack. This heroic pack is available for Credits on the Trove Store and grants you the following super-powered goodies:
The Vanguardian Class
Windtunnel flying effect
Paragon of the Past costume to add some old fashioned flair to your attacks
A Luminopolis terraformer
Neon City terraformer
Plus 10 Sentience Shards
Summer may soon end, but you can still bring the heat with the powerful Vanguardian class!
On Tuesday, August 21 at 10:30 PM PDT (5:30 AM UTC on 22 August) we're coming offline for a small patch to revert the recent changes made while cleaning up from the dupe exploit.
Downtime may last up to an hour but we'll bring each platform back online as it finishes up.
Remember those dark days when no one knew where to find Luxion? Well, let the sunshine in again as he has returned from paternity leave and is ready to get down to business! To help you take advantage of his visit you’ll also save 50% off Greater Dragon Caches all this week!
Luxion returns at 4AM PDT (11AM UTC) on Tuesday, August 14 and will stay the full week until 4AM PDT (11AM UTC) on Tuesday, August 21. Not only is he back for the full week, but he’s carrying more loot than ever before!
Remember to scroll through his inventory of wares for this visit because you don’t want to miss your chance at incredible goodies like:
Lorekeeper Dragon Egg Fragments
Koroki, the Sower of Chaos mount
Unyielding Emblem
Golden Hoard Dragon Souls to save up for unlocking your very own Luxion-inspired legendary dragon mount.
And more!
After this extended visit, he’s going back to his normal schedule, so take advantage of this opportunity to load up on his wondrous wares. Congratulations to Luxion and his new, golden brood!
Due to an previously unknown issue, we are bringing the Trove servers offline across all platforms to investigate. As soon as we have an update for you, we'll be back with more info, but at this time, there is no ETA for when they'll be back online.
Update 1: We are currently preparing a fix that will allow us to bring the game back online, but we do not yet have an ETA for when PC will be back online. Thanks for your patience, and we'll be back with another update as soon as we have more information.
Update 2: Trove on Xbox 1 and PlayStation 4 is now back online. There will still be the regularly scheduled downtime later in the morning, which will deploy a separate fix.
For our PC players, the game will not be up for some time: we anticipate tomorrow afternoon, Pacific time. The issue had enough impact on the economy that we want to correct it, and the clean up process for it is a manual one. The good news is that this process will prevent the need for any rollbacks. Instead, we have banned the perpetrators behind the manipulation of the economy through exploitation, and will be removing items from players who received them unwittingly.
We will return with another update in the morning with a more solidified time for bringing the PC servers back online. Thank you, again, for your patience as we take the steps to preserve the integrity of Trove's economy, a time-consuming but worthy cause.
PS: Yes, we will be working out how to compensate players for this extended and unexpected downtime. However, all focus is on getting the economy cleaned up, so the details will be worked out after it has been completed. Rest assured that Fasti will inform you of the specifics as as soon as he is able!
Trove is coming offline on Thursday August 9, 2018 at 8:00 AM PDT (3:00PM UTC) for a patch. See below for full patch notes.
Downtime may last up to 4 hours, but we'll bring up each platform as it finishes.
Thanks very much
Additional Updates
Critters in the Geode Caves should now consistently grant Lesser Crystal Caches even if they've previously been snubbed by another player. Note: The blastflowers in the caves may continue to explode without damaging blocks. This will be fixed in a future patch.
Ice Sage DPS has been increased by roughly 5%.
Fixed an issue causing Pirate Captain's First Mate turret to visually despawn too quickly. Now it should properly be visible as long as it's still alive and attacking.
Fixed an issue that could prevent players from picking up power ups in Bomber Royale.
The name for the Bankroller ally should now be consistent.
Tentacle Slices and Shadowy Schematics can no longer be deconstructed.
Since the release of Trove – Geode we’ve been thrilled to see your response to Bomber Royale mode. It’s also been very important to us to hear your feedback and get great suggestions implemented quickly.
The patch on August 7, 2018 adds the latest Trove’s Bomber Royale improvements. Let’s take a closer look and see what’s next for this ever-evolving game mode!
Being bold and taking the fight to others pays off in a big way. The match leaderboard will show how much damage was done by each player and the big damage dealers will get the biggest XP bump while players who hide in an effort to outlast others will gain less experience.
If you blast someone and they fly off the map you’ll now also get the credit for that kill. No more seeing a well-placed attack knock someone through the ground and robbing you of that sweet, sweet victory.
In a match and you want to see how it ends? We’re adding our very own version of spectating, Blast Mode! After you die you can now opt to view the match through the eyes of another player. You can swap between players whenever you like and if the player you’re watching also dies you’ll be swapped to a new player automatically.
If you’re a big fan of stats, you’ll find that all your damage in all matches going forward is being tracked. Find your total damage in game by using the in game text command /stats (this command can also be entered into the chat window on consoles).
This is just the beginning for Bomber Royale. The team is also working on new maps, new skins for your attacks, and new rewards to earn!
Trove – Geode Updates
This big update isn’t all about Bomber Royale, we’ve got a huge number of improvements and fixes going out all across Trove! Many of these improvements have been developed based on your feedback so be sure to join our forum community and help us shape the future of Trove.
The Ice Sage class has been reworked to make this frosty fighter even cooler with big boosts to damage and survivability.
162 new, player-created styles are being added to Trove with this update. Double checking our math…yup, 162! This is a massive collection of brand-new styles for one update and we’re excited to see what players create next!
We’ve also added a bunch of optimizations to the game and how it sends data back and forth between the game and the servers. The goal here is to help reduce lag and rubber banding.
Having trouble navigating Geode Sanctuary? Great news; the sanctuary now has a map of its own!
Have a lot of chests to open? Now you can opt to have them open automatically until you get a Rare quality drop.
A big benefit for everyone, but especially our console players; you’ll also see items from your Currency Inventory in the Loot Collector.
This one has been in huge demand since the earliest days of Trove and now it’s here: in the Settings menu you can now opt to make your Cornerstone impervious to accidental damage. Prevent an accidental key stroke from blasting a hole in your roof while still giving yourself the ability to mine the blocks from it if you need to do a remodel.
These fixes and improvements are just some of what await in this massive patch. Check out the full patch notes for ALL the details and be sure to follow us @TroveGame on Twitch, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for all the latest news and updates!