Greetings Fellow Avatars!

Highlights of this week's update include:

• Sandbox Roleplay Livestream Today!
  
• Release 60 on QA
  
• Automatic Redemption of Rewards Release 61
  
• Upgrading Bundles with Crowns (ends 12/21)
  
• 50% Item Fridays & 20% Crown Weekends Holiday Sales
  
• Elven, Obsidian, & Shogun Expirations
  
• Viking & Kobold Expirations
  
• Shroud of the Avatar Boxed Editions $40 off Holiday Sale!
  
• R59 Livestream (YouTube)
  
• Shroud of the Avatar Rewards Program
  
• Weekend Flash Sale: Deeds!
  
• Upcoming Events Calendar
  
• Community Event: Put Up Yer Dukes! Get your fight on in Stormsong Vale!
  
• Community Event: The Stone Dragon Player Quest
  
• Community Event: Novia Market R59 Grandmaster Bundles
  
• Community Event: Design the S Mart Heraldry contest
  
• Meretz: Win a Circle of Stones Rift Dungeon Entrance
  
• Project to Support: Underworld Ascendant
  
• Project to Support: The Dreams in Gary’s Basement
  
• Project to Support: Dragons & Dragonkin - The Coloring Book!

For all the details, please read the entire Update

Greetings Fellow Avatars!

Highlights of this week's update include:

• Fishing Expedition & Alpine POT Fishing Hole
  
• R59 Livestream Today!
  
• Automatic Redemption of Rewards Release 61
  
• Upgrading Bundles with Crowns (ends 12/21)
  
• 50% Item Fridays & 20% Crown Weekends Holiday Sales
  
• Elven, Obsidian, & Shogun Expirations
  
• Viking & Kobold Expirations
  
• Shipping Phase 2 - Check Your Shipping Address by Nov 2!
  
• Shroud of the Avatar Boxed Editions $40 off Holiday Sale!
  
• Ask Atos Anything Livestream (YouTube)
  
• Shroud of the Avatar Rewards Program
  
• Weekend Flash Sale: Movember
  
• Upcoming Events Calendar
  
• Community Event: The Stone Dragon Player Quest
  
• Community Event: Novia Market R59 Grandmaster Bundles
  
• Community Event: Design the S Mart Heraldry contest
  
• Project to Support: The Dreams in Gary’s Basement
  
• Project to Support: Dragons & Dragonkin - The Coloring Book!

For all the details, please read the entire Update

October 30, 2018

Build Number 857 11:00AM

Updates

• Added trophy recipes for all active fishing trophies to all players.
• Fishing Trophy decorations added.
• Fixed bad stairs collision on Haunted Ship on Penmawr Island.
• Flechier Formal Jacket no longer causes female upper chest to be invisible.
• Siege and encounter scenes are now always open-multiplayer.
• The overworld party UI is only interactive if you can actually travel to that player's instance.
• The overworld party UI takes you to the town if player is in a basement.
• Characters no longer glide when following another player.
• Interactive Fountain VFX has been corrected.
• Doors triggered externally now consider if the door is locked for the triggering player.
• Added Smelting Dungeon recipes to proper recipe book classification.
• Fixed an issue where remote players would be in the incorrect position when not moving.
• Fishing loot messages now shown in "Loot" chat filter rather than "Misc".
• Trophies now properly display their data.
• Fixed the tooltip for placed Player Owned Town Oracle Confirmatory.
• Fixed audio on the Viking Palisade Wall long gate.
• NPC children waving was fixed.
• Reduced gold and item drops on all Control Point elf creatures.
• Fixed audio on decoration arrow trap.
• Decoration arrow trap arrow is now oriented correctly relative to the trap when shot.
• Updated the old tutorials to display with better timing.
• Fixed an issue where some of Edvard's emotes on the bridge in Battle of Solace Bridge were creating errors.
• Players being sent to Battle of Solace Bridge from the Isle of Storms will now always start at the lunar rift.
• No longer showing confirmation dialog to change matchmaking mode if not needed.
• Fixed the name of the Owl's Head boss and added his blueprints.
• Fixed bait icons.
• Cleaned up curing salt icon.
• A journal from Anais's combat lesson in Isle of Storms better clarifies how to enter and exit combat mode.
• Anais's combat lesson in Isle of Storms now better describes equipping weapons.
• Fixed an issue where players could sometimes get stuck in Anais's "inventory" lesson in Isle of Storms.
• Improved the way in which the compass marker appears on Anais in Isle of Storms.
• In the "Fall of the Epitaph" in Lost Vale replaced some melee elves with ranged versions.
• Sautéed Bass, Baked Trout, and Baked Salmon now buff intelligence.
• Moved spawner inside Skrekk Entrance tent that was causing NPCs to get stuck there.
• Added an ankh in Ruins of Ravenmoor.
• Solace Bridge Starter map performance increase.
• Passive Stance tooltip now indicates it removes one bleed effect.
• Earthquake tooltip now indicates that with specialization the cast time is reduced.
• Updated the dragon's nest in Southern Grunvald Barrens to fix an issue when players tried to mine the ore at the nest.
• Updated icons for common Mounted fish.
• Updated Hilt loot to include spider room drops.
• Loading screen tips were updated.

Known Issues

• Elysian Illumination no longer damages undead, and has a broken range for applying heals.
• Party/Companion nameplates can be visually obscured if enough buffs are added for icons to wrap to three rows.
• Visual quest indicators may be missing from compass. Adding the data to support them is an ongoing design process.
• Dazzling Rays, and other caster-based AOE spells, have difficulty hitting nearby enemies in confined spaces (like narrow hallways)
• Pets cannot follow players onto moving platforms.
• If an item’s name is in Runic, its flag as “Private Property” will also appear in Runic.
• Players with Tenant permissions on a Lot cannot place their own Player Vendors.
• Some decorations placed in basements may shift through walls and end up in inaccessible locations.
• Players may be unable to interact with objects via double-click if their framerate is poor. A workaround is to use the “E” interaction key.
• Some spell VFX do not play properly
• Some textures may look incorrect due to optimizations (white, black, pink, low resolution, pixelated, etc.)
• Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
• Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
• Some virus programs with outdated libraries may attempt to quarantine essential game files, mistakenly identifying them as threats. This can have significant effects, including the client not starting at all. We recommend keeping antivirus programs updated frequently as they address problems. Workarounds include reinstalling and launching the client with the aggressive antivirus software disabled, or whitelisting the game directory in the antivirus list of exceptions.

October 28, 2018

Build Number 855 11:00AM

Updates

• Fixed lingering collapsed buffs icon from previous targets.
• Players given the task to meet Samael in Brookside will now have a blue compass marker directing them to him.
• Fixed various rendering issues on OSX.
• Improved the ambient crying at Charlotte's house in Battle of Solace Bridge to activate/deactivate more consistently.
• Removed the map exit from the river in Battle of Solace Bridge.
• Enemies in the default version of the "Fall of the Epitaph" side room in Lost Vale are now control point versions.

Greetings Fellow Avatars!

Highlights of this week's update include:

• Play Release 59 Now!
  
• Deck Building Livestream Today
  
• R59 Livestream: Fish Themed!
  
• Upgrading Bundles with Crowns (ends 12/21)
  
• 50% Item Fridays & 20% Crown Weekends Holiday Sales
  
• Elven, Obsidian, & Shogun Expirations
  
• Viking & Kobold Expirations
  
• Shipping Phase 2 - Check Your Shipping Address by Nov 2!
  
• Shroud of the Avatar Boxed Editions $40 off Holiday Sale!
  
• New User Experience Livestream (YouTube)
  
• Shroud of the Avatar Rewards Program
  
• Weekend Flash Sale: Water
  
• Upcoming Events Calendar
  
• Community Event: R59 Dance Party with DJ Darkstarr
  
• Community Event: Fishing Derby this Saturday (Oct 27)
  
• Community Event: Halloween Ball in Immortal City
  
• Community Event: Design the S Mart Heraldry contest
  
• Community Event: Halloween Dance Party & Costume Contest
  
• Project to Support: The Dreams in Gary’s Basement
  
• Project to Support: Dragons & Dragonkin - The Coloring Book!

For all the details, please read the entire Update

October 26, 2018

Build Number 853 10:30AM

Updates

• Fishing trophies now match descriptions in Release 59 post.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the Oracle Confirmatory from appearing in scene tooltips for Player-Owned Towns.
• Player vendor items are no longer sent to the bank when picking up vendors or when moving vendors to the bank.
• Rotting pumpkins now look rotten.
• Fixed an incorrect icon on Marlin's Journal.
• Fixed issues with some artifacts not dropping with their maximum primary durability.
• Removed multiple "double-click" prompts from fishing bait tooltips.
• Loading text in the Rewards user interface has been centered.
• Added a link to the Universe Broadcast Orb in add-on store from chat window.
• Edvard in Battle of Highvale no longer refers to Nena as "Tracy".
• Fixd a typo in Edvard's "Tracy" response in Battle of Highvale.
• The note that Nena in Battle of Highvale sends you to find is now marked as a Quest item.
• Fixed some logic issues in Battle of Solace Bridge with Edvard's responses and journal entries.
• Updated the first journal entry for the Pumpkin Head quest in Central Brittany.
• Code fix for hitching problem.
• Added mild, short-term poison field to anyone near a rotting pumpkin as it's broken.
• Rotated water trigger in Tenebris Harbour slightly to fix overlap into dry dock areas.
• Extended box collider of block piece in Ruined Keep to prevent stuck spot.
• Moved a spawner that was inside a cliff in Superstition Canyon.
• Adjusted rocks to fix stuck spot in Superstition Canyon.
• Removed collision from background rocks and mountains for performance
• Vulture material updates.

Known Issues

• Elysian Illumination no longer damages undead, and has a broken range for applying heals.
• Party/Companion nameplates can be visually obscured if enough buffs are added for icons to wrap to three rows.
• Visual quest indicators may be missing from compass. Adding the data to support them is an ongoing design process.
• Dazzling Rays, and other caster-based AOE spells, have difficulty hitting nearby enemies in confined spaces (like narrow hallways)
• Pets cannot follow players onto moving platforms.
• If an item’s name is in Runic, its flag as “Private Property” will also appear in Runic.
• Players with Tenant permissions on a Lot cannot place their own Player Vendors.
• Some decorations placed in basements may shift through walls and end up in inaccessible locations.
• Players may be unable to interact with objects via double-click if their framerate is poor. A workaround is to use the “E” interaction key.
• Some spell VFX do not play properly
• Some textures may look incorrect due to optimizations (white, black, pink, low resolution, pixelated, etc.)
• Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
• Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
• Some virus programs with outdated libraries may attempt to quarantine essential game files, mistakenly identifying them as threats. This can have significant effects, including the client not starting at all. We recommend keeping antivirus programs updated frequently as they address problems. Workarounds include reinstalling and launching the client with the aggressive antivirus software disabled, or whitelisting the game directory in the antivirus list of exceptions.

October 25, 2018

Build Number 852 6:45 PM

Updates

• Fixed graphical issues on summoned Skeletons.
• Added tooltips to fishing baits.
• Added Hopper bait to wild cotton nodes, increasing drops during the summer and reducing drops during winter.
• Added a small chance for worms to drop from agriculture plants except for Cotton, Barley, Hops, and Reagents.
• Fishing merchants now sell red worms and minnows.
• Hotkeys added to allow equipping decks 11 and 12.
• Expanded use of "Dyed" tag to all non-equipment items.
• Now displaying spell "Execution Time" with only one decimal place.
• Fixed an issue where Kobold Ranseur and Royal Elven Spear would be visible while stealthed.
• Fixed an issue that prevented instrument playing when on the overworld.
• Fixed collision on floating water platform decorations.
• Tooltips on Buff bars are now showing the correct Stacked Value of the buff.
• Allowed resize of deck selection window.
• Pumpkin Head boss now animates correctly.
• Fixed an issue where trees in Northwest Blackblade Mountains were white.
• There is now feedback for attempting to drop items into the Rewards window.
• Removed common Tuna.
• Added uncommon Bluefin Tuna.
• Now blocking young characters from sending mail as is done with trade.
• Adding new recipes to allow crowns to be used to increase dungeon stairs yields.
• Adding recipes for creating extra copies of dungeon hallways by adding 1 to 3 extra crowns.
• Tomas Cucu in Aerie no longer responds to his name as though he were talking about someone else.
• Tomas Cucu’s keywords in Aerie no longer appear as highlighted text.
• Jack in Braemar no longer welcomes you to Spite.
• Some beggars in Desolis will no longer share their names with outlanders.
• The beggars in Desolis and elsewhere in the game will now call out for coins if they haven't been given any lately.
• Moved an inaccessible cotton bush in East Perennial Trail a little.
• Fixed an issue in East Vauban Foothills where a switch was trying to move something that didn't exist.
• Fixed an issue in Etceter Crag Mines with an ore node that couldn't be harvested.
• Fixed collision in Hilt Rotunda.
• Fixed an offset to a new dungeon room.
• Moved an inaccessible ore node to one side in Hilt Fortress.
• Added a note about clicking underlined keywords in conversations in Isle of Storms.
• Fixed an issue in Isle of Storms where the "Ask Anais About Gear" compass marker wouldn't go away.
• Fixed a bug in Isle of Storms with killing flying watchers and hints to do so.
• Improved some areas in North Majestic Forest for better AI navigation.
• Removed an extra access point for Player Town “S Mart Factorium” in Novia.
• Removed the buildings in the old Blumdel location in Novia.
• Ordinis Mortis has returned to the proper size of City.
• Added additional Chaos ankhs in Ruins of Ravensmoor.
• Scooched pumpkin patches in Solace Bridge.
• Adjusted spider webs in Hilt Interior that were crashing through a floor.
• Removed overlapping coffins and skeletons in Hilt.
• Deleted a floating torch in Westend.
• Deleted an erroneous wall segment in Dungeon Redstone foyer.
• Moved and rotated a buggy stool in Hilt Fortress.
• Moved some rocks in Jaanaford to fix a stuck spot by the waterfall.
• Adjusted water in Mud to fix gap.
• AI navigation updated in Nightshade Pass to prevent trolls crashing into rocks.
• Fixed green ends of branches on certain pine trees.
• Added vultures.
• Added collider wall to plug stuck spot in Isle of Storms.
• Performance adjustments made to Ardoris, Owl’s Head, and Yew.
• Moved Edvard's starting location in Solace Bridge further from the gate so Charlotte doesn't get trapped on the wrong side of the gate.
• Players now get teleport scrolls and recall scrolls as they finish the starter scenes and not when they enter them.
• Wyvern damage was increased.
• Fixed an issue in Verdantis Foothills where AI navigation wasn't building up steep stairs.

Avatars,



Release 59 of Shroud of the Avatar goes live this Thursday, October 25, at 10:30 AM US Central Daylight Time (15:30 UTC).

There is a ton of new content going live this release including:

New User Experience Revamp: For Release 59, we have revamped and improved the New User Experience by separating the tutorials from the story spaces in the three starting areas (Battle of Solace Bridge, Battle of Highvale, and Blood River Massacre). We have also built a new focused tutorial space in the Isle of Storms that walks you through the game basics in a gated fashion (i.e. you cannot advance to the next room until you prove you can swing a sword). Another change is that choosing your story path is now independent of your starting decks!



Fishing Phase 2: Fishing Phase 2 launches with Release 59 and includes 3 different water types, over 25 new fish, trophy data on fish, different baits and group fishing XP bonus!



Quality of Life ImprovementsWe made several key improvements to the quality of life to increase connectivity between players in Release 59 including the addition of a Universal (game-wide) chat channel and the automatic selection of Open Multiplayer instances when entering towns, overworld, and Outskirts maps. We also created a new Rewards interface that lets you claim rewards anywhere. Additionally we have removed the previous gameplay restrictions of story, trade and lot ownership from our free players. Finally we have removed decay of experience upon death!

Bug Fixing: We dedicated a significant portion of the release to working solely on fixing bugs and reducing our overall bug count. We addressed over 100 issues with over 60 of them highlighted in the google spreadsheet, including fixes to various scenes (typos, stuck spots, etc.), crafting fixes, combat fixes, and various user interface fixes. NOTE: We have purposely not shown issues related to exploits, security, and customer service issues.

Performance: Yet again huge improvements were made to performance, especially in scenes with large numbers of players.

Pumpkin Head and “Nearby Power”: The latest addition to our menagerie of seasonal creatures is Pumpkin Head who uses the newest boss behavior: “Nearby Power”. This behavior allows bosses to draw power from nearby objects and/or other creatures. Pumpkin Head draws his power from the pumpkins in his pumpkin patch.



and much, much more!

For all the details, please read the entire R59 Instructions and Updates Notes post, as well as the linked Instructions and Known Issues within the post to ensure a smooth update to your game client.

Have fun exploring New Britannia!

Greetings Fellow Avatars!

Highlights of this week's update include:

• New User Experience Livestream Today
  
• Release 59 on QA Server
  
• 50% Fridays & Crown Holiday Sales
  
• Elven, Obsidian, & Shogun Expirations
  
• Viking & Kobold Expirations
  
• Shipping Phase 2 - Check Your Shipping Address by Nov 2!
  
• Shroud of the Avatar Signed Boxed Edition
  
• Scaling & Trophies Livestream (YouTube)
  
• Shroud of the Avatar Rewards Program
  
• Weekend Flash Sale: Spooky
  
• Upcoming Events Calendar
  
• Community Event: 4Brain - Where is Net?
  
• Community Event: Novia Market R58 Grandmastery Bundles
  
• Project to Support: Immortal Darkness

For all the details, please read the entire Update

Greetings Fellow Avatars!

Highlights of this week's update include:

• Fishing Phase 2 Updates: Trophies & Lava Fish
  
• Starting Scenes & New User Experience Rework
  
• New Website
  
• Scaling & Trophies Livestream Today
  
• Viking & Kobold Expirations
  
• Physical Goods Address Verification Update
  
• Shroud of the Avatar Signed Boxed Edition on Sale!
  
• Oct 5 Weekly Livestream (YouTube)
  
• Shroud of the Avatar Rewards Program
  
• Weekend Flash Sale: Dyes
  
• Upcoming Events Calendar
  
• Community Event: 4Brain - Where is Net?
  
• Community Event: Novia Market R58 Grandmastery Bundles
  
• Project to Support: Through the Moongate

For all the details, please read the entire Update

Greetings Fellow Avatars!

Highlights of this week's update include:

• Fishing Phase 2 Updates: New Fish & Scaling
  
• Release 58 Livestream: YouTube & Stretchgoals
  
• Physical Goods Address Verification Update
  
• Signed Boxed Edition (limited time)
  
• Taming Livestream (YouTube)
  
• Shroud of the Avatar Rewards Program
  
• Upcoming Events Calendar
  
• Community Event: 4Brain - Where is Net?
  
• Community Event: Novia Market R58 Grandmastery Bundles
  
• Project to Support: Through the Moongate
  
• Project to Support: King’s Dinner at SOTACON

For all the details, please read the entire Update