Hello Wizards,

The time is finally dawned upon us, the epic Godking’s Vengeance part-two has made its way to Citadel. An entirely free expansion that extends the base Citadel game. Today’s huge new update features an epic concluding storyline, a mutant world spawner event, new trinket abilities, emotes, new creatures and LOADS more!



An all-new dungeon has been uncovered! It’s quite evident that a dark evil is at foot; hidden deep in the heart of Ignus, a crypt riddled in the dark arts holds a dangerous secret. Covered in a grainy ash, this area appears to be completely in despair. With the immersion of this new crypt, your land and all of Ignus' very existence is now threatened. Heroes must take caution while entering this dimension in order to vanquish this new threat!



Wizards you must be on high alert, we've received reports of a horrifying creature looming in the shadows. This horrifying monstrosity has been hiding dormant within Ignus waiting for the perfect moment to strike! Take caution when challenging this creature; they will not go down easily, however, you will be rewarded handsomely for your victory.



Embark on a brand new quest! Gembok has heard of a new development regarding an ancient evil that has awakened deep within the heart of Ignus. A horrifying dimension has emerged and has mutated a gruesome enemy bent to wreak havoc. Set out to seek knowledge of the impending danger from a new adversary well versed in the dark arts. Only the bravest heroes can take on this foe, Gembok holds the knowledge of this mysterious evil lying dormant in the Crystal Caves.



With all this paranormal activity going on, it’s no surprise a vicious mutation has made its way amongst the wild beasts that roam the land. These mutated monstrosities are far more powerful and much bigger than their counterparts. Team up and take on these boss-level creatures, those who come out victorious will be rewarded with the greatest treasures!



You can now dance the night away. 🎶 Introducing emotes to Citadel! Strike a pose or taunt your enemy with your stellar dance moves.



Time to saddle up those tames! Adding some extra protection to your favourite tames with the new armored saddle series.



Two are better than one! You now have the ability to set two trinkets active at once.
Take to the sky as you fly throughout the world while keeping your mana rings activated.

• You can now hold E to close all doors, which we have it on good authority that this will be highly beneficial to PvP servers
  
• You will now find signs throughout Ignus, make sure to check out any messages that may be displayed, they could prove quite helpful
  
• There is now the option for hosts to configure what level players begin at.
  Add [/script/citadel.citadelgameinstance]
  AutoLevelNewPlayers=-1 in game.ini set -1 to whatever you want players to be levelled and if they are less than that number, they'll be auto levelled.
  
• Player now have the option to build fast track portals
  
• Tiered world loot spawns have now be implemented

• There are now 3-tiers of mana deflection for the obelisk of protection and warding obelisk, based on upgrade level
  
• Adjusted egg recipe
  
• Collision is now disabled on open door meshes, allowing the easier player and NPC navigation
  
• Doubled regeneration speeds for starting-town health and mana pools
  
• Tripled regeneration speeds for environmental health and mana pools
  
• Aligning sacrifice spell energy with atonement, for 3x cast duration
  
• Hierarchical recipe tweaks for tier 2 arcane and fire turrets
  
• Adjusted recipe of nexus stone
  
• Multiple tweaks to crypt boss combat systems
  
• Flight trinket mana costs have been tweaked to provide balance for the new 2-trinket system (players without a mana regeneration trinket will notice slightly more expensive flight costs, players with a mana regeneration trinket will notice slightly reduced flight costs)
  
• Flight trinkets now have a chance to roll the extra mana stat
  
• Improved values for cooldown reduction stat: wands will see the largest overall boost
  
• Minor tweaks to crit bonus damage, crit chance, and extra damage stats

• Removed useless gender icon from tamed NPCs
  
• Improved waterfall mist performance
  
• Fixes for quest text
  
• Improved the mesh-popping effect for extracted resources
  
• Large mana generator range now properly aligned to visual effects
  
• Players can now no longer build on fast travel tower helix structure

Thank you wonderful wizards, we really hope you enjoy this update! As always, please let us know your thoughts and feedback. We hope everyone continues to stay safe and healthy at home and we’ll see you in Ignus real soon!

Hello, Wizards of Ignus!

We hope everyone is healthy and staying safe at home. Our team has been working away to bring you a lot more Citadel content, we are extremely excited and can’t wait to show you what we have planned over the next couple of months!



A dark evil is lurking in the shadows of Ignus that threatens your land! There’s not too much known about this villainous monstrosity, only the bravest heroes will be able to vanquish this evil. Part two of our massive expansion is making it’s way to the base Citadel game. Courageous heroes bold enough to take on this unknown evil will be left with a grand story to tell. Get ready for the concluding story, brand new features, new structures and all-new deadly creatures roaming throughout Ignus in the upcoming months!

Stay tuned to learn more about this all-new grand adventure waiting for you!

Our quest system has expanded once again, with an all-new series of quests leading deeper into the secrets of Ignus that was once long forgotten.
That’s not all! We will also include a brand new Daily Mastery Level Quest, so stay tuned for more information on these two major quests expansions!



An increased amount of paranormal activity has been awakened in the shadows of Ignus, increasing the frequency of mutations among the wild beasts that roam the land. They are much bigger and more powerful than their standard counterparts, can occur seemingly anywhere, and provide a far more rewarding challenge for the stoic heroes who vanquish them. Do you have what it takes to tackle these deadly foes? Team up to challenge these boss-level creatures or dare fly solo. Those who come out victorious will be rewarded handsomely.

There is a lot more content planned out which we haven’t been able to share just yet and a lot of new game mechanics that have been greatly enhanced. As we get closer to release we will update you guys further on what’s to come.

As always thank you to the community for all the support and help, we’re always taking in your feedback and suggestions. We hope everyone continues to stay safe and healthy at home. See you again soon Wizards.

Join the conversation and stay up to date on the Citadel Discord: https://discord.gg/QNWzZfK

Hello Wizards!

Thank you for your patience as we continue to update Citadel from behind the scenes. We have a few small updates and bug fixes going forward in this patch.

• Added Japanese Localization
  
• Added Traditional Chinese Localization
  
• Added translations and language support for quests

• Improved the server backup system
  
• Increased global object limit to support servers with 500k structure limits
  
• Fixed Quest objective text size when viewing from the journal
  
• Added a command for admins to check out possible mesher locations "/showpossiblemeshers"
  
• Fixed a bug with 'Magical Machinations' rewards not fitting the text description
  
• Fixed a bug where structures would not decay outside of raid hours
  
• Fixed a single-player crash when quitting the game
  
• Fixed some situations where NPCs would not spawn on single player

We also want to welcome the new wizards. We’re glad to see new faces in the game, if you’re ever interested in our growing community please check out our Discord. We have active community members to give you a welcoming hand and some great advice!

Citadel Discord: https://discord.gg/QNWzZfK

Hey Wizards!

We've launched a small update to address some server stability issues. No other changes have been added to this update.

Thanks for your patience!

We hope you've had a chance to check out the big quest update we launched last week. We've been watching your feedback roll in so today we're bringing you a patch which includes a variety of bug fixes, gameplay improvements and other goodies.

As always, thanks to our community for your continued support and feedback! Keep the comments rolling in and make sure to take a look at the notes below to see what's been updated today:

• Siege turrets now do 5x damage to shields specifically, and can be buffed by raider's stones, for up to 25x damage to shields
  
• Structures now visually report damage for added siege clarity

• Minor adjustments to boss caves to prevent unintended behaviors
  
• Reduced raider stone activation time from 6 hours to 4 hours due to popular demand
  
• Reduced "hasty hare" sprint multiplier due to popular demand, should also spawn more reliably
  
• Slightly increased no-build volume outside Crystal Caves to curb griefing "hasty hare" spawn
  
• Tuned healing spells to compensate for removal of PvP multiplier (they should be more effective overall)
  
• Minor tweaks to some item rarities
  
• Grounded the flying large dragon in Dragon Heart Citadel due to a bug with its aerial flight path

• Better particle cull settings to improve performance in some persistent world objects
  
• Better particle cull settings on creatures to improve performance
  
• Fixed a bug with dye-able regions on boss gear
  
• Tightened mana generator collision profile
  
• Optimized imp smoke spell
  
• Cave entrance FX for amethyst geodes to lessen light leaking through at distance
  
• Adjustments made to horse scale to prevent dismounting issues
  
• Tightened imp death offset to reduce floating amount
  
• Fixed a cave trigger volume that provided strange skylight effects
  
• Improved reliability of imp invisibility spell
  
• Increased raider's stone and shield draw distances

• Fixed issue with player collision size
  
• Disabled stealth spell in boss caves
  
• Fixed sanctuary spell
  
• Fixed an inadvertant issue where PvP multiplier was being applied to healing spells
  
• Healing pools and shields now function correctly, especially on highly-populated servers
  
• Fixed attack-based structure cooldown to eliminate false-positives
  
• Fixed issue with non-English knowledge menus cutting off content
  
• Fixed issues with 5:4 scaling in menu UI
  
• Fixed bug that modified player flight speed after dyeing flight trinket
  
• Improved NPC reporting when killed
  
• Improved accuracy of NPC/turret/misc perceptions
  
• Fixed greyscale dye display issues
  
• Fixed "speak to" quest issues
  
• Structure ownership is better resolved
  
• Fixed siege turret projectiles not detonating

Hey everyone,

To those of you who were expecting a patch today, we've encountered a few issues with the build we'd like to address before releasing it to the public. Stay tuned as we look to launch a patch in the next few days!

- Blue Isle Dev Team

The time has come. Change is occurring in the world of Ignus and a hero must be summoned… The Godking’s Vengeance is here!

Today's huge new update features a whole new storyline, a new dyes system, raid time-of-day protections and TONS more.

The Godking’s Vengeance is part one of two huge expansions coming to the base Citadel game. In this update, players can choose to embark on a hero’s journey spanning the entire game, with quests and storylines starting at level one, all the way through to level sixty. To learn more check out our dev blog here.

Part two of this update will launch later this year and feature the epic conclusion to our story along with new features, structures and new deadly creatures throughout the world.

Check out the notes below to see what's been included with today's new update:

• Quest-based story lines to help guide players from early to late game
  
• Creature loot generation: tamed pets now generate contextually-relevant items automatically over time
  
• New FTUE quests
  
• Added dye system for clothing
  
• Added dye system for creatures
  
• Added some new general side quests
  
• Raid time-of-day protection as server options
  
• Added haste as second spell for mounted horses

• Siege turrets now do more damage, and will take out a marble wall in 5 hours
  
• Raider stone now activates in 6 hours
  
• Siege energy nerfed to 4 spells: concentrated storm, blizzard, geyser, and arcane storm
  
• Healing spell adjustments: healing aura now provides buff-based healing, nature beam tracks allies, adjusted healing projectile for better use and provides a small buff
  
• Adjustment made to nexus stone recipe
  
• Added a chance of milk to protein transmuter
  
• Dropped natural resource respawn time for most resources by roughly 50%
  
• New flight trinket weights in a hierarchy
  
• Doubled third tier turret power and upgrade costs
  
• Increased projectile speeds of arcane, fire, light and ice spells
  
• Slowed down speed for storm projectile spell for more damage
  
• Increased critical chance, critical damage, and speed for dark projectile
  
• Reduced refined cloth costs for rugs and paintings
  
• Fixed concentrated storm spell blocking NPC movement and projectiles
  
• Improvements made to giant eagle combat including spells and tornado balance
  
• Adjustments made to cooking recipe rarities
  
• Adjustment made to crowberry wine recipe
  
• Reduced rare material requirements to some high level gear and flight trinket recipes
  
• Tripled barkskin base armor amount, halving the percent armor increase
  
• Dropped the maximum value of the top 4 leech ingredients by 1% each
  
• Loot adjustments made for Tefra
  
• Adjustments made to Tefra's social relation to curb fighting other creatures in cave
  
• Doubled HP for NPCs in Phoenix Spirit boss cave
  
• Reduced tornado cast time by Phoenix bosses by 25%
  
• Increased most boss NPC walking movement speeds
  
• Added various buffs to NPC HP in Blood Soul and Dragon Heart boss caves
  
• Buffed boss-only gear quality
  
• Increased NPC HP for creatures over level 40
  
• Slight reduction in blizzard spell radius
  
• Tightened RNG damage range of arcane storm and blast, they will likely provide a bit less damage but be far more consistent
  
• Fixed an issue where the player could struggle to unmount small boars
  
• Increased phoenix rising mana cost and increase charge consumption
  
• Adjustments made to world chest-spawned non-boss weapon recipes
  
• Adjustments made to mystical conjurer item generation to reduce the best gear drops by about 25%
  
• Minor adjustments made to flight trinket KP requirements
  
• Slightly increased unicorn blood drops on the creatures

• Trajectory preview for siege turret projectile (toggled using the build menu, similar to mana generator radius)
  
• Fixed two unattenuated imp sounds
  
• Fixed an unattenuated sound on the condemn spell
  
• Modified descriptions for dark bolt and phoenix spirit shard
  
• New collision radii for matured and dead plants to allow easier plot selection for harvest-all
  
• Fixed large dead material for planted buffalo felt
  
• Swapped spell categories for concentrated storm and lightning strike spells
  
• Adjusted distance fade on natural marble material
  
• Improved mesh collision for turrets to reduce occurrence of them firing and hitting themselves
  
• Fixed an invisible camp fire at Athol Bor entrance
  
• Fixed e a water volume at NW tundra demon camp
  
• Fixed acid pool edges at a pool in the plains
  
• Extracted meshes no longer disappear then reappear for the dissolve effect
  
• Minor adjustments made to some world creature spawner locations
  
• Fixed griefable hole in volcano
  
• Adjustment made to stormrender visuals to prevent performance degradation
  
• Adjustments made to sinkat's death hands and stormrender materials
  
• Fixed cave sprites that dropped skeleton loot
  
• Fixed a griefable hole in lagoon, plus blocking volumes and no-builds as this area was very griefable. Current structures will remain, but new ones cannot be built.
  
• No-builds in the fatigue volumes to prevent griefing
  
• Adjustments made to boss cave loot drops
  
• Set dressing for all questgivers
  
• Fixed a typo in a loading screen tip
  
• Better alignment between melee weapon swings and effects
  
• Reduced frequency of phoenix and infernal dragon sounds
  
• Improvements made to cave entrance/exit effects

• Blinking in rocks should now be virtually impossible
  
• Improved farming for controllers
  
• Greatly improved dedicated server save performance
  
• Applied boosts to players attempting boss crypts in single player mode
  
• Added the ability to name storage chests, and view name on interaction
  
• Added the ability to rename tamed creatures
  
• Added regional and world structure counts in build menu
  
• Fixed item duplication issue that could occur while saving
  
• General server performance improvements
  
• Fixed a number of cheating security holes
  
• Turret radius has been doubled, turrets also use prediction to aim at moving targets
  
• Removed skinned mesh component warnings, causing log files to inflate
  
• Added a quest journal and event log tab
  
• Added the 'L' hotkey to open the event log tab which can be rebound in the bindings window
  
• Fixed an issue where NPCs falling out of the world could crash the server
  
• Pounce no longer changes your movement mode after using it unless flying
  
• Pounce does thick traces to avoid going through things it shouldn't
  
• Throne placement is on cooldown after placing once
  
• Players are unable to build in their structure while it is under attack, cooldown is 30 seconds
  
• Fixed an issue where structure raid notifications were shown when a house member healed the structure
  
• The storage panel now remains sorted after sorting it
  
• Fixed an issue where the eagle's tornado would not affect other creatures
  
• Refactored a number of structure pieces to no longer generate overlaps and save on physx performance
  
• Frost shield now reduces mana when taking damage
  
• Pounce now works as expected while crouched
  
• Fixed chat sometimes bunching up on the left side rather than taking the entire horizontal space. This would occur when resizing the window
  
• Bloodlust and barkskin are no longer allowed at the same time, the player must choose one
  
• Nerfed XP given when players are killed to account for power leveling attempts
  
• Fixed treasure achievements not counting on single player
  
• Fixed an issue where the player would lose controls if they log in while inside a cave
  
• Players under 30 no longer receive bleed damage from high level players
  
• Fixed issues where mid level and high level shield debuffs would apply a on a player, stacking their effect
  
• Added red quest markers to show that the particular quest is a "main story" quest
  
• Magic structures no longer gib when flying away and towards them
  
• Blink tests for a wider area, preventing the player from jumping through cracks
  
• Fixed an issue where players could log in and their tames would be invisible
  
• Fixed an issue where players wouldn't take damage from defense towers while sitting in health or mana pools

We hope you enjoy this update as much as we enjoyed working on it! As always please let us know your thoughts and keep the feedback rolling in. See you in Ignus soon!

Hey guys,

Today we wanted to explain our quests system in a bit more detail and talk about why they were added in the first place. Check it out:

The FTUE experience has been completely redesigned to provide more appropriate guidance to brand new players, especially ones who may not have much survival MMO experience. Using new activity trackers, players are now taught the basics including item and spellcrafting without having to leave the safety of the starting zone. More advanced topics are covered as well, including how to use haste, extract, and fast-travel portals. It is our intention that new players are much better prepared to venture into the wild after completing these quests and receiving their rewards. They are not mandatory by any means, so players who would prefer a more immersive experience learning their way about the world are still free to do so.

Citadel now features a comprehensive story line of quests, spanning from very early to late game. Several quests guide adventurous players across Ignus in search of greater meaning to some mysterious new developments (these developments play an important role in a future planned update). Players get to experience new quest-relevant creatures, items, and buffs while learning more about the history of the land they are immersed within. We hope players enjoy the story and progression that comes with completing the main quest lines, the added challenge and experience that comes from some of the new unique encounters, and most of all, have some light-hearted fun to help detract from the intense rigors the world can offer.

We understand that there are many current players out there who are already mastery levels, and they will naturally be able to breeze through the majority of these quests faster than low-level, newer players. It is our hope to provide more activities for these mastery players in a future update.

There are a number of new side quest lines to help provide greater context to other major parts of Ignus, including ancient Houses that once ruled the land. They are generally intended to be a tool of explanation and history, and to provide some decent rewards for lower level players. They have intentionally been designed to have more quests added in the future, or as a framework for new quest givers and history down the line, should players find them interesting and worthwhile.

Check out what else has been included in addition to our brand new quest update here.

The ground trembles as the sky lights up, the Godking statue to the north glows brighter. Change is occurring in the world of Ignus and a hero must be summoned...

We are excited to announce Citadel: The Godking’s Vengeance, a massive free update coming to Citadel on Wednesday, February 5th!

Help Gembok, one of the last living Priests of Neshan as he investigates sudden and mysterious changes throughout the land. Step into the world, unravel deep mysteries and meet legends of Ignus who have devoted their lives to solving ancient mysteries.

The Godking’s Vengeance is part one of two huge expansions coming to the base Citadel game. In this update, players can choose to embark on a hero’s journey spanning the entire game, with quests and storylines starting at level one, all the way through to level sixty.

Part two of this update will launch later this year and feature the epic conclusion to our story along with new features, structures and new deadly creatures throughout the world.

Quest Preview: Meet Stavro, you'll quickly learn he's got quite an appetite.

Check out the complete features list below to see what's coming next week:

All new robust quest and narrative system, guiding players from very early to late game including:

1. Brand new FTUE overhaul
   
2. Main quest and storyline
   
3. Tons of narrative based side quests

The quest system has been improved to provide a more immersive and enjoyable experience using cleaner UX and UI presentation, more interesting quest giver interactions and an intuitive journal system to help you track quests and overall progress.

The Event Log notifies players of important events such as raids that have occurred, if their creatures were attacked or killed, and much more. The log is designed to help players better understand what has happened in the world.

Craft or collect dozens of colored dyes and apply them to your clothing, armor and weapons. Customize your items and personalize them to your liking.

Add color to your tamed creatures as you see fit.

Quest Preview: Feltrie's affinity for luxury is derived from her ancestry.

For PvP servers only; raiding is now time locked between the hours of 6PM and 11PM on weekdays, and 11AM to 11PM on weekends. Your siege equipped spells will no longer deal damage to structures outside of these hours.

Citadel’s spell-based siege system relies on two important variables: spell damage and siege energy, or more simply, the amount of casts the player can perform before the spell runs out. AOE siege spells have had a reduction in siege energy to better consider the fact that they deal damage over an area.

Tamed creatures will now passively generate contextually-relevant items in their inventories for their owners to loot. This happens automatically as long as the creature remains tamed.

The Structure Counter is a convenience feature to let players know if they can, or cannot build any additional structures in their current region.

Several exploitable areas of the terrain have received blocking or no-build zones to prevent players from abusing these regions. In addition, some players have reported various gameplay exploits which have now been fixed.

Happy New Year Wizards!

We hope everyone enjoyed a safe and happy holiday with their loved ones. We wanted to start the New Year off by filling you all in with what's to come in Citadel this year. Aside from general bug fixes and improvements, we have a number of exciting things releasing in the next few months. Our team has been working hard to bring you a lot of new content - we can’t wait for you to get your hands on it!

• An Epic Storyline: Our quests system has been greatly expanded! When our quests update launches this year, players can opt to pursue a brand new series of narrative driven quest lines. Unravel the mysteries of Ignus, uncover long forgotten clues and artifacts, and fight legendary creatures as you travel on an epic journey. Stay tuned for more info about our quests, we have a lot more to share.
  
• Coloring & Dyes System: Craft colored dyes which you can apply to any piece of armor, clothing, and even your tamed creatures. Let your imagination run wild as you create unique looks for your character.
  
• New Creature: A brand new, deadly foe will be appearing in Ignus later this year.
  
• World Boss Events: Challenging and ferocious boss level creatures can spawn into the world of Ignus. Dare to combat these solo, or team up with other players on your server to join forces and take these beasts down. Rumor has it, rare and valuable loot can be found for those who are victorious.
  
• New Siege Items: Explosive potions and more are coming to Ignus, to help with your sieging activities.
  
• New Mastery Structures: More Mastery Level structures are coming to help high level wizards.

Stay tuned as we get closer to launching all this new content and releasing more information about what’s to come. Thanks as always to all the wizards who have provided us with their feedback and suggestions for the game. We look forward to continuing this journey with you all!