February Content Update
Today February 15th, is patch day! And listed below are the public notes for the content update that are being applied to the live servers.
Additions
- Geoff the Pawnbroker now sells the Skalkaar Hatchling Scale formula.
- Blighted Shining Essence Residue can now be found in the Eastern Deadlands.
- Alpha Mountain Wolves can now be found patrolling their territory down near the Granite Hills.
- Beginner Formulatrons in Dalimond and New Rachival are now version 0.2 and sell Mystery Formula Boxes. You purchase these boxes with coin and then can right-click use them to obtain a random formula. The boxes are broken down by category (Armor, Blighted, Dragon, Spell, Weapon and Other) and Classification (Beginner, Journeyman and Expert). The Other category contains formulas that did not fit into the other categories, such as Tinkering, Confectioner, Alchemy, etc. Only those formulas that are looted (and not available for standard purchase from a Trainer or are Quested) are available from the Formulatrons.
- Journeyman Formulatrons in Dalimond and New Rachival are now known as Techatrons, are version 0.2 and sell Mystery Technique Boxes. You purchase these boxes with coin and then can right-click use them to obtain a random technique. The boxes are broken down by category (Adventure, Defense, and Spell) and Classiciation (Tier 1 to 5). Only those techniques that are looted (and not available for standard purchase from a Trainer or are Quested) are available from the Techatrons.
- Tailor Trainers now sell Pouch Patterns that are used in making backpack pouches.
- Tailor Trainers now sell Colored Pouch formulas.
Changes
Items
- "Broken Weapons" staves now increase Focus and Power and Quarterstaves increase Dexterity and Strength (where appropriate to their tier).
- Skill requirements for "Broken Weapon" staves and quarterstaves have been adjusted across all tiers to make them more consistent.
- Master Advanced cooking formulas are no longer sold by Estelwen (they drop as loot).
- Master Advanced cooking formulas are no longer attuned.
- Master Cooking Knife no longer drops as loot (it is still sold by Estelwen).
- The Priceless Adamantium full set of jewelry was providing players with a significantly higher overall increase to speed. The following items have been modified so that players will no longer be able to "out speed" the game. Priceless Adamantium Necklace now has a speed increase of +25. Priceless Adamantium Rings now add to health rather than speed.
- In order to repair broken items a component which will drop off the same types of mobs as the broken item pieces is now required. All formulas have been updated to reflect this new component. (Crafted resources are no longer required as part of this change.)
- The "Broken Metal Weapon" formulas have been separated into two formulas. This will hopefully allow the complete listing of what can be crafted with the formula to display. Existing Broken Metal Weapon Repair formulas should now be called "Broken Metal Weapon Repair: Axes and Maces". A new formula is for sale called Broken Metal Weapon Repair: Swords and Spear.
Monsters
- Lesser and Greater Blight Anchors are now significantly more difficult to fight.
- Increased the spawn rate of Yew Treants and Enraged Yew Treants in the Yew Forest
- Enraged Yew Treants can now be found in the forests of Saritova
- Maggots across all tiers now drop loot more appropriate to their level and challenge.
- Withered Aegis Animate type creatures (Fyakki for example) drop less loot per kill than previously, and have had some treasure tables adjusted to accommodate.
- Animals, Insects, Elementals and Semi-Intelligent creatures across Istaria have had their trophy to tech component drop ratio adjusted. They will now drop a more balanced mixture of the two, and rare tech components are now less rare compared to common ones.
- Spawns in the Northern Deadlands have been modified greatly. The goal is to have more of the "upper" level undead and Aegis available for hunting and to balance the spawns of technique component droppers in this area.
- Increased the spawn rate of Forest Skulk Chieftains, Elders and Shamans as well as some Fishers and Hunters near Fisher Lake.
- Reduced the density of Travertine Golems along the Wan Coast.
- Cleaned up the Cobalt Golem spawns (they are no longer linked).
- Isotope will spawn more frequently.
- Cleaned up the Fire Beetle spawns (they are no longer linked).
- Pyreo will spawn more frequently.
- Cleaned up the Platinum Golem spawns in Char (they are no longer linked). Platinum and Platinum Boulder Golems now spawn separately.
- Balengah will now spawn more frequently.
- Mountain Wolves near the Barrows and the Walk Watchtower will spawn more frequently.
- Greater Nix Beetles will spawn more frequently (they are no longer linked).
- Frostbite will spawn more frequently and is no longer linked to the Greater Nix Beetle spawns.
- Gnaar, Nugrok, Cinderfist and Smac Smac will now spawn more frequently.
- Cleaned up the Fire Ogre and Fire Pygmy spawns (they are no longer linked).
- Cleaned up the Flame Ogre and Flame Pygmy spawns (they are no longer linked).
- Northern Deadlands has had many "empty" areas filled in. In addition the undead in that area now spawn in level ranges rather than always at the same level. Undead under level 50 now have treasure which differs from undead level 50 and up is intended.
- Lowered the spawn quantities and spawn rate of Ogre Rock Haulers, Zombie Laborers and Abomination Task-Masters within the Staging Grounds.
- High Soothsayer Digda now spawns on his own in the center of the Bloodskulk Village.
- Cleaned up the spawns of the Bloodskulk Village. Added more spawn regions, but fewer overlaps and longer respawn times.
- Modified spawns of Desert Wolves in Barasavian Desert and near New Rachival. The packs around New Rachival are now much smaller. But in the Barasavian Desert there are many more wolves overall than previously. Sinth will also now only spawn in the Barasavian Desert itself, not near New Rachival.
Other
- Updated all of Celldarus's quests for new characters to include more detailed directions on where to find the various mobs needed for his quests. The directions now reflect that there may be more than one area to find a particular mob and encourage the adventurer to explore the island a bit.
- Dragons can now get quest "Tower of Magery: Collect Icy Dire Wolf Claws" to earn Icy Tokens
- Quest "The Forest Skulk Artifact III" is now more specific about the road when seeking the Skulk village south of Sable Shores.
- Kreezost the Bloodmage Trainer now has Sslikified dialog.
- Karane the Historian will now tell dragons seeking to being their RoP quest that they must complete other dragon training quests before they can begin the RoP quest.
- Players on the quest Helian Path 2: Acquire A Crystalline Vessel For Your Phylactery will now be given the formula for creating the Prismatic Focus once they reach the top of Druid's Tower rather than in the previous step when speaking to Semeneth. This will prevent the creation of the Focus too early, thus causing the quest to break.
- Moved Krianos the Town Marshall in Kion to a location right in front of the destination pad when new players arrive from New Trismus.
- A tutorial box will now appear the first time you travel to Kion.
- Krianos the Town Marshall will now tell those who are interested more about the History of the Saris, Lesser Aradoth, Merrasat and even the inhabitants of Kion.
- Knowledge of Lairs quest now requires players to be at least a level 22 Dragon Crafter in order to prevent players from receiving the quest too early.
- Many guards around Istaria are no longer active as guards.
Fixes
- "Lone Wolf" quest on New Trismus will now properly track the killing of the wolf for its hide.
- Parry and Block techniques can now be filtered as "Defense" techs.
- Bishop Ronae il'Tor at the Cleric's Tower will now hand out part 2 of the "Ritual of Eternal Rest" quest series.
- Spell: Fog I technique will now properly proc "Fog" instead of "Covalence".
- Quest "Quarrying Mastery 8" will now be handed out properly at level 80.
- Drain Bolt VI now correctly gives "Undead Ectoplasm" rather than the outdated "Wraith Master Ectoplasm" for the quest, and the "List of Ingredients" also reflects this change.
- Eilen the Mage will now properly accept Icy Tokens as currency.
- Armor V technique now lists the proper tech comps in its description.
- Updated optimal skills for Travel Scroll formulas and fixed the XP they award.
- Marcus in Kion now lists "Quartermaster" beneath his name.
- Priceless Radiant Leather Hand Wraps will now show up properly as hand wraps.
- Spirit Ward I can now be techniqued.
- Bleed X DoT no longer overrides skill and attribute values.
- Coin value of Master Wooden Weapon Repair formula.
- Ectoplasmic Residue used in the Cleric's Tower quest is now known as Ghostly Ectoplasm.
- Quest "Cleric's Tower: Ectoplasmic Residue" is now known as "Cleric's Tower: Ghostly Ectoplasm" and expects the item of the same.
- Selia Addlebrock now has "Token Merchant" beneath her name.
- "Broken Item" Sword Grips have been removed from the Broken Item treasure tables.
- "Kill" step in Town Marshal quest "Miner Escalation" will now correctly appear after greeting the NPC's that start the quest.
- Description for Craft: Earthencraft IV technique now shows the proper quantity of required tech components.
- Mithril Bullion used in the Dimensional Pocket quest is now attuned and has less bulk.
- Exceptional Silver Earring can now be equipped if your adventure rating is 25 or greater.
- Icy Dire Wolf Alphas will now drop loot from the proper loot table.
- Corrected the loot for Enraged Glowing Wisps.
- Enraged Glowing Wisps can now be harvested for tainted glowing essence when killed.
- Enraged Glowing Wisps now look like other Glowing Wisps instead of Pale Wisps.
- Greater Nix Beetles were improperly named "Frostbite".
- Enraged Maple Treants are no longer known as Maple Treants.
- Quest "Kerian's Quest: Learn to technique a spell!" now requires you to kill four Sand Pygmies and in exchange Kerian gives you a Bronze Golem Fragment for the Fortify technique.
- Priceless weapons will now all show their proper textures
- Fallen Dragons and Warriors will again drop Ethereal Shards.
- Quest "Mage's Quest: Assisting the Spell Vendor" on New Trismus now asks for Wild Grulet Hooves instead of Wild Gruok Bristles.
- Blighted Kwellen no longer drop technique components and once again drop the hides used at the Imperial Outpost.
- Intact Large Kwellen Hide is now stackable.
- Snowback Alpha Wolves will now drop the proper technique component.
- Jungle Crawler Soldiers will now spawn where the Workers used to.
- Quest "The First Hunt" now properly refers to Brownsnouts instead of Angry Gruoks.
- Quest "The First Hunt II" now asks you to kill Jungle Crawler Hatchlings instead of Workers.
- Shadow Tarantula Venom and Shadow Spider Leg Hair now have the proper icons
- Dreagan the Battle Mage's title is now properly beneath his name.
- Enraged Elm Treants can now spawn amongst Standard and Massive Elm Treants.
- Exceptional Elm Longbow now correctly increases Bow skill.
- Priceless Thornwood Longbow can now accept bow-related techniques (such as the Dire Wolf Hide Grip).
- Enraged Wisp technique components now use the default resource icon.
- Enraged Treant technique components now use the default resource icon.
- Map of Dalimond (quest item) should now display properly.
- Karios and Lagontus, Trophy Hunters on Lesser Aradoth, will no longer ask for Brittle Fyakki trophies.
- Replaced the tutorial link in the chat of Dreveon and Revanus with a regular link to the Battlemage school requirements.
- Replaced the tutorial link in Rea Teslun's chat with a regular link to the Berserker school requirements.
- Nadia now has T2 technique components for exchange.
- Chests (all tiers) will no longer drop more than a single item from the "Broken Items" treasure list.
- Dark Crawler Gatherers now drop treasure from the proper treasure group, not from the Dark Crawler Soldier treasure group.
- Lesser Nix Beetles will no longer drop Nix Beetle Thoraxes.
- Ish'kuk Gatherer now drop treasure from the proper treasure group, not from the Ish'kuk Warrior treasure group.
- Dire Wolf Alpha now drop treasure from the proper treasure group, not from the regular Dire Wolf treasure group.
- The speed reduction for the quest "Trial of Endurance" is now properly tied to the item "The Weight of the World", not to the quest itself. When someone speaks to the Assistant of Endurance in New Trismus, the weight AND the speed reduction will now properly be removed.
- Bonfire flames around the Ogre Thieves' camp in the Lake of Crystal Tears is no longer blown "off center".
- Weaker Ravenous Bloodsnout Tail, Ravenous Bloodsnout Hooves, Forest Crawler Worker Thorax, Venomous Stalker Leg, Venomous Stalker Mandible, Sand Scarab Compound Eye, Purple Tarantula Breeder Sacs and Carrion Crawler Eyes now have proper trophy descriptions.
- Quest "Valor and Vigilance: Defend New Trismus" now properly counts 5 Skeletal Patrollers to kill instead of 3 and 4 Skeletal Defenders instead of 1. Also fixed some typos in the dialog.
- Tier 1 undead are no longer highly social, but will still call for help.
- Skeletal Defenders at the entrance to the New Trismus Deadlands will no longer spawn within the gate itself and will also spawn further into the Deadlands.
- Tightened the spawn radius of Skeletal Raiders and Patrollers outside of the New Trismus Deadlands.
- Music more appropriate to the undead now plays in the New Trismus Deadlands.
- Hammer of Kings will now show up as a hammer instead of a sword.
- Greater Nix Beetles (Frostbite included) now drop a Greater Nix Beetle Compound Eye instead of the regular compound eye.
- Kreig the Dragon Trainer no longer offers the quest "Quarrying Mastery I: Sandstone"
- Updated all obsolete technique components to display a consistent description mentioning trade with Nadia.
- Tool Tech kit: Lumberjack's Grip will now have the proper sized icon.
- Lairshaper's Cogs now have descriptions.
- Sshranu and Morrigan no longer sell looted alchemist formulas.
- Essence Reaping Potion formula is now on all formula loot tables.
- Deluxe Cargo Disk now drops as loot and Standard Cargo Disk does not (since it is purchased).
- Tinkerer Trainers no longer carry Essence Lamp, Sunscope or Recharge Cell formulas (they are looted).
- Noncas the Expert Tinkerer Trainer now carries the full line of cargo gear.
- Confectioner Trainers no longer carry Advanced food formulas (they are looted).
- Julie Balish no longer carries Journeyman formulas.
- Velma now properly carries Journeyman confectioner formulas.
- Gem-Tipped instead of Lesser Gem-Tipped claw formulas now drop as loot.
- Resiata and Queriatia now carry the proper scale formulas.
- Enchanter, Weaponsmith, Spellcraft, Jeweler, Fletcher and Dragon Craft trainers no longer sell formulas that drop as loot.
- Scroll formulas no longer drop as loot since they are purchased.
- Craft: Fletching V properly requires a Yew Treant Knot now.
- Finagle was greatly undercharging for the Master Repair item formulas. The price of all four formulas has been updated and they have been re-listed on his stock list.
- Spawn regions on Peak of Storms once again will have Ghostly Dragons spawning in them.
- Bragha the Outfitter Trainer now carries the proper Cloth, Hide, Fabric and Shield formulas.
- Kesh and Geleon the Wise now only carries the proper Spell formulas.
- Tier 6 Elementals will now drop the proper items as "Junk Loot". As will T6 Undead creatures.
- Improved spell formulas now drop as loot.
- Quest "Central Valley: Forest Skulk Menace" now properly tracks the killing of all skulks in the valley.
- Beginner Tech Kit: Withered Bane formula once again requires Blighted Bone.
- Grand Magus on New Trismus once again drops Blighted Bone as loot.
- Gather Rare Components for Balit's Research quest has been updated to require components which still drop. Balit's List has been updated to reflect what is required.
- Fixed the names of the broken components for Leather Handwraps to now have the proper name for each tier.
- Skalkaar Hatchling Scale formula now has a coin value so Geoff will sell it.
- Removed no-treasure from Gigaroth's loot tables, lowered the maximum of common tables to 4 (they were at 7, which was higher than his max number of pulls), rares to 2, and increased his specific table to 40%.
- Pouch Patterns are no longer attuned.
- Carrion crawlers now have proper skills up to level 140 as well as proper resistances.
- Fafnir the Defiler once again has a chance to drop special hides desired at the Imperial Outpost.
- Valkor the Impaler no longer has a no-treasure chance and his chance to drop his rare specific loot is higher.
- Cenotaph monsters will no longer spawn with Digda or Bulok the Bloodskulks.
- Reklar Plaguebearer no longer has a no-treasure chance and his chance to drop his rare specific loot is higher.
no announcements of the war continuing 
Originally Posted by lightning claw
