Blight Update 215
Blight Update 215 will be applied to the Blight Testing Shard on Thursday, November 3rd and includes the following additions, changes, and fixes. Please use this thread to post bugs only. Do not use it for discussion of changes. Non-relevant posts will be moved and/or deleted.
Additions
- The Empire has constructed destination pads at Guild: Crucita, Mithril's Anvil, and the Eastern Outpost.
- A new monk trainer has been added to Feladan, Turai Levinn.
- "Go Bag 5 Feral Bloodsnout Tusks" and "Go Bag 5 Feral Bloodsnout Youngling Tusks" were added to Drannor.
- "Earn Title: Creepy Crawler Crusher" was added to Sergeant Dylan's quest book.
- Water Well to the community of Jeanne.
- Blighted Silk near the southern entrance to Old Rachival.
- The region just south of Old Rachival is now known as the Shadow Vale and has weather.
BloodMage
- Blood Doll is no longer stackable.
- Blood Dolls now show Spirit skill instead of (null).
- Blood Bolt spells now allow a number of techniques proper to their tier (I = 1 tech, II = 1 tech, III = 2 techs, IV = 2 techs, V = 3 techs).
- Blood Bolt spells now allow techniques of the proper tier.
Changes
- Drain Bolt 8 quest (The Spirit Within) has been modified to now ask players to kill a thunder or lightning blight, not Valkor's Guard, to keep it in line with other quests in the series.
- Tool: Inventor's Assistant now gives +48 to Tinkering instead of +24. This is to compensate for the loss of the secondary stat boosts from being unable to socket a Tinkerer's Cog.
- Slightly increased the quantity of Common Papyrus at the Crystal Lakes.
- Lesser Ulmus Beetles are no longer aggressive.
- Increased the quantity and improved the respawn rate of Lesser Ulmus Beetles near Sable Shores.
- Improved the respawn rate of Greater Ulmus Beetles along the Sable Coast.
- Improved the respawn rate of Ulmus Beetles on the Abandoned Island.
- Improved the respawn rate of Mylocs, Colossal Scorpions, Dung Piles and Carrion Crawlers in the Myloc Colony within Dralnok's Doom.
- Improved the respawn rate of Frostbite the Greater Nix Beetle near the Frozen Lakes.
- Frostbite will no longer spawn on Trandalar.
- Lowered the resource requirements for Lairshaping materials: 20-40 is now 15-30, and 15-30 is now 10-20.
- Scorpions are no longer social.
- Elm and Oak Treants are no longer social.
- Elm and Maple Treants (except Enraged) are no longer aggressive.
- Small Brown Wolf Alphas are now social.
- Gloomwolves are now social.
- Eyetooth and Bay the Werewolves are no longer leaders.
- Saris Mummy Champions in the LA Deadlands are now known as Risen Champions.
- Saris Mummy Healers in the LA Deadlands are now known as Unclean Healers.
- Fall Harvest Decoration: Skull can be built once again. It now requires a small amount of raw sandstone to be built.
- Altered how formulas drop from Tiers 1 to 4 loot tables:
- Tier 1 now drops beginner formulas with skill requirements of 120 and below.
- Tier 2 now drops beginner formulas with skill requirements of 110 and above.
- Tier 3 now drops journeyman formulas with skill requirements of 520 and below.
- Tier 4 now drops journeyman formulas with skill requirements of 510 and above.
- Adjusted the respawn rates and quantities of Shadow Spiders near the south gate of Old Rachival.
- Adjusted the respawn rates and quantities of Shadow Spiders in the Rachival OUtlands and Aughundell Forest.
- Adjusted the respawn rates and quantities of Icy Dire Wolves near the south gate of Old Rachival.
- Umyarr no longer has a plateau, but instead spawns amongst the Blighted Adamantium and has other Adamantium Golems nearby.
- Purple Necroflies are now known as Baleful Feeders and Spitters.
- Evolved Fyakki are no longer immune to Nature damage.
- Fallen Dragons and Warriors are now known as Plague-Dragons and Plague-Warriors and are level 118-120.
- Adjusted the price of Scroll formulas so that they are more reasonably priced.
- Blighted Adamantium and Thornwood can be found in the Barrier Vale in the Eastern Deadlands.
- Completely remade the terrain around General Reklar's portion of the Eastern Deadlands to accomodate the Barrier Vale.
- Reklar's Fallen Minion (Plague-Dragons and Plague-Warriors) now protect the entrance to his sanctuary.
Envenomed Arrow
- Quest "Ranger: Envenomed Arrow II" now properly tracks the looting of Redbacked Tarantula Venom Glands and also removes both the Glands and Moulani's Venom when you return to Calimir.
- Quest "Ranger: Envenomed Arrow I" now properly deletes Spinebleed's Venom and Blightbite's Venom when you return to Rialtos.
- Quest "Ranger: Envenomed Arrow III" no longer requires you to loot Spinebleed's Venom and now properly deletes the Hunter Scorpion Claws you collect when you return to Jacinda.
Falathien
- Numerous resources from Tiers 1 to 4 now spawn across the island. Including Wood, Stone, Ore, Fish, Fungus, and Essence Residues.
- Sand Scarabs (levels 71 to 75) now wander the beaches of the island.
- Glass Nodules can also be found dotting the beaches of the island.
- Moved the Aiya sandpile from the beach to a location near the destination pad.
- Improved the center portion of the island to include more resources, some mobs, and a forest.
Fixes
- Raised the terrain near Istara's Union where a lair was bleeding through.
- Steel and Adamantium Bar descriptions no longer speak of alloys.
- Lessen Focus and Power now do blight damage (though technically they do no damage).
- Increased the radius at which you can access the Dralnok's Doom teleport gate.
- Recharge Kit formulas are no longer sold by NPCs.
- Clarity is now usable on yourself as well as others.
- Jeysta Maaltas and Derus Steelhand now carry the Broad Sword formula
- Mirabell Danatos now carries the Short Sword formula
- Quest "Rane: The Than'kuk Threat (Part 1)" no longer gives you 10 pelts.
- Formula "Expert Tech Kit: Deadly" now properly requires a Bloodskulk Spearfisher Finger instead of a Bhal'kuk Chieftain Molar. It also now contains the tech component names for the Tier 4 tech kit instead of "T4 Tech Component".
- Quest "Ranger: Envenomed Arrow II" now properly points at Calimir for the chat links.
- Leah Attanbar, Scholar in Dalimond, now carries the full range of Beginner Scroll formulas.
- Beginner and Journeyman Ambrosia formulas are no longer marked as obsolete, but contain a statement about being obsolete in their description and also no longer have a coin value.
- Beginner Ambrosia again gives 3 units when created.
- Quest "Orthondrin's Riddle" now properly refers to Brannagor and Project J in their actual locations.
- Smoothed out the roads in and north of Bristugo a bit.
- Delgarath Militia: Unsung Heroes now will accept either version of the Collect Provisions quest as a prerequisite before it can be started.
- Guaran the Blacksmith Trainer on New Trismus will now properly greet Blacksmiths who are below level 10 and offer training tools as well as directions.
- Key Molds now have a proper coin value.
- Redbacked Tarantula Thorax trophy quest will now continue through lvl 60.
- Master Flowstone formula now requires 15-30 instead of 10-20 resources.
- Giant Chicken Foot technique component now includes Fine Cedar Round Shield on its list.
- Numerous monsters including Crawlers, Beetles, Ruxus, Golems, Spiders, Treants, Tarantulas, Dung Piles, Scorpions, Elementals, Gruoks, Mylocs, and Wolves should again operate properly and wander their spawn regions as well as return properly when in battle.
- Fallen Plague-Dragons and Plague-Warriors now drop junk loot for Zombies instead of Ghosts.
- Grammatical fix in quest "Lesser Aradoth: Attunement to Parsinia"
Rite of Passage
To ensure that the Rite of Passage quest can be completed by players at around level 50 some changes have been made.
- Elien the Mage is no longer needed for the quest. She has been replaced by Megian near the Brandon's Shelf portal.
- Talon the Possessed was moved to Trandalar and now stands looking over the ocean near Aroah's Leap.
- Kaa the Idealist has been moved out near Lem the Peaceful.
- Kaa the Shade, Lem the Cold, Esh the Mind Lasher and Seliena the Brilliant have all been moved to various locations within the Northern Deadlands.
Yew Forest
11 new quests that tell the story of Attios the Fallen Elven General, the Bruttien Family who live in the Yew Forest, two named mobs, a socketable Tier 5 crystal (one version for Dragons and another for bipeds), and the capability for Alchemists to create Crystal Vials out of Azulyte.
- Attios' Stand
- A Quest series “Imperial Army: Disturbances” (4 parts) that begins with Burris the Scout at the Imperial Outpost. Available for level 85 or greater adventurers.
- Quest “Taurorond: Remember the Fallen” quest to those who have completed “Imperial Army: Disturbances II” and are level 85 adventurer or greater.
- Blighted Marble now spawns on the northern slopes of Attios' Stand.
- Blighted Emerald and Blighted Shining Essence Residue can be found above Attios' Stand.
- Blighted Obsidian on the western slopes of Attios' Stand.
- Bruttien Homestead
- Quest series “Caepio’s Troubles” (3 parts) that is available for adventurers level 85 or greater from Caepio Bruttien.
- Lore Quest “The Legend of the Great Hunt” that is available to anyone once you have completed “Manilius’ Lost Son” from Caepio Bruttien.
- Quest “Manilius’ Lost Son” that is for adventurers who have completed part 1 of Caepio’s Troubles from Manilius Bruttien.
- Quest “Ahala’s Sweet Tooth I” that is for adventurers who have completed part 1 of Caepio’s Troubles from Ahala Bruttien.
- Ahala is a pawnbroker who sells the following items:
- Almonds – A purchased food resource
- Beginner/Journeyman/Expert? Crystal Vial formulas
- Yew Forest
- Stonespore Fungus can now be found within the forest.
- Repainted the forest to use a different ground texture and a lot more trees.
- Forest weather region now extends to the edge of the forest in some places.
- Enraged Yew Treants can now be found near the Eastern Outpost and blighted regions.
- The northern and eastern sides of the Yew Forest now have Treants and Oastics.
- Blighted Yew now spawns near the Eastern Outpost.
- Forest Oastics are no longer social.
- More Feral Bloodsnouts (and younglings) and Dire Wolves in the forest.
- Feral Bloodsnouts are no longer aggressive or social.
Known Issues
- Nickel Golems (and related quests) are still present and not renamed.
- Rune of Teleportation does not yet take players to the Gate of Embers chamber.
- Envenomed Spear has not yet been converted to use Venom like Envenomed Arrow, nor is the expanded line offered via quest.
- Eastern Outpost, Hidden Camp and Barrier Vale are not yet populated with NPCs/Quests and in some cases monsters.
- Scrolls (Tier 3 and up) are close to being completed and will be part of the next update.
- Thurid the Archmage is not in the game-world and this does break the Burning Archer quest series.
Originally Posted by Grodec
