Patch Notes
From the main Istaria website:
The following updates, additions, and changes have been applied to Chaos and Order on September, 27, 2005:
The Ancient Rite of Passage Concludes...
"Your time has arrived! Your destiny awaits you within the Rift. With your Rune of Teleportation in hand, call forth your spirit and embark upon the greatest adventure! Fulfill your destiny and join with your ancestors by unleashing your full potential: that of an Ancient dragon!"
The final chapters of the episodic quest series, "The Ancient Rite of Passage", is now available on the live shards. The Gatekeeper V'tierru, the Rift, the "ARoP - Ritual of Journey: Stars of Attunement", and your destiny await!
New Trismus Gets a Facelift!
With a recent influx of new Gifted, the Imperial Council decided to allocate funding to the rebuilding and further exploration of the Island of New Trismus. The village has gotten a facelift, with old buildings torn down, and new ones built in their place. The Dryads have helped out by planting and encouraging the growth of new trees in and around the village. And the arrival of additional experts in both the tradeskills and adventurer fields have prompted a new age of discovery for the island!
Among the new discoveries are:[*]A vein of gemstones, Garnet, Malachite and Turquoise, has been discovered along the southwestern coast, and a previously unknown mine has been discovered and excavated by Gaeta the Miner. More recently, Reffis Ironforge, a Jeweler, has arrived and is working with Gaeta near the gem mine.[*]Schools of Minnow have been discovered off the western coast of the island, in the shallow waters near the Windmill.[*]The Imperial Council has authorized the import of a herd of cattle to the island as well as many chickens, to better assist the village with their dairy and culinary needs.[*]Elenna the Gatherer arrived to assist the village in their rebuilding efforts by harvesting and processing portions of the cedar forest at a much greater rate than the other trades could.[*]The Imperial Assessors have moved, with the blessing of the Imperial Council, to the island and have begun testing all new Gifted.[*]Three new adventurers have arrived to scout the New Trismus Deadlands. They include Ishenar the Druid, Allanti the Monk, and Braekhis the Spiritist.[*]Sand has been transported from the beaches to a more convenient location near the village.[*]Ghosts have been seen in and around the ruins of the smaller area of the New Trismus Deadlands. The reason for their appearance is not known at this time.[*]Adventurers report that a zombie of great power has been spotted in the larger area of the New Trismus Deadlands. The method of his arrival and his purpose on the island is not known at this time.[*]A distillery has been setup within the new tavern, which is now available for use in making tannins.[*]Reffis Ironforge, a Jeweler, has begun offering his services on the island of New Trismus . He can be found in the Jewelers Workshop outside of the village.[/list]
Other New Trismus Changes/Additions:[*]Craft Trainers on New Trismus no longer carry Journeyman formulae.[*]Adventurer Trainer and Vault signs added back to New Trismus.[*]Guran the Blacksmith now offers a series of quests for new blacksmiths. The old blacksmith quests are no longer available from this trainer.[*]Allanti the Initiate Monk will now only give you the starter quest. You must still go to Hasera for the others.[*]Updated ?Monk: Initiate's First Test? to call for monsters on New Trismus.[*]Adjusted Hasera's dialogue to send you to Allanti on New Trismus for your first quest.[*]The Trials of the Gifted have been relocated to New Trismus Island , except for the Trial of Knowledge which is still in Tazoon.[*]Coin awards for Trials of the Gifted increased.[*]Sammy Specialpants has purchased some furniture for his house.[*]Steward McGrubben's conversations updated to describe the various services (trainers) offered by the town and where they might be. His dialogue has also been updated to refer to current events, expand upon some others, and refer you to the Imperial Herald for the Trials of the Gifted if you have not completed them yet.[*]Kerian the Dragon Crafter on New Trismus Island now has a series of quests for new dragons arriving from Skalkaar Island .[*]Corrected the respawn time of Rich and Motherlode gem nodes on New Trismus.[*]Brown Spiders on New Trismus will now drop appropriate loot items.[*]Saris Skeletons and Saris Ghosts on New Trismus Island will now have treasure.[/list]
Event Changes:[*]Added new and more diverse loot for Outpost event monsters.[*]Made Outpost event monsters level reflect their skill.[/list]
Updates/Additions: [*]The Ancient Template consists of the following:
Innate Base Stats[*]Flight Height of 2000 max[*]Flight Speed of 85[*]Health +250[*]Power +75[*]Strength +50[*]Focus +15
Passive Abilities[*]Drulkar's Scales 133% Armor[*]Dimensional Mastery I +500 Capacity[*]Breath of Flame Burst I - Area of Effect Flame Breath Attack[/list]
Two Items of Note: Additional stat gains will come from upcoming Ancient content/quest and Flight Height will come into play in for some lair placements and for Ancient only content.[/list][*]Dragon Breath skill now receives benefit from the following stats:[*]Power - .05[*]Focus - .02[*]Strength - .02[*]Dexterity - .01[/list][*]Novian Resources are now reliably being created in the vault when deleting a structure on your plot.[*]Range penalizing effects such as Rift Distortion from Vexators can no longer reduce ranges below 0, which resulted in ranged abilities and spells being unusable (always out of range).[*]Removed ability to modify the other person's coin offer in a trade via the "=" button.[*]Blighted items will retain the effects shown in the loot preview window rather than generate new ones when actually looted.[*]Eilen the Mage at the Tower of Magery has been doing research into ice-based spells and is willing to sell some formulae to interested individuals. She is also looking for a few people to assist her with furthering her icy research.[*]Expert Sunscope formula is now available as a loot drop.[*]Three sizes of Snow Covered Pine Trees are now available for construction on player plots.[*]T2, T4 and T6 Human Libraries have been added. They provide 50 bulk, 50 slots; 75 bulk, 75 slots; and 100 bulk, 100 slots respectively.[*]Raala the Trophy Hunter in Dralk has been replaced by the Dralk Council. A new replacement, Garanthos, a Lunus, is now seeking trophies in Raala's stead.[*]Dragon Craft Trainers now have Beginner and Journeyman Blight Core formulae.[*]The locals in Lerena have constructed a dock as a few trout have been spotted off the coast.[*]?Go Bag 5 Sand Scarab Compound Eyes? added to Tier 4 trophy hunters.[*]Sand Scarabs and Sand Scarab Harvesters have been spotted on the beaches east of Lerena.[*]Kamilari the Spiritist has arrived in Kion. The Healer's sign has been updated to reflect the new trainer.[*]Gerix the Dragon Adventurer has arrived in Kion.[*]Carpenter Trainers throughout Istaria will now give out the following additional crafting tasks:[*]Craft 1 Oak Construction Timber[*]Craft 1 Oak Construction Brace[*]Craft 1 Maple Construction Timber[/list][*]Aughundell has acquired a tinkering workbench.[*]Jeffrey Smyth has a reward for those individuals who have assisted Grant during his imprisonment.[*]Bows are now available to be dyed by the Weapon Dye Kits.[*]Tools are now able to be dyed via Weapon and Tool Dye Kits[/list]
Changes/Fixes:[*]Scout quest ?Collect Crystal Materials? now properly tells you to bring 5 CUT Amethyst.[*]Skill ranges for Minimum and Optimal corrected on Beginner and Journeyman Festival Fireworks formulas.[*]Spelling and set number on Trubel's ?Summoner's Song? jewelry set corrected.[*]?Feladan-in-Exile? quest items updated to refer to Eujean instead of Lorant.[*]Description of Blood Skulk Fin updated.[*]Level 6 Wild Gruok now has treasure.[*]Expert Blight Protection will now produce 2 Blight Protection V potions instead of 1. Number of Blighted Shining Essence Orbs required corrected, optimal skill level corrected, and XP adjusted. Minimum skill required to scribe the formula also corrected.[*]Blight Protection V potion will now grant the proper augmentation.[*]Nature Tokens now refer to the Nature Keeper rather than the Lore Keeper.[*]Beginner Sand formula now requires Stoneworking instead of Sculpting to scribe.[*]Correction from Last Patch:[*]Beginner, Journeyman, and Expert Anvils will now provide a bonus to Scalecrafting.[*]Beginner, Journeyman, and Expert Cauldrons will now provide a bonus to Enchanting.[*]Beginner, Journeyman, and Expert Distilleries will now provide a bonus to Tanning.[*]Grandfather Yew Trees are no longer selectable. Blame AA0.[*]Expert Padded Handwrap formula now available on the loot tables.[*]Artani now has Expert Platemail Boots form.[*]Description of Soul Fragments corrected.[*]Corrected the casting delay on Purify V.[*]Updated the following Dragon ability quests. They are now given out by Gerix the Dragon Adventurer in Kion and direct you to the proper NPC who will help you gain your new ability:[*]Accurate Breath I: Kill 20 Forest or Jungle Crawler Breeders[*]Drain Strike I: Kill 20 Cedar or Massive Cedar Treants[*]Hardened Scales I: Kill Gritus Maximus, the Sand Beetle[*]Spiked Scales I: Kill 20 Malachite Golems[/list][*]Silken Padded Handwraps now required level 65 and an unarmed skill of 650 to use.[*]Saris Skeleton Marauders levels 6 - 9 will now have treasure.[*]Half-Giant Skeletons (level 40-60) will no longer drop Tier 4 components.[*]Armor Dye Resources have had their bulk reduced.[*]Armor, Weapon and Tool Dye Kits have been changed to 8 bulk.[*]Applying Armor Dye during item creation now only requires 1 Armor Dye Resource.[*]Dragon Watchers at the Towers are now all visible (if only barely) from the platform at the top.[*]Fixed the description of Beginner and Journeyman Lore Tokens to no longer refer to a Lore Keeper.[*]Corrected Grant Smyth so players must be level 35 or higher to receive the Loyalty quest.[*]XP will now be gained for processing sandstone slabs into sand.[*]Werewolf Heart now uses a heart icon.[*]Updated ?Scout for Enemies? scout quest with new description and locations as well as better XP. The quest now takes place on Lesser Aradoth.[*]Spiked Scales now has an associated particle effect.[*]Spell: Potency technique can now be applied to primal spells, but will no longer modify the minimum amount of a heal, only the maximum as the description states.[*]Beetle Ability: Harden Shell is no longer Dispellable.[*]Corrected the AI behavior on Angry Gruoks/Grulets/Sows.[*]Adjusted the spawn density and respawn rate of Angry Gruoks east of Sslanis.[*]Large Festival Fireworks now requires Steel Bars instead of Gold Bars and the XP has been corrected.[*]Skill requirement to scribe Journeyman Festival Fireworks formula corrected.[*]The technique, Potency, will no longer stack with Heal Increase.[*]Technique: Vital Defiance will no longer say it has a 0% chance of working.[*]Spirit Oil will now produce 3 units instead of 2.[*]Satyr Charge will now display an animation and effect, will always hit, and is useable with melee weapons, ranged weapons and while casting spells. However, it now has a post-use cooldown.[*]Giant Daze will now always hit and is useable with melee weapons, ranged weapons and while casting spells. However, it now has a post-use cooldown.[*]Chaos Strike will no longer say ?Spell Only? and has a better description.[*]Healing Touch now has a particle effect.[*]Blue and Grey 9x3 Stone Floorings will only require 20 Slate Blocks.[*]The caster of Resurrection spells and Superior Resurrect will now display an an animation.[*]Detoxify Self, Detoxify Other, and Group Detoxify now use magic_idle animation.[*]Beginner and Journeyman Banner Staff formula now require Woodworking to scribe and craft.[*]Beginner and Journeyman Battle Standard formula now require Clothworking to scribe and craft.[*]Fire Storm now has an associated particle effect.[*]Nature's Adjudication now has an associated particle effect.[*]Hoard and coin value of Fungus Caps and Strips corrected.[*]Experimental Flame Bolt and Burning Bolt now have icons.[*]Summon Flame Elements and Summon Ice Elements are no longer dispellable.[*]Spiritist ability, Stinger, will now use the Spirit skill to calculate to-hit.[*]New flight height for Adult Dragons of 1800.[*]Corrected the tints on Tier 1 Trophy Icons to use the appropriate Bronze colored tint.[*]Expert Weapon Dye Kit scribing requirements have been fixed to correctly reflect the necessary 800 Transmutation skill.[*]Added the Ranged Keyword back onto Multicast and Perfect Spell in order to allow spells to be used with these abilities.[*]Aroah's Health Crystal is now attuned.[*]Balit's Signet Ring now has a hoard and coin value.[*]Craft: Tailoring I technique now calls for Forest Crawler Leg Hair.[*]Quantities of some formulae on Dragon Craft Trainers corrected. Previously they were set to 1 and would sell out. Now they are infinite.[*]Quest ?Take Care of the Wild Gruok Matriarch? level requirement fixed.[*]Techniques added to description of Nahguk Ogre Jawbones.[*]Increased the gathering bonus for Apples and Milk.[*]Increased the amount that can be gathered for Milk and Eggs.[*]Free Grant! Emblem corrected to not show the pink no-asset box.[*]Corrected the scribing requirements for Journeyman and Expert Hide Satchel forms.[*]Updated ?Kerian's Quest: Prove your crafting skills!? to give you a Beginner Spell Shard form.[*]Ishalin the Ranger and Tirral the Scout will no longer offer Dragons the ?Lost Mushrooms? quest. Instead, they will skip it and offer them the ?Matriarch? quest to kill Bessie.[*]Corrected the skill requirement on Journeyman and Expert Blight Core formulas.[*]Corrected the sign in Kion for the Outfitter, Tailor and Weaver trainers at Kendra's manor house.[*]Brandon's Shelf destination pad now 500 meters nearer the center of community.[*]Spire destination pad now active, but unavailable.[*]Arena destination pad now active, but unavailable.[*]The following aesthetic structures have had their footprints reduced to allow for them to intersect with other structures:[*]Stone Walkway, 18 meters[*]Stone Walkway, 3 Meters[*]Stone Walkway, 9 meters[*]Stone Walkway, Corner[*]Stone Walkway, Corner Small[*]Stone Walkway, Endcap[*]Stone Walkway, Intersection Small[*]Stone Walkway, T Junction[*]Stone Walkway, T Junction Small[*]Stone Flooring Blue, 3x3[*]Stone Flooring Blue, 9x3[*]Stone Flooring Blue, 9x9[*]Stone Flooring Grey, 3x3[*]Stone Flooring Grey, 9x3[*]Stone Flooring Grey, 9x9[*]Stone Flooring Red, 3x3[*]Stone Flooring Red, 9x3[*]Stone Flooring Red, 9x9[*]Stone Flooring Tan, 3x3[*]Stone Flooring Tan, 9x3[*]Stone Flooring Tan, 9x9[*]Large Wooden Archway[*]Sandstone Wall, Archway[*]Wooden Archway[*]Wooden Archway with Ivy[*]Wooden Large Archway with Ivy[/list][/list]
NOTE: This will mean that you will need to visually inspect the placement of these structures, since it is possible for them to be placed inside of other structures.[*]Multicast and Perfect Spell no longer work with Melee, Ranged or Special abilities, they are set up to work on just Spells which was the original intention.[*]Tier 1 and 2 Bolster Dexterity Potions now ask for the correct number of Kinetic Suspensions.[*]Tiny Grass Beetle Compound Eye no longer looks like its blighted.[*]Tazoon Prospecting Reports Part Two is no longer invisible in the Quest Book[*]Corrected a typo in the description of the Royal Urn hoard item[*]Weapon Dye Kits have had a more appropriate icon assigned to them.[*]Quest ?Town Marshall: Thinning the Crowd? corrected to properly refer to Jasper Golems instead of Nickel.[*]Fixed spelling error in combat feedback for Daunting Mist V.[*]Aetheown the Dryad will no longer give out the quest, ?Finding the Source?, to those adventurers who are below level 50.[*]Assigned the correct icon for the ability, Infix Fury.[*]Corrected Hide Strip requirements for Journeyman and Expert Hide Satchels.[*]Ferocious Gruok are now lootable.[*]Large and Giant Sand Beetles now drop appropriate trophy items.[*]Increased the drop rate on Gritus Gigantus.[*]Purple Tarantula Venom is now purple instead of green.[*]Corrected the text in ?Primal Mastery V: Kill 50 Oak and Massive Oak Treants? to say 50 instead of 40 treants. Also added Akron the named Treant to the list of monsters that will count towards the total.[*]Corrected the directions in ?Deliver a Package to Old Man Jenkins? for Old Man Jenkins.[*]Expanded the footprint of the Large Leafy Tree for plots.[*]Lost Knowledge event quests should now properly clean up simple items (TPS reports and Induction Analyzer).[*]Felion Mor quests are no longer repeatable.[*]The ?Lost Mushrooms? quest will no longer be repeatable.[*]Quest ?Take Care of the Wild Gruok Matriarch? is now available from Ishalin the Ranger.[*]Correcting the scribing requirements on the following formulas:[*]Expert Alchemical Dye[*]Expert Armor Dye Kit: Dark[*]Expert Armor Dye Kit: Light[*]Expert Armor Dye Kit: Precious[*]Expert Blighted Essence Orb[*]Expert Blighted Lesser Gem-Tipped Dragon Claws[*]Expert Bolster Dexterity Potion[*]Expert Metal Bar[*]Expert Weapon Dye Kit[*]Journeyman Alchemical Dye[*]Journeyman Armor Dye Kit[*]Journeyman Blighted Essence Orb[*]Journeyman Blighted Lesser Gem-Tipped Dragon Claws[*]Journeyman Bolster Dexterity Potion[/list][*]The following technique components are now accepted by Sir Aidan:[*]Elite Mummy Wrappings[*]Elite Skeleton Skull[*]Elite Zombie Finger[*]Veteran Zombie Finger[*]Veteran Skeleton Skull[*]Veteran Mummy Wrappings[*]Thunder Ogre Jawbone[*]Tempest Ogre Jawbone[*]Storm Ogre Jawbone[*]Nahguk Ogre Jawbone[*]Lightning Ogre Jawbone[*]Forest Oastic Sac[*]Blood Skulk Fin[*]Wraith Ectoplasm[*]Mighty Mummy Wrappings[*]Istarian Skulk Fin[*]Ruxux Heart[*]Greater Ghost Vapor[*]Crushing Ogre Club Splinter[*]Wood Golem Splinter[*]Snow Pygmy Shrunken Head[*]Snow Ogre Club Splinter[*]Pygmybot Gear[*]Lesser Skeleton Skull[*]Lesser Ghost Vapor[*]Fyakki Spinneret[*]Weaker Skeleton Skull[*]Weaker Ghost Vapor[*]Maggot Entrails[*]Ice Beetle Legs[*]Greymane Fang[*]Flame Bone Splinter[*]Ice Bone Splinter[/list][*]Further optimizations have been made to further reduce framerate degradation on porting and recalling.[/list][/list][/list]
Originally Posted by Phillip
