This patch makes some adjustments to features introduced with the Radiant Wilds update, along with statues for the Season 31 winners and important fixes to a few Xbox and controller issues.

Note: Custom HUD layouts for mobile players have been reset to the default Virtual Joystick layout due to a settings migration in this patch. If you were using a custom layout on mobile, please reopen the Options Menu and select it again.

• Even after the changes in recent hotfixes, healers in the 1v1 Arena have remained overly frustrating for many builds to deal with, often preventing meaningful progress being made on their health bars before opponents are worn down. Healing has therefore been further reduced in the 1v1 Arena.
  • Healing cast decrease: 50% → 60%
• Additional Healing Sickness is now applied to teams that bring more than one healer to 5v5 Hellgates
  • This already applies in 5v5 ranked Arena and Crystal Arena matches

• Removed ‘Always’ option from destroy item confirmation popup
• [CONTROLLER / MOBILE] Added a new ‘Situational Movement Spell Targeting’ option for controllers and mobile
  • When enabled, spells that can move a character automatically aim in the facing direction if no suitable target is found ahead
  • This option is set to ‘on’ for controllers and ‘off’ for mobile by default
• [CONTROLLER] Increased the hold duration required for the Destroy Item action
• [MOBILE] Reintroduced controller setting ‘Use left stick for spell targeting’

Adrenaline Boost has had its maximum duration increased to help Axes in the 1v1 Arena, providing more mobility and sustained brawling power.

• Adrenaline Boost (all Axes)
  • Max duration: 7s → 9s

Rending Strike has had its stand time completely removed. This means players using this ability will be able to keep up with running targets, as long as they are willing to forgo auto-attacking.

• Rending Strike (all Axes)
  • Stand time: 0.2s → 0s

Skystrider Bow’s ability to dodge enemy damage while dealing its own has continued to overperform in the 1v1 Arena. Its bolt damage has therefore been reduced to lower its maximum damage differential.

• Sky's Fury (Skystrider Bow)
  • Damage: 128 → 123

Basic Bows have had their damage bonus reduced when enemies are within 6m to open up more meaningful counterplay for opponents.

• Enchanted Quiver (Bow)
  • Bonus auto-attack damage to enemies within 6m: 220% → 200%

Bane has been given a damage increase to incentivize Cursed Staff players to opt for bonus damage and find alternative energy solutions for their build.

• Bane (all Cursed Staffs)
  • Damage: 23.71 → 25

Grudge has been overperforming in 2v2 Hellgates, so its damage has been reduced to give opponents a better chance to fight back.

• Grudge (all Cursed Staffs)
  • Damage at 0s: 18 → 16
  • Damage at 0.5s: 22.5 → 20
  • Damage at 1s: 54 → 49
  • Damage at 1.5s: 90 → 81
  • Damage at 2s+: 135 → 121

Haunting Screams has dropped from play, so it has had its max health true damage increased to help it operate better as a frontline buster.

• Haunting Screams (Cursed Skull)
  • Max health damage: 1.2% → 1.5%

Due to Rotcaller Staff being too strong in the 5v5 meta, its damage has been reduced to preserve its powerful anti-heal effect while lowering its inherent burst.

• Plaguebringer (Rotcaller Staff)
  • Damage: 171 → 161

Rejuvenating Flower has continued to overperform in the 1v1 Arena, so its instant heal has been reduced to give opponents a better chance to wear them down before the poison gas arrives.

• Rejuvenating Flower (all Nature Staffs)
  • Heal at 0s: 20 → 17
  • Heal at 1.5s: 49 → 42
  • Heal at 3s: 84 → 71

Adapting Matter has been given a longer cooldown and higher energy cost to limit the speed of prestacking and encourage users to remain in form longer or swap more deliberately to recover energy.

• Adapting Matter (all Shapeshifter Staffs)
  • Cooldown: 6s → 7s
  • Energy cost: 10 → 12

Shockwave has been performing a little too well as the go-to Q ability for 1v1s. To bring it back in line, it has had some damage removed and its dash has been given a slightly longer cooldown.

• Shockwave (all War Gloves)
  • Damage: 122 → 117
  • Dash cooldown: 5s → 6s

Immortal’s longer duration has been too powerful in the 1v1 Arena, so its maximum duration has been reduced. At 5 seconds, it should still preserve its viability as an anti-reflect option in ZvZ, while giving 1v1 players one less second to clutch out a round.

• Immortal (Mistwalker Hood)
  • Duration: 6s → 5s

• Fey Barrier (Brecilien Cape): No longer removes debuffs
• Adrenaline Boost (all Axes): Fixed issue where the buff could sometimes end prematurely
• Piercing Light (Lightcaller): Fixed issue where the spells description showed an incorrect maximum range
• [MOBILE] Lucent Hawk (Mistpiercer): Fixed issue where recasting would automatically target the bottom right corner of the screen
• [CONTROLLER] Spontaneous Combustion (Flamewalker Staff): Fixed issue where enemies would not be automatically targeted

• Fixed issue where the Edit button for Black Market sell orders could disappear
• Fixed issue where the scoreboard did not display kills and deaths in Custom 1v1 and 5v5 Crystal Arena matches
• Fixed issue where offscreen party markers were not visible at the top of the screen
• [CONTROLLER] Fixed issue where the character could become unresponsive after closing the Survival Tips window
• [CONTROLLER] Fixed issue where the Realmgate UI incorrectly displayed an Island Manager tab
• [CONTROLLER] Fixed issue where health bars could disappear when attacking with a Siege Hammer

• Fixed issue where the ’Recently played with’ player list would not be populated when sending ingame mails
• Fixed issue where key bindings could not be changed when using mouse and keyboard

• Fixed issue where 5v5 Crystal League matches did not use the new Crystal Arena map
• Fixed issue where where poison gas damage in the 1v1 Arena counted toward ‘Deal damage in a single Arena or Crystal Arena match’ Journal missions
• [MOBILE] Fixed issue where enabling ‘(Virtual Joystick) Allow Tap Movement’ would automatically switch the control scheme to Tap Controls
• [MOBILE] Fixed issue where auto-targeting would not work when ‘(Virtual Joystick) Allow Tap Movement’ was enabled with Virtual Controller
• [MOBILE] Fixed various mobile targeting issues, including drag preview, ground spell targeting, cycle targeting, and target lock behavior
• [MOBILE] Fixed issue where friendly targets could not be inspected using the custom button unless selected first
• [CONTROLLER / MOBILE] Fixed issue where fishing was not possible in certain areas
  • Note: Visual cues may still not be displayed consistently. This issue will be addressed in a later patch
• Various additional graphical, animation, terrain, audio, UI, and localization fixes