V.4.49

Changes & Fixes:
- Fixed various issues

Armor & Clothing:
- Added Leather Corset

Bestiary System:
- Removed Blood Magic as Immune for most Scourge Creatures
- Fixed various issues with the Bestiary System

Skill System:
- Increased Skill XP and Core Skill XP

World:
- Added more resources to Dark Forest
- Updated Ekaratosh Jump Puzzle

V.4.48

Changes & Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where an intense blue fog would cover parts of the Dregs
- Fixed an issue with Bestiary enemies not registering their weaknesses, immunity, etc. correctly
- Fixed an issue where damage had been greatly reduced
- Fixed an issue with Attributes not being correctly applied
- Fixed an issue where the Rageful Corrupted Grunt would respawn too quickly
- Fixed various issues with Alliance Damage
- Fixed various issues with the Lorekeeper Staff
- Adjusted various Merchant Prices temporarily (this will be getting a more extensive overhaul alongside the professions later)
- Updated Deep Connection with new locations
- Updated Staff of the Harbinger

CONTENT UPDATE 30 - 9TH ANNIVERSARY

(IMPORTANT NOTE: Intended Settings for Attributes have been updated in AoC Server Settings. This change will not automatically be applied. Make sure to update these values if you want the Intended Settings for AoC, which will make the game more challenging).

V.4.47

Changes & Fixes:
- Performance & Optimization improvements
- Updated server settings descriptions with more information
- Updated Hall of Legends
- Updated various NPC visual templates
- Updated Codex - Tips & Tricks
- Updated various AoC Crafting Stations
- Updated Devil Bear Blood harvesting to be from using Devil Bear Heads in the Fluid Press
- Updated Tornados
- Updated Status for AoC Server Settings (Experimental Status refers to the Setting not being extensively tested yet. It may work just fine, but it may also have bugs or issues with it)
- Updated Animal Corral to hold up to 300 Baby Pets
- Updated AoC NPC respawn times to be more consistent
- Rebalanced Elarikan Plague and plague items
- Rebalanced Character XP curve
- Fixed an issue where mounts would drain stamina when not sprinting
- Fixed an issue with staves for NPCs/Thralls
- Fixed an issue where non-allied NPCs fighting each other would grant XP to the nearby player
- Fixed an issue where Dynamic Combat Difficulty Scaling was still active even when disabled in AoC Server Settings
- Fixed an issue with Combat Difficulty not multiplying correctly
- Fixed an issue where Soul Essence could still kill the player when it was disabled in AoC Server Settings
- Fixed an issue where Tomes costing Knowledge Points would put the player into negative amounts
- Fixed various exploits
- Fixed various visual bugs
- Fixed various text issues
- Fixed various bugs

Admin Content:
- Added Token - Unlock All Bestiary

Alliance & Faction System:
- Updated Stormhold Knight Gear to be unlocked on Path of Justice sub-faction
- Rebalanced RP per kill

Armors & Clothing:
- Added Gold Ring
- Added Heart Ring
- Added Heart Bracelet
- Added Heart Crown
- Added Leather Breeches
- Added Wishbone Ring
- Added Elegant Plague Mask
- Renamed Tights to Leather Pants
- Renamed Pants to Leather Gartered Leggings
- Updated Leather Gartered Leggings
- Updated Ash'kar Armor Set and made it dyeable
- Updated Silver Bracelet
- Updated materials for various armor sets
- Updated Leather Pants

Bestiary System:
- Added Devil Bear Cub
- Added Devil Bear
- Added Darkmaw
- Added Dreadclaw
- Added Spawn of Scargath
- Added Blood Hound of Keldora
- Added Keldora the Vengeful
- Added Demonic Servant
- Added Necrofire Servant
- Added Forces of Stormhold
- Added Forces of the Embrace
- Added Scholars of Felgarth
- Added Forces of the Covenant
- Added Forces of the Dominion
- Added Forces of the Vanghouls
- Added Forces of the Kelgorions
- Added Forces of Elvanor
- Added The Sanguis Unit
- Added Eliza Cole
- Added Alicia Morwan
- Added Scourge Rabbit
- Added Scourge Mammoth
- Added Scourge Hound
- Added Scourge Gargoyle
- Added Scourge Crocodile
- Added Scourge Rhino
- Added Scourge Mother
- Added Scourge Spider
- Added Scourge Dragon
- Added Scourge Dweller
- Added Scourge Snake
- Added Scourge Reaper
- Added Scourge Deer
- Added Scourge Wolf
- Added Vanghoul Grunts
- Added Corrupted Vanghouls
- Added Wild Dogs
- Added Sarod the Heinous
- Added Khad the War Champion
- Added Malisha Sargorian
- Added Nekada Bloodfist
- Added Gathon Bloodfist
- Added Essence of Rayth
- Added Ghouls of the Underworld
- Added Sucineph
- Added Lord Karyian
- Added Lady Amira Vamorath
- Added Lady Katrina Vamorath
- Added Lady Si'vara Vamorath
- Added Cryaph
- Added The Harbinger of Souls
- Updated Bestiary Core System with various backend improvements
- Updated Bestiary UI with more information

Client Settings:
- Added Corruption Build
(With this setting enabled, the player will dedicate themselves to Corruption Combat. This will allow Corrupted Perks to be used when reaching the respective Core Skill levels. However, this will reduce the player's HP, Armor, Stamina, Melee DMG, and Ranged DMG. Magic will not be impacted by this)
- Added Corruption Summoning
(With this setting enabled, there is a chance for an uncontrolled demonic entity to appear to attack your foes temporarily whenever you engage in combat. Note that this will only work when you reach the respective level within your Core Skills. Core Skills must be active on the server for this setting to apply)

Combat System:
- Improved NPC responsiveness
- Fixed various issues with the NPCs during combat

Currency System:
- Added support for Honor Tokens auto-loot
- Added support for Arena Tokens auto-loot
- Added support for Guild Tokens auto-loot
- Added support for Skeley Coins auto-loot

Dungeons:
- Updated The Plague Arena
- Updated The Forsaken Mountain
- Updated Ghoulshaw Factory

Items & Recipes:
- Added Seal of Keldora (Quest item)
- Added Magical Artifact (Quest item)
- Added Rune Key
- Added Linen Cloth to also be craftable at the Sewing Station
- Updated (Bundle) T1 Chest of Animal Products to be more in line with the other professions
- Updated Silvermourne to be consumable even with full HP

Legacy System:
- Leveling up Legacy will no longer reset quests
- Player XP has been reworked for each Legacy Level
(This should now make progressing through the Legacy Levels less tedious, making the earlier Legacy Levels easier to reach)

Magic System:
- Added Veilrend (Spell)
- Added Veiled Structures around the map
- Updated Shrines to inform the player about how many Power Gems are required to Ascend

NPCs:
- Added Mystical Entity
- Updated various stats for creature NPCs
- Updated Devil Bears

Quest System:
- Added Powers of the Ancient
- Added Nethyra's Offering
- Added Art of Nethyra
- Added Arcane Reveal
- Added The Ancient World
- Added The War Champion
- Added Pit of Keldora
- Added Black Powder
- Added The Vengeful
- Added The Overlord
- Added The Great Escape
- Added Our Last Chance
- Added Flames of Emberis
- Added Spellcrafting
- Added The Ancient Tower
- Added Artifacts of Old
- Added A Needed Sacrifice
- Added 1st Ascension of Sanctyra
- Updated Quest (Tutorial - Magic) with additional information to explain the dangers of interacting with Magic Shrines without the required knowledge
- Updated the first quest of each Campaign to give information about the Daily Quest givers for each Alliance
- Updated Dungeon Time Attack Quests with more rewards

Rift System:
- Added more Rift Energies
- Added Stormhold Warfront UC Camp Rift Tome
- Added Cold Embrace UC Camp Rift Tome
- Added Stormhold Coast Camp Rift Tome
- Added Cold Embrace Coast Camp Rift Tome
- Added Forsaken Mountain Rift Tome
- Added Sanguis Palace Rift Tome

Server Settings:
- Added Core Skills Soft Cap
- Added Healing Magic Multiplier
- Added AoC Loot Chests
- Added No Perk Penalties
(With this setting enabled, both default and corrupted perks can be unlocked without suffering penalties. With this setting disabled, players need to enable Corruption Build through the Client Settings.)
- Updated Attribute - Melee DMG (New Intended Setting)
- Updated Attribute - Armor (New Intended Setting)
- Updated Attribute - Ranged DMG (New Intended Setting)
- Updated Attribute - Stamina DMG (New Intended Setting)
- Updated Attribute - Health DMG (New Intended Setting)

Skill System:
- Boosted Core Skill XP
- Added Support for Main Hand Weapons to gain XP when using Shields
- Added Core Skills Soft Cap
(To improve balancing for Core Skills, the new soft max level cap is 50 for Legacy Level 1. The level cap will be raised with each legacy level up to 100. This also supports higher Legacy Levels and Core Skill Levels set by admins. This can be disabled with the new Core Skills Soft Cap server setting. This change is part of a new approach to progression balancing where player XP will be increased in order to make the Legacy Levels more approachable. Core Skills are also rebalanced around this approach)
- Added more perks to Core Skills (This

V.4.46

Changes & Fixes:
- Performance and optimization improvements
- Updated Attributes Display with additional information on how to disable Core Skills
- Fixed an issue where the Shrine of the True God (east) was covering an emote book
- Fixed various issues with the Magic Armor Balancing
- Fixed various outdated tooltips and descriptions

Items:
- Added Tome of Shield Expertise
- Added Tome of Light Armor Expertise
- Added Tome of Medium Armor Expertise
- Added Tome of Heavy Armor Expertise
- Added Tome of Constitution Expertise
- Added Tome of Strength Expertise
- Added Tome of Dexterity Expertise
- Added Tome of Intelligence Expertise
- Added Tome of Wisdom Expertise
- Added Tome of Charisma Expertise
- Added Scroll of Stormhold Reputation
- Added Scroll of Elven Reputation
- Added Scroll of Elvanor Reputation
- Added Scroll of Cold Embrace Reputation
- Added Scroll of Dominion Reputation
- Added Scroll of Vanghoul Reputation
- Updated Tomes of Expertise to stack to 1000
- Fixed an issue where Ruby Gem Pickaxe had infinite durability
- Fixed an issue where some types of consumable items would be consumed twice
- Fixed various misleading descriptions

Magic & Spells:
- Fixed various issues with Aranea Telam

Rift System:
- Updated Rift Energy popup to display Total Rift Energy

Quest System:
- Updated Rescue Operation with more spawns
- Updated Quest Giver UI with new Quest Category for Quests and Repeatable Quests

Server Settings:
- Added Auto Restore Stats
(This can be disabled to prevent HP, Stamina, and Soul Essence from being restored when leveling a skill)
- Fixed an issue with Magic Weapon Type Limitation enabled preventing any other knowledge from being learned

Skill System:
- Added support for getting Wisdom from magic combat
- Increased XP gain for Intelligence
- Increased XP gain for Wisdom

UI & Visuals:
- Updated Character Creation

V.4.45

Changes & Fixes:
- Fixed various issues with harvesting resources
- Fixed various exploits
- Fixed various bugs

AoC Server Settings:
- Added Soul Essence Skill XP

Codex - Tips & Tricks:
- Updated How to Level Core Skills

Magic System:
- Update Soul Essence XP
(Soul Essence XP amount will now increase every 10 levels + multipliers from Legacy Levels)

NPCs:
- Updated AoC NPCs with new abilities

Quest System:
- Fixed an issue where Time Attack items did not despawn after failing the quest

Zones:
- Updated Underwater Torches in the Breach (Underwater Cavern) to require Shadow Flower instead of Shadow Flower Dust
- Removed the gate to the water temple in the Breach (Underwater Cavern)

V.4.44

Changes & Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where resources on the ground could not be picked up
- Fixed various bugs

V.4.43

Changes & Fixes:
- Improved mod compatibility
- Players using old Faction Data should now be able to set their Main Faction using the Citizenship feature on the AoC Menu
(This should fix various issues tied to Faction Data, such as Faction Tavern NPCs not spawning, etc.)
- Fixed an issue with popups related to being declared an enemy of a faction
- Fixed an issue with certain dungeon NPCs not engaging in combat
- Fixed an issue with Flour not appearing in the Windmills after having unlocked the Cooking Knowledge
- Fixed various issues with recipes
- Fixed various issues with Legacy Levels above 5
- Fixed various descriptions
- Fixed various inconsistent icons
- Fixed various exploits
- Fixed various bugs

AoC Server Settings:
- Added AoC Custom XP
(This is the custom XP System in AoC, which reworks how XP is obtained from defeating NPCs. By disabling this setting, XP will revert back to vanilla XP settings)
- Updated Core Skills XP to support minimum value 0.1

Death Penalty System:
- Updated Minimum Level required to get the Death Penalty and Survival Bonus to Minimum Total Level
(This means that when the level is reset back to 1 after leveling up the Legacy, Death Penalty and Survival Bonus will still be applied)

Magic System:
- Added Cooldown to Magical Abilities (like Light of the True God) to prevent Soul Essence from being drained multiple times with accidental clicks
- Updated The Shattered Crystal (Blood Magic Altar) to use Ruby Gems as Fuel instead of Emerald Gems
- Updated Tooltip Text for all Magic Altars to specify the fuel used by the altar

Rift System:
- Various optimization improvements for Rift Gates

Quest System:
- Fixed an issue where Quest Items would be lost on death (Time Attack Quest Items will still be lost as the quest fails upon death)

Skill System:
- Core Skills and Perks should now be correctly updated when leveling up the Legacy
- Fixed an issue where Armors would reset stats when the Armor Skill Setting was disabled
- Fixed an issue where Charisma XP was granted without followers
- Fixed various issues where Core Skills wouldn't update correctly or apply perks

V.4.42

Changes & Fixes:
- Improved mod compatibility
- Fixed various issues with climbing blockers in the Unnamed City
- Fixed various issues with Followers not gaining XP
- Fixed various issues with Rayth Boss Fight
- Fixed an issue with the Bestiary NPCs not registering Vanilla Weapons and other mods weapons
- Fixed an issue with the Horse Pen

Mod Compatibility:
- Added support for Core Skills & Armor Skills for Amunet's Server Transfer

Skill System:
- Added info display to Attributes Tab when the Core Skills are enabled

V.4.41

Changes & Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where AoC Barkeepers couldn't be knocked out
- Fixed various issues regarding player interaction

Crafting Stations:
- Fixed an issue with Wheat and Corn Farms not producing automatically
(Note: Profession Stations are still being reworked)

NPCs:
- Added Follower XP Scaling
(Followers will now gain more XP based on their level. The Follower XP multiplier can be tweaked in the AoC Server Settings)

Server Settings:
- Added Legacy Level Required
(Admins can now set the player level required to be able to level up the legacy)
- Added Armor Skills
(Admins can enable or disable using the Armor Skills from the Skill System)
- Fixed an issue with Legacy Level Cap

Skill System:
- Updated Armor Skills to get XP when fighting an enemy instead of taking damage
- Updated Constitution to get XP from player defeated enemies instead of taking damage (Constitution still gets XP from various other activities)
- Updated Constitution to get XP from traversal
- Updated various Skill XP calculations to improve overall flow
- Fixed an issue where Charisma XP wasn't scaling correctly
- Fixed an issue where the Attribute Journey wouldn't always trigger correctly using Core Skills
- Fixed an issue where Harvesting scaled per hit

Quests:
- Fixed an issue where Tutorial - Your First Kit didn't show up at the quest giver
- Fixed an issue where Quest Givers were attacked by NPCs
- Fixed various issues where Quest NPCs would not spawn

Zones:
- Removed AoC Lava DMG from Dragonmouth (still active in Pit of Keldora)

V.4.40

Changes & Fixes:
- Fixed various Quest NPCs walking away from their spot
- Fixed various issues with Attributes resetting when the Core Skills were disabled
- Fixed various bugs

Bestiary:
- Updated Servants of Rayth

Server Settings:
- Added Reset Attributes
(If you're experiencing issues where Attributes Reset, even with the Core Skills disabled, try to disable this setting and restart the server)
- Added Bestiary
- Fixed an issue with the Coin Pouch not being disabled properly when disabled in the server settings