Explore the Sands of Askil: New Kingdom Free Update! 🏜️

Harbingers,

Are you ready to explore mysterious new lands, encounter never-before-seen creatures, and uncover the secrets they hold? A new free update is now available, introducing a whole new kingdom: The Sands Of Askil! 🌴

A new realm to explore, unique questlines, weapons, and resources, along with bug fixes and optimizations, is waiting for you.

Happy exploring, adventurers 🐫

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[h2]ADDITIONS [/h2]
[h3]ASKIL[/h3]

• A new Kingdom, Askil, is now accessible and playable through the overworld.
  
• Added 11 new explorable areas:
  - Al’Mayya
  - Al’Thumralah
  - Fal Fadir Oasis
  - Kalava
  - Karraq
  - Muscan
  - The Flowing Sands
  - The Pillars of Misrafal
  - The Scorched Coast
  - The Sunbrand Colosseum
  - Turacca
  
  
• Added 20 new questlines:
  - The Sands of Askil
  - Strange Magic
  - Matters Most Pressing
  - The Mirage
  - Wellward Bound
  - Wraith of the Well
  - The Flames in the Sand
  - The Departed
  - The First Signs
  - The Scorched Spire
  - Provenance Pursuit
  - The New Ralah
  - Stonehaven Goblins
  - Binding the Elements
  - Legionnaire Training
  - Correspondence of Clergy
  - Familiar Bones
  - Awakening
  - The CocoNUT
  - Askil Rascals

[h3]EXPLORATION [/h3]

• Added Askillian Sun – A mechanic present in the new desert locations!
  
• Added lockpicking
  
• Added puzzles:
  - Music doors! Play the lute to open these doors
  - Weight Triggers! Place physics objects on the weight plate until it is fully pressed
  - Rotating Statues! Make the statues face a certain direction to complete the puzzle
  - Blocked/Locked doors. Blocked doors can only be opened from one side, creating more interesting locations that can only be accessed in certain ways. Doors also work as lockpicking doors.
  - Rune Wheels - Rotate the wheels so they are all pointing to the correct runes!
  - Windwheels – spin the wheel with constant damage to open doors! (The new Aeromancy spell “Billow” is a good choice with these puzzles!)
  - Lumistrike Crystals – Hit these crystals to activate them! Some are timed, requiring you to hit all of them before they deactivate.
  - Keywing Scarabs – Chase these scarabs to get them to unlock the doors associated with them!
  - Sun Mirrors – Stand near them and press the interact button to adjust the beam that the mirror creates!

[h3]RESOURCES [/h3]

• Added new resource types
  - Coconuts
  - Palm Trees
  - Sandstone Ore
  - Sandstone Ingots
  - Aloe

[h3]ENEMIES [/h3]

• Added 13 new enemy types:
  - Raider Sandclaw (Raider Faction)
  - Raider Geomancer (Raider Faction)
  - Raider Duneslicer (Raider Faction)
  - Sandscourge (Creature faction)
  - Scorched Geodite (Creature Faction)
  - Dustbone (Undead Faction)
  - Goblin Sandscamp (Goblin Faction)
  - Goblin Savage (Goblin Faction)
  - Sand Serpent (Creature Faction)
  - Lesser Sand Serpent (Creature Faction)
  - Sungrub (Creature Faction)
  - Finfolk Spearman (Creature Faction)
  - Dustmaw (Creature Faction)

[h3]GEAR/WEAPONS [/h3]

• Added a new weapon sub-type: Rapiers!
  
• Added 10 new weapons:
  - Sandstone Daggers
  - Sandstone Ultrasword
  - Sandstone Shortsword
  - Sandstone Longsword
  - Sandstone Mace
  - Sandstone Shield
  - Desert Raider Throwing Hatchet
  - Acolyte Geomancer Staff
  
• Added 20+ new basic weapons to the general loot pool
  
• Added 21 new armour parts:
  - Red Skirt
  - Purple Skirt
  - Green Skirtr
  - Askillian Greaves
  - Faulded Greaves (Purple)
  - Faulded Greaves (Blue)
  - Light Armor Pants (Blue)
  - Martial Artist Garb (Green)
  - Martial Artist Garb (Purple)
  - Martial Artist Garb (Blue)
  - Askillian Soldier Cuirass
  - Forearm Straps
  - Bone Gauntlets
  - Cowskull Helmet
  - Horns (Head, Top)
  - Masked Hood
  - Surcoat (Purple)
  - Surcoat (Green)
  - Surcoat (Blue)
  - Surcoat (Red)
  - Askillian Headwrap

[h3]SKILL/SKILL TREE [/h3]

• Added 3 new Aeromancy skills:
  - Updraft
  - Billowing Winds
  - Tornado
  
• Added 1 new mysterious skill - Warpbolt
  
• Added 3 new passives to the Shield Skill Tree
  - Fortified Advance
  - Sunward Shield
  - Shielded Respite
  
• Added 3 new passives to the Daggers Skill Tree
  - Light Footed
  - Pointed Ascent
  - Assassin’s Kiss
  
• Added 7 new passives to the Shield Skill Tree
  - Calloused
  - Fighter’s Rush
  - Fighter's Focus
  - Pressure Points
  - Soaring Kick
  - Reverse Vault
  - Toss and Tumble
  
• Added 1 new passives to the Shield Skill Tree
  - Earthshaker Strike

[h3]CRAFTING [/h3]

• Added the Enchanting Table! Allows players to craft their very own enchanted weaponry
  
• Added Enchantment Tomes - books hidden throughout the world that unlock new enchantment types!
  
• Added 8 new enchantment types:
  - Illumination
  - Blaze
  - Frost
  - Electricity
  - Earthen
  - Arcane
  - Blood
  - Poison (Randomly generated weapons cannot roll with this enchantment yet)
  
• Added 15 new craftable weapons
  
• The Wizard Tower now grants a 100 mana buff
  
• The Wizard Tower now spawns a weapon enchanting table

[h3]GUILDS [/h3]

• Added 1 new guild – Sunbrand Legion

[h3]TRADING [/h3]

• Added multiple sales/purchases with RMB on one item during trading
  
• Now the positive seller relation also affects the items' selling price
  
• Now the negative seller relation affects both the buying and selling price
  

[h2]BUG FIXES [/h2]

• Fixed some minor problems in Arema
  
• Fixed civilian roaming in Arema
  
• Fixed issue where enemies wouldn’t stagger if you went above their stagger threshold on the first hit you land on them
  
• Fixed issue with overworld teleport cheat that would cause the player to fall through the ground
  
• Fixed issue with “Autocraft” being available for non-weaponsmithing crafting
  
• Fixed issue where you could upgrade jobs even if you don’t have enough gold to do so
  
• Fixed dead-end dialogue with the Ghost of Millshade
  
• Fixed issue with potioncrafting table not properly clearing the “level required” tags even when you’re at or above the required level’
  
• Fixed issue with harvesting resources with fists raised
  
• Spawning another mount while mounted doesn’t make the player get stuck

[h2]BALANCEMENT/ADJUSTMENTS [/h2]

• Optimized fishing spot
  
• Optimized trading UI
  
• Optimized Mortal Fear skill and fear logic in general
  
• Partial Particle System Conversion from Cascade to Niagara
  
• General Optimization of VFX
  
• General optimization of levels:
  - The Entrance of Monlodir
  - Harbinger Stronghold
  - Arema
  
• General Light Optimization
  
• Completely revamped Ultrasword animations
  
• Removed FOV change for Shield Plow skill
  
• Players can no longer dodge when under 15 stamina
  
• Removed troop command window for the time being
  
• You can now still jump when your stamina is depleted, but not as high
  
• Starting a conversation now fades your HUD
  
• Quake Toss no longer targets dead enemies

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