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 🐫

ADDITIONS

ASKIL

• 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

EXPLORATION

• 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!

RESOURCES

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

ENEMIES

• 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)

GEAR/WEAPONS

• 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

SKILL/SKILL TREE

• 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

CRAFTING

• 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

GUILDS

• Added 1 new guild – Sunbrand Legion

TRADING

• 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

BUG FIXES

• 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

BALANCEMENT/ADJUSTMENTS

• 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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