Announcements - 2009/04 - What Once was Lost
April 2009 - Patch Page
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April Event News!
The April event, What Once was Lost is scheduled to go live on Tuesday, April 28th. On that day, all worlds will be down from 7am EST - 12pm EST.
Here are a couple of teasers for the upcoming event. Enjoy!
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Release Notes
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April 2009 Release Notes
Hello there and welcome to the April 2009 Release Notes for Asheron’s Call! Spring is finally here and the snow has all melted away, and Baby Creatures have appeared on the landscape. There are many other changes coming this month, lets get right to it and check them out!
Many monsters that don't drop corpses now drop treasure piles. This is to fix an issue where loot wouldn't drop if the monster was in certain animation state when killed.
The XP on Moarsmen Isle and Freebooter Isle landscape creatures has been increased.
A new bottle style quest has been added that begins with a note that will drop from a particular type of creatures.
The dungeon for this quest may not be what most players expect.
A new level has been added to the Crystalline Crag Dungeon
Spring has finally arrived. The snow has melted and baby creatures are appearing on the landscape once again.
Slayers can now be added to the Sword of Lost Light.
A stranger has shown up in The Lost Portal town. She appears to be looking for some specific items.
The Rare Exchanger NPC has had some adjustments made.
The Exploration and Monthly Kill tasks have been updated.
Arc spells have had their damage increased like the bolt spells did last month.
The Olthoi Matron Colosseum fight has been tweaked more based on feedback.
Spirit Drinker 8 now does 8%; Blood Loather 8 now matches Blood Drinker 8.
Paralyzing Fear will now override Incantation of Slowness Other.
Adept rank Graveyard quests will now give you another tracing paper and supplies if you town crier the originals.
The PvP town now has a new mechanic which allows the town to be taken after 27hours. Players of the winning faction after the town is taken will now also be rewarded Mana Forge Keys.
Armor kits now look like a black gem when bought; when the gem is used it creates an armor kit in your pack.
New items to use the armor kits on:
Doomshark Hide Coat
Snarl's Jerkin
Scourge's Hide Leggings
Plaquefang's robe
Nefane Shield
Moarsman City has received some slight changes. Make sure you check them out!
The Crate of Olthoi Acid Arrowheads now pluralizes correctly.
The Bound Wisp now portals you back to the start of Crystalline Crag.
The Following quests have had 2 use Mana Forge Keys added to the rewards for completing them:
Jester Focuses (K'nath Core quest)
Elysa's Journey
Dreams of the Hopeslayer
Vision of the Past
These quests have also been fitted with the pack space check on reward.
The Jester Released quest will now tell you how long until you can do it again.
A typo in the Uber Towers in The Tower Defense has been fixed.
So there are just some of the things we have in store for Asheron's Call in April. Please remember that along with everything listed here, there are several new quests and exciting things going into the game for the April event.
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