Patch Notes - 10th February 2026
Status: Stuff has been done.. much stuff.
Bugfixes & Stability
- Heritage Safety: 3rd‑Generation Heritage items chosen by Hardcore characters now correctly return to the Heritage Vault on death. No more tragic disappearances.
- Black Market: Fixed occasional crash when purchasing with GameGold. Your wallet can relax.
- Companions: Deleting a character now safely returns active companions to your account (no pet left behind).
- Druid Fixes: Prevented form-change stalls caused by forced stat refreshes --- part of The Great Unfreeze Patch.
- Boss UI: Dungeon boss HP bars now display correctly for False Prophet, General Tadanga, and Dragon Lord Jin'Ru.
- MagicWeakness Rework: No longer sets MR to zero. Now applies120 flat MR reduction + 60% reduction of remaining MR, clamped safely.
- Wizard Crash: Fixed server crash with Dragon Tornado + Arcane Manarite (Garuda).
- Storage: Fixed items incorrectly switching slots in storage.
- QoL > Added new 'Juggernaut' runeword with a DC% and HP% focus.
Performance & Tech
- Graphics (DX9/DX11):
- Fixed client loading/hanging issues.\
- Added DXT5 texture support.\
- Fixed a D3D11 texture memory leak.\
- Stabilised fullscreen behaviour in both DX9 and DX11.
- Shadow Rendering Options:
- New levels in Andyfication → Fancy: None / Basic Blob / Full Shadows.
Added Biomes, Dynamic Weather Cycling, and simulated Time of Day
- Maps can now have variable weather patterns (Why? because why not? Also.. better?)
- Different weather can provide different boosts to players and monsters.
- Example 1, Rain can make fire attribute damage less effective, but lightning attribute damage more effective.
- Example 2, fog can make attack accuracy worse or spell range more limited.
- Simulated time of day (more to come)
- Example 1, Different spans on the same map for different times of day.
- Map biomes can now be set, (I have much bigger plans for this.)
- Example 1, Monsters can spawn with biome specific bonuses.
- Example 2, Items can drop with biome specific bonuses.
- QoL > Added Monster Chat and Skill Chat Filter options to chat config
Class Stat Cap Re-balancing
See full guide here:
https://discord.com/channels/707603153503387719/1470042086249337007/1470042086249337007
Hardcore V2
Lots of changes! You will want to check it all over here:
https://discord.com/channels/707603153503387719/1470045616485826713/1470045616485826713
Druid Tuning – “The Great Unfreeze Patch”
We found the combo that was freezing Druids solid… and then we politely told it to stop existing.
A focused polish pass on several Druid shapeshift skills that, when used together, could previously cause
client-side freezes or temporary lockups. The underlying effects remain the same, but the way they update has been made far smarter, smoother, and — most importantly — stable.
Why this matters:
Certain combinations of
Moonshadow Concord, Ascendant Shift (Cycle of the Wildheart), Thornweave Covenant, and form-swappingcould previously overwhelm the client with repeated identical updates. This is what caused some Druids to “soft-freeze” mid-combat or during transforms. The changes below directly target that issue.
What changed (in player terms)
Moonshadow Concord (Aura) – No more aura spam
- Now behaves like a proper persistent toggle rather than a machine-gun of updates.
- Pulses calmly every 15 seconds instead of constantly reapplying.
- Lasts for 120 seconds, reducing unnecessary refresh traffic.
- Still updates instantly when you swap forms (Wolf ↔ Bear ↔ Arachne).
- Cleans up properly when allies leave your aura range instead of lingering awkwardly.
Cycle of the Wildheart – Smoother Ascendant Shift
- Ascendant Shift is no longer “rebroadcast on repeat”.
- It now only resyncs when:
- the buff is missing,
- its value actually changed, or
- it is about to expire.
- Result: far less transform-time stutter or freezing, same power.
Thornweave Covenant (Shield) – Smarter, quieter updates
- Shield now refreshes only when:
- its value changes,
- a periodic sync is due, or
- it is near expiry.
- Same defensive behaviour — significantly less client strain.
Cleaner shapeshifts (Werewolf / Werebear / Arachne)
- If there are no incompatible pets to remove, the game no longer forces a full stat recalculation.
- Faster, leaner transforms with less overhead (and fewer hitching moments).
Primal Charge – No more UI jitter
- The charge display no longer hard-resets every refresh.
- It now clamps and updates smoothly through the normal flow.
Translation:
If you were experiencing freezes or momentary “Druid lockups,” this patch directly targets that problem. Your build feels the same — but your client should now stay responsive when things get spicy.
BladeDancer -- Shadow Army Polish
We didn't give your shadows coffee. We just taught them how to behave.
A focused clean‑up pass on BladeDancer Shadow Army and related systems to make the kit clearer, smoother, and far less likely to misbehave.
What players will notice
Skill Tree tidying (finally)
- ShadowArts and UmbralArts icons have been fixed in the Skill Tree.
- All Passive abilities now live in the Passives tree where they belong (no more treasure hunts).
Flicker Strike -- clearer, cooler, cleaner
- Description updated to actually match how the skill works:
- Blink‑strikes from behind.
- Consumes all Ritual Charges for bonus damage.
- Chains to additional nearby enemies based on charge count.
- Grants a brief self‑haste on hit.
- Deals extra damage when used inside the Shadow Realm.
Shadow Army: "Less Chaos, More Control"
Better Pet Controls
- Shadow command buttons are now labelled in plain English (Recall/Dismiss instead of vague skill names).
- Locked buttons clearly tell you which skill unlocks them.
- All skill‑gated UI logic is now consistent across the panel.
Visible Shadow Upkeep
- When your shadows are draining mana, you'll now see it:
- Mana label shows (-X/s) while upkeep is active.
- Mana bar tints to a poison‑style colour.
- You can no longer half‑pay upkeep - if you can't afford the tick, shadows are dismissed cleanly.
Smarter upkeep costs
- Upkeep is now percentage‑based per second:
- Normal mobs: 0.5% max MP/sec
- Sub‑boss: 1.5%
- Boss+: 5%
- Cost is rounded up each tick so edge cases can't get weird.
No more over‑summoning shenanigans
- Effective summon cap now scales with Soul Weight (without consuming soul slots).
- You can't summon duplicates of the same shadow profile while it's active.
- The system now counts actual living shadows instead of trusting old trackers.
Prune your Shadow Pool (new)
- Each active shadow row now has a permanent delete button (
).
- Requires confirmation.
- Safely removes the profile from your pool, loadout, and any pending reconstitution, then dismisses any active copies.
Smarter shadow commands
- Your chosen stance now persists properly across commands.
- Abyssal Recall now uses the reliable pet recall path.
- Shadow behaviors stay consistent instead of randomly desyncing.
Passives actually level
- Using Shadow Extraction, Arise, Shadow Rebind, Monarch's Command, or Abyssal Recall now correctly feeds their related passives.
Less server churn, fewer spikes
- Shadow level sync only happens when values change.
- Aura/regen/haste support effects are throttled to avoid spam.
Cleaner Shadow Snapshots
- Extracted shadows now copy stats from the monster template instead of whatever chaos the corpse was in mid‑fight.
Translation
Your BladeDancer still feels like a commander of an angry shadow army - it just does it without freezing, desyncing, or summoning existential crises.
Taoist Tuning — The Great Harmony Patch
“Balance is not silence… it is very carefully calibrated chaos.” — Andy, probably
Spiritual Ward — Cleaner, Smarter, Faster
- Spiritual Ward now scales its cleanse timing with skill level.
- Cooldown smooths from 120s → 60s as you level it up.
- Group-cleanse breakpoints are untouched — higher levels still help your friends, as nature intended.
Translation:Less waiting, same team value.
Meditative Flow — Taoist Aura Glow-Up
Meditative Flow now actually
feelslike a master support passive:
Radius Buffs (bigger hugs)
Your following spells now reach further when Meditative Flow is learned and levelled:
- Mass Heal
- BloodLust
- Magic Resistance
- Resilience
- Elemental Superiority
- Life Steal
- Mass Invisibility
- Purification (wider multi-target search)
Healing Cap Buffs (bigger numbers)
Meditative Flow now boosts healing ceilings for:
- Heal
- Mass Heal
- Corpse Exploder (Holy only) — bigger holy boom-heal when you’re aligned correctly.
Translation:More range, more power, more “thank you Taoist.”
Duality — Expanded and Actually Useful
Duality’s dark/holy lock now matters for
more of your kit, not just a few niche skills. New skills that now respect Duality
andcan advance it when used successfully:
- Searing Light
- Explosive Talisman
- Improved Explosive Talisman
- Demon Explosion
- Corpse Exploder
Translation:Your alignment finally feels like a core playstyle instead of a side quest.
Soul Resonance — Hardcore Safety Patch
- Softcore: unchanged (still spicy if you misplay).
- Hardcore: no more forced instant death.
- You now retain a percentage of HP based on skill level:
retained % = max(0, 50 - (2 × skill level))
Translation:Skillful Taoists get a safety net. Panic button still recommended.
Corpse Exploder — Smarter, Deadlier, Holier
Targeting feels less cursed
- Now supports local auto-targeting if clicking a corpse is awkward.
- Prioritises highest-level corpse first, then nearest.
Alignment behaviour
- Dark Duality: bigger blast radius + bonus damage.
- Holy Duality: converts into an ally-focused heal burst instead of pure damage.
Translation: More reliable, more thematic, and far less “why didn’t that work?”
