Medivia

Dear players

The first part of the Underwater Update introduces a new questline, "The Rites of Ryleph", accessible via NPC Bedhin, along with new underwater monsters, items, and hunting zones in Osaris. The Anniversary Event has been rebalanced with changes to game frequency, reward systems, and timing, and will run throughout August. Additional changes include significant improvements to druid healing mechanics, expanded store and stash functionality, early game balancing for archers, a wide range of quality-of-life improvements, and major reworks and rewards for Sanctum dungeons and creatures.

The following changes were made after the server save:

Underwater Update:

Added a new questline: The Rites of Ryleph.
Quest can be started by speaking with NPC Bedhin.
Added several new monsters and hunting zones in underwater part of Osaris.
Added new items and equipment.

Anniversary Event changes:

Anniversary Games now starts one hour after server save and start every 3 hours.
It is now possible to complete Anniversary Games only once per server save.
Random decoration rewards from game of chance can now be exchanged back for anniversary tokens.
Decreased time it takes to roll a reward in the Anniversary Event's game of chances.
Anniversary Event is going to start on 1st of August and will remain active for the whole month.
Slightly decreased delays of dialogue during Anniversary Games boss fight.
Slightly decreased wait time for an Anniversary Games minigames to start.

Game client changes:

Added an option to adjust NPC delay between dialogues.
Updated spell icons for ammunition conjuring spells.
Split option to toggle visibility of cast messages into two: your casts and casts of other players.
Added an option to hide Novus raids from minimap.
It is no longer possible to close some of the windows/modules using Enter key.
Alternating messages of the same kind in NPC chat now have slightly darker color to improve readibility.

Druid spells changes:

Removed Lifebloom effect from the game.
Heal Friend, Light Heal Friend and Purification spells now can always overheal other players.
Overheal effect now always increases health of the target by 5% even when not healed to full health.
Frostfire Surge, Glacial Aegis and Cold Rush can now also be casted when not in party.
Heal Friend, Light Heal Friend and Purification spells now have a lowered exhaust when cast on another player.
Increased heal strength of Mass Healing spell.

Dummy scrolls:

Dummy target now receives 1 damage per hit. Dummy target health was decreased to 100 hit points.
Dummy targets are now walk-through by other players.
Hitting dummy target now grants skill points only to person who has summoned it.
Added a reinforced variant of dummy target, summonable with reinforced dummy scroll.
Reinforced dummy target works similarly to dummy targets, but grants skill points to up to owner and 3 other whitelisted players.
Up to 3 other players can be allowed by the dummy target owner to train on the reinforced dummy target via popup menu.

Store changes:

Added several new outfits to the store offer.
Increased rune and potion charges modifier on low and high rate worlds.
Added several new outfits to the store offer, including Azure Mercenary, Wight, Orc Warlord and more.
Added reinfoced dummy scroll to store offer.
Added Shallows Bundle to the store offer.
Added warrior's gauntlet to the store offer.
Added silver, golden and crystal elite boosters to the store offer.
Filling octopus meal now satisfies hunger for 24 hours instead of 16 hours.
Transfer service scroll is now on a temporary sale and has been discounted by 25%.

Stash changes:

Cooking window now accepts items from stash.
Exchange window now accepts items from stash.

Early game changes:

Added a short bow and short crossbow, weaker bow and crossbow counterparts for low level archers.
Added wooden arrow and wooden bolts ammunition for low level archers.
Archers now start with a short bow and wooden arrows instead of spears.
Added "Conjure Wooden Arrow" and "Conjure Wooden Bolt" archer spells that don't require learning.
Swamplight, moonlight and firelight wands now cost no mana to use.
Serpent scepter mana cost was reduced from 3 mana to 2 mana.
Added a low level quest: Tower of Fire. Quest is located in Yehsha.
All spell teachers and temple NPCs now give out free starter weapons to players who lost theirs.

Miscellaneous changes:

Plaguebringer of Abukir Mons pre-seal levers now work in any order.
Thunder hammer's tooltip has been updated. Energy Swing now has a cooldown icon.
Cooking window can now be opened using cooking oven's popup menu.
Changed rewards of Frozen Chamber Quest. Frozen Chamber Quest progress has been reset for everyone.
It is now possible to recharge gold pouch even when it's not expired.
Added elemental weapon damage range in item tooltip.
Magma Prison dungeon now has no level requirement to enter.
Different types of minotaurs now count towards minotaur task.
Adjusted elite spawn rate of some variants of Novus creatures.
NPC Ebarin now also takes Medivia coins from item stash when upgrading items.
Updated NPC Grazlin crafting offer with great gauntlet.
Decreased NPC Kiran's pharaoh helmet selling price from 220,000 to 195,000.
Blue and red pieces of cloth are now sellable to cloth merchants.
Updated NPC Wulkan offer with icebound variant sets for archers, mages and druids.
Updated NPC Zerin offer: sulphira scale mail, albino scale mail, red scale mail, hydra scale legs, archlight wand, chaos shield are now sellable.
Intense healing rune no longer has a magic level requirement to use.
Conjure Food spell now has 200ms exhaustion.
Reduced Mass Healing spell cost from 180 mana to 120 mana.
Removed exhaustion when using a mining pouch to mine ores.
Summary of bought and sold items on the marketplace since last logout now appear in Server Log upon login.
Auctions of houses in Falcon and Sanctum now require access to the city in order to place a bid.
Added NPC Daguz in Osaris, that exchanges elite tokens for goblets or elite boosters.
Added more mailboxes in Osaris.
Added balconies to two houses in Osaris: Bazaar Square 1 & Bazaar Square 2.
All windows in Osaris can now be closed and it's state will be saved.
Removed the door to the east of Dunes Edge 2 house as it interfers with pathfinding when mapclicking from or to the city.
Changed the frost troll spawn southeast of Forgula with mutated rats so it's easier to get to for players working on the Dwarf Faction.
Added a mailbox in Radiant Paladin, Shadow Drake, Serpentine Tomb, Necropolis, Foreign Lands Chimera hunting zones.

Bug fixes:

Fixed an issue where some items that have to be equipped in a proper slot could not be activated using hotkey.
Fixed an issue where enchanted mana crystal confirmation window would not disappear after walking out of the range.
Fixed an issue where level sync would not deactivate properly under certain conditions.
Fixed an issue where marketplace offers could not load properly when item's count in item stash was very high.
Fixed an issue where critical attack modifier would stack instead of being averaged when wearing more than one cursed nocturne set piece.
Fixed an issue where two fetch quests of Sanctum Warriors could not be completed properly.

Sanctum changes:

Increased dark reaperfish meal bonus mining from 10 to 15.
Cursed ankh can now teleport to home temple when used in temple of Sanctum.
Increased change to obtain non-common fishes when fishing in waters on Kraken Island.
Catch of the Abyss mission now requires a voidsteel fishing rod.
Veins of the Abyss mission now requires a chaos pick and no longer requires any mining skill.
Updated NPC Durnan crafting offer.
Added exchange offer to NPC Roderic. Creature skins can be exchanged for void oculi.
Greatly increased item and experience reward of Abyssal Watchtower dungeon.
Greatly increased item and experience reward of Castle of Eternal Dread dungeon.
Greatly increased item and experience reward of The Lost Nexus dungeon.
Greatly increased item and experience reward of Tyrant's Dominion dungeon.
Greatly increased item and experience reward of Voidscourge Wastelands dungeon.
Greatly increased average loot value of Kraken.
Increased blue rift time limit from 5 minutes to 10 minutes. Exiting rift now teleports to temple of Sanctum.
Increased red rift time limit from 15 minutes to 30 minutes. Exiting rift now teleports to temple of Sanctum.
Mesgaias' amount of minions now scales with every 6th instead of 5th party member.
Darkbringer amount of minions now scales with every 6th instead of 5th party member.
Voidspine amount of minions now scales with every 7th instead of 5th party member.
Greatly increased darkbringer's shadow orb attack area of effect.
Removed abyssbinder's octopus hatchling legendary drop and replaced it with weapon legendary drops split among other creatures on the same hunting zone.
Added 8 houses in Sanctum.
Increased chaos sentry movement speed from 450 to 500.
Decreased dark apprentice movement speed from 550 to 500. Increased armor.
Decreased dread knight movement speed from 650 to 600.
Decreased shadow knight movement speed from 600 to 550. Increased armor.
Increased abyssworm's single target attack chance and interval.
Warp serpent can now change targets.
Increased spiralmaw health from 13750 to 15750.
Increased damage dealt by malice.
Increased movement speed of soulchainer from 450 to 500.
Abyssbinder can now cast haste ability.
Increased chaosmaw melee attack speed.
Increased nightmaw's strong single target attack chance.
Increased abyss reaper melee attack damage. Increased average loot value.
Increased voidflayer health from 36000 to 38000. Area of effect attack now deals more damage but executes less often. Increased average loot value.
Decreased voidling health from 4800 to 3600. Changed loot table without changing average loot value.
Slightly increased damage dealt by dread knight's Void Slashes attack.
Mesgaias' rifts now spawn voidflayers instead of runeguards.
Malice's spike attack now deals less damage.
Soulchainer's soul chain attack now deals slightly more damage and now has an effect indicator.
Soulchainer's Soulsteal attack now deals slightly more damage.
Nightmaw now has a short delay before start of dealing damage when castng Abyssal Prison ability.
Increased damage dealt by voidtail's slam attack.
Increased experience yielded by rift solder from 6570 to 8200. Added 40% fire resistance. Increased single target attack chance.
Slightly changed positions of few creatures on Shimmering Veil and Hollow Expanse hunting zones in Sanctum.
Changed spawn time of creatures on Warped Citadel (Solo) from 540s to 585s.
Adjusted fish pool placement on Sanctum.

Monster changes:

Flamebringer no longer casts paralyze attack. Increased flamebringer movement speed from 520 to 570.
Increased abysmor and havoc apostle elite variant spawn rate.
Increased damage dealth by spectralist's Soul Union ability.
Baalerun now spawns only one portal that is now centered in the arena.
Decreased experinence yielded by oathbreaker from 28140 to 23600.
Decreased experinence yielded by umbral wyvern from 25000 to 20000.

Hunting zone changes:

Changed spawn time of oathbreakers and umbral wyverns in Corrupted Mittenhoff (Aividem) from 500s to 350s.
Changed respawn time of creatures on Spectralist hunting zone from 490s to 430s.
Decreased amount of demons in Demon Tower (Garrogat) from 3 to 1 and decreased spawn time from 300s to 100s.
Fixed an issue where blood sphinxes and undead dragons in Sphinx Dungeon (Osaris) had incorrect spawn time.
Decreased spawn time of blue sphinxes from 350 to 310s on one hunting zone and 350 to 320 on another.

Item changes:

Increased chance to activate passive effect of bulkwark of twin flames from 10% to 25%.
Decreased weight of arrow and poison arrow.
Decreased weight of bolt.
Increased resistance ice property of frozen shield from 1% to 2%.
Increased strength and speed granted by ent leaf. Now grants 1% of poison resistance as a property and another 1% as an attribute.
Voidwarden, voidcaster and voidfletcher rings now grant 3% death resistance.