Content and Environment
Storm King's Thunder
- Additional changes have been made to the fog in Bryn Shander. It is now less dense closer to the player character.
- After defeating the trolls in the Shrine of Mielikki, the dialog timing is now improved.
- Bryn Shander: Certain yetis no longer spawn within giant blocks of ice. Gee, are they glad that they're out here!
- Bryn Shander: The quest path now leads through terrain less frequently.
- Campaign: Liberate Bryn Shander no longer awards an unused currency; this currency no longer shows up in the Wealth tab of the Inventory.
- Campaign: The tutorial quest is now properly offered during the course of the first day of play, rather than needing enough supplies to require a second day.
- Cold Run: Out of Supplies: The objective location for this quest has been clarified in the quest tracker.
- Defending the Dale: The quest now properly displays text in the Quest Journal.
- Fangbreaker Island: This dungeon now properly requires 28% Everfrost Resistance to enter.
- Red Ice: Ice sticking out of the boss arena can no longer damage players before they enter the arena.
- Red Ice: Enemies no longer chase players through certain obstructions.
- The volume of various voice-over has been adjusted to be more consistent.
- Various text throughout Storm King's Thunder has been adjusted, generally to better match the voice-over or address typographical errors.
General
- A certain bridge in Rothé Valley no longer causes griffon mounts to jitter when walking over it.
- Defending the Sword Coast: Players with an objective to collect ritual components in Pirates' Skyhold are no longer directed to go to the Chasm to do so.
Combat and Powers
Classes and Balance
- Certain class powers no longer cause certain bosses to give up on their dedication to violence.
- Great Weapon Fighter: Steel Defense now grants Everfrost damage immunity during its effect.
Companions
- Remorhaz: Line of Sight no longer prevents the Remorhaz from helping excavate extra Ostorian Relics.
Items and Economy
Storm King's Thunder
- Archaeologist's Trowel: This item now requires both "Secrets of Ostorian Relics" and "Restore Bryn Shander's Economy" to purchase.
- Items in the campaign store are now properly visible even before they're unlocked, allowing players to better plan out and strategize their campaign progress.
- This also reveals sources of Everfrost Resistance that previously appeared hidden.
- Prestige Body Armor now properly has Defense values competitive with similar items in its Item Level range.
- Relic gear icons have been adjusted to better match their in-game appearance.
- Relic and Frostborn equipment now grant the same stats when in a fully discharged state that they would grant in Tier 1.
- Scourge Warlocks can now properly purchase pants and shirts in the campaign store.
General
- Players with Artifacts that were previously stuck in a permanent "cooling down" state will now see those artifacts' cooldowns tick down again.
Zen Market
- Frostborn and Warborn gear now shows their locations in Collections.
- Frostborn armor set bonuses now apply on entering a Storm King's Thunder map, rather than having to unequip and re-equip set pieces to apply them.
- Shared Bank Slots: The maximum value of Shared Bank Slots in the purchase description has been updated to match a previous increase.
- To alleviate confusion, the 20 Keys and Frostborn / Warborn Gloves purchases have had their text updated to clarify the behavior on opening.
User Interface
Sword Coast Chronicle
- Currency counters in individual campaign tasks no longer occasionally project a subtle line that draws to the corner of the screen.
- Icons for currencies now consistently load in the footer of individual Campaign screens.
- Storm King's Thunder now has an updated campaign image.
- Well of Dragons now appears after Dread Ring in the campaign list.
Graphics, Effects, and Animation
Enemies and Allies
- Certain Dwarf beards that had changed with the Storm King's Thunder release have been re-restored.
- The new version of this beard has been made available in Character Creation and the Tower of Alteration.
- Frost Giant Runewielders now properly hold their shields, rather than levitating them.
- Frost Giants now consistently have blue or white beard colors.
- The warlock in Lonelywood is now wearing more weather-appropriate clothing.
- Yetis no longer slide instead of running when they charge.
Performance and Stability
General
- An occasional crash in the Quest Journal UI has been addressed.
Localization
General
- Much of the localized voice-over audio that was missing on release of Storm King's Thunder has now been implemented.
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