Release Notes
Content and Environment
Storm King's Thunder
- Bryn Shander
- A location where players could become stuck has been addressed.
- Various instances of floating rocks have been brought down to earth. Er, more accurately, down to Toril.
- Cold Run
- A location where players could become stuck has been addressed.
- Abandoning quests gained via dropped items in Cold Run no longer prevents players from gaining that quest again later that day.
- Orc Battle Plans now only drop from Ogrillon Sentries instead of all orc supporting enemies.
- The water in certain parts of Cold Run no longer appears to jitter on AMD video cards.
- Lonelywood
- Logger's Lament: The doors on loggers' cages now properly reset.
- Shrine of Mielikki: This landmark is now spelled correctly on the minimap.
- Instanced Content
- Certain cutscenes have been updated so they more consistently load visuals before attempting to display them.
- Red Ice: The player character now properly moves to the expected location during the final cutscene.
- Red Ice: Players can no longer fall into the water when walking against the edge of the boardwalk.
- Several more instances now have the updated, less overwhelming fog.
- Fangbreaker Island
- Ewan Roald no longer repeats himself.
- Ewan Roald no longer repeats himself.
- The amount of damage dealt by the ability "Avalanche" has been reduced when it appears as an environmental hazard during the ascent to the first boss.
General
- Dragonflight: An achievement, "Dragon Master," has been added for defeating all four dragons in one attempt.
- If you have already done this, the achievement will be completed and can be found in the Slayer section.
- Epic Artifact Equipment: This quest has been re-added with the requirement to complete Spinward Rise removed.
- Sword Coast Chronicle: Damaged Orb of the Seer Shards now properly drop while in a team.
- Tutorial: The Hunter Ranger dodge power tutorial now properly says "shift" instead of "roll."
Upcoming Events
Siege of Neverwinter
- Medals of Heroism now go to the Wealth bag instead of the inventory.
- Quartermaster's Enchantments now give information about what they can potentially drop.
- Stronghold Vouchers will drop a little less frequently in this event. (There should still be plenty.)
- The Champion's Banner artifact now properly has secondary and tertiary stats as appropriate for a given rank and quality.
General
- Call to Arms: Gate Crashers: Several minor fixes have been made, including enemies displaying levels and the boss having a more graceful entry.
- Coins of Waukeen: The behavior of this event while in a party has been smoothed out; event items should more consistently appear for everyone, rather than just one person.
- Double Seals: Seals of the Adventurer now properly double during this event.
- Masquerade of Liars: A new mask has been added to the event collection and store.
- Winter Festival: Various minor updates have been made in preparation for this year's festivities.
Combat and Powers
Classes and Balance
- Scourge Warlock
- Immolation Spirits: Scourge Warlocks no longer take Everfrost Damage from the damage Immolation Spirits take.
Enemies and Allies
- Yeti Rampagers no longer sound like Fell Trolls at the beginning of combat.
Items and Economy
Storm King's Thunder
- Campaign
- The repeatable Runic Key task now requires 10 Ten-Towns supplies, reduced from 50.
- Archaeologist's Trowel: The tooltip now reads grammatically correctly when only one use is remaining.
- The crate in Bryn Shander no longer allows the player to discard the Uncommon-quality Trowel. It only grants the player a Common-quality Trowel if they do not already have one.
Mounts
- Tenser's Floating Disk: Dodge-cancelling out of summoning this mount no longer locks the player in place.
General
- Briartwine Enchantment: Ranks 11 and 12 now give the proper Item Level.
- Maze Engine Campaign Store: Purchasing and opening an Armor Package (e.g. Elemental Air or Dread Armor) on one class now unlocks that same pack to reclaim for free on all other classes.
- Ring of Ambush: The tooltip on this item now properly shows a cooldown of 20 seconds.
- Sahha balls can now be discarded.
User Interface
Character Sheet
- The Everfrost Damage Resistance value in the Character Sheet now properly includes the resistance granted by boons.
Inventory
- The Guild Bank no longer allows players to transfer items before they have completed the criteria necessary to trade.
- Voninblod now has a "Use" button in the Wealth tab.
Mounts
- The mount power selector now properly, consistently displays powers.
Powers
- If a player has more than 124 Power Points, the Powers tab no longer glows to remind that player about the unspent points.
Professions
- If an item has an Enchantment or Kit slotted, the Professions UI now pops up a confirmation dialog if that item is going to be consumed by a task.
Queues
- The leaver penalty no longer unexpectedly resets back to 30 minutes.
Scoreboard
- The Scoreboard no longer shows scores from a different contest on the same map if the player participated in that previous contest.
Localization
General
- Implemented several minor text localization fixes for the German language.
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