Outlands Patch October 19, 2023
2023-10-19
Released
2023-11-30 - 21 months ago
Outlands Patch December 14, 2023
2023-12-14
Outlands Patch November 30, 2023 is an update for Outlands.
This patch adds a temporary Blessed status to Prevalian Merchant items, expands Pawn Shoppe recovery to containers/antiquities, adjusts Treasure Map Chest behavior, adds Reveal prevention in Sanctuary Dungeons, fixes Murderer ejection location, fixes a Guard Zone damage issue, updates Resource Stockpile Aspect item labels, adds LOS check for AoE in Stygian Rifts, prevents Faction Flag carriers from entering Shelter Island/New Player Dungeon, sets a 14-day limit for house "For Sale" status, allows purchasing stacks of House Decay Lottery tickets, prevents party invites during Arena fights, fixes an Aspect Effect Modifier link issue, corrects Shimmer Comet Ship Paint display, allows Rental Room Credit Deed decay, changes Newbied item stacking, fixes Follower Bless/Ability interactions and Scorch stacking, adds PvP penalty to Veterinary Resurrection, fixes Primal Upgrade application, adds hundreds of new Creature Icons, overhauls the Stablemaster menu adding creature selling via the new Creatures Bazaar system, and removes stable claim/retrieve costs.
Prevalian Merchant
- Items purchased from the Prevalian Merchant will be temporarily Blessed for the first 60 minutes after purchase.
- *(Note: Adding a temporarily Blessed decoration to a Tome/Organizer will remove its Blessed status).*
Pawn Shoppe Item Recovery
- Containers and Antiquities that decay on house floors are now recoverable from the Pawn Shoppe Item Recovery system for up to 30 days.
Treasure Maps and Treasure Map Chests
- Treasure Maps now automatically delete when their corresponding Treasure Map Chest is completed/deleted.
- Treasure Map Chests (Level 1-7) now decay after 1 Hour (along with creatures/items).
- Level 8 Treasure Map Chests (Lore Boss Chests) remain at a 2 Hour duration.
- Empty Treasure Map Chests now automatically delete in 1 minute (was 5 minutes).
Dungeons
- Players inside a Sanctuary Dungeon can no longer Reveal other players using Detecting Hidden skill or the Reveal spell.
- Fixed issue where Murderers ejected from a dungeon were sometimes sent to Prevalia; now correctly sent to Corpse Creek.
Guard Zones
- Fixed an outlier issue where a player could damage a Blue (innocent) player while inside a Guardzone.
Resource Stockpiles
- Aspect Items in Resource Stockpiles now have a label identifying their Aspect.
Stygian Rifts
- Area of Effect (AoE) spells cast during Stygian Rifts now only hit targets within Line-of-Sight (LOS) of the caster.
Factions
- Players are now prevented from entering Shelter Island and New Player Dungeon while carrying a Faction Flag.
Houses
- If a house marked for sale remains unsold for 14 Days, it will automatically revert to "Not For Sale" status (and sign reverts if changed).
House Decay Lotteries
- Players can now purchase stacks of 100 Tickets for House Decay Lotteries (requires double-click confirmation).
Arena
- Players can no longer be invited into a Party while actively fighting in the Arena.
Aspects
- Fixed an issue where Aspect Effect Modifier Mastery Chain Links were not contributing their entire bonus to Eldritch Mana Wells.
Ships
- Fixed an issue where Shimmer Comet Ship Paint was not displaying correctly.
- *(Note: May require Docking and Relaunching ship to apply the fix).*
Item Deletion
- Rental Room Credit Deeds will no longer be recoverable via Pawn Shoppe if they decay on the ground or are deleted from a Trash Barrel.
Character Creation
- Newbied Arrows and Bandages are no longer bound to the character.
- Cannot stack Newbied Arrows/Bandages with Normal Arrows/Bandages.
Followers
- Fixed issue where casting Bless spell on a Follower prevented Frenzy or Enrage abilities.
- Fixed issue where Scorch ability (Sun Wyrms/Wyrmlings) was stacking beyond intended limit.
Veterinary Resurrection Slips
- While Flagged in PvP, attempting to resurrect a Tamed Creature (Bandages or Veterinary Supplies) now incurs a cumulative 25% penalty (of normal chance) to success chance each time the resurrecting player is damaged by another player during the attempt.
Creature Abilities
- Fixed issue where Primal Upgrade (Attack Class) was incorrectly applying to some Utility Class creatures.
Creature Icons
- Hundreds of creatures now have new Icon Graphics in menus (Animal Lore, Stablemaster, Tracking, etc.) matching their in-game appearance.
- *(Note: Some preview images in this patch's features might show older icons).*
Stablemaster Overhaul
- Claiming Followers from Stablemaster no longer costs gold.
- Retrieving Lost Followers from Stablemaster no longer costs gold.
- *(Note: Recovering abandoned pets from Animal Wrangler still has a cost).*
- Dismissing creatures directly from the Stablemaster menu is no longer possible (must Claim first, then dismiss manually).
Stablemaster Menu
- Redesigned with new Filtering options and ability to Sell Creatures.
- Filters at top adjust displayed creature list.
Creatures For Sale
- Players can mark stabled creatures For Sale.
- Click "Set" button on listing to open Pricing Window. Enter price and click "Set" in window.
- Listing shows price in Green text.
- Click "Change" button to adjust price or cancel sale (via "Cancel Sale" button or setting price to 0).
- Creatures For Sale become available via the Creatures Bazaar.
- Creatures unsold after 14 days automatically revert to Not For Sale.
Creatures Bazaar and Creature Broker NPC
- System for purchasing Tamed Creatures marked For Sale by other players.
- Accessed via Creature Broker NPCs near Stablemasters in Towns (Say "Buy", "Creature", "Broker", "Bazaar" or Shift-click -> "Buy").
Overview Page
- Initial menu page shows counts of available listings per Creature Type.
- Filter options at top narrow displayed Creature Types.
- Click Small Orb under "View Listings" to see specific creature listings.
Sale Listings Page
- Shows all available creatures of the selected type For Sale.
- Top section: Basic info (Min Taming, Slots, Class).
- Middle section: Advanced Filters (Stats, Hue, etc.). Active filters show Green text.
- Bottom section: Individual creature listings (Price, Level, Randomized Starting Stats, Hue, Body Value).
- Click "View" Button for Animal Lore page of that specific creature.
- Use Arrow/Orb buttons under Stat Labels to sort listings.
Purchasing Creatures
- Click "Buy" Small Orb button to open Purchasing Menu for that creature.
- Review details, click Purchase button twice to confirm.
- *(Note: Purchase fails if price changes after opening Purchase Menu).*
- Gold transferred from Buyer's Bankbox to Seller's Bankbox.
- Creature moved directly from Seller's Stables to Buyer's Stables.
- Purchase prevented if Buyer lacks sufficient Stable Slots.
Sellers
- Receive system message and sound notification upon logging into Stables menu if any creatures were sold since last visit, detailing count sold and total gold earned.