BrawlQuest update for 25 March 2021

Our largest ever update is now live with a whole host new content and mechanics. The full changelist is below:

[BALANCE]

• Increased the amount of character points you get at levels 1 - 5
• Increased base movement speed to 2.5m/s (previously 2m/s)
• Greatly reduced passive mana regen
• Greatly increased mob's kiting distance
• Mobs now only regain health after being out of combat for more than 10 seconds
• Added a global 10 second spell cooldown
• Stamina now increases your HP by +5 for each point (down from +15)
• Removed the 1/5 damage limit*

[UI]

• Added zone based ambient lighting
• Added 6 new achievements (What does INT do? // Playing With Fire // Stay Frosty // Strong Foundations // DEDICATION // Enchanted)
• Added directional audio
• Added tooltip information for Walls, Floors and Furniture
• Updated the tutorial screens, text is now centered and is clearer
• You can now click and drag to assign items to the hotbar
• Fixed the ability to enchant a null mount field
• Fixed character hub health meter levels when using enchanted armour with stamina buffs.
• Fixed an issue that caused rubberbanding when moving too fast
• Fixed an issue that caused movement to glitch after death
• Fixed an issue that prevented "The Bigger They Are" achievement from being unlockable
• Removed pressing numbers to assign items to hotbar

[CONTENT - NEW]

• Raised the Level cap to 30
• New zone: Elodine's Gift
• New raid: Elodine's Cult (opens on April 1st!)
• Added INT-based ranged weapons (staffs for now, bows coming later!)
• Added 3 new weapons: Wizard's Walking Staff, Bandit's Staff & Guardian's Staff
• Items can now have associated attributes with increase specific stats separately from enchantments
• Added a "Forging" mechanic: you can now smelt ores at furnaces into bars for crafting

[CONTENT - CHANGES]

• Metal Rock & Exotic Rock now drop Metal Ore and Exotic Material Ore respectively instead of smelted bars
• Mages Robe now grants +10 INT
• Bandit's Cloak now grants +10 STR

[ENCHANTMENT]

• You must now be Level 30 to enchant an item
• You can now enchant items lower than the current max echantment losing only the additional levels (IE, to enchant a +25 to +30 you lose 5 levels rather than all 29)
• You can now select how much of a stat you want to apply to an item (from +25 to +30)

[WORLD EFFECTS]

• Added a new world effect: Critters
• Added critters Chickens, Bugs, Mystics and Shades.
• Added a new world effect: Weather
• Added rain and clear skies
• Added a new world effect: Positional Ambient Audio
• Added positional ambient audio for water, trees, anvils, lava and campfires

[MOBS]

• Added SFX for Phoenix & Fire Phoenix
• Reduced the amount of XP given by Phoenix & Corrupted Steed

[SERVER]

• Added support for enemies that take up multiple tiles
• Added support for variable enchantment values
• Fixed an issue that prevented quests and NPC conversation states from clearing when prestiging
• Fixed an issue that allowed you to set your character stats negative (feedback: ThePentinentOne)
• Fixed an issue that caused STR enchantments to not apply correctly

[NOTES]

• You can't currently see when other players use ranged weapons
• Ambient lighting resets in the Foundation Forest portion of Elodine's Gift
• We've added "NOTE: Riverbridge will be accessible in a future update" to the description text for quest "The Apprentice Pt V"
• The raid opens on April 1st. This will mark a move away from our current armour tiers towards more varied and interesting armour sets. The elements for this loot change are in place in this update with a few items getting minor stat buffs.