The Risen Princess

August 2012 - Announcements Page

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Release Fiction
No Release Fiction this month.

Developer Comments
No Developer Comments this month.

Patch Details
Patch Date: 14th August, 2012 Patch Size: 8,598K (Client: 4,640K) Hotfix: Patch Size 562K (Client 4,640K)
 * The Hotfix was rolled out at 8am-11am Est, Wednesday 15th August, 2012 - Refer to Known Issues for this update for more detail.

Town Crier Rumors
Free Rumors:
 * Town Crier tells you, "I swear I just saw a Lugian run by wearing a bright purple set of Nanjou Shou-jen clothes..."
 * Town Crier tells you, "Maybe I need to go lie down for a bit."


 * Town Crier tells you, "I've heard rumors of some sort of undead assassin testing people.  I wonder what that's all about?"


 * Town Crier tells you, "News! Hoshino Kei has raised an army of spectral undead in the north of Osteth!"

Pyreal Rumors:
 * Town Crier tells you, "Hoshino Kei has raised a large fortress to the Northwest of Osteth, near the Beach Fort.  Travellers in the area are advised to use caution."


 * Town Crier tells you, "Reports are coming in about a strange spectral undead in the town beneath Hoshino Kei's fortress that is testing adventurers instead of trying to kill them."


 * Town Crier tells you, "A contingent of soldiers has been stationed outside the newly raised fortress in northwest Osteth, and is seeking help with a number of tasks."

Ulgrim Rumors
Free Rumors:
 * Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Those new stipends? Yeah I've heard of them. Guess people don't have to do real work to earn anything these days."
 * Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I meant to say, what a nice thing Monroe is doing."


 * Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Apparently Isin Dule really wants those shadows out of Tou-Tou"
 * Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "His forces are handing out bounties for killing them off."


 * Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I'd be careful if you head up to the Northwest coast. Some strange things are going on there."

Stout Rumors:
 * Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Yeah, I've seen some of that new Samurai armor people are wearing,"
 * Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I don't see the big deal. I'd rather have a robe any day."
 * Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I like the room to breathe, if you know what I mean"


 * Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I've overhead some other heavy drinkers talking about some ninjas."
 * Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Sounds like one of the academies has aligned with Hoshino and is training very powerful forces for her army."


 * Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Hoshino has got herself a full on fortress and an army with which to control it."
 * Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "That's all we need is another army on this small island."
 * Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Where is it? Up around 79N 41W, across from the Halaetan Islands, but I wouldn't suggest going there."

New UI and Game Changes

 * The weather effects have returned to Asheron’s Call. Players will be able to toggle these on and off just as before.
 * Luminance can now be shared in Fellowships. It's controlled under the same UI panel as Xp, the share range for Luminance is drastically shorter than the range for shared Xp.
 * Stipends were added as an Alternate Currency. There are Stipends and Society Stipends both of which can be obtained weekly.

New Quests

 * Hoshino Fortress Infiltration
 * Ninja Academy
 * Kill Tasks:
 * Royal Tent
 * Golem Samurai Kill Task
 * Spectral Archer Kill Task
 * Spectral Claw Kill Task
 * Spectral Bushi Kill Task
 * Spectral Mage Kill Task
 * Spectral Minion Kill Task
 * Spectral Nanjou Shou-jen Kill Task
 * Spectral Samurai Kill Task
 * Tou-Tou:
 * Devourer Margul Kill Task
 * Grievver Shredder Kill Task
 * Shadow Flyer Kill Task
 * Shadow Kill Task
 * Void Lord Kill Task

Updated Quests

 * Exploration Society Letters
 * Letters now dropped by higher level creatures.
 * Former starter town stamp quests updated.
 * Stamped letter rewards all updated.
 * Stamps are now reusable.
 * Holtburg, Shoushi and Yaraq stamps removed.
 * The way in which some quest weapon are created has been updated. In order to get these new versions, players will need to run the quests for these specific weapons again.
 * Atlan Weapons
 * Isparian Weapons
 * Shimmering Weapons
 * Shadowfire Weapons
 * Weeping Weapons - The way in which Weeping Weapons are created has been updated.
 * Lady Aerfalle Quest - The uber version of the quest now has an Enhanced Black Fire Atlan Stone in the rewards chest at the end. Also the Behemoth of Tenkarrdun now drops multiple Boulders to make a Black Fire Atlan Stone, which is now used to upgrade existing Atlans rather than create a new weapon.
 * Olthoi Chasm Quest - An exit portal has been added at the end of the Olthoi Chasm dungeon.
 * Halt Dericost Ritual Quest - The Halt Dericost Ritual quest now only requires players to run the Dericost Ritual Investigation quest once to repeat.
 * Castle of Lord Mhoire Quest - Each Mhoire Castle tower (NW, SW, SE) now has their respective gargoyle generate a portal back to the Northeast tower.
 * Oubliette Quest - An update was made to the way the Oubliette Quest resets to address possible ways to get stuck with extra long reset timers.
 * Sealing Away the Book of Eibhil - The Sealing Away the Book of Eibhil quest was fixed so that players who are missing the Book of Eibhil Page can get a new one.
 * Slave Master Quest - The Neftet Sand Temple quests' reset timer, as well as its rewards, have been doubled to 2 Braced Mana Forge Keys, 30,000 Luminance and 480,000,000 xp.
 * Unleash the Gearknights - The Unleash the Gearknights quest has had 12,000 Luminance added.
 * Apostate Finale - The Apostate Finale has had 35,000 Luminance added.
 * Death's Allure - The Death's Allure quest has had its reward structure updated.
 * Radiant Mana Infusion Quest - The pickup timer for Radiant Mana Infusion's was lowered to 2 weeks.
 * Aerbax's Citadel - The Aerbax's Citadel quest was updated and should now cycle through the armor rewards correctly.
 * Mhoire Lieutenant (Geraine's Hosts) - The Mhoire Lieutenant's timer was adjusted and he now persists in the world longer and is not as stingy at giving out titles.
 * Ritual of the Blight - Adjustments were made to address the slow spawn generation of the Ritual of the Blight Moarsman dungeons.
 * Monthly Explorer Society Quests
 * WARNING: These quests are standalone quests, the xp bonuses are strictly handled by the NPCs in Kara, speak to them after finishing to get your bonus. Also your timer for the bonuses depend on when you completed last month's set of quests, speak to each NPC to find out if your timer hasn't expired yet. More details here.


 * Ansar El-Kerdany: ( Monthly ) - The Caliginous Bethel (do not do cathedral portion prior to talking to Ansar at the end of the quest)
 * Ansar El-Kerdany tells you, "Greetings Adventurer! We believe that Aurten Rhell of Bluespire could use some assistance."
 * Ansar El-Kerdany tells you, "Investigate the strange occurances in the plateau nearby and return any evidence you find to Aurten."
 * - Completion Message;
 * Ansar El-Kerdany tells you, "You found plenty of evidence for Aurten, it is a shame he refuses to believe the truth. Here is your reward."


 * Esmond Fielding: ( Bi-Weekly ) - Disturbance in the Ley Lines
 * Esmond Fielding tells you, "Greetings Adventurer! The Explorer Society has decided it would help direct attention to citizens in need of help."
 * Esmond Fielding tells you, "This month we have heard rumors that both the Radiant Blood and the Celestial Hand are after Rytheran's Mnemosyne."
 * Esmond Fielding tells you, "Help whichever you want, for we do not pick sides. Do this and I shall reward you."
 * - Completion Message;
 * Esmond Fielding tells you, "You retrieved Rytheran's Mnemosyne? Most impressive, that must be rewarded. And do not worry, I care not which side you chose. The Celestial Hand are a fine group."


 * Niccolo De Luca: ( Weekly ) - Frozen Fury
 * Niccolo De Luca tells you, "Greetings Adventurer! The Explorer Society has decided it would help direct attention to citizens in need of help."
 * Niccolo De Luca tells you, "This month we have decided that Mage Syltyn Rillon could use help in obtaining a Virindi Signet."
 * Niccolo De Luca tells you, "Enter the Virindi Complex in the north and battle your way through. Once this is completed, I shall reward you."
 * - Completion Message;
 * Niccolo De Luca tells you, "You retrieved a Virindi Signet. Hopefully Syltyn unlocked the secret of the Frozen Fury for you. Here is another reward as well."


 * Monthly Game Hunter
 * WARNING: These Kill Tasks are standalone quests, the xp bonuses are strictly handled by the Rand, Game Hunter in Holtburg, speak to Rand after finishing each Kill Task to get your bonus.
 * Rand, Game Hunter tells you, "As a game hunter I've tagged a variety of creatures to test your skills. Kill these creatures to test your skills and prove your abilities and I'll make it worth your while."
 * Rand, Game Hunter tells you, "This month I've tagged Great Skeletons as the moderate difficulty prey."
 * Rand, Game Hunter tells you, "This month I've tagged Cursed and Relic Bones as the medium difficulty prey"
 * Rand, Game Hunter tells you, "This month I've tagged Tormenters and Archfiends as the high difficulty prey."
 * Rand, Game Hunter tells you, "This month I've tagged Dark Isle Ruschk as one of the most difficult prey."
 * Rand, Game Hunter tells you, "This month I've tagged Naughty and Wicked Skeletons as the other prey of highest difficulty."

New NPCs

 * Darviss - 78.1N, 42.2W
 * NPCs at the 80.7N 43.0W - Royal Tent:
 * Aun Kirtal - 80.7N, 43.0W
 * Corporal Irashi - 80.7N, 43.0W
 * Freed Temple Exarch - Falatacot Temple
 * Griffon - 80.7N, 43.0W
 * Hanamoto Aki'ko - 80.7N, 43.0W
 * Lieutenant Aurin - 80.7N, 43.0W
 * Lieutenant Takamaki - 80.7N, 43.0W
 * Lord Eorlinde - 80.7N, 43.0W
 * Mareeno Donn - 80.7N, 43.0W
 * Sergeant Trebuus - 80.7N, 43.0W
 * New Stipend NPCs in Arwic at 33.6N, 56.8E.
 * Monroe
 * Marid
 * New Society Stipend Officers were added in their respective strongholds.
 * Master Rhan - Radiant Blood
 * Master Mhoire - Eldrytch Web
 * Master Tarkor'in - Celestial Hand

Updated NPCs

 * Bhravarn ibn Salizim from the Runed Weapons quests.
 * Mhoire Lieutenant from the Geraine's Hosts quest.


 * Tou-Tou Kill Task NPCs at 30.3S, 94.8E:
 * Royal Guard - Grievver Shredder Hunter Kill Task - 30.3S, 94.8E
 * Umbral Guard - Devourer Margul Kill Task - 30.3S, 94.8E
 * Umbral Guard - Shadow Flyer Kill Task - 30.3S, 94.8E
 * Royal Guard - Shadow Kill Task - 30.2S, 94.8E
 * Royal Guard - Void Lord Kill Task - 30.3S, 94.8E

New Locations

 * Nanjou Shou-jen Academy - 78.1N, 42.2W
 * Falatacot Temple - inside Hoshino's Fortress at 79.2N, 40.3W
 * Hoshino's Fortress - 79.2N, 40.3W with surrounding Undead towns
 * Hoshino Tower - inside Hoshino's Fortress at 79.2N, 40.3W, extra portal in a Tower just outside the Gate
 * Royal Tent - 80.7N 43.0W - Quest NPCs for several kill tasks and Hoshino's Fortress.
 * Venerable Mausoleum - inside Hoshino's Fortress at 79.2N, 40.3W

Updated Locations

 * Serac Vault - Has Undead Captains, Dark Masters and Great Revenants
 * Incunabula Vault - Has Olthoi Swarm Soldiers
 * Amperehelion Vault - Has Amethyst Gromnies and Scathisas
 * Jahannan Vault - Has Enku Zefirs and Direland Rats
 * Artifex Vault - Has Tumerok Champions and Tumerok High Priests
 * Minor Atlan Stones - Guarded by Lvl 80 elementals, Frosts, Embers, Voltarcs, and Apozims

Updated Items

 * - Notes section removed to reflect changes made to the weapons.
 * - Now works again on Ancient Armored Vestments & misc odd shirts.
 * - Now works again on Ancient Armored Vestments & misc odd shirts.
 * - Max dmg adjusted to fit Heavy weapon scale.
 * - Can now be retained and de-retained using leather & sandstone salvage.
 * - Can now be retained and de-retained using leather & sandstone salvage.

Retired Items

 * Exploration Society Letters
 * All previous rewards have been retired as part of major update. See Exploration Society Letters/Retired for a list.

New Titles

 * Vanquisher of the Titan
 * Derethian Newbie
 * Novice Wanderer
 * Notable Citizen
 * Adept Adventurer
 * Intrepid Explorer
 * Supreme Soldier
 * Epic Warrior
 * Paragon of New Aluvia
 * An Auberean Legend
 * Heretic
 * Captain

Portal.dat

 * [[File:Portaldat 201208.png]]

New Creatures

 * Note: Some creatures appeared in the 2012/08 Lord Bloodhaunt live event the previous month, although were not permanent.

Images
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Known Issues
The Asheron's Call Game Servers will be brought down on Wednesday, August 15th from 8:00am - 11:00am Eastern (-5 GMT) for a hotfix. Thanks for your patience, and we'll see you back in the game soon! Shrewby - Turbine Community Relations
 * Scheduled Server Downtime: 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Eastern (-5 GMT) August 15th, 2012 Link


 * Water lanscape textures currently have issues and Turbine are working on a fix Link.

Typos

 * Combining a Broken Key (Lower) and Broken Key (Middle) creates a Broken Lever, when in fact, it should create another form of Broken Key.
 * The First Lieutenant's Insignia. [sic] contains a period (.) in the item name. This is likely a typo.
 * Leather armor has an extra space in the item name.

Minor Errors

 * Exploration Society Letters
 * Icon for the Seasoned Explorer Yari is backwards like a two handed weapon.
 * Amateur Explorer Simi is Ivoryable despite it only being Bonded.


 * Atlan Weapons
 * All three Sparking Atlan Two Handed Swords have the spell Fiery Blessing instead of Storm's Blessing.


 * Isparian Weapons
 * ID panel for the Major Flaming Isparian Spear and the Enhanced Flaming Isparian Spear displays a weapon type and also incorrectly as a mace type.
 * Major Flaming Isparian Dagger is is incorrectly named "Flaming Isparian Dagger".
 * Shadowfire Isparian Two Handed Sword still has old description of "A Perfect Isparian" (no such quality anymore).