Greetings, Adventurers! New World Update 1.9.3 downtime will begin at 11:00PM PT (6:00AM UTC) on May 9 and includes fixes to Gear Set Slots, Springtide Bloom, and more. Downtime is slated to last approximately 1 hour. [h2]WORLD EXPERIENCE[/h2] [h3]SPRINGTIDE BLOOM[/h3] [list] [*] The Beekeeper and Springtime Ruffles apparel sets have been broken into individual purchases inside of the Springtide event shop. [*] Added a Heartrune charge to the Wispy Wasp swarm. [*] The Springtide Premium Token recipe (the one where you exchange Wispy Wasp Goo) is now listed as "Premium Token" in the crafting menu. [*] Players can now get 4 Springtide Jingle coin bags a day, up from 3. [/list] [h2]QUESTS[/h2] [list] [*] Periville Guards now drop the Intact Spear Haft quest item in the ‘Book Three: Parodos in the A Spear to Pierce the Heavens’ questline. [*] Returning players who have only completed part of the original MSQ can now speak to Yonas to resume it in Brightwood. [*] Removed 3 deprecated lore notes from Elafry Pyrgo which caused the game to soft-lock on interaction. [*] Invisible collision has been removed once again from the entrance of the Crystal Cavern. [/list] [h2]GAME MODES[/h2] [h3]OUTPOST RUSH[/h3] [list] [*] Fixed an issue that caused players to unintentionally bring game-mode specific items like powder kegs into the open world. [/list] [h3]Empyrean Forge Expedition [/h3] [list] [*] Commander Marius's magma ball hazard will now display a secondary ring to denote the area in which the impact shockwave will cause minor damage and stagger the player. [/list] [h2]ECONOMY, PROGRESSION, & GEAR[/h2] [h3]GEAR/ITEMS[/h3] [list] [*] Fixed an issue that caused items in purchased Gear Set Slots to return to player inventories on login. [/list] [h3]Economy[/h3] [list] [*] Open world Elite chests in Level 55+ Varangian POIs now have a 75% chance to drop a Flame Core, down from 100%. [*] Open world Regular chests in Level 55+ Varangian POIs now have a 10% chance to drop a Flame Core, down from 20%. [*] Unstable Casts now costs 3 Flame Cores to craft, down from 10. [*] Players can now craft 6 Unstable Casts daily, up from 3. [*] Improved quality of items generated by Unstable Cast from the Flame Core Forge. This was done by removing PvP perks and Resistance perks. [/list] [h3]Season Pass[/h3] [list] [*] Fixed an issue where level 60 players sometimes would not receive the "Just Getting Started" task in Chapter 1. [/list] Added several new Season Pass activity tasks: [list] [*] Kill 10 enemies in Mykrguard [*] Kill 10 enemies in Imperial Palace [*] Kill 10 enemies in Malevolence [*] Kill 10 enemies in Eternal Pools [*] Kill 10 enemies in Beds of Ta-BitJet [*] Kill 2 named enemies [*] Kill 20 elite enemies [/list] Adjusted the following PVP Season Pass activities: [list] [*] Earn Flawless victory in PVP arena was changed to Earn 1 victory in PvP arena [*] Earn 1000 pvp experience from valid player kills was changed to earn 100 pvp experience from valid player kills. [*] Participate in 3 arenas was changed to participate in 1 arena [*] Deal 100000 damage or healing in arena was changed to deal 50000 damage or healing in arena [*] Earn 5000 azoth salt was changed to earn 1000 azoth salt [*] Complete 2 pvp faction missions was changed to complete 1 pvp faction mission [/list] Adjusted the following crafting Season Pass activities: [list] [*] Craft 5 tier 5 weapons or apparel was changed to craft 3 tier 5 weapons or apparel [*] Consume 10 tier 5 coatings was reduced to consume 2 tier 5 coatings [/list] Adjusted the following Season Journey tasks: [list] [*] Rush of Victory II - Reduced required Outpost Rush wins from 10 to 5 [*] Holding the Fort - Reduced required Invasion completions from 2 to 1 [*] Worldwide Warrior - Reduced required Open World player kills from 50 to 15 [/list] Adjusted requirements for multiple Season Journey challenges: [list] [*] Outpost Rush Domination - Reduced required Outpost Rush wins from 100 to 30 [*] Serial Killer - Reduced required kills from 500 to 100 [*] Contesting the Control Points - Reduced required Faction Control Point captures from 50 to 30 [*] Legendary Craft - Reduced required craft amount from 125 to 100 [*] Give Me Gold or Give Me Death - Renamed to Mutation Master and changed required Expedition rating from Gold to Silver [/list] [h2]UX/UI[/h2] [h3]QOL[/h3] [list] [*] Removed the Gear Set Storage tooltip commands when your character is under level 25. These previously showed if you had purchased an additional Gear Set Slot with another character. [*] Added translations for the Fire Storm Heartrune tooltip. [*] Added additional translations to the Territory Planning Board UI. [*] The Main Menu has returned to its standard music soundtrack. [*] Fixed an issue with Leaderboards where the rewards countdown message displayed earlier than intended, stating that the current season had ended even though it was still in progress. [/list] [h2]SOCIAL[/h2] [h3]GENERAL[/h3] [list] [*] Fixed a rare issue that prevented players from turning off their PvP flag. [/list] [h2]AUDIO[/h2] [list] [*] Lowered the amount of echo when an NPC spoke within a small interior space. [/list] Thanks for your support! We’ll see you in Aeternum.