Game Update August 15, 2023

Game Update August 15, 2023

Around 8:30 AM UTC+2, game servers will restart for a game update to be deployed.

Trader Event Preparations

Changes to Item Drops & Selling Prices

Increased the Dino Dollar selling value of loot items largely known as "trash loot", turning them into useful loot.
- Increased stack sizes for these items so that you won't be having a hard time bringing them with you.
Decreased the Dino Dollar selling value of Upgrade Items.
- If you have been storing Upgrade Items as a Dino Dollar reserve ‒ that is, with the aim of selling them at the market later ‒ we advise you to sell them before the update goes live.
- If you have been storing Upgrade Items for the sole purpose of upgrading your equipment, nothing will change for you.
The selling price on the market now decreases more sharply for items with a level below that of the selling player.
Added Entelodon skull and skeleton loot items.
The main goal of these changes is to improve the situation of players farming in the game's high-level areas (level 50+), who have been at a relative disadvantage because they could not benefit from the "multi drop" mechanic that encourages players to hunt mobs way above their own level ‒ simply because the game does not have enemy units with a level greater than 55.
For low to mid level players, the Dino Dollar output from farming remains about the same.
- Just make sure to pick up all the loot items ‒ there is no more "trash loot" now!

Improvements to Mob Spawns

On respawn, mobs now have an added attack on sight delay of 6 seconds. This means you have plenty of time to get out of the way when powerful enemies respawn right at your position.
Refactored spawn distribution system to react faster and more precisely to allow for an optimal spawn area selection.
- Also reduced the tendency of mob groups to cluster around their spawn position.
Increased the amount of enemy units that spawn in the level 50 to 55 areas of Maujak Mountains.
A number of quests spawning Smilodons will now spawn a more balanced selection of regular and strong mobs:
- Coldclaw Valley
  - Catherine Burton (level 36) · "Secure Catherine's Place"
  - Sossa Oakley (level 43) · "The Smilodon Hunt"
- Maujak Mountains
  - Hilda Gunflint (level 49) · "Past Cure"
  - Norah Campbell (level 52) · "Finally, Upholstery"
  - Baldur Whitmere (level 53) · "Yellow Snow"
    - This quest was also misnamed "The Secret Ingredient", tasking players to "fetch rock salt" instead of "driving off leaky animals".
    - The quest name "Yellow Snow" was instead incorrectly applied to quest "Business As Usual", which tasks players to "collect new orders".

Changes to Mobs

Adjusted the attributes of entelodon / smilodon / brontops mobs to turn them into more worthy opponents.

Other Changes

Fixed texts for two quests of Maujak Mountain NPC Baldur Whitmere.
Fixed an issue that could temporarily prevent players from entering the game with select avatars in their account.