• Pets will now come with you under all scenarios where you use a charge from your runebook

It's time! Phase 1 of the new player experience includes:

- Reopening the sewers, with a sewer token system and a sewer vendor with suitable items for young players
- Sewers will be accessible by young players only
- All young players will receive a 'guidebook' in their initial player loot that guides them towards our discord, wiki and the sewers as a starting dungeon
- Young players are now safe from other players, they can't be attacked with weapons, spells or pets
- Young players can still have beneficial spells cast on them by other players
- Young players cannot heal other players unless they are also young. This includes both magery and bandages
- We now have a mechanic to limit young player access to events as required
- Note that if you attempt to attack a young player, while you won't be able to land any damage, you WILL be flagged criminal. Naughty you!

Phase 2 is still to come. It will include the promised quest system, once we are able to move to the latest CS build after steam release. It will also include a dedicated tutorial area where young players will start. More on that soon!

- On an unrelated note, we are now serving custom assets (like Covetous and the other dungeons) on a global CDN. What this means for you is downloads of new files as they are updated should be much faster.

• Seeds drops off Magical Creatures and Boglings have been reduced.
  - Mana Regeneration has been slightly reduced to balance Mages.
  - Covetous Bosses LVL3+ are being actively balanced to guarantee achievable Group Content.

• Fixed a bug with the war torn warg statue where it would get stuck in a player's backpack

• Fixed various issues with interacting with items that were in pack animals or vendor backpacks

• We have disabled Five Star General as we have discovered performance issues with this enchantment.
  - Your excess pets should be able to be stabled, and will remain passive until you do so.

• When you place an object from a deed, the deco menu will automatically pop up now
  - When you lock down an object, the deco menu will automatically pop up now
  - If you use lock down on an already locked down object, the deco menu will automatically pop up now
  - When you place an object from a deed, it will automatically become your current deco target rather than needing to change target to it
  

• Melee Hit Chance Increased (PVP/PVE).
  - Parry Block Chance Increased (PVP/PVE).
  - Parry Damage Reduction Increased (PVP/PVE).
  - Mages Mana Regeneration Increased, Where Meditation In Leather Armor Is Much More Viable (PVP/PVE).
  - Round Two to include additional warrior changes and further balancing!

• The drop rate on the Radiant Staff of the Wizard has been significantly adjusted.

• Max number of item lockdowns for player plots has been increased.
  - Bola Ball Recipe has had the required Iron Ingots amount reduced by 50% (from 10 ingots per ball to 5 ingots)
  - Player signature when finishing an interaction with a merchant has been sped up slightly.

• The Destroy Campsite option will no longer instantly destroy a campsite, giving campers the opportunity to respond to players trying to stomp out their home away from home.

• An issue with the spotted dick recipe crafting into a deed has been resolved. (We are aware that the art is a pie. Please do not report this as a bug.)
  - The gardening grown wheat item now properly displays as wheat instead of an apple.
  - The Taste Identification skill book now properly grants 30 skill points in Taste Identification.
  - An issue has been resolved with the Event Token deeds for the Librarian's Bookshelf and the Librarian's Corner Bookshelf. If you have a faulty deed, please /page and we will exchange for a working deed.

• GM Alchemist Perk - Potent Potions 25% Crafting Chance at 100 Skill.

• GM Alchemists Perk Added Granting 25% Chance To Craft Potent Potions.

• Fletchers can now craft a variety of baskets (Skill level 80 required). (Pending reboot)
  

• Fixed issue with "Crown of Dragon Meat" and "Rabbit Sausage" recipes. These should now be able to be crafted successfully again.
  - The Occlo Fish Broker now has Raw Four Eyed Salar in stock again.
  - For those adventurers who prefer natural light in the dark, General Goods vendors now sell torches.
  - Bolas have had their charge-time removed to be more in line with UO

.- Add Potion Option in Gardening Will No Longer Consume the Bottle too.
- Commodity Deeds Price Reduced to 500 Gold at Bankers.

• Fixed secondary skillbook to properly display 'My Skill' on detailed skill pages
  - Removed favorite button from secondary skillbook (not required)
  - Removed track button from secondary skillbook until we can fix skill tracking for secondary skills

• The Treasure Map deciphering mechanics have been updated incorporating the latest base game's changes that should resolve issues with treasure maps choosing invalid or unreachable locations like house plots, mountains, etc.
  - The "Reset Map Location" has been removed as it should no longer be needed
  - Old maps will automatically convert (switch regions with them, or log out and back in with them if you have trouble using it at first)

• Fixed several issues with camping where it would not locate the correct resource for building up campfires into full camps