Patch Notes List

• Unique Housing Decorations Vendor Unveiled at East Britain Pavilion: Attention, noble adventurers! A new vendor has set up shop at the prestigious East Britain Pavilion, offering an exquisite range of housing decorations. These unique items are exclusively available for purchase using noble coins, a rare form of currency. While noble coins can be obtained from chests found in Orc camps, they are indeed a rare find. Players are encouraged to embark on daring quests and conquer challenging encounters to amass these valuable coins. Bring a touch of elegance and grandeur to your virtual abode with these remarkable housing decorations! Be sure to check in regularly for new items.

• Exciting Updates to Fishing Loot: For avid anglers and aspiring fishermen, new loot has been added! Cast your virtual fishing lines into the picturesque waters and prepare to reel in a bountiful haul. The updated fishing loot promises an enhanced variety of valuable treasures, rare items, and even potential surprises. Cast your lines strategically, hone your fishing skills, and uncover the secrets that lie beneath the surface of Britannia's lakes and rivers.

• Little Rock Vendor's Inventory Gets an Upgrade: Good news for those who frequent the Little Rock Vendor! This beloved merchant, known for their diverse assortment of wares, has received a substantial inventory update. Prepare to be dazzled by a few new selections of items!

• All-New Dungeon Stealing System for Thieves Calling all cunning thieves! Prepare to put your skills to the test with the introduction of an exciting dungeon stealing system. Brace yourself as rare treasures will now randomly spawn throughout various dungeons, enticing thieves to sneak in and attempt to steal them. Take on the challenge and prove your mastery in the shadows of Britannia!

• Enhancements to Lumberjack Skill and Heavy Weapons The lumberjacks of Britannia are in for a treat with improved skill gain mechanics. As you swing your trusty axes, the Lumberjack skill will now progress at an accelerated pace. Furthermore, both the Large Battle Axe and Two-handed Axe will be classified as heavy weapons, granting lumberjacks a unique advantage. At the pinnacle of their craft, Grandmaster lumberjacks will enjoy increased damage. Embrace the call of the forests and excel as a true lumberjack!

• Tanking Overhaul Phase 1: Superior Shields with Magical Enhancements Blacksmiths, the time has come to wield even greater power on the battlefield! With the Tanking Overhaul, you can now utilize Runic hammers to forge shields of superior quality, surpassing any previous creations. But that's not all – the material or metal type used in the shield's construction will directly impact the nature and strength of the magical properties imbued within. Explore different materials and unleash shields with unique and powerful magical effects, tailoring your tanking style to match your playstyle.

The introduction of Phase 1 of the Tanking Overhaul ushers in a new era of tanking gameplay in Shards of Britannia. Blacksmiths will play a crucial role in fortifying their allies and standing as the last line of defense against formidable foes. With the ability to craft shields with material-based magical properties, tanks will possess an unmatched level of protection and versatility in battle.

Stay tuned for further updates and surprises as we continue to expand the realm of Britannia and bring you even more exciting content. Sharpen your blades, gather your guild, and venture forth into the immersive world of Shards of Britannia!

Undead pets and Necromancer taming are now live. Get to work and explore to figure out how to awaken them.

• Known issue: If you have any problem with existing Nightmare pets, open a support ticket.

We have implemented AI enhancements to specific bosses, aiming to provide a greater challenge. This process is ongoing, and we continuously refine and adjust these modifications. Your feedback is highly valued and significantly influences our decision-making.

Moreover, there are new magical loot items available from various MOBs. These items can either enhance or counter specific abilities or spells used by our new AI. Brave warriors, go forth and seek them out!

Fixed an issue with Level 5 Treasure Maps not being diggable

We've fixed an issue with the Necromancer Death Ward spell not being interrupted properly when being killed by Town Guards, it is not an intended mechanic to avoid town-guard-punishment

• Introduced more challenging MOBs into Deviously Drawn T-Maps.
• Added new loot within Deviously Drawn T-Maps.
• Enhanced the drop rate of dungeon tokens in Shame.

• New loot has been added to dungeon fishing
• Blood & Acid Elementals in Shame now have a higher chance to drop dungeon tokens

You can now set any item to Not For Sale on your player vendors

• Fixed an issue with not being able to dig fishing hole with Ice Pick
• Fixed an issue with Level 5 Treasure Maps not being diggable
• Fixed an issue with Pigment Dyes not dying leather armor

• Not only can you fish for tokens in the Britain Moat, but we have also reintroduced the original loot for you to enjoy!

• There's a new merchant located at the entrance of level 1 Shame who sells goods in exchange for dungeon tokens. These tokens have a chance of being dropped by any MOBs found within Shame.

• Fixed an issue preventing criminals from teleporting at all while in combat resulting in error "cannot enter no combat area" this should now only occur when actually trying to enter a No Combat area

• A new donation vendor selling banners has now been placed in Yew (images on the SoB Wiki).
• Various loot pools such as SOS treasure chests now contain Banner dye bottles!

We've identified an issue with Veteran Rewards for accounts that accounts that existed before the launch of Britannia on June 20, 2021. During the transition from Celador to Britannia we had attempted to clear everyone's Veteran Rewards records at that time, but it seems that several accounts still had old Veteran Reward records from prior to the launch of Britannia. These records have now been cleared, so if you transferred from Celador to Britannia in 2021 and you had issues with your Veteran Rewards, please check them again and you will find the old records have been erased.

• Improved monster AI to prevent them from attacking 100% of the time when you enter their range, now they will have a small chance to ignore you, buying you a few seconds to maneuver around them
• Slightly increased delays between pet & town-vender wandering ticks
• Added additional measures to prevent players from entering No Combat areas while in combat
• Murderer Restrictions: Fixed an issue with characters being able to perform hostile actions against innocent players in dungeons while being murderer restricted in some cases
• Murderer Restrictions: Fixed an issue with murderers being able to resurrect via wandering healer or ankh in dungeons, if they exist, while being murderer restricted
• Added Moonglow to character creation town selection
• Improved Hiding skill to allow hiding near other beings when you have not been engaged in combat with any beings recently and are not criminal

• An issue has been resolved with normal (cloth) dyetubs not being able to dye some qualifying items
• An issue has been resolved with the Demon Skull Mask not being blessable
• An issue has been resolved with Patrons houses not being updated to reflect changes in Tier in some cases; going forward if you make a change to your pledge tier, all houses will be updated to reflect the new tier. If you changed your pledge tier recently and your house did not get updated please (contact us)[https://shardsofbritannia.com/contact] for assistance

(Again/Finally) We've corrected the issue with the Easter Statue showing the wrong year, it's also now dyable using a Furniture dye-tub! If your statue from this year still shows 2022 or cannot be dyed, please use the "My new Easter item says 2022" option on the Easter Vendor to have it updated.

We've fixed an issue preventing you from placing the Lapis Lazuli Egg

• We've fixed an issue with legacy Hitching Post deeds not working; after the next restart, all broken deeds will be auto-corrected, or you can talk to an Item Fixer vendor to ask it to be fixed before then
• Normal Hitching Post has been re-added to Carpentry recipes
• Normal Hitching Posts will now have a 250gp fee to stable pets & 1 hour cooldown to unstable pets
• Veteran Reward & Donation Hitching Posts will have NO stable fee and NO unstable cooldowns, and they remain Account Bound
• Hitching posts will now have tooltips added to show the Cost to Stable & Unstable Cooldown
• Normal Unstable Fees still apply

• Winners of the lottery will now have their winnings added directly to their bank's Deposit Balance instead of needing to log in first to receive them
• Lottery stones will now roll-over 25% of the jackpot each week. Winners will still receive the same amount of the proceeds collected, but instead of 50% going to the house, 25% will roll-over and only 25% will go to the house

Three new items have been added to the Easter Vendor.

1. Egg Eyed Chest
2. Lapis Lazuli Egg
3. Easter Island Statue

Reminder: After you place your guild you can destroy your guild stone without affecting your guild. This allows you to move the guild stone between houses. The guild master can re-place the guild by saying "I wish to place a guild stone"

The Easter Vendor now trades carrots for Easter items obtained from 2022 and 2023

An option has been added to the Easter Vendor to correct items that say Easter 2022 instead of 2023. Sorry for the oversight!

Fixed an issue preventing characters from joining a faction when they are in a guild that has a faction assigned already

• Some items in the faction shop can now only be used by players assigned to a faction, this will not affect any current existing items. The new SL, MX & TB faction mounts, factions cloaks with a glow and the black faction cloak can now only be used by faction players.

• New loot has been added to dungeon and deep water fishing.

• Moat fishing loot has been updated.

Dynamic loot has been added to the Ancient Poison Elemental, Ancient Reaper and the Ancient King Crab.

West Britain Bank rooftop is now a protected space with no combat and no skillgains allowed. Happy trading and bank-sitting!

We've fixed an issue causing the Skill Window's Skill Cap input to not handle cases where players enter a Comma instead of a Period for a decimal place, causing the Skill Cap to be set to 0 by error; now you can use a period or a comma.

We've improved House Packing for houses that have many items locked down, it will now pack the items in chunks over a short duration to avoid causing server stalls or lag. During this period you will see a progress bar and will be unable to log out instantly or switch server-regions to ensure that the packing is able to complete and you receive the deed.