New Content

• Added a new chapter in the Skyland storyline, featuring two brand new characters!
• Added 3 new Public Events, including one of a brand new Payload Public Event type
  • Work together to defend an objective, escorting it through the zone and towards a final destination, fighting off enemies as you go!
• Added a new Pylon buff for players to collect!
• Add new Epic Helm, Leggings, Chestpieces, and Weapons for players to craft!
• Added new pet: Grasslands Jellypuff
• Added new pet: Bumblewing

Feature/System Updates

• Made Skyland pylon stat buffs apply on top of regional downscaling instead of being limited by it
• Improvements to the world map - it recenters on the player when opened, and can be centered by clicking in the right joystick
• Reworked how godstone cooldowns work, so that switching godstones in combat is now possible and behaves as intended. Cooldowns will carry over to the new godstone
• Implemented a mechanism to prevent player data loss when logging in if data is unreadable. Players will be unable to log in and will be asked to contact support

Resolved Issues

• Fixed Meta Quest Pro using portals for loading and resetting to this on every login
• Fixed inability to move the harvesting tool for some players
• Fixed Essence Mage Tank Ultimate (Entropy Skewer) not applying stagger duration increase as described on its tooltip
• Fixed comfort preferences button on character list not working
• Potential fix for a crash that could occur on all platforms when loading the world, most often when coming back from an instanced raid/dungeon
• Fixed summoning lifeskills menu not showing the bottom row if it was less than half full
• Fixed an issue which could result in player inventories not being saved when being kicked from an instance via the timeout
• Fixed an issue which could cause the Skyland Agent rank to have all its challenges un-claimable (with an error popup) for some players
• Fixed an issue where player-ally NPC health bars could not show up if they spawned in front of the player
• Fixed certain kinds of status effects which should provide instant lifesteal to the player (e.g. Bloodblade) not working
• Fix for an issue which caused lag spikes when switching zones
• Fixed godstones breaking when switching between them after previously having had a stamina regen buff

Update 1

• Added "Trimm" stylist NPC in Skylands Base Camp where you can adjust your appearance as well as rename your character in-game!

• Added a button in the logout menu that allows you to switch to another shard from in-game, rather than having to log out and back in
• Added additional instruction on gliding at the end of the Academy sequence for new characters
• Added optional quest to Mika in Skyland Base Camp for introducing players to player housing
• Ability Power and Gladiator pet perks now function as intended.
• Upon account creation, some players will automatically be sent to the most populated shard for their region
• Fixed respawn location at end of Academy sequence if you fall down while trying to glide to the escape island
• Fixes to the loading screen to make it behave more reliably for long loading processes, especially when returning from an instance to the main world.
• Performance updates, including work done to improve shard latency
• Essence Mage Godhands now has an upfront stamina cost and drains less stamina afterwards
• Fixed fallen foe enemies being broken after they're defeated and respawn