Several updates and changes will occur for new players, young characters, the tutorial area, and the city of Haven. The specifics are listed below.
- Young characters that die while taking the tutorial will be removed from the tutorial and sent to Haven.
- The ability to buy unlimited amounts of bread during the tutorial is being corrected.
- The armorer in Haven will now sell the proper items.
- Floor tiles underneath practice dummies within the tutorial will highlight.
- Young players can insta-log anywhere including the tutorial.
- NPC guards in Haven will be “upgraded” to be more in line with NPC guards in veteran areas.
- An issue involving spinning wheels within the tutorial area becoming “stuck” is being corrected.
- The Paperdoll and Status Bar interfaces are automatically closed in the tutorial before the method for opening them is introduced.
- An issue disallowing the ability to bake pies in ovens in the tutorial area is being corrected.
- Players will no longer be required to type “Hello” before advancing into the tutorial.
- The degree to which NPC shopkeepers wander in Haven will be reduced, to better allow new players to interact with them.
- Reagents, especially those used for Fireball and Magic Arrow, will now spawn in Haven.
- Shopkeepers will always have a stock of each item they normally sell, in a quantity at least 10, for young players.
- Wandering Healers are being placed outside the city of Haven.
- A forge will be placed inside the mine entrance to help new players produce ingots more efficiently. This is especially important due to the low level of the character’s strength, and the fact that pack horses are not a viable option.
- The following starting equipment has been modified for specific skills:
- Blacksmithing
- 1 smith hammer
- 2 pickaxes
- 50 iron ingots
- 1 apron
- Healing
- 50 bandages
- 1 pair of scissors
- Lockpicking
- Magery
- 30 of each reagent
- Spellbook with Heal, Magic Arrow, Night Sight, Cure, Harm, Strength, Fireball, Poison, Teleport, Fire Field, Greater Heal, Lightning
- Random scroll that is one of the following: Reactive Armor, Clumsy, Create Food, Feeblemind, or Weaken
- Random scroll that is one of the following: Agility, Cunning, Magic Trap, Magic Untrap, or Protection
- Random scroll that is one of the following: Bless, Magic Lock, Unlock, Telekenisis, or Wall of Stone
- Tactics
- Snooping
- Stealing
- Tinkering
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