Announcement Release 225 Patchnotes

Heroes of Dracania,

Preheat the oven and get the warm cloaks out because winter is coming! This version mostly contains the updated Winter Solstice Festival and new stuff for the Collector’s Bag from the upcoming Premium Day!​

We hope you’ll enjoy playing in the snow!​

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Winter Solstice Festival

New (A detailed Event Guide will follow)​

• Equipment
  • Big Paws' Frosty Hand Cannon has been added as a unique drop of Big Paws
  • Big Paws' Frosty Scepter has been added as a unique drop of Big Paws
  • Big Paws' Frosty Siege Bow has been added as a unique drop of Big Paws
  • Big Paws' Frosty Mace has been added as a unique drop of Big Paws
  • Greed's End has been added as a unique drop of Big Paws
  • An updated version of the Winter Festival Bag has been added as a unique drop of Big Paws
• Phestos’ Wonder-o-mat
  • 4 Pheastos’ Wonder-o-mats have been added to Big Paws cave
    • They can be used once for Phestos’ Coins and contain:
      • 9999x Snow Essence
      • 200x Sugar Beet
      • 10.000x Honey Cookie
      • 1x Riot of the Rocketmen Event Attire Chest
• Phestos’ Special-o-mat
  • The Phestos’ Special-o-mat has been added to Big Paws cave
    • It can be used once per run for Phestos’ Coins and contains random rewards
• Mounts
  • The Spinning Snowman Head has been added

• Changes
  • General
    • The progress bars have been updated
  • Winter Summit
    • An issue with the map composition, which favored the Steam Mechanicus class when it came to shortcutting has been resolved
    • Golden Festive Amphorae have been added to the Winter Summit
    • Neat Amphorae have been added to the Winter Summit
    • A Cursed Amphora has been added to the Winter Summit
  • Quests
    • The following old Winter Solstice Festival quests have been reintroduced to the event:
    • Honey-Coated Winter Solstice Fest
    • The Cookie Massacre
    • Royal Presents (1/3)
    • Royal Presents (2/3)
    • Royal Presents (3/3)
  • Kranparus’ Lair
    • The timer to remove the Icy Cages after defeating Kranparus, now only starts if the barrier that appears after defeating Kranparus is crossed again
    • Festive Amphorae have been added to Kranparus' Lair
    • Golden Festive Amphorae have been added to Kranparus' Lair
    • Neat Amphorae have been added to Kranparus' Lair
    • A Cursed Amphora has been added Kranparus' Lair
  • Solstice Cave
    • All presents have been updated and contain new rewards
    • The present cave can now only be entered after the Sentinel of the map was defeated

• Collectors Bag
  • The Spinning Snowman Head mount has been added to the Vehicles category
  • The High-quality Carpet (Sun) mount has been added to the Vehicles category
  • The High-quality Carpet (Tile) mount has been added to the Vehicles category
  • The Fawn Kitten has been added to the Domesticated category
  • The Vampire Aura has been added to the Effect Aura category

• Workbench
  • Augment Core, Pristine Core and Soul Core Crafting for Big Paws' Frosty Hand Cannon has been added
  • Augment Core, Pristine Core and Soul Core Crafting for Big Paws' Frosty Scepter has been added
  • Augment Core, Pristine Core and Soul Core Crafting for Big Paws' Frosty Siege Bow has been added
  • Augment Core, Pristine Core and Soul Core Crafting for Big Paws' Frosty Mace has been added
  • Augment Core, Pristine Core, Soul Core Crafting and Unraveling for Greed's End has been added
  • Augment Core, Pristine Core, Soul Core Crafting and Unraveling for Winter Festival Bag has been added
  • Augment Core, Pristine Core and Soul Core Crafting for the Ring of Zeal has been added
  • Rune Combination and Upgrade Crafting for the Fluorite Rune has been added
  • Rune Combination and Upgrade Crafting for the Rune of the Solstice Moon has been added
  • Rune Combination and Upgrade Crafting for the Snowflake Rune has been added
  • Rune Combination and Upgrade Crafting for the Concentrated Solstice Rune has been added
  • Runes
    • The Winter Solstice Runes have been updated to fit the Rune system
      • The Concentrated Solstice Crystal is now the Lesser Concentrated Solstice Rune
      • The Festive Fluorite Crystal is now the Lesser Fluorite Rune
      • The Crystal Solstice Moon is now the Lesser Rune of the Solstice Moon
      • The Crystal Snowflake is now the Lesser Snowflake Rune

• Customization
  • The skin for Greed’s End has been added
  • The skin for Big Paws' Frosty Hand Cannon has been added
  • The skin for Big Paws' Frosty Scepter has been added
  • The skin for Big Paws' Frosty Siege Bow has been added
  • The skin for Big Paws' Frosty Mace has been added
  • The skin for Big Paws' Frosty Hand Cannon – Icy Breath has been added
  • The skin for Big Paws' Frosty Scepter – Icy Breath has been added
  • The skin for Big Paws' Frosty Siege Bow – Icy Breath has been added
  • The skin for Big Paws' Frosty Mace – Icy Breath has been added
  • The skin for Winter Festival Bag has been added

• Achievements
  • The Icy Breath achievement has been added to the Customization category

Bugfixes​

• Skills
  • Spellweaver
    • The issue that the Synergy ( ) talent of the Ice Missile skill did not trigger correctly, has been fixed

Winter Solstice Festival Runes

Rune of the Solstice Moon

Lesser ​	Normal ​	Mighty ​	Supreme ​
+3% Ice Resistance	+4% Ice Resistance	+5% Ice Resistance	+6% Ice Resistance

Snowflake Rune

Lesser ​	Normal ​	Mighty ​	Supreme ​
3% more Health Points	4% more Health Points	5% more Health Points	6% more Health Points

Fluorite Rune

Lesser ​	Normal ​	Mighty ​	Supreme ​
3% increased critical hit rate	4% increased critical hit rate	5% increased critical hit rate	6% increased critical hit rate

Concentrated Solstice Rune

Lesser ​	Normal ​	Mighty ​	Supreme ​
+4% ice resistance 4% increased critical hit rate 4% more Health Points	+5% ice resistance 5% increased critical hit rate 5% more Health Points	+6% ice resistance 6% increased critical hit rate 6% more Health Points	+7% ice resistance 7% increased critical hit rate 7% more Health Points

Winter Solstice Festival Attire

• 50% increased Honey Cookies drop stack size
• 50% increased Joy of Winter Solstice Festival drop stack size
• You no longer need to use Snow Essences to deal damage to Winter Solstice Festival enemies
• Immune to Frozen Hatred

(31 days)​

(3 hours)​

(31 days)​

(3 hours)​

Riot of the Rocketmen Attire

• 50% increased Royal Fireworks drop stack size

(12 days)

(3 hours)

(12 days)

(3 hours)

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Known issues​

• The buff icon of the Ring of Zeal is missing.
• The buff icon of the Fawn Kitten is using the Little Irusan icon.