Announcement Release 227 Patchnotes

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Heroes of Dracania,

The main focus of this version is the rework of Kingshill. Apart from the complete visual and structural overhaul, we have also updated some of the quests in this region and added some new quests to provide better guidance.​

This version also contains The Smuggler’s Greed event and the updated Defeat the Undefeatable event.

Enjoy the release!
Changes / New​

• Events
  • New event added: The Smuggler’s Greed (more info below)
    • New map added: Smuggler’s Hideout
    • New boss added: Assimilated Smuggler
    • New pets added: Lucky Cats

• • Defeat the Undefeatable (more info below)
    • Progress bars
      • The “Infernal IV only” restriction for the progress bars has been removed
      • The amount of progress being dropped in lower and higher difficulties has been adjusted
    • Rewards
      • Shiny Dust has been added to the last two progress bars
      • Feathers of a Gryphon and Newborn Hearts have been added to the progress bars
      • The Doll Body Chest which contains a random doll body part has been added to the progress bars
      • Keys of the Fearless have been added to several progress bars
      • Rewards like colors, effects, and mounts have been updated
    • Keys of the Fearless
      • The keys of the Fearless can now drop on every difficulty, the drop chance and amount is scaling with the chosen difficulty
      • The amount of keys needed to open the Heroic Chest of the Fearless has been changed
    • Chests of the Fearless
      • New types of the Chest of the Fearless have been added
    • New equipment
      • Pandora's Apatite Amulet has been added for all classes
      • Pandora’s Apatite Ammunition has been added for the Steam Mechanicus class
      • Pandora's Apatite Pendulum has been added for the Spellweaver class
      • Pandora's Apatite Arrow has been added for the Ranger class
      • Pandora's Apatite Adornment has been added for the Dragonknight class
    • New global offer
      • The Doll Body Chest can be bought in the Global Shop and from Sir Kendrick, Sir Hardy and Shady John while the event is active
    • New Gnob offer
      • Feathers of a Gryphon can be bought from the Gnob while the event is active
      • Newborn Hearts can be bought from the Gnob while the event is active
• Equipment
  • The Cloak/Banner of the Undefeatables will now have a fourth random enchantment. This only applies to items being dropped from this patch on

• Kingshill
  • Kingshill has been reworked
• Quests
  • The quest “Kingshill” has been updated
  • The quest “Promised Help” has been added
  • The quest “Audience” has been added
  • The quest “A Jolly Spectacle” has been added
  • The quest “Places of Wonders” has been added
  • The quest “A Lucrative Deal” has been added

Bug fixes​

• Events
  • Defeat the Undefeatable
    • An issue that prevented players from completing the quest “Defeat the Undefeatable!” via killing a portal boss was fixed.
    • An issue with the clones of Khalys or the sandstorms from Asar still being alive/active after killing the boss during the Defeat the Undefeatable event was fixed.
  • Newmoon Event
    • An issue that the Witch Seeker Torso did not drop from Magotina, has been fixed.
• Crafting
  • The issue that the Augment Core crafting recipe for the Cloak of Darkness showed the wrong needed legendary item, has been fixed.
• Skills
  • Ranger
    • The issue that the effect of the Piercing Hydra talent of the Scatter Shot skill did not work on some monsters, has been fixed.

The Smuggler’s Greed

We will introduce a new type of Event: The Smuggler’s Greed.​

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You fill the Progress Bar when getting Andermant and – besides Draken – you obtain Travel Rations to the Smuggler’s Hideout as a reward.

These Travel Rations can be used to enter a new map: The Smuggler’s Hideout. There, the heroes of Dracania have to face the Assimilated Smuggler.
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The Travel Rations to the Smuggler’s Hideout come in different tiers. Depending on the tier level of the travel ration, the Assimilated Smuggler drops a rising amount of Andermant, which is guaranteed, no matter what difficulty you choose. Be sure to choose a difficulty that suits you and on which you are sure you can beat the Assimilated Smuggler. You will get the same amount of Andermant anyway.
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Travel Ration ​	Tier 1 ​	Tier 2 ​	Tier 3 ​	Tier 4 ​	Tier 5 ​	Tier 6 ​
Guaranteed Andermant Drop (not difficulty dependent!)​	375​	1000​	2125​	6000​	12000​	28500​

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The Assimilated Smuggler will always drop two Legendary Items per kill. On top of that, the Assimilated Smuggler will drop Draken, Gilded Clovers and Draken Cores per kill.

The amount will be depending on the chosen difficulty:

Difficulty ​	Draken ​	Gilded Clover ​	Draken Core ​
Normal​	25​	3​	8​
Painful​	26​	4​	9​
Excruciating​	27​	5​	10​
Fatal​	28​	6​	13​
Infernal I​	30​	8​	18​
Infernal II​	34​	10​	21​
Infernal III​	38​	12​	24​
Infernal IV​	48​	16​	27​

The Assimilated Smuggler can drop one of the new Lucky Cat pets. The chance of the lucky cats being dropped scales with the tier level of the Travel Rations to the Smuggler’s Hideout you did use.

	Uncommon	Magic	Rare	Legendary
Bronze Lucky Cat
	+2% increased Andermant drop stack size	+3% increased Andermant drop stack size	+4% increased Andermant drop stack size	+5% increased Andermant drop stack size The Assimilated Smuggler has the chance to drop the Silvered Lucky Cat Chance is rising with tier level of the travel ration

	Uncommon	Magic	Rare	Legendary
Silvered Lucky Cat
	+7% increased Andermant drop stack size	+8% increased Andermant drop stack size	+9% increased Andermant drop stack size	+10% increased Andermant drop stack size The Assimilated Smuggler has the chance to drop the Gilden Lucky Cat Chance is rising with tier level of the travel ration

	Uncommon	Magic	Rare	Legendary
Gilded Lucky Cat
	+12% increased Andermant drop stack size	+15% increased Andermant drop stack size	+17% increased Andermant drop stack size	+20% increased Andermant drop stack size

The Lucky Cats can be found in the “Lucky Cats” subcategory of the “Pets” category in the Collector’s Bag.​

The Collector’s Bag reward for having all 3 Lucky Cats is the following buff:

This buff will – as all Collector’s Bag reward buffs – count for any pet you summon.​

Event: Defeat the Undefeatable

The amount of progress being dropped was changed:

Progress	Normal	Painful	Excruciating	Fatal	Inf. I	Inf. II	Inf. III	Inf. IV
All circus Bosses killed	24	28	32	36	44	52	60	72
Portal Boss killed	50	60	70	80	100	120	140	170
Secret Lairs Boss killed	40	45	50	55	70	85	100	120
All combined	114	133	152	171	214	257	300	362

Key of the Fearless and Chests of the Fearless
The Keys of the Fearless can now drop on every difficulty after defeating a portal boss – the drop chance and amount is scaling with the chosen difficulty.​

There 4 types of the Chest of the Fearless that can be found in the Circus Monstrorum, depending on the chosen difficulty.​

Be advised that all the chests can be opened without having to kill the bosses in the Circus Monstrorum first, so every player can open every chest as long as he/she meets the required level to enter the Circus Monstrorum on the desired difficulty.​

Depending on the type of the chests (wooden, copper, silver, heroic), they will have certain jackpot loot (amongst other loot) that is unique to their type, meaning there is certain loot that you will not be able to obtain from the other types of chests!​

The chance of getting the best jackpot loot will rise with the number of chests of the same type you have opened, meaning that when you open 4 copper chests, you will get all the possible jackpot loot of this chest.

Wooden Chest of the Fearless​	Copper Chest of the Fearless​	Silver Chest of the Fearless​	Heroic Chest of the Fearless​
20 Keys of the Fearless	40 Keys of the Fearless	60 Keys of the Fearless	80 Keys of the Fearless
Normal	Painful – Fatal	Infernal I - III	Infernal IV
Jackpot Loot: 3 days of Premium time 5x random legendary equipment Radiant gem bag Doll body chest	Jackpot Loot: 50x Golden yarn 3 of all the Defeat the Undefeatable bosses’ unique items 7 days of Premium membership One of the 9 Defeat the Undefeatables pets in extraordinary quality	Jackpot Loot: 7 days of Deluxe membership Sacred gem bag Jewel of Encouragement Jewel of Contribution	Jackpot Loot: 14 days of Deluxe membership Royal gem bag Gem of Enhancement Rune of Enhancement

New unique item set

A new set was implemented: “Executor of the Great Plagues”

It can be obtained from every Chest of Defeat or Chest of the Fearless. The chance to get it from the Chests of the Fearless is much higher though. When you open 4 Chests of the Fearless of the same type, you will have both set items in the tier level depending on the difficulty you entered the Circus Monstrorum on.

Set bonus:
All classes: +10% movement speed while fighting in a boss map
- Dragonknight: +30% health points while fighting in a boss map
- Other classes: +30% resource while fighting in a boss map​

Amulet

Class	Name	Icon
Steam Mechanicus Spellweaver Ranger Dragonknight	Pandora's Apatite Amulet

Weapon Adornment

Class	Name	Icon
Steam Mechanicus	Pandora's Apatite Ammunition
Spellweaver	Pandora's Apatite Pendulum
Ranger	Pandora's Apatite Arrow
Dragonknight	Pandora's Apatite Adornment

New Gnob and Global shop offers​

Players will be able to buy the ingredients for the “Defeat the Undefeatable” dolls. These offers will only be active while the event is running. The Feathers of a Gryphon and Newborn Hearts can still be obtained by opening both types of Chest of Defeat and the doll bodies can still be obtained by killing the bosses in the Circus Monstrorum.

Icon	Item	Available from
	Feather of a Gryphon	Gnob
	Newborn Heart	Gnob
	Doll Body Chest	Global shop Sir Kendrick Sir Hardy Shady John