Announcement Release 258 Hotfix #1 Patchnotes

Dear Heroes,

A while ago the servers were updated and now a new challenge awaits you - refreshed Big Game Hunt. This hotfix was mainly dedicated to the mentioned event.
All of the changes and bugfixes are listed below:

Changes/New:

• Players with 8.000 points of achievement and level 100 will receive a higher amount of some rewards from progress bars. The length of the progress bars will remain the same.
• Mortis has been changed to Skeleton Dragon.
• The Blazing Inferno map with all bosses is now a group one. Be aware that all players from the group need to be on the map before the fight starts – once the player releases the nightmares, no new player can join that instance. The single boss one remains a solo map.
• The progress from the Blazing Inferno bosses has been increased.
• The amount of dragon bones needed to craft the Blazing Inferno travel ration has been reduced to 50.
• Players have the chance to find the Empowered Sorcerer’s Book as a drop from all bosses on all PW difficulties.
• The stack of Empowered Sorcerer’s Book from the bosses on the Blazing Inferno map has been increased from 1 to 5.
• The price of Elixir of Eternal Life has been reduced to 5000 andermant.

• Two new effects were added to the event attire:

- +2 to Key of Prowess drop stack size
- Upon destroying the Nightmare Portal in the Blazing Inferno maps, a Blazing Power buff will spawn next to it, which grants +100% of attack speed, damage, and critical value for 30 seconds.
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• Progress can be dropped also from PW bosses now.

• 2 new maps were added:

- Blazing Inferno with 4+1 guardians – players can enter there with a group, only on PW difficulties. They will fight with four guardians at the same time. After defeating them, the last guardian – Divine Guardian – will spawn. All the guardians are immune to decreasing armor value, elemental resistance, and stuns, they also have more health points. After defeating all Guardians, a chest will appear.
- Blazing Inferno with 1 guardian – is a solo map with PW difficulties. The guardian is immune to decreasing armor value, elemental resistance, and stuns, it also has more health points.
- All Guardians will drop progress:

PW Infernal: 28/31/35 + 126/140/154
PW Merciless: 40/45/51 + 184/200/220
PW Bloodshed: 48/54/60 + 216/240/264
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• The new Jewel of Strenuousness has been added as a drop from Divine Guardian.

- The new jewel has only 3 rarities – magic, extraordinary and legendary.
- It will give +1/+2/+3 to the Key of Prowess drop stack size
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• The new Blazing Essence of Vigor has been added, which grants 600% more damage.
• The items from the Forgotten Glory set will now drop with 100% base values and enchantments.

• The portals for all Blazing Inferno maps and new essence has been added to Emilia’s offer:

- Blazing Inferno, 3x per day for 3000 andermant
- Blazing Inferno (Heredur), 3x per day for 2500 andermant
- Blazing Inferno (Sargon), 3x per day for 2500 andermant
- Blazing Inferno (Harold), 3x per day for 2500 andermant
- Blazing Inferno (Nefertari), 3x per day for 2500 andermant
- Blazing Inferno (Balor), 3x per day for 2500 andermant
- Blazing Inferno (Mortis), 3x per day for 2500 andermant
- Blazing inferno (4+1 guardians), 3x per day for 3500 andermant
- Blazing Inferno (solo guardians), 3x per day for 3500 andermant
- 999x Blazing Essence of Vigor, 20x per day for 1250 andermant​

• The new achievement “Face of Blaze” has been added for equipping all items from the Forgotten Glory set, the player will receive 100 achievement points, and the title “Inferno Challenger”.

• New bundles have been added:

o Small Blazing Bundle:

- 100x Key of Prowess
- 300x Fragment of Infernal Passage
- 200x Empowered Sorcerer’s Book
- 3x Elixir of Eternal Life​

o Medium Blazing Bundle:

- 2x Travel Rations to Blazing Inferno (All maps, including new Guardian ones)​

o Big Blazing Bundle:

- 3x Travel Rations to Blazing Inferno (All maps, including new Guardian ones)
- 120x Key of Prowess
- 380x Fragment of Infernal Passage
- 250x Empowered Sorcerer’s Book
- 5x Elixir of Eternal Life
- 1x Blazing Luck Chest (can grant the Jewel of Strenuousness or 15 000x Blazing Essence of Vigor)​

Bugfixes

• Balor is now immune to decreasing armor value, elemental resistance, and stuns.
• Players can enter now the same difficulty of Blazing Inferno after clearing the map.
• The possible rewards in the Blazing Inferno map window have been corrected and they match the chosen difficulty.
Other
• A new achievement – Eternal Warrior – has been added to the Heroic Deeds category (Collect 8.000 Achievement Points.)​

(Changes have been described based on information from the internal server, those on live servers may differ slightly and if this is the case, the patchnotes will be changed)

See you in Dracania!
Your Drakensang Online Team