Winds of Valen patch notes & updates

Halloween and Bank Placeholders

Happy Halloween! Come get your pumpkin heads!

Small bug fix patch this week as we wanted to stay focused on the Auction House Update, and Woodcutting & Fletching Update. Balance Cavern Goblin Hunter Boss Leaps only 3 times instead of 4. Lowered the speed of Cavern Goblin Hunter Boss's projectiles.

Loot Share Info, QoL and Fixes

Loot Share Mechanics There is now loot share info under boss health bars to clarify how loot sharing mechanics work. Loot Share Your percentage of total damage dealt to the boss. This represents your individual chance to win each loot roll.

Hey guys there's been a lot of feedback around the new boss. We are looking to make some changes ADs to make them less frustrating and tune down some damage values that are making small mistakes that should probably just result in a loss of a health potions become instant death.

Silvissira, Valethal Pass and Forest Expansion

We have a brand new content and map expansion with tonnes of new items and stuff to do. Check out the details below. Valethal Pass Valethal Pass is the only pathway to the elven basin and unfortunately for the elves, it is home to Silvissira, a giant spider queen and her…

Silvissira is Coming

Silvissira and the new area expansion is coming this weekend. The release times and initial details of the new content are below

Server Hitches This week we fixed a server configuration issue that was causing Server Hitches. We believe this was the root cause of the lag some people were experiencing. If you experience lag issues after this update please do a fresh bug report in the discord.

New Asia Server

We have just released server 8, located in Seoul to give a better experience for people in the region.

In-Game Music, Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements

We are releasing a smaller patch this week as we have mainly focused on new boss Silvissira and new content. New Ambient Music Thanks to the brilliant work of @OpenSkyStudios we now have ambient music in Winds of Valen.

Solo Darklands and Server Performance

This week we were focused on the quality and health of the game, as well as adding the "Solo Darklands" which makes PvP combat in the Darklands limited to 1v1 on select servers.

Quick patch to address some urgent issues. More Darklands improvements planned for end of week patch including Single Combat in Darklands in Server1. - Fix for force quitting bypassing logout timer in Darklands.

Darklands and PvP Update

Huge update to PvP mechanics and Darklands content

Fixed possible scenario where only exit to caves is through a route blocked by cave randomization. Increased first collapse delay to 30-60s from 5-10s. Increased how blue the final threshold on the dwarven smelter runes are.

Dwarven Mine and Smelter Improvements

For this week's update we are addressing some of the issues of the dwarven mine and smelter for better experience. If you found the new dwarven mine frustrating before, we hope you give it another shot with these improvements and we would love to hear feedback on how it feels…

Smithing Rework and Abandoned Dwarven Mine Outpost

We are very excited for todays massive update, smithing is getting overhauled to add more depth and to tie into future skills. Along with this we are releasing high level mining and smithing content in the new abandoned dwarven mining outpost. This of course means new armour set!

Resource Backpacks

We aren't releasing the Smithing rework this week as it isn't quite ready yet, but we are instead releasing Resource Backpacks. These will allow you to collect a lot more resources before needing to take a trip to the bank. Resource Backpacks Added two new resource backpacks.

Next High Level Boss Vote Result and Name Change

Our very first vote has finished and the results are now available to see in game! Thank you everyone for voting! We are pretty happy with the result as we were hoping to add this boss in first so it's awesome to be aligned with the community.

In-Game Voting and New Potions

Our very first vote for the next high level boss is now live! We are excited to find out which boss the community wants to see first. Voting Added Voting Stands next to the bank in every town. Voting requires an active membership and a total skill level of 350.