Update 1.65.0

You must update your client to log in. Close the game and the launcher, then reopen the launcher and press PLAY. On Steam the update is automatic.

Two wyverns are back from the workshop, and the rest of the high-level spellcasters spent that time studying. Archers get a clearer deal from their talent, modest PCs get a texture setting of their own, and /who can finally tell you whether the server is quiet or you're just up very late.

New

Two wyverns, rebuilt. The Wyvern and the Fire Wyvern have been rebuilt in 3D, with far more fluid animation and a spellcasting animation of their own. Worth another look on your next hunt, ideally from a respectful distance.

Who's online this week. /who now opens a card with the last seven days of population: the week's peak, how many players are online right now, what's usual at this hour and when the last update went out. Times and days are shown in your local time.

Texture Quality: High, Normal and Low. Low keeps the same art at a lower resolution for the floor, interiors and town NPCs, and is chosen automatically on PCs with 1 GB of video memory or less, or 8 GB of RAM or less. Changing Texture Quality in F12 now restarts the game for you and puts you back in the world with the same character.

Changed

• High-level spellcasting monsters no longer stand still after every spell: they keep closing in while they recharge, and their spells hit much harder. Spell damage: Liche ×3, Tiger Worm ×2.2, Goblin Warlock ×2, Gargoyle and Centaur ×1.7, Demon ×1.5, Unicorn and Giant Lizard ×1.3, Dragon, Wyvern and Fire Wyvern ×1.2. The Master Mage Orc casts the same new way with its usual damage. Summoned monsters and players' spells are unchanged.
• Demons and Gargoyles now move faster. Their attack speed doesn't change.
• Every bow critical now costs 2 Critical Points, with or without the Archery talent. Until now only Archery from step 3 paid 2.
• Without the Archery talent, bow damage scales with Strength instead of Dexterity (+0.2% per point, the same as melee weapons). With Archery it scales with Dexterity, from step 1. The F5 tooltips for Strength and Dexterity show both lines.
• Holy's -54% magic damage in PvP (every spell except Divine Touch) now applies from step 4 (level 110) instead of the Rebirth 2 branch.
• EXP Boost events now last 4 hours instead of 3, at the same times as before.
• The /tgt command is temporarily disabled.
• The Direct route now connects straight to Los Angeles and is called Direct in F12 and the launcher.

Improved

• Running is smoother: your character no longer restarts the run animation every few steps.
• Stepping on a portal now takes you through instantly.
• The Orc and the Orc Mage walk more naturally.
• Capes on female characters now hang straight down the back while standing at ease.
• The first-time install in the launcher now picks up an interrupted download where it left off instead of starting over, and rides out short connection drops.
• The F12 connection panel now tells you when a route you just locked is about to take over.
• Chat translation now recognises item names written the way players write them in trade messages, shorthand included.
• Chinese names for maps, potions and several weapons now follow the official Chinese Helbreath server.

Fixed

• Weapons that drop already upgraded (+1 / +2) now deal exactly the same damage as the same weapon upgraded to that level with Stones of Xelima.
• Gear that only meets its STR or MAG requirement thanks to Merien no longer comes off when you log in or switch characters.
• Fixed small hitches that could freeze the game for a split second every 30 seconds or while new monsters loaded in.
• Fixed patches of floor that could stay black for the rest of the session on PCs with little video memory.
• Fixed a potion staying greyed out in your bag if you died while drinking it.
• Guild members whose names start with a lowercase letter now show up in the Members and Donations tabs.