Update 0.3.1c (Server update, no download required)

• Fixes:
  • The number of pets you can control at one time is now based on your animal ken skill and the taming difficulty of each pet. (Note: At 0 animal ken you can not control any pets and must first level up the skill using the evaluate ability)
  • Re-enable Foraging skill
  • Balanced (nerfed) calculations for regeneration from Regeneration, Endurance and Magic Affinity skills.
  • Fix skill titles on character window for pets
  • Add confirm dialog when resetting skills (NOTE: There is a known bug where attempting to reset a pet’s skill actually resets yours!! Be careful!)
  • Fix stat juggling when the stat you want to go up is at the min level (10)
  • Fix some mobs/NPCs not respawning
  • Idols are fixed so their effects no longer get stuck on the player
  • Bind portal and teleporters no longer unstable pets
  • Resources now autostack when crafted
  • Human heads now must be harvested from the body using the context menu.

0.3.1 Notes

• New Quests
  • Not All Is As It Seems – Something is amiss in the village. It’s time to figure out what’s going on.
  • No More Room in Hell – Search the graveyard for clues on the undead.
  • Bane of the Elder Gods – Destroy the Cult of the Star Dweller, or join them.
  • Higher than the Sky – Bring Sacred Cactus to the Seer.
  • What Remains of the Artificers – Bring artifacts to the Archeologist
  • Send It Back to Hell – Slay the demon in the graveyard.
  • Neophyte of the Elder Gods – Join the Cult of the Star Dweller.
  • Citizen of the Republic – Become of repute to the Village.
  • Powering the Dead Gate – The relic has magical power to it. What is it drawing towards?
  • Men of the Forest – Investigate the monoliths in the Black Forest.
• Loyalty Reward Window
  • You can now redeem loyalty points using the /loyalty command. These are account based so once they are redeemed they are gone. NOTE: These points will reset *if* we do a character wipe.
  • Available rewards (to be expanded)
    • Unicorn Horn – 100
    • Flower Hat – 100
    • Cat Ears – 500
    • Devil Horns – 1000
    • Halo – 2500
    • Starry Mage Hat – 5000
• Item Balance
  • High end items are more rare
  • Merchants buy things for less
• Resource Balance
  • Increases resource counts in sources
  • Added more stone/iron/cobalt nodes to the map.
• Item Repair now has a resource cost associated with it. It is up to half the resources used to create the item based on how damaged the item is.
• Added Cobalt Ingots recipe
• Added some of the base stats for armor to the tooltips (does not apply to armor already in the game)
• Fixes
  • Put the weapon back in your hand after harvesting using a tool
  • Iron/Cobalt nodes now regenerate correctly
  • Harvesting skill now affects how much you get out of a source before it’s depleted
  • Skill Ability cooldowns should now work properly
    • Restore – 45 seconds
    • Regenerative Focus – 35 seconds
    • Pick Lock – 4 seconds
    • Steal – 7 seconds
    • Shadow Run – 35 seconds
  • You can no longer spam the stealth ability
  • Stat modifiers from buffs/debuffs now get reset on logout
  • Campfires now properly provide a reduction in the time to enter rest state
  • Fixed using bandages on others
  • Fixed hps for aged mobs
  • Fix bugs with multiple guards responding to a crime
  • Cultist merchant now actually sells items to players
  • Can no longer sell slaves that spawned as slaves to the slave trader
  • Increased value of treasure map treasure
  • Fixed surface of blacksmith patio
  • New harvesting tools should now have durability
  • Made it easier to click items
  • Fix some issues where states of trees/rocks could get out of sync between client and server (There may still be a bug here, but it’s better!)
  • Fix appraising stacks of items
  • Increased chance for skeleton weapons to break on death (sorry guys! graverobbing was just too lucrative)
  • Items should take longer to break after the “In danger of breaking message”
  • Fix gems getting long names
  • You can now gain up to 20 skill on dummies/training rock
  • Fix quest button not always opening the window

Forum discussion thread:  http://shardsonline.com/forum/#/discussion/1626/0-3-1-patch-notes-discussion (Playtesters only)