In my continuous effort to enhance the gaming experience for players, I am excited to announce the release of a series of new content, bug fixes and quality of life improvements across various aspects of the game over the past week or so. I tried to organize the best I could. Along with our updates there was more done behind the scenes too. You will likely notice overall some stability improvements effecting invalid jumps, ping, etc.
I’ve also made some improvements to the website, adding a bit more color. It seemed kind of bland. You can now see the latest in-game broadcast displayed alongside the player online amount too!
For this update, I would recommend re-downloading the client if you haven’t already. You can patch it using Brute Launcher, but some players were having some issues with some files not overwriting. Do as you wish, but you may re-install if you encounter any issues you cannot fix. https://bruteco.com/download/ You will also notice some troubleshooting tips with pictures on the download page too. Before asking any questions in our Discord try the fixes listed if you encounter those problems. It will save time for everyone!
With our last update there has been a chain reaction of some other issues in-game that we are periodically finding and fixing. I haven’t included those in these patch notes but you can read more in the Discord bug section if anything. Just getting things back to what they were.
Below is a detailed rundown of the changes made over the past week and a bit.
Inventory Management Enhancements:
- Left Shift + Left Click: Ask and you shall receive.. sometimes! You all wanted it so bad so here it is. Transferring items has never been easier. You can now shift click when depositing items to a warehouse, trading players, even inputting items into ArtisanWind. This will save tons of time for you in the long run.
- /storeinv Addition: To streamline your hunting sessions, the new /storeinv command has been implemented. It allows for banking your full inventory from anywhere, excluding equipped items and gold (like our /storeall command). It will not send gems/mets/dbs to your BulkStorage. You have to put in some work too!
Event, Bosses, Hunting Updates:
- Boss Spawn Reliability: Fixed an issue where bosses would not spawn correctly after the first spawn post-reboot.
- Improved Boss Drop Rates: Improved the chances of bosses dropping 1-4 PowerEXPBalls by 25%. Chance decreases for every consecutive PowerEXPBall dropped.
- SandMonsterKing Boss: Issues with item drops from this boss have been fixed.
- Fragmented Realm: Access to the realm has been adjusted to 30 minutes every 3 hours instead of 15 minutes every 2. We will improve this event heavily soon regarding rewards and mob spawns.
- Experience Rate Adjustments: Significant increases in hunting experience rates for levels 110-120 and 130+ to facilitate smoother leveling.
- EXP Ball Calculations: Adjusted the PowerEXPBall and ExtremeEXPBall calculations for levels after 130, correcting previously improper values from what was displayed in tooltip.
- Increased Associate Hunting Rewards: The rates for hunting rewards have been increased by 20% through the Associate (Hunting Companion) System, ensuring a more rewarding experience for players. Remember that the longer your NPC is farming for you will have a negative impact on loot. Recall your companion back every couple hours and you will see better returns in the long run versus letting it farm for the whole night!
New Features and NPCs:
- New Player Support: “NewPlayerHelper” NPC is now stationed in Twin City to assist new players with super +1 gear sets for their class, with a limit of two reward claims per day per IP. This NPC will also boost your character right to level 40 so you can begin farming right away!
- Watson’s Magical Box Rework: Now offers a 50/50 chance for a PowerEXPBall or EXPBall for 50 brute coins, moving away from the previous gambling model. It’s more of an end-game way to spend your Brute Coins, in hopes of getting PowerEXPBalls. At lower levels you likely have better ways to invest your Brute Coins!
- Slots – New Gambling NPC: Linli introduces a slots game using Brute Coins, with detailed rewards available in “The Above.”
- NPC Adjustments: To accommodate new features, WildGirl has been relocated to the south a bit, making room for Linli.
- Brute Coins Collection Cap: The maximum amount of Brute Coins that can be collected AFK has been doubled to 1500.
- GrudgeVeil M-Def Adjustment: The magic defense value has been corrected server-side to 14%, with client display updates to follow.
Miscellaneous Updates:
- Fixed Login Issues: I’ve refined the login system to address and fix the issue with false duplicate logins. Should you encounter a message indicating the account is already logged in, attempting to log in again will resolve the issue.
- Fixed Missing Revive Button: Players experienced a disappearing revive button under certain conditions, such as dying while the XP skill selection was active. This issue has been fixed.
- Improving Drop Notifications: Drop notifications have been added for various items: including HeavenRune, SoulStone, GhostMirror, UndeadAxe, UndeadSword, UndeadBag, SkyToken, EarthToken, SoulToken, SunDiamond, MoonDiamond, StarDiamond, and CloudDiamond. This should make some quests a little easier, as you will be notified in your chat window versus in the top corner of the screen.