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Release 134

Went live 1/28/2025 · 44 change items · 3 interim builds · official notes ↗

In short

Release 134 is now live, bringing a variety of changes and fixes to Shroud of the Avatar. A significant focus this release is on improving the player experience within the game world; several locations have received updates including Birch Island near Hulenholt, expanded rewards in Ardoris for art submissions, and numerous bug fixes addressing terrain issues, stuck spots, and typos across multiple zones like Braemar, Port Harmony, and Tanglemire. Combat encounters also saw a small adjustment with damage being added to the rolling boulder trap in Blood River Outskirts.

Crafting received attention with Royal Elderberry and Immortality Fruit now potentially dropping when harvesting fully-watered plants, alongside adjustments to Eternal seed growth times to match regular seeds. Several decorative items have been improved or fixed – including roasted pigs becoming placeable, Baroque Fountain placement issues resolved, and corrected colors on crafted hats. Players should also note that snowball boxes are now delivering throughout December, January, and February.

Finally, the release includes progress for player-owned towns with Frogtown Market upgrading to a Town and Jade Gardens achieving City status, plus new land added near Kyoto and Moonshadow. UI improvements include fixing the /time command on Linux and Mac clients, and several cosmetic items have had textures updated or moved to appropriate store categories. A lingering visual bug after casting Summon Air Elemental remains as a temporary fix is in place.

AI-generated summary (google/gemma-3-27b) — may contain errors; the full notes below are authoritative.

Crafting & Items (12)

  • Made Royal Elderberry and Immortality Fruit deco plants and gave them a chance to drop from fully-watered harvesting.SOTA-72418
  • Eternal seed growth times, watering requirements, reagent outputs, and chances for deco plants have been changed to match that of regular seeds.SOTA-72417
  • Modified snowball boxes to deliver in December, January, and February. (This is working now, but was not last release, so hurry to get your January ones before the month changes!)SOTA-71835
  • Made roasted pigs placeable as deco.SOTA-72396
  • Fixed placement of the Baroque Fountain.
  • Fixed collision for the Giant Titan of Truth Statue.SOTA-72395
  • Fixed the colors of crafted hats with the Heart Top Hat pattern when placed as deco.SOTA-70903
  • Improved textures for Valentine and Yule cards from 2016 through 2020.
  • Improved textures for Valentine Boxes from 2017 through 2019.
  • Did you know that the Snowy White Owl in the crown store was accused of messing with the timeline? Apparently the cuddly white owl was cleared of all charges and will no longer be called a Variant Owl.SOTA-70826
  • The less-cuddly (but just as cute) Baby Black Widow spider pet was in the wrong place at the same time as the Snowy White Owl and will also no longer be called a variant.SOTA-70826
  • Past fixes for skin color bugs on many pieces of gear (various pieces of Clan Gear, Augmented, Epic, and Fortified Leather Quarter Chests; the Ringmaster’s Vest, Bodice Bottoms, Bunny Slippers (both original and brown), and the Cloth Tunic) that were working on QA may have been properly applied to Live. SOTA-68146, SOTA-68719, SOTA-68835, SOTA-69111, SOTA-69506, SOTA-69507, SOTA-69508,SOTA-68146SOTA-68719SOTA-68835SOTA-69111SOTA-69506SOTA-69507SOTA-69508SOTA-71208

Combat & Skills (1)

  • Turned off the blue glow that would linger around players upon casting summon air elemental. (This is a bandage, not a proper fix, and still goes a second longer than it should.)SOTA-68612

UI, Store & Lua (2)

  • Fixed the /time command for Linux and Mac clients.SOTA-70437
  • Moved the store entries for the two new non-Yule Metal Street Lamps with Signs out of the Winter Holiday category.

World & Quests (16)

  • Snow has ended for the winter. “It’s raining! Yay!” …really doesn’t have the same impact.
  • Novia: Birch Island updated and expanded offshore of the Hulenholt.
  • Ardoris: The art dealers have a daily reward for turning in 5 paintings which includes a Recall Scroll. The version they give out is now the common one and not bound.SOTA-72393
  • Blood River Outskirts: The large rolling boulder trap will now damage any players that it rolls into.SOTA-72423
  • Braemar: Fixed pink terrain.
  • Brittany Alleys: Ex-Town Crier Polly Walnuts no longer has the “lots” keyword.SOTA-72391
  • Norgard Fens: Added ramps to a raised platform to help Kobolds get up and down. Also, added some additional phrases and grunts to their combat barks and dying words.SOTA-72339
  • Port Harmony: Fixed a “grumbled” typo in the “Destroy 5 Green Crates” journal entry.SOTA-72400
  • Port Harmony: Removed unnecessary text from the “bye” response for Annora Jenkins.SOTA-72421
  • The Rise. Fixed a torch that wasn’t displaying flames. Also, regenerated path grid.SOTA-72410
  • Solace Bridge Outskirts: Fixed an issue where “gear” was sometimes appearing twice in Kinsey’s keywords. Also, fixed a typo in guard responses about Preston. SOTA-72399,SOTA-72399SOTA-72409
  • Tanglemire: Erla sometimes rewards players with a Recall Scroll. The version she gives out is now the common one and not bound.SOTA-72393
  • Tenebris Harbor: Fixed a large hole that allowed players to go outside the playspace and get stuck.SOTA-72403
  • Ulfheim: Fixed an issue where the default spawn-in target was being listed twice in the overworld access list (as “Default” and as “Southwest Entrance”). Now, when multiple spawn-in locations for Ulfheim are unlocked, the default target will display as “Southwest Entrance (Default).”SOTA-72323
  • Vertas Pass: Added blockers on either side of the guard tower adjacent to the platform and shifted the tornado slightly to cover in front of the building to the right of the guard tower.
  • Well of Aldur: Adjusted collision and added dirt piles on “wyvern platform” to avoid players getting stuck between platform plates.SOTA-72422

Player-Owned Towns (4)

Interim builds (3)

Build 1760 — Feb 8, 2025, 12:00 AM

  • Turned off the Crowns of the Obsidians sale.
  • Reduced Crown Store sales to their normal 20%.
  • Updated and optimized the three Heart Cloaks’ visual textures.
  • Updated the display name on the February Login Reward Bundle.
  • Added a store image for the Square Heart-Themed Box of Chocolates (style 2) and placed it in the recurring Valentine’s Day category.

Build 1759 — Feb 2, 2025, 12:00 AM

  • Replaced February’s login reward with a new Square Heart-Themed Box of Chocolates (style 2).

Build 1758 — Jan 31, 2025, 2:00 PM

  • Made planting beds and pots with deco plants in them resizeable within the standard range (80% to 120%). Made medium and large beds take more deco slots to place (two and four).
  • Updated the name for the 2025 Valentine Hearts Cloak Eternal Pattern.
  • Fixed the new blue stationery for Victorian Valentine’s Cards 2 and 3.