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Release 139

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Went live 6/28/2025 · 30 change items · 2 interim builds · official notes ↗

In short

Release 139 is now live, bringing a variety of fixes and smaller additions to Shroud of the Avatar. This release focuses heavily on improving quality of life across several areas of the game world, particularly addressing stuck spots in numerous zones including Mistrendur, Novia, Blood River, and Xenos—a common player concern. Several visual issues have also been resolved, such as correcting lighting on lamps and umbrellas, and fixing how row houses appeared from a distance.

Crafters will find new options with the addition of fire elemental essences and discoverable totem recipes, alongside a merchant-stocked utility tub recipe. There are also adjustments to existing crafting ingredients like grape vines and minor improvements to item appearances. Players should note that durability has been removed from several non-combat items including spyglasses and bug sprayers.

Finally, the release includes some fixes for recent sales events, returning the Crown Store to its standard pricing. A long-standing issue preventing entry into wood and plaster row homes has been resolved, and container functionality has been restored to a newly added decorative item. Overall, Release 139 is a solid update aimed at smoothing out player experience and addressing reported bugs throughout the game.

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

Crafting & Items (11)

  • Added fire elemental essences, discoverable totem recipes, and totems.SOTA-72528
  • A recipe for a utility tub has been added to merchants in South Paladis.SOTA-72491
  • Immature and mature red and white grape vines can now be crafted into all planting beds and pots.SOTA-72320
  • An open grain sack deco has been added to the random deco humanoids can drop.SOTA-72541
  • Removed non-functioning dye slots on the metal garden chairs.SOTA-72532
  • Eliminated excessive shininess on all beach umbrellas.
  • The Geometric Table Lamp is no longer possessed! When on, the lamp was emitting light with no flame. When off, an eerie light remained. The lamp now displays a flame under the geometric dome and extiguishes when meant to.SOTA-71898
  • Fixed a bug where the plain one-color dyeable umbrella would appear to be the ornate dyeable umbrella when held by a male avatar.
  • The two-, three-, and four-story wood and plaster rowhouses will no longer appear to be empty shells at a distance if the front doors are left open.
  • Removed durability (and repairability) from spyglasses, umbrellas, bug sprayers, balloons, and flambeaux.SOTA-72367
  • Made the various creature essences show white on only their appropriate crafting tables.

World & Quests (12)

  • Mistrendur: Added some swamp fog near Spindelskog.SOTA-70137
  • Novia: Fixed an issue south of Jaanaford where players would sometimes appear outside the playspace after logging out on the shore.SOTA-72449
  • The Luminous Atavist will retreat to recover and Pumpkin Head will resume terrorizing Drachvald on July 16th.
  • Blood River and Blood River Massacre: Fixed a stuck spot between rocks near the waterfall.SOTA-72534
  • Castle Atos: You can once again bind to this town crier.SOTA-72520
  • Castle Atos: Fixed an issue where some merchants would display their profession as both their generic title and specific name.SOTA-72524
  • Elysium Mines: Filled a stuck spot by some boards.SOTA-72546
  • Isle of Storms: Fixed a stuck spot.SOTA-72547
  • The Necropolis: Shifted forward a coffin that was making a stuck spot in a crypt.SOTA-72531
  • Nightshade Pass: Filled in a stuck spot behind a rock.SOTA-72548
  • Obsidian Panopticon: Blocked off a stuck spot under a chain.SOTA-72544
  • Xenos: Fixed a stuck spot in a rocky crevice behind a bush.SOTA-72534

Interim builds (2)

Build 1787 — Jul 12, 2025, 12:00 PM

  • Reduced Crown Store sales to their normal 20%.
  • Turned off the Crowns of the Obsidians sale.
  • Turned off the 20% deed upgrade sale.

Build 1786 — Jun 30, 2025, 8:40 PM

  • Fixed the invisible barrier preventing players from entering wood and plaster row homes.SOTA-68832
  • Fixed the container functionality of the open grain sack.
  • Removed culling from the light on the Flame Stained Glass Floor Lamp.SOTA-72557
  • The sheet of paper with the tub recipe on it no longer weighs two whole ambiguous units.