Changelog/2024/May 3

Hello!

We are putting the Dragon Rush & Primal Dragons update back on the Alpha Network. Since our last alpha with this update, we have made a significant number of changes.

Here is a quick recap of what is included with this update in case you missed the last alpha:

• Craft Awakened Summoning Eyes using Summoning Eyes and Null Ovoids
• Use them to summon Dragon Rushes and powerful Primal Dragons
• Obtain brand new items:
  • Primal Dragon Armor (good for Magic Find and Pet Luck!)
  • Blade of Dragonfire (an upgrade to the Aspect of the Dragons!)
  • Primal Dragon Egg (a mythic upgrade to the Ender Dragon pet!)

One of the most significant changes that has been made since the last alpha is to Primal Dragon Armor.

• Primal Blood has been nerfed and now gives +4% armor stats per milestone instead of +20%
• Kill milestones are now at 50, 125, 250, 500, 1,000, and 2,000 Dragon Kills (rather than number of digits)
• Each piece of Primal Dragon Armor has been given +4 Pet Luck at base (+16 Pet Luck total)

Designer’s Note: The stats of Primal Dragon Armor were out of control from the previous alpha, and outclassed most other combat armor sets to an unreasonable degree. We are shifting the focus of the armor set to be more focused on giving lots of Magic Find and Pet Luck instead. Primal Dragon Armor will still be powerful, but we hope that these changes help the set find a niche rather than dominating every other combat armor set.

After playtesting last alpha we determined that Awakened Summoning Eyes were too difficult to obtain, so we have made some changes in hopes of resolving that.

• The craft now calls for 5 Summoning Eyes instead of 8, but 4 Null Ovoids instead of 2
• Voidgloom Seraphs now have a small chance to drop an Awakened Summoning Eye
  • Tier II: ~0.12%
  • Tier III: ~0.16%
  • Tier IV: ~0.20%
• Special Zealots now have a 4% chance to drop an Awakened Summoning Eye

Several other miscellaneous changes and fixes have been made since the last alpha.

• The chances for a Primal Dragon to spawn after a Dragon Rush have increased to 20% (from 15%)
• Awakened Summoning Eyes are now mentioned in the Lone Adventurer's Dragon Guide
  • You can now see how many you have collected in this menu as well
• Added a Dragon Tablist Widget that shows the Health of alive Dragons and your Damage dealt to them
• The Dragon Egg build now changes color depending on the type of Dragon spawned
  • The animation has also been improved since the last alpha
• Dragonfuse Gloves now work with the Blade of Dragonfire
• Magic Find and Pet Luck no longer scales on dungeonized items while in Dungeons
• Adjusted the quality of certain drops, more desirable loot should now drop more often
• Primal Dragons now drop Primal Dragon Hearts, which are used to craft the Blade of Dragonfire
• Increased the drop chance of Primal Dragon Eggs to 0.25% (from 0.1%)
• Remnant of the Eyes can now be sold for 1 Coin to NPCs
• Fixed an issue where Dragon Protectors weren't absorbing the damage Primal Dragons took
• Fixed an issue where certain Dragon attacks were appearing simultaneously

We hope that these changes will alleviate the issues that were encountered in the previous alpha. If you have any further feedback, please leave it in this thread, as we will be actively monitoring it!

If you encounter any bugs, whether they be small or large, please make sure to report them here. Make sure that you select alpha.hypixel.net as the server IP!

That's all for this Alpha, happy dragon slaying!