Changelog/2024/October 1

Hello! We've rolled some changes and fixes to SkyBlock in relation to the recent mining update.

Changes

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  • Added 'Lapidary' enchantment for mining tools
    • Grants +10/20/30/40/50 Gemstone Fortune and +20/40/60/80/100 Mining Speed on Gemstones
    • Drops from the Crystal Nucleus (4000 weight)
    • Removed 2000 weight from both Bob-ombs and Oil Barrels (4000 total)
      • Bob-ombs now drop in stacks of 20 rather than 16 to counteract them being slightly rarer
  • Nerfed drops from Pure Ores from 6 to 5 (except Lapis and Redstone)
    • This was a change that we had planned during the Alpha, it just hasn't been rolled until now
  • NPC Sell Price changes
    • Coal: 2 > 1 Coins
    • Iron: 3 > 2 Coins
    • Gold: 4 > 3 Coins
    • Emerald: 6 > 4 Coins
  • Doubled Gemstone Powder weight from Treasure Chests

Designer's Notes

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The profit per hour made from Gemstone mining ended up lower than anticipated. Pain points included lower Fortune and Speed on Gemstones (Pristine remaining about the same), so we've added a new enchantment to the Crystal Nucleus that gives both.

No matter how you cut it, mining Gold and other vanilla ores made too much money, more than even Gemstone. While we wanted to increase diversity in ways you could make money with mining, mining Gold was simply far better than Gemstones on top of requiring far far less expensive gear/prep.

The previous Gemstone Powder nerfs were a miss on my part and with the doubled weight we have now entirely reverted the rates to what they were when the update came out.

Bug Fixes

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  • Fixed Foraging Fortune not working
  • Fixed Frozen Treasures not spawning in Jerry's Workshop
  • Fixed commission daily reward not giving Powder when at max HOTM level
  • Fixed some players having a 5th commission slot
  • Fixed Bountiful bonus not working
  • Fixed Snail Pet's Slimy Reach perk not working on Obsidian or Glowstone
  • Fixed inconsistent forge requirement on the Frigid Husk
  • Fixed losing Night Vision when spawning/despawning Bat Pet while having the Night Vision Charm active
  • Fixed Drills with Pesto Goblin Omelettes working despite being at 0 Fuel
  • Fixed order of Silverfish Pet's Dexterity perk in the pet's item lore

That's all for today! :)