Changelog/2025/January 15

None of the following changes are currently on Alpha at the time of writing, but they are planned. If they do not make release, they can be expected to follow soon:

• Added Aquamarine Dye as a drop from the Mithril Grubber at 1/5M odds.
• Disabled Ragnarock Axe being used in The Garden
• Reduced the Pest Cooldown Reduction of Finnegan's "Pest Eradicator" perk from 25% -> 20%
• Increased the Pest Cooldown of each piece of Pesthunter's Equipment from 5% -> 10%
• Increased the rarity of each piece of Pesthunter's Equipment from UNCOMMON -> RARE
• Added a Tiered Set Bonus to the Pesthunter's Equipment granting 20/30/40 FF on Pests at 2/3/4 pieces.
• Added a Pest Spawn Cooldown indicator tablist widget

Hope you're all having a very blocky weekend. Upcoming changes listed below.

• Removed Smite 6, Bane of Arthropods 6 from "Rare Books" loot pool in Experimentation Table.
• Added Scavenger 5, Thunderbolt 6 to "Rare Books" loot pool in Experimentation Table.
• Added Luck 7, Titan Killer 7, Critical 7, and Thunderbolt 7 to "Ultra-rare Books" loot pool in Experimentation Table.
• Adjusted Pesthunter's Equipment tiered bonus from 20/30/40 FF on Pests to 50/75/100 FF on Pests.
• Fixed an issue causing Livid Dye's required Meter XP to be way lower than it should be.
• Adjusted the "Spiky" achievement -> now triggers by applying Thorns III enchantment to armor.
• Buffed Pure Quartz base yield to be in line with other pure ores.
• Adjusted the Experimentation Table itemlore to note how many of your bits refreshes you've used today.
• Increased Mithril Grubber Bestiary to Bracket 4, Tier 15 (1000 to max)

Features:

• An Experimentation Table RNG Meter has been added to the game.
  • Players have been given 10%/1000 of their Enchanting XP as retroactive progress.
• This Meter contains all "Rare" and "Ultra-rare" books, as well as physical items, such as the Metaphysical Serum.
• Adjusted all "Rare" and "Ultra-rare" books to now have 5 weight in their respective loot tables.
• Removed "Basic" and "Advanced" books from the Experimentation Table and replaced them with varying amounts of Enchanting XP.
  • To level this out, the Enchanting XP given upon table completion has been reduced.
• Removed Bane of Arthropods VI and Critical VI from the "Rare" book loot pool.
• Removed Thunderbolt VI, Vampirism VI, and Lethality VI from the "Ultra-rare" book loot pool.
• Added endcap enchantment items, such as the Golden Bounty and A Beginner's Guide to Pesthunting, to the "Ultra-rare" book pool.
• Increased Thunderlord VI to Thunderlord VII in the "Ultra-rare" book loot pool.
• Removed Luck VI, Looting IV, and Scavenger IV from "Rare" book loot pool. They're now purchasable at Einary.
• Added the following dyes to their respective RNG Meters:
  • Jade Dye (Crystal Nucleus RNG Meter)
  • Matcha Dye (Zombie Slayer RNG Meter)
  • Brick Red Dye (Spider Slayer RNG Meter)
  • Celeste Dye (Wolf Slayer RNG Meter)
  • Byzantium Dye (Enderman Slayer RNG Meter)
  • Flame Dye (Blaze Slayer RNG Meter)
  • Sangria Dye (Vampire Slayer RNG Meter)
  • Livid Dye (Master Mode Floor 5 RNG Meter)
  • Necron Dye (Master Mode Floor 7 RNG Meter)

QoL:

• Added a /meter alias to the /rng command.
• "Your RNG Meter was reset" message now only plays AFTER obtaining your selected drop. No more ruined surprises!
• Added some hologram text above the Experimentation Table to make it stand out more.
• Added a search bar to all RNG Meters.
• Added overflow charges to the Experimentation Table.
• Changed the reset button on all RNG Meters from a Sign to an Exclamation Mark player head.

Features:

• Added a new location to the Dwarven Railroad System - the Abandoned Quarry.
• Added a new Pure Ore, which can be found in the Abandoned Quarry - Dwarven Quartz.
• Added a new early-game Sea Creature, the Mithril Grubber.
  • Can be fished up starting from Fishing Level 6.
  • When killed, drops varying amounts of Mithril Powder, depending upon whether the Grubber was small, medium, large, or bloated.
• Added an Abiphone contact for Brynmor
  • This can be obtained by bringing him the Speckled Teacup - an item fished up as a treasure in the Abandoned Quarry.
• Added a new NPC, Bomin, to the Dwarven Tavern. Go talk to him, he's a vibrant guy.
• Added a new NPC, Guard Gornum, to the Abandoned Quarry.

Features:

• Added the Pesthunter's Cloak, Pesthunter's Necklace, and Pesthunter's Belt to the Pesthunter's Wares.
• Added NPC sell prices to the following items:
  • Wriggling Larva: 250k
  • Squeaky Mousemat: 100k -> 1m
• Added Squeaky Mousemat to the Museum

QoL / Balancing:

• Added more bulk trading options to /ltrades.
• Added a "Release All" button to Pest Traps.
• Added EPIC and LEGENDARY Slug Pet that can drop from the Slug pest to the same drop pool.
• Updated the itemlore of Sprayonator materials to make their function clearer.
• Improved Pest Trap hologram text.
• Made the message sent when Pest Traps catch a Pest also activate when the player's online.
• Swords can no longer break crops in The Garden.
• The type of Pest that spawns in a Pest Trap is now influenced by the current disc you have playing in your vacuum.
• Adjusted Strawberry Dye's drop chance from Cactus, Cane from 1/300M -> 1/150M on account of the dye now only rolling once.
• Buffed Dung Dye's Drop chance from Field Mouse to 1/50k
• Removed the "Vacuums don't work on these creatures!" when vacuuming near a Pest Trap.
• The Field Mouse now gives 1.5x the crop drops of other pests.
• Made Pest Trap messages clickable.
• Made Pest Spawn Cooldown additive instead of multiplicative, and shifted around some numbers. The optimal Pest CDR setup now looks like:
  • Pesthunter's Necklace: 5% CDR
  • Pest Vest: 15% CDR
  • Pesthunter's Gloves: 5% CDR
  • Pesthunter's Belt: 5% CDR
  • Squeaky Reforge: 10% CDR (2.5x4)
  • Finnegan's "Pest Eradicator" perk: 25% CDR
    • Total: 65% Pest Cooldown Reduction.

Changes:

• Added a new secret achievement to the Rift.
• Restored the player's health after fighting Sun Gecko.
• Added skill experience for mining and farming resources in the Rift.
• Fixed Chrono pickaxes not working on Living Metal ore, despite claiming to.
• Fixed breaking Living Metal ores with the wrong tool spawning unmineable blocks around it.
• Added a combo counter in the action bar for Puffs in The Rift.
• Reduced the loot share from Puffs from 100% to 10%.
• Fixed Trophy Fish Chance not working as intended.
  • This fixes the issue where you can't catch Trophy Fish without any Trophy Fish Chance.
• Added a new item (Tera Shell Necklace) to prevent Trophy Fish from being caught while wearing this item.
• The lava immunity effect of Ember Armor has been added to Magma Lord Armor.
• Radioactive Vial's drop chance has been increased from 0.3% to 0.5%.
• Reworked Habanero Tactics to better synergize with slayers.
• Fixed bow shots increasing stacks on Crimson Armor.
• Magic Damage now increases stacks on Hollow Armor.
• Reduced the particles of various mobs in the Crimson Isle.
• Fixed being able to increase stacks on Crimson Armor by hitting another player.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue causing the Sprayonator to unintentionally reduce Pest spawn cooldowns.
• Fixed an issue causing Finnegan's Pest Eradicator perk unintentionally reduce Pest cooldowns.
• Fixed some typing errors within Pest Traps.