Patch notes/Dec 9 2024

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Update from Dec 19 2024

This update introduces the Christmas Event featuring special event weapons with fixed max hits, a variety of festive NPCs to battle, and numerous rewards including exclusive pets, cosmetics, and buffs. The event is particularly beneficial for new and returning players with a unique combat system where weapon tier determines damage rather than player stats.

Christmas Event

Have a chat with Santa Claus to get your hands on some event weapons, and enter the portal to the event area to kill the Christmas Event NPCs!

Newer players or players who have prestiged their combat stats will be able to train up very quickly, as the event weapons have fixed max hits at different tiers:

  • Tier 1: 35 max hit, 15% chance to hit max hit
  • Tier 2: 50 max hit, 20% chance to hit max hit
  • Tier 3: 55 max hit, 25% chance to hit max hit, and flurry PvM talents will be allowed to proc
  • Tier 4: 70 max hit, 33% chance to max hit, and flurry works as well

These max hits will always be set according to your weapon, so your stats don't matter!

NOTE: For the sake of balancing, the majority of damaging PVM talents have been disabled in the event area, as well as combat pets.

NPCs in the event area will drop Festive Holly - the Christmas Event currency!

Santa Claus Shop

Purchase Christmas Presents, Christmas Crackers, and Christmas Trinkets from Santa Claus with Festive Holly!

Trade in items you don't need to Santa Claus for some Festive Holly back to spend on more things!

Ice Mimic

There will be a chance for the Ice Mimic to spawn in the Christmas Event Area. This is a global boss which can drop a bunch of good loot! Teleport there with "::mimic". We will be running events throughout the Christmas Event, spawning Ice Mimics for everyone to fight!

Shooting Star

The regular shooting star has been replaced with an icy variant which will give you Festive Holly as well as stardust when you mine it.

Mulled Wine

Once a day, claim 2x mulled wine from Santa Claus which can be used whenever you want to gain a nice temporary buff! Be careful though. If you die, you might lose the buffs!

Vote store exclusive cosmetics

Check out the vote store in-game for a gander at some beauuuutiful icy GWD cosmetics that are T90 in stats. The cape/boots/gloves/amulet are all tribrid, and the Bandos/Arma/Zammy gear are style specific.

Ice Christmas Crackers

You can use Ice Christmas Crackers on other players to get your hands on some christmas-cracker-exclusive cosmetics! Make sure to be careful with who you're using it on!

New Holiday Pets

There's a new pet slot you can fill for holiday pets! Currently this only includes this event's 2 new pets:

  • Candice (Ice Mimic pet)
  • Anti-Santa

Either of these pets can be summoned and will follow you at the same time as combat and talent pets. These pets will also increase your Festive Holly gained by a flat "+1" for every Festive Holly drop you get, for a nice little passive boost.

Most importantly, these pets look awesome!

Candice can be obtained from the Ice Mimic boss, and the Anti-Santa pet is a 1/11 chance from Christmas Trinkets!

Other updates

  • ZCB is no longer completely broken shooting 2 bolts at a time with dragonstone bolts
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