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Patch Notes for Shroud of the Avatar are listed below.^[1] Notes for Pre-Alpha Releases (Release 1 through Release 25) can be found here. After release we will archive the Pre-Release versions here and only major revisions of the game (episodes) will be listed here.

Episode 1

Pre-Release R30

Build 417

Fixed Long Plain Longboat missing oar textures
Baron Founder Boats display pink sails
Fixed typo in Obsidian Blessing of Capacity potion description
Fixed Obsidian Potion of Stamina potion not having any effect hooked up
Fixed range of eye sizes for new female in character creation so eyes will no longer clip past eyelids at maximum size
Fixed various exeptions
Performance optimizations
Added death animations to the Giant Butterfly and Dragonfly pets because people are cruel
Restored bridges to Ardoris from Eastern and Western shores on Novia Overworld
Elad’s Lighthouse: removed Novia Map Atlas (backer reward) and replaced with a different book
Etceter: Fixed Satyr bank guard who was getting stuck in the doorway
Fixed LOD issues with the floors in the Crypt of the Avatar
Renamed the player vendor inventory item reward from “Vendor” to “Commission-Free Vendor”
Novia Overworld:

The boats near (288.0, 11.7, -254.8) have been properly labelled as to their destinations (Celestis and Solania)
The stuck spot at (-112.4, 13.0, -348.1) is now blocked off from access.
Adjusted collision at Brightbone Pass near (91.4, 21.7, -314.0) to have a better entry path for players.
Adjusted the entry location for East Veiled Swamp to be closer to the entry point.
The spot at (435.9, 11.9, -360.4) now correctly points to West Veiled Swamp and not the North Celestial Wetlands.
Players that exit the Boreas Colossus scene now appear in Novia next to the entry for that scene.
Updated the entry points for Point West, POT Celestial Gardens, and Graff Island to ensure players spawn in a good location
Updated the entry location for Solace Forest to be near that scene entrance.
Removed collison neear Resolute that blocked playeers from entering that scene

Fixed issue where hair was visible before the rest of the avatar when a player first appeared into a scene
Fixed LOD errors on the Moontowers
POT NPCs now walking around properly
Updated /flower emote visuals to have more flower petals and different colored petals
Fixed issue where some interactives (doors, crates, etc.) were requiring point blank interaction
Malice and Valhold: Replaced poison field that had gotten removed from magical barriers in Malice and the bottom of the well in Valhold.
Overworld party markers are now working again
Soft targets are now cleared when an NPC is looted.
Fixed issues with trading equipped items
Resolute Sewers: Key animation now plays every time locked doors in the scene are unlocked. All pipe wheels are now interactive and emit a burst of steam on use.
Companion stats now properly scale with player stats
Spyglass now works properly for female characters
Fixed Break Armor visual effects and timing with animation
Fixed missing weapon trail for Battle Spear
All offensive skills/spells and heal spells will consume more focus
LOD for Fountains
Ghost Corpion fight has been tuned to be more challenging.
Fixed Male Bow sounds while moving
Fixed Water fountain sounds in Ardoris
Enchanting and Masterworks Skills now properly influence your chances when attempting to Enchant or Masterwork
Masterworks effects now being properly applied to crafted items
Masterworking and enchanting now properly decreases durability
Lunar Rifts in Bloodriver, Highvale, and Solace Bridge should be properly hooked up and cycling properly for the first time
Graff Gem Mines: Fixed issue causing random spawn in locations
Graff Gem Mines Entrance: Players leaving this scene are no longer trapped in an inaccessible area of the Novia Overwold
North Brightbone Woods: Fixed issue causing random spawn in locations
Fiona FitzOwen learned a few new songs to sing (online and offline) and will respond to more requests for her to accompany you on your adventures (offline mode only)
Moon and Stealth tree stealth skills updated to make sure they are balanced. Stealth slightly worse, moon magic versions have improved.
Distract range extended by 5m
Fixing several math issues that were making it easy for water casters to permaroot people.
Icy Breath effect reduced. Icy Breath bonus and Attunement values moved to a curve for slow effects to prevent permarooting
Estgard gatekeeper will correctly recognize if the player is carrying Brigid’s Amulet.
Brittany Central: Fixed uneven stairs
Known Issues:

Novia Overworld rework has introduced various stuck spots, incorrect collision and “exit into the air” issues
Some UI text is not wrapping correctly
Rain is coming through the roof of some buildings
The new Targeting system still has various issues that need fixing
/spyglass effect can be done even if you don’t have the spyglass equipped
Pledge items and Add On Store Items are having their Maximum Durability reduced
Stabilty: The latest version of Unity we are using has introduced significant stabilty issues along with memory leaks. We are working with Unity to resolve these as quickly as we can
Linux: We are experiencing significant issues with the Linux version of the game due to the latest version of Unity. We are working with Unity to resolve these as quickly as we can

Avatars don’t idle. Stuck in walking animation.
Movement breaks when casting various skills while running.
Dying snaps avatars to incorrect position within a scene. Will eventually crash.
Using Coconuts in select scenes (like Aerie) will throw the avatar out of boundaries. Will eventually crash.
Taking screenshots crashes the client

Pathfinding is breaking in some houses and basements
Local chat is failing in some situations
Many SFX are not properly tied to the sound volume controls.
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

Build 416

Welcome to Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Early Access Release 30! Notes on what is in this release are available here.
Known Issues:

Masterworks Skill is not leveling
Masterworks effects are sometimes not applying correctly
Durability reduction when Enchanting and Masterworking is not being calculated properly
Novia Overworld rework has introduced various stuck spots, incorrect collision and “exit into the air” issues
Some UI text is not wrapping correctly
Some objects are missing textures
Rain is coming through the roof of some buildings
The new Targeting system still has various issues that need fixing
/spyglass effect can be done even if you don’t have the spyglass equipped
Pledge items and Add On Store Items are having their Maximum Durability reduced
Stabilty: The latest version of Unity we are using has introduced significant stabilty issues along with memory leaks. We are working with Unity to resolve these as quickly as we can
Linux: We are experiencing significant issues with the Linux version of the game due to the latest version of Unity. We are working with Unity to resolve these as quickly as we can

Avatars don’t idle. Stuck in walking animation.
Movement breaks when casting various skills while running.
Dying snaps avatars to incorrect position within a scene. Will eventually crash.
Using Coconuts in select scenes (like Aerie) will throw the avatar out of boundaries. Will eventually crash.
Taking screenshots crashes the client

Pathfinding is breaking in some houses and basements
Local chat is failing in some situations
Many SFX are not properly tied to the sound volume controls.
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

QA Build 357

Dev+ bug test

Pre-Release R29

Build 414

Brittany: Fixed uneven terrain preventing decoration placement on player lot (359.8, 48.2,172.2)
Fixed bugs with dye preview that were preventing the right colors from appearing and sticking after the dye finishes
Added distance check for stealthed character discovery
Disabled move with mouse buttons if you are in reticle mode using free attack.
Fixed ranged weapons not being able to interact with objects at a distance.
Fixed broken spawning in Solania Catacombs
Fixed broken LODs for Edelmann Founder Cabana
Fixed issue where Salvage would break crafting in certain situations
Known Issues:

Linux: We are experiencing significant issues with the Linux version of the game.

Avatars don’t idle. Stuck in walking animation.
Movement breaks when casting various skills while running.
Dying snaps avatars to incorrect position within a scene. Will eventually crash.
Using Coconuts in select scenes (like Aerie) will throw the avatar out of boundaries. Will eventually crash.
Taking screenshots crashes the client

The new Targeting system still has various issues that need fixing
Pathfinding is breaking in some houses and basements
Local chat is failing in some situations
Many SFX are not properly tied to the sound volume controls.
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

Build 413

Fixed target highlighting while using Night Vision
Invulnerability when first appearing in scene is now only set for the player zoning in, not all players in the scene
Fixed multiple bugs related to trading emotes
Fixed collision bug in the Round Tower village home
POT:

Fixed access issue with Allaman
The wagon teleporters in Xenos that connect to Bricksium and Gravewater Shores are now working
Brickmaer: wagon now takes player back to Kiln
POT npcs no longer missing right-click menu
Kobold Spiked Streetlamp now marked as POT Deco

Players can no longer select the ‘Craft’ button when an Equippable already has 3 Enchantments
Failing Enchantment no longer breaks Enchanting until you change scenes
Most of the new PRTs had some holdover exit volumes that pointed to POTs. Now, all exit volumes simply point to Novia
Fixed bug where you would get ‘You created 0 copies of a book’ message when making copies of books
Weapon range for new targeting did not factor in the target size so you would miss a ton on big creatures, this is now fixed
Fixed an issue where looted world items would not stack even if the game option was enabled for stacking items
Fixed large list of unrepairable items
Replenishing Confetti Eggs Basket can be placed now
Known Issues:

Linux: We are experiencing significant issues with the Linux version of the game.

Avatars don’t idle. Stuck in walking animation.
Movement breaks when casting various skills while running.
Dying snaps avatars to incorrect position within a scene. Will eventually crash.
Using Coconuts in select scenes (like Aerie) will throw the avatar out of boundaries. Will eventually crash.
Taking screenshots crashes the client

The new Targeting system still has various issues that need fixing
Pathfinding is breaking in some houses and basements
Local chat is failing in some situations
Many SFX are not properly tied to the sound volume controls.
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

Build 412

Fixed a bunch of exceptions
Fixed issue with musical instruments not playing multiple notes
Fixed issues with ransom locations
Fix for booting a user from a basement when the plot ownership changes
Fixed issue where humanoid NPCs without weapons were breaking
Fixing healing touch only working on caster
Fixed Kobold Rowhouse: anyone who had this house placed needs to re-place it, i.e. change their house to something else, then back
Novia: Players entering Novia from Solania will always spawn at ground level.
Fixed access issues for POTs: Cornerstone & Glenraas
Optimizations for crafting that should reduce the amount of hitching
Removed lot-encroaching tree from Large Coastal Forest PRT Loc: (-215.9, 42.0, -301.0)
Known Issues:

POT NPCs can no longer be right clicked to be picked up
Linux: We are experiencing significant issues with the Linux version of the game.

Avatars don’t idle. Stuck in walking animation.
Movement breaks when casting various skills while running.
Dying snaps avatars to incorrect position within a scene. Will eventually crash.
Using Coconuts in select scenes (like Aerie) will throw the avatar out of boundaries. Will eventually crash.
Taking screenshots crashes the client

The new Targeting system still has various issues that need fixing
Pathfinding is breaking in some houses and basements
Local chat is failing in some situations
Many SFX are not properly tied to the sound volume controls.
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

Build 410

Fixed lots of exceptions
PVP Scoreboard should be working again
Fixed stuck spot in bank stairs in Aerie
Fix for holding down the mouse button after releasing a charged attack
Optimizations
Tweak mouse sensitivity option text
Tweak effects of Potion of Expedience
Fixed bag mode for Small Bags
Fixed ambient lighting on torches
Brittany: Fixed floating decorations around the city
Saguaro cactus potted plant mispeeling fixed (was Saguara)
Known Issues:

Linux: We are experiencing significant issues with the Linux version of the game.

Avatars don’t idle. Stuck in walking animation.
Movement breaks when casting various skills while running.
Dying snaps avatars to incorrect position within a scene. Will eventually crash.
Using Coconuts in select scenes (like Aerie) will throw the avatar out of boundaries. Will eventually crash.
Taking screenshots crashes the client

The new Targeting system still has various issues that need fixing
Pathfinding is breaking in some houses and basements
Local chat is failing in some situations
Many SFX are not properly tied to the sound volume controls.
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

Build 409

Avatars can no longer walk on water.
“Cuthbert, Undead Bane” weapon fixed.
Boss fights in “The Rise” made more challenging.
Errors when sometimes leaving a scene or shutting down fixed.
Stuttering movements rectified.

Build 408

Gustballs now interactable for summoner
Fixed LOD issues with Kobold Wind Generators
Kingsroad: Fixed ore nodes in this scene (such as the one at 34.8, 36.5, 11.9)
Fixed players getting status updates for one way friends (should only get updates for two-way friends) (yes we really hope we fixed it this time)
Another fix for multiple versions of same item all taking the same color until re-logging (seriously, it really should be fixed this time)
Performance optimizations
Fixed issue where /play was not finding Sheet Music
Adding Animal Charm to combat bar no longer spams error messages
Nightmare “Mount” Mask Reward now has full durability when delivered through Rewards system
Fixed Resurrection for players and pets
Mining and Harvesting no longer restarts music
Fixed various terrain and floating item bugs in Brittany
Performance work in Arodoris
Fix for party member names not showing up
Players are now always set to begin the Path of Courage quest line and to exit the Highvale tutorial when receiving the Highvale Gate Key from Gawain.
Making Healing touch a short ranged AoE
Weapons equipped in offhand now take durabilty damage
Looks like instruments no longer start with 0 durability… Also, the client was not allowing the same types for repair as the server. They are now in sync, which includes instruments as repairable items.
POTs:

Carmel: Upgraded to Village
Fixed stuck spot on Mountain POT terrain
Vesper: New, nested in Brittany
Honor Hold: Fixed access issue
Drachenhort: New, nested in Drachensteig
Umbra Pugno Holdfast: New, nested in Westend
Forsaken Forest: Added interconnection with Harvest.

Known Issues:

Movement is stuttering visually
Linux: We are experiencing significant issues with the Linux version of the game.

Avatars don’t idle. Stuck in walking animation.
Movement breaks when casting various skills while running.
Dying snaps avatars to incorrect position within a scene. Will eventually crash.
Using Coconuts in select scenes (like Aerie) will throw the avatar out of boundaries. Will eventually crash.
Taking screenshots crashes the client

PVP Scoreboard is broken
The new Targeting system still has various issues that need fixing
Pathfinding is breaking in some houses and basements
Local chat is failing in some situations
Many SFX are not properly tied to the sound volume controls.
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

Build 407

Samael in Highvale now no longer flees at the sight of the wounded knight he is supposed to help.
Fixed master volume slider bug caused by fade in/out between scenes
Brigid in Resolute now is more likely to respond to players who have an amulet of testimony for her.
Fixed Oracles in Brittany
Fixed various Exceptions
Polished reticle colors
Players should no longer receive online status messages from players who are not 2-way friends.
Players in Isle of Storms told their archetype explicitly after choosing one.
Fixed culling layers on rocks at Foundation Wall in Brittany
Solania: Fixed navmesh
Don’t show friend requests from blocked players
Fixed issues with Crypt of the Avatar
Can now interact with Hospitaller Book when placed as decoration
Players must speak to Edvard and begin the Path of Love before taking the boat to Soltown.
Made hotkey behavior for combat and non-combat hotbars consistent
Brittany: Fixed some bugs with Stairs, edited culling layer on Boulders, terrain polish.
Do not allow blessing effects to be dismissed
Fixed for gap at wrist on male sleeveles cloth, chain, and leather armors
Fixed issues with Tracy of Resolute identification paperwork
Changed animation for using Blessing Potions from Eat to Drink Potion
Fixed issue where one player’s pet was being propagated to all other players resulting in apparently random
Fixed male dreadlocks clipping with hats and helmets (again)
Players now get confirmations for all three times you use the enchant ability
Batch crafting now possible with ingredients in containers inside inventory
Splitting stacks on a crafting station table now has the source stack correctly showing the remaining quantity
Crafting warnings now happen before completion
Disabled Salvage at Alchemy Station (which was locking up client)
Added “R” key back for combos.
Edvard in Blood River no longer quits out of his dialog immediately when shown the bonesteel dagger.
Edvard in Highvale no longer tells the player to go to Resolute to get to Soltown, but instead points the player towards the caravan about to leave.
Fixed issues where targeting reticle was not properly displaying in range versus out of range
Solace Bridge switches, gates, levers now properly linked to volume sliders
Fixed bug where game would stutter and mouse cursor would flicker violently when rotating camera with select UI panels open
Changes for free attach charge times. Faster, but lower max for charged attacks
Fixed missing collision with Dungeon Stairs
Avatars will once again play talk emote when in conversation
Melee weapons can now hit multiple targets again
POTs:

Avanish Hope: Fixed bug blocking access to Novia
Carmel: Upgraded to Village
Vale Halla (Frost Valley): New, nested in Brittany
Isle of Ghosts: Restored island to Novia overworld. Removed interconnection to/from POT Neath.
Estate D’LaRose: New, near Aerie (-483.1 12.5 -204.1).
Allaman: New, nested in Ardoris.
Haunted Keep of Solania: New, nested in Solania
Mountain POT template: Added generic Town Crier in central hub. Added Discovery for Town Crier that is awarded at the west entrance, the east entrance, and upon entring the hub.
Goldfield: New, nested in Braemar
Clevedon: New POT, nested in Aerie
D’Jernstad: Cleaned up interconnection wagon placement on Holtrot end.
Underground POT Template: Minor update to Town Crier discovery
Avernus: New POT, nested in Brittany
D’Jernstad: New POT, nested in Holtrot
Stormsong Vale: Fixed name/ownership issue
Grayskull: New, nested in Kingsport

Known Issues:

Linux: We are experiencing significant issues with the Linux version of the game.
Avatars don’t idle. Stuck in walking animation.
Movement breaks when casting various skills while running.
Dying snaps avatars to incorrect position within a scene. Will eventually crash.
Using Coconuts in select scenes (like Aerie) will throw the avatar out of boundaries. Will eventually crash.
Taking screenshots crashes the client
PVP Scoreboard is broken
The new Targeting system still has various issues that need fixing
Pathfinding is breaking in some houses and basements
Local chat is failing in some situations
Many SFX are not properly tied to the sound volume controls.
Some items like musical instruments will show as 0/0 durability. This does not affect their functionality
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

Build 405

Welcome to Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Early Access Release 29! Notes on what is in this release are available here.
Southmarsh: Fixed floating tree and cleaned up nearby trees that were nudged into terrain detail trees.
Skrekk: various dialog fixes
Fixed some bugs with male avatar hands
Minor fix in Isle of Storms dialog
Skrekk: Added merchant and farmer conversations
Fixed issue where Avatar would not visually attack in direction of the reticle in some situations (ex. when over encumbered)
Crypt of the Avatar now accessible (for real this time)
Make default for turning off the cursor for combat mode false.
SFX in Malice and Novia overworld now properly linked to volume sliders
Guard Tower, Keep with Corner Turret, Gondola and Small Longboat from Add On Store should now properly appear in game when purchased
Fixed various exceptions
Fixed issue where Decorative Pets were not moving when placed in “Patrol” mode
Fixed NPCs not animating some emotes
Hospitaller custom book cover no longer uses Sojourner Tales image
Fix for male dreads hairstyle clipping with head wearables
Added LOS check to player targeting. No more shooting through walls!
Skrekk: unique conversations for Kobold officers and castle advisors added.
POTs:

Findupre – changed biome to Mountain
The Stormlands – changed biome to Island
Misika : Changed biome to Swamp 01a. Added interconnection with Point West.
Serenite: Changed biome to Swamp. Removed interconnection with POT Malus
Port Arx Draconis: Changed biome to Forest 01a
Irenholde: Changed biome to Mountains
Horned Society: Changed biome to Mountains

Don’t allow destroying items that are currently offered for trade. Update item name when renamed while currently offered for trade.
New Hospitaller book gets its own icon
Added more city lights to Brittany and fixed bug with the Dam.
Fixed bug preventing fishing in Ardoris
Fixed bug where multiple versions of same item in inventory would change to same dye color until re-logging
Fixed performance issues with crafting UI
Fixed bug where ingredients would not update properly in crafting UI
Obsidian Alchemists now correctly trade Obsidian Crowns for Potions of Conservation
NPC titles are now shown in the same position as player titles (above the name), instead of being displayed as a guild name would (below the name)
Polish text and add tooltips for mouse look sensitivity sliders
Added back two mouse button movement when in cursor mode (also fixed in Overworld)
Charge combat skill now working again
New conversations in Ardoris and Kingsport will correctly respond to the “goodbye” command.
Arabella no longer has a chance of giving no response to “meet your fate” during the first conversation in Isle of Storms.
Help popup in Isle of Storms no longer gives the wrong key for the Compass.
Fix for visible rope collision geometry on Airship Player Home
Finishing Elara Solstar’s task in Desolis marks Wynston Haevia’s request as complete in the player’s journal and vice versa.
Game now defaults to Interactive Mode
Targeted Emotes: /emote <playername> will display a text message in chat
Known Issues:

Linux: We are experiencing significant issues with the Linux version of the game.

Avatars don’t idle. Stuck in walking animation.
Movement breaks when casting various skills while running.
Dying snaps avatars to incorrect position within a scene. Will eventually crash.
Using Coconuts in select scenes (like Aerie) will throw the avatar out of boundaries. Will eventually crash.
Taking screenshots crashes the client

Pets are not behaving properly. They will change randomly
R is no longer working to make combos
PVP Scoreboard is broken
The new Targeting system still has various issues that need fixing
Pathfinding is breaking in some houses and basements
Local chat is failing in some situations
Many SFX are not properly tied to the sound volume controls.
Some items like musical instruments will show as 0/0 durability. This does not affect their functionality
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

QA Build 355

Dev+ bug test

QA Build 353

Dev+ bug test

Pre-Release R28

Build 402

Fix issue with near death effect still showing when not nearly dead.
POT Forsaken Forest Added, nested in POT Brickport.
Fix for male legs clipping with capes during performance optimization (seriously we really think its fixed this time)
“Take All” will no longer appear in the players root inventory window and tools will only be visible in the root UI window as well.
Made Inner Strength castable in non-combat.
Fixed a bug that was attempting to determine if you are adding more than the max crafting items per individual item. This now only happens once and is accurate to the number of items you are moving.
Updated planter UI during crafting to show a proper plant name instead of the blank recipe names shown before
Fix for automated phonograph not resuming play after stopping and starting
Fix for incorrect buff duration when changing scenes
Fix for party members showing 0/0 health when entering a scene
Allow “wave’ emote to be cancelled.
Improvements to Castle Wall Deco short gates to make them easier to place when attempting to enclose a player lot (town sized and above) on the inside perimeter
Crafting items should now grant experience
Known Issues:

Memory is leaking badly, players will need to restart their client at least every 2 hours
Pathfinding is breaking in some houses and basements
Local chat is failing in some situations
Many recipes changed for R27 and were therefore no longer appear in players’ recipe books. This will be fixed in R29 with the wipe
Many SFX are not properly tied to the sound volume controls.
Some items like musical instruments will show as 0/0 durability. This does not affect their functionality
We do not yet officially support Windows 10. If you have upgraded to Windows 10 you may experience instability
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

Build 401

Fixed infinite world item looting bug
Fixed XP Pool always resetting to 10000 in Offline mode
Resurrect can no longer be cast on living players in PVP
Fixed throne dais in Kobold 4 Story Great Hall so that it will accept deco objects.
Fixed gaps in ceiling in Kobold Row Houses
Fixed PVP ransom markers not showing up
Desolate Hills Fixed stuck spot amongst rocks.
Temporary PVP Flags should work properly again
Fixed typo in Obsidian crafting categories “Refined Materials”
Fixed Snowflake Cloak icon
Kobold Homes no longer break the pathfinding on lots when the scene reloads
Players can now write/import sheet music if they have an instrument equipped
The Grandmaster / Apprentice icons are now appearing properly
Fix offhand animations for one-handed bludgeons when exiting combat
Sanctus Spine and Vauban Pass Fixed stuck spot and replaced tower with door leading to nowhere with a cap version.
Soltown Catacombs: All interactive objects can now be interacted with again
Fix for deco surface problems on wizard tower player house
Fix for clipping female kilts while mining
Crafting UI will now properly handle failed attempts instead of seeing the bar run multiple times in a row.
Added collision to boulders in Grasslands PoT Template
NPCs now have titles when appropriate
Fix safe fall leveling up
Fix for lord marshal helmet clipping with hair
Fixed bug that was preventing Ranged Free attacks from working at different heights
Fixed finger on /point emote so it no longer is bent.
Memory leak fix (although there are still some more)
New POTs:

Taht Al’ard
Jamestown (nested in Brittany Graveyard temporarily)

Known Issues:

Memory is leaking badly, players will need to restart their client at least every 2 hours
Pathfinding is breaking in some houses and basements
Local chat is failing in some situations
Many recipes changed for R27 and were therefore no longer appear in players’ recipe books. This will be fixed in R29 with the wipe
Many SFX are not properly tied to the sound volume controls.
Some items like musical instruments will show as 0/0 durability. This does not affect their functionality
We do not yet officially support Windows 10. If you have upgraded to Windows 10 you may experience instability
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

Build 398

Fixed animation issues that were making male avatar’s mouth hang open during some animations
Tweaked pose of ghost idle and movement during death
Fixed issue that was causing players to appear high in the air when leaving certain scenes
Fixed invisible Guard Towers
Archer NPCs fight longer in melee before re-positioning
Fixed a bunch of exceptions
Fixed bug that was causing equipped items to show when casting spells / skills
Enable archers to adjust spacing slightly in melee combat.
Fix for missing eyelashes for male avatar
Looping emotes (like dances) now properly visible when first loading into a scene
Fixed Empress New Dress not being setup as full body
Taking damage while under influence of both Shield of Air and Torpid Torment no longer crashes player
Oracle can now be properly targeted and spoken to
Safe Fall skill can now advance properly by taking fall damage
Fix (again) for capes clipping with feet in certain situations
Kobold Homes no longer point to Corkscrew Windpower Generators
Emotes are once again teachable and re-teachable
Player Made Books and Letters should now work properly again
Fix for t-pose chicken pet.
Fixed performance issues with crafting
Fixed issue where failed salvage items in a salvage batch need to be removed and replaced before you can salvage them again
Fixed issue where if you attempt to salvage a batch of items, all salvage attempts in your chat log will be listed as the first item you attempted to salvage.
Fix book title not being updated locally after publishing
Fixed an issue that was allowing fishing in scenes that contained no fishing volume (entirely or immediately under the player)
Necropolis now loads with the correctly selected spirit-talker.
Invisible barrier blocking entry into Necropolis removed.
Title of song now shows in Sheet Music tooltip
Fixed bug with exiting Blood River Massacre
POTs:

Twin Traders: New (nested in Kingsport)
Flint: New
Nightdiamond: New
Taht Al’ard: New
En Nox: New (nested in Jade Valley)
Nido dell’Aquila: New (nested in Kingsport)
Jade Caverns: New (nested in Jade Valley) interconnected with the following POTs: Port Phoenix, Phoenix Fields, Sparrowfall, Diamond Fields, Bearskin Grotto, Siren Song Bayou.
Stormsong Vale: Upgraded to Crossroads Village.
Carmel: Upgraded to Hamlet
Drachenfels: Removed interconnection with Calain; added interconnection with Drachental
Smoothed an area of shoreline of lake in Mountain Template
Honor Hold: Changed location on Novia as per player specifications
White Hart on Abundis: Upgraded from Village to Crossroads Village
Jaxton: Removed interconnection with Sparrowfall (interconnection on Sparrowfall side seems to have been removed previously)
Gravewater Shores: Changed town in which it nests from POT Trysull (nonreciprocated) to Xenos

Known Issues:

Kobold Homes are breaking the pathfinding on lots when the scene reloads
Ransom in broken in PVP (no gravemarkers are generated)
PVP flags are not working properly
Memory is leaking badly, players will need to restart their client at least every 2 hours
Pathfinding is breaking in some houses and basements
Local chat is failing in some situations
Many recipes changed for R27 and were therefore no longer appear in players’ recipe books. This will be fixed in R29 with the wipe
Many SFX are not properly tied to the sound volume controls.
Some items like musical instruments will show as 0/0 durability. This does not affect their functionality
We do not yet officially support Windows 10. If you have upgraded to Windows 10 you may experience instability
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

Build 397

Goti now has the correct public vendor.
Spiders will no longer attack you through breakable walls
Kobold Homes and Kobold Decorations now in game
Emperors’ and Empresses’ Clothing now in game
Fixed lots of exceptions
Fixed issue that was causing feet to clip through cloaks in some situations
Fixed eye bugs on male avatar when playing piano
Fixed color value mismatch for female basic plate chest piece and basic chainmail helm
Performance Work: Turned off dynamic lighting on Owlshead and Skrekk
Fixed some issues that were breaking the Broadcast Automated Phonographs in some situations
Male avatar head and eye texture settings optimization
Male braids hairstyle should no longer be invisible
You can no longer place non-wax cylinder items in automated phonographs.
Created proper icons for 3 automated phonographs
Inventory bags will no longer be shown in the crafting UI
Fixed various broken doors that were causing crashes in Nightshade pass
Fixed male avatar mouth interior
Fixed female riding coat clipping with kilts
Fixed batch salvage so that it does not seemingly cancel randomly.
Wisps now display visual effects when casting spells
Removed invisible collider in Caverns of Skrekk
Hidden Vale: Adjusted heights of Discovery volumes to help keep players from spawning high above Kingsport
Added new POT named Wind nested in POT Blackrock Cove (This also resolves final interconnection request for POT Blackrock Cove)
Fixes to Skrekk gate guard dialog
A ferryman will now take you between Spite and the shores of Malice
Known Issues:

Emotes cannot be taught
Emotes like dancing are not visible on other players when first appearing in scene
Players are getting disconnected randomly
Pathfinding is breaking in some houses and basements
Local chat is failing in some situations
Many recipes changed for R27 and were therefore no longer appear in players’ recipe books. This will be fixed in R29 with the wipe
Many SFX are not properly tied to the sound volume controls.
Some items like musical instruments will show as 0/0 durability. This does not affect their functionality
We do not yet officially support Windows 10. If you have upgraded to Windows 10 you may experience instability
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

Build 396

Decoration items placed on player lots will now display their alignment correctly
Facial hair is now displaying correctly
Fixed bug that would make all crafting broken if you had a broken crafting tool equipped
Added protections when trying to place more items beyond max limit on a crafting station
Fixed glossiness of mud for shorelines, now less glossy
Fixed Epic Leather Helm Recipe
Added glow to text in Recipe book for when it overlaps filigree to aid readability
Added some eye and facial movements to the male idle animation
New PoT: Aelasar’s Forest
Crafting and Refining will grant Producer Experience
Fixed durability on Snowflake Cloak and Short Ornate Kilt
Sheet Music can now be played when placed as a decoration
Known Issues:

Male Braids hairstyle is not in the game
Kobold Homes are not in the game yet
Pathfinding is breaking in some houses and basements
Local chat is failing in some situations
Many recipes changed for R27 and were therefore no longer appear in players’ recipe books. This will be fixed in R29 with the wipe
Many SFX are not properly tied to the sound volume controls.
Some items like musical instruments will show as 0/0 durability. This does not affect their functionality
We do not yet officially support Windows 10. If you have upgraded to Windows 10 you may experience instability
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

Build 395

Welcome to Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Early Access Release 28! Notes on what is in this release are available here.
Known Issues:

Kobold Homes are not in the game yet
Decoration items placed on player lots will display thier alignment incorrectly (sideways)
Facial hair is not displaying correctly
If you have a broken crafting tool equipped all crafting is will be broken
Pathfinding is breaking in some houses and basements
Local chat is failing in some situations
Many recipes changed for R27 and were therefore no longer appear in players’ recipe books. This will be fixed in R29 with the wipe
Many SFX are not properly tied to the sound volume controls.
Some items like musical instruments will show as 0/0 durability. This does not affect their functionality
We do not yet officially support Windows 10. If you have upgraded to Windows 10 you may experience instability
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

QA Build 338

Dev+ bug test

QA Build 337

Dev+ bug test

QA Build 335

Dev+ bug test

QA Build 334

Dev+ bug test

Pre-Release R27

Build 393

Fixed broken doors in Ardoris
Known Issues:

Pathfinding is breaking in some houses and basements
Local chat is failing in some situations
Many recipes changed for R27 and were therefore no longer appear in players’ recipe books
Many SFX are not properly tied to the sound volume controls.
Some items like musical instruments will show as 0/0 durability. This does not affect their functionality
We do not yet officially support Windows 10. If you have upgraded to Windows 10 you may experience instability
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

Build 392

Fixed broken door in Spectral Mines
More sounds properly connected to volume controls
Fixed a bunch of broken houses that were missing collision, broken stairs, etc.
Known Issues:

Many recipes changed for R27 and were therefore no longer appear in players’ recipe books
Many SFX are not properly tied to the sound volume controls.
Some items like musical instruments will show as 0/0 durability. This does not affect their functionality
We do not yet officially support Windows 10. If you have upgraded to Windows 10 you may experience instability
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

Build 391

Fixed various sound effects so they are properly connected to volume controls including various harvesting and portals
Fixed shrunken guard towers
Known Issues:

Many player houses are broken (non-enter-able or stairs not working)
Many recipes changed for R27 and were therefore no longer appear in players’ recipe books
Many SFX are not properly tied to the sound volume controls.
Some items like musical instruments will show as 0/0 durability. This does not affect their functionality
We do not yet officially support Windows 10. If you have upgraded to Windows 10 you may experience instability
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

Build 390

Fixed various sound effects so they are properly connected to volume controls including chests and water, as well as various avatar and creature sounds
Fixed performance issue with waterfall in Paladis Shardfall
Known Issues:

Many recipes changed for R27 and were therefore no longer appear in players’ recipe books
Many SFX are not properly tied to the sound volume controls.
Some items like musical instruments will show as 0/0 durability. This does not affect their functionality
We do not yet officially support Windows 10. If you have upgraded to Windows 10 you may experience instability
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

Build 389

Fixed various sound effects so they are properly connected to volume controls including Elven House doors as well as various avatar and creature sounds
Fixed offhand equip slot getting messed up after using two-handed weapons. Again. For Real this time. Seriously
Added shields to the list of valid items for gem socketing
Known Issues:

Many recipes changed for R27 and were therefore no longer appear in players’ recipe books
Many SFX are not properly tied to the sound volume controls.
Some items like musical instruments will show as 0/0 durability. This does not affect their functionality
We do not yet officially support Windows 10. If you have upgraded to Windows 10 you may experience instability
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

Build 388

Fixed various exceptions and error messages
Performance optimization that should help when there are lots of characters and creatures on screen
Benches should be able to be placed again as a decoration
Increased Immolation max time to 97 sec
The ever-multiplying Graff Family Necklaces collected by the kobolds of the Graff Gem Mines as heirlooms and ways to taunt the inventory space of trespassing avatars can now be sold. Marlene Graff is now looking for her actual heirloom necklace, of which it is rumored only one exists. Hopefully.
Known Issues:
Many SFX are not properly tied to the sound volume controls.

Shields cannot be socketed
Some items like musical instruments will show as 0/0 durability. This does not affect their functionality
We do not yet officially support Windows 10. If you have upgraded to Windows 10 you may experience instability
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

Build 387

Testudo no longer makes friendly NPCs aggressive
Fixed Discharge spell tooltips
Lava damage increased
Added Recall scrolls to glyph list
Removed invisible object from Wood and Plaster 3-story Row-house that was blocking the entrance
Moved wagon that was intersecting with a player lot in Owl’s Head
Solania Catacombs: Added additional Ankh at the start of the approach to the hidden chamber
Fixed more creature sounds to connect them to SFX volume slider
Root spell now working properly against all targets
Fixed offhand equip slot getting messed up after using two-handed weapons
Spectral Mines: Updated broken door/key.
Necropolis: Updated broken doors/locks.
Shardfall Discoveries: Replaced old icons with new “Shardfall” Discovery icons on Novia Overworld
Removed invisible lava from Verdantis Shardfall
Fixed errors that were causing NPCs on player lots to load inconsistently.
Fixed Novia Map Atlas so it can now once again hold maps
Fixed Block and Parry so they now should work as expected. Updated the attack messages to correctly show the block or parry as well.
Increased the rate at which exps get apply by a factor of 4. We increased the rate at which players gain experience but not the rate at which it was applied. The result was people using gust balls and accumulating huge amounts of exps. This will help with that
Reducing the duration on all move speed debuff skills based on strength of the target by 1 second per 50 strength.
Crafting tools are no longer tied to decks, also if anyone has already created a deck using crafting tools, those tools will not be equipped when the deck is equipped.
Building block decorations can now once again rotate on their axis
Held items will now be considered for repair at crafting stations
Fixed timing for Immolation visual effects
Disabled Obsidian Forge damage volume due to performance issues
Added some high level creatures and mini-bosses in various locations (go find them!)
Fixed broken masks in inventory for bag mode
Fixed creatures playing death animation multiple times
Fix for missing textures on Baron Frigate
Fixed an issue where dyeing an item would also dye the base item color of any other item of the same type until the game is re-loaded.
Disabled guild chapter house checkbox for non-owners. Disabled lock doors toggle for Kindred and lower.
Known Issues:

We do not yet officially support Windows 10. If you have upgraded to Windows 10 you may experience instability
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

Build 386

Elven Greenhouse joins the other greenhouses in being able to be put onto Player Towns
Fixed error preventing several Slime variations from spawning properly
Immolation VFX now last for duration of spell
Added dagger pin to fancy kilt (to make it even fancier!)
Fixed kilt sitting visual issues
Bucket Helmet now properly shows material colors when crafted
Fixed visual errors with Character Stats UI by making it wider. Now all stats names should display properly next to the values
NPC audio should now be properly linked to SFX volume slider
Ice Fist movement debuff now should apply properly
Fixed nameplate colors for conning system
Added “Submit & Lock” function and button to PoT form
Fixed Chaos Vortex nameplate position
Tweaked nameplate color for tier 4 enemies
Fixed instances of incorrect building and POI prefabs
Updated display name of Fancy Walking Cane to match Add On Store name: “Dragon Handle Maplewood Cane”
Fixed floating fishing node in Nightshade Pass
Rimstone lava pools now properly burn
Fixed animals getting stuck while investigating resources.
Edwin in Soltown requests the correct amount of cotton to proceed in the crafting tutorial quest.
Fixed an issue where plants were not being properly reset if they did not require replanting.
Known Issues:

We do not yet officially support Windows 10. If you have upgraded to Windows 10 you may experience instability
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

Build 385

The skills trainer in Soltown now trains adventurer skills up to Tier 3.
Some super minor nerfs to healing. Healing touch cast time moves from1 second to 1.25 and both Healing touch and healing ray drop by 1 point max heal
Fixed issues where players were stuck on loading screen
Brookside no longer has Kiln’s innkeeper.
Stealth visual effects no longer break when player uses a stealth invoking skill twice
Doubled the number of POT Decoration Limits
Wolf and Dog sound effects no longer trigger constantly and volume adjusted
Skeletons in starting scenes should now be much easier
Discoverable locations should now be showing on compass again
Added Discoverable locations to Novia and Hidden Vale Overworld (Cities, Shardfalls, Dungeons, Control Points). Should make it much easier to navigate.
Fixed issue where images on the columns of the lunar rift were sorting improperly with the visual effects
Fixed issue causing severe hitching in towns with lots of player lots.
Changed salvage and repair timer to be a quarter of a second instead of three seconds
Fixed more exceptions and error messages
Enemy sound effects should now be properly tied to SFX volume slider
Known Issues:

We do not yet officially support Windows 10. If you have upgraded to Windows 10 you may experience instability
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

Build 384

Added descriptions and screenshots to Templates in the PoT submission form
PoT submission form now changes entry fields when selecting Dynamic or Custom Static
New skill icons for Redirection and Bolster Balance in Shields school as well as Bulwark of Earth and Earth Attunement in Earth magic
Fixed some resulting crafting messages that were not properly set if events occurred.
Saturation slider now working
Fixed a typo in description of Absorb Impacts skill in Heavy Armor school
Set up Airships to block rain under main sections of balloon
Updated Owls Head tracking map so player location should now display properly
Breakables can now remotely triggered allowing you to shoot breakable gates (like in Control Points) with your bow.
Fixed some issues that were preventing some items from being salvaged.
Dropping equipped tools onto the character sheet will no longer generate errors
Casting the Shield skills Dig-In or Testudo no longer generates errors for others in the scene
Removed un-textured floating plane in Elven house in Blood River Massacre tutorial
Immortality fruit can now be allocated to a deck and used in combat
Quest Items (like the Phoenix feather) so that it will not be stacked during meticulous collection
Aerie realtor now correctly sells housing deeds, not decorations
Journal entries in the Solace Bridge tutorial fixed to refer to bow, not sword.
Increased the power of Xavar, the Fire Pillar in Nightshade Pass
Fixed tooltip for Dig In
Fixed duration of Immolation effects
Complementary wax cylinder with Countach Phonograph now introductory music
Fixed lots of exceptions and warning messages
Fixed visual effect error when clicking on the book entrance to Chillblain’s Compendium
Obsidian Cloak has correct icon image now
Fixed issue where field dressing tool message would have a blank value in parenthesis “()”
Equipped tools can no longer be added to the trade UI
Solania Catacombs: Added back into the game
Fix for massive hitching caused by some plot setups
Greenhouses can now be placed on POTs: Greenhouse, Rusted Iron Greenhouse, Rusted Iron Small Greenhouse
Bucket Helm now properly displays material colors from crafting
Kingsport: The Port Mirren ferry once again launches from Kingsport harbor
Ignite Weapon now properly add damage
Visual Effects on the Obsidian Forge now display properly to everyone in the scene.
Fixed typos in Kelly Hayward’s journal entry in Owl’s Nest
Fixed Bentley’s conversation in Soltown so that he does not greet you the first time as if he already has met you.
Fixed invisible colliders in Armor shop in Etceter. Also applies to derivative scenes: Spite, Broochash, and Graff
Fixed issue where all 3 destinations were showing available at once in Isle of Storms (return version)
Fixed issue where when purchasing multiple bundles (ex. arrows) you would only receive content of a single bundle
Letter recieved from Stanley in Soltown has a more descriptive title.
Annika the Blacksmith in Soltown now sells arrows.
Known Issues:

Sometimes players will be stuck at 100% when loading into a scene.
NPC Sound effects not tied to SFX slider and triggering too often
Points of Interest markers on the Compass are not working
Sometimes items will not load in Player Owned Towns (including NPCs, buildings, homes, etc.). Logging out and back in generally fixes it.
We do not yet officially support Windows 10. If you have upgraded to Windows 10 you may experience instability
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

Build 382

Welcome to Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Early Access Release 27! Notes on what is in this release are available here.
Known Issues:

Sometimes items will not load in Player Owned Towns (including NPCs, buildings, homes, etc.). Logging out and back in generally fixes it.
We do not yet officially support Windows 10. If you have upgraded to Windows 10 you may experience instability
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

QA Build 328

Dev+ bug test

QA Build 325

Dev+ bug test

Pre-Release R26

Build 381

Reverted Drum sounds to original pitch shifted versions
Various tasks and content related to Shooter Jennings album release party that may, or may not, include copious use of Hot Pink
Performance fallback routines for cloaks (should help a lot in scenes with lots of players wearing cloaks)
Known Issues:

Linux and Mac builds are experiencing significant graphical and stability issues
We do not yet officially support Windows 10. If you have upgraded to Windows 10 you may experience instability
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Weather has not been propagated to all scenes yet so there may be mismatches
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
Time is not in synchronized between scenes that have the new sky vs. the old sky
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

Build 378/379

Build Number 378 PC and Linux, 379 OSX

Fix graphical artifacts on Linux, but must run the game with “-force-opengl” command line argument, or you will likely just get a pink screen. Launcher and Steam will be updated to use this argument automatically. Still has some issues, such as pink hair.
Printing press should also copy the author of the book
Some conversation dialog fixes
Performance improvement work in Aerie, Ardoris, and Owlshead
Prevent intro video from playing on OSX to fix freeze (OSX build 379)
When mixing locked and unlocked cards, the minimum required cards to avoid slugs is now reduced by one card per card that is locked
Chaotic Feedback has been adjusted to include a life attunement buff that grows over time.
Players watching someone play piano should now see them sit correctly.
Fix for an issue that caused local skill levels to sometimes be inaccurate.
Known Issues:

Linux and Mac builds are experiencing significant graphical and stability issues
We do not yet officially support Windows 10. If you have upgraded to Windows 10 you may experience instability
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Weather has not been propagated to all scenes yet so there may be mismatches
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
Time is not in synchronized between scenes that have the new sky vs. the old sky
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

Build 376

Fix some fog graphical issues
Add long bowstave recipe to merchants
Fix exception with lot navigation
Some fixes for custom books on lots
Fixes for a few UI exceptions
Known Issues:

Linux and Mac builds are experiencing significant graphical and stability issues
We do not yet officially support Windows 10. If you have upgraded to Windows 10 you may experience instability
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Weather has not been propagated to all scenes yet so there may be mismatches
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
Time is not in synchronized between scenes that have the new sky vs. the old sky
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

Build 375

Various fixes for localization errors including broken bankers / town criers in Spanish version
Arabella in Resolute properly says goodbye when prompted.
Kingsport Oracle now uses correct Oracle dialog
Quest logic fixes for Cai Lau in Ardoris
Piano is making sounds again
Fixed improper collision on the entryway of Edelmann Founder village home
Known Issues:

Items on Public Vendors were accidentally wiped with this patch
Linux and Mac builds are experiencing significant graphical and stability issues
We do not yet officially support Windows 10. If you have upgraded to Windows 10 you may experience instability
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Weather has not been propagated to all scenes yet so there may be mismatches
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
Time is not in synchronized between scenes that have the new sky vs. the old sky
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

Build 374

Southeast of Blackblade Mountains: Added ankh at Novia exit, re-positioned existing ankh to exit to Blackblade Pass. Re-positioned bear spawners away from pass exit.
Fixed survey visual effect showing as rectangles (vs. sparkles) when viewed through fog
Douse and Purify can now advance without actually removing a debuff
Fixed issues with NPC pathfinding and placement in Aerie
Fixing possible issues with talking to Myra in Owl’s Head about her brother.
Fixing crafting tutorial in Soltown to match new crafting requirements
Three number tweaks for passives Blade Mastery, Crusher, and Draw Strength
Protected Virtue Bowler Hat from ransom
Solace Bridge: Fixed stuck spots in both Starter and Nonstarter version of Map.
Fixed maps where cloud layer geometry was improperly clipping into scene, including South Varisalla Foothills, Greymark Forest, North Brightbone Woods, and many others
Fixed missing textures on Baron Benefactor home
Minor conversation fixes for Anton, Thomas Strongbeard, and Nob the Stableboy (coconuts are once again obtainable!)
Fixed bricked up windows in Twin Spires Manor
Purchase Orders can now be placed
Added Bow recipe to merchant (note: we no longer have short bows in the game)
The Ruined Keep map is no longer labeled as the Obsidan Keep Map
Weight of Novia Map Atlas and all mini maps decreased
Searing ray had a long pause before executing. Now will execute appropriately to match animation
Fixed water level in Jaanaford
Book “Through the Lunar Rift V” no longer displays the text for “The Weasel in the Granary”
Modified shoreline for a town water lot to exist adjacent to a city water lot in the lake location of the grassland player owned town.
Remedied texture stretching along riverbank in grassland player owned town
Planting Barrel and Planting Pot can be placed on “exterior floor” (rooftops, balconies, decks, etc.) as well as “ground”.
Optimizations to player made books that were causing large increases in load times
Made a possible fix for placing “Yew Tree” deco in its previously familiar location on the island player owned town
Replaced last placeholder NPC dialogs for Aerie
Wax Cylinders of songs from Shooter Jennings album Countach (attend the release party for a chance to win one!)
Two more small performance improvements including disabling some update calls when they are not your character
Disorderly Displacement now consuming reagents properly
Sawblade Sweep updated to match the changes to Whirling Blades range and damage
Performance work: Reduced the distance at which we update the dynamic bones (hair, beards). Added logic to not update dynamic bones behind the camera. Better culling for the dynamic bones.
Free attack ticks set to 1 for wand/staff
Dragon’s are now breathing fire again versus another orifice
The Clink: Fixed an issue where errors were occuring while NPCs were trying to find waypoints
Players can never earn less than 20% of the original experience from crafting a recipe. This fixes the issue with XP falloff where players would stop earning XP after crafting items several times.
East Perennial Trail: Deleted odd tree phasing in and out.
Known Issues:

Items on Public Vendors were accidentally wiped with this patch
Linux and Mac builds are experiencing significant graphical and stability issues
We do not yet officially support Windows 10. If you have upgraded to Windows 10 you may experience instability
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Weather has not been propagated to all scenes yet so there may be mismatches
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
Time is not in synchronized between scenes that have the new sky vs. the old sky
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

Build 372

Fixed memory leak associated with players with old/bad installs of the Chroma SDK.
Fixed broken Rottweiler visuals
Reduced some of the hip popping in the female run cycle.
Fixed some tree issues in East Perennial Trail
Add-On and Pledge Reward Castle Wall pieces now properly delivered
Basement Hatches are now being properly included with basement deeds
Fixed broken/stretchy Summoned Skeleton models
Fixed melee enemies constantly backing up
Chain Lightning skill description typo fix
Fixing timing on Double Slash
Cyannis in Highvale now greets the player appropriately.
Set an inventory max of 1 for all quest-related items.
Added missing prison cell doors and updated broken ones in the Castle Stone Arena basement
Party member buff icons now fade away properly when buff ends
Enemies should now properly attack all players in a scene
Fixed mistaken changes made to POT Vanguard. Converted back to island biome and returned it to previous location
Owl’s Nest forest entrance: Updated NavMesh and ensured all spawners were on NavMesh.
Novia: Added overhead banner above Sanctus Spine control point
Removed Agriculture skill tree since the skills do nothing currently
Cyannis no longer hands out infinite copies of his report if inventory UI is manipulated.
Fixed some issues with Night Vision
Fixed collider for dead daemon so he can be selected properly for looting
Fixed NPC names missing in Vendor interface
When wielding a bow using auto-attack you can now open gates, pull switches, etc.
Fixed quest flag issue with Charlotte Grey in Solace Bridge
Resolute gate guards can no longer be lured away from their post.
Fixed Salvage gain not adding to base crafting proficiency
Aerie: For Sale signs no longer block front doors of Row Lots
Fixed cloud layer issues that were creating odd visuals at the edges of scenes
Fixed a bunch of spells and skills that were not working properly including (but not limited to):

Lightning
Chain Lightning
Root
Searing Ray
Body Slam
Rapid Fire

Known Issues:

Linux and Mac builds are experiencing significant graphical and stability issues
Purchase Orders cannot always be placed properly
Merchants do not have bow recipes
Some innate skills are not working properly and/or are not advancing properly
We do not yet officially support Windows 10. If you have upgraded to Windows 10 you may experience instability
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Weather has not been propagated to all scenes yet so there may be mismatches
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
Time is not in synchronized between scenes that have the new sky vs. the old sky
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

Build 371

Fixed visual issues with cloud layer in Shardfall scenes
Turned down water resolution in Owlshead for performance
Adjusted hover and landing heights for all flying creatures
Nob the Stableboy will once again deign to speak to you.
Fixed pink textures and broken geometry for Mac & Linux builds (we hope)
Summoned Daemon now visible
Quest to take message from Resolute Lord Marshal to the Captain in Ardoris is now working
Corrected problem loading localized conversation text
Minor tweaks to male 2-handed blade animations
Some taxes / deed list UI polish
Error message added when trying to talk to an NPC while ‘mounted’
Creature collision attack spacing adjustments to address enemies sorting through players during combat
Fixed issues blocking entry to Dara Brae PoT
Optimization: Don’t update character controllers that aren’t moving
Fixed icons for augmented cloth armor
Aerie: Fixed collision on Dock stairs.
Fixed joining party members from overworld to random encounter
Aerie: Adjusted Color Tone of Ocean Water
An NPC will use English text if at least one keyword of his/her conversation is not yet translated.
Added localization debug commands to help track down and fix partially localized conversations
Added localization debug command to flip between english and localized language (for conversations)
Fix for textures that blur at range.
Replaced most placeholder Aerie NPC conversations
Cats are now neuter as part of the Greater Novian Spay-Your-Pet Initiative (actually, for localization)
Known Issues:

Enemies will only attack the first player in a scene (aka Master)
Many skills do not work properly nor advance properly
The Castle Wall Sets are not being delivered properly yet.
Sky bugs creating weird scene borders
Night Vision broken
We do not yet officially support Windows 10. If you have upgraded to Windows 10 you may experience instability
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Weather has not been propagated to all scenes yet so there may be mismatches
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
Time is not in synchronized between scenes that have the new sky vs. the old sky
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

Build 370

Now able to use the “Enter” key to confirm a pop-up message
Picking up the key in East Perennial Trail no longer makes the entire house disappear
Heart cloaks names updated to match add-on store
Food buff channels now working
Aerie NPCs now working properly
Polish pass on male 2-handed blade animations
Fog is now working properly with smoke visual effects
Fixed water lot placement in the POT Grasslands template
Aerie Town Crier now responds to double click, really.
Lowering the water level 1 foot to keep waves out of the shore in Aerie
Fixed / polished materials on Plate armor and Clockwork pets
Fixed the bug that caused blank recipe book upon learning a recipe
Fixed timing on fire damage over time visual effects
Summon demon swap out to low poly version.
Fixed a small transform error on the daemon pet.
Attached light to flying watcher (the light did not previously rise along with the watcher while it flew)
Removed extra Ardoris map from the Novia Map Atlas Pack
NPCs can now move about under the Yew Tree decoration
Various performance optimizations
All inventory bundles pushed to players from pledges or add-ons now have the word “Reward” in them for easier finding and context
Removed developer only and pledge items from some merchants
Grand tour guides now properly give quest credit
Fix for most of the see through houses when viewed at range.
Fixing the LODs on the lord marshall house to not cull as soon.
Character names still show up in social UI (friends/party/guild) even if character is deleted
Fix combat shop npc building
Fixed improper cloud layers on island skies
Error message now displayed if attempting to promote a player to leader, but target character has been deleted.
Knights of Norgard now properly exit conversation upon saying goodbye, and offer to open the keep gates when appropriate.
Chest Armor now shows up properly on Alchemy Table
NPCs will no longer force-open a conversation if other players are in the same scene.
Fixing conversations for animals and oracle minions
Arabella in Resolute now responds properly
Fixed certain Aerie NPCs so they display their name overhead when asked
Fixed dialog for elf child in Blood River Massacre
Fixed animation hold / alignment issues with the Daemon holding his Trident of Chaos
Fixed typo in Oracle dialog
Dye Preview fixes: Changed the character sheet to prevent equipmant changes while in preview mode and made it display a message if attempted to make it clear. This prevents a lot of odd use-cases from happening. Also, the equipment tab in the inventory will no longer break the preview UI.
Fixed issues with turning in Stanley’s notes to Cugel in Ardoris
Added more keywords to complete Cai Lau / Sheng Lau quest
Various fixes / polish in Aerie (floating objects, stuck spots, etc.)
Fixed rusty weapons not being able to be salvaged
Fixed bows/wands/staff salvage producing leather
Fixed wands and staves to work as bludgeons (really, we mean it this time)
Crystal ore nodes now properly update their collision when harvested
Fixed dialog for minor prisoners in the Clink
Now able to fire off a ranged free-attack when auto-selecting a target
Disabled heat distortion effect throughout our game for R26. It destroys the frame rate even in small doses.
Removed half the Oracle crawlers and fliers from Ardoris for performance
Fixing journal entry for Brigid in Resolute to denote that Path of Courage currently ends in Resolute.
Changed confusing reference to boat location in Blood River tutorial
Fixed buff and debuff icons not disappearing when the effects expire
Chairs: Added interactive text to many chair prefabs (some already had this text) and updated the “can’t sit here” error message players see to include these interactive text labels (so players will, for example, soon see messages saying they can’t sit on “Wooden Chair” instead of “?borg_chair01?”)
Fixed Night Vision effect cutting out randomly
Known Issues:

The Castle Wall Sets are not being delivered properly yet.
Quest to take message from Resolute Lord Marshal to the Captain in Ardoris is not working
Summoned Daemon is invisible except for trident and visual effects
We do not yet officially support Windows 10. If you have upgraded to Windows 10 you may experience instability
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Weather has not been propagated to all scenes yet so there may be mismatches
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
Time is not in synchronized between scenes that have the new sky vs. the old sky
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

Build 368

Augmented Leather gear is no longer invisible
Game window now opens properly on multi monitor setups
Enabled default bloom settings for all scenes
Fixed pathing issues in Restless Woods
Added missing carpentry weapon recipes (ex. Great Axe)
Hitting F9 while moving/placing an object will no longer get the object stuck to your cursor
Fixed for t-posing chickens and rabbits
Set lot expiration timers on Live to 4 months (120 days)
Fixed skeletons that were improperly rotated 90 degrees
Daemon Fixes:

Attunement Buff now working properly
Added Earth damage to Chaos Bolt package
Added Chaos Bolt to Summoned Daemon

Sheath animations no longer break while moving
Immolation no longer triggers switches.
Hanging Signs:

All hanging “shopkeeper” signs now have a default tooltip (each relates to the sign’s purpose/theme).
The following scenes had a sign polish pass to replace signs with a more appropriate signs, especially blank signs.

Ardoris
Braemar
Owl’s Head
Solania
Kingsport
Jaanaford
Soltown
Etceter
Aerie
Kiln
Resolute

Replaced missing doorway graphics in Epitaph Chamber of Souls
Disabled distortion on fire vfx due to performance
Fixed stuck spot in Hilt Fortress
Avatar no longer rolls into a distorted ball of mangled limbs when tumbling immediately after an attack
Damage now properly interrupting Spell casting
Fixed sky in Aerie
Obsidian Keep: Updated to dynamic spawns
Fixed floating books in The Epitaph
Double Slash visual effects now properly synced with animation
Vertas: Several rabbit spawners were high in the air, causing errors. These spawners are now moved to the ground and no more errors.
Fixed inaccessible oysters in North Ravenswood
Planter boxes containing items marked as NoTrade, NoDestroy, or ProtectFromRansom will now be considered while trading or generating items for ransom.
Fixed book in Crag Foothills
Fixed tree in West Veiled Swamp
NPCs in Aerie can now be interacted with via double left click
Added Quarter, Half Chest armors to valid socketing targets
Fixed size on gem/jewel components-few components had incorrect size such that they could not stack and caused issues
Fixed inaccessible mandrake root in North Celestial Wetlands
Rapid Fire skill can now be triggered even with nothing targeted (like other skills)
Fixed popping visuals of skeleton in Owl’s Nest
Aerie NPCs should now have properly working conversations
Fix rabbit disappearing while running over rocks.
Fixed Ring/Necklace socketing not working
Fixed terrain / stairs level mismatch in Aerie
Fixed all issues with dye preview not closing when it should, not equipping items when it should, and not allowing dyes to be applied if a piece of armor (similar type) is equipped already.
Removed huge waist rotation on magic wand auto attack animation
Fixed crocodile nameplate positions
Slight improvement to flickering Light script
Reducing performance overhead on conversations.
Known Issues:

Grand Tour is not working
The following items are not being delivered properly yet: Novia Map Atlas (including the Minimaps) and the Castle Wall Sets
Food Buffs channels are not working correctly
We do not yet officially support Windows 10. If you have upgraded to Windows 10 you may experience instability
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Weather has not been propagated to all scenes yet so there may be mismatches
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
Time is not in synchronized between scenes that have the new sky vs. the old sky
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

Build 367

Welcome to Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Pre-Alpha Release 26! Notes on what is in this release are available here.
Known Issues:

The following items are not being delivered properly yet: Novia Map Atlas (including the Minimaps) and the Castle Wall Sets
Aerie NPCs are not working properly
Food Buffs channels are not working correctly
We do not yet officially support Windows 10. If you have upgraded to Windows 10 you may experience instability
Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
Weather has not been propagated to all scenes yet so there may be mismatches
Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
Time is not in synchronized between scenes that have the new sky vs. the old sky
If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT

QA Build 316

Dev+ bug test

External Links

Patch Notes on Shroud of the Avatar website
Shroud of the Avatar Patch Torrent

References

↑ Patch Notes

[1] Patch Notes

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 == Episode 1 ==
 === [[Release 30|Pre-Release R30]] ===
+====Build 417====
+*Fixed Long Plain Longboat missing oar textures
+*Baron Founder Boats display pink sails
+*Fixed typo in Obsidian Blessing of Capacity potion description
+*Fixed Obsidian Potion of Stamina potion not having any effect hooked up
+*Fixed range of eye sizes for new female in character creation so eyes will no longer clip past eyelids at maximum size
+*Fixed various exeptions
+*Performance optimizations
+*Added death animations to the Giant Butterfly and Dragonfly pets because people are cruel
+*Restored bridges to Ardoris from Eastern and Western shores on Novia Overworld
+*Elad’s Lighthouse: removed Novia Map Atlas (backer reward) and replaced with a different book
+*Etceter: Fixed Satyr bank guard who was getting stuck in the doorway
+*Fixed LOD issues with the floors in the Crypt of the Avatar
+*Renamed the player vendor inventory item reward from “Vendor” to “Commission-Free Vendor”
+*Novia Overworld:
+:*The boats near (288.0, 11.7, -254.8) have been properly labelled as to their destinations (Celestis and Solania)
+:*The stuck spot at (-112.4, 13.0, -348.1) is now blocked off from access.
+:*Adjusted collision at Brightbone Pass near (91.4, 21.7, -314.0) to have a better entry path for players.
+:*Adjusted the entry location for East Veiled Swamp to be closer to the entry point.
+:*The spot at (435.9, 11.9, -360.4) now correctly points to West Veiled Swamp and not the North Celestial Wetlands.
+:*Players that exit the Boreas Colossus scene now appear in Novia next to the entry for that scene.
+:*Updated the entry points for Point West, POT Celestial Gardens, and Graff Island to ensure players spawn in a good location
+:*Updated the entry location for Solace Forest to be near that scene entrance.
+:*Removed collison neear Resolute that blocked playeers from entering that scene
+*Fixed issue where hair was visible before the rest of the avatar when a player first appeared into a scene
+*Fixed LOD errors on the Moontowers
+*POT NPCs now walking around properly
+*Updated /flower emote visuals to have more flower petals and different colored petals
+*Fixed issue where some interactives (doors, crates, etc.) were requiring point blank interaction
+*Malice and Valhold: Replaced poison field that had gotten removed from magical barriers in Malice and the bottom of the well in Valhold.
+*Overworld party markers are now working again
+*Soft targets are now cleared when an NPC is looted.
+*Fixed issues with trading equipped items
+*Resolute Sewers: Key animation now plays every time locked doors in the scene are unlocked. All pipe wheels are now interactive and emit a burst of steam on use.
+*Companion stats now properly scale with player stats
+*Spyglass now works properly for female characters
+*Fixed Break Armor visual effects and timing with animation
+*Fixed missing weapon trail for Battle Spear
+*All offensive skills/spells and heal spells will consume more focus
+*LOD for Fountains
+*Ghost Corpion fight has been tuned to be more challenging.
+*Fixed Male Bow sounds while moving
+*Fixed Water fountain sounds in Ardoris
+*Enchanting and Masterworks Skills now properly influence your chances when attempting to Enchant or Masterwork
+*Masterworks effects now being properly applied to crafted items
+*Masterworking and enchanting now properly decreases durability
+*Lunar Rifts in Bloodriver, Highvale, and Solace Bridge should be properly hooked up and cycling properly for the first time
+*Graff Gem Mines: Fixed issue causing random spawn in locations
+*Graff Gem Mines Entrance: Players leaving this scene are no longer trapped in an inaccessible area of the Novia Overwold
+*North Brightbone Woods: Fixed issue causing random spawn in locations
+*Fiona FitzOwen learned a few new songs to sing (online and offline) and will respond to more requests for her to accompany you on your adventures (offline mode only)
+*Moon and Stealth tree stealth skills updated to make sure they are balanced. Stealth slightly worse, moon magic versions have improved.
+*Distract range extended by 5m
+*Fixing several math issues that were making it easy for water casters to permaroot people.
+*Icy Breath effect reduced. Icy Breath bonus and Attunement values moved to a curve for slow effects to prevent permarooting
+*Estgard gatekeeper will correctly recognize if the player is carrying Brigid’s Amulet.
+*Brittany Central: Fixed uneven stairs
+*Known Issues:
+:*Novia Overworld rework has introduced various stuck spots, incorrect collision and “exit into the air” issues
+:*Some UI text is not wrapping correctly
+:*Rain is coming through the roof of some buildings
+:*The new Targeting system still has various issues that need fixing
+:*/spyglass effect can be done even if you don’t have the spyglass equipped
+:*Pledge items and Add On Store Items are having their Maximum Durability reduced
+:*Stabilty: The latest version of Unity we are using has introduced significant stabilty issues along with memory leaks. We are working with Unity to resolve these as quickly as we can
+:*Linux: We are experiencing significant issues with the Linux version of the game due to the latest version of Unity. We are working with Unity to resolve these as quickly as we can
+::*Avatars don’t idle. Stuck in walking animation.
+::*Movement breaks when casting various skills while running.
+::*Dying snaps avatars to incorrect position within a scene. Will eventually crash.
+::*Using Coconuts in select scenes (like Aerie) will throw the avatar out of boundaries. Will eventually crash.
+::*Taking screenshots crashes the client
+:*Pathfinding is breaking in some houses and basements
+:*Local chat is failing in some situations
+:*Many SFX are not properly tied to the sound volume controls.
+:*Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
+:*Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
+:*Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
+:*If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
+:*If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
+:*Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
+:*Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
+:*The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
+:*Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
+:*Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
+:*ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT
+====Build 416====
+*Welcome to Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Early Access Release 30! Notes on what is in this release are available [https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/?p=59062 here].
+*Known Issues:
+:*Masterworks Skill is not leveling
+:*Masterworks effects are sometimes not applying correctly
+:*Durability reduction when Enchanting and Masterworking is not being calculated properly
+:*Novia Overworld rework has introduced various stuck spots, incorrect collision and “exit into the air” issues
+:*Some UI text is not wrapping correctly
+:*Some objects are missing textures
+:*Rain is coming through the roof of some buildings
+:*The new Targeting system still has various issues that need fixing
+:*/spyglass effect can be done even if you don’t have the spyglass equipped
+:*Pledge items and Add On Store Items are having their Maximum Durability reduced
+:*Stabilty: The latest version of Unity we are using has introduced significant stabilty issues along with memory leaks. We are working with Unity to resolve these as quickly as we can
+:*Linux: We are experiencing significant issues with the Linux version of the game due to the latest version of Unity. We are working with Unity to resolve these as quickly as we can
+::*Avatars don’t idle. Stuck in walking animation.
+::*Movement breaks when casting various skills while running.
+::*Dying snaps avatars to incorrect position within a scene. Will eventually crash.
+::*Using Coconuts in select scenes (like Aerie) will throw the avatar out of boundaries. Will eventually crash.
+::*Taking screenshots crashes the client
+:*Pathfinding is breaking in some houses and basements
+:*Local chat is failing in some situations
+:*Many SFX are not properly tied to the sound volume controls.
+:*Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies
+:*Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena
+:*Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
+:*If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.
+:*If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.
+:*Some cities are experiencing performance spikes
+:*Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.
+:*The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.
+:*Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.
+:*Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body
+:*ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT
 ====QA Build 357====
 *Dev+ bug test