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Release Dates

 * NA: 10 March 2015 11:00 AM (GMT -7)
 * EU: 10 March 2015 11:00 AM (PDT +7)

SECRETS OF AYANAD

 * The new zone of Diamond Shores is now available! Far across the Arcadian Sea, and to the west of the existing Auroria zones, this highly contested region benefits from unique access to the Ayanad Library, a variety of conveniences, and multiple climates.
 * For North America and Europe, Diamond Shores is a contested zone that cycles through the war and peace stages. Honor can be earned in Diamond Shores during war. Areas around the Library and the hubs outside are protected similarly to Nui statues.
 * For more details on Diamond Shores, see the Secrets of Ayanad Spotlight: Diamond Shores article.
 * The ruins of the Ayanad Library have been discovered and opened to adventurers. The Ayanad Library is a massive construction unlike any other seen in Erenor, consisting of three floors with dozens of rooms as well as boss and ring-event fights. Each level comes in three open instances that anyone can enter and leave at will, regardless of faction or group status.
 * The interior of the Library is a no-PvP area.
 * For more details on the Ayanad Library, see the Secrets of Ayanad Spotlight: Ayanad Library article.
 * The maximum character and skill tree levels have been increased to 55!
 * One additional skill point is earned for each level above 50, resulting in a total of 28 skill points at max level.
 * The amount of experience required for each level from 50-55 has been adjusted in our region, and is lower than the original Korean region requirements.
 * For more details on the new level cap, see the Secrets of Ayanad Spotlight: Level 55 article.
 * New active skills are available in each skill tree at level 55:
 * Archery: Snipe A long range, high damage shot that deals damage to everything in its path.
 * Auramancy: Mirror Warp Readies an option for 5 seconds to strafe-teleport left or right on command.
 * Battlerage: Behind Enemy Lines A targeted AoE that launches the character forward while snaring and damaging enemies in the targeted area.
 * Defense: Fortress Shoves enemies away while pulling allies closer. Provides a short-term damage reduction to pulled-in allies.
 * Occultism: Death's Vengeance Deals area damage within 15 meters when you die.
 * Sorcery: God's Whip Damages all enemies in range with a blast of energy. Can be used multiple times in quick succession.
 * Shadowplay: Throw Dagger A short-range AoE that damages the target as well as nearby enemies. Also debuffs anyone hit with decreased movement, attack, and casting speeds.
 * Songcraft: [Perform] Grief's Cadence Reduces the duration of negative effects on your allies, and increases the duration of negative effects on an enemy.
 * Vitalism: Whirlwind's Blessing Boosts attack and movement speeds of your allies while debuffing your enemies in a large area.
 * Witchcraft: Fiend's Knell Summons a Weeping Dead ally to attack nearby aggressive targets.
 * All initial six tiers of Obsidian Weapons can now be crafted, and the materials for these weapons can be obtained throughout the world.
 * For more details on Obsidian Weapons, see the Secrets of Ayanad Spotlight: Obsidian Weapons article.
 * Ayanad Costumes can be crafted with materials obtained in the Ayanad Library. These three costumes can all be crafted at a special crafting bench just outside the Ayanad Library using the following materials:
 * 100 Ayanad Costume Design Scraps
 * 70 Enchanted Skeins
 * 50 Disciple's Tears
 * 400 Gilda Dust
 * 10 Blood Archeum Crystals
 * Experia Sunflower, Duck, Pumpkin, and Pine patches can now be crafted at a Farmer's Workstation. These are large crops that grant experience instead of items when they are harvested.

GENERAL

 * Borderless windowed mode is now available under Options > Screen > Screen Mode.
 * Inverted mouse axis is now available under Options > Functionality > Scroll down to the bottom of this pane.
 * Trade chat is now faction-wide instead of zone specific.
 * When placing new property, if you have two placed properties with unfinished construction, you will be blocked from placing any more. If you have more than two unfinished properties, you will need to reduce that number (through completion or demolition) to bring that number below two before you can claim additional land. Fellowship Plazas do not count towards this limit.
 * Monsters in Sungold Fields and Exeloch that were previously capped at level 50 are now uncapped and drop Obsidian Weapon components.
 * The proficiency requirements to craft Illustrious through Delphinad tier gear have been reduced or removed.
 * Calamitous Vyrava can now be properly summoned with Timespace Scrolls.
 * The "Ghost of the Royal Tomb" quest no longer displays a system string when interacting with the Royal Stone Coffin.
 * The "Harvest the Cotton" quest can now be completed properly.
 * The "Trouble at the Weeping Mine" quest can now be completed properly.
 * The Mirage Donkey's incorrectly high strafe and backup speeds have been fixed.

Release Dates

 * NA: 14 November 2014 08:00 AM PST (GMT-8)
 * EU: 14 November 2014 02:00 AM GMT (PST+8)

AURORIA

 * The Auroria siege schedule has been changed to start sooner!
 * Sieges tokens will be listed on the Auction House every three weeks at 2:30 PM PST / 10:30 PM GMT followed by the siege declaration 48 hours later when the auction ends. Sieges themselves will begin four days after the siege token is listed on the Auction House at 1:00 PM PST / 9:00 PM GMT with mutual hostile status being set for the attacking and defending guilds 30 minutes prior to the siege beginning.
 * The first siege tokens for Heedmar and Nuimari will be going up on the Auction House next Wednesday, November 19 at 2:30 PM PST / 10:30 PM GMT with the siege starting on Sunday, November 23 at 1:00 PM PST / 9:00 PM GMT.
 * The first siege tokens for Marcala and Calmlands will be going up on the Auction House on Wednesday, November 26 at 2:30 PM PST / 10:30 PM GMT with the siege starting on Sunday, November 30 at 1:00 PM PST / 9:00 PM GMT.
 * While these are currently set as universal times for both NA and EU, we are looking into being able to set the time for each region individually. We’ll have an update on this by next Wednesday. That said, we will do everything within our power to ensure that the first Heedmar/Nuimari and Marcala/Calmlands times announced in these patch notes do not change: players can plan their gameplay time based on them.
 * Learn more about sieges!

INTERFACE

 * The chat filter has been improved to detect more instances and methods of spam. Help this learning filter detect new patterns by using the “report spam” function (available by right-clicking on the offending user’s name)!

MISC

 * HackShield’s unwarranted force-disconnections have been curbed by reducing the number of false-positives it generates. Previous false-positive force-disconnections have not resulted in false-positive bans.
 * New, additional anti-hacking detection has been introduced with this build. As a reminder, examples of hacking include but aren’t limited to using illicit third-party software, modifying the game client, or intercepting packets between server and client.

Release Dates

 * NA: 4 November 2014 08:00 AM PDT (GMT-8)
 * EU: 6 November 2014 11:00 AM GMT (PDT+8)

AURORIA

 * Explore six new lands: Nuimari, Heedmar, Marcala, Calmlands, Exeloch, and Sungold Fields.
 * Be the first to claim Archeum Lodestones in Marcala, Calmlands, Heedmar, and Nuimari, each available for building castles.
 * Adventure through the Serpentis (Level 50) instance dungeon in Exeloch.
 * Fight new maximum-level monsters throughout the continent.
 * Learn more!

GAMEPLAY

 * Added 14 new recipes for Brilliant Hasla Relics and Eternal Hasla Relics, the second and third Hasla weapon tiers. Crafting these tiers also requires Gilda Dust as a component in addition to Hasla tokens.
 * Doubled the cost to repair equipment to make dying a little more significant.
 * The Diamond Shores worldgates will now send you to Calmlands because Diamond Shore is not yet available. Worldgates are a type of portal in some major cities. They cost three Hereafter Stones to use. Existing worldgates have already allowed travel between the two southern continents.
 * Added Illustrious Storage Chest (80 storage slots) recipe to Regal Carpentry Workbench.
 * Reduced vendor sell price of Archeum Tree Sapling from 1 gold to 10 copper.

VEHICLES

 * Added designs for the Apex Squall Car, Ezi's Glider, Moonshadow Glider, Red Dragon Glider, and Thunderbolt Glider to Mirage Isle.
 * Rebalanced the flight properties of Ezi's Glider, Moonshadow Glider, Thunderbolt Glider, Red Dragon Glider, and Feathered Dragon Glider to match the Ultimate Glider. This is prevent any one glider from being the overwhelmingly best option in almost all cases due to combination of flight properties and abilities. These gliders are now differentiated by their unique abilities which have not been changed.
 * Removed vehicle designs from the Honor Points Vendor and Vocation Badge Vendor for rebalancing the cars before reintroducing the designs. Players who had already purchased these designs will keep them but these cars cannot be crafted until they are reintroduced to the game.
 * Updated the four-slot Farm Wagon recipe to require the two-slot Farm Cart summoning scroll as a component, making the Farm Cart an upgrade path instead of a separate item.

INTERFACE

 * Added the ability for players to report spam in chat. Right-click the character name on chat or use "/spam [NAME]" to submit a report to a Game Master.
 * Added a notification to the trade interface when a locked trade changes to an unlocked trade.
 * Added a three-second delay before the trade interface's accept button is available when the lock status is changed on either side.
 * Removed a duplicate recipe on the Regal Carpentry Workbench.
 * Fixed a map issue where two zoom levels were reversed in some areas.

Release Dates

 * NA: 21 October 2014 8:00 AM PDT (GMT-7)
 * EU: 22 October 2014 1:00 AM GMT (PDT+7)

HALLOWTIDE

 * The fall seasonal event Hallowtide begins October 21 and lasts until the Conquest of Auroria launch.
 * An article with full details will be posted to announce this event.

GAMEPLAY

 * The maximum distance to place property has been significantly reduced.
 * Fixed incorrect housing zone text on the map.

INTERFACE

 * This update introduces a potential fix for chat lines that exceed maximum length.
 * This update introduces a potential fix for non-jurors and non-defendants speaking in Trial chat.
 * Fixed incorrect salon text that was showing in German.

GAMEPLAY

 * A quest item that could be exploited to spawn numbers of NPCs in non-combat areas has been fixed.

GAMEPLAY

 * Chatting in the Faction, Shout, Trade, Need Party, and Nation chat channels is now restricted to characters that are level 15 and higher.
 * The Kraken has toughened its tentacles and now can only be damaged by siege weapons (including ship cannons). Prepare for a harder encounter with the terror of the deep, adventurers!
 * Healer weapons have been added to quest rewards.
 * Healer weapons have been added to Hasla weapons, redeemable using [Faded Compassion Token]s.
 * Warehouses can now be expanded to a maximum of 130 slots.

INTERFACE

 * Only active trial participants may speak in Trial chat.
 * Some mount icons have been updated to differentiate them.
 * Added a space between the colon and text in whispers for better legibility.

UPCOMING

 * The [Seal-Point Sabrefang] battle pet is refusing to grow up and become an adult sabrefang. XLGAMES is teaching it that all little battle pets need to grow up some day. Be sure to hold onto your [Seal-Point Sabrefang], it's being fixed!

GAMEPLAY

 * Accounts will now be disconnected from the server when AFK at character selection or in character creation.
 * As previously announced, stats have been removed from in-game costume items, matching the previous change to Marketplace costume items.

INTERFACE

 * Available character slots (via Character Slot Expansions or deleted characters) will now be recognized prior to logging into a game world.
 * Players can now connect to a server they have no characters on if they have an available character slot.
 * Assorted translations have been corrected or updated in English, French, and German. For instance, [Lumber: Mass Production] is now simply [Lumber].
 * The Revive interface for characters under level 10 no longer has overlapping text.
 * Improved tooltips on items with socketed lunagems to more clearly show stat effects.

MARKETPLACE

 * To ensure no portion of your potion is wasted, [Workman's Compensation] labor potions can no longer be consumed when there's insufficient "room" for all 1000 Labor Points on your account. It will now give an error that X Labor Points must be used before using the labor potion.
 * The [Workman's Compensation] labor potion on the Loyalty Store now has a 12-hour cooldown to match the Marketplace version.

OTHER

 * A rare bug that could potentially generate a large number of small temporary files in one's user folder has been fixed.

GAMEPLAY

 * The drop rate of loot bags from monsters has significantly increased.
 * The drop rate of Sunlight Archeum, Moonlight Archeum, and Starlight Archeum from loot bags has been greatly increased.
 * The chance of equipment from loot bags has increased from monsters. These items can be salvaged to gain archeum.
 * The Solid Shaft recipe is available again, allowing for the construction of fishing boats.

INTERFACE

 * The Auction House can now be searched using German and French.

MARKETPLACE

 * The Marketplace inventory has been reorganized in terms of Featured Items and categorization of consumables.
 * The Character Slot Expansion scroll has been added. Accounts may have a maximum of six character slots per region but a limit of four character slots per server.
 * The Workman's Compensation labor potion has been returned to 12-hour cooldown and price of 300 Credits.
 * The Auction House License permitting non-Patrons to create Auction House listings has been added. It is not tradable.

OTHER

 * The priority server login queue for Patrons is now even faster.

COMING SOON

 * Cosmetic Costumes: A future build will remove the stats from all costumes that are obtained or crafted in-game, much like stats were removed from costumes on the Marketplace. Similar to the normalization of mount speeds, this change is to prevent power creep and stat inflation while also promoting costume choice and preventing "best" items to be wearing to maximize your character's gameplay.
 * Improved Anti-Spam: XLGAMES is delivering a way for us to integrate our internally-developed anti-spam technology which learns over time and then kills spam and spammers before you see either even once. Expect more details on this to be announced next week.

NEW OPEN BETA FEATURES
- Accounts that are under Patron status, or have had Patron in the past, have permanent access to post auctions. - Accounts that have never had Patron status can unlock the permanent ability to post auctions by consuming the Auction License item on any character.
 * Farm Cart: A new type of player-crafted wagon has been added that carries two resource packs to fill the gap between the donkey and the larger Farm Wagon. It also comes with a horn for maximum beepage.
 * AFK Kick has been implemented: Characters will be logged out after 45 minutes of [Away] status. Characters who are in the middle of crafting or fishing should not be kicked.
 * Auction House: All accounts have the ability to bid on and win auctions by default. The ability to post auctions on the Auction House is unlocked in one of two ways:

GENERAL

 * The drop rate of Sunlight Archeum has been increased, and we will be evaluating the levels of Sunlight, Moonlight, and Starlight Archeum for further drop rate adjustments.
 * Quest rewards no longer consume Labor points when identifying them.
 * Mana consumption at lower levels has been reduced (this is a change made as part of Korea version 1.7 that is being included in our build).
 * Mounts have been standardized into speed tiers - 9.0m/s and 10.0m/s - with the exception of Donkeys, which retain their existing speeds (7.2m/s unencumbered).
 * The Skills UI now only displays the skills available with the level 50 cap.
 * Updated the contents of the Explorer's Chest and Merchant's Chest (obtained through Loyalty Tokens) to remove Hereafter Stones from the reward list... and added some other new goodies.
 * Crafted "dye" items that used to function as both crafting components and costume dyes now function as crafting components only.
 * Reduced the amount of Honor granted from Rift daily quests.
 * Tempering Burnish item price increased to 10 gold.
 * Character deletion cooldowns have been added: Level 1-9 takes 10 minutes to be deleted, Level 10-29 takes 24 hours to be deleted, and Level 30-50 takes a week to be deleted.

UI / INTERFACE CHANGES

 * Updated icons for Marketplace and Marketplace Mail.
 * Fixed the display of degree, minute, and second markers on Treasure Maps.
 * Polishing work on French and German versions: Fixing some cut-off words on the UI, fixing character name length restrictions (2 to 26 characters allowed).
 * Fixed a case where some map tooltips displayed in French while the client was in German mode.
 * Fixed a bug where accounts with zero credit balance could not spend Loyalty Tokens.

MARKETPLACE

 * With our crafters in mind, all crafted items have been removed: Eco-Friendly Fuel and Shatigon’s Sandglasses.
 * Some costumes have been temporarily removed such as the swimsuits.
 * Purchasable mounts have had their speeds normalized as mentioned earlier in the patch notes. Snowlions are now correctly set as 9 m/s.
 * Mirage Isle mounts are not available at launch.
 * The Archeum Supply Crate has been added.
 * The Limited Edition: Skybound Housewarming Gift has been added.
 * The Auction House License for non-Patron accounts has been added.
 * The Workman's Compensation labor potion now has a reduced cooldown (four hours) and reduced price.

POST-LAUNCH FEATURES
We'd like to extend a thank-you for helping to test the below features in earlier Alpha and Beta phases. In keeping with the pacing of ArcheAge releases in other regions, the following has been set up for launch and will be unlocked over time:
 * Auroria and Diamond Shores content is unavailable. NPCs and interactable objects have been disabled, houses and farms cannot be placed, and castle locations are currently un-claimable.
 * The Mirage Isle Fishing Tournament and Arena Rankings are not currently running.
 * Submarines are unavailable for crafting at this time.
 * The Red Dragon is temporarily on vacation from Karkasse Ridgelands.
 * Hasla weapons beyond the first tier will be available in a future update.

GENERAL

 * This update includes the behind-the-scenes data needed to play ArcheAge in French and German!
 * The function to set your client language to French or German is coming in a Glyph update shortly.
 * Updated text to latest localization.
 * Shortened the maximum length of chat channel text in a single entry to reduce ultra-long blocks of chatspam.
 * Reduced NPC sell-back price of Any-Post Owl to 10 copper.

GENERAL

 * Serpentis and the weekday version of Sea of Drowned Love should now progress normally.
 * Nui's Lily should properly appear in the Regal Alchemy station crafting menu.
 * Adjusted distribution of Gilda Stars given from story quests so the quests reward fewer at the beginning and more toward the conclusion of the quest series.
 * Corrected misaligned option tooltips in the Settings > Functionality menu.
 * Fixed a case where pirate characters could become invulnerable while under the jail debuff.
 * Updated text with latest localization build.
 * Further security measures have been added to client-server communication.

KNOWN ISSUES

 * Switching between Windowed and Fullscreen mode in DirectX9 with 2 or more monitors can in some cases result in a client lockup or stretched resolution. This is a known issue from Korean live versions.
 * Composition for percussion/drum sets has been disabled while this feature is made more stable

ArcheAge Version 1.2 Build 4.2
MARKETPLACE - TEMPORARILY ON HOLD; game servers are available while our teams are troubleshooting.


 * The in-game Marketplace is being enabled with this build for testing and feedback!
 * There are new icons in the bottom right corner of the screen to access the store. The storefront icon will be customized in a future build.
 * The Loyalty tab of the Marketplace contains items available for purchase with Loyalty Tokens, earned by Patrons on their first login of each day.
 * Items and prices in the Marketplace may change based on feedback and usage.
 * Founder's Pack credits should be available for test use on your accounts. These credits are shared between Alpha and Beta (spending some on Alpha will reduce the amount you have available on Beta) and will be refilled when the game goes live - you are not spending these credits permanently while in Alpha!
 * For players who are in Alpha via invite and not a Founder's Pack, you should have received a credit grant this morning with the same amount of credits as an Archeum pack would give (11,250).

GENERAL

 * Fixed a bug with system Tax mails that prevented players from paying taxes.
 * NOTE: TAXES WILL NO LONGER BE PAID AUTOMATICALLY after this update!
 * Updated text with most recent translations and localization.
 * Some Korea-region specific event quests have been removed (particularly from Mirage Isle).
 * Behind the scenes, the way character data is stored has changed in structure, which is the driving force behind the full redownload today.

KNOWN ISSUES
- System Mail with Taxes Due is unpayable - bandaid fix in progress - Patron icon loads UI that hangs

The following patch notes do not include Trion’s custom gameplay changes, which will appear in an upcoming Beta candidate build. These custom changes include (but may not be limited to):

-* 45 Minute AFK Kick
 * Addition of Gilda Star traders to cross-continental trade routes.
 * Adjustment of stolen trade pack split from 40% turn-in value returned to creator down to 20% returned to creator.
 * Additional Gilda Stars granted through sub-level 30 PvE relative to sailboat and small house costs.
 * Removal of Bounty Hunter Cloak Arrest and Instant Judgment abilities.

Some strings will still be displayed in Korean in this build due to the rapid turnaround from delivery to Alpha. In addition, some pre-1.2 English strings may be out of date in terms of numbers or functionality. Expect these to be corrected ASAP in future updates.

The Marketplace (credit store) will not yet be available with this update.

Please keep in mind that these patch notes have come through the compiling of multiple source builds and then translation. This is the first (and probably only!) time we’re going through this process at such a scale. We’ll endeavor to correct any errors as quickly as possible!