Alpha patch notes

Levels and travel

• Heroes can now reach level 300. Experience earned beyond 300 is kept in a separate counter and shown in its own bar.
• New recall scrolls work up to level 250 and level 300. Shops selling the level 200 scroll sell the new ones too.
• Doors, the highest clan spawner and live quests no longer turn away heroes above level 200.

Items and upgrades

• Silver and gold upgrades visibly recolour the whole item. Enhanced weapons remain visible when equipped and in the character preview.
• Items show their Normal, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary or Mythical tier with a matching name and subtle border. Upgrading an item refreshes its tier, and the accents remain readable with effects off.
• Upgrade confirmations show the materials required. Repeated item warnings are grouped, with the original messages kept in expanded chat and scrollback.
• Upgrade warnings disappear when you confirm the upgrade. Item feedback, chat history and the timing of notifications have been corrected.
• Items that cannot be equipped now say "Cannot be worn" instead of showing an impossible level requirement.

Gold and experience

• Large gold amounts are easier to read with thousands separators.
• The game can store experience above 4.29 billion and gold above 42.9 million.
• Taking, depositing or withdrawing a very large amount of gold now gives the correct amount.
• The hint to raise a skill stays hidden while you have negative experience.
• Negative experience no longer becomes a huge positive total when you sign in.
• If saved item data is damaged, signing in is stopped so the item is not silently lost.

World and display

• Random dungeon gas traps, trapdoors and stairs down use 3D models. The random dungeon entrance in Aston is visible again.
• The Apprentice's desk is a single gilded study table with its large scroll. The colour-tile puzzle and mine rocks also use 3D models.
• Rain puddles and smooth floors no longer turn bright white when viewed towards the low sun.
• The FPS counter no longer overlaps the version label.

See the levels and experience guide for milestone requirements, training limits and party experience rules.

Weather and sound

• Free look, using the middle mouse button, shows a sky that follows the weather and time of day: storm clouds, misty skies, evening light, stars and the moon.
• Missing weather and animal sounds are back in the downloaded game, including rain, wind, thunder and the crows, pigs, foxes and deer.

Launcher and downloads

• Resize or maximise the launcher; it remembers its size and position. Taskbar minimise and restore, and Windows snapping, work too.
• Choose the installation folder. Before downloading, see the game size and available disk space. Move the game to another folder or drive in Settings.
• Limit download speed, or pause and resume a download.
• Choose whether the launcher minimises, hides in the system tray or stays open when the game starts.
• Optional background updates download while you play and install after you close the game.
• A new launcher version installs and restarts automatically when you start the launcher, if no game or update is running.
• VSync is on by default. On first launch, the graphics quality is chosen for your graphics card.

Accounts and signing in

• Account pages share the website's logo, navigation and artwork, with a complete mobile menu and easier access to help.
• Password recovery and two-factor setup return you to the page you were trying to open. Expired links have clearer messages, and each browser tab keeps its own return link.
• Refreshing an alpha email confirmation keeps the success page. Signing in through the browser returns correctly to the launcher.