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For more information on this patch, Maggie has her event summary up which has many very snazzy pictures of the new items. Check it out at http://www.thejackcat.com/AC/Culture/Dereth/Enemies2.htm

For my review of this patch go here: http://vnboards.ign.com/message.asp?topic=16626529

Here is the portal.dat (portal dat by Optim Shi & Nih thanks!) update. Items which we have discovered have been placed on a white background.

I begin with an appology to everyone who is not credited or credited innappropriately.  This document is a creation of the posts many people have made and many people have posted without providing proper credit.   Also for some very minor information such as isolated spawn reports or housing locations providing credit would too burden this document.

September 2001: Keep Your Enemies Closer

• Unconfirmed Info
  • Calling Stones Decay Now.
  • Nukem Reports: Whilst running sw from Samsur towards Tufa, as i entered the desert I found a Monouge Spawn. One of them was blue, and called Monouga Leader.
  • Suggestion by Cordelia Lear (Really on the ball observation Cordelia! I've marked out the robes on the portal.dat)
    • Ok... having just fought the Subtle Simulacra, could it be that the unfound robes in the portal.dat file are for the robes that the simulacra wear? Maybe, since they have to be outfitted with some sort of outfit, Turbine had to make the whole kit and cabootle for the robes they wear (icons, full range of colors, etc). Just a guess...
  • The green scroll is a Writ of Refugee, for housing when acdm comes out, no use right now =) [High Tide]
  • Ashmael sends this bizarre report of a new drudge.
• Still seeking information on
  • The bone mace
  • Where oh where are our relic bones?
  • What drops the hide in the portal.dat? (The dm dog-like creature?)
  • What is the upside down triangle thing? (probably a planter or something for housing)
• New Additions
  • I should have noted the Drudge vagabond was removed because it existed prior to this patch.
  • Added to Northern Osteth Spawns.
  • Enhanced picture of the "Pure One"
  • Added a new typo under bugs
  • Corrected the spelling of Ursuin
  • Corrected the spelling of Golem.
  • Added coordinates of an Obsidian Plains Mansion.
  • Added more North Dires Spawns
  • Corrected spelling of Leikotha's Crypt
  • --------------------------------------------------------
  • Had the credit for the obsidian axe wrong, changed to Miracle Forest (Sorry Miracle & thanks Maggie for pointing this out!)
  • Added additional location information for "The Pure One"
  • Added a few more bugs
  • Added more monsters to the Obsidian Plains
  • Removed Drudge Vagabond as a new monster (it existed prior to this patch)

Table of Contents

1. Official background information
2. New Lore
3. New Dungeons
   1. The Asteliary (Orb, Armor, Gem)
   2. Southern Infiltrator Keep Dungeon (Heaume)
   3. Northern Infiltrator Keep Dungeon (Shield)
4. Misc. Notes
5. Housing
6. New Monsters
   1. Dark Sorcerer (Orb)
   2. Outcast Lord
   3. Lord of Decay
   4. Cold One (Serpent's Fang Spear)
   5. Tundra Mattekar (Tundra Robe)
   6. Pure One (Energy Crown)
   7. Lugian Warlord (Soul Staff)
   8. Dread Ursuin (Heavy Ursuin Coat)
   9. Ascendant Drudges
   10. Lord of The Forest
   11. Master of The Pack
   12. Dark Inferno (Dark Rain Scroll -- +3 to magic D)
   13. Master of the Herd
   14. Swamp Lord
   15. Master of The Swamp
   16. Swamp King (Gaunts of Marksmanship)
   17. Banderling Leader
   18. Sentient Fragment (Crystal Sword)
   19. Basalt Golem (Basalt Blade & Obsidian Axe)
   20. Diamond Lord (Diamond Shield)
   21. Red Phyntos Drone
   22. Simulacra
7. Trophy Items
8. New Spawns
   1. Obsidian Plains
   2. Direland Swamps
   3. Northern Osteth
   4. Southern Osteth
   5. Western Osteth
   6. Roadside
   7. North Dires
   8. South Dires
   9. East Dires
   10. Mid-Dires
9. Bugs
   1. Serious
   2. Annoying
   3. Typos
   4. Graphics & Interface

The Patch Discovery Tree

• Official Background Information
  • Official Discussion Thread & Posting Info
  • Official Teaser
    • Teaser Screenshot #1 (New Hammer & Shield)
    • Teaser Screenshot #2 (New Bone weapon & robe)
    • Teaser Screenshot #3 (New "Soul Staff")
    • Teaser Screenshot #4 (New Crystal Sword)
    • Teaser Screenshot #5 (Coordinates under Radar)
    • Teaser Screenshot #6 (New Creature Orb)
    • Teaser Screenshot #7 (User Interface Improvements)
    • Teaser Screenshot #8 (More User Interface Improvements)
    • Teaser Screenshot #9 (And another picture of the UI Improvements)
    • Teaser Screenshot #10 (Wizard's Ultimate Intellect Cap & Spell Timers)
  • Letter to the players & Network Announcement
  • Patch Rollout Notes
  • Patch Developer Notes
  • Town Crier Sayings
  • Ulgrim Sayings
  • Virindi Sayings
  • Portal Dat (Thanks Optim Shi)
• New Lore
  • Desinence (Lore introducing Marae Lassel)
  • Homestead (Lore introducing housing)
  • Southern Infiltrator Note -- Lore
  • Northern Infiltrator Note -- Lore
  • Rumor of Simulacra (Zachail Bartender)
  • Translated Asteliary Crafter's Note
• New Dungeons
  • The Asteliary (Thanks Slap Nut!)
    • 10.2s 17.6e (Near Samsur)
    • Lvl 35+, Tieable, summonable, safe entrance
    • Spawns
      • Raveners
      • Simulacrums
      • The Crafter
    • Loot
      • Asteliary Orb (Thanks Cordelia Lear!)
        • 3,000p
        • 100bu
        • Mana 650 (1/30sec)
        • Spells
          • Focus IV
          • Willpower IV
          • Mana Conversion V
        • Requirements
          • Difficulty 190
          • Mana Conversion 150
      • Asteliary Gem
      • Imbued Asteliary Orb (use Gem on Orb)
        • Value: 3,000p
        • 100bu
        • Mana 750/750 (1/20sec)
        • Spells
          • Focus V
          • Mana Conversion VI
          • Willpower V
        • Requirements
          • Difficulty 230
          • Mana Conversion 180
      • The Crafters Armor
        • AL 90 Purple Amuli
        • Can NOT be imbued with the gem.
      • Translated Asteliary Crafter's Note (lore)
  • Southern Infiltrator Keep Dungeon (Thanks Grayson!)
    • 52.3S 24.9E (Near K-bann) 
    • level 25-40
    • Spawns
      • Tumeroks on First Level
      • Stalkers on Second
      • Virindi->Simulacrum Level 3
      • Level 70 simulacrum drops trophy
        • Lore
        • Heaume
          • Level 80
          • Impen IV
          • Invulnerability IV
          • Impregnability IV
        • Imbued Heaume  (pic by Yazir -- thanks!) (Use Asteliary Gem on Heaume)
          • AL 100
          • Spells
            • Impen V
            • Invuln V
            • Impreg V
            • Magic Resist V
          • Requirements
            • Diff 50
            • Melee D 230
  • Northern Infiltrator Keep Dungeon (Thanks Grayson!)
    • 15.5n  4.9e
    • Level 25-40
    • Spawns
      • Tumeroks on First Level
      • Stalkers on Second
      • Virindi->Simulacrum on Third Level
    • Monster Drops
      • Lore
      • Shield of the Simulacra
        • Shield Level 100
        • 1,000 Burden
        • 3,000p
        • Spells
          • Impenetrability IV
          • Coordination Self IV
          • Strength Self IV
        • Requirements
          • Difficulty 35
          • Melee D 180
      • Imbued Shield of The Simulacra (Use Asteliary Gem on Shield)
        • Shield Level 125
        • 5,000p
        • 1,000bu
        • Spells
          • Coord V
          • Str V
          • Armor V
          • Impen V
        • Reqruiements
          • Diff 50
          • Melee D 230
• Miscellanious Notes
  • Tumeroks seem to have retreated from many areas or have become very rare.
    • Colors have changed due to a graphics bug in last month's release. The tumeroks you see today are the way they're supposed to be.
    • Report by Marty of Wgw
      • I have continued to hunt Mask Clan Tumeroks in the Southern Dires, in the general area of Garaena the Emissary. I have found that the spawns on the Commander, Lieutenants, Standard Bearers, Majors, and so forth (associated with the Coin/Assault Weapon Quest from August) still exist in that area, but their numbers are reduced.
    • Gems of Wealth have new icons. (the three new gems in the portal.dat file)
    • Assault Weapon NPCs now accept Tumerok Insignia.
      • Still no new weapons -- don't change in those tokens yet.
  • Recall Sanctuary & Aerlinthe Works (No lockup on use)
  • Burden Changes
    • The weight of crowns have been reduced (100bu).
    • Gorgets have been reduced in weight (150bu ave -- thanks kuku!)
  • Steel chests now spawn in the direlands not only on the obsidian plains.
    • Vertigo notes that this is actually an old change and happened when we killed the speaker during the caul event. However given the difficulty of the new obsidian plains I'll leave this up so mages know they don't have to brave the obsidian plains to get their scrolls.
  • Maggie is reporting that diyas al-yat the virindi translator npc in zachail now does a unique emote that involves removing his head letting purple virindi energy spew forth.   Hmmm....
  • The housing icons in the portal.dat file
    • Sorlac speculates the first two icons in the portal dat are new creatures (Peacock and wild dog)
    • Rojon of Harvestgrain Reports: Ok, we all know about the crystal items outside homes and their icon, but the "house" icons can be found when you select the 'invisible' house items as the same name as the crystal that are located interior to the home.
      
      These items can only be seen and selected with the use of a tool like Sixth Sense, but when examined, the icon is indeed a miniaturized version of the house as seen in your Portal.dat file.
  • The revs, lichs, and lich lords do NOT die or take any damage in the acid pits anymore. (Trigger the Monster)
• New Housing is on the Landscape
  • A new allegiance castle between Nanto and Hebian-To
    • The castle Dungeon
  • A Smaller House
  • The Meadowlands of Asheron's Call, a planned community.
  • See Maggie's Real Estate Guide for more housing locations.
  • Locations Reported
    • 71S 56.2W Obsidian Plains Mansion reported by Cyphersnow.
    • 19.2S 32.8E With attached pictorial by philip (Thanks!)
    • 6.6s 15.5e Cottages
    • 0N, 57.4E Small Villiage (New Lahnkmar)
    • 66.1s 80.9e Mayoi Mansion
    • 28.6N, 39.8E Mansion
    • 84.8s,45e
    • 5.0S 47.9E Cottage
    • 72.s  47.3 e Villiage
    • 41.5S 65.5E Bashi Mansion
    • 44.8S 63.3E bashi house
    • 9.5S 11.3W Suburbs
    • 47.6s 26.2e  Cottages
    • 25s 10e   Cottages
    • 33s 10e   Cottages
    • 37.5s 16e   Cottages
    • 9.3s 11e (Villas)
    • 24.1s 15.1e
    • 50s 12e
    • 51N 50W
    • 47.2N 69.6E (Small aluvian villiage near Arwic beach) [Thanks kutsu]
    • Gallaen sends these coordinates, grouped by city
      • E of Lytelthorpe 0.0N 57.4E (Village)
      • NE of Uziz 19.2S 32.8E
      • SW of Samsur 6.6S 15.5E (Cottage)
      • Mayoi 66.1S 80.9E (Mansion)
      • W of Craigstone 28.6N 39.8E (Mansion)
      • S of Kara 84.8S 45E
      • N of Yanshi 5.0S 47.9E (Cottage)
      • N of Kara 72S 47.3E (Village)
      • Baishi 41.5S 65.5E (Mansion) 44.8S 63.3E (House)
      • E of Khayyaban 47.6S 26.2E (Cottage)
      • N of Al-Araqas 25S 10E (Cottage)
      • S of Al-Araqas 33S 10E (Cottage)
      • N of Xarabydun 37.5S 16E (Cottage)
      • NE of Tufa 9.3S 11E (Villas)
      • N of Al-Araqas 24.1S 15.1E
      • S of Xarabydun 50S 12E
      • NW of Plateau 51N 50W
      • E of Arwic 47.2N 69.6E
• New Monsters
  • A Note on the drops. The new monsters do not ALWAYS drop these items however it appears the boss monsters have a much better chance than normal to drop their special items. So even though you may see "drops sturdy iron key" there is no guarantee you will get a sturdy iron key, just a better than average chance of getting one.
  • "Dark Sorcerer" (Pic by Vrai, thanks!)
    • First report by Shelzard, first photo documented by Vrai, first orb documented by Vrai. Thanks guys!
    • Found near the waterfall on the veseyan Isles
      • Vrai reports: Found him on the far north beach of the Sanctuary isle in the Vesayens, guarded by a single Magus. He dropped the Phylactery, an SIK, and a thighbone, in addition to standard magus/leech loot. No syne. Moderate AL, nowhere near as high as some of the other stuff. Imperil 6, blud vuln 6, fester 6. BD6/HS6 on BFA staff, hit very easily with about 370 staff. Damage was about 35-45, I think. 322 life landed on him quite easily.
    • Dropped a large Mnemosyne, SIK, and a thighbone
    • Shelzard reports:
      • He's very hard in melee, with 370 and HS VI I hit 1 on 8 hit. He use Frost Weapon like Dark leech.
    • Drops "Dark Sorcerer's Phylactery" (Pic by Vrai, thanks!)
      • An Orb with some sort of dark figure within gazing into its depths you see the wretched face of a Dark Sorcerer, an undead from the Vesayen Isles.
      • Value 7,000p
      • 50bu
      • 2000 mana (1/20sec)
      • Spells
        • Item Enchantement Mastery V
        • Life Magic Mastery Self V
        • Wizard's Ultimate Intellect (+30 Mana)
      • Requirements
        • Difficulty 250
        • Life Magic 250
  • "Outcast Lord" (Monouga) (Pic by Nih, thanks!)
    • Discovered by Ice Storm, Confirmed by Nih.
    • Ice storm reports: i found another of the leaders, its a blue mongua called the outcast lord and i found him with 3-4 outcast monguas near uziz
  • "Lord of Decay" (Thanks Varkus!)
    • Surrounded by
      • Skeleton Warriors & Captains, Lichs, or Muya Muiyahs
    • Reported found
      • Western Osteth Desert.
      • North westerly of the mountain range.
  • "Cold One" (Pic by Zare -- thanks!) (Sclavious)
    • Credit to Movarl for first reporting & special thanks to Zare for the confirmation & Screenshots.
    • Direland Spawn
    • Drops large sclavious hide (this isn't the one in the portal.dat file).
    • Drops "Serpent's Fang"  (Pic by Zare -- Thanks!)
      • Uses Spear Skill
      • 6-16 Pierce
      • +4% Melee D
      • +4% Attack
      • Spells
        • Blood Drinker V
        • Warriors Greater Vitality +15 Health
        • Invulnerability IV (+25 Melee D)
      • Requirements
        • Difficulty 130
        • Spear 240
  • Tundra Mattekar
    • Spawns in the brown tundra areas ringing and interlaced between the qalabar mountains (Thanks Spazboy)
      • Report from Rhetmatic
        • At the Qualaba'r drop off you will want to get to the coords 71.1S, 35.6E, when you get here use your over-head map (enter on numeric keypad) and look for the grey "Tundra" like area (This area is huge it is hard to miss.) There are massive ammounts of Great, Dread, and Dire Mattekar spawns there. When you get lucky enough a Tundra Mattekar will spawn along with 2 Dire Mattekars. If you approach slowly chances are that the Tundra will come running at you so you wont even have to worry about the Dire's. Hope this helps all the peeps looking for these damn things.
    • Magic Defense is between 220-230 (Rhetmatic)
    • Drops Robe of the Tundra
      • Thanks to Gablagalbla for letting us know the mattkar drops the robe directly.
      • Brown with red trim.
      • 6,000p
      • 500bu
      • A Robe crafted from a mattekar hide.   It has some natural padding in it that makes it more resistant to damage.
      • Standard robe unbuffed may offer additional protection buffed.
        • Offers no protection unbuffed.
          • With Impen
          • ave/ave/ave/poor/below ave/poor/below ave
        • True sight comparison of this robe and a 50p faran robe (Thanks Optim Shi!)
      • The leather crafters are eating these robes so what you see is probably as good as it gets -- sorry.
  • "The Pure One" (Doll) (Pic by Fugu Samhain & Nodoka, thanks!)
    • Credit to Donavon for first report & proof
    • Reported found gharu, central deserts
      • 6.47S 36.3E -- Leanne_Abracadaver
      • Pure One is fatally punctured! @ 10.2s 35.3e -- The Unraveller
      • Pure One found right next to Laikotha's Crypt. 10.2S 31.3E --  Nirfon
    • Drops "Energy Crown"
      • AL 130
      • 3,000p
      • 200bu
      • Spells
        • Impen IV
        • Lightning Protect IV
        • Rejuvination IV
      • Requirements
        • Difficulty 150
  • Lugian Warlords (Pic by Nodoka & Zillah, thanks!)
    • Level 48
    • REPORTED around Kara
      • Remis Whitebow reports several around Stonehold.
    • Drops Soul Staff (Thanks Nodoka)
      • 9-11
      • +4 attack
      • +4 melee d
      • Speed 20
      • Value 2700
      • Spells
        • Armor Self 4
        • Sprint Strike (+2 to damage) (Stackable)
      • Requirements
        • Staff 260
    • Report from Brash Endevors
      • I have found several in Northern Osteth. They nearly always seem to appear in the same spawn formation: one warlord and about 4-5 gigas. I believe there is also a black mattekar (dread) that spawns with them but not sure as I don't recall seeing it once (someone might have killed it maybe).
        
        The warlord is only a few levels higher than the gigas but I think much more beefed up. Because all them boulders HURT, I've taken lately to imperiling the warlord and sometimes a few of the gigas, and taking him out first. The one time I paid attention, I hit him twice for 175 then killed on the third shot, but the imperilled gigas were one-shotted; maybe he has higher AL or something.
        
        I found nothing remarkable on him except higher than average loot, but I did hear a rumor he is related to the soul staff. I think I killed three of them total in different sections of the northern region. Unknown if he also spawns in the south.
        
        He tends to be a more ice-blue color than the others in the pack. I am not sure if the dread mattekar I saw in two of the spawns is some sort of escort to him.
  • Dread Ursuin (Picture by Nodoka, thanks!)
    • Found in the south and central Direlands.
      • Can apparently spawn anywhere a Dire Ursuin can spawn (just rare).
      • Yama Deathlord reports: I have found a couple, not always same spot, but same basic area, in the giant flowers near the Essence of Verdancy (AKA life scroll exchanging wisp) which is jst about due south of the set of walled portals u get from drunk guy outside baishi. One actually spawned with a PAIR of Dire Ursuins. No coat yet however.
    • Drops Ursuin Fang (Makes a 2-30 mace -- old quest)
    • Drops Heavy Ursuin Coat (Picture by Nodoka, Thanks!)
      • AL 150
      • a/a/a/ba/u/a/u
      • 1100bu
      • Covers same as hauberk
      • Some tattered shreds of the Dread Ursuin's pelt that you have managed to assemble into a coat. The creature's healing ability seems to have not gone away with its death, allowing for the coat to seal itself as you watch. It's actually quite morbid.
  • Ascendant Drudges (Thanks Lumbar!)
    • Level 245
    • 364 Magic D
  • Forest Lord (Pic by Circeus)(Wood Golem)
    • Level 17
    • Drops pyreal mote as a rare trophy drop.
  • Master of the Pack (Reedshark) (Pic Thanks Nodoka!)
    • Level 16
    • Found Northwest of Holtburg
      • John M reports: Had one of these chasing me near Baishi, but I was being chased by too many other critters to take a look and see what it was. It was running at a rate of around 80. Mixed in among Reed Sharks or Gromnies.
    • Plague Metro reports: it drops the regular hide that makes leggings, same as adult reed.
  • Dark Inferno (Thanks Nodoko!)
    • Level 190
    • Found on Obsidian Plains
    • Nodoko writes: Fighting him was just as bad as a Diamond Lord - between Regen, Healing and Drains he couldn't be soloed melee even with Imperil VI, Vuln VI and Fester VI. With two of us there, one draining his health non-stop and the other meleeing him he went down pretty quickly. He dropped loot with level 5 spells on it, so same profile as an Umbris I'd guess.
    • Drops Dark Shards (Nodoka)
    • Drops Scroll of "Dark Rain" (scroll)
      • Credit to Mithan Kitara
        • Turned the scroll into "Fanzen San the Translator" at Hebian To
          • Fanzen San the Translator tells you, "This is a scroll detailing how to summon a creature known as a Dark Inferno, a shadow twisted manifestation of the element of fire." "It is good that you brought this to me, for I fear the repercussions were someone else to retrieve it. You are a stalwart adventurer, so I will share some of the knowledge imparted upon me by some of the translated Falatacot texts I have discovered."
            
            "He traces a glyph in the air, and you feel light-headed."
            
            "You have gained 3 points of Magic Defense skill!"
            
            Looks like Turbine put in a Super Shadow, on a RARE spawn that drops scrolls that boost your skill points.
          • The skill is raised 3 points and the cost to raise the skill rises as well.
        • Second scroll does not provide a boost to magic D (Thanks Zero Ryoko!)
          • Fanzen San the Translator tells you, "How many of these are there? Well, again, thank you for bringing it to me. Unfortunately, I have nothing to give you this time..."
            You recieve 10000 experience!
  • Master of the Herd (Auroch Bull) (Thanks Ashmael)
    • 57.5s 28.3e
    • Level 18
    • Had unusually good loot for the level
    • Drops Fire Auroch Horns
    • Reported around Holtburg & Glendon Woods
  • Swamp Lord (Mosswart)  (Thanks  Ashmael & Nadoka!)
    • Level 81
    • Nadoka Reports
      • Mosswart Swamp Lords are all over the West Dires Swamp. I must have seen a dozen in a half hour period, sometimes two of them together, and none of them dropped anything special. Given that behavoir I'd say they're possibly just a new monster and it's unlikely that they drop anything special, especially since the Swamp King already drops an item.
  • Master of the Swamp (Mosswart)
    • Found @ 50.8s, 66.8e
    • Level 20
    • No unique loot found (yet)
  • Swamp King (pic by stf & Arashi Mal III) (Mosswart)
    • Level 90
    • Reported
      • in the Direland Swamps by Incubala Vault
      • in the swamps near Ayan
      • Reported on the Veseyan Isles (Chitostyle & Mage Forest)
    • Drops "Gauntlets of Marksmanship" (Thanks Jun-Tai!) (Pic by Twic of Wintersebb)
      • Al 130
      • Spells
        • Bow mastery 5
        • Xbow mastery 5
        • Coord3 
        • Invuln3
      • Requirements
        • diff 170
  • Banderling Leader (pic by Circeus)(Banderling)
    • Level 16
    • Location Reports
      • Tikabar reports he found one north of Holtburg.
      • Ice storm reports he found one near the subway.
      • Circeus reports one found Rithwic and Eastham
  • Sentient Fragment (pic by Nadoka -- thanks!)
    • Guarded by 2 duals
    • Found on Obsidian Plains & Direlands
    • Drops Small Shard (Often!)
    • Sometimes drops Crystal Sword
      • 8-16 slash/pierce
      • +6a +6d
      • speed 40 
      • Spells
        • Fire Pro VI
        • Blood Drinker V
        • Swift Killer IV
      • Requirements
        • Difficulty 140
        • Sword 250
  • Basalt Golem
    • Drops Pyreal Nuget (Thanks Mikania!)
    • Drops Obsidian Hearts (Thanks Shaker!)
    • Drops Basalt Blade
      • Unarmed Skill
      • 2-6 slashing
      • +7 Melee D
      • +3 Attack..
      • Spells
        • SK IV
        • Bludgeon Prot IV
      • add a haft to make an axe..
      • A Large chunk of volcanic rock with a middle thin enough to grasp.  There is a slot in the rock that you think a haft may be able to fit into.  (Give it to a trophy collector to transorm it into an axe).
      • Give Basalt Blade to a Trophy COLLECTOR (Not a Trophy Smith) to get an Obsidian Axe
        • This information Courtesy of Miracle Forest the first on all the servers to make the axe (Thanks!)
        • You give Collector Basalt Blade
          • Collector tells you, "Hrm, this is rather facinating! Well, I think I can work with this a little... Ah hah! Here you go, I had some left over Golem Jo's one of my shopkeeper friends gave to me. That seems to do the trick."
            Collector gives you Obsidian Axe
        • "An Axe made with a sharpened piece of volcanic rock. The blade seems to be unevenly cut, however it is still quite sharp. The handle seems to be a worn, old Golem Jo."
        • 9-18 Slashing
        • Uses Axe Skill
        • +3% Melee
        • +6% Attack
        • Speed 70
        • Spells
          • Blood Drinker IV
          • Bludgeon Protection IV
        • Requirements
          • Difficulty 110
          • Axe 230
      • Reported Found
      • Found near C Note Aerlinthe Portal.
      • North of the Obsidian Plains (Skull and Crossbones area). (Dargo)
  • Diamond Lord (Thanks Vadoc!)
    • Seen at the entrance to the panopticon dungeon at AB
    • Level 330
    • Casts Level 7 Spells
    • 650 Health (Thanks Tapir!)
    • Drops Diamond Shield  (Pic by Malice the Red, thanks!)
      • Shield Level 180
      • Buffable
      • Light (BU 690)
      • Droppable
      • Spells
        • Blade Protection VI
        • Pierce Protection V
        • Bludgeon Protection V
        • Invulnerability V
      • Requirements
        • Diff 140
        • MeleeD 300
    • Report by Duo
      • found one outside the AB BSD. They look like pink Diamond Golems. Their magic resistance appears to be around the same as the regular diamonds.
        
        They can cast VIIs, but generally they do not. They hit for about the same as a diamond golem, possibly a little bit more.
        I didn't check how much health they have, but I would hazard a guess at between 700-1000.
        
        The difficulty is their regeneration rate, which lets them heal back up to full in about 10-15 seconds. When you're draining them, you'll be getting back 30, then 20, then 30, then 40, then 30, ... You can't drain them below about 20, they'll heal it back before you can cast again.
        
        They're not that vuln to bludgeon, but it works well enough. If you don't have VII war, you'll want to have someone else there to finish the job with war while you hold the health down at around 100 with drain health; the reason being that VI windup is too long to be able to reliably kill it. Two hits at the bottom range of your 60-120, and the golem will have a good head start.
        
        The inepts are quite annoying, but they don't seem to cast them nearly as often as a diamond golem. I had three runs at this one golem, so I'm not talking about an isolated incident; but it's still possible that this was a strange golem.
        
        And they don't always drop shields :-)
        
        Chance for a melee or archer to kill them is absolute zero, due to their high healing rate and armor. I probably would agree that this is a disturbing trend, but I like the way they need us to get their shield, much like we need them to get our Chorizite.
  • Red Phyntos Drone (Thanks Zare Candel!)
    • Credit to Steev The Destroyer for first report & Zare Candel for confirmation and screen shots!
    • Level 6
    • Drops Gold Letters
    • Drops Wasp Wing
    • Encountered on road between sho casino and Shoushi
  • Simulacra (Thanks Reska!)
    • Reska notes: They don't spawn in pre-buffed robes. Just checked with my hollow sword. Was doing the same amount of damage with my regular atlan. They just have a natural armor higher than Isparians.
    • Subtle Simulacra
      • Level 60
      • 154 Health
      • 300 Mana
      • Use Quiddity Bows
      • Cast Level Vi Life & War Magic
      • Worth 17k experience.
      • Subtle Simulacra do drop lvl 5/6 stuff...and usually between 5-12k worth. (Reska)
      • Drop Sturdy Iron Keys
      • Use healing kits (whoa) & cast heal self VI.
    • Sneaky Simulacra
      • level 35
      • Use Quiddity Weapons
      • Cast No magic
    • Crafy Simulacra
      • Level 18
• Trophy Items
  • Dire Ursuin drop Scalps and hides (Ursuin Helms & 120al blue coats are back) Per Kellzin
  • Wisps are dropping Hearts Again
    • Bring wisp hearts to Gillen the Poacher in Bandit castle.
  • Virindi Inquisitors drop a broken mask.
    • Drop rate is reported "Very Very Very Low"
    • Take to Leopold in Ayan to get a repaired mask.
      • Apparently on the same timer the regular Virindi mask is on (3 week?) [Optim Shi]
      • You give Leopold Broken Virindi Inquisitor Mask.
        Leopold tells you, "This world is a dangerous place. By wearing that, you have proven you are a predator, not the prey"
        Leopold gives you Virindi Inquisitor's Mask.
      • AL 140
      • 6,000p
      • 300bu
      • Spells
        • Armor Self IV
        • Invuln IV
      • Requirements
        • Diff 180
      • Mask makers return the repaired mask but do not enhance it. (Thanks Shaker!)
        • You give Janda Sulifiya Virindi Inquisitor's Mask.
          Janda Sulifiya tells you, "Hrm, this is a strange material. Perhaps with further research I can work with it..."
          Janda Sulifiya gives you Virindi Inquisitor's Mask.
• Spawns have changed!
  • New map with spawn difficulty on the zone.
  • Spawn density of the singularity caul has been dramatically reduced.
  • Spawn density of the obsidian plains have been dramatically reduced.
  • Obsidian Plains (Thanks Laur!)
    • Tumeroks -- Ascendant, Augmented, High, Gladiators, High Priests
    • Hollow Minions -- Tumidion, Soltris
    • Drudges -- Ascendant, Augmented, Altered
    • Fire Elementals -- Flammas, Infernos, Flares
    • Fragments -- Dual, Sentient
    • Electrical Elementals -- Astyrians, Scintillas, Static
    • Grievers -- Bane, Destroyers
    • Olthoi -- Noble, Soldiers
    • Shadows -- Lts, Panumbras, Umbras, Dark Infernos
    • Banderling -- Maulers, Manglers
    • Undead -- Dark Revs, Revenants
    • Tusker -- Guards, Slaves
    • Virindi -- Puppet, Servant, Masters, Observers, Directors, Executors, Inquisitors. (Per Mhemet)
    • Wisps -- Fire, Nightmare
    • Golems -- Diamond, Diamond Lord, Magma
  • Direland Swamps (Thanks Blue Tien!)
    • Grievers -- Harrower, Virulent
    • Olthoi -- Noble, Soldiers
    • Banderling -- Thrasher, Enforcer, Maulers, Manglers
    • Drudges -- Ascendant
    • Mosswart -- Mire Witch, Clinger, Swamp King
    • Shadows -- Lts, Panumbras, Umbras
  • Northern Osteth (Thanks Tikabar, Phergus, Ferox, Xivin Rain & Chronos!)
    • Scalvus -- Ulu, Faisi
    • Niffis -- Opor, Sephal
    • Lugians -- Gigas, Tiatus
    • Shadows -- Shadow, Lts, Panumbras
    • Undead -- Lich Lords, Revenants
    • Drudges -- Raveners, Lurker, Stalker
    • Golems -- Granite
    • Tumeroks -- High, Gladiators, Overlord
    • Grievers -- Harrower, Virulent, Venomous, and Scrawed
    • Skeletons -- Bone Lords, Bone Knight
    • Banderling -- Thrasher, Enforcer, Strikers, Beserkers
    • Olthoi -- Noble, Soldiers, Nymph, Worker
    • Virindi -- Puppet
    • Tusker -- Guards
    • Ursuin -- Dire
    • Mu-Miyah -- Ancient
    • Wisps -- Dark
    • Wasps -- Gold
  • Southern Osteth (Thanks Vatec & Hwan!)
    • Banderling -- Thrasher, Enforcer, Strikers, Beserkers
    • Drudges -- Raveners, Lurker, Stalker
    • Fragments -- Fragment, Dual
    • Golems -- Granite
    • Grievers -- Harrower, Virulent, Venomous, and Scrawed
    • Undead -- Lich Lords, Revenant
    • Lugians -- Gigas, Tiatus, Obeloth, Lithos, Extas
    • Mattekars -- Great, Dread, Dire, Tundra
    • Mu-Miyah -- Dread, Ancient
    • Niffis -- Opor, Sephal
    • Olthoi -- Soldiers, Nymph, Worker
    • Scalvus -- Ulu, Faisi
    • Shadows -- Shadow, Lts, Panumbras
    • Sharks -- Lurker, Slayer, Destroyer
    • Skeletons -- Bone Lords, Knight
    • Tumeroks -- High
    • Wasps -- Gold
    • Wisps -- Dark
  • Western Osteth
    • Scalvus 
    • Auroch -- Fire Bulls
    • Dillos -- Sandy
    • Monouga -- Crude, Wild
    • Rats -- Desert
    • Golems -- Copper (Thanks Killamajig!)
    • Tusker -- Goldenback (including possible camps) (Thanks Ice Storm!)
  • Roadside Spawns (Thanks Jaami Windleaf of Leafcull & Salmoneus!)
    • Gromnie -- Jade
    • Mattekars
    • Lugians 
    • Zefirs (ugh)
    • Dillos
    • Shreths -- Gnawer, Carrion, Blood, Hunter, Vorous
    • Mite -- Snippit, Scion, Digger, Scamp, Sentry, Squib, Squire
    • Banderling --Young, Scout, Sentry, Guard, Raider, Raver
    • Golems -- Limestone, Wood
    • Mosswart -- Young, Creeper, Feeder, Barker, Mudlurk, Shaman, Chief
    • Mattekars -- Snowy, White
    • Sharks -- Pup, Adult, Veteran, Elder
  • North Dires (Thanks Salmoneus, Drudge Scout, & Helmar Na-El)
    • Grievers -- Bane, Destroyers, Harrower, Venomous
    • Undead -- Dark Revs, Revenants
    • Tusker -- Guards, Slaves
    • Tumeroks -- High, Gladiators
    • Olthoi -- Noble, Soldiers
    • Lugians -- Tiatus
    • Drudges -- Ascendant, Augmented, Altered
    • Virindi -- Puppet, Servant, Masters
    • Banderling -- Thrasher, Enforcer
    • Golems -- Obsidian, Basalt
    • Ursuin -- Dire, Dread
    • Fragments -- Dual
    • Shadows -- Lts, Panumbras, Umbras
  • South Dires/Landbridge (Thanks Salmoneus)
    • Scalvus -- Ulu, Faisi, Chomu
    • Moorsmen -- Putrid
    • Ursuin -- Dire, Dread
    • Lugians -- Tiatus
    • Fragments -- Dual
    • Drudges -- Ascendant, Augmented, Altered
    • Banderling -- Thrasher, Enforcer, Maulers, Manglers
    • Mu-Miyah -- Dread, Ancient
    • Wisps -- Dark
    • Undead -- Dark Revs, Revenants
    • Skeletons -- Bone Lords, Great
    • Wasps -- Gold
    • Olthoi -- Noble, Soldiers
    • Tumeroks -- High, Gladiators
    • Shadows -- Lts, Panumbras, Umbras
    • Niffis -- Opor, Sephal
    • Golems -- Obsidian
    • Grievers -- Bane, Destroyers, Harrower
    • Tusker -- Guards, Slaves
  • East Dires
    • Lugians -- Tiatus, Extas
    • Olthoi -- Noble, Soldiers
    • Tusker -- Guards, Slaves
    • Shadows -- Lts, Panumbras, Umbras
    • Undead -- Dark Revs, Revenants
    • Banderling -- Thrasher, Enforcer, Maulers, Manglers
    • Grievers -- Bane, Destroyers, Harrower
    • Golems -- Diamond, Obsidian
    • Wisps -- Fire
    • Skeletons -- Bone Lords, Knights
  • Mid-Dires (Thanks Rhodry!)
    • Virindi -- Puppet, Servant, Masters, Observers, Directors
    • Tusker -- Guards, Slaves
    • Banderling -- Thrasher, Enforcer, Maulers, Manglers, Strikers, Beserkers
    • Olthoi -- Noble, Soldiers
    • Lugians -- Tiatus, Extas
    • Wisps -- Fire, Nightmare
    • Drudges -- Ascendant, Augmented, Altered
    • Ursuin -- Dire, Dread
    • Shadows -- Lts, Panumbras, Umbras
    • Grievers -- Bane, Destroyers, Harrower
    • Undead -- Dark Revs, Revenants
    • Shreths -- Malus
    • Fragments -- Dual
• Bugs
  • Serious Bugs
    • Meeting hall chests are now reportedly resetting & are unsafe for muling.
    • Scattered reports of packs/items dissappearing from inventory, admins investigate.
    • Reports of client crashes due to corrupt cell.dat files.
    • When I use the housing object in front of a house, and try to inscribe it, my game seems to crash every time.
  • Annoying Bugs
    • No Exit Portal in the Swamp Gardens
    • Negative damage? This is speculated to be the reason there is no damage verb as well. (Nirfon)
    • When playing support mage and healing your partner, The health, stam, and mana indicators do not change; however the "red bar" person selected health does change. Almost lost my partner because I never saw his health drop, but noticed he got hit multiple times so I went ahead and casted a heal. (Raize)
    • Geographic broadcast messages are "spilling over" to very large areas. The messages spewing from Leikotha's crypt (and I butchered the spelling of that) were being heard over 20 degrees from the point of interest.
    • Vatec reports: Spell timers are not always accurate. They can be off by as much as a minute. IE, spell timer says you have 51 seconds remaining on your spell, but the spell suddenly drops.
    • The bunny master is still hiding.
    • Robe of tundra has a hood but doesn't cover head.
    • Missing Vendors
      • Hebian-to Blacksmith is missing on Harvestgrain
      • Tribble reports the Hebian-To Jeweler is missing on darktide.
    • Problems with Mana and Timers
      • Dave asks: Anyone else having a problem with articles of clothing,crowns,shirts,pants,sols & gaunts that are not counting down the mana usage when in use even hitting E on a different piece & returning to the article & it still displays the same mana it did 5 minutes ago & when the article is taken off it shows the mana usage to be 5 times greater than what it should have been? Jewelry seems fine on my char but the above articles are not functioning correctly for me :(
        • Aten Answers: i've had several items like this, but they've been 'bugged' like this since about October 2000. i contacted server admins on LC about this at that point, they didn't care, so... oh well :)
          
          the 'bug' with this items works like this (for me, at least): if item has mana, put it on, works as per usual EXCEPT that it uses only 1 pt of it's mana as long as it is equipt..forever. when you remove/unequip item, it LOSES all it's mana. just drop in a cheap 50pt mana charge and you are ready to go again, tho. not specificly tied to my char, but rather, the items, as i've moved the items to other accounts/friends, and they still seem to be possessed like this, for better or worse.
      • Every time I log on, my Composite Bow is out of mana. It doesn't matter if I charged it up just before I logged out, it doesn't matter if it was in my hand or in my pack. Every single time I log on, it's out of mana. -- Vatec
  • Typos and Trivialities
    • Sarc Helm says "A shield inbued with etc..etc..."
    • Orinthia repots: When using the eye dropper on a concentrated health infusion pea, the message it gives is "You dilute the fire infusions".
    • Shen-Mara: If you open a Sack in your inventory, the bottom line will not refresh. So, you will see the contents of your main pack 'in' your sack.
    • Cixelsid reports: Town Crier tells you, "What in the heck is a Diamon Lord? My cousin complained about being lit up most horribly by something called a Diamond Lord."
  • Interface And Graphics Bugs
    • Various bugs related to stretching the UI, best advice is to just not stretch it until the bugs are fixed next month.
    • If you try and drag the brown panel next to the new expanded chat box, it drops you to desktop
      • We have discovered a bug that if a player extends their chat window and then goes into full screen (i.e., make it so your left panel goes away), they can crash their client if they try to manually extend that window by clicking and dragging the bar up. This bar cannot be raised manually.
    • If you are hung in portal space try setting /render radius to 14 or less, radius > 14 causes hangs.
    • Coordinates under radar "break" if you turn them off and back on again
      • Sri Says: If I turn them on, I get both when I have my right panel open, but only get East/West portion when my right panel is closed
        • Restarting AC from scratch fixed the problem of the Radar Coords only showing the East/West.
    • Many ID related bugs this month
      • Salmoneus: Un-assessed monsters HP %age does not always decrease, although hit point bar does.
      • After casting spells on an item you must close and re-id the item to see the spells. (Aten)
      • Icons not showing up in the appraisal box. (Aten)
      • Appraisal box does not reset based on distance. (Aten)
      • Decimal says: When i fight and cant cast a spell because im out of comps, i normally rightclick the spell on the spellbar to id and see which pea i need to split. The rightpanel would pop up and show the spell info + the icons for the comps needed with the missing comps greyed out.
        
        Now, when you rightclick, the infopanel pops up, but the graphical icons for the spell doesnt show up until you rightclick the spell another time.
        
        Ohh, I use stretched UI and i believe it is connected to this.
    • Several people have noted the camera angles seem to have changed (so it's not just you)