Release 120

RELEASE 120, NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Greetings Fellow Avatars!

Release 120 goes live November 16th at 10:30 AM CST.

Welcome! The Catnip Games development team marks this monthly release of Shroud of the Avatar with new content and improvements. For Release 120 (R120), we offer bronze and golden threats.

For those wishing to participate in any community activities, upcoming one-time and recurring community events have been announced! Be sure to also review the Player Guide and Known Issues for additional information on recent changes and upcoming fixes.

Ten Years of Monthly Releases

We are fast approaching the ten-year anniversary of Release One. December of 2013 marked the appearance of The Chicken Room, the first scene players were able to access while the game was in early development. Last Spring on April Fools’ Day, we resurrected the room for that one day, playing a trick on anyone who logged in during that 24-hour period by redirecting their login choice (no matter what they selected) to go to an updated version of the room. We added a secret door that led down to a door which took the player to wherever they had originally chosen upon login. There were Easter eggs to find, some literal and some not: some came away from the experience with a new pet chicken while others had chicken for dinner that night.

Next release, we are planning an extended livestream to celebrate the ten years of monthly updates. We hope to have some guests on the stream to share memories and regale us with stories and lore in addition to the usual release update information, special sales, and contests! Word is that the chicken room may make an appearance as well! No, we aren’t going to redirect players into the scene (this time.)

We look forward to everyone joining us on December 15th for this very special livestream!

Features

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Release 120 Patch Notes

Below are a list of the updates that are live as of Release 120 in the game of Shroud of the Avatar! R120 is a polish month. Polish, additional improvements, and bug fixes are inbound for R121 next month. We hope you enjoy the changes that are live today as of Release 120!

Crafting, Decoration, Gear, & Inventory Item Changes:

• Updated many descriptions for keys to indicate if they always break, often break, or sometimes break. SOTA-71678
• Increased the capacity of the large 2023 Halloween giftboxes to 300, as they are large enough to hide bodies.
• Tweaked the collision on the craftable water platform.
• Tweaked the collision on the craftable long log bridge.
• Fixed a mark position on a treasure map. SOTA-71746
• Set the balcony ceiling of the Kobold Four-Story Great Hall City Home to accept exterior ceiling decorations. SOTA-71732
• Adjusted some of the floor deco surfaces for plain and golden variants of the Kobold Four-Story Great Hall City Home. SOTA-71732
• The Black Demon Tiki Mask now displays correctly when placed as deco. SOTA-71748
• Corrected the name of the eternal pattern for the flaming tiki demon mask.
• Fixed proportions for the flaming tiki mask icon.
• Corrected a typo in the 63-month subscriber title. SOTA-71737

User Interface, Store Information, Inky, & Lua Changes:

• Fixed a bug with the offline reward panel not showing a login prompt when trying to claim rewards.
• Added Crown Store images for the fish tank accessories of the accessory prefabs themselves, since they can’t show in the 3D viewer.
• Fixed four blurry Crown Store images: Rotten Armor, Rotten Cloak, Golden Dragonfly pet, and Skull Candle.
• Edited 329 more Crown Store descriptions.

World and Quest Changes:

• Seasonal Monsters: Pumpkin Head has packed it in for the year and Krampus has returned to East Sanctus Forest and some Snowy Mountain Road Encounters.
• Seasonal Monsters: With the departure of the comet, the aether creatures will go into hibernation on November 27th.
• Swamp Road Encounter: Updated the logic which manages the “great threat” messages to ensure they come at the right times. SOTA-71750
• Ardoris: Swapped the new painting display stands into the props used at the art gallery building.
• Blood Bay: The clockwork dragon battle will sometimes spawn a bronze clockwork dragon instead of the usual silver one.
• The Breach: The location that sometimes spawns a blackened clockwork dragon will less frequently spawn a gold clockwork dragon instead.
• Castle Atos: Adjusted the interaction distance of some of the new lights at the castle.
• Crooked Shank: Stan the Shovel Salesman now has a proper response for “shovel.”
• Eastmarch: Improved accessibility to the battlement walls and defense towers at the Baron’s Keep. The access gate now takes a little longer to close. SOTA-71390
• Midras Ruins: The kobolds guarding treasure shouldn’t fight the ‘local’ kobolds anymore. SOTA-71741
• Port Harmony: Fixed a typo in “Unlock and Enter Gate” task title. SOTA-71747
• Sunless Barrens: Fixed an ankh within a cave.
• Sunless Barrens: Updated an exit rope within a cave. SOTA-71754
• Tower of the Shuttered Eye: Added a small chance to get a rare book in a hidden location. SOTA-71753
• Well of Aldur: Some of the repeat wyverns in the wave battle have had their loot adjusted.
• Westend: Adjusted placement of some street signs. Regenerated path grid.

Sales, Rewards and Crown Store

Sales and Bonus Events

A harvest sale will run until end-of-day November 27th:

• Crown Store sales will be 30% off.
• Deed Upgrades will be 20% off
• Crowns of the Obsidians will be 20% off.
• POT Upgrades via COTOs will be 20% off (Contact support to initiate a POT upgrade and pay with COTOs)

Release 120 Subscriber Login Rewards

An eerie light, a tranquil shade, and distractions for the eye: the Rewards Program login items for Release 120 are a 3-Story Mature White Oak Fall Tree, a Large Pennant Pack, and a Glowing Magic Sigil!

• (See Rewards Program)

Subscribers to the Rewards Program must log in during Release 120 to receive these special login items.

December Login Reward

For those of you not stolen away by Krampus, each account that logs in during the month of December will receive a one-time gift of a 2023 Yule Tree and a Small 2023 Yule Stocking!

Crown Store Updates

New in the crown store for today’s release:

• White Oak Fall Tree 6-Pack

• Potted White Oak Fall Tree 3-Pack

• Tabletop White Oak Fall Tree 3-Pack

• 2-Story Mature White Oak Fall Tree

• 4-Story Mature White Oak Fall Tree

• Epic Mature White Oak Fall Tree

• Red Autumn Leaf Pavers

• Red Autumn Leaf Pile 5-Pack

• Mixed-Color Pennant Pack

…and for December 1st:

• 3-Story Mature White Oak Fall Tree

• Mixed-Color Large Pennant Pack

• Glowing Magic Sigil

• Yule Tree 2023

The Fall Holidays store items are available until Monday December 11th.

The Winter Holidays store items are available from Tuesday November 28th until Thursday February 8th.

Upcoming Release Dates

Be sure to check out the Upcoming Events page for spotlighted events plus links to various areas to post or find events on our forums. The upcoming 2023 Release Schedule is as follows:

• This Release 120 – November 16 (Polish)
• Release 121 – December 14 (Polish)
• Release 122 – January 25 (Content)

Additional Information

• Player Guide
• Known Issues
• Quick Reference Card

See Also

• Release 119
• Release 121
• Release 122
• Release Features 2023
• Release Dates