Release 100

RELEASE 100, March 31, 2022

Welcome to Release 100! The Catnip Games development team marks this 100th monthly release of Shroud of the Avatar with new content and improvements. For Release 100 (R100), a new adventure scene has been added to the game: Grusk!

New Adventure Scene: Grusk!

The modern kobold metropolis of Grusk has opened its gates to humans! Nestled by the Eye of the Artificer in Mistrendur’s Rostfelt region, on the shore of the beautiful Reykturfloi, this Tier 10 town has sights for the discriminating tourist with Episode 2 access.

Get to know another culture! The residents of Grusk are happy to discuss their views on history and their daily lives with an appreciative audience. Enjoy the sea breezes as you sit and chat at the fabled Grusk Lighthouse.

Visit fine dining establishments, both at the scenic docks and in the bustling upper town. Don’t worry about distances when planning your outings: Grusk is at the vanguard of modern public transportation and the town is well-serviced by several free trolley routes. The townsfolk power them with quite an assortment of windmills, taking advantage of the winds off the bay, and geothermal energy from the nearby springs.

Grusk is not just a tourist spot, though: this is a busy port town with extensive warehouses, businesses that support their fine tradition of technological crafting, and a diligent guard force. Some even say that the Governor is in line to become the next Grand Artificer of the kobolds! Under the monumental moon towers, automatons make their way through the city, working constantly to keep it clean. Pick up a unique autonomous companion of your own to bring home.

Ouside the city proper, walk along extensive beaches! Enjoy fishing under the swaying palms, fly a kite, you might even find a pearl! …or head up into the hills for a challenging hike: enjoy the heat of mineral springs and thrill to the sight of their geysers, with plenty of wildlife to view along the path to them!

New Fetid Fish!

Araipama, Barramundi, Spotted Catfish, Longnose Gar, and Tigerfish have been discovered in the fetid waters of New Britannia! We’re not sure where they’ve been hiding, but this Spring seems to have drawn them out. The recipe-writers of New Britannia have already created trophy recipes for each, with food recipes to come soon.

Quest Resets For Everyone!

Oh no, a kobold hacker has reset everyone’s quest flags!

…Well, reset their quest RESET flags. If you’ve already used your once-per-character quest reset, you’ll find another is available to you now! Read more about what this entails specifically and how to accomplish it in the Player Guide.

Release 100 Patch Notes

Below are a list of the updates that are live as of Release 100 (R100) in the game of Shroud of the Avatar! Despite the new scene, R100 is a polish, improvements, and bug fixes month. Content, additional improvements, and bug fixes are inbound for R101 next month. We hope you enjoy the changes that are live today as of Release 100!

Crafting, Decoration, & Inventory Item Changes:

• The irish-themed wax cylinders delivered in R99 have had their no-trade flags removed for greater playback flexibility.
• Created new recipes for Saber-Toothed Tiger and Snow Leopard trophy mounts and rugs.
• Added Recipe for Sweet Cunning Cat Stew and distributed to the Vertas Pass elves (Patched into R99)
• Added Recipe for Potion of the Stalking Cat, Aether and distributed to the Breach (Patched into R99)
• Added ability to place easter baskets on POT land as deco. SOTA-70324
• The weight of bone powder has been reduced.
• Fixed naming inconsistency with tamed Red Ice Snarlers. SOTA-69512
• Fixed naming inconsistency with tamed Saber-Toothed Tigers. SOTA-70249
• Fixed naming inconsistency between mounted stag antlers and their recipe. SOTA-70257
• Fixed Cat Claw not appearing in crafting tab. SOTA-70254
• Corrected a typo in the label for carcasses of the Saber-Toothed Tiger. SOTA-70280
• Animal bones can once again be placed on your kitchen counter. SOTA-70240
• Fixed Tall Tiki statue eye flames turning off at certain angles with GPU occlusion on. SOTA-69997
• Fire elemental statue should now burn forever again. SOTA-69417

Combat & Skill Changes:

• Changed name on big cat attack to be generic since multiple cat types use it. SOTA-70250
• Fixed various issues with big cat attacks: fixed incorrect names on some attacks, claw attacks will now alternate left and right claws, and *fixed an issue with Rend using a bite attack animation. SOTA-70250
• Big cats will now correctly scale vfx used on them.

User Interface, Store Information, & Lua Changes:

• Teleport to Zone Scroll Window Enhancements

• In R100, to help players identify and get to the special events and contest when they are occuring, the Teleport to Zone scroll window shows color-highlighted scenes. These listings will be color-highlighted for a few hours, days, weeks, or longer, depending on the duration of the activity.
• Monthly fishing tournament scenes are blue
• Treasure hunt scenes are brown
• Daily special fishing POTs are yellow
• Special events may appear in red
• Note that if your avatar has not yet visited one of these highlighted scenes and the scene is technically still “locked” for your zone scroll, you might take this as an opportunity to visit the scene while the activity is taking place.

• In the Deck Selection window, decks now have a number shown and can be moved up and down. That number can also be clicked to be changed manually.
• Players can now tab between quantity and price in the player vendor UI.
• The pet status bar will now show the time you have left to resurrect it before it permanently dies.
• In the journal UI, text can now be selected and copied for descriptions of tasks and the journal entries. Disabled the scroll with mouse click in entries to allow for selection of text.
• When a party leader sets the loot mode to roll, a confirmation window will open for players that don’t have Auto-Roll option checked asking them if they want to enable it.
• The teleport to user window has a bit more height and can be resized vertically.
• Added a label in the store UI to get episode 2 if the player doesn’t already own it.
• Teleport to friend scrolls will now show episode 2 locations greyed out and with a tooltip to buy episode 2 access. Instead of attempting to load the map and bouncing back, the message will appear before teleporting.
• The Decoration Palette can now be resized horizontally and diagonally.
• Lot Deed window is now resizable horizontally and diagonally. SOTA-24298
• When dragging horse from inventory to hotbar, the combat bar will no longer be highlighted.
• Made the highlight color of selected text more visible for books, parchment, and cards. SOTA-31232
• Made the background of character sheets’ equipment slots a bit taller so the equipment icons can fit in correctly.
• Shogun Armor Set store screenshot is no longer blurry. SOTA-70232
• Renamed White/Gold Throne and Footstool set in store for consistency. SOTA-70124
• Several fixes for the AFK status. Players will be disconnected if AFK too long in a adventure scene (about ~45 minutes).
• Other players should now see the AFK tag when someone goes AFK. SOTA-66937
• Fix for an exception when clicking ‘Hide Task’ on the current task UI when journal has not been opened in that sceneload.
• Scrolling in journal entries with mousewheel will no longer hang between entries.
• When adding your name to permissions on a lot you already own, a message will appear in chat instead of throwing an “OperationInvalid” error and closing the window. SOTA-23292
• Subscribers will now be able to copy and create decks from 24 to 48. Non-subscribers will be able to create up to 24 decks. SOTA-69854
• Updated the loading tip on astrolabes.
• Added a background to the upper buttons of the recipe book so when it’s behind another UI it will bring the recipe book to front. SOTA-70243
• Changed the depth of the filter box on crafting stations so they don’t interact with other UI. SOTA-68035
• Fixed default language not showing properly in language options.
• Tentative fix: The moon tower’s sound shouldn’t play during sceneload anymore. SOTA-70308
• Tentative fix: The dragon statue’s sound in Arx Draconis shouldn’t play during sceneload anymore. SOTA-70317
• Tentative fix: The low-health-warning heartbeat sound shouldn’t play during sceneload anymore. SOTA-59883
• New scene maps:

• Artifice Entrance (patched in R99)
• Boreas Colossus (patched in R99)
• Demig’s Battle Camp (patched in R99)
• Anseldale
• Etan Glen
• Exile Island
• Greenfall
• Grumridge
• Grusk
• Grusk Moon Tower
• Magna Planitia
• Nesoskia
• Parrot’s Roost
• Pericaliya
• Platinum Keys
• Smaragar
• Snell’s Bend

• Created and assigned Dungeon Map Cards to 55 interior scene:

• Artifice
• Blackblade Pass
• Broken Echoes Silver Mine
• Bunker C
• Bunker T
• Caverns of Skrekk
• The Clink
• Compendium of Pain and Suffering
• The Confluence Chamber
• Courage Club
• Crypt of the Avatar
• Cursed Maze of Tartarus
• Despair
• Dysborg Vault
• The Epitaph
• Equitas Passage
• The Fall
• Forest Cave
• Graff Gem Mines
• Hilt
• House on the Hill
• Isle of Storms
• K’rawl
• K’rul
• Kas Vault
• Kiln Cistern
• Kingsport Sewers
• Libris Vault
• Lost Whiteguard Silver Mine
• Malice
• Midmaer Passage
• Midras Vault
• Myrkur
• Necropolis
• The Obsidian Trials
• Opalis Vault
• Owl’s Head Sewers
• Paladis Passage
• Psilocybin Lair
• PVP Castle Arena
• PVP Castle Arena (Teams)
• Quel Passage
• Resolute Sewers
• Rhun Vault
• Ruins of Ravensmoor
• Serpent’s Spine Mines
• Solania Catacombs
• Spectral Mines
• Spindrift Passage
• Tartarus
• The Tower of the Shuttered Eye
• Understorm Gold Mine
• Upper Tears
• Valhold Palace
• Verdantis Mines

World and Quest Changes:

• Seasonal Monsters: The Envy Angel has gone dormant and the Arch Lapin has returned. SOTA-68797
• Novia: Added a visible path to Castle Atos and a light on the road where the path begins.
• POT and PRT Templates: Added and adjusted ambient sounds in all these templates. SOTA-70302
• The Isle of Storms: Made multiplayer rather than solo-only to allow for social events.
• Novia: Fixed the overly-shiny mine entrance at Spectral Foothills. SOTA-64351
• Random Encounters: The spelling of the “Sculpture Merchant” title has been corrected. SOTA-70281
• Multiple Scenes: Floating Balloons: Corrected rotation of floating balloons to properly represent wind direction.
• Aerie: Updated some of Minerva’s responses to help ensure she clears the “Get Ingredients for Minerva” task. SOTA-70268
• Aerie: Updated the logic for Lord Macsen to stop him from suggesting he’s got a quest when he doesn’t. SOTA-70296
• Blood River Forest: Updated the cave tunnels so that rain no longer comes through the ceiling. SOTA-70230
• Blood River Outskirts: Updated the logic used by Alberic to clear some tasks.
• Boreas Colossus: Removed trim from a one-way invisible wall that could be seen from the wrong side. SOTA-70231
• Braemar: Adjusted the trigger volume for the Lum’s Lament song. SOTA-70277
• Braemar: Removed the possibility for silence to be played when players are trying to listen to the song for Lum’s Lament. SOTA-70277
• Castle Atos: Added “color,” “animal,” and “food” keywords to the game-playing children as in-character debug tools to help understand which fox-and-rabbit daily flags an avatar has.
• Castle Atos: Added a fix in the fox-and-rabbit game so that avatars who delayed their first game by a day can still return and start a new game. SOTA-70259
• Castle Atos: Rotated the map of Novia on the tavern wall so it’s no longer mirrored. SOTA-70234
• Castle Atos: Shrunk the leashes for the ‘rabbit’ children to help keep them in their hiding locations.
• East Vauban Foothills: Fixed a visual glitch with the towers being visible upon puzzle completion. SOTA-68014
• Graff Island: Improved the logic which archives the “Return Samael’s Ring” journal entry.
• Halls of Artifice: Removed a small, white sphere from within a cage. SOTA-70299
• Lamech’s Bazaar and South Midmaer Way: Fixed several stuck spots throughout these scenes. SOTA-70233
• Libris Ruins: Moved a door that was too far from its doorway. SOTA-70292
• Malice: Hid a purple trigger volume that was visible to players. SOTA-70300
• Malice: Improved the logic to help clear some tasks near the end of the Path of Love storyline.
• Norgard Fens: Corrected the size and orientation of several resource nodes, especially ore nodes. SOTA-70269
• Northern Grunvald Barrens: Moved several floating stones to the ground near exit archways. SOTA-70223
• Owl’s Head: Adjusted terrain so the mountain’s slip is no longer showing. SOTA-20897
• Snowy Tundra Encounters: The snow leopard and snow tiger encounters no longer include normal tigers. SOTA-70279, SOTA-70278
• Soltown: Updated Ashton’s responses to ensure he always has a response for the “awakened dead” keyword. SOTA-70267
• Soltown: Updated SLT-3113’s responses to help archive the “Visit Banker in Soltown” task.
• Spite: Updated the response from Thetis for the “spirit talker” keyword.
• The Outlaws’ Run: Improved the logic which auto-archives the “Mention Miloslava to Milosh” task. SOTA-70305
• Vertas: Norgrast the merchant now sells alchemical supplies. SOTA-70301

Player-Owned Town Changes:

• Crafters Town: Changed owner (Patched in R99)
• Mt. Arigatou: Renamed POT, changed biome to Mountains 01 – Right, updated interconnections (patched in R99)
• Chiron Beta Prime: Upgraded to Hamlet

Player Dungeon Changes:

• Players lost in extensive player dungeons will now have a compass marker showing the direction of the exit.
• Player Dungeon Foyers: Now with Echoverb™! SOTA-65603
• A team of Kobold masons have rebuilt the Pristine Spider player dungeon room so the connections are now operational.
• Navmesh for all player dungeon rooms should be corrected/created now, so pets should be able to follow their owners through *all* player dungeon rooms (except Undead Ravensmoor).

Sales and Bonus Events

To celebrate R100, deed upgrades and store sale items will be 30% off (rather than the usual 20%) as well as Crowns of the Obsidians (at 20% off) and double XP through Noon on April 11th!

Crown Store Updates

New in the crown store for Release 100:

• Castle Tower Teleporter

• Ancient Xenossian Winged Plate Helm

• Dyeable Spotted Cat Ears

• Dyeable Striped Cat Ears

• Black Panther Cub

• Jaguar Cub

• Snow Leopard Cub

• Snow Tiger Cub

Arriving April 19th:

• Dyeable Cat Ears

• Tiger Cub

The Spring Seasonal store items are still available! These rare Spring items will remain on the store until May 3rd:

• Bunny Ears & Slippers Set
• Decorative Dyeable Egg Pack
• Flower Crown
• Lepus Mask 2017
• Lepus Mask 2018
• Silver & Gold Lepus Mask
• White Lepus Mask
• Rabbit Tailed Bodice Ensemble
• Replenishing Confetti Eggs Basket 2016
• Replenishing Confetti Eggs Basket 2017
• Replenishing Confetti Eggs Basket 2018
• Replenishing Confetti Eggs Basket 2019
• Spring Fountain w/ Floating Candles

The Darkstarr store items are still available! These birthday items will remain on the store until May 28th:

• Darkstarr Basement Entrance Eternal Pattern
• Darkstarr Chaos Throne
• Darkstarr Chaos Throne (Reverse Colors)
• Darkstarr Clock Tower
• Darkstarr Clock Tower (Reverse Colors)
• Darkstarr Fur Collared Cloak
• Darkstarr Pavers
• Darkstarr Shield
• Darkstarr Shield Pattern Pack
• Lord British vs Darkstarr Battle Banner
• Mosh Emote

April Login Rewards

Log in during the month of April and you’ll receive a SotA Commemorative Painting and accrued “Centenarian” titles as part of this month’s Centenary theme. Congratulations on surviving so many centuries since the Cataclysm!

There was a Great Cataclysm six hundred and forty one years ago that devastated the planet and caused a great upheaval of not only the land but also of its peoples. The exact cause or possible purpose is still a mystery yet to be solved, but the Outlanders’ presence, along with Lord British, has given great hope to the inhabitants of New Britannia.

To recognize the Outlanders who have come to their lands and have chosen to stay so long, a title for each Britannian century will be bestowed upon those who visit this month.

Release 100 Subscriber Login Rewards

Avatars! Rewards Program login items for Release 100 are a must-have — don’t miss out! This month’s collection includes a pet Tiger Cub and dyeable Cat Ears! …Those ears won’t confuse your cub at all.

Subscribers to the Reward Program must log in during Release 100 to receive these special login items:The Shroud of the Avatar Rewards Program lets you earn the best rate on purchasing Crowns, AND receive monthly reward items! For the low price of $9 USD per month you will receive the following:

• 900 Crowns of the Obsidians every month
• Monthly Login Reward Items (about 3 per month)
• Exclusive Title every 3 months

• 3 Months: Keeper of the Faith
• 6 Months: Keeper of the Word
• 9 Months: Keeper of the Vow
• 12 Months: Keeper of the Flame
• 15 Months: Keeper of the Oath
• 18 Months: Keeper of the Pledge
• 21 Months: Keeper of the Bond
• 24 Months: Keeper of the Promise
• 27 Months: Keeper of the Covenant

• Pick any Dye 12-Pack every 6 months
• Pick any three of these 7 Obsidian Potions every month:

• Potion of Capacity: Increases carrying capacity
• Potion of Conservation: Reduces reagent use chance
• Potion of Expedience: Swift gathering on all gathering skills
• Potion of Precision: Increases Meticulous Collection to all gathering skills
• Potion of Preservation: Reduces armor and weapon damage
• Potion of Reclamation: Increases Salvage and Repair to all production skills
• Potion of Stamina: Decreases focus use from sprinting

• While subscribed to the rewards program, players also receive these special bonuses:

• Obsidian Potions are significantly more powerful!
• 24 Additional Deck Slots!

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 2022 Release Schedule is as follows:

• This Release 100 – Mar 31 (Polish)
• Release 101 – Apr 28 (Content)
• Release 102 – May 26 (Polish)

Additional Information

• Release 100 Instructions
• Release 100 Known Issues
• Quick Reference Card

See Also

• Release Dates
• Release 99
• Release 101
• Release 102