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Release 128
RELEASE 128, July 25, 2024[edit]
Greetings Fellow Avatars!
Release 128 goes live July 25th at 10:30 AM CDT.
Welcome! The Catnip Games development team marks this monthly release of Shroud of the Avatar with new content and improvements. For Release 128 (R128), we offer reading, writing, and renegades.
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.[1]
Features[edit]
Disharmony in Cantabrigia[edit]
- Port Harmony's Town Hall stands tall over a guard on patrol and a commoner enjoying at the fountain in the town's main square.
Port Harmony’s Minister of the Hearth has made a concerted effort to lead the city as a cohesive whole but there are always a few people who are not in tune.
The Minister of Coins is missing and presumed dead. There are camps of renegades in the hills above town, likely from the larger group holed up in the Outlaws’ Run, making the edges of the town unsafe for citizen and visitor alike. There’s been sabotage to the city’s cistern. Attacks on the merchant caravans attempting to establish trade with Grusk and Vikland are increasing. All this has been tied to rumors of a leader called the Mallard. This seems like too much effort just for petty criminals; is there some greater goal than a bit of coin behind it all?
Despite requests, Peregrine, said to be the “one true Avatar,” has made no moves to address this growing dissonance. Will you talk to Minister Webb about the renegades and find out what must be done? When you know, will you do it?
- A pair of wagons are stopped on the uphill road between Port Harmony and the Outlaws' Run.
Events[edit]
None
News[edit]
Subscription and Website Updates[edit]
Tassilo has completed the tech for the multi-tier subscription model we have been talking about for so long. Tassilo and I are in the process of completing final tests as well as refining the wording and graphics. We expect to have this live sometime this month.
The optional subscription will now come in three tiers. All of the tiers will continue to have the normal bonuses and benefits: three (generally) monthly login rewards, three Obsidian Potions, a new title every quarter, a twelve-pack of dyes every six months, and additional deck slots as well as the below:
| Tier 1 | $9 (plus tax) | 900 COTOs monthly |
| Tier 2 | $18 (plus tax) | 2000 COTOs monthly |
| Tier 3 | $27 (plus tax) | 3500 COTOs monthly |
Billing cycle begins on the day you start your initial subscription. Subscription cycles last for a period of one calendar month. Your subscription will automatically renew every month and your payment method will be charged at the standard price for your chosen subscription. You may cancel your plan at any time from your account page. Your status as subscribed will remain throughout the paid period. Subscription status and payment history are available on your account page in the subscriptions tab. Initial rewards will be available for redemption once payment has cleared. Subsequent rewards will be available once recurring payment has cleared.
To upgrade, downgrade, and/or update your payment method for an existing subscription, you must cancel the existing subscription and then initiate a new one. All of your earned rewards and title level will be preserved if you cancel and sign back up later. The billing cycle will not change from your initial subscription billing date when you re-initiate a subscription within one month of a cancellation (that is, while you’re still in the subscription period).
We are also updating the website. Since the main landing page is static and old information, we have changed it so anyone going to shroudoftheavatar.com while not logged in will now go to the “All Updates” page instead of the old initial landing page with the promo video on it. The old page will find a home somewhere on our site in some form.
We are also making changes to re-home the Community TOS, Streaming Program, Art Submission, and many other policies on the main website instead of using dev-posted forum threads. There will still be links in the forum to find the appropriate webpages.
The policy updates and other website changes will be ongoing. We will post an announcement in the forums as each change is made.
– Ravalox
Latest News and Q&A in the July Livestream[edit]
The post-release Community Livestream is Friday, July 26th at 4PM CT on Twitch! Join Stephen “Ravalox” Reinen and other members of the development team for a 1-hour community livestream!
There will also be a longer stream on July 12th, described above (Lord British Birthday Livestream).
To enter the prize drawings, type “gust into August” into any in-game chat channel OR make a purchase on the website Add-On Store.
Please submit questions using in-game universal chat by typing “askadev” before your question. We’ll do our best to answer these questions live on the stream. Watch on Twitch, Friday at 4PM CT!
Members of the Shroud of the Avatar development team stream on twitch.tv/shroudoftheavatar — be sure to get the channel on follow for notifications so you can join us right as we go live! Also, if you’ve missed our latest streams, check out our archive of content at our YouTube Channel. Like! Follow! Subscribe! Prizes!!!
Don’t forget to also join the Shroud of the Avatar team and community over on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/shroudoftheavatarofficial and on Discord at https://discord.gg/shroudoftheavatar.
Release 128 Patch Notes[edit]
Below are a list of the updates that are live as of Release 128 in the game of Shroud of the Avatar! R128 is a content month. Content, additional improvements, and bug fixes are inbound for R129 next month. We hope you enjoy the changes that are live today as of Release 128!
- A plain stone fireplace with a kettle on the hearth and an ankh on the chimney is bracketed on the right by a crate of potatoes and a shelf for pots with hooks below it for pans and implements and on the left by a closed-top but open-backed bookcase being used as a pantry, holding plates, cups, and baskets and jars of ingredients.
Crafting, Decoration, Gear, & Inventory Item Changes:[edit]
- Recipes for a rustic bookshelf and a plain kitchen wall rack can be found on deco merchants in the Longfall region. SOTA-72164, SOTA-72163
- Made and hooked up a new pattern and a corrected icon for the Cutlasses of the Swashbuckler. SOTA-72159
- Added eleven book patterns to book merchants everywhere. SOTA-72167
- Bestiary Book Pattern
- Brothers Grimm Book Pattern
- Essays Book Pattern
- Fable Book Pattern
- Fairy Tales Book Pattern
- Flora Book Pattern
- La Fontaine Book Pattern
- Mushrooms Book Pattern
- Novel Book Pattern
- Poetry Book Pattern
- Prophet Book Pattern
- Corrected the names of the Brothers Grimm, Estgard, and Graff Island book patterns.
- Blank books patterned before being written in will now actually be blank. SOTA-71694
- Increased the available scaling on the Large Wooden Awning and Large Snow-Covered Wooden Awning so they can fit on row lots. SOTA-72026
- Set all five flowerbeds to be scaleable. SOTA-71984
- Moved a stray rose flower arrangement recipe to florists with all the rest of the arrangements and bouquets. SOTA-72208
- Fixed two panels on the Ornate Wooden Throne with Velvet Panels that missed dye setup. SOTA-70431
- Eleven books with different covers lay face-up along a row of cabinets along with many other books, a few clay pots, a lute, and a bucket helm to protect the lutist from the pots.
User Interface, Store Information, Inky, & Lua Changes:[edit]
- Moved the Ancient Stone Room Fishing Grotto out of the vault and into the main store.
- Corrected the spelling of Fionwyn in the store entry for the Painting of the Novian Film Stars.
- An open stone building has a wooden book sign and a shelf full of books on the wall by the door and statues of knights in its upper windows. Through the doorway, a printing press, dye tubs, and a merchant sitting behind a desk can be seen. It's always sunny in Castle Atos, which is a relief: no one likes soggy books.
World and Quest Changes:[edit]
- Hidden Vale and Mistrendur: Fixed fireworks schedule. Added them to Grusk and Lord British’s Castle.
- Mistrendur: Flattened terrain at several POTS to fix buried and z-fighting foundations.
- Plains Encounter: Moved several floating garlic nodes to the ground. SOTA-72103
- Player-Run Towns: All PRTs now have a Crafting Supplies Merchant who stands near the butchery and cooking stations. If the PRT didn’t have a butchery or cooking station at its crafting pavilion, it does now. SOTA-72154
- The Brave Coast, Estercove, and Port Mirren: Corrected the sign text for the banking stalls. SOTA-72170
- Ardoris, Harvest, Kingsport, and Xenos: Lowered the nameplates of the wood scrap storehouse containers. SOTA-72161
- Vaults: Fixed shiny rubble in the various ruins’ vaults.
- Aerie: Fixed issues with several responses from Zach Corey the fisherman. SOTA-72199
- Aerie: Fixed the internal reference for the town crier, enabling compass discovery. SOTA-72171
- Brittany Alleys: Speedy Nick now sells fishing supplies. Sir Robert Flury is now a Decorative Fish Merchant. Updated their responses to better match their updated professions. SOTA-72177
- Brittany Fields: Updated a building (and others of that same style) so that rain no longer comes through the roof. SOTA-72147
- Brittany Wharfs: Replaced the shop the adventuring trainer works from with a home. Added functionality to the doors of a certain warehouse. Moved a sunken wagon to ground level. SOTA-72198, SOTA-72203, SOTA-72202
- Castle Atos: Converted the stone building near the entrance to a book shop with a printing press and a Book Merchant. SOTA-72193
- Castle Atos: Replaced a partially-blocked window with a plain wall. SOTA-72178
- Castle Atos: Fixed some baskets and pots set too low, some barrels without collision, and a very shiny stone wall for the grill chef’s firepit.
- The Clink: The chest in the warden’s office once again uses the proper key. SOTA-72156
- Estercove: Corrected location of the Town Crier’s compass marker. SOTA-72155
- Grusk: Fixed a collision issue with palisade stairs that was blocking smooth progress up the stairs. SOTA-72068
- Grusk: Fixed a typo in one of the journal entries for Kortreek’s experiments.
- Lord British’s Castle – Enabled taking water from the two hedge maze fountains. SOTA-72185
- Northwood: Fixed a crossbow in Britannia Manor that was tilted into the wall. SOTA-72165
- Port Harmony: Fixed typo in one of Winifred’s “fancy jar” responses. SOTA-72179
- Psilocybin Lair: The Boletusporis Regem has been moved to a location that should allow it to attack consistently and has had some loot added to it which will keep its corpse from disappearing as soon as it’s killed. SOTA-72141
- Tanglemire: Fixed an error when trying to recall to this scene. Also, the town crier now explains that he does not have the ability to bind someone to Tanglemire. SOTA-72194
- Valhold: Fixed an error when trying to recall to this scene.
Player-Owned Town Changes:[edit]
- James’s Isle of Hope: Added new island Village east of Brittany in Novia.
- Saxon’s Landing: Added new Crossroads Village north of Solace Bridge Outskirts in Novia.
- Arx Draconis Lowlands: Upgraded to Metropolis.
- Umbra: Upgraded to Crossroads Village.
- Valor: Upgraded to Metropolis.
- R128 Map of Novia POTs
Sales, Rewards and Crown Store[edit]
From July 25th through August 2nd, Crowns of the Obsidians will be 20% off.
Release 128 Subscriber Login Rewards[edit]
Sit and study the intricate lights and never mind what’s sneaking in through them to your treasure. The Rewards Program login items for Release 128 are four Dark Wood Benches and two Dark Wood Stools (that complete a set with June’s Long Dark Wood Table), a Chest of Copper, and a Glowing Magic Sigil Set (Choose One)!
- A dark reddish bench with a carved edge sits in front of a long matching table in a carpeted library.
- A dark reddish stool with a carved edge sits at the end of a long matching table in a carpeted library. The lack of a cushion suggests the librarian doesn't actually want anyone to use it for long.
- A skeleton mage and a skeleton fighter face off deep in a cave over a wooden chest with silver bands, full of and spilling copper coins.
Each magic school set contains two sigils of each of the three sizes. Individual pictures of each set can be found below.
- Large, medium, and small magic sigils of each of the nine schools of magic are arranged in full sunlight on a wide stone plaza with two noble servants looking suspiciously at them.
- Large, medium, and small magic sigils of each of the nine schools of magic are shown at night on a wide stone plaza with the servants lost in the darkness between them.
Subscribers to the Rewards Program must log in during Release 128 to receive these special login items.
August Login Reward[edit]
Each account that logs in during the month of August will receive a one-time gift of a Sigil Rug (Choose One), so even your larger pets can lay on what you’re trying to read.
- A white and gold Combat Sigil Rug lays outside a wooden door from a brick-paved roof deck.
- A white and gold Crafting Sigil Rug lays outside a wooden door from a stone-tiled porch.
- A multicolored Magic Sigil Rug lays outside a wooden door at the top of a stone stair. There's no room for muddy boots!
Crown Store Updates[edit]
New in the crown store for today’s release:
- Lord British Banner
- A blue banner with a yellow saltire and the coat of arms of Lord British is mounted on a wall beside a potted juniper topiary on a stone porch.
…and for August 1st:
- Sigil Rug Set
- Three square sigil rugs and a pair of potted azaleas lead the way to a wooden door down from a stone-tiled roof deck.
- Combat Sigil Rug
- A white and gold Combat Sigil Rug lays outside a wooden door from a brick-paved roof deck.
- Crafting Sigil Rug
- A white and gold Crafting Sigil Rug lays outside a wooden door from a stone-tiled porch.
- Magic Sigil Rug
- A multicolored Magic Sigil Rug lays outside a wooden door at the top of a stone stair. There's no room for muddy boots!
…and for August 9th:
- Glowing Sun Magic Sigil Pack
- Large, medium, and small sun magic sigils are shown in full sunlight on a pale stone wall and a tan stone floor between an arched doorway and an ornate wooden throne with dark orange velvet panels.
- Large, medium, and small sun magic sigils are shown at night on a pale stone wall and a tan stone floor between an arched doorway and an ornate wooden throne with dark orange velvet panels.
- Glowing Earth Magic Sigil Pack
- Large, medium, and small earth magic sigils are shown in full sunlight on a pale stone wall and a tan stone floor between an arched doorway and an ornate wooden throne with dark green velvet panels.
- Large, medium, and small earth magic sigils are shown at night on a pale stone wall and a tan stone floor between an arched doorway and an ornate wooden throne with dark green velvet panels.
- Glowing Life Magic Sigil Pack
- Large, medium, and small life magic sigils are shown in full sunlight on a pale stone wall and a tan stone floor between an arched doorway and an ornate wooden throne with white velvet panels.
- Large, medium, and small life magic sigils are shown at night on a pale stone wall and a tan stone floor between an arched doorway and an ornate wooden throne with white velvet panels.
- Glowing Water Magic Sigil Pack
- Large, medium, and small water magic sigils are shown in full sunlight on a pale stone wall and a tan stone floor between an arched doorway and an ornate wooden throne with dark blue velvet panels.
- Large, medium, and small water magic sigils are shown at night on a pale stone wall and a tan stone floor between an arched doorway and an ornate wooden throne with dark blue velvet panels.
- Glowing Moon Magic Sigil Pack
- Large, medium, and small moon magic sigils are shown in full sunlight on a pale stone wall and a tan stone floor between an arched doorway and an ornate wooden throne with dark purple velvet panels.
- Large, medium, and small moon magic sigils are shown at night on a pale stone wall and a tan stone floor between an arched doorway and an ornate wooden throne with dark purple velvet panels.
- Glowing Air Magic Sigil Pack
- Large, medium, and small air magic sigils are shown in full sunlight on a pale stone wall and a tan stone floor between an arched doorway and an ornate wooden throne with dark yellow velvet panels.
- Large, medium, and small air magic sigils are shown at night on a pale stone wall and a tan stone floor between an arched doorway and an ornate wooden throne with dark yellow velvet panels.
- Glowing Death Magic Sigil Pack
- Large, medium, and small death magic sigils are shown in full sunlight on a pale stone wall and a tan stone floor between an arched doorway and an ornate wooden throne with black velvet panels.
- Large, medium, and small death magic sigils are shown at night on a pale stone wall and a tan stone floor between an arched doorway and an ornate wooden throne with black velvet panels.
- Glowing Fire Magic Sigil Pack
- Large, medium, and small fire magic sigils are shown in full sunlight on a pale stone wall and a tan stone floor between an arched doorway and an ornate wooden throne with dark red velvet panels.
- Large, medium, and small fire magic sigils are shown at night on a pale stone wall and a tan stone floor between an arched doorway and an ornate wooden throne with dark red velvet panels.
- Glowing Chaos Magic Sigil Pack
- Large, medium, and small chaos magic sigils are shown in full sunlight on a pale stone wall and a tan stone floor between an arched doorway and an ornate wooden throne with grey velvet panels.
- Large, medium, and small chaos magic sigils are shown at night on a pale stone wall and a tan stone floor between an arched doorway and an ornate wooden throne with grey velvet panels.
- Glowing Magic Sigil Mega-Pack
- Large, medium, and small magic sigils of each of the nine schools of magic are arranged in full sunlight on a wide stone plaza with two noble servants looking suspiciously at them.
- Large, medium, and small magic sigils of each of the nine schools of magic are shown at night on a wide stone plaza with the servants lost in the darkness between them.
- Dark Wood Bench Two-Pack
- A dark reddish bench with a carved edge sits in front of a long matching table in a carpeted library.
- Dark Wood Stool Two-Pack
- A dark reddish stool with a carved edge sits at the end of a long matching table in a carpeted library. The lack of a cushion suggests the librarian doesn't actually want anyone to use it for long.
- Chest of Copper
- A skeleton mage and a skeleton fighter deep in a cave face off over a wooden chest with silver bands, full of and spilling copper coins.
The Lord British store items will be available through Monday August 5th:
List of Lord British items:
- 2014 Lord British Replenishing Birthday Cake
- 2016 Lord British Replenishing Birthday Cake
- 2017 Lord British Replenishing Birthday Cake
- 2018 Lord British Replenishing Birthday Cake
- 2019 Lord British Replenishing Birthday Cake
- 2020 Lord British Replenishing Birthday Cake
- 2021 Lord British Replenishing Birthday Cake
- 2022 Lord British Replenishing Birthday Cake
- 2023 Lord British Replenishing Birthday Cake
- 2024 Lord British Replenishing Birthday Cake
- Lord British Basement Entrance Eternal Pattern
- Lord British Cloak
- Lord British Fur Collared Cloak
- Lord British Moondial
- Lord British Pavers
- Lord British Round Table
- Lord British Salute Emote
- Lord British Shield
- Lord British Shield Pattern Pack
The seasonal fireworks store items will be available through Monday August 5th:
List of seasonal fireworks items:
- Replenishing Aerial Fireworks Box Pack
- Replenishing Aerial Palm Blue Fish Combo Fireworks Box
- Replenishing Aerial White Chrysanthemum Combo Fireworks Box
- Replenishing Blue Elysium Candle Fireworks Box
- Replenishing Blue Fountain Fireworks Box
- Replenishing Blue Pinwheel Fireworks Box
- Replenishing Blue Sparklers Box
- Replenishing Elysium Candle Fireworks Box Pack
- Replenishing Fireworks Mega Set
- Replenishing Fountain Fireworks Box Pack
- Replenishing Oracle Eye Sparkler Fireworks Box
- Replenishing Pinwheel Fireworks Box Pack
- Replenishing Red Elysium Candle Fireworks Box
- Replenishing Red Fountain Fireworks Box
- Replenishing Red Pinwheel Fireworks Box
- Replenishing Red Sparklers Box
- Replenishing Sparkler Fireworks Box Mega Set
- Replenishing White Elysium Candle Fireworks Box
- Replenishing White Fountain Fireworks Box
- Replenishing White Pinwheel Fireworks Box
- Replenishing White Sparklers Box
The Summer Seasonal store items will be available through Monday September 23rd:
List of Summer Seasonal items:
- Firedancer Outfit
- Fire Dance Emote
- Fire Dance Cross Emote
- Flame Scimitar
- Flame Shield
- Flame Stained Glass Table Lamp 3-Pack
- Flaming Bagpipes
- Hula Emote
- Island Spear
- Island Flower Crown
- Island Dress
Upcoming Release Dates[edit]
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 2024 Release Schedule is as follows:
- This Release 128 – July 25 (Content)
- Release 129 – August 29 (Quality of Life)
- Release 130 – September 26 (Quality of Life)
- Release 131 – October 30 (Content)
- Release 132 – November 28 (Quality of Life)
- Release 133 – December 26 (Quality of Life)
Additional Information[edit]
See Also[edit]
- Release 126
- Release 127
- Release 128
- Release 129
- Release 130
- Release Features 2024
- New Britannian Calendar