Intrepid Studios continues to add more and more biomes into Ashes of Creation, with the most recent addition being Jundark. Jundark is a large, forested biome that’s filled with new gatherables, recipes, rewards, pocket dungeons, enemies, treasure, mounts, events, and of course – loot.
The addition of this new biome was included in Ashes of Creation’s Alpha Two Update Notes 0.9.0, which provides all details included within the new Jundark biome, as well as a few other notable changes in node sieges, quests, lawless zone buffs, and more.
Full details of what’s included in this update can be found below.
Highlights:
- Jundark is now available! This zone includes new gatherables, recipes, rewards, pocket dungeons, enemies, treasure maps, events, and mounts!
New Pocket Dungeons Added:
- Jundark pocket dungeons are now available! These are Kraken’s Belly, Lost Abyss, Pools of Stench, The Bloomed Maw, The Hollow Oracle, The Murmuring Root, The Pit of Golgora, Verdance Ruins, and Web Well.
- Stone Hold pocket dungeon will now unlock when Squall’s End Node reaches stage 1.
- Communion pocket dungeon will now unlock when Squall’s End Node reaches stage 2.
- Apothecarium Dreadmire pocket dungeon will now unlock when Djinna Node reaches stage 2.
- The Gypsum Outpost pocket dungeon will now unlock when Djinna Node reaches stage 3.
- Lighting has been updated in the following pocket dungeons: Apothecarium Dreadmire, Communion, Lost Hero’s Sepulcher, Scarabsong Hollow, Snakebite Stash, Stone Hold, The Brood Pit, The Gypsum Outpost, The Prismarium, Vault of The Emigrant.
- Multrok’s Fall floor has been fixed so it will no longer flicker visually.
Node Changes:
- New Nodes have been added to the Turquoise Sea! Seahook, Windansea and Shorefoot can now advance to Node stage 3.
- Turquoise Sea Buy Orders and Mayoral Commissions have been added to Seahook, Windansea and Shorefoot.
- New Turquoise Sea Node Commodities have been added.
- Korrin and Brinebarrel are part of the PvP lawless area.
- Service building construction will now show character names for who contributed towards construction.
- Made several UI improvements to Node menus.
- Sunhaven Node – Fixed a collision bug with trees.
- Djinna Node – Fixed a few visual bugs with buildings.
Updates to Enemies and NPCs:
- Tumok the Wretched’s patrol route has been adjusted, to prevent him from getting stuck in some places in the Riverlands.
- More Node Guards will now use ranged attacks to hit targets they can’t hit with melee attacks.
- Rafflesia enemies should now properly drop loot.
Quests, Events, and Commissions:
- Turquoise Sea kill commission rarity has been updated to reflect the challenge involved. Additionally, the commission locations that appear on the map will now display the correct location names.
- Eyes in the Canopy event can now be completed.
- Rotting Grotto commission text has been updated to have the correct names of the enemies required to complete this.
- Scathing Severthorn event NPCs should stop spawning after this event is complete.
Economy and Artisanship Updates:
- Deconstructing Novice gear should now correctly give the correct Glintic Residuum for tempering, depending on what type of item you deconstruct.
- Dun’mor Helm recipe has been fixed and is now available in the Armor Smithing station.
- Treasure maps should no longer be able to be used as Enchanting scrolls.
- Harvesting Seaweed now has a visual effect.
General Updates:
- Lawless zones now provide a buff that gives bonus XP and luck.
- Added material storage to Freeholds.
- All open seas are now lawless PvP areas.
- Added one new harbor in the Riverlands, and two new harbors in the Sandsquall Desert. The locations for these harbors have been added to the map.
- Made improvements to how characters and mounts render in high density situations.
- Fixed some holes in the world that characters could fall into.
- Rogue Archetype has been added to Party and Raid Menu so people can set the color for them.
- Map in the Turquoise Sea shows the zone of influence for each Node.
- Visual improvements to the coastal water in several areas of the world.
- Updated some icons.
If you want to learn more about Ashes of Creation and participate in Alpha Two, click here and begin exploring the world of Verra.
