August 4 | EXP Balance Update
- It will be more difficult to gain exp, and rewards balanced gameplay instead of a purely action-based gain system.
- Uses the player's existing AP and OT points, no changes to the method of contributing towards exp
- The most noticeable change will be your exp and levels are reduced
- Using /bones carries an actual risk of loss
There's also going to be changes to node drops, tying into the exp mod.
- Blue diamonds no longer have a depth restriction. Mining stone is still the primary source of diamonds.
- Luck and Fortune will affect more node drops.
- If a node is to drop an item, a luck throw will be used to determine if you will receive a multiplier based directly on your fortune stat.
- For example, after a successful Luck throw, and your fortune is between 3.0 and 3.99, you may receive up to 5 items as a drop.
And we're plugging the mobs drops into this mechanic as well.
Full details about the EXP mod, click here
July 21 | Mandated Taxes and Chat Filter Update
"Profit Sharing" has been an optional feature of shops for the last 9 months. It will now be mandated for all shops, and any shop selling items for cash will automatically contribute 10% of their cash sales towards the half-hourly money drops.
What to expect:
- If you have a shop selling items for cash, you will receive 90% of the cash sale
- Example: if you sell gold for $10, each sale gives you $9
- The server 30 minute money drops will give more than $10 more frequently
- Everyone will complain about it, but in the long run they will have more money to spend
For more details about the shop taxes, click here
And yes, another chat filter update. I don't have much to say about it. It should be better than the last one, but I always say that.
June 24 | Add Lantern Slabs and Improved Textures
A few nodes were missing from the available slabs, have been added:
- Obsidian Frosted Glass
- Obsidian Lantern
- Cobble Brick
- Wooden Lightbox (white and yellow)
These textures were also updated:
- White Granite (also recipe gives 4 instead of 1)
- Birch wood
- Healing wood
- Willow wood
And finally, the coloredblocks mod. Completely re-written to make it easier to add new nodes, and create individual colored textures without relying on the engine modifiers to colorize a greyscale template.
This also comes with a new block: Colored Obsidian Frosted Glass! So pretty.
June 14 | Armor Buffs
Mythril has long been a rare and useless item. It's harder to find than diamonds, and has a market value of roughly $5 per lump. To offset this, the armor stat for mythril has been buffed, by increasing the block chance to around 5%.
Additionally, the Pink Crystal boots have gained the ability to "walk" over single nodes. This will be noticed primarily by PC players, since some mobile apps have had this functionality for a while. Wearing the Pink Crystal boots will let players walk and step over single blocks without having to jump.
Later updates moved to the archive