The worlds of Aerynth continue to grow, change, and expand each and every month. To understand where the game of Shadowbane is heading, you may find it useful to research and explore it's past. Below you will find all the Patch notes for each Shadowbane version since our launch in March of 2003.
SHADOWBANE VERSION HISTORY
2007
June Content Patch
- Removed the option for Inner Council to appoint and remove Guild Recruiters; now only Guild Leadership can do so
- Fixed an issue with sworn guilds disbanding still holding an entry in their former nation's Sworn Guild listing
- Reduced the Window of Opportunity for Resource Mines to one hour
- Fixed Windows of Opportunity to compensate for the Daylight Saving Time change.
- Defender's Buildings of War have been reduced to one times the rank of the Tree of Life (ie, a Rank 5 ToL has 5 BoW slots). This does not take towers into account
- Players can now only view the Class Channel their character is attached to
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March Content Patch
- All Epic Encounters have been modified
- Reduced the weight on all Siege Weapons
- Instituted a Siege Recovery Time system
- Adjusted the upgrade and maintenance costs for structures
- Resource Mines can now only be Rank 1
- Experience Loss for death to PvE has been removed
- Creatures will no longer be inhibited by simple objects and will be able to strike back against players who attempt to him them using this "tactic".
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2006
September Content Patch
- Updated the targeting hotkey system
- Non-Player Character combatants have been reduced in power
- Adjusted the decay period for refining from 6 hours to 30 minutes, meaning every half hour one point will be removed from the cost multiplier
- New potions are now available at the Alchemists found in Safeholds
- Implemented a new Poison System that can be used by Thieves, Rogue-Based Assassins, and the Black Mask Discipline. All of these attacks must be used from Stealth with the same limitations as the Backstab power
- Introduced the Traveling Stance
- Only Guild Leadership (i.e. Guild Leader and Inner Council members) can successfully use a Bane Scroll
- The Mini-Map has been updated to only show players that are in your group, Guild, and Nation; this change does not affect NPCs.
- The /target command has been removed
- The /use command has been updated to only cast powers at the maximum trained level
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July Reactionary Patch
- Inner Council Members are now automatically allowed to manageme Buildings of War that their guild owns
- Fixed an issue where Guild Members could not leave a guild when their city had a declaration of war (Bane Stone); the Guild Leader still cannot leave the Guild nor transfer leadership, as designed
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July Content Patch
- Guilds attached to a Safehold can no longer drop a Bane Stone
- Bane Stone Hit Points have been increased to roughly half that of an equal rank Tree of Life
- Buildings of War are now solely owned by the Guild Leader
- The Global and Trade channels have been removed
- Scrolls can only be sold and recycled for zero (0) gold at Vendors
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March Content Patch
- Implemented Siege Effects
- Implemented a Kill List
- Added the Vault Keeper to Sea Dog's Rest for sharing a bank space with all characters on an account (per server)
- Added the Gambler to Sea Dog's Rest called Fate's Peddler
- Made adjustments to the Huntress Poison DoT power
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January Content Patch
- Implemented a new Passive Messaging System
- Made adjustments to the Rogue Base Class
- Made adjustments to the Bard, Crusader, Priest, Necromancer, Ranger, Scount and Sentinel Professions
- Made adjustments to the Commander and Saboteur Disciples
- Added a notification when a Guild Member logs on
- Added Holy and Unholy procs to various Vendors that create weapons
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2005
December Content Patch
- Implemented PvP Experience Gains
- Implemented the Battlefield Alliances system
- Increased Bane Stone hitpoints
- Added "Glass Weapons" to Hot Zone and Epic Mob loot
- Made adjustments to the Confessor, Fury, and Wizard Profession
- Made adjustments to the Strigoi Discipline
October Content Patch
- Implemented various client synchronization enhancements
- Removed Blood Mage Vendors from the world
- Added the Owner's name to placed Bane Circles
- Added a global command for guild invitations
- Added directional arrows (in the Local Map) for Group Members
- Implemented single-click looting
- Summon will now fail if the target is in combat mode
- Added an Import Layout configuration option
- Made modifications to the Character Creation Rune List
- Pet Commands are now reflected in Chat
- The Skill Window will now report Base Skill
- Implemented various changes with Trading
- Removed all methods of dropping items; now they will be destroyed
September Content Patch
- The hit point curve was significantly reduced for monsters over level 40
- Runemasters have a new travel option
- Implemented the Siege Windows of Opportunity
- Implemented a Guild and Nation Message of the Day system
- Mine claim news is now broadcast around the world
- Simple PvP death messages are now sent to the nation channel
- New members are now announced to the guild channel
- You must now wait an hour between changing guilds
- Guild charters are significantly more expensive
- Power mouseovers now report the amount of time remaining to recast
- The group experience and gold grant radius has been reduced
- The tracking HUD can now be resized
- Made adjustments to the Half-Giant Race
- Made adjustments to the Base Classes
- Made adjustments to the Crusader Profession
- Made adjustments Clanwarden, Huntsman, and Saboteur Disciplines
August Content Patch
- Added the Black Market to Sea Dog's Rest
- Added two global chat channels: "/global" and "/trade"
- Added class-specific chat channels
- Improved the ignore functionality
- PvP deaths are now broadcast across the world
- Added "/invite," a command to remotely add members to a group
- Players should no longer get 'stuck' after going through a runegate
- Reduced the group experience and gold grant radius
- Errants no longer appear as though they're guilded with each other on the local map
- Made adjustments to the Black Mask, Gorgoi, Werewolf, and Saboteur Disciplines
July Maintenance Patch
- Fixed the Necromancer Shrine to grant the Necromancy Skill
- Fixed an issue with the Huntsman Power "Skin the Beast" so it will dispel wereforms on the first cas
- Fixed an issue with various run buffs that were causing sync problems
- Fixed an exploit with Backstab being used with ranged weapons
- Flawed and Common magical effects have been replaced with Collector's and Unique magical effects
- Fixed an issue with Stat Refinement; players can no longer lower intelligence if they have skills that are higher than the new max would be
July Content Patch
- Added the new Hot Zone System
- Added announcements for when an attacker wins a siege
- Run is now the default movement speed
- The Death Shroud has been reduced to three minutes
- Decreased the cost to repair items
- Made adjustments to the Crusader Profession
- Made adjustments to the Giant Killer and Prospector Disciplines
Patch 5.5: A Call to Arms Maintenance Patch (June 2005)
- Item Durability Loss is now a flat rate instead of a percentage
- Fixed various memory management issues
- Made adjustments to the Barbarian and Huntress Professions
- Made adjustments to the Darksworn, Drannok, and Giant Killer Disciplines
Patch 5.0: A Call to Arms (April 2005)
- Added the new Alchemy System
- Added new Gold and Item Limitations
- Added Looking for Group and Looking for Guild flags
- Added a new Hotbar
- Refiner can now untrain Stat Points
- The Tears of Seadron have been upgraded to remove Stat Runes
- Reduced the respawn timer on Discipline Droppers
- Made adjustments to the Confessor, Crusader, Doomsayer, Fury, Nightstalker, Ranger and Warrior Professions
Patch 4.75: Maintenance Patch (February 2005)
- Fixed various server and client crashes
- Optimized the Mac client
Patch 4.6: Maintenance Patch (January 2005)
- Updated the Window of Opportunity for Entropy
- Made minor User Interface enhancements
- Implemented various Discipline balance tweaks
2004
Patch 4.5: Maintenance Patch (December 2004)
- Fixed an issue with illegal change in ownership of Mines
- Updated the Item Creation Interface
- Optimized terrain and structure loading
Patch 4.0: Throne of Oblivion (December 2004)
- Implemented the new Realm and Rulership System
- Added New Race: Vampires
- Added New Classes: Necromancer and Nightstalker
- Added New Siege-Oriented Disciplines
- Added New Island named Oblivion
- Implemented Phase 2 of Resources
Patch 3.5: Maintenance Patch (August 2004)
- Implemented the ability to redeed placed Hirelings
- Updated Adventuring Zone: Mountains of the Gaints
- New Race Power: Wildkin's Chase (Aelfborn)
- Rogue Barbarians granted Medium Armor
Patch 3.0: Secrets of Power (July 2004)
- Resource System: Phase 1
- New Disciplines: Prospector, Skydancer, Savant
Patch 2.75: Maintenance Patch (June 2004)
- Permanently increased experience gain
- Reduced the dodge ability on NPCs
- Implemented PvP Kill Messages
- Increased Level Cap on Safeholds
Patch 2.5: Maintenance Patch (April 2004)
- Epic Mob: Morcloch's Champion. Elven/Human Bloodlines.
- New Discipline: Artillerist
- Templar Love
Patch 2.0: The Rise of the Upstart Gods (March 2004)
- High level Elven Zone - Aeran Belendor.
- Epic Mob - Vrannaxxas
Patch 1.5: Maintenance Patch (February 2004)
- Epic Mob - Draug Torvald. Pet Love, Shade Love. Orc Swamp Zone.
- New Disciplines: Archmage & Thrall.
- Siege Spires and Divine Favor Introduced.
Patch 1.0: Winter is Coming (January 2004)
- Vorringia Map Launch, Restricted Races XP penalty removed.
- New Disciplines: Berserker, Valkyr, Blood Horn.
- Were, Huntsman, Scout Love, Open City restrictions.
2003
Shadowbane Version 1.1.0.11 (December 2003)
- Softcap raised to 75, Rise of Chaos, Doomsayer & Sentinel Added.
Shadowbane Version 1.0.11.4 (October 2003)
- Wizard, Huntress, Fury, Fighter Love.
Shadowbane Version 1.0.10.12 (October 2003)
- Chat Filters, Nation Channel, Amazon micro-zone.
Shadowbane Version 1.0.9.9 (August 2003)
- Irekei Architecture, desert zone, guild crests on buildings.
Shadowbane Version 1.0.8.7 (July 2003)
- performance monitor, Refiner, Irekei Love, Warlock Love, Friends List
Shadowbane Version 1.0.7.7 (June 2003)
- Ranger Medium Armor, Recorder Improvements
Shadowbane Version 1.0.5.4 (May 2003)
- Throwing Rune Powers, Construction Times
Shadowbane Version 1.0.4.1 (April 2003)
- Bard Love, Archery Rune love
Shadowbane Version 1.0.1.3 (April 2003)
Shadowbane Version 1.0.1.2 (April 2003)
Shadowbane Version 1.0.0 (March 2003)
