Happy One Year Anniversary!

- The First Annual Dryad Bloom Festival has begun! A temporary questline and items have been added to celebrate Heartwood's first year in Early Access

- Crafting experience bonus added for Magic Recipes
- Certain ranged attacks from enemies are no longer homing. Projectile speed increased to compensate
- Reduced startup time for Health Regeneration after leaving combat
- Additional materials acquired from gathering gear bonuses are now indicated by colored font
- Adjusted crafting recipe for the following items: Oppressor, Pillar of Balance, Bone Splinter, Bone Blade, Elder's Crown
- New visual effect for moving items in inventory UI
- New visual effect for representing damage taken on enemy NPC health bars
- Updated font color for Critical Strike, Modified Damage, Enemy Damage
- Bonus damage modified by abilities like Freeze or Invisible are now represented by a new font color
- Updated player HP bar layering so that they are always visible among groups of monster health bars
- Updated party experience formula to reduce penalties based on level differences between party members
- Added a cooldown for changing servers that is incurred after consecutive server changes within a duration
- Reworked attack speed (Players will notice a slight baseline improvement from the previous version)
- Added functionality for placing useable items on the ground
- Updated enemy logic to reduce "stacking" of sprites
- Updated quest UI to include accept and complete function
- Added functionality for kill tracking
- Added new functionality for NPC dialogue
- Added tags for Developer/Moderator in chat UI
- Player name/guild/title sizes have been slightly reduced
- Added new block SFX for when damage is fully mitigated by shield block
- Added new running SFX for mounts
- Added new mount summon SFX for Stonejaw and Turtle mounts
- Added new SFX for Stonejaw/Turtle enemies
- Updated SFX for Freeze spell cast
- Updated SFX for player death
- Converted numerous SFX from stereo to mono for better spatial positioning
- Fixed a bug with boss aggro that was causing summoned enemies to only attack the summoner
- Fixed a bug that would cause enemies to hold aggro even when changing rooms
- Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause monsters to chase invisible players
- Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause recently tagged monsters to reset to their starting position, then become aggressive again
- Fixed a bug that caused enemy health bars to show as grey/tagged for party members
- Fixed a bug that would prevent the lowest level party member from receiving experience for enemies that are 4 & 5 levels lower than them
- Fixed a bug that would cause monster experience to be based on the level of the party member who delivered the killing blow
- Fixed an issue with the scrollbar on crafting UIs
- Fixed an issue that required a restart of the game after disconnecting from inactivity
- Fixed an issue that was causing falling leaf animations from trees to show on the wrong sprite layer
- Fixed an issue that was causing rock breaking effects from ore nodes to show on the wrong sprite layer
- Fixed visual bugs with Ancient Fox mount
- Updated positioning of player sprite on Fox mounts

**v0.4.7**

Fishing and Cooking have been added as two *new* skills!

Alongside these new skills, we have some exciting additions:
- Fishing Leaderboard
- New crafted gear
- New monster drops
- New gear with crafting bonuses
- New gear with ability perks
- New NPCs
- New Quests
- New gathering nodes
- New crafting station for Cooking
- New legacy marks
- New rare spawn
- Nearly 100 new items
- 11 new mounts
- Visual update in Oakwood, near the Keevah NPC
- New tool slots for fishing poles and fish baits
- New item type, 'Offerings'
- New system to pair with fishing and cooking, 'Shrines'
- Overseer and Canis no longer spawn on a timer
- Drop rates across the game have been adjusted slightly
- Due to the new system for summoning bosses, the drop rates for Overseer and Canis drop have also been tweaked. The amount of time it takes to summon a boss and obtain a rare drop should correlate with previous drop rates when the boss could respawn every 60 seconds
- Weapon Damage and Shield Block are now affected by item rarity
- Level modifiers corrected on some gear
- Claiming or tagging a monster now makes it so all other players see a grey health bar
- Fishing Poles have been added to Carpentry
- Crafting times reduced for certain items
- Quests now have level requirements. UI has been updated to reflect these changes
- Some quest rewards changed to match new requirements
- Quest experience has been significantly increased
- Rare spawn kill experience has been significantly increased
- Monster kill experience has been increased for all enemies, starting at Boars (~level 12)
- Bank and Inventory UI have received minor visual updates
- Skeletal Mages and Archers have had their health slightly reduced
- Smaller monsters have been removed from Miner's Hollow and Feasting Den
- Changed gathering animation for herbalism to kneel from swing. SFX updated to match
- New hover text has been added to player UI for displaying attribute names
- New UI icons have been introduced for new crafting skills and items
- Click and hold functionality added for talent page, shops, crafting
- Added /reply and /r as chat functions
- Added /w as a shortform command for /whisper
- Fixed an issue that would cause players to get stuck in ore nodes
- Changed 'Drop' option to 'Discard'
- Added 'Sell All' functionality for selling to merchant NPCs
- Added confirmation popup for blocking players
- Player speech bubbles have been updated to have a darker background
- Updated gold and gem formatting. Ex., 1,000,000
- Misc fixes to gear spritesheets and animations
- Various bug fixes
- 'Loadouts' are now available from the in-game shop. These will allow your character to save preset gear loadouts and swap to them at any time from the inventory
- New login methods have been added for PC
- PC players can login with Steam, AppleID or a Google account
- Experience numbers are now viewable on player HUD
- Right click functionality added for selling items to NPCs
- Right click functionality added for equipping and unequipping items
- Right click functionality added for adding items to trade window


Class Changes:

Rogue
- Rogues no longer lose Invisible state when casting Self Heal or Evasion
- Rogues no longer lose Invisible state unless an ability hits a target
- Bonus damage from Invisible has been reduced from 150% to 100%
- Thousand Knives Attack Power modifier has been significantly increased to compensate for Invisible changes
- Increased hitbox of Thousand Knives to better match the graphic
- Fixed a bug with Shuriken Storm that would cause the SFX to play on your next swing

Mage
- Mage Freeze Magic Power modifier has been reduced

Warrior
- Fixed a bug with Bola Throw that would cause the SFX to play on your next swing
- Fixed a bug with Ground Slam that would cause it to target cursor location

All
- Self Heal ability is now available at level 1

**v0.4.6**


Patch 0.4.6 is introducing some exciting new mechanics that we felt could use some more explanation so players may better understand our goals with the update. To help with this, we've broken up the patch notes into a few sections.

**PvP**

- PvP has been enabled at the Bawlow Arena!
- A 'Duel' option has been added to the player inspect UI

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**New Abilities**

Next up we have some new Abilities. Each spell is class specific, and will replace the base 'Self Heal' at level 10. All healing effects and buffs from these spells will be improved with player levels in an effort to keep soloing more viable throughout the leveling experience

- Stone Skin (Warrior)
- Heals you and grants an Armor bonus that lasts for 5 seconds
- Evasion (Rogue)
- Heals you and grants a Dodge bonus that lasts for 5 seconds
- Barrier (Mage & Priest)
- Heals you and grants a protective Barrier that prevents a set amount of damaged based on your level. Barrier will fade after 10 seconds even if it has not been depleted.

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**Shields**

Outside of the Overseer's Gaze, shields are often overlooked in favor of more damage. While shields do help with survivability, we wanted players to see a more noticeable increase in defensive capabilities when opting out of damage. This update marks the start of some changes that we will be introducing to shields that should make them a more viable option for players who want to feel more durable.

- Block Chance and Block Value have been introduced for ALL shields in the game
- 'Block Chance' determines the likelihood that an incoming attack will be blocked
- 'Block Value' determines how much incoming damage is reduced by when an attack is blocked
- Bonus Armor from certain shields has been converted to 'Block Value'

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**Stat Adjustments**

Lastly, we have some sweeping changes to the amount of stats that players gain from gear and leveling. The goal here is to introduce fast paced PvP without having to increase player damage drastically. We also wanted the current feeling of PvE to remain the way it is now. To achieve this goal, we're reducing player health gains across the board and lowering monster damage to match them. Additionally, all classes have had some stats removed from their level gains and have been given Health Regeneration in return. This is an early step towards our upcoming talent overhaul, and is also a way to reduce downtime in PvE for classes with fewer healing options.

- All Health gains have been reduced to ~1/3 of their original value. This includes Health gained per level and Health gained from all types of gear.
- To compensate for this change, all enemy damage has been reduced to 1/3 of their original values. This includes basic attacks and abilities from all monsters and bosses.
- Dodge, Armor, Cooldown Reduction, and Focus are no longer gained from level up. These attributes can still be improved through gear and the current talent system.
- All classes gain the following stats when reaching a new level:
- Health
- AP/MP based on class
- Health Regen
- Self Heal amount has been reduced to match new Health values
- Due to the sweeping changes to player stats, all talent points have been refunded for free

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**Class Specific Changes**

Priest:
- Holy Nova healing reduced to match new Health values
- Purify healing reduced to match new Health values
- Purify healing reduced by 50% unless cast on allies

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**Misc Changes**

- 'Level Up' event is now viewable by all players
- A new mount has been added to celebrate the bloodshed in Bawlow Arena
- Added a channel time for 'Teleport' that can be interrupted by damage or input from the caster
- Dispel animation now properly plays over targeted affected when removing negative or positive effects

**v0.4.4**

- Winterforge has come to Heartwood!
- Added new NPCs for Winterforge holiday event
- Players can now destroy items in their inventory
- Updated stack splitting option to allow numeric entries
- Updates bulk deed creation to allow numeric entries
- Fixed an issue that prevented iOS users from interacting with the Bone Mines crystal
- Fixed an issue that caused all classes in player inspect UI to show as 'Warrior'

• New system: Deeds!
  
• Deeds are used to create larger stacks of items that can be traded between players. Deeds are created and redeemed in the bank.
  
• Players can no longer drop items on the ground. (Don't worry, enemies still drop items)
  
• New player menu accessible in chat UI:
  
• Clicking a player name in the chat window will now open a UI window with social options. Certain features (trade, party) are limited to server or player range
  
• Updated Trade UI:
  
• Trade UI now indicates more clearly when items and gold have been removed or updated in the trade window. Additionally, a short countdown has been added before trades can be accepted
  
• Updated trade request popup to show a timer
  
• Trade requests will now disappear if either party declines
  
• Updated Player Inspect UI to show player level and class
  
• Fixed an issue with muting that allowed players to relog so they could become unmuted
  
• Added a command in Bank UI to 'Move All'
  
• Added a new button on the player inspect UI for blocking players
  
• Added a new login animation to better indicate startup
  
• Added location to character select screen. Players will now see what region their characters are in from character select
  
• Several updates to player logging systems
  
• Several improvements to backend functionality in preparation for new content features and growing playerbase
  
• Fixed graphical issues with several hats
  
• Fixed graphical issues with several mounts
  
• Fixed a graphical issue with hair #10
  
• Added new Patron rewards for December
  
• New requirement for trading:
  
• Due to Heartwood Online being a free to play game, we've had an increased volume of low level accounts who abused game features to scam and conduct other illegal activity. In response, we've set a small level requirement of 15 character level or 15 crafting level to unlock trade. This small time investment should help slow down the use of throw away accounts that were used for exploits or other crimes.

We'd also like to introduce some new discord and game mods to the team! Thanks for all their amazing help so far.

Discord mods:

• CapnYeti
  
• Koi
  
• Maro
  
• Odin
  

Promotion to in game mods:

• Aput
  
• One

**v0.4.1**

- Added the Pumpkin Festival!
- Pumpkin bags now drop from all enemies
- Pumpkin gear
- Event mount
- Event dye


- Players can now progress to higher tier trees with woodcutting
- Trees only drop their specific type of logs now
- Axes renamed to match the metal blade instead of the wooden hilt
- Wood can now be crafted into coal at blacksmith anvils
- Crafting levels for various pieces of gear were adjusted to homogenize all skills. Carpentry, Smithing, Leatherworking, Tailoring are now a little more uniform when crafting base materials and gear
- Attacks from enemies no longer affect players outside of party/target
- Enemy ranged attacks updated: Basic attacks from ranged enemies can no longer be avoided from player movement. Telegraphed and special attacks will still be avoidable
- Mage Freeze duration reduced to 3 seconds
- Reduced damage modifier for Priest's Purify spell
- Slightly reduced healing modifier for Priest's Purify spell
- Increased healing from Self Heal (all classes) to scale better with levels
- Fixed visual issues with some mounts and hats
- Fixed an issue that caused a stutter after mage Lightning Storm was cast
- Fixed an issue where combining Lumin Shards or Tattered pages would sometimes result in losing items
- Fixed an issue that where casting stuns on certain NPCs would result in a client crash
- Fixed an issue with rare spawn Blight's attack range
- Fixed an issue that caused invisible players to be seen when they shouldn't
- Fixed an issue that caused players to get stuck when going through doors
- Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause abilities to not deal damage
- Corrected level requirement check on gear
- Cooldown reduction from gear is now properly reducing ability cooldowns
- Overseer and Canis can no longer be stunned
- Reduced health and damage for Boars and Warthogs to make their difficulty feel closer to Stags
- Reduced health, damage, and armor for Skeletal Miners and Prospector
- Reduced armor on Skeletal Mages
- Reduced armor on Rams to keep in line with newly modified Prospectors
- Added systems for events: Login messages, start, end
- Added November Patreon rewards
- Updated UI to better show rewards
- Various fixes that resulted in crashes and errors

**v0.4.0**

- New region: Bone Mines
- New region: Sheep Fields
- In-game leaderboards
- 4 new class abilities
- New enemies
- Two new bosses
- New armors
- New weapons
- New mounts
- New legacy marks
- New crafting recipes
- New ore nodes and tree types
- New quest lines for the Bone Mines
- New merchant and quest NPCs
- New dye
- Doubled stack size for bank slots
- Added purchaseable bank tabs
- A new group of forest critters have found homes in woodcutting trees!
- Added an 'Abilities' UI to the dashboard. Ability descriptions and cooldowns can be viewed here. Values are updated depending on gear/stats/level
- Crafting UI and recipes now show skill level requirements
- Updated controls for mobile
- New control options for mobile: Includes custom button positioning, resizing, aim assist indicators
- Added an option for mobile to allow original controls style
- Added new hotkeys for looting and swinging on PC
- Added mount sound effects for specific mount types
- Updated Freeze ability: Deals damage and freezes the first enemy hit. Frozen targets take bonus damage and are freed after one hit
- Updated animation speed for Thousand Knives
- Added sound effects for multiple spells
- Added ambience and looping music for starter zone
- Added options to set favorite server and favorite character
- Added party roll for dropped mounts
- Added world announcement for rare mount drops
- Taking damage now interrupts mount and spell channeling
- Fixed an issue that caused party HUD to not show correct values
- Fixed an issue with party need/greed rolls
- Fixed an issue that caused spell graphics to rotate incorrectly
- Fixed an issue that caused fragile recipes to have infinite uses
- Fixed an issue that would cause mobs to bug when dropping aggro
- Fixed an issue where mounts acquired through drops would be lost
- Fixed an issue where equipment details UI would stay open after inspecting another player
- Fixed an issue with player instances that could cause a memory leak
- Various improvements to crafting UI
- Various guild fixes
- Renamed 'NPC' (grieving father) to Tyman
- Misc bug fixes

• - Improved performance for full map overview
  
• - Added the ability to toggle helms on player UI
  
• - Updated player inspection to show player gear
  
• - Updated player inspection to view stats on player gear
  
• - Item stats are now visible on quest UI
  
• - Improved damage reduction from armor
  
• - Lowered the cooldown of Thousand Knives
  
• - Increased damage for Shuriken Storm
  
• - Increased damage for Freeze
  
• - Increased damage for Hellfire
  
• - Increased detonation radius of Purify
  
• - Increased attack ranges on enemies
  
• - Reduced number of Soft Hides required for Fur Trapper quest
  
• - Drop rates improved for several enemies
  
• - Gems now display properly in inventory
  
• - Reduced the cost of talent point reset to from 1000g to 500g
  
• - Need/Greed roll is now activated for Uncommon items
  
• - Added the option to display player names in settings UI
  
• - Added the option to decline all invites in settings UI
  
• - Added new chat commands for /invite, /kick, /ginvite, /gkick
  
• - Adjusted recipes in preparation for the Bone Mines
  
• - Added a new crafting item: Bone Dust
  
• - New mount: Ancient Hare
  
• - New hat: Ancient Hare Mask
  
• - Updated visuals on several hats
  
• - Fixed a bug that would cause players to login and see a naked player with no NPCs
  
• - Fixed a bug that would cause weapons to display the wrong graphics
  
• - Fixed a bug that would cause shields to display incorrectly while gathering
  
• - Fixed a bug that would cause players arms to detach during certain actions
  
• - Fixed a bug that would cause Purify to not cast at all if cast too quickly
  
• - Fixed an issue that would cause some items to not show on the ground when dropped
  
• - Fixed a visual issue with mount dust animation
  
• - Fixed a bug where party members could get experience when dead
  
• - Fixed an issue where some temporary objects would not get destroyed, leading to a memory leak
  
• - Updated the login screen to check version and prompt for new version download
  
• - Updated profanity filter

Some of these changes have been implemented live. This list serves as an overall update from the previous patch notes