What changed in Lootbags

Creature Stability

• Creatures now maintain their positions more reliably across dungeon floors and during movement, reducing unexpected teleports and snaps.
• Improved handling of creature visibility at the edges of the player's view to prevent creatures from appearing to teleport.
• Enhanced creature correction mechanics to ensure smoother transitions and prevent abrupt movements.
• Fixed issues with creatures being incorrectly positioned or disappearing during gameplay.

Audio Enhancements

• Added new ambient sounds and creature audio to enhance the immersive experience.
• Improved routing of combat audio to ensure that sounds match the actions taking place.

Mobile Improvements

• Enhanced touch controls for mobile users, making chat, loot actions, and outfit management more responsive and easier to use.
• Adjusted mobile interfaces to ensure they are appropriately sized for touch interactions.

Fixes

• Addressed various issues with item state preservation, ensuring that items retain their state across different interactions and storage surfaces.
• Resolved problems with creature and item interactions within different partitions of the game world, ensuring consistent behavior.
• Improved the handling of conditions and effects such as mana shields and elemental protections during combat.

Expeditions

• Dungeon HUD: The dungeon status plate now only shows essential information during play, allowing for a more focused view. Optional details can be expanded with a single click.
• Huntmaster Contracts: All hunt contracts are now completable, with Ossuary bounties replaced by new targets like Tarantulas and Elder Bonelords.
• New Monster - Assassin: The Ossuary now features the Assassin, a challenging encounter with unique abilities and loot, including the Silent Knives contract.

Monsters

• Monster Improvements: Monsters now utilize combat stats and defenses, providing a more authentic and challenging experience.
• Monster Abilities: Monsters can now use invisibility, life/mana drains, and elemental attacks, adding depth to combat encounters.
• Monster Loot: Various items, such as the Dwarven Ring and Helmet of the Deep, are now available, offering new strategic options.

Items and Equipment

• New Items: A variety of items have been integrated, including Ice Wave for Druids and defensive gear like the Dwarven Shield.
• Elemental Protection: Equipment now offers elemental protection, making loadout decisions more strategic.
• Timed Equipment: Items like the Stealth Ring and Power Ring now have timed effects, adding tactical depth to their use.

User Interface

• Market Enhancements: The market now shows the selected stack in order previews, improving clarity during transactions.
• HUD Adjustments: The HUD has been optimized for performance, with reduced density and better alignment for a smoother experience.
• Password Recovery: A new "Forgot your password?" link on the login screen allows for easy password recovery using your invite code.

Fixes

• Minimap Refresh: The minimap now updates correctly when new map chunks are streamed, ensuring accurate navigation.
• Combat Display: The combat HUD now accurately reflects the selected creature's attack cadence, improving combat clarity.

Performance

• Optimizations: Various performance improvements have been made to ensure smoother gameplay, including better handling of render caches and HUD animations.

Password Recovery

• A new Forgot your password? link is now available on the login screen. Use your invite code to set a new password, ensuring secure account recovery without email.

Dungeon HUD Enhancements

• The dungeon status plate now shows only essential information during play, with optional details accessible via a single control.

Item Handling

• Equipped spears now correctly preserve their stack counts, ensuring consistent gameplay.

Animation Improvements

• HUD item animations now follow the correct cadence, providing smoother visual feedback during gameplay.

New Weapons and Items

• Diamond Arrow and Stacked Spears can now be equipped and used in combat.
• Helmet of the Deep provides protection against drowning while equipped.
• Dwarven Ring offers protection against drunkenness from enemy attacks.

Monsters and Hunts

• Assassin has been added to the Ossuary, featuring throwing-star attacks, poison conditions, and invisibility.
• Huntmaster contracts now resolve correctly, ensuring all contracts are completable.

Account Management

• You can now recover a lost password using your invite code directly from the login screen.

Combat and Skills

• Fixed issues with distance weapon actions and skill training.
• Integrated ammunition stacks and distance damage for a more seamless combat experience.

Visual and Performance Improvements

• Reduced flickering of light and creature sprites.
• Improved dungeon lighting to stay consistent with camera movement.

Fixes

• Resolved issues with spears and other distance weapons not equipping correctly.
• Addressed various minor bugs to improve overall game stability.

New Hunts

• Dragon Lord, Hydra, Frost Dragon, Hero, Black Knight, Sea Serpent, Dwarf Geomancer, and Assassin hunts are now available. Complete these contracts for rewards.

Dungeon Enhancements

• The dungeon status HUD has been streamlined. It now shows only essential information during play, with an option to expand for more details.
• Hunt contracts now resolve against live dungeon spawns, ensuring all targets are available.

Combat and Spells

Offensive Spells

• Lightning, Energy Beam, Hells Core, Divine Missile, Great Beam, Fire Wave, Ultimate Energy Strike, Fierce Berserk, Strong Ice Wave, Strong Ethereal Spear, Terra Spells, Strong Strike Spells, Annihilation Weapon Missiles, Elemental Ultimate Strikes.

Support Spells

• Nature's Embrace, Train Party, Enchant Party, Protector, Charge Haste, Swift Foot, Sharpshooter Stance, Blood Rage Stance.

Condition Spells

• Viper Star, Poison Arrow, Burst Arrow, Holy Flash, Electrify, Curse, Condition Cure Spells, Burning and Bleeding Cures.

Utility Spells

• Light and Invisibility spells are now castable, and Summon Creature brings a companion into the fight.

Party

• Invite players to a party, and decline an invite you do not want.
• A party leader can hand leadership to another member.
• Shared experience can be toggled for the party.
• Party support spells reach everyone in range: Nature's Embrace heals the party and Train Party and Enchant Party buff it.

Runes and Trading

• Offensive runes can now be used against other players inside a Dungeon.
• Players can trade directly with each other during an expedition.

User Interface

• The mobile fight mode controls have been compacted for better usability.

Fixes

• Torchlight and creature sprites no longer flicker as you move.
• Long dungeon runs no longer stutter the deeper you go.

Huntmaster and Contracts

• Huntmaster Kessel now offers hunt contracts at the Muster. Meet him to accept new challenges and earn rewards.
• Expanded Hunt Contracts: New contracts for Vampire, Necromancer, Warlock, and Demon hunts are available, offering fresh challenges.

Spells and Equipment

New Spells

• Ice Wave: Druids can now cast the Ice Wave spell, adding a powerful tool to their arsenal.

New Equipment

• Helmet of the Deep: Provides protection against drowning.
• Dwarven Ring: Offers resistance to drunkenness.

Restored Equipment

• Dragon Slayer, Demonrage Sword, and Spellbook of Lost Souls are now available as loot.
• Crocodile Boots, Lightning Legs, Spirit Cloak, and Ancient Shield have been restored to the loot pool.

Combat Enhancements

• Elemental and Condition Counterplay: Equip items like the Dwarven Ring and Terra Boots to counteract specific conditions and elemental attacks.
• Life and Mana Leech: Utilize items with leech properties to sustain yourself during battles.
• Critical Hits and Weapon Disciplines: New critical hit mechanics and weapon disciplines add depth to combat strategies.

Parties

• Assemble a party from the Hub directory before an expedition, and bring a full roster into a run.
• Party members follow you, show on the expedition minimap, and can drop map pings for the group.
• Experience is shared across the party, with eligibility shown so nobody is left guessing.
• Party healing spells keep the group alive through a run.

Runes

• Entry runes, the Disintegrate rune, and the summon and charm runes are all castable.

Bosses

• Deeper boss bounties are on offer, and bosses now pay out trophies and their own weapon drops.

The Market

• A physical market counter is open, and you can review your own trade history.

Mounts

• Mounts earned through the Legacy can now be ridden in the living world, with mount controls reachable outside the record panel.

Interface and HUD

• HUD Improvements: The HUD is now streamlined for better visibility, especially on mobile devices.
• Minimap Enhancements: The minimap accurately displays dungeon geometry, ensuring you never lose your way.

Fixes

• Combat and Targeting: Resolved issues with combat cadence and targeting for smoother gameplay.

Combat and Spells

• New Spells and Effects: A comprehensive spellbook is now available, including Ethereal Spear, Groundshaker, Berserk, and more. Spells now feature accurate area effects and visuals.
• Wands and Rods: Mages can now wield wands and rods, with ten options available, each offering unique abilities.
• Fight Modes: Choose between attack, balanced, and defense modes to tailor your combat strategy.
• Conditions: Experience new conditions like poison, fire, and energy damage over time.

Dungeons

• Lighting and Ambiance: Dungeons are now lit by torches, creating a more immersive experience. Torches can be toggled on or off.
• Monsters: Encounter new creatures such as the Dragon Lord, Giant Spider, and Undead Gladiator. Monsters now have unique attack patterns and resistances.
• Dungeon Supplies: Find supplies strategically placed throughout dungeons to aid in your journey.

Marketplace

• The Market: A new player-to-player order book allows for buying and selling items asynchronously. List items, set prices, and trade with others even when offline.
• Quartermaster Bruna runs the supply counter at the Muster, selling the basics and restocking spears.

Houses

• Every character now owns a house. The garden is public, the door is not.
• Invite guests, revoke access, and prop the door open when you want company.
• Anything you drop inside stays there. Dropping an item in your house is how you decorate it.

The Legacy

• Seasons arrive: characters reset when a chapter closes, and your account keeps what it earned.
• Earn outfits, addons, and titles that survive the wipe, and carry a record of every chapter you played.

Your Character

• Issued Kit: Every character starts with a basic set of equipment, ensuring you're always ready for adventure.
• Carry Capacity: Manage your inventory with the new weight and slot limits, adding a strategic layer to loot management.

Fixes

• Visual and Performance Enhancements: Improved visuals for spells and projectiles, and optimized remote movement interpolation for smoother gameplay.