1.119 Pendragon Notes

Highlights

• Explore the new RvR zone of Ellan Vannin!
• Join forces with King Uther, Ymir, or Queen Cliodna to conquer Ellan Vannin’s underground keep: Knoc Meayll!
• Marvel at the new terrain textures throughout the frontiers and several other zones!
• Adventure through the newly revamped dungeons of Catacombs of Cardova, Varulvhamn, and Treibh Caillte!
• Earn new randomly-generated item rewards from the Doppelgangers around the frontiers!
• The RvR Supply Lines and the Realmwar map notifications make their return!
• Renvek’s crafting hats have been improved!

• The battle-lines have been re-drawn and the war over Agramon has been abandoned. Ellan Vannin now commands the attention of the realms!

Layout

• Ellan Vannin has a similar outline to the old Agramon zone but is a bit larger with a completely different interior layout and textures:
  • A new keep, Knoc Meayll, has been added to the center of the zone and is located underground.
    • There are two tunnel entrances on the east and west side of the hill in the center of the zone. These tunnels lead into the underground area and are always open.
    • 3 new towers have been added around the keep that control whether or not realms can teleport to it using portal stones.
  • A large plateau with 3 lookout towers and ancient ruins exists in the center of the zone, above the underground keep.
  • A valley and thoroughfare surrounds this plateau in the central area of the island.
  • These areas also each have one ‘ruined town’ and at least one other set of buildings, ruins, or features that are all tucked into the far, outer edges of the ‘outskirt’ areas.
  • The new docks have had several structures added to them to make them more dynamic locales for conflict.
  • A narrow, two-way path exists for traversing around each of these milegates.
  • Three ‘outskirt’ areas surround the central plateau and valley. These areas are largely open, flat terrain with minimal obstructions.
  • Ellan Vannin has 2 capturable dock locations, one on the east and one on the west side of the island. There is no longer a capturable dock on the south side.
  • There is one milegate per realm on Ellan Vannin.
  • The ruined Korazh, Deifrang, and Graoch towers have been moved next to each realm’s single milegate.
  • A new one-way teleport location has been added to the top of the hills behind each milegate. The terrain at the top of the hill behaves similarly to Darkness Falls’ staircase entrances where once a player has ventured down, they cannot go back up. The top of the hill can only be accessed via teleport but the path leading from the hill can be traversed normally.
  • The entire zone has received a highly-polished texturing pass.

Underground Keep

• The underground keep, Knoc Meayll, has a unique keep encounter that doubles as the Otherworlds Campaign Chapter 10 encounter.
  • Knoc Meayll begins in a neutral state.
    • When in this neutral state, the Otherworlds Campaign Chapter 10 encounter will be active.
  • Once captured by a realm, a 90 minute timer starts that once finished, will reset the keep to a neutral state.
  • If the keep is captured by another realm before the 90 minute timer is up, the 90 minute timer starts again.
    • This timer amount is just to start with, it will almost certainly be adjusted based on feedback.
  • Once captured by a realm, Knoc Meayll will behave similarly to all other keeps, aside from the aforementioned reset timer.
• The three new towers that control port to Knoc Meayll are owned by the following realms by default:
  • Toor Sumark (East tower): Albion
  • Toor Broogh (West tower): Midgard
  • Toor Braid (South tower): Hibernia
• Realms that capture Knoc Meayll and all of its towers will be able to open up teleport to enemy realm center keeps (Caer Boldiam, Glenlock Faste, and Dun nGed) if they are captured along with all of their towers.
• Four siege tent hookpoints, two outside the main gate, and two in the courtyard have been placed around Knoc Meayll.
  • NPC guards and siege weapons will not be available for purchase via hookpoints at Knoc Meayll.

General Changes

• A new one-way port has been added at the top of the hill behind each milegate.
  • This one-way port can be accessed via the portal ceremony in the relic towns of Forest Sauvage, Cruachan Gorge, and Uppland.
  • The portal ceremony will occur more frequently the less ruined towers (Korazh, Deifrang, and Graoch towers) your realm controls, as follows:
    • Every 5 minutes if your realm owns all three ruined towers.
    • Every 3 minutes if your realm owns only two of the ruined towers.
    • Every 90 seconds if your realm owns only one ruined tower.
    • Every 30 seconds if your realm owns zero ruined towers.
  • Additionally, this ceremony can be prevented or ‘cut’ by capturing one of the following keeps (not towers) in each realm:
  • Albion: Caer Renaris or Caer Hurbury
  • Midgard: Fensalir Faste or Arvakr Faste
  • Hibernia: Dun Ailinne or Dun Scathaig
• The new capture-able dock locations start as neutral owned on server startup but currently never reset back to neutral once they’ve been captured once.
• Boats used from the captured Ellan Vannin dock locations have the following benefits:
  • Boats going to the normal Alb/Mid/Hib Coast destinations from these docks can now hold up to 32 players instead of the usual 16 from the other dock locations.
  • A new destination is available at these docks that takes players to an enemy realms’ center keep island.
    • These boats only carry up to 4 players at once.
• New quests have been added to the Ellan Vannin dockmasters for players that have completed the Otherworlds Chapter 10 encounter that reward players with realm points for killing enemy realm players inside Knoc Meayll.
• This quest is in addition to the dockmasters’ normal quest that asks players to kill enemy realm players on Ellan Vannin as a whole.
• Doppleganger locations have been moved to the new ruined towns and features in the outskirt areas of Ellan Vannin.
• Familiar, charmable mobs from the old Agramon zone can be found on Ellan Vannin as well.
• (Gaheris-only) All mobs and existing encounters on the old Agramon zone have been moved to new homes on Ellan Vannin.
• Otherworldly Essences and Otherworldly Ores have been placed throughout Ellan Vannin in the ‘ruined towns’ and other buildings found in the ‘outskirt areas’ of the zone.

 General RvR Changes

• Doppelgangers now have a chance to drop a Magic Orb shard.
  • The Magic Orb shards can be combined into a Magic Orb which, when used, will create a Random-Object-Generated (ROG) accessory.
  • Magic Orb shards have replaced the Horse armors and saddles on the Doppelganger loot tables.
• Doppelganger locations have been changed as follows:
  • Ellan Vannin:
    • 2 Doppelgangers can be up out of 10 potential locations.
    • These locations have been congregated and condensed around the new ruined towns and bulidings in the outskirt areas of the zone.
    • The spawn timers have been sped up slightly as well.
  • Hadrian’s Wall, Emain Macha, Odin’s Gate:
    • 1 Doppelganger can be up out of 6 potential locations.
    • These locations have been congregated and condensed around the Ruined Keeps and its towers and the northern (Hadrian’s Wall/Emain Macha) or western (Odin’s Gate) portion of the zones.
    • The spawn timers have been sped up as well.
  • Pennine Mountains, Breifine, Jamtland Mountains:
    • 1 Doppelganger can be up out of 7 potential locations.
    • These locations have been congregated and condensed around the maze areas.
    • The spawn timers have been sped up slightly as well.

Cathal Valley

• Cathal Valley’s milegate postern doors have had their condition reduced significantly.

Chapter 10 of the Otherworlds Campaign has arrived and with it a new zone, underground keep, and epic encounter!
 
Check out walkthroughs for the Prologue and Chapters 1-9 as well as the new Chapter 10 notes by clicking the Campaign Calendar image above.

• After completing Chapter 9, visit the following NPCs to continue on to Chapter 10:
  • Albion: King Constantine in Camelot’s Throne Room
  • Midgard: King Eirik in Jordheim’s Throne Room
  • Hibernia: King Lamfhota in Tir na Nog’s Throne Room
• Aid your realm’s Otherworlds ruler and conquer the new underground keep, Knoc Meayll!
  • Uther, Ymir, and Cliodna all had the same idea to control Ellan Vannin for their realm and they now vie in a constant struggle inside Knoc Meayll itself!
    • Defeat the other two Otherworlds Rulers yourself to conquer Knoc Meayll for your realm!
    • (Not yet on Pendragon) Get access to more Otherworldly Essence and Otherworldly Ore when your realm owns the keep!
  • (Not yet on Pendragon) A new Otherworldly Helm is yours if you can manage to conquer Knoc Meayll!
• (Not yet on Pendragon) The Otherworlds encounters from the Prologue through Chapter 9 have had their difficulties further reduced.

For those that are not yet ready to start Chapter 9, follow these steps to catch up:

• To begin the Prologue visit the following NPCs once you’ve reached level 50:
  • Albion: Chamberlain Harlen in the Throne Room
  • Midgard: Athr Hasetti Theyr in the Throne Room
  • Hibernia: Seneschal Desmond in the Throne Room

• For those that have already completed the Prologue and are ready to begin Chapter 1, visit the following NPCs to continue:
  • Albion: Lieutenant Haley in Lyonesse
  • Midgard: Arin Snowtouch in Vanern Swamp
  • Hibernia: Nara Manastrong in Bog of Cullen

• For those that have already completed Chapter 1 and are ready to begin Chapter 2, visit the following NPCs to continue:
  • Albion: Master Burray in the Otherworlds' Lyonesse, Chapter 1 area
  • Midgard: Master Hamis in the Otherworlds' Vanern Swamp, Chapter 1 area
  • Hibernia: Master Zedde in the Otherworlds' Bog of Cullen, Chapter 1 area

• After completing Chapter 2, visit the following NPCs to continue on to Chapter 3:
  • Albion: Master Raystan in the Otherworlds' Lyonesse, Chapter 2 area
  • Midgard: Master Rarold in the Otherworlds' Vanern Swamp, Chapter 2 area
  • Hibernia: Master Moore in the Otherworlds' Bog of Cullen, Chapter 2 area

• After completing Chapter 3, visit the following NPCs to continue on to Chapter 4:
  • Albion: Master Mills in the Otherworlds' Lyonesse, Chapter 3 area
  • Midgard: Master Engler in the Otherworlds' Vanern Swamp, Chapter 3 area
  • Hibernia: Master Ernston in the Otherworlds' Bog of Cullen, Chapter 3 area

• After completing Chapter 4, visit the following NPCs to continue on to Chapter 5:
  • Albion: Master Allen in the Otherworlds' Black Mountains South, Chapter 4 area
  • Midgard: Master Tiorvi in the Otherworlds' Gotar, Chapter 4 area
  • Hibernia: Master Iacobus in the Otherworlds' Silvermine Mountains, Chapter 4 area

• After completing Chapter 5, visit the following NPCs to continue on to Chapter 6:
  • Albion: Master Locke in the Otherworlds' Black Mountains South, Chapter 5 area
  • Midgard: Master Torgo in the Otherworlds' Gotar, Chapter 5 area
  • Hibernia: Master Valentine in the Otherworlds' Silvermine Mountains, Chapter 5 area

• After completing Chapter 6, visit the following NPCs to continue on to Chapter 7:
  • Albion: Master Sandy in the Otherworlds' Black Mountains South, Chapter 6 area
  • Midgard: Master Cindy in the Otherworlds' Gotar, Chapter 6 area
  • Hibernia: Master Mindy in the Otherworlds' Silvermine Mountains, Chapter 6 area

• After completing Chapter 7, visit the following NPCs to continue on to Chapter 8:
  • Albion: Lieutenant Haley in the Otherworlds' Camelot Hills, Chapter 7 area
  • Midgard: Arin Snowtouch in the Otherworlds' Mularn , Chapter 7 area
  • Hibernia: Nara Manastrong in the Otherworlds' Lough Derg, Chapter 7 area

• After completing Chapter 8, visit the following NPCs to continue on to Chapter 9:
  • Albion: Lieutenant Haley in the Otherworlds' Camelot Hills, Chapter 8 area
  • Midgard: Arin Snowtouch in the Otherworlds' Mularn , Chapter 8 area
  • Hibernia: Nara Manastrong in the Otherworlds' Lough Derg, Chapter 8 area 

 

Dungeons

• Powerful surges of magic have once again been detected in several dungeons across the realms. Sages report that the dungeons most recently affected are Catacombs of Cardova in Albion, Varulvhamn in Midgard, and Treibh Caillte in Hibernia. These surges of magic appeared more powerful than the first round, and adventurers are once again requested to investigate.
  • The monster levels in Catacombs of Cardova, Varulvhamn, and Treibh Caillte have been adjusted. Players from levels 35 to 42 should find these locations to be good hunting grounds, offering increased experience and coin.
  • The loot in Catacombs of Cardova, Varulvhamn, and Treibh Caillte has been updated. Players adventuring in this area may find basic armor of all kinds off of most of the dungeon enemies. Additionally, the named enemies in these dungeons now have a chance to drop new, improved items.
  • Several quests have been added to the different towns throughout the world directing players to these dungeons, where they can pick up several quests for each dungeon. These will have players investigating these dungeons, learning more about the enemies within and attempting to stop whatever evil plans they are hatching.

Terrain-Texture changes

• The following zones have received a new texture pass:
  • Frontiers
    • Ellan Vannin
      • Also received extensive terrain and layout changes (listed above)
    • Hadrian’s Wall
    • Pennine Mountains
    • Odin’s Gate
      • Also received minor terrain edits around the mountain passes between Nottmoor and Bledmeer Fastes.
    • Jamtland Mountains
    • Emain Macha
    • Breifine
    • Irish Sea
  • Classic Zones
    • Camelot Hills
    • Salisbury Plains
    • Campacorentin Forest
    • Vale of Mularn
    • East Svealand
    • Lough Derg
    • Silvermine Mountains
    • Connacht
• (Not yet on Pendragon) The following zones are planned to receive a texture pass prior to 1.119 going live:
  • Frontiers
    • Snowdonia
    • Forest Sauvage
    • Yggdra Forest
    • Uppland
    • Mount Collory
    • Cruachan Gorge

• The [For Renvek] Finder’s Seekers quest now can be completed up to 7 times per character.
  • The crafting helm rewards for this quest are no longer trade-able to other characters.
  • The max charges on these items have been increased from 60 to 90.
    • Please note that existing items will need to be recharged from whatever their current charge count is to see the new value of 90.
  • The skill gain bonus has had its value increased significantly.
    • Please note that the skill gain bonus will also remove an additional charge when it is applied (does not happen at max tradeskill).
  • The issue preventing the minimum quality bonus from applying when wearing these hats has been fixed and now applies to ALL crafting tradeskills.
    • The minimum quality bonus has been reduced slightly from 3 to 2.
    • Please note that with this bonus now working, players will now see an additional charge be removed when this bonus is applied.
      • As such, this bonus has been removed from the Spellcrafting, Alchemy, and Siegecrafting hats.
    • The speed and skill gain bonuses still apply to the respective hat’s tradeskill.