It has been another fun and productive two weeks of testing on Tides of Power with our players. We’re finally in a place where we feel comfortable providing an updated timeline for shard launch.
Tides of Power Public Launch Timeline
Open Beta Advanced: May 2nd
Starting May 2nd, players will be able to use Skill Lobsters and Stat Crabs to try out 7x characters.
Open Beta Ends: May 10th
All great things must come to an end! On May 10th, we will disable access Tides of Power. Your items, homes, and characters will be deleted, but your Beta account logins will remain the same for public launch.
Public Launch: May 23rd at 12pm EST
Tides of Power will officially launch on May 23rd, at 12pm eastern time.
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Patch Notes Beta 3 (Patches B09 – B13)
New Instrument Properties
- Instruments will now drop with additional magical properties.
- Durability (Tough/Sturdy/Reinforced)
- Durable instruments will have additional uses.
- Tuning (Well Tuned, Finely Tuned, Masterfully Tuned)
- Tuned instruments will increase your barding range.
- Efficacy (Will Bending, Mind Control, Subjugation)
- Effective instruments will increase your skill change successes (ala GM or slayer weapons) for all mobs.
Crafting Adjustments
- Crafting stacked items all at once now only gives one potential skill gain.
- Failing a craft will only use half resources.
- Crafted tools can now be made exceptional.
- Crafting GM chances have been increased for some top tier items.
- Addon deeds will no longer spawn newbied and, as such, will not decay in a house.
- Previously crafted deeds will be grandfathered.
- Tinkering sound effect has been updated to the correct sound.
- Bulk order deed books will no longer be blessed.
- Bolas can no longer be crafted.
- Potion barrels and their required parts will display correctly in the crafting gump
Bugfixes
- Fixed bonding timer bug. Bonding will be available at most 1 week after taming.
- Doing activities with your pet will increase the bonding speed.
- Ghoul’s Touch weapons will now drop in the loot table.
- Skirts and tambourines in the buying menu will display their correct graphic.
- Fixed naming conventions when marking in East Guard and Rat’s Hollow.
- Co-owning a character to a home no longer gives all the characters on that account friend status.
- Players will be able to drag items through dungeon entrances/exits.
- Trash barrels are no longer securable/lock-downable.
- Containers can no longer be accessed through walls.
- Scrolls can no longer be added to spellbooks through walls.
- Flamestrike will appear on the correct mobile when reflected.
- Gold will no longer drop at your feet when cashing checks.
- Energy bolts will use the correct graphic.
NPC, Monsters, and Loot Updates
- Summon Elementals spell follower slots have been updated.
- Hell Hound stats have been corrected (reduced).
- Monsters will no longer flee battle.
- Ophidian warriors, knights, enforcers, and knight-errants will drop fencing items.
- Minotaurs will now give hides and meat upon carve.
- Balrons and frenzied ostard will be faster.
- Giant Serpents will inflict less severe poison.
- The campion has been renamed to cambion.
- Ethereal Tortoise difficulty adjustment.
- Gargoyle corpses will no longer be carvable into human body parts.
- Blade Spirits will destroy objects when walking over them.
- Healers will no longer train ALL the skills.
- Bankers will now let you withdraw up to 15,000 gold.
- Escortable NPCs will no longer request to visit Trinsic.
- Vendors will now take charges into consideration when purchasing magical items.
- Armorers will sell the correct items.
- Weapon pricing (buy/sell to NPCs) has been adjusted.
- Mapmakers will now buy sea charts.
Misc. Updates
- Increased Poisoning Tactics skill gain rate slightly.
- Poisoning skill has a 10 second cooldown instead of 1.
- Damage numbers / DPS will no longer display above combatants’ heads.
- The pet management gump will now display newest stabled to oldest.
- Boat decay increased to 14.
- Halberds will now weigh 10 stones.
- Lockpick levels / gain chances have been adjusted.
- BODs will always be offered when time-eligible and selling an item.
- Global broadcast will occur when a boss monster spawns.
- All Ringmail items now weigh 10 stones or less (can be stolen).
- Humanoid torsos are heavier.
- Spell scrolls will now weigh 0.1 stones each.
- Empty bottles will weigh 0.25 stones each.
- Various food items have had their weight reduced.
Client Updates
- TileData updated to fix odd or poorly named statics. There are likely more out there.
- Bug Fixes: We resolved numerous map bugs reported in Discord by players.
- Decorations and enhancements to New Magincia and Trinsic buildings.
- Enhancements to Hythloth dungeon decoration.
- Britain: The East Bank floorplan has been updated to be a bank, instead of a house.
- Britain: Apple Orchard established in East Britain.
- Deceit: The entrance of Deceit can be reached by ship and shoreline.
- Mt Samlethe: Moved the Chaos market camp down to the mouth of the Samlethe Mountain.
- New Magincia: Theming of shops and homes.
- Nujelm Sanctuary: Shoreline fixes.
- Skara Brae: The former stablemaster home have been updated to include stables.
- Skara Brae: The bank has been upgraded with a new stone vault room.
- Skara Brae: Banquet Hall has been complete.
- The Fighting Pit: A new island has been discovered near the remains of Jhelom.
- Trinsic: A new mage shop has opened near the west bank of Trinsic.
- Trinsic: The west jungle has a second bridge, completing it’s moongate accessibility project.
- Trinsic: Theming of shops, parks, and homes across the city.
- Wilderness: You’ll find new farms, homesteads, and abandoned structure across the map with forges, training dummies, spinning wheels, and looms.
- Yew: A blacksmith shop has been established to help arm it’s citizens in these difficult times.
- Yew: The bank has been moved to the West side of the Abby.
- Yew: The Druid Shop, mage shop has been established west of the town square.
Trouble at the Farm
Tides of Power 2025 Easter Event
The Farmer’s Association of Britannia needs your help! Visit your local farmer associate at any major bank for a rabbit catching basket and instructions on what to do next. Here’s some information we already know.
- Rabbits are VERY fast.
- Double-click your basket and target a bunny to catch it. You do not kill them.
- Easter Eggs can spawn on monsters, in chests, and anytime you harvest.
- Rabbits LOVE a well decorated Easter Egg and will be lured to them briefly, giving you a chance to catch the bunny.
- Use your egg to lure a bunny near it (double click egg, target ground).
- Use your Easter basket (double click it) and target the bunny.
- View the leaderboard at the banks to see who is winning.
Bushwick Bill and Frothy Curd both received Golden Eggs for their efforts.
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