Game Update Notes: March 31, 2020

[Butterfly Kingdom.8349]

# 03/31/2020—March 31 Release Notes

 

## World Polish

 

- Mounts are now allowed in the main hall of Eye of the North, with a restriction on flight height.

- Added a repair anvil to Eye of the North.

- Added a map marker to the asura gate in Eye of the North.

- Fixed a bug that prevented several NPCs in Cragstead from appearing.

- Fixed an edge case bug that caused the "Prove your mettle to Cinder by defeating Sons of Svanir within the time limit" event to stall in the Forging Steel mission.

- Fixed a rare bug that caused the "Participate in Ranoah's combat training using the TT6-B Devourer's artillery" event to stall in the Forging Steel mission.

- Fixed a bug that prevented players from earning gold participation on Vishen's sniping events in the Forging Steel mission.

 

## General

 

### Mounts

 

- Mount movement abilities are now displayed on the skill bar while players are mounted.

 

## Fractals

 

### Nightmare

 

- Reduced the duration of the Exposed effect on bosses after their defiance bars are broken.

- Ensolyss of the Endless Torment's defiance bar can no longer be broken twice in a row during phase transitions.

 

## Items

 

- The Icebrood Saga Portal Tome now has an option to travel to the Eye of the North available by default.

- Fixed a bug that caused several gathering tools to fail to gather materials in raids or Strike Missions.

 

## Profession Skills

 

### General

 

- Taunt will convert to 3 seconds of stability instead of 2 seconds of resistance.

 

### Engineer

 

- Purity of Purpose: Fixed a bug that prevented this trait from affecting taunt.

- Reactive Lenses: The description of this trait has been updated for accuracy.

- Flame Blast: This skill is now considered an explosion for the purposes of traits.

- Electro-whirl: This skill is now considered an explosion for the purposes of traits.

 

### Ranger

 

- Whirling Defense: Updated the description of this skill. Increased the number of targets from 3 to 5.

 

### Revenant

 

- Coalescence of Ruin: This skill is now ground-targeted and the attacks from it are timed further apart to allow better telegraphing.

 

### Thief

 

- Signet of Malice: Fixed a display bug that prevented the tooltip from reflecting the thief's healing power.

 

### Warrior

 

- Banners: Fixed a bug that caused banners to combo twice.

 

## BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE

 

### New Items and Promotions

 

- The new Dreamwalker Scythe Staff Skin is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 600 gems.

- For a limited time, the Dreamwalker Dagger Skin returns to the Style category of the Gem Store for 600 gems.

- For a limited time, the Aviator's Memory Box, Bobblehead Laboratory, and Water Fight Balloon Bucket are available in the Toys category of the Gem Store for 40% off.

- Last day of March sales! Today's sale item is a selection of mount skins at 25% off including the Shrine Guardian Jackal skin, the Sun Temple Gecko Springer skin, and the Magnificent Hummingbird Skimmer skin, among others.

- For 7 days, a Heroic Booster (quantity of 1) is available for free via the Gem Store for all accounts. Press "o" to open the Gem Store and claim it for free today.

 

### Bug Fixes

 

- The Whale Spirit Glider's unlock hint in the Wardrobe was inaccurate and has been updated.

- Glacial Mining Tool: Fixed an issue with visual effects when this tool was used underwater.

[Fire Attunement.9835]

# Late Notes: March 31, 2020

 

# 03/31/2020—Late Notes

 

## World Polish

 

- Fixed a bug that could prevent the Moving Up the Ranks achievement in the Forging Steel mission from being awarded to players.

[Fire Attunement.9835]

**Bug Fix:**

 

- Fixed a bug in which some effects would persist indefinitely.

 

[Butterfly Kingdom.8349]

**Bug Fix:**

 

* Revenant:

* Coalescence of Ruin: Fixed a bug that caused this skill to inflict more damage than intended.