PTR Update Notes – Tuesday, February 25, 2025 | Ashes Codex

The PTR has been updated once again. These patch notes are probably close to what we can expect for the next 5-day testing period later this week.

Highlights

New Pocket Dungeons! These are Apothecarium Dreadmire, Communion, The Gypsum Outpost, and Stone Hold
Added an outpost in the Sandsquall Desert to accommodate the future Squall’s End Node, with new unique commodities
Added two new lawless ZOIs, for future Djinna and Squall’s End Nodes
This expanded area in the Sandsquall Desert is a work in progress

Enemies & NPCs

Sandsquall Desert dungeons have new rewards from named mobs
Fewer NPCs will spawn under the ground or in the air
Crystal Golems have been renamed to Djinnbound
Increased the respawn time of Djinnbound to 120 seconds
1 and 2 star Fire Skeletons can now spawn
3-star armored bear elites and a unique armored bear boss have been added
Bandit Captain and Bandit Healer elite star ranks have been adjusted
The NPC enemy population has been updated in Befallen Forge, Snakebite Stash, Tower of Carphin, Brood Pit, and the Sandsquall Desert
The NPC enemy population has been updated in and around Aithanahr and Azmaran
Visual effects have been updated for for Skla’risha, Bellowsmasher, Flaming Skeletons, Rock Elementals, Bears, Hippos, and Ostracon
Animations have been updated for for Skla’risha, Rock Giants, Rock Monsters, Rock Elementals, Skeleton Reapers, Tortoises, and Hefty Caplings
Enemy behavior for Forgelord Zammer, Hippos, and Undead Dünir has been updated
Snakebite Stash – Adjusted the speed of scorpions here

Caravans

Caravans can no longer be helped or harmed without first joining the Caravan event
Fixed a bug that allowed unattackable Caravans to be launched
Leaving a Caravan event and logging out will no longer put a character back in the Caravan event

Quests, Events & Commissions

More Commissions are available in the Sandsquall Desert
Staunch the Blood Blade can now be completed
Ostracon Hunt event has a reward added to the end
Updated many events so that they can now be completed and their markers have been updated to reflect their actual locations

Economy & Artisanship

Huntable creatures have been updated to provide more of the intended experience for Hunting and Animal Husbandry
Fixed a large number of floating gatherables
Adjusted the Marketplace list item pop up to display the pre-tax listing price
Fixed a bug causing Commodity tooltips to show Commodities as being worth 0 copper
Ancient Dunzen Longbow and Shortbow recipes have been fixed
Obsidian Jewelry recipes have been fixed
Forsaken Spellbooks will now be crafted at the correct rarity
Recipes that were supposed to use dried acacia and date palm have been fixed

User Interface

Added the option to show or hide your character’s helmet
Updated icons for quest delivery, quest completion, PVP flags, Node icons, and empty artisanship gear slots
The inventory background has been updated
A 10 second pop up will appear when receiving a friend request. If this request is timed out or closed, the invite will not be declined. The friend request will appear in the social menu
Chat window styling has been updated
Save changes will now work after using the restore defaults button in the loot setting menu
Adjusted the color of toggled general action buttons
Added a storage button to the Commodity vendor to open and close the storage window

Visuals

Audio

General

The Rebel’s Reward bracers have been updated to have a heavy set bonus
Fixed a bug that would cause characters to be attacked by soldiers if they died in the Sandsquall Desert
Fixed a bug preventing a character from being able to respawn at their home choice Embershrine
Fixed a number of server and client crashes
Updated a variety of descriptions on items and equipment
Fixed a bug that would prevent gender selection after race selection had been completed during character creation
Updated animations for the Daystrider Mule
Fixed some issues with floating Freeholds

PTR Update Notes – Tuesday, February 25, 2025