Ancients
patch
· Patch · v3.0.23 ·

Patch v3.0.23.

· released 2026-09-01 ·
IPolis, Roads & The Hunt
  • Tier VI shades and wraiths now appear at mining level 100 instead of 101.
IITartarus Rift
  • Crates that finish opening inside the Rift now deliver to /stash instead of being lost.
  • Skill tree nodes cost 5% less per rift-day you are behind, up to 60%.
  • Only rift-days missed in runs of 3 or more count, including the days before your first visit.
  • The discount shrinks as your tree fills and your Rift Prestige rises, gone at Rift Prestige V.
  • Rift caches and season points are never discounted.
  • The skill tree, Rift entry message and each node's cost line show your discount.
  • Rift Prestige refunds 50% of the Marks you actually paid, discounts included.
  • Socketed jewels and your equipped offhand do nothing inside the Rift.
  • A Bound Shade is dismissed at the entrance and returns when you leave.
IIIBosses
  • Hephaestus Core Overheat now only amplifies his basic melee attack.
  • Smelter's Wrath, the fire wall and his other abilities no longer hit 3x harder in the burst.
  • Hephaestus Smelter's Wrath damage reduced by 25%.
  • Hephaestus basic melee damage increased by 14%.
  • Right-click a boss key in the boss hub to warp to that boss's altar. The key is not used up.
  • Hephaestus Pyriphlegethon Tide fire walls now open 3 evenly spaced gaps in phases 1-2 and 4 in phase 3.
  • Was 1 to 2 at random. Gap width is unchanged.
  • Fire wall gap markers are now visible from anywhere in the arena, not just 32 blocks.
IVSeason Pass
  • Daily challenges now roll over at 11 AM PST while you are online, not on relog or menu open.
  • Progress made after the daily reset counts toward the new set of dailies.
  • Paid pass level 15 now gives a Dust Satchel alongside the extra Personal Vault.
  • Claimed pass levels reopen when a new reward is added to them, marked NEW.
  • Reclaiming hands you only the reward you have not been given.
VEnchants
  • The Heart of Gaia orb tooltip now states the enchant is permanent once applied.
  • Black Scrolls and Abyssal Black Scrolls no longer list Heart of Gaia for extraction.
  • Weapon Slot Expanders now apply to wands and bows.
  • Their tooltip shows the bonus slots next to the maximum level, the same as swords.
  • New Elite wand and bow enchant Point Blank, the mirror of Long Shot.
  • Up to 6% more damage per level the closer the target is, 18% at level 3.
  • of the Bloodletter now pays on wands and bows as well as swords and axes.
  • Its line reads % of PvE Weapon Damage Leeched as Life.
  • of Vampirism and of the Bloodletter leech double their rolled value on wand and bow hits.
  • A 1.5% Vampirism roll and a 3% Bloodletter roll leech 3% and 6% on a wand.
VIEndgame Items
  • The Wrath of Thanatos offhand tooltip now shows Thanatos in red, so the line is readable.
  • Dragging a Kill Tracker onto a wand or bow now tells you it can't be applied there.
  • Kill Trackers count player kills, and wands and bows only hit mobs.
  • Wands and bows no longer make you take increased damage while you hold them.
  • The bow's 15% and the wand's 10% hold penalties are removed.
  • Tartarus P11 discharges no longer lag the server while they land.
  • The whole P11 payout now arrives the moment the effect hits, not trickling in. Amounts are unchanged.
  • Orbital Strike's crater now appears all at once with the blast.
  • Fissure's crack no longer flickers between magma and stone as it spreads.
VIIMining Bots & AFK
  • The AFK Shop now sells a Prestige Token Box for 500 AFK points.
  • It contains a prestige stat or perk reroll or swap token.
  • Fortune's Dice removed from the AFK Shop.
  • Still available from clue caskets, KOTH, contraband, quests and the Season Pass.
VIIIQuality of Life
  • XP Boosters no longer count down while you are at your level cap.
  • They start ticking again the moment you can gain XP.
  • Saying gg to a store purchase shows as a normal chat message again, no color wave.
  • Saying welcome or gg only pays Obols in global chat, not gang or staff chat.
  • The prompts to say welcome or gg no longer appear in chat.
  • Both still pay Obols the same way.
  • Your own listings now appear when browsing pickaxe rentals, marked (YOURS).
  • Click one to unlist it.
  • Right-clicking a cut jewel no longer opens the socket menu. Use /jewels.
  • Unopened mystery jewels still cut open on right-click.
  • Type [sim] in chat to share your last mining sim session.
  • Hover it for the totals, click it for the full breakdown.
  • Click or shift-click armor in your inventory to store it while the Wardrobe is open.
  • It goes into the first free matching slot of a set.
  • Skywars no longer freezes the server when a round starts.
  • The arena is now built in the background while players queue.
  • The Auction House now lists multiple identical copies of an item that does not stack.
  • Ten empty level 1 Contraband Satchels go up as one listing of 10, and buyers can take part of it.
  • Dust from shades, wraiths, Erebus Guards and bosses now goes straight into your Dust Satchel.
  • The warp menu now counts the players actually inside each mine, not everyone near the warp.
  • Emerald, Lapis and the other oddly shaped mines now show the real number.
  • Hot Zones and Mining Rushes now spawn near the players actually inside that mine.
  • Mining the far side of Diamond, Gold, Lapis, Coal or Iron no longer counts toward the neighbouring mine.
  • Fixed a source of short server hitches from the tab list and nametags querying the database on every refresh.
  • Socketed jewels and your equipped offhand do nothing inside a Skywars round.
  • A Bound Shade is dismissed when you enter the arena and returns when you leave.
  • Item Nametags now work on wands and bows.
  • The name sits where the tier and type used to, with the level still on the end.
  • The server now posts a clickable Discord invite in chat every 30 minutes.
  • It covers giveaways, suggestions and support tickets.
  • It follows the Chat Tips toggle in /toggles, so turning tips off hides it.