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Release Details

When?

Monday, January 2nd 2017, 8PM UTC

Introduction

This patch is packed with many features! These features will be pushed to the live server between the release of this post and the aforementioned release date.

Spawn Overhaul

With this coming update, the spawn has been completely overhauled. Gone are the days of standing alone on an island to choose your element. As all players will receive an elemental reset, you’ll all get to see it! The new spawn areas will include NPCs with dialogue and mobs to test moves with, accompanied by an immersive background!

In addition to this, all moves have been reworked, making some elements more powerful and simply balancing others. While we’ll let you explore these for yourselves, rest assured that these reworks will make fights both more fast-paced and interesting. The new moves do not have levels for the time being (for balancing reasons). They will be available for tea leaves once you meet the level requirement for each move at the Bending Masters like usual.

Furthermore, all Tea Leaf balances will be reset to balance out their over-abundance and to provide a sense of fairness to newer players. In essence, this will be a fresh start. In addition to this, you will be able to gather Tea Leaves from discoverable locations as well as specified placed locations.

An MMO-style Leveling System

Yep, you read that right! You’ll receive XP for completing dungeons and for killing mobs within said dungeons. Players will now receive six points (per level) to allocate into six different stats:

• Bending Energy Regeneration
• Movement Speed
• Armor Protection
• Armor Penetration
• Strength
• Vitality

This can all be adjusted by the player through a book-based UI. This can be opened using the /c command. The [?] on the top will lead to a tutorial about the active page and the [C] will lead back to the character page, which can be considered as the home page.

Dungeons

Both dungeons have been balanced in accordance with the new leveling system, and are ordered as follows:

• Attack on the Kazan Triad (FNC) -> Suggested levels 8-13 & 3 players.
• Cave of Frozen Blood (NWT) -> Suggested levels 3-8 & solo.
• In addition to this, a new dungeon is coming, titled Hunters of the Ocean. This has also been balanced with the leveling system, recommended for levels 13 through 20 with two players. Here’s a little sneak peek:

Pets

Zuko wanted a dragon. I said no. – Javatars Anonymous

Yes, pets are finally here! Pets are divided amongst two categories – Combat and Utility. Combat Pets fight alongside their owner and can also be ridden. Utility Pets provide alternative means of support for the player. Check out the full pet list below to see what you can choose from!

Combat Pets

• Air Bison (Yes, you can fly it)
• Badger Mole
• Polar Bear Dog
• Cat Deer

Utility Pets

• Turtle Duck
• Flying Lemur
• Fire Ferret

In addition to this, pets will gain new abilities as they level up. They do so by either killing mobs or leveling with their owner (for Combat and Utility respectively). They are purchasable from a pet vendor for Tea Leaves, and there’s no limit set on how many pets you can buy! There are, however, limits set on both how many pets you can have active and how many pet whistles you can carry – one per type and two correspondingly.

Spirit World

Did someone say free chunks? – Javatars Anonymous

So as to spice up the Spirit World, there will now be Spirit World Capturepoints (SWC). These capture points will provide additional claim chunks for your town when you hold them. When a point is captured, a town will be able to purchase defender mobs for use whenever the point is attacked. Furthermore, they will only be accessible for a short time – they will be open for attack at the same time every day, working to a schedule.

In essence, there will be three towers within the Spirit World for capture. Each one will contain a portal, which opens every hour. Now for the interesting part – every time this portal opens, a different instance of the capture point is used. This is reset every day.

Towns will be able to capture these points, and do not have to be within a nation in order for them to do so. Each point a town owns will grant them five extra chunks. Towns will be able to fight to capture another town’s point, and defenders can combat this by handing in Spirit Essence to spawn mobs – who will only attack people attempting to capture the point. The attacking town will have to kill all of the mobs in order for them to take the point. Spirit Essence will be found as a dungeon drop.

Builds

It’s big trouble in little Gaipan with this update! Gaipan has been rebuilt, and will be pushed to the live server. In addition to this, the illustrious Library of Wan Shi Tong will find its way into the Spirit World. I’m sure you don’t want to read about it, so you can have screenshots instead!

Credit to our entire Build Team and several ex-team members (Princess_Azula and Mindcrimes).

Broadcast Overhaul

Ever wish that you didn’t have to see broadcasts spamming your chat? With the new broadcasting plugin, those days are over! Broadcasts now work on an opt-out system, with one appearing approximately every half an hour. There’s also more than six this time, so you won’t get bored of them. You will be able to use /broadcasts to access the book UI for the plugin!

Christmas Cosmetics

To celebrate the Christmas period, we’ll be releasing a collection of hats and instruments for purchase today! Head on over to the AvatarMC Store and check them out!