What’s New

2026-07-01 v1492
Since there is no real silence,
Silence will contain all the sounds,
All the words, all the languages,
All knowledge, all memory.
 ― Dejan Stojanovic (b. 1959)

• We hear that there are some subtle changes in this update.

2026-06-03 v1488
In summer, the song sings itself. — William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)

• You’ll have to explore to see what's new this update.

2026-05-06 v1484
Dreams will get you nowhere; a good kick in the pants will take you a long way. — Baltasar Gracián (1601–1658)

• Some new pathfinding shortcuts, some new bug fixes, and some new bugs features!

2026-04-01 v1479
Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment. — Horace (65–8 BCE)

• Rocks shift. A few well-visited areas have safer refuges.
• The Haunted Fane and Shadow Forest are just a little less terrifying on a bad day.
• Visitors to a certain rocky beach won’t be seeing red as often.
• Books seem to be shifting, too.

2026-03-04 v1475
Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern over Philadelphia. — Judith Viorst (b. 1931)

• We’ve had to make a rather sudden server move, despite having just moved it once already, back in October. Let’s hope the practice makes will have made today’s move less dramatic than last time!
• We’ve made significant changes to the Champion stonegirdle ability. As more and more of the population has suffered from total-body paralysis, we now offer the following relief from the epidemic of petrified exiles:
  • Corsetta’s stonegirdle training is capped at 100 ranks (yes, even if you trained more).
  • Uncorsetta will help affected Champions forget their lessons beyond 100 ranks, returning the entirety of that experience to use on other training.
  • Champions may, at their discretion, choose to depetrify early without shattering.
  • Champions may find it tiring to repeatedly re-petrify in quick succession.
  • There is no minimum training requirement for Champions to use a stonegirdle. This doesn’t mean amateurs should expect to be very skilled.
  • There are a few other changes that we think make it more fun and rewarding to actively use a stonegirdle.
• Feedback is welcome: we know this is an ability that is utilized by many and loathed by many. Adjustments to areas and monsters are planned as we see how players adapt to the change.
• Meanwhile, over in the East Forest…
  • Boostus, at the University of Puddleby, has announced that he’s now offering much more advanced courses. Even if you think you’re pretty tough, you may still qualify for his awesome lessons. Pay him a visit if you’re interested.

2026-02-04 v1471
Love is the canvas covering the furniture that you’ve become a part of. — Josh Stern (b. 1961)

• The Savannah areas should sound a little less rainy.

2026-01-04 v1467
Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. — Oprah Winfrey (b. 1954)

• Happy New Year!
• The players who inadvertently failed to receive the v1453 compensation experience (see below) did eventually receive it at the next opportunity, in v1458.
  
  But due to another oversight — a new and better one! — they were accidentally re-awarded that same experience again in v1462. That left the original set of players short a few ranks vis-a-vis their “untimely” peers.
  
  Today, those players receive their second dose of XP, leaving everything shipshape and the universe back in balance. Phew!
  
  (Also, the gerbils responsible have been, uh... re-educated.)