Production Build #21.0.0

Release 21.0 is now LIVE!

Spring Release

• The Graveyard is now back in Realm!! A new tab has been added to the character select screen that will allow you to view your most recent character deaths.
• Stanley the Spring Bunny will be hopping by to spread some Spring cheer (Note: Stanley is a new player Skin)
• Stanley’s favorite weapon, the Wand of Egg-cellence, can be obtained for those who wish to distribute some hard boiled justice to the mobs of Realm
• Two Spring theme cloths have been added!
• Colored Egg Cloth
• Spring Cloth

Loot Bag Refactor

A lot of buzz has been built around the current way in which loot is dropped and distributed within bags. We agree that effort was necessary to clean up bag types, bringing an easier system to understand (progression) and alternative bags for items (additions). The new system, explained below, also has a series of new additions that design will be committed to.

First, as we add new tiers to the game this will invariably push the older tiers down into more accessible bags. Second, it has been made apparent that key UTs are not considered ‘white bag’ material -- with that in mind specific UTs will be found in Cyan bags. These UTs are considered under investigation and may be refactored at a later date to make them more desirable. Finally, bag progression in terms of consolidation goes Brown Bag < Pink Bag < Purple Bag < Egg Basket < Cyan Bags < Blue Bags < White Bags. example: If you received a Tier 10 Armor, Egg, and Tier 3 Skill, everything would appear in a cyan bag.

A final note: Items and the bags they are in should not be considered final. We had a need as both a community and as designers to create more structure. Hot Fixes, Patches, and the like could see things move as necessary. What is needed is structure, and that needs a starting point.

Brown Bags - Miscellaneous healing items, dungeon items, drakes, etc.

• Public bags, in which anyone can loot from.
• Example list of miscellaneous items found in this bag type:

Public bags, in which anyone can loot from.

Example list of miscellaneous items found in this bag type:

• HP / MP Potions
• Drake Eggs
• Gumballs
• Drink items from Wine Cellar
• Flavor items from dungeons (Ghost Pirate Rum, Speed Sprout)

Pink Bags - Basic, ‘low end’ gear and misc items

• Public bags, in which anyone can loot from.
• Tiers 0 - 6, Armor and Weapons
• Tiers 0 - 1, Rings and Accessories
• Tiers 0 - 2, Skills and Abilities

Purple Bags - Mid Range, ‘mid tier’ gear

• Soulbound Bag, seen only by the player who received the items
• Tiers 7 - 9, Armor and Weapons
• Tiers 2 - 4, Rings and Accessories
• Tiers 3 - 4, Skills and Abilities
• Misc Shop Items
• Retired Holiday Weapons

Cyan Bags - High End, ‘high tier’ gear

• Soulbound Bag, seen only by the player who received the items
• Tiers 10+, Armor and Weapons
• Tiers 5+, Rings and Accessories
• Tiers 5+, Skills and Abilities
• Treasures
• Wine Cellar Incantation

Some basic, ‘lower end’ UTs:

• Crystal Bone Ring
• Staff of the Crystal Serpent
• Cracked crystal skull
• Sprite wand
• St. Abraham's wand
• Poison Fang Dagger
• Snake skin shield
• Snake skin armor
• Snake eye ring
• Coral silk armor
• Coral ring
• Spectral cloth armor
• Experimental Ring
• Bone Dagger
• Chasuble of Holy Light
• Robe of the Tlatoani
• Spider's eye ring
• Candy Ring
• Captain’s Ring
• Ring of Divine Faith
• Cursed Amulet of Zombification

White Bags - UTs of extreme interest

• Soulbound Bag, seen only by the player who received the items.
• Will contain UTs only.

Egg Basket - Contains babies

• Soulbound Bag, seen only by the player who received the items.
• Will contain eggs of all rarities exclusively.

Blue Bag - Stat Potions that make you 2stronk

• Soulbound Bag, seen only by the player who received the items.
• Will contain:
• Stat Potions
• Effusions
• Tinctures
• Cocktails

Item Fixes

• Bug Fix: Coral Venom Trap no longer applies Paralyzed to Paralyze Immune monsters
• Bug Fix: Mystic and Trickster accessory dyes no longer apply to character hair
• Bug Fix: Discolored pixel on Amazon Huntress Skin’s hand is now correct hue

Monster and Boss Fixes

• Bug Fix: Resolved issue that was causing Protection Crystals and the Guardian’s Sword to have a black background

Release 21.0.1 is now Live!

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug that caused a crash in The Shatters.

Attention! Server downtime + a note about hacks.

The servers will be restarting shortly for maintenance (no new user facing features). We'll announce in Realm for our typical 5 minute warning.

Also, we are aware of a number of reports of new hacks / exploits and we are actively investigating on our side.

As always, if you see or suspect someone of cheating or hacking, please help us out by submitting information here such as Server, Date/Time, Realm name (Medusa, Ogre etc.) along with videos or screen caps.

Thanks again for your help!
　The Realm Team

Release 21.1.0 is now Live!

Date: 05/20

Gear Updates:

• Wand of Egg-cellence is now Untiered and Soulbound. This is similar to all other limited / special weapons.

Chat Updates (Note: Consider this a V1 of Chat updates, we'll continue to take feedback):
1) Added a menu when right clicking on names in the chat window to allow the following commands:

• Teleport
• Lock / Unlock
• Trade
• Ignore / Unignore
• Invite (Guild Founder, Leader, and Officer Only)
• Whisper

2) Added Chat Options to filter guild, whisper, player chat. The Player Chat option currently governs how Whisper and Guild chat work. In addition, these options will also hide the appropriate in game text bubbles.

3) Added Trade Request toggle to block incoming trade requests.

4) Changed the name of "Hide Player Chat" to "Hide Chat Window". Also changed the rollover text to better match the functionality of this option.

5) Added "/lock <playername>" and "/unlock <playername>" to the list of commands that can be entered in the chat window.

Options:

• Added Number Toggle for XP/Fame, HP, and MP bars. This can be changed in Options/Graphics

Bug Fixes:

• Removed Soulbound from Shoveguy Skin, Slime Ninja Skin, and Scarlett Skin. These were never intended to be Soulbound so we fixed that oversight.
• Removed XP from Warrior of Oryx
• Increased XP on Brute of Oryx
• Fixed a possible exploit with some pet abilities.
• Fixed the /server command to return the proper values. NOTE: this was initially missed in the release note, added in for clarity 5/29/14

Spelling & Grammar Fixes:

• Doom Circle
• Jewel Eye Katana
• Backpack
• Candy Ring
• Midnight Star
• Golden Candelabra
• Holy Cross
• Coral Venom Trap
• Dagger of Foul Malevolence
• Coral Silk Armor
• Dusky Rose Dagger
• Purification Tome
• Bloodsucker Skull
• Drake Hide Armor
• Arbiter's Wrath
• Tome of Holy Protection
• Amulet of Zombification
• Prism of Apparitions
• Planefetter Orb
• Timelock Orb
• Admin Sword
• Tomb of the Ancients Key
• Forest Maze Key
• Mad Lab Key
• Candyland Hunting Grounds Key
• Haunted Cemetery Key
• Lair of Draconis Key
• Changed all instances of Davy Jones's to Davy Jones'

Release 21.2.0 is now Live!

Date: 05/22

• Guest accounts are turned OFF. This change was made to help curb a possible exploit - Guest accounts will not be allowed to login to the game. Guest accounts can be registered via the normal in game steps.
• We know that some people prefer the anonymity of a Guest account (no chat, no trade spam etc), but unfortunately that system was too open to exploits and griefing.
• As a registered player there are still options for you to turn off in game chat, turn off trades, turn off chat bubbles, and other ways to customize your experience.

• Email verification now requires a successful CAPTCHA test to be completed in order to play the game. Currently you'll only have to do this once to register your account. If you have previously registered you will NOT have to go through any additional verification.

NOTE: We will continue to update and refine the login and registration process for the foreseeable future.

• Addressed an issue with the Portal not appearing on the beach after defeating the Ghost Ship. It should now appear as it did prior to patch 21.1.

• Addressed an issue with the Davy Jones keys showing up on the main game HUD after leaving the dungeon.

• Additional backend maintenance.

EDIT:

• We made a silent push (no server restart) to fix an issue with any emails being returned as "Invalid" during the registration process.

Release 21.2.1 is now Live!

Maintenance:

• Backend server maintenance for the long weekend.

Release 21.3.0 is now Live!

Skins:

• New skins added to the game. One is available for fame as part of our Month of the Mad God!

Bug Fixes:

• Cloths should now drop properly in soulbound bags.

Release 21.4.0 is now Live!

Items:

• 2 new rare re-skinned tier 12 weapons added as part of Month of the Mad God! These will drop where any tier 12 weapon drops, and will be available in mystery boxes!

Release 21.6.0 is now LIVE

Skins and Items:

• Unlocked the "Holy Avenger" Paladin Skin
• Unlocked the Solstice Set:
  • Staff of the Rising Sun (T12)
  • Thousand Suns Spell (T6)
  • Robe of the Summer Solstice (T13)
  • Ring of the Burning Sun (T5)

Limited Run Tiered Items Drop in Normal Tiered Locations!

Release 21.7.0 is now LIVE

Skins and Items:

• Unlocked the "Sword of Illumination" (Replacing Demon Blade temporarily)
• Unlocked the "Bow of the Morning Star" (Replacing Doom Bow temporarily)
• Doubled the drop rate of those 2 New UT's in Abyss and UDL