DragonRealms Updates (2020)

Changes to the game during the 2020 calendar year.

January

• Breaking and Entering in Test.
• Foraging changes make it possible to forage most things outside of their natural habitat with an increased skillcheck.
• Estate holders can now sell gems and furs at night in Fang Cove.
• The Crossing monastery fields estate holder hunting grounds are updated to separate the various huntable creatures found there.
• URCHIN command and urchin Login Rewards system guides in Test.
• Harm Horde Cleric spell updated to respect targeting options and default to engaged.
• Small quality of life update to the SIGN command for guilded Thieves.
• NAME command update to be usable outside of special character-creation areas. You can also now check if a name is already taken or not.
• House of the Revenant Fang 433 microtransaction event.
• ROLL and UNROLL commands updated for prayer mats and rugs to utilize the at feet slot.

February

• Regeneration Items can all now be registered.
• Losing your hands to injuries will now result in your held items dropping to your feet instead of the ground.
• Breaking and Entering goes live in all instances.
• Forge wands now include ingot cutters.
• RECALL cooldown timer for use is now real life time, instead of logged in time.
• Tuesday Tidings development strike team's first release.

10 new Extreme Shop items in The Fallen.

• Changes to locksmithing experience, discouraging the use of "pet boxes" that grossly outclass your skill level.

March

• Tuesday Tidings: Young wyverns Estate Holder expansion and spawn normalization.
• Tuesday Tidings: Umbral moth expansion in Forfedhdar.
• INVENTORY command updates:

• INV SEARCH now has a "click-to-get" option in supported front-ends. That is, INV SEARCH RING will help find and get all of those rings you're carrying. Try it with different items, and if you run into trouble or aren't finding something, make sure you've OPENed your bags first.
• INV SLOTS will now show a count of items at your feet.
• INV ATFEET will show what's lying at your feet without needing to LOOK at yourself.

• Tuesday Tidings: Family vault services expanded to the carousels of Dirge, Leth Deriel and Therenborough.
• Circle of Sympathy Empath spell tweak:

• The spell will now pulse more slowly, but there's no longer a limit to how much attunement a pulse can transfer. It should feel much more impactful overall.
• The spell now requires shock-free empathy.