The latest Alpha Two update for Ashes of Creation introduces multiple terrain adjustments, bug fixes, and the introduction of a new system to the game – gear tempering. Gear tempering provides a new method to improve your gear through tempering kits, which requires the usage of the Arcane Engineering artisan skill.
Here are the full patch notes for the April 17 update:
Important Changes
- Gear Tempering is available now.
- Resolved an issue that could cause characters to get into a bad state and give “Connection to Realm Timed Out” or “Connection Timed Out” errors.
- Profession Certification Demotion – Fixed a bug that prevented characters from demoting a profession.
- Node War Godspike Events in the Sandsquall Desert have been relocated.
- Fixed a crash related to interacting with the Node Menu and Node functionality.
- Fixed an issue that prevented characters from sometimes not being able to interact with foliage and NPCs.
- Terrain around the Brinebarrel area has been fixed to close gaps and prevent characters from falling through the ground here.
- Ocean water in the Shorefoot area of the world has been fixed visually, and it should load properly in the distance.
Gear Tempering is Now Available!
- You can temper gear using tempering kits and other resources to improve your current gear.
- Tempering kits can be crafted by Arcane Engineers using tempering materials that can be found by deconstructing gear.
- Tempering kits have to match the rarity, type, and the grade of the gear you want to improve.
- To use a tempering kit, right click on it from your inventory and select the gear you’d like to temper. Only unequipped gear can be tempered.
Known Issues
- While tempering should show a range between two possible results, the UI is currently only showing one static number. This is just a UI bug.
- Tempering values are showing a percentage value instead of the intended number scale. There may be times that the percentages do not show an increase in the UI, even if the there was Tempering progress on a piece of equipment.
If you want to learn more about Ashes of Creation and participate in Alpha Two, click here and begin exploring the world of Verra.