Candy Barbarian

Kick the tires of a new Supercycle mount and light the fires with a hot set of Wings – new Starter Packs have come to Trove! The packs are just $19.99 – a huge savings over individual items – and come in two distinct flavors:

The crowd-favorite Power Pack is stuffed with loot for new players, vets, and anyone with a need for speed:

2 Class Coins (Non-tradable)
Trovian Supercycle mount
Matching Trove Topper helm
Unyielding Flask and Trailblazer Flask
3 Pearls of Wisdom
2000 of each Primal Block

And a set of blazing Fire Wings (Available with February’s Take Flight update!)

Or scoop up a Class Pack for 5 Class Coins and unlock the Dracolyte, Gunslinger, Candy Barbarian – or any other classes you have yet to collect.

Note: This patch is scheduled to go live at 7 AM 1/13.

* Players now start with a non-tradable class coin which grants a free class.
* The Gunslinger class now must be unlocked in the store. All existing players will still have the Gunslinger unlocked.
* You can now purchase a tradable class coin on the store for 1200 Credits if you want to gift or trade a class - classes are otherwise able to be purchased as normal.
* Your name is now colored gold in chat if you are max mastery rank
* Flasks are now 750 credits down from 1300 - your credits will be returned to you if you already purchased flasks
* You can now join the official trade channel by checking [Settings] -> [Social] -> [Join Trade Chat]
* The player that uses a shadow key to unlock a shadow arena portal now gets a reserved slot in the shadow arena
* The player who unlocked a shadow arena portal can now kick other players from the arena with /kick
* Shadow Dungeons are now more common
* Invasions no longer drop prisms.
* Tentacles are now slightly rarer drops.
* Added missing deco to workbench
* Neon Ninja's basic attack now reaches further and all levels of the shuriken now deal more damage.
* Candy barbarian smash attack now does 33% less damage to blocks.
* The Fae Trickster can no longer teleport into spaces too small to fit.
* The Ice Sage's Icicles now only explode when they hit the ground instead of exploding when they hit foes and not doing enough AE damage
* Fixed bug where riding a mag rider could teleport you outside of world bounds
* Fixed bug where players with the "appear offline" option set still appeared as online to friends
* Adjusted rendering color curve (improves some color contrast).
* Improved performance of object rendering.
* Slightly improved performance of liquid pixelshader
* Minor server optimizations and increased server logging (we're tracking down the lag issues, promise!)
* Improved performance of liquid vertex shader.
* Fixed bug where dodging while attacking and walking backwards made you dodge forward
* Fix to volume sliders affecting sounds correctly. Music affects all music - including music blocks, and sfx slider affects all other non-music audio including UI now.
* Autumn and Winter pinatas should now drop updated recipes
* Fixed spinning mag riders
* Corrected screen flickering issue when dying
* Recipe lairs in Undead biomes will now generate as often as all other biomes.
* Players now automatically stop using abilities when switching between Adventure and Build modes.
* Stone Hearth is no longer craftable.
* Neon City "grass" is now craftable at the Cube Converter.
* Snowfest lairs have been deactivated.
* Liquid chocolate audio added.
* The Volcano dungeon in Dragonfire Peaks should now properly spawn an exit portal.
* New pistol styles by Walyn, Snaggor, Aethoryn, Aceship, Stedms, Cats_Sky, 5p3x, lizard455, GadgetCAT, Valaadus, GoldenDragon, Nox, Arkawn, Dyceman, Jalana, Qoaleth, and DogG6 have been added to the game!
* New face styles by NinjaKitten, Kokaburr, Arnoxuz, Axelbrito, Capteal, ShamusAran, FellMartyr, Qoaleth and Mouserat have been added to the game
* New hairstyles by Dragoes, Tomoki, WaffleBoy, Fhilian and Subtitles have been added to the game!
* New hat styles from Tribe, Zareko, Gameheros, Tichondria, Ixion, Aviarei, TehRedReaper, AddAustin, Solipso, and Phydra have been added to the game!
* New staves by Patt, Kodiakman, Tichondria, EdgeG, Astrum, EpicMidget, Uberzolik, Aceship, Heat777, Solipso, and Skritnic have been added to the game!
* New melee styles by MiszterSoul, Zerock, AlphaJD, Bahamuth, Ranen, MtkEndamine, Kobitz, Stedms, Kyameron, TheGiv32, EyeballPrincessII, Chadpole, Cretoriani, KingDead95, KtlavskoX, Aodahn, Protichsx, FaDiel, Alterblade, SillyBob, GadgetCAT, LemanRuss, RayLemon, Smorph, Enever, Blindside, Quedifuv, Dirkalo, FriedSushi, MajorTom, Erudito, Omenlex, Khang, Cloudvox, Kikkinwang, Lordgale, iLugag, Danieru, Wakan_Cheshire, 909mody, and Afalach have been added to the game!

* The Ice Sage is now live! Freeze your foes and drop ice for massive damage.
* Snowfest is here! There is now a new more festive Hub and more!
* The Rudolph Raptor and Reveling Reindeer mounts are now in the store!
* The Santa Barbarian costume is now in the store!
* Snowfest Mystery Boxes are live! They drop at a rate of 50% from shadow chests in U1-3, U4 always drops 1 and U5 always drops 2. They will also occasionally drop while adventuring in the world.
* New Snowfest lairs from Tribe, Stedms, Lykos, and FriedSushi!
* Golden Holiday Keys are now available in the store - these keys let you open a Holiday Mystery Box (currently the Snowfest one only) and acquire only the rarest rewards.
* Two star stats now have a +30% stat boost.
* Chaos forging has a second higher cost option for forging with eyes. This has a significant chance to 'crit roll' two star stats.
* Basic eye forging on the chaos forge has a small chance to crit roll two star stats.
* Pearls now set the new stat on a piece of equipment to 50% of the possible stat power.
* Your class level number is now increased by each two star stat on equipped shadow equipment and again with each piece of shadow equipment with 15 and 25 forge. This means there is now a max class level of 40 which you can achieve by earning better gear.
* Your class level is now shown on your tombstone.
* Increased chance for resplendent ring boxes to drop shadow rings.
* Startup error boxes should now be more descriptive.
* Fixed an issue where parts of the hub could be destroyed.
* Fixed an issue with fast attack speeds and attacks not registering.
* Attack speed, health percent, lasermancy, and energy regen on shadow equipment has been slightly reduced if you have a piece of shadow equipment that doesn't have two stars.
* Health regen on shadow equipment has been increased.
* U4 is the old U5 and the new U5 is stronger. Shadow equipment drop rates in U4 and U5 have been increased.
* Dodge no longer costs or requires energy to use. Instead there is a short cooldown between uses.
* Shadow Arenas now have slightly increased bonus damage.
* Mushroom bombs, muffin bombs, lava bombs, and lobber traps' explosions now deal similar knockback as NPC projectiles.
* NPC spin attacks now deal less damage.
* Neon Ninja's Stasis Blade effect now reduces the knockback creatures receive.
* Pemblocks' caroling cousin Pemburr can no be crafted from your Crafting Bench.
* Meta rank cap increased to 80. We're still working on the major rewards.
* Arcane flask now lasts 8 seconds up from 6.
* You can now buy the bordered blocks and standard signs recipes on the store.
* Block packs now cost 50 credits.
* The Ice Cream Crusher Candy Barbarian costume now has VFX.
* New staves by Gendgi, MappyT, Aceship, Ixion, Arnoxuz, robali, MaxSnoBunnie, Klosax, Tyronious, Mcleetsauce, LukeTehBawss, Bahamuth, Netro, CowKillur, Eldricht, Knave_Skye, Fastlex, User, McPiGi, SendicateX, Dex, OMZ, Lumica, MeteorKing, KeKo, Uberzolik, SwagMaster9000, Ladykitty, Tamaru, FuzzyDerp, Fhilian, MajorTom WoToW, watermellonduke, MapletXD, TheMag76, and Igmolicious have been added to the game!
* New pistol styles by MurderBullets, SleepyGhost, Shnryu, ReeceCJ, HolyHamGrenade, FearReaper9, Grumpsa, Sylcion, Supamuffin, Aceship, Vultre, Ademante, Creepakins, Gendgi, Stedms, Walyn, Broadeye, xDrHellx, Zareko, Rivenar_James, miopiIV, Zeptimus, Cahen, GreenEyedStranger, KD_Studios, Averoin, Nebakinezzer, ludouicus, NightmareRose, Qazsz123, and Dyceman have been added to the game!

* Fixed an issue with the exit portal in the Corrupted Spires lair found in Neon City zones.
* Candoria zones now have cornerstone plots.
* The new Thorvian Mound dungeon in Undead Hills zones now correctly spawns.
* The Candy Barbarian's Eis-Crom Cone will now summon lower than normal if it wouldn't have a clear path to the ground at its usual height.
* Fixed a bug with candy enemies not dropping cupcakes
* Fixed a bug that could cause the Candy Barbarian to get stuck if his Sugar Crash landed on spikes.

In Candoria, a hardy and nomadic folk dwell in nomadic bands, living simply and joyfully. Some of these tribespeople are driven by a call to adventure, wandering the lands of Trove looking for challenges to overcome. These brave warriors are known as Candy Barbarians, and they are now available as the newest Class in Trove!

Available for 1050 Credits, 5000 Cubits (earned from playing Trove), or in our Voxstar Starter Pack, the Candy Barbarian is a powerful melee combatant whose sugar-inspired rage fuels a wide variety of special attacks! Wielding twin swords (or axes, or spatulas), their blows leave a trail of supercharged sweets to aid their adventuring companions.

Log in to Trove and take on the mantle of the Candy Barbarian today!

* The new Candy Barbarian class is now live!
* Candoria - the new candy biome, is now live!
* The 'New Friend Finder' has returned as the 'Insta-Grouper', although it is still experimental and may go back into the vault. This time you can turn it off by interacting with it and it prevents players who are too low level from using it in higher level adventure worlds.
* There are now 10 new Mastery Ranks.
* Modified water shader to reduce artifacts.
* Neon City now spawns the appropriate recipe lair.
* Caves have been adjusted to be more playable and ore has been adjusted to appear mostly in caves.
* Fixed crash due to alt-tabbing in fullscreen mode with the map open (in DirectX)
* Repaired some teleport-related issues in the Frontier's Gearspire lair.
* Shadow giant's wind up attacks now do much more damage
* The melee time dilation effect is now lessened as attack speed increases
* New mouse cursor!
* Tooltips are now bigger
* The hub now has new club world portals - these portals are sorted by number of props
* All glowing and metallic block recipes now use Formicite instead of Shapestone or Infinium.
* Frigga's Fjord should not generate weird floating water any more.
* Infinity frames now cost 300 Infinium (up from 250) and 30 bottles (up from 10)
* Client stability has been improved
* Plasma will now drain your energy.
* You can now see outlines of dead players' tombstones through the world
* You now craft 3 bombs at a time down from 5.
* New Neon City lair from Folly.
* New Highlands lair from Valaadus.
* New Fae Wilds lair from Zylofan.
* New Undead Hills dungeon from Uniquisher, Stedms, and Brolycia.

Edit: we missed a note about the club names. We fixed a bug in this patch which allowed for duplicate club names, if your club name had a duplicate name it now has a number or letter at the end. You can contact [email protected] and they will gladly change your club name!

Picking the Class that best suits your playstyle is a piece of cake! Or maybe it’s easy as pie. Either way, it’s definitely dessert related – especially if you’re a Candy Barbarian (we’ll get to that later).

In Trove, there are two main combat styles:

Melee Classes
This is the playstyle for those who want to get up close and personal when vanquishing foes. These Classes use weapons like swords, axes, and maces to lay the smack down.

Pick a melee class if you like the idea of being front and center during a fight. Melee attacks, for the most part, are Area of Effect (AoE), which means that your attacks will hit all enemies in your path. As you level up your character, you’ll be able to gather a group of enemies and hack and slash your way to victory!

• Candy Barbarian – This cantankerous, carbo-loading crusher pummels enemies into submission. Love the idea of Vanilla Swirlwinding your way into the fray and crushing foes with the sweet wrath of Eis-Crom? The Candy Barbarian might be the hard-charging brawler for you.

• Knight – None can escape this stalwart Trovian’s sword of justice! The Knight can bludgeon enemies with a variety of melee weapons, run over the bad guys with the powerful Charge, or use their Iron Will to heal damage and protect against attacks. This is a great class to play for fighters who like to have extra survivability when the going gets tough.

• Neon Ninja – Style and subterfuge are the name of the game for this flashy assassin. Shadow Flip grants you a speed boost and stealth to hide yourself from enemies. Stasis Blade attacks allow you to rush through enemies and root them in place, while the Final Technique gives your weapon a huge damage boost.

• Dracolyte – Fueled by powerful draconic magic and joined by a loyal dragon whelp, the Dracolyte is one feisty flame thrower. If you need more convincing, level up this class and you’ll eventually unlock the ability to transform yourself into a powerful dragon!

• Boomeranger – The Boomeranger can be a melee or ranged fighter: Equip a sword and stand toe to toe with your enemies while peppering them with bombs and boomerangs to the face! It’s great for players who like to be able to choose either play style.

Ranged Classes
Lovers of bows, pistols, magic attacks, bombs, or cannons will want to pick from one of our many ranged classes.

This playstyle is great if you want to focus your fire on a single enemy, blasting away its health before its weapons have been unsheathed!

• Pirate Captain – What’s a pirate’s favorite letter? It’s B, for all the bonds of friendship forged over the years. Also, for blowing stuff up. Probably mostly the second one. The Pirate Captain fights with his trusty Parrot by his side. You can even toss down a cannon and your parrot pal will pummel landlubbers while you blast away with your shotgun. #noscope

• Shadow Hunter – This hawkeyed dead shot aims to hit the bullseye with green arrows. Fire devastating projectiles through all who dare oppose you (including those pesky walls) and snare baddies with luminous traps. This is a great class for those who want to lock down enemies and shoot on the move.

• Ice Sage – Chill your enemies to the bone with a wintry array of frost magic. With powerful attacks and a Frost Ward to ward off incoming blows, this is a great class for players who want to mix offense and defense. What killed the dinosaurs? The Ice Sage!*

• Fae Trickster – Become the master prankster of the Trove universe. Destroy your enemies with distraction and deceit. Beguile foes with your Faerie Dance, and wreak fanciful carnage with your devastating Glitterbombs!

• Gunslinger – Dual-wield pistols, charge up your attacks to deal heavy damage, and use the powerful Run and Gun attack to burst down packs of foes.

• Boomeranger – The Boomeranger is back on the list! Equip a bow to snipe from afar, stun enemies with your handy boomerang, and blast them to pieces with bomb attacks. The Boomeranger’s a class that’s great at locking down enemies – and then blowing them away!

*These claims are unsubstantiated, and there is no evidence to support any characters in Trove having a direct impact on the global population of dinosaurs.

If you want to see these classes in action, click here and check out some of our videos!

Arriving on 5/5/15!


== GAME UPDATE ==

NEW IN THE STORE
* Chaos Chests have been randomized! Some seasonal mounts, some love, and a preview of the Uni-Cycle!
* New starter pack now available! This pack is $5 and contains 750 Credits, 5 Chaos Chests, the Dark Hood cosmetic unlock, and the Foreman Footwear ally unlock. This ally grants both Jump and Lasermancy!
* New wings now in the store! Xero Line and Bloodseeker. These can be purchased with Credits or Cubits.


ADVENTURING
* All Treasure Isles NPCs, spring beetles, and Desert Crabs will now drop trophies! Thanks, Tribe!


CLUBS
* You can now use /joinworld [clubname] to join a club's world directly! Note: this will only work for clubs that have had a member log in since the patch.


COLLECTIONS/MASTERY
* Both Ships and Sails are now under the Ships collections tab. Both Fishing Poles and Fish are under the Fishing collections tab.
* Diggsly has leveled up his Lasermancy stat and now provides more for his allies.
* Diggsly now grants 50 mastery.


SHADOWY HAPPENINGS
* The Shadowy Market has an assortment of new items for trade, including four new Allies, a Fishing Pole, two new sails, a Mag Rider, the Dark Hood, and the Insanisteed!


CRAFTING
* New Boot allies are now live! Craft them in the hub by the pirate hut.


BUG FIXES AND POLISH
* Bloodsucker Wings now known as Bloodseeker Wings. Lore.
* Fixed a bug where blocks could be placed in the hub.
* The Feisty Flamedancer now properly spawns its invigorating flower as a when you deal damage.
* Miner's Trove and Costume Mystery Box are now opened like other boxes, rather than by being thrown on the ground.
* Boat cannons and buoy destruction should now have appropriate audio.
* The icon for the Magic Carpet has been updated and now shows it in all its glamour.
* The Disciple skin for Ice Sage now has a unique projectile for "Ice Crash"
* The Sugar Skull skin for the Candy Barbarian now has a unique projectile for "Eis Crom Cone."
* The Dark Infineon skin for the Candy Barbarian now has a unique projectile for "Eis Crom Cone."


COMMUNITY CONTENT
* New Shadow Dungeon from LegendaryStudios and Barneebrown.
* New bow styles by homeofmew, Arradir, ParagonHawk, se7en, PinkiePie, 5p3x, Zeeg, Lurax, MamaGabby, jolsensei, Soulrenor, ShadowF1ghter, DestinyCutter, FriedSushi, MonsterAnt, Maneledo, Fiscon, LaFreakki, Pwego, InfineonJ, Khali, MotzerellaSauce, Daeminos, Erir, Thijsss, Popez, TigerLove, Ixion, Aodahn, Madlyaza, Yuyukey, Tribe, BrianVI, Megabash, Aey, Palurian, TNT_101, colabubble, Jallafish, Buff_Mantuff, billybeatable, Minecraftian, chocobag, TeeKayM, and Niestrat99 have been added to the game!
* New Fae Wilds dungeon from KtlavskoX.
* New Fae Wilds dungeon from Walyn.
* New Undead Hills dungeon from Stedms.
* New Undead Hills lair from Arnoxuz.
* New Treasure Isles dungeon from Yuyukey.
* New Permafrost lair from Jusiv.
* New Permafrost lair from Hooborg.
* New Neon City lair from Lazy_Kyu.
* New Dragonfire Peaks lair from Khastiel.

The time that our cube-fathers foretold is almost upon us: Trove enters Open Beta on Nov. 5, 2014!

Join us for a new era that’s completely free to play and adventure as a Knight, Gunslinger, Fae Trickster, Neon Ninja, Dracolyte, and (soon!) a Candy Barbarian through worlds great and small.

Prepare to craft mighty new items and a towering Cornerstone to call home, or pick up where you left off in Closed Beta – no wipes are planned!

Stay tuned for a roundup of features coming this month and next and get ready to rock the block – for FREE – this Nov. 5!

So I've never been a REALLY big fan of this but I understand it happens. Every class we put out I see data mining like this and I'm happy to see so many people excited for the new class but please keep in mind seeing it 10000000000 feet tall in the meta forge with no head is very different than in context of correct scale in the world and other players with correct shaders,alpha, poses, type maps, and animation, etc. There's a good deal of stuff we have in mind for this guy that you don't see here.

So I totally get that this will always happen and I love the enthusiasm. Just please keep in mind that this is not the end result. What it will be in game is a very different experience.