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The bearded Ancient Dragon brings a new look to a timeless brood. Shave time off of your journeys and soar across the land on the back of a glorious Ancient Dragon Mount, only available for a limited time!

Trimach the Ancient is the master of the Ancient Dragon brood! He’s a fast flier, despite his age, and can be obtained by collecting Dragon Souls from Ancient Dragon Caches. Click here to learn more about our new dragons.

Now that the Ancient Dragon brood has burst onto the scene, Neon Dragon Caches will no longer be available – but take heart! Those who long to soar the skies on the back of our previous dragons will still have a chance to obtain those legendary beasts through the use of Dragon Coins!

Arriving 9/1/2015

Say hello to our scaly friend: Trimach the Ancient!

• Ancient Dragon Caches from Trimach's brood are the new reward for completing challenges!
• Ancient Dragon Caches can contain Flux, Eyes of Q'bthulhu, Dragon Coins, Penta-Forged Shadow Souls, and Ancient Dragon Souls!
• Dragon Coins can be used to buy previous Dragon Souls, or to create Purifying Dragon Flame, which can be used with Penta-Forged Shadow Souls to upgrade Shadow 5 gear into Radiant gear.
• Ancient Dragon Souls can be consumed to unlock Ancient Dragon Ascension badges, that can be viewed under "Badges" on the Collections screen (Default Key: Y).
• 1 soul - Ancient Dragoncrown
• 5 souls - Ally: Ancient Dragonling
• 10 souls - Ground Mount: Ancient Fledgling
• 25 souls - Ancient Arsenal set of styles
• 50 souls - Winged Mount: Ancient Dragon
• 90 souls - Winged, Firebreathing Mount: Trimach the Ancient & Radiant Weapon Aura: Ancient Allure
• 100 souls - Spirit of Trimach: Permanently grants +5 maximum energy, +1 jump, and +50 magic find to your character

Daily Dragon Soul!

• The first Challenge you complete each day will now award an Ancient Dragon Soul!
• This soul cannot be traded.

Neon Dragon Souls

• Still not finished with Neon Dragon Ascension? You can craft 3 Neon Dragon Souls at the Dragon Crucible in the hub for 2 Dragon Coins, 1 Golden Soul, and 15 Robotic Parts.

Hello everyone!

We will be performing a patch deploy on Thursday, August 13! The servers will come down at 7 AM PDT / 2 PM GMT with an expected downtime of 1 hour. As always, we'll try to come in under that.

Thanks for your patience!

Details about the upcoming patch, fresh from the Trove Team!

• Fixed a bug where collections menu items required two clicks to open up
• Fixed a stacking issue with fish trophies
• Fixed an issue where some lava fish had no weights
• Fixed an issue where some trophy fish didn't correctly "collect" into trophies
• Correctly added the Neon FX to the 50 soul neon dragon badge reward

Arriving on 8/11/15!

== FEATURES ==

FISHING TROPHIES
* Fish now have weights, so now you can-have-once caught one thiiiiiiiiiiis big!
* The heaviest fish of a given type count as a TROPHY CATCH, which can be deconstructed in to Bronze, Silver, or Gold trophies to place in your Cornerstone or Club World!

AURAS UPDATE
* Three New VFX for your Radiant Weapons are now available!
* Neon - Available after unlocking 50 Neon Dragon Souls.
* Shadow Stain - dropped rarely when adventuring.
* Tough Love - dropped rarely when adventuring.
* Changing Radiant Auras at the Enchanted Forge now goes through them all in order, rather than choosing one randomly.
* You can now view the auras you have unlocked in the Collections window (Default key: Y) under Styles>Radiant Auras.


== GAME UPDATE ==

NEW IN THE STORE
* Chaos Chest rewards been shuffled! Get your hands on the HOT Torched Taurus, submitted by Screamheart!
* Sorcerous Servant emblem has been added to the store! Are you Sorcerous? Do you want a Servant? WE'VE GOT A FLASK EMBLEM FOR YOU!
* Clicking "Get Chaos Chests" on the Trove Today screen will now open up a store page that shows nothing except chaos chests! How simple!


KEYBINDINGS
* Using the mouse wheel when in build mode no longer rotates placed objects, and now zooms just like adventure mode.
* Holding Shift while pressing the middle mouse button will rotate objects.
* "Walk" in build mode, previously bound to the shift key, is now bound to the control key.


ADVENTURING
* "Nova" bosses now fire shots in a half circle in front of themselves rather than all around themselves.


CLASSES
* Player-summoned objects (Tomb Raiser's minions, Dracolyte's Burnt Offering, etc.) are now destroyed when changing classes.


BUG FIXES AND POLISH
* Attempting to loot items with your inventory open will no longer claim you don't have space
* You can now right click a player's name when they chat in /say (this actually happened last week!)
* Fixed a few crashes related to Particle Effects.
* Fixed some video setting changes not saving if the screen resolution was changed at the same time.


COMMUNITY CREATIONS
* New hairstyles by GadgetCAT, Humpypants, Dragoes, Narwiff, Zoe, PinkNekoGirl, and AtomicHoagie have been added to the game!
* Desert Frontier NPCs now drop the appropriate trophies, courtesy of Tribe!

Click here for info on the expected downtime for this patch.

Arriving on 7/21/15!

== FEATURES ==

NEON DRAGONS ARE NOW LIVE!
* You can now earn Neon Dragon Caches from challenges, or purchase them on the store!
* Neon Dragon Caches have an uncommon chance of dropping Neon Dragon Souls, and have a rare chance of dropping Dragon Coins.
* Dragon Coins can be used to craft previous dragon souls as well as for forging.
* There are now more levels of rewards for dragon progression! Since souls are more common, the required amount to max your progression has been set to 100.
* The chance to get 1000 Flux or 50 Eyes of Q'bthulhu from Neon Dragon Caches is slightly lower than it was with Azulian Dragon Caches.
* Crafting the Azulian Dragon Soul with Azulian Dragon Essences no longer requires a Dragon Coin as well as essences: it now costs 4 Essences and Glacial Shards. There is now a new recipe which costs 2 Dragon Coins and Glacial Shards only. In the future Dragon Coins will be usable to get other out of rotation Dragon Souls.


== GAME UPDATE ==

NEW IN THE STORE
* Chaos Chest has been randomized! This week’s contents include some hard to find mounts.


MECHANICS
* All boats now accelerate faster when not turning.
* NPCs should no longer get pushed around by Tomb Raiser minions.
* Friends are now visible through walls from further away, using a different color.


ADVENTURING
* Earthly Dragon Adventurer Chests no longer drop. They have been replaced with Panda Adventurer Chests, which have a chance of containing the rare Giant Red Panda or Giant Fae Panda mounts, designed by FriedSushi!
* The Neon City biome now shows up as a challenge biome.


UI AND SETTINGS
* The equipment comparison tooltip now shows correct difference for percentage based stat modifiers.
* Added rules to select an acceptable default fullscreen resolution if none is set when Trove launches.
* Added brightness and gamma controls to video settings.
* Added Whisper to player context menu in chat.
* The map legend now changes based on which world you're currently in.
* The game now mutes sound when it loses focus.
* When making Steam Wallet purchases without the overlay enabled the client now tells you that the overlay must be enabled for that action.
* The chest/loot-box opening UI now closes when the player moves or presses escape, just like all other UI elements!


LOOT
* New uncommon and rare staff styles have been added to the game!
* New Melee styles have been added to the game!
* *The granted Shadow Keys which were broken should now work.


CRAFTING
* Crafting can now start a second stack of an item.
* The Elysian Flask refilling station on the starting cornerstone is now lootable. This only affects newly created cornerstones, not existing ones.


BUG FIXES AND POLISH
* Implemented additional server and database optimizations.
* Fixed a bug where consecutive login stat could get reset when it shouldn't have. Really.
* Neon city "grass" now works like other grass, (will spread onto dirt).
* Fixed a bug where grass would sometimes change into the wrong type of dirt.
* The Sky Realm no longer incorrectly displays recipe icons on the worldmap.
* Master Magician and Master Cheep Emblem descriptions no longer incorrectly state they can be bought for cubits or credits from the store, and correctly state they can be obtained by achieving the appropriate mastery rank.
* Fixed an issue with Patron Passes not working when changing worlds soon after purchase.
* Fixed a bug where you lose bonus Patron Pass flask changes when changing worlds.
* Fixed a bug where the fog of war would not update correctly.
* Fixed a startup crash.
* Fixed a bug causing VFX to sometimes not appear.
* Clubworld maps no longer incorrectly use the dragon biome icon on the map for zones that cannot be modified.
* Fixed the unsightly flickering in the Warhorse and Radiant Steed mount VFX.
* Cursed Skulls no longer break apart when completed.
* Arcanium Crawlers have had their legs made more symmetrical.
* Slightly decreased number of log lines in the club log.
* Three-star dungeons should now use the correct portal on the outside when completed.

Arriving on 6/23/15!

== FEATURES ==

UI UPDATE!
* The new inventory UI is live!

MAP UPDATE
* The world map now has biome style-icons to help differentiate different types of biome. Now color-blind people can find candy biomes!

== GAME UPDATE ==

NEW IN THE STORE
* Deals are now live! Deals appear in the store under the 'Packs' tab and are the equivalent of a Credit purchase with an extra bonus on top. As you purchase goods on the store (earning Patron Points) your deals improve. You can also get free 'Treasure Troves' full of resources under the store in place of a deal, randomly. Deals rotate daily.
* Deals are in BETA and may change in the future. Buy them if you're interested in what is in them and know that they may change or go away entirely!
* Some deals have Shadow Pinatas. Yes, they're real.
* The Starter Pack is now only available for the first 8 days after a new player starts playing the game.
* Selecting "Get Chaos Chests" on the welcome screen now opens the store to the Goods page.
* The common rewards for the original 'Party Animal' pinata have been adjusted to be similar to current pinata rewards (i.e., Glim, Flux, and Common Ore).

CHALLENGES
* Challenges now enforce world level requirements. If your level is too low for the world you're in, then you cannot participate in challenges.
* Tier 3 and 4 challenge levels now award 3 Caches each.

DRAGONS
* Old Blue Dragon Pup and Elder Dragon Pup have their own 'Dragon' category in the Allies tab of the collections window.
* The Spirit of Azorian badge now grants 100 Mastery Points and a permanent +10% Max Health, +1 Jump and + 50 Magic Find

ADVENTURING
* Adventurer's Neon Dragon Kami Boxes no longer drop. They have been replaced with Earthly Dragon Adventurer's Chests, which have a chance of containing the rare Paunchy Dragon Pup (designed by Gadget Cat) or Prodigal Peridoter (designed by Astrick) mounts!
* Completing a dungeon will now create a large red 'x' over it in the world, similar to lairs.
* Uber 5 now requires level 26 and Uber 6 now requires level 36.

LOOT
* Weapons that drop now are always of a type the class you are playing can use.
* Magic Find now happens more often regardless of your Magic Find stat. Because that's more fun.
* Uber 6 chests will now properly drop Shadow Key Fragments and Gems.
* Invading Shadow Giants in Uber 6 worlds will now properly drop Tentacles of Q'bthulhu.


BUG FIXES AND POLISH
* Fixed three of our most common crash causes. Please continue to send crash reports!
* Dungeon objective completion sound effects are now way more exciting.
* Laptops with Nvidia GPU's should now default to High Performance Graphics for Trove.exe (ie. it will autoselect the Nvidia GPU instead of the Intel/AMD one)
* Bench Section decor pieces have been fixed and should all have unique (and matching!) models.
* The Mullet and Argumentative Strawman hairstyles should now work better with hat styles that leave the top of the character's head exposed.
* Weapons are now hidden in build mode.
* Unobtainable allies have been removed from the Allies tab of the Collections window.
* Fixed escape menu showing up when using escape to close other windows.
* Fixed bug where Chronomantic Emblem had no effect on Ice Sage's ultimate.
* Fix the store not remembering your select payment method after reopening the Store.
 - Note: You still need to change your default payment method in Account Management otherwise it will revert after logging out.

Arriving on 6/2/15!


NEW IN THE STORE
* Summer pinatas are now in the store! They have new styles, mounts, and craftable decorations.
* Chaos chest has been randomized! Contains the preview for the Fae Boughskimmer plus Bloodseeker Wings and the Draconic Galleon, as well as Cotton Candy!
* You can now purchase a 10-pack of Pearls of Wisdom, for the cost of a mere 9 Pearls!


MECHANICS
* Level 1 characters now start with 150 health and 25 health regen.
* Spikes now actually do damage over time, instead of in a big burst.


ADVENTURING
* The Adventurer's Bento Box has been retired. The Neon Dragon Kami Box Adventure Box is now live!
* Adventure Boxes now give flux and glim only at common and at more randomized rates.
* Higher rank Uber difficulties now have notably larger drop chances for high rarity equipment.
* Uber 1 now drops higher rarity equipment slightly less often.


FORGING
* Does having to find components in your inventory and chests when you forge make you sad? Do you wish it worked just like crafting? Us too! We've drafted a legion of Ladybugs of Light to search all of your chests and your inventory to find ingredients for forging, and magically bring them to the forge!


BUG FIXES AND POLISH
* Store-bought mounts and goods should now trigger a confirmation prompt if you try to drop them in the world.
* Fae now have creature voices.
* Made stat ordering consistent between forge UI and tooltips.
* Fixed a bug where players would sometimes hover in empty space for a few seconds after the loading screen had dropped.
* Fixed a bug causing rare pets to not deconstruct into Glim.


DECONSTRUCTING
* Shadow level 3 and 4 rings now deconstruct into more resources.
* Shadow level 3 equipment deconstructs for less at high star values.
* Shadow level 1 and 4 equipment now deconstruct for more across the board.
* Relic rarity equipment now deconstruct for slightly more.