PTS – TRIALS of LUXION EVENT – Patch Notes

INTRODUCTION

It is decreed, from the desk of the incredibly rich, powerful, and handsome dragon, Luxion, that his time in the Hub has come to an end. Luxion has returned to the land over which he rules. He invites all noteworthy Trovians to test their strength (and luck!) in this most deadly game: the Trials of Luxion.

The Trials of Luxion is a repeating event, running for a week at a time. When active, players can access the Trials of Luxion to collect Venturine, which can be used to craft a variety of rewards from Luxion’s hoard!

SPECIFICS

The Trials of Luxion is a new gameplay mode. Combat stats are suppressed, death is punished, and access is strictly limited!

The Trials of Luxion will be available for one week at a time.
The Trials of Luxion are only for the most powerful, confident Trovians, and access is strictly controlled!
- To enter the Trials of Luxion, Trovians must use a Trials of Luxion portal, present in LIGHT’S DEN in the HUB when the event is active.
- Only Trovians who have crafted “LUXION’S PACT” can enter this portal. This can be crafted at the LUXION’S PACT REGISTER.
- Crafting Luxion’s Pact requires an “Unfortunate Soul,” which can also be crafted at Luxion’s Pact Register. However, the Flux cost increases each time this item is crafted, though the cost resets daily.
- “Unfortunate Souls” can also be purchased for Credits, or in limited stock for Cubits, from “Soul-Reckoner Suri.”
New players should check their Adventures UI (default PC key: i) for the Trials of Luxion questline, beginning with “Visit Luxion’s Pact Register”!
Initially, the Trials of Luxion ranges in difficulty from Moonless Dark (10) to Long Shade (15). Rewards increase with difficulty.

Once Trovians enter the Trials of Luxion, they begin in The Venture Capitol, where they can find the Lord Primalux and the Venturine Forge.

Lord Primalux offers 3 adventures sequentially: Defeat Inner Ring Enemies, Defeat Middle Ring Enemies, and Defeat Outer Ring Enemies, each of which gives Venturine as a reward.
- Each time you complete one of these quests, you should return to Lord Primalux for the next step in the Trials.
- Upon completing the final quest, Lord Primalux will let you craft “Complete Trials of Luxion” or “Progress Trials of Luxion.”
- Completing the Trials will fulfil the Pact of Luxion, giving you a large Venturine reward & removing you from the Trials of Luxion after 10 seconds.
- Progressing the Trials will provide no reward, but will upgrade your Pact of Luxion to the next highest difficulty. In all difficulties except Long Shade (15), this will also remove you from the Trials of Luxion after 10 seconds—requiring you to re-enter using the portal in Light’s Den.
The Venturine Forge allows Trovians to convert Venturine into rewards from Luxion’s Hoard
- By combining Venturine into “Compacted Venturine Masses,” players can craft “Venturine Signets.”
  - Every two Compacted Venturine Masses crafted will cause the cost to craft to increase by 1.
- Venturine Signets are valuable commodities, which Luxion will accept in exchange for limited access to his hoard of legendary items!
All collectables previously sold by Luxion can be obtained from the Venturine Forge—though their availability cycles, so keep checking the Venturine Forge throughout the event!
All Venturine items will all disappear from your inventory after the event concludes, so “spend wisely & expediently… and often!” … as Luxion says.
Players can also use the Venturine Forge to solicit Luxion’s Favor. By Loot Collecting an Unfortunate Soul, players receive Fragmens of an Unfortunate Soul, which can be used to buy Luxion’s Favor in a variety of ways.
- Players can only have a single Luxion’s Favor effect at a time. Any newly applied effect will remove currently applied Luxion’s Favor effects.
Upon dying in the Trials of Luxion, some Venturine, Compacted Venturine Masses, and Venturine Signets will be deducted from your inventory. “No risk, no reward!”

Players can also visit “Luxion’s Long Shots,” a gaming table where players can donate to Luxion’s Hoard of items for a chance at receiving additional Venturine, or, rarely, Venturine Stashes.

Venturine Stashes commonly contain Venturine, but can rarely contain more valuable items from Luxion’s Hoard!
- As noted above, Venturine Stashes go away when the event ends, so open them before you lose them!
Each day, there are 5 items which players can donate to Luxion’s Hoard. Each donation increases the amount of that item required by the donation by 2x. The next time that item is available to donate, the donation amount will reset.

The Trials of Luxion are similar to standard Adventure worlds, but there are some significant differences!

Some stats—like Jump and Movement Speed—are capped while in the Trials of Luxion.
Build Mode cannot be utilized; Trovians must remain in Adventure mode.
Most blocks cannot be destroyed.
Trovians can neither join nor invite each other.
As mentioned above, dying within the Trials of Luxion will remove some Venturine items from the player’s inventory.

General:
All VFX for the Shadow Hunter, the Boomeranger and the Solarion have been optimized.

Bug Fixes:
Fixed a Bug where NPCs could get stuck in a Jump animation.
Fixed some Animation states for the Vanguardian where thier arms wouldn't animate properly.
Fixed an issue where Solarion could get stuck in a Charged shot animation state.
Fixed an issue where the Solarion's skirt could animate incorrectly when transitioning between animation states.
Fixed an issue where Some Leaderboards would fail to load.
Fixed an issue where Long shade wouldn't let a player in at exactly 10000 Light

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PTS Update - October 16, 2024

General:

Bomb & dragon projectile block damage increased

Mysticism:

The Herald of the Kraken will now allow players (who have sufficiently progressed in the Kraken questline & with sufficient skill in Mysticism) to obtain BUFF: Augment Buoyancy
Augment Buoyancy makes it significantly easier to descend when in Water, but more difficult to ascend and also applies a Movement Speed penalty.

Tutorial:

Players who are not yet Mastery level 5 will no longer be able to use the [H]ub ability until they've completed the Tutorial questline
New Tips added, and some were changed

New Accepted Player Submissions:

Bullion Bully, a new Spear style from DakotaSpine!
Wicked Wax, a new Spear style from DeSpare!
Indecisive Indicators, a new Spear style from DeSpare!
Litigator's Litany, a new Spear style from DeSpare!
Skybreaker, a new Spear style from Tellador!
Sunfury, a new Spear style from Tellador!
Celestial Fury, a new Spear style from Tellador!
Broken Vengeance, a new Spear style from Raghnal!
Trouble Treble, a new Staff style from DeSpare!
Augury of the End, a new Staff style from Punkmonkey!
Whimsical Warstaff, a new Staff style from Arasolia!
Corrupted Sun Staff, a new Staff style from BPsysOri!
Ancient Guardian, a new Face style from Trovemaster2021XT!
Fledgling Foregrip, a new Bow style from DakotaSpine!
Dream Whisper, a new Bow style from Tellador!
Giantslayer Gauntle, a new Fist style from Tellador!
Radiant Revetment, a new Fist style from Tellador!
Warbringer, a new Fist style from Tellador!
Forged Fist, a new Fist style from Tellador!
Blastflower Basher, a new Fist style from Tellador!
Void Shadowfist, a new Fist style from Tellador!
Shadowy Infineon, a new Fist style from Tellador!
Glaring Glove, a new Fist style from M0tt4_!
Lush Leaf, a new Stylish Texture Block from FutureHero!
Cherry Blossom, a new Stylish Texture Block from FutureHero!
Charred Magma, a new Stylish Texture Block from FutureHero!
Foundation Brick, a new Stylish Texture Block from TheStimerGames!

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PTS – Tutorial Rework

TUTORIAL

The “tutorial” / “new player experience” has changed significantly. The Tutorial now takes place in a shared world, similar to normal Adventure worlds.

Most notable changes:

new players no longer receive a mount, mag rail, and wings for free (these are now given at contextually appropriate times as the player progresses the new questline)

new players are no longer dropped into a ‘solo’ world, and are instead placed in a 0 Difficulty adventure world as they learn the ins-and-outs of the game (the “Tutorial” node in the Atlas will take players here)

SHADOWS ARISE

Shadowy enemies can now be found roaming around in Adventure Worlds, as well as in Dungeons

TIPS

A new “Tips” category has been added to the “Badges” section of the Collections UI. The goal of these tips is to provide the same information that the tutorial questline provides, but which remains accessible even after the quest steps have been completed

Some tips are present by default, and others are unlocked via progressing the new Tutorial questline

Tips do not give mastery

MINING

“Dirt” and “Stone” blocks have become significantly tougher to mine

To compensate for this most +Lasermancy sources have increased in efficacy, including: Mastery Rewards, Allies, and The Grand Orrery Star Char

MASTERY UI

Mastery & Geode Mastery rewards in the Mastery Tab on the Character Sheet now have tooltips, allowing you to inspect what they are

Additionally, the Mastery level at which the rewards are unlocked no longer disappears once the reward has been unlocked

CONTROLLERS / CONSOLES

Fixed tooltips for many Hub objects incorrectly giving keyboard instructions rather than console/controller instructions

MISC CHANGES / FIXES

Enemies in Novice worlds (Difficulty 0) have been made easier to defeat in combat

The “Default Cornerstone” house style has changed! It now matches the style of the small hamlet found in the Tutorial

Mouse-over tooltips have been added to the Build Mode hotbar

Celestial Spheres upgrade button now works properly and no longer consumes more than one sphere after spam clicking upgrade button.

removed an old POI location that could occasionally be found in Adventure worlds which contained nothing but a hub portal & a friend finder

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Public Test Server (PTS)

PTS – TRIALS of LUXION EVENT – Patch Notes

INTRODUCTION

SPECIFICS

PTS Update - October 16, 2024

PTS – Tutorial Rework