Ventrix is now up, he has four new item drops along with a guaranteed Small, Medium or Large crystal drop. I've spent all day experimenting with item stats to see how varied I could make the new items while keeping them equal to the Scythe.

He drops a sword that is designed to be higher damage than the Scythe, but not as accurate and a gun that is designed to be incredibly accurate, but much lower damage. In a test of 10,000 consecutive battles they got the same % wins as the Scythe would overall. That was with average Avatar stats though, so it may be different depending on your stat build and accompanying items.

Ventrix also drops two new Misc items, one is designed to be comparable to the Amulet. The other is a flat upgrade but it has a very low chance to drop.

Turns out adding new end game items and a new Hunting Boss is actually more work than the other steps of the road map. Still working out the item stats for the new drops but this is your preview of the new level 85 hunting boss... Ventrix.



He drops a few items that should be comparable to Avatar Lord Tyrans drops. However instead of dropping a guaranteed ring, he will drop a guaranteed Crystal of some description. He will be a bit tougher than Tyran, but hopefully not too challenging.

Just to let you guys know what's happening. The new hunting NPC boss is coming and it's going to be awesome, if slightly late. Steven is still drawing up the images. I hope the weapons and misc item he drops will offer real viable alternatives to the current avatar items and they look pretty cool to top things off.

He should be with you soon, stay tuned.

That is the crystal update all finished, you can combine crystals using the 'use' option in your inventory. All the old crystals should now be Crystal Shards in your inventories and market. Let me know if you encounter any bugs, everything has been fully tested though.

I'm not currently providing a way to break crystals down in to 2 smaller versions. I may add this in the future though as it may be useful for people wanting to use the crystal exchange.