Game updates

These are the permanent links to the updates on this page.

 

• Friday 16^th of November
• Thursday 15^th of November
• Tuesday 13^th of November
• Thursday 8^th of November
• Thursday 1^st of November
• Friday 26^th of October
• Thursday 25^th of October
• Saturday 20^th of October
• Thursday 18^th of October
• Tuesday 16^th of October
• Monday 15^th of October
• Friday 12^th of October
• Friday 5^th of October

Older updates:

2007
January	February	March
April	May	June
July	August	September
October	November	December

2006
January	February	March
April	May	June
July	August	September
October	November	December

2005
–	–	–
–	May	June
July	August	September
October	November	December

The following is a list of the most recent updates to Guild Wars, as listed on the official updates info page, with GuildWiki comments.

Check the month by month archives on the right for older updates.

A 0...15 attribute level progression range is used for skills in the update notes. GuildWiki uses the same 0...12 attribute level progression range as the tooltips when displaying skill information. Title-based skills are also listed with progression ranges different from those used in the tooltips.

Update - Friday, November 16, 2007

Guild Wars In-Game Store Updates

• Updated wording in the In-Game Store to clarify that players must own either the corresponding campaign (the original Guild Wars campaign, Factions, Nightfall or Eye of the North) or the PvP Access Kit before they can purchase the skill pack.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that allowed players to exploit their pet's corpse.

GuildWiki notes

• There appears to be more than one update on this day. However, only one of the updates contains release notes.
• It is possible the second update was a fix to the in-game store that prevented many players from accessing the skill packs. Until later in the day after a small update many players would receive errors when attempting to confirm their purchases.
• During one of the updates, a bug in the skill Asuran Scan was fixed. This skill no longer effects allies' damage.

Update - Thursday, November 15, 2007

Guild Wars In-Game Store Updates

• Added In-Game Store support for both the Holiday and the Unlock Pack promotions. For more information on the promotions and the new Unlock Packs, please visit the In-Game Store or the Guild Wars website.

Imperial Herald

• The Imperial Herald located in the Great Temple of Balthazar has been updated with new announcements about the Xunlai House, the Unlock Pack promotion, the $100,000 Tournament series, new Guild Wars merchandise, and the Wintersday contest.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug on the second level of the Bloodstone Caves dungeon that caused a large group of bats to spawn on top of a resurrection shrine.
• Updated Confessor Dorian’s model to correct some graphical errors.
• Fixed a bug that allowed Glyph of Swiftness to give its 25% recharge bonus to more than 3 spells; fixed a bug that prevented some projectiles from receiving their proper speed bonus.
• Fixed a bug with the Asuran Scan skill that prevented some damage types from being properly multiplied.
• Fixed a bug that prevented some visual effects from the Healing Springs [sic] skill from matching the in-game effect.

Miscellaneous

• The Xunlai Tournament House NPC now has rewards for the October Tournament.
• Reduced the healing attributes of Forgotten Priests in the Thirsty River to compensate for the increased effectiveness of their Word of Healing skill.

GuildWiki notes

• This update is approximately 1,500 files and 33.5 MB. It is suspected to contain data of the Bonus Mission Pack.
• Translations of skills into languages other than English seem to be corrected.
• Now when Map Traveling to other Campaigns, Kamadan, Jewel of Istan shows up first before Lion's Arch or Kaineng Center (if you are currently not in Nightfall), and otherwise Kaineng Center shows up before Lion's Arch (if you are in Nightfall). Before this update, Lion's Arch always appeared first (if not currently in in Prophecies) and otherwise Kaineng Center appeared first (if in Prophecies).
• Several professions are currently using the wrong sound modules (e.g.: Eve uses the female assassin sound module).
• The text produced when calling effects on the effects monitor is now more specific (e.g., "I am enchanted with ...", "I am suffering from the ... condition", etc.).

Update - Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Play Balance Updates

We will be evaluating the following changes over the course of this week. Additional adjustments may be made during this time period.

Assassin

• Black Lotus Strike: decreased Energy gain to 5..18; this skill now counts as a lead attack.
• Expose Defenses: decreased duration to 1..11 seconds.
• Horns of the Ox: decreased damage to 1..11.
• Impale: increased casting time to 1 second.
• Trampling Ox: decreased damage to 5..20.

Mesmer

• Ineptitude: increased recharge time to 20 seconds.

Monk

• Word of Healing: decreased unconditional heal amount to 5..130.

Necromancer

• Soul Reaping: no longer gains any benefit from Spirits.

Ranger

• Barrage: increased damage to 5..20 damage.
• Energizing Winds: decreased duration to 1..31 seconds.
• Magebane Shot: increased disable time to 10 seconds; decreased recharge time to 5 seconds.
• Player Pets: no longer leave exploitable corpses.

Miscellaneous

• Changed the elite skill used by the henchman Mhenlo in Eye of the North to Word of Healing.

Update - Thursday, November 08, 2007

Skill Updates

We will be evaluating the following changes over the course of the next week. Additional adjustments may be made during that time period.

Assassin

• Recall: when this Enchantment ends, it now disables all of the caster's Skills for 10 seconds.

Dervish

• Mystic Healing: decreased heal amount to 5..65.

Elementalist

• Shell Shock: decreased recharge time to 8 seconds. This Skill now has 25% armor penetration.

Mesmer

• Conjure Nightmare: decreased Energy cost to 15.
• Shrinking Armor: increased Health degeneration to 1..4.
• Signet of Illusions: fixed a bug that allowed this Signet to stack with itself.

Monk

• Blessed Light: increased heal amount to 10..140.
• Cure Hex: now affected by Healer's Boon.
• Glimmer of Light: decreased recharge time to 1 second; increased heal amount to 10..115.
• Healer's Boon: instead of an upkeep cost, this Skill now has a duration of 10..55 seconds and no longer ends after a number of Spells are cast.
• Healing Breeze: increased duration to 15 seconds; increased Health regeneration to 4..9.
• Healing Ribbon: now affected by Healer's Boon.
• Heal Party: increased heal amount to 30..90.
• Light of Deliverance: increased casting time to 2 seconds; decreased heal amount to 5..70; now affects all party members regardless of Health.
• Restful Breeze: increased duration to 8..18 seconds.
• Vigorous Spirit: decreased casting time to .25 seconds.
• Word of Healing: this Skill can now target the caster; increased non-conditional heal amount to 25..150; decreased recharge time to 3 seconds.

Necromancer

• Oppressive Gaze: conditional effect now only triggers on foes who are below 50% Health.
• Weaken Armor: decreased Energy cost to 5; decreased casting time to 2 seconds; decreased recharge time to 5 seconds; changed the skill type to a Spell; functionality changed to: "Target foe has Cracked Armor for 5..20 second[s]."

Ranger

• Energizing Wind: increased Energy cost to 15; decreased duration to 30..90 seconds; decreased Spirit's level to 1..6.
• Fertile Season: increased Energy cost to 15; decreased Health bonus to 50..150; decreased armor bonus to 8.
• Magebane Shot: functionality changed to: "If this attack hits, it interrupts target foe's action. If that action was a Spell, it is disabled for 5 seconds. This attack cannot be blocked."

Ritualist

• Ancestors' Rage: this Skill is no longer considered an Enchantment.
• Spiritleech Aura: fixed a bug that swapped duration and effect time.
• Weapon of Warding: increased duration to 5..10 seconds.
• Splinter Weapon: functionality changed to: "For 20 second[s], target ally has a Splinter Weapon. Target ally's next 1..5 attacks deal 5..50 damage on up to 3 adjacent foes."
• Sundering Weapon: increased duration to 5..20 seconds.

Warrior

• Body Blow: now works properly with scythes.
• Symbolic Strike: now works properly with scythes.

PvE-Only Skills

• Winds: fixed a bug that caused Winds (a Vanguard skill) to affect allies as well as foes.

Miscellaneous

• Added a trophy to the Great Temple of Balthazar to commemorate the current winners of the 2007 $100,000 Tournament Series.
• Removed the Celestial Tournament season PvP trophy from the Great Temple of Balthazar.
• Fixed an exploit in Regent Valley that allowed players to kill pet bears repeatedly to obtain multiple ale rewards from the Bear Hunters.
• Moved a patrol of Stone Summit Dwarves who often traveled too close to the entrance in Duncan the Black's level of Slavers' Exile.
• Fixed a bug that allowed Necromancer minions to count as kills for the Blessing of the Luxons and the Blessing of the Kurzicks.

GuildWiki notes

• Hero Battle maps appear to have been removed from Random Arena rotations with this update.
• In Random Arena, D'Alessio Arena appears to be repeating disproportionately often.

Update - Thursday, November 01, 2007

Team Arena Map Updates

• Temporarily added Hero Battle maps to the Team Arena map rotation. We will be evaluating the addition of these maps over the course of the week. Additional adjustments may be made during that time period.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that placed some players in an English language district upon leaving a PvP mission even though they had previously set their district to a non-English language. (Note that in order to save a language district selection, players must first log out of the game while in their preferred language district.)
• Fixed a bug that prevented some players from completing the Factions quest "Little Creatures" on Shing Jea Island.
• Fixed a bug that displayed Pekk [Collector] as a Sentient Vine Collector rather than a Fungal Roots Collector.
• Fixed a bug that removed several NPCs from Lion's Arch.

Miscellaneous

• Updated the Automated Tournament map rotation.

GuildWiki notes

• The dimming effect added in the October 25th, 2007 update has been reduced.
• Halloween decorations and NPCs have been removed.
• Losing a battle in Team Arenas sometimes sends some players to Random Arenas.
• The Hero Battle maps were also added to Random Arena map rotation.

Update 2 - Friday October 26, 2007

Guild Wars Bonus Mission Pack Preparations

• Made preparations for the final week of the Guild Wars Bonus Mission Pack Promotion. At approximately 12:01 AM (-7 GMT) on October 27, players will be able to check their Guild Wars account (using the in-game option "Edit Account") to determine whether they have qualified for the Bonus Mission Pack. Eligibility is not updated automatically. Account status will be updated periodically from Monday through Wednesday of next week.

Update - Friday, October 26, 2007

• Fixed a bug that caused some Halloween NPCs to appear more than once.
• Fixed a bug that caused deaths in the Costume Brawl to be added to a character's total death count. This fix does not retroactively remove deaths incurred while the bug was in effect.

Update 2 - Thursday, October 25, 2007

• Fixed a bug that allowed the Costume Brawl skills to be used outside of the Costume Brawl.

GuildWiki notes

• BUG: There are lots of twins in Lion's Arch: both 'normal' and 'Halloween' NPCs are present.

Update - Thursday, October 25, 2007

Start of Halloween Event

When sunlight wanes to shadow

And mists fill nights once clear

'Tis time to think of monarchs

Who visit once a year.

Hail, Thorn, the king demented,

Whose laughter fills the air

Where cunning gifts are given

With wit and deadly flair!

And as the season passes

Remember what you've seen

In Lion's Arch and Kamadan

On this good Halloween.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused the hunt rampage to display an incorrect duration in Hard Mode.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the snowmen in the Secret Lair of the Snowmen from using their Hard-Mode exclusive skills.
• Fixed an exploit that allowed players to access Account Storage in areas that have no Xunlai Agents.
• Fixed a bug that occasionally prevented characters from receiving credit for kills in the Fissure of Woe quest "The Hunt".
• Fixed a bug that prevented players from reporting teammates for leeching while in Random Arenas and Alliance Battles.
• Fixed a bug that allowed players to have more siege devourers in their group than intended in some Eye of the North regions.
• Fixed a bug that allowed players to use Spirits to kill Polymock opponents.
• Fixed a bug that prevented Domain of Anguish bosses from spawning once the quest "Mallyx the Unyielding" had been completed.
• Fixed a bug in the Courtyard map of Heroes' Ascent that allowed the gate levers to open and close the gates faster than intended.
• Fixed a graphical bug that caused several character models and armor sets to appear as wireframes.

Miscellaneous

• The Xunlai Tournament House NPC has returned to the Great Temple of Balthazar, Lion's Arch, Kaineng Center, and Kamadan to reward players with Tournament prizes.
• To more clearly distinguish items that are outside of combat range, the names of characters and items more than 1,000 feet away now appear in a dimmer color.

GuildWiki notes

• To receive Tournament reward points from Kun Shao, the Xunlai Tournament Agent, you must first register your account.

Update - Saturday, October 20, 2007

• Fixed an exploit that could be used to crash the game for every player in an instance.

Update - Thursday, October 18, 2007

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that prevented Lightbringer skills from functioning in the Domain of Anguish.
• Fixed a bug that caused Hero Panels to open and close after traveling between maps.

Miscellaneous

• Removed an excessively large spawn of incubus that appeared in Arbor Bay while in Hard Mode.
• The Dwarven Ghost allies revealed by the Light of Deldrimor skill are now more durable in Hard Mode.
• Updated Factions pets so they increase in size when they evolve. This affects both new and existing pets.
• Rewards gained by vanquishing an area are now visible in the player's Chat log.
• Heroes will now only attack if they have weapons equipped

Update - Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Skill Updates

Assassin

• Deadly Paradox: decreased the activation and recharge time of Assassin Skills to 33%.

Monk

• Shield of Regeneration: reverted this Skill to its original behavior.

Mesmer

• Keystone [sic]: reverted this Skill to its original behavior.

Update - Monday, October 15, 2007

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a rare crash bug.

Update 3 - Friday, October 12, 2007

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that allowed players to repeat Eye of the North primary quests.

GuildWiki notes

• This update does not actually stop players from repeating Eye of the North primary quests, rather it fixed an "exploit": the quests were giving the full amount of reputation points each time when should only have been the full amount the first time completed (per character).

Update 2 - Friday, October 12, 2007

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that prevented some players from accessing Eye of the North Hard Mode.

Update - Friday, October 12, 2007

Eye of the North Hard Mode

Hard Mode has been introduced for Guild Wars: Eye of the North. Players who have completed the expansion can now try playing it again in Hard Mode for an additional challenge.

Accessing Hard Mode in Eye of the North

• To gain access to Hard Mode in Eye of the North, you must first defeat the final primary quest in Normal Mode.
• Once you defeat the Eye of the North quest "A Time for Heroes" with any character on your account, every level 20 character on that same account will have access to Hard Mode in Eye of the North.

Hard Mode Rewards in Eye of the North

• Reputation point bonuses for completing primary quests and dungeons are 50% higher than in Normal Mode.
• Reputation points received from bounties are approximately 50% higher than in Normal Mode.
• Random loot found within final dungeon chests is doubled from what is given in Normal Mode.

Hero's Handbook and Master Dungeon Guide

• Pages acquired for missions completed without a Hero’s Handbook in your inventory can now be added to a Hero’s Handbook. The cost is 100 gold per missing page. Similarly, pages for dungeons completed without a Master Dungeon Guide in your inventory can be added for 100 gold per missing page.
• The following Eye of the North title NPCs can now update books with missing pages:
  • Gedrel of Ascalon [Vanguard Herald] inside the Eye of the North
  • Kodan [Dwarven Recruitment Officer] in Gunnar's Hold
  • Tyr the Skaald [Norn Storyteller] in Gunnar's Hold
  • Lexx [Asuran Talent Scout] in Rata Sum
• These NPCs now give rewards for any Hero’s Handbook or Master Dungeon Guide that has at least half of its pages. The rewards given for turning in one of these books are as follows:
• NOTE: You cannot turn in a book in normal mode if you are rank 8 or higher in the relevant title.

Master Dungeon Guide rewards
Pages	Rep (Normal)	Rep (Hard)	XP (Normal)	XP (Hard)	Gold (Normal)	Gold (Hard)
9	11,000	16,500	22,000	33,000	2,200	3,300
10	12,000	18,000	24,000	36,000	2,400	3,600
11	13,000	19,500	26,000	39,000	2,600	3,900
12	14,000	21,000	28,000	42,000	2,800	4,200
13	16,000	24,000	32,000	48,000	3,200	4,800
14	18,000	27,000	36,000	54,000	3,600	5,400
15	21,000	31,500	42,000	63,000	4,200	6,300
16	25,000	37,500	50,000	75,000	5,000	7,500
17	30,000	45,000	60,000	90,000	6,000	9,000
18	40,000	60,000	80,000	120,000	8,000	12,000

Hero's Handbook rewards
Pages	Rep (Normal)	Rep (Hard)	XP (Normal)	XP (Hard)	Gold (Normal)	Gold (Hard)
8	2,000	3,000	4,000	6,000	400	600
9	3,000	4,500	6,000	9,000	600	900
10	4,000	6,000	8,000	12,000	800	1,200
11	6,000	9,000	12,000	18,000	1,200	1,800
12	8,000	12,000	16,000	24,000	1,600	2,400
13	10,000	15,000	20,000	30,000	2,000	3,000
14	12,000	18,000	24,000	36,000	2,400	3,600
15	15,000	22,500	30,000	45,000	3,000	4,500
16	20,000	30,000	40,000	60,000	4,000	6,000

Hall of Monuments

• Miniatures no longer need to be customized when displayed in a player's Hall of Monuments.
• Miniatures displayed in the Monument to Devotion are now marked as "dedicated" rather than "customized."
• Players can use the Monument to Devotion to switch existing miniatures from being "customized" to being "dedicated."
• Miniatures that have been dedicated in a Hall of Monuments cannot be dedicated again, but they can be used by any character.
• To prevent trade scams, the Trade panel will warn you if someone tries to trade you a miniature that has already been dedicated.

Report Command

After reviewing the usage of the report command during last weekend’s test, we have decided to enable the command officially. The text describing the spamming and verbal abuse report commands have been updated to more clearly explain how they work. Players are never banned merely because of the volume of reports issued against them. Reports alert the GM team to review the actual chat logs of the reported player. The GM team then uses the same disciplinary policies that have always been applied to emailed reports of spamming and verbal abuse.

• To use the report command, type "/report."
• Targeting a player and typing /report or /report followed by a player's name opens a new Report Dialog panel. From this panel, you can report a chosen player for leeching, botting, spamming, using abusive language, or having an inappropriate character name. Reports will then be relayed to and reviewed by the Guild Wars Support team.
• You can report a player for leeching if you are in the same Random Arena, Alliance Battle, or Competitive Mission as that player. If at least half your team reports the same player for leeching, that player will be stripped of XP and faction rewards for the battle. Note that you can only report members of your own party or team for leeching.
• Reports of botting, spamming, abusive language, and inappropriate character names will be relayed to and reviewed by the Guild Wars Support team. Note that reporting a single player multiple times for the same offense will not expedite or influence support team attention.
• A single account cannot use the /report command more than 50 times in a 24-hour period.

We will continue to monitor this feature and make further adjustments as necessary.

Underworld and Fissure of Woe Updates

• When entering into these regions, players will now receive a Mission Objective list in their Quest Log. This list informs players how many quests they must complete to finish the regions for the purposes of full completion and credit for the Hall of Monuments.
• Quests yet to be obtained are marked as "?????" in the Mission Objective list until they are discovered by at least one party member.
• Chests now spawn upon completion of all quests in either of these regions.

Skill Updates

We will be evaluating the following changes over the course of the next week. Additional adjustments may be made during that time period.

All

• Decreased the Health of all Spirits by 50; allowed Burning to affect Spirits.

Assassin

• Death's Charge: increased conditional Heal to 65..200.
• Golden Fang Strike: fixed a bug that allowed the use of Golden Fang Strike without a lead attack.
• Shadow Refuge: increased duration to 6 seconds.

Dervish

• Wearying Strike: decreased damage to 5..20.

Elementalist

• Ash Blast: increased damage to 35..65.
• Chilling Winds: increased damage to 25..50.
• Conjure Frost, Conjure Flame, and Conjure Lightning: now directly increase the damage you do when you hit with an attack (previously, they dealt damage as a second, additional strike); decreased damage to 5..20.
• Ebon Hawk: increased damage to 45..100.
• Enervating Charge: increased damage to 25..50.
• Glyph of Swiftness: fixed a bug that increased the projectile speed.
• Ice Spikes: decreased recharge time to 10 seconds.
• Searing Flames: increased Burning duration to 1..7 seconds.
• Steam: increased conditional damage to 40..100; increased damage to 25..70.
• Stoning: increased damage to 45..105.
• Ward Against Melee: increased Energy cost to 15; decreased duration to 5..20 seconds.

Mesmer

• Air of Disenchantment: decreased casting time to .25 seconds.
• Drain Enchantment: decreased Energy cost to 10; decreased Energy returned to 7..15; added a heal effect of 40..120 when an Enchantment is removed.
• Enchanter's Conundrum: decreased Energy cost to 10; decreased casting time to 1 second; increased damage to 30..120; fixed a bug that caused multiple hits of damage when stacked.
• Energy Burn: increased damage multiplier to 12.
• Energy Surge: increased damage multiplier to 12.
• Extend Conditions: decreased recharge time to 5 seconds.
• Hex Eater Vortex: increased recharge time to 12 seconds.
• Illusion of Haste: decreased Energy cost to 5.
• Ineptitude: decreased recharge time to 15 seconds.
• Keystone Signet: decreased recharge time to 10 seconds.
• Mantra of Recovery: decreased recharge reduction to 33%.
• Power Drain: decreased recharge time to 20 seconds.
• Power Leak: decreased recharge time to 12 seconds.
• Power Spike: decreased Energy cost to 5.
• Shrinking Armor: fixed a bug that prevented the Health Bar from turning purple.
• Signet of Illusions: increased the number of Spells affected to 3.
• Signet of Midnight: decreased recharge time to 10 seconds.

Monk

• Reversal of Damage: fixed a bug that caused this Spell to stop all damage instead of the max damage listed.
• Shield of Deflection: increased recharge time to 10 seconds; increased duration to 3..10 seconds.
• Shield of Regeneration: increased recharge time to 12 seconds.

Necromancer

• Angorodon's Gaze: decreased Energy returned to 12.
• Chilblains: now works on target foe instead of having a point-blank area of effect; decreased number of Enchantments affected to 1; increased casting time to 2 seconds.
• Gaze of Contempt: decreased recharge time to 15 seconds.
• Putrid Bile: fixed a bug that prevented the Health Bar from turning purple.
• Rend Enchantments: decreased recharge time to 20 seconds.
• Rigor Mortis: decreased recharge time to 20 seconds; decreased casting time to 1 second.
• Rip Enchantment: decreased Health lost to 15..5.
• Strip Enchantment: decreased recharge time to 15 seconds.

Ranger

• Nature's Renewal: decreased Spirit levels to 1..10.

Paragon

• Aggressive Refrain: now causes Cracked Armor for 20 seconds when applied.
• "Go for the Eyes!": increased recharge time to 4 seconds.

Warrior

• Agonizing Chop: increased activation time to 1 second.
• "Charge!": increased movement speed to 33%.
• Critical Chop: increased activation time to 1 second.
• Disarm: reworded skill description to explain that it is an interrupt.
• "Watch Yourself!": increased recharge time to 4 seconds; increased duration to 10 seconds.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug in the Fissure of Woe quest "The Hunt" that prevented players from completing it in some multiplayer situations.
• Fixed bugs in the Underworld quests "Demon Assassin" and "Terrorweb Queen" that prevented players from completing them in some multiplayer situations.
• Fixed a bug that prevented Edielh Shockhunter from displaying correctly and having skills.
• Fixed a bug that caused the Kurzick Base Defender in the Alliance Battles map "Ancestral Lands" to have the wrong model.
• Fixed multiple small text bugs in skill descriptions.
• Fixed a line-of-sight exploit in the Heroes' Ascent map "Fetid River".
• Fixed a bug that allowed miniatures to be killed by traps.
• Fixed a bug that caused players to receive Asura reputation points instead of Dwarven reputation points for completing the Heart of the Shiverpeaks dungeon.
• Fixed a bug that prevented resurrection shrines in Oola's Lab from appearing on the Mission Map.
• Fixed graphic artifacts on the loading screen and in the Skill warm-up bar that appeared in interface sizes other than the normal setting.
• Fixed a bug that prevented chat messages containing Party Search keywords from appearing in the "All" or "Trade" channels while in guild halls.
• Fixed the Party Search purpose droplist so that it no longer resets to "Mission" every time the "Seek Party" checkbox is reselected.

Miscellaneous

• Improved rewards from Eye of the North chests revealed by the Light of Deldrimor skill in both Hard and Normal Mode.
• The Master of the North title track now counts toward Favor of the Gods.
• As with explorable areas, parties now automatically fail in dungeons if they reach a party-wide 60% DP while in Hard Mode.
• Players now receive the skill Brawling Combo Punch when entering into Fronis Irontoe's Lair in Hard Mode.
• The guaranteed drop from the final chest in Frostmaw's Burrow has been changed from a diamond to a lockpick. Lockpicks have a consistent high gold value, while the diamond currently has a low value due, in part, to the ease of acquiring them from this chest.
• Reduced the size of activation on the Resurrection Shrine in the Fortress of Jahai.
• Moved the first Resurrection Shrine in Vulture Drifts to the side of the portal into Dunes of Despair.
• Gold rewards for vanquishing foes in Hard Mode have been increased to five times the number of creatures killed.
• Changed several Eye of the North quests so that upon completion, the Quest Log selects and highlights the related summary quest.

GuildWiki notes

• Signet of Illusions: the spells affected is not 3, but 1...3.
• The Cracked Armor from Aggressive Refrain is reapplied every time Aggressive Refrain is reapplied.

• Rejuvenation does not affect allies with full health.