Patch NW.55.20160106a.1

Patch Notes: NW.55.20160106a.1

Patch Notes

Content and Environment

• Protector's Enclave
  • Civilians no longer clip through the sides of staircases quite as often.
  • The VIP area of the Moonstone Mask no longer has particularly restrictive collision.

• Stronghold
  • Completing the Throne of the Dwarven Gods skirmish now correctly completes the related Stronghold daily quest.
  • The Spore Tower description no longer includes "Untranslated" text.

• Stronghold Siege
  • Water in Knight's Lane is now dangerous.

• Skirmishes
  • Prophecy of Madness: Three new achievements have been added: Balors' Bane, Master of Madness, and Protector of the Prophecy.
  • Throne of the Dwarven Gods: Three new achievements have been added: Corruption Corrected, Flayer Slayer, Infiltration Foiled.

• Dungeons and Boss Encounters
  • Demogorgon: Players may no longer be vote-kicked while the Demogorgon encounter is active.
  • Demogorgon: Two new achievements have been added: Tamer of Demogorgon and Master of Demogorgon.
  • Intro quests are no longer incorrectly offered for dungeons that are currently inaccessible.
  • Temple of the Spider: The introductory cutscene for Halbryn Dark Stalker now matches the name of the character in-game, and now properly plays before players are in attack range.

• General
  • Blackdagger Ruins: Various quests in this zone now properly show a quest path back to Blackdagger Ruins while outside the zone.
  • Drowned Shore: The quest, Shock Troops, can now properly be completed while in a party.

Combat and Powers

• Companions
  • [Grazilaxx]'s Active Companion Bonus now grants 190 Critical Strike at Rare quality and 300 Critical Strike at Epic / Legendary quality.
    • They still also provide their existing bonus to [Demonic Ichor] earnings.
  • The [Snowy Fawn]'s Active Companion Bonus can now stack with the bonus from the [Fawn of Shiallia].

Items and Economy

• Artifact Weapons
  • The Howling Artifact Weapon set bonus, Heart of Air, now procs when the wielding Scourge Warlock uses [Shadow Slip].
    • The tooltip has been updated as well.
  • The Earthen Artifact Weapon set bonus, Earthen Heart, now properly stacks to 5.

• Masterwork Professions
  • [Alum] is now obtained more frequently from Explorer's Charts in Mt. Hotenow, relative to other materials.

• General
  • Call to Arms: [Refiner's Cache] now drops Enchantments of ranks 4/5/6, up from 3/4/5.
  • Coupons now display the correct names and descriptions for what categories they affect.
    • Known issue: This fix only addresses the English version of Neverwinter.
    • Localized versions will be addressed in a later build.
  • Items in the final bag now function the same as if they are in other bags.
    • Example: Attempting to interact with a Black Ice node now properly functions if the pick is in the final bag.
  • Mount Training Manuals are no longer available in the Wondrous Bazaar or at the Mount Merchant.
  • Ring of Cowardice: The effect on this ring now properly has an internal cooldown.
  • Simril refinement items now show the correct values in the tooltip.
  • The [Beholder Piñata] no longer includes [Liar's Charm]s.
  • The [Howling Hatred Lockbox] now correctly states that it has a chance to drop the [Trove of Elemental Evil].

User Interface

• Login Screen
  • The Username field no longer sometimes reverts to a long string of numbers rather than the player's username.

• Professions
  • Time-limited profession tasks, such as the ones for the Wonders of Gond event, now sort to the top of the profession task list.

• Rewards
  • The error message has been improved for failing to gain [Demonic Ichor] after hitting the weekly cap.
  • The quality reported by the reward pack UI now properly matches the highest quality item received.

• Strongholds
  • When a structure is at the maximum level, it no longer displays blank requirements for the next level.

• Zen Market
  • [Moonsilver Regalia] now properly has detail art.
  • The [Winter Wolf] mount entry no longer incorrectly claims it provides 80% movement speed.

• Gateway
  • There is now appropriate audio when selecting the [Lizardfolk Shaman] and [Earth Archon] companions in Sword Coast Adventures.

Graphics, Effects, and Animation

• Animation popping between running and walking is now less frequent for the [Owlbear] mount.

Stability and Performance

• A crash related to Steam integration has been addressed.
• Certain artifact weapons no longer crash the game when equipped.
• Dungeon maps no longer rarely crash when looting during the Double Seals event.
• Several miscellaneous rare UI-related crashes have been addressed.
• The client no longer crashes when attempting to cancel destruction of a Stronghold structure in the brief period after the structure has been destroyed, but before the Empty Plot UI loads.
• The client no longer rarely crashes in Stronghold coffer donation.

Localization

• Further fixes have been made to French and German localization.
• Localization updates have been made to the French, German, Italian, and Russian locales.