Summer is here! Kyvalore is bustling with summer markets, traders and travelers, pukara are out on the shores once more basking in the heat, and the seas call to many for adventure!

With summer comes summer quests and of course we have much to share about site changes and updates while we work on the major updates!

June & Summer Season Updates

As many of you know we are still on a big event freeze while I rework systems and make everything cleaner, easier to understand and better for both staff and players to get involved, but that doesnt mean summer isnt here!

The summer shop will open later this summer with it's usual summer goodies, but you can start on those summer quests now!

All locations have been updated with summer quests, as well as the new seasonal quests are here! These quests will stick around till September 10th so you've got plenty of time to get out there and explore.

As for June updates, the shops have rotated their stock! You'll find that Rhea, Fern, and Athalie have changed up their stock again so be sure to swing by the marketplace to see what they have!

Site Changes & Updates

AND NOW FOR THE UPDATES
This is really where a lot of our time has been spent, but I'm so excited to talk about what's already been done, and give sneak peaks of what's to come! We'll take each bit in sections so I can make sure I address the different points.

CHARACTER PROFILES

Character profiles have gotten some adjustments! Mainly ones that should help the mobile experience more, but should help things be a big cleaner and show off your characters even better! Badges and Inventory are now in tabs on the character's page so you can show off the cool badges they've obtained. WOuld be really great place to show off all of the upcoming badges too... 


GUIDES

Staff has gotten a little burnt out on guides! It's a lot of words and not fun content so we haven't made much headway on these, but dont fret! These are still in the works, just shifting gears to work on something else to keep the brain juice flowing! FAQs, Updated Guides, and Updated New Player quests are still in the works!

STAT AND LEVEL UPDATES

Stats and Levels are changing! There's still some more adjustments in the works and some pages havent been finished getting their makeover, so you might accidentally stumble on a broken stats page, but stats have a new look! If you're looking at your character's page for their deeper stats info, click on Stat Information on the sidebar! From here you can still find the more in depth information and level up stats when needed. 
Character levels and stat points DO work a little differently now though and we're still ironing out some kinks in the system, but you'll also notice that quests dont grant the same xp or stats that they used to, but this is intentional! We're working on a better new stat system that will feel more natural to both staff and players!
With these stat changes one thing has been removed and that is user levels. It was a far underused feature that I felt the same kind of rewards to players for playing the game could be given differently and more intentionally.

Traits

More trait time!

I'm still crunching away on traits, Voxibell traits are basically done, I'm just making some minor edits and slowly separating my master file into the images to load in for the traits! You can still follow along with this progress by checking back in on the Voxibell Trait Index page, but expect all of the voxibell traits to be swapped over to the new bases in the next two weeks!
I would even recommend checking in on the avilli guide to find yourself some peaks at the new examples as those have begun getting made and will be making their way onto the site soon!

As previously stated, some of the traits rarities, descriptions, and specifications are subject to change as I work on balancing more traits into the system.
If you have a character with a trait that is getting downgraded in rarity, you will receive a potion of that rarity in compensation, if the trait goes up in rarity, you will be automatically upgraded to the rarer trait!

If you got a potion grant randomly, a trait has changed on one of your characters to make sure it matches! If you're unsure which one, you're always welcome to reach out and ask!

And can't forget some of the new traits we've added to the list in the process!

Bat Ears

Doe Ears

Fantasy Ears


Three new ears have been added to voxibells!

I know this month and last update got voxibell traits for an update, so I'll be sure to share some new avilli traits in July!

Item Display

If you've been anywhere on the encyclopedia I'm sure you've noticed some visual changes there! Items that are part of the same now are grouped together! This helps keep the information in more readable chunks and you no longer have to scroll forever to find the different map peices or mushrooms as they all will be listed together!
The actual display of these items is still getting touched up to be more visually interesting while showing the needed information on both PC and Mobile, so if you happen to see something acting weird on either device, please submit a bug ticket to let us know!

Additional MINOR Updates

• Profiles have gotten minor adjustments to flex better on mobile devices!
• Shops now have categories on the shop page to stay better organized and informative!
• Magic Bond is changing to Attunement! Temporarily both will be displayed on character profiles but Magic Bond sections will be removed with future updates, just wanted to make sure the new system worked first before removing!

More Coming Soon

• More pet content! (More pets and maybe even more things to DO with pets??)
• More Games!
• Updated Crafting System
• Updated Foraging
• MORE BUGFIXING (Currency fixes, sudoku fixes and backgrants, etc)
• LOTS of new items, gear, recipes and badges to collect!

ARPGS FOR PRIDE

Dont Forget!

ARPGs For Pride is still ongoing!

For pride month this year, we are working together with other wonderful ARPGs to help raise money towards the Trevor Project!

Check out the Pride Event Page to find out more about the event, and dont forget to look at our partners in pride to see how you can join in to support charity!

Our Partners in ARPGs for Pride

Andras
Fenroos
Keepers of Eniv
Pouflons

Monthly Raffle

Winner of the last raffle is CloverEtoile !
Congrats! Your spring egg will be sent to you shortly!

June's raffle is up! Enter the raffle for a chance at a Sea Keeper's Pearl!

A Note From Wisp

 
This month has been a LOT of bug fixing. A lot of behind the scenes code that while it doesnt show for a lot, it ate a lot of my time! I still expect a lot of bug fixing in my future, but I'm working on trying to find the right balance between bug fixing and asset work that don't burn me out cause I am SO in love with the game and cannot state enough how excited I am to show you all more of what I've got cooking up behind the scenes! The problem is a lot of the things I'm working on just need other bits to work, or just need one more thing done, or aren't ready to be released yet, but we WILL get there.

On my last note in a news post I have a very loose expected event relaunch of July, and want to mention that I feel like that's going to be too early to be in the comfortable spot that I wanted to be in, but I can confidently say that August looks like our perfect month. This isnt set in stone as we never know what life looks like and if more big hiccups hit along the way, but I'm so excited to dig back into the story of the world, open up the doors to many more players and truly deliver the game I always intended to deliver.

As always, thanks for sticking around for this adventure! Your support and interest in the world of Kyvalore is truly what inspires me most.

- Wisp ♥

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