Greetings Friends! Welcome to the next update post here on the Ultima Codex on Shroud of the Avatar. It has been quite a while since I last did an update post for all of you. Obviously, Catnip games has continued to work on Shroud of the Avatar since we last left them. There have been various shop items to continue the need for revenue. They are also working on some Episode 2 content as well.

• Teleporter Revisions Continue!
• Another Recent Review on YouTube
• New Adventure Scene – Lord British’s Castle

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Teleporter Revisions Continue!

 

So during the time since the last update post, Sota added NPC Town Teleporters. Currently, these 3 teleporters only take players to a single NPC Town. In Release 83, they will have additional capabilities, and the names of these 3 teleporters will be adjusted by the devs. They say the change is “to coincide with the changes to their functionality” as follows:

• “Teleporter to Ardoris” name changes to “Shogun Teleporter”
• “Teleporter to Central Brittany” name changes to “Bell Tower Teleporter”
• “Teleporter to Owl’s Head” name changes to “Tower Archway Teleporter “

Governors and stewards will be able to adjust which towns these 3 teleporters point to, but all NPC Towns, Player-Run Towns (PRT) and POTs will be available as destinations. They also noted that the prices for these 3 teleporters will be significantly reduced.

Along these same lines, the recently added POT Interconnection Teleporters will also receive name changes. In a similar fashion, all of these teleporters will also allow NPC Town, PRT, and POT destinations. The names will update as follows:

• “Player-Owned Town Wagon” name changes to “Wagon Teleporter”
• “Player-Owned Town Hatch” name changes to “Hatch Teleporter”
• “Player-Owned Town Balloon” name changes to “Balloon Teleporter”
• “Player-Owned Town Boat” name changes to “Boat Teleporter”

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Another Recent Review on YouTube

I always enjoy periodically highlighting what I feel are honest reviews of Shroud of the Avatar in a post here on Ultima Codex, or in the UDIC discord. With so many amazing creators on Youtube and Twitch, it is tough for some of the smaller creators especially to get their content out there for people to see. Recently during one of my streams, I received a link to youtube video review of Shroud of the Avatar. This creator appears to not be a kickstarter or pledge backer, but rather someone who tried the game “Free to Play” (F2P) off of Steam. Please enjoy.

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New Adventure Scene – Lord British’s Castle

Keith “Sannio” Quinn has created a new scene and is on the live server for players of Shroud of the Avatar! Lord British’s Castle has gardens, a theater, and décor would be quite inviting to guests under normal circumstances, but as the devs put it, “these are not normal times in Novia”. Something is amiss at Lord British’s Castle in Mistrendur, and only Episode 2 Access holders can to rally to our ruler’s aid!

• Challenge yourself! Progress through the castle while fighting waves of progressively-harder enemies (similar to the Compendium of Pain and Suffering)
• Explore! After clearing out the whole castle, explore new areas that weren’t accessible while invaders were around, including Lord British’s vault (but only if you want your virtuous reputation tarnished!).
• Quests! Talk to the guards by the entrance to learn a little backstory and get 2 new repeatable quests.

“Lord British’s Castle! Frequently under assault by those who want to slay the ruler of New Britannia or pillage the vast fortune rumored to exist within his private vault. Even now, deadly enemies have breached its walls and overrun the stronghold’s hallowed halls. Your reasons to venture to Mistrendur and into Lord British’s home will be your own, but know that each room will throw you against waves of the toughest enemies you have ever faced!”

These words from Sannio seem to hint that waves of enemies within will continue to grow in power as you progress. Creating a wave challenge. Hopefully there is some good story and solving of the mystery of the castle included in this.

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That’s it for today’s Update of the Avatar. As there often isn’t much news that stood out for me since my previous post. Most of it was expected news of just continuing work to keep the game alive, while trying to fix bugs/balance, while working on Episode 2. Hopefully much of the lacklaster and incomplete parts of Episode 1’s content and other Episode 1 related issues have gotten much needed attention. But based on what I have read monthly and heard from friend who still play, none stood out for me. I will continue to do batch posts like this where I will highlight related SotA news, as I feel they are warranted.