Wizard101: October 1 update

[FlyingPegasus]

This was posted on the home page, message boards today:


~My precious little snowflakes, while you slumber tonight, the faculty at Ravenwood will be busy straightening books, sweeping up cobwebs and tidying up our school.

Wizard101 will be down between 3am and 6am Central Time, on October 01 2008.
See you bright and early in the morning! Until then these are just some of the changes coming your way when you wake up.

Big News!
1. All new pets dropped by bosses will no longer only be named Baby Abbey, they will now have a randomly generated name.
2. The floating book pedestal in Crimson Fields appears to have been fixed.
3. Choose your friends wisely. The size of the Friends List is no longer unlimited. Each character can have a maximum of 100 friends, if you have 100 or more friends now, you cannot add new friends until you remove enough people from your list to bring the total under 100.

Spells
1. Steal spells now describe the "steal" action.
2. Accuracy for the Stun and Freeze spells has been increased to 70%
3. Quench spell Rank has been reduced to 2
4. Melt spell Rank has been reduced to 2
5. Dissipate spell Rank has been reduced to 2
6. Rebirth's spell accuracy has been reduced


Krokotopia
1. Djeserit Dwellers will turn to dust when they are defeated in a duel.
2. Oka looks much more like his portrait.
3. Players can no longer interact with the Frozen Forge multiple times.
4. Zan'ne may ask you to do the Tome of the Fang quest again.
5. Desert Golems give credit for both Elemental and Golem badges.
6. Completing the quest "A Fang in Hand" is no longer be required for "Master of the Oasis" Badge.
7. Shackled Slaves will no longer have the word 'Shackled Slave' over them.

Moo Shu
1. The Myth Wand available in Moo Shu is now available for all schools of Wizards to use.
2. Players can no longer use "Teleport To Friend" when another player is inside Fushiko's dojo in Village of Sorrow, since it is now a single-player instance zone. You are meant to complete this on your own as a test of your ability.
3. The floating book pedestal in Crimson Fields appears to have been fixed.

Misc
1. Cyrus has been busy with his red corrective pen again, this time he's been correcting grammar and spelling.
2. Many treasure cards have new cinematics when they are cast.
3. At the Wizard Creation screen, buttons have been added to rotate your character during character creation. You can still use the mouse to do this as well.
4. The names of all the mini games can now be said in Text Chat.

See you in Wizard City!
~Professor Greyrose
This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at Sept/30/2008 5:30:12 pm~



Just wanted everybody to see it.

Fly

 

[LuvN~Travel]

Gee, they would fix Crimson Fields two days AFTER I do it! Now I will just have to find someone to do it with again. lol
Kim

 

[Dreamytime]

Gee, they would fix Crimson Fields two days AFTER I do it! Now I will just have to find someone to do it with again. lol
Kim

Gives you the excuse to fight the Secret Boss of Crimson Field if you didn't your first time through. His name Yakedo and has 5000 health (find him before you enter the area to Katsumori.)

 

[Diva of Dragons]

Gives you the excuse to fight the Secret Boss of Crimson Field if you didn't your first time through. His name Yakedo and has 5000 health (find him before you enter the area to Katsumori.)

I have prbobably done Crimson at least 10 times, before the wipe (only once since), and I had heard a rumor about a hidden boss but I have never seen him. What's the secret?

 

[LuvN~Travel]

I didn't know there was one either! Ok, so who is up for a Crimson Fields run? Hey, and does he drop anything good, too?
Kim

 

[bevgray]

If you raise all the flags, you will have the boss added to the "defeat 13 enemies" quest in the fields.

 

[Diva of Dragons]

If you raise all the flags, you will have the boss added to the "defeat 13 enemies" quest in the fields.

Hmmm, I had tried that but maybe not at the right time. Do you just have to raise the flags any time before you get the 13 enemies task?

 

[LittleWoodenHead]

Hmmm, I had tried that but maybe not at the right time. Do you just have to raise the flags any time before you get the 13 enemies task?

Yes. Just raise the flags anytime before the battlefield fight starts. When you're running around getting the logs is a convenient time.

FYI, the boss is located at the edge of the battlefield, by the road you come in on and opposite the main pagoda. You have to make your way out to him. It's possible to complete the battlefield task without ever going anywhere near him.

 

[goldengourd]

Yes. Just raise the flags anytime before the battlefield fight starts. When you're running around getting the logs is a convenient time.

FYI, the boss is located at the edge of the battlefield, by the road you come in on and opposite the main pagoda. You have to make your way out to him. It's possible to complete the battlefield task without ever going anywhere near him.

And raising the flag AFTER the 13 battlefield quest doesn't trigger the boss. I forgot to before and tried it after but didn't get anything. Also did you know that you can completely clear the streets of Crimson Field? Since it is an instance area, they don't keep regenerating. Was kinda fun to walk through a completely empty area.


Thank you Fly for posting this! Its nice to see they are considerate to bring it down during the wee hours of the night, rather than prime time - or worse, during my time to play, hehe.

 

[BriarRosie]

I never knew there was a Master of the Oasis badge.