ASCENSION: Move over, Transcend Destiny, GM Nyxus announced the first three Elite Ascension Trees! Start these new skill levels with ASCENSION LIST ELITE. 1) Arcane Archer: 3 steps for even more amazing Archery! 2) Artificer: 10 ways to bend magical items and scrolls to your will and supply more charges. 3) Voln Avenger: 3 augmentations for Brawling/UCS Voln Masters. Details at the wiki:
Text of Discord Post follows:
GM Nyxus
ELITE ASCENSION TREES: THE FIRST THREE
on 07 Nov 2026 at 2:54PM
from the Official GemStoneIV Discord
on #development-announcements channel
The first three Elite Ascension trees are open.
ARCANE ARCHER
Some archers trust the wind. You command it, and fire, earth, water and lightning besides. Pick a bow and make it yours with Bow Specialization. With Elemental Arrows, your arrows carry the element you’ve ATTUNEd to and stop punching simple holes. Climb to Arcane Archer and you may choose any element, then every elemental shot flares, and at its peak, for thirty glorious seconds, your whole quiver burns with power.
ARTIFICER
Wands sputter, scrolls crumble, trinkets run dry. Not in your hands. Artificers coax free charges from magical items and scrolls, hit harder when they unleash an attack spell from one, refill spent charges from a daily well of mana all their own, and PEER into an item to learn its secrets. The truly devoted reach deeper into their ascension gemstones, drawing power from facets others can’t touch.
VOLN AVENGER
The dead do not rest. Neither do you. Your bare hands carry Kai’s blessing. A JAB may brand the undead with Kai’s Smite, and as you grow, so can a grapple, punch or kick. Rise far enough and your strikes call down the Symbols of Diminishment, Turning and Retribution, without spending a scrap of favor.
Type ASCENSION LIST ELITE to begin.
Wiki: https://gswiki.play.net/Announcement:Elite_Ascension_Trees:_The_First_Three
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