This post tracks changes in the world of GS for the year of 2022, with a focus on mechanics and fluff. Events are only mentioned if they introduce things like new scripts, and likewise storylines are only mentioned if they have a tangible effect on the game world (e.g. destruction of a building or implementation of a new hunting ground).
If I miss anything major, please feel free to contact me on Discord (Leafiara#7906) or in-game!
New note as of 2022: An official GM-run changelog was created in August 2021. Nonetheless, I’m going to continue running this one as a quick reference and in case anyone prefers this one for any of my stylistic differences in presentation or, in some cases, even inclusion. (There are some things my changelog included last year that theirs didn’t, but likewise things theirs included that mine didn’t.)
On with the show!
August
- 1st: Folding chairs now work with PLACE FEET
July
- 1st: Urchin guides updated to use Mist Harbor stables
- 2nd: Trixx containers updated: officially renamed (formerly were apparently “Magic Item Holders”), support self-charging items, support unlimited use items, support self-mana items, cooldowns rendered real time instead of game time, analyze text cleaned up
- 3rd: Spirit Beast updates: new Power secondary, 8 new beasts, updated BEAST HELP, new Spirit Beast masters in Talondown, chance to win soulstones and Spirit Beast potions in Talondown, Captive Spirit cooldown shows in Cooldowns window, armaments have special qualities a little less commonly, CLEANed armaments always produce items usable by the currently selected beast, new armaments no longer have elemental restrictions
- 4th: Various new scripts approved for lightening/deepening notes
- 6th: Guardian of Sunfist task timers show under SPELL ACTIVE and Cooldowns window
- 7th: INVENTORY ENHANCIVE LIST command released
- 8th (first available): Dreamfire Panel Bracelets released
- 9th: Nightmare steeds updated with more nightmares
- 10th: Stock tattoo and dreamfire panel lists gain 128 new options (briefly bugged for under a day, then fixed)
- 11th: BOOST INFO bug fixed to show Fast Experience Boosts again
- 11th: Disk disintegration messaging altered to indicate no items, one item, or several items
- 20th: Room-watching mechanics like familiars and galleries now show ambient messaging (if the NoAmbientMsg flag is off)
- 20th: Weakened Armament fixed to additionally affect AvD and CvA;; various self-ammo ranged weapon scripts updated to support Dislodge
- 21st: Bug fixes for writing paper and wedding invitations
- 27th: FEAT WPS (warrior service) RT reduced for ASSESS AND APPLY
- 28th: Loresong updates from May 10th now also available in festival shops, pawnshops, and more via INSPECT
- 30th (first available): AUCTION verb updated with ANALYZE and INSPECT
- 30th: Dye-N-Ator bug fixes
June
- 1st: Divergence updates go live plus a new one: Wings of Tonis updated to use Air lore
- 3rd: Weaving updates; largely invisible and self-updating, but most flower noun weavables are wearable and identical base weavables can be BUNDLEd (or BUNDLE REMOVEd)
- 9th and 26th: Mist Harbor cobbling warehouse updated to include all seasonal cart stock (bugged at first, then later fixed)
- 10th (first available): Bug Jars released
- 10th (first available): Charm Contraptions released
- 10th (first available): Dhe’nar Clothing of the Firstborn released
- 10th (first available): Elanthian Binder updated with Table of Contents upgrade
- 10th: Long-term experience from boon creatures capped at 1,000 per day; boon creatures from necrotic jewelry don’t count against the cap
- 10th (first available): Mounts updated: mounts now stay out longer, follow behind, have additional verbs, and Hunting Grounds Travel includes more locations
- 10th (first available): New mount updates: unicorn mounts and lizard mounts released, nightmare steeds updated, various mount tools updated to work for lizards along with new items specifically for them
- 10th (first available): New Tehir clothing nouns available
- 10th (first available): Shanking blades released
- 10th (first available): WoodChopper Box released
- 10th (first available): Yarn and knitting updates: Yarn Bowl, Darning Awl tools, Pincushion, new knitting needle patterns, dyed yarn updates, and knitting for mounts released
- 11th: Mundane woods can now stay mundane when fletching
- 13th: Shanks now cookable on an open fire
- 15th: Sorcerer animates updated with settings to alter rate of ambient messages
- 17th: Saddles updated to work with unicorns
- 18th: Lizard saddles released
- 21st: TARGET updated so that targeting clouds, voids, and other hazards will target the creature that created them
- 24th: SPELL MESSAGING command released (shows custom spell messaging)
- 25th: Resist Nature (620) recharging mechanic bug fixed
- 27th: More Divergence updates: assault technique strikes scale up faster with a higher ceiling, ranger and rogue phantom ranged bonuses apply to assault and AoE techniques, RT and cooldown fixed for right-hand hand crossbows with techniques, RT fixed for two weapon combat with assault and AoE techniques
- 30th: Bug fix for messaging (only messaging) issues with demons in Wehnimer’s Landing
- 30th: Spirit Beast updates to Ghostfin, Vengeful Archer, Jantalarian Piper, Wave Ascendant, Titanic Shaman, the Heal command, Frailty armament debuffs, and, and Captive Spirit cooldown shows in Cooldowns window
May
- 5th: Hinterwilds (Ascension hunting ground) released
- 6th: Elven Nations access to Hinterwilds released
- 8th: Atoll (capped hunting ground) released
- 10th: Myriad updates to loresongs (including details seen in playershop item details): new properties added, old properties updated, various bug fixes, clarity added, and more (see link)
- 21st: Forgotten Vineyard (Solhaven hunting ground) released (includes spell sever and Divergence)
- 22nd: Myriad Divergence updates available on test server: various short-duration spells given cooldowns but made exempt from spell strip, Song of Tonis (1035) adds Wings of Tonis and speeds up assault techniques but adds hard cap on flare rate, Song of Sonic Disruption (1030) weakened, minimum RT for melee reduced, Shield Throw and Volley cooldown/RT altered, group Resist Nature (620) made exempt from spell strip
- 24th: More Divergence test server updates: Wizard’s Shield (919) exempt from spell strip, Breeze (612) compatible with ranged weapon techniques
- 27th: More Divergence test server updates: AoE setup RT reduced, AoE attack RT no longer flat (usually increased), Rapid Fire (515) cast time removed
- 29th: Most Hinterwilds gems can now help change wings of Rumor Woods dragonfly pets
April
- 5th: Bug fix: Empathic Link (1117) and other multi-target spells no longer show “Nothing happens” when targets are round
- 11th: Bug fix: dispelling an ebladed ammo bundle no longer makes it unable to receive new eblading
- 13th: Verbs with SET options can now be used as styles
- 14th: CMAN LIST WINDOW added to show PSM verbs in separate Wrayth window
- 14th: Rings of Lumnis brooch gets PROD and WHISPER verbs
- 15th (first available): Automated greeting card design system for silvers released
- 15th (first available): Automated ranger imbue box customization system for silvers released
- 15th (first available): Automated runestone carving design system for silvers released
- 15th (first available): Automated wedding system for Simucoins released (includes the ceremony itself, dozens of wedding locations, invitation system including teleportation, item design system, food and drink selection system, and much more)
- 15th (first available): Dye-n-ator released
- 15th (first available): Glitzy Giftboxes released
- 15th (first available): Oremonger, Mini Smelter, and Jeweler’s Pliers released
- 15th (first available): Paint-in-ator released
- 15th (first available): Papermaker released
- 15th (first possible to obtain): Servants of Lumnis released
- 18th: Fash’lo’nae’s Forbidden Books now have custom loresongs
- 25th: Attacking verbs updated: can now [VERB] [target] [location] to aim, AMBUSH is only from hiding or invisibility, unaimed AMBUSH and WAYLAY attacks no longer add RT or reduce weighting, attacking a missing location acts as unaimed, messaging updated to indicate when aiming
- 27th: QSTRIKE updated to work with ASCENSION, FEAT, and WEAPON
March
- 1st: ASSIST updates: staff responding to assist now appears in Announcements windows and positions no longer shown in assist queues (as it inadvertently provided misleading information)
- 3rd: Upcoming AIM and TARGET updates announced
- 4th: Finvale crystals now non-functional
- 6th: Lore-based subscript flares released
- 8th: Pies and Sundries shop opened in Kraken’s Fall
- 8th: Soothing Word (1201) updated to remove Horrify
- 15th: Rusty Cutlass Grub Hall now a supernode
- 18th: BOOST INFO no longer displays F2P options for non-F2P characters
- 19th: REGISTER now adds MARK on unmarked items
- 20th: Sound jewelry no longer breaks (and will repair itself if already broken)
- 24th: Blind (311) still inflicts Blinded on unstunnable enemies instead of failing
- 27th: Blinded status effect now penalizes SMR defense, but only penalizes SMR offense half as much as it used to
February
- 2nd: Empaths can now TRANSFER [character] EXERTION at level 6 and CURE EXERTION to cast Adrenal Surge when the spell is known
- 2nd: Info and new INFO FULL available in live game
- 2nd: Knitting yarns can now be analyzed, measured, and bundled in skeins of 100 rows; RT for pulling yarn off knitting needles removed
- 2nd: Woven headbands and circles now have 4-hour perfume duration if a non-permified perfume is poured on them and permanent for a permified perfume
- 5th: Speech updates: 52 new verbs and 91 new tones available
- 6th: 2005 Ebon Gate Bouquet bug fixed so its produced items work with weaving
- 6th: Chocolate heaters now usable when placed at feet
- 7th: Dozens of undead creatures lost cold immunity and some of them lost fire vulnerability (above and beyond the norm)
- 7th: Registered items no longer taken by CLEAN TABLE
- 8th: Gambling kits now usable when placed at feet; also gain unlock tier to be seen at Duskruin
- 8th: Maximum durations decreased against players (only) for Holding Song (1001), Lullabye (1005), and Song of Depression (1015)
- 8th: Resist Nature (620) updates now available in the live game (along with the related ones such as Imbue (614), new forageables, use of the potion herbalist, Holy Receptacle (325), etc.)
- 8th: Rogue locksmithing updates: wedge-making RT reduced and random additional calibration RT removed
- 8th: Title system update: Duskruin and Rumor Woods moved into their own categories and some titles dropped the “of Duskruin Arena”
- 9th: Gnomish mech locksmith bracers updated to work with the locksmith pool
- 10th or so (seemingly unannounced): BEFRIEND LIST updated to show only those online
- 11th (first available): Animalistic Spirit Headdress updates: new unlock tier, new headwear types, new Animalistic Apparition unlock
- 11th (first available): Buccaneer Skirts released
- 11th (first available): Chance Boxes released
- 11th (first available): Collapsible Tripods released
- 11th (first available): Confection Creators released
- 11th and 17th: Dispel flares updated on the 11th to roll an SMR check to determine if they would resolve when used against targets at least 11 levels higher (as opposed to previously never resolving against them), then updated on the 17th to always resolve and have an additional SMR bonus against targets with no spells, scaling with the number of dispel attempts on the weapon
- 11th: DUSKRUIN REWARD system introduce to opt into your choice of traditional loot drops, extra bloodscrip, or extra exp
- 11th (first available): Greater Rhimar weapons released
- 11th (first available): Kraet Bows released
- 11th (first available): Kraet knitting needles and new yarn types released
- 11th (first available): My Fuzzy Warm Parka updated with new tier
- 11th (first available): Signal Wands and Smoke Spheres released
- 11th (first available): Spyglasses released
- 11th (first available): Valence Gear (weapons and armor) released
- 12th: Lesser moods updated to support air flares, water flares, the firewheel material, and blessed armaments
- 12th: Voln armor no longer blocks Ensorcell (735) but has a penalty
- 13th: Sheer fear mechanic overhauled: new Horrified effect used for minor fear (level difference of 10-14) or major fear (greater level difference) which penalizes AS, DS, CS, TD, and SMR rolls, but no longer immobilizes; for more details, see the previous link and this one
- 15th: Dodecahedrons now tuckable under waist-worn items
- 16th: Locksmith toolkits now hold 100 vials
- 18th: EVENT BOX system released
- 21st: INVENTORY verb updated with USAGE, USAGE AVAIL, and USAGE UNAVAIL option
- 22nd: Logins now mention if an event box or giftbox is available and what it’s for
- 24th: Landing post office opened
- 25th: New automated reverse auction system introduced
- 27th: Animalistic Spirit items now work with lesser moods and armor concealers
- 28th: Flare information on wearable UAC gear now properly shows in RECALL and playershops
January
- 4th: PCALC for coraesine now correctly displays no flare surcharge
- 4th: Teleport spells in Old Ta’Faendryl more highly prioritize the entrance
- 9th: Aradhul Road skill checks reduced in difficulty and severity (wounds and RT)
- 11th: Area of Effect weapon techniques and maneuvers now target more enemies earlier on (base target count 3 increasing by 1 per 50 MOC skill)
- 12th: Landing graveyard gate updates: easier to open, no more overexertion, and bug fixes
- 13th: Four Winds Isle updates: Prestidigitorium becomes public workshop and Jaston shine properly designated mechanically
- 13th: Rusty Cutlass tavern built in the Landing: dance floor, fishing, food, hammocks, tables, and more
- 18th: Healing updates:Major Bleed now correctly removed with herbs and empath healing; empaths healing dead empaths now gives exp
- 25th: Vault Kick RT reduced to 3 and stamina cost reduced to 9
- 27th: Sweep, Shield Trample, and Bull Rush updated to inflict minimum RT of [their RT] + 1 second
- 28th: 66 new Animalistic Spirit animals available; 63 of them from 6 new animal group types
- 28th: Resist Nature (620) updates available on test server: new ranger service to create permanent multi-resistance imbued anklets and bracelets, new group spell 620 to give resistance shield, new forageable herb shockroot, various Elemental Confluence herbs now usable for adding resistance, Holy Receptacle (325) now capable of imbedding in ranger-created Imbue items, new titles, and more
- 31st: Kroderine Soul now allows the use of imbeds that don’t target the user
- 31st: INFO and new INFO FULL updated on test server
- 31st: Wrayth released/updated (rebranding of old front end)
- 31st: Ta’Illistim Warrior Guild now allows dark elves in the front door
- 31st: Whirling Dervish no longer requires Multi Opponent Combat ranks
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