"Get your weapons ready, now we're really starting." - Maddox the Slayer
No, you didn't read the title wrong. Everything is 100% accurate. SkyBlock Season 2: Part 1 is here.
What's the deal with these seasons?
We change "Seasons" every now and then for major updates in SkyBlock. During these changes, there are no resets or any loss of progress.Our server production team is very small (2 people...) and we try to focus on quality in our in-game content, so updates and new content being added usually take a long time to develop.
On CraftersMC's 1st anniversary, we didn't want to leave you without an update, so we divided SkyBlock seasons into parts. As a result, we hope that the release intervals of updates will be slightly shorter and that we will have more opportunities to add content more frequently.
What does Season 2: Part 1 include?
Season 2: Part 1 primarily consists of Slayer Quests. We know you want to punch your screen for details and news, so let's start with the patch notes!Slayer Quests!
Slayer Quests involve killing mobs of a specific type to spawn a strong boss, then slaying that boss.Defeating slayer bosses grants players the Slayer XP of the quest type. Reaching higher levels of slayers in various types unlocks more powerful item recipes and more valuable drops from bosses.
The drops of the slayer bosses will always drop to the ground regardless of the Auto-Inventory enchantment, while being visible only to the quest owner.
You can start slayer quests by talking to Maddox the Slayer in the Village, where you can also get quest rewards and access all the details of slayer quests.
Zombie Slayer
After starting a Zombie Slayer quest, you have to hunt zombie-typed mobs worth the Combat XP specified when starting the quest. When you reach the required Combat XP, a powerful boss trapped between life and death named the Revenant Horror will spawn at your location. You can get Zombie Slayer XP and rare drops by slaying this boss.
Current Zombie Slayer quest tiers:
- Revenant Horror I
- Revenant Horror II
- Revenant Horror III
- Revenant Horror IV
The quest will fail if the boss is not slayed within a certain time after being summoned or if the quest owner dies. Up to 3 players can damage a slayer boss.
Mini-bosses may spawn with low chance while hunting zombies to reach the required Combat XP, when a slayer quest is active. Although these creatures are not as strong as the Revenant Horrors, they give much more Combat XP and are stronger than regular zombies.
Here are some example crafting recipes for a few items unlocked as Zombie Slayer level rewards:
You can discover a lot of new items like these in the game!
Wolf Slayer
After starting a Wolf Slayer quest, you have to hunt wolf-typed mobs worth the Combat XP specified when starting the quest. When you reach the required Combat XP, a powerful boss that destroys its opponents even though it has lost its power in mystical times, named Fenrir Packmaster will spawn at your location. You can get Wolf Slayer XP and rare drops by slaying this boss.
Current Wolf Slayer quest tiers:
- Fenrir Packmaster I
- Fenrir Packmaster II
- Fenrir Packmaster III
- Fenrir Packmaster IV
The quest will fail if the boss is not slayed within a certain time after being summoned or if the quest owner dies. Up to 3 players can damage a slayer boss.
Mini-bosses may spawn with low chance while hunting wolves to reach the required Combat XP, when a slayer quest is active. Although these creatures are not as strong as the Fenrir Packmasters, they give much more Combat XP and are stronger than regular wolves.
Here are some example crafting recipes for a few items unlocked as Wolf Slayer level rewards:
New Zones!
Added 2 new zones and a new building focused on Slayer Quests to Llyn Village.Crypts
Meet the depths of the Graveyard.
This zone contains Crypt Ghouls and Golden Ghouls, added to help you kill stronger zombies to gain Combat XP faster and complete Zombie Slayer quests faster. There's also an extra rare loot you can get from Golden Ghouls... We'll leave that up to you.
Ruins
You can gain Combat XP for Slayer Quests in this ruined castle with low-level wolves.
Maddox's Bar
Although it hasn't started serving its drinks yet, Maddox's high-end bar has taken its place in town. You can access everything about slayer quests by talking to Maddox the Slayer in the lower floor of the bar.
Oh also, Howling Cave in The Park!
These doggies in the Howling Cave are now as functional as they are powerful. By hunting them, you can quickly gain Combat XP and complete Wolf Slayer quests.
New Statistics!
Combat Wisdom
Combat Wisdom increases the amount of Combat XP received from any source. It can be obtained through various items, accessories or permanent rewards.
Vitality
Vitality increases the amount of healing effects applied to other players. It can be obtained through various items, accessories or permanent rewards.
Mending
Mending increases the amount of healing effects received from any source. It can be obtained through various items, accessories or permanent rewards.
Health Regen
Health Regen increases the amount of health you naturally regenerate over time. It can be obtained through various items, accessories or permanent rewards.
Soul Saturation
Soul Saturation increases the damage dealt by Soul-using equipments and abilities, and increases the maximum amount of Soul that can be collected. It can be obtained through various items, accessories or permanent rewards.New Equipment Mechanic: Soul Harvesting!
Some items produced with zombie materials have some Soul Harvest and Soul-expensive features.When you hold an item that harvests Souls or uses Souls, your Mana bar will be replaced by the Soul bar. You can get Souls by killing all kinds of mobs with soul harvesting equipments.
Souls will evaporate and disappear when not used for a long time or on a world teleportation.
Here are a few examples of equipments that harvest and cost Souls:
Although the number of soul-using equipment is currently not many, it is planned to increase the number and variety of such weapons in the future.
Village Selector? Who is that?
With this update, the time spent by players in the Village will increase. As players stacking up on the same Village server will result in no one getting what they want and adversely affect the gameplay experience, we sent an invitation letter to the Village Selector. He accepted our invitation with pleasure.
You can switch between active Village servers from the Village Selector menu.
General SkyBlock News and Changes
It was tiring to write in big titles. Let's summarize the rest in brief:• Added a total of +50 new items. Dive into the game and explore!
- Each item has new features and mechanics on its own. We have detailed some of the new items in the article.
• Raw Porkchop, Leather and Raw Mutton collections have been added.
- Even if the collection level rewards are not overfilled, there are item recipes that can be useful to you! We have mentioned one of these items below.
• Added Piggy Bank!
- Piggy Bank recipe exists in the Raw Porkchop collection.
- You can avoid dropping coins when you die by carrying this accessory in your in your inventory.
- Be careful, it is very fragile! When it is cracked or broken, it loses its function.
- Cracked or Broken Piggy Banks can be repaired using the crafting table.
• Pigs, cows, sheep and chickens are now spawning in Fertile Valley.
• Zombie Sword now stacks 4 stacks instead of 5 stacks.
• Zombie Sword stacks now appear above the health bars when you hold it.
• Fixed the issue where the Zombie Sword stacks would only regenerate while holding it.
• Added Ornate Zombie Sword.
- This item is an upgraded version of the Zombie Sword.
- We leave it up to you to discover how it is produced!
• Added "Greed" item curse to Emerald Blade.
• Decreased Combat XP given by wolves in The Park - Howling Cave.
• Adjusted the Combat XP given by some mobs in Deep Caverns.
- Mossy Skeleton: 10 -> 8
- Crystal Defenders: 25 -> 18
- Mini Slime: 28 -> 20
- Mega Slime: 32 -> 24
- Slime Sheep: 25 -> 20
- Baby Slime Sheep: 5 -> 3
- Fire Envoy: 50 -> 35
- Heartigniter: 50 -> 42
- Eye of the Cliffs: 50 -> 38
• Added daily purchase limit (640x) to some items sold by Merchant NPCs.
- This limit is renewed every day at 00:00 GMT+02.
• Added a daily limit of 200,000,000 coins to sales made by a player to Merchant NPCs.
- This limit is renewed every day at 00:00 GMT+02.
• The /itemedition command has been removed.
- We've removed the ways to see the item editions for now, as we think it's pointless for item editions to affect the game's balance right now.
- Item edition data are still kept and will be re-evaluated in future updates.
• Added Rookie Hoe to Farmer NPC.
• Added +1 Damage to Flint Arrows.
• Added /viewlore command.
- With this command, you can view the details of the items in your inventory that do not fit on your screen as a form UI.
• Icons of almost all statistics have been renewed.
• Added fast travel locations to Maddox's Bar, Ruins and Howling Cave.
- You can access them in the /warp menu.
• Disabled getting items into hoppers in public areas.
• Fixed Slime Ball not granting Combat XP when collected from minions.
General News and Changes
• Added a notification sound that plays when private message is sent/received.• Various bugs were fixed, performance improvements were made.
