Game updates/June 2019

June 2019 updates
Thursday, 27 June 2019 Wednesday, 26 June 2019 Tuesday, 25 June 2019 Monday, 17 June 2019 Thursday, 13 June 2019 Wednesday, 12 June 2019 Tuesday, 11 June 2019 Monday, 3 June 2019
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Update - June 27, 2019

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused Follower Kaidenna to remain in Augury Rock after defeating Josso Essher.
• Fixed a bug that occasionally allowed players to bet on moa races after the race had begun.
• The event participation awarded per enemy in the Hologram Stampede has been increased.
• Fixed an issue that caused players to be defeated when entering the Dragon Arena if a round was active.
• Fixed a bug that caused the Stampede Survivor achievement to stop progressing for a day after players completed the tier-3 Hologram Stampede ten times.
• A 5-minute cooldown has been added to prevent the rapid looting of the Aquatic Ruins Fractal boss chest.

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Update - June 26, 2019

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that prevented portraits of the Mini Skyscale Hatchlings from appearing correctly.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the Bioluminescent Weapon Collection achievement from unlocking properly.

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Late Notes - June 25, 2019

• Fixed an issue in which the Legendary Collector achievement did not progress when players crafted the legendary items Vision or Coalescence. Players with accounts affected by this issue can travel to any map while the item is in their possession to be granted the missing progress.

Update - June 25, 2019

Dragon Bash

It's time for Dragon Bash! It wouldn't be a proper celebration without your attendance. Join me in Hoelbrak for another moot for the ages! There will be tests of strength, racing, food, song, and most importantly—ale.

I'll see you there. Unless, of course, you don't enjoy fun.

—Knut Whitebear

• Join the celebration in Hoelbrak—the new home of the revamped Dragon Bash festival! Celebrate Tyria's resistance against the Elder Dragons while engaging in a variety of new and returning festive games, including the following:
  • Dragon Arena: Show off your dragon-fighting prowess against lifelike holograms in the Dragon Arena, or take on a more difficult gauntlet in Dragon Arena Survival.
  • Hologram Stampede: The fighting continues in the Hologram Stampede, a map-wide scramble to clear the Hoelbrak countryside of deadly enemies.
  • Pinata Bashing: Master the tradition of destroying dragon pinatas in the Pinata Bashing adventure.
  • Dragon Bash Rally: Speed around Hoelbrak in a new mounted race, the Dragon Bash Rally.
  • Moa Race: Tigg's famous racing moas return in a new moa race event. Put your zhaitaffy on the line and cheer on the winner!
• Complete daily festival achievements to earn the Dragon Basher daily achievement, contributing to the Party Commander achievement, which rewards your choice of holographic replica weapons based on the weapons wielded by a famous hero!
• Earn the official treat of Dragon Bash, zhaitaffy, to trade for festival prizes from vendors or craft new festive decorations for your guild hall. Be sure to save a few pieces to enjoy!
• Share in the celebration with new Dragon Bash reward tracks in PvP and WvW.
• The party rages for three weeks, from June 25 until July 16. Get bashing!

World Polish

• Adjusted the positions and timing of some scenes in Hoelbrak to minimize overlap during Dragon Bash.
• Updated rewards in Dragonfall's Mistborn Coffers to give a broader variety of items.

General

• Fixed an issue in which certain accounts had unlocked a Corsair Boots skin but did not receive appropriate credit for the Visions of Dragonfall achievement. Players affected by this issue can now travel to Dragonfall to receive the missing progress.

Raids

The Key of Ahdashim

• Fixed a bug in Challenge Mode that caused Qadim's Rain of Chaos skill to initially target the player chosen to utilize Unleash.

Items

• Festival Tokens from Festival of the Four Winds can now be stored in the wallet. Existing Tokens can be consumed to move them to the wallet.
• Zhaitaffy can now be consumed in bulk.
• Updated the contents of the Dragon Coffers rewarded by Dragon Bash.

Profession Skills

Engineer

•  Elixir Gun— Fumigate: Fixed a bug that caused this skill to cleanse conditions from allies at a range of 600 while attacking at a range of 450. It will now attack enemies and cleanse allies at a range of 600. Cleaned up the visual effect to better line up with the increased attack range.

Thief

•  Hard to Catch: Fixed a bug to prevent this trait from incorrectly granting swiftness on top of its other effects.

Black Lion Trading Company Gem Store

New Items and Promotions

• The new Skyscale Horns Package is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 500 gems.
• For a limited time, a new set of Bioluminescent weapon skins is available from Black Lion Weapons Specialists for 1 Black Lion Claim Ticket. Keys are available in the Utility category of the Gem Store for 125 gems each.
• For a limited time, the Season 1 Memory Box—Flame and Festivals and Season 1 Memory Box—Scarlet vs. Lion's Arch are available in the Utility category of the Gem Store for 200 gems each.
• To celebrate Dragon Bash, the Dragon's Fortune Fireworks are free for a limited time. Dragon's Fortune Fireworks are available in the Toys category, limited to one per account.

Black Lion Chest

• The Black Lion Chest has been updated to the Dragon Bash Returns Chest and can be previewed for a full list of its contents.
  • The Mini Gray Skyscale Hatchling has been added as the guaranteed item for the duration of the Dragon Bash Returns Chest.
  • The new Dragon Fireworks Package is available as an uncommon drop for the duration of this chest.
  • The Branded Relic Package returns as an uncommon drop for the duration of this chest.
  • The Embellished and Dragon's Jade weapon sets are available as uncommon and rare drops respectively for the duration of this chest.
  • Unused versions of the Glyph of the Herbalist and Glyph of Volatility are available as rare drops for the duration of this chest.
• The items available in exchange for Black Lion Statuettes have been updated. Black Lion Statuettes are redeemed by using the statuette itself or at any of the Black Lion Chest Merchants located in every major city.
  • A new selection of travel toys and musical instruments has been added.
  • The exclusive Roaring Dragon Glider, Fire-Breathing Longbow, Fire-Breathing Quiver, and Mini Awakened Mounts Pack are currently available.
  • The bonus collection has been updated to a selection of villains' outfits including the White Mantle, Outlaw, Mursaat, Pirate Captain's, Awakened Zealot, and Bandit Sniper's outfits.

Improvements and Updates

• Increased the limit on the number of musical notes that can be played per second on all musical instruments before their skills are forced to cooldown.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused Deep Lilac Dye to appear twice in the preview for the Mad King Dye Kit.

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• Restored the ability to exchange Legendary Insights for Legendary Divinations at the Basic Magnetite Exchange Operative (still capped at 168)

Update - June 17, 2019

Bug Fix

• Fixed a bug with ground targeting in some locations.

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Update - June 13, 2019

Bug Fixes

• Removed the Alchemist's Mining Pick, Alchemist's Logging Axe, and Alchemist's Harvesting Sickle from the inventories of all gathering merchants.
• Fixed a bug with ley-line nodes that tied credit for the Shadow Behemoth and the Great Jungle Wurm together.
• Fixed a server crash.

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• Removed the ability to exchange Legendary Insights for Legendary Divinations at the Basic Magnetite Exchange Operative

Update - June 12, 2019

Bug Fixes

• Raid: Adina: Seismic Suffering: "Confusion" was doing more damage than expected on this ability so a change was made to make "Confusion" not do any damage on skill activation.
• Fixed an issue causing the Glyph of Alchemy to reward unexpected materials when equipped to the Unbound Magic Mining Beam or Unbound Magic Harvesting Blast gathering tools.

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Update 2 - June 11, 2019

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue in which the incorrect effect could be displayed on a character wearing a legendary trinket or ring.
• Updated Shiny weapon Mystic Forge recipes to properly use Quartz Crystals.
• The Private Squad toggle has been disabled until this feature is ready for release.

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Late Notes - June 11, 2019

Skyscale

• The throw and catch speeds have been reduced in all three levels of the "Play catch with your skyscale" activity in the Troublesome Skyscales collection achievement.
• Fixed a bug that prevented players from crafting the Extra-Pungent Skyscale Treat after unlocking the recipe.

Update - June 11, 2019

Destabilized Magic

The Mystic Forge skritt want to help defeat Qadim by providing adventurers with new "shinies," helping them look their best while battling this dangerous foe. Of course, nothing in life is ever free. Qadim's destabilization of magic has resulted in daily ley-line nodes briefly forming near the remnants of world bosses. Gather condensed ley-line essence from these nodes, along with a few other materials, and combine them in the Mystic Forge to create these shiny new weapons.

• This event runs from 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) on June 11 to 1:00 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) on June 25. After this time period, condensed ley-line essence can be purchased with gaeting crystals from Glenna in Ahdashim or from the Magnetite Exchange Operative in the Lion's Arch Aerodrome.
• Combine Condensed Ley-Line Essences, Charged Cores, Elder Wood Logs, and Quartz Crystals in the Mystic Forge to create Shiny and Ultra Shiny weapons.
• Collect all of the weapons to earn the Ultra Shiny title!

Living World

Skyscale

• Improved behavior when mounting the skyscale in midair after using updrafts and other traversal abilities.
• The skyscale will no longer enter the wall-cling state when hitting a wall if it is descending using the Mount Ability 2 key.
• Fixed a bug in which the skyscale could continue playing its wall-cling animation after using a waypoint.
• Fixed a bug in which the skyscale's energy-gain rate could be higher than intended after mounting in midair.
• Fixed a bug that prevented skyscales from blinking.

Bug Fixes

• War Eternal: Fixed an issue in which Aurene would fail to appear at the beginning of the Descent instance for some players.

World Polish

• Fixed a bug that caused incorrect objective text to appear in the "Defeat Ysshi Hessani and Pek Rakt Grag" event in the Domain of Vabbi.
• Reduced the time Augury Rock is open by 10 minutes, shortening the wait for the "Disperse the wild magic that escaped from Augury Rock" event in Elon Riverlands.

General

• The Mute Player Alerts sound option will now mute the alert chime accompanying some targeted skills (mostly found in raids and story instances) and the alert chime that accompanies the application of many special action skills.

Raids

The Hidden City of Ahdashim

After the events in the Mystic Forge, Qadim has returned home to the Hidden City of Ahdashim to usurp a great power. Find the Key and the cardinals for guidance into the hallowed city walls, and save not just the djinn but the entire world from Qadim's master scheme.

Items

• A new item, the Spirit Banner, is available from the Mystic Forge in exchange for 50 Spirit Shards.
• Various WvW blueprint denominations have been removed from the Mystic Forge, as those multiples were made obsolete by the ability to select how many players wish to purchase.
• Fixed a bug in which some ascended raid reward containers did not stack.
• Fixed a bug in which Exquisite Serpentite Jewels did not have attribute text.

Black Lion Trading Company Gem Store

New Items and Promotions

• The new Shimmerwing Skyscale Skin is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 2,000 gems.
• The new Skyscale Hatchling Mining Tool with the Glyph of Alchemy is now available in the Utility category of the Gem Store for 1,000 gems.
• For a limited time, the Crystalline Dragon Wings Backpack Glider Combo returns to the Style category of the Gem Store for 700 gems.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed some texture stretching on the Skyscale Chair.

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• A new option ("invisible") has been added to the squad panel.
• Raid bosses now award 10,000 each when killed for the first time that week.
• Raid boss rewards have been moved to bonus chests and no longer require players to represent a guild to get decorations.

Update - June 03, 2019

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue in which the Visions of Dragonfall collection required the incorrect item skin to complete the achievement. Players who have completed the previous requirement for this achievement will still retain their progress.
• Fixed a bug that caused Akili to be knocked back by invisible volatile magic nodes in the Domain of Istan.
• Fixed a bug that could cause the Junundu Rising meta-event in the Desolation to stall.

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