Hello again!

We hope you all had a great Holiday Season and a Happy New Year. Now that the holidays are over and our Winter Event has come to an end, we are once again starting work on the 1.2 "Brood Watcher" update. This update will introduce our first Kickstarter stretch goal dragon! Our amazing Kickstarter backers donated above and beyond to bring this additional dragon (and more) into the game. This update will also feature improvements to the nesting system, new mechanics, a map update, and more! Keep reading to check out what we have planned for the 1.2 "The Brood Watcher" Update.



The Brood WatcherThe Brood Watcher will make its debut in the 1.2 Update. It will be an unlockable species. In order to become a Brood Watcher, players will need to complete the questline given to them by the Brood Watcher NPC to unlock the species on each server, or be nested in by another player. Kickstarter backers will have the dragon automatically unlocked as part of their Backer Rewards.

Brood Watcher Taunt EmoteMeant as a tank-style dragon, the Brood Watcher will be heavily armored and very capable in combat. They will have various horn and tail spike attacks for close combat as well as a shotgun-like spike throw attack for distance battles. They will have low stamina and low speed, both on ground and in the air, as a result of their massive size and armor.

Hatchling Brood WatcherEven with all their combat ability, Brood Watchers prefer to be gentle giants. Their special ability will allow Brood Watchers to incubate eggs in their neck pouches and they will be able to increase the stats of their eggs and those of other dragons. Brood Watchers will be able to increase the quality of one random gene, with the chance of increasing more.

Brood Watcher eating from a bush

Brood Watchers will be our first herbivorous dragon and will be able to eat mushrooms along with new Fruit Bushes. They will also have a grazing mechanic, allowing them to graze on grassy fields. Grazing prevents hunger loss, allowing them to maintain their current hunger level when resources are scarce.



Example of possible stats as a fresh spawnThe 1.2 Update will bring a overhaul of the nesting system and spawn stats. Spawns will now be guaranteed one A, two B, 3 C, 4 D, and 5 E stat genes. The remaining three stats will be completely random. Upstatting has been enhanced as well, we've heard your feedback and have reintroduced Legacy-era upstatting with some improved features. The testers have given it over 85% approval!

While players will still be able to increase Bloodline Quality each generation, increasing Gene Quality can be done with the help of Brood Watchers or through Proper Incubation. Some species will now need to use their various bile types to keep their nests the right temperature and condition. Proper incubation will grant the chance of egg's stats increasing if done correctly.

Nesting will also see a new UI menu that will allow players to see the genetic information of each egg. Nesters will be able to invite players to specific eggs instead of a random one.

Taking care of a nest of hatchlings will also be easier in the 1.2 Update. Carnivorous dragons will now have the ability to regurgitate some of their food for hatchlings or hungry dragons to eat. This will increase the player's hunger as a result.

Biolumin Dragon nesting on a cliff sideAnd finally, Biolumin Dragons will now be able to nest on cliff sides to avoid predation.


In addition to the Brood Watcher and Nesting updates, we will also be adding several new quality of life features. These are designed to help new players and old players alike.

Respawn messageOur first major new feature will be the ability to respawn as your current dragon after death, but as a hatchling. Players who have made it to the juvenile life stage or above during their current play session will be able to respawn as that dragon if they are killed. The skin and stats of the dragon will be saved, but they will be reverted to the hatchling life stage. The ability to respawn as that specific dragon will remain active until the player leaves the server or dies on a different dragon species. Hatchlings will need to reach the juvenile stage at least once during the play session to be eligible for respawn. This will be available as a server configuration for server owners who want a more hardcore play style.

A hatchling taking flight!We are also adding the ability for winged hatchling dragons to boost while flying. While hatchlings will still not be able to get enough speed to take off from the ground, they will be able to fly from jumping off high ledges or being dropped into the air.

Active geode compass iconWe have increased the number of Passive Elder Growth Ticks per day from 2 (12 hr intervals) to 4 (6 hr intervals) making passive Eldering take half the time! But for those who like to hunt geodes, we have made that much easier with the inclusion of a Geode indicator on your compass. Players will now see an icon appear on their compass when a geode of their attunement becomes active. This indicator shows the closest attuned Geode, which will make it interesting for PvP encounters.

Example of a Stat Card on the Spawn MenuSome UI Panels are getting updated as well. The Spawn Menu will now show a Stat Card for each species. This will show the bile type, speed, and other information to help players select the right dragon for them. The admin panel will also be updated, featuring new admin commands and other quality of life updates.

Updated Admin Panel CommandsThese are just some of the quality of life changes coming in 1.2. A full list of all the new features and content will be included in the patch notes when the update is released, so make sure to check it out then! Patreon subscribers and Kickstarter backers are able to test out the changes in Update 1.2 right now on our closed test server.



Update 1.2 will also be getting a big update to the current map! The Swamp will be getting some much needed love this update. It will introduce a whole new micro biome to the Forgotten Forest map with new trees and ground vegetation. This area will be home to the many swamp snappers, so players will want to be careful when entering the Swamp.

Swamp during the daySwamp at night~~

The 1.2 "The Brood Watcher" Update will bring a host of new content and features. We have heard your feedback regarding nesting and quality of life features and are working hard to improve the game! After the 1.2 update, we will focus on a much requested feature; the return of skin crafting. Our new skin crafting system will be much more personalized than the legacy version and will add a personal touch to all the dragons. We will share more about the 1.3 next update in our next Dev Blog and look forward to seeing you in 1.2 "The Brood Watcher" update!


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The holiday season has ended for all dragonkind and life is returning to normal on Jrakhon.

We hope you all enjoyed our winter event! This patch removes Winter themed NPCs and reverts the map and weather back to normal. We have also included some QoL updates and bug fixes.

• Healthy Hatchlings and Juveniles now grow faster if their Sickness is 0, and Hunger and Thirst are below 10%. Hatchlings receive a 50% buff and Juveniles a 25% buff.

• The Winter Event has ended, all the Ancient Ancestors have returned to their homes
  
• Snowy weather has been replaced by Rainy weather
  
• NPC Biolumin Quest Giver now only produces Male eggs. We plan to bring back Female eggs at reduced chance during events only.
  
• We doubled how much Thirst is quenched per gulp when drinking water allowing players to fill their thirst in half the time.

• Fixed an issue that prevented water from producing scent trails which means you can smell water again!
  
• Updated EasyAntiCheat to latest version which fixes some EAC bugs
  
• Fixed a crash when a large number of players would take flight simultaneously

This update fixes common issues from the Winter Event Update including server crashes and questing bugs.

• Fixed a server crash due to quests
  
• Fixed Pearl rewards from quests not saving properly on acquire
  
• Fixed No emote being greyed out in emote wheel after acquiring it
  
• Fixed a bad AI spawn under map
  
• Fixed missing name of Zemohra's mate in dialogues
  
• Added a peace/heal zone at spawn in Death Match server

Snow has come to the Forgotten Forest and it is a time for celebration for all dragonkind! Explore an updated Forgotten Forest map with winter weather, snow, and quests! From December 4th through January 1st, login to meet new dragons, earn a new title, earn a new emote, receive a free Snowslayer Skin pearl, and enjoy the Winter Holiday season.

• Added Biolumin NPC Nest on Cherry Island. The Nest spawns one Bio egg every 2 hours. These eggs have random spawn stats, are always Iconic skin, and are always Male. The Dialogue is only available to players who do not have a Biolumin.
  
• Added new Winter's Gift quest line, players can earn the No Thank You emote, the Winter Dragon title, a freee Snowslayer Skin pearl.
  
• Questing and progress is now in the game in an early implementation state
  
• Type /quest to print your current quest

• Winter has come to the Forgotten Forests! The world is covered in snow with special NPC quest givers in the world. Light Rain is now Light Snow, Heavy Rain is now Heavy Snow, Thunderstorms are now Blizzards.
  
• Updated Forgotten Forests map

• Players can now Group Invite other players by Aiming at them and Friendly Calling. You must be already in a group to do this.
  
• Updated some minor SFX
  
• Updated EAC with latest anticheat measures
  
• Updated EAC to fix some rare crashes

• Inferno Ravager now uses proper sniff sound fx
  
• Hints are now removed if player character dies while hint is active

Day of Dragons is wishing everyone a Happy Holiday season with our first annual Winter Holiday event!

Snow has come to the Forgotten Forest and it is a time for celebration for all dragonkind! Explore an updated Forgotten Forest map with winter weather, snow, and quests! From Decemeber 4th through January 1st, login to meet new dragons, earn a new title, earn a new emote, receive a free Snowslayer Skin pearl, and enjoy the Winter Holiday season.

During the Winter Holiday Event, we have given our Content Creators, 144 Creator Skins to give-away during the 12 Days of Dragons Christmas livestream event December 13th - 24th. Each day a different Content Creator will be giving away 12 Creator Skins.

This Winter Holiday Event will include:

• Winter-themed Forgotten Forest Map with snowfall and a Christmas Tree
  
• In-game Title "The Winter Dragon" via the Winter's Gift Quest
  
• New "No Thank You" Emote via Quest
  
• Free Snowslayer Skin Pearl Gift (1 per account)
  
• "12 Days of Dragons" Content Creator Skin Give-away
  
• Something special to look forward to for lore-lovers and roleplayers

The Winter Holiday Event begins on our 5 Year Anniversary, December 4th, 2024 and continues through January 1st, 2025. Don't miss out on these exclusive Holiday gifts!

We wish everyone a Happy Anniversary, a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!

This small patch adds a new spawnable Flame Stalker skin to the game, Lava Rock as well as some audio tweaks.

• Added Lava Rock Rare Spawn Skin for Flame Stalkers

• Improved Flame Stalker mourn sounds
  
• Added unique sniff sounds for Flame Stalker juvi adult and elder
  
• Added unique sniff sounds for Blitz Striker
  
• Added unique Biolumin sniff sounds for all ages

• Players with less than 4GB VRAM on their graphics card will have blurry textures. Having less than 4GB VRAM does not prevent gameplay, but reduces the visual fidelity of the game. We highly recommend playing DoD with at least 4GB VRAM.
  
• Swamp Snappers may get stuck at the bottom of deep water sources, we are working to have this issue fixed in Update 1.2

This cumulative patch improves Update 1.1 with fixes to Easy AntiCheat connection and kicking issues and Flight Desync.

• Changed Blitz Striker Plasma Mitigation from 50% to 60%
  
• Changed Blitz Striker Fire Mitigation from 25% to 15%
  
• Reduced client Log spam

• Weather should be a little more performant on Potato settings

• Fixed a rare issue where servers were not always registering the proper Client ID causing some players to get kicked
  
• Fixed a rare issue where clients were not always registering the proper Client ID causing them to be unable to join new servers
  
• Fixed EAC server authentication timed out error kicking players when server Registered client before client began their EAC session
  
• Updated EAC to latest version to fix crashes when using Windows 11 v24H2
  
• Fixed an issue where flight data was only replicating to peers once per second
  
• Improved flight rotation data calculations on peer
  
• Improved flight positioning data calculations on peer which in turn makes flight hit boxes more accurate
  
• Improved flight correction on peer

• Players with less than 4GB VRAM on their graphics card will have blurry textures. Having less than 4GB VRAM does not prevent gameplay, but reduces the visual fidelity of the game. We highly recommend playing DoD with at least 4GB VRAM.
  
• Swamp Snappers may get stuck at the bottom of deep water sources, we are working to have this issue fixed in Update 1.2

This patch improves Update 1.1 with fixes to Easy AntiCheat connection and kicking issues.

• Re-added old Inferno Distress and Submission SFX due to community feedback
  
• Re-added IK to Blitz Striker eat/drink animations

• Improved Flame Stalker Juvi taunt SFX
  
• Blitz Striker now has custom Sniff SFX
  
• Swamp Snapper now has unique footstep SFX

• Fixed an issue where Easy AntiCheat was sometimes unable to connect to Epic Online Services due to the Epic login token expiring before the game cached it
  
• Fixed an issue where players were being kicked from servers due to their EAC tokens expiring during gameplay
  
• Various Dragon Audio Fixes

• Players with less than 4GB VRAM on their graphics card will have blurry textures. Having less than 4GB VRAM does not prevent gameplay, but reduces the visual fidelity of the game. We highly recommend playing DoD with at least 4GB VRAM.
  
• Swamp Snappers may get stuck at the bottom of deep water sources, we are working to have this issue fixed in Patch 1.1.4

This Client Hotfix resolves various audio issues.

• Fixed Missing Biolumin Roar (1 Call)
  
• Reworked Inferno Ravager Eat SFX
  
• Fixed Blitz Baby Distress SFX
  
• Various Sound Fixes