September 6 Update - Boss Battles

Cinderbone Enforcers

These mighty “Boss battles” are now appearing on the County Map. They can only be defeated by multiple players working together!

Available At Levels - 10, 20, 30, 40

• Enforcers are located in selected state capitals
• Combat is similar to a staged army combat, where three armies are on the field at once per side
• The first player to attack the target can have up to 2 of their Alliance members reinforce the battle.
• Players who are not in an Alliance cannot be reinforced! Best to make some friends (or at least allies of convenience) before you tackle these challenges.
• No one can reinforce the Boss, and only Alliance members can reinforce (up to the max)
• Each player can only send up to 3 armies each, so choose wisely.
• Each encounter will include Boss-type units with huge amounts of HP, big damage, and special abilities.
• If the players win the combat, then everyone who sent a reinforcement (even if they didn’t get to fight) will receive rewards.
• A message will be sent to the Alliance Chat when a player in your Alliance has begun fighting a Cinderbone Enforcer. The message will include a link to the location of the battle.

Nibble it, just a little bit

New Consumable Buffs will apply a Trait to the Noble that has used the item. This Trait will last 24 Hours and only affects the Armies commanded by this Noble.

• Battle Bon Bon - Increase army heal speed by 25% for 24 hours

• War-Derve Sandwich - Increase army PvE Attack by 15% for 24 hours

Taverns and Tavern Quests

Some new Taverns have been popping up throughout Ardendale, and any hero worth their salt knows that a tavern is the best place to pick up rumors of local adventures. Send one of your Nobles to Buy Drinks and Listen for Rumors at one of these Taverns for a chance to discover a unique quest! New taverns are popping up all the time, so keep your eyes out – you never know where the next one might be!

• Local Taverns will appear in certain counties where you can send a Noble to listen for rumors that may lead to unique Quests.
• To listen for rumors at a Tavern, summon any Noble role and use the trade task: Buy Drinks and Listen for Rumors .
• A Tavern Quest will be launched once the task is completed.
• There are three different types of Tavern Quests:

1. Bounties - Combat
2. Delves - Dungeons
3. Treasures - Clue-Solving

• Bounties and Delves act similarly to other quests of their type, whereas Treasures require you to solve a riddle or clue to locate the county where you can find a Hidden Treasure.
• Sometimes you might not learn anything of value at the Tavern, but at least you’re left with some local gossip to tide you over.
• When one Tavern Quest ends, another Tavern may spawn in a different county, so keep your eyes peeled!
• The first batch of Tavern Quests will target counties in the level 4-9 range.

Improved Refinery Payouts

The Refinery goes BRRRRRRRR
Metal, mineral, and gem payouts have been increased at least 50% at all levels. Everyone should feel as though the refinery is more productive in general, and will get even better results when doing 2x and 3x refines across all Keep levels.

We have updated the refinery to have different min/max/average payouts for the 2x and 3x. In most cases this removes zero as an option in the 2x and 3x refines. Players are also guaranteed at least one uncommon and rare material for these refines at all levels, and, in some situations, quite a bit more.

And finally

• ‘Alliance Member Under Attack’ reports now lead directly to the location of the Battle in question.
• Updated Combat Advantage art for Light, Medium, and Heavy Tanks.
• When assigning troops to an Army, the Battalion slot will now fill automatically if troops are available.
• The Active Abilities on these Epic Champions have been updated with spectacular new ability visual effects in combat:
• Basilea - Tactical Mastermind
• Baldric - Relics of War
• Khamsin - Covering Fire
• Kaori - Advance and Fire
• Terric - Terrifying Presence
• Alyssia - Unbreakable
• Robert - Awesome Strike
• Isadora - Commanding Presence
• Jae - Massive Barrage
• Edor Murkmist - Noxious Barrage
• Easily share a link to your Noble’s profile to Global, Alliance, or an individual chat via the Share button on the Noble Profile page. Show off, brag, or marry off your Nobles with ease!
• Existing "Population Growth" Research nodes will now also have an added benefit -- All Resource Generation from Production buildings within their City. This will immediately take effect for any players that have invested in this Research.
• We have added Underwear to the Alliance Shop, Wandering Merchant, and Event Prizes.