Yun Zi’s second quest is now available! This week the tradesbear is looking for more help, and will be sending you high above Norrath to the Kingdom of Sky. Fulfill his request and he’ll reward you handsomely with a variety of new items including an Ascended Journeyman Bauble, a Cowl, a Charm, a Bracelet, and the Days of Summer Decoration Pack #2.

In order to take on Yun Zi’s new quest, you must first finish his previous quest! If you haven’t completed it yet, you’ll have to catch up before you can unlock the new set of summer rewards.

Yun Zi’s next quest will become available Tuesday, August 15th at 12:01AM PT. Quests will continue to unlock once per week until summer comes to an end on Monday, October 2nd at 11:59PM PT.

What are you waiting for? More adventures with Yun Zi await!

TIME-LOCKED SERVER CONTENT RELEASE

The Sentinel's Fate mid year content releases on Stormhold.

• Unseen Arcanum
• Underfoot Depths
• Icy Keep

The Shattered Lands mid year content releases on Fallen Gate.

• The Bloodline Chronicles
• The Splitpaw Saga

TIME-LOCKED SERVER POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION

The Isle of Refuge: Darathar's Flight

• Reduced the amount of melee damage dealt by Darathar on Time-Locked servers.

The Crypt of Vox

• Reduced the amount of melee damage dealt by The Fragments of Vox on Time-Locked servers.

It’s time for some summer fun! And what better way to countdown the end of summer than helping out the ambling tradesbear, Yun Zi, to earn yourself some weekly rewards from his trove of inherited treasures. 

Maybe you’ve been away for a while and need a quick way to catch up to play with your friends or you need a bit of a boost so you can run those expert heroic zones, or perhaps your house is feeling a little stale and needs some redecorating? No matter what you need, Yun Zi has plenty of rewards to help you out! 

Each week from Tuesday, August 1st, 12:01AM PT to Monday, October 2nd at 11:59PM PT, Members can log into any character and earn rewards for all characters on their account by completing Yun Zi’s weekly quest! Yun Zi will have a new quest with unique rewards each week so be sure to help him out every week if you want to snag all of the possible rewards over the next two months. 

Yun Zi can be found in The Sundered Frontier, near the spires, and will have a new quest with new rewards available every Tuesday. This week’s rewards include a Cae'Dal Mercenary Geomancer, an increase of Divine Potency to level 30, Primary and Secondary Weapons and Adornments, and the Days of Summer Decoration Pack #1. Yun Zi’s second quest will become available Tuesday, August 8th at 12:01AM PT.

Future rewards range from a Summer Bloom Familiar, heroic level gear, additional divine potency levels, ascension focus adornments, the Mara Estate home and more!

August is on the horizon and with it the New Halas Festival returns to Norrath! The festival begins on August 1st at 12:01am PT and runs until August 7th at 11:59pm PT. It can be found in Greater Faydark on the Green Knoll at 536, 44, 53.  This is just down the ramp from landing platform for the World Bell.. Visit the Far Seas caravan merchants to see all of the local specialities and other festival goods.

POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION
Vaedenmoor: Heart of Nightmares [Raid]

• Terris-Thule will no longer speed up her casting of her AE spells with the removal of the "Daydream" spell.
• Corrected an issue that would occasionally cause Saryrn and Terris-Thule to become immune to all damage.

Chamber of Rejuvenation [Raid]

• Summoned Detonators should now prefer to arm themselves if there is an abundance of inert detonators already in play.
• Increased the amount of time between Summoned Detonators slightly.
• You can now use "detect weakness" on noxious clouds.

Arcanna'se Spire: Order and Chaos [Raid]

• Shanaira the Prestigious should no longer require a specific one of two different combos for magic and physical damage.

Commune of K'Dal

• K'Dal the Deceiver can once again be attacked when he spawns.

ITEMS

• Tormented Visage now has a very short casting time.
• Tormented Visage requires the caster to be in combat to maintain and no longer persists through death.
• Expert's Prestigious Wand of Power no longer requires ammo.
• Armor from the Summoned Ones have had their purple adornment slot changed to an orange adornment slot.
• The following original raid bosses have been adjusted to ensure that they always drop fabled and legendary loot: Makuto and Shakuto, Arch Lich Udalan, King Zalak the Ancient, Overlord Oxulius, Mjolni the Bringer of Storms, Dythra the Gloombringer, Ar'ticae the Frost Maiden, Raegh the Protector, and Tremblar the Behemoth.

QUESTS

• Wallflowers - The number of Thexian guards triggered by the last scrying stone has been reduced.

TINKERFEST

• Bhoughbh Nova-Prime MkII's appearance can no longer be used through Possess Essence.

Like clockwork, Tinkerfest has returned!

Take up your favorite wrench and celebrate all things gnomish, be they metal, combustive, mathematical, experimental, or a combination thereof! Adventures, rewards, buyables and crafted items await you, both new and familiar. You won’t want to miss all of the fun at Gnomeland Security, your headquarters for all things Tinkerfest, in Steamfont Mountains.

This year’s event runs through Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at 11:59PM PDT.

SUMMER ETHEREALS

• Increased the maximum Ethereal reward chances from 3 to 4.
• Added a forced description to the Ethereal cloak merchant lists to correct an issue where it did not always display the purchase requirements on the upgraded cloaks.
• Two new [Heroic] daily missions that each reward a Sathirian Ethereal crate are now available from Okzilin Obulus Frontier within Crusaders' Cave at 526.8, 252.5, 1295.1.
• Both missions can be completed each day, but only one can be active at a time.
• Both missions can only be updated and completed within a Kunark Ascending dungeon labeled [Heroic].
• Neither mission will be granted if you already received 4 Sathirian Ethereal reward crates for the day. Because of this restriction, neither mission can be shared.

POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION
General

• Corrected an issue that prevented global buffs from applying to some base game content encounters, including Venekor within Spirits of the Lost.

Vaedenmoor: Heart of Nightmares [Raid]

• Corrected an issue that would sometimes cause the Monolith of Nightmares and Monolith of Torment to not spawn for the final encounter when an add was killed.
• Waking Dream and Waking Nightmare adds should no longer occasionally forget to tell their boss that they are no longer around between pulls.

ABILITIES
Ranger

• Corrected an issue with Heartseeker Hawk that granted them double the benefit from some stat buffs.

QUESTS

• All classes may now select any of the rewards for Karg's Gratitude.

ITEMS

• Fragile as Glass will no longer stack from multiple casters.
• Added the missing primary stats to all Inheritance Merchant rewards.
• Corrected an issue that prevented the effect from the Polished Granite Tomahawk from applying.

POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION
General

• Fracture, the Inheritance Merchant has returned to Freeport and Qeynos.

Vaedenmoor: Heart of Nightmares [Raid]

• Terris-Thule's "Drain Life" ability should no longer hit the entire raid. It should work the same way as it does in Vaedenmoor: Realm of Despair[Raid].
• The allowable deaths in the Summoned Foes encounter has been increased.
• The platforms in the Summoned Foes encounter no longer randomize colors beyond the first time.

Chamber of Rejuvenation [Raid]

• The allowable deaths in the Trakanon encounter has been increased.

ABILITIES / ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENT
Time-Locked Servers

• Corrected an issue that prevented Personae Reflection from being affected by Time-Locked Server pet balance.

QUESTS

• Set Sail For Slaver's Isle - The Rujarkian and dervish mobs on Slavers' Isle have been reduced in number and should be less likely to overwhelm.

ITEMS

• Level 90 fallen gate inheritance rewards now have red adornment slots instead of purple.
• Brawlers have been removed from the allowable classes on fallen gate inheritance shields.
• Scouts, except Beastlords, have been removed from the allowable classes on fallen gate inheritance two handed weapons.

Ethereal Drops

• Corrected a bug that prevented the earned ethereal count from resetting to 0. Ethereal daily counts have all been reset with this patch, and players will earn double Ethereal Currency until midnight PST on 7/13/2017.
• Lakathen, The Traveler will now display all Ethereal Rewards, including the rewards for future Ethereal Waves.

Time-Locked Servers

• Several x2 encounters will now more reliably drop legendary loot. This includes Dreadwake in Everfrost, Ladon in Commonlands, Anguis in Antonica, and Doomsqual in Thundering Steppes.
• Several solo and heroic spawns in Lavastorm have had their loot adjusted to be more in line with progression. These same bosses should now drop legendary quality gear more frequently.